Why the writers strike hasn't been too bad for me:)

I have a love-hate relationship with the TV. I love it when all my shows are on, but I hate it, because then I am sitting in front of the TV doing absolutely nothing for however long the show is! Which brings me to how much I LOVE DVR!!! I love how I can fast forward through the commercials- I can wait for Chet to get home before we watch our shows, I can wait until I have laundry to fold to watch the show, or some other meaningless stuff to do- that I can do sitting down while watching my shows.

I CANNOT wait for the premier of LOST tonight!! I'm so excited! Last night- when I got home from mutual, Chet was like- Guess what is taping right now?? I was like WHAT?? He was like- You were wrong!! (And I'm getting REALLY excited about this!) And I'm like Lost? NO way! Really! I was wrong!! I'm so excited because I thought I would have to wait in anticipation for another whole 24 hours! Then- I go to my computer to see if they are doing like a 2-night thing, like they did for The Chronicles of Sarah Connors. Turns out:( I was right- and they were just repeating last seasons finale. DANG IT! So- here we are with 4.5 hours left... and I'm nearly losing my mind! Ok, not really- but it is one of those things where you just want it to get here, but then I'm going to have to wait for Chet to get home from work and back from the gym- which will probably be about 11:30 or so.... which puts me TRYING really hard to not succumb to the temptation to watch it without him. If I do- he knows! There is no hiding it- I can't hide anything like that- I'm one of those- "oh, I hate this next part" or "wait til' you see what happens next" kind of person, or "RUN JACK RUN!" Chet automatically knows what is up by that point.


I have also really enjoyed the "writers strike" because I have been able to read vs. watching TV and I'm ahead of schedule on my books! YEAH! I've also dropped a few shows due to reading instead. I rarely watch All My Children anymore- unless I have laundry to fold at that time. That is practically an extra 260 hours a year that I'm adding back into my life. I really still love the show-- but it makes me SOOO mad when I haven't watched for a little bit- or heck, even when I'm watching it consecutively and they switch actors on me! Like Greenley - the right one is back now THANK GOODNESS- but Babe has changed now- and I loved her old actor! Or like chief Derrek changed... and it makes me not like those people anymore. I'm like- that is not so and so!! But I guess that is how they roll in the world of Soaps! And how I'll stop watching for a while and someone would have been dead for a while- and all of a sudden they are alive again?? What is that? I mean- yes- I'm glad they keep bringing Ryan back- but he has died like 16 times- is he invincible?? Or- how I was soooo excited when Dixie was in fact alive and she came back on-- and then they killed her off for real like 3 weeks later-- I was like... are you serious?? Why tease us like that? I really loved Dixie- as if she was my own sister.

Now- I know anyone who does not watch AMC is probably going- Bertie is nutsos! But- I guess with all this TV talk- I had to get it off my chest! Maybe I can put in a complaint somewhere, to stop the madness?! Anyhow- this is my random post for today, until I can tell you all about each of my childrens ideas of fashion!

Why do I love being tagged?? Maybe....

because I love talking about me,me,me! I got tagged by my friend Candy:)


4 Jobs I have had
1. Life guard at 6 Flags WaterWorld
2. Professional telemarketer for Gold's gym
3. cold caller for Liberty Office Products
4. Stay at home mom too!!

4 Movies I watch over & over
1. What about Bob?
2. How to Lose a Guy in 10 days
3. Never Been Kissed
4. Tommy Boy

4 Places I have lived
1. Houston, TX
2. Roseville, CA
3. Provo, UT
4. Woodland, CA

4 Shows I watch
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Ugly Betty
3. Heroes
4. Lost

4 Places I have been (outside my country)
1. Venice
2. Paris
3. Austria
4. Germany

4 People who e-mail me
1. Chet
2. Katie
3. Amber
4. Melynda

4 Favorite things to eat
1. Fajitas!
2. Skookies!
3. chips and queso
4. nice-thick-juicy-extra-cheese-cheeseburger

4 Places I would rather be
1. any beach
2. Snuggled up during a thunderstorm, reading.
3. Cruising around on a moped on the Island of Santorini, Greece
4. scuba diving in Fiji

4 Things I look forward to this year
1. summer vacation
2. Erin going to Kindergarten
3. growing even more (except outwards):)
4. spending everyday with my family


It also had a place for me to tag 4 people- but it seems like 1 or 0 people will do it when I tag them. I know it is intimidating to follow up with my wonderful tags-- but COME ON:) Just kidding- but ANYONE is welcome to do this- even if you are just randomly reading this- and you have never posted a comment, or I don't know who you are- TAG AWAY!! BE MY GUEST:)

Hopefully today pictures will come! I'm still waiting for Chet to fix something with the driver. Until then- enjoy ME!

It's dunkin' time!

This past Saturday our gym had a trampoline dunk team come and perform. I decided it would be a fun family outing, since Chet had to work. I went and worked out for the first little bit- and then I picked the kids up from the gym child center and I wanted good seats- so we were in the basketball courts 20 min. early. Before we got to the basketball court, we stopped off at the balloon lady and all 3 kids got to pick what they wanted and then she made it for them. Then they were given these small rubber basketballs and dum-dums.

