Monthly Archives: October 2008

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T carved a pumpkin….Don’t faint..It’s true!!

October 31, 2008 – 12:35 pm

The time had come to go buy pumpkins. Mr. Fun took the kids minus T, he did not want to go. He claimed he didn’t want a pumpkin, didn’t want to carve a pumpkin. When we asked why his response wasn’t shocking yet hilarious… “it will gross me out” …..

Luckily daddy ignored the the little dude and surprised him with his own pumpkin. After much encouragement T stuck his little chubby hand inside the warm gooey pumpkin and pulled out a little piece here and a tiny piece there. We were all clapping and cheering for him. We were all so excited that he did it without even a slight gag. Mr. Fun went to help and pulled out a big handful of pumpkin goo and that is when T said he was done and left the table. Baby steps, i suppose.

My kids love halloween, it’s such a fun day. Getting dressed up and begging for free candy from strangers…really, doesn’t get much better.

~insert photo of JJ with pumpkin~ She was the last to get done and i spaced on getting a photo of her. I will get one tonight.

This is the first year that my kids get to stay up late, late as they want. It’s friday, no school the next day and it’s JJ’s last year to trick or treat. So we are doing it big this year. I am so excited to see T’s reaction as well. Last year he was cute but this year i think his excitable personality is going to be a hoot.

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is the election over yet?

October 29, 2008 – 5:48 pm

i am so tired of the amount of politics i have to read about lately. i understand the passion and having opinions and believing strongly about something. i so get that!! what i don’t get is the need to shovel your opinion and your beliefs down my throat.
i think i need an internet break until it’s all over. i will be tuned into obamas 30 minutes of jabber. so far i am not convinced him or mccain are worthy enough to be president. i am leaning one way over the other but still not 100%. i am going to be watching with my cocktail, since its hump day and all. every hump day deserves a cocktail or two. not to mention today was a half day for the kids, that makes for a long day of entertaining children. i could use a cocktail right now……

i am actually excited about cooking dinner tonight, which is rare, i might be sick. i hate cooking, i hate cleaning up after dinner even more. i a m baking asparagus,bell peppers and carrots in foil with olive oil and seasonings. i love me some veggies!!!!

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Dear Submarina President

October 27, 2008 – 2:59 pm

I went to approve comments and read this

Submarina President -

Hi Mrs. Fun! Enjoyed your comment about Submarina. I think you are located in Arizona given the awesome picture and description of the sunset. We have 2 locations in the Phoenix area now - Mesa and Peoria. Your pictures are incredible! Here’s to delicious healthy eating again!

I screamed out loud…OH MY HELL!! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? SHUT UP!!
I am sitting here full of giddy pleasure, oh how could I not know there were submarinas near me?
I can’t wait to tell JJ, she is going to scream!! Seriously, this is the best news, it has made my Monday ROCK!! Every trip to San Diego we talk about eating at submarina on the way there. It’s a must eat the first day we are there. It is the one place we miss eating at since moving. Now we have them in our own city again!!

So thank you Submarina president!!! Thank you for taking the time to comment on my little ole’ blog. I am going to assume you have some fancy software that lets you know when people are talking about your restaurant so I hope you see this because I am so grateful that you commented.

I can’t wait to make my way over here

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Inside Mrs. Fun’s head..Part 2

October 26, 2008 – 6:59 pm

You know you are a mom of multiple boys when the sight of a brand spanking new toilet seat shining back at you leaves you giddy. I almost want to go get my neighbors just to say “hey look, we got new toilet seats. aren’t they pretty?” Oh and I must mention that the toilet no longer runs and runs, thanks to mr. fun having the the week off. So not only is the toilet super sparkly, its quiet. If only there was a laundry fairy to go along with the those toilet seats. Can you see the signs “FREE laundry fairy with ever purchase of brand spanking new toilet seat” ….

Why did I ever pay full price for books? We happened upon a half price book store today. The books my kids love for $1.98 a piece. Nothing wrong with them, just belonged to someone else before us. Now they are ours to read and enjoy for years before passing them along to another good home.

