Tripping Over Cobblestone

Comming Down off the high.

    Oh I just loved the Fall Ya’ll giveaways. Checking out what people were offering was so fun. I am wondering if I could find those bloggies again that had all the cool stuff. Well back to the reality of life again I guess.

    We are definately moving I napped extra long and will be leaving the computer to dig through more stuff in the garage. I am selling so much stuff on Craigs list to unclutter all the stuff we have acumulated over the past four or so years. We are down sizing the amount of square footage we will have and that makes for some fun stuff to junk.

    I find it definately matters how much I am willing to part with depending upon my time of the month. Catch me on a good day and the whole house would be empty in three days. Well I have a limitted amount of time and a huge amount of things to get accomplished.

    Anyone want to come to the Garage Sale on Nov. 17th?

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I have to go away for awhile…..

    It is temporary but I am deciding to blog in a small notebook all of my adventures. I should be back mid OCT.

    I will be stopping by your bloggs I just don’t have the puter to write anymore. Until then hope all of you are well.

I would like to make a few requests…..

Karen….. Sewing lessons.

Bon….writing lessons and painting pointers.

DYM…..Any one liners that will totally strip away the professionalism of my new doctor.

Emma…. Music, I would like a transplant of your musical taste to my taste pallet.

Gabriela……How on earth do you do four??Three is kicking my trash still! Any good puree recipes you have to make me aware of??

Rachelle…. How is the pregnancy going?? are you still in blog land??

Emily…Are the headaches getting any better? 

Amy…..I need to get your number again!!

Lei…. I just love your blog… oh that is not a request…

    Ok now I can leave for a wee bit. My email still works too.

Signing off.

JD 

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Messing around with Baby Bling

Yeah this baby bling is my new thing this week.

It all started with baby showers and not knowing what to get. So I started to make stuff.

I love the feel of sterling silver between my fingers. LOL

I made too many, so I am going to put some on the BAY E-bay that is. This is really making me baby hungry for another girl. Must rid myself of the bling.

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Journals and Jars

I know there was a week when everyone was giving away something. I signed up for the Ideal bite emails or something that help everyone get a bit more tree huggery. So I have been all over the internet trying to find some cool storage containers that are glass. They last longer and are more enviornmentally friendly.

Then I thought about my life….. 3 children 3 years and younger. Glass jars to hold things like cookies, crayons, and hair things. UMMMMMM

Storage, Organization, HUMMMM. I have to see about some jars that bounce. And will be lying in a land fill here in about 3000 years after I am gone.

Then there is a huge drive of mine to purchase this….perfect….rustic… sweet journal. I once worked in a little gift shop in the mountains. I think this is the same maker of the journals. I would love to purchase a whole mess of these and just put all the mess in my head in them.

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The Land of the MINIs

    Oh the day has arrived that we now are owners of a mini van. This is a pretty big step for many reasons. I swore I would never drive a mini van. And, I love driving my van. We have been out of town and all around town. I am loving driving a mini van.

    No longer are there three banbinos smashed together in the back seat of a civic. There are some small children in a wonderful place where they can hear the radio. Why can they hear the radio? Because I shut the windows when we drive. Why do I shut the windows when we drive? BECAUSE WE HAVE A/C B@TCH!!  Please excuse my I’m-so-excited-I-am-going-to-puke-swearing. 

    Our van is red. So we call it the catch-up van. It’s official name being "Saucy Susie". I know where was that one when I was dreaming up Blogger aliases 1 year and eight months ago?? HUMMMMMM.

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I post therefore I am.

    There have been countless posts with countless pictures to go with them. I have yet to throw together. I am recovering from my summer semester. Hind sight in my case is always 20/15. I have only gotten back one grade and it was an A-. Yes folks an A on my transcripts that isn’t Art or Gym. Ok so… Since I have posted last….

    The band has been out of work, the car broke down. I started school with a two month old, two year old, and a three year old. We don’t own a vehicle that is less than ten years old. No AC and some soaring temperatures of 113+.

    And…I think I may have done the best semester of school in my entire college (12 Year) career. To sum that up again. I done good. So now all I need is a Katrina Strength hurricane to blow through town next time I take a full load of classes and I think I will pull off a 4.0!!

    Currently I am on day four of neglecting-house-work-deep-clean. I enjoy this chore becasue I am reminded every so often of what the carpet color is and what it used to be like. I did find my son in a pile of salt that he was using as sand for his trucks the other day. I love the creativity of these fine youth these days.

    This summer’s education brought interesting knowledge. For example, in other cultures there are those toddlers that continually following their parents watching in silence their every move inorder to learn their future duties. They will sit quietly for hours on end just watching the mothers cook, clean and prepare things for the village or home they live in. No wonder I despise learning about other cultures.     

