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Unique Things About Myself
1. I am a stay home mom and always thought I would be, even as a little girl I dreamed of this "job."
2. In high school my favorite subjects were English, Speech and Drama. I still run into my Drama teacher on occassion. I love her so much!
3. My oldest is in 1st grade and he has the same teacher I had for 1st grade! Boy did she feel old when we showed up for orientation in September.
4. I am married to my high school sweetheart. We've been together for 14 years.
5. I used to own and run two great websites that I loved (momsgetaway.com and herdailydose.com) but eventually I ran out of time and money.

Random Thoughts
1. Why do people match their socks to their clothes and not their clothes to their socks?
2. Can't someone invent a chip bag that can be sealed? Similiar to bags of shredded cheese.
3. When you go out to dinner why does it seem that the food tastes better than if you'd cooked it yourself? Even if it's a bad restaurant it seems to taste better than my own!
4. Why when I'm driving down the road, in the middle of fixing dinner, doing laundry, etc, can I come up with great things to blog about but when I sit down to do it I completely forget everything!
5. Why do people insist on picking their nose while driving? Do they think we cannot see them?

Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Run a marathon (and this would be a big accomplishment considering I'm not a runner!)
2. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
3. See a Broadway play on Broadway!
4. Continue my college education and possibly get a degree in English.
5. Go up in a hot air balloon.

It's slow going but at least it's going. I've gotten the tree up and the garland on the balcony banister and part of the foyer banister. I still have tons of stuff to put up but I'm not sure what all I'm doing this year since this is a new house. Outside I have not done anything and I'm still not sure what I'm doing there either!

Christmas decorating can be fun but when it gets dragged out like I've managed to do, it's NOT! I just want it done NOW!

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

The bad news is I lost all of my previous comments!!!!!!!!!! Dangit!

We put the tree up over the weekend and I took a picture of the boys last night sitting in front of it.

C goes to school at a small preschool which has two classes -- the 3 year olds and the 4 year olds. His class (3 year olds) is made up of 10 children, 3 boys and 7 girls! He is not a big fan of girls right now... LOL Exact opposite of what his brother was at this age. But there are a handful of girls he does "like" i.e. speak to. Then there is the older class which has 16 kids. Because C is so close in age to the 4 year olds he gets along with them great as well. And I think he prefers the older kids to the kids his own age.

My problem is his birthday is in 3 weeks and I want to have a party for him at our house. He's never had a party where other children were invited. B has had plenty of kids parties but C has kind of gotten the raw end of it. So this year I thought it would be great to have a kid party for him. However who do I invite?

I thought about inviting just his class but I think he'd be upset that some of the older kids were not there. So how do I go about inviting the ones he would want at the party? Hand out the invites to the individual parents? I hate to pick and choose but there is no way I can invite all 26. It would be way too much for me to handle in my "delicate" condition... LOL (sounds like a good excuse right?)

If anyone reading this has some idea of what would be the ethical way of inviting these kids please leave me a comment. I'm at a loss and I need to hurry up and figure out a solution!!!

I'm looking for some new blogs to visit. If you have a blog and would like me to visit please leave me a comment with your website. I'll be happy to stop by and comment right back'atcha! :o)

For some reason I cannot seem to stop looking at Netflix. There is something about the site that intrigues me and I could play on there for an hour. It's so silly and such a big waste of time! But I'm addicted.

I love looking at the new release movies coming out. I love finding new movies that I've never seen or heard of. I love checking out my friends list to see what they are currently watching. I love rearranging my queue.

How sad is this? Very! I need to find a new site to browse around. I've already got over 200 movies in my queue. I am so very addicted!!!!

A typical four-year-old girl -- cute, inquisitive, bright -- expressed difficulty in grasping the concept of marriage. Her father decided to pull out his wedding photo album, thinking visual images would help.
One page after another, he pointed out the bride arriving at the church, the entrance, the wedding ceremony, the recessional, the reception, etc.
"Now do you understand?" he asked.
"I think so," she said, "is that when mommy came to work for us?"

