One Heck Of A Trip

I had one of the best & funnest weekends ever! My sister, Ashley, and I drove down to Tennessee for our cousin's wedding. We left our boat load of kids with our husbands & went down. I don't know that she & I have ever done anything like this. We stayed with my in-laws on Thanksgiving night & they live 2 hours North of us. So, I drove back down to where we live & Ash picked me up about 9:40 am on Friday. We stopped at an outlet mall that is about 2 hours from us & on our way down to Tennessee. We ended up spending about 4 hours there & didn't make it to the rehearsal in time. We drove her (actually Aaron's) new Chevy Aveo. It's a stick shift & the wind noise on it & something like fingernails on a chalkboard. I guess Ash & Aaron are used to the noise. Yikes! And that car is all over the road...due to it's small size. It took us like $15 to fill the tank up. Wowsa! We belted out songs that we heard on the radio. Songs like, "Livin On A Prayer" and we sang the part where they go, "Whoa Oh! Livin on a prayer." That part is hard, but we actually ended up hitting the notes. We had to make a call to her best friend, Jen, to find out who sang a certain song. She is the master at bands. It was Slaughter. She knew it right away. Thanks, Jen!
So when we got to the hotel (The Embassy Suites), we saw our cousins standing outside smoking (shame, shame Brian & Scott :) They informed us that we had about an hour left of the free cocktail hours. We checked in & took our bags up to the room & headed back down for some drinks. At that time, my mom, step-dad & grandma were getting back from the rehearsal. Mom took grandma up to the room & told her she was coming back down to see me & Ash. We had to keep the drinks 0n the down-low in front of granny. She would have scolded us to no end. She's the best, though! I had a few beers & felt relaxed. I won't even comment on how many my cousin Brian had. This picture is Scott, Ashley & Brian.

We headed back up to the room & got ready to go to dinner. I took this pic of me on my camera phone. I guess I thought I was hot stuff, or something.

Our room was AMAZING! Seriously, I felt like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. Okay, so it wasn't that fancy. But when you are used to staying at places like The Days Inn, this was pretty freakin great! I called my mom in her room & said, "Oh my gosh..these rooms are great!" She & Duane are used to staying in fancy places...they are jet-setters. This was a new Embassy Suites & I have nothing but great things to say about this place. We had a suite (hence, the name). When we walked in to our bedroom, for some reason the first thing I said was, "Look at the linens!" What!!??? I never say the word "linens." The fanciness was getting to me. Ashley was like, "The linens?" Seriously, these were some comfy, fancy beds..ya know, no stiff comforter with stains (of who knows what) & cardboard sheets. It was rockin! PLUS, we had TWO flat screen TV's. Whoa!

We went to dinner at Chili's by the hotel. When we were pulling out of our parking space, Ash pulled out in front of someone. Then, we got to the 4-way stop & she killed it. THEN, instead of putting it in drive, we went in reverse...almost backing in to the poor guy we pulled out in front of. He had to have thought she was drunk. We went to an outside mall & it was gorgeous. I think it was new. It had the Christmas lights all over & it was just really pretty. The picture doesn't do it justice. It was pretty late, though. It was 10 pm their time & 11 pm our time. We ended up going to a Barnes & Noble to get some magazines & got back to our hotel at midnight.

I made Ash pose by a giant ornament. We did have some youngins take our picture together, but it was so freakin blurry you could hardly see anything.

When we got back to the room, I read about 4 pages of my magazine & was out. I mean, out! Normally I'm a light sleeper, but after 3 beers, 2 Tylenol PM's, a full day of shopping & traveling, I passed out. A couple hours later, I wake up to Ashley going, "GOSH...SHAN!!" Apparently I was snoring. She hadn't been to sleep yet. When I started snoring, she went in to the front part of our room & closed our bedroom door. She pulled out the couch bed (which by the way was comfortable...I couldn't believe it) & watched some TV. Then, she heard our neighbor throwing up. Nice. She said it was so clear that she jumped up & ran in to our room because she thought it was me (remember from my previous post...I'm a loud puker?) But, I was snoring away. Then, to top off the puking, she heard the guy in the room...pooping! Yes, pooping. What the heck? Honestly, I thought people only grunted in the movies? She heard it though. Poor thing came back in to our room & I moved out to the couch bed. After that, we both slept. We got up the next morning for the free breakfast & had some good food! As we were getting off the elevator, our cousins were getting on. Brian says, "Get in there & eat...that breakfast is awesome! I had 4 plates & was one of the first people down here." I thought, "Oh lord...these people probably are cussing out Brian." Between the free liquor & free food, that boy woulda run up a big ol' tab.

