Number of comments: 1 We had a fun week. We had my family over for a BBQ Monday. Labor Day is usually reserved for RD's family, but due to some friction in the family, I felt free to make other plans. I used the excuse that I hadn't heard of any plans from his [...]
Number of comments: 0 AR has been a bit too honest lately. I had to have a talk with her after having pictures taken, when she pointed out what a big lady our photographer had. Not wanting to make a point of it at the scene (you know a four year old would say, [...]
Number of comments: 3 I used to be a fan of this show, but I'm finding it hard to watch anymore. Okay, that's not exactly a true statement. I find myself watching for different reasons now. Being the mother of multiples, I was obviously interested in "just how did they do it?!". I can [...]
Number of comments: 0 Me: Come on, guys. Get your flip flops on, we're going outside. AR: Yeahh! Guess what's outside, mom? Me: What? AR: Literally batting her eyelashes and twirling her hair... Air. And air is so beautiful. Me: Yes...yes, it is. [...]
Number of comments: 0 AR sleeps every night with a pink and white stuffed puppy named Penny. As I was tucking her in tonight she realized she didn't have her in bed with her.
AR: Mom, I want to go get Penny. Me: I'll get her. She's downstairs. As I rush off to' [...]
Number of comments: 0 You know what drives me nuts? The space invaders in classes at the gym. You're in your spot, they're in their's, and as the class goes on they slowly make their way into your space, pushing you further and further away from whatever spot you chose...and probably chosen with good' [...]
Number of comments: 0 Watch out, world, I saw two movies in one weekend! Friday night I went to see Mama Mia and Saturday night, RD and I went to see The Dark Knight. They both far exceeded my expectations.
I was looking forward to Mama Mia, but having never seen the live [...]
Number of comments: 0 RD was watching the Homerun Derby the other night, so I should have known better than to speak. I was talking to him, or at him rather, for a few minutes when I noticed he still had the glazed over look in his eyes he gets when he watches anything [...]
Number of comments: 0 Michael Caine (edited...I originally put Keaton...oops!) and Morgan Freeman were on the Today show this morning promoting The Dark Knight. The kids walked in and saw a picture of Batman (Christian Bale) standing behind the Joker (Heath Ledger) and froze. I had to rewind (gotta love DVR!!) and pause so [...]
SA: Mom! Mom! The new Batman scary movie is coming out! Can I see it? Me: No, honey, it's for grown ups. It's too scary, sweetie. It's not for little kids. SA: But you know what? You and dad can see it. Then...then you' [...]
Number of comments: 0 Every night since AR was about six weeks old I have sang the same song to her. She was very colicky when she was a baby and required constant holding, constant attention (some things never change!). I would sing different songs to her, but not being to up on my [...]
Number of comments: 0 As I was putting laundry away in the the boys' room, I hear SJ calling my name from the play room - over and over again. Going in to see what he wants...and seeing RD sitting four feet away from SJ...
Number of comments: 0 I'm feeling a whole lot of love for my kids right now. They're growing so fast. I find myself staring at them, amazed at how much they've grown, in both body and mind. They're so smart, so funny, and so darn cute.
Number of comments: 2 The kids were all excited wanting to swim in our kiddie pool. I went out right after breakfast to fill it up. I peeked out the window close to an hour later to see how it was filling up (it's pretty big), to see that it was still empty. I' [...]
Number of comments: 1 Help me. Help me. Help me. I'm in a size 8. I've been in a size 8 for several months now...I must focus. Must focus. I've come too far to give up now. But with all the summer bbq's, birthday parties, pool parties...I find I'm slipping into many of my' [...]
Number of comments: 2 To the guy behind me at the DQ drive-thru: I was waiting for my change, a-hole, so lay off the horn, would ya? I was stopping for a much-needed chocolate cone to help relax me after a stress-filled day, so thanks a lot for adding to my foul mood. Just [...]
Number of comments: 1 Penis is a big word in this house, and all too often on display. Why must kids be so obsessed with privates and poop? It's all bobo's and poo. It's the reason for many sitdown discussions with the kids (SA in particular). Finally...why now, who knows...but finally the "your-penis-is-your-private-area" talk' [...]
That's what I called him. A nice piece of.............eye candy. What inspires me to go to the gym? That Louis bag that is so close, so close - AND - that bald, beautiful trainer with the Carpe Diem tattoo on his calf.' [...]
Number of comments: 0 Daddy's on vacation. Need I say more? It's wonderful getting to spend time together as a family. It's wonderful having someone to...ahem...sort of share the everyday responsibilities. It's great having RD around in the evenings to play cards with me. Here comes the big BUT...
