April Fools?

Happy April Fool's Day. Can you tell which of the following is for real, and NOT a joke?

1- I won the lottery
2- I'm pregnant
3- I lost 100 lbs
4- My husband is being a jerk
5- I've been voted hottest mom of 2010

If you guessed 4, you'd be CORRECT.

He is home early today. I said great, since you are home, I can go get a haircut. Its hard to go get one, because Bree won't sit in a chair and behave while I'm getting a cut, so I need someone with me to watch her. He said, "What? Do you want to look like a DYKE??!" jerk. BIG JERK.

I have had short hair for a long time now. My hair is thick, and to get the style to look right, I have to keep it trimmed, and thinned out. Every 4 wks is ideal, but its way past that and my hair is looking like crap and won't do what its supposed to do. I do not look like a dyke. (No offense to lesbians). I look like an older mom, who wants an easy style, that is quick to do, because when you have a little one hanging on your leg while getting ready in the morning, speed and ease is important. He apparently doesn't understand this because he doesn't have this problem, he gets to shower and get ready alone. Whatever. Fine, I won't get it cut, I'll look like a loser, and feel crappy, and stressed over it, and it will take longer to get ready, and Bree will scream and hollar longer while I do it. Fun. Its not going to make me a pleasant person.

More later on the fun parts of April Fools Day and other stuff....I'm now in a pissy mood and don't feel like chatting.

Toodles.

Windy but pleasant

Not much went on today, so I'll just load you up with pics. Bree played with Zach at the park for a bit. After school the kids played outside. Tonight I watched Dancing With the Stars and I must say, I'm ticked that Mark Ballas & his partner are off already! I don't care for Shannon much, but I'm a Mark fan, I love his dancing and will miss it. Anyways, I'm tired, its past my bedtime, I'm going to finish this post quick and hit the sack :)

It was windy at the park...








I love this picture btw.

These are from playing at home...






WIPE OUT. Poor Bree. She took about 4 of these wipe outs while playing outside today.



What do you think of Bree's drawing? What do you see? I see a stick figure dude, with a big head, glasses, arms & legs...and he is bowling. :)

Time for me to say Toodles, and go hit the sack...now for todays QOTD

QOTD: If you were to take a 10 day trip in a car with your family or friends, what would they most likely hear you complain about?

Yak yak yak, blah blah blah

I don't know if Bree's mouth got tired today or not, but my ears sure did! The little stinker talked non-stop today. She can be so funny. This morning in the van, she informed me that I was the Mama rock star kitty and she was the baby rock star kitty. Goofball. Sometimes she'll talk and talk about stuff I have no clue about, so I'll just acknowledge that she is talking by saying, "OK, whatever". Well tonight we were laying on the floor together and she was yakking...then she said, "Mom! Aren't you going to say whatever?!" Hahaha. So silly.

We spent some time outside playing this afternoon. I'm hoping it wore her out so she will sleep all night...lol yeah right, who am I kidding?

This evening we hung out watching Dancing With The Stars. Well, I saw as much as I could, hard to see it all with 4 kids bouncing around in here and talking. Yes, I said 4, Zach came out tonight to spend a day or so here. Supposedly he is taking Bree to the park by the house tomorrow to play.

Who, besides me watches Dancing With the Stars? What did you think about tonight's show? Who needs to go? I say Buzz. Kate's not so hot either, but I kinda hope she sticks around a while. She is the one that has no dancing skills, and no acting skills, she has to be taught, its all new to her...which is what the show is supposed to be about. I know a lot of people say she should be home with her kids...But, she is earning money for them. A lot of women work outside the home, this really isn't much different. Derek & Nicole were hot tonight, and so was Evan & Anna.

