I give up!!

I keep having the same argument over and over with my children. I hear the same argument every day:



Its all his fault



He made me do it.



He did it first

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Upstairs features large master suite, with sitting area, large marble bath with jetted tub and separate steam shower, and his and her walk-in closets. Three additional bedrooms with private baths open to upstairs living area.

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D'OH, I saw The Simpson's Movie.

My friend Trish and I braved the wonder that is the movies and saw The Simpson's Movie yesterday afternoon. It was very enjoyable, I loved the first 15 minutes and couldn't stop laughing over the "skateboarding incident". It's definitely not for the kiddos, but any Simpson fan will truly enjoy.

MMMM, Donuts!!!

Margaritas & Sangria!!

Friday night happy hour is always fun with the girls. Traci, Charlene, Tami and Tami's friend Jamie were there and it was fun all around. Traci told us tales of her Iowa trip and came bearing gifts. Fabulous note cards made with her own photographs. She is always surprising me with new talents. I sometimes wonder what else she is keeping hidden.

Traci can also tell a great story - she has excellent delivery. Charlene the cheerleader and always full of compliments. Tami & Jamie are working on a documentary. Me, I just write my blog, and try to figure out if I'm really ever going to be a real estate agent. Maybe I need to act instead of think, but I'm a Virgo and we have to over-analyze everything. I'll probably die thinking about how to do that best.

Crap, I need another happy hour to figure out that last comment.

Apparently I'm old and heading for menopause

So I spoke with my mother and my sister this morning about female related issues, because as I discussed in my post yesterday its that time. I also spoke to my good friend Char, everyone has come to the same conclusion. This just happens when you get older and you head toward menopause.

I'm not even 40! I'm not ready for menopause. Alright, maybe I am ready to get rid of this female roller coaster called a period, but I don't like the word menopause. It screams I'M OLD and I'm not old. I am also not fat, I am voluptuous and curvy and real men find that sexy!!

OH, I also won the lottery and was offered free plastic surgery.

Its that time again.

I was not nearly as productive as yesterday, but I did bake a cake. A nice fluffy yellow cake with dark chocolate icing. MMMM, Icing. MMMMM, Cake.

Oh and did I mention I had Queso for lunch. MMMM, Queso. I might as well, just grab a can of Crisco and a spoon.

And I went all June Cleaver on its a**!

June Cleaver has nothing on me today. I cleaned my house. I cleaned the front bathroom, including moping, not the everyday cleaning of the toilet, the big heavy duty stain removing cleaning, bathtub, etc. etc.

I cleaned the boys rooms including vacuuming blind, curtains and baseboards, dresser tops and mopping the hardwoods.

Formals, aka Living Room and kids playroom, I gave up my dining room for my children, I am such a good mom. This includes baseboards, window sills, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping the hardwoods oh and of course the toys, lets not forget the toys.

Den, this also includes vacuuming carpet, baseboards, wooden shutter doors and ceiling fan.

I also cleaned the kitchen, but it was the last thing I did and I was kind of tired, so that is only Alice from the Brady Bunch.

I'll have to do better next time. Anyway, according to my husband, no one could clean the kitchen as good as him. Maybe I should have left it for him.

Funny, but my sister owns the rights.

Funny thing happened in SA, but I don't own the rights to the picture so you must check out my Dad's practical joke.

MMM, Tuesday Morning.

Woke up this morning to the birds singing and the sun shining and the even better, the kids slept late. I had a fabulous breakfast, 2 eggs scrambled with Austin Spice Company Mesquite Roasted Smoky Hill Salsa, some sliced tomatoes, thank you Mom, and an English muffin with smart balance spread. I had Rain forest Reserve Organic Coffee, freshly ground, thank you Robbie, to round out the meal. I then got dressed and mowed the backyard. I think I've lost 5 lbs in sweat, but it was worth it, and now there is one less thing my husband has to worry about.

Honey, just concentrate on that class and get and A - you are doing great!!! I love you!!! Thank you for all you do!!!

Ethan just came up to me as I was typing, gave me a hug and exclaimed, "Mom, I think you might want to take a shower!" Nice to know I'm loved, and strange that my son just sniffed me. Maybe he was just commenting on my sweaty clothes. Ya, that's it.

By the way.....

I got called a dork today and it wasn't my husband.

I can't even come up with a title for this one.

Sunday is my day to sleep in. Well, kinda. I have to work but not until 12, so my husband is usually very nice and gives me the one day to re coop after a week of craziness.

Today didn't go as planned. First I was awakened somewhere around 5 o'clock this morning to a cat throwing up in my bedroom. I decided to ignore it, knowing I would take care of it as soon as I got up in the morning. Well at 5:24, I know it was this time because I looked at the clock, the same lovely cat began to play some game I've never heard of with the blinds in my bedroom. I whined and asked my husband to go open the backdoor while I tried to coax the animal towards the backdoor. We finally managed to get him out and I jumped to the bed, to avoid the I can't find it cat throw-up, and when I landed on the bed I also landed into the cat throw-up.

LIGHTS ON NEW COVERS!!! Back to sleep.

My husband, God bless him, did his best to let me sleep late, but the kids continued making noise after they got up at 8:00 and I kept hearing doors shut - I'm not a very good go-back-to-sleep kind of girl, so I just got up. I was sitting at the kitchen table in my not so covering nightgown to a friend of ours dropping of their dog to watch while my office held an Open House at her house this afternoon. Well, the kids let the dog in the house, I opened the front door and out went the dog. I grab the dog and guess what the dog had rolled in poop and now I have poop all over me. And the dog nips at my jaw because I grabbed him. No skin was broken in the nip, and I can't blame the dog, she was only trying to protect herself so I hold absolutely no hard feelings in regards to this.

This all happened before 10 am this morning. It was only downhill from there. I somehow managed to make it through my day at work. My computer crashed twice while creating graphics so I had to start completely over again. There was not enough time in the day to get it all accomplished and I had to go to the grocery store on the way home. It was 5 deep at the registers. But I'm home, I've had a wonderful salad for dinner and the evening is looking up.

Driving was not good for me.

OK, so I've spent a week in San Antonio, I'm looking forward to getting home to my husband (well kinda because he purchased a PlayStation3 while I was gone without permission) and I get my car packed, get the kids in the car and off I go. I've been in the car for maybe 10 minutes when Ethan decides he has to go to the bathroom, so of course we stop, whiz and go. By the time we get to New Braunfels about a 30 minute drive all hell has broken loose, its 15 miles an hour in Austin, 10 miles an hour in Temple and the only time I actually wasn't rained on, the last 15 minutes home.

I never figured I would ever use the weather band in my car, but I now am actually kind of excited I have it. Can you say weirdo? I think I just took another step towards old age. I mean I worry about the weather - oh no, I've turned into my Grandma Velma.

Day Four - A note to the Husband

OK, over the last few days we have had a "Texas Homecoming" for the New Zealanders, we've had margaritas & beer, we've had fajitas at Los Barrios, we've been swimming at Big Grandma's house and we've been to SeaWorld.

Thank goodness for Hunter, being a mere 1 inch to short, I got out of the Journey to Atlantis ride to take care of his wounded ego. We are off to fabulous Fredricksburg, Texas tomorrow and see the sights of our youthful summers and maybe if we can do a little shopping. Don't worry Honey, I promise to stay within our budget. We will try to climb Cross Mountain and maybe even Enchanted Rock, but who knows what can happen in an adventure.

Do I really need to comment on this?

Remember mom, I don't drink beer, but I did drink all the tequila.