Tent Night

This is something Dad does with the boys for a special treat. They rent a movie (Bolt this time) eat popcorn, licorice, yogurt pretzels, etc. The kids sleep in the tent, Dad gets the couch, and Mom gets the bedroom all to herself.

They don't get enough sleep which probably wasn't the best thing for Riley's health, but they think its pretty fun!!

Why does it smell SO bad??

Vomit, puke, throw up, fish food...
Riley has been sick this weekend and is not quite to the 'making it to the toilet' mile stone that all mothers wait anxiously for. I have been doing load after load of laundry and I believe it is finally all gone AND he has been up-chuck free for 32 hours. Hopefully we're in the clear... Unless Luke gets it (duhn, duhn, duhn)!!

Thought for the day

Why don't they use those screws that don't rust for the toilet seat hinge?

Anyone who cleans up after little boys will TOTALLY get this!

Been Lazy

I know how annoying it is to check someone's blog and see the same post day, after day... I've been really busy and totally burned out. You know how it gets sometimes? If you have to wipe down the same counter for the 100th time you're going to scream!?! And you sit down to blog and the picture won't load so you give up way to fast... that's where I've been, screaming and giving up;-).

A great thing happened today though. Thursday is my volunteer day in Riley's class but the teacher called this morning to tell me I didn't need to come because there is an assembly today. I DO like to be in the classroom but it was like someone giving me a gift telling me I could stay in my jammies for an extra hour! I might even take a bath instead of exercising (oooo, I'm getting crazy).

Fanilow

ULTIMATE MANILOW!!!

My friend Kelli is a big Barry Manilow fan. I of course have heard of him but didn't know many of his songs. She got tickets for the one time only benefit concert in Everett and invited me to go. Well, I never turn down a night out so I went not really knowing what to expect... We had a BLAST! The show was entertaining (besides the lady 2 seats in front of me who just couldn't sit down) and the seats were awesome (good job Adam!). And it was nice to have a girls night with a good friend.

Things that the bad economy has taught me

1. Appreciate my home. We've always kind of thought of this place as a first house, investment kind of thing. Well, apparently we're staying and I am absolutely THRILLED that we get to!
2. To become a better cook. No more pre-cut, pre-seasoned, pre-prepared food for this family. I've been buying whatever is on sale (maybe with a coupon too!) and figuring out what to do with it. Allrecipes.com is a big help. I'm even cooking seafood, I don't know why but cooking fish has always seemed beyond me. BUT NO MORE.
3. That my husband is a bulldog. That guy is a HARD worker and I have complete faith that no matter what happens he will figure out a way to take care of his family. Love and appreciate you!
4. Doctors (even with insurance) cost a lot of money for what you get. $65 to pull a loose baby tooth. $25 for a dermatologist to tell me the spot on my back is normal (but ugly) and people of a certain age have an average of two of them (should I be glad its only one??). Oh, and 25 bucks for the guy that told me to take some Alieve for my bad knee, that was good advice. I will be taking vitamins, exercising and wearing sunscreen to not only be healthy, but to save some $$;-)
5. I really was paying too much for car insurance! When you are forced to go through your budget line by line you actually can cut some costs.

Sick-o

Oh my golly!!

I am so happy to say that I am finally headache free!

I have been gravely ill for the past 3 days. The kind of sick where all you can do is squeeze your head while lying in bed to keep it from exploding.

And I DID have a flu shot this year, apparently it didn't cover the strain that is going around=0(

I have not felt that bad since Angela's bachelorette party, and I didn't even get to have any fun!

Back to the old grind... funny how much laundry, dishes, mail, etc. can pile up in 3 days, ugh! Maybe I'll go back to bed!

observations

Where did the week go??
I don't know but it was full of observations about me by the darling children, things like:

• Mommy you have red cracks in your eye balls.
• You also have red pineapples (I'm assuming he meant whole pineapples with the the tops on) on the sides of your eyes.
• I'm just touching your mustache.
• What, do you have a baby in there?

And these are the people who love me the most!! I guess they need to work on the old "if you can't say something nice..."