QotD: My Holiday Wishlist

What's on your holiday wishlist?

A winning powerball ticket...

 

 

Otherwise- who knows. Once you get to a certain age, that list doesnt make a big deal...Its what is on my kids' list that I need to be thinking about!!!!

It's Getting there

I am super bored today and really have nothing to say. But since I am bored, I am sitting here trying REALLY hard to think of something I can tell you about. There really is nothing. Haha. How boring. I cant even pretend to have something to say to keep myself busy!

I am making progress on my moms blanket (still...Shhhh- she doesnt know- I HOPE. If she does know, and I find out who told her...you will be in SO much trouble :) !!!!!) I have the little squares cut out and now I need to pin them together so I can sew them. I also need to get one more color to add as a border around the outside squares. I am still waiting for some people to sign the thing too. Hmmm...productive people would be getting on those slacker's behinds... but I tried yesterday- dont want to nag! I cant wait to get the thing done and give it to my mom. I hope she likes it and I hope it makes her feel all loved and smooshy on the inside like it is supposed to do!! :)

Also- Jake and his dad have been working their butts off in the basement. We are so close to having a finished bathroom, storage room, semi-finished utility room , and then leave the rest unfinished for the kids to play hard in...and the best room of all- MY room :) I cant wait to get all of my scrapbook stuff out of the boxes on the floor in our closet and use the stuff again. I havent touched the stuff since Ryan was born and that was 8 1/2 months ago :( I feel like I am so lost and behind. When I scrapbooked all the time, my life felt so much more organized for some reason. I still need to do some stuff in Justin's baby book...and need to start Ryans.I still need to start Andy's school aged book too...oh man- I have a lot of work to do.  Plus a few other books I want to do for them. It will be great. His dad came over today and screwed in the sheetrock in my room and got most of the mudding done in that room too. I cant wait!!

Now I just need to get myself motivated enough to print out the pictures for Christmas cards and to start a spree of baking! I just feel bad doing that without Andy. He'd only last about 5 minutes and then want to play on the computer anyway...so I should just do it now- and then do a little when he gets home and just expect him to last 5 minutes :) He is getting such a little teenage attitude on him...and he's only 5. Does that mean he will be a NICE teenager since he's getting all the sassing off done now? :) DREAM ON MOM!!!! Ok... enough babbling. I sure can talk alot for having nothing to say,huh??

QotD: Scared Senseless

What are your irrational fears? 
Submitted by Dan Culhane.  

Haha... I think this was written just for me. I am the queen of irrational fears. Give me any situation, and I will come up with something to worry about. Dont sit on the toilet seats in public bathrooms- you mught get an STD. I have fears of my kids going in the car with anyone other than me or Jake because I am afraid they will get into an accident and I will never see them again. I am afraid to have them spend the night at someone selses house because I am afraid the house will catch on fire or someone will break in a rob the place and that I will never see them again. When I am getting something out of the car at night, I get the feeling that someone is standing behind me so I run into the house and turn on all the lights and make someone watch me out the window next time... I have to cut hotdogs and grapes insanely small so the kids dont choke, I hate it when Jake goes on business trips and I get myself all worked up because I am paranoid the plane will crash, I want to get lasik but I am convines that in 50 years, it will cause blindness or something crazy like that, I wont let Andy go into a bathroom by himself because there might be a pervert in there waiting for some little kid...

Get the point?? Anything and everything that goes on, I would be able to ifnd some crazy way to worry about something that would really never happen!!! I could go on and on... but I think you get the point!! Haha - Worry warts have a special knack for this stuff!

QotD: Singing A Holiday Tune

Audio: What's your favorite carol or holiday song?

I have so many favorites that I could never put all the audio on here. I love most of them...old and new. The old ones like "The first Noel" remind me of singing Christmas carols with my cousin for the family while holding candles and serenading them with our AWESOME singing :) HAhahaha But strangly--good memories.

I love the fun ones like Rocking around the Christmas Tree, Santa Baby, and All I want for Christmas is you...

 

I absolutely HATE HATE HATE that song that they play on Kool108. Its probably called Christmas Shoes or something. I have no idea. I HATE that song. It is the dumbest most depressing song I have EVER heard and I think it SUCKS!!!! They should never ever play it again. If you havent heard it, it is about some poor dirty little boy waiting in line at a store to buy his mom a pair of pretty shoes so she can wear them when she dies and goes to see Jesus. And she would love the shoes, so the guy in line behind this kid, gives him the money so his mom can die in pretty shoes. This sucks. Who the he!! is demented enough to write a song like this??? Blech, yuck. 2 thumbs down. HATE IT. This song can bite the dust.

Why dont I tell you how I really feel?? Hehehe. Kidding. Really, though- hate the song.

More peas please

Things you'd never think you'd EVER be saying to your kids...

 

"Honey, no- you cant have more peas until you eat your grilled cheese sandwich. "

Huh???

I have the strangest kids ever, I swear.

Shhh....Listen.

Clank.

 

Plop.

 

Flush.

 

Gasp. Oops.

 

Uhhh....Mom? I dont see him anymore...he went down there!!! You gotta help me get him out!!

 

So, mom reaches hand into the toilet and as far into the drain as possible, but there is no hope for Mr. Lightning McQueen.

Kid gets grossed out at the fact that mom is digging her hand and elbow into the toilet and yells at mom "ugh, DONT PUT YOUR HAND IN THERE- yuck mommy."

 

Mommy is on a mad hunt for Mr. Plunger, which cant be found anywhere. Need to get car out of toilet before broken hearted almost 3 year old wakes up from nap. Mommy made a promise that might not be able to be kept. Maybe lightning wont be back after nap time. Mommy cant lie to her kids...

 

Oh, God...the tears puddling up in those big chocolate brown eyes and the perfect little lip curl make me want to rip apart the plumbing. Come on plunger...show yourself!!!!! 

 

How do you get a car out of the toilet drain? They dont have instructions on this stuff in mommy 101.

 

Wish me luck---

 

 

SNOW!!!

I have waited and waited for this day. Every time we get flurries, I get excited and hope we get enough snow to go outside and play in. I, ah, mean, for the kids to play in. Yeah. Not me... the KIDS can go play in it :) So, when we got snow on Saturday, I was-- I mean the kids were extatic! So, finally, they talked me into going outside in the snow with them. Did a little sleddin', and some rolling in the snow, a few summersaults, made a few tunnels and a family of snow angels. This is really one of the most fun times to play outside. I mean, the KIDS think it is fun to play in the snow. :)

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One of the favorite parts of going to play in the snow... coming in and having some hot chocolate!!!