Self-Proclaimed Supermom

Self-Portrait Tuesday #3

You know, it's funny, this month's theme was "All Of Me".  Well, if you know me, this is how you will see me much of the time, with a big coffee cup in my face.  I love my coffee.  I drink coffee 24/7.  Morning, noon, and night.  I swear I have a coffee/blood combo running through my veins.  Coffee is one of my favorite things in this world.  I like it with only some half and half.  That is the perfect cup for me.

OOOOOH, I Love A Contest!

Okay everyone, a blog that I am thoroughly enjoying daily (and reading comments more than daily) Motherhood Uncensored is having a contest.  This contest was for parents to think of something that children say or have said that could be totally taken out of context in a sexual nature.  You know it happens alot, and we always will laugh about it. 

I happen to be one of the finalists with something that Ben says every time I am trying to wrestle him down to brush his teeth, "No Mom, don't DO ME!"  This comes out of his mouth on a daily basis, and I laugh every time. 

So to vote for me, just click here  to send an e-mail and put #3 for your vote.  The prizes are cool, and I would just LOVE to be one of the 3 winners.  Votes close midnight on March 1st (that's Wednesday) and the winners will be announced on her site on Thursday.

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!  But only vote once, please.  I love contests!

Your Breakfast Is Served

This is what I found sitting on my dining room table, waiting for me this morning.  And, no, the kids did not do it!  Made me laugh so hard, I just had to post it.

If you don't know what this is...click HERE.

Guess What Kids. My Zen Garden Is NOT Your Personal Sandbox!

Open Letter To My Family

Dear Family,

When I woke up this morning and saw a beautiful and clean house, it gave me such a happy feeling inside.  I was proud of our home.  It looked good.  No clutter, no mess.  It felt like a dream come true.  As you know, usually our house looks like the Tazmanian Devil stopped by.

This week I am officially re-starting the Flylady method of cleaning this house.  I am sick and tired of cleaning up all of the messes in this house.  So I have a few requests of you.

Ben, stop playing with water in the bathroom, filling up my measuring cups and walking all around the house with them.  Stop changing your clothes 5 different times in one day and leaving them strewed about your room.  Stop playing with Play-Doh on my dining room table and leaving a big mess.  Please, clean up your room or I am going to fall and break my neck on one of your toys.

MJ, stop leaving your papers and crafts from school all over the house.  Find a home for them.  And when I ask you to find a home for them, putting them on one of the stairs to go upstairs does not count.  Stop leaving your Sonic Heroes characters all over the place.  And please put your clothes in the laundry basket when they are dirty.  Please stop leaving tons of excess toothpaste in the sink, it is gross.

Rich, help me to keep up with this Flylady thing.  Be my teammate and stay on the same page as me.  Help me to stay motivated.  Help me to hound the kids to clean what they have to clean, and keep it clean for longer than 5 whole minutes. 

I love you dearly, sweet family, but I love a clean house too.  I need you work on this with me.  We are a team, and ain't no one happy unless Mommy is happy.  So lets hop to it.

Love, Mommy

Sleep Late?

I remember a time, BK (before kids), when Rich and I would sleep til noon and still be tired.  We could sleep so late, just have a lazy day watching TV and pretty much do a whole lot of nothing.  Boy, those were the days.

Now, the absolute latest sleeping time for me is 8am, 9am if I am lucky.  And that is pretty late considering I am up by 6am on the weekdays. 

"I'm so hungry!" MJ says.  "I want some juice!" Ben says.  "Meow...mew, mew, MEW!" the cat says, meaning FEED ME.  "I have to go out to pee and drop a bomb in the yard and I am hungry too!"  the dog says in her crazy doggie way.  So all of these things are being requested of me before my eyes are even completely open and not one ounce of coffee in me. 

It is like a circus in here when I get up on the weekend.  I do all of  these things in a daze.  It's a miracle I don't just take Ben out to pee in the yard and give the dog some juice. 

I can't wait until Rich and I have "Date Night".  What is that?  That is when his parents (Pappy and Gram) take the kids overnight and we go out on a date.  Go to dinner and a movie usually, then come home and yadda yadda yadda, and get to sleep late the next day.  SLEEP LATE!  Later than 9?  Not usually.  It feels strange when the kids aren't here, so I end up getting up normal weekend time anyway.  Very.  Strange.

Do I miss the days to sleep late and just do nothing all day.  OF COURSE.  Would  I change how it is now?  NO WAY.  The kids rock my world.

My Week (Brought To You By Cliff Notes) 2/24

I got this inspiration from Kelly at Diary Of The Nello.  Check out her site.  She is great.  It is a daily read of mine.

What happened this week that wasn't talked about?  What are some funny things that have happened in my life or around it this week that just wasn't enough to devote a whole post for.  So here goes.

