tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59597822011-07-30T09:10:01.734-07:00yes, I do have opinions. no, they don't matter.Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.comBlogger4941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-51479543675407210122009-12-31T23:49:00.000-08:002010-01-01T00:12:17.018-08:00

It amazes me to write 2010. Very sci-fi.This year has been a whirlwind. And of course since I haven't blogged at all anyone reading this will be shocked by all that has happened. LOLSo for my sake more than anyone elses...In 2009 I met my soul mate. I met her, married her, and now we have a baby baby Simon born just 11 days ago. Busy year.I feel I have settled into Seattle and have committed

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-24092510601581986782009-07-14T07:47:00.000-07:002009-07-14T08:19:24.528-07:00

So far this is working out to be my best quarter at UW yet. I finally made it into Biology after having to take Chemistry an obscene number of times. I love Biology! I love the class, I adore the teacher, the only downside is my lab partner. I think this is the first time ever that I have REALLY not liked my lab partner. I daydream about her dropping the class.. :)I'm also taking a plant

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-57427730302587972112009-06-03T14:24:00.001-07:002009-06-03T14:24:16.736-07:00

It's June, it's JUNE!! :) My birthmonth, and really I think my favorite month of all. It's freaking hot though. I really thought it didn't get hot like this in Seattle. Kinda like the cold I didn't think we would be getting in winter... Hmmm, boy was I wrong!So June, month of my birth. Also the month for replacing car tabs and this year getting an emissions check (for the

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-16805053557492702052009-03-09T23:04:00.000-07:002009-03-09T23:14:13.894-07:00

It's amazing to me how quickly a new city can become home. I have lived in apartments for over a year and not felt like it was home. but I feel like Seattle is home. The place I always needed to come and be but just never made it, until now. It's good to be home. :)I'm dating. Which makes me laugh because I'm not supposed to be dating while I'm in school. That was my plan. It got boring

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-50722546226875573842008-12-15T00:04:00.000-08:002008-12-15T00:33:29.865-08:00

It seems so odd that I've lived in Seattle for four months now. Odd in both ways. On the one hand this was a huge move for me. The biggest of my life (well except for moving from California but I was nine months old so it didn't really faze me). Four months seems like a long time to have lived in this new city and to have not bothered to write and reflect. I guess I wanted to have something

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-9583440350666690132008-07-26T02:17:00.000-07:002008-07-26T03:45:00.999-07:00

On Mary Ellen's recommendation (at least I hope it was a recommendation, reading it again I could see how maybe it wasn't, but I think it was) I read Eat, Pray, Love. It was fabulous I thought. Not exactly life changing, but relevant for sure, and mind opening at least.If only I had the money to travel the world for a year. Oh, yes and the ability to pause my children. LOLIt is interesting

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-73802132698357690182008-07-04T18:18:00.000-07:002008-07-04T18:22:21.675-07:00

Sooo, I never post here anymore. And I don't really think anyone reads it anyway... lol... but...I got accepted into UW and I will be moving to Seattle sometime in the next couple months. It's kinda terrifying. Now that I'm finally leaving the TC I can totally see all of the things I will miss. :) And all of the reasons to stay. It can be frightening when dreams come true.Sara and I broke

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-71352993687990401372008-03-11T14:12:00.000-07:002008-03-11T15:20:41.781-07:00

I had a dream the other night and in it I was getting married. Not only was I getting married again but I was getting married in the same Mormon chapel where I had married Shawn and the same Bishop was presiding. But this time he was angry. This time I was marrying Sara.In the dream I was standing in the wings of the church with my bride to be (yes, I was wearing a tux with a top hat no less,

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-69712602697065985502008-02-27T00:56:00.000-08:002008-02-27T01:07:21.649-08:00

I have to admit that opening up and accepting a new relationship has been a good choice. Falling in love always feels so nice. And being in love with Sara has been one of the most emotionally fulfilling things ever. There are moments of uncertainty of course. I'm 30 for god's sake. I have baggage. She's 30 with baggage. There's plenty of baggage to go around! But it's truly amazing to be

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-46036039287643916132007-12-31T11:20:00.000-08:002007-12-31T12:54:40.813-08:00

It's crazy to me how long it's been since I posted anything meaningful in this blog. Since it's the last of the year I figured I should update my readers (haha) or at least document this year for posterity.So, a few highlights.2007 was full of changes for me and I think that even though some of them were challenging I don't think any of them were bad.In January of 2007 I started back to school.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-44339264124566739462007-10-18T12:55:00.000-07:002007-10-18T13:03:37.317-07:00

I've started another blog (how many is that now? LOL ) The kids and I have cut gluten and dairy out of our diets (well at home). The hope is that in particular this will help Aiden with some of his behavioural issues. It's also helping Kathrynn because she's lactose intolerant. The only truly obvious results I've noticed have been in me. I have a lot more energy now, I feel better over all

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-8209622030131907982007-09-30T22:55:00.000-07:002007-09-30T23:10:35.093-07:00

So after trying for a while to convince myself it was a bad idea and then telling everyone I know who might try to talk me out of it (so they could, but of course they didn't) I've decided to take two years instead of one to finish at CBC.I've realized I'm pushing myself too hard at school. This quarter I'm taking Chemistry, Technical Writing and Calculus and I feel like I'm just barely staying

