PS

I finally got new rubber boots after someone stole mine from the yard. Yeah!!!

Red Jewels

Leaving your red wine alone around me is very much similar to inviting a convicted felon to your house and strewing jewellery around while saying things like "oh there's so much I can hardly keep track". Can you blame us?

Things

Things I dislike:

People who speed up when you put on your signal. Seriously!!! Where are you going that is so important. If its that much of an emergency put on your 4 ways, beep your horn and drive around like mad, otherwise screw you!

People who ask "is it a boy?" when I've color coded him by dressing him completely in Navy blue. I get it when its brown or red but not blue.

People who ask me when I'm due while I'm holding my baby.

People who wont take no for an answer, no I don't want to buy....., no I don't want to be on your list... and no I don't want to tell you why.

Things that come with instructions.

Things that actually require instructions.

Toys that are wired into their boxes. My toddler doesn't get please wait patiently Mama has to spend 20 minutes untangling and untwisting it while your brother cries.

Things that intrigue me:

People with eye patches.

Men wearing scarves or ascots.

Things I like:

My boys

Sunflowers

The bunny that lives in my backyard

My very best friend

To fish

This week was my very best friends birthday, so this is an ode to her.We met when we were 13 and she has been my very best friend for 19 years, thats a long time of love. Very occasionally we drift a little as life twists and turns but we know we'll always be there waiting down the road. I always feel blessed to have her. We have very much in common we both used to be chubby, sorry baby but we were, not fat just chubby, we say things even when they might bruise a little, sometimes I need to be told "no I'm sorry that shirt does NOT look good". If we were lesbians we would marry immediately (our husbands are aware of this information). When the end of the road comes we will sit on the steps talking about nothing and probably hold hands. She is my love.

Happy Birthday to you

Love star

xoxo

Too much information

Last night I asked my husband if he wanted to have some "grown up time" after the kids went to bed. He ambiguously said "maybe". The nerve! So I shaved my legs, and not just to the knee, and made sure he knew that I had, put on my very prettiest and very smallest pj's and said good night. I think he'll think twice about that next time.

Presents? For Me?

If the father isn't home on Fathers day, does that mean I get a gift?

Spandex Lycra

I feel that spandex and Lycra should have stricter enforcement policies. When I'm running I see a lot of weird stuff (last week a 50ish man on a motorbike wearing a turquoise bikini top, I kid you not, sad part is I have the same one in hot pink, but thats a different topic all together). Anyway I think that spandex should have a selection process. I though at first that maybe it should only come in specific sizes, like up to a 6, but you have to account for different body types. So my new plan is: We make a selection committee. You have to go before a board and be approved, obviously then we would need to have authorized spandex distributers who can meet said criteria. I would not be exempt from this process. The great part is then people would say "what are you wearing?" and you could say " oh this, its just a little something in spandex" and they'd nod knowingly. It would be the equivalent of having a Tiffany's ring. p.s. I would oh so like a Tiffany's ring.

The best

Today's humor is brought to you by Naomi

Status update Naomi: let it be known: breast feeding does not, i repeat does NOT work as birth control!!

My friends are Funny

My friends are Funny, with a capitol F. I've decided to start sharing their humor as well.

To my lovely Rebecca, you made me laugh out loud today.

Status update Rebecca:

If I was Evan I wouldn't have been up at 5:30 am....I'm just sayin'.....

(Perhaps important to note: Evan is 2)

"the felon"

I have decided to think as my husband as a convicted felon who has been court ordered to carry out community service(occasional housekeeping(when prompted), yard work(sometimes), childcare(when in good moods), etc). I shall henceforth refer to him as "the felon" .

Running with Stroller

My current goal is to run a 10K race with the boys. I started running after Orange 1 (because I got sooo fat) and actually have really enjoyed it and kept with it. I never ran before, I didn't like it and I thought I couldn't do it. In the beginning I could only run 30 seconds, I kid you not. We bought a Chariot this year, this is the part where I plug Chariot and they offer me free things only to find out I already bought everything. Its awesome. We had a MEC stroller before and it was really good but didn't have an infant sling and I didn't want to wait until Red 2 was old enough, I'd have had to pretty much skip this whole year. If your kids are over a year and you don't want to spend as much this is a really good option. Under a year or willing to spend the extra go for the Chariot all the way!!! So we bought the Chariot and I love it. The thing I really like about ours are : infant sling, a godsend, water bottle pocket ( at least thats what I think its for), the side vents come off for extra air for munchkins, The cover clips in place vs velcro and surprisingly I really like and frequently use the hand brake. Beware if its windy, oh my gosh it is hard to push. I like to think of it as part of the workout. I was almost at my 10k goal and then my husband went away a lot and I got lazy but I'm back on the wagon. I really want a GPS watch to help bump up my workouts. I have hinted this heavily to the big guy.

The best part about running is that it gives me a time out, its me time but the kids really enjoy it too.

Falling Behind

The big guy has been away a lot this past month and I've fallen behind on almost everything. I'm just keeping up and really have nothing pithy to say thus haven't kept up here either.

Here is my sum up:

Husband away 20 days

Bought a new car

Lightening stuck tree in yard, fell on neighbours garage and cut power to next set of neighbours

Water wrecked sewing room in basement

Wishing hadn't bought new car so soon, see above 2 lines

Boys are growing huge, littlest monster has learned to giggle and I'm absolutely loving it.

xoxo