A Little Bit Of Pain

Sara never gets any tub time to herself. Ry and Jena always want to get in with her and she'd much rather have all the water to herself. Don't feel bad for her though, this little girl knows how to make herself known and get her own way. She has also gone really blond like Jena but her eyebrows are much darker so I still don't know if she'll be dark or light or just in-between.

I'm not trying to be dramatic or anything but i think one of my incisions is infected. They made one directly inside my belly button, which after 3 children you can hardly call a belly button any more. It is like this cavernous hole in my stomach surrounded by ugly stretch marks. my children have asked in wonderment 'mom, what happened to your belly button?'

Back to the point, this incision is very sore, hot, has a bump and a noticable redness surrounding it. Infection, right? If it gets any worse tomorrow I'm going to have it checked. But after taking that CNA class I'm all paraniod that it's going to be one of those nasty MERCA infections. It's like a super bug you can only get in hospitals. I'm crossing my fingers that it's not! I have a tendancy to be a little dramatic.

Been working on a few things, take a look over here.

Just thought I'd share

I'm so in love with these shoes!

I have been waiting and waiting for Rocket Dogs to make shoes small enough for Jena and then went one better and made them to fit Sara too!
So these are Sara and Jena's new shoes. I adore them!

And just because I love these too.
This is the 3rd pair of Nike Reax that I have owned and they are my favorite.
Barry has owned 3 pairs too.
The first 2 pairs I had were Reax Run but now they have these Reax Crosstrain and they are even better.
If you have a wide toe box like me then you are sure to love these!

A Little Ironic

I find it a little ironic that my last post is titled 'I'll be checking into the ER tonight', since yesterday morning I actually did check into the ER. Yes, again!

Same pain, only this time it started at 6am and i made myself not panic, took a shower to try and make it go away, tried to talk myself out of going to the ER but Barry and my Dad talked me into going. Only this time we went to the real hospital, LDS, instead of Lakeview.

According to the ER Doc she couldn't believe that Lakeview sent me home last time without checking my gallbladder, pancreas or kidney's. Healthy female, 29 and chest pain is rarely a heart issue, it is referred pain.

So you will be happy to know that my previous episode was not a panic attack but it was gallstones. Lots of them, blocking my gallbladder completely. So they took me to surgery and I am now gallbladder free. Which means I am now on a mandatory low fat diet for the rest of my life. I figure this is not a really bad thing and hope to loose some weight from the whole thing.

I have 4 little incisions on my belly that the kids want to look at every 20 minutes but I'm feeling pretty good over all thanks to the pain meds. :)

Granny had Sara and Jena for the day and Teri took Ry to the Real Soccer game so thanks to them for watching the kids. While at Costco Jena wanted to buy me these flowers and made Barry and I and Ry all cards because she did not see us all day. She was so excited to give them to us but we didn't get home till 11pm last night so she had to wait till this morning. She is such a sweety when she wants to be!

I'll be checking into the ER tonight.

I may or may not be about to have a full blown panic attack.

I'm going to try to make a long story short. Keep in mind, I said try.

Yesterday completely out of the blue, Barry got a phone call from the Weber County Sheriff. You know that job we have been waiting for and stressing about for over a year now? Yeah, that's the same one. This morning he goes for an interview with the Sheriff & Under Sheriff. All goes well. This afternoon he has a job offer in his lap.

Could you hold on please while I go breath in a paper bag?

OK, I think I'm gonna make it.

So after much discussion and Barry and I just blankly staring at each other with looks of shock on our faces, it looks as if he may take the job. There are pros, there are cons, it was just so darn unexpected!!! We were past this, we had moved on, we had shipped it off to sea in one of those cute little bottles never to be seen again and now here it sits in our laps again.

-insert huge sigh of anti-panic type breathing here-

Being that one of the big cons is that Barry has to shave his goatee, and you might think it's funny that it's even an issue but it's a huge issue for both of us, we have decided to try the following. Barry gets to shave it all off starting first thing tomorrow and if the both of us can stand it then he will take the job. So in case you don't see us soon, I am going to be 30 this fall and I'm married to the clean shaven guy that looks 15. :)

Feeding yourself is fun to do!

this is what all meal times now look like at our house. oh the mess! it kills me. but there is no way around it, it is either the mess and a very happy toddler or a clean very ticked off toddler.

so the mess it is!

this is hard work

did you know having two blogs is hard work?
it is.
so unless i have some super excited family news, or think my kids need some showing off, I will probably be blogging on a lucky girl much more often now.

just thought i'd let y'all know.