I was waiting at the bus stop for my son the other day and noticed the clouds. They were so cool looking! They almost looked like lattice! So I had to share.....

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Unique Things About Myself
1. I am a stay home mom and always thought I would be, even as a little girl I dreamed of this "job."
2. In high school my favorite subjects were English, Speech and Drama. I still run into my Drama teacher on occassion. I love her so much!
3. My oldest is in 1st grade and he has the same teacher I had for 1st grade! Boy did she feel old when we showed up for orientation in September.
4. I am married to my high school sweetheart. We've been together for 14 years.

Random Thoughts
1. Why do people match their socks to their clothes and not their clothes to their socks?
2. Can't someone invent a chip bag that can be sealed? Similiar to bags of shredded cheese.
3. When you go out to dinner why does it seem that the food tastes better than if you'd cooked it yourself? Even if it's a bad restaurant it seems to taste better than my own!
4. Why when I'm driving down the road, in the middle of fixing dinner, doing laundry, etc, can I come up with great things to blog about but when I sit down to do it I completely forget everything!

Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Run a marathon (and this would be a big accomplishment considering I'm not a runner!)
2. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
3. See a Broadway play on Broadway!
4. Continue my college education and possibly get a degree in English.

Okay, okay. More!

This is another view of the living room. You can see the fireplace with TV above, the door to the boys "wing", and a portion of the steps in the foyer. AND you can glimpse the balcony above.







In this picture you can see the front door in the background, and the balcony above.



















This is a picture of the fireplace and my beloved clock that took me months to find. I looked everyone and could not find exactly what I wanted. FINALLY I found something that was perfect!

This is a picture of our living room looking towards the back door. I've been meaning to put up some pics of our house for quite some time but I keep forgetting! So here is one.... Aren't my winders perty? :o)

I'll have to post some more pictures of the house in another post.

Several days ago it was beautiful outside and we were out playing in the yard. We live in the country and have plenty of trees surrounding us. We love it here and wouldn't change it for the world.

As any other typical country day there were birds flying overhead. Especially buzzards. This is not unusual but I have to admit that I hate it. Buzzards make me cringe, particularly when they fly over my head, regardless of how high up they may be. Here's why --

A few years ago I was happily driving down the road one early morning. My young son was in the back seat jabbering away happily too. We were headed to my parents house to visit. This was a short trip from our house, maybe 10 minutes. We were almost ready to turn onto the road that my parents live on when suddenly something hit my windshield. It caught me by surprise, but I looked up immediately to see where the "something" had come from. To the right, out the passenger side window, I saw a buzzard flying. He was there was second and gone the next. Of course I was driving 60 mph....

I didn't think much of the buzzard at first. But then I realized what was on my windshield. Nope, not buzzard crap. This was much worse....

Buzzard puke. Yep. The buzzard's breakfast was now riding on the front of my Tahoe. Not only the windshield but the hood as well. I was appalled and disgusted by the sight of it. And then it hit me....

The stench. You have never smelled anything until you smell buzzard vomit. Regurgitated dead flesh. What a smell. Words cannot touch what it smelled like. It was horrid, horrible, horrific. Absolutely rank. No smell compares.

Once the stench hit I floored the gas pedal. I couldn't stand it. I had to get to my parents to get it off my car. And get myself and child there too so we could breath fresh air again.

Within minutes I was pulling in their driveway. I ripped my son out of his car seat and set him in the garage. Then I found my parents' garden hose and rushed to spray off my hood and windshield, while holding my nose. All the while, the stench is making me gag.

My mom came out after realizing we were there and I was washing my car so early in the morning before even saying hello. When I told her what I was doing she at first looked confused. And then it dawned on her that I'd been thrown up on by a buzzard and she laughed until she cried. I could have strangled her. To me this was not funny, it was disgusting. But I refrained from hurting her since that would mean I'd have to let go of my nose first.

Since that dreadful day I have hated buzzards. Not that I cared for them before, but now I really HATE them. They disgust me. And also since that day, I've been the laughing stock of the family when it comes to birds of prey. Haha. I hate buzzards.

