3 Year Old For Sale!

This child is testing my patience lately. Every morning is a big dramatic display of emotions. She is always fine until it comes time to get her shoes and coat on. I think the problem is that she has too many options. She has like three coats, which ever one I ask her to put on she wants the other one. Last night we were leaving and I told her to put her pink coat on, to which she replied "Pink is NOT my favorite color, I want my purple coat" After standing in the corner and a talk from Daddy we worked it out!! She was a sweatheart the rest of the night. Then this morning I guess she decided it was a new day so the drama started all over. I said "do you want to wear your brown shoes?" she said "NO!" so we started to put her tennis shoes on to which she replied "I WANT MY BROWN SHOES!!!!" No matter what I want, she wants the opposite. We are going to have to put a stop to this QUICK! Last night in the car she said "Me and you are fighting so we just need to belax" I may have to give her up for adoption if she doesn't straighten out!!! (of course i'm kidding... maybe)

I got a phone call the other night asking if I wanted to make a donation to the Vietnam Vets. I have an ongoing garage sale pile with alot of clothes so I decided I could donate them. I hate when people call me asking me to donate money because I don't have a ton of extra money laying around to just give to someone less fortunate than myself. I know that's terrible but that's how I feel. So when they just asked for a donation of items and didn't ask for cash I felt good about it. I have everything set out on my porch. Hopefully they will actually pick it up. So I guess I've done my good deed for the season!

Refrigerators by Rob!

This is what my husband did at work on monday! Maybe he's onto something here!

I have the sweetest kid ever. Yesterday morning I was laying in bed with alivia we had the following conversation:

Me: Guess where you are going today?
Alivia: Where?
Me: Ambers house
Alivia: (excited head shake, eyes closed, tongue stuck out-she's weird I know)
Me: Nat is sick today so Amber is going to watch you
Alivia: Why is Nat sick?
Me: She just doesn't feel good today so she needs to get some rest so she can watch you tomorrow
Alivia: does she have medicine?
Me: Yes
Alivia: is joel going to give her medicine?
Me: Yep, he's going to take care of her so she will feel better tomorrow
Alivia: Should we go and check on her?
Me: No she will be fine tomorrow

I thought that was so sweet that she was worried about her getting better.

The other day in her room she was watching little mermaid

Alivia: What is that girls name?
Me: That's Ursula, she's a sea witch
Alivia: Why is she a sandwich?
Me: (laughing) not a SANDWICH-a SEA WITCH

She's a funny girl

This is what the picture on all three of my tv's looks like. I'm NOT happy!

It started acting up on Alivia's tv Monday night and I called and they sent signals to the box and had me unplug it and plug it back in to reset the box but nothing helped, then last night it started doing it on the other two tv's so I called again, again they sent signals and had me reset the boxes, but it still didn't help. The earliest appointment I could get was FRIDAY!! OMG two more days with no TV!!!!!!!! So, last night I thought, oh well, I'll get on the internet-NOPE-it was down too. ARE YOU KIDDING ME, NO TV AND NO INTERNET?!?! WTF!!! Charter installed a box in my basement for the cable and internet, I'm thinking maybe the box needs to be updated, who knows. I guess we'll be watching movies all night and I'm sure that whatever shows I had set to DVR will be lost as well since the signal into the house is bad-GREAT!! Maybe I'll have to actually get something done around the house since I'll have so much free time ;)

good rules!

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER
1. Sag, you're It.
2. Hide and go pee.
3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
4. Kick the bucket
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
6. Musical recliners.
7. Simon says something incoherent.
8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy

SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE :
1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.
2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.
3 You change your underwear after a sneeze.

OLD IS WHEN:
1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

Thoughts for the week:
Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over?
If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

Ponderisms: I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Garden Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to? I
n the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?'
Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's ass.'
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if he's going to look up there anyway?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
But Most Of All, Remember! A Good Friend Is Like A Good Bra. Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

Birthday Marathon

Today starts the birthday marathon. Rachel kicks it off today by turning the big 3-oh. She's not thrilled so she's going to vegas this weekend to party it off! I'm so jealous. Then next week Mindy will also be turning 30. Then me, but I won't be joining the 30 crowd until next year (hehe!) Then Jenny will join them 2 days after me and Kelly will finish it off in early November. How on earth did I manage to become friends with everyone with a bday in october?!? Funny stuff. Happy birthday to everyone!!!!!

