Summer Fun:It's almost over

Miss K and Little E being silly at my work. The showroom of my parent's business has plenty of room for them to ride their bicycles in. I was snapping shots of them riding but then they started posing for me. Back at ya Miss K!!!


Little E and Miss K stretching out at a friend's birthday party. The party was held at a local gymnasium where the kids got to run through tunnels, walk on balance beams, jump on long spring boards and jump into the foam pit! It was a fun party!


I wanted to take this photo in front of the Shamu at Sea World of my kids. It's been a tradition for the hubs an I. I have a few of myself and my husband, before kids, taken at this very spot.

This was our first attempt to take this shot of the kids this summer. It didn't go too well, thanks to the almighty bright son. Little E would not take his hands away from his face. But it's a cute reminder of one of our Sea World trips.

I am linking this photo up with Shell at Things I Can't Say for her summer link up Summer Fun Show Off . Also, Link up your Summer Fun for a chance to win prizes from Ubisoft.

Writer's Workshop: Bad Laughter

Laughter is the best medicine. Or is it? When laughing in the correct atmosphere, where it is an acceptable form of expression given the circumstances.

At a comedy club, in the presence of friends at a birthday party or at your friend's wedding when she smashes cake all over her new husband's face. But finding yourself chuckling at Aunt Mary's funeral while your cousin is giving a eulogy is not a good way to express your condolences.

I can name many times that I have laughed an inappropriate times. When my son fell off the ladder in his bedroom and was crying that he got a boo boo, was not a fine time to smile and fight off a chuckle. It doesn't make me a bad mom. I would think it would if it was the first time but since this incorrect expression has happened many times in my life, I just figure I'm wired wrong.

I've found myself trying to stifle a laugh when a friend of mine was getting yelled at by another friend. I should have been angry but I couldn't get that part of me to trigger to anger. I actually had to walk away and compose myself before returning to the room.

About a month ago, I read a blog somewhere that gave a name for it. But I spent over an hour trying to find it again without any luck.

I've never laughed at a funeral or church at the wrong time. Thankfully. I'm not sure I'd be able to explain my sudden outburst of laughter.

This post was written for Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop. This week I chose prompt 5 and wrote my non fiction piece, in my own words.


5.) I sometimes laugh when I’m uncomfortable…or being yelled…or in church…or at a funeral. Write about a time when you laughed at an inappropriate time.

Peeved with Pet Peeves

I wanted to title this post with some cool twist on words but I couldn't think of anything witty. Maybe it's this massive headache I have. Of course my Tylenol is in the kids bag in the back of the van. That's a safe place for it to be.
So back to the point of this post. I've got to stop thinking about other randomness.
I couldn't resist complaining about the English language today. I did not take honors English in high school. I attempted to. It was fast paced. I couldn't keep up. I transferred back to regular English. I excelled. All four years.
What I don't understand is how any one can pass high school English, even elementary English without knowing how to spell correctly? The misuse of words drive me crazy!!
What makes it more entertaining is when people post it on public social networks. My favorites today are the incorrect use of their, there and they're.
More commonly misused then and than. Or today's laughable feature jeans instead of genes. I wanted to comment on the photo that this incorrect word was used but I refrained. I withheld my snarky comment.
The one that makes my skin crawl is your and you're. I want to scream when I see "your welcome". When did some one own welcome? The worst part is that some of the people using these words are college graduates or school teachers. I want to see their degrees to make sure I don't send my children to school there.
I know I'm not the only one who can't believe it.
Windows can recognize when you have misspelled a word but it cannot decipher what context you are using the word. It's not a grammar corrector.
That's just my two cents on that today.

The Kids Throne

Before starting to write this post, I realized that I must have poop on the brain. Or something like that. You ever heard about dinner conversations always ending up talking about bowel movements or sh!t? For some reason in my family, we always seem to head in that direction. Don't ask me why. I really don't have an answer. Call me crazy.


So this last weekend we were forced to purchase a new toilet seat for the kids bathroom. It's been one of those things on the to do list that just hasn't been important enough to do. But one of the kids broke the hinge on the back and one of the cushions on the lid. I guess that's what I get for removing the toilet seat cover and some small person decided to drop the lid down.

