Captain Crazy

At least I'm consistent at being inconsistent

2012-01-22T07:31:00.001-08:00

Well here it is, January again. The start of a new year. A time when gajillions of people push the "reset" button on their lives in an attempt to get back on the right path - whatever that path may be to them. I'm one of those gajillions of people. Not that my life has ever been even close to being on the "wrong path". It's just that I'm a goal oriented person and a planner so that's why I look

That time of Year Again

2011-10-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

I LOVE Fall. Love it, love it! I swear the crisp air tinged with apple rot invigorates my very soul, and my stomach does a little flip when I see the piles of pumpkins appear in front of grocery stores.Yep, the arrival of Fall brings with it many of my favorite things - adventures to pumpkin patches, piles of crunchy leaves in the streets, beautiful colors in the countryside, apple cider donuts,

Easy DIY Home and Garden Water Conservation Tips

2011-08-31T11:05:00.000-07:00

Everybody knows that it is important to try to consume less water. It is especially important for North Americans though. Clean drinking water is becoming scarcer all over the world and the average North American uses 105 gallons of water every day for drinking, washing, and cooking. The average person in the developing world uses only 3 gallons of water a day. Practicing saving water at home

Dim

2011-08-08T20:41:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you, but it seems like some of the funniest and wittiest sayings I have either heard in a bar or read from a bumper sticker while tailgating someone down main street. These saying are usually lightheartedly sarcastic comments about the opposite sex and also include the word "beer-goggles". But the last two sayings I've come across haven't been like that at all and instead seem

Bounce Back #2

2011-07-28T21:41:00.000-07:00

You might say I got a wild hair tonight and decided to stop by my blog - you know, just to see how the neighborhood has been holding up since I packed up and moved out in the middle of the night last year. My poor little blog - if it had been one of those electronic pets - what are they called? Tamagotchi? It would have died of digital neglect a looooong time ago.And I was supposed to have "

Tight Rope

2010-11-17T16:10:00.000-08:00

Today is November 17th. I should probably get around to putting away the Halloween decorations. The wind is blowing like crazy and it feels like snow in the air. I should probably fetch the baby pool from the back yard and put it in the garage before it blows half way across the neighborhood.All these things I should do. All these things I planned on doing a while ago but just haven't gotten

The Hood

2010-10-23T11:40:00.000-07:00

Here's a little video my best friend showed me today. It's about our hometown - Raton, New Mexico. Raton is a tiny little town and growing up there was a mixed bag so to say. I couldn't get away with practically anything because everyone either knew me or my parents and my friends and enemies alike knew my business before I even did.My friend and I like to reminisce about the "good 'ol days"

Extreme Makeover Recap

2010-09-19T21:23:00.000-07:00

Extreme Makeover - Home Edition rolled into town in the middle of August. Work officially begin with the "door-knock" on September 6th at 5:00 p.m. and for 7 straight days after that I put in 12-14 hour shifts as an on-site volunteer coordinator with 4 other lucky folks. I had a fantastic time and would do it all over again even though I saw my family about 30 minutes a day and I felt like I had

A great weekend and a BIG BIG week!

2010-09-06T07:37:00.000-07:00

Now that I am a full-time working stiff I treasure my weekends more than anything. Most all of the time they pass waaaay too quickly and most of the times they are pretty good.But, once in a while I am treated to a weekend that is nearly perfect in every way - the boys behave for the most part and treat each other like brothers, we have some really cool adventures and no blood is shed. This

Anniversary

2010-08-29T21:58:00.000-07:00

This year it should have been copper, last year candy, the year before that wood, and the year before that flowers.If you are the other half of a couple that marks milestones with presents, cards and sweet little nothings, then you get the picture.This past weekend was our 7th anniversary. And this year, just like in all the past years, it came and went without much fanfare. Again it felt like

Bounce Back

2010-08-19T09:55:00.001-07:00

I started this little blog of mine a little over a year ago when I was working part-time and still had time to peck out a few random posts here and there. Then that nasty recession caught up with me and overnight I went back to being a full-time SAHM.That's when things got a little crazy. Being home with my two boys was non-stop activity and by the end of most days I had just enough energy to

Some times you just have to laugh

2010-04-20T21:40:00.000-07:00

I know this has been on YouTube forever but it's one of my favorites. It's literally impossible to feel crappy after watching this little guy.

The Rat Race

2010-02-04T05:29:00.000-08:00

Boy howdy folks - time hasn't been flying for me - it's been moving at warp speed - or so it seems.Again it's been forever since I have posted and I really miss you all. Honestly I am trying to post more, but finding the time has been hard since I don't have a job where I sit on my arse all day where my main responsibility was to just look busy.I AM busy in this job....very busy and I love it. At

Day 3 and the best Christmas gift ever.

