How Fun

Thanks Jamie!

Question

What would you do if you got an invitation in the mail to attend a bachelor/bachelorette party and the invite said all attendees are being asked to contribute $150 towards the night's events. The night's events include a party bus and a stop at a strip of bars.

Is this normal? I have not been to a wedding or bachelorette party in years!

And so it begins

The start of the 2 week long birthday fiesta!

We celebrated Brady's birthday last night because Brian left for CA today and we won't see him again until next Sunday. Brady loved all of his presents. And Jayda did too up until the part where he got his new hot wheels bike. She kept asking where her new purple princess bike was. And when we told her she'll get a new bike when its her birthday, she starting crying. Which of course made me laugh. I'm so mean. Poor Jayda.

Dentist

I had my 6 month checkup on Monday of this week and while I was there I scheduled appointments for the kids (it will be Jayda's first checkup). They go in this Saturday at 10:30. Fortunately, since Brady has already gone once, he knows its not a bad time. Jayda, on the other hand, has already voiced her displeasure at having to go and even busted out the tears. So, like any desperate mom, I've promised her a happy meal if she's a good girl at the dentist. Can't wait to see how this one pans out...

Debbie Downer

After reading my last post I realized that I sound like Debbie Downer. LOL Just thinking about SNL makes me laugh.

I think our latest sleeping arrangements are what's causing me to be such a crankypants. Not every night is like this, but I would say the majority of them are. I need supernanny! I also need the dog whisperer, but we won't go there right now...

Fun times

The weekend flew by...

• Friday night I went grocery shopping with the kids. Went out to the parking lot with a full cart and 2 cranky kids and discovered I had locked my keys in the van.
• Saturday day Brady and Jayda's friend Natalee came over to play. I miss the warm summer days! It was so much nicer when they destroyed the yard instead of the inside of the house.
• Saturday night we went to the Twins vs Tigers game with Bethany's family. The kids were operating on no naps and were pulling the usual stunts. I got to see maybe a quarter of the game.
• Sunday we went to a baptism party for Mike and Renee's son Brett. Again the kids went sans nap and were glued to my hip/leg the entire 2 1/2 hours we were there.

Fun times!!!!

Actually, the game was pretty fun. It was really good to see Bethany and her family. And the Tigers won - although I would have been just as happy if the Twins won. Cumulatively, I've live in MN just about as long as MI, so my loyalty is on the fence. ;)

Yep

I went home empty handed but in about a week or so, this cuff ring is being shipped to me. It was $40 and believe it or not, one of the cheapest things available. I think I'll like it though.

I did show some backbone when I declined the offer to host my own Silpada show. (Erika and April I know you are offering up a small prayer of thanks for that one.)

Any bets?

I'm going to a jewelry party tonight. Its for Silpada. I have never heard of that before so I said yes I would go before I went and checked out the website. Yikes! You could buy that stuff at Kohls or Target for a quarter of the price. So now I'm stuck going and I don't want to buy anything. Any bets on whether or not I'll be able to walk away empty handed? I'm bringing Jayda with me with hopes that she'll help me get out of there sooner. We'll see...

Procrastination ...

... is the devil. As you can probably tell from my lack of posts lately, I am suffering from it big time. Ever since labor day I just haven't felt like thinking. I've been putting off

• Starting a craphole project at work.
  
• Organizing the kids clothes for fall.


• Organizing my pictures.


• Getting my hair re-colored.


• Blogging.

I have however

• Been making loaf after loaf of Amish Friendship Bread (thanks to my mom for giving me 2 starters). I made my last loaf on Sunday and now I am done with it. Thank goodness for friends who willing took loaves off my hands or I would be tubby tubby 2x4. Those loaves are so good I could eat a whole one all by myself.


• Got all of our carpets cleaned. Then guess what happens?? Zessie pukes all over the place and now we have 3 nice new stains on our nice clean carpet. That so figures.


• Booked Brady's b-day party at the brunswick zone. He is so excited.


• Reserved a hotel room in St. Ignace. My Mom, the kids, and I are going to Mackinac Island for our birthdays. I am way excited about that one.


• Reserved a space at the boarding kennel for our dogs when we go to AZ in October.
  
• Painted my and Jayda's nails last Saturday before we went out with Mike and Renee's fam. She had red with green dots, I had green with red dots. I LOVE being able to do this kind of stuff with her!!