The Weekend

Well, this weekend went pretty well. Friday evening, guru picked up his mom and brought her over for dinner. (She doesn't have a car.) I made lasagna and garlic crescent rolls and brownies iced with chocolate frosting for dessert, yum! It was a nice dinner then she gave the kids some gifts, since she hasn't seen them in a while. We sat and chatted for a little while then dropped her back off at her house.

After dropping his mom back off at her house, we headed to a movie. We saw John Tucker Must Die. It was pretty good. There were several humorous parts and it definately didn't hurt to have to look at this for an hour and a half:



Then Saturday we watched the first disc of the first season of Doogie Howser. Then guru finished up all of his schoolwork for this quarter and is done until January.

Sunday was pretty relaxing as well. I let guru take a nap and took all the kids to the pool. For some reason, we have several parents in our neighborhood that let their kids go to the pool without supervision. They are supposed to be at least 12 years old to go without a parent, but there was a group of about 5 boys there that were all under 12. They were goofing around and jumping into the shallow end and my oldest daughter got knocked in the head with the lifesaving device that they were playing with in the pool (which, btw, is supposed to be for emergencies only). I told them that they weren't supposed to be playing with that in the pool, but they didn't listen to me.

Then we came home and watched the 2nd disc to Doogie Howser and then The Family Stone. It was just o.k. Our oldest daughter fell off her bike and hit her face on the pavement. She scratched up her cheek and arm and bent her glasses pretty good. I think she needs a face mask for her helmet! :)

Free Cones

Yesterday afternoon, my daughters came inside from riding their bikes out front. They were each holding a blue sheet of paper. The excitedly showed them to me proudly proclaiming that they got a coupon for a free ice cream cone from Dairy Queen.

At our old house, the girls got several of these coupons from cops that would stop and hand them out to kids they saw wearing their helmets while riding their bikes. (We had a cop that lived behind us and would frequently drive past our house on the way out of the neighborhood).

Since we moved, over a year ago, the girls had not received any of these coupons even though they ALWAYS wear their helmets when they ride their bikes. I figured they must not do that sort of thing where we live now. We were pleasantly surprised when they got them yesterday.

So, last night, we decided to go out and drop some books back off at the library and mail a netflix movie back....and stop at DQ. The girls each enjoyed a free (not-so) small cone and guru and I got blizzards. I decided on the caramel chip cheesequake flavor. I'll tell ya what, I was not impressed. It sounded and looked so good. It was not so much.

It had lots of big flakes of chocolate but very few bites of caramel or cheesecake. It wasn't terrible, however definately not my favorite. I still like the banana cream pie flavor the best. I noticed that they also had yet another new flavor of moolatte. Mint mocha, YUM! I totally should have got that, except it was like 9:30 p.m. so I suppose it is best that I did not. I still haven't tried the hazelnut moolatte.

Ok, now I am craving DQ again, so I better just post this and move on to another subject.

Kids, Kids, Kids!

They're everywhere! The past couple of days, my house has been flooded with kids. There are, of course, my own three, then two little girls from our neighborhood that my girls play with every day, and I am watching a friend's daughter. On top of that, there is a little boy from down the street that hangs around my oldest daughter quite a bit. He was here yesterday and ended up staying for dinner.

He isn't here (yet) this morning, but all the others are. The neighborhood girls were here before 10:00 this morning to play and my friend dropped her daughter off just before 10:30. I fed them all cereal. I'll tell you what, I think they would all eat all day long if I'd let them! One or another of them is constantly asking for something to eat or drink.

Do you know how many juice pouches I've passed out over the past few days? I've also volunteered myself to keep the neighbor girls overnight tonight so that their parents can get some packing done. They are moving next weekend. Not far away, but the girls won't be able to play together very often anymore. I feel really bad for them because the girls literally play together every day, pretty much all day long. I don't know what my girls are going to do once they move.

Anyway, I better go make sure no one is sneeking any food out of the kitchen!

Oh, for cryin' out loud!

I think that crayola marker was some sort of possessed magic marker!! The spots that I thought I got out of the couch yesterday are reappearing! I am also finding new markings that I didn't notice yesterday. Maybe they are multiplying!

I don't know what I'm going to get it off the walls with, unless I repaint. But if I do that, I'll just end up repainting every week! ARGH!

Sick of it!!

No matter how hard I try to keep any sort of writing utensil out of my son's reach, he always seems to get his hands on one! The girls left out some crayola markers earlier and I didn't realize it (we've had the "discussion" on many occasions that they need to put their things away when they're finished using them, and keep their markers and crayons out of their brother's reach).

They did not follow directions and I went downstairs a few minutes ago there was brown marker on the couch in 3 different places, all over the wall in at least 4 different places! I am getting so sick of this! This kid is driving me nuts with his obsession with writing on things! At least it wasn't a permanent marker (this time!).

I used the magic eraser on the wall and when it dried, all the markings showed back up. I am hoping that I can get it all out of the couch with resolve spot magic.

This is really getting OLD! Here are some lovely pictures of my mess:






Oh, and the purple and orange you see in a couple of those pics are from previous "art work" that I hadn't yet cleaned up. Sheesh! I don't know why I even bother cleaning it off, he'll just do it again! Oh, and that picture by the door was taken AFTER my first attempt with the magic eraser! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

I gots nothin'!

I really don't mean for my posts to be so far between, but I've really got nothing worthy of blogging about. Things have been rather uneventful around here lately. I guess that's not such a bad thing.

