Over 6 minutes long - Home Tour, bad video quality.

I tried my best - my camera video quality was not that good.

We might be weirdos...

So I wrote before about my Mom and what happens when we go over to her house... This Thanksgiving, as you can see, things got a little out of hand....it started with my Mom and Boo Boo La La coloring in the basement on top of the chest freezer. Weird place, but that is where my mom keeps the paper and after dinner Boo Boo wanted to color!!! NOW!!!

Slowly people began going downstairs to see what they were up to...until it was just Dad, T-bone and myself who were upstairs. I went down to see what was up...OH GOOD 'LANTA! My child is being tatooed by Granny, Auntie Krissy and her sister Sair. *sigh* Daddy hates the tatoos... You might ask, why was the child shirtless? Well, we had dinner right? She IS almost three and there are mishaps with water....

We did get good pics with Gramps and Nora though...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

too tired...pictures later...boo boo with tatoo.

Under the bathroom sink...

Normally I keep the bathroom cupboard under the sink locked. I rarely go in there anymore because it is a mess - and I only keep cleaning stuff and extra lotion, deodorant, etc. under there...

Today I was looking for a razor as my hygeine was in need of assistance...And I started to pull stuff out to find them...and, and, and, well it was JUST TOO HORRIBLE!!!

I found close to 100 plastic and paper bags under the sink that I had shoved there for trash over the last 3 years. (the last time I cleaned this cupboard was before boo boo la la was born, she will be three in January)

Why was this horrifying? It pointed out to me just WHY I bought Envirosax. Think of all the times you get offered a plastic bag and you really don't need one.

Here is the ONE THING you can do to "green the planet", buy some good bags to get groceries, stuff at the drugstore AND yes Virginia - even at Target and Macy's use those darn bags. Give them for Christmas! Give them to yourself and to your children.

*now stepping off the soapbox*

Magical Holiday Toys...

This was the most magical toy I ever received as a young girl.

Merlin, the Electronic Wizard.

It played six different games - WAY better than a Simon. The best one...

MUSIC MACHINE!

I got so good at re-creating parts of early 80's electronica that my friends were TOTALLY jealous.

Here is one I figured out that I was humming to myself this morning.

Gobble Gobble

For the mom on the go...

I was reading this magazine and they had an article about this "hip" new line of handbags and travel cases from Stella McCartney with LeSportSac - okay the magazine was from Spring, but it was at the gym...
It talked about how Stella was in touch with the modern "mom on the go" and the items were functional, eco-friendly and yet still feminine and stylish.

um, puke

Then they showed the stuff and the price and I almost slid off the treadmill.

$120 for a KID'S BACKPACK? and get this - they SOLD OUT of them!!!

You can now find them on eBay starting at $99 and going up from there.

My guess is that it was 20-something women with disposable income and very little taste that bought them. And so much for the $420 suitcase that is now on sale for 75% off. Mom's on the go do not have that kind of extra cash....at least no one I know.

Do NOT F with my Food Network...

I am not a big fan of new shows on the Food Network. Most of the time I think - ummmm, BORING - get that wench off the air...

Then I see Alex Guarnachelli - and her show "The Cooking Loft". I thought - OY VEY! This looks totally stupid. But, I watched.

OMG - LOVE HER! She is smart, concise and cooks with L.O.V.E.

Check her out if you have thirty minutes - she rocks.

Christmas is coming...

the goose is getting fat...

My high school boyfriend works for this clueless wench...

I wonder what is in the coffee cup?

So first she pardons ONE of them.



Then while she blithely yammers on with her hand wrapped around a Starbucks KTUU Alaskan Television gets a WIDE angle view of what is really going on at the turkey farm...and make no mistake, Sarah is "in charge" of the turkey.



Do you think they were frantically draining one for her to take home? YUCK

I am burned out entirely...

So a few weeks, maybe over a month, ago I put up some options for kitchens - then ordered the darn thing when it was on Amazon.com for a good deal.

Then I wait, wait, wait, wait, email, wait, wait some more. Then today I finally call because I see something online that says it won't be in stock until JULY!?!?!!! And nope, they can not tell me when it is coming.
I ordered from somewhere else and cancelled the Amazon order.
I get home and find out MY PEDIATRICIAN WENT TO AUSTRAILIA AGAIN!!!!

