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Friday, February 24, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
White Crap
So we got a little of the white crap.
I'll be back later. I have a paper to write. Oh the joys of school.
So I got to meet some more neighbors
I had my former nanny come visit me, it was a good visit. If you're a reader of this blog then you know that that nanny saved my bacon when I was battling recovering from surgery and my local after school care program closed. So when we relo-ed adn didn't need our nanny anymore, we kept her. Literally, lol. Her four little ones adore my kids and with six kids running all over this place, it was insane.
We saw some local nature stuff, gysers and hot springs. Then Saturday night it went to hell in a handbasket. Her oldest boy is 5 and that little guy has always been medically challenged. But bless his little heart, the extreme change in weather prompted an attack. So for the first time ever, I had an ambulance at my house.
Luckily they were able to stablize him, but when they showed up I was nervous. I literally live in the boonies. In the middle of nowhere.... the nearest hospital is almost an hour way. But since it was shift change, I had four paramedics show up to get him back on track.
Let's look at the paramedics:
1. the husband of Princess' math teacher - remember we'd had tea at their house when we first moved here cause she and Prin weren't seeing eye to eye on the best way to get math help? Yeah, I gots that shit fixed up with some charm and "you don't intimidate me chick"... when in doubt, always do a home visit ;) little southern tip there for you. But now, I'm that teacher's biggest fan! So it works...... off subject, sorry.
2. Mother of one of Duchess' classmates
3. Husband of the postal lady who cracks me up
4. Teacher at Duchess' school.
Once he was under control, they had me rolling. Apparently, my grace-less-ness is well known. They'd all put bets on it being me and what'd I done to myself. Everyone knew someone in my family and where amazingly proactive with little man.
Then there was my few neighbors....while we live on the side of a mountain, we overlook a canyon so apparently the lights from the ambulance were visible for about four miles. Cause that is how far from me that a friend lives. She called.... was already dressed and heating up her truck thinking it was me or my babies. She was on her way.
I'm blessed. It's not perfect, it's not Texas but I'm settling in nicely here and making my way. It sure is simpler out in the country. Although if Dave is to get me further out in the country, he'd have to move me the far reaches of Canada. geez.
We saw some local nature stuff, gysers and hot springs. Then Saturday night it went to hell in a handbasket. Her oldest boy is 5 and that little guy has always been medically challenged. But bless his little heart, the extreme change in weather prompted an attack. So for the first time ever, I had an ambulance at my house.
Luckily they were able to stablize him, but when they showed up I was nervous. I literally live in the boonies. In the middle of nowhere.... the nearest hospital is almost an hour way. But since it was shift change, I had four paramedics show up to get him back on track.
Let's look at the paramedics:
1. the husband of Princess' math teacher - remember we'd had tea at their house when we first moved here cause she and Prin weren't seeing eye to eye on the best way to get math help? Yeah, I gots that shit fixed up with some charm and "you don't intimidate me chick"... when in doubt, always do a home visit ;) little southern tip there for you. But now, I'm that teacher's biggest fan! So it works...... off subject, sorry.
2. Mother of one of Duchess' classmates
3. Husband of the postal lady who cracks me up
4. Teacher at Duchess' school.
Once he was under control, they had me rolling. Apparently, my grace-less-ness is well known. They'd all put bets on it being me and what'd I done to myself. Everyone knew someone in my family and where amazingly proactive with little man.
Then there was my few neighbors....while we live on the side of a mountain, we overlook a canyon so apparently the lights from the ambulance were visible for about four miles. Cause that is how far from me that a friend lives. She called.... was already dressed and heating up her truck thinking it was me or my babies. She was on her way.
I'm blessed. It's not perfect, it's not Texas but I'm settling in nicely here and making my way. It sure is simpler out in the country. Although if Dave is to get me further out in the country, he'd have to move me the far reaches of Canada. geez.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
I have found my new soulmate
Watching "Friends with Benefits" and OMG I am in love.
It's it's best random collection of "one-liners" EVAH.
Sigh.........
It's it's best random collection of "one-liners" EVAH.
Sigh.........
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Random bits of Griswalding
So we're just living our lives and doing our things. So here is a little bit of an update on how we been staying busy....
Friday, February 10, 2012
V-day is approaching....
So Dave is gotten be done for Valentine's Day. But never say he's a slacker. Cause he used a routine trip to Walmart to make sure his girls got a little spoiling. We are all the proud owners of big arse bears that smell just like Daddy, thanks to generous squirts of his cologne. (Basically the whole house smells like him now, yummy)
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
I hate leftovers........so.....
