I'm not old enough for a heart attack..

we are at the ER... super hubby has been having chest pains for a week and this morning it started to radiate in to his arm...he wanted to go chop down our xmas tree first but I forced him to the ER as you can tell from the pictures he is annoyed to even be here because he's "fine"... so far the doc says it is unlikely he is having a heart attack but we are having "tests" just to be sure...



and in case you are wondering... it was his idea to mobile blog :-)

Sometimes you feel like a nut, Sometimes you don't

So Amy Amy Bo Bamey tagged me for the Motherload Meme. And i think motherload is an understatement...

Rule 1. List the first ten people who have commented on one of your blog posts.

i picked - the more i remember the more i cry because it seemed like 9 is my magic comment number but this one had 16...

1. The Mom
2. Amy Amy Bo Bamey
3. Insane Mama
4. Kristen
5. Adcock Circus
6. C and C Mommy
7. pb&j in a bowl
8. Shannon
9. anti-supermom
10. Briana

Rule 2. The meme questions: 10 Blogs, 15 Questions.

What is your favorite post from #3's blog? a great story about buying bras with her mom when she was a teenager.... i cried i was laughing so hard... and i would have linked it up except she has gone in to blogger witness protection...

Has #10 taken any pictures that have moved you? this was my first trip there... so i'd have to say it was certainly the photo of the cattle running thru downtown Dallas from her office window...

Does #6 reply to comments on their blog? yes she does

Which part of Blogland is #2 from? California

If you could give one piece of advice to #7 what would it be? keep that pink xmas tree until if falls apart...

Have you ever tried something from #9's blog?

Has #1 blogged something that inspired you? just about everything she posts inspires me...

How often do you comment on #4's blog? almost every time i visit... she's a fave!!!

Do you wait excitedly for #8 to post? i read her regularly, but i'm not sure excited is the right word...

How did #5's blog change your life? she certified my belief that i only want two kids...

Do you know any of your 10 bloggers in person? nope

Do any of your 10 know each other? not that i know of.

Out of the 10, which updates more frequently? They all update pretty frequently, that is why my google reader is full!

Which of the 10 keep you laughing? Amy and Jen are the one's that make me laugh the most... especially Amy and her videos...

Which of the 10 made you cry (good or bad) tears? i can't come up with one... except that insane mama post about the bra shopping... that came pretty close.

So If I posted about your blog, it is your turn! Play on unless you were tagged already by Amy :)

sock friends

I got this email from Boden (a family favorite) it looked like just a coupon... but upon further inspection i discovered that they had this great idea for sock friends...


We may look like the product of tireless and elaborate craftsmanship, but we're actually pretty easy to make. Follow these simple instructions and before you know it you'll have a gang of Sock Friends where before you had merely a clutch of sorry, single old socks.

clic here for instructions...

laughing is such good medicine...

last friday we went out with our "pizza night" friends... it seems silly that i refer to them that way because they have become just GREAT friends...

however... everyone else seems to know them this way from conversations since it started as a Friday Night Pizza thing and it just sort of stuck... (ramble...)

anyway... we decided that this pizza night was going to be a grown-up night... they invited us to a wine tasting at Woodinville Wine Cellars... Yummy....

and then on to Purple Cafe in Woodinville... where we enjoyed more wine... food and a whole LOT of LAUGHING...

i forgot how great it felt to laugh from the belly with good friends... i need to do that more often... even beter was how annoyed the snooty people around us seemed to be that we were laughing and enjoying ourselves...

not obnoxious drunk... not even buzzed... just good old fashion fun!!!

thousand word thursday...

it is so much fun to look back at this day in pictures... in 2003 on this day we had our first snow of the season... and yes... that is early since in seattle we ususally only get snow a few times a year!!!

i have got to meet this woman...

my brother might get an unexpected visit some day real soon so i can have a IRL moment of my own.... i mentioned i on Friday... then today i did this muffin test she showed me and guess what??? we are the same... although i'm not so sure about this snob comment... lately i've been feeling a lot like a snob...

What Kind of Muffin Are You?
You Are a Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin

You are smart, sophisticated, and savvy.You love taking risks, and you are the first to know about new trends.You are curious about the world and tend to have many interests.You also are very talented. It sometimes seems like you are good at everything.You are very social and inclusive. You'll be friends with anyone.Even though you're very cultured, you're not a snob.

sharing the love

last week i got this totally awesome award....

and i asked what you thought it meant...

i think the best answer came from Elaine A. @ The Miss Elaine-ous Life...