The hubs was going to go to Lowe's and pick the seat himself. I told him to take the old seat with him and he said "they're all the same. Why do I need to take it with me?"
Uh yeah. I went with him anyways. So we schleped both kids into the self improvement store to find a new seat.

I was glad we brought the old seat with us, because there are two sizes. Men! (enough said)

I never realized how many decisions go into buying a new toilet seat! Do I want plastic? What brand? What kind of hinge? Chrome or plastic? Slow shutting? Antimicrobial?

It took me 30 minutes to find one. I went with an expensive $31.00 white, with chrome hinged antimicrobial seat. It is supposed to prevent staining. When you have a little boy in the house, preventing staining in the bathroom is important.

Glad I didn't send the hubs alone. He would have brought back the plastic, slow shutting one. As much as the slow shutting is nice (no dropping of lids) , it takes too long to shut. No thanks.

Of course, like a new toy the kids couldn't wait to try it out. Both kids couldn't wait to use it once we had it installed. The moments in life that make us laugh.

Red Writing Hood

This week I am participating in the Red Dress Club's
Red Writing Hood Friday prompt.
"So this week, we're asking you to let yourself go and get in touch with your funny.

The prompt is based on one from Absolute Write.
We want you to imagine you've just had a fight with a friend, a co-worker, husband, significant other, child - you get the picture. You're mad. It's time for revenge.

What would you sell? "

I am selling a large 4ft x 4ft box of man's toys.
In this box you will get everything you need to run Radio Control
cars, trucks, helicopters and airplanes. One large orange airplane,
one helicopter and one RC truck come in the box.
I can't name half of what is in the box but I know that you will
get your money's worth because right now this box of loot is
$200.00.
Selling this box of goodies is going to break my husband's heart
and I could give a damn.
He broke my heart for the last time and I'm selling his favorite
past time toys. If the jerk hadn't taken his Apple MacBook with him
I would've sold you that sucker for one dollar! Just to piss in his wheaties!

I've listed a few photos to give you an idea of what
you will be getting when you bid or buy the listed item.
Please when you call me I will have to make sure that
you take all of the items in the box. I want EVERYTHING
gone so when when my husband comes to get his belongings
he finds that his toys are no more.
Thanks for looking !

Wacky Wednesday

I was half looking forward to today. Wednesday is my day off and I usually get a chance to relax since it's the one day that nothing else is going on. No work, no trips to the dance studio for Miss K, no driving to the gym and no volunteering at school. You get the drift. I have been anticipating this day for a week at least. I had it scheduled today and prepaid for the surgery for my dog and my cat to be spayed and neutered.
My dog Bella is almost a year old and since we do not want her to have puppies she needed to be spayed. The cat Oscar is about six months old and he is coming into his "manhood". I guess you could call it that and since he's an indoor cat, we needed to get him"fixed" soon. For a week I've had to deal with him running out the door to get outside and howling like a female cat in heat. It was soo annoying.
So this morning after dropping off Miss K at school I had to get back home and load up the animals. Since we were able to have them "altered" at our local animal shelter for low cost it made more sense to have them go together. The drop off time for surgery was at 9:00- 9:30am which left most of the morning for me and Little E to get out of the house.

After a half hour hanging out in the waiting room and being embarrassed by my dog's lack of ability to hold her bladder we were on our way to the fabric store. I still needed one piece of fabric to finish Little E's pirate costume for Halloween.

Taking Little E into Jo-Ann's fabric store was pretty entertaining to say the least. He found himself some pirate fabric that he had to have and of course I bought a piece to make a small pillow. I found a remnant to use for his costume and of course I got sucked into the clearance section. I did score an awesome deal on a sewing basket and bought some more stuff to fill it with. Feeding my newest hobby addiction-sewing. We couldn't get out of the store though without a lesson in taking what doesn't belong to us. Little E tried to stash a piece of candy in his pocket and thankfully I caught him. Why do they sell candy in a craft store anyways?

Running on empty in the gas tank and in my stomach I stopped for gas before heading home and discovered that Daytona Beach does not have a Dunkin Donuts anywhere!!! I had to drive back home before locating a DD back near my hometown.

