Archive for April, 2008

Too Long

It’s been a bit too long since I updated and I appreciate if I’ve got any readers out there these days.

What gives?

To start - single parenthood is rough work and the three year old stuff makes it ever so fun.  The tantrums - some days we have none and some days she melts to a screaming pile on the floor when I have the audacity not to read her mind.  It must be really hard to be inside her head - it seems like she’s got PMS mood swings on speed - and I’m like the husband who rolls his eyes at it all.

Living in Hawaii?  Awesome?  Adventure Dad getting Navy orders to a boat here, so that we can say?  Priceless.  But now I must find a house other than my parents in which to live, and make a whole new list of priorities (school?  learning to surf?  Navy wife stuff?) and follow through.
I think instead I’ll go on vacation to the UK to see Adventure Dad then spend a month on the East Coast.  Then, I’ll think about it.

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The perfect first day by Papaya Mom on September 24th, 2007
It may have not been the perfect first day home, but it came as close as humanly possible.

Saturday by Papaya Mom on February 16th, 2008
It is six a.

Like saying you've never had the flu by Papaya Mom on October 28th, 2007
That is what happens when a tired Mommy blogs about having no time to blog.

Like a fish out of water by Papaya Mom on October 13th, 2007
It's how I felt - without internet (on MY beloved Macintosh computer - I had access via my 'rents PC but PCs hate me and it's just not the same) for what I think may have been an eternity but Adventure Dad assures me was only a few weeks.

Not a solution. by Papaya Mom on January 17th, 2008
A horrible crime happened in Hawaii today.

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Wordless Wednesday

Stunning and Serious

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Starting to get nervous by Papaya Mom on June 23rd, 2007
I'm moving to Hawaii in October as part of our new year of Navy moves.

The Wedding by Papaya Mom on December 8th, 2006
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She's got 'tude by Papaya Mom on June 13th, 2006
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Baking by Papaya Mom on February 17th, 2007
Oh, how I love to bake.

House guests by Papaya Mom on July 5th, 2007
This week we hosted my friends from Hawaii (who now live in Ohio) for the 4th of July festivities in DC.

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Yes honey, it is.

Papaya and I are walking back to our bathroom, as I was making dinner she had a bit of a accident and the stench from her panties filled the room.  She does not respond well to freaking out, and honestly I don’t have the energy, so when we have accidents I sort of quietly sigh and tell her we are going to go clean her up then proceed to do just that.  It’s not much worse, or maybe it’s even even, with changing diapers and we have less and less in the way of accidents every week around here.

Back to the story - we are walking (I’m walking, she’s waddling around the poop in her panties) to the bathroom and she looks up at me all thoughtful and says “this is a bummer Mom?”

“Yep” I say, “total bummer” and I keep walking - down the hall towards wipes, the toilet and a new fresh pair of princess panties.

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Potty Power! by Papaya Mom on May 30th, 2007
I know, you are as excited as I am.

Potty Prize by Papaya Mom on December 6th, 2007
For the last 48 hours all bodily functions that would have previously happened in a diaper were deposited in toilets.

My girl likes to POTTY ALL THE TIME by Papaya Mom on November 29th, 2006
Running around naked after her bath she was in prime happy Papaya moment.

Communal Living by Papaya Mom on October 20th, 2007
is better than I could have hoped.

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