Our First Stitches

Well, It's O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L....he's a boy!!! We got our first (of many I am assured) set of stitches Friday night. Nice Huh??? He was jumping on the couch...first of all I said JUMPING.ON.THE.FLIPPIN.COUCH. and hit a piece of metal that I had put on the couch to keep him from using it as a weapon against his sister

~~aside here~~ he loves to hear his sisters scream any which way he can..he found a metal bar that goes in the closet and likes to chase them around to hear them yell...I can put it up..he'll find it...BRAT~~aside over~~

Anywho...he hit the metal bar and GASHED his toe..may I add...ONE bite into dinner...off to the ER...he was GREAT at the ER..hardly any crying..until they put lidocaine into the cut to numb it...then he wanted to fight us (and the 2 med techs) until he got up and he could see them stitching...

Steven says on the way home (he almost cried by the way--Steven that is NOT Connor)..."He's such a little man, a trooper, I was afraid his sisters were going to take his 'man gene's' away from him..I'm glad to see they didn't.." followed by a little snorting and coughing from me...

Next Post...our new addition to the family...... ;)

Rubber Ducky

Last night I went to 'Love Bunco' and we of course give gifts at the end..So, since it was a 'Love' themed Bunco we gave Love themed gifts...mine was a Rubber Ducky..exactly like the one above. Woohoo...I think my new theme song may be:

Rubber Ducky, you're the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Ducky, I'm awfully fond of you;

Woo woo be doo

Rubber Ducky, joy of joys,
When I squeeze you, you make noise!
Rubber Ducky, you're my very best friend, it's true!

Doo doo doo doo, doo doo

Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby

Rub-a-dub-a-dubby!

Rubber Ducky, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you.

Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby

Rubber Ducky, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of -
Rubber ducky, I'd like a whole pond of -
Rubber ducky I'm awfully fond of you!

Doo doo, be doo

You too can get your own Rubber Ducky at amazon.com I've thoughtfully put the link in so you can just click and order...Now if I knew how to add music--hold on see if this works..

Borrow?

So, anyone out there have a maid I can borrow for the day????

I have a Spice It Up party tommorrow..(Go on take a look there's some deliciously naughty stuff in there) ;)...and I CAN.NOT for the life of me get this damn house clean...I clean---they mess up..clean--mess...clean---mess..well you get the idea. I have about 10-15 or so people coming over and it's never going to get clean. It would help if certain people and I agreed on what clean was.

Tonight I'm going to play 'Love Bunco' LOL..it's naughty week here apparently. I won't tell you what's going to happen afterword but ho hum...:D..

ABC's of Homemaking..

A-B-C's of Homemaking

Toni tagged me for this, Thanks..I've gotta clean to get ready for a party on Friday night and she had to remind me..ughhhh

Aprons- Y/N? - umm no

Baking- only when I'm in the mood...so I guess no

Clothesline- Y/N? nope I live in 'apartment style housing' no clotheslines..and even IF I had one I'd be too lazy..

Donuts- Ever made them? no but there is a woman in a cart who makes the best ones..I COULD give them to the kids and tell them I made them huh???

Everyday- One homemaking thing you do everyday? laundry and it still never is all the way done.

Freezer- Do you have a separate deep freezer? - no but I need one...

Garbage Disposal- Y/N? - No these houses don't have one.

Handbook- Y/N? - what kind of handbook??? Did someone forget to give me one....

Ironing- hahahhahahhhahahahhh...that's all I gotta say

Junk Drawer- Where is it? - I liked having one so much, that I have two! In the kitchen--(OMG ME TOO!!!)

Kitchen- Design and decorating? - um white.

Love- What is your favorite part of homemaking? - Love homemaking...no but I would LOVE a MAID

Mop- Y/N? - Yes- every Flippin Day it seems like

Nylons- Wash by hand or in the washer? - well no thanks..

Oven- Do you use the window or open it to check? - Open to check

Pizza- What do you put on yours? - EVERYTHING

Quiet- What do you do during the day when you get a quiet moment? - Define Quiet Moment..there are none..AND if it is quiet..someone's into something.

Recipe card box- Y/N? - No, but I have a BUTTLOAD of recipie books.

Style of house - 4br/2ba..military 'apartment style housing'

Tablecloths and napkins- Y/N? - I do have a tablecloth..it goes on and stays on for about 30 minutes before someone usually spills something on it..

