Thursday, November 20, 2008

Romo!

Coty just called to tell me his boss gave us tickets to Sunday's game! HOORAY!!!!!

now I just have to get out of work and find someone to keep the kids

My friend Tammy just called.

She's one of my Coworkers at Sids. She asked me what I wore on Monday. I wore the same walmart shorts and Tinkerbell shirt I have worn 8 of 10 shifts since last spring. The only difference was my socks. I bought a bunch of knee high socks and debuted my first pair Monday. I used to wear them a lot in college but havent since. I felt a little silly, but with cold weather outside and hard hot work inside I need to have a good warm/cool outfit. My friend Summer laughed out loud when she saw me. I'm over 30. I don't have to worry about fashion. I wanted to wear knee high stripy socks so I did!
Tammy said people have commented to her several times that I looked good on Monday. One regular even told her he has always seen me as somebody's mom but Monday I looked like a hot chick. I'm a little embarrassed and a little flattered. Mostly I'm surprised.
All I had to do to look good was wear taller socks?

I'm glad I bought several pairs!

am I really so old that people just think of me as "somebody's mom??" :(

Is there such a thing as a bad blogger?

I am always so behind on this blogging stuff. Jeez. I even went to the extreme of pre dating some, but then who will ever see those? I dunno. If I put them all out of order then it doesnt make a very good archive of my life...hmm. I guess it doesnt really matter if no one but me is reading anyway, so I will do it the way I scrapbook. I will make a page when I think of it, then plug it in where it goes. As I get more into the habit hopefully I will be writing often enough that I wont get behind on cute pics :)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I gotted to ride on the bid dreen bus!

As part of my choice to be a stay at home mom, I have accepted the fact that we will have no extra money. Coty makes enough to pay the bills and my job is to squeeze a little more out of what comes in. I am crafty when I need to be and I can cook pretty well(Coty says I never use enough salt) and I am a serious bargain hunter (if its not at least 75% off I dont need it).
Lately I have been feeling sorry for myself because we only have one car. The kids and I walk to and from Dylan's school everyday regardless of the weather- pouring rain with a three year old is an adventure! The boys and I have walked to the grocery store several times to pick up $20 or so worth of stuff. But for the first time Friday there was somewhere we HAD to go that was out of walking distance. Logan had a Dr appointment and Coty was working at multiple locations and needed the car.
Highland Village/Lewisville has a new bus line that we have seen driving by every day in our area. Logan always waves and says he's going to ride the big green bus when he's bigger. So I decided to look it up. I have always been a bit afraid of public transportation. What if I get on the wrong bus or miss my stop or get mugged or who knows what? It seems scary. But I had to get Logan to his appointment. There is a stop right by the grocery store that is only a five minute walk away and another stop a five minute walk from the doctors office. The route runs every hour on the hour.
We ended up babysitting in the morning and we were able to hitch a ride to the doctor. After our appointment, we walked to the library and checked out a couple of books. It was nice to do something just for fun with my little man. We had just enough time to walk to the bus stop and have a snack picnic before the bus came. When we got on, Logan was smiling ear to ear. He introduced himself and the bus driver recognized him from our walks. "Oh you're the big boy that always waves and says hi in the mornings!" That was nice. The bus was abnormally nice inside. Like a mini charter bus with 16 big padded seats and seat belts. Logan loved looking out the huge windows and I loved having the freedom to get out of the house. It was a fun trip and a liberating experience.
Ever since, Logan has been bragging about how he gotted to ride the dreen bus :) Dylan is jealous and wants to go too. I think I have a new weekly plan to go to the library and have a picnic with little man and we will have to do it on Ds next day off too.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Chrismas 2009 spoiler

So my BFF decided she wants to learn to crochet. "I know how to crochet," I told her, "I'll teach you!" but alas I don't.
I can make a straight chain and I have forgotten everything else my grandmother taught me. :(
I bought Summer the Happy Hooker book for he birthday and Myself The Crochet Answer Book. We are going to teach each other and be champs in no time. Everyone will be getting yarn gifts for Christmas next year!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

I made a pumpkin pie

out of a pumpkin! and it was good!
Coty seriously laughed at me for trying to pretend that I hadn't used pie filling. It came out very much like a real pumpkin pie. The boys and I pulled the guts out together and ate dinner while the pumpkin cooked then we peeled off the skins and took turns adding ingredients and using the mixer. Poured it into a couple of pie pans and watched a movie, then VIOLA! fresh baked pumpkin pie! Yea me!

here's the recipe I used http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/pumpkinpie.php

Look what I made!

Dylan's teacher is having a baby. Its a girl. Her room will be pink and brown and her name will be Addison. I wanted to girl her a nice gift and decided to make a blanket. After shopping for the perfect zebra striped pink and brown striped fabric, I gave up and went for solid colors of fleece and the easy no sew method. Then it seemed lame. So I decided it needed a mongram. (which made it no longer no-sew) Then i thought about my favorite blankets of the boys were a set of two matching blankets. One was big enough to cover up in bed or lay out on the floor and the other was small enough for a carseat or a stroller, so I decided I wanted to make her two blankets instead. But alas, I had not purchased big enough pieces of fabric, so the small one had to be made without fringe. I gave it baby fringe so it would still match though. Its made with a really cute daisy print stich around the edge too. :)I can't tell if the colors are a little off because I think everything looks weird on my computer.

I think they came out great! not too shabby for my first time to make a blanket, huh?

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Punkin Patch



Every year for the past four years we have taken pics of the boys at the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch. I have scoured the computer and can't find 2006, but check out these cuties!






Where does the time go?

Seriously I am still out here, just busy. So I am going to post a couple of weeks worth today. :) I wish I could fake the dates on these so it wouldn't be so obvious.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

As a waitress I loved this picture

This is the Barack Obama I can relate to. He seems so real. Not a born with a silver spoon, looking for his parents or good ol boys to pave him the easy way, but someone who is actually one of the real people in this country. Someone who has had to work for what he has and will continue to work for what he believes can be accomplished. I found this pic at http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0810/callie-bp.html © Callie Shell / Aurora for Time
I loved that he cleaned up after himself before leaving an ice cream shop in
Wapello, Iowa. He didn't have to. The event was over and the press had left.
He is used to taking care of things himself and I think this is one of the qualities
that makes Obama different from so many other political candidates I've
encountered. Nov. 7, 2007.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Momma's Boy

Monday morning Dylan and I had a little extra time. I had already dropped Logan at Daycare so it was just the two of us and we had a nice leisurely walk to school together. We were holding hands and singing the whole way. It was so nice that I even made a mental note to myself *Remember this moment. You will not be the most special woman in your little boy's life forever. Savor it while you can.* as I was savoring it and thinking about how great it was to be so loved, we walked around the corner to his school and there she was. Jayden. Dylan said "look mom, there's Jayden!" I smiled. Then I saw the way she smiled at him and waited for him. He hurried to catch her. Then instead of holding my hand, he headed off with her. Usually he wants me to walk through the first set of doors with him and give him a kiss to send him off on his day. This time I got a horrified look as if I had cooties and I got the hint. :(