Flashback Friday: The worst injury I've ever had....

In my 50 Things About Me post I stated the worst injury I've ever had was when I fell off a bunk bed one New Years and had a large bruise for over a year. Thinking back though is is no where near the worst injury I've had. When I was in 5th grade...so like 11 years old I was visiting my grandparents w/ my family. My grandparents live out on 10 acres of desert so we drove around on anything with wheels. For a while they had this small tractor that would have been used for a large garden. My sister and I had fun sitting on the front while someone drove. This particular time I was on the front and my mother was driving. To this day I'm still not sure how this happened because my mom is the most careful person I've ever met. On one of the dirt road there's a fork leading to another road and my mom decided to quickly take the fork. Well I wasn't prepared for the turn and I fell off the tractor. Not a huge fall but of course then the tractor RAN ME OVER! I still remember the feeling of the wheel going over my head. I remember trying to stand up after and my mom pulling me back down to the ground. My aunt picked me up in her car and they drove me to the hospital. The one thing I remember about the hospital was that they had to CUT my favorite shirt off of me. I remember the shirt was a birthday gift from Daniel Usher. In the end what could have been a total nightmare ended up not being that big a deal. I don't think I even missed any school. I broke my shoulder blade but only wore a sling on my left arm for it. My left arm is weak to this day. I remember feeling so cool going to school with a sling. I think I was a morbid child.

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Tackle It Tuesday: shockingly I'm cleaning!!!!

Today is a weird day for me. I picked up a shift at work this morning and worked until noon. Then I ran to the bank to deposit a check. When I got home I gave myself a facial and paid my water bill. I've been sick with a sinus infection for a while so I'm not feeling the greatest and the right side of my face feels like I've been battered. So I'm slowly doing some laundry, vacuuming the floor, and taking care of some emails and paperwork. I desperately need to do the dishes. After my great last week of keeping my sink clean so far this week I am sucking BIG TIME! It doesn't help that our fridge is broken so I've had that mess to deal with as well. And let me add a tiny rant here. I'm not the only FRIGGIN person who makes messes around here! So that's it. I'm slowly plugging away but I don't have anything great to show for it. Oh and I was hoping to do my exersize video but I can't find that either. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

200th POST!

And I don't have ANYTHING to write about! I was all excited and even waited a day so I could come up w/ something great and well....NOTHING. It doesn't help that I've got a HORRIBLE sinus headache. And I've got this aweful dry spot in the back of my throat the catches and makes me cough like a maniac which in turns makes my head feel like it's going to explode. Seems everyone is sick although mine is more allergy related. My mom's sick, Cori's sick , friends (Mo, Rob, Maurice), oh and my son has a cough. So since I have "Jack Schitt" to write about in the commemorative post I'll re-post a cute email about "Jack Schitt".

We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt!' Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.

Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one son, Jack.

In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins Deep Schittand Dip Schitt.

Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout. After being married 15 years,Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock.

Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.

Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.

Now when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt,' you can correct them.

Sincerely, Crock O. Schitt

50 Things About Me

1. Do you like bleu cheese?
Yup I sure do!

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
I didn't even know you could smoke heroine...so no.

3. Do you own a gun?
I don't personally own one but there are many in my house.

4. What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic?
I've never added a flavor to my drink at sonic.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
Depends on what kind of doctor we're talking about here.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
A good hot dog or braut is great! Cheap hot dogs, no FANK YOU!

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
White Christmas and I can watch it any time of the year!

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Water

9. Can you do push ups?
hahahaha does 1/2 a push-up count?

11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry?
I don't have a favorite.

12. Favorite hobby?
Karaoke

14. Do you have A.D.D.?
Sometimes I wonder....

15. What's one trait you hate about yourself?
I'm too forgiving sometimes.

16. Middle name?
Pearl

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment...
1. Why are the kids being so loud
2. I need to get ready for my class
3. Why are the kids being so loud!

18. Name 4 things you bought yesterday?
1. Diet Pepsi
2. Cheese burgers
3. Postage
4. Does Denny's @ 2am count??

19. Name 4 drinks you regularly drink?
1. Water
2. Diet Pepsi
3. Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi
4. More Diet Pepsi

20. Current worry?
Don't really have one

21. Current hate right now?
I don't hate anything. That takes a lot of effort.

22. Favorite place to be?
Doing karaoke somewhere!

23. How did you bring in the New Year?
At home!

24. Where would you like to go?
Prince Edward Island

25. Name something you enjoy doing but haven't done in a while.
Scrapbooking

26. Do you own slippers?
A red fluffy pair and an animal print pair

27. What shirt are you wearing?
Happy Bunny Shirt

28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
Yes and no. They're nice in the summer when it's hot but I hate the feeling of them snagging on my heels if they're rough.