Hmmmm... I think I need to find a bumper sticker. I Hate Buzzards. Or maybe I could start a fan club, or a website. Or....

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Unique Things About Myself
1. I am a stay home mom and always thought I would be, even as a little girl I dreamed of this "job."
2. In high school my favorite subjects were English, Speech and Drama. I still run into my Drama teacher on occassion. I love her so much!
3. My oldest is in 1st grade and he has the same teacher I had for 1st grade! Boy did she feel old when we showed up for orientation in September.

Random Thoughts
1. Why do people match their socks to their clothes and not their clothes to their socks?
2. Can't someone invent a chip bag that can be sealed? Similiar to bags of shredded cheese.
3. When you go out to dinner why does it seem that the food tastes better than if you'd cooked it yourself? Even if it's a bad restaurant it seems to taste better than my own!

Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Run a marathon (and this would be a big accomplishment considering I'm not a runner!)
2. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
3. See a Broadway play on Broadway!

Well, my two missions were not accomplished yesterday. No turkey, no nap. Huh. How'd that happen you ask?

Food Lion did not have turkeys yesterday. They started selling them TODAY! Go figure.

And the nap thing didn't happen because I was stuck sitting here looking at the computer screen. Bad idea because I was tired most of the afternoon. However I had fun so I guess it's okay!

I think I'm going to get the turkey tomorrow. Food Lion has Butterballs for 89 cents a pound. I thought that was pretty good. I'd rather buy a namebrand versus some offbrand. But maybe that's just me. Usually I'm not picky about brands. But for this turkey I'm going to be.

In case you don't know LOST comes on tonight and I am majorly excited! I cannot wait! The previews look SO good. It's going to be like watching the series premiere all over again only from a different perspective. I'm a LOST addict, and I'm not afraid to admit it. I've never been intrigued by a show this much. It keeps me thinking all the time!

Today is a preschool day so I have the morning free again! Yay!!

I think I'm going to spend it doing some grocery shopping. Whoopdee. How exciting!

My mission today is to find a turkey for next week. I figured since we now have the freezer I'd be better off buying it now versus waiting until next week when they are so picked over. I need a big'un since Thanksgiving is taking place at our house this year and that includes both sets of families. Typically we celebrate twice -- once at my in-laws and once at my parents -- both families separate. Not this year! Since my lovely husband volunteered us to do Thanksgiving we're having it here. Thank goodness everyone is bringing something and I don't have to do it all.

Also today I need to take a nap. I'm tired already and it's not even 8:00.

New entries in blue

Unique Things About Myself
1. I am a stay home mom and always thought I would be, even as a little girl I dreamed of this "job."
2. In high school my favorite subjects were English, Speech and Drama. I still run into my Drama teacher on occassion. I love her so much!

Random Thoughts
1. Why do people match their socks to their clothes and not their clothes to their socks?
2. Can't someone invent a chip bag that can be sealed? Similiar to bags of shredded cheese.

Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Run a marathon (and this would be a big accomplishment considering I'm not a runner!)
2. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Why is my right column suddenly down in the depths of my front page? What in the world happened and how can I fix it?!?!?!??!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My first entries!

Unique Things About Myself
1. I am a stay home mom and always thought I would be, even as a little girl I dreamed of this "job."


Random Thoughts
1. Why do people match their socks to their clothes and not their clothes to their socks?


Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Run a marathon (and this would be a big accomplishment considering I'm not a runner!)

I have thought of several lists I would like to start. Hopefully every day or so I can add a new item to one or all of these lists. Maybe I'll even add an item to the list of lists.

Here's what I want to do:

1. Things I want to do before I die
2. Random ideas and thoughts
3. Unique things about myself

I have not researched the accuracy of this but I ran across it and find it very interesting.


This is written in the Hebrew Talmud, the book where all of the sayings and preaching of Rabbis are conserved over time.

It says: "Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved."

