I'm a drop out

I can't handle this blog anymore. It's not fun. I feel like it's turned into homework. I have really tried hard to get motivated about it again but I can't. I already have so much homework to do everyday that I can't do more. I mean I am doing homework in 2nd grade, 3rd grade, trying to keep up with the 5th grade stuff (It's kinda hard. Sometimes we have to have Marc help us) and well with the 7th grade stuff Abby is doing I just stand by for moral support. Who cares I forgot some of the stuff. I graduated from ASU and have my degree and people in the working field don't have to worry about me joining them. If I ever get a job I would love to work at Starbucks or Nordstroms and I don't need to be up on my game for math, nouns and verbs. I just gotta look cute and smile. Right? So this blog entry is because I need to know how to make all of my past entries into a book. Does anyone know how or where to do this?

Look at how he is hugging her

This picture is what keeps Abby in a good mood. It was just posted on one of their web sites a few days ago. I wish Josh was looking forward but that is him on the end. The band is made up of pretty small guys as you can tell. Josh being in 5th grade is almost as tall as the drummer. The drummer is the ugly one in the picture. Or I should say ONE of the 3 out of the 4 UGLY guys in the band. haha He is the dude with no shirt on and tatted up. I can say they are ugly because most chicks don't care because they are ROCK STARS right? Well, I would care but lots of girls would just go for the status thing. Maybe they are nice guys but they could do things to make themselves cuter. First, cut your hair or if you want if long just wash it more than once a week. You could always shave too. That would be a plus. If you don't want to shave at least keep the beard neat and tidy. No crumbs lingering in it. Just a suggestion. But I guess who cares. They are ROCK STARS and Pete makes up for the rest of them. He is just adorable.

Charity Event

Here I am at a Charity Event with some of my oldest friends. Yes, old as in their age but I meant old in knowing them longest. Now you ask me what Charity Event? No clue. My friend doing the hang ten sign invited us. Let's see I paid $100.00 bucks for 1 free drink. We didn't eat (too busy having fun), they gave us 1 free drink then I paid $8.00 per plastic half filled drink after and I lost all my chips within the first hour. Did I have fun???? Totally!!!! You can't put a price tag on hanging with your girl friends. Plus, got to stay the night at the new Hilton. Stayed up till 4am. Still recovering.

FOB

We went to the Fall Out Boy concert last week. It was Abby, Karley, Paige, Josh, Nathan, and Randal. It was such a great show! First of all Abby, Josh, and Karley had meet and greets with the bands. They felt so cool. They were able to enter the concert early and go hang out with them. When Abby met Pete she said "You know I'm cool with long distance relationships". To which Pete said "Aren't you like about 12?" To which Abby said "13". Then Pete said "Oh well that is much better, it could work". He gave Abby a hug. She about died right then and there. Hummm should I be worried that my little girl is in love with a married 28 year old? Well, he is a hottie. Let's just chalk it up to her having good taste in guys. Abby, Paige and Karley headed to the front and ended up getting in the front row pushed up right against the barricades. Oh, to be young again. They stood there for 6 hours but were able to see everything within 3 ft. I guess it was worth it. The opening bands were Hey Monday, Metro Station, All Time Low and Cobra Starship. Me, Josh and the boys hung out on the grass and danced. It was fun. I love that my kids like to go to concerts. I love it too!

What 40 something year old girls do

A dunkin donuts just opened up by my kids school not too long ago. Can I just say this has been a lifesaver. It has done wonders for my self-esteem. You see after making a few we are late for school stops eat a donut in the car, I have found that there are some pretty cute guys that work there. So this has done wonders for my self esteem. You ask why? They always greet me with a friendly "Good Morning" on the drive through window microphone, followed by a "How are you today?" Huh? You are asking me? Someone caring? Wow! So we place our order I think to myself Which 25ish guy is working today? Is it the guy with blue eyes and great teeth or the guy with more of an edge to him? The girls and I wait while Josh and Nathan roll there eyes saying we are sick. I have found sometimes before I pick the kids up from school for some reason I just might need a little pick me up drink to get through the afternoon. Can I say SCORE if you have dogs in the car. I always tell Lilly to hide in the back of the car its just a little game we play. (just kidding) But I will say the workers do like dogs and have treats to give them. So that is what 40 something old girls do. We go to dunkin donuts. Now if I can just pin point these 2 workers schedules I will be set! Don't worry Marc- You are my one and only! Dunkin Donut outfit sometime?