29. Can you whistle?
Yes

30. Favorite color?
Red

31. Would you be a pirate?
I hope not

32. What songs do you sing in the shower?
Surprisingly I don't sing in the shower

33. Favorite girl's name?
Maria

34. Favorite boy's name?
Daniel

35. What's in your pocket right now?
My phone

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
Oh prolly one of my kids being silly.

37. Best bed sheets as a child?
I had this awesome set of black and white sheets that I loved!

38. Worst injury you've ever had?
Hmmm falling off a top bunk bed one New Years many years ago! My ankle was bruised for more than a year!

39. Do you love where you live?
Yes

40. How many tvs do you have in your house?
3 technically but we don't use them.

41. Who is your loudest friend?
Alexis

42. How many dogs do you have?
Uno

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
hahahaha prolly not!

45. What is your favorite book(s)?
Too many to name. But my fave as a kid was Number the Stars

46. What is your favorite candy?
I don't think I have a fave. I don't really care for sweet stuff.

47. Favorite Sports Team?
GO SUNS! GO D-BACKS!

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
I dunno...

49. What were you doing at 12 AM last night?
Sleeping

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
Which time? I didn't sleep very well last night.

OH!

And to top off a really great day I've realized that I've been able to keep up on my dishes for an ENTIRE WEEK! This is huge for me (those of you w/ no children can stop rolling your eyes now).

The shopping gods are smiling down today!

I walked into Goodwill today thinking that it would be really great to find something fabulous in a zebra print. Well sure enough the Universe answered and I found a FABULOUS feels-like-it's-made-for-me cream and black zebra print skirt and a great black top to go with it! And to top it off I had a store credit so that outfit ended up costing me THIRTEEN CENTS!!!!!!

I am unorganized!

It's something I've accepted as just the way I am. It still irritates me on occaision though.

Manic Monday:2

Today's Manic Monday is 2 and to be perfectly honest it just isn't inspiring anything. I'm going to try and list everything I have 2 of. It's not much.
2 Earlobes
2 Eyes

2 Nostrils
2 Arms
2 Hands

2 Legs
2 Feet

2 Knees
2 breasts
2 Daughters

2 Living Grandparents
2 half working TVs
2 computers
2 pairs of brown boots
2 copies of the book Drowning Ruth (don't know why, I haven't even read it yet either)
2 copies of my favorite movie 10 Things I Hate About You

2 Ansel Adams Canyon de Chelly photos


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Flashback Friday

This is a funny flashback Friday for me because the kids are so different now. Especially Georgia. She's still sweet, but she's also the orneriest thing on the planet. Cori is still singing her head off. She's actually watching High School Musical right now and belting all the songs out. Recently her music teacher RAVED about her voice. Ethan is still a monster at home and a gentleman in public. I know, there are worse problems to have. He's no longer afraid of the water either. They're all driving me nuts today! It's raining so they can't go out and they're just sitting and annoying each other. Especially Ethan and Georgia. This email is from June 30, 2006.

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Can you tell I've been busy? Here it is, the last day of June, and I'm just NOW getting our family update out! Oh well, at least I've done it and I can say I've successfully kept my New Years resolution for 6 months. That's some kind of record! We just got back from getting family pictures done. That was some kind of feat! The pictures are not as cute as I would have liked but we just could not get all the kids to smile at the same time! Oh well, I guess it shows the "real" them!

Allen has been working a lot of hours because summer is his busy time. He's still looking for a new job (so if you know of any let me know!). He is still tired all the time. He got a machine to sleep with that is supposed to help him breath but it does not work right and he hasn't called the Dr to get it fixed. Very irritating for the person who has to sleep in the same room with him!

I'm doing the same ol' things. I'm still teaching Coupon$ense classes and just recently signed an instructor under me. Our stockpile of food, cleaning supplies, and hygiene products is RIDICULOUS! I just recently got a Scooba, which is a robotic mopper that is the sister the the Roomba. I LOVE IT! If something ever happens to Allen I'm going to marry it! It has absolutely saved me! I'm planning a piano recital for the end of July and I'm really looking forward to it. I will have 4 of my students playing in it!

