Pit-I-Full August 20, 2008

Did  you know that this month there is a special going on with StarChoice….you can get the Playboy channel for  days for only 25 cents…that’s right, 25 cents…..1/4 of a dollar!  Who was I to say no to a deal like that…besides, I love the Girls Next Door….ha ha ha…..that is so NOT what the Playboy channel is like…..silly me.  So, S is pretty happy now…for the next 25 days or so at least.

My birthday is coming up next week.  We are having a backyard bbq party and I just don’t feel into it.  I don’t know what is wrong with me….I have no problems with agine.  I have never worried about getting another year older.  I have a little extra weight on my bones so I think I am aging pretty well.  I am unsettled about the 365 days of sex thing…but now that we have the Playboy channel, I think S is looking forward to it. 

Lucky me…I have my annual physical on my birthday…this is not something I had intended, but I have a new family dr. and this is the opening she had for me.  Happy birthday to me!  What better gift to myself than a speculum and stirrups!  I mean, can it really get any better than that….who knows, maybe I will have a tooth ache that day too!

Sorry if I sound a bit sarcastic…I think the heat has slightly fried some of my wires.  Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be nicer, hopefully so will I be.

Mother To Mother Diapers August 15, 2008

About a month ago I was shopping at Safeway…I am a huge Safeway shopper.  I was buying diapers, which I normally buy at Walmart, but I didn’t want to stop somewhere else..and I noticed there was a new brand on sale.  They are called Mother To Mother diapers and they are wonderful.  I am always leary about trying out new diapers.  I have learned from times past that you pay for what you get, and that when it comes to diapers, Huggies and Pampers are a sure thing…anythign else might leak, rip, slip or disintegrate (yes, diapers do that).

I thought I would give them a try….Mother to Mother weren’t a Safeway brand, they were a new brand and they were on sale…which is always important to me.  I took them home and was amazed.  H, who is 20 months, has the ability to pee through her night diaper most nights.  Upon trying this brand she hasn’t had one over full diaper in the mornings yet.  They fit well, they are nice, they are thin and they are cheap!  I feel like I have hit the jackpot in the diaper lottery…too bad at I am almost at the end my diaper using days.  Every mom I see shopping at Safeway I tell them about my find.  Yes, I am that crazy mom talking to other moms in the store…sometimes that is my only adult interaction - this is partly why I shop so much!

Hot Momma August 15, 2008

I was hit on yesterday and it felt good.  Of course, the man wasn’t my type at all which made it a little disapointing, but all in all, it felt great to know that someone out there, other than S thinks I am worth it in the looks department…..we had just met really, so it wasn’t my personality that won him over.

Of course, I had to phone S as soon as it happened.  I was too giddy to not share it….and I felt proud too…maybe that was wrong.  Luckily, I have a great husband who is not the jelous type (I am) and he told me he always thought I was pretty and worth it in the looks department!  Ah, what a sweet heart.  It was a good day!

Wii’re Fit! August 9, 2008

This morning saw a funny family picture in our house.  The five of us were downstairs, in our pj’s, working out on the Wii Fit….yoga actually.  As a family we managed to get through 5 poses together.  The hardest for E was the tree pose, but her favorite is still sun salutation….she really loves saying sun salutation.  She is getting pretty good at the poses too.  Both her and H grab a book to stand on….either S, M or myself is using the Fit board.  We all get lined up and work out together.  As we were working on our deep breathing, our hands on our bellies I was laughing in my head.  We are a pretty funny bunch.  But, we have fun together, and that is what is important at the end of the day.

SAHD? August 7, 2008

I am off for another job interview in a little bit.  I am waiting to hear from the job I really want, and filling my time, applying for jobs that are just so so.  I don’t like being in this limbo state.  I don’t know if I am a SAHM still or if I will be a working mom leaving the girls in the hands of a SAHD!  Tomorrow I should know which way life will go….me out of the home or not.  Till then….slowly going crazy!

