Searching For The Bling...

The night slides were wicked cool! I am such a chicken but I had a great time. I think the "men" were happily surprised as well. We missed Miss Random Girl and her man. I know it would have been much funner with her there to make me laugh. One funny thing that happened was a girl named Heather was there with us and we all went out into the "wave" simulated pool they had there. All was cool once the waves started cranking up until it felt like we were being hammered in the head by them over and over again! This girl Heather is on the shorty side:) and was basically being drowned right before my eyes so of course I saved her. She clung to me like my little toddler clings to his mama! I was glad to help her out and in fact it was an upsetting situation. We decided to stick to the slides! I cannot wait to go back!

Lately I have been scouring every inch of my floor. Why? you ask. Simple. I looked down at my trusty left hand and SHOCK and HORROR my middle "rock" of a diamond fell outof my wedding ring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in denial and HOPE I find it miraculously somehow... I just can't believe I lost it for good. I did so much laundry and dishes that day and even made a trip to my friendly Waly-mart. It is going to be expensive to replace it. I am bummed! I bid (stupidly) on a diamond on eBay...I won it for $1,067 dollars. The bad thing is :

A. Buying sight unseen, not a good idea

B. Who gets a 1.14 carat for that price?

C. It's in Israel?!!!

I think I am gonna have to buck up and take the bad mark against me cause I am not paying for it. Too much money to send to a DIFFERENT country on blind faith...

Grateful For The Little Things

Yesterday my son underwent the last step in his needed oral surgery. The first time was only rough at the last...but when it got bad it was REALLY BAD. They strapped him down on the "table" and he wore a gas mask. I was getting really upset and felt totally faint. I am squeamish. The sound, smell of the sterile room...the whole thing is too much for this mama. I took a friend but vowed next time my good ol' hubby would be there. It happened yesterday and OH MY GOODNESS it was by far worse than last time. My poor son cried and fought the entire time. It took like an hour and a half. Daddy stayed in the room and they asked me to leave because it was making it worse on the little guy. I am grateful I didn't have to stand in that room. I think I would have ripped my son up and tore outta there. I am especially grateful that the dentist put on white front caps on my little guy. It was an act of kindness. Afterwards I crawled in the backseat and little man fell asleep on my arm looking just like Angelina Jolie...his poor lips were soooo swollen. I am grateful we are through with all that...

On a lighter note, this Friday we are going with a group of adults to Water Slides. I CAN-NOT wait! It is gonna be such a blast! Adults behaving like giddy children sounds like a recipe for success! I just need to scout out some adult board shorts. No daisy dukes for this chicka chick! I wouldn't want to make anyone covet:)

Five For Five...Get Em' While There Nice and Hot!

What were you doing 10 years ago?

I was a youngster. Just graduated high school and just about to start at a trade school doing nails...Nothing like the horror stories of the dreaded beauty school!

What were you doing 1 year ago?

Probably taking more fun vacations than this summer, that is for sure!....

Five snacks you enjoy:

1. Chocolate anything...white or milk. I'll pass on the semi-sweet thank you!
2. I like Sun chips or Doritos on a summer day
3. Ice cream. My favorite being Chocolate chip cookie dough, Chocolate Malted Crunch...Triple Chocolate
4. Kettle Corn- Such a perfect medley of salty and slightly sweet
5. Roasted Corn on the Cob at the fair...mmm, Heaven!

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:

I know WAY more than five but what comes to mind would be,
1. Baby Got Back by SirMixAlot...that's my beat!
2. I will Remember You- Sarah McClachlan
3. Dancing Queen-Abba
4. Johnny-Poe
5. I Wanna Sex You Up- Colour Me Badd


Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Tithe
2. Pay off loan
3. Rent out house, buy land and build dream home
4. Take 2 fantastic vacations with family and friends
5. Put in savings

Five bad habits:

1. Lack of self-discipline in exercising, cleaning...uggghhhh!!!
2. Irritable at times
3. On this computer TOO MUCH!
4. Talk on cell phone when driving...attempt at texting when driving
5. I don't curl my hair everyday and I wish I would make myself do it.

Five things you like doing:

1. Spending time with my family and friends
2. Spending time with my two kiddos doing anything at all
3. Going on dates with my husband
4. Cooking or baking new things
5. Entertaining

Five things you would never wear again:

1. Fish net leggings in neon pink
2. Polka dot dress--eeks!
3. Perm
4. Jelly shoes
5. Yellow crocheted friendship bracelets, unless of course my darling muffins made them for me.

Five favorite toys:

1. The Bullet:)
2. Computer
3. Curling Iron
4. Kitchen Aide Mixer
5. Radio!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Back...

Last Saturday night after some aggressive prodding...(sounds questionable I know, but in reality it was only a pushy phone call from a buddy that was oh so needed) I threw on a cute summery dress and some strappy heels and headed off to my ten year high school reunion. It was slightly nerve racking entering the large room not knowing what to expect. Quickly I realized it was not so scary and re-be-friended old friends and even made some new ones. My husband was such a champ in a semi-uncomfortable situation. We even won a prize for being married the longest! The food was yummy and we danced and danced! I now see attending as a positive thing whereas before I felt pretty negative about the entire situation.

Happy Fourth of July! It is smoking hot in my neck of the woods. This is the part of the summer where I climb into a pool and basically never come out! GEEZ, I felt I was going to loose my mind sitting out in the blistering heat for a Bbq yesterday- all day! Sweat was pouring out of every crevice imaginable. Damn, it was HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The fireworks were nice and we went night swimming afterwards. I only night swim in a lighted pool mind you. No unidentified swimming object gonna be nibbling on these tootsies:)

Then I went home and had some more aggressive prodding...it is in fact the best way to end a night!