tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12430237701071655822024-03-05T21:18:22.423-08:00Captain CrazyA BLOG ABOUT LIFE - BOOGERS AND DROOL INCLUDEDLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-58880567104852037412012-01-22T07:31:00.001-08:002012-01-22T09:24:03.565-08:00At least I'm consistent at being inconsistentWell 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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-29270786598029647062011-10-08T20:39:00.000-07:002011-10-14T05:43:09.858-07:00That time of Year AgainI 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,Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-62155813083450533552011-08-31T11:05:00.000-07:002011-08-31T11:52:58.073-07:00Easy DIY Home and Garden Water Conservation Tips
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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-16159279016944954652011-08-08T20:41:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:22:31.879-07:00DimI 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 seemLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-27296362048500118082011-07-28T21:41:00.000-07:002011-07-28T22:20:48.965-07:00Bounce Back #2You 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 "Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-71736833598301827282010-11-17T16:10:00.000-08:002010-11-17T16:43:04.582-08:00Tight RopeToday 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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-82609722347347013082010-10-23T11:40:00.000-07:002010-10-23T23:32:24.737-07:00The HoodHere'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" Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-81908016126133907352010-09-19T21:23:00.000-07:002010-09-19T22:36:38.020-07:00Extreme Makeover RecapExtreme 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 hadLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-74733186546181281922010-09-06T07:37:00.000-07:002010-09-06T08:51:43.768-07:00A great weekend and a BIG BIG week!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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-12823038016872778412010-08-29T21:58:00.000-07:002010-08-31T12:18:49.530-07:00AnniversaryThis 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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-35014976787053040902010-08-19T09:55:00.001-07:002010-08-19T11:01:44.130-07:00Bounce BackI 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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-7974580365649547212010-04-20T21:40:00.000-07:002010-04-20T22:26:05.683-07:00Some times you just have to laughI 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. Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-42147276992505799312010-02-04T05:29:00.000-08:002010-04-20T22:23:32.482-07:00The Rat RaceBoy 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. AtLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-61613129169133306152010-01-01T08:03:00.000-08:002010-01-02T17:06:49.860-08:00Day 3 and the best Christmas gift ever.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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-19608931951922260152009-11-23T08:00:00.001-08:002009-11-23T08:41:49.668-08:00I'm still here -surprisingly.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 unmanageableLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-61690403882774963052009-10-24T13:17:00.000-07:002009-10-24T13:37:44.414-07:00I should be sleeping right nowI 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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-91616764831166715172009-09-30T06:51:00.000-07:002009-09-30T07:25:38.990-07:00Cumpumbers and Pamatoes and other interesting thingsMy 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 "beepsLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-25640734147318690192009-09-09T16:06:00.000-07:002009-09-16T21:29:31.077-07:00Let the games beginOh 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. Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-55116645085316531032009-08-25T15:07:00.001-07:002009-08-27T15:20:54.838-07:00It was a whopper!< 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. Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-81785516565336685752009-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:002009-08-17T15:31:19.551-07:00Ouch - that hurt!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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-45381045898250865572009-08-10T20:37:00.000-07:002009-08-10T20:56:23.805-07:00The New Normal..almostSo 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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-17018249510652867252009-08-04T12:13:00.000-07:002009-08-04T12:52:22.101-07:00Downsized....and I'm not talking about my waistline.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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-89166117112350600012009-07-09T14:56:00.000-07:002009-07-09T16:32:09.267-07:00As promised......
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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-22026947482589099002009-06-30T10:11:00.000-07:002009-06-30T11:08:12.667-07:00Back to NormalHellloooo 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,Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243023770107165582.post-74596892858828995142009-06-08T10:12:00.000-07:002009-06-10T20:11:05.811-07:00Kickin' ItLast 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 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545840927956976901noreply@blogger.com3