I think I was more excited then the kids to see this show. It was a lot of fun, however- it was a bit of a trial. I don't know WHY I expect ANYTHING to be able to actually overtake my kids attention spans for more then 20 seconds, let alone the same thing- for all 3. So, we are sitting near the corner on the floor, against a wall. Someone left a drink there that was playing basketball earlier- I should have moved it to the trash- but I decided just to put it in the very corner- corner - NOT close to us- AWAY from my kids! We are all sitting nicely- and the kids are fascinated with their balloons Dante is shooting Ethan's helicopter, and Erin is smelling her new flower balloon bracelet and admiring how gorgeous she is with it on. The show starts- and we are pretty front row- and everything is going good- and Erin comes over to me- and is like- mom can I sit in your lap- I was like- sure- why? She was like- I spilled that drink.... WAY OVER THERE? So- now I have a child on one leg- putting my leg to sleep. Not really that bad.... i keep watching the show- Dante at this point sprawls out and starts making snow angels and loud noises-- (luckily the team brought music and no one, except the people around us can hear and see Dante) However- because of the music- I have Ethan shouting and covering his ear- "It's too loud mom- it's too loud!" I reply- I know honey- it will be over soon and we can go. He starts chewing on his balloon--- I say- Ethan- don't do that- it will pop. He stops. i look over again he is chewing on it again- I'm like- Ethan- I will take your balloon...POP! One balloon down- 2 to go. Dante starts playing with his little rubber basketball- and out it goes onto the floor right to the guy who is going for the dunk..... the basketball guy stops running towards the basketball goal- and grabs it and throws it in the audience. One ball down- 2 to go. (don't ask me WHY they gave out little rubber basketball's before the show and not after.)

I give all of them their dum-dums, to keep them quiet and entertained- I WANT TO WATCH THE SHOW!! I for sure- thought they would all be fascinated too- but I was dead wrong! 5 seconds later- ALL 3 of them- EWW!! Mom- these are gross!! I don't like this flavor! So- now I'm holding 3 sucked on, sticky dum-dums, my left leg is dead asleep, Dante is still making snow angels(he is almost 7 and I'm like- FOR REALS D!) and Ethan's head is in my lap because the music is too loud- and he is still mad about his balloon popping.

I tell Dante he needs to sit up and watch the guys dunking- and he starts fiddling with his balloon gun- trying to make it into different things. What do i hear next--- POP!! There goes Dante's balloon.


20 minutes later- or WHAT seemed to be an ETERNITY-- the show is over- and I'm like, "What????" I didn't see hardly anything- and I had GREAT seats!!!

Erin's balloon survived and 2 basketballs survived the show. I was ready to go home and take a nap!.... i had forgotten that i had promised to let the kids bounce on the moonwalk on our way out- and what do you know- it is down. So- my kids all decide to throw a fit and I threaten them with the "ewww" sticky dum-dums and say- I'll make you eat these if you complain. They stopped and I never did get that nap.

Such is life and it is funny how much I LOVE it!! :)


PS- I will be back to regular blogging status as soon as my SD card thingy is back up and running- which will be tonight.... I've felt lost with out my daily blogging. I'm sorry to have been the cause of ya'lls withdrawals but- I will do my best not to let it happen again:)

This makes me happy:)

Whooohooo!! They now have sour cream that you can squeeze out of a bottle! :) This makes me oh, so, so happy! I love sour cream- I can eat sour cream by the spoonful and now I don't have to put a messy glob, unevenly on my tacos and then spread it with my fingers- I can nicely spread it with just the bottle and just the perfect amount. I want me some tacos!!!

(my favorite tacos are from Del Taco- and they are the chicken tacos- because all they have is chicken, cheese, lettuce and sourcream! SOOOO GOOD!!! And only for like 50 cents or something like that! I miss Del Taco!)

What kind of eater are you?

Ok, so I have noticed how each of my kids have their own eating style.

Dante is a cross between a ravaging monster and a bulimic- he will eat everything in site, he will not stop no matter what- he shovels it ALL into his mouth at once, he will come back for more- if there is more and then if he gets too full, he has no trouble whatsoever going into the bathroom and throwing up. His throwing up is completely involuntary- he doesn't even need to use his fingers- it just happens. Every since he was little he has had good throwing up ability- it is almost like he can throw up on cue. Blue ribbon for him.

Erin is borderline anorexic. She just doesn't eat. Period. She just doesn't eat. I don't know how to say that better. She is like a bird- and she is a tiny thing, but she is growing and she is healthy- but she doesn't eat. She used to only eat paper, and now that she is cured of that disease, she seems to only want gold fish in a cup, or cold cereal without milk in a cup. She is like forever 18 months.

