The best part of waking up is folgers in my cup

I have been lazy. Very very lazy all summer long. Usually my kids are dragging me out of bed while I grab my pillows and blankets screaming and crying for 5 more minutes of sleep. I leave those tear marks in the sheets with my fingernails. BUT- today I got out of bed about 20 minutes after Jake went to work (EARLY) , BEFORE the kids woke up. I had a peaceful shower, went downstairs and had a QUIET cup of coffee (well, 3/4 coffee and 1/4 coffee mate- I told you I have a sweet tooth, and I wasnt kidding!) and I did 2 loads of laundry, actaully cleaned the kitchen and did a load of dishes - all by the time the last kid was out of bed (which was 8:00). This was the complete opposite of every other day. This time Justin came walking down to the kitchen and I smiled at him and said GOOD MORNING honey!!! He looked at me, hid behind the corner of the wall with a devilish little smirk on his face, and said, "Don't smile at me mommy!" HA!!! How does it feel, huh?? For once I was more awake than the kids :) ha- ha- ha- haha!!!! Nananananana. Ok- I am being a brat- but man did that feel good! I was clean and I had coffee, not to mention that the kitchen was clean. The house smelled so good being clean ( I love cleaning) and with the coffee going too...maybe- just maybe,  there is potential for me to be a morning person?? I will have to be one when school starts and I have to bring Justin to pre-school 2 days a week, and get Andy on the bus everyday anyway- so I may as well start now!!!

Then, Andy got to play with his future bride. We had beautiful Belle over today so the kids all  played while we mommys talked and hung out. Good times. The thing is that I didnt take my camera out.I am bummed.  It was even right on my counter. How could I have been so careless?? Hmm...maybe I got up too early :) hahaha. But, Andy will have to make sure his brother isnt gonna move in on his girl. See, Justin I think, has a little crush on Belle. He asked her to go play in the basement... It was like asking her on a first date. Maybe he will go for older women. They are wiser and more mature.

I liked this so much, I think I will try it again tomorrow.

 

Poop Goop

Very nice. I did make it to Target tonight all by myself. I bought a small hanging folder box for the kids construction paper. This way it can be organized with each color in its very own folder NOT getting beat up and"unusable". I also got Ryan's prescription filled. His doctor gave him the good stuff for his sore little butt- better than desitin and balmex... we got poop goop :) What a name. I really don't know what is more funny to me. The fact that there is a prescription out there that is actaully called poop goop, or if it is Jake's reaction to it after he read the label.

 

 

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I swear my kids are possessed today

Seriously...just one of those days. Tempertantrums from all 3 at once, defiance, sassing back, fighting with eachother, and one of them is always crying at any given time. You'd think they'd be scared enough to atleast put a good boy show on at the Dr's office for Ryans 15mo. check up, but they were fighting and not listening there too... in front of the Doctor even. Should I mention the blood curdling screams because I wouldnt bring them to Dairy Queen like I said I would IF they were good enough at the Dr.'s office??? You would think I was sawing Andy's leg off or something by how his screams sounded. Seriously. This cant be normal for a 6 year old (Well...almost 6 anyway) . I was going to bring them there (DQ) because this morning, they were actaully AWESOME. They helped me with laundry, dishes, then they made some little art projects out of some of the new construction paper I bought yesterday. Then some switch flipped and they are being horrible. Wtf?????? And then, my sweet little baby Ryan is getting teeth and fighting off some virus that has given him some nasty diapers and a rash to go along wtih it...but he has been crabby and clingy and fussy (I would be too- poor little dude) but I am at my wits end man!!! HELP MOMMY - I NEED A NIGHT OUT MAN!!!!!!!!!!! Even Target by myself...

Time to use parental block on the tv...

I have decided that I need to block Andy from using certain channels on the tv. No, no, he is not out there looking at porn, or violence. I need to block him from the weather channel. He is constantly watching the weather channel or Kare11, and if he's not doing that, he wants me to look up the weather map on the computer. I could get excited and think he will be the next Sven Sungard, but really I think he is terrified of storms, even if there arent any to be seen. He will hear fireworks going off at night (We have REALLY polite neighbors who light them off all night long, and another set of smart parents of the year, who let their kids start bon fires and throw fireworks in the fire all night- but that is a whole different subject), so anyway...he will come downstairs and say he heard thunder. He is obsessed with what color the clouds are, or if it is going to rain, or if the power is going to go out. I am trying so hard not to lose my patients with him, but my god, I am so tired of hearing about it. Everything we talk about somehow gets turned into making him feel better about storms. He will just come up out of nowhere and tell me that the sky looks pretty good today, or ask me if it is humid enough for a storm. I dont want him to be this scared. I think I am going to the school store to find him something weather related that will be fun for both of us, and will help him understand the weather better, instead of driving me nuts with 24/7 weather talk and then me telling him its no big deal...when it really is a big deal to him. Ay ay ay... I love the weather too...but this is too much for even me to handle!!