Realizing that I needed to go to Target again for the third time this week (You'd think I'd avoid that place after my recent experience) I passed home to go pick up my prescription that was available a week ago. Of course when I get to the pharmacy they tell me that my prescription was returned to the shelf so I would have to wait 20 minutes. By now, Little E is begging me for an icee and I just want to go home and eat lunch. I decided to hang in the store and wait and browse the Halloween section which is already on clearance.

Twenty five minutes later we were on our way out leaving not much time before having to go pickup Miss K from school. No time left to go home and eat lunch we met up with a friend at Chick Fil A. It actually gave me a breathing moment to eat and watch the little guy play in the playground.

After picking up Miss K, all she was concerned with was when were we going to get Bella and Oscar. We had a few hours before the pick up time and headed home to get homework done and give Little E a nap. By then he was running on empty, whining about everything and telling me " see mommy, I'm not tired anymore". He might not think he is but I was and needed a break.

My relaxing hour that I thought I might get didn't happen. Maybe I should have stayed off the phone or maybe I should have put the computer away. Who knows, but I do know that my time in the recliner was anything but relaxing. I was planning to make a last trip to the grocery store to get some items that were on sale and use my coupons. So I was searching on my newest money saving, coupon clipping website to print more out. All the while I was keeping tabs on Miss K who was not staying on task with her homework.

Before I knew it it was 4:00pm and I needed to get back on the road again to go get the animals. Another hour on the road round trip not including stopping at the store and waiting at the clinic. We get to the humane society and of course you can view the puppies and kittens from this room. This afternoon they moved some new puppies into the viewing cages and I spotted this adorable fawn and white pup. She was absolutely precious and fell in love with the kids.

Before I know it I'm standing in the back field with both kids and this puppy. We're doing a "meet n greet" and getting to know this sweet puppy I penned the name "Baby". The kids didn;t get the idea about adopting and thought we were taking this puppy home today. What was I thinking? My friend says I'm crazy. I guess so. It's a crazy life I lead. The chaos is hilarious. So we're on the waiting list to see if we get the puppy.

After an hour at the clinic we load up the cat and dog and head home. Bella was so excited to see us she couldn't control her bladder and peed all over again.

She's pretty mellow tonight. I think the surgery and leaving us for the day has traumatized her for now. The cat is not happy with me since he's sporting a new collar. haha. That's what he gets for licking his stitches. Thankfully the little guy has stopped howling like a cat in heat. It might be quiet around here now.

The kids are asleep, where I should be. I think it's taking me longer to wind down. It' been a crazy day. Back to work in the morning.

Raincoat not needed

When it rains, it definitely pours. Today has been one of those crazy days that you just have to laugh at the craziness. The highlight of my day was that it was my day off from work and that it's my Wedding Anniversary. Not having to worry about being anywhere and being able to enjoy the morning, except for driving Miss K to school, it should have been peaceful. Nope, not this day.

Spilled banana milk during breakfast before we have to leave the house at 7:35am. It was 7:10 am and the best clean up I could manage was paper towels and cleaning wipes.I guess I could have let the dogs lick it up. Ha!

Trip to BJ's in attempt to use my 60 day free trial club membership and halfway there realizing that I left the coupon on the printer at home. Yep, pretty fantastic!

Fully potty trained three year old, or so I thought, poops in his underwear today. Oh, and I won't be too graphic, but it wasn't your regular bowel movement. Sticky, stinky and gross!

Awesome quietness in the middle of the day with Little E napping I took the time to get a few loads of laundry done. I planned it out to wash towels and bath rugs which could be easily removed without folding and then I would wash the whites. I hate whites, I hate folding socks. So I washed them last so they could yes, be left in the dryer. Yep. I'm feeling lazy like that.

I screwed up my anniversary dinner. I thought that I would make a family favorite of spaghetti, salad and garlic bread. Let's just say that the salad was fabulous. The sauce was gross. It wasn't even worthy of saving for leftovers to try and doctor it up.