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE OUR PEDIATRICIAN DANG IT!
It is not his fault though...his wife's parents need their help.

Just when will all the disappointing junk end? I mean, I love my baby, hubby, most things, but why does all the other junk have to stink?

Fun in a box, Part Deux

Okay, we are pretty boring...and we get lots of crap from Amazon. I am lazy like that.

I am glad this is small - I have triple chins and nearly closed eyes. YIKES

Cocktails & Dreams 2008

It is always a good time with friends and ham...what is it about our crew and meat?

Fun was had - Boo Boo La La, Mommy AND Daddy.

Then this morning - DRAMA on the answering machine.

"Hi Terry? This is ____. I need you to call me as soon as you get this message. I found out something about Sair(the step-daughter)." My brain thinks - she is preggers, or smoking weed, or got drunk... NOPE! Long drawn out message, buried the lead. She got a speeding ticket.

WHEW!

But 59 in a 45???

Today I am taking Boo Boo La La to a tri-fecta birthday party - packing Boo Boo La La to go hang with Burb and the boys, coconut swimsuit included - getting a pedicure - packing everthing into T-bone's Aviator and driving out past Buffalo to drop off the babe. Then, off to the party! Gotta get them snow mashed taters into the oven!!! YUM!

Boo boo is in love with this song, we will leave you with it until tomorrow:

It is that time of year again

T-bone and I will be attending the annual Cocktail party, chez Faux Martha and the Mister.
Instead of the Awesome Mr. and Mrs. Pete watching Boo Boo this year, she gets to go play "Chase Burb".

Can you see she loves Auntie Burb? ;) Happy Friday!

Remember the 70's?

UPDATE: NOW A COMMERCIAL TOO!!! Call NOW!



Remember when President Jimmy Carter was in charge and told us all to turn down the heat and put on a sweater?

This email arrived in my inbox today advertising something that looks like the old 'snuggle sacks' that were popular at that time. This looks at least like it is a more techno-fabric and the color is not 70's brown and patchwork.

Order Now!

Your auntie needs a great Christmas gift, or Hannuka, or Kwanza, your choice.

My mom is pretty cool...

My dad used to tell my mom she yelled at us too much, but you know - I just don't remember it being that often.

What I DO remember is that she use to always have fun stuff for us to do when we were little.

For Example:

1. Tour the local newspaper
2. Visit the zoo and feed the seals
3. Go see cousins and play at their house - new & different toys!
4. create a library in our laundry room
5. make playdough
6. paper maiche balloons and paint them
7. bake anything and everything we could think of
8. DRAW DRAW DRAW

it is this last item that brings us to the subject of today's post.

my mom still keeps a roll of butcher paper and markers in the house!

See how creative we are?

This is how the boy drew Boo Boo la la

And we all helped draw - EVEN my dad...

Wordless Wednesday

late at night...before we sleep...

Boo boo la la and I lay in bed and cuddle -

reading books or watching her boyfriend on tv.

Sometimes Boo boo says:

Momma, come closer and talk to me.
Okay baby, what do you want to talk
about?
I want snack!
No, you had a popsicle and some apple, no more
snack.
*poking finger on mommy's forhead*

Girl! You no talkkie that way no
more!

*end scene*

Living up to standards

Has anyone seen the new Secret Clinical Strength commercial? The one where the chick in bridal gown and veil is in bed and some dude in a tux is sniffing around her?
First of all it is weird because who is rolling around in bed in formal attire?
Second, the voiceover~! "Why ruin a moment like this?" or some crap like that - insinuating that you don't want your new hubby to know that you SWEAT or any other bodily function.

PUH-LEAZE!

Can't wait until this couple has a baby and she poops on the delivery table. ;)

Tickle Me Boo Boo

SNL

So I am sitting here watching an SNL from the time just after 9/11 and I am totally amazed at how much funnier it is than the new SNL. Jimmy Fallon? Totally funny, but then if you recall - I love Adam Sandler too.
sigh
When will they hire some more funny people.

Free Lunch

At work the first Friday of every month we get FREE LUNCH. Pretty nice, right?

