Sincerely Chelle

I really like grapefruit

2009-09-29T09:45:00.000-07:00

I've found a new band that I'm completely obsessing about called "Pomplamoose". When I was a kid, I loved saying "pomplamoose rose" which is pink grapefruit in french and I'm sure I named dolls that...kind of a side note. I like the word to be plain and simple, I like saying it. Weird, I know and that has nothing to do with the band. Anywho, most importantly, I love their style of music and hopefully you will enjoy it also. Here's a few of my favorites thus far:

Blast from the past...

2009-08-02T16:24:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of funny memories I had as a child. The BBQ ad was a song that my siblings and I adopted as something we would sing everytime we get together and then non-stop laugh about it till we pee a little...

The italian song was from back in the day when we'd hang out with Gram Wilde, while Uncle Henry still lived there (the record was a single and belonged to him, I think). We played that little record over and over and over...I'm sure we drove Gram crazy! Good fun times...

Brookie, the red-nosed sweet heart

2009-08-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

Fell of the bed a few nights ago and got a little rasberry on the tip of her nose to show for it. Poor lil bugga! I was searching for her earlier today, i could hear her but she was nowhere to be seen. I followed the angelic humming to the window and there she was behind the curtain looking out the window. I snapped a few pics of the moment and then realized that the pictures kinda turned out pretty cool with her reflection in the window. Maybe she was checking out her nose, who knows. Cute nonetheless.

Just plum tuckered out...

Let me tell you about my kids! Part II: BAYLEE

2009-07-07T16:00:00.000-07:00

AKA: Baylee Buddha, Baylee Bugs, Big Sis, Beautiful, Sweetie Peetie, Lil Twerp (when she's in trouble...) ;)

Where do I even start with this one? I've had the hardest time trying to write a post worthy of this gal! She's sweet, sensitive, absolutely gorgeous inside and out, the biggest help (when she feels like it, which is most of the time...). She's honest (most of the time), learns quick! Remembers things (a little too well), very social (makes friends EASILY), a Daddy's girl (has him WRAPPED around her little finger), knows what she wants and is persistent, AND a glamour queen. Gosh the list goes on and on.

She's always willing to perform. This girlie has no reserve and I hope that she stays this way. I remember being so self conscious when i was younger and found it quite hard to perform ANYTHING in front of people. She dances, sings and makes up her own songs (and even her own words sometimes (she get that from me...). She's been plucking away at the piano lately and can teach herself how to play songs as well as make up her own...they really are quite catchy!

Even though she fights every so often with her siblings (mostly Liam), she loves to be a peacemaker especially between Mom and Dad. One time we were in the car and Brian and I were "discussing". She screamed at us to stop fighting and was quite upset. She demanded Dad to tell me he loved me. We looked at each other, bit our cheeks and then I tried to explain to her that sometime mommy and daddy argue but that doesn't mean we don't love each other. Before I could even finish the sentence she yells: "TELL HER DAD!" Bri looks at me and says "I love you"....we stopped fighting/discussing and amazingly life seemed a bit less stressful all of a sudden.

She's is (painfully) honest at times. The other day, she gave me the opportunity to join her ALL GIRLS CLUB. Before I could enter, I had to tell her a secret. I couldn't think of one worthy of her innocent mind ;) so I proceeded to tell her I didn't have one. She thought for a moment and then said, "I Know, you and daddy fight a lot, but when you are in public, you act like an angel!" I also at times will tell her she can't have more sweets. She'll ask why and I'll try to tell her that I don't want her to end up like me. She'll then say, "what, like fat?" To that I turn purple and then reply, "No, unhealthy, but thanks, thanks a lot!" Yes, the truth hurts and she's lucky she's young and my daughter...

I asked her the other day what she wanted to be when she grew up and this was her reply: "I want to be a police-woman, and if that doesn't work out, then I was to be a fashion model, and if that doesn't work out, then a rock star, and if that doesn't happen, I want to work for Disney making up shows..." Sounds to me like she put a LOT of thought into it...

Let me tell you about my kids! Part I: LIAM

2009-06-03T13:45:00.001-07:00

I chose the boy first because he's my only son and right now he's on my mind a little bit more cause he's sick. This kid makes me laugh so hard. He is his fathers son through and through. He looks exactly like him and has his sense of humor, maybe even a little more magnified. (note: After we got married, Brian wasn't as funny as when we dated, go figure. Some may argue however that it's not that Brian isn't funny as much as it's me being intolerant. I just don't know ;o))

Liam is 5, is quite small in stature, has almost bleach blond hair, blue eyes, and all the features of his dad. He can be shy but when he warms up to someone, he's very social. I like to say he got that from me. He can be quite sassy, says NO a lot and yells very loudly, oh and of course bugs his sisters like crazy! (That's his job, right?) On the other hand, he can be the sweetest boy on earth. Loves to help me do chores and cleans his room, mind you, most of the time it's because I promise him he can play video games after, but he's very cheerful as he's helping. Anyway, to explain his sense of humor, I'm going to tell you 3 stories and I think you may understand and come to know Liam just a little better.

Liam has adopted his dad's ankle socks as his own. He wears them almost every day even when it's hot. They go up to his knees and the grey reinforced heel of the socks come up to about the calves of his legs. No matter what mood I'm in, he walks by with those socks on and I crack up laughing. Love it!

About a month ago we were at a museum that was the inside of a boat built in 1930. It was a self guided tour but there was an older lady inside that was answering questions. He went up to her and said, "Only my dad and me have tenders, my mom and sisters don't." I just about choked on my spit. Baylee ran over to Brian and told him that Liam was embarrassing her. I thought quickly and started telling the lady that he and his dad had chicken tenders for lunch and we didn't. Liam quickly corrected me by saying no and then started pointing at his crotch. We all started laughing and thankfully the older lady did as well. She said that was the first time she'd heard them referred to as "tenders". (***FYI, if you don't know this already, he got that from the movie, KUNGFU PANDA.)

Movies seem to be the source of a lot of what comes out of this kid which doesn't necessarily mean that all he does is watch TV...just keep that in mind. (***This next saying he got from the movie BOLT.) He's been playing soccer for the last couple months. He normally gets out in the field and rolls around in the grass and picks dandelions (he is 5 after all). We've tried everything to motivate him and bribing seems to work the best with this kid so we told him that if he scored a goal we would go get him a chocolate dipped cone. That seemed to peak his interest and the next time he got into the field, he started to make this samurai-like movement with his arms/hands like he's meditating/praying and says, "All my training has prepared me for this moment"! No goal was made but lots and lots of grass and dandelions were picked and tossed about and I know this sounds bad but after the game we headed to the good ol' Dairy Queen and chocolate dipped cones were enjoyed by all!