Woke up the little man to eat dinner and he took about a half hour to crawl out from his bunk bed. I went back in to check on him and he's sitting on the floor, looks over at me and says "I need dry shorts mommy". What? He peed in the bed. He was soaked, the bed was soaked. It was like a gallon of it. So much for my laundry sitting in the dryer. Remember the missed step before nap? Yeah, I forgot to have him go pee.

Bathtime before dinner took up my extra time that I use to feed the dogs and cats. Begging animals after dinner made me rush through the steps and I was remembering the linens and bedsheets in the washer. I accidentally dropped the cat's food bowl with wet and dry food all on the floor. Another mess! Did I need something else to clean?!

At least I wrangled the hubby into helping me put Little E's bedsheets back on the bunkbed. Or that would have taken me 20 minutes while I climbed up and down the ladder and tackled the sheets alone.

But it didn't end there. Before bedtime, Little E was begging for a drink. I told him no because I didn't need another mess. He took upon himself to get a sippy cup, fill it up with water from the fridge and tried to put the lid on the cup He spilled it all over two kitchen chairs, the table, his pajamas and the floor. Outfit #3 today for one child and he's not a newborn anymore!

Thankfully I think my mess day is over. Knock on wood!!! I'm not in bed yet and the dogs might find it in their sneakiness to make a mess for me too. I'm hanging up the apron and gloves for the night, where's the housekeeper?

What boys are made of....

Lately being with Little E has been pretty comical. I think because for six hours a day he is solely with me and doesn't have to share my attention with his sister. I am sure I have noticed his personality because he doesn't go to daycare and we're hanging out 24/7. Today he had me in stitches several times. He's pretty nosy and likes to dig through stuff that doesn't belong to him. He has been told by grandma to stay out of her desk at work. But as usual he can't keep his hands to himself and has to look in her desk. I guess he's looking for candy or snacks. Which I am sure of today because after a special request for eggs and toes (toast) he refused to finish it.
I was not at work for more than 15 minutes and he comes up to me and says "mommy, did you bring me any popcorn?"
Me: "nope, sorry baby." He cocks his head and holds out a blue bowl. "but mommy, I need popcorn in my bowl so I can watch a movie. Can you get some?"
Me: "I can't honey. I'll call grandma and see if she'll bring some."
"Okay mommy"Soon after my phone call to my mother he goes missing again and comes out with a green plastic bowl. My dad gets on to him for digging through grandma's stuff and tells Little E that grandma is going to whoop him. He hides behind a desk and waits until my dad leaves the sales area and goes to the service department.
Little E comes out from behind the desk and looks pretty sad with his pouty lip and close to tears. "Why's grandma gonna whoop me mommy? Whad I do?"
Me, trying not to smile: "You shouldn't be digging through her stuff sweetie. Put those bowls away."

After Miss K's dance class this afternoon/evening we were heading home. I was on the phone and Little E starts interrupting me. I couldn;t comprehend what he was saying. After hanging up he says to me " my foot".
Me: "what?"
E: "my foot itches"
I look in the concave mirror that allows me to view the backseats and see his sock and shoe removed foot sticking up towards my chair. eww.
Me: "I am not scratching your foot. You scratch it."
E: "No! My foot itched, I scratched it. Can you kiss it?"
Me: " No way! Honey, I love you to death but I am not kissing that sweaty little foot."
I could not stop laughing. I just can't kiss all the boo boos. I have to draw the line somewhere.

This evening before bed Little E finds a tiny beetle in the house. He proceeds to take it to bed with him and requests something to keep it in. Daddy provided him with a plastic container with a lid. About 15 minutes after being tucked in he starts calling me. "mommy! mooommmmmyyy!"
I go in to find out what the situation is."mommy, where's my beetle?"
I walk farther into his room and see the lid on the floor and no container in sight. I half figured I would find the bug dead in the the container on the morning. Guess I'll find a dead bug in the bed in the morning now. Gotta love boys. You never know what's going to happen next.

Writer's Workshop:Rinse and Repeat

This week I am linking up with Mama Kat and doing some Writer's Workshop. I love this meme. When my creative juices are not flowing I love picking one of her prompts and going with it. This week #4 caught my eye.

