I am back... as long as I can be

Okay fellow readers and followers... I cannot promise I will be around daily. If I do I will disappoint. However I plan on coming back one little tippy toe into the freezing water at a time. When I tend to start something by jumping with both feet into it and I feel the need... or obsession to do it all, know it all, and live it all. Blogging became that to me. Of course when I do this I tend to give 110% and then of course the flame is blown out and I get bored so to speak. I love writing and of course writing about myself and the loves of my life. Blogging is that outlet and I really want to get in the groove, but SSSLLLOOOWWWLLLYYY. I also need to remember that I don't need to be involved in it all and that it is ok. I am a go big or go home person and then I tend to lose umph so to speak.

There is so much to share... some good, some not so good, but we are doing well all the same! The princesses are growing so fast. Miss Sassy is excelling in soccer and I couldn't be prouder! She always does her best and what more could a mommy ask for? The baby is 7 and a half months and the scooting queen. Being mobile is a great milestone and one you could wait for! I love seeing her gain new milestones, but now we have to be more "aware" of her surroundings.

The King of the house has left At&t after about 12 years of working there. These are bad times and luckily he was able to leave with a great type of severance package and 6 months of medical! It was either that or relocate to 2 extremes and we all know that wasn't going to happen. Eric is optimistic and as his wife so am I! I have faith that he is leading our family in the right direction no matter what happens.

That is my life in a nutshell so far. So to my loyal readers, thanks for sticking around!

Am I seeing a Ghost

You can stop rubbing your eyes... you vision is just fine... Yes I am posting.

I figured I better start before some started banging down my doors.

So where have I been?

Busy being a superhero? Nope

Working? Nope

Want the honest truth?

Absolutely nothing but being home and being a mom.

For some reason this blog took a backseat for a bit... so to my loyal readers

If you stayed around bless you!!

Okay so an update:

Sassy is getting ready for her Spring Select season to start. She is practicing like crazy and becoming a better player everyday.

Princess In Training is now 6 months and a roller! She is now part of the mess making and yesterday found the DVDs. So far only a couple make it out.

I am hoping this blogging rut has been cured for the time being... so those worried...

I am still alive and kicking.

I am back!

After a long needed week off to relax and take care of myself and kids with colds I am back to blog! My sister yelled at me yesterday about my week off. She kept coming by to see that my day off turned into a whole week... so here I am Ashley!




Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Other than colds and my gall stone attacks it was a great weekend! Emma and Angela looked so cute in their Thanksgiving outfits! Here is a sister pic I took that night.

Sassy's soccer team made it to the Friendship Cup this year, so we are very excited! They ended the season in 2nd place! It is nice to know that Sassy has found something she loves to do and always strives to be better!

Emma will be 4 months a week from today! I can't believe how fast the time is flying! She is just so much fun! She laughs and plays with me during the day. Angela is our life saver, because she can calm Emma down no matter what! Here is a pic of Emma playing.

Next week I have my surgery, so I will try and update as much as I can next week. Eric is off all this month so I know I will be able to recover nicely! I end this post a pic of our first Thanksgiving as a family of 4!

Check out this Giveaway!!

Over at Nanny Adventures there is a wonderful giveaway! I have never blogged about a giveaway, but I am going to get all the entries I can, because this is one product I can use! She reached her 100th blog and as a celebration she is giving away an accordion organizer by Just G. My life has become one big pile of unorganization! I can't remember what way is up some days! I have even lost my Mom of the Year award by forgetting a Brownie engagement OOPS!! I swore I was going to be better, but my momnesia is kicking in a full force! At least the homework is getting done and checked SCORE! If you are interested in getting organized stop by... I did and fell in love with her blog!!

To My Fellow Bloggers!

Just want to tell you I am still around and will get back on track here soon! So don't think I am ignoring your blogs. I miss being able to read them all and give bloggy love! Even networking is taking a back seat at the moment as well!

Princess news:

Princess In Training's new nickname is 'bubbles', which speaks for itself, because yes we now have drool! She gnaws on everything in sight. I see teeth in her future real soon! She is starting to laugh as well, which makes playtime that much more fun!

