Check this gift out... A broken foot in 2 places and hopefully not a surgery to put pins in to hold it. In a hurry trying to get out of town for the weekend and bringing down the last of it from upstairs and poof I got this gift. Man let me tell ya this hurts far more than having 2 kids... but it is still going to be a great Christmas from the couch... right??I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season with family and friends... and may the New Year have tons of surprises in store for us all.
Christmas 2008
Check it out.. Santa showed up a little early to my house. So I could use these in time for the holidays... and look how dern cute they are... I love this vintage stuff and Santa will for sure love it too when he drinks his milk and eats his cookies from these tooooo cute plates and cups.
I had the best time yesterday as I shopped for a group of 6 boys who have no family for the holidays. We adopted a cottage and bought gifts for them all... I just can't wait for them to open their gifts. The funny part of the story was as I was checking out with gobs and gobs of gifts "The Grinch" was behind me in line grumbling as I got a gift reciept for each gift.. REAllY?? Then he went ahead with a smart comment how my kids were going to have a good Christmas.. my kids weren't even with me nor are these gifts for them, but thanks Grinch!!~ This is why I try to do all my shopping before the last minute so I dont have to deal with the Grinches or those who forget the meaning of Christmas all together...
My little man is growing way to fast... hard to believe in almost a month he will be a whole one year old.. and sheww looks like mommy had a bad day at work. Time for a cocktail with a umbrella in it...
Both of my boys for some reason like to get as close to the tree as possible and sleep... not sure if it is the lights they stare at until they fall asleep or not. Either way, I couldn't miss the kodak moment.
Wow... I drop by Starbucks to pick up a cup of Joe to help this darn headache only to almost have a stroke. Normally, when I stop I do the walk up window but this morning every step I made made my head throb so I stayed in my car and headed for the drive thru. I see the woman inside cover her mouth and say "Oh My". I get my Mocha thinking she was just being a drama queen over a latte and moved on.. only to pull up and be trapped by 3 police cars. WTH.... they all get out draw their guns. One was fumbling to get his bullet proof jacket on... they have this car surrounded. I am thinking oh crap this is the junk I see on the news and hear about on the radio..man opens fire on the local Starbucks and reports say 6 are in critical care..blagh blagh. Cops are screaming "get out of the car" Poor girl gets out in scrubs with her hands up... they make her turn around 3 different times.. she looked scared to death. I mean you don't pull guns for a traffic violation but this is obviously a mistaken deal. What did Chunky Monkey steal a scone from the local Starbucks?? I didn't stick around to find out what the final deal was the cop directed me to go ahead and pull out.. after he had me trapped in the line of fire. I hope the girl did nothing that wrong to poo her pants that early in the morning at the local Starbucks. More importantly, I think I would have an issue with good ole Barney Fife and his whole squad pulling guns on me for no good reason.
As most of you know... I am a die hard football fan and I cheer for the REAL Orange (Tennessee) so for me to even post this would normally make me sick. NOT today...I am Roll Tide all the way baby... especially for the Championship. Not only because they are the SEC team but here are a few more reasons... Texas is awful. They continuously play terrible but somehow pull it out of their booty. Numerous times this year they have been getting beat by a un ranked team at half time but come back for that so called "W". The fans wear me out they are die hard I will give them that but they cry like Mac Brown most of the time. They will have to put their big boy panties on and know they aren't playing against the lax schedule they have had all year. Roll Tide Roll......
My oldest loves to build tents but it consists of a blanket thrown over our coffee table. Keep in mind that my 10 month old can't sit up under there without hitting his head. So my hubby comes up with this clever idea to play Bears with my oldest. He has somehow gotten himself under the table you hear him roaring really really loud ROOOOAAAAARRRRRR then you hear a CLUNK...and see the coffee table (AKA tent) raise up off the ground. My hubby says " What are you doing I thought you were a bear too.. I thought we were playing Bears....??" My little boy says really fast "NO.... me not no bear... Me Tooper" Cooper was trying to defend himself from the Big Bad Bear and had hit the bear square in the head with a mag flashlight.
