Go ahead and explain to me how three little boys are able to break bathroom vanities?? NO seriously! The one downstairs is MARBLE. as in it is a big chunk of ROCK!
And yet? Right in the corner a big chip is missing. All three of them profess innocence of the deed, but who else could have caused it!
I love my boys and would not trade them for the world - even though people are always saying girls are easier, I love having three boys - I just cannot understand HOW they do the things they do!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Christmas Part Teh One
We just celebrated Christmas with my dad and my siblings and my granny.
What a blast!
I really enjoyed seeing everyone, specially My brothers baby, she is such a darling.
Most important though, I got some really awesome stuff!
I got a cool blanket, Which will be a post of its own, a mixer, some bath stuff, and about a million other things! - There were no ellipticals though...
I think that the next big purchase I make with my paypal money - after my tattoo - will be a piece of exercises equipment.
What a blast!
I really enjoyed seeing everyone, specially My brothers baby, she is such a darling.
Most important though, I got some really awesome stuff!
I got a cool blanket, Which will be a post of its own, a mixer, some bath stuff, and about a million other things! - There were no ellipticals though...
I think that the next big purchase I make with my paypal money - after my tattoo - will be a piece of exercises equipment.
Heh. I'm so BAD
I just finished ordering a SPANX body slimmer from Ebay. I have hear that they rock in all aspects, and as I mostly want it to smooth out a bulge here and there, and do not have huge expectations of losing eighteen sizes when I put it on, I hope I will be happy with it.
Actually. I did not order it, I put a bid four times as high as the current bid was. It ends in 22 hours and I f I do not win, I will bid again.
The bad part?
As I sat at my computer finding and then ordering a piece of clothing meant to make me look slimmer, I ate half a box of chocolates.
Actually. I did not order it, I put a bid four times as high as the current bid was. It ends in 22 hours and I f I do not win, I will bid again.
The bad part?
As I sat at my computer finding and then ordering a piece of clothing meant to make me look slimmer, I ate half a box of chocolates.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Im going to scream
So. Its snowing again. A lot. With cold wind and did I mention snow?
A lot of it?
GAH!
Also. I understand that in kindergarten they start teaching the basic blocks of reading and writing, but I had no idea they had taught my son so much!
For Christmas the kindergarted gave - I assume- all the students an activity booklet, coloring book and set of crayons.
This Am Blue BOy wanted to try it out, which, I thought was a waste of time becuase he cant do this stuff.
Dammit all if he cant do Dot to Dots up to 50! And he knows the sounding letters and how to write them for words!
For example. they had this : We see them at Christmas time
And an ant, nail, grape, lion, ear and snake, the kids had to sound out and write down the first letter of each thing to get the answer to the riddle.
And he did it! Alone. Without help.
INCLUDING reading the instructions.
And yet, becuase he cannot pickup a book and read it to me, he swears he cannot read!
A lot of it?
GAH!
Also. I understand that in kindergarten they start teaching the basic blocks of reading and writing, but I had no idea they had taught my son so much!
For Christmas the kindergarted gave - I assume- all the students an activity booklet, coloring book and set of crayons.
This Am Blue BOy wanted to try it out, which, I thought was a waste of time becuase he cant do this stuff.
Dammit all if he cant do Dot to Dots up to 50! And he knows the sounding letters and how to write them for words!
For example. they had this : We see them at Christmas time
And an ant, nail, grape, lion, ear and snake, the kids had to sound out and write down the first letter of each thing to get the answer to the riddle.
And he did it! Alone. Without help.
INCLUDING reading the instructions.
And yet, becuase he cannot pickup a book and read it to me, he swears he cannot read!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sigh
Im just not feeling this Christmas.
I am sure it has something to do with the fact I know what each and every box under the tree contains. there are NO surprises this year, not even the color of pajamas the kids are getting me..
I hope next year there are surprises for me, even if it is only an unexpected box of chocolates or pair of socks
*hint hint Hubs*
I am sure it has something to do with the fact I know what each and every box under the tree contains. there are NO surprises this year, not even the color of pajamas the kids are getting me..
I hope next year there are surprises for me, even if it is only an unexpected box of chocolates or pair of socks
*hint hint Hubs*
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Weff
We stalled at level 29 in Weffriddles. Not becuase we got stuck, but we stopped so I could make dinner and have not started it up again.
a few rules if you are going to start weffriddles.
Always write down your answers!
Always highlight the page and then check source code, and
use the forums. they are a big help!
a few rules if you are going to start weffriddles.
Always write down your answers!
Always highlight the page and then check source code, and
use the forums. they are a big help!
Sigh
Remember how I said I was not going to shovel anymore?
I lied.
I am in fact, going out to shovel as soon as I publish this post.