Yesterday I took the kids to play at the park for a little while. We watched Hocus Pocus last night. We got it through Netflix. It was ok. I had never seen it before and the girls liked it.

Today I took the little man to get a much needed hair cut. His hair grows so stinking fast! He just got it cut less than 2 months ago, but it was already in his eyes again! (No, guru, you're not going to start buzzing his head like yours!)

See? Pretty boring, but that's all I've got right now. It wasn't really even worth typing out, but I did it anyway because it has been since Friday that I last posted anything. Well, there's 30 seconds of your day you can't get back!

Eyewitness

Well, I witnessed an accident this afternoon. I was right behind this minivan taxi going through a green light. The van was in the intersection, when this lady, also in a minivan, decided she had time to turn left in front of him. She SO did NOT! He slammed on the brakes and tried to swerve to avoid hitting her, but he ended up clipping the rear of her van and pulling her bumper partially off.

I saw the whole thing happen, so I stuck around to give a statement to the police. I know that if it had been me involved in the accident (which would have been very possible had I left a few seconds earlier), I would have wanted to have someone who saw it stick around to let the police know that it wasn't my fault. Since it was the back of that lady's vehicle and the front of the taxi guy's, they may have thought it was his fault.

What boggles my mind is that the lady had 4 small children in her van as well as another adult woman. One of the little girls was sitting in that right rear seat and if she had been just a second slower, or if he hadn't swerved, the taxi van would have hit right where that little girl was sitting!! As it was, that window right next to that girl shattered completely off the van! What would make her think she had time to make that turn? Why would she even take that chance with her kids in the back? It's crazy, I say, CRAZY!!!

While I was sitting there waiting for the police to arrive (which was like 20 flippin' minutes, btw!), I snapped some pictures with my phone. Here is the lady's van:

Did you poop, AGAIN?!

Not too much going on today. I got woken up this morning by the little man who was standing by my bed saying "ow, mommy, tummy hurt" along with a very strong smell of poo! MMMM, what a way to start the day!

I got up and ended up having to put him in the tub. It was all up his belly, on his t-shirt, on the carpet under where he was standing, even between his little toes! EW!

I have had several more of those messy diapers to deal with today as well. It has not been fun. Especially for him. I feel so bad when I have to change him because his little bum is so red and sore and he just cries and says "ow". So, I gave him another bath tonight and put some desitin on him (which I haven't had to use in quite some time now).

So, I didn't even leave the house today. The girls had some friends over playing for a while and they went outside to play. Then they ended up going to the pool with their friends. Their grandfather is staying with them this summer and watches them while their parents are at work. He will take my girls with him when he takes his granddaughters. I will often take them when I take my girls. So, it's nice to let them be able to go swimming sometimes without having to go myself, and chase the boy around the whole time.

Sad thing is, those little girls are moving at the end of this month. The girls just had another friend, that they often played with, move last month. Also, a little girl that my younger daughter played with a lot just moved this week. So there really aren't that many more kids around that they can play with. We have had several neighbors move in recently, but none of them have kids. Hopefully we will be able to get some new neighbors soon that have some little girls!

Restroom Signs

Friends don't let friends take home ugly men.
Women's restroom
Starboard, Dewey Beach, DE

Beauty is only a light switch away.
Perkins Library
Duke University, Durham, NC

If pro is opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? Congress!
Men's Restroom
The House of Representatives, Washington DC

You're too good for him.
Sign over mirror in Women's restroom
Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills, CA.

No wonder you always go home alone.
Sign over mirror in Men's restroom
Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills, CA

A Woman's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, You're going to have trouble with it.
Women's restroom
Dick's Last Resort, Dallas, TX

A Man's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or tits, It's gonna cost you.
Men's room
Dick's Last Resort, Dallas, TX

TGIF!

Well, our VBS is finally over. It was a fun, but tiring week. It was from 6-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday nights. I spent the evenings co-teaching music. The other lady did most of the talking, which was absolutely fine by me. I was just there to help show the movements (signs) to the songs. Except last night, the song we learned had a little rap in the middle of it, and she couldn't get the timing down with the first group, so I was put on the spot to do the rap for the rest of the groups. I felt like a major dork, but that's ok.

It is a fun job to do, but it does get a little repetitious. We teach the same songs to all the groups of kids, so we are doing the same songs over and over all evening. Tonight there is a pool party from 8-10 p.m. The girls really want to go, but it has been raining and I am worn out. So, I don't know if we will end up going or not.

It has been a yucky week here in central OH as far as the weather. It has rained a lot this week. Yesterday, we wanted to get out of the house, so I took the kids to play at McDonalds. The little man found a little girl to play with. He is in this hitting phase right now (which, btw, is getting really old!). He started out by hitting her and she cried. Then I made him appologise to her. Next think I knew, he was holding her hand and leading her around, trying to get her to go up in the tunnels with him. Oh, man, what am I in for with this kid?!!


(How you doin'?)

Then, today, we met up with trin and her little guy for a little while at the pool. After that, I had some grocery shopping to do. I've still got another store to go to after guru gets home, if he ever finishes up with the project he's working on today. He is usually home by 6:00, but here it is, well after that time, and he is still at work (about an hour away) with no end in sight to this project.

I wish I could just hop into bed and not get up until Monday!

Sunnin' and Singin'

I mentioned in my last post our church's VBS started this week. It kicked off Sunday evening. I watched the DVD and learned the music and movents on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I pretty much got them down. I was very proud of myself. The kids are doing awesome with them as well.