1. Talked to MJ's teacher on the phone this week.  It was mainly about the math (as I pretty much figured) so we spoke of many ways that we could work with her toward improvement.  Funny, cause many of the ideas she had, DH had too, and started doing.  So we shall see from here.  If we keep at it, she will be a math genius before we know it.
2. Had a conference with Benny's teacher this week.  All was very good.  But I am such an ass at conferences because I get all worked up.  We are concerned about his speech, so back to speech therapy he goes.  But you know what, it is within the school district, and it's our tax dollars at work.  I need to call the place on Monday, fill out paperwork, the teacher fills out paperwork, and so on and so on.  It's cool.  I am not upset about it.  Free help for my kid.  No complaints here!  Well before all that, it was all good things to say.  So while she is saying wonderful things about Benny, I am agreeing.  Yes, I said agreeing. When I left I thought to myself, "She must think I am the snootiest, snottiest mom around!"  So I was sure to shoot her an email apologizing for all of my snooty-ness.  I am an ass:)
3. We got a corner desk from Staples for our dining room.  We keep the laptop downstairs and of course lately I am always on it.  I needed a corner for ME.  So DH went out and bought this. It looks great and you can't beat the price.  And of course since the laptop speakers suck, he also got this.  I will tell you.  These speakers are amazing.  Well worth the whopping $20.00 they cost.
4. A very good friend of mine at work told me that her mom was getting rid of one of those automatic cat litter things and did I want it.  YEAH!  So her mom brought it up to work yesterday, and I have it now.  I ran out and got the new cat litter (Feline Pine doesn't work with it) and off we go.  Filled that bad boy up and stuck the cat in it.  He sniffed around and did what he had to do.  It is so cool.  My only beef with it is that if the icky cat waste isn't clumped up enough, then it gets stuck in the rake.  But we will get the hang of it.  It is hellacool.
5. MJ did fantastic at her piano lesson this week.  The teacher is going to have her play a song for her classmates next week in their weekly music class at school.  She is excited.
6. MJ also won a writing contest in her classroom.  Her story was about a snowman.  Very very cute.  So now this story is entered into a contest within the whole school district.  Let's see what happens.
7. Trying hard this week to get G-dog to do her business out back instead of in the front yard.  She is totally ruining our lawn.  Ick.  I know there are treats and different things that you can use to help so that she doesn't ruin the grass.  Anyone tried these things? 
8. Finally got a chance to sit down and watch a show that I taped on the DVR.  What was it you ask?  Well my dream man Michael Chiarello's Easy Entertaining from Food TV, of course!  He just has such a charisma.  OOOOOHWWEEEEEEE.  Check it out sometime.
9. Yesterday, while Benny was at Pappy's, he ran upstairs, got naked, went into their shower, and rubbed soap all over his hair.  Gram came upstairs to see what all of the ruckus was about and Ben said to her, "I'm taking a shower!"  So Gram said, "Oh, you want a shower?" and turned the water on.  Ben freaked and said, "You're bad, Gram."  Lately, we are all bad, according to Ben.
10. And last but not least, what happened to ME this week?  Oh yeah.  I actually bought jeans this week.  JEANS.  I haven't worn jeans in about 2 years.  They are wicked cute.  I highly recommend them.  Everyone was surprised when I actually wore jeans on jean day at work.  I need to get more, in many different washes.  Check it here.

Where Is Scooby-Doo When You Need Him?

Last night, as I was taking Gracie out for her 10th pee of the day, my neighbor from across the driveway came to me and told me that his Ipod and huge book full of cd's was stolen from his car.  He was asking me if I saw anyone suspicious walking down our driveway over the weekend.  I didn't.  I wasn't even around.  But what bothers me is, someone had the balls to actually walk down our driveway (we share one by the way), in broad daylight, open his car door and STEAL something? 

I keep my doors open on my car all of the time when it is in the driveway.  I wouldn't even THINK that someone would take anything out of my car, especially when it is IN THE DRIVEWAY.  I leave my Ipod in my car in plain view in my driveway all of the time, and don't think twice about it. 

How could this happen?  Not in our neighborhood.  Never, ever.  It doesn't make any sense.  I asked him if maybe someone was playing a joke on him, sick joke, but maybe.  He said no.  He had already asked everyone that would possibly do that as a joke.  It is horrible, and I am pretty worked up about it.

So, Gracie and I come inside, and ask Rich (DH) if maybe he saw or heard anything.  He said, "No, but he must be pretty upset about the Ipod.  That is his best friend.  He loves that thing.  All of his music is on that thing.  He has it with him all of the time."  I felt SO bad for him.

So I think, because it sure seems that he needs that Ipod, that I will lend him mine for a while.  He needs it more than me.  He is a great neighbor, and due to the freakness factor of this whole thing, I want to help if I can.  So, I wiped all of the songs off of it, and as soon as I see him again, I will let him borrow it.  I can survive without it for a while.  I like the radio (kind of). 

Wifely Expectations? I Don't Think So!

Okay, this may be yesterday's news (well, last week's news) but worth talking about anyway.  My sister showed this to me and I was shocked.  Sickened.  Totally Amused.  We ALL cracked up at work.  Check it out here:

THE CONTRACT OF WIFELY EXPECTATIONS 

It is just sick.  Yet delightfully hysterical.  Get your laugh of the day.  Share it with your friends.  Download it to a Word document and change it to fufill your every whim and call it "Husbandly Expectations" and put in on your husband's pillow tonight.  It is just too funny. 

Why on earth did this woman stay married to this man for 9 (yes, I said NINE) years?  Strange.  Very strange.

Self Portrait Tuesday #2

I love to laugh.  I love to laugh until I have tears streaming down my face.  I love to laugh until my sides are ready to split.  Laughter is one of the best things life has to offer.