Katie's new pet

So some girl in our neighborhood gave KatieRose a little gecko a few days ago. She LOVED that little gecko, she carried it around with her everywhere. She played with it...too much. So much that it died. I actually think it died last night, but she was still carrying it around with her half the day today insisting that it was fine. Finally I made Trey check it out (cuz you KNOW I wasn't about to touch it) and he officially pronounced it dead. Well Katie cried and cried and cried. She said, "But mommy, it was my first pet, and it DIED. I mean, it's DEAD. I'm so sad." So stupid me, I'm such a sucker, I told her that I had seen a sign for a free kitten and maybe if she stopped crying I'd call the number and we could check it out. Well, I guess the picture says it all. We now have a new member of our household. When I left for work tonite its name was Cupcake. That's the 3rd name it's had since this afternoon. I'll let you know if it changes again. But at the very least, its a pet I'm not afraid to touch...

Is this redneck?

So I asked my brother to get me something pretty to hang from the hooks on my front porch, and when I pulled into my driveway this afternoon this is what I see...NOT exactly what I had in mind...

Bad Omen?

Okay, so the way I figure it...the only thing that could make this worse is if it were halloween. Last night I was laying in bed with my stomach growling. Now don't get me wrong. I NEVER get up in the middle of the night to eat....that's very unhealthy...but I was legitimately hungry since I didn't eat dinner cuz my kids are pigs and ate all the pizza. ANYWAYS...so I go downstairs to fix myself some toast and peanut butter. The forecast was calling for thunderstorms and I had been hearing thunder for a while and could see lots of lightning flashes so I went over to my back door to see if it was raining yet. There was a particularly loud boom of thunder and a particularly bright flash of lightning and there right on the other side of the glass staring thru my door at me was a black cat with ONE EYE!!!! You think I'm cursed?

So tell me...do you think this is redneck?

Text Message Conversation

Text Conversation Between My Mother and Me

Mom: FYI. Call team had 2 come in sun nite 4 a 29 yo female w a PE (pulmonary embolism). She was in bad shape. Barely made it w/out having 2 put in an assist device. Cause: smoking and birth control pills.

Me: Well good thing I don't take those nasty birth control pills.

Mom: Patches have the same stuff in them & i'm sure the smoking does far more damage.

Me: No patches either...i haven't used hormonal birth control for years...gives me migraines.

Mom: K. Well take it from me...Nothing else works. Except abstinence.

Me: Thanks for the info...no sex no babies...i got it.

Seriously...I'm 38 years old...why am I having this conversation with my mother...

Update...

Well, just a little update on the inground pool. The kids prayed for rain to fill their pool...and God delivered! It rained and rained and RAINED the next day. Their little pool was filled to overflowing. They were so excited and kept looking out the window and watching the progress as the water got higher and higher. So then the following day of course they had to go take a dip in their new refreshing inground pool. Problem is, it's in the middle of the empty lot next to my house and there's no grass...no, it's all mud all the way over to the hole and then of course, the hole itself is mud. But I couldn't very well say no when they had worked so hard to dig it could I? I just wish I had taken a picture...but I'll leave it to your imagination. Suffice it to say that I had little muddy handprints all the way up the stairs and into my bathroom...

Well...they said the pirates must have put that X there just to fool them and buried their treasure somewhere else. So they decided to make a swimming pool instead. Sigh...oh well...if i can't have treasure buried in my yard at least i get an in ground pool...

Well i discovered a little known fact today...apparently there are pirates in Indiana. Katie and Chase found an X on the ground in our yard and now they're digging for treasure! I'm so excited...this could be my lucky day!

Mother's Day

So today we went to my sisters house for Mother's Day lunch...always an adventure. This is what Katie caught...

Obama

So we have a refrigerator magnet of Obama that my sister gave me before he was president. It came with a large assortment of different clothes and accessories to dress him up in, including wigs and hats. So why is it that this seems to be my kids favorite way to dress (or undress) him...

Art...

This is a self portrait Haley drew on my bathroom mirror...kinda creepy huh...

Makeover

Never trust a child who is being quiet. We were at Bath and BodyWorks the other day---which is by the way one of Chase's favorite places to shop, he LOVES to smell all the candles. Anyways, i was picking out a scent and Chase was being quiet as can be. I thot he was just being good till i turned around and realized he was pocketing one of every color of lipgloss. Seriously...no duplicates. He kept saying "Me need dees, me need dees..." I tried to convince him that lipgloss is for girls but he was having none of that. So I did what any good wicked stepmom would do...i bought him one. In Black Cherry. He loves it....ps....don't tell his dad...(oh btw...his toenails have glitter polish on them too...) Hey, some battles just aren't worth fighting.