Landscaper from...

You get the point. The people who did our sod and planted the tree last fall are just never ending morons. They missed about a foot or two of sod running along the whole side of the yard. The tree they planted in our yard last fall only came back 1/2 way this year. So we finally get them to get us a new tree. (He tried telling us to pick off the dead branches...but then there wouldnt have been anything left of the tree). So last Friday, they came to plant the new tree. Maybe they are just not that smart, maybe they just dont care, or maybe they were just pissed off that they had to come out and give us a tree that actually had leaves on it...but the punks who planted this new one, didnt plant it deep enough. So, I can see part of the root ball sticking up out of the grass and when the wind blows, the tree leans really bad in whatever direction the wind is blowing it. When we water it, the tree gets really tippy since the water turns its base into mud. Then the tree wiggles into a 45 degree angle. I am surprised the thing is still standing. It took us about 2 months to get them our there the first time so I dont even want to bother with those jerks anymore. We are capable of doing it ourselves, but it pisses me off since we PAID them to do this and they cant even get it right after the second time. Some neighbors have had trouble with them too. I just wantto go ring their necks. I see them doing a job at the new neighbors house and I want to go tell them to finish planting the tree in our yard, but I am sure they'd say that it was normal...just like the dead tree we had before. The markings for the gas line are gone and the line is pretty clos eto the tree- otherwise I'd be out there digging the right sized hole for the tree. Bunch of half assed workers- I dont know how they stay in business. The house they are doing now was supposed to be started at the beginning of June and they just started there a couple of days ago. Grrr.  Ok... I gotta stop before I get too crabby. I just get so mad when I look out and finally have a nice tree but its planted crooked as hell. JERKS jerks jerks

Turned out to be a whole bad day

What a weird shitty day. I dont want to be negative or anything, but seriously. I must have pissed the big man off or something. Here's a glimps...

It started off with worrying about Jake in the morning.

Then a bad dream.

Then Justin got locked outside at 5:45 am.

Then I tried to forget it all and get to the grocery store. Then comes a whole new list of B.S...

I was getting clothes for the boys who were SUPPOSED to be watching the Land Before Time while I got the clothes. Instead I am asked, "Mommy, are batteries poison?" I tried as hard as I could not to show the panic I felt so Justin would give me a straight answer...Why do you want to know? Did you swallow one? (as he is looking scared and holding his belly). No. didnt swallow one. (Phew). Did you put one in your mouth? No. (phew.) I put TWO in my mouth. Awww shit. I asked him to show me the batteries and where they came from. It was from a flash light and there were only two batteries in it, and I had the two...so I know he didnt swallow one. BUT, how bad is it to put batteries in your mouth? I called Jake and we figured if he didnt swallow one, he should be ok.

Then there was the storm during nap time that knocked over all of my corn- hopefully the string Jake used to hold it back up works. I had a cute little set of ceramic mushrooms in my front garden and one of those broke too. We had a good time in the basement since the sky went green and I freaked out a little.

Then it came time to think about supper. I STILL hadnt made it to the grocery store so we had nothing here. We decided to do Applebee's to go. Jake was going to pick it up on his way home...until he called and asked if I could get it since he got into a little fender bender. I knew from the second he left for work that something weird was going to happen. I hate days like this.

On the positive side..I got to watch Andy at Tball and laugh at the cute little 5-6 year olds trying to hit the ball and run straight to second, or thow the ball AT the runner to tag them out. No no kids, this is T-ball, not dodge ball  :) Hilarious and sweet. I watched the game stop for a little boy who scratched his elbow and had to get a hug from his daddy before he could go back out to third base. It was so sweet-

Then I got dairy Queen. I figured after this day, we all deserved a little treat.

Now Jake is at Cub for me and I am going to clean the kitchen before he gets back. So lets hope to god for a better start to tomorrow!!! 

I cant take another day like today. 

Bad morning...

What a morning. It started great- I was having a dream that me and Jake were on our honeymoon at the same place we really went 8 years ago. He woke me up to say bye before he left for work- and it was downhill from there. I was so worried about him because he was REALLY tired and has a long drive. So once I fianlly fell asleep again (he goes to work early - I dont get up that early), I had a dream that I was going to die. Ick. Somehow I knew it, but I dont know how. Then there was a hispanic lady that saw me at a store and and she was really sweet looking- but she came up to me and smiled and said something about "los muertos" as she touched my face. Why was I dreaming in spanish???haha. So then I get jolted out of bed and my bad dream because I faintly hear Justin bawling his eyes out. I get out of my room and realize he is not in his room. My first thought was Oh shit- did he fall out of his window (on the 2nd floor)?? I hear him from outside of the front door screaming and crying yelling for "MOMMMY!!!" By the time I get to the door he is ringing it a few times and I open it to see him standing there scared and shaking. We have the locks that you can open from the inside but they are still locked from the outside- so that is how he got out and couldnt get back in. I asked him why he went out there and he said he was looking for me. I dont know why he didnt look IN the house first- but atleast it is not winter. I just sat and hugged him forever and once he calmed down, I put him back to bed. I had another bad dream after that, but dont remember what it was. Now the kids are in this crazy competitive funk today and it is stressing me out. I have to go tothe grocery store since I havent gone since we've been back. Do I dare? I just want to stay in the house and sit on the couch and watch tv and do nothing all day long. I am determined that this day WILL get better. It has to!! :)