Under the kitchen sink - the 'mini me' size maid I hold hostage down there..(Umm hello does she have a sister you could send me??)

Vacuum- How many times a week? About every other day, so 3-4 times

Wash- How many loads do you do a week? - 142 I think..

X's- Do you keep a list of things to do and cross them off? - again hahahhahahahahhah

Yard- Who does what? - we have no yard..

ZZZ's- What is your last homemaking task for the day? changing the toilet paper roll.

I'll tag anyone who wants to do this..and I don't get mad if you don't...:D

Confession...

I have a confession to make...I.AM.NOT.ONE.OF.THE.'COOL'.KIDS. I NEVER have been. I try so hard to be friends with people only to see other people--and here's another BIG confession for ya--people I don't feel are worthy make friends. Who am I to judge these other people though??? I guess my big problem is I try too hard. If you are my friend I will move heaven and earth for ya and expect nothing very little from you in return..Maybe just a call every once in a while--someone to laugh with and hang out with..I don't know something.

I'm beginning to think it's ME. S told me the other day I always HAD to have someone at every base I dislike and am fighting with, and then I'm like a RABID DOG..I want to make their life hell..I just can't let it go. I strive to see them fail--and when they don't (which they never do) I just keep watching..like it's a trainwreck.

I'm thinking of pulling myself out of all the little "social" groups I do here--OCSC (Officers Civilian's Spouses Club), Squadron Wive's Club, and well anything..because I just cannot deal with HER...Every time I see her I want to smack her face. This can't be healthy for me. I need to learn to FORGIVE and FORGET but it's so hard when every-flippin-time you turn around she's there. It doesn't help the ONE good friend (or I thought she was my friend) I have here has decided to be her friend and doing alot of things with her--and because me and her don't get along--I don't get invited or well they try to hide it from me.

Tell me I'm not just crazy...that you've had someone you've felt like this about before..even if it was me Toni ;)...

happy belated Valentine's Day.

I got this one from PostSecret but I <3 this card!!!

That's all I have today...

My love and kisses to all of you..

~~Becky

Love Week...

It's Valentine's Week so I'm naming it LOVE WEEK here at Mom's..

"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone--we find it with another." -- Thomas Merton


Today: Do you believe in Destiny???

The dictionary defines destiny as:

des·ti·ny /ˈdɛstəni/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[des-tuh-nee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -nies.
1. something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
2. the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
3. the power or agency that determines the course of events.
4. (initial capital letter) this power personified or represented as a goddess.
5. the Destinies, the Fates.


The second definition is what I'm talking about today...Is my life predetermined?? If I had chose A instead of B would I still be in the exact same position???

I'm kinda on the fence about it..I believe I still would've married Sheldon and then Steven...Kat, Liz and Connor were predestined to be my children. (Lucky them I know). BUT here's where I differ. I believe that you have choices with your life that everything isn't predetermined..Otherwise where would free will come in???

I find it hard to believe that some of the things I've gone through and put up with in my life were predetermined for ANYONE. What about things like Cancer and Aids??? Were these predetermined for someone to get or (in the case of Aids) was it YOUR choices that you used YOUR own free will to make that caused you to get the disease.

What do you think was your life predetermined???

2nd Post of the Day--don't fall over...

Kat's grades this quarter/semester:

Beginning Band...C Overall: C

Integrated Science: F Overall: D

Language Arts: B- Overall: B+

Mathematics: C+ Overall: B-

Physical Ed: B- Overall: B

Social Studies: D Overall: C



someone's not doing homework or turning it in...So NOT my favorite child right now...So, how do I punish her??

A. She wants to have a birthday party--take it away?? BUT she hasn't had a birthday party in 4 years...

B. Kill her?? I think that's illegal...so it's out

C. Beat her into submission? again I believe illegal..also out.

D. Take away ALL priveledges?? She has none...I think I'm going to ground her from TV on the week days, and well anything that sounds fun...

However, I'm still on the fence on the birthday party....I really want her to have one because she's getting at that age where she wants a "social" life...BUT I don't want to reward her for her grades or recent behaviour. GAW...someone help...Calgon take me AWAY!!

New Questions from 100!!