So I have been asking some of my closest friends.. What is the hype? Why are you getting out of bed at 2:30 am to go shop? Why are you not shopping on line? So after all the questions, I think I have it figure out... if you are going with a list and need big ticket items it is worth it..or you are addicted to shopping (which is where most of my friends fell) you get your fix. I went 2 years ago when I was prego and was in shock that people had tiny babies out and lines galore for something that the store had 2 of in stock. Of course, I guess I had no clue how the process worked but that was the first and last for me... I hope my kiddos don't force me to have to go out in the future to put up with all that...ummm maybe I am just not the shopper kind a girl.
A bunch of us got together and had a turkey bowl...so it consisted of good food, good beers, good friends, and whoever got 3 strikes in a row got a free turkey.... humm guess who was a bowlin momma??
Made the best appetizer in the world Raspberry Chipolte and cream cheese with Wheat Thins...just can't beat this one. & Little fudge pie..yummmmI know I have missed a bunch of things to be thankful for ...as we have had alot of blessings this year and alot of challenges. They say god gives us no more than we can handle and OBVIOUSLY he thinks I am one strong woman BUT we are hoping for a much better year next year my muscles are just wore out. :0)
God bless you all ....I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL TURKEY DAY..Gobble Gobble.
So a few of my friends and I drug ourselves out last night to see the midnight viewing of New Moon...and WOW. I was on the fence before if it was Edward or Jacob.. and I have made my mind up I am a Edward girl. I liked the movie alot but was upset with the ending. But, I am not sure what I was more entertained with the sea of high school kids that surrounded us and the conversations or the movie. All I have to say is WOW times have changed and I felt like an ancient old lady. I have alot in store for me with 2 boys so close together... and thank god it wasn't girls. After getting home at 2:30am I just couldnt sleep then my little got up for a bottle and then my other little got up around 5 so poof no sleep!! I am sure I will be in rare form later this afternoon... not sure how I used to do this back in the day.
Oh how I love thee Christmas... I am so excited! I just could not wait one more day to update my blog and start with the festivities. I have several neighbors who have busted out the Christmas lights and have them on the house. I just love this time of year and spending it with my family makes for great memories and fun times. My kiddos are all geared up all the holiday jammies are out. I even put all the Christmas cd's in the entertainment center player. Cooper has been singing Jingle Bells and dancing to Alvin and the Chipmunks... Bring it on I am tooo excited to sleep.
If these old bones could talk.... man they would be cussing me today! My hubby was being super helpful and washing off the deck over the weekend and we had no idea it the water would come into the kitchen under the door. Poof it did and Poof momma had baby in hands and Poof hit the floor. It really scared me cause all I could see is the little guy going thru the glass... so when I was going down I went backwards to try to help prevent an ER visit...I know I have added paddin on da bootie area but still these old bones just are not happy today. They gave me the quick low down that I am not 30 anymore or even 20 for that matter.
My parents started this little routine while my oldest was in TN a few months back. Every friday night they would order pizza..well it seems like almost every Friday my kid reminds me it is "PIZZA MAN DAY". So we have started pizza and movie night on Friday nights at our house now...it is actually kinda fun. So this morning Cooper got up all excited and telling us "PIZZA MAN DAY ...PIZZA MAN DAY" I guess he got so excited he forgot the movie.. so my hubby ask him "Well what about a movie are we going to watch a movie" Cooper puts his hands on his hips and says.... "suuureeee"
REALLY... Entertainer of the year & Female Vocalist of the year?? PAAAlease...For those of you who did not see the CMA awards show last night well you didn't miss much. I am in such shock and disbelief that this non singing little girl would even be in the same category as George Straight or Carrie Underwood and then win the damn thing. She can't sing a lick and her poor parents must be broke by now paying for all of this fame. I understand all of her fan base is under the age of 15 and that is some of the issue..WHY?? it isn't like these grown adults haven't watched Britney and Lyndsey crash and burn already...now Mylie is wearing bootie shorts and on the same path... I am just not sure why grown adults are paying money to take their kids to see this nonsense. They are going to learn enough in school no need to take them to a concert and pay over $75 bucks to learn how to be a hooch and listen to nonsense Karoke style music...not to mention if you are under the age of 15 you don't really even need to be at a concert do you?? To each their own I guess... still doesn't make any of it right and I am scared for what our kids have to look up too these days and the fact she just won one of the major awards for the year thanks to her fan base and lots of money. Not becasue she has talent that is for sure.