Soccer is coming to a close and this house is starting to get sad. This has been an awesome season and the Silver Strikers have played their hearts out! Sassy is really coming into her own as a great soccer player! She is getting the nickname of 'Cheetah' for her running speed.

Tonight is exciting as well! UCLA Bruins basketball kicks off it's 2008-2009 season tonight and this house is all a buzz. Tonight begins the countdown to March Madness! The Bruins almost made it all the way stopping short at the Final Four. We are going to root yet again for an awesome season! GO BRUINS!

Happy Halloween!!

I have been taking a stab at Aloha Fridays, but since I was boo'd by On The Verge I thought I would do this, since YAY it is Halloween!!! I can't wait to take pictures, because it is Princess In Training's first Halloween and she will be the cutest ladybug by far!!

If you have been boo'd here is how it works:

Go to as many of your blog buddies as you want and tell them they have been boo-ed . Have them pick up this picture and add it to their blog and say with the link who boo-ed them . Put the picture in your sidebar if you want so then others know that you have already been boo-ed , if you post lots and it's not on the main page where everyone will see your boo-ed post!

***If you have tagged me for an award or meme don't worry I didn't forget just busy! Trying to get this place in order before my surgery! I will do them this weekend!!"

This has been one busy weekend, so I am going to start my week on a very happy note! This last week I recieved 2 awards!

The first award I got from Leah at Diaries of a Domestic Goddess! Go check her out... Her blog is awesome!!

Here is th e translation to the saying:

“This blog invests and believes, in ‘proximity’ [meaning, that blogging makes us 'close' - being close through proxy] "They are all charming blogs, and the majority of them aim to show the marvels of friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize, and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut, or that they propagate?"Then let’s try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to eight bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text.”

I am now to pass this on to 8 bloggers! Six of these bloggers are my hoes... yes this is said with the utmost love! Our pregnancies brought us together and in that time we have become soul sisters! So to you girls this award is for you! Now I know it says 8, but I would like to dedicate this to my girls!

I received my next 2 awards from The Mom at Sex Diaries of a Mom!


It is always great to hear that someone loves your blog! I feel so honored to have gotten this award! It is awards like these that make your blog worth all the work!

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The rules for the next award is I need to answer these questions with only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? couch
2. Where is your significant other? Vegas
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? Home
5. Your father? Far
6. Your favorite thing? Princesses
7. Your dream last night? None
8. Your dream/goal? Mother
9. The room you're in? Living
10. Your hobby? Everything
11. Your fear? Death
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? House
13. Where were you last night? Bed
14. What you're not? Energetic
15. One of your wish-list items? House
16. Where you grew up? Cali
17. The last thing you did? Bottle
18. What are you wearing? Jammies
19. Your TV? On
20. Your pets? None
21. Your computer? Lap
22. Your mood?Sleepy
23. Missing someone? Hubby
24. Your car? Parked
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your summer? Pregnant
28. Love someone? Definitely
29. Your favorite color? Black
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Early

I now need to pass these awards on! These ladies have some great blogs!

1. Tena at Punky Monkeys
2. Jaime at Just add Laughter
3. The girls at Boob Camp
4. Carrie at Raising World Changers
5. Elizabeth at Parenting Pink

Hope you all have a Magnificent Monday!

I have been tagged!

I am it! No I am not playing hide and seek... It is meme time! Tena over at Punky Monkeys has tagged me for 2 meme's. Now that I am a semi-pro at this I thought I would do both in the same post... Sit back and enjoy!

The first meme asks that the person tagged has to enter the 6th picture in their album. All my pictures are sorted into different albums, so I chose my first album, which is labeled Angela. She asked me to take a picture of her, so of course I complied! Why not, I make beautiful girls! I love this picture, because it shows some of Sassy's unique style... notice the gray top with sequins with the green top over it? I could show more pics, but this only asked for one. Plus I now have another post set for the future! I am lucky because the house is clean! Aww memories!




So, now I must tag some people now to pass it on!

1. Teenie over at The Smith Family
2. Amanda at Twinkies+1
3.Sandra at Mommy of 3 Beautiful Babies
4. Michelle at The Charlies Family


Okay now onto Meme #2! This is going to be fun, because I have to dig deep in this mommy brain and post 7 things that are weird and random about me... oh are you in for some weird and random things! I also need to enlighten you all with 6 things no one knows about me... okay this can't be done because there is at least 1 person that will know all of these 6 things, but to the blogging world... this is true!

