Pure exhaustion after 2 hours of treat or treating...
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Offically introducing my little Boss Bird
Boss is loving being back at home with his mommy and family!! He asks to come out of the cage all the time, 'JENNY - I want to come out and play!!' I will get him on video talking at some point but here is one of his MANY tricks!! He is such a little lover and great with the kids! Great with my kids anyway, I can't promise a finger wouldn't be bite if someone else stuck their finger in his cage!!Just a quick video with a kid in the background and dogs barking...all a part of the confusion I love!!
Has it been that long?
I have to write this on my blog because it was just too darn funny not to document. Inappropriate? Yes!! Hilarius? Yes!!
R and I went out to dinner for our anniversary a couple weeks ago and at the last second my sister offered to watch the kids....marking the 5th time we have actually left them with anyone for our own enjoyment.
Anyway, we were fumbling for conversation when we first got to dinner. No diaper to change, no kids to bring potty, no whining, complaining, sidetracking, wiping up spilled drinks, etc. Just daddy and I at the table.
R started talking politics and said, 'oh about the erection,' clearly meaning to say, 'about the election!'
WOW - has it been that long honey??? I guess he only had one thing on his mind even after all these years of dating and marriage!!!
R and I went out to dinner for our anniversary a couple weeks ago and at the last second my sister offered to watch the kids....marking the 5th time we have actually left them with anyone for our own enjoyment.
Anyway, we were fumbling for conversation when we first got to dinner. No diaper to change, no kids to bring potty, no whining, complaining, sidetracking, wiping up spilled drinks, etc. Just daddy and I at the table.
R started talking politics and said, 'oh about the erection,' clearly meaning to say, 'about the election!'
WOW - has it been that long honey??? I guess he only had one thing on his mind even after all these years of dating and marriage!!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Memory Lane
When I was single and lived in the city, I became friends with an old man named Joe. I was rumaging through old files on the computer and thought I would share a little something I wrote after he passed away five years ago next month. I still miss Joe today and think about him often....
Sometimes someone comes into your life and touches you so deeply and before you know it they disappear. The first time I saw the old man it was a brisk January day in Chicago and he was scuffling across the courtyard of my apartment. I soon learned that he lived on the third floor for around 40 years. Over the months, I did his shopping, made him dinner, etc. I expected nothing in return but what I received from him is more than I could ever have expected from anyone. What he gave me was truly priceless and for that I am very thankful. He became one of my closet friends, a surrogate grandfather and a role model for life. He often talked of being confused about letting go of his freedom and apartment and spoke to me candidly about how hard it was having everyone telling him what to do with his life after living it so long on his own. He soon realized that he could not do it on his own anymore and I watched him gently let life just take its course. He sat back and let everyone make decisions for him knowing they were for the best. I could see the hurt in his eyes and shed tears for him but he never once shed a tear, only looked away and blinked. He told me not to be sad when he was gone but instead I should go get a single red rose and put it in my apartment to remember him when I heard the news. The fresh red rose sits on my kitchen table as I write these words. I am thankful for the red rose and thankful for the reminder of a friendship lost and a life well lived.
Sometimes someone comes into your life and touches you so deeply and before you know it they disappear. The first time I saw the old man it was a brisk January day in Chicago and he was scuffling across the courtyard of my apartment. I soon learned that he lived on the third floor for around 40 years. Over the months, I did his shopping, made him dinner, etc. I expected nothing in return but what I received from him is more than I could ever have expected from anyone. What he gave me was truly priceless and for that I am very thankful. He became one of my closet friends, a surrogate grandfather and a role model for life. He often talked of being confused about letting go of his freedom and apartment and spoke to me candidly about how hard it was having everyone telling him what to do with his life after living it so long on his own. He soon realized that he could not do it on his own anymore and I watched him gently let life just take its course. He sat back and let everyone make decisions for him knowing they were for the best. I could see the hurt in his eyes and shed tears for him but he never once shed a tear, only looked away and blinked. He told me not to be sad when he was gone but instead I should go get a single red rose and put it in my apartment to remember him when I heard the news. The fresh red rose sits on my kitchen table as I write these words. I am thankful for the red rose and thankful for the reminder of a friendship lost and a life well lived.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
One more random thing...
This is really random and not very significant but while I was changing the parrot's cage last night, I realized one more random thing about me.....
We use newspaper on the bottom of his cage and of course we clean his cage every day. Well if I fold over the newspaper and see anything negative (obituaries, bad stories, etc.) I will crumble up that paper and get a new piece. I refuse to have anything negative on the bottom of his cage.