As promised: Pillowcase dress pictures "no matter the end result"

2009-05-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

Well here they are (yes both pillowcases)! How fascinating is this, you ask? Well my dear friends and family, this IS how I finish my sewing projects unless, of course, someone comes along (who feels very sorry for me) and finishes it. I guess that's why the heart pillow I made in Home Ec in Jr High ended looking like more of a puffy letter L. Intersting...I passed Home Ec in High school, although I know full well that it wasn't my work that was being graded but the work of my glorious teacher herself. Right now her name has escaped me...shea, please help me with that...I have TMA (Town of Magrath Amnesia). I guess I've suppressed a lot of memories from that time in my life, probably because nothing really exciting happened there for me...The only fun I could think of having always involved breaking the law or doing something I shouldn't, hmmm, interesting... Anyway, shea you asked for it, here it is...I know you are green with envy! Gram would be so proud! (sobbing)

I'm a few bricks short of a load

2009-05-02T18:23:00.000-07:00

So as many of you already know, I've had knee surgery recently (5 weeks ago). I believe that my brain and funny bone must've been in my knee or I've taken so many pain meds that I've fried my brain cells. Whatever it is that happened, I have no capability of writing a post on my blog that is worth reading. I have WRITER'S Block! I have tried so hard to be funny but the best joke I can come up with is: KNOCK KNOCK, who's there?, IEEEEP, ieeep who? YOU EAT POOH?!.....yeah, funny, I know...but old. I also feel very intimidated by friends blogs and others that I've run across on accident! They are so witty and well thought out and written. When I write my posts it takes me seconds to blurt something out...diahrea of the mind, I guess. But that's how I roll. I have IMS (Irritable Mind Syndrome). When something comes along and stimulates my mind positively or negatively, I explode! I have overdosed on I-mind-ium (Immodium). So I ask...please be patient and don't give up on me! Hopefully I will come back into this blogging world soon and when I do, it'll be interesting and not BOOOAAARRRRING! Wish me luck. I'm going to meditate right now.

I'm gonna make easter dresses for my girls out of pillowcases cause i'm poor

2009-03-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

Wish me luck, cause I don't sew. After my attempt, I will post photos, no matter the end result. This should be interesting. ;)

PAY IT FORWARD

2009-03-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling in the giving mode today so I agreed to do something that seems a bit fun. My friend Melissa is doing this on her blog. Be the first 3 people to comment on this post and I will give/send you something homemade by yours truly within the year, and don't worry it won't be one of these. You must however AGREE to do the same thing on your blog...sounds fun, eh? Let the giving begin....

Everythings amazing...No one is happy! It's true...

2009-03-01T12:29:00.000-08:00

The next time you want to get all PO'd about something like internet connection (like i do a lot) or phone service for your cell, remember this little clip. Remember we are living in an incredible time. Things that are available to us now were unthinkable when we were children. However I'm still waiting for someone to invent moving sidewalks (something I dreamed about when I was in elementary school and not wanting to walk to school anymore...)! Maybe one day...

Chelle needs.....

2009-02-21T18:16:00.001-08:00

This is kinda fun and I encourage you to do it also. We all need a little comedy relief every now and then. Go to Google and put "(your name) needs" in the search engine and see what comes up. These are some of the things that came up for me:

1. a bisexual room (that one scares me...)
2. a nap (that makes more sense...)
3. a home (more like a clean home)
4. a good million dollars (or more...)
5. a tough nut kicker chick to go rescue her (going along more with #1... scary and totally not true! I really don't need that.)
6. a fashion advisor (this couldn't be more true, i've never been good with being in fashion, ask my daughter...i'd be happy with a moo-moo right now.)
7. more comments (yes, everyone could use more comments!)
8. to place a phone call
9. new music (i do?)
10. a tanker baby (to do what with? The picture below would explain better what would happen if I had a tanker, baby!)

BAH, Love Bug!

2009-02-14T10:51:00.000-08:00

Cupid, instead of shooting me through the heart with that arrow, why don't you aim it at the back of my head! Of all the holidays we celebrate, Valentines day is the biggest waste of time and energy in my mind! We all know it's a commercialized holiday just like the rest of em. At least with the other holidays, there's a real purpose. Ya know, Christmas we celebrate the birth of Christ. Easter, to celebrate His resurrection. Presidents day, I'm assuming we recognize past and present leaders of our country. Halloween, we celebrate dead things and monsters...I think you get what I'm saying. Anybody else getting bugged about the stupid jewelry store adds. "What's a 13 letter phrase for marriage proposal?......He went to JARED!" I couldn't find a youtube for that one so this one will just have to do AND is just as annoying.

This was always my problem with Valentines Day. When I didn't have a boyfriend on Valentines day, I was always trying not to be depressed with my other single girlfriends. We'd always go out to eat ice cream, lots and lots of ice cream! We always played into the "strong, independent women" idea, but we all knew that we were raging jealous of our roomie that had a room full of roses at home. When I did have a boyfriend on the blessed day, he NEVER went to Jared! So I was disappointed nonetheless...So there...it's out, I could live my life fully without VALENTINES DAY! Actually that's not entirely true...there is ONE thing that has happened on VALENTINES DAY that changed my life forever! This one thing showed me what true love was/is all about. For this reason, this day will always be special to me, even IF he doesn't go to Jared! My beautiful blond haired, blue eyed daughter with heart shaped lips was born this day and is the single most important reason I love February 14! Happy Birthday Baylee Bugs! You are my sweetheart today and always will be...

"That poor lady...oh my goodness, look at these adorable capris!"

