My Crazy Life: February 2008

2/19/08

Father Daughter Ball

He took her to get a manicure and pedicure Saturday AND took her dress to pick out the nail polish color. He bought her a wrist corsage. After filling up on candy and dessert at the ball, he called Baskin Robbins and asked them to stay open until they could get there. They had Starbucks after that.
Who is gaining weight just reading this?
They went home and fell asleep watching Night At The Museum.

Both will be returning next year!!

2/14/08

REPROOF

I have finally done it! My entry way has been “resurrected”!! I am so excited to have my part of the work order fulfilled. Now all we need is a light fixture hung and the electrical outlet connected in the attic then it will be complete.

So, Pay and I suffered through looking at light fixtures today. Actually, I love Lowe’s and Home Depot. Pay is the one who was in misery over shopping and I was in agony over his whining.

Why does it bother me when someone corrects my children? While in one of these stores, there was an empty place under the shelving. Of course, like any curious George, Pay went right into the depts of the shelving. This is a dream come true. He is occupied, I can scan the inventory, and we are both happy. Well, up comes a lady to crash our party and tells him “Sweetie, get out from underneath there. You could hurt yourself. There are bolts and screws and all kind of things you might bump your head on.” My response…nothing. I didn’t smile and encourage him to come out. I didn’t pretend I didn’t know he was underneath there (you know you’ve done the same thing). NOTHING. Why? Because I was mad. My thoughts… Just let us take our chances, lady. We didn’t have enough time to see if he would get hurt. Being a mom, you get to kiss and make boo-boo’s better frequently. Nothing is different about today. I actually think I am being a good mom today. There are no injuries to speak of. Why can’t you just go away and let us take our chances.

Needless to say, we didn’t stay much longer. Not because she reprimanded my son, but because the whining started up again.

Thanks, I’ll be back at the store tomorrow.

2/5/08

MY FAVORITE THINGS!!!

Conversation Hearts by Neeco

I have loved "hearts" for as long as I can remember! There have been times when I have eaten a whole bag in a day. Not a small bag either! My favorite colors - pink, purple, and white!

Bath and Body Works hand soap

I love the variety! My love of this soap could be that I am a girl, or it could be that we used LAVA soap growing up. Anyone ever used or heard of that? Feels like you are washing with a piece of green sandpaper.

Guy’s who smell good

Here's my favorite! I have to confess that I was a sniffer when I was pregnant with Payton. There was a time during my pregnancy when I would go to the cabinet, get the dishwasher soap out, and sniff...for a while. There were no dirty dishes. Just me wanting to get my sniff on. I think I brain damaged Payton. He is even more of a sniff freak than I am. No stinky smells of any kind. However, his favorite book at this time is called I STINK. Figure that out.

Digital Scrapbooking

Never said I was good at it, but I do love the feeling of actually completing something. And oooooohhhh so much cheaper than traditional scrapbooking!

Skinny Hazelnut Latte (which replaces all time fav. Chi Tea)

mainly due to the fact that one is 130 calories and the other is 240 calories!

Grey's Anatomy

Alex Karev/ Justin Chambers
I just think he's HOT ( and I am sure he smells good)!

My weekend bag

My life is so much easier because of this bag. It took me about 6 months of traveling to realize getting my shampoo, conditioner, face soap, body wash, hairbrush, hairspray, q-tips, pony tail holders, deodorant, etc... every Friday evening was too much packing!! Now I get the bag and go!

My Laptop

When the weather is beautiful outside, I am just like you and want my children outside. My children are just like yours and want there mamma outside also. I can still read other peoples blogs or surf the internet while also responding to "Mamma, look at this, what I can do."

BLOGSPOTS!

I think I will need professional help to get me over this addiction. Have you ever sat at the blogger sign in page and clicked on some of the blogs that have been updated? Does this make me nosy or just inquisitive?

2/3/08

NY Giants 17 - New England Patriots 14

Did you see that? How exciting!! How awesome!! I walked in the door from work right when NE made their last touchdown. I thought I would just go on to bed. It's never
over 'til it's over, Right? But I didn't because of all the ribs,
wings, chips, cookies, cheese, and ummmmm what else, oh yeah fruit. Very balanced meal my husband made. In
reality, I wanted Eli Manning to win, but I didn't really care about the game. I love being able to watch the last 10
minutes and be done!! That is as long as my attention span is.

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WHAT?

oh, I forgot.

I just have a thing for the Manning boys. They "seem" to be good guys, but all I know is what the media tells me. They're a reliable source from what I hear though.

So, From the sports desk, I'll see you next year.

2/1/08

HANDYMAN PAYTON

WELL, I don't know if I have a carpenter, electrician, or contractor living here!!

However, as I was sitting here creating my "favorites" list, I decided it was time to get the kids moving on doing their chores before Dad came home.

To My Surprise, Payton was already starting on his and quite proud of it!!

P: "Look mommy, I have been using dis and dis." (showing me a screw driver and wine bottle opener)
M: "Oh that's good Pay, what have you been using them on?" (Thinking that he has been playing with his cars or food, but looking around and not seeing anything out of the ordinary)
P: "I making hoes... see..." (pointing to the wall under the light switch)
M: "PAYTON, GIVE ME THAT RIGHT NOW! YOU CAN'T BE PUTTING HOLES IN THE WALL!! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?"
P: "Because, I want some one to go up dere wis the ting (pointing to attic) and put sunthing down"
M: "You better just leave it alone and clean your room up right now! You understand me? You are in big trouble, and I don't like that you did this!"

Now I have to tell you that while I am upset that he put holes in the wall, I really think it is quite funny and Mike can fix it. How long will it take to get fixed? I don't know, but it is fixable. As I was getting on to Pay, I had to hold both sides of my face. You know, like in Home Alone. I just did not want him to see me smile. That would totally ruin the mood I was trying to set.
I called dad to let him know, and he thought it was funny as well. BTW, I did let Pay know who I was talking to, and strongly encouraged him to keep cleaning his room. Mike and Pay just recently put in a electrical outlet in my entryway. Something I have been wanting since we moved into this house 8 years ago. See it might be a while before I get the wall fixed. And dad went "up dere wis his ting" and poked the wire down through the wall. Therefore, I will be blaming Mike. Is it his fault? No, but I will be blaming him. Just kidding. But the tool box that Pay and Dad made will stay in the shed from now on!!

Pay came and apologized to me and seen that I had his pictures on the computer. He points to the one of him and says that's my favorite picture mommy.

My punkin, you are so cute!!