Team Allen: November 2012

Every year around this chilly time I wonder why we live here.

I love Cap'n Crunch, Zebra cakes, and Totinos pizza with all my chemical loving heart. But I only allow myself to eat them once a year. And I usually hork them down secretly in a closet so I don't have to share.

In our family, whenever someone farts, someone else says, "Somebody stepped on a duck!"

24 hours a day, 7 days a week Hannah wears a pony tail and headband. I sometimes wonder if it's warping her skull shape.

I haven't really slept in 6 years. It's changed me. I have a distant memory of possessing patience.

Hannah hasn't worn a dress to church in at least a year. She hates being dressy. So she wears a very specific shirt and pants every week. I'm fine with it.

I've resigned myself into the fact that no matter how many times we move and start fresh, my walls will eventually get crapped up.

Small, slow, pretty beetles live outside in the ivy that crawls up our building. They often get inside. And for some reason they don't bother me.

Asher is still obsessed with hot milk.

They say that you shouldn't bribe or threaten kids to get the behavior you want. I've tried the nice way of talking it out. Doesn't work.

You would think a person like me who used to be a photographer would care more about her official annual family picture. I don't. I grab it when I can as easily as possible. This year was at the pumpkin festival and the kids had their faces painted. Check.

I don't know what to do with the rest of my life for a career.

I've decided to never have a Christmas tree again. But to do alternative trees instead. It has nothing to do with being environmentally friendly. I just really liked my light tree last year.

I love being pregnant and I think I might want to have another kid. But I reeeeeally don't want to take care of it. I'm the perfect candidate for being a surrogate mother. I would love to do that.

I'm conducting two experiments that I'm taking seriously:

1. I'm letting my dyed hair line grow out instead of fixing it. I'm weirdly curious to see how much my hair grows in a year. It's been about 3 months and my hair has grown an inch and a half.

2. I'm doing a liver cleanse every morning. I regularly drink throat coat and immune boost tea. I run the humidifier and diffuser every night in my kids room. I eat Zicam like candy every day. And I make every child who enters my home wash their hands immediately. We'll see if it makes a difference this winter. I've been doing this for about a six weeks. So far so good. But I'm keeping my expectations very low. I fully expect to be barfing by Christmas.

My kids are 21 months apart. The first 2 years were hell and I regretted it. Now it's awesome! It was worth it.

I'm extra super excited for Christmas this year. Way more than usual. I don't know why.

I get on Facebook maybe once a month. Or less.

I didn't vote. The line was too long.

I am dehydrating tomatos and onions right now without doing any research as to wether this was a bad idea or not.

Till next time...