I AM PRETTY SURE THESE PICTURES SAY IT ALL~ PUDGIE SUPERVISED EVERYTHING FOR ME TODAY...
PUDGIE IS KILLING ME. IT IS OFFICIAL. I CAN NOT AFFORD THIS CHILD ANY LONGER. KILLING ME! IN THE PAST MONTH, SINCE I STARTED DOING HIS ROOM AND GOTTEN INTO THE BLOGGING THING A LITTLE MORE THIS IS WHAT THIS CHILD HAS DESTROYED OR EATEN OR BROKEN...
* 2 DVD PLAYERS
* 1 VCR
* CARPET (LUCKILY I CAN HIDE IT)
* 4 TUBES OF TOOTHPASTE
* 3 DVD'S
* 5 MUSIC CD'S
* 3 VCR VIDEOS
* 1 XBOX GAME.. HOPEFULLY JAX WILL NOT NOTICE IS GONE
* COUNTLESS DRY ERASE MARKERS
* NUMEROUS WALLS HAVE HAD TO BE REPAINTED
* THE BOTTLE OF LAUNDRY SOAP...SPILLED EVERYWHERE
* THE BOTTLE OF APPLE JUICE...SAME..EVERYWHERE
* 6 BOXES OF CRACKERS TRAMPLED INTO THE PANTRY FLOOR
* 2 BAGS OF CHEETOS FED TO TIGGER
* 1 JUG OF LEMONADE DUMPED... (THANKFULLY IN CRYSTAL FORM)
(I GOT SMART AND PUT A LOCK ON THE PANTRY NOW)
THIS LIST IS LITERALLY ENDLESS AT THIS POINT!!!
TODAY WAS THE KICKER......
I GO TO USE MY DIGITAL CAMERA THAT IT HAS TAKEN ME 3 YEARS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK SOMEWHAT EFFICIENTLY... AND BAM... THE KID HAS PUSHED THE LENS BACK INSIDE CAUSING THE ROLLING MECHANISM TO BREAK.... THE SAME THING HE DID WITH THE DVD PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGGGGGHHHHH!
KILLING ME I TELL YA...... HOPEFULLY COSTCO WILL LET ME EXCHANGE IT SINCE WE BOUGHT IT BEFORE THE NEW POLICY WENT INTO EFFECT!!
TOMMY IS A NAPPER. SINCE DAY ONE OF US BEING TOGETHER HE HAS LOVED TAKING NAPS. SOME OF HIS NAPS COULD BE CONSIDERED, "SLEEPING THE DAY AWAY AND THEN WHAT IS THE POINT," TYPE OF NAPS, BUT NONE THE LESS... HE IS THE NAPPER IN THIS FAMILY.
AT THE START OF THIS YEAR I DECIDED I WOULD TRY TO TAKE NAPS WITH HIM. I KNOW IT SOUNDS FREAKISH THAT I HAVE TO TRY TO NAP... WHO DOES THIS? WHO DOES NOT LIKE NAPS? I AM THE FREAK OF THE FAMILY I GUESS. I WANT TO NAP. I WANT TO LAY THERE IN THE STILL OF THE DAY AND RELAX AS THE WORLD GOES BY...... BECAUSE I DO NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT..... THE WHOLE HIP-HURTING, LEG-CRAMPING, SHOULDER GOING NUMB, FOOT-TWITCHING, GABAGE FROM MY ACCIDENT IS NEVER ENDING SO I HAVE LIVED ON 2-3 HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS... THAT IS JUST HOW IT IS FOR ME.... UNTIL NOW. I WAS GONNA BECOME A NAPPER. I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT NAPPING AND LOVING IT!
I WAS ALL SET. THIS WAS HOW IT WAS GONNA GO DOWN ~GET HOME FROM THE GYM EVERDAY, FEED THE BABY, CLEAN UP WHATEVER, GET THE BABY READY FOR HIS NAP, EAT A LITTLE SOMETHING, GET LAUNDRY GOING AND AHHHHH TAKE A LITTLE NAP. I FIGURED AN HOUR WOULD BE A DELICIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO JUST REJUVENATE FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRUMBSNATCHERS AFTER SCHOOL. OH I LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS NEW ME THAT WOULD EMERGE. I WAS GONNA BE A NAPPER AND I WAS GONNA LOVE IT!!! EVERYONE WAS GOING TO NOTICE WHAT AN AMAZING MOOD I WOULD BE IN FROM NAPPING! THIS WOULD BE GREAT!!!!