I'm Over Here!

p.s. i heart wordpress, sorry blogger!

This is your last warning!

I finally started my new blog.
Go here if your interested.

www.aluckygirl.wordpress.com

it's gonna take me a while to get in the swing of things and how to manage 2 blogs but i'm a big girl, so i can do it. :)

this one will get zipped up in the next week or so.

Mini Vacation, New Toys and A Baby

Jena and Ryan had a sleep over at Teri's house last night and Matt slept over too.
It could not have come at a better time! This Mama needed a break!
It turned out to be quite an adventure!



First they got to watch a Sheriff's Helicopter practice landings across the street from Teri's house. Sara was there at the time and put on a little show with her 'ooo's and aaa's and blowing kisses and waving to the helicopter.

After a movie and popcorn it was off to bed and then up again a bit too early for Teri but when Ry is hungry time is not a concern!

Teri and Matt then took them for a hike up Mill Creek Canyon. And then they went to East High to check out where High School Musical was filmed. Best Aunt and Uncle award for this one!

While putting Ry to bed tonight he informed Barry and I that he wanted to go to East High for High School because he wanted to be a Red Wildcat like Troy and Gabriella. This day will not soon be forgotten!

Thanks Matt and Teri for a great day with the kids!

So what did Sara and I do all morning you ask?

Well, I looked like this until 2pm!
Aren't we so cute?
I've seriously never looked so good!
Call me for beauty tips anytime!
Seriously.

But I did do laundry and get clean sheets on all the beds and some dishes but mainly I started Melissa's quilt that I promised her I was going to make as soon as I knew what she was having! So Melissa, the quilt is on it's way even though Zac is almost 2 weeks old now!
By the way, you should go read her last blog post, her husband apparently lost his mind.

Then I headed out to pick up Barry's iPhone from the AT&T store. I picked mine up yesterday and I'm so happy with it. So happy in fact that I filled the memory completely and I ordered a 16gig white one today.

Anybody want to buy my 8gig G3 iPhone?
You can turn it into a light saber!
Now how cool is that!
I'm just sayin'.

And then the exciting part of the day arrived!
After texting Nate every hour on the status of Ashley and the soon arrival of Katie Lyn, she was finally born at 6:30!
So here are a few pictures of the newest family member!
She is a mini Ashley, not sure what Nate had to do with this baby.
Oh, she does have lots of Brown hair and that is from Nate.
6lb 10oz and 19in.
Jena was so excited to see her.
She is just enough older now than when Sara was born that she is much better at holding a baby without smothering them.What are the chances that when I go to find the picture of baby Kate on my computer that this picture pops up with the same file number from 16 months ago?
Sort of ironic so I just had to share.
Sara about 20 minutes old.

The Black Eyed Booty Shaker

The kids spent the night at Aunt Teri's last night. My house is so peaceful this morning!

I think I will call her and tell her not to bring them back.
I like to use and abuse my family like that. :)

This is what I found after they had left.
Don't you just LOVE little Boys?
They never grow up either.
Barry just confided in me that every time he watches Star Wars Episode 3, he feels a little torn up inside.
I'd laugh at him but it's no joke!

When I can actually get Jenaka to make her bed it ends up like this.
Sometimes we have a train of every doll and stuffed animal all the way to the bottom of the bed.
I think it's adorable!

What is better than a popcycle that is almost too big to hold yourself?
Not much!
This one wants too start using the potty.
At 16 months!
She litterally pointed to her bum, said bum bum, ran to the bathroom, I put her on the toilet and she peed.
She then wanted to wipe and wash her hands.
This little girl, She misses nothing!

This is all I could get of the full black eye and at this point it is just yellow. But this is the rocking horse that caused half of it.

This is just so typical Jena.
Just had to share.

Can't wait to see these

Saturday's Saga

Have any of you ever worked as a CNA before?
Did you know they do 90% of all the work in just about every medical setting?
I'm not exaggerating. Ask a nurse, they will tell you it's true.
Now I know that I want to be a nurse. They get paid a lot to do a little.

Barry and I had Clinicals on Saturday. It was surprisingly a better experience than I counted on. I mean who knew I'd come out with a new boyfriend? I'll get to that later.
The place we did our clinicals doesn't have the greatest reputation as far as local hospitals go. My sister also did her clinicals there and had a not so great experience.
It has nothing to do with the patients and everything to do with the not so stellar staff.
Fortunately both Barry and I were assigned to CNA's that were really great at their jobs.

