Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A Glimpse in the Day of....

Okay, so it has been a while since I posted. I need to be better and I will start right now. A day like today cannot be passed by without some documentation.

Today, I got a tiny taste of what life is like for my sister Mandy (who has 3 boys and one on the way.) Noah has surprised me with a little mischief in his blood.

I put him down for a nap as usual. And as usual he got up, turned the light on an played to his hearts content. When I went in to check on him after 20 minutes of fun, I opened his door to a white cloud of dust....no, not dust, but POWDER. Yes, Noah peeled off and opened a new container of baby powder and proceeded to pour it on his clothes (which he had previously thrown out of his dresser) and his toys, and his books, his bed, his floor. Basically everything was coated in white powder and I had to open the window wide and fan out the room for a while for it to clear out. I whipped out my trusty vacuum and sucked it all up and wiped down things and cleaned up.

He then fell asleep looking like an angel.

Since I have the vacuum out, I vacuum the rest of the house too. I was lazy and left it out all afternoon. Zoom forward in time from 1pm to 8pm. It's now bedtime. My sweetheart Noah has disappeared while I am brushing Sloane's teeth. (Dan is outside replacing our License Plates) Where do I find Noah? He is covered in pink dust (almost like powder) in the kitchen. I see a mound of strawberry milk mix on the floor and all inside my cupboard, in cereal boxes etc. Good thing I kept the vacuum out, I think, and too bad I JUST finished giving him a bath.

He has no shirt on and has been slobbering up a storm so the mix is streaking down his chest and his jammy bottoms are covered and sticky. He looks so sad and I can't help but laugh and pick up the vacuum and hose it off.

As I'm vaccuuming for the second time, I think of Mandy. Of course she has done this before times 3.

Anyway, now I have no powder and no strawberry milk. The powder was quite old and would probably never be used and I don't even like strawberry milk. I guess someone should enjoy them.

The only thing I wish was that I took a picture. Oh well, I am sure there will be a next time.

Monday, October 20, 2008

8 TAG

8 Tag

Mandy Tagged me, so here goes...

8 TV shows I love to watch.
1- Phych
2- House
3- Law & Order SVU
4- Mental (because I am) oops , I guess it's called the Mentalist. :)
5- Worst Week
6- Raising the Bar
7- Burn Notice
8- Scrubs

8 Favorite Restaurants/Foods
1- Applebees (love their potato soup)
2- Mexican food
3- Thai Food
4- Olive Garden
5- PF Changs
6- Chipotle
7- Panera
8- Mezza Luna

8 Things That Happened Yesterday
1- Watched Tyler Schill play piano for primary presentation and give talks
2- Took Noah and Sloane for a walk.
3- Cleaned out my armoire so the kids can get into it w/o eating tubes of lipstick
4- Made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies
5- Killed a spider!!
6- Played a million peek-a-boo games
7- Took a nap
8- Picked up countless food boxes and lids and baggies that the kids throw on the kitchen floor.

8 Things I am Looking Forward To
1- Nights of uninterrupted sleep
2- Both kids in school at least for half a day
3- The "cookie" diet that works, cause the one I am on is definitely not.
4- Making my first million--that's dollars not cookies.
5- January. Can anyone say "American Idol"?
6- Sloane finally walking.
7- Not having to change another diaper
8- Taking a vacation somewhere tropical.

8 Things On My Wish List
1- Personal Hairstylist
2- Housekeeper
3- Trip to Hawaii
4- A nice list of awesome books to read
5- Potty trained kids
6- Large play room w/ great toys and art center
7- To be much better at blogging
8- Use the Arc energy from "Iron Man" to power my car and house forever.

I TAG Anyone who wants to do this!

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Win a Handbag!

Handbag planet is having a grand opening on the 15th and is giving away a free handbag every hour for 24 hours! Enter to win and good luck. Hopefully I will win one too.... I love handbags. Let me know if you win!