THIS IS HOW IT REALLY IS~ GET HOME FROM THE GYM. FEED THE BABY AND MYSELF AND TOMMY USUALLY, DO SOME HOUSE WORK, DO SO SOME MORE HOUSE WORK (NOT THAT ANYONE CAN ACTUALLY TELL,) GET PUDGIE READY TO GO DOWN FOR HIS NAP, PUT PUDGIE BACK IN HIS CRIB 10 TIMES SINCE HE NOW CLIMBS OUT, RETURN PHONE CALLS, DO THE MAIL, CLEAN UP LUNCH AND THEN.......AHHH NAP TIME... LAY DOWN, TOSS AND TURN FOR THE FIRST 10 MINUTES, FORCE MYSELF TO CLOSE MY EYES AND RELAX... THINK THINK THINK.. WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING? ..... WASHING THE KITCHEN FLOOR, CLEANING THE LAUNDRY ROOM, THE BATHROOM, THE KIDS' ROOM... ANYTHING... RELAX STOP THINKING, AHH OK RELAXING MAYBE TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP, OK TALK TO TOMMY.. WHO JUST STARTED SNORING... OK NOT SUCH A GOOD IDEA.. TOSS AND TURN, STEAL SOME COVERS... SIGH A LITTLE, LAY REALLY STILL (BECAUSE ANYONE WITH KIDS KNOWS THAT WHEN THEY DO THIS THEY MAY FALL ASLEEP?? YEAH RIGHT!) DEEP BREATHS... STARE AT THE CEILING... FINALLY TOMMY SITS UP AND SAYS...."YOU ARE NOT SO GOOD AT NAPPING!" UUUGGGGHHH, THIS I KNOW. I AM STILL TRYING THOUGH!
*NOT SO FUNNY SIDE NOTE~ TODAY I ACTUALLY FELL ASLEEP FOR LIKE 15 MINUTES. I WAS SERIOUSLY EXCITED THAT I HAD DONE THIS...UNTIL I GOT DOWNSTAIRS AND REALIZED...I LEFT THE RICE A RONI ON THE STOVE...STILL COOKING..THANKFULLY ON LOW....DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN IT COOKS FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF IT CARMELIZES? TOMMY WAS REAL PLEASED WITH ME!!! LUCKILY IT DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE!*
JUST TO NOTE THIS SUPER~FAST. PUDGIE HAD A WELL-VISIT/SHOTS CHECK UP AT THE DOCTOR TODAY. TOMMY DOES NOT DO WELL WITH THESE VISITS....SO HE RARELY GOES WITH ME. TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME.
PUDGIE, AS EVERYONE CAN GUESS...IS BEYOND "OFF THE CHARTS" FOR EVERYTHING. HE IS A BIG BOY. HE HAS A BIG HEAD, BIG BONES, BIG BUTT, BIG LEGS, BIG FEET, BIG ARMS...... HE IS A VERY BIG HAPPY TWO YEAR OLD BOY!
THE BAD THING ABOUT THE VISIT WAS THAT THE DOCTOR TOLD TOMMY THAT PUDGIE SHOULD BE TALKING A LOT MORE THAN HE IS. WELL, DO THE MATH... HE IS BABY NUMBER THREE... BIG BROTHER NUMBER ONE WILL DO ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING FOR THIS CHILD THE SECOND HE GRUNTS IN JAX'S DIRECTION. BRINKLEY WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING FOR HIM AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT INVOLVE HER PET SHOP TOYS.......AND AS FOR ME.... WELL... HE IS BABY NUMBER THREE AND I HAVE TWO THAT ALREADY TALK BACK SO WHY MAKE IT WORSE?
TOMMY WAS JUST MAD. HE WANTED TO SWITCH DOCTORS, GET HER FIRED, GET A SECOND OPINION, ASK HER WHO SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS AND FIND OUT IF THIS WOMAN HAD ANY CHILDREN THAT SHE WAS RAISING TO BE MAKING SUCH "HORRIBLE" ACCUSATIONS ABOUT OUR PRECIOUS PUDGIE. .... YOU KNOW... THE TYPICAL DADDY BEING PROTECTIVE OF HIS BABY BOY KINDA THING! IT WAS SUPER CUTE! IN THE END I WAS KINDA LAUGHING. IT GOES BACK TO THE SAME THOUGHT OF THE POTTY TRAINING THING....IT'S NOT LIKE HE WILL BE WEARING DIAPERS WHEN HE IS 16... IT WILL COME! AND THEN, LOOK OUT!
SO JUST REMEMBER DADDY... WE DON'T HAVE THIS BIG DUMB BABY WHO DOESN'T TALK ENOUGH! HE IS AMAZING AND WONDERFUL AND SO MUCH FUN (EVEN WHEN HE SNEEKS OUT OF HIS CRIB IN THE MORNING AND SLIDES DOWN THE STAIRS AND SAYS "HI" WHILE THROWING HIS WOOBIE ON THE CAT!) AND JUST THINK, WHEN HE IS SIXTEEN... WE WILL WANT HIM TO STOP TALKING!!!!
I WAS RATHER SHOCKED THAT TOMMY CAME UP WITH A NEW WORKOUT~WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE FOR THE TWO OF US TONIGHT. TOMMY AND I HAVE SOME PRETTY EXCRUCIATING WORKOUTS THAT WE DO DAILY BUT SOMETIMES, OUR BODIES GET SO ACCUSTOMED TO THEM THAT WE DON'T SEE THE RESULTS THAT WE NEED TO SEE. SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING OUR 10 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN MAY WE FIGURED, WHAT BETTER TIME TO ACTUALLY PUSH OURSELVES TO THE POINT WHERE THOSE $250.00 ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH JEANS THAT I POSTED ABOUT EARLIER, ACTUALLY FIT ME AND TOMMY IS BACK DOWN TO 199LBS.