You see, tonight is the boys Christmas Concert at the School and my dad, His Wife and My Granny are all driving in from out of town to see it.
My dad recently fell down some stairs and may have a detached muscle in his thigh and is using crutches to walk around and my granny - well she is a granny, old and unstable with the walking.
The snow has to be cleared or I cannot in good conscious invite them over for a coffee after the concert. And I want them to come over.
I just do not want them to fall down the stairs trying to get into my house!
So. I'm off to shovel, but I will take it easy.
I promise.
I lied.
I am in fact, going out to shovel as soon as I publish this post.
You see, tonight is the boys Christmas Concert at the School and my dad, His Wife and My Granny are all driving in from out of town to see it.
My dad recently fell down some stairs and may have a detached muscle in his thigh and is using crutches to walk around and my granny - well she is a granny, old and unstable with the walking.
The snow has to be cleared or I cannot in good conscious invite them over for a coffee after the concert. And I want them to come over.
I just do not want them to fall down the stairs trying to get into my house!
So. I'm off to shovel, but I will take it easy.
I promise.
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Post where I show I am insane
I'm seriously tempted to murder my couch.
there I said it,
Its not good to hold it all up inside, bottling it up until one day you wake up and have exploded all over your bedroom in a gooey bottled mess!
You see. Our couch is very comfortable, and has nice fabric and is a great color. But the cushions are the cushions from HELL. I swear they were sent here from the couch devil himself to torment me.
The devil wants me to be bad, He loves me and wants to spend eternity with me, and I am thisclose!
Why? Why won;t my cushions stay on the bloody couch!
there I said it,
Its not good to hold it all up inside, bottling it up until one day you wake up and have exploded all over your bedroom in a gooey bottled mess!
You see. Our couch is very comfortable, and has nice fabric and is a great color. But the cushions are the cushions from HELL. I swear they were sent here from the couch devil himself to torment me.
The devil wants me to be bad, He loves me and wants to spend eternity with me, and I am thisclose!
Why? Why won;t my cushions stay on the bloody couch!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Bed In A Box ; Memory Foam Mattresses
Eleven years ago when I met my husband he had a bed. It is the same bed we are using now and it is rock hard. I hate it with a passion. The bed frame itself used to be a water bed that his parents converted - thanks to a handy piece of plywood - into a "normal" bed frame.
When I was pregnant with my boys I needed a little stool to get up and into it.
I really, really want a new bed, or at the very least a more comfortable mattress, but mattresses are super expensive, so thats a far off in the distance kind of dream.
If I had the money to go out right now and buy a new mattress I would buy a Memory Foam mattress. From having my babies, and bad posture I have a curve in my lower back that is no supported at all with our current mattress. To sleep I need to use a body pillow as well as two standard sized pillows to support my hips and back.
With the help of Hubs ( Who played the very scary monster in the corner) and Rainbow Man (The Star!) I made a commercial about Bed in a Box and their awesome memory foam mattress.
I hope you enjoyed our video, and that if you are currently researching a new mattress you check out Bedinabox.com!
When I was pregnant with my boys I needed a little stool to get up and into it.
I really, really want a new bed, or at the very least a more comfortable mattress, but mattresses are super expensive, so thats a far off in the distance kind of dream.
If I had the money to go out right now and buy a new mattress I would buy a Memory Foam mattress. From having my babies, and bad posture I have a curve in my lower back that is no supported at all with our current mattress. To sleep I need to use a body pillow as well as two standard sized pillows to support my hips and back.
With the help of Hubs ( Who played the very scary monster in the corner) and Rainbow Man (The Star!) I made a commercial about Bed in a Box and their awesome memory foam mattress.
I hope you enjoyed our video, and that if you are currently researching a new mattress you check out Bedinabox.com!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Pet Peeve
Having three boys it isn't often that I have to worry about buying gifts for girls. But now, I have a sweet little niece to buy for, as well as my Drama Girl - I have baby sat her for two years now and she gets a birthday and a Christmas Gift from us.
What I HATE is how unorganized the girls toy department is. In boys, it is all spelled out, Action Figures, Cards, Models, Learning, Games, etc, and all of them are in the right spot, labeled and separated.
When you enter the pink Girly isles though, everything is all over, Barbie with Cabbage Patch, Ponies with art supplies. Dress up clothing mixed in with the Brats dolls.
It Sucks.
We can be in and out of the boys toy section in ten minutes, but it takes at least half ano hour to find anything in the girl section.
Im SO glad I have boys!
What I HATE is how unorganized the girls toy department is. In boys, it is all spelled out, Action Figures, Cards, Models, Learning, Games, etc, and all of them are in the right spot, labeled and separated.
