The things I Say.

1. Turn your light off!!
2. Pee IN the toilet.
3. No.
4. You are not having another snack.
5. Get out of my chair.
6. Get off my computer.
7. Please don't come in the bathroom while I shower.
8. Go downstairs.
9. SHHHH!!!
10. Sit down and eat.
11. Put your dishes in the sink.
12. Don't throw that.
13. You own thousands of legos and you are fighting over that ONE.
14. Check your attitude.
15. Be careful.
16. Watch for cars.
17. Stop jumping on the couch.
18. Leave your sister alone.
19. Get away from each other.
20. When do I get to eat?
21. We are not watching star wars again.
22. Go to bed.
23. You cannot play with my phone, you keep accidently calling people.
24. If you are going to wear tennis shoes, wear socks. Your shoes stink.
25. Shut the door.
26. Get your hands off of each other.
27. Can't you just be nice?
28. Get out of the fridge.
29. If you say "I was just..." again my head just might explode.
30. I said "no" and now I'm done talking about it.
31. If you don't clean up I'm getting out the trash bag.
32. Do not take video of me on the flip.
33. With all the toys you have you want to play with....daddy's shoes, scrap paper, sharpies, a twist tie....
34. All those books on the shelf and you have nothing to read.
35. You smell like the sun.

Mad skillz

1. Parallel parking (which has declined since living in the burbs)

2. cooking

3. Multitasking

4. amateur detective

5. screen sucking

6. Remembering movie quotes.

7. sleeping

8. avoiding housework

9. ok, this is a pretty poor list. Anyone want to help a sister out?

Things I am going to love about my new house!

1. Four Bedrooms

2. Big closets

3. Two car garage

4. Storage space

5. Study

6. granite

7. Hardwood

8. Trees in back

9. Microwave above stove

10. All new appliances

11. Laundry upstairs

12. Separate shower

13. Nickel plated finishes

14. ceiling fans

15. not hauling groceries up a flight of steps

16. Backing out of my driveway with ease.

Life's Little Luxuries

1. The seat warmers in my van.
2. My new dishwasher.
3. The light on my vacuum cleaner.
4. Online bill pay.
5. The DVR.
6. The icemaker.
7. Diet coke
8. Microwave steamers.
9. Iron on patches.
10. Ipod
11. Satellite radio
12. The deck with stairs.
13. Hugs from my babies.
14. epidurals.
15. comfortable shoes.
16. good books.
17. My lazy boy chair
18. wireless internet.
19. facebook mobile.
20. electric doors on the minivan
21. good medical care.
22. hair dye
23. double hung windows
24. Air conditioning.
25. IM
26. contact lenses
27. fleece sheets.
28. king size beds.
29. allergy medicine
30. cool vacations

I've become emotionally attached to Star Wars!

I never thought I would say it. I am one of those who never cared about anything Star Wars. At all. I know it existed in my childhood because of the commercials and toys. Then it went away. I had no clue that the trilogy involved any kind of storyline, I just knew that it was good vs. evil, blah blah blah. I mean how can you get into a story that starts in the middle?
When they made episode one, I watched. I will watch Liam Neeson in pretty much anything, but I appreciated episode 1, but never watched the next two. Then I had two boys and they grew to be 5 and 7. Star Wars was reinvented in the form of the animated Clone Wars on Cartoon Network and in the form of Lego Star Wars on the Wii. As I screened the Clone Wars and watched the animated Anakin in action I realized that he was the future Darth Vader and I wanted to know how that transformation really happened. We were able to DVR the movies and I started watching them with the boys and paying attention to the story line.
And here I am, at the age of 38, and I'm sad for Anakin Skywalker and what he became. My brain struggles to reconcile the loss. I have to snap myself out of it and remember that it's a fictional story from a long time ago in a galaxy far away. But I wonder how are George Lucas, Hayden Christionson and Mark Hamill not haunted by the characters in this movie?
I need a new hobby!

Things about motherhood

1. The first two weeks suck. Period.

2. People fail to warn you about the first two weeks.

3. You're not going to sleep much. Don't stress about it.


4. Don't pick up a baby everytime they make a sound.


5. Babies are portable, go places.


6. Toddlers are independent and will run away.


7. Their heads won't explode from watching TV.


8. Or playing video games.


9. Read to them. A lot.


10. The toothbrushing and flossing doesn't have to be perfect.


11. Stop comparing yourself to other parents.


12. Ignore the braggart parents.


13. Follow your instinct.


14. They don't need a new backpack every year.


15. Hand me downs are just fine.


16. Don't stress about the mess, live.


17. Teach them to get their own breakfast.


18. They don't have to have a bath every single day.


19. Your child is not perfect.


20. Neither are you.


21. Let them find their imaginations.


22. They are going to get dirty, accept it and move on.


23. Dirt is fun.


24. Make friends with the teacher and the principal.


25. They need to learn to swim.


26. The first day of school is awesome!



27. They don't understand sarcasm.



28. Teach them to not pick their noses.

29. Even if you teach the boys how to aim, your bathroom will smell.

30. Cleaning the bathroom enhances the pee smell, just saying.

31. Every does not have to be a circus.

Favorite Foods

1. Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream

2. BBQ Shrimp

3. Guacamole

4. Pad Thai

5. Chicken Tikka Makhani

6. M&M's

7. Fudge

8. Twizzlers

9. Tandoori Shrimp

10. Coconut shrimp curry

11. Corn on the cob

12. Twice baked potato

13. Cheesecake

14. Shake and Bake Chicken

15. Whoppers (the chocolate kind)

16. BBQ chicken chopped salad

17. Confetti shrimp

18. Strawberry shortcake

19. Lasagna in a pot

20. Thai secret salad

21. Guapo's rotisserie chicken

22. Cobb salad

23. Moe's close talker salad with steak

24. subway turkey breast and ham

25. french toast

26. thin mints

27. Cucumber and tomato salad

28. fresh mozzerella, tomato and basil

29. samoas

30. cola chicken

31. twix

32. nutella crepes

33. S'mores