I was nervous about several things going into it. Adult diapers, throw-up-which I have told you before I don't even handle well with my own children, feeding someone and showers.

First patient of the day...dirty diaper and feed him breakfast. Check and not so bad. Showers not a big deal at all. Throw up...had to turn my head and gag a few times but I think my sympathy for the poor man helped me through and all was good.

Some things I learned from the experience-these patients don't like having to have you do all of this for them any more than you do and we could all do good to have a little more compassion. Most of my patients could tell me exactly what they wanted and how to go about it. That fact seemed to annoy many CNA's which in turn really annoyed me. This is their life! Stuck in a body that will not work for them and stuck in a 12x12 room. If they want something a specific way then you darn will better do it that way! And next time you complain that Wendy's didn't get your hamburger right think long and hard how much that actually effects your life and how you treat the employee's at Wendy's. Because some of those patients should have the right to punch you in the nose because of your complaining about them! So sorry for that little burst of emotion.

Now, about my boyfriend, he is an x-cop, don't mess with him. I believe I spend about 60% of the day in his room. He went on and on about my eyes and my smile and my 'plainness' but he meant it as a compliment, he's not a fan of those fancy, made-up girls. He wanted to know every detail of my life. He would push his call light and tell the other CNA he only wanted me. He would order me to sit down and rest my feet because I was working to hard. He wanted to meet my husband so he could 'size up' his competition. He is every one's least favorite patient because he is so demanding, he was my favorite. And not just because he liked my eyes.

It's no wonder that the health care field is so desperate for CNA's and Nurses. I think that too many of them forget what the job is really about. The patient. It's a cycle really. I'm sure most go into the job with good intentions and then they are understaffed so the patient load is to high, you run out of time to spend with your patients and talk to them and care about them. You run from room to room, call light to call light and you don't have time to spend time. How is one person suppose to feed 5 quadriplegic patients in 30 minutes? Not possible. I'm sort of going on a tirade and I didn't actually intend too. So sorry. The experience was actually over all good, because I learned a lot.

FUNNY PART

I asked my friend Tori to babysit my kids for us while we were at clincals. Which meant she had to be there at 6:30am. So Sorry Tori! And Thanks a Million! We actually had shift work babysitters because at 2:00 Aunt Teri came and at 5:00 Uncle Matt took over.
Thank You to all of You!

Back to the the story-At 8:42am Barry and I got a text from a little bit panicked Tori. The text read, "Your son has decided to put himself in handcuffs. I don't know how to get them off." I just started to laugh and then went to find Barry being that I don't know where his handcuff key is. When I found him he was just getting off the phone with Tori.

Apparently Ryan had been a bit unruly since he woke up that morning and Tori was getting a bit frustrated with him anyway. Then he handcuffed himself to the pantry door in the kitchen. Why? Because he could I suppose. Barry proceed to tell her that if he wasn't really following direction then maybe she should just leave him there for a while! I completely agreed! Aren't we the meanest parents in the world! Being that Tori is nicer than us she located the key Barry told her about and she turned him loose. Thankfully he decided to behave after that.

We only have 1 more week left of class and one more clinical day so hopefully next Saturday granny has it a little easier with the kiddo's. Although Grandpa will be there too and he knows where the handcuff keys are. Then again Granny and Grandpa may just leave him in them too! :) I'll let you know what next Saturday brings.

Before you call DCFS, let me explain!

I thought about calling this post 'Child Abuse 101' but then I realized that might raise a few eyebrows.

Yesterday Jena asked me to post a picture of her black eye so her cousins Allie and Spencer could see it. She is starting to think it's pretty cool because of all the attention it is bringing her. I wasn't here when it occurred but Aunt Teri tells me she was pulling attitude (big surprise) and quickly pulled open a door to make a hasty exit scene when she mis-judged the location of the door handle. We then had weeping and wailing and ice packs and drama like only Jenaka can produce.

To add to the color on her face she has a dry spot by her mouth that she will not leave alone and it is now a big scabby mess.
Then yesterday she decided to mount Sara's little wooden rocking horse and play bucking cowgirl. I'll bet you can guess how that one ended up. That little horse bucked her off into a back flip and kicked her across the cheek bone of the same eye!
I'm going to have to get more pictures of that one because she now has a black under eye and cheek.

