What a great weekend....

tiring...but great nonetheless.

My daughter and her adoptive dad came down for the weekend. It was the first time in 3 years that we have seen them. She is so big...I can't beleive that she's 12 already. It seems like just a little while ago that I was pregnant with her.

It's amazing to see the similarities between her and the TTs....they not only look alike but they act alike.

They all have the same eyes...and the same nose. My best friend told me I must be able to only make one kind of baby...cause they are all the same.

We went downtown and fed the ducks for a while...went swimming...checked out the botanical gardens...it was fun. Just spending time together and letting the kids get to know each other. Now the boys are looking for her and she's gone...how to you explain adoption to a preschooler? It's going to be a long week.....

Now we know it's not our kids....

A group of gals from church and I went to Applebee's yesterday for lunch. We got there just as they opened at 11 since some of us have preschoolers who have to get picked up at 1. So we are up for a nice leisurely lunch without the kids and some grown up talk.

About halfway through lunch the discussion turned to the teacher gifts that we sent our kids in with. It was fairly amusing that we all 4 sent our boys in with waterless hand sanitizer for the classrooms. Who knew that we were all on the same wavelength...

Anyways...from that I commented on the fact that my boys are simply walking breathing petri dishes and they need to be sanitized on an almost hourly basis...then my one friend started talking about when she was in college and working in the microbiology lab...

when suddenly the table behind us gathered up their menus and drinks and asked to be seated elsewhere.... Well I NEVAH!!!

in all the times that we have had our boys (all 8 of them and 2 girls thrown in for good measure) with us for lunches out...we have never had another table actually move away from us.

Now we know that it's not the kids that are the unruly ones....

Funny conversations with men.....

We were camping this weekend. We belong to a camping club and we go out monthly if we can with the group. It is a mixed bunch. While most of the members are over 50 and some retired, there are a few of us younger types with children. Specifically one family that has boys the same ages as mine, and are fairly close to my and BD's ages. So we two moms were sitting on the patio outside her trailer along with her husband and another club member talking, and another camper came up and started talking with us about nothing in particular. Harmless....right?

He then started complaining about his job. As the two men with us started rolling their eyes about the comments, I led the conversation in this direction:

"So [directed to my gal friend] do you get vacation days? Cause I haven't seen a vacation day in over 4 years"

"No, I don't get vacation time"

"Have you been able to get a sick day from your job? I usually end up taking up the slack when people get sick"

"Me too. No sick days for me."

"No personal days, no comp time, long hours, and little to no credit for what a good job you do."

"Yeah, that sounds like my job too."

To this the naive silly man said "Wow, your jobs suck. I'd quit and find somewhere else to work. What do you do?"

To which we of course smiled and replied at the same time "Stay at home moms."

The conversation took a turn to another topic at that point and he didn't bitch about anything else while he was talking to us. Guess he figured his job wasn't so bad after that little bit of enlightenment.

To all the SAHMs out there

ROCK ON WITH YOUR BAD SELVES!!

Exactly one week from today.....at this time....

I will be free.

At 9am next tuesday the TTs start school. Thank the Lord. If I had to wait any longer than that I might not make it!! They are really trying my patience this week....and I don't understand why. Probably just becuase they know they can. That's how they roll.

I already have a lunch date set...me and my best friend Jenn are finally going to have a girls lunch that is just the girls. See, we are both moms to only boys...and our animals are all fixed...so we are both DRASTICALLY outnumbered at our houses. This will be the first time in almost 4 years of being friends that we will be able to go out and have ZERO ankle nippers with us. It will be a peaceful, no-sharing, able to eat the full meal without a run to the potty or outside for timeout, blissfully quiet lunch. I can't wait.

On another topic...anyone watch Hell's Kitchen?? I LOVE that show. Gordon Ramsey is great. He seems like the type of guy that you can go to the bar and kick a couple back with and really have a great time. In the kitchen though he is a total tiger. He doesn't put up with drama or stupidity...which really caused problems with some of the contestants...since they acted pretty stupid sometimes.

All time classic line from the show (makes me bust out gaffawing everytime I hear it) - Sarah is cooking scallops in a frying pan to sear them...they are sticking...she is having trouble with them and chef says to her:

"If you cook it in a non-stick pan they won't stick - that's why it called fucking NON-STICK!!"

I'm even giggling right now after typing that...so funny. I have to admit I never liked Sarah. She seemed like such a backstabber and selfish cow. I can't believe the shit she got away with that chef never called her on...so it was nice to see her go. She became my own personal Jerri". BD HATED Jerri from Survivor Australia. Every week he would say he wanted her to go home. Even after she did go home he wanted her to go home again..that's how much he didn't like her (though he liked her on all stars...said she wasn't so much of a bitch on that one...whatevah)...so Sarah became my Jerri. I was doing the snoopy dance when chef asked for her jacket.