Cori has been in Summer School this month and is absolutely doing awesome. They had a performance last night that was Patriotic themed. She's been singing God Bless America and Yankee Doodle all month. She has this incredible vibrato that I've never heard before in a 5YO! I think she takes after me! We'll be singing duets soon I'm sure!

Ethan did swim lessons and is doing so well! He's developed a little bit of a fear of the water, which he never had before but he'll get over that soon. He's a little fish so having fear is probably safer for the dare devil. Ethan is still doing Speech Therapy and just recently started Occupational Therapy. I love this boy to death but he is driving me crazy! I'm having a lot of issues with him that have to do with his sensory disorder which just compound his bad behavior. The thing that makes me most angry, is when we're in public he is the sweetest most polite boy. He thanks people for EVERYTHING. At home he pretty much screams at me all day. We've been doing a lot of time out. I'm working on it one day at a time. I just hope he lives to see 4.



Georgia is still the sweetest thing in the planet! I can't believe she's already 11 months! She is so bright! She FINALLY got one tooth and is working on another. She copies sounds so well it sounds like she's talking. She's like a little parrot! She is so expressive with body language as well. She's able to tell me what she needs by a look or a point. It's amazing! She's a chunky little thing but she's smaller than the other two were at this age. She's got more hair than Cori did too, so that's a good sign! My mom is always saying how much she reminds her of me when I was a baby.

Thursday Thirteen:Edition 1

Thirteen people I would rather NOT recieve a Valentine from:

1. The guy I lost my virginity to (sadly he may have been the last person to actually GIVE me a Valentine and that was LONG ago). ♥
2. Freddy Crueger (sp?) or someone equally frightening. ♥
3. Jimmy Beam....a karaoke regular at Marc's. ♥
4. Eric, the guy with hair that smelled like puke. ♥
5. The loser on Plenty of Fish who got pissed because I like sushi. ♥
6. ANY of the guys on my "DO NOT ANSWER" list on my phone. ♥
7. Simone Dubois. She is not a real friend. ♥
8. The guy who played "David" the drunk Best Man in The Wedding Singer (and yes I know he's famous enough for me to know his name but I just can't remember it). ♥
9. Tommy Lee ♥
10. Billy Bob Thornton ♥
11. Brad Pitt ♥
12. ANY of my ex boyfriends (that would just be awkward). ♥
13. Anyone who might complicate my life or bring drama into it. ♥

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Worst Culinary Disaster

What was your worst culinary disaster?

I'm afraid they're all pretty disasterous. I am a distracted, bored, frustrated cook (in that order). The reason I'm not asked to bring anything to Thanksgiving dinner is because at my first I BURNED "steamed brocolli". Whenever I see cooking shows or recipes I have these grand desires to make something really fantastic. I get going and then the distracted sets in. I find it IMPOSSIBLE to NOT mult-task. So I must be folding laundry or something else while I'm cooking. Not a great idea. Then the bored sets in. There's only so much stiring I can do before I'm bored to tears. Once these two things have set in is when the meal starts getting disasterous. Thus comes the frustration and generally only a 1/2 edible meal. So yeah Culinary Disaster could be my middle name!

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A field of clover??.......no a back yard full of weeds!

A Poem I Like

A faintish journey do I make
As through this frazzled world I wind,
With heavy heart and weary steps,
But with determined mind.

Beseech I for a flicker of
The faith than can a mountain move,
And hold that tenet close to me,
Believing where I cannot prove.

The pow’r that comes when sinking low
To man who grasps for straw or rope,
Will clutch til has he breath no more
For where there’s life, there’s hope.

If my good turn be given to
My fellow man’s deficiency,
I’ll try to share my lowly gifts
Of Faith and Hope and Charity.

faith, hope, and charity - anne shannon demarest - 1965

Tackle It Tuesday: You guessed it, more cleaning!

If you don't have children but are planning on having them someday I suggest you stop reading now. What you are about to see is what my house looks like on a DAILY basis. Even the after photos below only stayed that way for a little while. Not an hour later there was more laundry on the couch to be folded. There are already more dirty dishes in the sink and there are legos all over the rug. At least the legos aren't greasy! So I guess I have some more work to do!


A little behind on putting away the laundry....as usual!

I had forgotten what my couch looked like!

Oy Cori left her stationary out and Georgia found it! YIKES!

No more paper!

UGH the dishes! I hate them!

And the dishes....I still hate them!

Popcorn cernals the kids dunped everywhere.

Nice and vacuumed!

And then not even 5 minutes after I had vacuumed! Oh the irony!

And my unmade bed!

Much better!