NEW 9 month series:

this new series entitled: Pregnancy is Glamorous (aka: PIG) will be used as a private and public service for several reasons:

1.) to encourage abstinence amongst teenagers.

2.) as an outlet to whine and make it seem like news, or at least journaling.

3.) so that I will never have to say "do you know what i went through when i was pregnant with you?" WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION.

and so we begin:

meet my fever blister that has been on my face for almost two weeks! GROSS

thursday's thought

earlier this week i had cause for alarm that Jocie and I were either sick or getting very sick. there was evidence of such.

but alas we were both just moody and irritable, nothing different.

tonight while discussing the cupcakes from dinner on Sunday night with megan, she made the comment " yeah well did you notice what color that frosting came out when changing Jojo's diaper?"

yes, yes i did.

another mystery solved.

wednesday whinning

i'm tired.

my hair is greasy and i have a fever blister on the tip of my nose for over a week now.

really really tired.

i think someone punched me in the eye a few days ago, it hurts.

big day at work, i need to leave but i just want to go back to sleep.

crap, why does my throat hurt?

i'm fat and tired.

sniff*** should put on more deodorant.

dang it, i forgot to wash my work clothes last night.

(no, sorry no pics for this post, my nose looks like hamburger!)

btw, why does that Christmas calendar countdown a thousand times faster than the baby Clancy one?

i should get some patience someday.

jare bear is 3 today!

jaren's mom mentioned a few months ago that the only dress up clothes at their house were his big sister's costumes. Sure jare is not ABOVE being a princess or ballerina every once and a while, but this was not the problem.

our real concern is that his father (although undiagnosed and unsupported) may have some crossdressing tendencies. we of course embrace these episodes because he is our brother, i mean his sisters are to blame for tormenting him from birth - but sometimes he went along with it a little too easy. anyway enough about Curt.....

here is Jaren and his birthday presents: COSTUMES!

ps. oh, you have to be kidding me if you think jare's cousins were going to be "onlookers"!!
NO WAY they wanted in on the action BAD!!!!

stupid camera

dear Cyber-shot,

Since you were lucky enough to be at the Gilpin family Christmas party last night you may have noticed I took one or 1200 pictures with you.

I was so excited to use you, even though we didn't really know each other, I thought it would be a good icebreaker. I actually snapped 325 pics with you on Sunday night and came home to download them and see OUR gems of photographic genius!

how many "gems" did i find?

none.

You were like the worst blind date ever. i deleted at lease 3/4 of the pics that we took. Most everything was pure BLURRRR, and the rest were of albino people I guess because their skin was blinding white and their eyes were unresponsive to red eye reductions. (or maybe they were vampires?)



As of now you will be noticing the cold shoulder that has been thrust your way. Is this what i get for 1.) not reading any directions? 2.) purchasing on black Friday based on price and pixels / not research??? either way we are having a cooling off period. i don't think i can bear to look at you right now without wanting to grab you by the cord and scream "where is your shake-resistant feature now jerk face???"

signed,
not hot for your shot

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Dear Not so Good Yourself,

really? you think maybe you should have read the manual or were you too busy running down my batteries to the point of starvation?

you have a lot of nerve judging me and I really liked your shoes last night.

I hope we can still be friends when you pull your head out of your owners manual.

best albino wishes,

Your Cyber-shot

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Dear Shot in the dark,

based on your previous shoe comment you have an overwhelming LACK of FOCUS and FANTASTIC taste in SHOES.

sincerely,

fallen arches

$6.98 can buy happiness, or at least creativity

how cool is this table???

i heart thrift stores!!!

great green globs of greasy grimey gopher guts

wes, tal, matt

mean daddy jo and royt (my new name for him since he thinks my name is "furniture")

morgie

big mak

kate

cole

ppiew

or maybe just green frosting???