2008 Christmas "Card"

Hi friends! Just had to spread a little Holiday love and save a tree in the mean time! I hope all of you have a safe and wonderful Holiday!!! Check back after Christmas for my "Worst Gift" give away!!!!!! Enjoy!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

YES a boob post

So I'm officially in the upgraded C family! Not sure it deserves all the hype it gets!First of all the bra I had to get looks like something you order out of a hospital catalog or the ones that come in a box and have a time limit like 18 hours proudly advertised. What happens after 18 hours by the way? Huge and official and so not sexy! I thought C cups would have been more exotic then this. In reality they are just huge road maps to Disneyland all vainy and gross and man do they itch! They should really just make bras for pregnant woman made out of caution tape!!! You know...hands off, no trespassing and under construction!

I picked up this bigger and better two headed helmet bra on Saturday and already by today I think I need a bigger one! I had to strap on the bra exstender so I could breath. Oh sigh. I'm never happy right!!!! And neither is Mike with strict orders to not feed the animals or reach in the cage for fear his hand may be bitten off!

If I had kept my private blog more exclussive I may have had the courage to post pics of the mondo evolution of my chest. So far it's been more exciting then the evolution of my tummy! And the grand finally is really what people would pay to see at Ripley's Believe it or not! I swear you would think I had a head transplanted onto someones elses body! I for real, no joke, look totally post op, porn star auditon, TLC freak of nature tonight at 9. I have boobs up to my collar bone and into my arm pits. The few individuals I have scared by showing them my plight in the past can attest! It's some kind of wrong I tell ya!

So here I sit growing things. A baby and two huge boobs! All three not so fun on my back, hard to cloth and all "itching" to just get bigger!

A shout out

I just have to give a shout out to the little song bird who landed in my ward! Mrs. Tara D. herself was a shinning start in our Wards Christmas Meeting. She has a voice like an angel and boy am I grateful I didn't start the meeting off by trying to make her crack up while sitting up with the choir! Yes I tend to do that!

Thanks Tara for sharing your amazing talent!What a beautiful Spirit you helped bring to the afternoon!!!! I knew you were musically awesome but HELLO!!!!!

Maybe some day after I'm done nursing, for fear of public leakage, and if by some miracle I can ever overcome my fear of singing once again, you and I can get together and sing a little ditty! Or maybe I'll just relax in the congregation and just enjoy the sweet sounds of you!!!Yeah that sounds good too!

For real people!!!She was amazing!

Took the day off!

Ever had one of those Sundays where you just needed time to yourself and you needed to take the day off! Well I cashed in on one of those days and totally took it off today!I skipped church not because I was sick or taking care of sick kids. I just needed to. A whole three hours to myself to relax, reflect and do whatever sure sounded good!

But when the three hours was just about to start, Cricket wrecked it! She put up a huge fight about not being able to bake bread with me and barricaded herself in her room. There I was, ready to be alone and I was having a stand off with a 5 year old! Mike and Blue were already in the car and late and I too wanted to have a temper tantrum at that moment! Long story short Crick was my side kick for the next three hours. I made her stay in her room for the first hour as a punishment for ruining my afternoon and being a pain. I sat in the next room having to listen to her ask every 5 min. if it had been an hour! Grrrrrrrr! It wasn't really panning out how I'd like!

I was able to spend time on line, listen to Church music and bake some bread. I also got caught up on the last episod of Survivor before tonights finale! I folded laundry and cleaned a little! I know it doesn't sound like the typical things one would want to get done when they have the chance to be "alone" but I just wanted to get ahead and that relaxes me! Still I had this nagging shadow checking in often asking for a snack or a game! Oh well. I guess my one Sunday a year I take off wasn't ideal but it still rejuvinated me a little and I felt it was worth it!

I was able to make a rock star meal for dinner with all teh time I had to prepare!I made Chicken Cordon Bleu and veggies and the hoem made bread topped the meal off perfectly! I christened my Kitchen Aid today!!!! I think I love that thing like a child! Check out my FAMILY BLOG to see all the yummy treats I've been making lately! I'm loving cooking lately! All I lack is a chefs hat!

Hope you all had a great Sunday!!!!

Why I love my girls today!

-It's way funny seeing your 3 year old eating Sushi with you and asking for more!
- Believe it or not they both gave me an awesome foot and hand massage with lotion yesterday! I think I have then sold on it's a fun activity so we'll be doing that more often for sure!
- I've given up on trying to dress Cricket. I can't do it anymore whit out wanting to post her for sale on ebay so I went through all her cloths and packed away the stuff that's not winter friendly. Yesterday she dressed herself in 3 minutes and we were still friends. She did look like she got dressed out of the "Lost and Found" but hey, we were both happy!
- An entire hour can fulfilled if I hand over paper, crayons and safety scissors! Ahhh yeah!

I'm loving this kid thing lately!


Side note...had a crazy dream I went shopping on Black Friday with Tina Fay! Cool huh!