On a brighter note, Ryan has been doing excellent with his alarm and we are now down to usually 2 times a night. And if it is after about 4 am, which one usually is, he is waking up on his own so quickly that I don't here it and he has to come wake me! YEAH! It's working!

Here are the kids at their lemonade stand. They made $10.31. Not a bad wage for a 5 & 6 year old. Last summer they ended up with about $40 each after two straight weeks of sales. We took them to open a bank account with the money and they felt so proud! They love to ask me how much is in their account now.
Ryan being the entrepreneur, negotiator, manipulator that he is has decided I need to make cookie's to sell next time and he has also started selling his small toys.

Sara has made it very clear that she will be involved in the family business! She loves to sit on the little chairs and drink the profits up. As you can see here she was out the door clothes or no clothes and she was NOT coming back in! I had to bribe her with a bottle and binkie and her purple blankie that she has taken to dragging with her every where she goes.

I live a sad little life

Do you know what tomorrow is?

It's new iphone day!

Remember my cursed ramblings to Mr. Steve Jobs?

Can I recant them?

I sold my iphone on ebay for $30 less than I paid for it over 1 year ago.
I can't help but wonder what idiot bought it, I mean why someone would want it or pay so much for it when the new one is coming out. Thank You 'trimoonle' in San Fransisco!

You just bought Barry and I both new iphones!

I've been phoneless for 4 days now! And not just phoneless, iphoneless! Wait till you own one, it is a whole new level of withdrawal I assure you!

Friday, July 11th can not come soon enough!

Thankful Thursday

THANKFUL THURSDAY

Today I am Thankful for...

I am thankful for a lot today, so here is my list.

1. My children and all they have to teach me. I swear it is more than I have to teach them.
2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The simplicity of the gospel brings such joy and peace to my life and soul.
3. Paying Tithing. I was shocked today to see how excited my children were to give 10% of the money they made selling lemonaide for tithing. I am finally to a point in my life were I see the blessings that come to us from paying our tithing to the lord.
4. The fact that my husband still finds me sexy after 3 children and every once in a while tries to do a little something inappropriate in public. (I said 'a little', don't get carried away!)
And lastly, and it's a doosy...
5. That my digestive tract works flawlessly. After sitting for 4 hours in the class tonight talking about all that can go wrong with pee and poo (or more accurately urine and feces) and how to treat it, I am so overwhelming grateful that my system works like the good Lord intended.

What Are You Thankful For?

Do You Mind?

I'm sort of busy today.

See I plan to sell off every last Rubbermaid bin full of kid stuff in my storage unit at the JBF consignment sale in a few weeks. I also plan to sell old games and video games and bikes and toys and every other thing that we have not touched in over a year.

Oh! To be clutter free!

A girl can dream right?

So as I am up to my armpits in laundry and Rubbermaid bins I'm going to differ you to a fun little post that is dedicated to my best friend, Target. 'Dear Target'

Happy Monday!

Happy 4th of July!

Wow, when I post, I really post. But I totally forgot to give you our Independence Day low down. Not that it was anything out of the ordinary but it let's me post more pictures of my kids and so you get to endure it!

Granny and I took Ry and Jena to the concert at the park and then watched the fireworks on on Thursday night. Barry got mysteriously ill just before we came. Enough Said. :)

Friday morning we actually made it to the Parade on time. So on time in fact that I thought we might loose the kids before it even began. But at last the Jets flew over, which is my favorite part, and the parade was a go.

Sara before the parade.

She's adorable even with 'the look'.

See that clean white shirt?
Thanks to this and a few others I don't think it will ever be the same.

During the parade Ryan looked way down the road and saw there were Army Jeeps and Hummers and Our Men in Uniform and he was giddy with excitement. Ry loves Soldiers. He could hardly contain himself with excitement. But as the 'Army Men' got closer he stood perfectly still in awe of them all. Suddenly on soldier yells right in his face 'Drop and give me a push up!' I've never seen Ryan move so fast. He was on the ground and doing a push up in 1 second flat. It was hilarious and Ry was so proud of his push up!
Aren't they cute?

After the parade we went to the little carnival in the park. The kids had fun in the bounce houses and the climbing wall.
I think Ry liked coming down more than going up.

While trying to leave the house I completely lost my senses and got talked into buying 2 African Dwarf Frogs. I got that 'have you lost your mind' look from Barry and I was thinking the very same thing. I was thinking they are only 1 inch long and don't get any bigger so how hard can they be to keep alive? I wasn't keeping in mind that I can not even keep a gold fish alive. Trust me I've tried 4 or 5 times.

