Today we had my son's 2nd birthday party. It was really nice. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was about 70 degrees and sunny with a nice breeze!
We grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and sausage dogs on the grill (thanks, G!). We also had home made potato salad, strawberries, grapes, carrot sticks, cheese & crackers, pretzels, and pringles. Very yummy. Then of course, we had cake and ice cream. The cake was from Sam's Club, it was chocolate and filled with cream filling! Awesome!
He got lots of nice summer clothes (which he really needed), some pajamas, and a few toys.
After the party, I stopped in at Babies R Us and bought a cute little outfit with a matching hat and a musical toy for my cousin's new baby. She wasn't actually due until May 20, but she had been having some high blood pressure lately and when she went in for her scheduled Dr. appointment on Friday, He sent her on in to be induced. She had a baby girl that was 6 lb 12 oz and 19in. Not bad for being not quite 37 weeks! Then I took my daughters to the hospital to visit them.
We stayed there for about an hour, then headed home. On the way, I called guru to see where he and the little man were at. He stopped by his dad's house to drop off a b-day present to his brother who is in town staying there. So, the girls and I stopped off and ate a late dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. It was really good. We got home and the girls crashed and I am on my way to bed now. It's been a long day and I'm exhausted.
Hopefully I'll be able to post some pics from the party soon. We got a new digital camera today, too (since I broke our old one at the zoo), and I don't know how to upload pics from it yet.
Good night!
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Just No Pleasing Some Women
After 5 long months of cold and winter, we are finally coming up to summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking as it's the only type of cooking a real man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved.
When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:
1) The woman buys the food.
2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - *Diet Coke in hand. Here comes the important part:
4) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
5) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
6) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another *Diet Coke while he deals with the situation. Important again:
7) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.
8) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces and brings them to the table.
9) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.
And most important of all:
10) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
11) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed "her night off." And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women.
(* I substituted Diet Coke for beer in this since, well, beer is yucky!)
When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:
1) The woman buys the food.
2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - *Diet Coke in hand. Here comes the important part:
4) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
5) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
6) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another *Diet Coke while he deals with the situation. Important again:
7) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.
8) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces and brings them to the table.
9) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.
And most important of all:
10) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
11) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed "her night off." And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women.
(* I substituted Diet Coke for beer in this since, well, beer is yucky!)
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
My baby!
He's 2 today! Happy birthday little man! Here are some pictures of him from the past year...
(Yes, he loves these shopping carts at Kroger with the steering wheels!)
And then today at lunch:
I don't know why, but I have a TON of pictures of him sleeping. I considered just making this post all pics of him sleeping this past year! He's just so darn cute while he's sleeping. He's getting so big and has such a great personality. The most lovable little guy! Hopefully I will have some pics from his party this Saturday to post.
If you want to see pics of his first year, you can check those out here.
(Yes, he loves these shopping carts at Kroger with the steering wheels!)
And then today at lunch:
I don't know why, but I have a TON of pictures of him sleeping. I considered just making this post all pics of him sleeping this past year! He's just so darn cute while he's sleeping. He's getting so big and has such a great personality. The most lovable little guy! Hopefully I will have some pics from his party this Saturday to post.
If you want to see pics of his first year, you can check those out here.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
I need some help!
Somebody out there MUST know a secret. I simply cannot get my kitchen floor to look clean! I don't know if it's the type of flooring that's in there or what, but I never had this problem at our house. I would spot clean the floor frequently, but would only mop, well, let's just say infrequently, but our floors never looked like they were just dingy! The kitchen is in the front of our apartment, so when you come in the front door, you are basically in the kitchen. So, needless to say, it's a high traffic area. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but it's obviously something. I have mopped, I kid you not, 4 (yes FOUR) times in the last week. Dirt just sticks to this floor! Even right after I mop, the floor does not look clean. I have tried Mr. Clean stuff, generic stuff, and even just bleach and water! Nothing is making any difference. Well, it cleans up some of the dirt, but it always appears that the floor is stained even after mopping. Grr. It sucks! I hate feeling like the floor is dirty all the time.
Someone, please, give me some tips on how to get the floor to look clean and sparkly!! It's driving me nuts!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Uh...um...hmmmm...
