what i learned this week is . . .

• i love my children to death, but the week before my cycle is not the best week for school to be out for inclement weather
• one momma + one pre-teen (is 9 pre-teen these days?) means we need a larger water heater. 30 minutes? really?
• even when my children are sick, they should not sleep with me. i am too old to break that habit AGAIN!
• my one year old has an insatiable appetite
• i will never have enough money saved for a sewing machine. i should just go out and buy it!
• my ex-husbands mother had it right all along. the mess will be there after they are grown and gone.