2009-02-07T17:16:00.000-08:00

For all of my kids birthdays, I like to make sure they start the day out wearing something new. Being the slacker mother that I am, I waited for the very day of my youngest daughters birthday to go to buy her a new outfit. So I went to the outlets this morning in search of the perfect outfit. While in The Children's Place almost ready to give up because I never find what I want if I know what I'm looking for. I always find things when I go shopping without a reason. Anyone else like that? Anyway, that's off the subject. All of a sudden, the music in the store turns off and one of the workers starts yelling, "Excuse me everyone! There is a little girl age 4 that is missing. She is wearing a pink coat with a flower on it. If you see her, will you please bring her to the front of the store." I look toward the front of the store and there is this mother, tears streaming down her cheeks. She's trying so hard to keep it together, her hands trembling. I lost it. I was whipping around the store looking under and around clothes racks. When I stop, I look up and everyone is just standing around, eyes wide open and jaws dropped. There are quite a few others that are still going about their businesses holding blouses up to skirts and asking their children, "Don't these look cute together?" I just about lost my lunch. "Why aren't you people buzzing around looking for this little girl?", I'm thinking. When I realize that the girl is not in the store, I run out the front door and start telling everyone I can see there is a girl missing. My heart feels like it's going to pound out of my chest. I am the only one doing this. Am I a freak of nature? I felt like I was that mom...If I WAS that mom, wouldn't I want everyone to do that too? Hell ya, I would. So anyway, I'm not trying to make myself look like a saint, though I'm pretty close to being one. I just can't believe people. Can they not put themselves in other peoples shoes? Or maybe and quite possibly, they don't care. Maybe as long as it's not their kid, no worries...SAD. So, I'm running toward the food center thinking, "maybe some molester has her in the bathroom", so I start heading towards the restrooms. I saw an info booth and stopped there quick to ask the lady if someone had already told her about the missing girl. She replies, "Yes, the security guards are still chasing her around the parking lot." I'm like, "Wha?" Then I put 2 and 2 together...I told the lady to tell the guards that the girls mother was in The Childrens Place having a coronary and that I was having one too. Not really but kinda... They were reunited....Happy ending!

I'm still freaked out about it. Just re-telling the story gave me anxiety...maybe I need to take another xanax...

My newest spurt of energy/creativity! Oh and my house is haunted...

2009-01-30T09:57:00.000-08:00

I've been stressing out lately and I forget the best way to relieve tension is to "create". These things may be very simple to the common eye, but to me are masterpeices. I have thousands of ideas floating around in my gray matter but laziness always takes over and I end up doing nothing about it. I wish I could always remember the "high" I feel after I put ideas into action, life would be constant bliss!

(notice lower left corner...that is not a soap or toothpaste spot on my counter, it is an orb! My house has spirits in it, I think. I took 2 other pictures of the same thing and there were two orbs in one and none in the other...i will post that picture also. I dunno, tell me, do you think my house is haunted?)

(the orbs are located right under the candle and on the lower right hand corner, interesting and creepy at the same time...)

Best recipe EVER for eggs, my very own recipe...

2009-01-18T13:53:00.001-08:00

~EGGS~

3 eggs

a little mayo

pinch of salt

spatula

Whip together eggs, mayo, salt and pour into frying pan. Turn range on the highest it will go. Leave spatula in the pan. Walk away and go play on the computer for approximately 10 minutes. Wonder why the house is so smokey and why you hear weird popping noises. Now here's the tricky part. If you've done everything perfectly and have timed it right, the spatula's handle should melt right in half and start melting into your stove top! Voila. Perfection.

Show me yours and I'll show you mine...

2009-01-14T17:32:00.000-08:00

Okay, before you get all freaked out about the title, I'm talking about winter boots. A couple of my friends have shared with me the kind of boots they have/want and it's gotten me into this obsessive search for the best boots. Now living in Northwest Washington, I don't have a real need to have winter boots for snow since it snows 2 or 3 times a year. However, when it does snow, it SNOWS good. For the 5 years i've been here, there have been multiple times that I wished I had boots to wear during the snow so I can FULLY play with my kids and not wimp out cause my tootsies are frozen. Another thing about where I live is that it rains, and rains, and rains, and more often than not, it rains. With that all said, I found my PERFECT BOOT! Whatcha think?

New Years Resolutions!!

2009-01-05T20:25:00.000-08:00

Wanna know my opinion on this matter?? Well, if you don't, then too bad, I'm gonna tell ya anyway, and you may not like it. Resolution Schmesolution!! Here, let me make a list of things that are nearly impossible to tackle. I might accomplish two or three things, but we all know that I will never remember those things because WHO focuses on the positive? Really!? Every New year, I look back, while thinking of new resolutions and think about the things that I DID NOT accomplish the year previous. I'm tired of that. This just ain't workin for me. If it works for you, then good on ya, I'm proud to say I know ya, BUT...resolutions just don't work out for me. Yea, I'm a doubter! Deal with it! This year I'm settin the bar REAL low! If I accomplish anything this year, then SUCCESS! How can ya go wrong with that?! So with that said, here's my list!:

~Exercise once.
~Travel somewhere.
~part my hair on the other side.
~More Pedicures, this one is sooo easy!
~Be nice once a day(this usually comes easily on day of pedicure).

Guess who's gonna be partying like its 1999 next New year? Sweet.

Who throws a shoe anyway? Honestly you fight like a woman!

2008-12-14T15:43:00.000-08:00

THIS JUST IN:

"Fox news just reported that the man that threw the shoe said in arabic "Thank you, Mr Bush for saving us!Here is my cherished lucky shoes. I wish for you to have them to show my gratitude. May they protect you from any harm. I know the secret service wont let me hand them to you so here catch!!""

-quote from funny youtube viewer

A moment of silence

2008-12-09T15:02:00.000-08:00

I thought it might be true for a second but then refused to believe that it could be....I was wrong.

My beloved "Sparkle, the Christmas light" no longer is available to purchase. The only two I can find (and I've been searching for months!) is being sold on ebay for almost 90 bucks as an antique/vintage ornament!! Can you believe it? Am I really that old, that things I had during my childhood are now being considered VINTAGE!?

My kind of exercise... (make sure you pause playlist music )

2008-12-04T14:48:00.000-08:00

Do you think the gym would let me line up their treadmills like this?

Love, love LURVE Christmas

2008-11-18T19:49:00.000-08:00

I really can't wait for turkey day to be out of the way (dare I say it?), just so I can get listening to my Christmas music and get my tree and lights up. Don't get me wrong, I am so grateful for God, family, freedom, my beautiful home, such and so forth but REALLY, I'm not down with stuffing myself til I want to vomit. I don't like to eat that way but, no fail, every Thanksgiving, I end up gorging myself silly! Hate the consequences of that. You'd think I'd learn, but I don't!! Anywho, with being born and raised in Canada, I have the need to decorate quite early because Thanksgiving is in October, not November. So, really, I'm quite antsy right now, ready to jump the gun. In fact, just to release a little pressure, I HAVE to post a blog about Christmas to appease myself a little.

