what is it about potty training?!?  ugh!  my beautiful 2 year old was always dressed until we started on this journey.  last week i looked up while eating dinner and saw things that should not be exposed at the dinner table.  this made me think i should purchase a loin cloth....but then i realized i have never actually seen a place to purchase loin cloths...and honestly, i'm not going to go looking.  did i ever tell any one about the time i went to dandy candies looking for candy?  it wasn't a candy store....  anyway, i'm ready for my little guy to wear pants again.  sooooo ready....  i'm also ready to figure out how to deal with his resentment for having 4 parents...the 12 year old and 8 year old are really annoying him.  and i wish they would stop laughing when he burps and toots...it's creating an environment i'm not particularly comfortable with.


anyway, another annoyance....i'm frustrated with television.  over the summer i fell in love with usa's covert affairs.  grant it i only got to see it 4 times, but still....  well, i found out last week that it only has one more week.  why?!?!  and then last night randy informed me that survivor is getting moved to wednesday.  um..it's been on thursday night for like 12 years, why mess with it?  and then there's football.  why must football season start every year?!?!?  fortunately i'm married to someone who isn't some crazed man who has to watch three games at once or anything, but still...it's playing on tv on sundays and i'd prefer it not be.  i'm actually quite happy about moving to a country where the real football is popular.  the one where more than one player uses their foot! as i type this i turned around.... and guess what is on tv.....it isn't covert affairs.....or survivor....

tonight's dinner consisted of instant mashed potatoes, an already cooked chicken i bought last night, and green beans.  i didn't get the chicken heated up enough and i didn't put enough seasoning in the green beans.  yes, the only thing that was worth eating were the instant mashed potatoes....what does that say?!?!  nevermind... and don't judge me on my instant mashed potatoes...my family won't eat the ones i make from real potatoes.  i fought it for like 13 years...but finally, i gave in.  i feel like a loser about it, but that's how it is.  i'm hoping african potatoes are easier to mash...