the good, but bad, the ugly...

the good:

• winning blog giveaways
• lawn-mowing season is coming to a close
• Carolina football win today, and that I got to merely listen to the game on the radio rather than having to watch it on TV :)
  
• finding a giant body pillow at Target on clearance for $6. This is a preggo's dream. We have named the pillow Elmo, and he sits in my bed and calls my name all. day. long.
• having two kids who are old enough to contribute, do chores, and help organize, but still young enough to be excited about "helping mommy"
• waking up at 6:30am to warm, fresh, bread-machine bread
• having a Mama who will bring her sickly preggo daughter soup at 9:30pm, and a Dad who slips his grandkids Chick-fil-a money just for the heck of it :)

the bad:

• sciatica
• buying a small vineyards'-worth of grapes at Costco after being begged by a certain child, then having that child tell you that he cannot eat said grapes because "they taste like bad breath"
• owning an 80-pound dog who has figured out that we put Jackson's snack in his backpack the night before... sometimes said snack is missing the next morning...
• back-to-school regression
• a certain daddy leaving the kitchen sink running this morning while getting distracted by a certain wild child, and the kitchen floor flooding
  

the ugly:

• the zit i've had for a week, that for a while looked like all the evil in my body was leaking out of one pore, that left for a while and has now come back with a vengance

all-in-all? Life is soo good :)