Today I found myself reminiscing about my childhood Christmases. I get so giddy when I do that, I still get butterflies in my stomach just like I did Christmas eve... So, I've made a short list of things that really get me excited when I see or hear them. Enjoy...

1. Bubble lights - as a child and even now as an adult, I'm completely in awe of them. I could sit and watch them bubble for hours.

2. Elvis Presley's Blue Christmas - "A-hal-ha-have a-ha bluuuuuue Christmas wi-hith-out you..."

3. Sparkle, the Christmas light - Anybody know where I can get my hands on one of these?

4. Wax carollers - one of my favorite decorations next to the porcelain nativity that was placed on angel hair. (Scared of the angel hair because I thought it was going to cut me if I touched it...probably mom's way of keeping childrens fingers off the nativity, I'm thinking.)

5. Roger Whittaker's Christmas - My dad could whistle just like him and ya know what? they had the same first name, maybe they are the same person, weird. Anyway, my favorite song was Darcy the Dragon. I think all of us siblings liked that one the best.

6. Vintage tree ornaments - my Grandma Wilde had these types of ornaments and I always thought they were the ugliest things. Now, since she has died, and I've grown up a little bit, these ornaments are my favorite and I think are absolutely gorgeous...

Anyway, I have so many other things that make me giddy with excitement but if I blogged all of them, i'd bore you to tears. What are some favorite memories/traditions/things that get you all stoked about for the season?

Everyone knows, the best way to fight HATE is with...

2008-11-16T15:25:00.000-08:00

HATE! Don't ya know?

This ad was aired in California November 4...I had no idea. It's very sad to me that the very people who demand equality and love and peace could be so vengeful/hateful.

I found these facts to be very interesting:
The Facts:

1. Mormons make up only 2% of the population of California. There are approximately 750,000 LDS out of a total population of approximately 36 million.

2. If one estimates that 250,000 LDS are registered voters (the rest being children), then out of a total of 5,661,583 yes votes, LDS voters made up 4.4% of the Yes vote and 2.3% of the total Proposition 8 vote (11,050,301).

3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) donated no money to the Yes on 8 campaign (except for a nominal, and legal, in-kind donation of $2,078.97, to cover the travel expenses of leaders coming from Utah for a meeting). Individual members of the Church were encouraged to support the Yes on 8 efforts and, exercising their constitutional right to free speech, donated whatever they felt like donating.

4. The No on 8 campaign raised more money than the Yes on 8 campaign. Unofficial estimates put No on 8 at $38 million and Yes on 8 at $36 million, making it the most expensive non-presidential election in the country.

5. Advertising messages for the Yes on 8 campaign are based on case law and real-life situations. The No on 8 supporters have insisted that the Yes on 8 messaging is based on lies. Every Yes on 8 claim is supported.

6. The majority of our friends and neighbors voted Yes on 8. Los Angeles County voted in favor of Proposition 8. Ventura County voted in favor of Proposition 8. San Diego County voted in favor of Proposition 8. Orange County voted in favor of Proposition 8. San Luis Obispo County voted in favor of Proposition 8. Sacramento County voted in favor of Proposition 8. Fresno County voted in favor of Proposition 8. And the list goes on and on: Merced, San Bernardino, Riverside, Mariposa, Tulare, Imperial, etc.

7. African Americans overwhelmingly supported Yes on 8. Exit polls show that 70% of Black voters chose Yes on 8. This was interesting because the majority of these voters voted for President-elect Obama. No on 8 supporters had assumed that Obama voters would vote No on 8.

8. The majority of Latino voters voted Yes on 8. Exit polls show that the majority of Latinos supported Yes on 8 and cited religious beliefs (assumed to be primarily Catholic).

9. The Yes on 8 coalition was a broad spectrum of religious organizations. Catholics, Evangelicals, Protestants, Orthodox Jews, Muslims - all supported Yes on 8. It is estimated that there are 10 million Catholics and 10 million Protestants in California. Mormons were a tiny fraction of the population represented by Yes on 8 coalition members.

10. Though the Church urged its members to "do all [they] can to support the proposed constitutional amendment," not all Mormons voted in favor of Proposition 8. Our faith accords that each person be allowed to choose for him or her self. Church leaders have asked members to treat other members with "civility, respect and love," despite their differing views.

11. The Church did not violate the principal of separation of church and state. This principle is derived from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ." The phrase "separation of church and state", which does not appear in the Constitution itself, is generally traced to an 1802 letter by Thomas Jefferson, although it has since been quoted in several opinions handed down by the United States Supreme Court in recent years. The LDS Church is under no obligation to refrain from participating in the political process, to the extent permitted by law. U.S. election law is very clear that Churches may not endorse candidates, but may support issues. The Church has always been very careful on this matter and occasionally (not often) chooses to support causes that it feels to be of a moral nature.

12. Supporters of Proposition 8 did exactly what the Constitution provides for all citizens: they exercised their First Amendment rights to speak out on an issue that concerned them, make contributions to a cause that they support, and then vote in the regular electoral process. For the most part, this seems to have been done in an open, fair, and civil way. Opponents of 8 have accused supporters of being bigots, liars, and worse. The fact is, we simply did what Americans do - we spoke up, we campaigned, and we voted.

I got those facts from this link.

So, anyway....when you accuse someone of being a bigot and full of hate while acting in a hateful way, what are you proving? Are you promoting change or are you fueling the very thing that you despise? Come on people, can't we all just get along?

Confessions of a brilliant craftinarian (is that a word?)

2008-11-12T14:15:00.000-08:00

Let me let you all in on a secret fear of mine...one I've never admitted that I have because I've been ashamed to admit it. I know that I will come closer to healing if I step out of denial (and that's not a river in egypt, i found out) and accept the fact that I... have... Unwordiwitafulliphilophobia !! I have been plagued with this horrid disease since before I can remember. There...I said it. Phew... Now for the good news!!! Isn't it true that if you can find a word in a dictionary, then it is a word? Remember Scrabble? I've won many a scrabble game by making up words that sound like real words but my opponents weren't brave enough to challenge me...suckas!!! Check out this dictionary: UNWORDS This site is the Schizzle!!There are words in there that I have used and now will continue to use now that they are really in a dictionary.

