the cable.

"STOP!"
"WHY!?!?"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE DRILLING A HOLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAMN FLOOR!"

this was all while i was getting addison ready for bed. we decided tonight after i hooked the vcr up to the new to us tv in our bedroom, that maybe it was a good idea to hook up the cable that we'd been procrastinating on. so dave heads under the house in his work khakis, his good tennis shoes, with the flash light in tow. he decided to drill the hole from the bottom up which is what led to the above screaming match.
an hour later with me under the house, we officially have cable in our bedroom. great. now i can listen to dave giggle all night to comedy central, while i dream that i am standing on a stage naked. (to go along with the laughter) LMAO, man i'm funny.

anyway, addison had her first time out today. she got mad at me for not letting her have sixteen thousand pieces of "puppy chow" and then proceeded to the living room where she had a bowl of chex mix that she decided to throw all over the living room floor. she came around the corner to look at me guiltily and i knew that she had done something wrong and she KNEW she did something wrong. so i head to the living room and there is a disaster of chex mix on the floor. she still looked guilty and i knew i couldnt not punish her. so time out happened, in her little chair for five minutes. she cried the whole time but i noticed something after i told her she could get up. she was back to her old self. she survived being punished! it was a damn miracle! the only way that things can get better now, is if that really taught her to not do it again. only time will tell.

prior to her time out, i knew she was getting antsy. i could tell she needed to run some energy off so we headed outside. i decided that coat & hat was better than her destroying my living room (which you know she already did) so we went on out to the playhouse. i called my mom to chat for a minute (having withdraws) and i noticed addison crawing across the ground. i kept watching her and realized that she was feeling the tops of the dandelions in our yard. at first i started to wonder why she was doing that when i realized that she hadnt ever felt the top of a dandelion and how soft and "pretend" it looks. i wished i had my camera, i love sharing her firsts with people.

she's in bed now & went to bed calmly, with her little wave and spare binky. you would think that dave and i would be headed to bed early to watch our new cable, but instead we're spending quality time with our card table and st basil's cathedral puzzle. i'll always enjoy this time far more than any show on tv.