Ethan is PICKY and inspired this post!! He is ALWAYS hungry- or at least saying he is. I can feed him a whole roast and he will leave for 2 min. and come back and be like- "I'm hungry!" I'll be like- ok- what do you want... He will then say.... ummmmm....MILK. So, he drinks more milk now then he did when he was a baby. Then after he is done with his milk, he will be like "I'm hungry!" He isn't hungry- he is just saying that- but that is not the bad part.... the bad part is how he won't SHARE and the food has to be in PERFECT condition! This means the food can not be broken or smashed and you better not try to take a bite. For instance- not 10 min. ago Ethan wakes up, comes to me and sits in my lap, and says:

Ethan: Mom, I'm hungry!
Mom: Ok, what do you want for breakfast?
Ethan: A peanut butter sandwich
Mom: Ok- I will get you a peanut butter sandwich.

Ethan then runs into his room to lay back down because his foot is hurting, and he needs the massager. I bring in his peanut butter sandwich (and I think eventually he will get over this- sharing thing) I have taken a tiny bite out of one of the halves and when I hand it to him, I try to conceal it, and hope he doesn't notice "just in case"

As soon as I hand him the sandwich- he is like- "Oh, THANKYOU mom- this will make me feel ALL better" I gave him a kiss on the forehead and went to leave the room in search for the massager and all of a sudden I hear Ethan bawling! "But MOM! You took a bite! Why did you take a bite? I need a new sandwich! I can't have this one. AWWW, MOOOOOMMMM!!! " sob, sob, sob! - you would think I had just given him a bag of candy and then taken it away and fed it to the dogs.

So, I, being a good mom make him another 1/2 PB sandwich, using one piece of bread and I fold it over.... what do I hear NOW! "MOOOOMMMM! You need to cut it on the side- I can't see the PB from this side!" So, I take that piece of bread, open it up, tear it down the middle and then put the pieces back together and wa la- a satisfied child.

Last night- Amy reminded me of an instant where she was trying to get Ethan to share his food, and Erin so adamantly replied, "AMY, forget about it! He's not gonna share!" Ever so with her over the top hand gestures.

You take a bite of whatever he is eating, whether a heap of ice-cream in a bowl, a banana, etc... he will NOT eat the rest of his food. Just the other day he was eating something, and I dipped my spoon in his bowl (impolite I know, but I'm the mom and I can do anything:)) and he snatched my spoon away from me and dumped the food right back in his bowl.

So those are my wonderful, delightful eaters whom I love and adore to no end:)

What kind of eater are you?

Possibly my new favorite show

Chet and I love this show! It just started last week with the premier on Sunday and then the 1st episode on Monday. So, tonight is the 2nd episode. It is on Fox. I'm not sure what time- or what time in each time zone- but you should check your listings- because it is definitely worth a shot-- especially if you liked any of the Terminators. It is one of those shows, where you can't wait to see the next one, and you wish you had the whole DVD set now! (but now- that I have said that, all of you are going to be like, what is she talking about?) :)

If you watch it or have watched it- let me know what you think!

(I'll have more cute pics and stories up soon- but for some reason my card reader, isn't reading on my computer)

Uh-oh- Dante learned a new game......

A side note to the video- I could only find people acting out ding dong ditches really- and I chose this one, because I thought the kids disguise was so clever with the pink ladies hat. I would have never guessed it was a 12 year old boy. Who'd a thunk:)

Yes- he learned how to ding dong ditch today! I swear - I didn't know what that was until I was at least 10! He is 6 and he has already learned the art. This afternoon he was out playing with our neighbor Alex (who is 7 or 8) and they always have so much fun when they are playing together. This afternoon, while I was finishing some things up around the house and a few misc. projects- I hear the doorbell. It is a landscape man, asking if he can give me a free estimate on our landscaping for Spring. After all that was settled, I went back to my work. I then hear the doorbell ring again, and I just figured it was someone else asking for something else. I go to the door- and oh, no one is there. I look around, and I'm like- that is weird. How could someone get away that fast- did I really hear the doorbell? (I was seriously questioning my hearing)Then I heard some snickering behind my car-- and KNEW what was up. So, I waited by the door and I saw Dante sneak back up.... and as he was about to put his finger on the doorbell- I opened the door and shouted RAAAARRRRRRR!!! He got so freaked out- and then was like- MOM- how did you know?? It is so funny- how when they learn something new, they think that we as mere "parents" have not done it before, and have no clue as to what they are up to. Anyways, I then was like- k- just don't do it to people you don't know, and only do it once (hoping to not say- don't do that- and then them do it anyway) I gave them a limit. Dante then replies (and I love how honest he is! Bless his heart) Oh, mom- don't worry- we've only done (and starts pointing) there house, there house , that house, that house and your house. NICE! So, then I said- k- well- why don't you stick to my door now- and yes, I paid for it, they never got tired of it- so I answered the door about 1500 times, saying, "Who's there??" Then I finally just stopped answering the door:) But- at least no one else was being pestered- and I figure kids should be kids while they are kids! Heck- if I could- I'd go out there and do it with them (but in all black, and at night) Not in the middle of the day. Oh- and should I mention- Ethan was with them- so my 3 year old knows this game now too- and he DOES NOT know how to control himself.... so if you hear a doorbell and no one is there- call me, because Ethan is probably in your neighborhood.
Oh, how fun it is to have kids and relive all your child hood moments.... that has been like my theme all week.