2. If you could do 1 thing in the world before you die, what would it be?

Only one thing huh??? Let's see I think what I'd really like to do is to travel the world on a cruise ship...sipping pina coladas, and margaritas by the pool ..not having to cook...

3. Which one of your kids is your favorite child, and why?

Boy that's a hard one..Honestly it's whatever one is listening--and not making a big ole mess for me to clean--or hey helping me pick up their mess...(Wait that might just be a wish...)

4. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Well, saying I HAVE to grow up...I want to be Tinkerbell...ok no really I want to be a psychologist..I just love to get into people's head's..they are SOOO interesting.

5. If you had $100K, and could do anything you wanted, name the top five things you'd buy/do. In order


Becky's Top 5...

1. Pay off bills.
2. Buy a new car.
3. Put some in the kids college funds.
4. Go on a nice lil ole vacation.
5. Just FUN shopping..you know the kind where you just go and pick out whatever your lil ole heart desires...

Becky's Cooking Tips #1

When trying to make Fried Chicken--MAKE SURE...the grease isn't too hot..otherwise you'll burn said fried chicken and smoke everyone out of the house building. Plus it's not fun when the firemen are laughing at you on the phone.

Better to just go get a bucket of KFC and said you made it..MUCH easier on everyone!!!

~~I'm just saying~~~

Happy Birthday Baby!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAT~~You are 12 years old today. It's been a great 12 years too..well, other than the attitude that has spawned from you lately.

I still remember the day I brought you home..all purple and wrinkly. Aunt Mandy invited EVERYONE in the whole flippin neighborhood to come in and see you and Your Daddy Sheldon and I changed you into every outfit we had for you and took pictures--only to go to Wal-Mart and get them developed THAT minute.

As you grow older you only get more beautiful every day. Here's to another great year. Could we possibly do it with less attitude though??

Love,

Mom.

I.HATE.SICK.PEOPLE

Seriously H.A.T.E. them.

~~First of all--sick people have a sick smell to them~~and no it isn't all in my head..my hubs can now smell them too.

~~Second--Can they ever cover their mouths when they cough??? Oh yeah because they aren't miserable enough themselves...everyone has to be miserable with them.

~~Third--WHY OH WHY do ALL--EVERY.FRICKIN.ONE of my kids have to have a cold at the same time...cough cough hack hack that's all I flippin hear in this house.

UGH...I've got three kids here with a cold and cough...whiny whiny kids. They all want to lay all over me and whine. If one is on me the other has to come lay on me too.

Back to dealing with whiny kids and whiny husbands.

Ahh question Number 1..

and probably the only question I'll get but hey...

Jennifer, my middle sister wants to know...which of your sisters do you like better? don't lie to me either...lol

Well Fredifer since you don't want me to lie to you..I don't like either one of you...:D..Just kidding i <3 and miss you both.

As promised here are some pics of Kat at her first Semi-Formal dance....oh and a few of Lizzie and Connor there too..I'm the dance chair so they get to come in after the dance , when it's closing..and here's what we get:



Of course she didn't want her picture taken



But the dancing queen never minds!!!

!!!!!100!!!!!

100 posts. Can you believe it? It seems like only yesterday I was starting. So, what to do for 100 posts??? Hmm 100 things about me..not only tedious but boring..snooze inducing even..I mean I can write...

1. I am an internet addict..yep we know
2. I am a porn addict (just kidding..making sure you were reading).

Yep BORING. What I've decided to do is play TRUTH or dare ok just TRUTH. Ask any question you want in the comments and I'll answer the first 100 (even if it takes 200 days for anyone to ask me them...)

LOVE YA~~

~~BLOG PARTY~~

5 Minutes for Mom is hosting the Ultimate Blog Party. Go on over there and sign up...It'll be fine..I'm bringing the wine..and I heard Toni is gonna bring some ice.

Crud.

Crud

This has got to be the stupidest game known to man. Seriously. And I SUCK at it...seriously. So, why am I on the women's crud team for my squadron??? OH wait I know I MUST be asking for punishment.

It does have some funny terms though..such as Lips--the lips of your nether regions must not go past a certain point when you shoot...(If your a guy they call it balls)

buffoonary--when you throw the ball so hard it goes off the table..I just like saying "YOU BUFFOON".

recieve--well you can imagine the conotations to that one..as in "I would like to recieve"..."Yes, I bet you would"...