On our way home, our cousin Caroline rode with us to meet her family in Louisville. We had a blast. Caroline, me & Ash were always close growing up. Caroline is my age. It was so fun, I wish we could have kept driving. We laughed & just had a grand ol' time. After we dropped her off, we had to get gas. It was like 8 pm & freezing. I had taken my boots off in the car because we were still in our clothes from the wedding. So there I stood...barefoot in the cold, pumping gas. It was a pure Britney Spears moment. Nate would have been so embarrassed. But I gotta defend Brit on this...being barefoot is soo much better. Well, I probably wouldn't have walked in to the outdoor bathroom barefoot, though. So I took a pic of my feet...chipped toenails and all.

I snapped this pic of Ash walking out of the gas station. She had her slushy & Slim Jims...she craves meat. Seriously, that is what she told me.

We got home about 10 pm. We had the time of our lives & can't wait to do it again. Hey Caroline? What makes you tick? Hee, hee!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you all had a great day and ate lots & lots of good food. We went to the in-laws for Thanksgiving. I wish I would have taken pictures, because my mother-in-law's Thanksgiving set-up is Amazing! She is an interior designer & you can definitely tell. Her set-up looks like something out of Better Homes And Gardens. Seriously, it's nice. She gets out her Silver & china & all that good stuff. I said, "Well, my kids won't be fighting over my heirloom quality pieces, they will be getting Big Lots junk." I own Zero pieces of China and Zero pieces of Silver. I'm what you would call, Cheap. But, I at least try to get cute cheap things. Speaking of, I had a really cute necklace on today and as we were sitting on the couch tonight, Nate says, "Your neck is green." Then Wanda (MIL) says, "Yea, it's like green green." You got it...it's from the necklace. My green finger from my flea market ring matched my green neck.

Enough about my cheapness...the food we ate was glorious. I ate turkey, probably 5 rolls, mac & cheese, dip, cheese ball, salad, desert, etc. etc. etc. Man, I'm actually getting hungry again just thinking about it. Our trip couldn't be complete without a trip to the doctor. Seems like every time we come up here, someone gets sick. Nate had an anxiety attack a while back when we were here. You wanna talk about some outrageous bills! So today I ended up taking Jonah to the Emergency Med. Center. He has tubes in his ears & I noticed he had nasty goop coming out of one of his ears. I didn't want to take chances. So, we went. Turns out he has an infection & had puss coming out & the other ear is starting to do the same thing. He also has a sinus infection. Ugh. The good thing is that we didn't have to wait for 3 hours in the waiting room...only about 10 minutes! I've got him an antibiotic & hopefully he will start to get better. Poor thing.

We had a nice day...food, family & Guitar Hero! I actually made it thru a song on Medium. YESSSSS!

I am so thankful for my beautiful, funny, intelligent children and for my wonderful family...all of them. I'm so thankful that God chose me to be the mama of these 3 babies. I'm thankful for all the love that surrounds me & for being able to stay home & take care of my kids (thanks Nate :) I'm thankful for having a roof over my head & food to eat. I'm thankful for people who are serving this Country and who have stayed somewhere they shouldn't have to be. I am blessed. I know I am. There are so many unfortunate people in this world & I'm thankful I have a loving, caring family.

Peace & Love to you all! God Bless

Stray Cat

For the past 2 days, we've had a little cat hanging outside our house. It makes me so sad. We can't keep him. Jonah has bad allergies & I just can't risk him being even more sick. So, I think I need to call the Animal Shelter today. He has been standing outside the front window this morning & the kids love looking at him.

Change

I changed my layout...for now...do you like it?

Bare With Me

I'm trying to find a cool layout & it is taking FOREVER! So for now, I have this generic one...blah!

The Cutest Slippers

We have sooo many boys in my family & I love getting the hand me downs! My cousins in Phoenix, Amy & Lainie, have sent me a big ol' box of the cutest clothes. This last box came from Amy & she had 2 pairs of the cutest slippers EVER. My boys love them. Jasper calls his, "Monkey Shoes". When I take them off at night (he must wear them all day & even at nap), he says, "Night Monkey Shoes." Jonah has been wearing the Bear ones. If one falls off, I have to be right there to put it back on.