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I love you man

Well, I would give this 3 thumbs up if I had an extra thumb attached like this guy had in high school. Great movie!! No Naked people (sorry guys you don't get to see any chicks baring it all in the movie). They do drop the F bomb a lot in the movie but other than that you are good to go. People were laughing out loud, including me. It did drag a bit at the end but that could just be me. I was heading out to go shopping after the movie and I was ready to hit the mall. I say go see the movie. If you liked Knocked Up or Super Bad you will love this one!

Terror for Amelia

I was out with the girls doing our thing and Marc was picking up Josh from karate. I get a call from Marc saying lets meet at Starbucks and we can get some lunch at the Subway next door for the kids. Perfect! They have tables outside and the weather is beautiful. Marc and Josh got there before we did and had already grabbed a table for us. As we are walking up Amelia spots terror. "Oh my GOSH mom, dad doesn't have any shoes on. I don't want to go over there". What?? I am thinking I don't want to either. We walk over to Josh and Marc and they are so happy to see us. I say "Marc whats up with the no shoes"? To which is said "Josh forgot shoes so he is wearing mine and I won't wear any". Okay, so totally nice dad to do that but it looks more acceptable if the kid has no shoes on. People don't get why a grown adult wouldn't have them on. Amelia pulls me aside and says "Mom, we gotta go. I can't stay here. What if I see one of my friends? This is totally embarrassing". I say its all good no one will notice. (I hope). Amelia then decided to pull out plan B. "Mom, I have a really bad stomach ache. We gotta go. I am soooo sick". Marc then is hearing us talk and gets upset that his little girl is so concerned with what people will think. I told Marc hey, it is a girl thing what can I say. So, I tell Amelia that this will make a really funny blog post and it seemed to ease the embarrassment. The picture was taken while Marc was still mad about Amelia being embarrassed.

Charlie and I don't mean Charlie Brown

Just thought I would let everyone know that Charles Manson just had a birthday. He is now 74 years old. I have always found this guy to be interesting in that he is so weird. I have seen him do an interview and he is just so out there. He is what I call scary and would freak out totally if he showed up at my door. I can't imagine what his victims went through. It is so sad to think how scared they were that night that him and his posse showed up to kill. So on that happy note I will stop this blog. I will try to be better about posting more often. Hang in there audience I will return to regular posts.

Austin

Laura and I headed out to Austin to see our brother for 5 peaceful days. It started off by our plane being delayed by 2 hours. We didn't even care. We had our magazines, drink and interesting people to look at in the airport. One being the guy laying in front of us on the ground with his major butt crack showing. It felt so good to laugh so hard at that. I knew right then this trip was just what I needed. After being able to board the plane the fun continues. Laura and I were lucky enough to have some guys who thought they were Gods sitting in front of us. The flight attendant kept telling them to turn off their phones before take off but they kept sneaking them back on. I guess they thought the rules didn't apply to them. So next thing you know they are being escorted off the plane. They were such idiots. They kept saying "This is not fair. We will turn them off we promise". All I kept thinking was what a great job their parents did raising them. At age 25ish they still act like they are 5. It was entertaining. Austin was freezing and rainy. It was a nice change. We made it to 2 of the 3 malls in Austin. One morning we were at Starbucks I in my pj shirt, no make up and Laura was not in much better shape. David started talking about the errands he needed to do and Laura and I thought "Man we better jump ship before we have to go with him to get his hair cut, dry cleaners and store. We asked him to just drop us off at the mall. We went to the shoe department first so Laura could get some shoes to wear, then hit the make up counter. We acted like we wanted to buy some make up so the make up lady at the counter did up our faces. We looked great! Then I hit Victoria Secrets so I could get a bra. Remember I was in my pj shirt. I'm sure all of the guys would have preferred me to skip that store for their enjoyment at the mall since most of the guys are dragged their by their wife's/girlfriends to watch them try on clothes. Our brother treated my sister and I like QUEENS the whole time. It was great. He cooked for us and did the dishes (wouldn't even let us help), took us out to eat, and even gave us fresh towels. We were able to meet some of his friends and have the opportunity to embarrass our brother. Well I headed that department. Great trip and can't wait to go back. It is always fun to hang with my siblings. In the picture my sister is next to me and the other two girls are friends of my brother.