NO ONE ON MY TEAM APPRECIATED IT TODAY! We got YUMMY Indian Food and the comments were:

"It all looks scary."

"I will try the chicken - it looks the least scary."

"I can just hear it tonight, 'Honey what did you have for lunch today? umm, bread.' that stuff was gross."

"I tried to eat it..." (someone with a totally clean plate - no sauce anywhere)

I should have known as this is the group that thought the chicken wings we had at our pot-luck were 'spicy'. Ummm, the recipe was ketchup, brown sugar, and worstercestire(sp?) sauce - the person who made them said!

Go forth and ENJOY food without discrimination!!! ;)

Random Friday Bits

• I have watched the video of Boo Boo La La about three times a day since Tuesday.
• Sair's car window has a burnt out motor, so I got to drive T-bone's Aviator to work, I feel all fancy.
• Speaking of FANCY, pulled out the uggs today - it is snowing you know.
• We are bussing in Indian food from Bombay Bistro to St. Paul for our company lunch today - goes to show there are NOT enough good restaurants over here in the Capital City.
• I love how my uggs feel on my feets with no socks...
• I FINALLY got someone to respond to my damn email about being a reference. Jeez people, is it too tough to hit reply and type, Y-E-S. The person who replied typed, sure.
• Not many people in our office today - I am wondering who I will sit with at lunch. Our company lunch feels like high school and my side of the office are the geeks.
• I have THIRTEEN pictures of Boo Boo at my desk.
• I have one caribou coffee with steamed milk.
• I want a nap.
• AND T-bone if you are reading this I would love it if you came grocery shopping with me tonight, but I will understand if you don't because you might be working on Sair's car. *sigh*
• I linked to THREE new blogs this week. YOUR Welcome.
• Hopefully tomorrow the post will be better....come on back now ya' hear?

Boo Boo La La hearing...

scene: a bright morning in a small suburb of Minneapolis, mild weather for November 4, 2008, the crowd is lined up in a parking lot waiting for the doors to open - it is just before 7am. Mommy is holding her purse, her child's water bottle, her diet coke, a blankie and the child is absently munching on apple slices from a small ziploc bag. As we zoom in on the small childs cherubic face she begins to speak:

Child: Mommy, why are we standing outside church?
Mommy: So Mommy can go vote.
Child: Boat? Can I boat? I like swim in the lake!

*appropriate giggles from the crowd*

End Scene

*photo courtesy of Faux Martha's July post of our camping trip.

It's my 8th Anniversary - you can vote and not buy me a card.

If you did not vote - I hope this makes you want to get out and excercise your RIGHT to vote for whomever you want. Even if it was Michelle Bachman. ;)

NOT - upset she is winning. How could Minnesotans vote for someone more ridiculous than Jesse Ventura?

OY!

I just watched parts of McCain on SNL

It reminded me of Bob Dole after he lost doing Viagra Commercials and when he went on SNL

SO SAD

Nablopomo

Yes, I am doing NABLOPOMO again. I am sick like that.
Here are the promised photos of the adorable Boo Boo La La as JoJo.

Doesn't this costume just stand out? I was VERY proud of myself. Hey Witchie-poo.

Bonus points if you can figure out what daddy was taking a picture of here. Clue: It is not mommy's giant be-hind!

Boo Boo La La Dictionary

Ascar = Madagascar, one or two
Baby yogurt = Yo Baby yogurt, also Dora yogurt - and Ascar yougurt
Butter = Peanut butter
Chicken = Any other meat, except hot dogs
Christmas = Any small candybar that is chocolate, except Hershey Kisses
Ham = Salami (the other exception to the Chicken rule.)
MY- (fill in the blank) = Everything is My this, or that to a toddler
Nappy-time = Nap or Bed time
Purple, Gold, Silver = Hershey Kisses identified by their wrapper - as in "Mom, I want a purple!" or dark chocolate kiss, which is her favorite.
Puter = Any computer
Salad = Romaine Lettuce
Uppie? = Hey I am tired, or bored, or want a hug. You should pick me up and carry me wherever I want to go, okay?
Wakietime = Whenever Boo Boo does not have to be in bed.

My other kid -