free lettuce for my neighbors

I have a ton of lettuce from my garden that I had to cut tonight. It is getting over taken by my gi-normous pumpkins and has no room anymore. I am trying to guide the pumpkins out of the garden- so hopefully I can have fresh salads all summer long! So my point is, if anyone wants some yummy garden fresh lettuce- let me know and I will personally deliver it to you :) (friends and family only..sorry. haha)  Anyone? Anyone?? Going one, going twice.... (seriously) You will be doing me a favor because I will feel bad if it goes bad sitting in my fridge! I would take a picture of my monster pumpkin vines, but I am way to lazy at the moment and I dont want to get up. I also have some pic's from up north- I will stick them on here another day when I have more ambition. And I guess the same offer goes for green onions too!! I have way more of them than I can use... and parsley, oregano, and thyme. Such a dorky old lady thing to do- but it is so fun. My kids ate tons of peas out of the garden tonight, and that alone is worth being a dorky old lady for, if you ask me!!

 

A Spontaneous Picnic

I am really so unmotivated right now- and looking for any reason not to pack up and do laundry, so I just thought I'd tell you about my lunch. :)

My neighbor had the day off today, and she was out in the backyard painting her white fence around her garden. Me and the kids went out to play on the swing set for a while, so I walked over to see her. We ended up planning a picnic with the kids. She brought the grapes and goldfish crackers and juice boxes. I brought the PB and J's. She laughed at me for wrapping them individaully in their own paper towels. I blamed it on working in a deli for a while before. We had blankets to sit on but the kids went and sat on the playset instead. So it was just me, Maggie, and Ryan sitting on the blankets having a picnic. I hoped she didnt mind sitting in the crunchy grass with the weeds popping up everywhere (we really need to get out there with some weed killer!) and she hoped I didnt mind drinking cheap wine out of a plastic wine glass. We laughed at how high class our picnic was- but hey, it was fun and thats all that matters. I am so happy to finally have found a neighbor in the new neighborhood that is as cool as our old neighbors. (By the way- if you guys are reading this...I reallly miss you and cant wait for the 12th!!!)

Ok... enough stalling I guess. I am off to get something done.

Finally, a few pictures from Michigan!

I finally got the pictures on the computer thanks to my hubby. I dont like it when things dont work the way that I know because I dont know enough about computers to fix that stuff. Oh well.
So I am probably going to put too many pictures on again- but I took tons so I cant pick which ones not to put on here!  We had so much fun. On the way to Michigan, we were supposed to take the Lake-Express ferry out of Milwaukee and right into Muskegon, but there was bad weather so at the last minute we had to drive around the lake. This meant an extra 4 hours in the car, driving through Chicago during rush hour, road construction, and in some rainy weather once we got into Michigan. Other than that, the trip went really well. Ok- that is if you dont count the drunk lady at the hotel the first night who was sitting in the hallway outside the door yelling. I opened the door (not really awake and wondering if it was my kids or something), and I see this lady sitting across the hall by her door. I just stared because I wasnt awake yet and I was confused to see a drunk lady inthe hallway. She looked at me and started yelling at me and swearing at me. I went in and called the front desk and they went to talk to her, but she slammed the door in the guys face. Her friend kept apologizing for her and for some reason, they didnt make her leave. I was freaked out that whole night. Then it was all made better when I had my most awkward elevator ride EVER :) Our last night there, some girls were having a bachelorette party in one of the rooms. I left to go out to the pool to get Saide's sunglasses that fell off her head and went overboard and down 4 floors to the pool outside. I walk past this room and out walk this guy who got on the elevator with me. Then I realized that he was a male stripper :) HAhah... I felt like a desperate housewife! He was all tan and had his button up shirt on, and carrying his boom box. I tried not to smile becasue it was the most awkward place I have been in a while. He could see me trying to hold back and I saw him kind of laugh from the corner of my eye. WEIRD- but funny. (I love you Jake- hahaha) So anyway...it was awesome to see my Sadie again and to see Michigan, and hang out with my family and Jakes mom too! I was sad when we dropped her off. This vacation wasnt meant to end!! :) So here are some pictures. I will try not to put all 200 on here.