SOY SAUCE

I decided to make dinner tonight. I HATE to cook! The extent of my cooking is spaghetti, hamburgers, meatloaf, tacos, pizza or some sort of chicken dish. I just pretty much rotate those dishes for dinner. I know my kids suffer right? Lucky for us Marc likes to cook and saves us on the weekends. We get good stuff to make up for the lousy week mom does. Today I thought I would get a jump start on my crock pot chicken. Who can wait. In the process I burned my fingers on a hot dish. Don't ask. But to my rescue was this bottle of Soy sauce. I quickly poured some on my fingers and within 5 seconds (no lie) the pain is gone. I thought man I need to share this secret with my fellow blog followers. I got an e-mail one time saying that for burns use Soy Sauce. Lilly was my first patient that I was able to try this on. It worked. It is so awesome. Go ahead burn yourself for fun because the pain ain't gonna last as long as you have a bottle of Soy Sauce.

Homeless dude

The other day I was at the store and this homeless dude came and got in line after me. He stunk, was dirty, and I think I even saw a bug crawl out of his beard. That is besides the fact. What struck me crazy was that he had a bunch of canned cat food he was buying. I could hear him mumbling to himself and trying to figure out how much it was going to cost him. I started thinking wow, is he buying this for himself? Its cheap, he is homeless, maybe this is what homeless people eat. I mean you are getting protein right? I couldn't help myself. I started a convo with him. I thought I would ask him if he has a cat. After I said that I thought dumb question. Where would he keep it? But he replied yes I guess you could say I have some. I feed the stray cats everyday. They just love me and I love making them happy. It was like those cats are his family. Here this homeless dude is spending his hard pan handling money on stray cats. (well, he did have a 6 pack of corona for himself) I thought what a kind hearted man. I told the cashier to ring his stuff up on my tab. I hurried and paid and left while the cashier was bagging his stuff. It was fun to do something nice for him as he is doing for those cats. BTW I hate cats, but admire a kind heart. Even though he is homeless he still has a heart.

Old but New den

The kids have taken over. It is official. No more den for Marc and I. Not that I need a den because all my work in done in the bedroom. Just kidding. I am trying to make myself smile today so I had to throw that in so I could get a laugh. Marc will probably get an even bigger laugh. Okay, so back to the den. It used to hold one brown desk, with brown walls, one computer, and fights non -stop . Marc and I decided to do something about it. We got this great computer desk to hold 3 computers. Only 2 computers work because nothing can stay unbroken in our house. Lilly supposedly broke it. I think all of the other kids are just ganging up on her. Marc has it on his "honey list" to fix. We are going on 2 weeks. The honey list is going to turn into a death sentence for him if it is not fixed this weekend. See, the kids still will fight over the other 2 computers. We really need 5 to make things work. Whatever. I really like how the den turned out. I had it painted celery green and I have hung all of our pictures we had done with piped piper. I am just waiting to hang Josh's pictures. They are not done yet. This is the first time we have had professional shots done that have ended up on the walls. It makes me very happy.

Saying good-bye

After many years of Abby playing club basketball we are saying good -bye to it. Yesterday was an eye opener for us. Basketball has ruled our lives for so long.....like being gone all last weekend in California for a tournament, Abby gets up for school basketball every morning at 6:30 to go practice before school, has 2 school games a week, after her school games she goes to her club practice at 6:00-9:30 at ASU, and on the weekends there is usually a club tournament. Ya, too much for her and our family. Mostly me because I am the one taking her and going to her games. She gets to stressed out if Marc is there. Marc likes to play the role of a reff at the game and for some reason they just don't need a 3rd reff from the stands. Go figure???? So, yesterday the girls had to be at their game at 7:00 am. The played a good hard game and won. So that meant 2 more games later. We had the team over to our house in between games to have something to eat, and review game tapes. This is what started the craziness.