Weird and Random

1.I cannot drink diet coke with caffeine... it does not taste right! Give me a diet caffeine free coke and I am in heaven!
2. I don't like anyone cleaning my kitchen but me... you won't do it right!
3. I hate wearing socks! I wear flip flops in the rain... I am a So. Cali girl so it works... no snow! I only own one pair of tennis shoes! I do wear heels, but again... no socks.
4. I don't mind washing clothes, or even folding, but ask me to put them away and I will procrastinate until the pile is too high and I have to refold.
5. I have to listen to my music LOUD! If I can't listen to it loud I would rather not listen to it at all!
6. Every night I watch Friends... I have all 10 seasons on DVD I pick a disc and put it on repeat.(it must be in order too) I can't sleep without it. If I forget to loop it I will wake up and start it again. I know bad habit, but it helps me clear my head!
7. I cannot read a book more than once. I have tried, but I loose interest after the first chapter! Harry Potter fans put me to shame... There are some who have reread the books at least 10 times. Even my hubby can reread books!

The 6 things no one knows... or the blogging world doesn't know

1. I have the ability to worry myself sick... for some reason anything can do this.
2. I honestly don't care what others think about me. It was a uphill battle, but my skin has thickened.
3. I sometimes live vicariously through my children. I make sure my girls do things that I wanted to do but never did!
4. I have a flu phobia. If I could put my house in a bubble during flu season I would. It has magnified 10 times now that Emma is here!
5. I was tormented and bullied as a kid. People say kids will be kids, but until you were at the receiving end you know this is not true!
6. My life long dream is to be an author. I have about 3 books that I have started, including one I started in high school. The ideas come easy... getting them on paper is the hard part!

Again I must tag people for this, so I am tagging some of the same people and throwing new names in the mix as well!

1. Teenie at the Smith Family
2 Amanda at Twinkies +1
3. Sandra at mommy to 3 beautiful babies
4. Michelle at The Charles Family
5. Diaries of the Domestic Goddess
6. Anyone who loves to reveal the deep dark secrets that are hiding within

Thursday 13: 100th Post!

You may have noticed there was no Monday post, but I manipulated my blog so that my 100th post could be on a Thursday! I am still in shock that I have posted 100 posts! It still feels like yesterday that I started this baby! So here are my 13 things that I have learned and love about the blogging world!

1. I learned to always read and re-read my posts before publishing... grammatical errors are so last 100 posts.

2. I learned that the blogging world is more than what I ever thought it could be!

3. I learned that everyone has a style of their own!

4. I love that I get to share my princesses with my blog friends!

5. My blog friends... You are the greatest!

6. All the wonderful stories I get to read on a daily basis!

7. To not compare your style with others... we are all different and that is what makes us who we are!

8. I can always look back and recall the details of events... let's face it being a mom brings mom mush brain!

9. I get to share my princesses... yes I repeated, but hey without them there would be no blog!

10. How everything I do can turn into a great story for my blog!

11. That the blog community is so inviting!

12. How there is so much out there and I just want to learn it all!

Last but not least

13. That when the princesses are older I have these stories to share with them!

Better Late Than Never!

Today was a long day, such a long day that I didn't get a chance to go on the computer! To this mommy that means it has been a rough day, because I can always sneak some internet time in here and there throughout the day. Princess In Training has been colicky so this blog comes at 10:31 pm. Excuse the shortness and the dryness, but this mommy needs some sleep!

So, I took the advice of a friend (thanks Tena) and have been jotting down a ton of ideas for future blogs, so watch out for some fun (at least I hope they are) reads in the near future! I am my own worse critic, so they may take awhile after I write and then rewrite them some more!

Hope you are having a Wonderful Wednesday!

You scratch my back I will scratch yours!

My dear dear friend Tena over at Punky Monkeys has nominated me for a Dottie award over at MomDot! I am truly honored, since yes I was and always will be a Teacher's Pet!