We spent this afternoon at the pool with some friends. The girls all had a great time. And I ended up chasing the boy around the whole time, as usual. I've been reminded this summer how UN-fun it is to take a 2 year old to the pool. He is in a very independant stage and thinks he is invincible. AAAAAHHHHH!

But he did stop for a few seconds (and I mean, literally, a few seconds) to soak up some sun.


I barely had time to grab my phone to take this picture before he was done and ready to go run around the pool some more. (I know it's not safe to run around the pool, but try to tell that to a 2 year old!)



Then it was time to come home, get showers, and head back out to VBS. I'll tell you what, for not knowing these songs a couple of days ago, I have heard them enough the past 2 nights to make me sick of them. There are still 3 more nights to go!!! That's ok. It really is fun. And the kids all seem to be having such a good time learning them.

Well, that's about all I've got for ya today, except to ask you to say a prayer for our friend OZ who was in a motorcycle accident last night.

Yard Sale and VBS

Yesterday, I called a good friend of mine to see if she wanted me to come and help her paint her spare bedroom (since I have some recent experience in painting). She is also a single mom trying to get her house ready to sell. She was getting ready for a big yard sale that she is having today and tomorrow, so I offered to come and help her set up.

I stopped by and grabbed some lunch for all of us and took it over to her house. She had her daughter and 2 of her nieces with her, and I had all 3 of my kids with me as well. We all ate on the floor in her living room and then we got to work, while the kids played.

She has TONS of toys she was getting rid of. Lots of it was still in it's original packaging. Stuff that her daughter has received as gifts that she never played with. She also had some clothes that her daughter had outgrown. I picked out some nice ones for my girls. (Her daughter is younger than my oldest, but is just as tall and a bit bigger).

She also used to sell AVON and had a bunch of products that she had stocked up on and wanted to get rid of. She was going to have an entire table set up just for her AVON. I snagged a few things from there as well. I got some Anew Retroactive cream that is normally about $25 and some Anew Cinical that is normally $32 for just $5 a piece. (For preventative measures at this point.)

Then I came home to drop the kids off with guru and make a quick dinner before heading back out to church to help decorate for our VBS that starts this Sunday. I am co-teaching the music. The music always has movements to go along with the songs. I have only watched the dvd with the music and movement instructions one time. I have to watch that a few times between today and tomorrow and learn it all. EEK! Nothing procrastination, huh?

We did get a lot done though. As always, our church is decked out. I helped out my friend (the same one that's having the yard sale) decorate her room for the Kindergarten group. It will also be my youngest daughter's group. The theme is Arctic Edge. The rooms are supposed to be the Big Bear Lodge rooms. We were going for a log cabin feel. This is how it looked when I left at 11:30 last night:


(The door)


(The room)

Yes, that is a blow up moose head above the "fireplace".



I didn't get a picture of it, but someone brought in an actual deer head and hung it on the wall in the foyer. I'll take more pictures during the week and post them. It should be a blast!

So, I've been keeping busy. Next week is going to be LOOOONG. VBS goes all next week from 6-9 p.m. I should be sufficiently worn out!

(BTW, pray for my blog friend Suzy today, she will be having baby Eli today!!)

Happy Birthday!

Today my hubby turns 29! Have a wonderful day, guru! Enjoy your last year in your twenties!!

Happy Birthday, America!

Enjoy the day!!

Long Weekend

Saturday was a rather long day for me. I headed over to a friend's house a little after 9:00 a.m. to help her paint. She is trying to get her house ready to sell. She is a single mom with a 6 year old daughter.

I got home around 4:30 and got showered and ready to go back out with a few gals from my small group. We met up and rode together to Easton. We ate at CPK and then did a little shopping. I got some good deals at Bath and Body Works then we headed up to our 9:30 movie, Click. By the time we got into the theatre, there were no seats together left, so we decided to wait and go to the 10:15 showing instead. We hung around for a little while then headed in and got prime seating in then 10:15 show. It was a good movie. It got more serious than I thought it would, but it had a good message. I don't want to give anything away, but I was right on in how it would end. I called it way early in the movie. If you've seen the movie, you know what I'm talking about, if you haven't, well, you'll just have to see it to find out.

So, I got home at around 1:30 in the morning and got another shower and headed to bed around 2:00 a.m. Then I had to get up and be at the church for praise team at 8:30. I couldn't stop yawning. I was able to get a short nap Sunday afternoon before taking the girls to the pool for a couple of hours.

After the pool, I came home and got a shower (I'm one clean momma!) and the girls went back to the pool with a friend and her parents. The little man and I headed to blockbuster to redeem a coupon guru got for 2 free movies, a tub of popcorn, and 2- 20 oz (diet) coke's while guru worked on homework. There really wasn't anything that I was really anxious to see, but since they were free, it didn't really matter. I picked out Rebound and The Prince and Me 2 (shut up, I liked the first one).

We ordered pizza and watched Rebound last night. Guru is working from home today, but we are going to head over to my grandma's so he can take a look at her computer. I guess she's having some issues with her anti-virus or something. Then she's taking us to lunch. Then if the sun ever comes out, I may take the kids to the pool while guru get's some work done. We'll probably watch the other movie tonight.

So, I've been keeping pretty busy. Aren't you proud of me for finding time to post about it all, too?