2010-01-01T08:03:00.000-08:00

So so so much has happened since I last posted what seems like a thousand years ago. The obvious major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the visits from family, trips out of town, and all the other little ups and downs of life - all stuff that came and went without so much as a whisper about it on my blog. Why?I don't know really. It could be that I knew my time at home with the boys

I'm still here -surprisingly.

2009-11-23T08:00:00.001-08:00

Wow it's been a long time since I last posted and it seems to be getting harder and harder to find the time to sit down and write. It seems like now that I am a full time SAHM I am busier than ever. I have been a SAHM mom before, but back then I only had one kiddo to watch over and I wasn't trying to find a new job on top of everything else. Now I have two kids - not that two is some unmanageable

I should be sleeping right now

2009-10-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

I have been up since 4:45 this morning.I am tired. Very tired.And I am completely pissed off that the ONE freaking day I get to sleep in past 5:30, I wake up at 4:45.I didn't do it voluntarily. No. I woke up to Little D hacking his head off so of course I got up to take care of him. Except he didn't much feel like going back to sleep after his 45 min. coughing spell. Instead he laid in his bad

Cumpumbers and Pamatoes and other interesting things

2009-09-30T06:51:00.000-07:00

My Little D is a smidgen over two and half and to my delight he still massacres words every now and then. For example, "cumpumber" is his word for cucumber and "pamato" is his word for tamato.His older brother could pronounce words like "kaleidoscope" "rutabaga" and "trapezoid" perfectly at age 1, which always made people think he was older than he was.But not Little D. He called grapes "beeps

Let the games begin

2009-09-09T16:06:00.000-07:00

Oh joy - my job search has started in earnest people and all I can say is.....it blows.A lot.Every single minute I have spent on the computer in the past couple of weeks has been dedicated to prowling job boards, placement agency websites, newspaper websites and "how to write a kick-ass cover letter" websites. No blogging, no Facebook, no Twitter, no email. No nothing.I feel disconnected.

It was a whopper!

2009-08-25T15:07:00.001-07:00

< So we took the boys fishing last weekend. It was The Captain's third or fourth time and as you can see, he already has the ability of a seasoned pro. Just look at the whopper on his line!But Little D was not to be outdone by his big brother and landed his first catch of the day too. We took them fishing at some ponds outside of town. I hate fishing in ponds. Actually I just plain hate ponds.

Ouch - that hurt!

2009-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

I started my day by shelling out $950.00 to our friendly neighborhood plumber. I guess the good news is that now my toilets flush again and my dirty little monsters can finally take a bath after going all weekend without one.I HATE! HATE! HATE! unexpected repairs - especially ones that cost an arm and a leg. And it only figures that I almost had enough money saved up for new windows, which we

The New Normal..almost

2009-08-10T20:37:00.000-07:00

So I got a little taste of my soon to be "new normal" (being unemployed) this week and all I have to say is that I may need to starting take some super vitamins. So far I have survived a trip to the coast, two trips to the water park, and a trip to the zoo with the kids....by myself. Don't get me wrong -I had a great time, but right now I am so freakin tired my eyes feel like there's a slow acid

Downsized....and I'm not talking about my waistline.

2009-08-04T12:13:00.000-07:00

The inevitable has finally happened - I have been "let go" as of today. Or I guess I should say "temporarily" let go as of today.I'm really not surprised - the writing on the wall has been there for quite a few months. Our work has slowed down to barely a drizzle and it's been painfully slow and boring at work.My boss is calling this a "temporary thing" and has already told me that he will need

As promised......

2009-07-09T14:56:00.000-07:00

The saying 'better late than never' certainly rings true on my blog. I have been trying to post my Hawaii pictures for some time now but lately it seemd like one thing after another has popped up and then "poof" the day is gone. So without further delay, here are just a smattering of shots from my recent vacation - that already feels like a distant memory. How sad, huh? This is a shot of

Back to Normal

2009-06-30T10:11:00.000-07:00

Hellloooo everyone! Wow it's nice to be back! It's been one week since we returned from Hawaii and we're just now starting to re-adjust to mainland time. I do have to say that letting the kids sleep until 9 in the mornings has been heaven, but getting them to bed hasn't been much fun.Anyway, we had a pretty good time even though we had to deal with some not-so-nice bumps in the road (stomach flu,

Kickin' It

2009-06-08T10:12:00.000-07:00

Last night I was in the kitchen fretting over what to make for dinner when I heard this weird buzzing sound coming from the living room. My first thought was that the boys discovered my recent Pure Romance purchase, but then I remembered that the device still needed batteries.So, with my curiousity peaked I walked into the living room where I found Little D. He was kicking back in his stuffed

Love Speak

2009-06-02T15:40:00.000-07:00

I love to say "I love you". I really, really do. I tell my kids and my hubby I love them several times a day. I tell my cat I love her. I tell the chocolate I eat almost daily that I love it. I tell my closest girlfriends I love them. I tell my closest girlfriends' kids I love them too. I just believe that a person can't hear "I love you" enough!I know my penchant for the "L" word has something

Whatever Mom!