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-21417494173884467762007-09-20T23:03:00.000-07:002007-09-20T23:15:56.307-07:00

I'm starting to feel old. The grey hairs aren't helping. Being old isn't all bad. In some ways it's actually pretty cool. For one thing I get to feel smug and superior to a lot of the teenagers I go to school with. So while they are still there as a constant reminder of just how old I am, they also furnish me with the chance to look down on someone.But here's what has me feeling old now.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-4155942753616504152007-08-06T11:41:00.001-07:002007-08-06T11:53:10.966-07:00

I got a frantic call last week from Shawn that Amy was breaking up with him and the kids needed to come home. Now. So after a couple days of complete chaos I headed to Seattle on an emergency rescue mission to pick my kids up at the airport. Followed by an equally emergent return when it was discovered that Kathrynn had more lice than I've EVER seen on one head. Yuck!So they are home now.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-5282331384660099312007-07-25T11:55:00.000-07:002007-07-25T12:10:36.556-07:00

I haven't had much chance to write. Just trying to stay busily on top of things.I'm over the 'hump' of having my kids gone. That is they will be back with me on August 21st and it's sooner rather than later now.I've moved. I'm almost completely moved out of my old apartment and into the new one. The new apartment has several features I love. Three bedrooms. Grass. Richland Location. $4

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-12669049722321475252007-07-01T23:32:00.000-07:002007-07-01T23:58:26.936-07:00

So I'm 30 now. Have been for almost a week I guess. I've been floating around in denial. No, really I've just been busy.Here's a picture I took to commemorate my big 3-0. it would have been better of course if I had had another person to take the picture and if it hadn't been 5:00pm with terrible sun shinning in my face. But I thought it was cool anyway.I got all legally divorced and everything

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-69818462422787811742007-06-23T03:09:00.000-07:002007-06-23T03:19:35.791-07:00

I got my grades for this quarter. Imagine my surprise when I got a 4.0 in Cultural Geography and Fitness Lab AND Precalculus but a GOD DAMN FUCKING 3.8 in Art!! ART!!! Ghhaaaaaa!!I have so far managed to refrain from throwing myself on the floor and flailing like a three year old. But only just barely.It's completely infuriating! I was his goddamn favorite student. I actually DID all of the

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-22761705396740001032007-06-23T02:48:00.000-07:002007-06-23T02:59:16.443-07:00

I was on Wikipedia and I had the silly notion to look up my name. I didn't really expect to find an entry about me but I was bored and lonely. Needless to say there was nothing about me on there. LOLSo I decided to search just my last name. It's different enough that almost anyone in the country with the same last name is a direct relative (well, of Shawn).Gutleben brought up exactly one

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-278373658263485362007-06-22T16:51:00.000-07:002007-06-23T03:02:24.986-07:00

My house feels very very empty. The kids and Travis left for Ohio on Tuesday and I stayed for a couple more days up in Seattle visiting. So last night was my first night in my house all alone. It was weird. Sad and scary and quiet and COLD!! I usually have two little heaters in bed with me to keep me warm. Well, that and I cranked up the AC last night because when I got home the house was

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-2641120993143136702007-06-07T06:36:00.000-07:002007-06-07T06:46:40.736-07:00

I recently learned about a program at U.W. called the Husky Promise. It's for students of UW who fall under certain income levels and it covers all tuition expenses... ALL. The way it works is if you are accepted as a student there and you would otherwise qualify for the Pell and State Need grants (which I do). Then UW promises to pick up the rest of your tuition after whatever grants and

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-8257290713692564942007-06-04T08:09:00.000-07:002007-06-04T08:29:00.020-07:00

I have some kind of complex about not feeling grown up. I look around at all of my friends and feel that they have their lives all together and me, I'm just playing at it. I think I've felt this way since I officially became a grown up.But lately I've been feeling more grown up. More in control of my life. Which in a way is sort of backwards since right now I'm going to school and not working

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-87753836710455883982007-05-13T09:41:00.000-07:002007-05-13T10:16:30.092-07:00

I was uploading my photos onto my computer and I came across some lovely photos by Miss Kathrynn who uses my camera when I'm not around to tell her no and doesn't know how to erase them! LOL. Guess I shouldn't say no. :)

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-37167409266184914722007-05-13T09:05:00.000-07:002007-05-13T09:25:04.749-07:00

I cut my hair yesterday. I was driving down the highway at 70 miles per hour the other day in 80 degrees of heat with my window down and my hair tying itself in knots and I was inspired to shave my head. Nothing too drastic just 1 inch all over and a little shorter around the edges. I like it. And no more knots. :)

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-28702150550044300002007-04-23T08:41:00.000-07:002007-04-23T08:44:12.613-07:00

The apartment next to mine has been empty for quite a while. I was over in the yard yesterday and I found myself nose to nose with our new neighbor. He was nice enough to let me get a picture to share. Well, mostly I was unknowingly blocking his only path back into the space under the house. LOL Isn't he cute?

