Ohh...scandalous!

does this count for HNT? I took this picture while I was drunk on an airplane.


Anyway...onto the blog...

I am going to spend 2 weeks in AZ and i am writing up my itenerary right now. I was thinking that by me staying 2 weeks, I would have plenty of time to see everyone at a leisurly pace. um, yeah that doesn't look like it is going to happen.

The most important person is my Grandma. She is 91 and is blessed to still be in great health. If anything she is suffering from a broken heart from the death of my Grandfather in January. She keeps telling me what I can have of hers when she dies. It's not at all said in a pity party type way, but it is all very matter of fact. She has no fear. It's like she has already lost the most prized possession...her husband. Nothing else matters. Not even how many more days she is alive. But at the same time, she has been doing quite well. She goes to water aerobics now and is telling me about her new friendships with the other widows in the community. I'm also going to take my Wii with me and teach her how to bowl. We are going to cook and freeze single serve meals. We are going to have a great day.

Other than that I am open. I am going to see my highschool friends, my college friends, my super sweet cousin, my Mom, my aunt...basically every human being on the planted that I know personally. When I think of the wealth of people I know in AZ, it makes me wonder why we live in Texas. Then I remember the whole 'husbands career' thing and the whole 'cost of living' thing, and then the 'exemplary schools' in Texas thing.

But I'm just going to enjoy the moment.

I'm going going back back to A.Z....AZ....AZ....ha ha ha.

Last night...

Last night I was playing Super Mario Galaxy and Kimberly was sitting next to me. Out of nowhere she pondered, "I wonder what Mario looks like naked?"

WTF?

This randomness is why I love my Kimmy-girl.

Green light means GO!

woo hoo!

This weekend Jeff gave the financial green light for me to go to Arizona! I can't tell you how happy I am to get out of here. The biggest bonus is that I wont have to clean my house for 2 full weeks. I am so sick and tired of feeling like I'm living in the movie, "Groundhogs Day". Wake up, make coffee, feed kids, clean clean clean, take kids swimming, watch them trash the house. Make dinner. clean dishes. Watch Jeff watch tv, go to bed....do it all over again the next day. The redundancy is ending...I'm outta here!

I have less than a week to prepare so I better get cracking! So...any AZ people want to hang out? Angela? Tanya? Bonnie? Wendy? See you soon!

More bow talk...I apoligize.

The other day, I was at Hobby Lobby (I can't believe that I hang out at hobby lobby...wtf happened to me?) and I bought a scrap bag of ribbon. In that scrap bag, a huge yellow sash was hidden. Kimberly fell in love with it...and insisted that I make the biggest bow evah.

Who am I to say no to big ass bows? You Like? It's Nice?

I did an interview of Kimberly tonight while she was wearing her new school time accessory.

"How old are you Kimmy-girl?"
...really? Six you say? That is fascinating!"

"So...Um...What is that on your head Kimmy-girl? Wha-wha? The biggest bow evah? Who has the best Mommy in the world. Yeah...I know I'm cool like that."

"Is there anything new in your life?"
"Holy cow! You lost another tooth! Darnit Kimmy-girl...you are super cute with that new hole in your head. So how much did the tooth fairy give this year? $5??!!!?!?! Your Daddy must have put in a special call for the tooth fairy, because even I know that is superfluous!"

"So is that bow weighing you down at all?"

"...maybe a little bit? You are losing altitude there..."

"Huh? Beauty takes pain sometimes? Yes sweetie...you are probably right on that one."


Kimmy: "Daaaaaddddyyyyyy! Step off!"

I think Jeff is impressed!
And I think Kimberly looks like a teeny tiny Jeff...with a big ass bow on her head.

I'm a liar...

Jeff has this totally annoying habit of delegating tasks to me. This stay at home Mom gig is interesting. There is a shift in power that would make the bra burners riot. He makes all the money, and I raise the babies. But I also do all of the cleaning. And cooking. And laundry. And paying bills. To be fair, Jeff is not a caveman that gives me shit for anything. But when he comes home and I have, for example, forgotten to buy him diet soda...his face falls subtly. I don't want him to think he is neglected or the last priority on my list. I just love him so much and I want him to feel it.

Today he asked me nonchalantly if I was going to clean the kitchen and the living room.

"Sure, no problem!"

Instead I hung out with friends and at 5:00pm Jeff called and said he had the day from hell. I looked around at my dirrrrrty house and thought about my fun day with friends and I felt guilty as hell. He asked me, "Did you clean today?"

"Of course!" I lied. I had to! I know if I said "nope" then his blood pressure would go up that much more. Plus my lie was actually holding me accountable...right?

"Baby! Thank you. You rock."

"I know." oh shit!

I transformed into a magical housewife fairy and in 45 minutes I transformed my dirty hovel into a shining palace. I made sure the kids were dressed (they start stripping off their clothes as soon as they get home. I live in a naked house) and I even brushed my hair. I had to draw the line at putting on lipstick though.

I'm not that pathetic. Yet.

I've been busy...

Remember that day that Kimberly was afraid to go to day camp? I decided that I would just put Kennen in the camp and that I would keep Kimmy-girl with me. She's actually a pretty cool little person to hang out with so I didn't mind that she was going to go shopping with me instead. Once we got there though, she completely changed her mind. Patty and Laurie were very patient with me that morning. I was the asshole of 'Mommy's day out' in the following ways:

1. I was late. Like 20 minutes late.
2. I forgot my paperwork so I had to fill out a new form which took about 3 minutes. Grrr.
3. I didn't have cash so I had to wait in line to pay the teenager that was working the credit card machine. 5 minutes.
4. I walked Kennen into the preschool section and warned the girl working that beat that my son is a crybaby and to please watch him carefully. 2 minutes.
5. Forced Kennen to kiss me goodbye and took off his shoes. 3 minutes.
6. Get back to my friends and Kimberly starts crying now because she has decided she wants to stay.
7. Go find teenager with my paperwork and add Kimberly's name to the list. 2 minutes.
8. Stand in line for 5 minutes to use credit card machine again to pay for Kim.
9. We finally get into Lauries van and I realize I lost my mutha fucking keys.
10. Run around frantically looking for my keys for 20 minutes.
11. I found them right next to Kennen's shoes. I'm smrt.

60 minutes later, we finally drove off to Hobby Lobby to buy bow supplies. I have nice friends though and they forgave me for being the asshole of the day. Thanks ladies!

I spend a total of $25 on ribbons, clips and 1/4 inch dowels. I ended up making 18 bows total and I think I have found my new hobby. Heck I might even start selling them on ebay! We shall see!

Wanna see what I made?

Pink and Brown zebra...

Pink dragonfly:

Big 'Mod' patterned bow...kinda crooked but still cute:

Sweet and simple pink:

Big.Texas.Bow:

Another Big.Texas.Bow...this is my personal favorite:

Itty bitty ones for ponytails:

Pink mum with a gingerbread man:

Yee Haw! I could save this one for Rodeo Day at school...or I could use it any old day because I live in Texas:

Itty bitty piggy tail corkers:

They are so cheap to make and I really like doing it. It sounds like a possibility for some extra $$. At least enough to fund my nightly glass of wine. But I would love to be able to pay for my truck payment with this. We shall see...

Let's call this post, "Silent Saturday"