Who would have thought by eating one of these so much drama would happend. Parents were so mad at their kids for eating just 1. They were making their kids do 25 push-ups for eating one. Huh?? One parent and their kid got in a big fight over this and the kid started crying. The parent even got on the floor with their kid and made them do the push-ups. I of course said "Boy, glad I didn't put out any cookies". To which one parent said "The girls will get sugar crashes and play terrible". Ummm they are kids.... and 1 piece of this will really do that? Different view points here. So, went to the game and the girls played awesome but lost. What happens next?? Coach having the girls run outside in dried up grass. I am so for running if they play really bad, or if there is not another game but they did have another game. A game to place 3rd in. While running a girls asthma kicks in, Abby is sneezing non-stop and the girls are freakin tired. After all the running they break away to rest. Well, not for one girl. I see her dad take her to the running field and bitch her out for another 20 minutes. NO LIE!!! I felt so bad for her. She is getting in trouble for not making her shots. After the game Abby told me that this girls says she gets busted all the time if she plays bad. How sad. So, we are just not about that anymore. However people choose to handle their club ball is their choice and I don't judge them for that. We just don't want it that hard core for Abby. We want it to be fun. I guess it is school ball from here on out. We will see.

B-day boy!

My one and only boy just turned 11. Where oh where did the time go???? It seems like yesterday I was mopping the bathroom floor in our patio home waiting for the preggo stick to show 2 lines. It did and I was so happy! Marc was in his 3rd year of law school and I was so freaked out to tell him. I waited for about a week before I popped the news to him. Yes he was excited and freaked out. Josh has been my easy kid from the time he was born. Easy delivery, laid back kid. He has always had a "The glass is half full" attitude. Josh will always try new things and that is one thing I admire about him. One of my favorite Josh stories is we were talking about being baptised and I asked him if he ever wanted to be. His response was "I think I will be holding off on that for awhile. I know I am going to be making a lot more mistakes in my life so I am going to wait until I am a grandpa". Is this kid clever or what? Here are 11 things I love about Josh:

1. He has the best hair ever! It is so thick. And he looks great with a Mohawk.

2. He is so thoughtful of other peoples feelings.

3. He has determination.

4. He has a GREAT laugh.

5. He is awesome at karate.

6. He is so good to his sisters and shows them love.

7. He will ALWAYS rub his mom's back no matter how tired he is.

8. He wakes up happy.

9. He can be crazy goofy.

10. He has the softest lips, he will make some girl in high school very happy with them.

11. Gives the best hugs ever! Ask him for one and you will know what I mean.

Quaker Oat cereal

This stuff is what keeps me regular if you know what I mean. Eat this stuff and bye bye prunes hello quaker oats. This cereal is the best thing going. Here is the break down : 1 cup cereal (which is a good amount) 210 calories, 5 grams fiber, 6 grams protein. Not bad huh? I have started eating breakfast at around 3:00 in the morning. No type error there. You read it right. I have gotten in this habit of waking up around that time, eat breakfast and then go back to bed. I picked up this habit from my sister. She has been doing it for years. Anyway, then when I get up for the day around 6:00 I have already eaten. By 9:00 I am feeling good, have the energy, and the food has settled to go work out. My kids love to eat it without milk for a snack. Give it a try. And as far as my last post goes I guess nobody enjoyed seeing the hairy naked guy???? I personally thought it was pretty funny.

Is he human????

Some may think this is not an appropriate picture to put on a blog but it's my blog so I will do what I want. It is liberating being 40 and doing what I want. So back to the picture. I couldn't believe this guy. Is it a guy or a swamp thing? So for all you kids who look at my blog go ahead and laugh at the picture but also let it be a warning to you. Boys...if you ever start to grow this much hair on your body shave it, wax it, or plan on never having a girlfriend or wife. Sorry it won't matter how nice you are or how much money you make girls will just think that is plain sick. Girls who see this picture....If you ever and I mean ever see a guy like this or if your hubby turns out like this take care of the situation. No human on the planet should be like this. FYI dude : Not SEXY!!!

Maria Maria and Suns

Laura gave us a gift card to this restaurant Maria Maria's for Marc's birthday. We decided to use it last night before we headed off to the Sun's game. The atmosphere is really great. They have huge big screen TVs everywhere with sports on, it is decorated really cool inside, and the waiter (this is big for me) was really good and cute. They also have a room off to the side that you can have a party in. Someone was having a birthday party while we were there. The food is not traditional Mexican but its nice to try something different. I had fish tacos that were really great. We ended up taking Josh's friend Nathan with us because Abby was sick. The game didn't start until 8:30. When we got there I was ready to go home and put on my pj's and hop in bed to start reading. But you know those Suns games....they rope you in with all the hoopla. Before I know it I was on my feet yelling and trying to ref the game from my seat. I know that Duncan could hear me call him a cry baby and Nash see me blow him a kiss. Oh all that wasted energy. I felt it as I sat in the seat for the car ride home at 11:00. Now I know why we gave up our shared 9th row seats session tickets. They are draining. Up at 6:00 today to take Abby's friend to basketball practice since Abby is still sick. Oh, the joys of mother hood.