Wow, it's been almost a week since my last post. I have started to post a couple of times this week, but when I re-read them, I ended up deleting them because they were too stupid and boring. Ok, so I know this is going to be the same, but I'm going to go ahead and put it up anyway since it's been so long.
My little man is going to turn 2 on Wednesday! I can't believe how time is flying! My BABY is turning 2!!!!
This past Saturday, we had a ladies' brunch at our church. Our pastor's wife was the main speaker. I sang on the praise team for it. The food was really good and they had a cute skit. It was overall a really nice time. If nothing else, it was 3 hours I got to just sit and listen and not have to chase the baby around or break up fights between the girls. That in and of itself made it worth going to (even if I did have to get up way to freakin' early on a Saturday!)
Now the weekend is over. I am pretty disappointed that DH and GA are both overviews of the story lines up until now. I'm ready for some new action here, people! It's what makes the end of the weekend not so blah!
Well, that's it. Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to give you later this week.
My little man is going to turn 2 on Wednesday! I can't believe how time is flying! My BABY is turning 2!!!!
This past Saturday, we had a ladies' brunch at our church. Our pastor's wife was the main speaker. I sang on the praise team for it. The food was really good and they had a cute skit. It was overall a really nice time. If nothing else, it was 3 hours I got to just sit and listen and not have to chase the baby around or break up fights between the girls. That in and of itself made it worth going to (even if I did have to get up way to freakin' early on a Saturday!)
Now the weekend is over. I am pretty disappointed that DH and GA are both overviews of the story lines up until now. I'm ready for some new action here, people! It's what makes the end of the weekend not so blah!
Well, that's it. Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to give you later this week.
Monday, April 17, 2006
My Easter
It was a pretty good one. I sang in the praise choir at church, so I had to be there at 8:30 for practice. We have 2 services, one at 9:45 and one at 11:00. My dad's youngest sister was in town and came to our 11:00 service with him. It was really good to see her and her boys there!
After church, we stopped by to visit guru's mom at the run down bar she works at. We made her come outside to see the kids. (We didn't want them to stink up their Easter outfits in the bar, even though they weren't open yet. YUCK!! It's so dirty in there!) She gave them each Easter baskets, which they were happy about!
Then we came home to change clothes and went right back out to get a small lunch. We really didn't eat all that much because we were supposed to meet my dad, his sister and her family, my grandparents and my grandma's sister for dinner. However, by the time we met up with them, we were still full from our lunch, so we I just got a small salad and guru got a bowl of soup for dinner. It was really good, nonetheless!
After dinner, we all went back to my grandparents' house and the kids (my 3 and my aunts 2 boys who are 10 and 14) hid and found Easter eggs in the back yard. Ok, the adults got involved in that a bit too. But it was fun! Then we had some cheesecake and fresh strawberries for dessert (yummy!).
We sat around and chatted for a little while and my dad and the little man entertained everyone with playing with my son's right shoe (he is famous for taking off ONLY his right shoe ALL the time!) I know, it sounds weird, but the boy was giggling and having a grand ole time playing keep away with his papaw. It was so cute! The older kids were having fun building a fort out of blankets on the bunk beds in one of the extra bedrooms. I remember doing things like that with my cousins there when we were all kids. We always had a blast!
Then it was time to head home. We got home and pretty much crashed! It was a busy but fun day.
Today is the girls' last day of Spring break. It's back to school tomorrow. Back to our normal everyday routine. It has really been an enjoyable break with the girls home. This morning, however, I think they've had about enough of being around each other all day every day and they are arguing quite a bit. As much as they aren't looking forward to getting back to school, I think we are all ready to get back to normal. Until Summer time comes that is!
After church, we stopped by to visit guru's mom at the run down bar she works at. We made her come outside to see the kids. (We didn't want them to stink up their Easter outfits in the bar, even though they weren't open yet. YUCK!! It's so dirty in there!) She gave them each Easter baskets, which they were happy about!
Then we came home to change clothes and went right back out to get a small lunch. We really didn't eat all that much because we were supposed to meet my dad, his sister and her family, my grandparents and my grandma's sister for dinner. However, by the time we met up with them, we were still full from our lunch, so we I just got a small salad and guru got a bowl of soup for dinner. It was really good, nonetheless!