So, of course I am now pushing for votes! My campaign theme? "If you scratch my back I will scratch yours!"

If you want comment love everyday I will do it!

Want to be on my blog roll? Done

Want me to advertise a contest? Sure

Just want some praise from me? Check

See I truly am a Teachers Pet!

So here is what I need you to do...

1. Click here and it will take you right to the comment box.

2. Include this info:

Blog your nominating: Mommy to 2 Princesses

Blogger's name: Allison

URL: http://mommyto2princess.blogspot.com/

Category: Teacher's Pet

Please, Please help this mommy out!

The day we all came together!

September 11, 2001 marks a day of tragedy that pulled a nation together! Every year on this day I look back and remember what I was doing that day.

That day I woke up to get ready for school. I was going to the local city college and had my environmental biology class and philosophy. Sassy had turned a year old a month earlier as well. I walked into the the living room where my husband and mother in law were watching the news. The first plane had just hit. I didn't know what to think and honestly wasn't scared or angry or anything at that point! I was very naive about the whole thing. I went to my biology class where we talked a little about it. No one knew that any of the buildings had collapsed. I got to my philosophy class a little late where our instructor had the TV on and the whole class just looked shell shocked. When I sat down I saw that both buildings had collapsed and the replay of people jumping out of these monstrous buildings to make the end come that much faster! I was just shocked that anything like this could ever happen! This is when I learned about terrorism and how someone could have that much hatred to kill so many innocent people! People lost friends, wives, husbands, children, mothers, husbands, family members!

In honor of this day my family and I attend our local Patriot Day concert! It is a big deal and always crowded, which still shows how patriotic our country still is! One day I plan on going to New York and going to the site of the Twin Towers!

On a lighter note...

I nominated my dear friend Tena for a Dottie award over at Mom Dot. Please, please go vote for her!! She has one of the best blogs that I read daily! Here is what you need to do...

Click here to get to the comment box and include this information in the comment box:

Name of blogger: Tena
Name of blog: Punky Monkeys
Blog URL: http://5150mommy.blogspot.com/
category: Most Likely to Succeed

I really want her to win! If you don't want to take my word for how great this blog is than go check for yourself and you will agree!

Say It Isn't So!!!

Last night I came upon a sad realization... I am no longer able to fit in with early 20's crowd. Yes I am still in my 20's and maybe it is because I am wise beyond my years (oh so I would like to think) with a 8 year marriage and 2 children. So, last night I went to dinner for my cousin Candice's 21st birthday. We were amongst family and some of her friends. As I was sitting in the middle of two groups... The early 20's crowd and the wise mother's group... I would listen to both conversations from both sides. In the midst of listening and somewhat interjecting with the early 20's group I would have to stop and reprimand Sassy and tend to Princess In Training. I all of a sudden got this feeling that I was too old to even sit near them... This epiphany really hurt! I may age gracefully, but being too old to hang with the youngin's makes me want to find that fountain of youth. I know I need to suck it up and just deal with it, but my mom rubbed off on me and I do not want to grow old! I want to be forever young... and I will darn you!

I am one happy mommy today! Want to know why? I have my lap top back! When I laid it on my lap it still fits like a glove! No more fighting for Eric's in between his trading research and reading sports articles. Why have I been without? Because someone or something broke my power cord. So, the highlight of my day was when my mom left my house and said, "You have a package from Dell?" WOO HOO!! I ripped open that box so fast that I now have a paper cut in the works to heal. I have already transfered my bookmarks and am saving so much more. Plus I can download whatever I want, because this is MY computer!! My computer is also faster, because Mr. Eric's sites for trading, and charts, etc. make his computer SSSLLLOOOWWW! So, I am sitting with one sleeping child and the other 2 children... I mean one child and one hubby at Disneyland... blogging for the day!

The labor day weekend is upon us and summer is as we know is O-V-E-R! I am excited for school to start, but my favorite season is ending! I am not looking forward to fall and winter! Especially the flu season! As I have said before I have the biggest phobia of all things Flu! Luckily Sassy has the immune system of steel like her father. I see dry, cracking hands in my future, since yes I will be washing my hands every chance I get during this time! Okay not all things during these seasons are bad... I mean my favorite shows are coming back, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, snow in the mountains, more trips to Disneyland.