2009-06-01T15:35:00.000-07:00

My husband took this picture of The Captain the other day while they were out "snake hunting".Pretty cute isn't it?That's what I thought - until I realized that The Captain is actually talking to me on that cell phone he's holding. I was probably telling him to be careful and to listen to his daddy and to wash his hands before he eats his snack and to make sure he put more sunscreen on.I think

Short and Sweet

2009-05-26T13:05:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite bloggers, Linda of All & Sundry, wrote about her holiday weekend in 46 words or less which I thought was just brilliant. So brilliant in fact that I just might start writing all of my posts this way....starting with this one.My Memorial Day weekend in 46 words or less....Two cookouts, watermelon covered kids, homemade Marionberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream, delicious

Toy Envy

2009-05-18T09:28:00.000-07:00

When I was a kid growing up some thirty odd years ago, I played with sticks and rocks and made mud pies in my back yard. I wore checkered and striped polyester, and I didn't even ride in a car seat - hell, I didn't even wear a seat belt. Times sure have changed. My boys ride in car seats and wear helmets and blah, blah, blah, and they have way cooler clothes than I do and their toys - well, let's

Only One Complaint

2009-05-11T14:36:00.000-07:00

I have to say that this was one of the best Mother's Day weekends I have had so far. My only complaint is that that it went by too quickly. We spent the weekend on the coast in a quaint little beach house tucked away in what is easily a little slice of heaven on earth. My husband's second cousin owns the place and they rent it out to family and friends. This was our first time staying there, but

If you give a Mom a Muffin.......

2009-05-07T12:47:00.000-07:00

My friend Heidi sent this to me on Facebook and I just had to share. It is too true! Now, I've got to get the laundry going..We are fans of the "If You Give..." books by Laura Numeroff in our house so this definitely struck my funny bone:If you give a mom a muffin, she'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.She'll make herself some.Her three year old will spill the coffee;She'll wipe it up.While

The Wind from my Sails

2009-04-27T09:54:00.000-07:00

I think I am finally feeling a little better -at least I'm not breaking down in tears during my morning runs. I swear - the passing of little Maddie really did a number on me. I still think of her and Heather and Mike every day yet I haven't been able to bring myself to mail the card I have for them. I will do it today though - it's been long enough.On a completely different note, something

Can you help?

2009-04-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

Okay - I know I'm probably acting a lot like the cousin or relative who never calls or writes or visits and who always forgets your kid's birthday and I'm really sorry if that's how it seems because those people are definitely annoying. But I wouldn't be giving 100% toward my cause if I left this stone unturned so here goes. I'm raising money for the March of Dimes March for Babies this year and

I LOVE Me a Good Deal!

2009-03-26T13:25:00.001-07:00

If you are a make-up horse or if you just need some new gloss you're going to LOVE this deal. The cosmetic line E.L.F (Eyes-Lips-Face) has been bought out by Nordstroms and will be re-packaged with the Nordies label SO...... that means a big 'ol sale. Most products are $1 - some are $3. At check out enter the code CAROLINA and get an additional $7.50 off any orders over $15. I STOCKED UP for

When you just can't be there

2009-03-19T13:04:00.000-07:00

So yeah - I dropped off the face of the planet....again. And when I tried to buckle down and get back into this blogging game all I could manage was a measly YouTube video. At least it was something. In my defense, I have been busy at work. Busy with what I really can't say. Putting out little fires here and there, herding cats - you know, the usual. But since I take advantage of the awesome

Mom My Ride

2009-03-17T11:51:00.000-07:00

I actually had this done to my new van recently - it was great. Not.

A Rare Moment of Peace

2009-03-02T15:49:00.000-08:00

I love this picture. Captain Crazy and Little D were snuggling with each other one morning before they left for school and I went to work. I came around the corner, wondering why it was so quiet, and saw them just hanging on the couch togther and I just had to snap a quick shot. Most of the time they aren't like this with each other. In fact, most of the time I don't think there's much love lost

I'm Back....with a whimper!