My Friday

Well, today started out with intentions of being pretty calm and uneventful. After getting up and having my cereal and coffee, I watched a little Regis and Kelly then headed upstairs to read blogs. I sat down at the computer and got a phone call from my dad wondering if the kids and I wanted to meet him for breakfast. He had just left the surgeon's office for his follow up appointment from his surgery last week. (BTW, everything is good. He is cleared to return to work on Monday with the limitation of not lifting anything over 15 lbs.)

Since the girls had just woke up and hadn't eaten yet, I decided to meet him and let them eat with him. So we all got ready and headed out. We got there around 10:00 and I drank some iced tea while they ate their breakfast.

Before we left, the girls decided they wanted to go with their papaw and ride bikes. So, we headed back here for them to grab their helmets and some sunblock.

While I was driving home, my cousin called me and said she was going to be heading to Easton and wanted to see if I could meet her for lunch. I agreed to go and see her and her son and new little girl, since I don't get to see them very often anymore.

The girls went on their way with my dad while the little man took a nap, and I got ready. When I left to go meet her, my son woke up while I was putting him in his car seat, and screamed the entire 20 minute drive to lunch. We ate at Red Robin. Then did a little shopping. On the way home, I called my dad to let him know I'd be there shortly to get the girls. He asked if I was coming right then, because they were just about to put in a movie. He said that he could just bring them home when they were done.

So, I made a quick stop at JC Penney's outlet where there was a huge tent set up in their parking lot, to see if I could find anything worth buying. It was mostly furniture and stuff, so, I browsed, but didn't buy anything. Then my son said he wanted a "tahtoe" (taco) so I swung by Taco Bell and got him one and got a huge Diet Pepsi for me.

Finally, we are back home. I got the little man in and out of the bath and he just fell asleep in my lap. I guess I wore him out today. Now I'm just waiting for dad to bring the girls home, and for guru to get here.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things I've done today (or will do): 1. Tried to go to a morning movie at our local theater. (W and Th they have a kid movie at 10:00 a.m. for $2.50 a ticket that includes a small drink and popcorn). We tried to go yesterday morning and they were sold out before we even got to the front of the line. They were sold out again today! 2. Went to Wal-Mart for Diet Pepsi, apple juice, tums, and lotion. 3. Unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher (exciting, I know!) 4. Straightened up the living room. 5.Took kids to the pool. 6. Ended up watching my daughters' friend and her 4 year old little sister at the pool along with my own three. 7. After the pool, they all wanted to eat lunch. 8. So I took them all to a McDonalds play place. 9. There was a little boy there that was hitting them. 10. His grandpa climbed up in the play place and was yelling and threatening him. 11. I thought that was a little harsh, the boy was maybe 3 or 4 years old. 12. Have to decide what to make for dinner. 13. Guru and I both have praise team practice tonight. That should be fun if I can't make my son slow down long enough to take a nap before then!! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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The Slumber Party

It went really well. I was suprised and very happy that it went so smoothly! I was a little concerned about none of the girls knowing each other. One girl was from her class this past school year, one was from our church, one from our neighborhood and one from her old school.

Well, the girl from our church and the girl from our neighborhood actually went to school together in kindergarten, so they kind of knew each other. Within a few minutes, they were all acting as if they had known each other their whole lives. We didn't have any major problems. No big fights. Just lots of giggling, squealing and laughing!

The first 3 girls arrived right around 7:00 p.m. Pizza got here aound 7:15. After eating, they played for a while and she opened her presents.



Around 8:00, they decided they wanted to go swimming. So they got ready and we headed to the pool. It had rained earlier in the day but it had stopped and it was warm, so I went ahead and took them.

We got back a little before nine, because we were waiting for the last girl to show up (she had said she wouldn't be there until 9:00). So the girls got changed and we had cupcakes and ice cream.



We were getting ready to start making a craft when the last girl got here. My hubby also got home with our younger daughter and she joined in the party at that time too. She fit right in with the other girls and ended up having just as good of a time as the others.

My daughter decided on keepsake boxes for the girls to paint and decorate. They turned out really cute and the girls loved making them!



Around midnight, all the girls were laying down in my daughters' room in the basement. I said goodnight, and headed up to bed. I woke up around 4:00 a.m. to giggling. I sent guru down to see what they were up to and send them back down to bed. He went down and apparently, they had moved the queen sized air mattress up the stairs to the living room. They had not yet been to sleep!! They were bored and thought it would be more fun to sleep in the living room.

So, when I came downstairs in the morning, one of the girls was on the air mattress, the one from our neighborhood had already left for a tennis lesson (thanks, guru, for getting her up and out the door), my youngest had climbed into our bed at some point during the night (probably because she wanted to sleep!) and my oldest and another girl were on the couch.



Crazy kids! They had a lot of fun though. I am so glad it went well and glad it is over...until next time!

The "C Word"

Ok, I don't know how many of you watch Dr. Phil. Not too long ago, on one of his shows, there was a couple in which the husband was not nice to his wife. He would bad-mouth her and call her names...like the "C word" (as Dr. Phil referred to it).

Well, my nearly 68 year old grandmother apparently had never heard of this so called "C word" and I recently had the privilege of explaining it to her. She caught me the other day as I was getting ready to leave her house and the girls were still inside. She said "I wanted to ask you something when the girls weren't around. Do you know what the "C word" is? Dr. Phil said it the other day. He said that a man called his wife that and I wasn't sure what he meant."