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-68484414465448996442007-04-23T08:28:00.000-07:002007-04-23T08:35:30.018-07:00

The other day I was driving with the kids and Kathrynn said..."I know it's not true, because it's silly, but sometimes it seems like all of the teachers at school are married to Mr.Scott (the principal). And it seems like the kids are all like their children. So sometimes it seems like Mrs. Gerdes and Mr.Scott are my mom and dad and all the kids in my class are my brothers and sisters. I know

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-55644367705960018102007-04-11T10:36:00.000-07:002007-04-11T10:45:44.021-07:00

Well, we're not religious or punctual around here. We finally had an easter egg hunt last night. I know, I'm a horrible parent.Today I'm dinking around waiting to go to school (I hate that my classes don't start till 11:30!) and I decided to see if I could get a pretty Easter egg hiding in the grass picture.I got this one...The apartment next door to mine is empty, has been for a while and the

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-66935901762046524112007-04-06T21:16:00.000-07:002007-04-09T16:50:04.788-07:00

I finally got batteries for my camera! I also finally figured out how to take close up pictures with it. Yeah me!!I took LOTS! I think these are the best of them...This is a bolt from my chain link fence. Not very interesting, but at the same time, kinda interesting.Kathrynn got new boots from the thrift store... two days later she hates them because they make her feet sweat, but the shadows

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-36122287158886257842007-04-04T00:57:00.000-07:002007-04-04T01:25:03.222-07:00

Spring at CBC is so alive. For starters there are the bunnies. If you don't know, the bushes at CBC are full of wild bunnies (jackrabbits?). They are brown and terribly afraid of people although they seem entirely unafraid of passing cars. I saw a couple peeking out during the end of winter quarter but now that spring is here I'm seeing them all over. I love them. When I went to CBC before

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-47496224387954870272007-03-28T23:04:00.000-07:002007-03-29T00:02:34.991-07:00

The moment of truth.I knew I scored a 4.0 in Fitness Lab. It's based entirely on how many hours you log in the quarter and I worked my ass off to get that 4.0. I was excited to know I would be getting a 4.0 (even if it was just in gym) because it's the first in my college career. And almost my first ever. LOL I can only remember getting two 4.0 grades before. One in Ceramics in high school

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-4653776229615975572007-03-02T23:18:00.000-08:002007-03-02T23:28:56.361-08:00

So it appears I'm moving to Seattle. Not today. Not this year even but come fall 2008 I will likely (hopefully) be a Seattlite.This is happy news. About 10 years too late! But happy news.Here's why. WSU (in Pullman) offers Bioengineering. They are the ones who turned me onto it in the first place. But on closer inspection of their class structure it became clear that they expect you to

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-75186545102001545042007-02-19T11:16:00.000-08:002007-02-19T12:02:47.645-08:00

So another year, another Radcon. I had a fantastic con. I will highlight some details here but most of it I won't. For decency's sake.Just the facts. I stayed with my friend Ron. He's way too nice and this year he got us a room in the party wing with two big cushy beds. As my contribution to the con this year I sacrificed my con-virgin roommate, Travis. I ran into lots of people I met last

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1170713408795045202007-02-05T13:57:00.000-08:002007-02-05T14:10:52.293-08:00

I'm trying to decide which classes to take next quarter because registration for it starts like next week. The one thing I know for sure is I must take PreCalc with Mr.Criddle. I've never enjoyed math before. I think I should run with it as far as I can. The only problem is he's only teaching it for one class next quarter. 12:40 - 1:40. Not terrible at all except it seems that EVERY single

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1169502399548903362007-01-22T13:36:00.000-08:002007-01-22T13:46:39.570-08:00

Shawn has now informed me that he's quitting his LONG HAUL driving job in favor of a shorter haul driving job local to Ohio. This in light of his recent diagnosis. Did I mention this? I diagnosed it as diabetes and it turns out I was completely right. Good call for me but not so great for Shawn. I have mixed feelings about his quitting though. For starters it's going to absolutely break

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1169161522520323492007-01-18T14:53:00.000-08:002007-01-18T15:05:22.550-08:00

I don't have much time to write as I need to get home to the kiddos. I had my first Algebra test today. I believe I did well. I didn't exactly breeze through it but I'm sure I did well. I also took my second History test today. I missed one answer. : ) I really think I can pull off a good grade in that class.I'm actually hoping to do well in all of my classes. I've never cared much about

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1168552083660337322007-01-11T13:28:00.000-08:002007-01-11T13:51:09.343-08:00

I breezed through my first History test. It's online and we had a week to take it so I took it the moment it was available. Today in class there were young girls sitting next to me discussing when they might take it and how much studying they still needed to do for it. I told them it was pretty easy. Not only is it easy but you have the chance to take the test again and it will average your

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1168461425631329552007-01-10T12:32:00.000-08:002007-01-10T12:37:05.663-08:00

Of Algebra!! :) I love Algebra! It's SO MUCH easier than PreCalculus. I actually walked in today, completely cold, missed the first week, and I UNDERSTOOD what was going on! Not only that but I helped others as well. I LOVE Algebra!Oh, and to elaborate on the adorable teacher situation. He's adorable in such a way that I would totally go out for drinks with him if he asked... but I would