2009-02-27T11:52:00.000-08:00

Wow! Hi there! I've missed everyone and I hope I haven't fallen completely off of the blogosphere radar - however I wouldn't be surprised if I did since I just sort of disappeared after my last HAYSAY post. I couldn't help it though because life just sort of bitch-slapped me right across the face. It was a doozie, I tell you what.What, you ask, happened and what exactly did I do doing during my

HASAY UPDATE - Week Something or other - Attack of the Chocolate Hearts

2009-02-16T13:24:00.000-08:00

Hi! How ya all doing? I've been reading some awesome HASAY updates and I figured I should get off my butt and throw something up here on my little blog. I have noticed that some of my fellow HASAYERS have made some awesome progress this past week, and for that I commend you! Especially since it was Valentine's Day "week". Others like me are still treading the choppy HASAY waters - just barely

HASAY update - same S&*! - different day

2009-02-09T09:41:00.001-08:00

Wow - I sort of just dropped off the blogger radar didn't I? One of my New Year's resolutions was to step things up with my blog and post every other day but instead I let things slide - big time. Ah well, all I can do is pick up from where I left off and keep on trucking, right? That seriously seems to be the theme of my life right now - one step forward, two steps back. Okay, so let's talk

My absolute favorite commercials

2009-01-30T11:08:00.001-08:00

Jumping on the Wagon

2009-01-27T11:55:00.000-08:00

I know my last post contained a bunch of random nothingness but I just can't help but do it again. And this time I have "permission" so to say from Keely over at the Un Mom. I know people - I still don't know how to link - deal. Anyway, if you're hankering to join in or you want to check out her bit of bloggy coolness just click on the Un Mom on my sidebar - that ought to do it.Anyway, I have

Random babblings

2009-01-23T15:36:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to throw up some posts about a whole lot of different things lately and I just haven't had the time to sit down and really put a lot of effort, thought, or creativity into writing anything. So, I decided that I'm just gonna throw a whole bunch of stuff up all at once, and hopefully I'll quiet the loud trilling sound in my brain at the same time. Here goes.I have to

HASAY update week 13 - FLUSH

2009-01-21T10:50:00.000-08:00

I did great with the HASAY challenge last week. I actually lost 3 pounds and all it took was enduring three days of a mutant stomach flu, or E-Coli poisoning, or something along those lines. Whatever it was, it turned anything I ate or drank into molten lava that came flowing right back out through any opening it could find. Yeah I know, TMI. I'm in a sharing mood today. So, yes, my pants are

HASAY Update Week 12? Work place weight loss plan

2009-01-13T10:18:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I hope all of you fellow HASAYER's had a successful week. I'm still plodding along - doing the best I can. I am happy to report that this week the scale decided to throw me a bone. I'm down a couple of pounds - finally. I think "Aunt Flow's" monthly visit was to blame for the exceptionally large number on the scale last week. What ever the reason for the loss I just thank God for it

Would you like a side of fries with that guilt?

2009-01-09T11:35:00.000-08:00

Oh boy! When I saw the Spin Cycle was about guilt I just had to laugh. I almost feel guilty about it - but not really. Let's just say that I know Guilt. I know it very well. I grew up with Guilt as a very familiar part of my life. You see, I'm a full blooded Italian and my mother is the absolute best at dishing out heaping plates of guilt. When I was little I remember my sister often telling me "

HASAY Update - A new perspective and a couple of baby steps

2009-01-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

Yawn!! I'm tired. Tired of hauling my butt out of my toasty warm bed at an un-godly hour in un-godly cold weather to do un-godly things to my body. But that's what it takes to get and stay in shape, right? At least I hope so because this whole fitness thing is hard people. I found a picture of myself the other day. It was taken in my pre-kid days when my husband and I were just crazy kids in love

Spin Cycle - Out with the Old - In with the New

2009-01-02T15:27:00.000-08:00

I love New Year's. Not because it's an excuse to stay up late, drink a lot of alcohol and scream, yell and kiss the nearest person standing next to you on cue. No, I get excited about making resolutions. And I mean really excited. My friends and family think I'm insane, but I just can't help it. I'm a goal-driven person. I usually start thinking about my resolutions a couple of weeks in advance,

Week 10 update - Dusting of the HASAY cobwebs -

2008-12-29T09:48:00.000-08:00

If you read my last post you'll notice that I thought last week was week 10 of the HASAY challenge. I guess it's this week though. That should give you some idea of how lost in space I have been the last couple of weeks. Seriously - since Dec 15th, I have been holed up in my house with nothing but time on my hands and I chose to fill that time by filling my hands with enough junk food to last me

