Tripping Over Cobblestone

Finally a picture promise I follow through on!

shutupnoway — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:17:40 +0000

Where am I? oh Yeah my blog….

shutupnoway — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:05:43 +0000

So posting all the little things that run through my head is impossible. But I would like to write a bit about blogs, friends, and friends in real life. I have talked about this before. Bloggy friends and what do you call them? I feel like I am pretty easy going and therefore don’t do much worrying about what I say and how it is written because not many people come across my blog.

When I started blogging I wasn’t sure that I wanted everyone reading the randomness. Now I know if they know me in real life than they know I am a wee bit nutty. And understand the randomness. If not we’ll eventually probably meet at the grocery store and yes you may understand the randomness then. Like here is my random list of things I did today…I

*cleaned out my car.

*cleaned two of the three bathrooms.

*did four loads of laundry.

*road my bike with the fish and Thing 1 while Thing 2 had preschool.

*found kid music I liked.

*felt really glad to be married to my husband.

*cleaned off Niva Cream off Thing 1.

*got the mail.

*read bloggys.

*parked my car crooked in my parking stall.

*Found out a neighbor was moving.

*talked to my Mom.

*ate chocolate chips.

*Soaked Black beans for feijoada for tomorrow.

*arrived early to get Thing2 from preschool and watched her play.

*Heard thing 1 say, "Cheer for me MAMA!" as he rode his bike around.

What should I call you my internet buddies that I keep in touch with on your blogs? my Frieggers? My blog-buds, my cyberpals? I think Blog-nds. There you now have your official name. Blog-nds.

Summer School?

shutupnoway — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:36:07 +0000

Last Monday my sweet little Thing 2 started preschool. I have such mixed emotions about this event. Today I finally got a picture with her brother (Thing 1) as she left the car and totted off to school. They are growing up too fast.

Secrets….

shutupnoway — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:49:53 +0000

Like all good secrets I can’t hold on to this one for much longer. I am going here!! I know I can’t believe the tickets are going for THIS much. Well I blame some people in this. First there is Val. She got the tickets for us. She actually got hooked on the books after I got hooked on the books from this person. I never heard of the book until her post recommending it. And then I read the first 30 pgs and I read the book. I waited and bought the third. Got my neighbor’s husband hooked and now we are all waiting 20 days until the next one comes. Can’t believe we are actually going to LA no kids and no hubbies. WOOT WOOT!

Luckily it is the last book in the series so I don’t have to wait for the next. I have to find a new series.

French Toast

shutupnoway — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:37:19 +0000

Some days it is really nice to be excited to be awake and cooking. I have a french toast recipe that made me jump out of bed this morning and get the breakfast on before the Band went to work.

Cream Cheese filling

1/4 Cream cheese softened

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

and two table spoons butter

Bread

Coating mixture

3 eggs

1/4 cup milk

and a smidge of sugar.

Spread filling over one slice bread. Place another piece on like sandwhich. Then dip outside in coating. Set in Skillet with butter on Medium High. Brown Both sides.

YEAH DID I MENTION THIS IS HUGE HIGH IN CALORIES AND FAT. But if you add fruit to the dish it makes everything seem healthy. Placing four rasberries in the middle of your toast is awesome. Also covered in fresh strawberries, blueberries, or

I may need to jump out of bed 17 times in a row followed by 50 situps, 25 push-ups and some jogging.

Summer Heat Escape 101

shutupnoway — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:50:29 +0000

Ok it is a whopping 107 this week on average! I live in the center of Hell? No I just live in a very hot place. So I was talking with one of my girlfriends. We’ll call her Val.

Val gal is keeping cool by "using pools". Here is how her scheme goes down.

THE BAIT

There are a good portion of old people in Val’s church group. They happen to have all their children gone and grown. Val brings up to them durring a hall chat about how hot it is and how her three children love to swim. This almost always triggers an invitaition from these wonderful folks who love to "offer" their useless pool to those in need durring the summer. Now I have had the offer given and it is almost always a "known" you don’t take up on said offer. Only she DOES! Now she has the Kelley’s on Monday, Weston’s on tuesdays, the Johnson’s pool available on Wednesdays and Fridays, and even her neigbor named Jerry is in on the action! Pool owners are glad the pool is getting some use. And Val and her kids are keeping really cool. Val just added some of her husband’s work friends who offered at a work party. I am savy now for next year. I can buy a new summer wardrobe with the money I’ll save on my season pass to the public pool. And I won’t have to swim near great uncle Ned who thinks his "eurpopean" banana hammock is the new rage this summer!