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1168382673352617692007-01-09T14:37:00.000-08:002007-01-09T14:45:07.720-08:00

Ok, not really. I feel no shame or horror. I do however feel a little... I don't know, not so fresh! LOLWe had our first test in PreCalc today. I studied my ass off which is really not like me. I didn't expect to do swimmingly as I KNOW I'm rusty. But honestly I expected to muddle through. See, I test well. I always have. Generally I can BS my way through tests like you wouldn't believe.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1168295858301650032007-01-08T14:21:00.000-08:002007-01-08T14:38:22.476-08:00

Again with the three month lack of blogging. Sheesh.So I'm in school now. CBC is harder than I remember. No, using my brain is harder than I remember. So is asking for help. I'm taking History (My second least favorite class in highschool), Math (My first least favorite) and Fitness Lab (read it as GYM and understand my horror!) But I have this crazy amazing urge to succeed at it which is

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1161119323059070562006-10-17T13:59:00.000-07:002006-10-17T14:09:02.666-07:00

I had an interesting experience at work the other day. This person came in. Her name is Lacey. She's a regular at BK but I only know her name is Lacy because we had screwed up her order the day before and she had called and they had taken note of her name and our screw up so we could remedy the situation.As I was serving her she commented that she was never going to leave (this because she was

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1161118720020234302006-10-17T13:56:00.000-07:002006-10-17T13:58:40.023-07:00

Did you know that's what it's called? Not a Driver's License. Not a Driving License. No, it's a Driver License. Go look! I never noticed before just now. It sounds dumb.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1161118452508405262006-10-17T13:51:00.000-07:002006-10-17T13:55:49.876-07:00

So, my blog's birthday is coming up. Tomorrow in fact. It was pure chance that I was on here reading and planning to post and happened to wonder how long I had been blogging. This blog will be three years old tomorrow.I'm glad I checked and saved myself the embarrassment of missing this very important day. What does one get for a blog?...

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1160263353835318232006-10-07T16:03:00.000-07:002006-10-07T16:24:07.580-07:00

I swore when we decided to get divorced that we weren't going to have our business dragged out by attorneys. And we haven't, and we won't. But we also swore it was going to be a quick 90 day divorce. None of these long drawn out year or longer deals for us. No way. Well it's going to be a year. At least. Haha. Not because we've spent the last 10 months hashing out details. Not nearly.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1159480859828170312006-09-28T14:55:00.000-07:002006-09-28T15:33:35.723-07:00

It's completely unfathomable to me that I haven't blogged in three whole months.I have lots of reasons for not blogging I suppose. The most legitimate being that I have no internet at home and a computer which, though it has two hard drives and both of them have been intermittently installed with Windows XP, refuses to recognize an operating system when it sees one.If I miss one thing the most

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1151298018175888542006-06-25T21:38:00.000-07:002006-06-25T22:00:18.200-07:00

I can almost guarantee you will be itching by the time this post is over.So, where to start? The last week of school Kathrynn came down with lice. I noticed she was itching quite a bit and while I was braiding her hair I saw she had quite the little egg farm going on! EWWW!I kept her home from school and luckily I was off of work that day. I didn't find any in Aiden or my hair (which is crazy

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1149179837331684532006-06-01T09:28:00.000-07:002006-06-01T09:38:49.816-07:00

For as long as I can remember I have wanted a tattoo. And I've been legal to get one for almost 11 years now. There was always just one thing standing in my way.Shawn.Actually there was more than just Shawn standing in my way. There was my own timidity that made it hard for me to just go and do what I wanted without having a cheerleader.Well Shawn is gone but the need for a cheerleader is

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1148805151202150892006-05-28T01:25:00.000-07:002006-05-28T01:32:31.223-07:00

It's fn to go to night clubs with internet access because then you can blog DURING your eveingn out. Evein if it means you're too drunk to type coherantly. :)It's been fun though. At the white party at the out&about. I ran into this guy I had a huge crush on in Jrhi. is it a surprise to anoyone that he's gay? it shou;dnt' be. He was a frend of Rodney's named Jaramiah. He went by MIa.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147894459202465212006-05-17T12:25:00.000-07:002006-05-17T12:34:19.223-07:00

In my earlier mentioned outing to Value Village I picked up a board game for the kids. It's called Die Mause Bande (The Mouse Gang). It's one of those high quality German games with the cute wooden pieces. It was in perfect condition and all the pieces were there. I always feel virtuous playing board games with the kids as opposed to electronic games. Silly I know, but true.I brought it home

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147881886811764202006-05-17T08:42:00.000-07:002006-05-17T09:04:46.840-07:00

Last night I attended the 'Parenting with Dignity' seminar at the coliseum (I'm sorry the Toyota Center!).I had seen the posters and briefly though "Hey if I had $8 and a babysitter I might want to go to that, just to see what he had to say." The posters had good art. That was a major deciding factor in that thought.I wasn't really planning to go, didn't think I could really come up with $8 and

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147880525929583642006-05-17T08:33:00.000-07:002006-05-17T08:42:05.930-07:00

