I just got tagged so I guess I have to think up 5 of my most embarrassing childhood moments....here goes: The first two are separate parts of a single incident- 1) I won't say how old I was at the time but I was still technically a child.  I can't remember why I was upset or mad but whatever it was prompted me to take off on my bike with my sister chasing behind.  We lived on a dangerous, winding country road with deceptively hilly spots.  I happened to head down one particu...

It seems like every store I go into now has its own store customer member card.  I have them from a couple of local grocery stores I frequent and have a bookstore card also.  Of course I have a video rental card but luckily they also accept my driver's license because I never seem to have the darn card on me. That is the problem with those cards.  It seems I never have them with me when it would actually do me any good.  Half the time the grocery stores don't even require ...

My 36th birthday is coming up next month and whenever anyone asks me what I want, I blank.  So I thought I would write down things that I thought of today before they are lost in my pregnancy brain. Usually I ask for my favorite carrot cake.  This year I would prefer ice cream sundaes.  I have been craving ice cream non stop since I've been pregnant and it is usually nice and hot for my birthday. I actually have some jewelry now but could really use a jewelry cleaner and a n...

I don't take my kids to McD's very often but I used to take them far more often than I should have.  We have an overabundance of the toys to prove it.  Of course they never want to part with any of them. My new deal with the kids is if we go to McD's and they want a happy meal, they have to throw out two of the old toys.  It is kind of a two steps forward, one step back program.  We have already managed to wean them of expecting pop when we go out to eat.  They b...

As some may know, I am expecting my third child soon.  My first two both have the Anne Geddes "My First Five Years" baby books.  I so wanted to get the same book for my third but was told it was out of print and I couldn't find it anywhere. Luckily, for some reason, I mentioned this to my friend who started searching the internet for me.  She found used ones on a couple of sites but I really wasn't interested in anything other than a brand new baby book.  Then my wonderful...

My home is filled with toys.  I have two young sons and a husband who is very in touch with his inner child.  There are baseball gloves (3 of them), legos, action figures and star wars toys everywhere!  All three boys (that is including my husband) have comic books everywhere.  All three play computer games.  I think the only things the boys play with that Brad doesn't are the stuffed animals and pokemon cards.  He's right in there on the rest of the toys though...

From the waist up I probably look like a fairly normal pregnant woman.  My legs, ankles and feet are freakish though.  The swelling is totally out of control and I have veins that make it look and feel all the more wonderful. Of course it is incredibly hot right now so I want to wear shorts and skirts.  Unfortunately that lends itself to having my freaky lower half exposed.  I am certain I make people uncomfortable just by looking at me because I see the looks on their fac...

I'm not happy with myself right now.  I'm moody, tired, achy, emotional, crabby, scatter brained and needy.  I can't take even the smallest criticism without feeling like I'm going to cry.  By 3PM I feel like I need a nap...I hate it! I don't remember being like this with my other two.  I don't know if my body is that different now or if my expectations are different.  I do think I'm a lot more hormonal this time and have heard that many moms expecting girls feel that...

This week has been nothing but rain!  I know it is good for all of the vegetation and at least it hasn't been cold, but enough already!  We need the sun back! The gloomy, rainy days are making me want to do nothing other than sleep.  I can't wait to be able to send the kids back outside to play after school.  Their baseball and tee-ball teams haven't gotten a chance to get going yet.  We need sunshine! I got my 3rd grader off to school this morning and strongly con...

I love my children dearly and luckily have the ability to laugh most of the time rather than getting cranky and fed up.  I have to remind myself that the constant "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" is because they love and need me not because they are purposely trying to make me lose my mind. Those of you who are fellow SNL fans and have small children probably understood the title right away.  Chris Farley had a skit where he had celebrities on, would ask them "Remember when you____?"  Th...

I finally have a free minute so I thought I would write down a quick synopsis of our TX trip for those of you interested. On 4/27 we headed to Dallas. Everything went very well. My hubby had the forethought to rent a car with GPS...Thank god!! Dallas highways are crazy! We stayed at the Hilton Suites North Dallas which was right across the street from the Galleria Mall. That turned out to be a most excellent feature of our stay. Or first night we got settled into the room and headed...

I saw the headline "Celebrities make pregnancy glamorous" on MSN.com today and laughed out loud.  Yeah, glamurous.  That's what I would call my swollen legs, ankles, and feet.  Those vericose and spider veins are gorgeous!  I feel like a movie star!! I feel anything but glamorous but I'm not one of those thin girls who don't have an extra ounce anywhere except their cute little round baby belly.  I sometimes think I am carrying the baby in my butt.  I'm bloated e...

Getting ready for vacation is a whole lot like work!  First comes nailing down dates, flights and hotels.  Then there's making lists of things you want to make sure to pack.  Of course you have to do some shopping to get some of those things.  There's also the subject of keeping up on the laundry so you have enough clean clothes to pack. I am now at the point of getting things arranged for the house and about to do the actual packing.  I am always a bit uptight until ...

I planned on getting plenty of rest- I didn't fall asleep until around 3AM I planned on getting up as soon as the alarm went off to exercise- I slept an extra half hour I planned on not snacking tonight- I just got done having some blackberries and Special K (guess it could be worse) I planned on getting to bed early tonight- here I am blogging at 10:30 and I'm wide awake!! (so is the baby.  She's what kept me up last night too).

I just had to write about this one; A Malaysian man, after having his father die and having his phone line then disconnected and settled, received a phone bill for the equivalent of $218 trillion!  How on earth could a phone company seriously send a bill like that to someone?!  It isn't yet apparent if it was just a billing glitch or if the line had been illegaly used.  I'm not sure how one racks up a $218 trillion phone bill though.  Sounds like it would take some talent. ...