THE FEMALE PRAYER

Before I lay me down to sleep,
I Pray for a man who's not a creep,
One who's handsome, smart and strong
One who loves to listen long,
One who thinks before he speaks,
One who'll call, not wait for weeks.
I Pray he's gainfully employed,
When I spend his cash, won't be annoyed.
Pulls out my chair and opens my door,
Massages my back and begs to do more.
Oh!!! Send me a man who'll make love to my mind,
Knows what to answer to "how big is my behind???"
I Pray that this man will love me to no end,
And always be my very best friend. Amen.



THE MALE PRAYER

I Pray For a Deaf-Mute Nymphomaniac
With Huge Boobs
Who Owns a Liquor Store
and a Fishing Boat.
This Doesn't Rhyme and I Don't Give a Shit. Amen.

I had a midwife appointment this morning. Everything is going perfect. Our baby boy is growing well and his heartbeat was nice and strong on the doppler.

My midwife changed my due date from March 12 to March 7! Yikes! That's 5 days sooner! How am I ever going to get ready for this baby? I have not done a single thing yet to prepare. Okay, okay. I've bought 3 packs of diapers. Big whoop-dee-doo! There is so much to do! I think I'm going to try and make it through the holidays before concentrating on the nursery and going through baby "stuff."

As for the nursery, I have to evict C from it first. It's technically not a nursery but a little boy's room. Sooooo.... He must first be evicted and then we have an empty canvas to start making it into a nursery. B and C are going to share a room with bunk beds. But first we have to buy the bunk beds! Do you see a pattern here? First and then. First and then. First and then. Basically nothing has been done to prepare (as I said).

For now I'm going to stop stressing over it and maybe take a nap. Yea, that sounds really good right about now.

I occassionally ask the boys to unload the dishwasher for me. It's typically a simple task that doesn't take a lot of time. Putting them to work usually keeps them out of trouble.

Well, this morning was one of the times I asked for their help. They did it willingly right after breakfast. But no small task comes without some kind of issue.

I was standing by the fridge finishing up B's lunch for school when directly behind me I hear CRASH! I knew immediately I was in for it. I turned around and there is glass all over the kitchen floor. C had dropped a small Pyrex bowl. It obviously had not withstood the abuse inflicted by the hardwood floor. There was a bazillion little pieces of glass everywhere.

I told the boys to freeze and not move so they didn't end up with glass in their feet. Fortunately C had socks on. I had them check their feet and then head into their rooms to get dressed. And I cleaned up the mess. I hate messes.

I used this incident as a good example of how and why glass breaks and why my rule of carrying one thing at a time is a good one! Momma knows best right?

The best part was I didn't not lose my cool today (unlike yesterday and the juice/pizza). I kept calm and behaved nicely.

Speaking of yesterday's issue.... My wall is now juice stained...

Sigh.... time to paint.

Background information first:

Today is election day and there is no school. B is 6 and C is 3. Both of them play an important part in this story. B woke up complaining of a yucky tummy this morning. He never even ate breakfast.

The meaty part:

It's 11:04 (ish) and we are watching Ellen. She has just danced and it's time for lunch. As a "treat" for the no school day I had gotten those Kid Cuisine thingies for lunch. C had pizza and pudding. B had mac/cheese and corn. Mmmmm... ick.

I heat the frozen meals up and sit the kids at the table in the breakfast nook with their lunches and a cup of oj each. Everything is going very peacefully. B and C are eating nicely and carrying on a conversation about some cartoon character. I smile at the peace. It's nice.

I shouldn't have smiled because at approximately 11:13 our little utopia is about to erupt into a fiery volcanic explosion.

B turns to look at the TV while picking up his cup of juice. Somehow the cup slips from his hand and the juice explodes everywhere. The wall, the window, the chair, the table, the floor. There is a good 5 feet diameter of juice.

The real explosion:

I start to freak out. I can't handle it. Between being pregnant and hormonal and feeling tired today and knowing this is the fourth BIG spill I've cleaned up in as many weeks.... Well, let's just say I lost it. And it wasn't pretty.

