Below are the 12 most recent journal entries recorded in anyankaharris' LiveJournal:

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
8:03 am	Hurray! The baby actually slept ALL....yes ALL night! :) Does anyone want 5 tropical fish and 1 algae eater? When we move, I don't think there will be room for the aquarium. Let me know before the weekend and I might be able to sweet talk Dave into taking them back to Jackson with him. Current Mood: cheerful (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
3:26 am	Up again I have heard a strange rumor about children that sleep through the night. This NEVER happens at my house. Anna Katherine regularly wakes up at least twice during the night. Sometimes four times. Add Jonathan ....who will wake up once. Add all of this up and I get very little good sleep. Anna has one or two nights a week where she just wakes up and will not go back to sleep. (This explains my post at such a strange hour.) Brian cannot understand why I am always so tired because I go to bed around 10:30 and get up at 8:00. How can he not understand? I am on the schedule of two newborns and my "newborns" are 1 1/2 and 4. I feel like I am trapped in that movie Groundhog's Dog. Maybe tomorrow will be better :) (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 27th, 2005
10:57 pm	I have this strange ritual of occasionally trying on my senior prom dress...just to make sure that it still fits. The dress is a straight to the ankle strapless black dress with a high split up the side. I chose the dress because it reminded me of the Madonna "Material Girl" video (well , except for the not being pink part). Madonna of the 80's and early 90's kicked ass. Of course, I accessorized with long black gloves and lots of tacky fake jewelry. For one night I was a total vixen. The rebel in me chose it because my prom date told me that I HAD to choose a green knee length sequin dress. He was a total ass. But that would be a completely different very long journal entry. Anyway, back to the trying on the dress thing. The way I figure it: If I can still wear the dress, I am keeping the inner fat girl from surfacing. The problem is that the dress still fits but I so look like a mom in it and my tummy is not flat. It is all wrong. Sigh. Motherhood has been cruel in every way to my poor one-time cute tummy. Last time I had a negative prom dress test, I tried the Atkins diet. Man that was the worst diet ever. (No pasta?!!) Then I tried this other diet that eliminated all dairy and beef products (No milk!??). I see a diet and gym in my future. Any suggestions? In other news- Brian got a job and will start the Monday after graduation! Hurray:)We have no idea where we are living because Katrina has either wiped out housing or available properties are housing evacuees. Either way we are moving in one month. Jonathan turns 4 on November 8th. Anna K has learned to give kisses. Awwwwww. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 30th, 2005
8:23 pm	Please let me know Hi, If you guys happen to see the new Fantastic Four movie...let me know. Jonathan LOVES the old cartoon and has an action figure. He wants to see the movie but I don't want to take him without it being "screened" first. Let me know if it is too slow or too scary. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 12th, 2005
9:43 am	The new member of the family& misc. stuff We have a new member of the French family zoo... Harvey the cockatiel. He is so, so cute! Anna Katherine stands about nose high to his cage and loves to walk up and wave and say hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. We have been unbelievably busy lately. Brian has gone back to school full-time and getting all of the necessary paperwork plus job hunting has been all consuming. It sort of reminds me of planning for a trip. It is really hectic until you get in the car to go - or in this case graduate. I have never written so many big checks for so many different things. Hopefully, our stock money will come soon because we are almost out of money.:) I can't write for very long because my children are acting so grumpy. Probably the weather. I am not exactly at my Mary Poppins best today either. My brother posted several pictures of the house fire on his journal if you are interested. Sorry, I must cut it short- Anna K is going crazy. Sigh. Current Mood: busy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 21st, 2005
4:34 pm	What were YOU doing as a kid??? I just had a funny experience. I was edging the grass along the fence while Anna Katherine played in the fenced yard and Jonathan played beside me. Our fence is one of those yucky metal fences so I could see both babies. Whenever released from the kid cage, Jonathan immediately goes to look in the ditch that runs between our yard and the neighbor's yard. I won't let him play IN the ditch but he enjoys throwing misc. items in (grass, sticks, tree bark) and watching them float away. We were happy doing our outside thing when this car pulls over and a girl gets out to ask me if anyone was watching the little boy. I told her that I was watching both children. Then she gasped and commented on how she couldn't believe that I let him that close to the ditch if I was actually watching him. What was she doing as a kid? My friends and I at Jonathan's age spent ALL DAY in ditches and mud (anywhere dirty or possibly dangerous). Aside from building forts, roaming around in ditches was the most fun that I could have outside. Am I the only one? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
