My SIsters!!

I absolutely love my sisters, this was taken in 04 at our favorite vacation spot "McCall". I of course am trying to hide behind everyone so not to ruin the picture. But, I truly have 5 of the most fabulous sisters, they are my support, my phone buddies, my exercise companions, my examples and my best friends. I am hoping to add 2 more to the list soon!!

Thigh Friction

I was walking Lucy to school and the entire way kept hearing a noise that sounded like something was stuck in the stroller tire. I’d stop, check the stroller, nothing. I did this at least 10 times, stop to check the tires, nothing. What is that noise?!! To my utter embarrassment but not my complete surprise, I realized it was my pants rubbing together—“Thigh Friction”. How annoying, is it the way my legs are shaped? Is it the additional fat? Is it the way I walk? I don’t know, probably a combination of all, but whatever the case may be, it is very annoying!! I am annoyed with myself, but also annoyed with all those people out there who don’t seem to have the same problem. I have seen people running, who have bigger thighs than me, yet are wearing the short shorts!! Are they running bowlegged? Do they go through a jar of Vaseline? Do they occasionally do the wide leg, short yank? I do not get it, whenever I try and run with short shorts, within 10 steps my shorts are up so far it’s like a belt!! And I think I may even be making a slight cricket sound. My husband seems to think that it is a sizing issue – Umm, I’ not sure what that even means, does he mean my shorts or my legs? not that it really even matters anyway because it is so darn cold I would not be wearing shorty shorts, but that gives me a couple of months to solve this mystery of the “Thigh Friction”. In the mean time I am going to stray away from purchasing any corduroy or parachute pants that seem to cause the most noise.

Daddy's Girl

I am totally a daddy’s girl, and lets be honest, I am a mommy’s girls as well. But nothing melts my heart more than seeing my kids with my dad. And can I tell you, my parents spend plenty of time with my kids and they always have magical, wonderful things to do. Whether it is finding snails in the back yard, digging up worms, picking apples for the bunnies, gathering acorns, playing in the playhouse, taking walks to the creek, reading fun books, you name it and the adventures are endless.

Our Newport Coast trip is definitely one of our favorite adventures we get to spend with my parents. We enjoy going to Disneyland, to the beach, riding the fairy, going to the swap meet, shopping at Fashion Island, and of course laying by the pool. I absolutely love everything about this trip, other than I think it needs to be longer. When I say “laying by the pool” I use that term lightly, our kids do not let us sit for long, but luckily that is when Grandma and Grandpa come to the rescue. My dad spends hours playing ping pong with Sam, and my mom holds Sally or sits with her when she is asleep, and they go on ride after ride with the kids at Disneyland. We are all on the go from sun up to sun down, in fact it does take me about a week to recoup from the vacation, but it is worth it.

This is Sally having a tantrum at the beach, I do the same thing when we have to leave, but it does not look this cute!

I'm Feeling Good!!

I received this email this morning from a friend and "belly laughed" until I almost wet my pants!! I think this may be the answer that I have been searching for!! "No more guilt" Thank you Jackie (and Dr. Phil) you are my hero. I am currently going to have to do some shopping, and then follow Dr. Phil's advice and I will let you know how it goes. I soon will have my inner peace.

I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed, 'The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished.'So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Crown Whisky, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a package of Oreos, the remainder of an old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, a bag Doritos, and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how freaking good I feel right now.Pass this on to those whom you think might be in need of inner peace.

I should be doing Laundry

I have a serious problem, as I am sure many other women do…The Guilt. Whenever I sit down to do anything, I can think of at least one million other things that I should be doing, one of which is always Laundry!!! Laundry is never ending at my house, and the thing that really peeves me off, is when my kids throw CLEAN clothes in to be washed (as if I do not have enough dirty, hey, lets rewash all the clean stuff, too). So here I sit, feeling guilty because I should be doing laundry, cleaning a bathroom, mopping the floor, grinding wheat into flour to make home made bread, you know, something of that nature. So how do I rid myself of some of the endless guilt that plagues my life? I have tried many methods, my latest; I like to call it “Living in Denial”. “That Bathroom is not that dirty” “This shirt can be reworn” “Those aren’t that wrinkly”. It is a temporary fix, I know, but it is working for me (kinda). The only time I do not have guilt over one thing or another, is when we are on vacation and I can just focus on family, well, we all know you can’t vacation all the time. So anyway, I got to go, I am hand weaving a basket, and brandishing a small blanket out of real rabbit fur, while boondoggling key chains for neighborhood Christmas gifts, oh yeah, and laundry….Anyone living the guilt free life, let me in on your secret.!