I don't remember if I mentioned it or not, but I've started doing daily crafty/learning type things with Bree. Last week we did things that started with the letter A, this week is B. Its messy, and fun...and I hope she learns from it. Today we made a cotton ball bunny, we blew up a balloon, put a letter B on it and bopped it around, we also made nests for birds we are going to make later this week. Oh yeah, and we made a funny bunny hat too:



Tonight, Jilly ran into the kitchen for something and slipped and fell. She hit her ear on the corner of the kitchen counter on the way down. She has a big bruise thingy on her ear, its very painful. Ouch. Hopefully it teaches her to slow down a bit...

Before I close tonight, I would like to ask you to continue to keep my friends son Elliott in your thoughts. He still isn't doing well.

First a few cool bubble pics, because I think they are neat...you may disagree lol but its my blog and I can post them if I want. After the pics will be today's QOTD.







Toodles!
QOTD: If you could climb into "cartoon land," which cartoon character would you most like to be? Why?

I just wanna be ME!

Happy Saturday!

Bree is driving me bonkers :) She doesn't have far to drive haha. She is into the baby & mama connection thing. All day long she tells me I'm the mama something and she is the baby something. Today, I have been the mama dog, mama cat, mama dino, mama yellow car, mama kitty kangaroo...and others I can't remember at the moment. Of course whatever I am the mama of, she is the baby, and Kelsey is the sister of it. Its cute. To a point. But, sometimes I just want to be mama to Zach, Kelsey, Jilly & Bree, just be ME, not mama dog, cat, or whatever. My little Aubrey is so silly, she has quite the imagination.

This morning we went to a Easter egg hunt. Bree was excited to go. She seemed to switch the h for a c when saying where we were going though, Easter egg *unt. Eek. Oh that reminds me, don't ask her to say SCUM sucker when out in public...You'll be sorry, and get lots of evil looks. Yes, she knows what a scum sucker is, we go to Walmart and have to view the fish every stinkin time, and they have scum suckers there. I know now not to point them out, and invite conversation about them from Miss Bree. Sorry, got off the topic there. Anyways, we went to the egg hunt. Bill's employer put it on for the kids. We got there and they handed out buckets with shovels, and bubbles and a pencil. The bucket of course was to use to gather the eggs. Each child got to find 10 eggs. This was quick. :) Thank God it was quick too, because it was a bit chilly out this morning! The wind made it extra cold. I put a sweatshirt on Bree and then a fleece coat thing on her, and she was still cold. I didn't wear a coat (rarely do, even in winter), I was a bit chilled myself. Here is a picture collage (my new favorite things to make if you can't tell that already...) of her first egg hunt:

Once we got home, it was just a day of lounging. I even took a tiny nap, when Bree took hers, since I was tired from being up with her during the night. I have tons of housework I COULD have done, but I said screw it, I'm relaxing today, the housework will still be here for me to do later.

Oh, one more thing before I get to the QOTD and closing...Ever see Jeff Dunham's comedy show? He has a puppet dude named Walter. Its a grumpy old dude. Well, for a few weeks my husband had a picture of Walter for his facebook profile, and I thought wow that is a fitting picture! Ha. See, Bill works 2 jobs and is very tired, which makes him grumpy often, I don't blame him, I'd be grumpy too. Anyways, I saw some similarities in their pics. So, here is a pic of Bill today, and a pic of Walter, side by side...what do you think? :) I love you Bill :)

So there ya have it. Thats all I got in me today. I'll say Toodles now, and put the QOTD (Question of the Day), please comment and answer!

QOTD: If you could bring someone back from the dead to see & talk to them for one day again, who would you bring back? Or would you decline the offer, for saying good bye a second time would be to difficult?

5 Question Friday 3-26-10

It's Friday! Yay!! That means its time for Mama M.'s 5QF! Lets get the show on the road! I'm not going to do it vlog style today because the answer to one of the questions is pretty long, so the video would be long too, so I'll try it another time.

