a work in progress

i've been tinkering (love that word--tinkering) with the blog. i've got this itch for all things requiring creativity...decorating, creating, designing. not that i am any good at any of it, but i like it. lately, it has been designing blogs. i've found some new backgrounds, uploaded some new fonts, created my very own signature and designed a header. i am loving it. i still have to do a little something special with the posting fonts, but that will come. the problem with this great infatuation with learning blog design (HTML) is that it requires time to tinker (ha. twice in one post!) however, in between rushing claire to the bathroom to pee and dealing with two sick and fussy kids, i have also become a bit under the weather myself and hence have no time to tinker. it is quite the house. let. me. tell. you. mya and i are taking a little trip next weekend. just the two of us. so it is crucial that she or we get well. sleep is in order. the problem with this idea is that we've decided to proceed with putting our house on the market. our realtor is coming tomorrow morning to take photos and complete the paperwork. i wonder what she'd think of our house in it's present state? yeah. i thought so. i guess i better put my tinkering on hold for a bit and get cleaning i.e. disinfecting. ahhhh. breathe in breathe out. this too shall pass.

i have a lot of pictures to upload and some video too. stayed tuned...

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