I always say that Kathrynn is very much Shawn's child. She has his mind in a lot of ways and because of that much of the time she completely mystifies me. Then the following conversation happens...Kathrynn: Mmmm This pizza is good! What day is it?Me: Thursday.Kathrynn: So, Thursday should be pizza night and we should have this pizza EVERY Thursday.This is the exact conversation I have in my

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147879930215660942006-05-17T08:21:00.000-07:002006-05-17T08:32:10.246-07:00

I'm sure I'm not the only one here who has secretly wished she could sometimes be Muslim just for the clothes. Not talking the burka here people but the ones I always see the local Muslim ladies wearing. Looks like a dress almost with matching pants underneath. I have admired them since highschool. They look so comfey like PJ's but they are always so pretty!Anyway, I was at Value Village the

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147423527660959762006-05-12T01:42:00.000-07:002006-05-12T01:45:27.660-07:00

I have a real live date on Friday. A real live dinner and a movie date with a guy from MySpace. His name is David and he's also going through a divorce. He's originally from Alabama which is plainly obvious in his use of the two syllable word DOG. LOLBut really he's a nice guy and he's taking me out to A Robin Williams Movie (my favorite) and the Spaghetti Establishment (not my FAVORITE but

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147423206297820682006-05-12T01:31:00.000-07:002006-05-12T01:47:32.530-07:00

So Shawn showed up today with Amy. When I first found out she was coming I totally panicked. I was freaking out completely. Over time I worked through it. I was still nervous and apprehensive but no longer beside myself. Today I finally met her. It wasn't bad at all.We all met at Chuckie Cheese's. Kathrynn hit it off with Amy immediately and dragged her off to play games. It gave Shawn

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147422655328144522006-05-12T01:25:00.000-07:002006-05-13T09:58:38.613-07:00

I got roses at work today. Correction. I got A rose at work today. One very large beautiful white rose with some greenery. All of the ladies at work were abuzz about it. :)They say I have a 'Sancho' which according to my manager is Mexican for "guy you cheat on your husband with" LOLThis is in fact not the case. The guy in question is a very nice man I met on MySpace and have yet to meet

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1147171196876023782006-05-09T03:33:00.000-07:002006-05-09T03:41:20.006-07:00

If you're bored, soul searching, or just love doing this sort of silly thing. Try some google poetry...Katie's Favorite Mexican Food Recipes Katie wants a fast one,butKatie needs a good man.Katie is a good choice, but Katie looks like recycled cat food.Katie thinks something is funny,Because Katie loves orange!Even so...Katie never bragged.********************************************************

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1146969521374182002006-05-06T19:00:00.000-07:002006-05-06T19:38:41.400-07:00

I just got off the phone with Shawn. He's on his way here. He wasn't supposed to come until the middle of the month but he told his company that he got served with divorce papers and needed to come here as soon as possible. It's a tiny white lie. We had agreed that he would sign the joiner on the papers and then just send them back so I can file them. But apparently there were a few things

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1146819190475473032006-05-05T01:48:00.000-07:002006-05-05T01:53:10.496-07:00

I got a 90% on my first essay in English class today. "What's this..." you say "...we didn't even know you were in school Katie!"And alas I am not. But my sister is so I guess more accuratly SHE got a 90% on my first essay, or I got her a 90%, or however it works best in your head.Really it was more a group effort. I wrote it and she edited it for proper englishness. So between the two of us

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1146451155865302382006-04-30T19:38:00.000-07:002006-04-30T19:39:15.886-07:00

But this totally IS my favorite pose to sleep in! WOW!Find your own pose!

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1146296661941315532006-04-29T00:40:00.000-07:002006-04-29T00:47:54.363-07:00

I had a 'date' the other night and on it I learned that the lines on your hands make the numbers 18 and 81. In Arabic. :) It was so interesting that then I had to go online and learn more. I happened upon the Arabic ABC song equivalent. And now my kids run around singing in Arabic. :)I LOVE the internet!P.S. I love that after they do the alphabet they go over some very important vocabulary

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1146296380825643972006-04-29T00:36:00.000-07:002006-04-29T00:39:40.846-07:00

Or none at all?I got a letter from Value Village. A YOU SUCK letter. Actually it said you are completely qualified for this job and have everything we're looking for, but we hired someone else. :PI got the email from BFT today too. It said YEAH you passed the test now you get to go to step 2! Wheeeeee So there's still hope on that job. But still, I won't hold my breath.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1145582766753796532006-04-20T18:05:00.000-07:002006-04-20T18:26:06.830-07:00

Today I went to Ben Franklin Transit for some preliminary applicant testing for a position as a Dial-A-Ride Operator. I would really like to have this job. But there are 185 applicants for 4 openings. So I won't hold my breath. But it sure would be fantastic.While I was there Value Village called. I have an interview with them tomorrow. If they offer me a full time job I will probably take

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1145379569793243302006-04-18T09:45:00.000-07:002006-04-18T09:59:29.860-07:00

I'm not a huge fan of pets in general and if I had to chose between a cat or a dog the dog would win hands down (paws down?). There's something about cats I really don't like. Besides the fur that makes me sneeze and the whole idea of litterboxes in general. But I happened upon this blog today and thought it was cute and that other people who like cats and understand them and live with them

