Old man

Yesterday my amazing husband turned 33 years old! His parents are in town for Thanksgiving and they offered to take him out to dinner at the restaurant of his choice. What did he choose? Chucky Cheese! He said that the kids would have more fun there. I think that is just a testament to the kind of father than he is. His joy comes from his childrens happiness. And also he is a big kid himself and while we were there, he racked up 600 tickets for the kids to trade in for prizes.

You know what I just realized? I've knows Jeff since he was 25! In January it will be 7 years of being married to him...that is crazy! That is like real deal married. That's like living in suburbia and having a third kid crazy.

Kimberly, bless her heart, made Daddy a birthday card while she was at school today. The cover said, "I love you DaD" She drew a heart and a green dollar underneath that. On the inside it said, "Happy Brthday DaD. You are lucey that you have me!" When Jeff read it outloud he burst into laughter and said, 'Yes love, I am very lucky to have you!'

Twilight!

OMG I just got back from seeing Twilight and i am sooo happy! I loved the movie and Edward was sexy/scary/sweet/brooding...perfect! I didn't like Bella in the previews but she was a great fit I think. I have heard some bad reviews but I think it is only because people are expecting it to be another Harry Potter or something. I must say that I loved it! I am even more in love with Edward and I can't wait to see a more grown up Jacob in future movies. He is a hottie. TEAM JACOB! Or maybe TEAM EDWARD! Can't I have them both?

And now we wait.

I've temped, I've tested with ovulation predictor kits and I've done what people do when they are trying to get pregnant. I ovulated on Friday, and now all that I can do is wait. It's sort of weird thinking that there are millions of little swimmers in me trying to find my egg...how bizarre! I'm sort of thinking that this is not the month for baby number 3, but we will just have to wait and see. :D

Yesterday I was a sneaky wife. Jeff's birthday is this week and I had a little surprise party for him. I had my neighbors Dr. N and Joerilla get Jeff out of the house for about an hour while I had the girls come over and help me set up, make enchiladas, and Patty even swept my floor! :D He was so surprised when he walked in the house! The look on his face was so cute. I will post pictures later when I get them from Patty.

My in laws will be here soon and I still have so much to do so I will keep this post short and sweet...have a great Thanksgiving!

I think...

I think I have a Tween on my hands. Well, Kimmy-girl is only 6, but I just caught her mesmerized in front of the tv watching a Jonas Brothers music video.

She said, "Mom...these boys...they sing this song...you hear this song right now Mommy? It's called Lovebug...just like Daddy calls me Lovebug."

OMG how friggin cute it that? She likes a boyband, hee hee. I like these boys. One of the lines in the song is, "modesty is just so hard to find". Awww, someone actually encouraging that Modest is Hottest. I just watched her bobbing her little head the the music with her little ankles crossed on the sofa. Awww, six year olds rock.

This new interest is helpful because I need ideas on what to get her for Christmas. She's just not really into much of anything...CD's and a cd player for her room it is!

Going green...and I'm a happy evil republican

I know that I'm not even pregnant yet, but I have made a decision for my new baby to be! Let me back up a little. I feel a little guilty. I *totally* want a third baby, but does that put me into the 'breeder' category? Am I one of those jerks that is carelessly overpopulating this precious Earth we live on? Yes, yes I am a jerk. Actually, to be completely honest I was okay with never having another bio kid. Jeff and I were looking into foster care because I wanted more kids in my home and there are so many in need.

I went to the first Foster care information meeting and I decided that as much as I wanted a baby, I was more interested in an older child. I felt greedy wanting a baby when so many people do turn to foster care when private adoption of a baby is too expensive. I decided on a child between the ages of 3 and 7. Then I got cold feet. Sorry to be blunt, but my main concern was that I didn't want an older child to act out sexually against my children. My kids still are innocent and I plan on keeping it that way. Until they are 30 or so. :D Also, after Jeff agreed to foster kids I think he started thinking of more bio kids. He is adopted and I think that seeing people that are genetically related to him is sort of thrilling. Long story short, we aren't doing foster/adopt for now.

In one fell swoop, I have gone from doing something good for this world, to pillaging its resources and polluting. You all know that laundry is a huge thorn in my side, so cloth diapering has always been out for me. Then I saw this...presenting the flushable gDiaper:



Isn't that so damn cute? Look at that little 'g' yo! Hee heee. Anyway. Anyway gDiapers are sort of like cloth diapers, but they have a plastic liner inside that you tuck a flushable pad into. Voila! Flushable diaper! You can also compost it...but that just makes me laugh hysterically. Flush I can do...compost? Not so much. I went to Whole Foods yesterday and bought a starter pack and they are so cute that I want to eat them! Sheesh!

If I am unfortunately suddenly infertile and never have a third baby, well then...maybe I will give them away. But for now I took at them, and hold them, and read about them online and hold them and stare at them and pat the little invisible baby bottom to be. I'm glad that there is an alternative to adding to diaper hill.

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In other great news...Glenn Beck is moving to Fox news in the spring! I have been a fan for a long time and his show was pretty much the only reason I would flip to CNN. I was exasperated when I sat down to watch Glenn Beck one night and he was...gone! I was so sad until I saw him on Bill O'Reilly last week. In all honesty Bill is just snarky and annoying, but I am thrilled that he is going to have Glenn Beck on his show every Friday. www.glennbeck.com just announced that Mr. Beck is going to have his own show starting in the spring. Hip hip hooray! The evil republican in me is happy.

I'm sorry if you have an eye patch but this is too funny not to post:

From Liam :D

Flirty Girls

Yesterday was the first day of my new exercise regime. Or so I thought. I was all dressed in my Nike workout gear but I couldn't find my damn sneakers. I had to race Kennen off to school, so I just put on my flip flops and decided to come back and search for them after I dropped him off.

I know it shouldn't matter what I wear, but I felt like the hugest poser wearing workout gear and flip flops when I got to preschool. There were lots of Moms going in and out the front doors and most of them were wearing their workout uniforms...complete with sneakers. Oh, and people always look at my feet. I'm very tall and I think they are double checking for high heels or something.

Long story short, I came home and still couldn't find my shoes. I opted not to run in flip flops, so instead I found an exercise video on Comcast on Demand for free! It was "Flirty Girls Booty Shake" It was fun and even though I'm sure I looked like a Giraffe but by the end of it I felt like Britney Spears. How cool! I can dance and pretend that I'm not an old lady that never goes out past 7pm*. I want to do this every day!

Um yeah. Apparently I am too old to be cool. I woke up at 5am with a huge back spasm! I could not fucking move and every time I tried it was soooo painful! I popped 4 motrin and I can at least sit up enough to order my kids around. I guess this means no more 'Booty Shake' video's for this old lady.

*actually I did go out past 7pm last night...we have a new Walmart in town. It was glorious! Beautiful! Clean! Not full of...all those kinds of people that usually shop at Walmart. I think I might actually be able to shop there from now on! Jeff is happy. He is sick of me only going to Sams Club.