When you enter the pink Girly isles though, everything is all over, Barbie with Cabbage Patch, Ponies with art supplies. Dress up clothing mixed in with the Brats dolls.
It Sucks.
We can be in and out of the boys toy section in ten minutes, but it takes at least half ano hour to find anything in the girl section.
Im SO glad I have boys!
Dreaming of a White Christmas
I have high hopes that Santa will leave one of those flat screen TV's under my Christmas Tree this year.
See, the Television we have in our bedroom right now is so old that you have to re adjust the color each time you turn it on. Which means we don;t turn it on any more. The other annoying thing about it is that it is so damn big. It sits on a TV table right now, blocking hubs access to his side of the bed.
I want a flat screen so that I can use a tv stands that mount on the wall, a corner one, so that it is off the floor, off the TV table and out of the way.
What do you think the chances are of Santa Bringing me one?
See, the Television we have in our bedroom right now is so old that you have to re adjust the color each time you turn it on. Which means we don;t turn it on any more. The other annoying thing about it is that it is so damn big. It sits on a TV table right now, blocking hubs access to his side of the bed.
I want a flat screen so that I can use a tv stands that mount on the wall, a corner one, so that it is off the floor, off the TV table and out of the way.
What do you think the chances are of Santa Bringing me one?
Thursday, December 13, 2007
OMG LOL
I *WISH* I had a video camera this morning.
Withing the first few days of Smokey coming to live with us, the three year old stepped on her paw and the next day she fell down the stairs, hurting the same paw. She was so cute and tiny and we loved her half to death each time she hurt her paw.
Here;s the funny part.
This morning I was trying to fill the coffee maker and talk to the boys and smokey kept trying to jump up to see what was going on. I used my knee to block her jump so that she did not spill the water.
Note : I did not hurt her, I just blocked her
She dropped to the floor and sat looking at me with her head cocked to the side for a few seconds.
Barooo???
Then she started to whimper and whine in a VERY exaggerated way and limping around the kitchen. First the front left paw was hurt and she hopped on the other three, then her leg must have gotten tired because she switched to her back right paw. This continued, the whining and limping, until I finished with the boys and the coffee and called her over to me. As soon as I said her name and patted my thigh to call her, her tail started going a mile a minute and she ran to me - no limping, and laid on her back for a belly rub.
Pup's a playah!
Withing the first few days of Smokey coming to live with us, the three year old stepped on her paw and the next day she fell down the stairs, hurting the same paw. She was so cute and tiny and we loved her half to death each time she hurt her paw.
Here;s the funny part.
This morning I was trying to fill the coffee maker and talk to the boys and smokey kept trying to jump up to see what was going on. I used my knee to block her jump so that she did not spill the water.
Note : I did not hurt her, I just blocked her
She dropped to the floor and sat looking at me with her head cocked to the side for a few seconds.
Barooo???
Then she started to whimper and whine in a VERY exaggerated way and limping around the kitchen. First the front left paw was hurt and she hopped on the other three, then her leg must have gotten tired because she switched to her back right paw. This continued, the whining and limping, until I finished with the boys and the coffee and called her over to me. As soon as I said her name and patted my thigh to call her, her tail started going a mile a minute and she ran to me - no limping, and laid on her back for a belly rub.
Pup's a playah!
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Weffriddle
A Short time ago I got a comment on my home page Bluepaintred about weffriddles having its fifth session up and running.
It has been at least a year since I have obsessively sat at my computer right clicking here and source coding there for weff hints.
Weffriddle is an addicting game and I look forward to starting from the first puzzle and seeing how far I can get before I hop over to a search engine searching for weff tips, weffriddle hints and weffriddle level clues!
It has been at least a year since I have obsessively sat at my computer right clicking here and source coding there for weff hints.
Weffriddle is an addicting game and I look forward to starting from the first puzzle and seeing how far I can get before I hop over to a search engine searching for weff tips, weffriddle hints and weffriddle level clues!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Ohhh My Aching Back!
Last weekend we went to Wal*Mart. Not just for the hell of it, although I love doing that too, but becuase we needed to pick up some things and check the prices of some other things.
I had checked Sears and the Bay for prices of Heated Mattress Covers and was horrified at the prices. 179 - 229 for a queen size. The prices saddened me becuase I really wanted to get one for Christmas for myself, but how can I justify spending that much on one gift, especially when we did not have Drama Girl for the whole Month of November?
But you know what I love about Wal*Mart? Their lower Prices. They had the Exact same Heated Mattress cover, Same Brand name, same Size, exactly the same as the 229 from the Bay on for 99.89.
So we bought it. Which is great and wonderful, except we are going through a particularly cold snap right now, and my mattress heater is wrapped in a box in my closet.
DOH!
