3 Republicans + 1 Democrat = TROUBLE!

I have a very close circle of girlfriends. All our husbands are friends, a few grew up together. This is how we have come together and became SUPER friends for many years.

We had a Mom's Night out Saturday. Margaret (in good fun) was trying to tell us her little Obama speech and like to say how Palin is the devil in disguise. So we decided to have fun with her.

Last night, on the eve of the Election, we went and "McCain'd" her car. **tee hee hee**
We taped pictures on her windows and also wrote, with window marker, things like "Palin is my BFF" & "I love John"

The start of the mission. We taped them to us so we could get in and out of there.



MISSION COMPLETE!


She was such a good sport. She emailed us already today. Thank goodness her husband is a cop in our town. He knew we were doing it!

Hey guys-

Vandals trashed my car last night. I have reported the crime to police but so far they don't have any leads. Tell everyone you know in *** to be careful and watch out for suspicious activity.

Check out the damage.

Isn't she so lucky to have friends like us?

Happy Anniversary!

Today is my 4th wedding anniversary! I joke to Chris that is took him 7 years and 1 child to marry me.

We married at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. I have always wanted to go there and the girls were excited to go somewhere that Mary Kate and Ashley made a movie! Here they are, as they put it, sitting in the exact same spot the Olsen Twins were! They were SUPER excited!

When we arrived we went to our room. I looked out the window and all I saw was a brick wall and the hotel employees going in and out a side door. I was crushed. It was not what I had envisioned. I went to the front desk bawling my eyes out. It also helped that I was so tired from flying with the kids, taking 2 different flights and we had to left Boston early that morning.
After trying to plead with them to change my room, while sobbing telling them I was getting married on their property in 2 days, they agreed and moved us to the classier part of the hotel! You know the infamous arches of the hotel that you see in the advertisements? Yup, that is where they put us! This was the view from our balcony! It was breathtaking.
We got married a few days later. It was a small gathering. Just us, the kids and some family. The girls were 9 and 11, Tommy was 1. My parents, Chris's parents, my sister Tracey and his parents good friends came.

Here I am just about ready to head down! Budweiser and all!
Walking down the "Isle"



Exchanging of the rings

A special part of the ceremony was when we gave each girl a necklace. I really wanted them to feel like they were special and that not only was Chris making a commitment to me, but to them also. They were both VERY surprised. Sam started crying the second she realized what was going on.
Chris, being their new Step Dad, made the presentation. He told them how much he loved them and me. How he was excited to officially become part of us. Then he put the necklace on each girl. That man won over my heart once again after that. It was beautiful.


Our happy family!
This is everyone at the wedding.

I love my husband more and more each day. I can't wait to spend many more years to come!

Since I Got a Great Compliment.......

Since telling Chris I was a "Rockin Hot Chick," Tommy and I went to the bookstore and into Starbucks. He was treated to a chocolate cupcake!

See, it pays to compliment Momma, even if you are only 5!

The Ultimate Compliment!

My 5 year old son just told his Daddy that "Mom is a Rockin Hot Chick!"

It doesn't get any better than that!

Halloweenie (as Tommy calls it!)

We had a great time Trick Or Treating. We go every year with our friends. This year we hit our neighborhood.

Daddy packed a bag full of beers and loaded the wagon up!

There are no pictures of the big kids. Sam had a football game to cheer at and Casey wouldn't be caught dead with us.


Katie was trying, as always, to copy her brother.


Katie and her buddy, Julia.

Tommy and his BFF, Aidan.



Lauren got tired.........I have no idea where Julia is, who should be riding in the stroller!

Ash made the crayon costumes. They came out great. She made Jason wear it. He was such a good sport (with the promise he was "getting some" later)

Before you ask, yes, he wore it all through the neighborhood!

Grampa's Cradle

Grampa made this beautiful doll cradle for my older daughters. (He actually made 2, 1 for each!)
Katie now plays with them. Yesterday she was sitting in it herself and thought it was the funniest thing.

I have to add, she is wearing her favorite shirt. She called it her "Boo Shirt." Although when she says it it sounds like she is saying "Bullshit!" **hee hee** Listen for yourself!

I am Failing at Potty Training!

I am trying to potty train Katie. It isn't going so well!
I thought she was ready when she wanted to walk around the house with her pants down to her ankles. I was wrong, she just thinks it is funny to do, even in public places.

I have tried bribing with M&M's and she wants them, but won't even sit in the potty for them. Here is her little tantrum, which I find super funny, about wanting the candy, but not wanting to sit. At least she is polite saying "NO THANK YOU!"




This is the "STOP TAKING MY PICTURE" look! **haha**

Wordless Wednesday

I know, Wordless Wednesday....I have to explain!

I saw this hanging in my son's indoor soccer place. They were trying to abbreviate the town "Milford". I would LOVE to play on a MILF Catholic league! **hee hee**

When I was a kid.......