"it means that even though we may be very FAR apart geographically, blogging brings us all closer together"

and with that being said i decided i wanted to pass this with NO RULES... and to those who have shown me so many interesting things around the country and the world...

anti-supermom - A Real Anti-Supermom

Elaine A. - The Miss Elaine-ous Life

Shannon - Welcome to The Nut House!

Jen - Cheaper than Therapy

Debbie - blog around the world

Danielle - Life with the Hewitt Family

amy - life of Nguyener

Krystyn - really, are you serious?

do with it as you like ladies...but know that it is rare and comes from my heart...

i'm going international...

I have this new person in my life... Amy... we are connected in many ways and yet we have never met... she is my brother's neighbor... she has stayed in my parents house... her kids are friends with my nieces... we appear to have a lot in common...

she was tricked in to visiting my blog from facebook ~ her first love... now she is hooked on this blog thing... she's got a new look... she's got a new name... and she's even taken on the challenge of 30 posts in 30 days... she is hooked... there is no going back for amy... and i hope some day real soon i get to meet her...

so what does this have to do with going international??? she gave me this award...


and it is by far the most bizarre i have ever seen.... according to Amy... she thought that it said "This blog invests and accredits in proximity", but she turned to an online translator because it didn't make any sense... and learned it is a colloquialism that translates into "This Blog believes in proximity?" still no idea what that has to do with anything... i'm thinking since it has crossed over to north america we can give it some new meaning... what i'm not sure... any idea???

so leave me some comment love about what you think it means... and be sure to stop by and visit amy and give her some love to while you are in the mood....

thousand word thursday

Taken on this same same day last year... B celebrating with his "star of the day" plate after getting all his spelling words plus the 2nd grade and challenge words right on his test... he got McD's as a bonus for the challenge words...

I also love that this is before he lost his 2 front teeth but on the verge of falling out...

it reminds me that i need to get this plate back in circulation... it's good for the dinner table mood...

little boys are just like big ones...

it is the time... the time when the kids get sick...
B was home for 2 days last week with a nasty cough... C has had it for 2 weeks...
but today he woke up with a high fever and the whine...
he is just laying in bed whining about how much he hurts... he's not even 3 yet!!!

people watching

i'm at this cool place with my friend Sarah and our kids...
tot spot cafe... amazing idea....every town needs one of these places...

Monitored Play Area is stocked with top quality toys and hosted activities,
while moms... and dads can hang out around outside the play area drinking coffee, reading magazines, surfing the net (blogging) or just enjoying a moment where someone else is playing with your kids.

the people watching is great... and the conversations to be overheard are even better...

overheard... Microsoft dad talking with another mom...

dad - i got a new car (motions to new BMW outside the window)

mom - nice

dad - yeah... i wanted a Jetta but i was told that was a girl car

me - screaming in my head... yeah right...you really wanted a Jetta but had to SETTLE for a BMW...if only i had your problems :)

thousand word thursday

I am still trying to figure out what the deal is with my hair in this photo circa 1987

** i've just remembered what the deal is with my hair... i wore my bangs in my face, but for prom my mom told me they needed to be out of my face... hence the HUGE hair!!!

Look a likes...

"C" loves the movie cars... I've seen it 100 times at least as a result... thank goodness i like it... His favorite character is Tow Mader...

he loves it so much that he asked super hubby to carve his pumpkin to look like Mader...

and now even his brother looks like Mader....

remember the preppy handbook....

it was my bible in 1983... i'm not sure i did such a great job of interpretation... but for a Michigan girl i think i did pretty good with the resources i had...

one of my brothers found this picture when we were all home for my grandmother's service... it's a classic from a trip we took across the country in 1983...

I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this picture on facebook in the last 2 weeks... so naturally i figured it was worth a spot on the blog...

#1 question is what are you standing next to? it's a dinosaur bone... we were at dinosaur national park in UT...

I would love to get my hands the preppy handbook today... but my parents have long since let theirs go... at least i have this picture... and the laughs i got from this far out weigh the missing book...

homemade costumes

there is a reason mom's don't make kids costumes anymore... it takes way too long... and it's a pain in the ass... I broke 3 sewing machine needles in the process of making this beauty...



Taken with cell phone so sorry the quality is crap...

My top account was having an event that required dressing up and the theme was quick turn... naturally working for BIC... i had to be a pen ( a Clic Stic) ... available in 24 hours :)

I'm VERY proud of it... but i'll think twice before doing this again...

happy halloween...

little C refused to wear a costume so we stayed home to pass out candy... but his big brother hit the streets with his friends and came home with some LOOT!!!

PS - this isn't my house... i barely got my pumpkins out :)