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1144996104595289752006-04-13T23:17:00.000-07:002006-04-13T23:28:24.630-07:00

I signed up on myspace.com today. I posted a link on my side bar to my incredibly boring space there. LOLI was amazed when I signed into my email a few hours later and found that suddenly about 15 people wanted to be my friends. I thought "wow this site sure works!" Unfortunately only one of those people was really a person! It was Dawn (and I was happy to have her!) the others are all bands

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1144818086781400482006-04-11T21:31:00.000-07:002006-04-11T22:01:26.856-07:00

I got several pieces of interesting mail in the last couple days.I got a letter from the Division of Child Support Enforcement for one. They have started a case for me to go after Shawn for child support. Never mind that he's already paying me child support. Apparently it's not enough for them that he and I agree on an amount and he's been paying it faithfully. No, they want to stick their

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1144656813760922242006-04-10T01:05:00.000-07:002006-04-10T01:13:33.783-07:00

Today while driving I was absentmindedly thinking about a term I've heard too much lately... 'well hung'. It's sort of a silly thing to think about I know, but then I was thinking about how the female equivalent of that term might be 'stacked'. A few others I could think of were 'package', 'rack', and 'junk in the trunk'.Then suddenly I felt like organizing my closets! LOL

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1144265132717363412006-04-05T12:25:00.000-07:002006-04-05T12:25:32.730-07:00

I haven't been updating much because most of my life right now wouldn't get a PG rating. LOL NC17 at the very least. And I don't feel comfortable spilling it all out here.Lets just say I am living out a long unfulfilled dream from my teen years. It's not illegal, but it's no where near moral. And leave it at that.;)

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1143759809484806442006-03-30T14:57:00.000-08:002006-03-30T15:03:29.496-08:00

I'm on a roll! Last night I had another first in my life. I went to a Hockey game! I hadn't ever done that. My sister had gotten two free tickets to take her son but didn't want to go. So she asked if she could watch my kids and let me go with him. Hell YES! It was fun. We got free thunder sticks. And free seats but we spent $30 on food!! LOLThe Ams didn't play very well I guess. They

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1142886321782852402006-03-20T12:19:00.000-08:002006-03-20T12:25:21.826-08:00

Mike whined at me like a little girl that the link on my blog didn't go directly to his newer blog. Whaa!! As if he were alone in that regard. I mean Dawn's linked to an old blog too, so did Troy's. But is it MY fault if you people can't make a damn commitment and stick with it?Please understand that the links on my blog are really only for my use. That's how I get around the internet. It

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1142855923681077322006-03-20T03:37:00.000-08:002006-03-20T04:01:34.653-08:00

One more thing to mark off of my "to do before I die" list. Today out of the blue I got an email from Mike offering that we get together for drinks since he was in town for the weekend.He suggested the strip club in Umatilla since I had once blogged about wanting to go there. So that's just what we did. It was so much better than I expected it to be. I had been told it was pretty lame as far

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1142796081080848282006-03-19T11:19:00.001-08:002006-03-19T11:25:06.626-08:00

...Now I'm just really confused...I had the following conversation with God online. Now I KNOW he's just messing with us.Me: hello?God:Hello friend. What is your name?Me: KatieGod: That's a very nice name, Katie.Me: thanksGod:Don't mention it. Me: what's your name?God:My name is God.Me: why?God:The explanation is rather complicated.Me: I betGod:You and I are on the same wavelength, Katie.Me:

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1142459926877558822006-03-15T13:28:00.000-08:002006-03-15T13:58:46.946-08:00

Believe it or not I haven't fallen from the face of the earth. It felt like it, even to me!Life just keeps throwing new and exciting adventures at me. -_- (that's my 'not amused' face) :)Aiden started Kindergarten last week. So far he's gotten in 'big trouble' (his words) every day at school. I would really worry about what this would do to his future development as a functioning member of

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1140819755322852252006-02-24T14:11:00.000-08:002006-02-24T14:22:35.333-08:00

Why can't every day be Radcon? LOL It's always so hard to leave when the weekend is over. I know that's pathetic. But Sunday at noon when everything is packed I stare at that hotel window and imagine if only this were my real life. LOL Radcon was good. I made a few new friends had some unexpected adventures and didn't get enough sleep. I didn't get sick this year. I guess the trick is to

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1139877497478876652006-02-13T16:30:00.000-08:002006-02-13T16:38:17.500-08:00

Today I had my skills assessment for Amazon.com. It started out as a basic personality type test, to weed out the thieves and psychopaths, then the rest of it was stuff like grammar, proofreading, following instructions, reading a paragraph and answering questions. Basically the English part of an SAT. Not only was I the first of the group of about 15-20 people to get done. But I PASSED!

