Look at the Baboons!

No wait don't look!! R and I had the distinct honor of watching our 3 year olds see their first monkey lovin experience. They didn't even notice anything unusual whilst R and I were horrified at the Baboons makin the nooky right in front of us.

Just another day at the zoo!

XMAS IN NYC

Nothing says Christmas festivities like Shrek?
We spent far too much time at Toys R Us on Times Square. Umm, yeah it was cold! In-laws are fans of night at the museum.
Little A was having a tantrum, so no Imagine picture for her! She wanted to roll around in the yellow snow.
Tavern on the green was AMAZING (and expensive!) our waiter knew we did not belong there and treated us as such. Falala lala laa

Blog break over

Didn't really mean to take a break, just been so darn busy!

We spent Christmas in New York, it was fantabulous!! I would do it again in a New York minute!

Spent New Years eve at my parents celebrating Christmas, kind of weird celebrating a week late but totally worth New York!

Drove with my mom up to Kansas, suffered through staying at my aunts house as much as I could, flew home, flew back and went and stayed with Shanell and the kids. Met her fiance, super nice guy. Aubrey had a blast and is going through withdrawal from not having kids around. Drove home on Monday through the ice storm in Oklahome, freakin crazy weather!

I came down with a stomach virus, fever on Sunday, bad stomach since then. I am looking forward to feeling like a human being at some point. Niece is in the hospital with the flu, poor thing!

Lets see, what else is of interest? My aunt lives with an illegal immigrant who is raising roosters for cock fighting in my grandpa's airplane hangar, he likes to sit out there and snort coke while poking his chickens.. I kid you not. Hopefully she has seen the error of her ways and thrown him out, but loneliness makes people accept bad things.

Little A had a good visit with her big sister and little brother, she followed her sister around like a shadow, and griped about her brother doing the same haha! Shanell's fiance has a daughter the same age as Little A's big sister so she had 2 to follow around.

On friday we saw snow flurries, J got out the fire pit and space heater for the garage. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows out there in the cold, I think it was the best thing I have ever eaten! I love that family so much.

Little A is in the playhouse closet trying to fashion diapers for her babies, I am so glad that I am at home with her and am able to watch her daily changes, she is amazing.

Anyway, I think that is all I have to update. Hubby finally joined facebook, maybe someday he will get around to reading this!

The day it snowed in Houston

Hard to get Hubby to pose for 1 good shot

Once, twice, three times a fracture

On november 2nd I tripped on a pumpkin and crashed to the floor. My foot still hurt so I went to the Dr. today. 3 fractures my friends. I now have a lovely black boot on my foot and orders to stop walking so much for a couple of weeks. Good times, good times!

Little A's Bike

She fell as I was taking the picture, but got up and rode again.

Tonights meal

Tomotoe and mozzarella salad

Chicken Marsala

Cheesecake

it has been a cooking extravaganza!

Foodie week

I made up a menu for the week and bought all the groceries. Tonight we had Tortellini with asparagus salad, Reuben sandwiches and Trifle. I am stuffed! Tomorrow is Ratatouille and Salmon.. mmmm. These are all recipes I haven't tried before, I am having FUN!

Hubby's pictures of NY aka the dirtiest pretzel ever

No car sucks

We got to have 2 outings this week, that is right left the house 2 whole times. I peed my pants a little.

Friday R got fed up and just came over and kidnapped us, took us to the park by force I tell ya! It was the best day ever!

We are going to have to get the car fixed, my spending splurges are going to spike on amazon just so I can have the company of the fed ex dude for 30 seconds.

Post New York

Pretty sure there was a tantrum going on here in Central Park




The view from our room.



We decided on New York Friday morning after Priceline gave us a good rate on a hotel. Go Priceline! We had a great time between tantrums, NYC did not quite cater to our little spoiled child as much as she would like. She loved the taxi's, the toy stores, and the playgrounds. She did not love top of the rock, hubby and I did though. Our hotel was directly across the street from the WTC site, our room looked down into the construction. It was horribly depressing. We walked across Brooklyn Bridge and wandered around Brooklyn to buy a stroller. THAT was an experience! Little A was an angel on the flights both to and from. Oh and Century 21 is my new favorite shopping spot. I saw Maggie from Extras there, stalked her a bit. My feet and legs are terribly sore from all that walking, no wonder everyone is skinny there!