I rarely eat at Subway but lately I have been craving it so today we went there for lunch, the $5 foot longs are only a $1.50 cheaper than the foot long JJ and I share. Not worth getting a sandwich you kind of like over one you really like for $1.50. However, subway does not hold a candle to submarina. I miss submarina so so so much…their bread is melt in your mouth delicious and their #16’s now known as ATC’s are the best sandwich EVER!!! I want to get in my car and drive the 4 hours for dinner now…i miss that place.

My children decided on costumes today..all of which were not what I expected…should make for fun photos though. We spent the afternoon shopping for accessories, going from one store to the next. JJ manged to leave her purse on an end cap at Target, not realizing it until we got to Party City. My mom and her drove back…luckily some honest person found it and the manager had put it in the safe. Thank you to whoever found it, we appreciated your kindness and honesty.

I ordered JJ’s yearbook, I am $35 poorer now. I think I paid $30 for my high school yearbook. This is middle school, I can only imagine what her high school yearbook is going to cost. Now I need to pay for G and Wy’s which I am hoping are only $12 a piece like last year. T’s yearbook is $20 this year which leaves me scratching my head since he is 3.

I went to tune my radio to my favorite channel…the station my burb is left on 99% of the time and it was gone. Channel 18..The Kenny Chesney channel is no more. It’s gone. Tears stung my eyes, i had to choke them back so my family wouldn’t think I lost it completely and check me into the loony house.
Seriously, XM Radio what are you thinking? How could you get us addicted and then make us go cold turkey?

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Speaking From The Heart

October 24, 2008 – 1:14 am

He is intense, he is joyful, he is stubborn, he is silly, he is smart, he is sensitive, he is funny, he is sweet and he is VERY good at driving me completely insane. I opened this photo today and my heart skipped a beat. I see this look a lot. I however never actually “looked” at this look. I can see just how intense, sensitive and emotional he really is. It made me look at myself as a parent. I really need to step back and “listen” to him. He has such a huge heart and is so sweet yet he can be so impossible. So completely impossible…he is the KING OF IMPOSSIBLE…He could win the gold for impossibility if it were an Olympic sport. However, he could also win the prize for the biggest heart and best big brother. So I carry on, minute by minute,hour to hour, day by day, week to week……

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Tuesday’s the new Friday…

October 22, 2008 – 12:32 am

Today was a half day for the huckleberries. I had the day off and Mr. Fun is on vacation so we took advantage of the extra hours together.
First we hit TGIF’s for a late lunch/early dinner which we like to call linner. Good quality time together, LOL!!

All the while Wy was downing his smoothie, T was wanting a cherry and G was pouting because he didn’t like his smoothie. I tasted it, it was tart.

On our walk to Target I reached back to get T’s hand as we headed for the parking lot. I heard T say “jenna has me” and my heart melted!!! The way he says jenna is way too sweet for words and the fact that he wanted her hand over mine says a lot about the direction their relationship is going.

….It went like this…
Mrs. Fun~ Hey JJ should I throw this at your dad and see if he catches it?
JJ~yeah, do it, it’ll be funny
Mrs. Fun~ Hey J….throws box his way and clicks the shutter….
Mr. Fun~ Good one as the box falls on the ground.

That is just how we do things…gotta keep the every day fun.

After Target we went to the Halloween store. I thought T would be scared but he wasn’t so we wandered around for a long time.
T showed us his mean warrior face

The clown made him stand back but he asked his brothers to push the button again for a second round…

We still weren’t ready for home so we hit the mall where we window shopped and made wishes.

It was one of those days you want to remember forever

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Inside Mrs. Fun’s Head

October 19, 2008 – 1:45 pm

If you are going to close a major ramp connecting to another freeway PLEASE put signs on BOTH sides of the freeway. I was on the left, in the fast lane because that’s how I roll, the sign is on the right. So I missed the exit that I could of taken but instead I got stuck at the next exit in traffic that was backed up with all the other drivers that didn’t see the sign. It’s not rocket science, it’s freeway construction.