HASAY update week 10??...Here we go again

2008-12-24T02:53:00.000-08:00

It's 3 in the morning and instead of sleeping I'm pecking out this post. I'm bone tired and bleary eyed but I can't sleep because for the second night in a row, my little one is hacking up a lung in his room across the hall.I've already done everything I can for him. We already snuggled a ton, I gave him something to drink, changed his diaper, and lubed him up with enough Vics on his feet, back

Spin Cycle - In the Beginning

2008-12-19T20:15:00.000-08:00

Okay - I know I'm late getting this out but I have really wanted to give the Spin Cycle a "spin". I do hope Jen over at Sprite's Keeper (the master mind behind The Spin Cycle) will forgive my tardiness - she seems like a pretty kick-ass chick plus I'm not too worried because I have a super good excuse (which I'll get to in a later post, I promise)as to why I've been AWOL again this week. So

Under the Knife

2008-12-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

My little sweetpea is going under the knife on the 15th. Yep. He has to have surgery. He has what's called a Hydrocele which is basically a fluid sac in his testicle. In a "nutshell" fluid is leaking into his testicle from openings that should have closed after his testes descended. The condition isn't life-threatening, but if left untreated he could develop a hernia so that's why it needs to be

Because I miss Summer

2008-12-09T15:24:00.000-08:00

I decided to post these pictures because I'm really missing summer right about now. They were taken towards the end of summer at the farm we "belong" to as part of our community supported agriculture membership. We were picking tomatoes, or "matos" as my little one calls them. Both of my boys love tomatoes, as you can see by the pictures. They love them enough to eat them like apples. They love

HASAY Update Week 8 - On the flip side

2008-12-08T11:07:00.000-08:00

I wish I had more for you. I really, really do. Unfortuately all I can say is more of the same - that so far I haven't lost one single solatary pound in the entire three weeks I have been participating in the HASAY challenge. But on the flip side, I haven't gained anything either. For now and for what it's worth I'm going to mark that as a success. Yes, I know I'm grabbing at straws - but throw

Ho Ho Ho - Stressed to the max

2008-12-02T16:25:00.001-08:00

It happens every single year. I begin the holiday season with hope, anticipation, excitement, and energy but within a couple of weeks I turn into the Grinch. I'm tired and stressed out folks! Every year I tell myself that I will do things differently - that I won't feel pressured to do everything or be everything to everyone, but every year I fail miserably. Right now I'm sitting at my desk

HASAY Update week 7 - Turkey and a Thanksgiving F-Bomb

2008-12-01T10:33:00.000-08:00

Hello all you HASAYERS! I hope your Thanksgiving week was safe, happy and relatively productive on the weight-loss front. My Thanksgiving week was very nice, thank you for asking. It had all the usual stuff you would expect of a Thanksgiving week - copious amounts of good food and wine, lots of visiting with friends and family, some exercise here and there, and a preschooler who dropped his first

HASAY Update Week 6 - I can get my butt up - but I can't keep my mouth shut!

2008-11-24T12:08:00.000-08:00

FUTILE. VAIN. FRUITLESS. Those are the three words that sum up my efforts during my first week in the HASAY challenge. Nice words, no? Maybe they wouldn't sting so much if they were describing my attempts at something that didn't matter all that much to me - like changing the oil on my car. Unfortunately, they do describe my weight loss efforts this week and that sucks because I was hoping to

The HASAY Challenge -first assignment

2008-11-18T14:22:00.000-08:00

I just learned about a weight loss challenge created by a little chicklet named Casey at halfasgoodasyou. Sorry Casey - hope you don't mind being called a chicklet - I thought it was better than Beotch - and sorry again, but I don't know how to link to your blog so if anyone reading this can educate a newbie on the finer techie points of blogging I would really, really appreciate it. Anyway,

A Halloween Wrap-up

2008-11-07T11:19:00.000-08:00

Yeah, yeah I know Halloween was like a week ago and everyone else in the entire blogging universe posted about Halloween the very next day, but it seems like I'm behind on everything these days. Thankfully the only thing that hasn't dropped into the "behind" catagory is our mortage and bill payments!Anyway, this was the first Halloween where the boys actually got to trick or treat together and

Goodbye, Sammy

2008-11-06T10:10:00.001-08:00

You died on a Saturday. You were 16 - very old for a doggie. Your health had slowly declined over the past year so I thought I was prepared, but letting you go was the hardest thing I have had to do in a very long time. I sat with you most of the day and stroked your head and your silken soft ears. I cried and told you how sad I was going to be without you in my life. You just laid there quietly,

