Friday, March 30, 2007

Two heads are better than one

I love when they sit together

Cheese cake pose


Cheese cake pose
Originally uploaded by on_angel_wings2001.
Sup with this cheeky pose?

My Old Man

Last week was my husband's 36th birthday. It is crazy to me how long I know him. I met him two months after his 20th birthday. 16 years have flown by! Christ where did it go? 1 house and 2 kids later, but it still seems like yesterday. I can remember our first meeting and everything after as if it just happened. He's a difficult man but a good man. A complicated dude but a fair man. Sensitivity isn't in his personality. He is a solid man. I never feel unsafe. I know that he will do what he has to do to take care of his family. He is not for the faint at heart. You need a backbone to be in his life and you can't take yourself too seriously he wouldn't dream of letting you. He is smart, calculated, hard to read, funny, likable, opinionated, chauvinistic and a smart ass but he's my smart ass and I love him.




This year is the first year that my kids are excited and understand what parties are so the days leading up to my husband's birthday on March 22nd were spent saying, "not today; Daddy's birthday is in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, day/days." I am not sure what they expected but after cake and presents they still were asking when the party was.




















Written in the card from the kids I wrote:



Dear Daddy,

You are tons of fun whether in the sun or playing in the water.
So it’s on the deck what the heck it’s with your son and daughter.

We sit and wait, investigate the sounds outside the window, the van pulls up, Daddy’s home let’s play you’re tired but you do anyway.

Day is done, one goes to bed with a weary head while you play the other’s cradle.

The bed is packed, mom’s neck is whacked and that’s a fact but what can you do? We stick to you two like glue.

We love you Daddy, mom does too can we play more games with you?

Love, J&S

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Webkinz Stole My Life


Where have I been? I was just thinking it has been forever since I blogged and I have so much to write about.

I got myself involved in Webkinz World.


If you don't know what it is..check it. You get a stuffed animal with a code that gets entered onto the website and low and behold your pet online. Cuuutee. Then you get it a house, furnish it, feed it, make sure it is happy and healthy, play games to make more kinzcash for more fun and exciting stuff for your pet. Come to think of it, if you are a parent this would probably be redundant.


Fun, safe, educational environment for your kiddies. My kids love it.


If you end up getting a cyber pet, let me know. Maybe our pets could chill at each others house one day, play a game, catch a snooze, or whatever.










Thursday, March 15, 2007

Child Chatter

Idea stolen from the beautiful and talented Holli



Driving back from the supermarket on Sunday I caught my son's eyes in the rear view mirror.


Son - You smiling Mom?


Me - Yes, baby! I am smiling.


Son - We have fun times Mommy.


Me - (Heart swelling out of my chest) Yes, sweetie, we DO have fun times.



Changing my son's diaper this morning...


Son - Change my diaper?


Me - Ok, lie down


Son - I've got a big butt


Me - No honey, you have a little butt. Where do you get this stuff from?


Son - You've got a big butt mommy?


Me - (inside my head; "You've got that straight!") No honey. We don't go around telling people they have big butts.


Son - You have a small butt mommy?


Me - Yup, honey I do but we don't go around talking about people's butts. Ok?



Driving my son to school this morning, I listened to him talk with his sister. He says words and then she says the same word back.


Son - Lake


Baby girl - Wake


Son- Cat-eh-pill-ah


Baby girl - catefiler


Son - Sun


Baby girl - Sun


Son- Dog


Baby girl - Dog


Son - Cow


Baby girl - Cow, moo moo


Son - Very good, well done. Awesome job. You are a big boy


Me - Very nice. Thanks for being so encouraging but she is a girl

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

50 Random Questions

1. What Curse Word Do You Use The Most? Fuck! There I said it. Fuck, fuck, fuck...I love that word.

2. Do You Own An iPod? Nope

3. What Person On Your Top 8 Do You Talk To The Most? Susan

4. What Time Is Your Alarm Clock Set To? Clock? I have toddlers who needs a friggin clock?

5. Do You Want To Fall In Love? Ok?!

6. Do You Wear Flip-Flops When It's Cold? Yup but not outside duh!

7. Would You Rather Take The Picture Or Be In The Picture? I love taking pictures but I also would love to once in a while be in a picture not just on self timer.

8. What Was The Last Movie You Watched? Some sucky movie called Stay Alive.

9. Do Any Of Your Friends Have Children? Most of them

10. Has Anyone Ever Called You Lazy? Nope

11. Do You Ever Take Medication To Help You Fall Asleep? Nope....I have 2 kids who never let me sleep but I would never take something that would help me sleep. I am jealous of those Lunesta commercials. Everyone looks so damn comfy.