Over the weekend, I attended my first Longhorns game. After a short deliberation I knew it was hands down unanimous decision... SEC football games are DA BEST!! Don't get me wrong we had a blast and Cooper hung in there like a champ and I am sure there will be many more to come. BUT there is just something to be said... to be in the middle of REAL fall weather in Knoxville, Tn, in the 3rd largest stadium, watching the REAL orange play hard core football. I'm just saying!~
You see this picture? yeah there it is ..there it is.. the light I see it down there at the end of the tunnel. I know some weeks are easier than others but for some reason this week as been CRaZY... running on NO sleep and crabby pattie kids and ton of things going on at work...this time change has given us a run for our money. Humm wonder if there is a beer waiting on this tired old momma at the end of the tunnel ?
So you can tell I live in a two year old world most of the time and I kinda like staying there too. Makes life much easier to deal with most days..LOL. If any of you watch Sesame Street you know there is the "word on the street" section it is like the word you listen for throughout the show and you learn the meaning of as well.
The superwoman thing has to do with wanting to do it all and do it well. I like the busy feeling- I thrive off of it. I like being a good friend, a good family member, a productive member of society, an honest but still polite coworker, a good mom. But I still want to be young, go out, have fun. I want to have it all and do it all.
We had alot of goblins visit our house and Cooper went for a short trip around the hood and decided that giving candy out was way more fun. We ended the night something like this....it was alot of fun but to be honest I am ready for Christmas... when is it again we can OFFICIALLY start decorating..I may set my own date this year.
Not sure about ya'll but I am so sick of this garbage about the Balloon kid & Where the Wild Things are movie. If you haven't heard the news it goes something like this... balloon kids parents came up with a huge ploy to become famous by putting their kid in the attic and telling the world he was in this balloon and might die. Using their kids to become famous and all the news coverage came from having the kids lie to authorities, TV shows, etc. The other story is around The Wild Things movie being too scary for kids... REALLY? I have heard several comments about how Max bites his mom before he runs away...is causing bad behavior in the kids going to see this movie. Yeah, I would blame the movie too and not your bad parenting skills.
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed, 
So I had a big ole Ahh Ha moment this morning as we woke up to 46 degree temperatures. Yikes. Brrr Rabbit as my 2 year old was saying. FOR REAL I have been prego for 3 years... well the winter I wasn't prego I was still wearing prego clothes I guess. So here is how my morning has gone... one pair, two pair, three pair of jeans poof don't fit... now what? So I dug into the stack of skinnier jeans. So here is the deal after 2 kiddos and still quite a bit of post baby weight to loose. People some how forget to tell you when you sign up for babies that you get this flap thing it is so gross and doesn't fit in one damn pair of jeans you have to go up a size to fit it in with everything else. I promise I have enough I don't need extra... So anyway I didn't have to revert to yoga pants...as my girlfriend once told me you know you are fat when all you wear is yoga pants so every time I wear them around the house I have visions of her preaching that to me. Around the house is ok though... momma gotta be comfy. Anyway on with the morning... I go for a cute pre prego shirt that has long sleeves.. yeah looks like a hot dog shoved in a cellophane wrapper. Finally, I found something kinda falls in the cute group but heck it will do... add some bling and gone. Then came the shoes...really the feet change too after kids...umm well yeah I guess so I gained 60 pounds with the first and 20 with the second and with the first kiddo swelled up like a big ole pig. Forgot for a minute my feet had to carry all that around.. so I am not sure what they are doing now but I can't seem to wear my shoes I loved so much. After 2 babies and only 16 months apart and almost a whole nuther person added to my pre baby body this momma looks like a train wreck. I will get it back I just know it... but shewww weeeee mean while I gotta take this body of flab to da store and find some clothes to cover it up and some shoes to carry it all around.