1988 Called - It Wants It’s Clothes Back! August 6, 2008

1988 called and it wants it clothes back……

I just spent the morning shopping for the new addition to our house…a 13 year old female!  It was a big risk I took, buying clothes with out an official nod of approval from said female.  I guess I am not as out of style as I had thought.  Everything but 1 item was a hit.  That is pretty good if I do say so myself!

As I was shopping though I was astounded to see the same clothes hanging on the walls that used to hang in my own closet…in 1988!  I guess the saying, “everything old is new again” really is true.  I was shocked to see so many colour jeans, acid wash and leg warmers.  I will never understand skinny jeans, but then again, I used to pinch roll my jeans and that is horrible too!  What ever was I thinking….I ask myself on a regular basis.  I think it is too funny that the 13 year old in my home is wearing clothes so similar to what I wore almost 20 years ago!  Too, too funny.  She looks better than I ever did….but I am sure she will laugh just as hard at herself in 20 years as I do when I look back at pictures of myself.

Check Out Hell August 5, 2008

Recently, I was in line at the grocery store.  I had no kids in tow and had really enjoyed my solo shopping experience.  After having children, you learn to appreciate the really little things in life….like, shopping alone!  At a check out stand close to me there was a mom with 2 children.  She had a toddler about E’s age and a new born, still strapped into his car seat.  She had done her shopping and was trying her best to get done as quick as possible.  Her children were cooperating.  The toddler was fine, the baby was either hungry or wet or just wanted to be held.  He was crying and crying and crying.  I could see the look of exasperation on the moms face.  She just wanted to pay and leave!  I could totally sympathise with her.  I have been there too many times.

Just as I was finsihed, my cashier mumbled under her breath that the mother should just pick up her baby already!  WHAT!  Did I really just hear what I thought I head….YES!  I was dumbfounded.  I don’t know if this women had children of her own, and had actually shopped with them….especially stood in a line, trying to pay for purchases, entertain your infant as well as wrangle your toddler without loosing your sanity!  Come on!  I did’t say anything, although I wish I had of.  Instead, I gave my cashier a dirty, dirty look.  I hope she got what I was trying to communicate with her…but, you never know. 

If you hear a baby crying, have sympathy for the mom.  Don’t judge her.  She is most likely trying her best.  She needs your understanding most of all.  A kind smile would most likely make her day.

Things I Do Well…And Not August 4, 2008

There are some things I do really well….cooking, laundry, keeping a clean, tidy house….playing, name that tune…but, putting my 2 children to sleep, at the same time, in the same room is not on this list….and it kind of pisses me off.  It is 9 pm right now and I can hear them playing away.  I am pretty sure their room is a disaster, meaning I will probably stumble, fall and hurt myself getting to them in the dark of night.  Instead of just laying down and keeping their hands to themselves they insist on jumping, playing, pulling, falling, singing and general craziness.  Oh to be a toddler……with a door closed and a mom who is just too tired to care too much for tonight!

Where Did My Gyna (Vagina) Go? August 2, 2008

Being summer season, I was in a clean up on my bikin line (not that I actually wear a bikini or anything though)!  I took a longer than normal shower, making sure I would not have an embarassing moment at the lake.  When I came out of the shower, E knocked on the door, having to go pee….yes, we only have 1 bathroom at the moment.  She was sitting on the toilet, I was drying myself off.  With a look of horror on her face she asked….”how come you took off your gyna mommy?”  OH MY GOD…what do you say to that?  I told it was summer and I would put it back on in the winter - problem solved.

Growing Grass August 2, 2008

So, the other night I was sitting in the living room, my arms stretched out over my head.  It is summer so of course I was wearing a tank top.  Apparently I had forgotten shave that morning, leaving two days of stubble in my underarm region.  E looked over to me and asked……”how come you have grass growing under your arms mommy?”  How could I answer that….I just laughed and laughed and laughed some more.