After dinner, we all went back to my grandparents' house and the kids (my 3 and my aunts 2 boys who are 10 and 14) hid and found Easter eggs in the back yard. Ok, the adults got involved in that a bit too. But it was fun! Then we had some cheesecake and fresh strawberries for dessert (yummy!).
We sat around and chatted for a little while and my dad and the little man entertained everyone with playing with my son's right shoe (he is famous for taking off ONLY his right shoe ALL the time!) I know, it sounds weird, but the boy was giggling and having a grand ole time playing keep away with his papaw. It was so cute! The older kids were having fun building a fort out of blankets on the bunk beds in one of the extra bedrooms. I remember doing things like that with my cousins there when we were all kids. We always had a blast!
Then it was time to head home. We got home and pretty much crashed! It was a busy but fun day.
Today is the girls' last day of Spring break. It's back to school tomorrow. Back to our normal everyday routine. It has really been an enjoyable break with the girls home. This morning, however, I think they've had about enough of being around each other all day every day and they are arguing quite a bit. As much as they aren't looking forward to getting back to school, I think we are all ready to get back to normal. Until Summer time comes that is!
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Thursday, April 13, 2006
The Columbus Zoo
I took the kids to the Zoo today. It was a great day for it. Sunny and 77 degrees. We had a really good time. Well, except that I broke our camera! I was going crazy taking pictures and when we were leaving the petting zoo area, we all stopped to wash our hands. I had the camera under my arm while trying to wash my hands and the boy's hands and it just slipped. It hit the concrete with a crack and the batteries popped right out! Great!
I got the batteries back in it and turned it on and the focus lens didn't pop out. I tried to take a picture, but it was blurry and my screen said error 109. So apparently the focus thingamajig is broken. Looks like we may be in the market for a new camera.
At least I didn't lose the pics I had already taken and I was able to upload them onto the computer. So here they are. Possibly the last pics taken with our old faithful camera.
Lazy gorilla in a swing
Alligators
Crazy goat in the petting zoo area just chillin' on a bench
Another goat taking a nap on a fence
The train
The food court was extremely crowded, so we didn't eat there as I had originally planned, but since we had breakfast on the way there, we were ok. We just stopped and ate at Bob Evans on the way home. Overall, it was a really fun day, just me and my kiddos!
I got the batteries back in it and turned it on and the focus lens didn't pop out. I tried to take a picture, but it was blurry and my screen said error 109. So apparently the focus thingamajig is broken. Looks like we may be in the market for a new camera.
At least I didn't lose the pics I had already taken and I was able to upload them onto the computer. So here they are. Possibly the last pics taken with our old faithful camera.
Lazy gorilla in a swing
Alligators
Crazy goat in the petting zoo area just chillin' on a bench
Another goat taking a nap on a fence
The train
The food court was extremely crowded, so we didn't eat there as I had originally planned, but since we had breakfast on the way there, we were ok. We just stopped and ate at Bob Evans on the way home. Overall, it was a really fun day, just me and my kiddos!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
EW!
A big-time executive walked into a bar and sat down next to a drunk who was studying something in his hand. The executive leaned closer as the drunk held the object up to the light.
"Well, it looks like plastic," the drunk said. Then rolled it around in his fingers and added, "and it feels like rubber."
Curious the executive asked, "What do you have there?"
The drunk shook his head. "Damned if I know. It looks like plastic and feels like rubber!"
The executive said, "Let me take a look." He examined it, rolled it between his fingers and said, "Yeah, you're right. It does look like plastic and feel like rubber, but I don't know what it is. Where did you get it?"
The drunk replied, "Out of my nose!"
"Well, it looks like plastic," the drunk said. Then rolled it around in his fingers and added, "and it feels like rubber."
Curious the executive asked, "What do you have there?"
The drunk shook his head. "Damned if I know. It looks like plastic and feels like rubber!"
The executive said, "Let me take a look." He examined it, rolled it between his fingers and said, "Yeah, you're right. It does look like plastic and feel like rubber, but I don't know what it is. Where did you get it?"
The drunk replied, "Out of my nose!"
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
NOT HAPPY!!!