I look at the juice running down my nice creme colored wall and I start to cry. I look at the juice spilled all over my nice black fabric seat cover and I start to wail. I look at the juice sitting in the window sill and I start to sob. Like I said, it wasn't pretty.

I have no idea where to start. I want to wipe the juice from the wall first, to try and save the paint, but I cannot get there without wiping up the floor. I want to save my seat cover but have a juice covered kid sitting in the middle of it (um, he's in shock at this point I think.... his screaming momma probably had something to do with it).

Finally I just grab a towel and start smearing around the sugary juice and cry at the same time.

Wait... there's more:

C decides to have a bit of a smart lip and says "My ears hurt from all of this noise." I glare at him and proceed to scrub up the mess. The next thing I know I hear "Splat!" and C says "Whoa!" I look up and what do I see? His pizza face down on the floor in the middle of juice. Now this couldn't be a piece of dry, non-saucy pizza either. Nope. This is EXTREMELY saucy stuff. And where is the sauce? All over the floor too! Thank goodness it didn't hit the wall (at least something good came out of this ordeal)!

At this point I'm ready to run away and never come back. Juice, now pizza. How much worse can it get?

I pull it together and manage to clean up most of the kitchen, including the seat cover and the wall and window sill. I have sent B to the dining room (thank goodness we have more than one table!) to finish his lunch and he is happily eating his mac and cheese like nothing has happened. Meanwhile, I'm feeling horribly guilty for my actions and reactions. There is nothing like the guilt a mother feels when she knows she's blown her top....

Thought this was it didya? Wait there's even more:

At 11:31 (ish) the kitchen is looking better. I'm almost finished cleaning up and B has finished his lunch. He brings his trash in the kitchen and says "I'm done." I turn to look at him and notice he appears pale. Pale for him means sick; i.e. puke. I ask what's wrong and he says "I think I need to throw up."

Why me? What did I do this week to deserve such torture?

Thankfully he made it to the toilet but yes, he did throw up! Currently he is napping after I took his temp and found he had a low grade fever (guilt, guilt guilt!).

I've had some busy days in my life. But never has so much transpired within such a short period of time! I love my children with all of my being but there are days where I wonder why I'm being punished! And after my half hour from hell this morning I will wonder it again.

Now all I have to do is clean up my mess that I created by overreacting the way I did.... That's the worst part.

I set up a game at expectnet so everyone can guess when my third son will be born, how much he'll weigh, etc. If you want to guess please do!

Go here http://www.expectnet.com and enter ThirdBabyBoy as the game name. It's fun! Give it a try!

Some of this is actually pretty accurate.

Your Birthdate: July 17

You tend to find yourself lucky - both in business and in life. And while being wealthy is nice, you enjoy sharing your abundance with others. You put your luck to good use: you are very ambitious and goal oriented. Often times, you get over excited and take on more than you can manage. Your strength: Your ability to make your own luck Your weakness: Thinking you can do it all Your power color: Bronze Your power symbol: Half Moon Your power month: August

Sounds stupid. I know. But I was wondering.... When you lose an eyelash does another grow in it's place? I mean, do you grow new eyelashes like you grow new eyebrows, or can you go eyelash "bald?"

Stop laughing! I'm serious! It scares to me think it's possible not to have eyelashes! Now every time I lose a lash I'll be freaking out wondering if I will be applying mascara on invisible lashes one day. I think I need to google about this so I won't have nightmares tonight.

We finally bought a freezer and picked it up yesterday. I am SOOOO glad to finally have one to fill up. I'm tired of grocery shopping 3 times a week because of having no room in our little freezer. I'm going to Wal-Mart today to pick up some things to fill it up. It will be so nice to have extra space.

Sadly, my husband has plenty of brains but is lacking in the common sense department sometimes. We drove the truck yesterday to pick the freezer up at Sears. First we went to Home Depot because he wanted to buy a wheelbarrow. That's all fine and dandy but the wheelbarrow took up a good portion of the truck bed. Where the heck was the freezer to go? So then, we get to Sears and the guy puts the freezer in the back of the truck. "Luckily" he does not suggest laying it down but keeping it standing up because of the coolant in it. Great, not a problem since we really didn't have the room to lay it down with the wheelbarrow in the back too.

