Is anyone ever going to post????

Hello......hello.....is anyone out there??

3rd Question......

If you could create your perfect fast food combo meal what would it be??

sandwich from....

side from.....

drink from......

my answer is in the comments!

What to do with a Grace Lou???

Grace started having some accidents around the house and after being potty trained for months and months. I was getting quite sick and tired of dealing with this. I asked her why she was peeing on the floor had she forgotten where the bathroom was?? and if she needed a map to get there? So, she pees on the floor again and I ask her why did she peed on my floor AGAIN?? She says it's because she doesn't have a map!! I then make the child a map which should now take care of the situation......

Greg finds Grace in the bathroom with wet pants holding the map.....He asked her why were her pants wet?? She responds.......

I GOT LOST!!!

2nd Question

2nd question in our scenario game...

If you could only grab three items from your house what would you grab??

All of your family and animals are out.

My answers are in the comments.....

Response to Nikki's "Being Good"

After Nikki posted about "Being Good", I figured this was a good time to post about how I feel on the subject. I think it is important to celebrate the small things maybe not every report card. I don't think we should take for granted that are children are smart and healthy. That they are doing the things that are age appropriate walking, going potty, etc. There are parents out there that are NEVER going to see their children walk or ride a bike, get on the school bus, go on the potty, etc. That could have easily been us. For these parents, I celebrate my children's accomplishments no matter big or small. We celebrate these events with a $10 cake and sing "for she's a jolly good fellow" which is a small price to pay for the joy they get. We have celebrated for getting into kindergarten, being potty trained, learning to tie shoes, starting the next grade, and anything else I think of. How often do you remember getting recognized for something good you did?? Just because what their accomplishing is something easy to us doesn't mean it was easy to them. The cost of recognizing what they have done is going to be a lasting memory for them; that you took the time to make them feel so special. Everyone likes to be recognized no matter if your big or small!

Deserted Island anyone??

Megan (my lil sis) and I love playing scenario (our made up game)

and so after Sarah's 25 list, I thought I would start playing with all of you.....

If you were trapped on a deserted island.....

What 3 items would you take with you??

Find my answer in the comments.....

25 Things

Following after Sarah's lead...

1. My heart feels at home and completely happy at an airport

2. when I'm sick I will blow my nose in dirty clothes

3. I go poop with the door open (I've given up on privacy)

4. I could care less about really cleaning the rooms in my house that are not remodeled
I figure why bother I'm just going to be knocking the walls down soon anyway.

5. I want to learn to weld and to make a stained glass window for my staircase diamond window

6. I have always wanted to jump out of a plane

7. I'm working on visiting every state before I die

8. I really enjoy old people (that's probably why I like all of you so much!!!)

9. Every night I sleep with the same bear (Mr. Squishy) since I was 13

10. I love biting or pinching my kids butts!

11. Anne of Green Gables is at the top of my all time favorite movies
(Went to Prince Edward Island for honeymoon and Gabrielle's middle name is Anne after her)

12. Would rather listen to a book on CD then actually read it. (multi tasking problem)

13. When I die I want absolutely no CARNATIONS at my funeral. They smell like a funeral home and if I'm dead I don't want to smell like it!

14. I usually never separate the clothes before I wash them.

15. I had my ear drum blown out by a tennis ball when I was in the 9th grade and had major surgery because of it.

16. I'm addicted to chap stick

17.I LOVE the mailman and I really don't care what he brings me as long as it's something.

18. I have food texture issues I don't like eating things are creamy and chewy at the same time (yogurt)
19. I don't like waiting for someone else to do something if I think I can do it myself.

20. I try hard to think in the best interest of my children and will go to bat on the importance of stay at home moms.

21. I'm completely and totally optimistic about everything and pretty much think I can do anything I put my mind too.

22.I want to try everything once just to say that I've at least tried it.

23. I don't like visiting the same place twice even if I enjoyed myself because I always think that there is some place else I'm missing out on.

24. Lying and people who are not ambitious are at the top of my pet peeves list.

25.saving money no matter where it's at grocery store or buying clothes makes me feel like I'm high on drugs of some sort!

"Every day comes and goes no matter how we spend it,

make the most of it"-me!

Class of 1954 reunion!

We had our first murder mystery dinner on Saturday and had such a blast. We have great friends that are so willing to dress up and pretend to be crazy characters. I decorated half of the living room to look like a 50s diner where our class reunion was located. The party was at 6pm (Jacob and Sarah arrived early! which needs to be noted since of its rarity!!) We ate authentic diner food (coneys and burgers) from A&W with shakes to drink. Sarah, thanks again for making the shakes. We spent the evening figuring out what happened to Rock N. Roley and accusing everyone of being the killer. We had 3 different desserts which I have continued to eat the yummy ice cream dessert everyday since then. After everyone was gone, I was already online looking up my next murder. Bump! Bump! Bum!

The characters that were invited......and boy were they characters!!

Greg- Joeseph K. Awledge (Joe College)

Tracey- Evelyn C. Leigh (Easy Lay)

Jacob- Delbert Toydes (Deltoid)

Sarah- Priscilla E. Teene (Pristine)

Jamie- Calvin Q. Layder (Calculator)

Nikki-Penny Loafer

Jeff-Richard C. Alcitrent (Recalcitrant)

Kristi-Dierdre C. Deucer (Seducer)

If there had been an award for best dressed Jamie would have won it. It was hard to look at him without laughing! Great Job on showing us your inner nerd!

Thanks again to the Class of 1954 it was a night that I will never forget!

I'm back!

Since everyone is getting so crabby about my lack of posting......here is what I have been doing instead.........

Recovering my Great Grandma's chair which had material that felt like a enormous orange loofah that if sat on naked could have rubbed all of your skin off.

Getting my much anticipated 25 sheets on drywall delivered through my girls bedroom window when it was freezing cold out.

Then I busted my rump to get those sheets hung as quick as possible so that my DH could mud and tape them before he started back to work. For 7 days I did nothing but eat, sleep, and breathe in drywall and all of its dust. I now have a permanent spot on my hand from where my drill was pushing in every time I screwed in a stinking screw. So maybe I have a small case of OCD but I just wish my husband would get it if it meant he would get some work done!

My (and Greg's!) black and white bedroom paradise is getting so close that I can smell the fresh paint. Mmmm.....that paint smells sooooo good!!

After all of that, I have been planning my murder mystery party! I guess that you probably want to see pics of that now, huh??