Here's a few words that I haven't heard of OR I have always believed are words. Turns out all this time I've been right and should never have stopped believing in myself...I am so veclempt(suprised that word isn't in there!)! Anywho check this out:

~lesbionic (lĕz'bē-ŏn'ĭk)
1. a. (adj.) Anything having female homosexual traits and/or lesbian qualities.

Example: That's a very lesbionic hair style.
2. b. (adj.) Something done specifically by or for lesbians.

I have said on numerous occasions that certain people "have lesbionic tendencies"!

~sarchasm (sär'kăz'əm)
1. a. (n.) The abyss between the creator of witticisms and the intended recipient who does not find the humor in it.

Example: Either you find this definition funny, or there is a sarchasm between us.

I didn't know this word till today but I know from personal experience that it really should be a word, need I say more?

snart (snärt)
1. a. (v.) To sneeze and fart simultaneously.

Whats worse than a snart is a...:

~shart (shärt)
1. a. (v.) To fart and follow through. Uses also include sharting or sharted.

Example: "Oops, I almost sharted."
2. b. (v.) When someone thinks they fart when, in fact, they did something more.
3. c. (n.) A fart that one has pushed out just a little bit too hard.
4. d. (v.) The combination of passing gas with the release of any amount of unwanted, accidental feces, simultaneously.

Example: "Adam, did you shart in your pants?"

~schload (shlōd')
1. a. (n.) A large quantity; a lot. A shitload.

~wuzgonna (wŭz'gŭn'ə)
1. a. (v.tr.) The intention to complete a task prior to thinking of an excuse or reason not to complete said task.

How I use these words: "I wuzgonna clean the house today until I saw the schload of clothes in the laundry room. I took the kids to the park instead. Hope you don't mind doing your own laundry tonite, hun...."

~webaholic (wĕ'bə-hôl'ĭk)
1. a. (n.) One who is uncontrollably addicted to surfing the Internet, visiting websites or otherwise making use of the Internet.

My husband would attest(is that a word?) to me being a webaholic considering I've spent all day writing this post instead of doing his laundry, haha!

~worddork (wûrd-dôrk)
1. a. (n.) One who stays up til 4:30 in the morning thinking of words that don't exist.

I believe that I will forever be a worddork whether I stay up til 4:30 in the morning or not and most importantly I don't have to think about them, they just come naturally.

Now after you've perused (is that a word?) UNWORDS, I'd like to know your favorite words that you've found. There are so many that I know I've missed some good ones. Anyway, have fun, can't wait to hear of your great finds!

Joyful vomitting; howz that for an oxymoron?

2008-11-03T19:23:00.000-08:00

A conversation with my brother this evening has inspired this post, thanks Brandon! I hope all who read this see the same humour as we did.

This last Saturday, from 6am to about 6 pm, all I accomplished was puking my guts out in approximately 1 hour intervals, 5 minutes each episode. Most episodes, however, were non-productive which is the worst kind of vomit EVER! Your body uses all it's energy to expell the nastiness out to the point where you think your eyeballs are going to pop out of their sockets, but to no avail. There is no point of relief. Your body gives up, you collapse on your bed (or floor) and continue to feel sicker than a dog! I hate that! So, it got to the point where I would drink a glass of water and try to down a few crackers so that I could productively vomit. Sad I know. The interesting thing about it all was after the first episode, I felt really good but only for a moment. About 10 seconds to be exact. Then the dreaded tummy gurgling and stomach wretching started once again. Unfortunately, I couldn't continue to vomit. I felt like it but all I did was lay there feeling absolutely nauseated. It got so bad that I would go into the bathroom and kneel over the bowl and wait. Surely if I was this close to something I find absolutely discusting whether just cleaned, or not, I will just HAVE to vomit. If that didn't work, I envisioned something else in my mind to encourage the hurling, like crap stuck to the side of the toilet or something else. I won't tell you what else I imagined because I don't want to make you regurge also. The point is, I was trying all I could, short of shoving my fingers down my throat (which I came very close to doing every time), just so I could hurl and feel good for only a few short seconds. Isn't that veird? Just for a few seconds of calm and well feeling, I was willing to send my body into more than a few minutes of wretching, convulsing, uncontrollable sweating and shaking and every so often soiling myself. So was it all worth it, you ask?...Hell ya!

Obama bin Laden

2008-10-30T10:06:00.000-07:00

So, not sure why but every time I see these stickers/signs around, I think it says Osama bin Laden. Maybe it's a sign of things to come?? HAHAHA

Did you know that Brian and I are in High School Musical 3?

2008-10-25T17:33:00.000-07:00

I told you that I was talented!!!!

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I love foods that start with "B"

2008-10-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

Had to write this down before I forget. We sat down for supper tonite, which consisted of chicken in cream of mushroom sauce, mashed potatoes and green beans. Baylee my little food connoisseur, lists off what she likes about the food we are eating. Then she adds, "I especially like foods that start with "B", beans and butatoes" I could not stop laughing, in fact I almost blew "butatoes" out of my mouth when she said that. We have been noN-stop joking about it ever since. Brian just told Liam to eat his food or he was going to kick his "butatoe". I said that my "butatoes" are gonna go straight to my "butatoe". Anyway, love when my kids say stuff like this, it totally catches on. For example when we go on trips and would stay in Hotels, Liam would call them "Hotails". Now we call them Hotails all the time. There are more saying that I can't remember at this moment, but talk about comedy. I love it.

Who's kid is that?!?

2008-10-10T09:31:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, while at Baylee's soccer practise, I was having an enlightening conversation with 2 other soccer moms about world peace, the economy and the latest news events. Truth be told, I don't remember what important things were being discussed because of the following happenstance. My dear son was trying to get my attention by yelling, screaming, jumping up and down, throwing wood chips at my face and to no avail. I was DEEP into my much needed adult conversation. The next thing I know, Liam is right in front of me, both arms stretched up and reaching, the perfect height I might add, slapping my "chest area" as hard as he could. Well, all thoughts, ingenious as they might've been, flew out of my head never to return again. I don't even think that the 2 moms I was talking to even noticed until I brought attention to it by being a stand up comic...(think seinfeld) "What's up with kids these days? Instead of saying "Excuse me mom, can you pay attention to me?", they just wack your boobs a couple of times and all attention is theirs." Why do I do that? Somehow if I joke around about what embarrasses me the most, I tend to feel better about it. Ya know, like, it's better to laugh than cry? I wanted to do both. Do you do this? I'd also like to hear some embarrassing things your kids have done to you in front of people. Then, and only then, may I feel better.