But big ups to Heather who won. I have been rooting for her since the start. She really kept her cool in the kitchen, and saved her falling apart for the confessional afterwards. That just proves that she was ready for her own kitchen. She took command last night...and her good leadership had her team bringing her to victory.

Congrats Heather!!!

Are ya bored???

Try sending a Message in a Bottle

Snakes on a plane?? WTF??

Okay I admit...I am a bad movie junkie...I still love Grease and Grese 2 for pete's sake..and I bet that I am one of the few people to have ever seen the mastery of Tom Hanks in "Mazes and Monsters" ... but this preview had even me scratching my head.

The whole premise of the movie (based on the commercial alone) seems to be getting on a plane filled with snakes. Wow. There's a chart topper there.

I can just hear the conversation when Samuel L. Jackson met to discuss the movie....

"So the plane will have snakes on it...and you're calling it Snakes On A Plane?... Pure genius!!"

I think this may be one bad movie that even I can't do...kinda like Clerks...WTF???

What am I ?? A freaking circus bear???

I actually got an email telling me that I"m not funny anymore, and asking what happened. Gee...I'm so sorry that your source of entertainment has fizzled out. They said that since the summer started I just haven't been really funny (what's the matter...you didn't like the letter to the crappy ass hairdresser?) and I should be more lighthearted with my posts from now on.

Well first off sweetheart...send me a check and I'll type whatever the hell you would like me to...otherwise it's all me baby. Last time I checked the blog was here for me to vent...or share...or just write...the word in that parcel to focus on would be *me*.

I'm sorry that I can't be the life of the party all the time. You know that if you leave a lightbulb burning all the time...eventually it will burn out. So cut me some freakin slack, could ya?

Who knows...maybe the TTs will set the cat on fire before the weekend to finish your week off with a giggle.

Everything new is ....... Newer??

We went to Hobby Lobby yesterday. They had a bunch of the furniture stuff on sale for next to nothing, so we bought two peices. One was in good shape...and the other....well let's just say they gave it to us at a *drastic* discount due to the damage.

You can see the top is totally busted on the one side and there is a drawer missing. The wood is in good shape, but the damage that is there makes it *virtually* unsellable - unless you are me!!


I did a little modifying to the top by taking the other side off so that it was flat. I removed all the hardware, painted, papered, re-installed the hardware - and this is what it looks like now

I used black acrylic paint, 3 Bugs Groovy Paper, and the new Stampin Up! Designer Label Punch.

Too many choices

We have been looking for a new desktop computer...nothing big...just functional. Something that BD can play games on it without it getting messed up...and that I can hook my laser printer to.

It shouldn't be this hard to spend money.

We have spent countless hours researching what is out there....and what is on sale...tax free holiday this weekend so we've been waiting to go and buy it. Go to get it online last night with instore pick up....out of stock by the time we hit enter...how frustrating. We could go pay for it and then go back and pick it up on Tuesday....again frustrating...two road trips just to pay and pick up.

There's got to be an easier way...

17 hours...

my baby comes home in 17 hours... and I can't wait.

**BE WARNED>>>GUSHY MUSHY POST TO FOLLOW**

Have you ever loved someone so much that when they aren't around it feels like part of you is missing? You don't feel like you are complete when you aren't together?

That's how I feel about BD.

Do you remember in high school when you and your best gal pal had that necklace that broke into two peices and you each wore one? Mine and Krysten's said BFF and it was a circle ... when you put the two peices together they fit perfectly....becuase they were made for each other.

That's how I think of BD...we are the two peices of our necklace...and we fit together perfectly.

So when we have to be apart, I feel like I'm only running on half power...or part of me is gone...misplaced for now...sure to turn up as soon as he walks through the door. When I see him it's like my battery is instantly recharged.

Well I better go to bed and try to let sleep recharge this battery...or else the TTs are going to tear me up tomorrow ... they can smell weakness you know...and they prey on it...it's like a dog smelling fear...preschooler's are an amazing breed.

I know you're reading BD...we love you...and miss you...we'll see you soon. Now go to bed!!!!

maybe it's just the voyuer in me...

but I love looking at the Post Secret blog...

some of the postcards are extremely upsetting...but most are funny...and I can't imagine a better way to cleanse your soul ... some people must lift such heavy weights from their chests by doing this....

it changes every sunday if you are interested in checking it out...

The End of GEICO Commercials:

Now where can I find that damn duck??

I'm good enough...I'm smart enough.....and darn it...people like me!

I got my Scrapsupply newsletter today and there was a TON of CHA photos in there....all kinds of new yummies for me to drool over. As I read the newsletter I saw that there was a contest...just a small one...find some of Wendy's favorites from the CHA releases and win a GC to the store...and unbelievable enough...I WON!! Thank you very much Wendy and Scrap Supply....I will spend with complete abandon....