I think I need to get a life

I just bought this vacuum and tried it out just a tiny bit since the kiddos are in bed.  How sad is it that I'm actually looking forward to vacuuming tomorrow?   It's pretty cool that it has a static type duster that you stick in the holder and it sucks the crap off of it.  In just the tiny spot I vacuumed it sucked up a ton of stuff and I vacuumed on Sunday.

What's in your bag.

An Iowa Mom posted about a show and tell where her son decorated a paper bag and put 3 things in it that showed who he is.  So she shared if she had to do the same project what would she put in here bag.  And asked her readers to share what they would do.

Now assuming it was a grocery sack sized bag...  here's what I would put in my bag.

1. My purple laptop, it shows all of me, my digiscrapping, Pictures/personalities/artwork of my kids. Also I do some stuff for work on it too.

2. This one would be tied between my phone (blackberry) and my camera. But since my phone also takes pictures I'll choose my phone. I use it for everything. To do lists, shopping lists. If I lost my phone I'd probably feel like an arm was severed.

A glimpse into either of the above shows you pretty much who I am in it's entirety.

3. Coffee mug. I'm a coffee junkie. But I always use travel mugs, never paper cups. I'm nutso when it comes to as little waste as possible.

So now I ask you... what would you put in your bag?

3 Years Old!

 

I can't believe my firstborn is 3 years old!  He's doing amazing in preschool.  He can count to 14 at least.  At preschool they practice counting to 30!   And to 10 in spanish.  He knows his colors fairly well though sometimes makes mistakes. 

He amazed me the other day in naming shapes.  He pointed at a stop sign and pointed at a sign and said "octagon"  I was showing off his skills to my mom and pulled out a book the had a picture of a stop sign in it and asked him where the octagon was.  He said "where go octagon?"  Turns out the stop sign in the book was a hexagon.  So there wasn't an octagon on the page.  He surprised me even more when he pointed out squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, ovals, and diamonds.  But I about fell out of my chair when he pointed out a crescent! 

So here's some pictures of Trevor's party.  We had a great time and he loves Thomas so that's the theme we went with.

    

Real Life: How I roll

My friend Jessica is back from maternity leave so it's time for another "It's real life" post.  The assignment this week is to take pictures of my wheels.  My car is a '98 Nissan Sentra.  It's got ALOT of miles on it, it's on it's second transmission and second engine.  It's a really pretty midnight purple.  Best part of all it's paid for!

 

 

Don't you love the big huge dent?  I have NO idea where that one came from.

 

Jayden and Trevor's car seats.  If you enlarge the picture you'll see I still have an ice scrapper on the floor.  There's a blanket we use for picnics and such.  The black and white polka dot bag is one of my bags I use for shopping.  I got 4 of them from the vendor expo at my business meeting in Phoenix.  They are huge and holds lots of stuff.  I use those along with a few Walmart and target totes.  I use them all the time.  The only place I don't use them is at Target because I like their bags for my diaper pail.  They're big and super strong.

 

Oh look there's that button that's been missing for a few months!  And is that a peanut?  There's tons more under the seat and on the floor.

 

One of my many recycling containers at work.  We recycle EVERYTHING!  We print on both sides of the paper and recycle it when we're done.  We recycle the individual boxes the lenses come in and also the plastic bags the individual frames come in.  I drive by several different drop of sites on my way home from work so it's easy to recycle.  Inside the container is recycled plastic bags I need to drop off next time I got to the store.   There's also my coffee cup.  I must have coffee every day to function.  I have to race to the store to start the coffee before the Dr does.  I can't drink his "coffee syrup"  it's literally that thick.   Oh and a few Mardi Gras bead hanging from my rearview mirror.  They've been there so long they've faded.

 

Last but not least is my trunk.  There's a basket of clothes that I need to take for consignment.  I haven't consigned clothes in forever but I've lost some weight so I've got a bunch of fairly new clothes that are too big.  There's a baby carrier something like this but black and blue.  Tool kit, another blanket, tray for the stroller, hammer, and mysterious crap on the carpet.  Oh look there's another ice scraper.  If I would have taken this picture a week ago there would have also been a box with sale fliers from my last job that I meant to drop off  over 6 months ago from my last job!  I don't use my trunk much because it is very dangerous.  It about killed me once when the mechanism that keeps it open failed and fell shut on me and the latch hit me in the back of the head.  We have a stick in there we use to prop it open.

And there you have it, my dirty car!

"Scared Mama!"

Trevor has been a little chicken as of late.  Today after dinner he wouldn't get down from his chair, saying "Bunny git you"  "I scared mama" and WHINING!  Maybe he shouldn't have watched this video.  

Once I coaxed him down and stepped on an ant he freaked out about en route to the sink I thought we were good.  Out of nowhere he started crying hysterically for absolutely no reason.  I was sitting in the room with him and NOTHING happened.  Jayden was already in bed so I knew she didn't do anything.  Between his sniffles and sobs I heard him say, "Baby bite me" and wouldn't go near the new potty training doll that we got last week and pointed at her mouth.  Then he said "nau-ny baby!"  and threw her in the toybox and shut the lid.   Mmmmmm-kay

My precious!