UMMMMMM....AWKWARD!!!(<--said with my best Kevin James impression). Let me just say that I was now put in a situation where I had to explain what this means to a woman who refers to a girl's privates as her "front bottom". My family was never open with discussing things like this or teaching proper names for body parts. I am trying to NOT be that way with my kids.

"Well grandma, it's a slang term for a woman's genetalia. C-U-N-T. It's not a nice thing to call someone."

"Oh," she said, "I guess I've never heard that term before."

Sheesh!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things I need to do today (and tomorrow):(My oldest daughter is having her first slumber party tomorrow.) 1. Finish getting the house cleaned. 2. Including the bathrooms! 3. I hate scrubbing the tub (blah!). 4. Order a cake. 5. I need to figure out a craft for the girls to make at the party. 6. I have to go to the shopping for party supplies and food. 7. I have to go shopping for the craft supplies. 8. Drive my dad to the bank. 9. Eat lunch with and spend time with dad. 10. The girls are begging to go swimming. 11. Maybe we will if it doesn't rain. 12. Hope that all the girls will get along well tomorrow. 13. Wish me luck on my first slumber party as the MOM! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Be Warned: Long Post

I finally got my couches cleaned yesterday. After 6 and a half years, and 3 kids (and a clumsy me) they were definitely due for a good cleaning!

Master Clean was running a special and I got a good deal on the work. They did a nice job, too. They were not able to get all of the stains out, but I couldn't expect them too, when some of them are, well, 6 years old. They did get out 90% though.

My son likes to draw on things and has taken pens and pencils and marked on the pillows. That, along with many other spills and mishaps, the couches just looked yucky. I was very impressed that they came on time, too. They called first thing in the morning and gave me a time slot of 10:30-12:30. They were there and gone by 11:30. I was expecting to be waiting around for them at 12:30 tapping my foot and wondering where they were. I love it when I don't have to wait. I am very impatient. I hate waiting!

After they left, I gathered the kids and headed to my grandparents' house. We stopped for lunch and then to the hospital to wait while my dad was in surgery. We got stuck in a bit of traffic on the way to the hospital due to some construction (grr!) but we made it there just in time to see him for a couple of minutes before they wheeled him back to the O.R.

It was weird seeing him in a hospital bed, in the gown with a blue surgical hat covering his head. He looked a little nervous. My dad is a big guy. 6'3" and 300 lbs. He doesn't look like someone you want to cross, but he is really a big teddy bear. The original plan was for him to be put under for the operation, but apparently, he hadn't informed the surgeon of his sleep apnea. If they put him completely under, they would have to give him a breathing tube and he would have to stay overnight for observations. He didn't want to do that, so they said they would try it under a twilight sleep.

If they got in there and there were any problems, they would have to do the general anesthesia and the breathing tube and he'd have no choice but to stay the night at the hospital. As they wheeled him out of pre-op, I smiled and said "see you in a little bit, love ya". He looked at me and he looked like he was about to cry. I hate to see him cry. I only ever saw him cry a couple of times when I was growing up. The past 2 years, since my mother died, I have seen him cry more times than I'd like. I just about lost it. I have tears in my eyes now, just typing this.

Everything turned out just fine, though. They were able to do the procedure under the twilight sleep and he was able to go home very shortly after the surgery. His parents took him home and his aunt was going to spend the night with him to take care of him and just be there since he can't be left alone for 24 hours. I stopped off at the store and bought some low fat strawberry ice cream, malted milk balls, and milk and went to his house and made him a big strawberry malt. He was doing very well, walking around and seemed to be just fine. I think the pain hadn't really hit him yet. He will probably be feeling it today. Hopefully he won't over do it. He doesn't like that he has to take time off work, and wants to get back to work a.s.a.p. I'm hoping he will follow doctor's orders and not go back too soon, or lift anything over 10 lbs in the next 3 weeks.

We shall see. He is very stubborn. Good thing I didn't inherit that trait! ;)

Father's Day Weekend

Well, this weekend was pretty full. Friday night, my oldest daughter went to a sleepover birthday party of a friend of hers from school. The rest of us went out to dinner at Logan's. I LOVE their kickin' chicken salad! It's awesome!

Then Saturday I rode along with my church's praise band to Parma, Ohio. You can read more about that here, if you are curious. It was a fun day. My grandma offered to keep the boy for us. I was going to take the girls along with us. Then my dad said he wanted to keep them Saturday and take them to a movie and on a bike ride. He is having surgery on Tuesday for a hernia, and won't be able to do that for a little while. So, it worked out nicely. Guru and I were able to take the 2+ hour drive (each way) alone. We listened to comedy cd's on the way there, and Harry Potter book 2 on the way home.

Yesterday was Father's Day, of course. Guru and I were both on the praise band/team and had to be at church for both services. After church, we went to lunch with my dad, my mom's parents, and G and Trinity and their little.

After lunch, we came home and the boys took a nap while the girls played. I went to JCPenney's outlet and found 2 tables that I liked, so I bought them. One of them is an end table, so we could get rid of the big rubbermaid tub full of the girls' barbies we had been using. The other is just a decorative table that ended up not even fitting where I intended it to go. I ended up putting it at the bottom of the stairs and it looks good there, so I'm going to keep it and find something else for the other spot. Here they are:




Last night, while guru finished up his homework for this week, I watched In Her Shoes. It was just ok.

Anywho, that pretty much sums up my weekend. How about you? Do anything fun for Father's day?

She's Here!

Kit arrived today and my daughter is SO happy! I printed out a picture of Kit and taped it to the bottom of a shoe box, then filled the box with tissue paper and wrapped it for her to open on her birthday!

