calling calgon once again

Have some funny google searches leading to your blog? Google Me is this Sunday. Click here to learn more. On Monday I will be reviewing Valentine's Day for Movie Monday! Join me with your movie reviews! People in Review will be up tomorrow.

Ya know that weekend getaway I planned? Well I kinda didn't check my calendar and that's school cleaning weekend. Oops. Not a good way to start off the school year but I'm not cancelling the trip.

I took all 3 kids to Wal-Mart (which is 50 miles away) on Monday to buy school supplies and I about lost my mind. It was an all day excursion.

When I posted about my Wal-Mart trip on Facebook, someone reprimanded me for not shopping at home and supporting our economy. My blood boiled for a good 12 hours as I usually do most of my shopping at home but I have a school budget for school supplies and I wanted to get the best deal. I felt the comment was EXTREMELY unneccesary.

I've been working on getting The Baby on a schedule for daycare. Easier than I expected.

I traded my single Medela Swing for my friend's double Ameda Purely Yours thinking it would save me some pumping time. WRONG! I will be getting my Medela back!

There's a woman in my area getting Zumba certified. FINALLY!!!! Thanks Vicki! (Vicki's a stalker and she found my secret blog.) Tee hee, just kidding Vicki....kinda. ;)

I've lost a few followers lately. That could be contributed to the fact that I've been slacking this summer with the posts. I'm trying to be better.

We're headed to the in-laws tonight for their county fair and then spending the weekend at the lake with my family. Pretty sure we've only been home one weekend this entire summer.

Have a great weekend!

Linked at Mrs. 4444's.

i did it!

After over a year of NO alone time with my husband, I've planned a weekend getaway for next weekend!

Things have been tough lately. In the last year, we've moved twice, had a baby, and he's been working two hours away most weeks. I've pretty much been a single mom for the last 9 months.

My first thought was to go to an amusement park. We love roller coasters and it's always a fun time, but Hubby didn't want to do that. He actually wanted to go to a baseball game and I was thankful the weekend we planned didn't have a home game.

So, we're getting a couples massage!!!! Does that sound like heaven or what?

Mommy guilt is a little unsettling as this is the first time I'll be leaving The Baby and it's an overnighter, and the day after we get back is when she starts daycare full-time.

I've been having a rough time. My happy pills don't even seem to be working. I'm wondering if people are allowed to have a bad few weeks or if I should up my dose. A weekend away is EXACTLY what Hubby and I need!

I might even treat myself to a pedicure this week.


Linked at Shell's.

poop in the pool

It was just like the scene from Caddy Shack, but this time, it wasn't a candy bar.

My hometown has had a heck of a time with their swimming pool. They built a new one last year and it was constructed so poorly they weren't able to open it this summer because of so many problems.

They ended up making some temporary fixes in July to open it for the rest of the summer and scheduled a big grand opening with free swimming.

The kids and I were in town that weekend so my mom and I got ready to take the kids to the pool. When we got there at 3:00 it was closed. We later found out that after it had been open for one hour a kid POOPED in the pool! Due to sanitation reasons they had to close.

How "stinkin" hilarious is that? Well only hilarious because I wasn't in the pool.

i might become a widow...

...because I'm going to kill my husband. And collecting on the life insurance would be an added bonus as well.

Hubby was gone all last week. On Thursday I decided to do some freezer cooking so we would have some meals on hand. He always complains we have nothing to eat so I thought it would make him happy to have some nice meals.

He comes home on Thursday nights when he has to work out of town and he's pretty much worthless. He complains about being tired and wanting to relax. Um....I've been caring for your 3 children all week by myself. I am tired and would like to relax too.

I admit, I got in a little over my head with the cooking. I got 5 recipes from Once A Month Mom and each of them makes 4 meals. That's a lot to make in one evening. So when Hubby came home, I had pasta scorching on the stove, the oven timer beeping, food that needed to be taken out of the oven, chicken frying and splattering, and a baby screaming. The kitchen was A M.E.S.S.

I welcome Hubby home and ask him to tend to the screaming baby. He picks her up, and giving no effort of calming her down, says she needs me. Then he proceeds to yell at me for starting something like this on a Thursday night. Well maybe I thought I could get some help when you got home!!!!! But heck no, Hubby's "tired and wants to relax." Why would I expect such a thing?

The entire weekend was the same. He complained when I went to the store and wouldn't take the baby. Why in the heck would I take the baby? You're home sitting on your arse watching TV. He lectured me on laundry when one pair of his khakis were too wrinkled to wear and his other pair had been sitting in the washing machine for a day. He got mad because I didn't water the grass right, and the list goes on.

I'll spare you the details of today's pointless spat, but it ended with me hanging up on him in a rage and ignoring the 6 times he called back after that to yell at me for hanging up on him.

Sometimes it's hard to remember why you love someone so much.

Linked at live and love...out loud.

Disclaimer: I'm not really going to kill my husband. I love the guy for reasons I'm still contemplating. We have come a long way in this challenge called marriage and we'll be together forever.

movie monday: how to train your dragon

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How to Train Your Dragon: A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed

Our theater showed this as a matinee last week. Without going into details, I missed quite a bit of the movie between girl 1 and girl 2. But from what I saw, it was good. I thought there were a few parts that were a little scary for smaller children. Raven was scared a few times, but the kids really liked it. What was more impressive, were the theater booster seats. I totally didn't know they made those. Brilliant!

daycare: in-home vs. center

Today begins the search for daycare. There are several in-home providers here and only 1 center. The girls are 8 months and 3 years. So here's my question:

Would you send your children to an in-home daycare or a center? Why?