Speaking of shows coming back... who here will be tuning into watching the new 90210? I admit it I already have it set to record. I grew up watching this show... as I look back I probably shouldn't have at the tender age of 11, because when Sassy is 11 I sure as hell won't let her watch it then. I even had all the barbie dolls. My fave of course was Brandon... I just love the smart ones! Fave girl? Of course Valerie... I know not an original, but she was all things I knew I never would be... dangerous, confident, bad ass! Another show coming back that I have to admit I watch? OTH, aka One Tree Hill! I thought I would be waiting for October, but the CW network must love me (okay I know I am not that important in the world of television) for coming back in the beginning of September!

Hope you are all having a wonderful Friday!

My mind is a wandering!

As I lay to go to sleep my mind wanders through a world of thoughts... Know what these thoughts are... Topics for this blog. They sound great in my head and I get really excited for my chance to blog the next day. Well the next day comes and where are my great ideas... *poof* gone, MIA. It is like a great dream you have that you use all the fibers of your being to remember every single detail! I keep telling myself that I need to sleep with a notebook right under my pillow, so I can write these great ideas down!

So can someone tell me where my easy baby went. I knew as soon as I told the world how lucky I was to have a baby that just went to sleep and never fussed that I would be eating my words. Poor Princess In Training has been having belly issues. We are now playing the elimination game of what formulas will work better. This is new territory for us, because we could give Sassy anything and she never had problems. Heck this child never spit up. After 3 nights of cuddling a colicky baby this mommy just wants to wave a wand and fix her baby! Next on our list is trying soy. If you have any advice I am all ears!

My wonderful mother went back to school this semester. She realized during her recuperation of her knee surgery that she wants do something more with her life. So, she has started by taking a online class on typography. My mom is one of the most creative person I know... she can paint, draw, sew, do woodwork, do embroidery, etc. So, typography is next on her list I guess. Well I got a call last night asking me to come over and help her figuring out the site her class is using. (Eric is the go to on all things computer and I am the go to on all things school) I show her what she needs to do and she then jokingly (well half joking) asks if I will write her papers. You want to know something... I would so do it too! I love school and writing papers I loved to do, especially if it were a 2 page paper.... piece of cake! I am so proud of my mom! She is amazing and it is so cute to see her get so excited over going to school!

Well Emma is starting to wake up again... pray we find a cure to the belly issues!

Darn Computer!!!

I had planned on catching up on some meme's I was tagged for and mention a blog award that I had received while in the hospital having Princess In Training. Well today I guess isn't that day. "P-I-T" was a fussy one today, which is so not like her. Eric and I solved the mystery though. My little peanut is turning into a chunky monkey and is up to eating 4 ounces. Fed her the bottle and she is out like a light!

So, I had been writing my blog on and off today... thank goodness for the automatic save... and my computer is acting up. It won't let me upload anything at the moment! *** So, for those I tagged stay tuned for Saturday and I will post that blog! ***

One last tidbit before I get to cleaning the kitchen and bake a cake.

Sassy went to the American Girl store today and brought home a doll! I cannot believe how much these dolls resemble their owners in terms of skin, eye, and hair color! The dolls are beautiful! Their hair can be brushed and styled, there are many outfits that can be bought, and you can actually buy clothes that match your dolls. I did not go with Sassy on this outing, but I think this place must be great!

Tomorrow my hottie hubby turns the big 3-1! I will have a special blog dedicated to him if I get the time to blog, since we will be having a family day.

Hope your Thursday is great one! I am hoping for some down time, since "P-I-T" seems to be my laid back baby once again!

It's Monday yet again!

I am still suffering from writers block! My mind is a blank slate and I wish I had something witty to write about. I do have to say that the blogging world amazes me! There is just so much out there! I just can't seem to catch up on the world of blogging and I don't know where to start. Doing this has sparked my interest in other areas. I want to learn photoshop and other types of graphics and I want to learn how HTML and how to make websites. There is so much out there and I feel computer illiterate when I thought I knew a lot about that was out there! I told Eric about this and told him I may take some online classes at the local city college during Spring 2009 semester. Eric also said that if I really end up pursuing this he would get me an imac!!! I have wanted one for so LONG!!! I loved working on them when I was teaching computers last year.