Last weekend we went to my mother in laws in Perryville, we also took my 18 month neice with us. It's about a 2 hour drive. My sister in law let us borrow her portable dvd player for the ride. Alivia LOVED it. When we came back home we didn't bring our neice with us-nor did we bring her dvd player with us! As soon as we got into the car Alivia said "I want to watch a movie" I told her that the tv belonged to Gianna and we had to give it back to her. She was NOT happy. She said "I want my own purple tv for the car" I'm not sure why she decided she needed a purple one. All week she has been asking when we can get one? did you get one yet? can i have one? I finally told her she would have to wait for xmas. She said that was ok. I said "Christmas is kinda far away though" she said "well, we can drive there!"

I did some research to try and find a purple portable dvd player and I couldn't find one. I told her that they only came in black, pink, red, blue and white. She said "umm, I'll take pink" So, I guess I know what she will be getting from santa this year!

Alivia's snake incident was more than 3 months ago and I'm still dealing with the insurance about it. A few months ago I received a letter from UHC asking if she had any other insurance coverage, I promptly sent it back and said "No". Then about a month later I received the same letter again and again I sent it back and said "No" A few weeks later got the same letter AGAIN-I threw it away, I thought- this is ridiculous!! So then they started calling my house saying I hadn't responded and they couldn't pay the claim until I responded. So I called them and they said "Does Alivia have insurance coverage anywhere else?" and I said "NO!!!!" they said, ok that's all we needed. OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! A few days later I got a bill for $35,000!!!!!!!!!!!! That's how much her bill was for not even 48 hours in the hospital. Then yesterday I got a letter from the Ambulance district that said the insurance company hadn't paid them yet. So after 20 minutes on the phone this morning-I think everything is taken care of-GEEZ!!

What a nice little girl

Brayden stayed the night with us last night and in the car this morning:

Alivia: Brayden?
Brayden: What?
Alivia: I Love You
Brayden: I Love you too
Alivia: Brayden?
Brayden: What?
Alivia: I don't want you to come to my house anymore

flashback

I had a total flashback last night. I was watching TV and came across a special on the New Kids On The Block. Which by the way, yes, I am going to their concert in November!! Jenny called me on day:

Jenny: Do you want to go to the New Kids concert?
Me: Absolutly NOT!
Jenny: Oh Come on, it will be a blast
Me: Are they going to sing their old songs or what?
Jenny: They have a new single out
Me: ONE SONG?!?!
Jenny: I Don't really know do you want to go or what?
Me: I guess so

The tickets were EIGHTY DOLLARS....EACH!!!!! Geez.

So, anyway, after I watched the New Kids special I was flipping through channels and came across a 90210 marathon. I felt like I was 14 again....90210 AND NKOTB!!

I'm not sure if I'm going to watch the new 90210 series. I know some of the old characters will be on there but i'm sure it just won't be the same.

My little thinker

Alivia and I have had many conversations about the moon and sun and she understands that the sun makes it bright outside and when the sun goes away the moon comes out and that's what makes it night time. But, tonight she stumped me

Alivia: The sun is out and the moon is sleeping right mom?
Me: Right
Alivia: And when the sun goes to sleep the moon will wake up right?
Me: Right
Alivia: Does the sun wear pajamas?
Me: Um, No
Alivia: Does the sun have a house?
Me: Um, No
Alivia: Where does the sun sleep?
Me: Ummmmm
Alivia: Does the sun sleep in the clouds?
Me: YES! yes the sun sleeps in the clouds
Alivia: Where are the clouds?
Me: (looking up in the sky and noticing I can't see any clouds) We can't see them right now, they're too far away

She changed the subject after that!!!
I need to work on my reasoning! Or maybe I'll just go buy a book for every subject I can't explain!