She didn't really understand at first when she opened it and saw the picture. She just smiled and looked at us. So we asked her if she understood what it meant. She said no. We said that she would be here next week. Her eyes got huge and she started bouncing up and down on the couch hugging the box with the picture in it and squealing. She kept stopping to look at the picture and then repeating the proccess. Here is a picture:



I looked online yesterday to see the status of the order and found that it was scheduled to be delivered today. So, when there was a knock on the door a few minutes ago, I said "that may be Kit", and she RAN to the door.

Here is a picture of her and her new doll. (She took her glasses off so that she looked more like her, freckle nose and all!) We can also purchase glasses for Kit.



Now my younger daughter is begging for one too. No suprise there! She's going to have to wait until either Christmas or her birthday in February though!

Niner

My oldest daughter is 9 today! For the past year or so, she has been begging us for an American Girl doll. Namely, this one, because she thinks she looks like her. These dolls are rather pricey. All of her friends from school have these dolls and they take them to school and play with them at recess. My daughter sometimes feels excluded because she is the only one of her friends that doesn't have one and so she can't play with them.

We bought her an imitation doll a few months ago, and for a while, it was ok. Then, I guess the other girls figured out it wasn't the real thing and started excluding her again.

My daughter has been asking every single day if she can get one. She wants one SO bad. Every time she receives money from anyone, she says she wants to save it to buy one of these dolls. She got $20 in a birthday card yesterday from my hubby's great-aunt. She was really excited and told us she was going to save it toward her doll.

Little does she know, however, that we ordered her a Kit doll yesterday. Unfortunately, it won't be here for her to open today. But, I am going to wrap up a picture of the doll for her to open today and her doll should be her next week.

All morning, so far, she has said "I really wish I was getting an American Girl doll, but I know I'm not" and "I really want to get Kit, soooo bad". I can't wait to see her face when she sees she's getting the present she wanted more than anything else!

That's all, folks!

School's out! School's out! Teachers let the monkey's out! Ha, remember that?

Well today is the last day of school for my daughters. The younger one is already home. She got home at 11:20 this morning. The oldest should be home around 3:00 and then summer break will officially begin!

I assume we will be spending a lot of time at the pool over the next few months. Probably some outings to the park, a trip to the Velvet's ice cream factory, the zoo (since I bought a season pass), among many other fun things.

I don't know if we will attempt an actual vacation this year or not. I would love to, but the little man has recently become a little Houdini when it comes to his car seat. All of a sudden, he hates riding in his seat. It isn't all the time, but several times lately, he has thrown a major fit while in his seat and manages to break free from the seat restraints no matter how tight we get those straps.

We looked back the other day and he was standing in his car seat. STANDING IN HIS CAR SEAT! While the freaking car was moving! We had to pull over and strap him back in. He screamed and screamed and I thought he was going to puke from crying so hard. So, we'll have to take that into consideration for any traveling we do this summer.

Anywho, we are going to have another nephew in October! Trin and G just found out they are having another boy! We are very happy for them. Just glad that everything is going good and healthy! That's all we can ask for. Congratulations guys!

Teeth

So, I had to get a filling a few months ago. Then a few weeks ago, the tooth I got the filling in started hurting like crazy, especially if I ate something sugary or cold. I didn't think it was a new cavity since I had recently been to the dentist and they would have noticed it. I figured my new filling must have fallen out.

Well, I went to the Dentist on Tuesday for my bi-yearly cleaning and found out that it, ideed, did fall out. So I have to go back next Tuesday to have another one put in. That means I have to get another shot of novocaine in my mouth. UGH! I SOOOO hate that feeling! I hate needles, period! In my mouth of all places, blah!

The hygienist that did my cleaning was poking around at my wisdom teeth. I have been told for years that I need to have them taken out. By my previous Dentists, by my Orthodontist, by my Oral Surgeon (that's a whole 'nother story), and not suprisingly, by my current Dentist. Every. Time. I. Go.!! I get the point! I need them out. They occasionally hurt and they are shifting my teeth a bit as well. But, I'm a big baby! I have never been under anesthesia before. It makes me kind of nervous. Not to mention, guru would have to take a day or two off work to help me with the kids. I don't know how quickly I will recover.

I've heard people's story's from being drugged up and puking for a week after having their wisdom teeth removed, to the hygienist, on Tuesday, say she went out to a movie and dinner after her surgery. I just don't know how it will go for me.

Anyway, since Tuesday, the gum around my bottom right wisdom tooth has been hurting. It feels swollen. It hurts to open my mouth, to talk, to brush my teeth, to chew. I have to wonder if she did this to me on purpose to get my butt in gear.

So, I am checking into it. I'm checking with the insurance to make sure my oral surgeon is in the Network. Then, I'll check to see how much out of pocket it will be (that's another big reason I've been putting it off).

I'm an idiot!

Ok, our rent check is due today. I wrote out the check last night and this morning, I drove the girls to school. I forgot to stop by the office and drop it off on my way home. I noticed the check when I got home. No problem. I'll just walk up and drop it off.

Well, since I was wearing my flip flops, I decided I would do it later on and I am pretty sure I laid the check face down in the van for when I went back out today. So I get in the van later and remember I need to drop off the check. I reach for the check and.....IT'S NOT THERE!!!! My middle daughter had just gone outside to get something from the van, and the doors were locked when she went out. (That's not to say that they were unlocked and someone reached in grabbed the check and then locked the doors). I thought I locked the doors when I went inside, but I can't be 100% sure. I tore the van apart looking for that flippin' check.

