Birthday Girl

Brenna is finally one. This is huge for us!!! We went to the doctor today for her well-baby check up. She is 20.4 pounds (although wii fit says 20.1) and 28.25 inches long. She is now a normal baby. We don't need to do anything different with her than any other baby. She is not at risk for any preemie type complications any more. YEAH!!!!

For some one so small in the beginning, she is just perfect now. My beautiful, sweet, perfect baby girl!!!

I am so grateful!

Round and round, we go!!

We went to Furman University the other day. Ed is always looking for a new place to take pictures, and Furman has a beautiful campus. We were there a couple of hours, just walking about. I even got to carry the camera for a bit. I took a few pictures, once I figured out how to turn it on. I think they turned out dark (I wasn't about to change a setting or guess where the flash button was) but, Ed heard the clicking and fixed it for me. Then he took the camera back.



We stopped at the Bell Tower. (Does every college have one?) Ed got some great shots, and almost dropped the flash. I took a few pictures and then slammed my head into the metal stairs. Brenna was starting to get bored looking at the ducks, and laughing at us, so we wandered around the lake, and headed back to the car.


I thought that we were heading directly back to town, but we got stuck before we even got off the grounds. We were stuck in the round about. There wasn't any traffic slowing us down. It wasn't a large round about with several confusing exits. There was a driver that LOVES round abouts. I think we went around at least 4 times. I suspect it was the driving in a counter-clockwise motion that got Ed so excited.

We had a great day!!

No, He didn't!!!

Anyone that knows us well, knows that we do not shop at Home Depot. Usually, because Lowes has better prices, better items, and employees that are actually on the sales floor.

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The other reason that I do not like to shop at Home Depot is that Ed doesn't like me shopping at the "competitor." When I do, shhh, I hide the bags and the sales receipt. Otherwise, I get a talk. Sometimes our talk includes how well (or not) Tony Stewart is performing on the track. And, how much we hate #20. And, why, oh why, would we help him out.

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Once, when Home Depot opened a new store near us, Randy wanted to drive though the parking lot and spit on the ground. I am pretty sure, if I would have let them, Ed would have joined in.

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So, why am I writing about this?

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Because Ed went to Home Depot on his way home from work last night. And, he bought something. I caught him scrunching the bags into the garbage.

Please, Please, Please

You know who you are...


How to use Quotation Marks " "

Note that commas and periods go inside the closing quotation mark in conventional American usage.

Example:

He asked, "Will you be there?" "Yes," I answered, "I'll look for you in the foyer."

Colons and semicolons go outside; and placement of question and exclamation marks depends on the situation.

Put a dash, question mark, or exclamation point within closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it applies to the whole sentence.

Example:

Philip asked, "Do you need this book?"

Does Dr. Lim always say to her students, "You must work harder"?

Sharon shouted enthusiastically, "We won! We won!"

I can't believe you actually like that song, "Tears"!

The other ones

Here are Ed, Randy and Merdith. We were at the Zoo.

Summer

We have been busy lately. That is my excuse for not writing anything here recently.

I decided at the beginning of the summer to move the children's beds around. Randy had bunk beds, Meredith had a full size bed. They needed to switch because Randy's room needed to be used for guests. It is too hard to move the baby back into her crib after she spent a week sleeping with me. This decision caused a huge mess of obstacles.

No, not Randy throwing a fit because he has had those bunk beds for 5 years and I was ruining any chance of future happiness, which he did.

It was the list of things I need to do first.

Some of these projects I had started already and didn't want Ed to look at me funny.

With shopping for new bedding on my mind at all times, I needed to get some of those projects done fast.

In the last two weeks I have:

Made and put up a new shelf behind the TV (getting Tivo out of reach from Brenna)

Painted the front porch

Painted and changed the switch plate covers in the living room (took 4 years for me to get sick enough of the olds ones-they were gold)

Recovered the swing (made a new cover for the cushion and the awning)

Cleaned the workroom

Changed the radiator hose on my car (had no choice on that, the old one exploded)

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Miscellanious things like changed air filters and light bulbs, cleaned light globes, and fixed broken toys that have been piling up in my closet.