Val and I are also going to a secret undisclosed location to escape children and husband’s for a while. Details on that adventure comming soon!

The Dishes…

shutupnoway — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:49:04 +0000

They could be about three feet tall by now but they aren’t cause they are DONE. And I only have one load to finish and the laundry is DONE. Then there is the catching up with my former person inside of me that I know hangs out in here but I just haven’t been able to find. You know that person who is carefree, happy, and doesn’t give a rip about what anyone thinks about her. YeaH I am in there I just keep finding that I do care and I am moody, and sarcastic, and down right mean to the people I profess to care about most. So what happened this week?

PMS

Yeah it started out with a migrane on Sunday that made me hurl my guts out everytime I lifted my head. Then I got two INJECTIONS. One in both cheeks! Man am I sore. If I knew that was what they were going to do to me I would have just stayed home an hurled my guts out. One of the shots was for the vomitting. I just thought I had the flu that was going around. NOPE. Migranes SUCK! I slept for almost 13 hours straight. Then some more. And some More. Again, migranes suck!

Well then I have been in this awful, foul mood. It has been like a bad smell of rotting coleslaw settled on my little patch of grass by a tree with a fawn eating on the medow. And I am sick of smelling bad coeslaw….. wait that may just be my car and the slaw we had on the fourth of July. I’d Better go clean out my car.

Anywho! We’ll see what goes on this week! Maybe aunty Flowina could come early so I can get out of this RUT!

Fourth of JULY!

shutupnoway — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:03:38 +0000

We had so much fun I can’t believe it is already over.

We saw sky divers, bands, and some good KFC chicken. We were in heaven!

Fireworks were the most amazing thing for the FISH.

I was worried he be scared but he love every minute of it.

Listing and more listing…

shutupnoway — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:49:18 +0000

Wed. July 2nd, 2008

1. Take out thrift clothes

2. Bread run

3. Hang Ikea Calendar (pictures to follow…but if you read this blog you probably know that I promise pictures and don’t follow through

4. Move Thing 1’s room. At least set up his bed:)

5. Crepes for Breakfast.

I will try to post tonight to report.

Pen Came out??

shutupnoway — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:37:56 +0000

We are going to continue working on that part. It seems that thing 2’s pair of white shorts are going to take only a couple of washes more. The white/kaki colored shorts of the fish however maybe a loss.

I am looking for an new area rug I rolled up the old one. Ikea seems to have a nice selection. I am just excited for one that is stain free. Even if it is just for one day- or half day. (One rug can only handle so many accidents, this has been 2years worth) and now I feel like my poor carpet in the family room is too exposed! Just waiting for orange juice, urine, popcorn, fish sticks, ketsup, chocolate milk, and rasberries to come and disrupt the happy, little clean living room.

I would love to move thing 1 today into his own room. He wakes up at the insane hour of 6:00am on a regular basis. So much for being my child. My husband can’t claim him either. We just know he is some sort of hilarious alien with a toothless grin.

With him starting school this fall getting up won’t be a problem. I am not sure I am ready for him to grow up and leave the house yet. Even if this milestone is for only three hours a day. I know he will love school esp. if there are toys and things to learn and PAINTING. He is so funny I just don’t know if school is ready for him. He is a bit distracted. And sitting and staying still for any amount of time results in the common phrase escaping his lips.

"Oh come on, this is taking way too long!", something about his small attention span makes me nervous for long school days.

That is just thing 1. Next week, Thing 2 is starting three hours worth of preschool 5 days a week this year. I am excited to have her go. She is so ready. We are going to start a little morning funtime routine. We are all up at 6am anywho! That is two hours of morning funtime before she has to go to school. We can play games, eat breakfast, exercise, and maybe even read some scriptures. I am going to love having the time with the fish and Thing 1. It will only be a couple of months before it is just the fish and I.