Someone sent me this today. I think it is hilarious and goes with my earlier post about teenagers!
I hope you find it as funny as I did!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning, uphill...barefoot..
BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda.

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, There was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a d**n Utopia!
And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the d**n library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!

There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter, with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3' s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the d**n record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, Your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your I mag ination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen, Forever!
And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!


You had to use a Little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and there was no
Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove ... Imagine that!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Regards,
The over 30 Crowd

Teenage Problems?

Don't you wish you could have the problems teenagers have? Remember how it was life altering some of the problems we had as teenagers?
I got to thinking this today. Sam and Casey have a substitute bus driver for a while. She is always late. They get to school in time, but Sam has to rush to her locker and then to class. They asked if I would call the bus dispatcher and ask that the driver leave 10 min earlier. *hee hee*
Could you just think if life's problems, now as an adult, were that easy?

I was trying to think of other teenager "life altering" issues they have.

1. Keyboard on cell phone not working properly to text *gasp*

2. Only being allowed 1 friend to sleep over. What will the other 6 friends think???

3. A friend only being allowed 2 people over, she wasn't one of them.

4. Mom picking up from cheerleading and wasn't sitting waiting outside when the coach let them out 10 minutes early. *Yup, I got a call "Where are you?*

5. Super Sweet 16 was not recorded as planned!

6. Having to choose friends over practice.

7. Favorite shirt not washed.

8. To rainy to hang downtown.

9. There is no snacks (that they like) to eat.

10. Having to shut cell phones off at 9:00

Wouldn't you like to have those problems?

Pumpkin Carving!

We (well, Chris and the kids) carved the pumpkins. We decided the driveway was the best place. I didn't want the mess in the house!



Tommy was saying it was stinky!
Chris cleaning it out. Tommy wouldn't go near it. Notice the latex glove on Daddy's hand. I am not sure if that was being smart or being a sissy.


Daddy needs a beer to get through it! haha!


Katie wanted to mark hers up so Daddy knew where to cut.


This is a little one we actually grew. It was to little to carve so Tommy wanted to draw on it.


Then they all disappeared and left Mommy to clean up!



The end result!
Casey's in the one on the right, Tommy's the middle and Kate at the end.
Hers is a Cyclops one! Daddy got lazy at the end!

Pumpkin Picking....Sorta!

We went picking today. Well, not in a real pumpkin patch, just to a local farm where the kids can pick them out. I cheated this year. I had no energy, after the crappy week I had, to go to a real pumpkin patch.
Sam was not with us, she was at a cheerleading competition (which I just found out they took 2nd place!)

Here are some pictures! We are going to try to carve them tonight.


Searching for just the right pumpkin!
Casey found hers!

Tommy found his!


Is this the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown?
I am not sure what they were whispering about!


Chris and I having a snack!

And now some funny ones!

I asked Chris to take our picture, think the sun was to bright? haha


What is this???? They were selling them, it didn't look like anyone was buying them!



I am not sure of this face on Tommy? Maybe he was sick of getting his picture taken?

My Morning Vent

Ugh....

Katie has been sick, I think she may now have pink eye.

Tommy is headed for an MRI for his headaches, that he has been having for months, Monday. Hubby thinks he just doesn't drink enough water....ya, that is it. Have you seen the liquids he drinks all day. Maybe I will start writing it down for you.

Husband is being a jerk and doesn't understand anything. He just gets mad and thinks I am an idiot for not asking more questions about Tommy to the DR. I have told him to call the DR himself if he feels I am doing such a terrible job. He has also been told, in the past few weeks, to please write a parenting book for me since I don't know how to parent 4 kids. Yes people, he is a professional, didn't you know?

Casey thinks I am stupid for thinking she was part of crowd of pumpkin smashers that smashed pumpkins. "I DIDN'T DO IT!" Yet, she was with the crowd. I say, guilty by association. She is mad because I won't let her hang downtown after school today because, after trying to have a civil conversation about it this morning, she told me to "Shut Up." Anyone think that is OK? I know my mom would have kicked my ass if I told her to shut up as a kid.


Sam told me last night she needed a ride to the store to buy candy for her secret cheerleading sister. Let me tell you, she has known she needed this for some time. She was given a list of things she needs for her cheerleader sister and football player at the beginning of the season. Oh and did I mention I needed to pay for it too?

WOW, that felt good!

Out to Breakfast Where???

Chris told me he was taking Tommy out to breakfast this morning. I was pleased and thought "Why isn't he inviting all if us? That isn't very nice."

Well, then I realized where he was taking him! It is Contractor Day at Lowe's this morning. Free donuts and coffee. The even funnier part? He ran back in to get a Ziploc bag so he can bring some home.

That isn't my idea of going out to breakfast. I will stay home in my jammies and let them have "Man Time."

EDITED TO ADD:
Here he is home with the Ziploc bag