Prompt #4

4.) Can it be saved? Think of something that is ruined when it’s totally wet: like a newspaper or a piece of cheese. Write a scene (truth or fiction) that involves you and a soaked item.
(inspired by writingfix.com)


I found this amazing recipe with chicken, mushrooms, wine and a few other various ingredients that I wanted to try to make. My husband loves mushrooms and I showed him the delicious idea I was thinking and he was salivating at the thought of a yummy mushroom meal. Unfortunately I tried waiting until mushrooms were on sale before attempting this recipe. When I finally bought the earth grown, dirty little fungus' I had planned out a perfect weekly menu. But a perfectly set up menu doesn't mean a load of crap when your week gets all jacked up. Several crazy evenings of grabbing dinner on the go and making quick dinners of mac and cheese my mushrooms sat and waited.
I finally decided a week later that I was going to make this special dish for my husband. I pulled out my dirty little white, eerrr gray colored earth fungus and set them out. Like I always do with my vegetables and fruits I was going to wash the dirt or pesticides from them. They appeared to be border line on going bad but I figured a good bath would fix that. I took out my colander and dumped both containers in. I turned on the water and washed them vigorously to remove a few traces of slimyness. I let them soak in the water for a few moments and started browning my chicken.
When it came time to drop in the mushrooms for cooking they just didn't seem quite right. I browned them as I normally would adding my garlic then the white wine and the recipe required cooking them until all the liquid was gone. Well I was cooking and cooking and cooking. This went on for quite some time. What was wrong with my mushrooms? I turned up the heat and thought maybe higher heat would do the trick. Not the case. I gave up and removed my skillet from the stove top.
I turned on my computer and googled mushrooms. I searched prep and care of mushrooms. It says that you should quickly rinse, pat dry and use immediately. Oh great! I ruined them with the water bath!! So needless to say my recipe was a bust. Those mushrooms had taken on so much water like sponges that they pretty much cooked to mush.
I cannot remember what my back up meal plan was but I'm sure it involved a delivery driver and some garlic bread. Those little fungus'!!

Post It Note Tuesday: Just Breathe

I love me some Post It Note Tuesday
it has been my relief, some where to vent on occasion
why don't you join?!

Monday Minute- After The Party 2

After my LONG busy weekend of parties, birthdays,
surprises, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys
I am looking forward to a crazy, busy Monday morning
of taking kids to school!

This upcoming Monday Minute is co-hosted by the Anywhoodle NOLA Queen, Kimber!
She wrote all five questions. {Word}

1.If you could have plastic surgery, would you? If so, what would you get done? Yes I would have plastic surgery. If I had enough money I would have lipo on my stomach and thighs, a tummy tuck, breast implants, a face lift and some botox on my crows feet.
2.
What laws have you broken? Besides speeding and running the occasional red light when I mis- calculate a yellow light, not too much else.

3.What is your quirkiest habit? Straightening the pillows on my couch and smoothing the lines on the cushions. I cannot leave the house without fixing my couch! Weird, I know.

4. If you only had 3 songs to listen to for the rest of your life what would they be? Amazing Grace: Because it brings me back to my roots; There You Are: Because this is my wedding song; Hey Soul Sister: Because I'll need a pick me up song!

and finally...

5.How often do you have sex? 1-2 times a day.

PINT: Cheers to the 13th

Seriously....There is nothing wrong with getting old.

Tuesday Three

It's Tuesday again and I'm playing along with my new friend
Miss JLA at Stilettos & a Fishing Pole.
Now if you haven't met her you should go over there
and check her out! She is
funny, quirky and down to earth.
This is her third week at her Tuesday Three and
she needs our support for her meme
Go show her some love and link up
Will ya?

This weeks topic for 3 Things is and I quote this
from her blog.
" Every woman, okay maybe not every woman, but 99.999% of women are "Anul"
[as me and my mother call it] about certain things happening around the house. Maybe it's Laundry piled up, or Towels on the floor, or maybe it's The Toliet Paper goes upwards, not Down-wards like my mother says...
Share three things that maybe your kids, your better half, or maybe you do it that drives you BONKERS!!!!
In other words, share your top three pet peeves around the house!"

