On a day when it is 108 degrees outside and this being the first day off you have had in quite some time. You may find yourself suffering from a little cabin fever. Add to this condition a few extra children besides your own who can bring the havoc with the best of them and you have a headache brewing. I am not the kind of person who likes things to be sprung on them at the last minute and especially on my day off. I hope I have not upset anyone with my less than thrilled demeanor today but I most likely did. I love my family, immediate and extended. They are great and I realize how blessed I am to have them all in my life. That does not stop me from getting grumpy when I feel that my time away from work/stress is getting overwhelmed with factors that do add stress. We all deal with days like this so I fully understand that I am kind of being a whiny bitch about this and for that I also apologize.

That said, I look forward to having some good  creative time with my kids today. We are stuck inside so I think we will knock out a few projects. One of the things we are going to do is start posting the comics the girls have been creating on a section of my blog on Blogster. The addresses will be listed below. I am also going to put the images and links up on Tumblr so that as many people can see them as possible. Char is about to start using her original art as well as the writing. I am trying to write out a little more of the "Lonely Child" project today. I should have the writing and story boarding done by the end of this week and start shooting a few scenes by the middle of July.
Click on the title below to follow the link:

Sophia's Comics Page

Charlotte's Comics Page

My Tumblr Page

Tumblr Cheat Code

It is kind of cheating but instead of an actual entry, I think I am just going to post a link to my Tumblr account.

CLICK HERE FOR TUMBLR ACCOUNT

And We Named the Ball Cookie....

My kids are creative, smart, and strange. I know a lot of parents think the same thing about their kids and I do try to approach my view of the kids with a little separation so as to not just be blind in my ideas of them. A little bit ago, Charlotte (9 year old) came in with Oliver (4 year old) and explained that they were kicking around Oliver's ball and it got knocked into something nasty and they didn't want to touch it any more. I was finishing up Sophia's (6 year old) book report with her and didn't have time to fix their crisis for them. I told them to take it upstairs and wash it off in the bath tub. They were up there for what seemed an eternity. I honestly thought they had forgot any plans of actually playing with the ball and just went on to playing something else. About ten minutes later from that point, Char and Oliver reappear with the ball in hand. "Here smell the ball." she stated with pride. "We washed it with shampoo and body wash." , she explained. "And we named the ball cookie." With that they were out the door. Oliver, Charlotte, and Cookie were off to have adventures again. Sophia finished her homework and ran to meet their new friend, Cookie. I could understand this behavior better if they were stranded on a tropical island with no one to talk to but they have plenty of friends and playmates. I'm sure they will be asking for Cookie to sleep in their room and I will have to decide which room will host our new guest. Maybe the topic of Oliver owning Cookie will spur a discussion of slavery and the problems with that whole arrangement.


I love my kids and they get their weird factor honestly.

Really Inconsistent Entry....

I am one of those people who likes to write and always swears that they will be more consistent and disciplined about their writing. Guess what? We are horrible about being a consistent scheduled writer. Maybe I don't have things happen in my life regularly enough to make writing worth while. The juice has to be worth the squeeze as they say. Maybe I should rattle off a few meaningful events in bullet point form every two days and go back when I am inclined to do so and flesh out the story points. Here are a few things thus far;

• Stopped eating meat a while back. No, I am not concerned with animals as much as I am concerned about the crap that they are pumping into any meat you will buy and eat. I do like the idea of my living, consumption not needing to rely on the death of other creatures though. 
• Am just now getting over an illness that has been bothering me since November. People were starting to think I was about to die or something because of the chronic coughing. I am glad to be feeling better and hope to parlay this feeling better into my next bullet point.
• Plan to start working towards getting back into shape. I have put back on all the weight I lost two years ago and would rather not feel as old as I do. Not only are we eating vegetarian but for the next little while we will be doing that plus low carb. We are also as a family going to work on increasing our "active" time on a daily basis.
• We are actually going to take a family vacation/trip this summer. We are looking at cabins to have a get away with my brother in law and his wife. Nick Zacharko and his wife Jessica will be with us for the outdoor adventure in a few months. It will be nice to get away with the family like that.

Well as my kids are ramping up the anarchy factor in the house, I need to attend to them. Until my next inconsistent entry, stay redamndiculous.