I made a fabulous brisket for dinner. Seriously it was "I'd slap my momma but she hits back" fabulous. Get this, I made that bad boy in the oven too, YO! My kitchen skillz are ramping up there with my bathroom scrubbing skillz now. Dave is so pleased!
But seriously the secret ingredient, red wine is oh so yummy. And since I had a bottle of what appears to extremely expensive red wine, thanks to Dave's boss who thoughtfully brought over some to dinner once.... I had some on hand.
Now what to do, I only used half the bottle in the marinade.......
So I'm stuck with half a bottom of really good shit, I mean red.........
But seriously the secret ingredient, red wine is oh so yummy. And since I had a bottle of what appears to extremely expensive red wine, thanks to Dave's boss who thoughtfully brought over some to dinner once.... I had some on hand.
Now what to do, I only used half the bottle in the marinade.......
So I'm stuck with half a bottom of really good shit, I mean red.........
Monday, February 6, 2012
My Foster Baby
We'd keep her forever, except she hates Murphy. With a vengence. Like some people hate me, cause they just aren't cool. Like I hate people who blames others for their problems. Like Dave hates loud music and glitter. Like Duchess hates being quiet and like Princess hates being told no. You get the idea huh?
So while Susie loves the family, my foster baby can't stay forever. That sucks, because I love her! Dayum. Murphy is a doll, he understands that she's a newbie to the house and he just sits there while she bites the crap out of him. My dog is the best.
And this pic below really nails it, she's mean mugging Murphy, and he's looking away like... seriously beotch? And Dave is just .... Dave.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Proof They Got Some of Dave's Genes
Friday, February 3, 2012
Another Friday at the Slopes
My kids are the bomb.com. Dave took today off and we spent it watching our kids plus friend. They skiied from nine to two with a small break to stuff chilli cheese fries in their faces and off they went. And interesting enough, the say started with the teens going along with my new skiier. Except she got faster than them and left them. She got in twice as many runs as they did, lol. More pics and vids coming soon.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
I really like the "me" time
Sigh.
Now as fun as this morning was, it's time to go now. I have to go to the school and do the AR reading with the third graders. Peace out baby.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Hail the Baking Goddess
You betta recognize! Okay all horn touting aside, last night was a pretty big nite. Dave's boss and a huge client were over for dinner. Dave thought it'd be better to have them over to our house for dinner than a restaurant. So I spent all afternoon cooking a can't fail dinner:
1. my momma's "make-ya-slap-somebody" jambalaya .... this takes three hours of baby-ing
2. jalapeno cornbread made with cream style corn, cheese and those hot and spicy little peppers we all love so much (don't rub your eyes yo)
3. a salad to end all salads: baby cucumbers, baby tomatoes, snow peas, radishes, broccoli, and etc with four dressings (I had some left over for lunch, yummy)
and to wrap it all off......
I was clueless about desserts. Because it's my kitchen, the entire meal was gluten-free but it's not something I announce to everyone so I needed a kill dessert to top it off. Except my signature recipe: carrot cake? I made that last time his boss came to dinner... you just don't do that you know. So I dug around and looked for something yummy.
Couldn't find shit, so I made my own recipe and if I do say so myself, those blueberry and cream cheese scones OMGAWD, seriously there was none left, cause our guests took them home in goodie bags.
So yeah, I rocked that beotch out of the park. Plus it was so cute how thrilled Dave was with my skillz. When I want to, I can really do some cool things with this gluten free thing going.
On the GF note: found a new tummy doc. Now we are doing more testing to see how I'm doing and then I'll be all healthy and fun!
1. my momma's "make-ya-slap-somebody" jambalaya .... this takes three hours of baby-ing
2. jalapeno cornbread made with cream style corn, cheese and those hot and spicy little peppers we all love so much (don't rub your eyes yo)
3. a salad to end all salads: baby cucumbers, baby tomatoes, snow peas, radishes, broccoli, and etc with four dressings (I had some left over for lunch, yummy)
and to wrap it all off......
I was clueless about desserts. Because it's my kitchen, the entire meal was gluten-free but it's not something I announce to everyone so I needed a kill dessert to top it off. Except my signature recipe: carrot cake? I made that last time his boss came to dinner... you just don't do that you know. So I dug around and looked for something yummy.