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TC Eggington's

I gave 7 years of my life to TC Eggington's as a waitress and expediter. Those were some good old days. Two of my brothers worked there and my sister at the same time. My brothers were half ass bus boys and my sister was the hostess that was always crying because her boyfriend who also worked there was a jerk. I made some of my best friends to this day there. We shared the throbbing feet syndrome, the cheap tippers and the hot guys that would come in and pray they would be seated in our section. Waiting tables was a good experience that I feel everyone should have. It teaches you to be kind to the servers when you go out, and tip them well. It was by far one of the hardest jobs I have had. I did enjoy it and worked up until 1 week before I gave birth to Abby. I even went back after I had her. By then I had Marc working there as well while he was in Law School. I met some of my waitress friends there yesterday for brunch. If you have never eaten there before you are not in the "IN" crowd I must say. They hands down have the best food going. Call ahead for reservations because you will wait if you don't have one on the weekends. Oh, by the way....if you were rude to us when we were serving you we would pick potatoes off your plate and eat them before we brought it out to you.

Pancakes that rock!!!!!

French toast and omlete. The bran muffins are to die for too!

God is here

I thought I would let everyone know that God has made is second coming. He is here on earth. Apparently he is going by a code name so that everyone won't know it is him. He is using the name "Marc". Can you believe that he is here at my house? Yep, lucky us.... We get to live with God. He is such a joy. He is so good about pointing out all of my flaws so I can be a better person. Did you know that God doesn't like you to use a spoon to scoop out your ice-cream? He gets mad. He really wants you to use the ice - cream scoop. He just loves to be served too. Getting him a nice big tall glass of ice water is just no big deal when it is God I am serving. I mean who cares that I was so comfortable on the couch watching my show. He asks, I serve. It's just that easy. Well, I was shocked when it was revealed to me that it wasn't God anymore with us.
These flowers were delivered to me from Marc. He said they were because I have been so sweet and putting up with his "role playing" if you will. Well, he may not be God, but I am going to keep him.

Stinky Kids

When we were picking up the kids from school I looked back at Lilly and this is what I saw. I asked her what the heck she was doing. This was her response "Mom the kids are so stinky when they get in the car. I don't want to smell them". I said "Can I have a piece of that tape too"?

The big race!

So here is proof I did the race and finished! Yep, 13.1 miles. Yep, it was really hard. Yep, I was really sore the next day. Yep, I will be doing it again next year. It felt so good to finish a goal I set for myself. It was fun achieving the goal with my sister and friend Roxanne by my side. Well, not by my side I ate their dust but you know what I mean.

Slumdog Millionaire

I had to go see what this movie was all about. I give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5. Believe it or not turns out to be a love story sort of thing. The movie keep my attention for the most part. I liked how the movie jumped from the present time to back in time. Does that make sense? I will be interested to hear what other peoples thoughts are on this movie. Will it get an Oscar? Next movie to hit will be the "Wrestler". I think that looks great even though Micky Rourke looks crazy ugly. Poor guy.

We miss him

This is my brother David with Lilly. David was our roommate over Christmas. I say roommate because he stayed with us for 17 days. During that time Lilly got even more attached to him. She lights up when she sees him, waits for him to wake up in the morning (sometimes she even wakes him up so he doesn't' need an alarm clock), sits on his lap the second he sits down on the couch, and will always put on a dance show for him. David left on Tuesday and Lilly has shed her fair share of tears since. The last couple of nights have been bad. She always misses him most at night when it is time for bed. Tears, tears and more tears. David move back here ASAP!

Ruby

Just a quick blog to let you know I am still around just busy. Here is Ruby and I. The reason I am so busy is because I can't keep up with her and her lets say failure to learn how to be house broken. Any ideas on what to do? She is harder to train than my kids were.