Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day...UGH!! Sorry..but Valentine's Day always brings back horrible memories from high school where all the pretty and normal girls got roses from their football player boyfriends...but there were never any roses for the wierd, "skirt-girl"...YEAH...I probablly am bitter....so what?????

Okay...enough of that...I got roses this year...so there...:)

I also have to say that if I never see another little Valentine it will be much much too soon. When I was a kid preparing valentines, for school, consisted of tearing along the perforated lines....not so anymore. I folded cardstock into origami-like boxes until my fingers cramped last night because now the valentines come with candy so you have to fold those things so the candy will fit inside...and, of course, Jack goes to TWO classes...so, there must have been close to 50 of those little buggers to fold....it was SO much fun...ha!

Rob walked in with flowers last night...I was really really surprised....as his idea of romantic is "Buffalo Wild Wings"....seriously....I'm not kidding...and I quote, "Hey...you want to go to Buffalo Wild Wings for Valentine's?"...WHAT? Yeah...I want to spend this particular holiday in a sports bar where he has not one but 50 tv's to look at instead of me...sounds romantic, right? Molly, I knew you would get a good snort out of this....

The boys and I walked out for school this morning to find snow flurries...now granted these flakes were about the size of dandruff...but when you are 5 and 6 and live in the South...THIS IS SNOW!!!....they were so excited and talked about it all the way to school....yes..you heard me right....school....In a state where they close early if it "might..possibly" snow tonight at midnight.....they actually stayed open through the 26 degree weather and the snow dandruff today....who can figure it out???

I've started training myself to run...at this point it is every other day...60sec jog...90sec walk....repeat for 20 minutes. Okay, I do cardio 6x a week....and this new routine sounds like it would be easy....my legs are killing me....I have a hard time lowering myself to the toilet....and for someone who pees 5 times an hour this is torture!!! TMI...I know....

And on that....I'll sign off :)

Happy Valentine's Day!!! Really...I seriously mean it :)

UGHHHHH!!!

My pictures keep disappearing....stupid Picassa....UGGHHHHHHHH!!!!

Just in case....

 




Me and Micah at First Responder training

The People Upstairs

We have new neighbors upstairs.....they've been quiet until this morning. They have been turning the garbage disposal on and off for the last 30 minutes......I just heard a thud on the floor.......What in the world could they be grinding up???? I am getting the creeps and getting annoyed all at the same time....geez...don't they know I'm studying for my NCLEX????? Any more thuds or screams...I'll let you know.

Coupon Books

Ughh...I have become the relative you shy away from....the one you hide from at family gatherings.....and all it took was a newsletter from the boy's school simply stating, "Children who sell at least 5 coupon books will go to an Out of Class Pizza Party". Enough said. Since I can vividly remember being one of the children who had to stay in the class while others ventured down to the cafeteria for the party......watching with a grumbling tummy while they ran back into the classroom...high on pizza sauce and chocolate milk.....I immediately started calling family asking them to buy $15 coupon books loaded with coupons that sound good right now...but let's face it....most will go unused......sigh...anyway....sorry guys....

Sunglasses

I'm not sure what kind of rays Jackson's glasses are supposed to protect...I should ask him..
I'm sure the answer would be, "laser beams" or "Godzilla's Fire"....

Anyway...this is the boys leaving with Aunt Billie to go roller skating...they actually
ended up camped out in the arcade for the afternoon...imagine that...ha

"Log"

 
 


I never ever would have thought I would make my kids play this "game". It is called "Log" and God only knows who came up with it. My earliest memory of this is my Uncle Donnie making me, Scott, and Amy play "Log". The idea is whichever child can act like a log (not move or talk) for the longest...gets a quarter. The other night...we were waiting on Rob to be ready to go the Y and the boys, of course, were ready to go NOW....so, being the wonderful Mommy that I am suggested a game of "Log"....these sweet boys laid on the floor with barely a sound or movement for about 10 minutes.....I didn't think I'd ever do it but....it was a very enjoyable, quiet, 10 minutes :) Oh yeah..
they both got quarters.

Link to Lacie's Page

Go here to read about and see my crazy children getting picked up by Aunt Molly.

Rat Hunting

I just wanted to go ahead and forewarn you all that there will be pictures forthcoming of Rob and the boys prepared for a "rat hunt". At the risk of sounding like we're from Alabama...ha...here's the story....We live in an apartment complex..while a very nice complex, apparently the rats that have overtaken the garbage drop-off place, (what the heck do you call it??) have no idea that they don't belong there. All I can say is "Thank God we live a good ways from that garbage drop-off place" :)....They have been a problem only at night...(it's disgusting and you know I can't drop off garbage at night)....until yesterday, however; when we stopped there and a huge rat was eating something someone had spilled IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY!!! GROSS!! I almost had a come-apart..haha. Anyway, long story short I guess, Rob picked up some BB's at Wal-mart and he and the boys are planning to go rat-hunting this week. Yes, of course they are waiting until it is dark and all office-personnel have gone home....So, I will be posting pictures of the boy's first hunting trip...HA :)

Too Tired to Think of a Title

I am SO tired. I got home from Anniston last night where I, and my nursing class, finished up two full days of terrorism training. Apparently President Bush has declared nurses as first responders to a disaster so this training is mandatory. It was very long, however; interesting and I am hoping to go back to further my training in the future. I went thinking of "terrorists" as people from another country but have returned with the knowledge that two of the most threatening terrorists groups are Americans living right here with us. Anyway...I am really really tired even though I slept until 10:00 this morning which is totally not normal for me. I miss the boys...I haven't seen them since early Thursday morning and now they are at their Dad's so I won't see them until Sunday. They are going to just love me too, by the way, because I have decided they we will be turning off the t.v. on weeknights :) Oh yeah...they are gonna just be so exited...ha.

