A Little Chaos Theory

  School is no longer out for the summer and Breydon was awake before six and rousting everyone else out of bed.  The boys had picked out their clothes the night before so before I knew it they were all dressed and waiting for the bus.  And waiting.  And waiting.  Because you know that six was [...]

When we have spaghetti I usually strip Roegen down to his diaper.  I find it much easier to wash him than to get red sauce out of his clothes.  The other night he dropped some noodles onto his lap.  Once the food was rescued he looked at me and said “my naked is dirty!” 
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I had planned that I would write a little bit about the move each day, but time has not allowed.  We’ve had a birthday party to throw (happy 5th birthday, Jude), unpacking to do, and my mother-in-law and brother-in-law are visiting.  Time is at a premium.
Monday, August 4th, I buckled the boys into the car [...]

Partially blocking the exit, hazards flashing, staring at the “Exit 123″ sign while my sons argued over which city is the largest in Montana from the backseat, I waited.  The rear driver’s side tire was shredded. 
I could have been angry.  The move had already been hectic and chaotic and the tire was yet another [...]

I’m still in Oregon.
We received word shortly after my post yesterday that one of Scott’s former students was killed in a car accident.  Driver fatigue may have been a factor.
So we’re going to caravan together rather than pushing ourselves separately.  While it’s frustrating to put things off yet another day, in my heart I know [...]

We’re about as done as we’re gonna be.  The boys and I leave at 7 a.m.  Scott will stay for the truck to load and follow about 2 days behind WITH the cats and dogs. 
Hopefully things will go smoothly.  The last big move we had Breydon’s cat died so I’m praying that Socrates makes [...]

We’ve had several cross-country moves and it never serves to amaze me how many errands are involved in leaving a general location.  Some things can be done over the phone, but returning cable boxes, shutting off certain utilities, and picking up school records must be done in person.  I find it all fairly tedious and [...]

Toby the panther is missing.  He vanished a few weeks ago and we kept thinking that he’d turn up in some unexpected corner while we packed for the move.
So far that hasn’t happened and Jude is starting to really stress about whether or not Toby is going to make the transition to Wyoming.  They [...]

We had a refill kit for our color printer cartridge sitting in a box I hadn’t sealed yet.  Yesterday while I was at the bank Jude decided that he should pour it over Roegen’s head “because it would be fun.”  After multiple scrubbings, this is still the result (and the color [...]

Tonight, when the boys were in bed after kisses, hugs, high fives, low fives, drinks of water and visits to the potty had all taken place I sat down to sort socks.  You see, we have more socks than I know what to do with.  Seriously.  Every missing sock from the past five years has [...]