Dude is back in...

DUDE is so back in as my word for the year. I mean, I will keep ENDURE because it is so much more inspirational looking, but DUDE is back, I will have two words. Why you ask???

Because of this cartoon:

Click to enlarge it. I love it.

And here is one more, just for Micah...

Although I always joke that this will be what I would request if I was the dead one. :)

And last night I got a chance to video chat with Ronda, Beth, Jessi, and Karla. So much fun. Delayed Laughter, always a good thing. My delayed sarcasm... probably not. And Beth making us take self portraits during our drop and scrap Saturday... so not good. LOL. She caught me with a towel on my head cause I had just finished... guess what... Coloring my hair. I can't seem to escape getting caught with that color! LOL.

I got these pages done while we chatted: They are for the "This is You" Journal. Um, yeah, that first one is Micah as a baby... do ya' think his kids look like him a bit???

Speaking of kiddos, my poor boys were stricken with high fevers Saturday night. They were pitiful all day yesterday. I let them watch TV all day, literally. I NEVER let them do that and at about 4pm, Lincoln started saying his head hurt.

Lincoln: "Dad, my head hurts."

Micah: "Oh no, bud, where?"

Lincoln: (rubbing head) "Well, its actually my brain that hurts."

Micah: (getting worried because of the fever) "Where?!?"

Lincoln: "I think my brain is hurting from watching too much TV."

We were laughing at that one, and yes, he says that because from an early age I would tell him that if he watched too much TV it would rot his brains. I am so glad he has the concept down! :)

Happy Monday

Trust your instincts...

So, I learned two things yesterday....
1.Valentine's Day and Cupid still do not recognize motherhood as an obstacle to romance.
2.Cupid should get in the know.

Why you ask???
Well... here is why...
No one's Valentine's Day can possibly recover when the morning starts with the words...
and I quote...
"Juicy Poops"

Man, it was all downhill from there. It reminded me of this Valentine's Day... click the link to read. Apparently I cannot escape it.

The title? "Trust your instincts" well...
Let me put this gently...
okay there is no way to put it gently, let me just say it...
When one has a young son, who starts his day with the term "Juicy poops" and then uses the bathroom twice, once involving the need to wipe the JP from his bum and his foot... yeah foot, don't ask. ( JP is the new abbreviation there for Juicy Poops, stay with me k?)

So, once one has been through these things, once should KNOW, just KNOW that when the cute little romantic Valentine meal she has prepared for her men is interrupted with many loud and disturbing gaseous sounds...

One should trust her instincts...

ME: "Em, was that a juicy fart, like your juicy poop?"
(yes, I actually spoke those words. Sad that I used to converse about current events and such isn't it?)
EM: "No Ma, that just a tooty."
ME: "Are you sure????"
EM: "Yep, I sure. "

I knew. I knew I should have checked. I mean, why did I trust a three year old? He lies. It's like asking a dog if he's licked his butt today. You know the answer...
I did ask Micah to check, but come on... Dad's just don't realize how low the JF z0ne is in those undies, you gotta really pull back and look... you know what I mean Moms... you have to pull back just so and get a peek...
But be careful... you pull too far and you know what you end up with a finger full of...
(and the JF is for Juicy fart, cause really, if I write those words again, I will be forced to turn in my femininity.)

So, this morning it all comes back to haunt me...
the sounds
the denial
the false positive father peek

I should have trusted my instincts and went in for the check...
Cause what I found, well... it is not fit for discussion. Suffice to say, there is one very cute pair of undies in the trash because there are just some things that are beneath me, and yes, washing the JPs and the JFs out of the BVDs is one of them...

Happy Valentines's Day to one and all...

And the scrappy stuff...
The LO is for Unpubbed and that great red paper... from Memorable Seasons, a new online store. Jill is the owner and that order was here FAST and even had some Primas in it as an extra! Go check her out! :)


And... my picture for the first challenge on the We SPy You Spy blog. Beth and Nicole are doing this one and it looks like a great way to get your photography ideas flowing... The first spy was something beautiful...
I took this picture at my friend Heather's shower and I loved it! Plus, I haven't touched it with editing software at all, so I am a little proud. :)


If you have read all this you are to be commended... or is that committed?

A Happy Birthday to...

I want to wish a very Happy Birthday to this woman...

I am so thankful to call her a friend and love her dearly. Isn't she beautiful too? She is amazing, and has a heart I truly feel a kinship with. Happy Birthday Ronda, I love you! :)

Normalcy...

Okay, I am getting back to a feeling of normalcy. I was puking like a pledging sorority girl this weekend but thankfully that is gone. I was also in dire pain due to the ceasing of the milkage. Tapering was a joke (20 oz in 8 min) and I grew impatient.
Note to self: impatience is a bad thing, do not be led by it. So I went cold turkey. Bad idea. I was hopelessy sick and in pain. Lots of pain... crying myself to sleep in pain. Thanks to massive amounts of ibuprofen and cabbage leaves I am on the mend, although I was literally not fit for public viewing. And that is all I have to say about that.

Here is a new scrappy endeavor...


It is called the "Just For You" and it yes, another weekly challenge blog. I got the link from Corey and it is cool. You use the prompts they give and make a page about someone else, spouse, child, etc. I am doing mine in 6x6 format, because I am making them for each of the men. Here are their pages... as you can see, I will do each the same, just with their different story or journaling. That way the pages will come together quickly and easily. I know you are all SHOCKED by the color combination I chose...
Here is the first week, the idea was to journal about the person's name...



I will be making the rounds this weekend to try and catch up on all of your blogs and such... I only have like 78 new feeds in my bloglines... LOL. :)

Sickness

I am sick.
I am on the mend, but my head is still all fuzzy feeling and I cannot be responsible for anything I say or type. Forgive me if I have not been by your blog or responded to an e-mail. I cannot imagine the phone conversations I have had, but cannot recall.
Hoping to be all normal soon...