2008-11-04T09:57:00.000-08:00

Ten Little Things

2008-10-28T16:12:00.001-07:00

Ten little things I'm grateful for today:1) That dinner is waiting in the crockpot when we get home.2) That I snapped some really, really cute pictures of the boys carving pumpkins yesterday.3) That I still have a job in this crazy economy.4) That I already have enough people to start my book club.5) That The Destroyer doesn't have an ear infection afterall.6) That my back doesn't hurt anymore.7)

AWOL

2008-10-24T10:40:00.000-07:00

It's amazing how easliy time can get away from you. For some reason I really can't remember, I started to fall behind on my blogging. One week went by, then another, then another, then yet another. Before I knew it, more than a month had passed since my last post. I wanted to write stuff- I really did. A lot has happened in the time since my last post. Captain Crazy turned 4 and I made an

My head is going to explode

2008-09-12T09:35:00.001-07:00

I have had so much on my mind lately and there's been so many times I have wanted to post about this or that only to run out of time at the end of the day, never getting to say that I wanted to say. You see, I can only blog when I'm at work, which is not ideal I know. But I have dial-up at home and that, well...it totally sucks. So, in an effort to get everything out of my head, I am squishing a

Chow Hounds

2008-09-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

My chillen's have always been very good eaters. When my oldest was just a wee one he would happily devour Chicken Tika Masala at our favorite Indian food restaurant, munch on tofu sticks and raw veggies at snack time and even thought cat food was quite tasty. I was, and continue to be, the envy of many of my friends whose own children will touch nothing but string cheese and Cheerios. But I have

Blueberry Time

2008-08-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

My family's absolute favorite summertime activity is picking blueberries. "blueberry time" as Captain Crazy calls it arrived later than usual becuase of the cooler than usual weather we experienced in May and June. Finally it was time to load the boys up and head off to our favorite U-pick berry farm. It was a perfect day for picking blueberries - it was early morning, the sun was shining and a

The Screaming Lady

2008-08-01T09:15:00.000-07:00

Ever been with your kids when one of those so called "teachable moments" falls into your lap.....and you blow it all to hell? Well I had one the other morning and let's just say that I was less than stellar in my handling of the situation. In my defense though I was having one of those 'I've already broken up countless fights, changed three poopy diapers, and cleaned the kitchen twice and oh my

"Check out my Cherry!"

2008-07-22T10:12:00.000-07:00

My family loves cherries. We also love blueberries, Marion berries, Logan berries, strawberries, huckleberries, raspberries, and black berries. In fact, if a person could survive entirely off of berries, I think we would give it a go. These pictures were taken during our last cherry-picking trip. We know a lovely couple who have a cherry orchard on their property. The arrangement is quite simple

My Search is Over

2008-07-17T11:44:00.000-07:00

I would consider myself to be a pretty decent cook and I always enjoy trying a cool new recipe. I have been searching the internet for a while looking for a good food blog and now my search is over. For those of you who love food and love to cook, you have to check out this blog, Use Real Butter, by Jen Yu. (You'll have to click on it from my blog roll section though because I still haven't

This I do not like

2008-07-15T09:55:00.000-07:00

I had the extreme pleasure of grocery shopping with both boys not just once, but twice over the weekend. Let me say now that I would rather pluck my eye lashes out one by one instead of go grocery shopping with my kids. You're probably wondering what the big deal is, right? Honestly, it's not just one thing that makes shopping with my kids so stressful and exhausting - it's a lot of little

Do you Believe?

2008-07-08T09:49:00.000-07:00

It's been over a week since my visit with the medium and I have been struggling with how to write this post - you know, exactly what to share and what not to. I just don't want to sound like a completely crazed maniac and make my tiny readership vanish like cupcakes at fat camp.With that said, what follows is my best attempt at describing my hour and a half visit with her, which I must admit, I

Back from the Void

2008-07-03T11:18:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been so happy to return home from a trip that you almost busted out with a happy dance and kissed the ground when you landed? I sure have - once when I returned home from South Korea with my Army unit and almost every time I come back from visiting my parents. Not that I don't love my parents. God knows I do, but.....over the last few years going home has morphed into this

My Greatest Fear

2008-06-23T09:28:00.001-07:00

My greatest fear isn't of walking naked into the grocery store or being eaten by a bear. It's the fear of Death. As a Roman Catholic who has had the idea of God and Heaven and Angels and all of that stuff beaten into my head since I was a kid, the fear of dying would seem like a pretty stupid thing to be afraid of. Yet, I still am - mainly because I just don't know what's really out there, what

My political opinion

2008-06-20T13:31:00.000-07:00

Our little big adventure

2008-06-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

This Father's Day, DH decided to fore go his usual Father's Day solo fishing trip and try our luck with a family hiking trip instead. This was significant because we have a 3-year-old and a 14-mo-old and it was going to be their very first "real" hiking trip - and because nothing is ever easy with kids, right? Our adventure started out smoothly enough. We waited until after lunchtime to leave.

