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What Good Husbands Do...

Today, we celebrated my birthday!  It is 2 days early, but since my birthday is on a "school day", we won't be seeing John.

The Fam. dropped  me off at the library where I got to browse in peace for AN HOUR while they birthday shopped for me.  When they were done, we went out for lunch.  We at at Teppan Fuji.  It's one of those fun places where they cook it right in front of you with big flames.  The flames scared Maya.  They had been going for a few minutes, and no one was really paying attention to her because we were watching the cook.  Suddenly, she totally burst into tears, so I got her out of her high chair, where she proceeded to cling to me for 5 minutes after the fire was even out.  Poor sweetie-pie.

Then we came home and John wanted to do presents right away, he got me some SWEET STUFF.  You will see in a minute.

We ate leftovers, which were Cafe Rio Pork and Sweet Lime Cilantro Rice burritos, topped with some homemade guacamole, followed by chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream.

 What more could a girl want?

 Here are pictures of what John got me.....

He told me that since he got me a sweet mojo red kitchen aid for my birthday, it counts as Valentines Day too.  And that is JUST FINE with me.  (giddy laugh)

(ps: we named the kitchen aid Betty, when I said we should name her that, John said, "that is what I was thinking!".  It was meant to be.  She is Betty, and she is mine.)

Counting Candles

Flu season is here!  Lily AND Izzy have it.  Everyone is getting sick, just in time for my birthday.  Speaking of my birthday (see how I did that there??), I will be 29 on MONDAY!  MONDAYYY!!!!  I am kind of feeling like since it's my LAST birthday in the twenty's (how is this possible?)  I need to do something rebellious to mark this landmark occasion.  But what should I do?  I have made a list of things in my head, but all have been vetoed as I thought of them.  Here they are:

1. Soap someone's windows.  (No Camilla, that would ruin someone's day having to clean that off.)
2. Toilet paper someones house.  (No Camilla, it has been much too windy and it wouldn't even stay)
3. Go streaking.  (No Camilla, that would traumatize yourself, and all others involved)
4. What about skinny dipping?  (Too COLD!)
5. Do "IT' somewhere fun and exciting.  (No Camilla, just doing "IT' in your bed right now would be fun and exciting enough...what..tmi?)

So basically, that's all I've got.  That is where YOU come in.  I need your ideas for a fun and exciting way to say hello to my last twenty-something birthday.

Stay tuned for MONDAY when it's my actual birthday and I talk about how I'm getting gray hairs, and my high hopes for my 30's!

For my first REAL blog entry, I thought I would write about my first day without facebook. Since that is why I'm blogging anyway!

Today instead of being on facebook I:
-played care bears with Izzy while she took a bath
-looked into Maya's eyes while I nursed her, instead of looking at a computer screen
-sat on the couch and watched Electric Company while cuddling my kids
-cuddled with my kids with our 4 lb (literally) tub of animal crackers and played with animal crackers and bit there heads off

Things I STILL didn't do:
-get dressed (yoga pants-foreverrrrrrrr!)
-fold that last load of laundry
-make dinner without Maya holding on to my leg crying like she was going to die
-mop

Let's face it, not being on facebook doesn't create miracles, only a few more special moments in the day.

One reason I decided to take a break from facebook is because I asked myself, what memories am I creating of myself for my kids? I decided I don't want them to remember me sitting on the computer telling them to go play with each other. I want to make memories of sitting on the couch with them biting heads off of animal crackers instead. So that is what I did!

Let's Have Fun!

Welcome to my new blog! The other blog was stale, and let's face it, unused. I think it was offended about how I ignored it, so here we are on a new one!

I have created this blog as a way to keep in contact with the people who are REAL, honest, and true friends. I started getting crap on facebook from people about how I was 'negative' and my sarcasm just wasn't reading through on the screen. So I said, forget you facebook, I don't need them haters!

Let me tell you about what I want this new blog to be. I want it to be fun! I want it to be honest. I want my readers to sometimes think, "man, I can't believe she's even telling us this". Because I want to be so honest and real, that everyone can relate. I know that as a stay at home mom, sometimes I feel alone, like I'm the only one going through stuff. This blog is to let you know that you aren't alone! I want it to be real, but not to the point that it's depressing. Let's look at our lives and find the humor in it, and make sure we appreciate the joy too.

I am going to try to blog every day, probably won't happen, but wouldn't that be great? As for now, I'd better go. Because Izzy hates Lily. Lily has a fever (day 4). And Maya fo sho has poo.