I am sure I have forgotten something, but my brain is in shock and I just can't remember.

Yesterday, I moved the big bed into Randy's room and put one bunk bed in Meredith's room. The other bunk bed is going to be painted this week and put into her room when it is done, then I will paint the other.

In the middle of all of that, I did go shopping for the perfect quilts for the girls room. I can't wait until it is all done.

Don't worry though, I have another long list of things to do before I strip the wall paper off the kitchen walls and repaint. I won't get bored.

Brenna, the tease.

My Ears!!!

Does anyone else know the feeling? The one where your ears are about to explode?

School is out, of course. The last few weeks have ok. I usually like the kids being home from school. This is the first time we have had a break since Brenna has been born, that we have not be crazy busy. It is very different. Having Brenna share a room with Meredith makes it hard to have Meredith play in there. Brenna still naps at least twice a day. Having Meredith play in Randy's room causes them to yell at each other.

Gas is too high to go somewhere everyday. Last summer we went out several days a week, just to keep busy. Library, movie, to get half price icees from Sonic, we liked to go out. Now, those icees are like $10. This year, we try to cram it all into one day, which leave us bored for 4 others.

Those children of mine are starting to make me nutty.

Randy had cub scout camp this week. I was hoping for some quiet. Both older children are much better behaved if one is gone somewhere else. They are polite and play well by themselves nicely. I was thinking I would get something done this week.

Nope.

Meredith won't stop talking. Her new favorite subject is how she is so talkative, and why, and how nothing could be done about it. She follows me around the house telling me about it. She is driving her brother to lock his door and wear his head phones. His asked for earplugs yesterday. I think the cat is hiding from her.

I wish I would fit under the bed too.

The Ride, part 2

I checked Ed's blog this morning and saw that he wrote about our horseback ride. I have been meaning to write about it myself, but we have been spending too much time playing Civ 4 instead. And I mean instead of things like blogging, laundry, dishes, and even NASCAR watching. (Please no one tell me who have won the last two races, I have them on TiVo.)

So, my version of our anniversary:

I knew Ed was planning something, because he asked me to find a babysitter for Monday morning. While Randy and Meredith spend plenty of time at other people's homes, Brenna has never been at the "baby sitter's." I have only left her two times. Once for about 20 minutes, with my closest friend, and once with Ed's mom while the rest of us went to dinner half a block away. The times I have left her home with Ed are very few as well.

I called our close friends, (family) Bill and Jewell. They would be happy to watch my princess. I knew she would be well taken care of, Bill and Jewell love her as much as we do. Randy went with his friend and Meredith went camping with hers.

For a week, Ed had been giving my hints about what we were doing. I thought about hot air ballooning, which I was not going to do. I would watch, and take pictures though. I thought about kayaking, which I was sure what we were doing until the last clue. I was told to wear jeans or slacks. I had even thought about horseback riding, but I was so focused on the others, that I passed it by. About 10 minutes from where the stables were, I guessed right. There was nothing else around, unless we were going to go buy a goat, except trees and horses.

Ed's part of the story picks up here, with the paying and getting out horses. His was HUGE, mine was very nice looking and smaller. I thought about laughing at my good fortune, but Ed looked a bit scared so I didn't. We got the horses ready and went to the corral to practice. Ed was already there, walking in circles. It didn't look too hard. I went in, made half a lap, and my horse stopped. It wouldn't start up again. I try kicking it, pushing it, talking to it.. Nothing. Suddenly, she started moving. It turns out that she was spooked by a fox the week before in that same spot. I guess she was making sure the fox was gone before continuing.

Off we went.. I asked the guide what I should do if Maggie stopped again. She told me that Maggie liked to eat leaves and would try to stop, but I was the boss. I had to control the horse. Yeah right, I thought. This horse could decide it wanted a snack much more than it wanted to go for a walk, and throw me on the ground. I knew the horse was the boss, I was just hoping Ed's horse would push mine around the trail.