Happy Yom Kippur??

2008-10-08T14:48:00.000-07:00

A day of forgiveness and atonement...well, I am having hard time thinking about forgiveness when I think of the DINKS that got us into this whole economic calamity. Greedy bastards!!

Here comes the rain again...(leave music on, for effect)

2008-10-05T15:44:00.000-07:00

So, here in the GREAT NORTHWEST, fall is abounding. Leaves are turning orange, red, yellow, brown. It's quite breath-taking, really. One thing that is for sure to be a part of fall around these parts is the RAIN. Everybody get out your SAD lights. Now's when we say good bye to the sun for a season, it's quite depressing at times, especially when you've finally got a routine down to walk 30 minutes a day every morning. I've been doing it now for 3 weeks straight and I feel great. But now I've got to figure out how to do it in pouring rain with 2 small children. Liam WAS riding his bike and I had Brookie in the stroller but I need a different plan. I need a double stroller or even better yet, a jogger/bike trailer. And I need it to be free cause I'm poor azz! Maybe you can give me some other suggestions, PLEASE. (Other than walk on my treadmill! I freaking fall asleep while walking on MY treadmill which can be quite dangerous!) Anyway, what I'm getting to is that WALKING OUTSIDE is my NEW HAPPINESS DRUG!! Are you proud of me or what?! No more smokin doobies for me! AND I'm off DIET COKE....not. Anyway, I hope I can come up with a way to overcome my sichiation here with the walking. Please pray for me.

OH and... because you all hold a special place in my heart, I leave you some things that made me smile and VERY happy when I was a wee girl and continue to do so today thru the blessed YOUTUBE! If you remember these, you are OLD, just like me!

Martian Cutie:

A Loaf of bread...:

Ladybug Picnic:

Alligator King:

Hope these put a smile on your face. One thing that I wish I could find from the classic sesame street days was the Peirogy song. Ya know the one that goes, "pe-e-e-rogies, pe-e-e-e-rogies, pe-e-e-erogies, per-o-gies...ya know, that one. wish i could find it. Anyway, toodles for now.

Oh Liam...

2008-09-30T09:48:00.000-07:00

So I just wanted to share with you a special mom to son conversation I had this morning. Keep in mind, i am having a "day" today. Maybe lacking in the self-esteem area a bit in the mother/parenting aspect of my life...

Me: Hey, Liam, do you love your momma, or what?

Liam: (silent)

Me: Well? Do you love me?

Liam: I love Daddy

Me: Daddy loves you too but what about me?

Liam: Cut that out momma, I love you alright?! Get a life and stop feeling sorry for yourself. (okay, he didn't say the get a life part but that's about what I started feeling like at that point!)

Me: I will give you $10 and some new Lego if you tell me you love me all day today.

Liam: Deal!!

WOO HOO! There you go, can't get more real or special than that, can ya?! I love my kids! Really, I do.

I am Martha, hear me ROAR!!!

2008-09-28T23:38:00.001-07:00

I NeVeR CEaSe to AmAzE MySeLf! I can't even stand looking at myself in the mirror, I'm so DAmN crafty! If I would've known how talented I was long ago, I would've been makin bank on ETSY! Look at what I've gone and made this time. I have no clue how to use it, BUT I MADE IT! I found the framed cork board at Good Will for 5 bucks and the clip boards were .99 each. Repainted the frame cream colored, then sage green, and then Black. Ask me why? I don't know, I just did. Covered the clip boards with scrapbook paper and MOD PODGE, not MODGE PODGE, like some of you idiots call it! I LOVE FrIcKen MOD POdGe! It's the SHiz BomB! AND get THIS!!!! I velcroed, YES, VELCROED all of it to the wall! NO more NaIL HoleS in the wall baby! I'm just going to rip the paint and possibly some of the drywall off w/ the velcro when i decide I don't want that there anymore. That's just beside the point anyway. VELCRO ROCKS, just like MOD PODGE and TASSELLS (don't ask)! Please check this out and tell me how very cool I am. Not that I need you to tell me cause I already know. MOVE OVER MartHA!

The artistic side of Brian

2008-09-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

So, we went to Deception Pass last Sunday and took over 100 pictures! I was just able to go thru them today. (If you want to see more pictures, go to my other blog site: http://www.northwestnuttalls.blogspot.com/.) Anywho, I've seen a side of Brian that I haven't seen before. He is the photographer of the following portraits and I think he's got a hidden talent. I love these pictures. Now if I only had a better quality camera...

Pardon my seriousness...again

2008-09-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

A walk with a friend and neighbor has got me thinking about the presidential candidates (which I have been avoiding for some time now). I have this internal battle going on within me and can never seem to sway to the left or the right. I have definite trust issues in which I don't think I will ever overcome. I have read about both sides and know that I can do more research. When I try to educate myself further I find that I can barely read a paragraph before I start thinking, "They are only saying what they think I want to hear." I used to say I was repulican and I definately am not democrat. I am a fence-sitter, yes, a fence sitter...for now anyway! Because I no longer believe this has anything to do with the different parties, it has to be who I think and believe will have more of a positive effect on the country. No matter who gets elected, the bad will come with the good and most often people will focus on the bad. I believe President Bush did all he could do to be a good president. He made mistakes as all humans do. but he did what HE believed would benefit all of us. Now all I hear is that he did THIS wrong, he did THAT wrong, what a crappy president...B.S. Why don't we do some research about the positive things he accomplished for our country instead of trying to find the negative. Has the United States of America gone completely downhill for the last 8 years?...some may think so, but I don't. And I believe that whomever is elected next will make mistakes but will also make improvements. But who will make more improvements? I just don't know the answer to that question and really don't think I/we will ever know. We essentially are taking a risk when we vote, hoping that whomever we vote for will do what they promise, to the best of their ability, and be fine with that. Also, I don't give a crap about what the candidates did/smoked in their college years or about their children being impregnated at 17, that does not define who these people are. All that those stories tell me is that they are HUMAN like the rest of us. If I told you that I smoked a bowl of hash when I was 20 amongst other drugs and also bought alcohol for my 16 year old brother and turned him into an alcoholic/druggy (cause I thought it wasn't a big deal at the time), and drove thru the church parking lot during a young adult activity and yelled the "F" word at the top of my lungs with the windows down, would you still think of me the same right now? Would you vote for me for Relief Society President? That is, if you could vote which you can't. okay bad example, haha! I consider myself to be a fairly good mom, I believe that my past has made me into what I am now, which ,I believe, is a better person than I was at 20...enough said.
Sooooo, I hope that I'm not boring you all to tears, I just needed to get that out.