12. What CD is currently in your c.d. player? Melissa Etheridge Greatest Hits.

13. Do You Prefer Regular Or Chocolate Milk? Either; regular is great. I love chocolate too.

14. Has anyone told you a secret this week? It sounds so juvenille but yes.

15. When Was The Last Time You Had Starbucks? Last week. Love me some Starbucks

16. Can You Whistle? Nope

WHAT HAPPENED TO 17?

18. Do You Think People Talk About You Behind Your Back? Nope..but if they did I could care less. I spent years worrying about what people think of me.

19. Did you ever watch cartoons as a child? Yup.

20. What Movie Do You Know Every Line to? I don't think there is a movie I know every line to. I know every line to every Wiggle video tape we own but not a movie. I know tons of lines from History of the World and Young Frankenstein though.

21. Have You Ever Done The Dirty In A Field? Nope

23. Do You Own Any Band T-Shirts? Yup.

24. What Is Your Favorite Salad Dressing? I like oil and vinegar

25. Is Anyone In Love With You? I hope my husband is but I know my kids are

26. Do You Do Your Own Dishes? Ain't no one else going to.

27. Ever Cry In Public? Yup.

28. Are You On A Desktop Computer Or A Laptop? Laptop

29. Are You Currently Wanting Any Piercing Or Tattoos? Nope

30. What’s The Weather Like? It's bloody cold mate.

31. Would You Ever Date Anyone Covered In Tattoos? Yummy. I totally am into tats and piercings

32. What Did You Do Before This? Feed the natives

33. When Was The Last Time You Slept On The Floor? Ummm...is this something people do often?

34. How Many Hours Of Sleep Do You Need To Function? Don't know since I haven't functioned or slept since having my kids. I get about 3-6 broken hours of sleep a night.

35. Do You Eat Breakfast Daily? Yes, it's my favorite meal

36. Are Your Days Full And Fast Paced? Yup, except today I was leisurely lazy

37. Do You Pay Attention To The Calories In The Package/Box? Sometimes

38. Do You Use Sarcasm? Sometimes because it never works for me. People take me too seriously my delivery must suck or something

40. Are You Picky About Spelling And Grammar? More than I deserve to be

41. Have You Ever Been To Six Flags? Great Adventure? Sure

43. Do You Get Along Better With The Same Sex Or The Opposite? Either.

44. Do You Like Mustard? Yes

45. Do You Sleep On Your Side, Stomach Or Back? Used to be my back. Now I am nursing or hugging a toddler so I sleep however I get it.

46. Do You Watch The News? Nightly

47. How Did You Get One Of Your Scars? Removal of a precancerous problem

48. Who Was The Last Person To Make You Mad? My husband

49. Do You Like Anybody?

50. What Is The Last Thing You Purchased?

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Fish or Fishes

This has been something that has haunted me for-like-eva...

I was taught that fish was both plural and singular and that fishes was imroper.

Circa, 1989 as watching Sesame Street while getting ready for work one morning (don't ask) and I heard the word fishes being used throughout the whole episode. It annoyed me that a bunch of kids were being taught incorrectly. Then about 2 1/2 years ago while watching Sesame Street with my son, I again heard the word fishes thrown around like a 10 cent whole (something my husband would say). I quickly shut off the TV saving my son from years of improper grammer or so I thought.


Last week my friend and I discussed the fish, fishes usage over the phone. We were both taught the same thing and that fish's was only used to define ownership such as in "my fish's fin is broken." Well, anyway she looked it up while we were on the phone and lo and befriggin hold, fishes is correct too! What?


This morning when my son asked for my "gold fishes" I corrected him and then decided to finally read for myself how to properly use each word. (I must have run out of things to do this morning to find time for this).


According to Wikipedia, this is how to correctly use fish versus fishes. I think I've got it now and my son's usage this morning was totally incorrect since we only have chedder fish.


"Fish" or "fishes", "school" or '"shoal"?


Though often used interchangeably, these pairs of words actually mean different things. Fish is used either as singular noun or to describe a group of specimens from a single species. Fishes describes a group containing more than one species. [32] Hence, as plurals, these words could be used thus:


  • My aquarium contains three different fishes: guppies, platies, and swordtails.

  • The North Atlantic stock of Gadus morhua is estimated to contain several million fish.

A random assemblage of fishes merely using some localised resource such as food or nesting sites is known simply as an aggregation. When fish come together in an interactive, social grouping, then they may be forming either a shoal or a school depending on the degree of organisation. A shoal is a loosely organised group where each fish swims and forages independently but is attracted to other members of the group and adjusts its behaviour, such as swimming speed, so that it remains close to the other members of the group. Schools of fish are much more tightly organised, synchronising their swimming so that all fish move at the same speed and in the same direction. Shoaling and schooling behaviour is believed to provide a variety of advantages (see article on swarming, the term used to cover such behaviours in animals). [33]