We're headed home and everything seems good. I had a bad feeling though so I kept one eye peeking out the back window watching the freezer. We live about 20 miles from Sears and we had to get on the interstate to get home. Typically this is no big deal but with a big freezer box standing in the back of the truck I just knew it wasn't going to be a simple trip. Boy was I right!

We get on the entrance ramp to the interstate and Shawn starts to pick up speed. He might be going about 40 miles an hour when the freezer starts to waiver a bit. I said "hey Shawn" and by the time I got that out the dang thing falls over in the back of the truck and is now waivering on the tail gate, ready to fly out on top of the car behind us! Shawn pulled over really fast and starts his cussing routine (my poor children....). He got out and had to rig the freezer and the wheelbarrow to stay in the truck together. He ended up laying the freezer down and having it lay partially on the wheelbarrow. Brilliant.

We eventually made it home though it seemed like forever. The whole time I'm thinking "$45 delivery charge? How simple that would have been!"

Just print out the page and bring it to your local Victoria's Secret for a free Body by Victoria perfume spray! How cool is that? :o)

A three-year old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath.
"Mom," he asked. "are these my brains.?"
"Not yet," she replied.



LMAO -- gotta love it!

Why is it that movie companies put out so many good movies all at once? The next two months are filled with new movies coming out that I cannot wait to see!

Chicken Little looks absolutely adorable. Maybe that's not a good way to describe a movie, but seriously, I cannot wait to see it. I love anything Disney and this one looks too cute.

Of course, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is coming out. If you've read my previous posts you know this is a huge deal for my family. This was my favorite of the current HP books so I am anxious to see it on the big screen.

The Chronicles of Narnia is also coming out soon. Next month I think. I cannot wait for this one either. I loved the books as a youngun' and I know the movie will be just excellent. It looks really good.

Then Bee Season is coming too. I read the book and enjoyed it and I am interested to see how it plays out on screen. Richard Gere should be perfect for the father. And it should be an interesting role for him. Though I will say he would not have been my first choice of actors for the role.

Another great book coming to the big screen is Memoirs of a Geisha. This one I am really excited about and I hope it lives up to how great the book was. Interestingly Yoon-jin Kim turned down the lead role in the movie. She would have been great. I love her on Lost.

I think that's all of them for now. However I know I've seen a few previews for movies that look interesting. But the above are my top choices. The chances of me seeing all of them in a theatre are very slim. I'm lucky if I get to one movie a year! But I'm definitely going to see Harry regardless and possibly Narnia too. I can't wait!

Man Sues After Using Glue-Covered Toilet

I know it's terrible to laugh at other people's misery. But come on. This is too dang funny.

It goes to show that you should always use those paper thingies to cover your seat before you seat. This would have prevented him from sticking. One question though.... Was this super fast drying glue or was he sitting here for a very, very long time....?

Study: Stay-at-home moms deserve high pay
Mothers' work seen valued at over $130,000 a year

This is an old article I ran across again today, while searching for myself on google (LOL). I found it very enlightening.

One interesting quote:

"Salary.com, which tracks what jobs pay, suggested that the annual base pay for a 40-hour stay-at-home mom's workweek would be $43,461. Mothers would earn an additional $88,009 a year for 60 hours of overtime each week."

That's a lot of overtime! But it goes to show that what we stay home moms do is truly important!

I think I'm going to check out Salary.com to see what's comparable to this salary.

This is a topic I have given a lot of thought to recently. Who am I? And why? What do I like and dislike? What are my passions?

So far I have not come up with any miraculous answers, but I'm working on it.