Ode to Grandma's Spaghetti

Oh my you amazingly amazing bowl of memories and goodness! Nothing quite takes me back like a bowl of my Grandma's Spaghetti. It's like nothing you've ever tasted. It's woodsy and hearty and only gets better with time as the flavors marry into each other as it sits and waits for re visitors in the refrigerator!

This aint no " open a Jar" of sauce sort of meal. It's a chop and measure and remember how you felt as you walked into Grandmas kitchen as a little girl and sat on her yellow stool to watch her cook. It's a finish a bowl of it secretly before dinner time and still eat a bowl when dinner really starts! It's a reminder of the woman you adore and of her mom and of the story behind it's ingredients and measurements.

There are a few amazing family recipes to cherish. Ones that stir up feelings and emotions. Ones that totally embody someone special to you. This is that recipe for me! Purple Grandma will always sit beside me in the kitchen as I dice celery and break noodles and as I savor that first bite of her special Spaghetti.

As a result...

of the previous post I was inclined to buy me one of these babies!!!



Nice huh!!!!


I am soooo out of shape!!! I do NOTHING!I mean NOTHING When it comes to Exercising! I walked quite a bit last year but then it got cold and I hung up my walking shoes! I bought the stepper to get my heart in shape more then anything! I've had heart palpitations for years and it only went away when I was walking. So call me crazy but I do care about my general health!

I love this little guy!!!So small and compact and it takes up like no space! I'll use it while I watch Baby Story and call it good! It totally gets my heart rate up and I feel the burn like Richard Simmons minus all the be dazzled dolphin shorts! I HEART my new stepper!!! I think I'll name him "STEPhen!"

Thanks BROOKSTONE for my new boyfriend. I plan on stepping all over him!Don't report me!

hummm...

So here's a little conversation I had with my lovely Cricket.

Me: Wow girls!! Look how big the baby's getting! (as I lovingly point to my belly!)
Crick: She is getting bigger!

( I then turn around.)

Cricket: And your back sides getting bigger too !!!



And a little comment from the Blue Bird while she sits behind me in the bath. She likes to wash my back and I hear her start to sing a little ditty that goes a little something like this...

"mama's got the chubs!Mama's got the chubs!Mama's got the chubs!" (as she taps my sides and dances to her adorable rhythm!)


Gee thanks girls! I guess the scale wasn't lying when it said I gained 7 pounds this month!!!! Don't make fun!NO ONE likes to gain 7 lbs. in one month!NO ONE!

So yes!Mama's got the chubs and it's clearly on display on my back side apparently!

Good Morning!Good Morning!

Ahh!!! The sweet feeling of victory! It's just after 9:30 and I successfully have my hair done, make up on and a spring in my step!!!! What the heck!!! Who knows why but I'll gladly take it!

Kids are still coughing so no break for me with a preschool drop off today! I still have tons to do today so they will be in tow. So if you see me in Sams Club happily grab your pizza pocket sample and wave but keep a good ten feet between us! I'm doing my due dilligance by not contaminating a class full of kids but a store full of strangers is different when I have a laundry list of errands to run. Sorry Salt Lake Valley! I'll have sanitizer on hand! They really aren't that bad but This darn cought sneaks up just when I think they've kicked it!

So yesterday I bit the bullet and finished unpacking and got the Christmas Decorations up. I almost skipped it this year. It just seemed like so much work (a.k.a. too many trips up and down the stairs carring box after box of Christmas crap all by myself while two littel girls rumaged through everyhting as I yelled all night to "stop touching that and put it back!") Way to invite the Holiday Cheer huh! I swear I billowed over Luther Vandros singing "White Christmas" ten times. I was so a grinch and no I don't have a Luther Vandros Christmas CD. It's a Stars come out for Christmas CD I got at Taco Bell Like 12 years ago. Don't judge!

So maybe thats why I'm a little more peppy today! I vowed to not yell today and I woke up to glitter and stars and red and green all aglow in my home! I do love me some Christmas decor!!!

So let us all remember "Tis the season to be Jolly" not cranky pants magoo like I was yesterday!! It's a new day!!!!!

I'm BACK!!!!

Let's just say my trip pretty much had a theme.... vomit and explosive diariation! YES that's a real word!

Kids were sick for days and I was the clean up crew! YEAH!!!!!!


FAmily: AWESOME
Celine Dion: Totally a BLAST! Rock on old lady!
Sister and Sister in Laws: Totally made the trip, wish I could have seen more and miss already!
Preggo state: Belly popped about day 2, totally pregnant looking now! ate too much!
Shopping report!: Black Fri. Wal Mart Success story resulting in probably crushing some poor woman's dream of a Kitchen Aid when my sister jacked the last one after SHE told us where it was! I HEART Boopers! MERVENS is officially closed in HB and I fully took advantage of 90%0ff and then an additional 50% off your grand total! BOO-YA!!!


Sooooooo glad to be home! Now I need to un pack. Oh the dreaded un packing!!!! NEVER!!!!!