Jasper under Isabel's crib. He was fishing out paci's for me. They like to throw them overboard & it is nothing for us to find 10 pacis under there. He cracks me up because he will pull himself under the crib like a mechanic...all the while, wearing his monkey shoes.

Jonah & his coolness

These are slippers that I bought Iz last year. I had forgotten that she got some hand me down Dora Slippers from her cousin, Hannah. So now, she has to have the Dora slippers.

Gross

Do you like my burnt hand? I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm going to be doing the makeup on a short film, here. It's a horror/action type film. Last night I was messing around with some stuff. I've never done horror makeup, but am pretty excited to try it!

My Actors/Actress

For some reason, my kids like to fake gag. What is up with that? Thank God my mom wasn't here last night. She would have freaked. Choking scares me to death, but she takes the cake. Since I'm always with them, I know when they are faking. So after I put them to bed, I heard them in their room...fake gagging & cracking up. I took video. It is dark because there wasn't any lights on & I was standing outside their door.

"Special" TV Channels

We have digital cable. Throughout the day, I have it set on PBS, channel 002. I keep the remote in another room because the kids have hit buttons & ordered 4 movies before...the same darn movie, at that. That is like $20 or more added on to my bill. Here's my fear; they can reach the lower button on the box. This button takes the channels down. So normally they hit it twice & it takes them to the 900 channels. These 900 channels happen to be the pay per view "Adult" movies. Yep. My fear is that I will walk in to the room one day & see something interesting on the TV because they ordered it somehow. I was in the kitchen this morning & when I walked back in to the living room, it was on the Playboy Channel. It was just the black screen, but it had "Playboy Channel" in big white letters across it.

I have got to see some really colorful titles, though. I won't share them here...again, for fear of embarrassing anyone. But seriously, some of these titles are hilarious! So our TV is mounted on the wall, in the living room, with my blinds open & I'm praying they don't buy one of these channels & someone decides to visit & look in the window. Yikes! Can you say, CPS?

Dear Comcast

What is the problem? For the past 3 days my Internet connection has sucked. It's way worse than what dial-up ever was. Do you have any idea what it is like to want to just be able to surf the net for an hour after my 3-2 year olds go down for a nap (if that is what you want to call it)? And not only that, my phone has been jacked up as well. Everyone that calls says, "What's wrong with your phone? It sounds like you are stuttering." So either it is my phone or the 1/2 pint of whiskey that is making me stutter.

Either way, let's get this taken care of...pronto! MMMKAY?

Something different

You all should be thanking me. I have had a horrible headache all day. The kind that make you feel sick to your stomach. Stupid me...knowing that I wasn't feeling well...decided to go ahead & eat about 4 pieces of cookie dough. I had an appointment this afternoon & mom came over to sit with the kids. On my way home, I was talking to Nate on the phone. I told him that I felt really bad & that the office I was in was burning up & it made me feel even worse. I said, "I'm going to have to pull over & throw up." He says, "Okay, Love you, bye." I whipped the van on to a side street, opened my door & BAM...projectile vomited THREE times. Nice, huh? Remember the cookie dough I told you about? Well, that came in to play. I know the houses around there had to hear me. I'm not what you would call, a calm puker. The sound is like nothing heard before.

The street I was on was by an elementary school. It was about 2:15 pm & the kids would be getting out 15 minutes later. I would like to publicly apologize to those poor students who were walking home & got to see an unfortunate site on the road. And the reason you should be thanking me is because I thought..."hmmm, I should take a picture & post it on my blog." However, I thought like an adult & realized I didn't want to embarass the crap out of my parents, my in-laws & Nate. Otherwise, I totally would have!

Pop-Corn ~A variety of corn, Zea mays everta, having hard kernels that burst to form white, irregularly shaped puffs when heated.

All I know is that my kiddos LOVE popcorn! Jonah, especially loves it. He can down two bowls in no time & then is begging for more.

I love this picture! Check out Isabel's leg over Jasper's &

the way she is also eating out of his bowl.

I'm surprised I even got Jonah to look up...AWAY from the popcorn
The boys sharing a secret

My handsome boys

Jasper giving Jonah a kiss...awwww

Jonah looks tired

My blog's reading level

I got this off of another triplet mama's blog...thanks Kelly! You enter your blog address & it tells you the reading level of your blog. You wanna know what mine is??

Woohoo! High School, baby. I'm taking it as a compliment, thank you.

Guess What?

IT'S SNOWING

And I think we are the only people who haven't raked their leaves.