This Friday I am officially 38 weeks pregnant and I am starting to loose the energy that got me through cleaning my WHOLE place. I walk to another room and I am beat! I know the end is near and I will be even more exhausted, but at least I will be able to walk to another room without carrying a 6-7 pound baby in my belly. I have elephant feet that never go away lately as well. I know I am becoming Miss Negativity (and I dislike hearing it myself) but man oh man are my emotions fighting the good battle inside. At least I can control them for the most part, but poor Angela sometimes gets the brunt of them. I have had to go into another room to count to 10 just so I can calm down. When Eric is here the mood swings stay under control. He has that effect on me.

Angela has been really sweet lately! It has been a nice break from that sassy week I had. Today we went to Michaels craft store and she bought the Project Runway paper doll set. She had money left over and was able to buy the kit. This has kept her content for the last 3 HOURS!!! I do find it funny that her outfits she is making all color coordinate. I should add a pic in another blog of her clothing choices. Ever since she started watching Project Runway this season she is fascinated by the whole process! She has sketches in her room from months ago when she was designing clothes for her future rock band. I am thinking of finding classes for her to learn how to make clothing! A daughter who makes clothes? SCORE for this mommy!!! So, I wonder where fashion design will fit into her busy schedule of being rock star/marine biologist/astronaut/teacher? I will have to take pictures of her creations and share them with all of you!

Have a great Monday evening! I am off to make dinner (nothing special). Hoping writers block will end soon!!!

Tuesday Tirade...

Here is a pic from the shower. The diaper cake was made by my step-mom.

Okay I start with a bit of a tirade today!



Today I had a doctors appointment at 9 am. The parking spots at this place are pretty much all compact spaces, which luckily I have a tiny Toyota Corolla. So, when I get there I always park away from cars so I can maximize the space I am given. Now for the last 2 appointments some jack ass (excuse my french) has parked SO close that I have a hard time getting in my car to leave. It is so frustrating! HELLO the 9 month preggo hear can't suck in the stomach. I am to the point where I don't mind dinging cars because they deserve it. Today the lucky car was a BMW convertible with the top down. I could give a flying you know what for damaging a door so I can get in my car to leave. Can someone tell me how hard it is to back up and situate your car so that both cars on either side can get out? UGH



Tirade over!!



SO today was my 35 week appointment. I am now officially a ever week appointment preggor!! WOO HOO! Anywho, he did the Strep B culture... feel a little violated, but hell I am pregnant so I should get used to it by now. I was dissapointed becuase he didn't check for progress. I was hoping he would but no he didn't. Why is it that doctors never divulge information willingly. It is like I have to beat it out of him! UGH! Oh well... Baby is healthy and that is all that matters. My fundus height was on track, as was the heartbeat! The countdown is on! Is there some kind of tracker you can put on a blog? If you know please let me know!



Okay so I didn't get a chance to get into too much detail about the baby shower. I am now blanking on what I already wrote... It was more of a low key shower than Angela's! We played a few games, but none that exuded social interaction. We did the necklace "Can't say baby game" Brenna won that one. We did a "Guess how many" game which consisted of cotton balls in a giant bottle my aunt Joyce won that one. The last game was a diaper raffle. My cousin Isabelle won that one. We mainly all relaxed and mingled.



If Emma decided to enter the world today I would be okay because we now have everything we could possibly need and it is all washed! I even got me a hooter hider! I wasn't going to but I splurged. The one thing I didn't get was the sling, but I have time on that. I am in major nesting mode again, because my plan is to have the whole house organized and clean before she comes, so when I come home I am coming home to a nice clean house. Anyone think that can happen?



Okay, so everytime I go to other blogs I sit in awe over how great they look and how interesting they are. I am in a rut and hope that I get more viewers. I know of 2 consistant ones. My hubby comes on, but only if I leave the window up. He gets a kick out of it. I guess I want it more inticing. I need to look into creative posts. The Thursday 13 is the only one right now and for the most part not that consistant, except I am almost done with the promised Thursday 13: Fave quotes from Friends when Rachel was pregnant. So if you have any advice or insight into livening this site up please let me know! I am cheap though so hopefully it won't cost me anything... okay I am not cheap, but Eric would not be happy spending money for this blog.