So say hello to the new family addition. Well one anyway.
Ry named his Tiny Tim and Jena has a new name for hers every time you ask her.

We also enjoyed the evening up at Matt and Nats with the rest of the family. The kids ran around half naked all afternoon with the slip 'n' slide and trampoline, we enjoys some burgers and Natalies 'Counter full of Calories' and since they live way up on the Mountain we got to watch just about every cities fireworks as far as the eye could see. The weather was so fabulous in fact that we sat outside in our lawn chairs until 1am that morning. Then we remember we were parents that had children falling asleep on the floor inside the house so we had to pack them all up and head on home.

It was a great holiday with all the family! Hope you had a great time too.

Husband Requests Privacy

One Last thing for the day.

The man of the house and I have been going the rounds about this one for a while.

He wants me to make my blog private.

I do not.

I've decided to let him win this one.

As my title says I tend to 'say too much'. I have a hard time filtering because I like to know it all, I like to tell it all and I'm not a very private person.

So it will work like this-

If I know you I will give you access. How technical am I getting do you ask? Not very, I just have to know who you are. As In-
You are my family, my friend, my little brothers friend from high school, we were friends once in a life time but now we never see each other but your like me and you read peoples blogs and never phone but call it good because you are updated on their family or you are my sister-in-laws sister and I don't really know you but hello, you are my sister-in-laws sister!

Was that cut and dried? Good.

So send me your email addresses and the addresses of your sister that reads my blog but doesn't want me to know because she doesn't really know me and I will give you access. :)

You can email me by clicking on my profile or just leave me a comment.

I don't think this was really what Barry had in mind.

The other part is that I will be starting a new blog that is not so detailed and personal. Because I have really enjoyed getting to know people all over the US through this blog and theirs. Some of these women are so smart and clever and refreshing and I love tuning in with them every morning. I will list the new blog here before I zip this one up. I'm thinking it will be about a week or so, maybe longer because I have clinicals coming up and I'll be busy for a while.

So since you will rarely hear me say 'to make the story short', (and if I do, I'm lying) that folks was the long version!

Knowing when to quit

I have a tendency to have a little OCD.

For example by eyebrows. When I pluck my eyebrows I can hardly stop myself, I just keep seeing that one little hair that is just out of line and I pluck it! Before I know it I have no eyebrows left or one is extremely shorter than the other. It's not such a great look.

Well yesterday my OCD reared it's ugly little head. All over the calluses on my feet.

My feet have been looking pretty unsightly as of late. My pumice stone just wasn't holding it's weight. Nat told me you could buy one of those Callus shavers like they use for pedicures so I ran right out and purchased one.

I pulled out the garbage can and got to work. Jena watching all the while in fascination that I was 'peeling' my feet. I got to talking with Barry and not paying attention and I look down to my foot draining blood at a faster pace than I was comfortable with.

Who knew feet bleed so much?

I thought for sure I must have skinned the whole side of my foot even though I felt no pain.
Imagine my surprise when it was a minuscule little cut.

So I break out the band aids and Barry doctored it for me. Not without a few looks of annoyance and absolute wonderment as to why I have this self inflicted wound.

I am not easily deterred however and the road to smooth and beautiful feet is apparently a long one. So I start on the next foot. This is when woulds 2 and 3 appeared.

So I found myself perched on the bathroom counter and feet in a bloody sink, because by now the first foot has long bleed through the wimpy little band aid. Ryan is nervous and concerned, he is trying to be tough but he has to keep leaving the room, the blood is just too much for him. Jena wants to bandage my feet by herself and see the wound and touch the blood and just get her nose in there as far as she can. Sara wakes up in the middle of it all and I am trying to hold her while holding my feet up in the air so Barry can stop the bleeding.

And that is no easy task I'll have you know. Sit on your bum with no back support and hold both legs 12-18" off the floor and straight out with a baby on your lap for 10 minutes straight and don't get blood on anything. Seriously, go ahead and try it. You legs will be a shakin' my friend!

Barry is absolutely disgusted with me at this point. I guess I can't blame him, though I found the whole thing a little bit funny myself. So after four 2" x 4" band aids were applied to my feet I thought I was good to go.

Jena and I hurried off to the hospital to see Melissa who had baby Zac the night before and by the time we got there my feet were hurting so badly I could hardly walk and the blood was oozing out of the band aids and now my cute dressy sandals have a red sole.

