Happy Hallowe'en!

Damn it. None of my pictures turned out. Oh well, the decorations were spooky, the children adorable, and the candy delicious. So Happy Hallowe'en from all of the monsters and goblins here at the House of Bad!

Fourth Fourth

I saw this meme over at Jen on the Edge. It's just the fourth photo in the fourth file in your Pictures folder. This is what I found. The Princess was 2, and already perfectly accessorized, even while sleeping. What will you find?

Something REALLY Scary....

You think ghosts and goblins are creepy? How about this much snow before Hallowe'en?


The Princess wanted to make a snowman, but then we decided a snow witch would be better.

Bad was not impressed. I'm with you buddy.

I feel the Crazies coming on....

Most of you are probably going to think that it's too early to be thinking about Christmas, but since we're hosting my family this year, I asked Hubs last night whether he wanted to go to his mom's or his sister's, or if he wanted to find a day to invite them here. I apparently wasn't specific enough in my suggestion that I couldn't handle everybody at once, and he called his mom and she's coming to stay from Christmas Eve through Boxing Day. And his sister will show up, boyfriend and enormous dog in tow, whenever she feels like it.

My MIL is not the devil. I have to keep repeating this to myself. She loves my kids, she is generous to us, and the fact that even thinking about her spending two nights here, two months from now, is making me yell at my children, obsessively clean the stove and my skin itch, well, I guess that's my problem. The woman is negative, she knows exactly which buttons to push, and I don't enjoy her company. I get defensive and angry and paranoid and crazy, whenever she's around. Whenever I even contemplate her being around. I don't want to list her faults, because I have more than enough of my own, but she once gave me a diet book for my birthday. That's just the kind of thing she does.

I think I need to get medicated. Maybe a secret bottle of Valium would take the edge off things for me.

Planning, however, is the key. I need to have everything done, every single detail laid out in advance. I know from experience that despite his best intentions, my husband is going to let me down. He won't help with the shopping, with the cleaning, with the wrapping, or the cooking. He will promise to do it, and then when he doesn't and I go bat-shit crazy, he will become the injured party, because I'm crazy, and those things that I think are important to do are just "crazy and obsessive". Hmm...I think there's another post right there.

Anyway. I'm rambling. I fear for my mental health.

Meh!

It's snowing. It's effing snowing. That's all.

Update: No, that's NOT all! It's a SNOWSTORM! An effing snowstorm. GAH!!!!

Dinner Theatre....for the Preschool set

A construction crew was very thoughtfully providing a live version of Mighty Machines this morning, which can keep Bad entranced for ages. But we've got swimming, and I needed him to eat breakfast, so.....

Mmm, Pie.....

I have to admit it. Thanksgiving this year was a little disappointing on the dessert front. My mom did make a delicious lemon meringue pie, and a yummy little chocolate cream number (Bad and the Princess's favourites, respectively) but my MIL inexplicably decided to serve chocolate chip banana bread and fruit salad for dessert. I mean, wtf?

Consequently, there has been an unhappy little voice in my head muttering, "pie...apple pie....why me have no pie?" at inopportune moments all week. I decided today that something had to be done before this craving got ridiculously out of hand.

This is what we're having for dinner....now what am I going to do with myself until it comes out of the oven?

update: it's out of the oven....(and we are having soup first)

mmm....delicious pie....I can't wait to eat you!

A little burlesque?

You've all probably noticed that I haven't been blogging regularly. I just haven't had the energy. I miss all my bloggy friends, but I just can't seem to pull myself out of the fog I've been in. However, sometimes you see things that have to be shared, and one of them is in my living room right now:



Check out the Pirate Pasties!!

xo Badness

Parties and Pools and Purses

My baby girl turned 5 yesterday. It has been a busy week. We celebrated with a party on the weekend, complete with the requested Princess Castle cake. It was lovely to have the house full of our beloved friends and family, but the party only kicked off the excitement.



We packed up the car on Monday morning and left for Niagara Falls right after swimming lessons. The kids loved the Falls, and the waterpark in our hotel, and all of the tacky amusements and concessions available on Clifton Hill.



We got back yesterday afternoon - just in time to leave again for the Princess's ballet lesson. I'dve skipped it, but the first class of each month is 'dress-up', and I would never have been forgiven for missing it. After dancing I cooked a late dinner, we ate the leftover castle and the birthday girl opened her presents from us before collapsing into bed. I wish I could say I joined her, but I had to make birthday cupcakes for her to take to school today. I think that mommy needs a present.

And what better present than a new handbag? Check out this new website, http://www.handbagplanet.com/, and the FREE!!! handbags they're giving away to celebrate their launch. And I really hope that y'all win one....just not the one I want!