We use newspaper on the bottom of his cage and of course we clean his cage every day. Well if I fold over the newspaper and see anything negative (obituaries, bad stories, etc.) I will crumble up that paper and get a new piece. I refuse to have anything negative on the bottom of his cage.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I was tagged again...
I have been tagged by Lydia at http://www.ontheverge6.blogspot.com/!
I have been tagged before but decided to come up with 7 new random facts about me...
1. I talk to my four sisters and mom TEN MILLION times a day (phone, facebook, email, instant message, in person, etc.)
2. I would have six children IF my husband would just agree and not stop me at four (he tells me I was born in the wrong century if I want six kids)
3. I would love to live on a farm one day and house unwanted animals of all kinds and/or open a dog shelter
4. I love to read fiction novels and I love to do some creative writing (when time allows)..my goal is to write a book one day
5. I don't balance my checkbook
6. The baby I am about to deliver will be the 15th grandchild for my parents (I guess that doesn't have much to do about me now does it)
7. I LOVE candy (sour patch kids, skittles, candy corn, etc.)
These two bloggers, consider yourself tagged by Loving Confusion! Tell us 7 random things about yourself, link to me and pass the tagging fun on! (I don't know anyone else that blogs otherwise I would add some more)!!
http://www.laughandtears.blogspot.com/
http://www.chaoticbuthappy.blogspot.com/
I have been tagged before but decided to come up with 7 new random facts about me...
1. I talk to my four sisters and mom TEN MILLION times a day (phone, facebook, email, instant message, in person, etc.)
2. I would have six children IF my husband would just agree and not stop me at four (he tells me I was born in the wrong century if I want six kids)
3. I would love to live on a farm one day and house unwanted animals of all kinds and/or open a dog shelter
4. I love to read fiction novels and I love to do some creative writing (when time allows)..my goal is to write a book one day
5. I don't balance my checkbook
6. The baby I am about to deliver will be the 15th grandchild for my parents (I guess that doesn't have much to do about me now does it)
7. I LOVE candy (sour patch kids, skittles, candy corn, etc.)
These two bloggers, consider yourself tagged by Loving Confusion! Tell us 7 random things about yourself, link to me and pass the tagging fun on! (I don't know anyone else that blogs otherwise I would add some more)!!
http://www.laughandtears.blogspot.com/
http://www.chaoticbuthappy.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Babblings...
I am in complete amazement that I am coming into my 36th week of pregnancy! We could have a full-term baby in one short week...Not saying we will but we could and that is just amazing to me! This pregnancy really has flown!! P and A are beside themselves with excitement! They can't stop talking about their new Baby Bow...a nickname which (I am afraid) will stick by the way in our household. P has many questions for us about 'his baby' everyday....Does she have hands? Can she walk? Why can't she walk? Can she see? Can she watch tv? Can she eat with us? Can she take a bath with A and I? They are giddy with the excitement of having another sibling and R and I are giddy with excitement to see our family growing!!
Speaking of baths, I have reached the point where giving the kids a bath is the worst kind of torture on a pregnant mommy! The bending, washing, and cleaning up just hit the point of HORRIBLE this week! I remember it all too well when I was 9 months prego with A and P was only 16 months! The last month of baths just about took my last bit of energy away from me. I knew it was coming......but hey, if that is the only complaint I have in 9 months, I am good to go....Sign me up for another.....pregnancy not bath!!
We have been putting the baby things out a little early so the kids can get used to them without any issues when the little bundle arrives! Good thing too...A was sitting in the bassinet part of the pack n' play laughing so hard yesterday!! She also loves to put the little diapers on her baby dolls. What is most frightening about that to me (besides the cost of the diapers that she is wasting) is the fact that they actually fit her cabbage patch doll! One forgets how small a newborn really is....even having babies every year!
Speaking of baths, I have reached the point where giving the kids a bath is the worst kind of torture on a pregnant mommy! The bending, washing, and cleaning up just hit the point of HORRIBLE this week! I remember it all too well when I was 9 months prego with A and P was only 16 months! The last month of baths just about took my last bit of energy away from me. I knew it was coming......but hey, if that is the only complaint I have in 9 months, I am good to go....Sign me up for another.....pregnancy not bath!!
We have been putting the baby things out a little early so the kids can get used to them without any issues when the little bundle arrives! Good thing too...A was sitting in the bassinet part of the pack n' play laughing so hard yesterday!! She also loves to put the little diapers on her baby dolls. What is most frightening about that to me (besides the cost of the diapers that she is wasting) is the fact that they actually fit her cabbage patch doll! One forgets how small a newborn really is....even having babies every year!
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