1. Did you pass your driver's test on the first try?


2. What is your most embarrassing moment?


3. What TV show would you like to be on- Oprah, Biggest Loser, or What Not to Wear?


4. Would you ever get plastic surgery and what kind?


5. What are your favorite jeans to wear?
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1. NO! I didn't even get to drive the first time, I was failed before that. You know how you get in the car, and you have to test all the lights and the horn for the instructor before driving? Well, we had a crappy old car...I was doing this part of the test, the instructor told me to honk the horn, so I did. She then told me that the horn was not LOUD enough! And I couldn't take the rest of the test until I had the horn fixed or a different car. What a bitch! Next time I went, was when we had a rental car that we used for a trip to visit family in MI, so when we got home, we quick went to the DMV and tried again, and I passed.

2. Ok, this is the question with the LONG answer...I'm going to copy and paste it from another place (my mommy forum) to save me some time :) Here it goes:

My mom has donated blood for many years and she had been trying to get me to do it. I was afraid of needles and couldn't understand why anyone would choose to go get stuck by one when they didn't really need to...until I read about baby Allie and how much she went through, and how many transfusions she needed etc.. So, I figured I'd finally attempt it. So, mom had an appt. to donate and I thought I'd go along with her and see if they could squeeze me in too, if they couldn't so be it it wasn't meant to be...I had worked all night with my dad to help him out so I was exhausted and I hadn't eaten before I went (big mistake). I met mom there and to my horror they could squeeze me in. I passed the screening thing and was taken back to the room where they take the blood. It was packed because they had a special promotion thing going on. SO, they stuck me and things were going well. My bag was filled and I thought whew that wasn't so bad...Then they took the needle out and told me to hold my arm up for a few minutes. While I was doing that I got really icky feeling, dizzy, clammy, the room was spinning...I asked my mom if that was normal and she said no, and she told the nurse. They quickly aimmed a fan at me, covered my forehead with a wet rag to help...it didn't. I fainted. Do you know that when you faint you have no control over your bodily functions? While I was passed out I barfed all over myself AND pissed my pants!!! OMFG. I came to and they were cleaning barf off me. I remember before donating I had to pee but didn't have time before they called me back, and suddenly I didn't need to pee any more lol. I asked the nurse if I had wet myself and she said she thought I was just wet from puking...but I knew better lol. Once I got to where I could stand up, I went to the rest room to wash up more. I had puke all over my clothes. The nurse (Bethany) brought me a t-shirt to wear, ones they had previosly given away for promotions at a blood drive. It was teal and purple tye dye. I thanked her and then I wondered what to do regarding my wet pants..She brought me another promotional item, pj pants...they were green and red plaid. I looked like a bad tourist Of course it was that time of the month for me so I had to wear my wet panties still because they didn't have any promotional panties haha. I wrapped my sweatshirt around my waist and tied it to hide if any wetness came through. They wouldn't let me leave for a long time because my pulse and blood pressure was all messed up and I was so pale. Finally they gave me the ok to leave. I was so happy to get out of there! I had to drive 45 min. to get home. Stupid me didn't think to put the bag of pukey clothing in the trunk, instead I had it in the car and the smell was awful!! I couldn't wait to get home and shower! I showered as soon as I got in the door...then I started getting the chills, took a 3 hr nap, thought I felt better....got up and mom made me soup (I was living with her at the time), and while she was cooking I almost fainted in the kitchen again. I guess I was catching something and when they drained me of blood the symptoms got worse because I was feeling really sick the rest of that night. Bethany the nurse called to check on me later that evening. WHen I told her I was still feeling sick, she told me that they would have to throw out my blood. So I went through all of that and my blood couldn't even be used. (they don't want any recipient getting sick).

Now I know to always get plenty of sleep and eat something before donating and usually things go fine (Yes, I STILL donate). I did pass out and barf one other time lol, but most of the time it goes ok. And suprisingly they still ask me to come back to donate LOL.

