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Do’s and Dont’s March 29, 2008
Please tell me you know which is which.
So, short jean shorts and heels? Must I explain?
As for the classic scarf over sweater and white shirt? Perfect!
My Lil’ Angels March 26, 2008
(Carter’s in Red, Ethan’s in the middle and Jalin (sicky) is in green.)
Well, this week is Laurie’s week with the boys and it’s also Spring Break. The boys (Carter and Ethan) are here during the day and gone at night because I watch the boys on Laurie’s weeks while she is at work. I love this arrangement and I think the boys definitely benefit from the stability of it. I can’t imagine how hard it would be for Laurie to deal with me having more time with the boys than with her. Difficult.
So the boys showed up all excited and jumping all over the place again this morning. Ethan is thoroughly enjoying having his big brothers home from school and they are lovin’ it too. Until yesterday. Jalin got the stomach flu and has been feeling very yucky. We have definitely had our fair share of runs to the bathroom in the past couple days. Poor little guy. And then this morning we had some projectile from the couch…all over the couch and carpet. Wish I could make him magically better. It’s very hard as a parent to watch your child endure pain or sickness and not be able to help them.
So now, of course, I have extra bedding and clothing to wash and stains to get out of the carpet and couch. This happened yesterday too. And I have to tell you about this amazing stuff I found that has completely removed these very dyed stains from the rug. OK, just a second, I forgot the name of it. Let me go get the bottle. OK, it’s called Spitfire. I have never used anything like this in my life. I can’t believe how well it works! And now I sound like I’m doing an Ad. 
I actually don’t know where you can buy it cuz we got it through Adam’s work.
So now I got your hopes all up on this and I don’t even know how to share the goodness with you. Sorry 
Next time I recommend something to you I’ll try to at least tell you where you can get it.
So now the boys are all cuddled up on the couch, Ethan next to Jalin as usual, and playing Big Brain Academy on the Wii. Happy as clams. I think I will finally check my facebook account and get some more house-cleaning done. The weird thing is I actually like cleaning my house! Yes, you heard me right, I get immense satisfaction out of organizing and making the house shine. Crazy? Definitely, but it makes me smile. Ooo, and maybe I’ll even have a chance to try out a new recipe today. It’s shaping up to be a great day already! And I even exercised this morning….Yay me
Karaoke Night!! March 22, 2008
Mo’s the blondie, Jules is making a signature kooky face, Joel (Mo’s boy) is the blondie and Ian is the other guy. Sorry guys I couldn’t get your pictures to come out the same size as the girls’. I’m a wee bit inept at this.
So the other night I met up with my friends Mo and Julie (and Mo’s new boy Joel) and we went to Karaoke Night at Ernie’s Pub. I luckily had a very sore throat so got out of having to sing anything. Good thing too ’cause nobody wants to be singing next to the likes of Jules. She has an amazing voice and people just listen in silence every time she get’s up there. Mo surprisingly got out of singing too but only because we know if we actually made her go up she’d get up there and say all kinds of crap about us to the world just to get back at us. She never has a problem speaking her mind.
I either didn’t know or had totally forgotten that there were going to be a bunch of people from The Bird there so it was nice seeing everyone again. A couple of the kitchen guys were friggen hilarious on the mic. One of them reminded me of Jack Black. I got some video of them later but the first song they did was the funniest and I completely zoned on getting a clip of it. It was good times. My ex ended up showing up and I hadn’t seen him in about a year and a half so that was definately a shocker. I had no idea until that moment that I was holding so much anger and bitterness towards him for what he did when he left us (Jalin and I). But seeing him again was the best thing that could have happened. His current girlfriend is friends with Mo and she and I ended up having a great visit. She is such a sweetie and through us talking and me seeing Mike again after so long I realized that I just wanted to let go of that anger and resentment and get on with being friends. We ended up talking for a little bit, not rehashing anything, just putting it all behind us. I told him that now that so much time had elapsed and he was happy and Jalin and I were happy it was about time we were able to at least say hi to each other and smile. He agreed and he asked about Jalin and how he was doing.
The rest of the night went great! I felt like this huge weight of emotional crap I had been under for so long was just gone. It was a wonderful feeling. I ended up staying out wayyyyy too late. I have no clue what I was thinking. Or rather, what the wine was thinking I think I got home at about 2:30 am. Craziness for me. And on top of that it was a weeknight. Luckily the boys are on Springbreak right now but I still rolled out of bed at 7:00 am. Holy was I tired yesterday. My mom and I had a full day of wedding running around to do and 3 bouncing little boys. It was definately an interesting combination. Mom just thought that I wasn’t feeling good cuz of my cold and stomach problems. If only she knew. We had a good day. Got a ton accomplished and spent good bonding time together. We even got her outfit for the wedding. She looks absolutely stunning in it. I told her that she looked so beautiful that she was going to upstage me. And that is just fine with me.
Today mom worked on bouquets and such. I’ve gotta hand it to her, she is being very good about doing this all even though it’s not her pick in flowers. She really wanted me to have white Calla Lily’s and I told her very nicely that there was absolutely no way. After the first little bit of talking about this she just dropped it and has been happily and very wonderfully been doing everything in my flowers and colors. Yay mom! You rock! How could I have asked for a better mother. And no I’m not saying this because she is going to be reading it. She won’t be.
I will have to figure out how to upload videos cuz I just tried and it didn’t work. If anyone has any suggestions just let me know cuz I have some gooders.
Jalin and I before Adam and boys’ March 16, 2008
Jalin and I before Adam and the boys came along. He doesn’t actually look like that. He’s making a funny face for the camera Seriously.
Adam and boys’ before Jalin and I March 16, 2008
Adam and the boys before Jalin and I came along. Look at Ethan’s adorable dimples!