Hope you all are enjoying your Tuesday! I am off to hopefully take a quick nap.

Can't Sleep anymore... so I blog!

I fell asleep at an okay hour last night or first thing today (was around midnight) and found myself wide awake at 5am. It is now 5:52 am and I am still not asleep. So, that being said I thought I would blog some randomness!

First off... my friend Tena tagged me for a MEME (don't know what a MEME stands for... dense I know). Secondly I do not know 5 people on here, so I will be unable to tag a single soul (sorry for being a dead end).

This MEME says to write a 6 worded memoir. I have been thinking about this for a couple days and think I have something worth writing:

Children are a gift from God!

Now onto some randomness for the preggo:

I am 35 weeks pregnant today, so that means 5 weeks till my due date! So happy it is getting closer, and I will be able to hold my baby in my arms, but nervous about the impending labor. I now see why the human brain forgets pain after some time. If we remembered pain I bet we would have a lot of one child families! Usually I am pretty strong, but lately I have been have anxiety ridden moments... mainly at night when I cannot sleep.

Today I get my new cell phone. I am a true cell phone junky! I love all the fun things cell phones can do. My other one is on the fritz (my fault) and my husband has kindly agreed that I need to get a new one. With the end of the pregnancy coming to a close I need to be able to reach the outside world without waiting for my now cell to be nice to me and actually work for once. So, if I have ignored calls or texts it is because my phone battery drains like my energy these days.

So, last night was our weekly concert in the park night. It is a time of picnic while listening to great music. Kids run around and play and dance to the music. This is a summer tradition we have had now for about 4-5 years. Unfortunately last nights good music was tainted by drama that got the park patrons all excited (not happy excited, but oh what's going on excited). Of course where we sit was a front row seating of the spectacles. First, this poor teenager was brought limping over to the Sheriffs that always come to this every week. I look down and lo and behold I see his leg covered in blood. I shriek and turn away cause I hate the sight of nasty cuts and a lot of blood. Well the paramedics and ambulance came to take the boy to the hospital... I definitely saw stitches in his future. Now what gets me is the fact that people actually crowded around the boy just to see what was going on. They didn't care about his well-being but just had to know what was going on. Get a life people! I swear all I saw was the image of Brittany Spears being crowded by the paparazzi while being taken to the hospital by ambulance.

After that excitement died down a couple of officers come walking back to their squad cars with a man who looked to be drunk as a skunk. They take him to a car and start patting him down. Well this man did not like being violated, because he started resisting them. A couple more officers come including a park patron (don't know what he was thinking) get him cuffed and in the back of the car. All of a sudden I hear pounding, look over and the man has kicked out the window of the squad car. Sheriff pepper sprays the man, which in turn aggravates him more and he turns to do the same to the other window. What he was accomplishing I have no idea. I would have loved to see him try and actually climb out of the car from the window while handcuffed. About 5 minutes later 5 more cars bolt to the scene. In my head I am thinking "How many officers does it take to get a drunken man to the station?". After all this is Lakewood and what else do the officers have to do? So, this was a nice change for them... they actually got to get in on some action.

Poor Angela freaked out over it, even though we were laughing at the situation. If you there you would have found it comical as well. Eric and I made sure to tell Angela.. "This is what happens when you drink and use drugs (they pulled something out of his pocket not sure if it was drug paraphernalia)." I hope she remembers this every time she is tempted to follow any any of those acts! What she doesn't know are my teen stories and she NEVER WILL!!! What she doesn't know won't hurt her. Let's hope this tactic works!

So I have been wanting to do a Thursday 13 related to the one thing that can free my thoughts and calm me down after a long day. This would be the show Friends. Next week stay tuned for my 13 favorite quotes from when Rachel was pregnant with Emma (like the name... coincidence I think not).

I am now going to try and get a couple more hours of sleep. HAHA not likely. I will probably end up reading my book, "Something Borrowed" by Emily Giffin. This is a great read and highly recommended!

Good Morning to all of you early risers!