Daily Pages
Wordpress just ate my last blog entry. 
How annoying.
Anyway, now that I’m on break, it’s time to double my daily page output. Normally I write about 2-3 pages a night when I’m working full time. 
That’s mainly because I have about 60 minutes of writing time after I get the babies to bed. I have to get to bed at a reasonable hour because of the ChildWhoDoesNotSleep(tm) in order to handle being woken up at 4:00 a.m. every morning. So 3 pages is good for me.
On breaks, I usually change things up by setting a timeframe instead of a page quota. I’ll write for 2 hours in the morning, give or take, and whatever I accomplish is great. Today I managed 7 pages. 
Works for me.
I went downstairs, feeling pretty chipper, only to discover ants crawling on my kitchen floor. 
With two small children, it’s kind of a given that you have food on the floor, even after you sweep up after every meal. You’re bound to miss something.
I busted a cap in their little tushies 
and mopped the kitchen floor. I had visions of pulling a Terminator and spraying hazardous kitchen chemicals everywhere. Or maybe setting the floor on fire. That would teach them. There will be NO BUGS IN MY HOUSE! 
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Holiday Traditions
It’s Easter! 
Happy Bunny Day! Or, as I like to call it, Happy Stuff as Many Cadbury’s Creme Eggs as Humanly Possible into Your Mouth Day!
Holiday traditions are, believe it or not, one of the major aspects of marriage. When you merge the lives of two people, inevitably there comes a time when one of you yells, “That’s not how you celebrate (insert major holiday here)!” The key is blending traditions. But what’s even better is inventing new ones.
One of my favorite traditions from my husband’s side of the family involves the tags on Christmas presents. Mrs. Claus always gives underwear and socks. Santa Claus gives the good stuff (toys, etc.). The reindeer give food, the elves give smaller toys, and so on. Each year it’s fun coming up with who gave which gifts. The best one is the Grinch. The Grinch gives you gifts that are in poor taste. Like my husband got some Santa boxer shorts and a hat from the Grinch. You get the idea.
This year, I had too many jelly beans. Yes, I know, how is that POSSIBLE?? But anyway, I had all these extra beans and not enough space in the baskets. So I filled more plastic eggs and took them downstairs. I asked my husband if we could just hide them around the house for fun. He didn’t want to bother with it, at first, but once he saw me starting to hide them, he joined in. By the end of it, he was having as much fun as I was, coming up with places where the kids wouldn’t see them when they came down for breakfast, but if they started looking, they would (under pillows and so on). It was a blast. Next year, we’re going to do it again. In fact, I might put a few items in their baskets, but make them find the rest. What fun!
What holiday traditions do you love at your houses?
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