Let me start by telling you I was raised by 2 smokers and in a state that keeps the tobacco industry in business. I have never smoked myself, but can still tell you about my silent research project as I have paid more attention to this population over the past year or so... I have my 2 year old telling his NaNa and PaPa "ewww Icky Sticks" everytime they light up in hopes they quit some day.
rights... they raise the price of cigarettes, you can't smoke in public places,blagh blagh ,blagh. So as I have been gathering information here is a good reason SOMEONE needs to take away their rights... First of all you never throw away your butts instead you throw them on the ground where ever they may land. Where I work they moved this whole population out to the sidewalk... thank god away from the doors. Now they walk out there and spend 30 min puffing away and bam throw it down..it looks like paper confetti out there. So really you have the right to go smoke 5 times a day 2and a half hours plus a lunch break. humm Next thing I don't get people drive down the road with their windows cracked or down smoking and their hand doesn't move from that window to ensure the smoke is going out the window...REALLY maybe you should roll it up and take in ALL that nicotine. If you don't want it in your car you think the rest of us want to smell it? Then once again they cant put it out in their car and carry around the butt in the ole ash tray (not many new cars even have an ash tray, get the hint?) they throw it out the window. So here is another thing.. I am glad they quit the smoking in restaurants... it never fails a smoker has to be the fastest eater on earth.. I look up and just got my steak cut and the smoker is saying as they have already lit their cigarette.."umm you don't mind do ya?" little late there don't ya think? as you get a smoke ring in your face. For the most part as a kid I never really noticed any of this I just went along with my parents and thought all was good... but now as an adult with my own little ones. I just don't get this population of folks they seem to get more and more disrespectful of my rights as a non-smoker. I have a ton of friends who smoke, I have friends who are closet smokers, I have friends who chew the gum... they are all my friends doesn't mean I agree and I tell them, too.
You will have to bear with me on this story but it is too funny not to share... I have to tell Cooper that when we go to the doctor they look in his nose for Spider webs and in his ears for frogs. Crazy I know but hey he is 2 and a mommy just has to do whatever to let the doctor take a look. So the other night Cooper and I were laying in our bed and he jumps up on his knees and says
We had to make an emergency call last night to PaPa as he knows all about witches.
So I have to tell you for some reason I simply LOVE this place... I could eat there every single night and it never even bother me. I am not sure if it is the atmosphere or just the good food... I know I know there are much better steak houses in this town but for the money it is hard to beat The Outback. Not to mention the big ole beers... and the thunder from downunder to top it all off. I am so craving me some Outback. I love my kiddos and my hubby but some days it is nice to go sit at the bar and take in ALL that this place has to offer without even having to tell someone to sit a million times or answer any questions..LOL Ahhh weird form of relaxation but it is mine for sure....
I tell ya it has been a rough week at our house we have all been sick with the flu. We are feeling somewhat better but still our peditrician says to keep the boys in for at least 7 days. I didn't realize they could still spread it without running a fever... but yep they can. I don't want to pass the flu germs around and for anyone else to get it for sure! Plus, Tamaflu really doesn't taste good and the mommy and daddy can't even take it cause of the supply demand. Niice. Looks like with our house having such a high risk little guy we could all get the bad tasting expensive stuff. Either way I hope we are on the mend...
Can we please, for the love of God and all things good, get Jon and Kate and their 8 out of the spotlight? 