I looked under all the seats. In the glove box, in the pockets on the back of the seats, in books and magazines, everywhere. I even looked in the house in case I had actually taken the check in with me, but I don't think I did.

I don't know what to do. We just paid a ton of bills and have a bunch of pending transactions. I don't really want to have to close that account and open a new one. I don't want to pay $30 to stop payment on the check. I know if I do that, I'll probably end up finding the check. I don't think that if it was stolen, that they would be able to cash that particular check, but they would have our account number.

I did call the bank and they put an alert on the accout so that if anyone goes through a teller to try to take money out of our account, they will be warned to be extra cautious since there is a possible stolen check. Grr!! I'm just afraid that if it was stolen and someone is able to use our account number to pay for something, that we will be out the money!

What would you do? Regardless of putting a stop payment on the check, our account number could still be out there somewhere.

Good Grief!

I don't think I'm supposed to blog anymore or something. EVERY time I attempt it, something goes wrong and I end up losing the entire post!!! It's very frustrating and makes me want to just stop doing this completely.

I tried doing a TT post today, but I hit publish and it took me to the stinking sign in page and when I signed in, it wasn't there! Even after refreshing. Not even in my drafts. This is crap. I give up. Last week I had a hecka time trying to post a TT. And then that last one that I lost from the computer freezing up. Sheesh!

Maybe I should just take the hint and quit!

Do you still need a push?

A man and his wife are awakened, at 3 o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding on the door.

The man got up and went to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

"Not a chance," said the husband, "it is 3 o'clock in the morning!" He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked his wife.

"Just some drunk guy asking for a push." He answered.

"Did you help him?" she asked.

"No, I did not, it is 3 o'clock in the morning and it is pouring out there!"

"Well, you have a short memory." his wife replied. Can't you remember, about three months ago when we broke down and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself!"

The man did as he was told, got dressed, and went out into the pounding rain.

He called out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"

"Yes" came back the answer.

"Do you still need a push?" called out the
husband.

"Yes, please!" came the reply from the dark.

"Where are you?" asked the husband.

"Over here on the swing!", replied the drunk.

So Mad!

I just typed up this long post about my weekend and Memorial Day and this stupid computer just froze up! I was just in the middle of typing a word and all of a sudden, I couldn't do anything. No curser or anything. I had no option but to reboot. I couldn't save anything, just had to shut her down and start over.

Well, I am not typing all of that out again now. I'll just say I had a good weekend and post this bad boy before the computer locks up again. It has been doing that a lot lately and it really gets on my nerves!

My First Thursday 13

Thirteen Things about Loelsh and a cranky little man! 1. This is my first TT. 2. I started one of these a couple of weeks ago, but never ended up posting it. 3. I've got a cranky boy on my hands this morning. 4. He had a very short nap yesterday and didn't go to bed until late last night. 5. He woke up early this morning and wouldn't stop crying. 6. Now he is sitting in my lap crying. 7. I don't think even he knows what he wants right now. 8. He's really testing my patience today (and I don't have much to start with)! 9. It's hard to type with a wiggly, whiny kid in your arms. 10. I hope he's not getting sick. He feels kind of warm. 11. I just gave him some tylenol. 12. It would really ruin our weekend plans if he is sick! 13. I hope he can get a nice long nap today and feel better!! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Summer Is On It's Way!

So I guess we are going to go to the wedding. We'll take a side dish or two in containers that don't need to be returned and we'll decide when we get there if we're going to stay for the reception.

On a different note, we are having very nice weather here in Central Ohio today. It is currently 75 degrees and sunny. We are supposed to be 80 degrees or above for the next few days. Looks like summer weather is getting ready to kick in and stay a while.

The girls only have 2 more weeks of school left this year. Their last day is June 7th. Then on the 9th, my oldest daugher will turn 9!!! I can't believe it. She will be in 4th grade next year and if we stay in this school district, it will be her last year in elementary school. 5th and 6th grades here are middle school, 7th and 8th are Jr. high and then of course 9th-12th is high school. Good grief! I'm getting old!

My younger daughter will go into 1st grade next year, which means that she will be going to school all day as apposed to the half day kindergarten she has now. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I'll be doing the happy dance because that will mean that I'll just have the little man to take care of all day and won't have to make sure I'm back home in the middle of the day to get her off the bus and then again at 4:00 when the oldest one gets home (not that this is a problem every day, but it can be a pain when I have lots of errands to run). On the other hand, it makes me kind of sad that she's old enough to be in school all day and she really is a big help with her little brother.

Anyway, I took the younger 2 kids to the park today for a little while and it was nice. Both of them did very well at leaving when I said it was time to go. They didn't argue or cry that they wanted to stay longer. I made sure I told them how happy it made me that they didn't throw a fit and that it made me want to do things like that with them more often.

Well, that's all I've got for you for now. Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday!

A Little Gas Humor

Who do I look like?

A lady doing laundry discovered that the dryer
stopped getting hot. "Hey honey" she called to
her husband. "The dryer's broken.. can you fix
it?" "Who do I look like, the Kenmore repairman?"

A few days later the dishwasher broke. "Honey,
the dishwasher broke. Can you fix it?" "Who do I
look like, the Maytag man?" grumbled her husband.

A few days later the oven broke. "Hey honey...I
can't fix dinner... the oven broke. Can you fix
it?" "Who do I look like... an oven repair man?"

