How lucky am I?

Thursday, July 31, 2008

I get to kiss this adorable face all day long.

Random Thursday thoughts

I am sitting here listening to my kids play in the other room. My daughter has a friend over and my son just cannot stand that there is someone here for HER. In reality, he gets along with this little girl just fine and they were playing together. Now I just heard him say "Anyone who is nice to me gets to come to my birthday party." Nice bribery.
Anyway I am EXHAUSTED, having stayed up till 1 am reading online and browsing through Flickr. I am having a ratehr large cup of coffee right now (cup #3) and hoping it will get me through till tonight.

Brush up on your recent Saudi history

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

This is the opening credits sequence of a really good movie, the Kingdom. I thought it was really well-done and a good brief history lesson. So I am sharing it with y'all. (You'll have to watch a quick commercial first, sorry)

The Kingdom - Opening Credits | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

100 things about me

Saturday, July 26, 2008

I had seen this on a few blogs and decided to give it a shot. You wouldn't think so, but it is HARD coming up with 100 random facts about yourself!!!! For those of you that read this blog, you REALLY MUST do it. It is kind of fun!

1.I do not like cheese.

2.I do not like chick flicks.

3.I love the ocean at night, but I do not want things brushing up against me.

4.I want to travel to India and Italy, and maybe the middle east if they would calm their shit down.

5.I do not like shows where people decorate their neighbors house. Who in their right mind would do that.

6.I can't sing

7.I love to swim.

8.I don't understand adults watching kid movies for their own pleasure (Disney) or reading kid books (Harry Potter)

9.I am annoyed easily but I get over it quickly (usually)

10.I have 2 tattoos

11.I took French in high school

12.I am fascincated by polygamists

13. I find buttons disgusting and don't own any clothes with buttons.

14. I do not like Florida.

15. None of my grandparents are alive.

16. I have had 2 root canals.

17. My first car was a Subaru.

18. I was an extra in the movie "Strange Days" with Juliette Lewis

19. I am Irish and German.

20. I like beer (see #19)

21. I am very sentimental and keep all kinds of things for my kids

22. But I do not scrapbook.

23. I walked across the border into France from Switzerland, just to get the stamp in my passport.

24. I drove to Amityville to see the house of "Amityville Horror"

25. I like to make lists.

26. I have a sister who is 13 years older than me.

27. I always wanted to have 3 children.

28. I will read anything or watch anything about JonBenet Ramsey.

29. I have lived in New York, COlorado, California and Florida.

30. I am a Libertarian.

31. We do not listen to kid music in our house or car.

32. I delivered each of my children at different hospitals.

33. I am not a morning person.

34. I have been to Canada but not Mexico.

35. I am a hypochondriac.

36. I dissected a shark in school.

37. I graduated high school in 1993.

38. Other than the occasional margarita I do not like mixed drinks.

39. My oldest child was in the NICU for 3 days after he was born.

40. I cry at Johnson & Johnson commercials.
(Come on, "having a baby changes everything", you know you do too)

41. I took ballet for 14 years.

42. I can neuter a cat and eat a sandwich at the same time, but I can't watch any procedure involving eyes.

43. Pictures of Antarctica freak me out. Something about the edge of the ice dropping off into that dark water.

44. I can't look at pictures of the front of huge ships, especially if they are black with the red bottom. The white cruise ships are not as bad.

45. I love the weather before a thunderstorm, when its all dark and windy. I wish it was like that all the time.

46. Palmetto bugs make me scream.

47. I love the look and sound of bamboo trees.

48. I love staying in hotels.

49. I check my email all day long.

50. I have been to Disney twice in my life.

51. When I was 16 I crashed my boyfriend's car into my parents front porch.

52. I was born with a broken collarbone.

53. I kill all plants and flowers, I have a very black thumb.

54. China (the country) freaks me out.

55. I have no feeling on the skin of my left knee, from a car accident.

56. I have gone deep-sea fishing.

57. I have worn contacts since I was 13 years old.

58. I like Vera Bradley bags.

59. I love Christmas.

60. I had postpartum depression.

61. I have never seen a tornado

62. I keep a journal.

63. I drive a Toyota Sienna minivan.

64. I don't like beige cars.

65. I watch too much cable news.

66. I will most likely vote for Barack Obama.

67. Though I wanted to vote for Ron Paul.

68. I saw Uma Thurman in a pizza shop in Woodstock, NY

69. I smoked pot in high school.

70. And college.

71. Fajitas are my favorite food

72. I love Starbucks Frappucino's

73. I do not like clear soda's like 7-Up, Sprite, etc.

74. I have a horrible memory.

75. When I was little I went to Germany with my mom every summer.

76. I once put up a Christmas tree in July in my bedroom.

77. I grew up in a town on the Hudson River

78. My favorite color is green.

79. I was a certified veterinary technician before I had kids.

80. I breastfed my daughter for 16 months.

81. I do not own an iPhone.

82. Blu-Ray irritates me. We just got used to DVD for gods sake.

83. If someone cuts me off in traffic, I will wave them in like I let them do it, so that they have to wave back in thanks.

84. "Ridiculous" is one of my favorite words.

85. I do not like broccoli.

86. I went snorkeling in the Florida Keys.

87. I don't trust people who never, ever curse.

88. I feel extremely uncomfortable discussing God or religion.

89. I have driven cross-country 5 times.

90. I do not trust the pharmaceutical companies or the FDA.

91. I am an Aquarius.

92. I have naturally curly hair, and hate it.

93. My mom accidentally slammed the car door on my entire hand when I was 7.

94. I love to read.

95. I can not juggle.

96. I used to sing the Star Spangled Banner to my oldest child as a lullaby because it was the only song I could remember the words to.

97. I had chicken pox when I was 6.

98. My extended family in Germany owns a beer brewery.

99. I am 33 years old.

100. I don't like poetry.

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ok he only dances for a couple seconds but he is so cute doing it!

New look

Friday, July 25, 2008

I like this one. I will add my list of blogs and sites this weekend.

I guess it will do, for now.

It is growing on me. I am kind of burned out on the blog templates right now, so this will do it for now. I just got back from Toys R Us. I noticed earlier that Liam was pretending to clean the bench with a napkin and I felt really bad, so I decided to go up and buy him a toy or two. But the good stuff was overpriced and the rest as crap. For example, I wanted to get him a toy shopping cart. A&E had one but it was crappy and they didn't really like it. But Liam would like it I think. But the decent one was freaking $26. I think that is insane personally. So I will check Craigslist or maybe hit up some friends whose babies have outgrown stuff (waving at Audra).
I have some chicken in the oven that is smelling fabulous. I will post the recipe later if it turns out to be as good as it smells.