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1139699645758785792006-02-11T15:08:00.000-08:002006-02-11T15:14:05.773-08:00

A million years ago it seems I applied for a job at the Amazon.com call center in Kennewick. I had written the idea of getting the job off completely because it had been too long. Surely they have hired their fill of new workers and the application says not to bother applying if you've applied within six months.Then yesterday a lady from Worksource called to see if I was still interested in

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1139539496952600922006-02-09T18:37:00.000-08:002006-02-09T18:44:56.953-08:00

This week I got a haircut. I was planning to grow it long but in order to do that I have to be able to accept the 'ugly phases' it must go through to get there. I don't usually have a problem with that but I just don't feel like I can be ugly right now. So I had my sister cut my hair. It's not to radical. And I don't have much cash right now to change the color but I like it and it's MUCH

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1139537907950126332006-02-09T18:12:00.000-08:002006-02-09T18:36:14.860-08:00

Chelee tempted us all with the col thing on her blog. So I had to go find out where it came from. It's called Snap Shirts. So here's mine...I love that my name is dead center.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1139269727457489022006-02-06T15:42:00.000-08:002006-02-06T16:16:10.973-08:00

I was going to comment to Mary Ellen's Comment below but decided it would take up too much room. And besides this gives me an outlet.Mary Ellen said..."Would it be rude of me to suggest that Shawn have a little snip-snip? He has enough kids to take care of already."Tee hee. No, I don't think it would be rude. Useless possibly but not rude. In Shawn's defense he's not exactly careless about

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1139028749309191362006-02-03T20:40:00.000-08:002006-02-03T20:52:29.333-08:00

Yardsale season that is. Who knew it would start in February this year? Regardless, I scored a really sturdy all wood dresser with matching night stands and it only cost (my mom) $25!!! She said they also had a matching waterbed frame with headboard. I don't need the frame but I really want a headboard! So tomorrow I will go and see if I can get that as well. YEAH!!I told my parents today

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1138232848618864832006-01-25T15:33:00.000-08:002006-01-25T15:47:28.656-08:00

I feel like I should update but sometimes it seems so pointless to update in the middle of life. Wouldn't it be easier to wait until it was over?I'm definitely making good use of my New Year Resolution! It appears that Shawn and I will be getting a divorce. That's what we decided but I feel like everytime a decision is made in my life lately it doesn't seem to actually happen, so I might be

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1136278348196340652006-01-03T00:45:00.000-08:002006-01-03T00:52:28.853-08:00

Several others have posted New Year's Resolutions. It's always such an enlightening thing to do. As for me I have only one.BE STRONGERBe stronger to get what needs to be done done. Be stronger for me, stronger for my kids, stronger for my marriage and, well, just stronger. I want to be strong enough to accept responsibility for the things I do and the things I don't do. I want to be strong

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1135544158707223832005-12-25T12:55:00.000-08:002005-12-25T12:55:58.706-08:00

GOING! :)

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1135544136920252502005-12-25T12:40:00.000-08:002005-12-25T12:55:36.936-08:00

Now that I live in West I pass by M'Ellen's house on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I am usually in a hurry to get to work or someplace so I never stop. But I think of her and her family often as I pass. Also when I'm at work I think of them often because they attend dance classes at the dance studio next to my place of employment.So, for the most part not a day goes by that I don't think,

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1135543226532986402005-12-25T12:26:00.000-08:002005-12-25T12:40:26.550-08:00

The other day the kids and I went to The Bookworm. I have great childhood memories from there and wanted to introduce my kids to it. No one was disappointed. We each found something to enjoy. For me it was Simple Abundance.I had heard of this book before. Probably multiple times. I can't really tell you exactly where. I just know I have. It seems like a book that a lot of people I know

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1135542363821819072005-12-25T12:02:00.000-08:002005-12-25T12:26:03.960-08:00

I don't think I have blogged here about the best part of my husband's trucking adventure yet, have I? Shawn has a daughter Jasmine. She lives in Ohio with her mom and siblings and we pay child support for her every month. Shawn had only seen her once in the hospital, when she was born, and we had pretty much given up hope of really seeing her because of the distance, financial difficulties,

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1135229460809900862005-12-21T21:25:00.001-08:002005-12-21T21:31:00.810-08:00

I withdrew Kathrynn from school today. And then they canceled it (in mourning?). Kind of an anticlimactic last day.Kathrynn was sad to be leaving. All I've heard since day one was how much she didn't like that school and over the last week there has been much excitement as her last day grew ever nearer. But when hit with the reality of it all she was sad. I was going to write that I don't

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1135229091390898402005-12-21T21:21:00.000-08:002005-12-21T21:24:51.406-08:00

Finally got approved for an apartment!! WAHHOOO!!! So as of the first of the year I'm outa here and headed to the exotic land of... (drum roll) ... Kennewick! Yes, that's right I will once again be enjoying Kennewick living. Ok it's not the big move I was looking for but it's out of my parents house and that's a plus.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1134523504184551742005-12-13T17:08:00.002-08:002005-12-13T17:25:04.186-08:00

So today's my anniversary. Eight years. Wow. My husband is someplace between Alabama and California. I don't feel hugely sentimental about him not being here for our anniversary. I might as well get used to it. If he continues with this trucker thing I will have to pick and chose my holidays and with our anniversary, Christmas, and his birthday all in such quick succession I imagine

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1133737729164768412005-12-04T15:01:00.000-08:002005-12-04T15:08:49.166-08:00

I've been wasting a lot of money lately. I hate to think about it. It's very depressing. Just a short tally of the money I have wasted this week...$80 at the casino. A waste because at one point I was up $245 and didn't walk out.$120 in overdraft fees at the bank.$20 application fee for an apartment that denied my application.$50 deductible on my cell phone to get a new one because I dropped