While I was in the Mattress Isle of Wal*Mart, I was squishing the Memory Foam ..Samples, I guess you would call them. My bed is really, really uncomfortable. And old. And I hate it. But Mattresses are super expensive. Dopes anyone have any experience with those platform beds, the memory Foam ones? If I spent Seventy bucks on a two inch thick memory foam thingamajig for the top of my bed, would it help?
(My current mattress is rock hard.)
I enjoyed squishing the sample thingys, but in the long run, I wonder how they stand up to things like Marital Activities, Cat claws and kids.
I need my own research team!
I had checked Sears and the Bay for prices of Heated Mattress Covers and was horrified at the prices. 179 - 229 for a queen size. The prices saddened me becuase I really wanted to get one for Christmas for myself, but how can I justify spending that much on one gift, especially when we did not have Drama Girl for the whole Month of November?
But you know what I love about Wal*Mart? Their lower Prices. They had the Exact same Heated Mattress cover, Same Brand name, same Size, exactly the same as the 229 from the Bay on for 99.89.
So we bought it. Which is great and wonderful, except we are going through a particularly cold snap right now, and my mattress heater is wrapped in a box in my closet.
DOH!
While I was in the Mattress Isle of Wal*Mart, I was squishing the Memory Foam ..Samples, I guess you would call them. My bed is really, really uncomfortable. And old. And I hate it. But Mattresses are super expensive. Dopes anyone have any experience with those platform beds, the memory Foam ones? If I spent Seventy bucks on a two inch thick memory foam thingamajig for the top of my bed, would it help?
(My current mattress is rock hard.)
I enjoyed squishing the sample thingys, but in the long run, I wonder how they stand up to things like Marital Activities, Cat claws and kids.
I need my own research team!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Perfect Post Award : November
In this post, Mr.Fab literally had me crying with laughter as I read it.
Due to my religious views I often skip right past any post that has to do with ANY kind of religion, but Mr Fab lured me in with his wonderful Sculpey Sculptures and I read the whole thing.
I might have pee;d my pants a little.
If you missed this post of Fab;s Please, Go Here and read it. Be prepared to giggle!
Much thanks to Petroville and Suburban Turmoil for hosting the Perfect Post awards!
Due to my religious views I often skip right past any post that has to do with ANY kind of religion, but Mr Fab lured me in with his wonderful Sculpey Sculptures and I read the whole thing.
I might have pee;d my pants a little.
If you missed this post of Fab;s Please, Go Here and read it. Be prepared to giggle!
Much thanks to Petroville and Suburban Turmoil for hosting the Perfect Post awards!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Timing
There are three houses for sale on our street. (Want to buy one and live by me?) I searched for the MLS listings online and was shocked by the prices they are set at!
The one beside our house, exactly the same in layout, is selling for 300,000.00 Thats MORE than twice what we paid for our place two years ago!
I knew that real estate prices had risen, but this really shows that we were awesomely lucky with our timing in buying our home.
The one beside our house, exactly the same in layout, is selling for 300,000.00 Thats MORE than twice what we paid for our place two years ago!
I knew that real estate prices had risen, but this really shows that we were awesomely lucky with our timing in buying our home.
And Now?
We celebrate!
I just got the call that the striking workers have reached a temporary agreement with the CUPE. Monday Morning I get my little girl back.
Well ...I know she isn't mine but she has been with me for two years, five days a week and I love her like she is one of mine. This last month without her has been harsh. So many times me and the boys have done something and I have stopped and thought, "wouldn't Drama Girl love this?"
For example, tomorrow, Blue Boy has homework, he has to decorate a gingerbread tracing in any way he wants. We went to the dollar store and got stickers, pipe cleaners, pompoms, googly eyes and a bunch of other things.
I had planned on having the baby and Blue Boy both do a ginger bread man, The babies would of course, be for home and Blue Boys would go back to school with him.
Now, Drama Girl will get to decorate a gingerbread man with us!
It's not just the paycheck I am glad to have back, I missed that little girl!
I just got the call that the striking workers have reached a temporary agreement with the CUPE. Monday Morning I get my little girl back.
Well ...I know she isn't mine but she has been with me for two years, five days a week and I love her like she is one of mine. This last month without her has been harsh. So many times me and the boys have done something and I have stopped and thought, "wouldn't Drama Girl love this?"
For example, tomorrow, Blue Boy has homework, he has to decorate a gingerbread tracing in any way he wants. We went to the dollar store and got stickers, pipe cleaners, pompoms, googly eyes and a bunch of other things.
I had planned on having the baby and Blue Boy both do a ginger bread man, The babies would of course, be for home and Blue Boys would go back to school with him.
Now, Drama Girl will get to decorate a gingerbread man with us!
It's not just the paycheck I am glad to have back, I missed that little girl!
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