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Excuses Are Like Rear Ends

August 8, 2007

Maybe I’m a mean mom. I expect my children to actually help out around the house. Their jobs are easy: pick up your toys, put your dirty laundry in the right place, wind the cord on the vaccuum, swish your dish…. but lately The Rooster, who is nearing 6 (and hormones, I swear!) has one excuse after another why she just *whine* can’t *whine* pick up her shoe *whine* on the stairs. *whine + fake cry*

So, as I come here to make an excuse for my blogging absense, I am forced to tell myself the same thing I told The Rooster just 5 minutes ago:

Me: Rooster, can you pick up your dress up clothes so I can vaccuum? (the vac is running)
Rooster: pretends she can’t hear me
Me: Rooster, please, hurry, I’ll suck them up if you don’t bust your buns.
Rooster: I don’t care if you suck them up, then I can go buy new ones.
Me: If I suck them up, you will never have dress-up clothes again.
Rooster: Well, they don’t fit me, that means they aren’t mine anyways, they’re all Tootsies, so you need to buy me some new stuff, probably today.
Me: Rooster, pick them up. (the vaccuum is still running)
Rooster: *whine* But I didn’t play with them! (she’s wearing 4 necklaces, fuzzy slippers and a sequin and tuille skirt.)
Me: Rooster! Now!! Stop making excuses! Excuses are like rear ends, they stink and you’re being a stinker. Hurry up or the Gobbler is coming out.
Rooster: I didn’t toot Mom! (real live fake tears)

Ooooh, and all this time I thought I had no good blog fodder.

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The Great Frozen Egg Debate

June 5, 2007

Here I am fresh off a girls weekend full of scrapping, scrapping, more scrapping, eating, giggling, trash talking and staying up until all hours. For the record, I always used to be able to stay up the latest, but in my old age (ha, ha, I’m not even 30!) I can’t make it past 2am, but apparently some girls can giggle until 4am and still wake up looking cute, refreshed and without bags under their eyes. Not me. Get me in bed by 10 or I’m a cranky mess. Thank goodness I have friends who can over look my crap and orneriness and still like me.

Anyways, we had a fantastic and relaxing time. It was great not to worry about changing poopy diapers, being the daily toy referee or listening to whining for a few days. My husband, being the great guy he is, had everyone in bed and a spic and span house ready when I arrived home late Sunday night. That was probably the best part – I didn’t have to come home to clean up.

We ate lots of delicious things up at the cabin. My favorite was Chella’s Fruit Pizza. I always thought they were much more complicated, but give this easy version a try. It was tasty and I ate about half the pan. I may have to go out tonight and get some ingredients to make it for tomorrow’s breakfast. Maybe I’ll make it tonight and eat it before the kids wake up.

We had so much left over food that we had to pack it back in our cooler and haul it down the mountain. Hopefully Chella doesn’t mind me giving out so much information….BUT she pumped and froze enough momma’s milk over the weekend which kept our food cool all the way back down the mountain and for a several hour stop for a kid-free Outlet Shopping Center extravaganza. This is what froze my eggs.

I had 2 dozen eggs left over and they were carefully packed in the cooler and kept cool by said boobie milk. I went to crack an egg that night to make some crepes and they came out frozen solid. It was the strangest thing I have ever seen. I whipped up my 5 frozen egg whites and yolks with milk and they seemed to smell okay. The consistency was a bit thick, but after adding the flour it all appeared normal. I have to say, the frozen egg mixture made the best dang crepes ever. I may have to partially freeze my eggs for the next batch I whip up. It’s going to start The Great Frozen Egg Debate as soon as my husband hears he ate frozen eggs.

Posted in Being Mommy, Food, My Husband's a Hottie, People Who Take My Crap And Still Like Me, Recipes, Scrappiness is Happiness | 6 Comments »

My So Called Perfect Friends

May 16, 2007

I have this great neighbor, whose name shall remain anonomous, but anyone who knows me could probably guess who she is. If she reads this, she’ll be embarrassed. BUT, she’s one of the reasons my life is so called perfect!

One child is puking, she saves the day.

One child needs a ride to or from school several times a week, at the last minute and she saves the day, not caring if we’re taking *even* turns carpooling.

She’s flexible, she’s easy-going, she takes my crap and still asks how she can save my day.

She lends me eggs, pineapple and chicken and her husband to help put up garage shelving which saves my husband from breaking his arm/neck/back which not only saves my day but a trip to the ER.

She’ll watch all 4 of my kids so I can run an errand without loading and unloading everyone never mentioning she has 200 other pressing projects to take care of at home. This saves my sanity and makes my kids day.