Bounce

2008-06-18T14:39:00.001-07:00

Something wonderful happened over the weekend and I must say the timing was perfect since I have been feeling rather blah and droopy lately. It was Saturday morning and Captain Crazy and I had driven down to the grocery store to buy some cake mix and baking stuff so he could make a cake for "dadda" for Father's Day. I hadn't showered yet and my favorite pink "Life is Good" baseball cap was

Fat

2008-06-10T13:38:00.000-07:00

"Fat girl" "Fat Ass" "Blubber Butt" - those were my nicknames when I was growing up. I remember how they stung every single time I heard them. I so desperately wanted to wear skinny jeans and cute clothes like all the pretty girls wore. I wanted to wear the cute two piece swim suits to the pool in the summer. Instead I wore baggy clothes and on the rare occasions I did go to the pool, I covered

Bath Time Gone Bad

2008-06-05T11:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a hard day. I was running on 4 hours of sleep and by 10:30 I had completely run out of gas. I was staring down the barrel of a very long and trying day. But, thanks in part to a long visit to the indoor play park, and about a gallon of coffee, I made it through the day. When bath time finally rolled around that evening, Captain Crazy asked to take a shower with me. My exhausted

Pillow Talk

2008-06-02T10:37:00.000-07:00

This morning Captain Crazy came into our room as usual for his morning "snuggle time" with me. I swear the kid is addicted to snuggling - he just LOVES, LOVES, LOVES it and I love it too. I know all too well that eventually he'll outgrow his desire to snuggle with me and then I'll be lucky to get a high five in passing from him. So, like I was saying, I love snuggling with him too. We burrow

Getting Comfy

2008-05-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

I must say that since I've been doing this blogging thing for, oh, about three months or so, I am finally starting to feel like I have the hang of it. At first I was worried that all I would come up with was crap and that I would receive tons of mean comments like "Learn how to write you moron" or "You suck so bad you should be banned from ever laying your fingers on a keyboard again!" But none

Bad Hair Day

2008-05-29T09:44:00.000-07:00

Something crapped in my hair. That's what it looks like anyway. It looks like something crapped in my hair and then I proceeded to style it with a hand blender. It looks like I am wearing a globby, gnarly ball of hair on top of my head. I guess that's what I get for being too lazy to wash it last night, but damn, I was SOOOOO tired I just wanted to go to sleep. Is that too much to ask?

Teething pains

2008-05-27T14:26:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone! How was your Memorial Day weekend? I really hope yours was great because mine SUCKED. You see, I was stuck in the house since last Thursday with a teething baby - a feverish, miserable, teething baby. At first I wasn't exactly sure what was causing his 103 fever, but I was pretty certain it was an ear infection. If not an ear infection than at least a sore throat -his throat

A Little Perspective

2008-05-16T13:45:00.000-07:00

You know when you have one hard day after another and you're just tired of all the crap? That's been me lately. I noticed the other day that I was being pretty damn snippy with Kellen - riding his butt over stupid little things like tugging on my clothes or being too loud in the house. In my defense, he's ALWAYS tugging on my clothes, so much so that I feel like every shirt I own has been

When you have a son......

2008-05-08T11:57:00.000-07:00

There's a saying that goes something like this - 'when you have a son, you work from son up to son down'. I can't for the life of me remember where or when I heard it but I couldn't agree more! My "mommy job" is an ass-kicker. My days are long, busy, and very tiring. They are never a stroll through the daisies, they are never a cake walk, they are never a 'sit on the couch and eat bon-bons while

The Boy with the Golden Tongue

2008-05-06T16:10:00.000-07:00

When my oldest son, Kellen, aka 'Captain Crazy' was born I must have kissed him a million times - all before he was even two days old. For the life of me I could not help myself! I just could not pry my lips off of his sweet little face. I also talked to him constantly, telling him that he was my sweet little angel baby and that I loved him with all of my heart and blah, blah, blaaahhh. When he

Out with the Old

2008-05-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

So my husband walked into the living room last night as I was vegging out in front of American Idol and announced "we have TOO. MUCH. STUFF!" Really? You think so? That's something that I've known for like well, forever. I can barely walk through our garage without breaking my ankle. And let's not even talk about our closets for Christ's Sake - one is so crammed full that it looks like a solid

