UGH!... Another year older

I spent my birthday cleaning house and trying to sort through the chaos created by Chris... He talked my Dad into buying him a weight bench- which meant he no longer wants his bed- moved it down to Brianna's room (which of course meant removing her bed and all the questionable clutter that has accumulated underneath - Ewww gross!) He has decided to sleep on his futon- a move I question since he had thee most comfortable bed in the house- seriously my bed is super comfy, but his is like a cloud! Of course Katherine claimed his mattress, so we had to move it into her room, and bring hers down for Bri. Brianna was HYSTERICAL totally inconsoleable "I don't want a boy bed, I want a princess bed." I told her we would buy her a new bed in the bag, but it didn't do any good. The weight set had about 50 million pieces, some are still cluttering up my living room. I hauled Brianna's bed frame out to the street (I don't feel guilty doing that- someone always picks up everything long before the trash people haul it off) Her mattress went upstairs under K's bed it will be useful for sleepovers etc. Brianna finally got excited about her new bed when she saw how much bigger it was going to be... What is it with my kids- they HATE change??? All this bed moving led to tons of laundry- joy joy. The downstairs is straightened out now- but Chris and Katherine are on their own with the upstairs- the weekend is coming- they'll get it knocked out- too scared that it will interfere with their social lives! Went to dinner at Dad and Janets, Janet made omelettes- yum and instead of birthday cake- turtle brownies. I was all set to pass on cake, but turtle brownies??? I did good there, but then she wrapped some up and sent them home with me "for the kids"- who were spending the night at their house! Normally Wednesday night is their usual night to sleepover, but D&J are going to Florida to see my sister and her family. I had totally forgotten- that means were on Rocky duty until Sunday. UGH. I'm so tired of it being cold! Our heat had been acting crazy again, had the HVAC guy come back out again today- he said he fixed it but now the heat doesn't work at all! Grrrrr! Seriously- isn't this your JOB?!?!?!?!

Katherine's birthday money was burning a hole in her pocket and she talked me into going to Target Monday night. She got a new game for her Nintendo DS- and I in a prebirthday funk, bought some new eyeshadow (green and purple) and lipstick. I broke out of the sheer pomegranite box I've been in for the past few years and went with Perennial Plum- LOVE IT- its my new color- not too different, but less pink, and the gloss side is clear, not kind of sparkly like the pomegranite... I'm not really into sparkly...Totally digging it. Went to Ross and bought a new pair of jeans- I was down to only 1 pair that fit- (If I don't throw these brownies away I'll be back in them!)