3. Given my weight, I should be on the Biggest Loser...but thats to hard. So, I'd like to be on What Not To Wear instead, maybe they could teach me to dress better for my fatass body. But, seriously, could I spend that money at places like Target, Walmart, or Fashion Bug? The stores they have in NY are way to expensive, and I could stretch that money out so much better at my stores and get lots and lots more things. :)

4. Never had any plastic surgery. To expensive for this poor woman. Maybe if I ever got to my desired weight I'd somehow figure out a way to get all the excess skin and crap removed...but ummm like thats gonna happen...

5. I don't have any jeans right now. I can't find any good comfy fat lady ones.

There ya have it people! My answers to 5QF. I hope you enjoyed them. Please, by all means jump in. Either visit Mama M.'s blog and join that way, or just comment here with your answers if that is easier :)

OH, one more thing. I'm going to start a Question of the Day on my posts. I'll post it at the end of each post (hopefully I'll remember) and I look forward to my readers taking a minute to comment and answer the QOTD. It would totally make me happy...so please do! Here we go:

*QOTD: If you were stranded on an island for the rest of your life, who is the one person in your circle of family or friends that you would most want to be stranded with? Who would you least want to be stranded with?

Toodles!

Cha Cha Cha CHANGES!

Good morning! TGIF! As you can see, I've made some blog changes. I got the itch and had to scratch it LOL. I hope you like the re-do. Simple, yet springy still...I think.

Thank you Tammy for helping me re-size my header to fit better :)

What do you think of the changes?

I think I'm going to add a new feature too, a Question of the Day. I'm hoping when I do that, my readers will comment and answer the question :) I'll put the QOTD up later when I do Five Question Friday...

Toodles for now...

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty....Aubrey?

Once again, I'm sorry for not posting last night. I was working on pics to post and all the sudden I started feeling ill. I was very dizzy feeling, and sick to my stomach, it wasn't fun. So I decided to get Bree to sleep, and head right to bed myself, blogging and pictures could wait...

My daughter Aubrey thinks she is a kitty. First thing out of her mouth when I get her out of bed in the mornings is, "Meow", same goes for after her naps, "Meow". Off and on (moreso ON) during the day, she will "Meow" and crawl around, she will want to be petted, and when she is, she purrs. Its very cute...but also odd! This has been going on for a while now. Should I go along with it all the time? Or try to get her to stop? I guess its not hurting anything, I just don't want her to be in total kitty mode all the time... She will also sit on the floor, pull her foot up, lick it, and then wipe by her cheeks like she is a cat giving herself a bath...I don't think this is normal. LOL What are your thoughts?

I've been itching for change...again. I kinda like my blog look now, but part of me thinks its a bit 'busy'. I also get frustrated that I can not post pics the size I like without part of them being chopped off on the side. AND it totally bugs me that my button doesn't match my blog... I'm weird like that. I need things to match. So I've been thinking about making some changes yet again. Not sure what to do yet exactly though, so I'm looking for your opinions. Let me know what you think about these ideas:

*Should I go with NO background images at all? If I go with no background, would YOU rather see white or a color?

*Should I go WITH a background image that is solid, not stuff on sides, just one thing all over?

*Would it bother you to see advertising on my blog? I've thought about this a lot. I don't have many followers or visitors to make a lot of money, but a few cents here and there might come in handy. I mean, since I love to blog, why not make a few cents doing it, since I'll be blogging anyways?

*What are your thoughts on Vlogs? (if you don't know what that is, it's a video of me talking instead of me typing what I'd say here)

*What would YOU like to see, or NOT see on my blog...your feedback is appreciated.

Ok, I promised the other night I'd bore you guys with pics and videos on my next post, so I'm sticking to my word...be prepared to be bored :) I've put some of the gazillion pics I took the other day into a few collages.

And here is a video of Moo enjoying the bubbles (excuse the messy backyard):

Moo & Bubbles from Renee Kofoid on Vimeo.