Can you say, lazy & dead grass next year?

A party at Grandma & Grandpa's

We went to my mother & father in laws house today for my niece, Hannah's, 6th birthday party. We had a good time. And we ate soooo much. MMMM...taco salad! Wanda (my MIL) made an awesome chocolate pie & it seems as though Isabel couldn't get enough. Well neither could Jasper, for that matter. He was standing in front of Grandpa with his mouth open....just waiting to be fed some glorious chocolate. Jonah is the odd man when it comes to sweets...he doesn't really like them. What!!??? Is this my child? So Iz sat on the bar & ate chips, pie & drank my diet pop. That's my girl.

Birthday Girl Hannah & chocolate face Isabel

Lovin every minute of it
Doesn't it look like Isabel is hollering at Hannah to back away from the chips?

Washing the good stuff down...with the good stuff!

Nice, huh?

So cute

Jasper

"The Boys" before we left to head to Grandma & Grandpa's

What's wrong with this picture?

Hmmm? I think I somehow bleached my eyebrow. I put a few highlights in my hair a few nights ago & noticed I have strange bleach spots in one of my eyebrows. Geez...gettin kinda close to the eyeball, aren't I?

Ritalin

I'm beginning to wonder if Isabel needs this stuff. That girl is non-stop. She's wearing me out. Is this just a girl thing? Was I this crazy when I was little? Mom? Dad? She will seriously say a word & repeat it 10 times before you can say anything. Example:

Iz: Fan
Iz: Fan
Iz: Fan
Iz: Fan
Me: Yes, Fan

It's like she's a typewriter...click click click click click....before I can even get a word in edgewise. She talks a mile a minute in her own language. It is so quick, it sounds like she's speaking Chinese. She will be the girl at the slumber parties that stays up the longest & wants to talk...quite the opposite of her mama who was always the first to fall asleep. Ahhh...those were the good ol' days, before I had insomnia. And her voice carries like Tarzan (only in a high pitched squeal). There is no doubt (besides the Chinese language) that she is like my aunts, cousins, etc. on my dad's side of the family. They definitely are a rowdy bunch & know how to get the party started. I think Isabel fights right in.

It's Official...I'm a grown-up

I went to the gas station today to get a fountain pop before I headed to the church to do work. There, I saw a guy who graduated a year before me. This guy was sort of a bad boy in school. He was an only child & seemed privileged. He had the coolest cars & even had a motorcycle...gasp...at 16 & 17 years old! I'm surprised he remembered me. He said "Well hi...I haven't seen you in a long time." I said, "Yep...its been years." It has probably been since I was in high school. I'm 32. That was the extent of our conversation. As I walked out & got in to my mini-van, he walked out after me........and got in HIS mini-van.

It was then & there that I realized I am officially a grown-up!

Swaddling my babies?

The trio like to get out these beach towels I have in a closet. They call them blankets. Today, I told Jasper to lay down on the blanket & let mama swaddle him. Of course, the last time they were swaddled was when they were probably 7 or 8 months (and I was never very good at it...they always broke out). So he laid down & I wrapped him up like a burrito. Then I cradled him & sang, "Bye O Baby." I'm not even sure if that is an actual song. My mother in law started singing it to the kids & they LOVE it! I do too! I think it may have been a song that her mother sang to her. So anyway, the kids sing it & grandma is known as "Grandma-Bye O Baby."

I never had the opportunity to rock my kiddos. With 3 the same age, there are some things you feel like you lose out on. So every now & again, they will let me rock them. They don't fall asleep or anything, but they give me the pleasure of a song or two. Well, Jasper really liked being in the towel. Then I did it to Isabel & Jonah. Jonah was hooked! He loved it. It was so stinkin sweet. He just laid in my arms...my big 2 year old. I thought for sure he was sweating bullets. I mean, he had on long sleeved shirt & pants & then burritoed up in this beach towel.

Isabel came over & wanted me to swaddle her baby. How cute! I swaddled her & Iz sang to her. It was a nice change from her saying, "NO...sit down" to her baby. Now maybe she sees that mama & daddy do say other things :) Then Jasper came over with a stuffed bunny & wanted the same thing. And all the while, there sat Jonah in my arms. After about 1/2 hour, he got up. But he got upset if anyone else wanted me to rock them. When Nate got home, Jonah went over to him & I told Nate to swaddle him. Then he sat on Nate for most of the night.