You have got to be kidding me

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Do we not have enough distractions while we're driving?!? Are you in such a hurry that you need to COOK while you're in your car?? This is insane

You can go, I'm gonna stay

Yesterday was Alivia's first dentist visit. I've been talking to her all week about it trying to prepare her. At dinner friday night we were discussing it.

Me: Daddy, Alivia gets to go to the dentist tomorrow and he's going to count her teeth.
Alivia: Mommy, is he going to count your teeth too?
Me: Yep
Alivia: Is he going to count daddy's teeth too?
Me: No, Just me and you and daddy is going to stay home
Alivia: How about you count your teeth by yourself and I can stay home with daddy

Rob and I were cracking up. She did really good at the appointment, better than I thought, she even let them polish them!! She does have a cavity though-ugh. He referred us to someone else to have that done. She brushes her teeth about a hundred times a day but I had noticed a spot on one of her molars about a month ago. So we'll just make sure she is brushing them right from now on.

I had to go to Costco last night to get a few things. I had a list of things to get. When we were ready to check out, I gave my list to Alivia to play with. She said "What does this say?" I told her it was the list of things I needed to get and told her to read it to me. She held it up and looked at it and said "Um, it says we need to get a toy" Isn't she clever!

Sassy Pants

Last night when I got home from work I decided that I was going to make Alivia a playroom in the basement. Her room is huge but there is a TON of stuff in there and even when it's "clean" it's still a mess! So I put two big rugs downstairs and brought her kitchen, her baby nursery and her vanity table down stairs. She LOVED it. She said "can we bring my bed down here?" I then cleaned up her room and shampooed her carpet. It looks so much better and I can't believe all of that stuff was crammed in her room.

When we pulled into the driveway last night Alivia said "Can I play with Emma?" I said "Liv, it's too hot outside and I think they might be out of town." She said "MOM, I JUST WANT TO PLAY WITH EMMA, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL"

All in good time

Rob and I decided that after amber and bryan's wedding we would begin to try to have another baby. I've known this all year. Now that it's getting closer I'm getting very impatient and VERY excited!! We were talking the other night and I told Amber that I already know what I'm going to name our next baby. If it's a girl it will either be Alexa or Ava and either way the middle name will be Morgan. I told her if we had a boy the name would be Maddox. Amber and Bryan also want to try for another baby after the wedding. She pretty much told me if she had a boy first she was going to steal my boy name!! I hope she was kidding but you never know with her!

So the wedding is getting very close and everyone is trying to wrap up all of the last minute details. There are only 44 days left!!!!

Alivia got a digital camera for her bday. I uploaded the pictures last night. There were 75 pictures on there. Here is some of her work!











The back of the couch







Her TV

The ceiling fan









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My favorite

In my house I am responsible for the following things....everything! I do the cleaning, cooking, shopping, laundry, child bathing and everything else. I have exactly one person to blame for this-myself. I never ask for help. Sure I make snide muffled comments about how I have to do everthing and noone ever helps. However, on the other hand, I never ASK for help. Of course, Rob probably should volunteer once in awhile, but, honestly, if he was outside changing the oil in the car, I wouldn't offer to help!! Last night, I was feeling overwhelmed and said to Rob "I would really appreciate it if you could help me out tonight" We are planning on going to columbia for the weekend for a softball tournament. I wanted to get laundry done and the house cleaned so I wouldn't have to worry about it when we got home on sunday. Much to my suprise Rob said "Sure, What do you want me to do?" I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!! I gave him some things to do and he DID IT with NO COMPLAINING. I'm an idiot. Why do I feel the need to take care of everything all the time? I've always been this way. Maybe someday I will learn

I've lost it....

I like to consider myself a good cook. However, I cannot cook corn on the cob to save my life. This is so dumb. I remember when I lost it....When I was pregnant with Alivia, one day, Rob and I were outside doing some yard work. We were BBQing and I threw some corn on the stove and went back outside to help Rob with something. I ended up overcooking the corn and ever since have not been able to cook it right. It's the dumbest thing. Last night I even looked it up how long to cook it-it said 5-8 minutes after you put it in and it began to boil again-I did this exactly-it was undercooked. Rob never complains about it but it's making me crazy. I guess I'm just thinking about it too hard. I don't know what to do!!!