    Another thing that is getting under my dermis…always hearing that money and the pursuit of it will never bring happiness. I have yet to meet the person with ten dollars left in his/her account that said "Ahhhh.. I have never been so happy in my entire life." I wouldn’t call poverty a good choice of mood enhancement therapy.Oh the lies we tell ourselves to feel better.

   Yeah the past couple of months have been spent doing some major balancing acts. School and family are difficult to say the least to attempt at the same time. Like I said hind sight 20/15 for me. I don’t think I will sucker myself into that again.

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Oh my GOSH!!

    So I didn’t give you the down low nitty gritty details of my vacation??? Oh well check this OUT!!! I was so grossed out I needed to share…..

Where are you getting your water? 

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Oh what a beautiful thing.

Once upon a time there was a PC girl who had a good long running relationship with her computer. She did things like organize, write. vent, make new friendships on the computer. Then one fine day that computer DIED!

To the girl’s surprise she found herself wanting more. More speed, less hassle so she ordered a MAC. I am the happiest newest owner of a MACBook. If is fast, sleek, sexy even. I’m impessed how it has changed the world around me. I am soooooooo much messier than I was a few days ago. Slightly distracted by my new Bling? YES.

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Giggles and STUFF.

    Ok there is so much to write. There is something that keeps comming to my mind. I am sitting watching Malto Mario or some show on Food Network. And the thought keeps invading my mind.

What is this persistant thought?? 

    Let’s start with some background. First off I spent five days in the hospital. I am not a good sick person. I wanted out as soon as I stepped into the labor and delivery room. My sister was visiting for a day during my stay. We started talking about weird things that we had an urge to do. The Band started elaborating on the point of these weird urges. He told a story about a friend who, while his wife was recovering from a minor foot surgery had the strange urge to sneak up and swat her on her recovering foot. He ended up actually doing it. He felt so bad and profusely appologized stating he had no idea what came over him. Their marriage survived.

Sick twisted you say??? It gets worse. My sister continues to tell us that her friend called these things DF’s (short for Dark Fantacies).

    Here are some of the examples that we came up with. I will not credit the person who came up with these DF’s but they happen to belong to the three people in the room at the time. (My sister, The band, and I)

    1. Popping other people’s zits.

    2. Jerking the wheel and freefalling off a shear cliff.

    3. Putting your finger in the crevases of other people’s noses.

    4. Whiping boogies on the underside of someone elses new car seat.

    5. Pinching some strangers hind quarters.

    6. Trying every bathroom product at someone else’s house. This includes shaving razors.

   At this point I was in tears. Painful stabbing sensations occuring in my gut. Mixed with the hilarity of the moment. I was yelping and laughing at the same time. I have never tried so hard to stop laughing and couldn’t control it. It was worse than those church giggles.

    DFs are those fleeting moments of "I wonder if…." but honnestly you never wanted to really wonder or admitt that you had.

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Starting is good..

    I will not whine about being pregnant, I will not whine about being pregnant. I have only a few more short weeks left. I am amazed at how many new stretch marks have graced my stomach. See that wasn’t sooooo whiney.

 Thing 1 sitting in the shopping cart at Wally world spots a man with the same build as his daddy, with the same hair color.

    "LOoook Mommy It’s DADDY!" Shouts directly at the said gentle man as he passes in the opposite direction.

    All I could do as I made direct eye contact with the man was laugh. Out loud. Nervously. It almost sounded like my son was soliciting for a father. I started to waddle faster because I was laughing. There I was pushing a cart with two kids and one very much on the way. And me without my wedding ring.I wanted to say, " Hey, Big Daddy" but my laughter interupted me. Holy akward batman.

    There are so many things this child does to make me laugh. Pee a little. And Laugh again. He is starting to repeat the things he hears. And remembers the most amazing things. I brought out an old blanket. He hadn’t seen it in like 7-8 months, but remembers that I made it into a puppet for him and would bite his hand.

    He has so much fun watching Cinderella. He has this really loud and very high pitched laugh when he sees the cat Lucifer. I thought that my daughter would like the movie, and she does, but not half as much as my Thing 1.

 The Office Obsession

   I am addicted, I have to watch. Laugh A LOT. Pee a Little. Laugh some more. This evening’s episode was no different.

Grey’s Anatomy……

    Um, can I say Chocolate without the calories. Yes that is what it is like for me. I like it.

Ebay

    I know there is something for me to buy, but I haven’t found it yet. And it is driving me a wee bit batty. I can’t commit to anything.

The BABY

    I think we have settled on a name. Ahhhhhh. One less thing to have to worry about. 

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