I'm over the moon excited about my new laptop.  I got it at Staples and the experience was pretty much a disaster.  But they came through finally and I got my new computer.  I got a surprise check Friday from my former employer that I had no idea was coming. 

Trav, the sweet heart that he is said that I could finally get a laptop that I have been wanting for YEARS since I fried my last one.  So off to staples we went and I found they had Dells in purdy colors and a great deal to boot.  I wanted purple but they only stocked the red so being the instant gratification gal that I am I decided to settle for the red.  Fast forward nearly an hour and a half we're at the check out to purchase that and a new monitor for Trav we find out they are completely out of stock.  Grrrrr they should have check for that way before then.  So I decided to get the purple one, oops out of stock on those online.  Plus they were out of stock on the monitor and the one the were going to offer as a subsitition.  So we left with nothing. 

The next day, without the kids in tow I went back to talk to a manager and voiced my frustration about the lack checking stock levels early in the transaction and how much of our time was wasted.  I let them know that we got the monitor elsewhere but I still wanted the computer.  She gave me an extra $100 off because she couldn't find the rebate on it that I didn't know about.  And gave me a $10 coupon.  AND the purple was back in stock.  It was retail $850, by the time I was done, I got it for $585.  I looked everywhere online and couldn't find a better deal for all the specs that I wanted. 

Yesterday I called to check and see when it would arrive at the store and be ready to pick up since they were also going to do all the set up for me at no charge.  Surprise, they told me that the purple one was back out of stock and that somehow my order had fallen through and would I settle for a red one and they would overnight it.  Fine!  I had no fight left in me and was really ticked.  I was really excited when I got a call this morning and that it the purple one came it.  Woo hoo!  I love it, Vista so far isn't as bad as what I was expecting, and there are even a few things I like better than XP.  We'll see how it works when I start installing stuff!

 

It's all smudgy already.  :o( Oh and here's what my desktop looks like.  It was from a digital scrapbooking freebie I got somewhere

Some days my kids drive me crazy

But never THIS crazy.  Just a random picture I found somewhere in surfing.  I'm cleaning off my hard drive to move everything to my new computer.  :o) More on that later!

Sucking up

Today we went to a smallish water park that had a nice area for the little ones with fountains, dumping buckets, waterslides, and a lazy river. We thought it would be a fun afternoon. Trevor wasn't too keen on the whole thing and Jayden was leary but seemed to enjoy herself until she did a face plant.

It all went downhill when we went to try the lazy river and they wouldn't let us use this floaty seat thing that we put over the tubes that is perfect for Jayden so she could still have her lower half somewhat in the water and is way safer than holding her while in the tubes. Lifeguard said, "no, you have to use the little yellow ones with the bottoms and walk beside them if they are under five." Ok, annoyed but we complied. We took 1 1/2 loops around and Trevor had enough and was crying so we used an exit by one of the slides. The lifeguard said, "Next time you need to use the other exit." Ummm sorry, if he wasn't ~freaking~ out we would have used that exit. And duh, why would there be an exit if you aren't supposed to use it?

I had purchased a disposable waterproof camera thinking I would get some cute pictures of my kids splashing and having fun. After the lazy river I pulled out my camera and just had it around my wrist walking with Trevor. A lifeguard walking by said, "You aren't allowed to take pictures" What???? I responded, "I'm not allowed to take close-up pictures of MY OWN CHILDREN???" She said, "If you want to take pictures you'll have to talk to the manager." I was really pissed by this time and Trav was furious.

We planned to leave but I went to talk to the manager first. When I asked about the pictures she said that I could wear this stupid lanyarn with a sign saying I was allowed to take pictures and said I could only take pictures of my own children and make sure not to get anyone else in the picture. Well gee, I hadn't intended on taking pictures of anyone's kids. I would be ticked if someone was taking pictures of my children but it it was an issue I would report it. But I think that is a STUPID rule. I felt like I was being treated like a gradeschooler the whole time we were there. How about getting on the gradeschool kids running through the kiddy pool nearly toppling over toddlers. That would be a better use of the lifeguards time.

So we left but first out of spite I snapped a picture of the kids, what were they going to do? Kick us out? Too bad, I really wanted some cute pictures. The kids have really cute swimsuits with matching floppy brim hats I got at target. I'll have to try and find a wading pool on clearance somewhere so I can finish off that roll of film. I haven't had to "finish off a roll of film" in eons!

Ok rant over after swimming we had lunch at IHOP. Jayden was cranky but not horrible. I took her out two times and she settled right down. Trevor did perfect! He ate a good amount of food which is unusual for him eating out. He loved the strawberry topping I had ordered on the side. He kept hugging me and saying "I U" After I told him he needed to eat some food before got anymore strawberries he ate some food and had seemed to forget about the berries. Out of nowhere he put his arm around me and said, "Awwwww mommy!" in the sweetest voice like he does when I come from work. Then he looked up at me and said, "more berries?" Little turkey!

Psycho bunny