Couldn't find shit, so I made my own recipe and if I do say so myself, those blueberry and cream cheese scones OMGAWD, seriously there was none left, cause our guests took them home in goodie bags.
So yeah, I rocked that beotch out of the park. Plus it was so cute how thrilled Dave was with my skillz. When I want to, I can really do some cool things with this gluten free thing going.
On the GF note: found a new tummy doc. Now we are doing more testing to see how I'm doing and then I'll be all healthy and fun!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Duchess' First Ski Lesson... Intro to Snow
So since Princess has been snowboarding (thank you middle school, you rock for hooking me up!), we've spent some time at the mountain. It rubbed off. Duchess decided that she wanted to try. That is all I've heard for a week straight, so I called up and used the school discount to get her a lesson. :)
Except we get there, and she gets butterflies.
So we pep talk....... And I remind her that she's wanted to do this, and that we'd be close by. And that she could always puke afterwards!
And then there was the honey, they'll be here any minute, we are exactly where we are suppose to be. She was worried about missing the class, she's an OCD like her momma.
Yet more pep-talking. Bless her heart. Then right at 10 am on the dot. Up walks the instructor, and turns out the kid is the only one in the class. Hello, private lesson for group lesson payment. Score!
And off they go... it was all "see ya momma, luv ya"
Look at that smile, the lifts were down for the first hour so when they got to the bottom of the hill, they got a ride up on the gator! Fun! She's a happy baby.
Then the lifts came up, and my baby was airborne. We know all this cause Dave gots him a new camera and shocker, he's become the photographer of the family. Taking like a million shots of this adventure and then even better, stalking through knee high snow drifts, hiding behind trees and etc to get pics of her in action.
And the best pic of all, her and the tree. It's so wrong to laugh at my own baby. So yeah, I'm not gonna admit that I laughed. But the lesson took, she's already making plans for next weekend. She's all about skiing.
And I'm about hanging in the lodge drinking some cocoa!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Celebrating the Big 1-3
Since Princess turned 13 on Christmas Day, we postponed her bday party by a month. This past weekend, in celebration of the big 1-3, we took some girls snowboarding/skiing and then had a sleepover. I'm exhausted. But she's happy.
So since they all had lessons through the school and since we are very close to a local resort, the kids get cheap rentals and cheap lift tickets. Sweet deal if you ask me! So here they go, my teen in the white.
The whole independent thing cracks me up, but she needed no help short of "mom, pay the guy" and then it was strapping up, gearing up and "see you at noon right? later mom have fun". Seriously, I had to stalk her to get some pics but up there, my kid was on her own and didn't need mom a bit. Oooookay.
Next up: Duchess gets her first ski lesson. Oh boy!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
celebrating my man
okay so the man comes home tomorrow. his birthday was last Sunday and he was on the road so we're celebrating this weekend. It just hit me, I've spent 16 birthdays with him. HOLY CRAP. I actually have a picture of his 19th birthday where I'm sitting next to him opening his gifts. We were babies, so young. We'd been dating a couple of months. He had been really sick and looked rough, poor guy.
So the question is now, what do you do for someone you've spent 16 birthdays with?
I gotta think of something good cause my guy is 35 this year and it's just too good to pass up, you know ;)
So the question is now, what do you do for someone you've spent 16 birthdays with?
I gotta think of something good cause my guy is 35 this year and it's just too good to pass up, you know ;)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Glutten for Punishment
Pray for me. Seriously, I need your prayers. This weekend I'm having Prin's 13th birthday party. I'm taking a gaggle of 12/13 year olds snowboarding and then back here for a sleep over. There is apparently no end to the amount of abuse I'm willing to submit myself to.
I can already imagine the sheer noise level gauging at the giggly and excited voices calling my house to RSVP.
Somebody spell me, please................. please!
Oh wait, ;) I have this all set up on the same night that Dave is coming home. Guess I'll have some help afterall.
Yes, I'm evil but misery loves company!
I can already imagine the sheer noise level gauging at the giggly and excited voices calling my house to RSVP.
Somebody spell me, please................. please!
Oh wait, ;) I have this all set up on the same night that Dave is coming home. Guess I'll have some help afterall.
Yes, I'm evil but misery loves company!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
I'm Bored, nothing good will come of this
So I'm bored. Cause I was a good girl and did all my homework ahead of time. So now I'm here chilling, with a clean kitchen, watching Die Hard movies and I"m bored out of my head. Hmmm, what to do?
I'm gonna go chill in front of the fire. It's lonely like me.