1. Toothpaste in the sink after brushing teeth. I think that it's
so gross to have remnants of toothpaste that has been
spit out of my kid's mouths or even my husband's in the sink.
Thankfully they are pretty good about it and clean it.

2. The rugs having dirt, hair or whatever on them. I have this
solid colored rug in the kitchen that must attract
everything in the sun on it.
I swear I must shake that thing everyday! Sometimes
I just drag out the vacuum to clean it.

3. Toys. I hate toys everywhere!!
Keep your toys in your room where they belong. The house
is NOT your playground. If you do take
out toys into the family room, when you're done put them away.
I know that I didn't play with them so I should have to
pick them up.
Although 80% of the time mommy is the picker upper.
A Little help please?!

Writer's Workshop: Triplets

This Thursday's Writer's Workshop hosted by Mama Kat's Losin it. I have decided to write on a few of the prompts. I had a hard time choosing just one so........ I pick number's 2,4 and 5!


2.) Before I was a mom… (inspired by Loukia from Loulou’s Views)

Before I was a mom I slept in past 7 am every morning, I picked up the house once a week, I walked around the house naked, I got pedicures, I was able to go to the beach after loading up some sun tan lotion, a towel, a book and my dog. Before I was a mom dinner was quiet with the sound of just the television without the shouts of "mom!" "mom, he's touching me!" and trips into my bathroom to pee were uninterrupted. Before I was a mom I borrowed my niece or nephew to cuddle on and spoil with gifts and I was guilty of admiring the cute onesies and baby clothes in the store. Before I was a mom, I took lots of photos of the dog and now my walls are covered in photos of the kids. Before I was a mom I would never let anyone eat in my car, now I'd be in trouble if I didn't let the kids eat a cookie or sip their drinks in the back seat. Before I was a mom, life was quiet. I LOVE the noise.

4.) 30 things you vow to do this summer. (inspired by Maegan from Life Set To Words)

1. Go to the splash pad 2. Ride bikes at the bike path 3. Go to the library for reading time 4. Bake cupcakes 5. A trip to the beach 6. Learn to crochet 7. Make sun catchers 8. Drive to Kennedy Space Center 9. Visit the Science Center 10. Bake a cake 11. Go see Toy Story 3 12. Go see the Twilight Series :Eclipse 13. Make a trip to my Grandmother's house 14. Take a trip to Jacksonville Zoo 15. Take beach photographs 16. Celebrate Little E's 3rd Birthday 17. Celebrate Miss Kay's 7th Birthday 18. Visit an organic farm 19. Go to a carnival and get faces painted 20. Attend Vacation Bible School 21. Paint Miss K's bedroom 22. Plant flower gardens 23. Take Miss K to swimming lessons 24. Teach Little E to ride a bike 25. Get new carpet in the house 26. Go saltwater fishing 27. Go to the spa 28. Practice Miss K's makeup for next year's recital (learning to apply fake eyelashes) 29. Buy a new bathing suit 30. Plan my December vacation trip


5.) The ultimate honey-do list. If your spouse agreed to do any ten things you asked, what would they be?
(inspired by Tristina from Mr. and Mrs. Wright)

1. Paint the the living room, dining room, kitchen, hallways and Miss K's bedroom
2. Finish organizing the computer room
3. Clean out the shed and install shelves for lawn equipment
4. Organize the yard sale stuff
5. Vacuum my truck and shampoo the carpets
6. Give me a deep tissue massage
7. Get the kids up, dressed, fed, changed and off to school- one time
8. Throw out our weathered lawn furniture
9. Build the screen porch so we can move Ginormo Grill from the garage
10. Pressure wash the screens, soffets on the house

Writer's Workshop

Inspired by Mama Kat's Losin It, I am linking up Writer's Workshop.

For this week's writer's workshop, I chose prompt #1

1.) I sometimes laugh when I’m uncomfortable…or being yelled…or in church…or at a funeral. Write about a time when you laughed at an inappropriate time.

