Yes, another tag

How to play this game of tag. Post these rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys....

#1 I know it is cliche to say my family, but they are my greatest joy. I love my kids and my wonderful hubby.

#2 Getting a magazine in the mail. I love it when I pull up to the house and see a new issue of Better Homes and Gardens (or one of the other many magazines I subscribe to) peeking out of my mailbox.

#3 Sleeping in. They say the older you get the earlier you wake up, well not me. I could sleep until 11:00.

3 Fears....

#1 Being PTA President next year. What have I got myself into? If any of you out there would like the job, I am willing to step down.

#2 I have economic anxiety. Every time I see the price of gas rise, I get worried. I heard the other day, pretty soon it will be to expensive to truck oranges and I worried about it for hours. I know I am crazy.

#3 I am still not a fan of the dark. I still have to have some sort of night light . If I cant see my hand in front of my face I get nervous.


3 Goals....

#1 To finish my weight loss I have been working on.

#2 To finish my many furniture projects I have waiting for me downstairs.

#4 To get my garden in.


3 current obsessions/collections....

#1 We are working on our food storage right now. It is so reassuring to go down stairs and see that we have food just waiting for us if we need it.

#2 I don't know if this one counts, but I love anything from Costco. 36 rolls of TP, 18 rolls of paper towels, 19 lbs of oranges (until they are too expensive to truck from California), 8 cans of tuna, 6 lbs of pretzels I love items you can buy in bulk.

#3 I love collecting old Pyrex glass ware. My collection isn't as extensive as my dads but I am working on it.

3 Surprising Facts about me....

#1 I love text messages. It is such a nice surprise to hear my phone beep, especially when its Jeff just asking how my day is going.

#2 My house is messy more often than it is clean. I really try but I just cant keep up.

#3 I love Jane Austin movies. If anyone wants to watch a bonnet movie give me a call and I will join you.

There I did it. Every time I do one of these tags I am reminded how boring I am. Thanks for putting up with my ramblings, I know at times it is painful.

I tag whoever reads this and wants to share a piece of themselves with all of us. Come on I know one of you wants to.

The Things I Say

We went to Price this weekend and we had a lot of fun. Bryan and Lynae's house is beautiful and I am so happy for them.

Anyway, Nae and I were having a conversation about the things we say during the day that we wouldn't have to say if we had any other job besides mothering. I hope she doesn't mind that I am blogging this but I thought I would start my own list of things I say in the course of a day.

#1 This first one isn't necessarily a phrase, but I repeat myself to Frankie about 100 times a day. Any of you who have been around us know, either Frank is hard of hearing or he chooses not to hear me. For example.......
Me: Frank go get your shoes.
Frank: What you say mom?
Me: GO GET YOUR SHOES!
Frank: What you say mom?
Me: Get your shoes or I will spank your bum.
Frank: OH my shoes, ok mom.

#2 This phrase is also to Frankie. Frank get your hands out of your pants. Then it is a repeat of #1.

#3 Get your finger out of your nose. This is said to all three of my kids at some point during the day.

#4 This one I dont mind. I call each of them one of these names at some point during the day; sweet pea, sugar, baby, peanut, cutie. If I called co-workers at a regular job these names I would be the crazy lady at the office.

#5 How did you get (put a food stain here) we just put that shirt on.

#6 You need to put some clothes on no one likes to look at your naked bum. (Ok I might looking at thier cute buns but I have to teach them you cant run around naked.)

This is only six of I am sure many things. What do you say?

Book Tag

I am getting around to this book tag Beth got me with a while ago. I am reading The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo, the third sentence on page 125 is.....


"When the Frenchmen made insulting remarks about the judge's intelligence and education, our friend calmly translated, "The chair says it is time to adjourn for luncheon."


If anyone is looking for a good and interesting book to read I strongly suggest this one. It has really opened my eyes to a part of the world I knew nothing about.

I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream

Ky and Jen gave our kids Leatherbys gift certificates for Christmas and we decided it was time to use them. We made it a family affair and invited the Coopers, Mom and Guy, Aaron and Mary, and Dad. We ordered some dinner (a bad idea, the food is not that great) and then it was time for the real reason we went ICE CREAM! The Daddy Doug’s sounded good and we thought it would be big enough for our family to share. Well it was big enough and then some. I am not kidding when I say I have not seen so much ice cream in one dish. It said it was a banana split but we couldn’t find the banana. The kids thought it was awesome until we told them they had to eat the whole thing. We had them going for awhile, but when Owen said his stomach hurt we ended our joke.

She loves her ice cream

YUMMY!!!

What a munch mouth

Its Huge

Sleepy

I watched Claire and Whitley a few weeks ago while Nae and Bryan went to Las Vegas. We had so much fun Frankie and Claire wore themselves out. Isn't it amazing that moments like this make us forget the trouble two year olds can get into.

Frankie doesn't have pants on and Claire is a mess but they look like cute little angles. Thanks Nae for letting the girls stay over, I will take them anytime.

Good Sport

After dropping off Lucy at preschool I usually don't want to go home. So I drag Frankie along with me to some store. He is always a good sport and fun company, on this particular day we headed to the mall and he got to play in the "dinosaurs". I know at times it is nice to go to the mall by yourself or with your girlfriends but I will always remember my trips with my little buddy.

Denver?

I don't want to offend my visitor from Denver, but I don't think I know anyone there. So if you visit us again will you please leave a comment and let me know whats up. Thanks.