Number of comments: 0 I was bored - or a better way to describe it was...looking for anything other to do other than the obvious (clean, laundry, etc.) - and was playing around on the computer, when I decided to pull up my ole' blog and read back on some of my old entries.[...]
Number of comments: 3 Am I a bad mom? I tell ya...some days I really feel like it. I do my best. I really do. I start my day with all the best intentions, but then they start screaming, whining, crying, hitting...and all my good intentions go out the window. I have prided myself [...]
Number of comments: 1 I'm now down 14 pounds, 25 to go.
So RD and I were lying in bed lastnight when he says, "I can tell you've lost weight. I used to fall into you (demonstrates by rolling into me), now I can just lie next to you without falling in."
For those that have been with me since I started this often dusty blog, my weight has been a constant battle. Many moons ago I set a goal for myself and my husband agreed to treat me to a shopping spree for new clothes should I reach this goal. Well, [...]
I had one of those book parties the other night. As soon as I agreed to do it, I regretted it. I used to do umpteen parties a year (i.e., Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, etc.), because I'm a total sucker when put under pressure, but finally decided to stick to [...]
One of the reasons I stopped blogging before was because all I ever did was bitch about one thing or another, well, that's a great thing about having a blog. All those things you can't say, well just vent away to the anonymous world.
AR was a piece of cake to potty train. She walked up to me one day and said, "Mama, I want to wear big girl panties and go potty on the big girl potty like you." I put her in big girl panties and she's been in them ever since. [...]
It's been a rough week. My husband's grandmother passed away Friday morning. He was very close to her, as were his sisters and cousins, so everyone was taking it pretty hard. She'd been sick for awhile, and suffered quite a bit, so as hard as it was to see her [...]
One of my good friends has recently started a blog. It's about her experience living with depression, as well as this great idea she has on how to help deal with it.
I'm trying to loosen the reigns a bit with my children. I'm not what I consider an overprotective mom really, but when you have three small ones, my God things can spiral out of control in a matter of seconds. But the kids aren't exactly toddlers anymore, and the need [...]
I might as well close this. I never post anymore. Maybe I will if things start to look up, but right now I don't see that happening any time soon. And quite frankly, I just don't care.
I'm in a low place right now. We still haven't sold our [...]
Our 'Parents as Teachers' lady came today. We again had the "the-boys'-speech-is-not-where-it-should-be talk". We had this talk 10 months ago or so, then they 'caught up'. Now here we are again.
At this age, which is 32 months 17 days to be exact, children progress at warp speed [...]
This drove me nuts when Janet Jackson lost all that weight, now we have to go through it with Britney Spears. It is possible to look skinny without going around half naked. It is possible to look SEXY without baring it all...or without [...]
Halloween was a blast! SA was a monkey, SJ was a chicken, and AR was a ladybug.
It was hilarious...all night they were referring to each other as their characters - "Hey monkey, come here...Get back here, chicken." It was their first go at [...]
The kids started preschool yesterday. Amazingly, they did great! I don't know why I was surprised. I guess I just didn't know what to expect. They gave us a kiss and sent us on our way. They ran to the craft table as soon as we entered, so watercolors win [...]
I truly believe God gives mothers super human powers - powers that keep them from strangling their children on days like this.
Bloody awful. My children have been bloody awful. One more awful than the others. AR. What happened to my sweet little girl? Sure my kids do some [...]
I'm talking about the "Grey's Anatomy" MUSIC VIDEO that played after tonight's episode. You don't get more cheesy than that. THAT BEING SAID, yes I thoroughly enjoyed it. I even teared up not once, not twice, but THREE times. I am truly, [...]
Okay...so I haven't exactly been posting regularly as promised, but I do have an excuse! Maybe not a good one, but I do have one. Since we are carrying two mortgages - thank you by the way to the people who have labeled us as brave, I think RD and [...]
www.noggin.com I'm sitting all alone, flipping through the channels and stop on Oobi when I quickly notice, "Hey! I haven't seen this one before!" [...]
My weight is a roller-coaster ride on crack. You may see me one day and think, "Damn, she's lost a lot of weight...looking good," then a month or two later think, "What the hell happened to her?" It's a neverending cycle with me. I get fed up with my weight. [...]
We've been in our new house two weeks now. It's amazing how fast it felt like home. Maybe because we were never surrounded by boxes. This house is only two streets up from our old house, so we didn't "pack" anything; we loaded up extra-large Rubbermaid tubs with stuff, came [...]
Me: Come on, guys. Get your flip flops on, we're going outside.
www.noggin.com I'm sitting all alone, flipping through the channels and stop on Oobi when I quickly notice, "Hey! I haven't seen this one before!" [...] 
AR and I went out and bought ourselves some shoes yesterday.