Still Here

I just wanted to say that I'm still here...I know it's been a few days since my last post...and some of you who know me well just might be thinking..."yep...she's quit communicating already"...so, ha..not so lucky :) The first few weeks of school are always crazy and unorganized for me so my posts may be few and far between for a couple of weeks...maybe not, but just in case. Love to you all.

Just Another Day

Jackson ate vegetable soup at school today...yes, to those of you who know Jackson well and are thinking, "What? Jackson? Vegetable Soup?"...he ate it and then asked for it again for dinner...For those of you who don't know, the boys are fairly choosy about what goes into their mouths...you know...boogers are okay but not mashed potatoes.....anyway...Jack wants to buy lunch at school again tomorrow..I think this is can be attributed to the fact that Jackson has recently been assimilated into a typical classroom and has a new best friend...I think he probablly wants to stand in line with him in the lunchroom and "hey, if he eats it...maybe it is okay".

Mason had his second "fabulous" day at school in a row. He did so well yesterday that his teacher sent a note home about it...Way to go, Mason!

Mommy is not doing so well with the whole school thing right now....I am taking an online Anthropolgoy class this semester, along with my nursing courses, and just remembered that I have a paper due by tomorrow night...sigh...I guess I'll have to break down and buy the book.....

I am off to have my dinner of leftover frozen pizza, and matzos with brie.....YUM :)

So Much for In-depth Feelings....

On the way to school this morning I thought I would do a little brain-prodding to see how the boys feel about me sometimes working at night....unfortunately I didn't realize I would be interrupting "The Circle of Life" playing on the radio........

Mommy: "Hey boys....Does it make you sad when Mommy has to work at night?

Jackson: "Yeah"

Mommy: "So, you would rather I pick you up than one of the girls?" (I am finding this hard to believe as they would readily leave me to be with one of my four sisters anyday)

Jackson" thinking....."Uhhh...No....Could you turn the music up?"

Wonderful conversation.

Mason Says.......

At 6:30 this morning (they are out of school today)....."Mommy...I have a headache so I won't be going to school tomorrow"

Leaving the dentist a few moments ago....."I was nice to the dentist....I didn't growl at him"

"Mommy....Is Godzilla bigger than the devil?" I am barraged with these types of questions all day long....I am at a constant loss for words.

That's How I Roll...

This is my man....cooking me dinner. This is my kind of date....eating a meal cooked by your man and watching a movie. Almost nothing better :)

Cousins

My sister came over with Lacie yesterday.....she just loves Cousin Mason.

**I posted this but then didn't think it was clearly obvious that she was crying...so, in case you were confused, that was sarcasm I was striving for...**

Exhale......

Don't ever say I'm not a great mom. Whose kids are chowing down on Cheetos and watching Godzilla (in Japanese no less)?? Mine, that's whose....getting their dairy and foreign language all in one....right? right? Well...they are drinking soy milk by the cupful so there's one good thing.

Sometimes I miss the days of being able to go straight to the couch after a long day. I had class from 9-1:30 today, went to the Y for an hour of cardio, stopped by Target, got the kids of the bus....all I wanted was to come in and plop down...but, of course, they have needs...and wants...so anyway...finally, I am on the couch. I am lovin the couch right now. Every time I work out I get so tired..must do something to my blood sugar...anyway.

Today, when we got home, Jack hung up his backpack then turned to me and asked, "Mom, why does my butt keep stinking?" Apparently, he has been farting all day....lovely.

Well, I am off to get some mommy nap time while they get their Japanese lesson.

Boots

Look at these boots .....Mom, maybe these would go with that skirt...ha...I love you...I promise

Pictures from the Slumber Party

A few weeks ago, the boys and I along with Aunt Dana, Aunt Toottie, Mom, and a couple of friends had a slumber party. We went to Publix for junk food...while there we raced the car shopping carts....Aunt Dana's buggy full of kids was definitely louder than mine, but really, what else would you expect??? ha. We went back to Granny's...ate junk...watched movies...and stayed up way too late...

Sigh.....

Okay....so I am new at this and it is driving me CRAZY! It sounds lame and I can't put the pictures right where I want them...I don't know if it is even possible to put them in the place you want so I may be spending time searching for answers that I'm never going to find.....anyway...I have more pictures I want to put in but I don't want them clumped all together so since this is a new post and it seems to put the pics at the top of the new post I am going to try to sneak one in...I guess we will see if it works....This is my beautiful niece, Lacie Jai....we were trying to console her through her much unwanted photo shoot...sorry baby....here is her blogspace