I think as a stay home mom you have a tendency to lose your identity if you are not careful. It's so easily done! I mean, between caring for a husband and children and a household who has time for anything else? You have to make time for yourself and when you do that most times you feel guilty for it. Like right now, for instance, I have so many things I should be doing, however I'm sitting here contemplating my identity. BUT if I didn't take the time to do this how would I continue to be a real person and not just a wife/mother/slave. Ya know? It's hard finding a balance between the two evils.

I've been home for over 6 years now. By that I mean I've been out of the workforce for that long. I've been concentrating my time and energy on my household and family all of this time. And somewhere along the way I have forgotten to take care of myself. I am now a husk of a being, no longer filled with anything but thoughts and love for my family. While these things are important I also feel it's important to start rebuilding my insides with things that I enjoy and have passion for.

Where do I begin? I'm still at the decision phase, trying to determine what I feel passionate about. This is a hard process! Who knew it could be so hard to identify yourself?!

As I end my random thoughts here I hope I will be able to post soon about what I have found out about myself. For now I'm off to contemplate my destiny some more.

I was sitting on the couch hugging my three year old a few minutes ago. He started to squirm a bit so I released him from my clutches. He said "That's the end of the hug." Gee thanks. I never knew there was a beginning or an end to a hug.

I'm so excited because I found a site I had forgotten all about! I love this site! I could spend hours on it just playing around. You can take lots of fun quizzes or create some of your own for other people to take. Check it out!

http://www.funtrivia.com

Be sure to take part in my monthly tournament too! Visit my blog daily for new questions!

http://www.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=38766

I know my household is not the only one counting down to the new Harry Potter movie. It's terribly exciting isn't it?

November 18 is the big day. That's so close!!! Unfortunately we will not be going to see it opening day, or night for that matter. We probably won't see it until the following week or so. My kids will be disappointed but I'm not looking forward to sitting in a theatre with every seat taken. It's a bit claustrophobic. And not everyone in the theatre needs to hear my big mouth son's comments about Harry. He has no volume control. He's always on max.

My loud son was Harry Potter for Halloween. He looked adorable if I do say so myself! Of course he's blond so his hair was a bit off, but overall he played the part. We even had to call him Harry. He would not answer if you called him by his name. It's amazing that a 3 year old has that kind of imagination. He is the biggest Harry fan in our house. We purchased the third movie last fall and he watched it over and over and over again. I would bet he's seen that movie 30 times. Since then we've acquired the first two movies which he's watched at least 12 times each. And he's become obsessed with everything Harry. We are constantly putting spells on things. "Flippendo!" "Expelliarmus!" "Expecto Patronum!"

Having a family that has a similiar interest is great. My husband and I are both excited about the movie coming out, as is our oldest son. Granted, our youngest is more excited than all of us together, but I digress. Even though it's a movie we are all looking forward to, I think it's great we have such a common interest. The family that watches Harry together, stays together right?

Today is my partial free day. I have a son in 1st grade and a son in preschool (two days a week, from 9:30 to 12:30) and of course a son in utero but currently he doesn't get in the way too often.

I thought for sure that when my second son started preschool in September that I would be getting so much done at home during his three hours at school. Not so much. Instead of coming home after dropping him off I've found it's easier to run all over tarnation and back running errands by myself. If you have kids you know it's much easier to run errands alone. So Tuesdays and Thursdays seem to be spent driving here and there, spending money. Such an evil thing to do.

I am not sure where I am heading this morning. There are several things I need to buy. I guess I'll end up at Wal-mart (again). I am also in dire need of a haircut considering I haven't had one since May. Why is it that when you become a mom you lose all sense of hair responsibility? Maybe there are some super moms out there who still have some, but mine went out the window years ago. Now I am lucky if I get a haircut every 4 months.

So maybe today will be my haircut day. And maybe soon I'll find a preschool day where I don't have to run around!

I have been a Netflix user for several years (on and off). I've tried other DVD sites by mail but prefer Netflix because of the extra features. I have just recently started using the Friends section of Netflix and find it pretty fun! But I'm in need of some more friends! If you want me to invite you to my friends list please leave me a comment. I'd love to have a large friends list!