I need to get serious about getting back in shape, somebody kick my ass into gear. My shorts are no longer comfortable. I like my clothes to hang on me, I like room to move. Now they are tight and confining..hate it so much. I curse those cookies my daughter bakes every week, I curse those peanut butter M&M’s Mr. Fun bought, I curse that damn IN&OUT drive thru. Now Halloween is right around the corner..all that candy is going to be calling my name after the kids have gone to bed. I have no self control…what a wimp I am.

Flash photography is not my cup of tea. I don’t enjoy using flash for anything. I prefer a reflector for fill light. Sometimes I have to use flash, like last night. It sucked BIG! The batteries wouldn’t recycle the charge fast enough and I missed a lot of shots because of that. A lot of the shots are too bright because even on ETTL mode I suck with a flash. I think I will stick with sessions that are done outside right before the sun starts setting. Such YUMMY light. Too bad I have zilch on the client front.

This morning I cleaned, I made the kids clean. I believe they whined more about cleaning than actually cleaning though. Their laptops are put away and they will remain put away for the rest of the day. Though they are currently running around playing army and driving me crazy with the shooting sounds and the falling to the ground.

Signing off to figure out lunch(thinking pizza but yeah, that’s going to help with the shorts not fitting) and resist the cookies JJ is pulling out of the oven.

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It’s about time…

October 18, 2008 – 1:02 pm

He came to me with a bloody mouth crying. Through the sobs he says “it feels like it’s going to fall out”.
I got all excited for him yet was confused why he was crying, I can’t say I have ever known a child to cry when they are about to lose their first tooth. This tooth has been loose for months, I was beginning to think it would never fall out. Once we were in the bathroom I got some tissue and thought I was going to have to pull a little to get the tooth out but it fell into my hand when I pulled his lip down.

After rinsing the blood out he comes to me and says ” i can finally eat with my front teeth again”. He is oh so excited about that. He then asked if he could put the tooth under his pillow… I looked at him with a puzzled look and G yells out from the other room “YOU HAVE TO SLEEP WITH A PILLOW TO DO THAT”. HAHAHA!!! We all laughed. Wy does not sleep with a pillow or blanket, never has. Tonight I think he’ll be sleeping with a pillow next to him so the tooth fairy can come and do her thing.

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Why I love October…

October 16, 2008 – 11:58 pm

The weather is heavenly. My kids are never clean, they are always sticky sweet. We spend hours upon hours outside only making it inside for a quick shower and late dinner before it’s time to shuffle them to bed.
We often enjoy those nasty chemical filled deliciously sweet otter pops with friends all the while laughing and carrying on. These are the days I want my kids to remember, I try hard to unplug them and have them enjoy childhood as I did. Outside, playing in the street getting dirty and burning off that endless energy I wish I had.

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The View From My Front Yard…

October 15, 2008 – 1:01 pm


How beautiful…I will never take these sunsets for granted. Arizona has the most beautiful sunsets. The world can be such an ugly place so it’s nice to be able to enjoy natures beauty.
All these politics are so ugly, bringing me down. I don’t care who you are voting for, I don’t care if you think one opponent is the devil. Vote for who you want to vote for, believe in what you believe in but don’t and I repeat DO NOT preach to me about it. I don’t want to hear it. They are all telling lies about something.
I like to think of myself as a pretty open minded person, the way I do things is not the only or even the best way to do them. They are, however, my way of doing things. So let me be. You do it your way and I’ll do it mine. All I am saying is I like my turkey on whole wheat with mustard, lettuce and tomato..you may not….it’s nothing to get heated about.
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Eli Stone(spoiler if you haven’t watched yet)
Any watchers out there? I love this show. Last night did not disappoint, that is for sure. At the beginning I was confused as to how the show was going to go on without him having his visions, so glad he worked all that out with God…how cool that God was a woman? Well, I think so.
I do have a beef with his ex and her new boy toy *rolling eyes* I do not like the way that story line went. They seem so happy together yet I feel it’s so wrong.

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