A few weeks later the husband said to his wife,
"Hey honey. I noticed you got all that stuff
around the house fixed. How much did it cost?"

"Well" the wife replied, "You know Mick next
door. Well, he agreed to do all the repairs for
free if I'd sleep with him or bake him a cake."

"What kind of cake did you make him?"
"Who do I look like, Betty Crocker?"

My Mother's Day

Ok, so I'm a little late with this post, but here it is anyway...

My mother's day was pretty nice. I didn't get to sleep in Sunday because guru had to be at church at 8:00am, so he let me sleep in Saturday morning. Our oldest daughter needed to be at the church Saturday morning, so he took all the kids with him and after dropping her off, he took the other two to breakfast and did some shopping (for me).

It was nice to be able to sleep in, especially since I couldn't get to sleep Friday night and was up until 3:00 in the morning!

Then Sunday, he took the girls with him to the church, so I just had myself and the little man to get ready. He attempted to make me coffee, but it didn't really turn out as he had expected. It's ok though, our coffee maker is wacky, so I don't blame him. I think it was a wedding gift, so it's probably time for a new one of those.

Before they left Sunday morning, they all woke me up to wish me a Happy Mother's Day and give me my presents. Here is what I got from the girls (they each picked out their own gift to me):



And from my hubby:


(Ankle bling!)

We went to church and then to lunch with my dad and my mom's parents. After that we went and visited guru's crazy mom for a few minutes. Then we headed by and put some flowers on my mom's grave stone. I really miss her. Especially on Mother's Day!

Hope you all had a nice Mother's Day too!

But, all the other kids are doin' it...

So I will too. I'm making an American Idol post.

In the words of Chandler Bing "Could I have BEEN more wrong? At this point in the game, anyone could be out. There are only good performers left, so naturally, the good one's have got to leave too. When I saw the 2 groups, one having the highest # of votes and the other the lowest, I immediately assumed that Chris and Katharine were top 2 and Elliott and Taylor bottom 2. I thought the order from highest to lowest would be Chris, Kat, Taylor, Elliott.

Boy, I was WAY off! They told Elliott and Taylor they were safe and my chin hit the floor. Are you kidding me America?!! You simply can't trust stupid Americans to get it right! I mean they kept voting Scott Savol through last year, for goodness sakes!!

Like others have said, I am not too concerned about it, he will most definately be getting a record deal and will be successful! But who's going to win this thing? I thought all along it would be my man Chris! While I like Kat, (she is nice to look at and has a great voice) she is not the best singer in the competition. Of the three that are left, I think Elliott has the best voice, though not the best look (baaa). It really is anyone's game right now! The question is (in my best Ryan Seacrest voice) who will be the next American Idol?

The End

That's right. 7th Heaven has come to an end after 10 seasons. I got interested in this show right after having my now 6 year old daughter. It went through a phase a season or two ago where all of their episodes were issue related. I pretty much stopped watching it at that point. But then this season, I picked it back up again. I didn't see every episode because often I would forget about it since it was on so late. Recently they moved the show to 11:00 pm when they started showing news at 10 pm on the channel (they also did this with my Gilmore Girls, stupid WB!)

Anyway I have been trying to keep up with what's going on in the storyline a bit better now that we have our DVR. Well, last night was the series finale. I'm sad to see it go. I like the show and will continue to watch reruns on abc family. I don't know if any of have kept up on the show, but I for one, was glad that Simon didn't end up marrying Rose. It was kind of cool (but rather unlikely) that Sarah, Mary and Lucy are all pregnant at the same time, all with twins!

As with all shows that I enjoy that come to an end, I am anxiously awaiting a reunion show. (Can't wait to find out what's going on with the Friends! They better do a reunion show!)

How Observant Are You?

Below are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer! BE HONEST!!! Write down your answers as you go. And check your answers (at the bottom) AFTER you finish all the questions.

Ready? Go!

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people
don't know)
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
(Don't you dare get up to see!)
7. How many matches are in a standard pack?
8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?
9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?
14. Which way do fans rotate?
15 How many sides does a stop sign have?
16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?
22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?

Ok, did you write down all of your answers? Did you cheat? Here are the answers. (Apparently the average score is only 7!!)

1. BOTTOM
2. 50
3. RIGHT
4. BLUE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK & GOLD
5. 1, 0
6. RIGHT
7. 20
8. RED
9. 88
10. CLOCKWISE (NORTH OF THE EQUATOR)
11. TOWARDS BOTTOM RIGHT
12. 12 (no #1)
13 LEFT
14. CLOCKWISE AS YOU LOOK AT IT
15 8
16. LEFT
17 5
18. 6
19. BASHFUL
20. 8
21. ACE OF SPADES
22. LEFT
23. *, #
24. 3
25. COUNTER

So how many did you get?

Optical Illusions!

Do What Tastes Right!

Has anyone else tried these Frescata sandwiches from Wendy's? I love them! Well, I've only had the Turkey & Swiss and the Turkey with Basil Pesto. Yum!! I am currently addicted to the Basil one. I have been craving it. Am I the only one?

Pictures

Ok, we got the pictures uploaded to the computer, but after reviewing them, there aren't too many that I'm happy with. But, here are a couple.

Here is the cake (edited):



Here is one of the birthday boy sneaking some icing:

("Is anyone looking?")


Fun with balloons:


And here is my cousin's new baby that was born Friday night:


And the girls holding her: