Charlie The Unicorn

For those of you who don't visit my myspace page. And who have strange sense of humor. I love CHAAAAARRRRRRLLLLIIIIEEEEE. I watch him at least once a week.

night night

conor just worked his LAST. NIGHT. EVAH!

ode to conor

i first loved you for your brain

to balance me, and make me sane.

with an actual answer to "what's a YURT??"

and the little blonde ringlets didn't hurt.

figure terminal velocity,

in your head in less than 3

internal combustion

goethe

WHO?

they've all increased my love for you.

you're outta there....

We are officially separated from the Air Force as of May 3rd. We'll take what's called "terminal leave" which sounds scarier than it is, so we'll be home in early April. Excuse me while I treat my brand new ulcer.

http://civilconor.blogspot.com

what's up with the hyperlink function? i'm too lazy to make it pretty manually, so here's conor's new blog.

no update on the timeframe, but we're working on it. one oft has to light a fire under people who are in little danger of losing their job....

we're coming home.

A short time ago I made a committment to give kindness and patience to the world. To meet differences and hostility with an effort to understand, and with compassion. Though this committment has recently seen it's trials, I remain steadfast in my endeavor. The world has seen too much pain for me to exacerbate its wounds with my limited understanding. I must always remember, that I'm leaving this world to my children. Children who I want to show kindness when faced with attack. I read a story recently about a hospital van that dropped a paraplegic homeless man on Skid Row, with no wheelchair and a malfunctioning colostomy bag. He was found dragging himself on the sidewalk with his hands clutching a hospital personal effects bag in his teeth. How we have come to have so little regard for others is terrifying. Count me out of this downward spiral toward barbarism. I have made the decision to show kindness, and there's nothing anyone can do to change that.

... for better, for worse.

forever.

Happy Valentines Day.

Whose Valentines Day present exactly??

Most outlandish tribute EVAH.

....i will not be posting a picture of conor's valentines day present from me.

what happens when daddy runs the bath

and to top it all off, he used the vapor bath we use when the kids are sick. so we all have some seriously clear nasal passages.

bragging

So Violet is WAY into instruments right now. She constantly comes over to the computer asking for "keeaNO" (piano). And the other day Conor was watching an anime. When the final credits came on, Violet ran over to the TV and said "sahPHONE". Indeed it was a saxophone. Funny. She started doing it with guitar too. We listen to music together and talk about the instruments all the time. Today I was importing cds into ITunes. There was a free classical cd I got in some Enfamil promotion, so since Violet is so into the insruments, I imported it. It started playing and Violet came over and said "yie LIN". Indeed, it was a violin. So I played another. "awp" yes, it was a harp. In all she indentified the dominant instrument as piano, harp, cello, violin, and flute. I nearly fell off my chair. The ones she didn't know, she looked to me for. Unfortunately, I didn't know them all. The only one she got wrong was a classical guitar that she identified as harp. I'm ashamed of my bragging. Someone scold me.

i was crafty!

meme

From the pants


A- Available or single?

Isn't that the same thing?

B- Best Friend?

I'm so lonesome, I could cryyyy.

C- Cake or Pie?

Pie. pie pie pie pie. I have birthday pie. I love pie.

D- Drink of Choice?

Iced decaf Venti vanilla no water americano. (Better known as the STD)

E- Essential Item?

I feel pressured to come up with some cute beauty tool. Unfortunately, I have to go with stain remover.

F- Favorite Color?

Orange

G- Gummi Bears or Worms?

SourPatch Kids if I must pick a jellied candy.

H- Hometown?

Somewhere in Illinois. Depends on my mood.

I- Indulgence?

Raw organic milk.

J- January or February?

February.

K- Kids and names?

Violet Prudence, Finnegan Honor Dean

L- Life is incomplete without?

A dog. My life is currently incomplete.

M- Marriage Date?

April 10, 2004

N- Number of Siblings?

4

O- Oranges or apples?

Nectarines.

P- Phobias/Fears?

Microphobia
Megalophobia

Q- Favorite Quote?

Be gentle with the young. Juvenal -(55 AD - 127 AD)

R- Reason to Smile?

I got my period....15 days late.

S- Season?

Autumn

T- Tag three people!

You three people who read my blog!

U- Unkown Fact About Me?

I couldn't burp until I got pregnant. Now I'm a champ.

V- Vegetable you hate?

I'm with the pants on this one. Eggplant is rubber masquerading as vegetable.

W- Worst habit?

"I'm fine" ...yeah. I'm that chick.

X- X-Rays you've had? More like what x-rays haven’t I had.

I guess its either x-rays or "do you play the xylophone?". I had a completely mortifying x-ray when I was a kid that I choose not to share with the world.

Y- Your favorite food?

Gnocci Pomadoro

Z- Zodiac?

Taurus

rhetorical shmetorical

i had a fun little factoid that i tried to share with conor. so i say "you know how long it would take to hit the ground if you fell off the top of Mt. Everest?" he begins to mumble something about 1000 feet per second, and terminal velocity. then says "2 1/2 minutes." he's such a downer.

violet got a new potty. er... hat.

in the spirit of oncoming winter...

happy thanksgiving from half of the jensens

mom on camera. violet less than participatory.

liquid sculpture

more sculptures

conor sews on! UPDATED BRUISING!!

Apparantly, the tradition is that anyone who has held your new rank gets to sock you in your new stripes. Like they're helping tack it on.

here are the beginnings of the bruising...

and now...

the best laid plans...

I'm pretty adamant about teaching the children the correct names for their genitals. So last night in the bath, Violet points to the parts that Finn has that she doesn't. (As she is wont to do). I tell her "That is Finn's penis." We do the whole routine a few times until Violet points at it one more time and announces that it is a bumblebee.

Taking a cue from my husband...Installment #1

1. I love butter more than a person should.
2. I have very few memories of childhood.
3. My brother and I were permanently playing a game called "Brother Nathan, Sister Sarah."
4. I was in a "borderline religious cult."
5. I cried over smoking, convinced I was suddenly a bad person.
6. I have titles for all my ex-boyfriends.
7. I spent from 19-21 as a completely false person.
8. I am obsessed with nutrition.
9. I never believe what I am told by doctors.
10. I L O V E the Karate Kid movies.
11. I hate being even a tiny bit drunk.
12. Right now both of my big toenails are broken, but I don't know how.
13. I hate porn, and if that makes me unhip it's fine with me.
14. I entirely believe that male circumcision should be every bit as illegal as female.
15. I'm always waiting for someone to start a fight with me when I nurse in public.
16. I am completely over the moon for Finn and I feel guilty that I didn't want a boy.
17. My dream is to live on a family commune and have a passel of kids.
18. I'm really cheap.
19. I've only really had 4 boyfriends as an adult. I've lost touch with one of them. Which is fine.
20. I waffle on getting more tattoos on a daily basis.
21. Marriage is incredibly hard, even when I'm the difficult one.
22. I've decided I'd rather not have friends, than watch people hit their kids.
23. I'm really enjoying the fact that Finn is WAY ahead of his milestones. I'm that mom now.
24. That could come from the fact that Violet is so taciturn.
25. I'd trade my double D's (when I'm not nursing) for a B in a heartbeat.

he fell off a rock

happy birthday

brand new

1

2

how to best humiliate my children this halloween?

And now, pug and tick...I've found the perfect costumes for you:

my little over achiever

Kudos to my dear Conor, the laziest over achiever I know. First it was a perfect ASVAB, then "Top Airman" at Basic. Now he just made "Below the Zone". Which is early promotion and more $$$. Ok, maybe just more $. The funniest part is, he was late to work for the first time ever, (he was helping me with babies), and a full bird Colonel was hanging around to give him his new stripes. I laughed. Perhaps, I thought, I should put up a picture of him in uniform. But alas, I don't have any. So this will have to do. Good job, Birdy!

how to tell you live with a toddler...

...you can only draw so much on the sidewalk

i keep my super powers in the belly

n is for nugget

there must have been something interesting on the ground.

For my friends back home:

TLC's "What Not to Wear" is accepting applicants in Chicago right now. Got anyone in mind you'd like to totally mortify on national television?

i'm getting WAY too into sidewalk chalk

Failure

Go to Google. Type in "miserable failure." Laugh.