Must be some good b-ball on tonight as noone's around. Rough day so...DS (the little terrorist) was even more so than usual today, and DH is out of town this week, so I have no respite. Couldn't even go to mom's group since DS is still somewhat sick...argghhh!
Anyway...QOTD:
alternate kid's names: If Abbie was a boy, she'd have been Walt (a family name that was going to be used if at all possible). If Walt was a girl, he may still be unnamed, as we never did narrow it down, although we were leaning towards Caroline or Madeleine.
splitting holidays between families: Well, DH's is very "Leave it to Beaver" and mine is NOT. Growing up, we spent more than one Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner at the Waffle House as mom's 10 brothers and sisters couldn't stop bickering like teenagers and if mom was one of the ones p***** off, then we would leave. The only thing open on the holidays back then was the WaHo. Oh joy. What a way to spend the holday.

Growing up, I always knew it shouldn't be that way and when I stumbled on to DH's nearly perfect family, I knew we'd always celebrate holidays there! Just couldn't take another ruined holiday, and woe to someone who ruined it for my kid! Now that we have kids, though, and live so far away, we make it even easier on ourselves, and invite his parents and my mom to our house! It works great...most of the time. My mom can still act like a 2-year-old, but she's getting better, and DH's parents are remarkably tolerant of her.
teen celebrity crushes: Don't remember many, but do remember having the hots for Tom Cruise! Woo hoo! (Funny, DH's brother looked like him in HS...spitting image...not that I knew him then, but his senior picture hangs at his mom's house so I see it every time we visit....in spite of that....I got the GOOD brother!!)
Well, nite all. Hoping some good sleep will wash away the day that was today. DH will come home tomorrow so maybe I'll get a respite then....
If anyone's taking requests for breakfast, I'd LOVE some chocolate pancakes with Hershey's chocolate syrup and caramel syrup drizzled on top!! Oh....and some chocolate dipped strawberries, too!! MMMMMMM...........