Funny thing is I have a gift certificate sitting right here on my desk for a free pedicure! But I decide to go out and spend $2.50 on a little device that has brought me not beauty but pain. Natalie later informed me that you have to stop before you feet bleed and use the pumice stone to buff out the rest. Good to know Nat, but tell it to the girl who doesn't have OCD.

Morale of the story is that you should pay a professional to beautify your feet. That's what they get paid the big bucks for.

Beauty comes with a price.
Pain or Money.
And sometimes Both.

Worth Their Weight In Gold

Two things we bought with our first child almost 7 years ago that are still going strong and favorites among the kids.

This little red swing brings happiness all year round.
Sun or Snow it doesn't matter, that swing stays up!

This 'Big Wheel' as I call it, is too big for Sara and
too small for Ry & Jen but somebody still rides it every day.

Thankful Thursday

THANKFUL THURSDAY

Today I am Thankful for...

My Maternity Swim Suit Top!

I should totally be saying something like my freedoms in America being that it's our wonderful countries birthday tomorrow.
But because of the non-stop begging of a 6 year old boy to go to the pool, I have been forced to put on my bathing suit. It's not pretty y'all. See I have a major muffin top/spare tire/leftover baby fat. So I have opted for the maternity tankini.
Sad, I know.
It just not so tight on the belly area and right now I'd rather someone mistake me for pregnant rather than just fat.
All this on a day when the scales are reading down 1 pound, which makes me a very happy girl, just not a bathing beauty.

What Are You Thankful For?

Sorry about the scream huge text. Blogger doesn't want to cooperate today!

Good For Him

Hope I don't offend any of you with this one but I really agree with it.



If you come to America you should live by it's laws.
You should not expect to be able to still fly your old countries flag.
Especially above the American Flag!
It is illegal to fly another's countries flag above the American flag in America.
Come on, Come all but do it legally and with Respect to America.

Cutting Your Own Hair-The Sequel

Yesterday I asked Jena why she cut her hair. She adamantly demanded she did not! I told her she could stay in her room until she wanted to tell me the truth. It took about an hour until she was ready to fess up. At that point the conversation went like this-

Mom-Jena what do you think your punishment should be?
Jena-Wait for my hair to grow back.
Mom-That's not a punishment. A punishment is being grounded or loosing the privilege to use scissors or something like that.
(Jena throws herself down on the bed to think. 2 minutes later she pops up)
Jena-Wait for my hair to grow back.
Mom-Jena that is not a punishment.
Jena-Mom, I don't even know what that word means! Why don't you use words that kids know!

She bawled before we came.

She was defiant through the haircut trying her hardest not to smile.

By the time it was done she loved it so much she couldn't help but show it.
I guess next time she tells me she wants her hair cut I will just go cut it immediately before she does it herself!
This is my child who will come home with pink hair one day.She requested curls this morning and her hair curls
like I always dreamed mine would!
So I may have to post a picture later of the less Shirley Temple version.
She read story's to Sara while I did Sara's hair.
Sara is becoming such a mini-me of Jena in her looks but
she is still more like Ryan in personality.
Sara has also picked up Jena's 'Shoe Love'. She pulled these out after I chose the shirt and some sandals and insisted that she wear these. It's like she knows they match the shirt and she wouldn't have it any other way!

Life with Jena Around

I'm sitting in the office
Jena and Ryan walk in with with a cup full of some light brown liquid.

Jena: Mommy we have a surprise for your.
Ryan: It's Root beer!
Me (Highly skeptical): Thank you, but I'm not really thirsty. And from the smirks on your faces I'm not sure it's really Root beer.
Jena: Mom! It doesn't have water or Carmel syrup in it, I promise!
Me: I didn't say it had Carmel in it, I'm just not thirsty.
Jena: Well I'm just telling you it doesn't and it doesn't have salt or pepper either.

That girl is a horrible lier.

Things that make you go hmmm.

So I've come upon a few things this morning in my dear friend Google Reader.
Have a look for yourself-

Have y'all ever heard of this blog?
Stuff White People Like
It's apparently now a book now too.

I'm totally confused and utterly intrigued at the same time.
Hmmm.

I'd also like to purchase myself one of these little babies.
Actually I'd like someone else to purchase it for me.
Be a Dear and send me a gift would ya!

And for all those who were around about March 2007,
here is a little bit of information for you.
Remember this little episode?That brought about this hair cut?

Oh Yes, She Did!

Jenaka Mae has CUT HER HAIR AGAIN!

*#@**#%!!!!