Finally! It's Friday!

After a week of weirdo accidents I have to say I am glad it's Friday! So let's have fun with some fill-ins!

1. It's January; Can I keep my resolutions?

2. Having my mom and dad close to us is what I crave most right now.

3. Cork and wine go together like vodka and tonic.

4. An ice cold glass of whole milk is so nourishing.

5. Let us dare to stand up and support the intentions of our Founding Fathers.

6. I'm happiest when I have all my family in my home.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hopefully staying injury free, tomorrow my plans include a possible hair cut for Sweet Girl and myself and Sunday, I want to go on a hike in the beautiful mountains on a beautiful day!

Leo Goes Down

Yep he fell. What did you think it was about, surely not that? Get out of the gutter people, you should know I won't blog about that!

Anyway in what was supposed to be a quick trip to the outdoor mall to make a return it took a little longer since Leo and Audrey took a tumble. We were all crossing the street and then Sweet Girl stops, Leo trips over her, starts falling, hits his chin on Sweet Girls head, comes crashing down on his knee and takes Sweet Girl with him so she smashes her face on the sidewalk.

One second everyone is standing and the next Leo is withering in pain on the ground, Sweet Girl is screaming and I am standing there like 'what the hell just happened?' and am not really sure what to do first. I have to make sure Leo is OK, Sweet Girl is OK and keep Little Man from taking off.

Sweet Girl's mouth is bleeding. Little Man keeps asking Leo, why are you down there? And some nice lady is asking me if everyone is OK. I must have just stared at her, as I was probably in my happy place where shit like that just doesn't happen, so she asks me again is he OK? is she OK? Is there someone I can call? Will he be able to get up? OMG woman, thank you for your concern but enough with the damn firing of questions! I have gone into some sort of mental shutdown. Obviously I am not the person you want in a situation that would require fast thinking and decisions.

Sweet Girl is fine, Leo is finally able to get up and I thank the nice lady very much for hanging with us to make sure everyone is OK. I get Sweet Girl to rinse and spit and then she seems OK. Leo is walking with a limp and a little slow, his chin hurts, his hands hurt and his knee is swelling...and to boot he's got some road rash on his knee as well. The kids go play and Leo sits down to watch them so I can go make the exchanges. The nice question lady stops by again to make sure he is OK. She was a nice woman and did seem genuinely concerned.

And so that makes two days in a row for Sweet Girl and some kind of injury. Should we go for a turkey? Let's hope not.

Little Man is Causing Havoc

Little Man is causing havoc when there are Little People or Barbies in the Diamond Castle around. Or really it's anything that Sweet Girl might be playing with at the time. He gets this devilish look on his face and then begins his destruction sequence. Thus getting the exact result he was obviously looking for...Sweet Girl having a sort of mental breakdown as her "work" of setting up Little People or Barbies in formation is quickly destroyed by a sweep of Little Man's foot, hand or possibly even his entire body. There is screaming going on, and sometimes hitting, and depending on the severity of his destruction Sweet Girl's lips might turn blue from anger (this was a result of the Diamond Castle actually being broken...).

You would think the world was coming to an abrupt end in our house when this happens.

And he LOVES it. You can see the sweet victory in his eyes as the screaming continues. We warned Sweet Girl this day would come and indeed it has. Revenge is a bitch and Little Man is dishing it out BIG TIME.

Then we have to step in for fear Sweet Girl might seriously lose it and could possibly have some sort of convulsion, and to keep from anything else being destroyed. This is only a temporary solution because as soon as we are out of sight, Little Man begins round two...this causes removal from the play area and a possible swat on the bum.

And this is our life right now interspersed with playing well together.

Although sometimes even when they are playing well together they are still plotting something devious.

I cringe when I hear Sweet Girl yell out "Come on Little Man, I have an idea...."

Yeah it's time to take cover.

A Barbie Beheaded

This evening as we were getting ready for our nightly bath (which happened to be a shower this evening), I hear a thud and then the scream.
Then there is a naked Sweet Girl running at me red faced and trying to suck in air for the next wail. All I get out of her after asking her what happened was 'I hurt myself', I kind of figured that part out myself but I was really trying to figure HOW she hurt herself.

Everything seemed fine and calm, until the next round of screaming. This time was because the barbie was missing her head. Then I notice blood on Sweet Girls neck, upon further investigation it appears that the beheaded Barbie took out a chunk of Sweet Girl's neck right by her ear. After a debate between Leo and I if it would require stitches (yes Barbie did a number on it) or if any of Barbie's plastic is in Sweet Girl's neck. It's decided that all is probably fine. And we FINALLY found out that Sweet Girl tripped on the step stool and landed on Barbie, decapitating it and injuring her neck.

