Road Ahead

25 pounds to go....argh.

So if I average about 2 pounds a week, in about 13 weeks (just a little over 3 months - aka Thanksgiving) I should be where I want to be, right??!?!?!

Broke Down in Elgin

Our printer is .....

Dead
Finished
Bit the dust
in Printer heaven (or the other place depending on what kind of day it was)
Spit out it's last page
Crapped Out
Busted
USB challenged
Gone fishing
Expired
Terminated

Why is it that the instant you need to use something, the damn thing breaks down?

Thanks to my FIL, we'll be getting a replacement shortly. Woo hoo! Take that printer karma - looks like I'll be printing AFTERall!

I win, I win, I win!

Missing 30 days!

I just realized while looking at my blogs.....I posted NO blogs in the month of July for 2009. No one will ever know/remember (including me) what the heck I did in the month of July and the 30 days contained within.

Cut and Coffee

With time being a highly desired commodity these days, I was hoping I could squeeze in a hair cut at KidSnips today while the boys were there. I even went so far as to ask the boys' stylist if she had moms ever ask for a cut. She said yes, moms do ask for cuts, but that it's usually limited to an easy trim or maintaining bangs. I'm not a big fan of bangs - at least not in the sense that it is above your eyes anyway, so I just left it at that.

I have an appt. at an adult salon tomorrow at 2:15pm. I desperately need a cut.

Thinking about taking the boys out to Starbuck's tomorrow morning for a coffee run and let Alex and Sam sleep in. This is what I did last Sunday. I kind of dig it.

Took the boys to the pool today. It was a lot of fun watching the boys smile and enjoy being in the water. I'm glad I'm able to keep up with Jack and everything he wanted to do today.

Also, climbed up the steps to the top of the water slide at the pool. The last time I did this was at Ellie's birthday party last August. I thought I would pass out from lack of air and my lungs felt like burning not to mention my legs felt like rubber bands the next day.

This time, didn't gasp for breath at all. It was as if I'd just been walking. Also, the legs weren't bothered at all. I LOVE BEING HEALTHIER!

B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

That's right....I'm going to their concert!
One of the top 5 best birthday presents ever.

I haven't been to a concert of my choice since Clinton was President....I think.
Cheese 'n Rice that's a long time!

Ode

To my boys, Jackson and Benjamin - thank you for every lesson learned by having the best two boys around. Thank you for loving me and not judging me despite my warts, harry knuckles and ugly temper.

You are the reason I continue to love and put up with your father. LOL.

Please grow up to be successful and send me into early retirement (preferably in a gated, upscale, California estate community near a mall with great shoe depts).

Love, Mom.

I'm good at taking care of my things. I don't destroy them, ignore them, rip them, mess them up, break them, smear crap on them, or just leave it to luck it won't malfunction somehow if I don't maintain it.

I learned very early on money does not grow on trees and that your parents won't always be able to pull whatever you want/broke out of a hat. I learned very early on that living in/caring for the house was a family responsibility and NOT something you had to do only when it occurred to you to do it. I learned early on that if you knowingly neglect to care for your home and the contents within (including family members), and it results in breaking/malfunctioning, it will not be replaced.

However, in MY experience as matriarch of THIS household, here are the following things I've learned:

I learned that 5 seconds of cleaning out the lint trap in the dryer will prevent the dryer from eventually breaking down, taking longer to dry clothes, expending more energy (e.g. higher bills) or worst case scenario, burning down the frickin' house and killing everyone within the house.

I learned that if you continue to load the dishwasher with wads of food and coffee grounds still in/on the dishes, the dish washer WILL break and your spouse will have to increase her credit debt and buy a new dish washer to fix YOUR mistake.

I learned that crumbs strewn all around the toaster (or all over every available space on the kitchen counter) are in fact NOT visible to the naked eye for some odd reason and therefore, does not need to be removed.

I learned it's okay to clean/clear things around the house half-way even though you have two very young kids in that house who get into and touch EVERYTHING.

I learned that asking for something to be done is not enough. Demanding/ordering for something to be done isn't enough either when asking doesn't work. And when the demanding/ordering fails to give you results, and you have to resort to screaming/yelling and threatening, that IT is also not enough b/c you've only done it about 523 times.

Maybe the 524th time will be the charm - but who knows. Apparently, I have a great deal of lessons still to learn.

I have a prediction....I think the next lesson I learn will be "Laziness - why mine is more important than your well being".