It's just crazy to me that my big ol' 2 year olds were once the size of Isabel's baby dolls. No...I'm not crying, so be quiet!

This is why

You don't have your nose pierced with 3 toddlers. I've had mine done a couple of years & I don't want to take it out. So, I guess I will have to endure the hits/smacks to my nose & the feel of the rod jammed into my nose cartilage. Oh, and I've had it pulled out several times as well. Trust me...it doesn't feel very special. I know, I know...I'm the one who has chosen to keep it. I just can't part with it.

Bad Idea

I decided to give the kids some grapes this morning...in the living room. You'll notice, they did not eat the grapes. Luckily there were only about 4 smashed ones. Better think next time, huh?

The All Seeing Eyes

OF ISABEL TRUE

Sweet Iz....she sees everything! And everything has to be equal. Eating is probably the worst. Since she likes to chatter & sing, she's pretty slow at eating. So, if I give each of them 4 vanilla wafers & the boys scarf theirs down with her having 3 left, she will go in to hysterics if I give the boys another one & not her....even though she still has 3 left. Sometimes I have to slip things to the boys in order for her not to see. I'm not favoring them, I'm simply giving them more if they are done. I do the same with her. But, I guess 2 years old is too early to understand that. I have 12 sippy cups that we rotate. She will not drink out of one unless it is pink or purple. I love my little girlie girl.

Blah!

I think I'm getting sick. I seriously couldn't sleep last night. My chest is sooooo tight. Is this what it feels like after you get breast implants? Anyway, it's in my back, neck & chest. When I'm sitting up, it's not too extremely bad. But man, when I lay down, it feels like an elephant is sitting on me. I'm going to give myself a breathing treatment. The kids have a machine. Well, it's mainly for Jonah & his asthma. So if anyone walks up to the front door & sees me with a mask over my nose & mouth...I'm fine and I'm not a serial killer.

What Just Happened?

Total Chaos just ensued. The boys (mainly Jasper) just flipped out! We had to run some errands this morning: Bank, Goodwill Drop-Off, Wendy's, Another bank to pay house payment & then home. I'd say we were gone 1/2 hour. Lately, they haven't been falling asleep after lunch. So, I've been putting them down a little later...instead of 12:00, it's between 12:30 & 1:00 pm. I guess they couldn't handle it today.

We got in the house & I put Jasper in his booster. He screamed, "Hat! Where's Hat?" I noticed he pulled his hat off when we got in to the garage. I said, "It's okay, I'll get your hat." I brought it in & put it on his head. He flipped out & threw it on the floor. I get the other 2 in their seats & pass out the french fries. Jonah & Jasper decided they didn't want anything and threw the fries everywhere. I was p*%$@d! I decided to give them one more shot. Didn't go so well & the same situation happened.

The boys are freaking out, screaming, "Night night, night night!" I got them up & put them in their beds. Jonah got his paci & laid down. Jasper screamed, "PACI!" I said, "Here it is." He screamed, "NO!" and threw it. Then he was hysterical, screaming, "Paci, Paci, Paci!" I gave him another one...same crap happened. So, I walked out of the room & in to the kitchen. Isabel ate peacefully & enjoyed it. She & I whispered back & forth & she shared my Diet Coke.

When she was done, I took her in the bedroom. Jonah was almost asleep & Jasper looked like he was. Guess he wasn't, cause he jumped up & screamed & cried, hysterically. He screamed, "No" & tried to hit me. Now, I'm not one to usually hand out spankings, but you better believe I did.

Isabel enjoying her time

Loving it!
The empty chairs around her

I Am, My Mother

And that isn't a bad thing. I think she's a pretty hot 55 year old.

She's always taken care of her herself.

As I was washing my face last night, I realized just how much I love skin products.

A few of my favorites! Kinerase Under Eye Rescue, Philosophy "When Hope Is Not Enough" facial firming & lifting serum, Philosophy "Hope In A Tube" high density eye & lip cream, Wexler Skin regenerating serum, Vitesse 8 Hour Sleep Effect, Spa Sciences Firming Neck therapy cream, Olay Complete all day moisture lotion

This is my "Fivehead" instead of "Forehead". That is what Nate & I call it because it's much larger than a forehead. I am raising my eyebrows, but check out all those lines. YIKES STRIPES! Is 32 to young to get Botox? Too bad I'm not rich & can afford it.

Okay, I have no makeup on. I've taken the liberty to make notes of my wrinkles. Oh, and the luggage under my eyes.

