Monthly Archives: May 2009

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MoJo Yogurt!!

May 31, 2009 – 10:20 pm


i have been wanting to try this stuff since it opened here months ago. They charge you buy the ounce which i think is crazy. The cups they provide are not small…you get your choice of large and extra large. So i can see you spending $10 on yogurt.I didn’t even fill the large cup up and it was $5. They do have delicious fresh fruit toppings though…of course T doesn’t eat fruit so we skipped those. The boys wanted the candy toppings but after yesterday i said NOPE, keep moving.
Yes, i know i said that today was a no treat day…BUT…we rode the Phoenix Light Rail from the furthest spot north to Tempe and after walking around in the heat without any whining or complaining they deserved some frozen yumminess!!

The ride back seemed much shorter and once we got back in the car they conked out pretty quickly.

T is still sleeping as i type this at 7:09 PM, we got in the car around 5:15 PM….wondering if he is going to wake and keep me up until 2 am or if he will sleep through…He walked just as far as we did without asking to be carried at all. He was such a trooper for being 4 years old. At lunch he about puked but we talked him down again, just like dinner last night. Not sure why he feels the urge puke whenever he eats, i think his stomach is the size of a grape…swear!!
Wy was also a trooper..complained about being hungry a few times but that is because he had nothing else to complain about, he was actually having fun. I also caught him looking out for his little brother a few times. As we would cross streets he had one hand on T’s shoulder, keeping him safe. He let T have a turn at the window seat on the light rail without being asked to do so and he made sure that every time he took a sip of water T got a sip too.

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A day with two kids.

May 31, 2009 – 12:48 pm

It started off with a movie! We saw UP and i must say we all LOVED it! I laughed big hard belly laughs and then i tried to hold back the tears (unsuccessfully).
We then went to Mac Alpine’s for dinner…..an awesome Soda Fountain straight from the 1920’s. It was like stepping back in time as we walked through the door.

The kids got strawberry milk which ruined their appetite but oh well. Mr. Fun had some sandwich which included sauerkraut(gross). I had the Veggie Delight and boy was it delightful…..

I was so excited that they had Thrifty Ice Cream I had to get a banana malt after dinner…. i just LOVE me some thrifty ice cream.

After scarfing those billion calories we headed to our favorite hiking spot…too bad we were all in flip flops, we so could of used a good hike. We had fun anyways.

and yes..even after the strawberry milk and banana malt they got lollipops…spoiled children *sigh*

and as you can see the sugar was already going to their heads and they were becoming sugar possessed children….

Last night I declared today a NO TREAT day!! I am all treated out.

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Annoying

May 29, 2009 – 4:53 pm

BIG HUGE CUPCAKES in my kitchen!! They want me to eat them. I hear them whispering as i walk by. EVERY SINGLE TIME! Then as i round the island and that red velvet cake just yells at me. That one ain’t shy, it wants to be gobbled up and finished off with a tall glass of ice cold milk. i am resisting….
Why am i resisting? My shorts don’t fit, my shirts grip my waste where they once hung loose.
Everyone tells me i look great and i don’t have to lose weight BUT that doesn’t change the fact that my shorts WON’T button any longer and my shirts are ill fitting.
i am on a mission…must lose 7-10 lbs by July 3rd!!! We are going to the Redondo House(carol, i would love to meet up with you while there if you’ll be in town) for the 4th of July and spending days on the beach and if i don’t lose this weight i will have nothing to wear. i refuse to buy bigger clothes!! ABSOLUTELY REFUSE!!!
So no more drinking….goodbye sweet rum for a month…i know i can do this. no more treats for this mama either. i must get back into my summer clothes…. MUST!
i will be throwing those monster sized cupcakes away tonight. Oh and no more late night snacking…NONE!!

Off to get some ice water that never whispers or yells at me. i forget it’s there.

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Another thing? who replaces their toilet and then places the old toilet in front of their house under their bedroom window for all to see? who does that? My neighbors do…that’s who. It’s been THREE days and there that toilet still sits. Isn’t that what side yards and backyards are for? Yes, we have a white trash side gate but it’s not a toilet for crying out loud.