The kids actually like playing the game of crud too..go figure..heck all you have to do is shoot the ball ( with your hands) and body check block other players from shooting.

Hey Toni...thanks for missing me. :D

I'll post some pics of Kat's winter semi-formal tommorrow after I upload them to the computer!!

~~Ciao

AHH Cinderelly....

Kat had to write Steven a 1 page essay as to why he should give her another chance...

You see we woke up on Sun. Morning and she had "let" us sleep in...(wait for it) and they had DESTROYED my house...hot cocoa mix in my gamecube, cereal all over the floor, etc..What had Kat been doing??? Watching TV...not paying attention...

Here's her essay...(her words, punctuation, etc..)

1. I can do it, I have the confidence.
2. I have had the lessons, I did red cross.
3. I can ask friends to help me be more mature.
4. I'm smart enough to know to be good.
5. I'm creative, I can, think up games.
6. I'm kind, I won't hurt them. (them=Lizabeth and Connor)
7. I'm funny, I can make them laugh.
8. I'll clean, I wan't to help this time. (please notice the this time)
9. I am good at cooking so they'll eat.
10. I won't mess up this time, I know the consiquences. (made her get down on her hands and knees and clean my floor...before you say anything..I do it all the time BTW this was only one of her chores!.)
11. I'll keep them safe no knifes or deadly objects. (good to know this one...)
12. I'll listen to there questions and suggestions.
13. I'll try as hard as I can to watch them.
14. I will babysit long hours weeks and weekends.
15. I won't charge much 1 dollar minimum. (Is this per kid, hour what?)
16. I've learned from my mistakes.
17. I won't kill them (joke) ;) (seriously she put the wink and joke there)
18. I won't watch the tv any more while baby sitting.
19. they choose movies, shows, games, etc.
20. I will teach them words, math, ect. (umm she's getting a D in math..and c- in reading...not sure if I want them to learn from her...)
21. I will show them tricks, cards,ect.
22. I love children, they're s cute.
23. they will go to bed at a smart time.
24. I won't give in to them at all.
25. I know whats right and whats wrong.
26. I'm trusable to love them care ect.
27. I know th cellphone number so I can call.
28. I check through the peephole when door is knocked.
29. I know we have caller Id so I'll check.
30. I'll leave messages so you know (know what???)
31. I'll answer like you like me to answer. (answer what...I'm assuming the phone..since she answered it Whatz UP?? the other day...)

A couple of Thank Yous...

First I want to thank AAFES for the win of these beautiful glasses.

















And my pets would like to Thank Clevermoms.com for the win of a $500 gift certificate to Petco.com

I'm having a GREAT DAY!!!

What did I do?

So, I have this friend..or actually probably should say HAD....who has decided that she and her husband no longer want anything to do with me and my family...I have no clue what we did as she won't tell us..just likes to ignore us..I guess.

You know, I hate when people are like that....you do, do, do for them and they decide to dump you..OMG...I just realized I'VE.BEEN.DUMPED!!!

Anywho, back to my rant..I H.A.T.E. when you do, do, do for people and they just dump you and don't give you a reason...Maybe they're "just not into me"


Has this ever happened to you?? Did you have a friend dump you and not tell you??? Anything--other than tequila--that'll make me feel better?? Revenge ideas are highly encouraged ;)

She's DRUNK?!?

first of all...............HAPPY NEW YEAR

So, last night we went to a party and of course left early...(we can never go and stay all night..too old and all that...) Got home and the first thing out of Lizzie's mouth was "I'm sooo Drunk"....what??!?? ok...yep we laughed and went inside..

and for all of you wondering..no she wasn't drunk..she wasn't even drinking.

About midnight, my time..I called my mother where she proceeds to tell her..."Mom's gonna say HELLO ASSHOLES"...OMG she told my mother that..and then handed me back the phone..ruh roh raggy...

Lizzie is my little handful what can I say...

So, what are your resolutions for this year..let me hear em and I'm going to post them all in a few days and keep up to see how we are this year..

Mine?

1) Be more financially sound..yeppers that means budget.

2) Get my house in order..ok I may be stretching a bit for that one..but hey it's worth a try.

Steven.

1) Get more physically fit

You???

Here's Toni's