I have been known to laugh when some one gets hurt. I personally thought that my brain was wired wrong or something. I had heard that the empathetic emotion is in close proximity to the happiness one. I'm not sure that it was really true, I'm not a brain surgeon or some one who understands the medical side of the body. But it sounded pretty good to me and it was an excuse for cracking a smile when some one was in pain. I honestly feel terrible if you get hurt or are in pain but sometimes I can't shed a tear.
I can't recall a specific time that I laughed when some one got hurt but I have done it enough to know that I have. I have inadvertently laughed at my husband, my father, my daughter and some friends when they were in some sort of pain. Feeling embarrassed I would try to hide my smile and try to grin it out. I have twisted my smile into a sort of grimace so I didn't look such a bad person.
Honestly, I feel bad. I feel bad because I wasn't able to just cry for them or stay strong. I also feel bad because if some one is hurt, the last thing they want is some one standing there with a smile on their face. It's not a laughing matter when you're witnessing some one you love hurt. Maybe it's the safest way for me to deal with it. Again, the wiring in the brain is very tricky. I'm chalking it up to bad wiring. Heck, when I've busted my toe or like when I cut my foot open on the boat this weekend, I laughed in the pain. I was trying not to cry and I was laughing at the same time. My daughter gave me a funny look and asked me what was funny? So I even laugh at myself. You know, if you can't laugh at yourself, then no one can't.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday a blog carnival created by McKMama. You can head over to her blog and read what she and everyone else has not been doing this week after you read mine. I haven't written one of these in awhile, but after this weekend I confess that there are quite a few things that I have not been doing.

I did not check my phone several times on the seven plus hour drive to Pensacola and kill the battery and I did not blow the fuse in my mom's car when I tried to plug in my car charger.

After eating a full sized dinner at Sonny's BBQ I did not drive over to a Starbuck's Coffee and get a Venti Cafe Vanilla Frappucino with 2 extra shots of coffee flavor. I never indulge in that many calories in an hour. Nope, not me!

I did not let the kids stay up late the first night at the hotel after arriving at our destination at 11pm. I would never allow them to do that. Nope, not this mom!
I am an organized mom. I always have a prepacked bag with enough swim diapers, floaties and change of clothing in case of an emergency when going swimming. I would never forget all those items and be forced to leave a birthday party to drive around a town aimlessly to find a particular type of floaties. I am not that anal and am always willing to settle for second best.

I always make sure that my kids eat a nutritional meal at a respectable time. I would never pick up McDonald's at 9:00pm after my child consumed birthday cake and a hot dog at 5pm. I never let them eat fast food that late. Not me!

I did not sit on the floor in a hotel laundry room at 10 o'clock at night with my kids waiting on laundry we decided to wash last minute to avoid dirty clothes for our trip back home. Nope, not me! I am not that crazy.

I did not fall asleep at my brother's house while my sister in law and nephew opened up his birthday presents today ( the day after his party) because my stomach was in a lot of pain. Not me, I am better at holding myself together and don't give in to my aches.

I did not ask my husband to wash some laundry for me at home, while I am out of town so I won't have to have that to deal with when I get back Monday night. Not me! I never ask anyone to do my chores.

Monday Minute-*snort* Edition

This week Ian's Monday Minute *Snort* Edition is dedicated to our friend Daffy, who lost her big sister a few days ago. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

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1 - Do you *snort*?
I snort when laughing about something really funny. I get embarrassed but it happens so often I've learned to live with my *snort*.

2 - Our friend, has a nickname and it's Daffy. What's your nickname?
I have a few, it depends on who you are. My nieces and nephews call me Aunt Teenie. My friends and my brothers call me Tiff.

3 - Do you know sign language?
nope. Well unless you consider charades sign language. It works well.

4 - What's a sample convo from your hood?
Me: "Wow. This waitress sucks."
K2: "I know. We should've put our 3rd order in when we put the second one in."
Me: "The kids are losing it. What they hafat do? Slaughter the cow and chickens?"
K2: "The kids are circling the drain."
Me: "Circling the drain?"
K2:"They're going down...."
Me: "Tell me about it. I think mine are down the pipe."


5- Do you sleep with electronic devices - i.e. laptop, Blackberry, iPhone, etc?
I don't take my phone to bed (unless my husband is out of town hunting). I do have to either have the tv on or radio to go to sleep.