A Little Diddy

My good friend, Jo, told me I had to listen to this song. I hadn't ever heard it before. She knew I would love it. Jo and I worked together at a factory. She's a pretty quiet person & then I forced my way in to her life & realized what a cool cat she was! She knows good music. I think she's a little bit of a hippie, like me. I miss working with her. We would listen to our music, eat our pretzels & drink our hot chocolate. Remember that, Jo? "Hey Jo, where you going with that gun in your hand?"

"Chicago"
Graham Nash

So your brother's bound and gagged
And they chained him to a chair,
Won't you please come to Chicago
Just to sing.
In a land that's known as freedom,
How can such a thing be fair?
Won't you please come to Chicago
For the help that we can bring.

We can change the World.
Rearrange the World.
It's dying to get better.

Politicians sit yourselves down,
There's nothing for you here.
Won't you please come to Chicago
For a ride.
Don't ask Jack to help you
Cause he'll turn the other ear.
Won't you please come to Chicago
Or else join the other side.

We can change / yes we can change the World.
Rearrange / rearrange the World.
It's dying / do you believe in justice?
It's dying / and if you believe in freedom.
It's dying / Let a man live his own life.
It's dying / Rules and regulations who needs them?
Open up the door.

Somehow people must be free,
I hope the day comes soon.
Won't you please come to Chicago,
To show you face.
From the bottom of the ocean
To the mountains of the Moon.
Won't you please come to Chicago
No one else can take your place.

We can change / yes we can change the World.
Rearrange / rearrange the World.
It's dying / If you believe in justice.
It's dying / and if you believe in freedom.
It's dying / Let a man live his own life.
It's dying / Rules and regulations, who needs them?
Open up the door.

Creepy Crawlers & Church

As if being in a church, ALONE, at 10:30 pm isn't scary enough,

I have to encounter this SOB:

Yes sirree', that is one of those bugs with the million legs that are quicker than Amy Whinehouse checking out of rehab. Pretty fast! If you are asking, "Why was she in church, by herself, at 10:30 pm" I was printing off the bulletin. I usually do it on Saturday afternoons, but Nate has a band to record ALL DAY on Saturday & this was my only time to go. I've had to go at night before. It's definitely not my favorite.


I no longer go in the sanctuary if it is dark. So if something needs to be put in there for Sunday, it's just gonna have to wait. I seriously think I had a mini panic attack a while back. I went up the back stairwell to enter the sanctuary. It was late at night. I made a mistake & thought there were lights where I ended up. Their weren't. So I had to walk all the way down an aisle in the pitch black. I was guiding myself down the wall & all I could hear was my breathing. I felt like Jodie Foster in The Silence Of The Lambs. You know, the part where it is black & she is trying to find Bill in that house? You could hear her breathing. I was just waiting to hear, "Why, Hello Clarisse."


This was the bug after I put it out of it's misery. I swear, it looked at me like, "I'm going to eat your face off, Shannon. I know how much you hate bugs." Oh, and I didn't clean up the smashed mess. There were no paper towels around & there was no way I was gonna traipse through the church to find them. I got the heck out of dodge!

I'm being bullied!

By Jasper! Man, that kid is a prison ward. No matter what I do, he screams, "NO" & points his finger in my face. It's getting really really bad. And if I say, "Jasper...you don't tell mama, no." He says, "I say No!" I find myself saying, "Okay, okay..I'm sorry." WHAT!? I'm the mama...not Jasper. He'll have plenty of time to say, "No" when he has kids. I'm such a sucker!

Candy Corn & Heartburn?

I love candy corn! I've almost when thru a 1 lb. bag, by myself, in a short amount of time. However, I've been having major heartburn. I don't normally get heartburn, but dang...the corn is doing a number on me. It's either that or I'm pregnant & the hairy baby is giving me heartburn. NOT!

Smart Kid

My sister, Ashley, calls me tonight. She says, "I gotta tell you something funny that Trevor said today." I love hearing "Trevor Stories." At 8 years old, he says the funniest things. Trev is definitely seeing the world & asking question.

He asked Ash who invented smoking. She said, "I don't know. Back in the day, farmers raised the tobacco & would smoke it. They didn't know, then, what smoking does to you." Trev said, "I think it is so gross & I wouldn't ever kiss a girl who smoked...I don't care how hot she is." How funny is that!?

In this picture...the little girl is eating a bug & the caption says,

"Kissing a smoker is just as gross."