SO OUR GOALS ARE SIMPLE... TOMMY WOULD LIKE TO BE DOWN TO 199 POUNDS AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE DOWN TO 140 POUNDS, BY OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TRIP (MAY 4TH). THAT BEING SAID AND PUT OUT THERE FOR ALL THE WORLD TO MONITOR... EVERY WEDNESDAY WE WILL WEIGH OURSELVES AND DOCUMENT IT ON THE BLOG....AGGGGHHHH! I DON'T DO SCALES BUT FOR TOMMY I WILL DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.......I WILL MENTION THIS.... 140 POUNDS IS PROBABLY NOT AN ATTRACTIVE WEIGHT FOR MY BODY STRUCTURE. I HAVE BEEN THERE AND IT IS MORE LIKE STICK CHICK...HOPEFULLY, IF IT IS ALL MUSCLE, IT WILL LOOK GYM~RAT~RIPPED! THERE IS NOTHING MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN SHEER, ROCK-HARD, RIPPED-UP, STRIATION SHOWING, STRENGTH EMPHASIZING, POWERFUL, TOUCHABLE, TOUCHABLE, TOUCHABLE MUSCLES.
TODAY WAS THE DAY THAT I FINALLY FELT LIKE I JUST MIGHT CHOKE MY CHILD. PUDGIE GOT HIS HANDS ON THE BLACK PAINT I HAD JUST MIXED AND TOOK IT OVER TO OUR COMPUTER... DUMPED IT ON THE FLOOR AND PROCEEDED TO HAPPILY MAKE FOOTPRINTS ALL THE WAY BACK INTO HIS BEDROOM...IN THE CARPET! ALL THE WHILE, I AM PAINTING SQUIDWARD GREEN THINKING HE IS SITTING IN HIS CRIB!
It was about 10 years ago this week that my mom and I flew to Tahiti for 10 days. What an amazing trip it was. That was when I absolutely fell in love with Tahitian pearls. They were so beautiful and everywhere but too expensive for me to justify buying one! Tommy and I were dating at the time and for us to be apart was difficult, to say the least. I will never forget the day we flew home. We had a horrible time in customs. Our flights were late causing us to detour through Vegas because we had missed our connecting flights.... (normally this would never bother this gambling girl) and all I wanted to do was get home to Tommy.
It was 1998 and they had just imposed the new restrictions on picking up passengers at the gate so I figured it would just be my dad at the airport. Tommy was waiting at 1:30 in the morning next to my dad grinning as we stumbled down the concourse to them! I had fallen madly in love with him the first time I had ever seen him when I was a rookie in field training in December of 1996, so to have him waiting for me after such a long trip was heavenly!
One month later we were engaged...and married within 6 weeks! Flash forward 10 life~filled, super~amazing years and I am standing in Pudgie's bedroom painting Patrick after a really bad day. A REALLY BAD DAY!!!! Brinkley ambles in the room first and says, " We have something for you that you do every year." I guess I am a bad mom because I don't even turn away from the big pink blob I am painting and just sorta grunt at her. The next thing I know, Jax is flopping into Pudgie's crib as Pudgie is handing me a package saying, "MOMMA?"
As I have told everyone....Tommy never surprises me...... things just don't shock me, and rarely am I stunned into silence. This time I was. Our ten year anniversary is not until May but Tommy decided to surprise me. I almost fell over when I opened the box and inside it was a double stranded choker of Tahitian pears and diamond/rhodolite garnet drop Tahitian pearl earrings. They are amazing and so is he. I could not ask for a more wonderful man to share everything in life with.....
I don't want to post the pictures because I am sitting with a paintbrush in my mouth the entire time I am opening this package..... because the entire time I am opening it I am thinking Tommy had purchased night vision bionaculars for his squad....it's a long story!
Thank you my love, for this beautiful present and for the last ten years that have been filled with more love and excitement than many could ever imagine. It may not be our anniversary but that doesn't matter..
THREE FRIENDS FINALLY UNITED!!!!
ONTO SQUIDWARD...HAVE I MENTIONED HOW SICK OF SPONGEBOB I AM YET????
I thought I would try to sketch out Spongebob and Gary tonight while Binky and Jaxi were up and could keep tabs on Pudgie.. I am finally figuring out that even though they are extremely smart kids... they are still little.......
Not for the reason you are thinking. I couldn't care less about the football game. I got to sleep in. SLEEP IN until 10 AM. I only wish I had not sat straight up in bed with the, "OH S*&T!," heart pumping, adrenaline racing through my veins feeling. The kids were with Grammie and Grampie but I didn't remember that since Tommy woke me up at 6:30 AM when he fell into bed. ANYWAYS... Today is SUPER because...
Mmmmm I love Romance. I love stories of romance. All kinds of passionately~filled, butterfly tingles of kisses, tears welling up from angst, fingers intertwining, heart pounding, skin~brushing, cheeks~flushing, hot~flashing, pure, sweet, breathless, ohhh such body entangling.............
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