Travelling dilemma

Hubby has a couple of extra days off this weekend. He wants to go to New York or Las Vegas. All is good with that but I am the one that has to make all the plans and figure the shit out. For instance, do you have to have a car seat to ride in a taxi in NY and LAX? How much easier would it be to just get a decent stroller and leave the car seat at home, we could travel by bus and subway with no car seat. Why drag the dullard along if he is only falling in the might be handy section. I HATE dragging around carseats and we are not doing this enough to justify the 5 in 1 monster craption that is out ther. Even doing this much thinking about it makes me want to just stay home and unload some more boxes. Have a garage sale and call it a day. We don't needs to see nuttin. Not to mention when we get our stressed out asses to the place we are going then we have to pay an assload to sleep there.

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New layout ooopsies

I was inspired by the blogging royal family.. you know who you are.. to change my blogs layout. I should have just left well enough alone!

2 hours later I have gotten most of the pieces put back together from the explosion that occured in my poor blog.

I lost my link of blogs that I follow, I have gotten a few back up but I am going to have to go on a seek and find mission tomorrow.

I think I am just a bad bloggerer. I should stick to pen and paper!

What day is it?

I ask this question a lot lately. They all run together with no real schedule to rule the world.

I put a calendar on the computer so I can stop asking everyone and getting that look.

Cooked dinner last night, due to allergies my taste buds are not what they should be and it didn't tast right to me, everyone else either loved it or were being uber nice about it.

I really have to get this sinus thing sorted out, I think I am allergic to the cat and dog... so while we are living with the in laws I am going to be sneezing my balls off. Not that I have any left to sneeze off anymore.

On a side note, Charlie and Lola is growing a little less annoying as each episode goes by.

Ren Fest 2008

Hubby, Little A, and I had a great time!

100 posts

Little A came home from the grandparents with an art project for us to do. We had so much fun and her tiny little fingers were very handy in punching out eyes for the tiny skulls. There is just something very not right with that last sentence.

Allergies?

I don't think a day has gone by since Sept 12th that I have not spent the day sneezing. It seems I am allergic to everything these days. I have tried pills, snorting nasty medicine up my nose, antibiotics, all to no avail. I think I am going to google voodoo and see if they offer any good remedies.

I want to cut my hair.. run off to the salon and whack it all off. This is the perfect moment as hubby is at work and Little A is with her grandparents. But I can't seem to muster the energy to get out of my squishy new bed. Maybe cable wasn't such a bright idea, I keep getting sucked into watching movies when I should be moving.

I am off to wrestle my procrastination demon.

Sneakin in

I had to sneak onto the internet. They were supposed to install it yesterday but failed to accomplish their task. Rescheduled to do it tomorrow so I am sneaking on today. SHHHH don't tell!

I haven't been on a computer in 3 weeks. I feel like a smoker sneaking a cigarette. It's so good that I can't just have one, I want the whole pack!

I have been asses to elbows in boxes and kleenex. Unpacking, cleaning, sorting, and sneezing are how I have been spending my days. Moved in with the in-laws temporarily until we figure out what is going to happen to hubby's job. They are sweet and great to live with, it is an adjustment though. I must say that having extra hands to watch Little A is awesome. Having someone else around to entertain is a great joy... it takes a village I tell ya. I think if it were just the two of us all day I would go bonkers.

OK, speaking of Little A my sneaking onto the internet must end.

Uncruel I heard you were in town, hope you had a good time and wish we could have seen ya! Sub, glad you are having fun but all that afterglow is a little sickening. :)

Last hour

and I am officially retired. I have been given assurances by people who make a lot more money than me that if I need a job I have one, I feel much better given the current state of unknowingness going on.

Not sure if that is even a word.

I am so happy!

Not making any more plans

Every plan I make falls through, so I give up.

1 day to retirement and we find out that Chase bought WAMU.

There is already a Chase branch in hubby's parking lot next to WAMU.

Uh oh