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Busy days…

May 28, 2009 – 1:04 pm

I love them. After school pick up at 12:30 we headed to McD’s per the birthday boy’s request. NEVER AGAIN!!! $30 for lunch, all of north phoenix there to play and the smell of kid sweat left me with a headache. I don’t even like McD’s and we go there about once a year. I am thinking NEVER AGAIN!
After we got home JJ was anxious to get to her end of the year pool party plus sleepover. So off we went…her friend lives 20 minutes away..what the heck is that all about? The boundaries in the school district are screwed to say the least. Once I got back Mr. Fun, the birthday boy and I headed out to Target. Wy didn’t know where we were going at first. As we pulled up he yelled TARGET!!! We lead him to the toys and watched as he looked around for something he wanted. Star Wars was the first stop, of course. We looked at other things but he ended up back at the Star Wars stuff. I really didn’t want him to get anything Star Wars so i wandered off to find and price the scooters. He had mentioned wanting a scooter more than 5 times in the last week. After finding them and seeing they were decently priced I led him over there. He jumped at the chance to get one. He picked red because G has blue and off we went.

He didn’t waste time getting out front to ride. We were out front so long that we didn’t have a chance to do birthday cake…i even baked the cake earlier that day.

so this morning we ate cake. hey, you only live once and it’s just cake. Red Velvet cake even. Creme Cheese frosting to add to the yumminess.
one more year of being Wy’s mom under my belt..a few more grey hairs, a couple more wrinkles and one happy heart. He makes me smile so i leave you with one of my favorite photos of him.

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7 years ago today….

May 27, 2009 – 12:01 am

I gave birth to a child that had the nickname Quiet Wyatt for years…..I look at him today and think What the hell went wrong? He is no longer quiet and rarely called Wyatt.

He went from quiet and sweet to loud and not all that sweet…..he pushes our buttons every chance he gets. He argues every point and every decision we make. At times he leaves me second guessing myself,thinking i am so not cut out for this parenting gig.

He is a child that i never thought i would have…i say yes, he says no way..i say right he says u-turn. Everyday he challenges me..everyday he brings to me to the end of my rope. Just when i think i can’t do this anymore, just when i am about to break down in tears from frustration he has a good GREAT day…he listens, he doesn’t argue, he’s nice to his brothers and he asks to help with dinner.
He’s like a ray of sunshine shining on my heart.

He makes me laugh..he goes out of his way to help his little brother and make my day that much easier.

i don’t think i’ll ever figure him out,i won’t ever get what makes him tick. i will love him unconditionally. i will teach him right from wrong. i will make him responsible for his mistakes,he will apologies when he’s done wrong. he will be taught that material possessions are nice but not important, he will learn respect for EVERYTHING…even the idiots out there that make you want to tear your hair out. i may not teach him to say yes sir or yes mam but he will respect his elders.

Here’s to DUB!!! Happy 7th Birthday Middle Man!! May all your dreams come true and you find true happiness in this world.

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sidewalk chalk and bubbles

May 26, 2009 – 12:55 am

sidewalk chalk plus bubbles equals summertime!!! wait.. stop.. we still have 1.5 days of school left…not sure who thought it would be a good idea to give the kids a three day weekend and then make them go back for 1.5 days?? Such a bad idea!!! It was so hard coming in…..the kids were not ready nor were us adults. The kids got to bed sort of late but who really cares if we’re late on the second to last day of school? Not i said the queen. This is the reason why “we can only stay out for an hour tonight because it’s a school night” turned into two hours and a late bedtime.

What also comes with summer is repeats of all my shows…BOO!! i will miss my shows…especially Grey’s and Criminal Minds. i am not a reality TV fan BUT i can’t wait for the new season of Jon and Kate..CAN’T WAIT!! She fascinates me. Yes, she seems like a mean person and talks down to her husband…..BUT she has MAD organizing skills and she feeds her large family a home cooked meal EVERY night of the week. i dream to be that organized and put together. i watch her in awwee in when she is packing or getting the kids ready, all their shoes and jackets hung in perfect order(i can be heard screaming, i told you to find your shoes 10 minutes ago). i am hoping we get to see her making 8 lunches now that the little ones are in school…i have to pack half the lunches and i get so bored and tired of it some mornings…..i wish for the lunch fairy to come and wave her magic healthy lunch wand and poof..lunches made and i have time tochug sip coffee.

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We made our own fun…..

