Completely Worthy of a Blog Post. My thoughts for today .

Sampled from someone who must be sharing my same wavelength today!

1.I think part of a Best Friend's Job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap as a kid!

4. There is great need for a Sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Mapquest really needs to start their directions on # 7, I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my own neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least Kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories...

11. You never know when it will strike but there comes a moment at work when you realize that you're not going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after blue ray, I don't want to have to restart my collection....again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when i exit out of word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my 10 page research paper that I swear I didn't make any changes to.

14. Do not machine wash or tumble dry....means I will not wash this....ever....

15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (hello, hello Damn it!) but when I immediately call back it rings 9 times then goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

16. I hate leaving the house confident and looking good, and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone, just so I know not to answer when they call.

18. my 4 year old son asked me in the car the other day, "Dad, what would happen if you ran over a ninja" How the hell do I respond to that?

19. I think the freezer deserves a light as well...

20. I disagree with Kay Jewelers, I would bet that on any given Friday, or Saturday night, more kisses begin with Bud Lights than Kay.

Especially for that guy in the background

Happy Halloween for Grown Ups

Saturday we had our second annual Hall0ween party.
We all had a blast. Thanks everyone for coming out.
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words so here's a little bit of what when down :)
Enjoy, we sure did!

Shane and I were Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett.


Tom was Best Overall costume won $120 for his Captain Spalding Costume ( Which I did his makeup)
Nick Won Scariest with his AWESOME Grim Reaper, his mask was the Shiznizzle in the strobes


My Sis Jess showed up for about 2 hours and walked away with most original for her 15 minute adaptation of a drunk driving victim

And I had a hard time finding a pic of Lisa alone, so Lisa, as Baby from Devils rejects won for sexiest costume. This is me and her LATER in the night.

Mommy

4 little kids.
That's what I have now.
When I was 21 years old I had my first baby.
I was the oldest of, well depends on how you look at it, but how i look at it I was the oldest of 8.
(now I'm the oldest of 13, but that's an entirely different story)
Anyhoo, back on track.
I didn't want kids in the first place, let alone any more.
I actually asked the Dr. to tie my tubes after I delivered Kielee,
yeah that wasn't happening. "you have to be 25 or have 3 kids for us to even consider" they told me.
So, within the last 4 years, I have gained 3 more children, and I believe I have really become a mother. I may have given birth to a child at 21, but I was still a child myself in so many ways.
Over the last 4 years, I have realized that a mother, is so much more than just a mother.
My mom, Is and always was, more than just a mom.
Cook, maid, teacher, chauffeur, nurse
A mother is the glue that holds a family together
A mother holds the responsibility of always being watched by her children, as an example for what they are to become.
She's always the one you call when your hurt weather your 3 or 30 she always will be
A mother is a student, as much as she is a teacher.
She's the disciplinarian, with a heart so soft, you find her apologizing even when you deserved it.
She threatens, empty threats, just to get 1 freaking minute (or 30 seconds) of peace and quiet.
As I've gotten older
My mother has become my friend. There are so many things, that while I was growing up, I didn't realize would hold such impact and such importance that I learned, inadvertently from my mom.
Now as my friend I realize my mom is not defined by being just a mom. She is a great friend. She's funny, and quirky, and beautiful. She's smart and shy and she has hopes and dreams and goals.
Now that I am a mom, I know that while I may not know what I'm doing, and I may make mistakes, my values, and the strength of family, the closeness that me and my siblings share, my strength, is all life lessons that I learned with the help of my mom, weather she meant to teach it or not.
As I look around at my sisters, (who are the only ones besides me that are mom's)
I see that we all love our children so much.
We all get frazzled, and stressed out, and overwhelmed
just like our mom did
but we are all good mothers.
And that didn't come from nowhere.


Thanks Mom, however you did it :)

Love Me!

This has been a part of Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop

Family Pictures

Well Sunday we went and got pictures done.
I still have some editing to do but the ones I got back edited turned out so cute.
It was a chore to try and get Reese to behave, she's so much better
left to do her own thing and just snapping pictures of her
unlike Kielee, who poses as soon as she sees the camera,
Reese turns into a monster if you ask her to sit still.
We went to Wheeler Farm, and i just have to tell
anyone who is trying to think of a place to take pictures,
this place is great, there are SO MANY backdrops and fun places
we could have spent a lot more time if it weren't for the pesky sun,
I think we'll be hitting it up in the evening sometime soon again.
Kimberly was a pleasure to work with, she did a really good job being patient with
the HUGE family and so many kids. Thanks so much Kim!
Check out her blog if you like what you see! She's a lot of fun.