Have a great weekend! And come back Monday for Movie Monday! I've been slacking but we're back in business. :)


Linked at An Island Life.

google me

I don't know about you, but I've had some pretty darn funny google searches that lead people to my blog.

Would you like to share yours? I'm starting a new meme called "Google Me." I'm going to post it on the 1st & 15th of every month.

So start getting yours ready! The first linky will be up on August 1st!

Don't know what I'm talking about? Register your blog on google analytics and it will tell you what searches led people to your blog.


women with a messy pee stream problem

women night club bathroom floor video pee

why is it messy when someone hangs themself

what happens to the tempurpedic urine

on the verge of wetting my panties

mature ladies take bath with their clothes on in messy stuff

mommy pee on me

how to pee yourself unnoticed

i got a job!

God has revealed His plan! I interviewed on Monday for a 1st and 2nd grade teaching position in a Christian school and they called yesterday and offered me the job!!!!!

I am beyond ecstatic! I get to combine my two loves of teaching and Jesus! How awesome is that?

Better yet, my kids get FREE tuition!

I am going to be Otter's teacher. Not sure how I feel about that yet. :)

Our God is an Awesome God!


Linked at Good, True & Beautiful.

she was forced

Although I think this is the cutest picture ever, Hubby had to FORCE her to hold the fish. She wanted nothing to do with it.



Linked at 5 Minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

people in review #19

Dancing Costar: Jake Pavelka's Breakup 'Absolutely Predictable'
Says the rest of the country.

Sandra Bullock and Jesse James Finalize Divorce
:(

Kelly Ripa Tries to Tell Her Teenage Son That She's Cool
She is cool.

Tearful Vienna Calls Jake a Lying 'Fame Whore'
I might have to agree with that.

POLL: Which Celebs Make You Proud to Be American?
I love me some Sandra Bullock, but celebrities don't make me "proud" to be an American. That's just dumb.

Heidi Montag's Mom: 'I'm Mourning the Loss of a Child'
Totally understand. She's hardly human.

Jake & Vienna: The Showdown Gets Ugly
Now that was entertaining.

Eclipse's Charlie Bewley: Former Stripper Pole Salesman
I would have bought a stripper pole from him, he's H.O.T.

Sobbing Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail
Long overdue.

POLL: Do You Have Any Sympathy for Lindsay Lohan?
Um. No. I can't believe 7% actually do.

Bachelorette's Jillian Harris & Ed Swiderski Taking Time Apart
Now there's a shocker. Put it in the books.

Lindsay Lohan's Attorney Resigns
Good move.

six years

On July 3 Hubby and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. Although I don't know if "celebrated" is the right word. "Acknowledged" probably fits better. One of these days we'll do something special...

My MIL made our BEAUTIFUL wedding cake. It was Funfetti, my fave. She makes the best cake in the entire world. It melts in your mouth. Literally. We saved the top tier for our one year anniversary and I ate the whole thing by myself in one day.

I've read that married couples feed each other a piece of wedding cake to symbolize the fact that the bride and groom should help, support and provide for each other throughout their marriage.

Hmmmm.....






Linked at Good, True, & Beautiful.

it all started with a cracked nipple...

Ya! A flippin cracked nipple! How the heck does that happen after you've been breastfeeding for SEVEN months? Here's how it went down....

Last Thursday while breastfeeding: "That's weird. This hurts a little."

Friday: "Ya something's wrong. This hurts."

Saturday: "OWIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Saturday night: "Shoot me in the face. Now please." Called hospital pain was so bad. They said I needed to come to ER because I wouldn't be able to make it until Monday. I had a flippin yeast infection. Got drugs.

Tuesday: Better but drugs gone and pain coming back. Head to doctor. Mastitis. Well isn't that fan flippin tabulous?

Seriously, I would rather go through childbirth than go through that again.

I spent all day in bed yesterday with a fever, headache, sore throat, and aches so bad the tips of my fingers hurt. My poor kids watched TV for like 10 hours straight. Supermom I am not. I will be staying in bed when I feel like shit thank you very much.

I ran out of Juice Plus so didn't take it for a couple weeks and look what happens to me.

Feeling revived today. Even felt up to blogging which hasn't been a priority lately as you may have noticed. Now onto laundry. And possible a shower...

Linked at Blue Monkey Butt.

sticking my head out

I'm coming out of hiding to participate in Monday Minute, but it's possible I might slither back into my hole after that. I'm enjoying a little break from the computer. We've spent lots of family time and been all over the place. I'm starting to miss you though! I'll be back soon! And now....

Who of all your blog friends would you like to meet and/or who have you met?
ALL of you! That's the only reason I want to go to a blog conference. I don't really care about learning how to blog I just want to meet my bloggy buds! I totally think we should just plan a get together somewhere and then we don't have to pay registration fees! Who's with me?

What kind of vehicle(s) do you drive?
Ford Windstar

What kind of cell phone do you have?
LG Scoop or something like that. I may be the only one left on the planet without a smart phone.

What's the most annoying thing you wish bloggers would stop doing?
I think it's annoying when you comment and it takes you to just that post. Then to read more you have to basically start over. Ya that's annoying. I prefer the pop-up comment window.

What's the one thing that you still have on your bucket list to do before the year is out?
Have a weekend getaway with Hubby.

Linked at Ian's.

blogcation

Don't think that's a word, but I'm on one. See ya soon.