10:42 pm	misc. items Ok this is really sad. It has been so long since I posted and I am such a super loser when it comes to computers, I forget how to post. Some days there is just not enough coffee in the world. The most major event to happen in a long time occurred on April 8th. My father's house burned and my baby girl took her first steps. The following day, my in-laws den flooded. I am thinking that if any major disasters occur next year, Anna Katherine will no longer be allowed to have birthdays!:) Dad and Dave are the only ones (were the only ones) living in the house. Mom has long since moved to Memphis to be with her husband (I can't say step-father.). Overall, they were so lucky. Very few irreplaceables were lost and dad had great fire insurance. My brother's cat, Spike, died in the fire due to the heat and smoke. I am sad that Spike died, but mostly for the way that he died. I hate that he suffered. I think that Dave is dealing with it better now that he is over the shock of losing a pet and a home. I am worried about dad because he is coping so well. Since the fire, he has done nothing but smile and act like it is no big deal. Anyone that knows dad knows that he is a pretty serious guy. I worry that he is holding a lot in. Then again, maybe he is just handling everything really well. Until the house can be rebuilt, they are staying in a really nice apartment complex in Clinton. Because dad has great insurance, I think that the worst is behind them. When something bad like this happens, you find out that you have great friends. :) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005
10:22 am	Speechless I don't even know what to say. Sometimes I watch the news and I feel sick. How can people have so little regard for the helpless? The unborn. The elderly. And now those who can't speak. http://www.terrisfight.net/ The governor and the president need to get off their butts and do something. I could absolutely care less about politics. A women that could smile at her parents, eat jello, and follow objects as they moved just a few weeks ago is starving to death as I write this. This is murder. (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 20th, 2005
9:12 am	party at my house! This morning I was walking around the house drinking my coffee and looking at the birds eating from my bird feeder (yes...I have the habits of a 90 year old women) when I noticed white garbage bags all over the yard. Someone stole our garbage can last night and threw the contents all over the yard. In return for our garbage can, they left empty beer bottles. The first thought out of my head was "those damn teenagers!" I am getting old :) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
4:15 pm	The boy is freaking me out My little boy is 3 years old and lately he has been talking about the man. One time, I was in the shower and he came in the bathroom to tell me that the man was in his room. "Come see, momma. Come see the man in my room." Of course no one was there. Sometimes he points to the man looking in the window and there is no one there. A few nights ago, I was laying down with him and he sat up really quick and pointed to the corner. "There momma. See him?" Then he waved. To be honest, the whole thing kind of creeps me out. Is this an imaginary friend, pure imagination, a ghost? My mother-in-law did not help matters when I told her about it. She told me that children were very perceptive to spirits. Thanks, Grammy. :) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 11th, 2005
9:00 am	Ok, now I am really mad and other misc. items.... When I decided to start a live journal, a few of my personal rules were that there would be no whining, no political/ social comments, no cussing, and no icky personal stuff. So I shall violate a few rules....well- not the last one. The story goes like this... I am watching the O'Reilly Factor last night and there is a segment on people from various colleges protesting military recruiters on college and high school campuses.These were some of the most angry, hateful, mean individuals that I have ever seen. (The irony is that they were carrying posters with peace symbols) Their hatred of our military and country was so obvious. The segment began by showing a large group of protesters walking up to a table set up by recruiters on a college campus (in San Francisco... I think) They were up in the recruiters faces yelling and shouting. A group of at least 25++ protesters for 2 military. How brave are they?! The 2 military gentlemen finally got up a left. At that point the protesters began singing and yelling cheers. What the hell is wrong with these people? Perhaps I take this seriously because I am a military brat or because I love my country. My point is that I am absolutely sick to death of people that don't appreciate the hard work, danger, and sacrifice that the individuals in our armed forces endure. My opinion on the war is not an issue and has nothing to do with my reaction to these people. Their behavior was ridiculous regardless of how you feel about the situation in Iraq. Military recruiters have a job to do. If you don't like it please keep walking. Trust me, MSU has PLENTY of clubs that I find very offensive. However, I respect their rights and move on. Whewwww. Now I feel better. I was really worked up. Usually O'Reilly is the one to get me worked up. In the future, I should be able to update my journal daily. Brian got a laptop for me and is hooking it up with wireless internet so that I can do EBAY stuff and other internet stuff whenever I need to. Hurray for my sweetie :) I better end this. My little Anna Katherine is protesting me being on the computer! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005
11:26 am	Awww the joys of parenting! I have finally given in... It has been raining for almost four days straight and my little boy is about to go bats (that means that soon I will be bats). We are going to the indoor McDonald's playground. Watching your kids at the indoor playground is a lot liking watching ants in an antfarm. I hate McDonald's and I am not one of those "hate the big corporation" types. But for the sake of my son, I will order a coke-thus making me a customer- and let him run and play .:)Under no circumstance will we eat their food. A big YUCK to that thought. My EBAY listings are ending today and tomorrow so I will also be on the prowl for free boxes...Do you ever wish that your stuff won't sell just so you won't have to worry with mailing it out. It is probably the weather but I feel lazy. :) Not very exciting but a happy day anyway. Sometimes boring is nice. (1 Comment |Comment on this)