I love her! She’s the best! She’s the perfect neighbor! (If only I could get her to come scrap with me!)

It’s great mommy-friends like this who make the chaos that is my life seem less-burdened and lots more manageable! I have girlfriends who take care of me and my family without batting and eye and who give me advice. (Whether I like it or not!)

My friends make me dinner even though I haven’t had a baby recently. My friends corral the kids so I can go to the scrapbook store without 80 reams of 12×12 paper spilling all over the aisle. (Oh the horror!) My friends drop off a super-sized Diet Coke (or Code Red *hint, hint*) WITH a supersized straw when I’m at home doing 18 loads of laundry so I can sip on something other than a CapriSun.

In honor of My So Called Perfect Friends, the prize for today is an awesome Girlfriends Scrap Kit:

Want to win it? Leave me a little note!

Lori has a cute blog…check her out at Dirty Laundry Queen.

Now back to scrapping….

Posted in Being Mommy, People Who Take My Crap And Still Like Me, Scrappiness is Happiness, contests | 6 Comments »

Bring On The Skinny Jeans

May 14, 2007

Okay, maybe some of you like those pencil leg skinny jeans, you know the ones who show every womanly curve you posess whether you like it or not. Did I even spell whether right? There’s no spell check on this thing. Anyways, props to you if you like them and have no curves to squeeze into them. Me on the other hand, I have curves, and lots of them…they just happen to be in the wrong place.

My husband may think my ghetto booty is cute, but somehow the size 4’s I see all over the TV look a bit more appealing to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating the skin and bones look, but if my thighs could be slimmer, by tummy tighter and my boobs didn’t have the flat and nursed 4 kids look, that would be fantastic. I’d even be pleased to comfortably wear a size 8-10. I’d like to go to the pool in my swimming suit and not be embarrassed that my legs rub raw together and my belly bulges.

So, for Mother’s Day I asked for the Nike+. It’s a device that plugs into your iPod and tracks things like distance, calories, etc. Since the low-carb diets just don’t work for me,
I thought if I skipped sugar, lowered my portion and logged in 20+ miles of walking and jogging a week I might slim down and get some hot legs. My husband, the good husband he is, thought hot legs was a great idea to get me for Mother’s Day.

So, my Nike+ is all ready to go and to start my ‘diet’ I broke down and had chocolate covered toffee for breakfast. Crap. I guess I’ll start the no sugar part tomorrow.

I will be starting a link this week to track my miles. My goal is 200 miles in 2 months. If you’d like to join in, let me know and I’ll post your weekly miles too.

And….as promised, there will be a load of prizes this week to celebrate getting back in the swing of things. I’m not sure if I’m settled after being Mommy, Interrupted since I’m still catching up on laundry and the scrubbing of my house and getting the kids back on schedule. Wait, maybe I am settled, that’s what I ALWAYS am doing!

The first prize is in honor of getting my kids to pitch in around the house and National Scrapbook Month, which we’ll talk about tomorrow. We’ve been using these chore charts for a while and they are stinking dang cute! One kit makes 2-4 chore charts. If you want to win one, post a reply below mentioning a way you get physical exercise during the day WITH A HOUSE FULL OF KIDS.

Spread the word, if there are more than 30 participants, there will be 2 kits up for grabs.

Posted in Being Mommy, Running and Getting Off My Lazy Bum, Walking, chores | 12 Comments »

Mommy, Interrupted

May 8, 2007

I’d like to take this moment to thank my 2 dedicated readers, who may not be so dedicated anymore, for coming to check on my bloggy wisdom even though there hasn’t been much to share lately. I think at one time I had, hmmm, maybe 5 dedicated readers, but then I became Mommy, Interrupted and there hasn’t been much blog fodder to report on at all. I ~~lie~~ fib, there’s been more blog fodder than I know what to do with, but by the time I can get to the computer, I’ve forgotten it all.

I haven’t been at my house more than one week during all of April and here it is May already, and I’m still away from home taking care of my Mom, who had surgery on her foot and my sister, who just made me an Auntie with her first adorable baby boy.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to be helpful, but I’m burned out of cooking, cleaning and house hold worries and I dread going home to get myself back in order! Thankfully, my MOMMY ONLY weekend is coming up, which I’m counting down the days until I can escape all matter of mommy-ness and be wild and crazy with my girlfriends for a long weekend.

In the meantime, I’ll be back in the groove of getting some goods back up on the blog in just a few days. I’ve been stashing great stories, tips, tricks, recipes and crafty ideas and will get them posted as soon as I get home and do some laundry. So be sure to come on back in a few days. Do I need to bribe you with some prizes? Fine then!

Posted in Being Mommy, chores | 7 Comments »