Let get serious, for only a moment...

2008-09-14T21:55:00.000-07:00

Oh melissa, bless your heart....FYI all, I don't wear vag's around my neck, nor do I make boobs, or any other body parts, that I won't mention, out of felt. I simply, was looking for cute ideas for crafts made out of felt on ETSY and stumbled across these beauties and could not believe my eyes...This is how I deal with things that throw me off a little, by making fun, if you will. My mind is usually in the gutter but not that deep into it. With that said, don't worry I'm really not going to send anyone a woman's reproductive organ...unless of course you really want one! In that case, send me $10 plus shipping and handling because that is how much they really are and I'm too cheap to follow thru with my promises! So there! All in good fun, I always say....

This, is what I make with felt! Baylee is losing teeth like I'm losing my mind and I needed some good ideas for tooth fairy pillows, and this is what I came up with... Aren't I crafty??? This one is actually Liams. Baylee's is pink and brown, but still the same. Anyway, cheap, easy and fun!!!! Hey, that describes me to a "T"! hahaha...JK!

and the prize goes to...

2008-09-12T10:19:00.000-07:00

WOW, you are so good... or just perverted! Either way, good job, you all win one of these.....
HAHAHAHA

Can anyone guess what this is??

2008-09-11T14:41:00.001-07:00

Whoever guesses it right get's something for free from me!!!

What the pho?

2008-09-05T00:55:00.000-07:00

Okay, it's 1 am and I can't sleep so what am I doing? Surfing the net! After stumbling upon an ex-member of the church's blog and wasting my time reading it and getting really pissed off, I decide to move on and check out kids stuff. And looky what I find...all I can say is, I don't under stand...

um, yea, check out the website: http://www.peeandpoo.com/

I have no appropriate words to describe my feelings about these, other than POOR KIDS. Those hats would last about 20 seconds in my house. Let me think...that's like, more than $1/second being flushed down the toilet.

http://www.maddiescloset.com/

My baby is all groaned up

2008-09-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

How was her first day of GRADE ONE, you ask? All I can say is she loved it cause that's all she would tell me. It's so not cool to ask how her day went and for her to tell me details, ya know? The less talking back and forth the better. Yesterday a baby...today an independent lil soul. (tear)

My kids are going to LOVE me more than your kids love you!

2008-09-01T18:06:00.000-07:00

So you are not going to believe how INCREDIBLY READY I am for school to start! Not ready in the sense that I don't want my kids around because that TOTALLY breaks my heart knowing they won't be in my presence every second of the day, non-stop, in my face, begging me for things that they can get themselves, sitting there looking at me with blank faces waiting for me figure out what they are going to do all day, begging me for food, which, when I give it to them, they say, "I'm not going to eat this crap!" Okay, they don't say that, but their beady lil eyes say it LOUD AND CLEAR!

So, I've spent the last 2 weeks prepping for this day! First of all, I've got a little surprize for lil Baylee when she opens up her "pack-pack"!(She said that when she was like, 3 and now I can't call it the real thing!) The Back Pack School Fairy is going to make a lil visit tonite while Baylee is sleeping. Ya know what the BPSF is going to leave? Get this!

~pencil (i prefer Ticonderoga #2 HB)
~box of tissues (for when she's bawling so hard cause she misses me!)
~paper and lots of it
~glue (sticks are good cause you can't huff them!)

There's more but I really don't want you to be jealous of how cool I am that I did this, and mostly because I don't want you to copy my ingenious ideas! I will share some things but others are just sacred.

Now you are all going to just hate me for my incredible ability to be creative. But I've got the best idea for lunch ideas! So easy and yet so fun! C'mon, tell me how much you love what I've done:

I whipped this one up in a breeze....

This one is a little harder but SOOOO worth that smiling face on your lil darling, don't you think?

This one is to remind Baylee I'm only a phone call away!!!

FIRE IN THE HOLE!

2008-08-28T09:53:00.000-07:00

Funny story...last Saturday, I took Baylee to a birthday party. It was for a daughter of a co-worker of Brians, so I didn't know anybody there...awkward. As I'm sitting there twiddling my thumbs trying to think of a good conversation twopic, 3 little kids start climbing up on this brick wall that's about 2' tall. Right before they jump off, they yell, "Fire in the hole!" Every time it happens all the adults giggle cause it's incredibly cute! Then one the boys, who I noticed, as the shenanigans went on, had to out do everyone else's jumps to get more attention, yells from the top of his lungs, " Fire in MY hole!" (emphasis on MY). All the parents sit there looking at each other with their eyes on the verge of popping out, biting their cheeks, trying not to laugh. What am I doing, you ask? or maybe some of you don't need to ask...I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying and crossing my legs so I don't pee. I'm sure I won't be invited to one their parties again.

I need some TP...

2008-08-22T10:19:00.000-07:00

So, I get up this morning, get the kids breakfast (no-bake cookies that I made last nite...I know, I know, I'm the BEST MOM!) While my kids are chowing away, I feel the urge to...you know...relieve myself. I sit down, do my business and go to get some toilet paper and GONE!... No worries though, I just send Liam upstairs to grab me another roll. Well, this little situation gets me thinking. Man, wouldn't it be nice to always have toilet paper "on" you at all times, in case of an emergency? Well, I did some searching and apparently others before me have had the same ideas. Look at what I found...

HOW ABOUT THAT? Who knew toilet paper had more functions? Just think...if we wore clothing made out of toilet paper, how often would we be stuck in the very prediciment I was in this morning.....NEVER! Let's get on it people!!

Forget the kid, I'm traumatized...

