6:45

This is my week off. It's spring break and I don't have to work so I'm supposed to get to sleep in, right? Apparently not. Dh called me at 6:45 to wake me up because he had to take one of his boat rejects to court. Grrrrrrrr. I hate getting up early when I don't have to. Not too much else going around here. Dh is still nursing that hurt leg. The "physical therapy" that they're subjecting him to is close to torture and he comes home more black and blue and swollen every day. I kept my niece, Breanna overnight last night. She is such a joy. I love having a little girl that I can play dress up with and play with make-up and girly things. I'd keep her but my sister would probably get a little pissed since it's her only girl out of 5 kids. Maybe I can hide her when she comes to get her and say she went on a cruise? Ya think that would work? LOL! Love you, Cilla.

Nicky is as preposterous as ever. His latest thing to run around saying is "I want a girlfriend so I can kiss her". No idea where he gets the things that run through his brain. I keep telling him no girlfriends allowed until he's 30. Yeah right. LOL!

Joey is his usual angst filled, almost a teenager self. He spins between love and hate in seconds. There is lots of eye rolling, back talk and general shitty looks and sounds that come from his direction. Parents are just sooooooooo MEAN! He sure is wonderful when he's lovey though. I have a feeling we are just beginning and soon I won't even know this child. It makes me sad.

Anyway, that's all for me today. I gotta get off here and run to the doctor's. More later......

Happy Easter

It's been a wonderful weekend. Yesterday we worked pretty hard all day at replacing the sand in our pool filter. Boy is that an undertaking. Thank goodness it only has to be done once every 3-4 years or so. We went over to my best friend/sister's house yesterday afternoon. We ate awesome food, had a bonfire, and played cards. It's our usual Saturday routine and I live for it. It's easily the best day of my week.

The boys got up this morning and hunted for the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid. They had a blast. They then found their baskets and were overjoyed at what they found in them. Thing 2 was stocked with Thomas the train stuff, of course. Thing 1 was movies, CD's and other random stuff. It brings me such joy to see the happiness on their little faces. They are growing up so fast and I feel like it's just flying by. Bah, I'm not going to go getting all melancholy now so I'm signing off. Happy Easter, all!

Here is my niece, Kelly at 2.5ish months old. She is such a sweet baby. She is smiling and cooing and laughing. She just tickles us and makes us so happy. On another note, her stupid 21 year old, college student mom is having a boob job today. Can you say stupid? I love my sister to death but this is a really stupid decision. Breast cancer runs rampant in the family and from what I hear, you can't feel lumps with fake boobies. Niiiiiiiiice decision! Grrrrrrrr. Anyway, look at the cuteness that is my niece...

More paintball casualties

We went and played paintball again. I had my turn at injury with the broken finger. It was dh's turn. He was pretending he was Lara Croft or Mr. Smith or something and jumped in a hole. He tore the major muscles in his calf really badly. He's now on a serious regimen of physical therapy and is on crutches. When he's not in so much pain, I laugh immensely at him and call him names like Gimpy McCrutch. LMAO! He then tries to hit me with said crutch. Good times. LOL! I guess it's Joey's turn next. Doh! I can't wait to go play again but the docs say that it'll be 6-8 weeks before dh's leg is healed. I'm gonna have to start chasing kids around the neighborhood and shooting them with my splat gun. LOL! I need my fix!

Nicky's Birthday

My Nicky turned 4. Where does the time go? Seriously. It seems like just yesterday that he was born and now he's a big boy (or so he says. He's still my baby). My best friend did a couple of cute scrap pages for his birthday. (check out her blog. It's listed on my sidebar under Twinsanity) Here they are. Mind that I was attempting to grow out his hair. I have since changed my mind because I couldn't stand him looking so scraggly and people mistaking him for a girl. Cilla cut his hair the other weekend and he looks endearingly boylike now. Anyway, here's her scraps. She's so dang talented...


Here's a picture of him with his "big" birthday present...his big boy bike! Yay! It's all Spiderman. He loves it!


Happy Birthday, sweet boy. Mommy loves you with all of her heart!

A girl, a mirror and a Starbucks

Yet another blooper. I guess I have to blog about it before Cilla does. She will throw me under the bus in a heartbeat. LOL! Wench!

So, Stan pulled my car into the garage really close to the side because it was supposed to snow and God forbid he have to scrape snow. The HORROR! So, he had to make his car fit in the garage amongst all his shit. The next day, I was pulling out and forgot and smacked the side of the garage with my driver's side mirror. I obliterated it. Seriously obliterated. My husband, being the good guy that he is (sometimes LOL) got a new one and fixed it for me. Awwwwww. A few days later, I made a run to Starbucks. (I consider this not my fault because I hadn't had my coffee yet) Starbucks has a tip jar hanging off the side of the drive-thru. Yeah, I hit it. Their tips went everywhere. I was mortified. I was so close to the building that I couldn't even get my door open to pick them up. They said it was okay and they would get them so I drove off with my little coffee feeling more than a little bit embarrassed. The next day, my husband asks me why I'm storing a quarter in my window. Huh? OMG! It's one of the Starbucks tips. I have overtipped them like crazy ever since. Yet another blooper in my life of bloopers. I must try and avoid hitting things. Yes indeed.