Off and Running

2008-04-29T10:55:00.000-07:00

Please God -HELP. ME. My baby is now RUNNING. It was bad enough when he started walking at 10 months - not uncommon, I know. It's just that I was hoping for a little more time of plopping him down with a toy and having him stay pretty much in the vicinity of where I last plopped him. But no, he needed to WALK - to constantly explore every inch of the house, to follow his brother around and get

All better now

2008-04-18T09:41:00.000-07:00

I think I can officially say that we are all FINALLY germ free. FINALLY. I realized that by my previous posts - all four or five of them - a person could easily get the impression that my family is a bunch of sickos. Except that we're not - I promise! We are not a bunch of sniffling, pale little weaklings who catch every sickness that floats through the air. My kids are strong, active and bright

Sick, Sick and more Sick

2008-04-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I posted but I do have a good excuse. It seems like the cold bugs just love my family SO MUCH that they just won't leave. My little one was the latest to fall prey to another cold. It was only a matter of time before I caught it because how could I not? He's been hacking in my face and slathering me with his boogers for days now. But I am happy to report that we are

Stupid People Say the Darndest Things

2008-03-24T16:10:00.000-07:00

I just finished my usual afternoon visits to some of my favorite blogs. Often times I get in some good laughs and almost always I leave with some much needed perspective. But not today. Today I read a post on Flotsom, one of my favorite blogs. Flotsam's author, Alexa, is a super kick-ass new mom who has experienced more struggles and sorrow than any heart should have to bear - and yet she has

I have my work cut out for me

2008-03-13T10:06:00.000-07:00

I apologize in advance if this post seems a little discombobulated- but I'm a little tired today. My baby, who turns 1 at the end of the month, still wakes up one to two times a night to hit the local titty bar. Normally I don't mind this behavior because he's pretty much all business about it. He goes in, gets what he wants and then promptly leaves. After a quick diaper change, he's back in his

Would you like some tissue with your Boogers?

2008-03-07T11:16:00.000-08:00

Boogers. For at least the last two weeks I have been up to my elbows in them. Yes it's gross, but according to our doctor it's pretty much the "norm" for February. February, it so happens, is the Month of Really Bad Colds - or at least it is in my neck of the woods. Both boys and the DH have had head/chest colds for the last two weeks, complete with copious amounts of snot and persistent coughing

The perfect day

2008-02-12T16:03:00.000-08:00

This past Saturday was one of those perfect days. You know the kind I'm talking about - the one where everything goes as planned, the kids are happy and extra-loveable, the birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and your hair looks good even though you didn't shower. Ah yes, I love those days. I wish I had more of them - many more of them but alas I don't. So when I am blessed with one, I'm

And hubby makes 3

2008-02-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

I'm the mom of two little boys, Dane and Kellen. Sometimes my husband's behavior makes me feel like three is a more accurate number. Here is a perfect example of what I mean.Hubby (changing Dane's diaper)Kellen - Daddy, I want to see Dane's butt.Hubby - You want to see his butt? Okay, here it is. Isn't it cute?Kellen - Yeah and there's his butt-hole!!Hubby - Yep that's his butt-hole.Me -

Little boy crushes

2008-02-05T09:38:00.000-08:00

It's official. My three-year-old has a crush. A big one. A whopper. The object of his affection is Libby, the 10-year-old daughter of his new daycare provider. She's a quiet, cute little girl with shoulder length, straight brown hair and glasses. She's the third out of seven children. And somehow she has stolen my little boy's heart.When he walks into their home in the mornings, he just stands

I hate this

2008-01-31T15:38:00.000-08:00

Looking for daycare sucks! I would rather undergo a 12 hour root canal than dial number after number only to find out that the person on the other end of the line is 1) a complete freak 2) is the cat lady 3) or the dog lady 4) smokes -in a daycare? REALLY? 5) is actually normal but oh, so sorry doesn't have any openings coming up until the next ice age. Seriously - this is pretty emotionally

You're Outta Here!

2008-01-29T09:51:00.001-08:00

My daycare provider, (I'll call her TL for TOTAL LOSER) officially gave my kids "the boot" last Friday. Her exact words to me were "February 29th will be the last day I will be able to provide care for your boys. I hope we can part on good terms because I consider you to be a close friend and I know we both gave it our best" All I managed to do was stammer out a measley "okay", turn tail and

My very first time

2008-01-25T11:56:00.000-08:00

Okay - get your heads out of the gutters - I'm not talking about THAT 'very first time' - although I do remember it clearly - aaaahhh, good times.Rather today is my VERY FIRST blog post. Ever. Yes, I am what I guess you could call a 'blogger virgin'. You see, I read an article recently in Wondertime Magazine called 'Moms that Blog" or something like that. After reading it I realized that I had