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1133737097057499842005-12-04T14:35:00.000-08:002005-12-04T14:58:17.113-08:00

A while back I switched from Yakima Federal, a small credit union which I loved, to US Bank, a large nationwide business of a bank which I thought I could handle.I hate them.I signed onto my online account the other day to find it $167 overdrawn! Somehow I had overdrawn my account. I didn't realize this was possible without checks! It wasn't possible at my old bank. When you ran out of money

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1133735732824176372005-12-04T14:19:00.000-08:002005-12-04T14:35:32.870-08:00

Lets just say I won't be going into stripping professionally. ;) Or if I do I will make it a rule not to get rip-roaring drunk before hand. :) We went to the Out&About (Shawn's idea I swear!) and drank about 6 too many Long Islands. I actually got cut off!! I've never been cut off before. The bartendress was very nice about it though. I asked for two drinks and she asked who they were for

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1133239744786499562005-11-28T20:44:00.001-08:002005-11-28T20:49:04.786-08:00

Fuck-me-boots.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1133119123644599142005-11-27T11:17:00.000-08:002005-11-27T11:18:43.660-08:00

Took this test. It doesn't foreshadow good things in my future...The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very LowLevel 2 (Lustful)Very HighLevel 3 (Gluttonous)HighLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)ModerateLevel 5

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1131315440681114602005-11-06T13:44:00.000-08:002005-11-06T14:17:20.743-08:00

I've decided that purely in the interest of research and education I am going to take a little trip to Umatilla. With a pocket full of ones. I was planning to go this past weekend but between the wind and the rain (hurricane? ;) ) I decided I was going to be a wuss and not venture beyond my home state. My final destination is a little place called Riverside. Been there? I just looked at a

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1130717265820268352005-10-30T16:06:00.000-08:002005-10-30T16:07:45.833-08:00

Last night I turned down a last minute invitation to a clothing optional party complete with co-ed naked pudding wrestling.I feel so old.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1130368811963967552005-10-26T16:07:00.000-07:002005-10-26T16:20:12.003-07:00

At the 7-11 where I work we are carrying a new cigarette lighter. It looks like an alarmingly real (if tiny) gun. With a scope/flashlight and everything. At $6.99 it's cool enough that I'm sure people will buy it. I want one. Not because I need a lighter (I don't) but because the instructions on the back are among the finest examples of Engrish I have ever personally encountered.For your

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1130092456769321842005-10-23T11:18:00.000-07:002005-10-23T11:39:33.916-07:00

That's how long I went without seeing my husband. It's somewhat biblical isn't it? LOLLast Wednesday plans were made. Turned out Shawn had a delivery in Portland and they were due for a 36 hour 'reset' (I don't know what that means) So they would be in Portland for the weekend. Could I make it down for some much needed family time (and some NON-family time). Absolutely! So I OK'd it with my

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1129444030506948302005-10-15T20:58:00.000-07:002005-10-15T23:27:10.580-07:00

My kids are doing amazingly well at my parents. My parents are doing surprisingly well with my kids. I'm shocked, actually. My kids are playing so well together too. I honestly didn't expect this arrangement to work at all. I obviously grossly underestimated them all. I'm so glad! :)

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1129434899028294732005-10-15T20:31:00.000-07:002005-10-15T20:58:00.423-07:00

I have a really hard time not nit-picking Kathrynn's school experience apart. I know I shouldn't. It's by no means horrible. Over all she's really enjoying it. But damn it's like I've been to the promised land and now I've been cast back out. LOLFriday her school had a skate party. It was fun. It WAS fun. I will give it that. One of the other moms I had met who has a daughter in

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1129308399955758722005-10-14T09:34:00.000-07:002005-10-14T09:46:39.996-07:00

A co-worker turned me on to a new radio sataion. 95.7 Bob FM. We listen to it now at work each night. Loud enough sometimes to drown out the cutomers. ;) The thing I love about Bob is that they play all kinds of music. ALL kinds of music. That's the concept. Their tag line is "Hits of the 80's 90's and... whatever." Tee hee. They also don't play the same song more than once in a day.

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1128702689025715272005-10-07T09:20:00.000-07:002005-10-07T09:31:29.036-07:00

You can only imagine the delight I feel right now. It appears that by switching schools we have inadvertently managed to evade the moron math! Hooo Ray! The math at Wiley appears to be much more humane. At least so far. I met Kathrynn's teacher. She seemed nice. I don't know exactly why I didn't like the other one. I think because she was young. And blond. Maybe.Shawn's wallet got

Katrina Gutlebennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959782.post-1128399044383496782005-10-03T20:56:00.000-07:002005-10-03T21:10:44.390-07:00

I'm all moved into my parents house. Moving this weekend in the RAIN was an adventure. LOL But it's all done and now we're adjusting. Actually the adjusting is going pretty well. Aiden, especially, is MUCH happier at my parents than he was at my sisters. Less chaos. We're having to iron out a few 'I'm the parent you're the grandparent' wrinkles but all in all it's going well. I say with a

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