May 25, 2009 – 3:24 pm


Mr. Fun had to work all weekend and by 2PM on Sunday i was going stir crazy…..like every little thing was on my nerves stir crazy…. So i made the decision to load the kids up and head to QT for some freezonis!! It was still too hot to be outside so we headed towards the store that sells salt water fish tanks…the kids call it the aquarium and i think to myself….how sad because my kids have never been to a real aquarium. But this place is free and they have sand on the floors with fake dollars thrown in.
After that we drove around for the heck of it. I decided to take the kids to the huge soccer park but as we approached i noticed the big mean gates were closed and locked…Plan B….our favorite park. It is only a mile down the road. We pulled in and we were the only ones there..the park that is usually full of life was silent.

The kids loved it…they had the whole park to run and play and didn’t have to share or take turns…every kids dream, right? They even got to do their favorite things over and over and over until their hearts were full and happy. I loved it!!!

The best part was that it wasn’t hot..yes..it was 95 degrees out but it wasn’t hot…weird but true. There was enough of a breeze and enough shade that we lasted until after 7 PM.

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Adventures in Breakfast….

May 23, 2009 – 2:23 pm

YUM…CHEERIOS… It is what we have most mornings. I do not like to cook…especially before I have had amble sips of strong coffee. If I were rich I would hire a chef to come let herself (yes a her because that is the way i would want it) in and start breakfast for us….what a dream, huh? Then after breakfast my trainer would come and kick my flabby ass back into shape. So many dreams I have..it’s healthy to dream big though, right?

Now back to breakfast…..T is even animated while he eats.

Even when I am pouring cereal into bowls with only one eye open willing the coffee to hurry up he makes me laugh. I sometimes wonder what he’s going to be like when he’s a teen…i see him as the class clown. The guy that makes you laugh after you fall on your ass, the guy that replaces the tears of pain with tears of joy with some so stupid joke it’s funny.

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Not cut out for it…

May 23, 2009 – 12:24 am

I belong to a couple photography boards and I feel so out of place most the time. It seems I do everything differently. It makes me think I am doing it wrong. Makes me feel “not good enough”. I know that is silly but everyone does it this way and says this is the better way yet I disagree. I stopped going to one board because my work was never good enough and it got eaten alive…fine…it wasn’t worth it….yes my sky was blown…on purpose…i actually prefer the look when I am using back lighting….but it’s not right so whatever. I still do it and don’t post those photos. BUT all these photographers that started YEARS after me have more clients than me…why? It has to be because I suck, right? Actually no..I know I take awesome photos, it comes from my soul and it’s my art..my love..my personality….that all shines through in my photographs. What these new photographers have that I don’t is marketing sense,business sense and a butt load of friends…I have none of that.
So photography as a hobby may be all I get out of this and I think I am coming to terms with this. I had my first paid session back in 2006…my business is no where near what I want it to be after all these years. Why? Because I don’t know how to market myself, how to get clients….I also don’t have the money to print my marketing materials or pay for ads. The money I do get from photography goes straight to bills and things the kids need like shoes and food.
So I think for right now I am taking a step back…at least this week. If a client did call I wouldn’t deny them but a client hasn’t called in months and now its hot so i’m not too worried about that.
I have a dream..my dream is to be known for my photographs…I would love my work to be hung in a gallery…to be in magazines….I know, I know big dreams…HUGE!! I would also love to publish a book of my work..I have ideas that wander from right to left in my brain daily….I haven’t figured out how to put these ideas together so they would make sense to another person…..still working on that.

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It’s Official

May 21, 2009 – 1:53 pm

JJ is a member of the National Junior Honor Society

She didn’t even trip as she walked across and got her certificate…She did almost sit down in her seat before they were supposed to. Luckily the boy next to her whispered “don’t sit down” as she went to sit.
Her brothers embarrassed her as she was walking in by yelling “HI JENNA”, she got a bit pink with a big smile that said “don’t say hi to me”.
We were told to hold our applause until after all the names were called…this was hard for me. I wanted to shout ” YAY JJ…YOU ROCK” but i refrained and only said it in my head.

She looked so grown up and mature that night. Made me realize that this first 13 years have flown by. Before we know it it’s going to be homecoming and then her senior prom…..then high school graduation.
She is no longer a little girl. She is a young lady with her own opinions, her own style and a personality that say ” i am confident with who i am”. I am thankful for her.

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