So there Barbie sits on the bathroom counter with her head next to her instead of on her body...

Nothing New

I don't have any exciting blog post today. I sat here for an hour trying to come up with what book I would choose for the PROMPT done over at San Diego Momma. I have SO MANY favorite books. It was just too overwhelming for me to pick one so I bailed on it today...

So instead I'll share a weirdo fact about myself.
I do NOT like eating AT a Chinese restaurant. I don't mind eating Chinese food but really only like to eat it as take out. I literally despise going into a Chinese restaurant. I am not sure why.
I know it's weird. And I don't understand it either.

That's all today.

The New Year Brings New Things

So 2009 is here and in full swing. Actually looking back at past years I haven't really made resolutions. But this year I am making some. Some are resolutions and some are goals. But here is a general idea of where I'm heading in 2009.

I do realize I will probably stumble, fall down, and have to get back up again to achieve these but I am not perfect (obviously) so I accept that I may fail BUT will try again.

1. Make some personal changes. I really want to work on the fact that I don't always follow through with stuff I WANT to do or start. This annoys me. And also I am working on others, including being happier, having a better attitude and just plain enjoying the fact I am alive. To help me with this I have a couple books. Stephanie over at Bad Mom posted a book Life Is A Verb, I checked it out and it's been ordered from Amazon. I am excited to read it. Also, Michelle over at Raising Little Women posted about a book - Only Nuns Change Habits Overnight so it's also been ordered from Amazon. I've also started checking out the Happiness Project. So armed with all that reading goodness I'm sure to be successful!

2. Read some Classics. I joined a Classics Challenge on Facebook to read four classics in 2009. I think I can do this one since I love to read.

3. Eat healthier. This is for both me and my family. The kids need to eat better too. I think we can still enjoy our favorites fast foods but not as much as we have been. Sweet Girl is really talking about stuff being healthy so I want to keep that going. Hopefully this will help me lose some extra weight. I am making another attempt to drop some of the extra weight by May for my sister in law's wedding. I am feeling the same motivation I was when I started last July so that's good and I am armed with additional knowledge so that's even better.

4. Enjoy the kids more. They are so funny and life gets so busy sometimes that I don't just sit and enjoy playing with them. I want to do that more.

5. Work on my creative writing skills. I really meant to sign up for the creative writing class at the community college for the spring semester but forgot. So I will try for the summer semester. But until then Deb over at San Diego Momma does a Prompt Tuesday post so I will attempt to do some of those. Maybe one day I'll finish that book I have outlined!

6. Build my Heritage Makers business. I am still really excited about this. I enjoyed making my Christmas cards and got great feedback on them on how they looked. After reviewing some of the Life Is A Verb book, there is a quote in there that goes along so much with the Heritage Makers. It's "In the degree that we remember and retell our stories and create new ones we become the authors, the authorities of, our own life" - Sam Keen. That is the whole point of creating the books and pages with Heritage Makers. To become the authors of our own life and to keep those stories from fading. If you don't know what Heritage Makers is about check out www.OurFamilyTales.com.

7. Get outside (until it gets too damn hot here) and enjoy the mountains around us. The kids like to hike and Leo and I enjoy it as well. So we need to do it more.

8. Spend more time with Leo (wink, wink).

9. Find a church and go to it. MANY thanks to my friend Natalie for giving me some info and food for thought regarding my search. I will give the contemporary services a shot and maybe they will be fine and I will enjoy them. I will go in with an open mind and realize we may have to try a couple different places to find our fit but I want to find out fit soon.

And I think that's about it. This is probably the biggest list I've had ever. But I am feeling good about it.
I'm feeling good about these changes because they are MINE and on MY TERMS (always subject to change to fit how I'm doing with them).
Bring it on 2009.

The New Year

I have been a total slacker in 2009 (not really much different from 2008!) with blog posts.

I rang in the new year, asleep...until I was awaken at midnight by Leo who had just played TWO HOURS of Guitar Hero. I was not feeling great so I hit the hay early.

I have really been giving my resolutions/goals some thought. Back to regular posting tomorrow, regular posting is actually a resolution...

I have decided all resolutions should start on a Monday so my new year doesn't really start until tomorrow January 5th...Don't ask I know it's weird. Did you really expect something normal?? Surely not.