I am totally bumming right now! Since my hair was not quite long enough to cut 10 inches off to donate with the girls without it being too short for my liking, I scheduled an appointment for today to get it cut. I showed the lady a picture of what I wanted. I told her that I wanted it left a little longer than the picture.
I left the salon practically in tears. Since getting home, I have not stopped crying! I HATE it SO much! It is WAAAAAAY too short. She cut off at least 10 inches. I could have donated it and got it cut for free if I wanted it this short! Not to mention, they surely would have done a much better job with the style.
So now, I just had to call Trin's mom and set up an appointment for Friday to see if she can make it look any better. Now I'm going to end up having to spend a LOT more than I had hoped to, by paying 2 different people to cut it. That's what I get, I suppose, for trying to save a few dollars!
To say the VERY least, I AM NOT HAPPY!!!!!!! Can I just curl up in a ball in the corner and stay there until this crap grows out?!!!!
I left the salon practically in tears. Since getting home, I have not stopped crying! I HATE it SO much! It is WAAAAAAY too short. She cut off at least 10 inches. I could have donated it and got it cut for free if I wanted it this short! Not to mention, they surely would have done a much better job with the style.
So now, I just had to call Trin's mom and set up an appointment for Friday to see if she can make it look any better. Now I'm going to end up having to spend a LOT more than I had hoped to, by paying 2 different people to cut it. That's what I get, I suppose, for trying to save a few dollars!
To say the VERY least, I AM NOT HAPPY!!!!!!! Can I just curl up in a ball in the corner and stay there until this crap grows out?!!!!
Donated!
Well yesterday was the day. My girls got their hair chopped off and donated it to Locks of Love. A friend of mine informed me that the salon right around the corner from me, where I was planning on taking them, no longer participates with the program. So I took them here instead.
Here are some before pictures:
Some of the action:
All done:
I think they look really cute and ready for summer! The oldest one was a little sad about cutting it off (even though they were growing it for this very reason). She likes long hair. The younger one, however, has been ready for quite a while, asking me when she could get it cut. After all was said and done, the older one was happy it got cut. She loves the new cut. They are both happy with the way their hair looks now and the feel good about doing something good for someone else.
Here are some before pictures:
Some of the action:
All done:
I think they look really cute and ready for summer! The oldest one was a little sad about cutting it off (even though they were growing it for this very reason). She likes long hair. The younger one, however, has been ready for quite a while, asking me when she could get it cut. After all was said and done, the older one was happy it got cut. She loves the new cut. They are both happy with the way their hair looks now and the feel good about doing something good for someone else.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Nice Day!
The weather is just lovely (so far) today. It is supposed to rain tonight, but this afternoon has been very pleasant. After my younger daughter got home from school today, we went to lunch and then the park. It is a nice, breezy 62 degrees outside! A great day for a trip to the playground! Here are a few pics from our outing:
Little man on the swing
Little man on the slide
Monkey girl
On the seesaw
I am so glad I have this camera phone. It doesn't take the best quality pictures, but I never remember my regular camera, so it has come in handy on more than one occasion!
Little man on the swing
Little man on the slide
Monkey girl
On the seesaw
I am so glad I have this camera phone. It doesn't take the best quality pictures, but I never remember my regular camera, so it has come in handy on more than one occasion!
Monday, April 03, 2006
They're Back!
That's right, the Dairy Queen dream pie blizzards are back! I LOVE coconut cream pie, so when I saw that one of their new flavors was a coconut cream pie blizzard, I had to try one.
I must say, it was good. The top was yummy, the middle kind of bored me, it didn't have much flavor, but the bottom was awesome! Just like an actual pie, the crust was at the bottom. So, once I got to the bottom of the blizzard and started getting chunks of pie crust with the coconut mixed in, it was all good!
I still must say, however, that the banana cream pie blizzard is still my absolute favorite! Has anyone else tried these? What's your favorite flavor?
I must say, it was good. The top was yummy, the middle kind of bored me, it didn't have much flavor, but the bottom was awesome! Just like an actual pie, the crust was at the bottom. So, once I got to the bottom of the blizzard and started getting chunks of pie crust with the coconut mixed in, it was all good!
I still must say, however, that the banana cream pie blizzard is still my absolute favorite! Has anyone else tried these? What's your favorite flavor?
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