2008-08-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

So, I took Liam into the dr. today because he has this growing and painful red lump on his lower back. He started having a fever last nite and his behavior is way worse than normal. He's complaining that when he coughs or jumps, his hips hurt. So with my paranoia of MRSA spreading around like wild fire, I decide to take the poor bugger in. So, the doctor checks him out, tells me that it's a boil that probably could be MRSA, but didn't want to take a scalpel to it, THANK GOODNESS! Instead he gave me a prescription for an antibiotic and told me he wanted me to take him to the lab and get blood drawn. Well, the second he sees the lab, he melts down and starts kicking and screaming and bawling! I hadn't even put the lab order down yet! So then when it's his turn, they take him back into a room and close the door so all the other people that need blood taken can't hear him screaming, although I'm pretty sure that the whole clinic heard him screaming through the closed door. There were two lab techs. Then the one tells me to lay down on the table with him, on top of his opposite arm, wrap my legs around his, and push his shoulder down, so he can't move. Then they proceeded to try to take his blood. I layed there helplessly, trying to calm down this screaming bawling child, bribing him with icecream and Indiana Jones lego. I wanted to vomit while I watched them DIG into his arm, pulling in and out trying to find his vein...nothing, they couldn't find the DAMN vein. Liam is pasty white and sweating like a stuck pig, begging to just go home and for me to get off his arm cause I'm hurting it. Finally they pulled it out and gave up and told me to come back tomorrow. It's been almost 3 hours since then and my heart is racing and I can't even think straight. I don't want to do this again tomorrow, but I know I have to so we can make sure the infection is not out of control. Lord, give me strength because I can't handle watching my children in pain like that.

I've got nothin'

2008-08-18T22:10:00.000-07:00

So, since I decided to go "domestic", I have racked my brain till it hurts, trying to figure out how I could poke more fun at the DOMESTIC DIVAS (you all know who you are...)! I've learned (or perhaps just remembered) a couple of things about myself since I started up the blogging thing...I'm neither DOMESTIC nor good with words. I've also learned how NOT TO make a bundt cake and that no-bake cookies never turn out the same every time, even though you follow the recipe to the "T". Can anyone back me up on that one? or is it just me? So anyway...I wanted to pick your brains (that doesn't sound right...) for ideas? I always find it interesting to know what other's thoughts are on the matter. What makes you giggle when you happen to stumble upon one of those blogs written by the perfect mom, cook, wife, yada yada yada? This ones a good one: dub dub dub (dot) feathering our nests (dot) blogspot (dot) com. If you know of any good ones I can make fun of, let me know, I would like to try, although I can't guarantee that you will all find it equally as humorous as I do. I often think I'm funnier than I really am and a lot of the times make a fool out of myself. I will make a joke and people just look at me like I just spoke a different language, it's quite embarrasing. Yet, I still try my best because my belief is that if you can't laugh at life, you'd always be crying! And who likes a cry-baby?
BTW, www.seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com is hilarious and I would recommend it to anyone looking for comic relief. I wish I could be that witty and funny but I had to have 3 babies which in turn drained all the smartness right out of me. I love blaming things on my kids, don't you? Anywho, lookin forward to reading some suggestions...

Cute or Creepy, I'm leaning toward the latter...

2008-08-13T10:07:00.000-07:00

What a doll!!!

Well, that's exactly what she is...

I used to think that these dolls were amazing until I found out that people who can't have babies or have had miscarriages and such buy them to fill in a gap in their lives (so sad, but scary). They carry them around in public, take them to the grocery store in their carseats, go for strolls in the park....

What makes it even more creepy is that these doll's chest rise and fall like they are breathing and you can have the option of having a heart beat put into them. You can even request to have a baby made to look like one of your own.

So, here I go off on a little bit of a tangent... maybe it's just me but when I see these life-like babies, I can't help but think about Chucky... and...when you were around the campfire at girls camp, did you ever hear the FREAKY story about the china doll who comes to life and chows down on everybody until someone takes an ax to her!? My dear friend, Heather Hunt, whom I haven't seen in years, told the best version of that one and many, many others. I couldn't sleep after hearing that story for weeks. I might've even peed my pants a little while listening to it.

So check out this doll website and tell me your thoughts on the matter.

http://www.reborn-baby.com/

This is what I watched this morning:

http://www.comcast.net/data/fan/html/popup.html?v=821821167

I'm going domestic...

2008-08-06T16:25:00.000-07:00

I've been looking at a few blogs here and there and have noticed that there are quite a few women who are amazingly domestic! They are crafty, have the best recipes, make their childrens clothing and know all the latest and greatest products for beauty, house-cleaning and toys that will keep their children occupied for hours!! These are SUPER WOMEN!!!! I'm betting that these gals, bless their hearts, have supper ready, their kids all cleaned up AND put on make-up before their hubbies get home! I'm gonna try the best I know how, to be like them...starting NOW! I found the best recipe! Get out your pens and paper and write this down, you will need this recipe for the rest of your life and Heaven knows what your life will be like without it! Ready for this???

ICE WATER

1 Pitcher

1 ice tray full of ice

1 gallon of water

Put water in pitcher, add ice. Stir, let cool for 2 minutes...and SERVE!

Suggestions: Add lemon for restaurant taste and a sprig of mint for presentation.

Now, doesn't that look refreshing! I could just dive into that...

Keep checkin for new recipes and ideas and be ready for a whole load of FUN!

I'm sorry...

2008-08-05T16:29:00.001-07:00

Cute Cousins

2008-08-04T01:00:00.001-07:00

These two were inseparable while in Canada. These pictures were while we hung out in Waterton July 25th. It was a beautiful day! I wish we could've had more time there to relax and reminisce.

I miss home...

2008-08-03T23:22:00.000-07:00

Making wacky faces on the rocky beaches of Waterton
The boys couldn't resist...
My sweet Baylee
Good ol' Prince of Wales Hotel, had some good times working there...
The whole fam damly...(I look overly enthused in this picture, don't I? In fact, I think the only one smiling is Brian, kinda.) Look at Liam and Daylen stuffing their pockets full of rocks! What a couple of mischiefs...

Newest vinyl creation..

2008-07-22T09:56:00.000-07:00

Shhhh, don't tell my parents, but this is what we are giving them for their 40th anniversary. Of course, all of us kids family pics will be lovingly placed before we present it to them. Mom and Dads picture will be added later in the middle spot. All of the markings and W on the mat are done in vinyl. What do you think?

Does anyone else have this problem?

2008-07-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

This is Liam...
This is Liam addicted to X-box... Any questions?...

Here are some crafty things I do with vinyl

2008-07-18T12:24:00.000-07:00

This is how I relieve my stress...

Slip and Slide Fun!

2008-07-17T23:19:00.000-07:00

Here's my first attempt to add photos!

Welcome to the world of BLOG

2008-07-17T11:26:00.000-07:00

Well, here I am...it's about time I decided to give this a try. All my friends are doing this and I seem to be a better follower than a leader. I'm not very good at writing my thoughts down on paper so we'll see if I can do any better this way.