We didn't have any problems after that. Both horses followed the guide. We had a wonderful time. It was very beautiful.

When we left the farm, we got lunch. I was ready to get my baby back, so we went and got her. She had a great time. She didn't even cry. She is a little closer to saying "Bill" than "Mama," but I am still working on it.

List

Sunday was our 12th anniversary. I can hardly believe that time has gone so fast. Sometimes, it seems like yesterday. Sometimes, it seems like it was 100 years ago.

Last year on our anniversary, I made the kids watch our wedding video. They were astonished at how much younger everyone was, and talked about it for days. This year they said they were not watching "that" again.

12 years ago, I would have never expected to be where we are now. Especially here in South Carolina, in such a small town. Moving here was a decision we made out of the blue one day. Sort of a throw a dart at the map type of thing. Amazingly, I was home the second we walked into our house.

A couple of years ago, I found a list Ed and I made, when we were about 16, of what we wanted someday. I was surprised to find we have most of that list. It even included living in the mountains. We were going to live near waterfalls, someplace where the leaves change colors. Ed was going to be a writer and we were going to have several typewriters. I hope 2 computers count for that. We were going to have 2 children. (Brenna is extra!) We were also going to have a helicopter, a condo in Chicago and a maid. Someday...

Some days, I get bored staying home with the kids. Some days, I complain about how the house is a mess, or the children are fighting. Some days, I get irritated that I tripped over the stupid dog, again.

But, everyday, I am thankful for the life Ed and I have made. We have so much fun together. We are best friends. We have the most beautiful children. We take the time to make memories, and to appreciate what we have. What more could a girl want??

What did she say?

It has been too long since my last post. I have been crazy busy with my sister being here, and school winding down for the year. The kids have been up too late, which means they are extra cranky, which makes me have an extra large headache.

Amanda and I had a great time. We played cards, and I won by a few hundred points. We went shopping, we ate lots of good food, we visited with my friends. It was a nice 10 days, although it went by fast. I will see her again over the summer when we go to visit family in Illinois.

I have several funny stories to tell... here are some.

1. As we were driving home from the airport the day Amanda arrived, we were talking about things here at home. Amanda asked about the rock quarry. Specifically, if it was still there. I told her that I didn't think that they had moved it. She asked something about if it had run out of rocks. I told her no.

2. One night, we were all eating dinner together. Randy and Meredith were talking. Brenna was crying because I am too slow shoveling food into her mouth. Ed was calling someone on his cell phone. (I think it was the Heinz company- this is a whole other story.) Amanda asked me about all this noise giving me a headache. Meredith said, "She is used to it, I was born talking." I guess she has heard me tell people that she never (and I mean NEVER) stops.

3. Amanda and I were at the mall last Friday. Brenna loves her stroller and will happily talk and play while I shop. I was looking at dresses for Meredith when I heard "Dadadadad." I couldn't believe it. I had been working with her since she came home from the hospital to say Mama. It is so unfair. She has been saying "Hi" for a few weeks now, but Mama should come long before Dada. The other two said Dada before Mama too. Ed, of course, was happy.

Amanda

SHE IS HERE!!!

My sister, Amanda, flew in Wednesday. It was a very busy day, but we had a nice time. I got the kids off to school. They didn't know she was coming, although Randy snuck down the stairs before I knew he was up and overheard us talking about the train station. I think he knew she was coming at some point, but he didn't expect her yesterday. After the bus came for the kids, Brenna and I made a new CD for the car, and headed for Atlanta. About 20 minutes down the road, Amanda called and said her flight was in (30 minutes early, when does that EVER happen?) Luckily, we had planned on her taking the MARTA train to Doraville, and I would pick her up there. By the time she got her luggage and took the train, I was only about 15 minutes away.

I picked her up, and then we headed back to South Carolina. The great thing about driving through Georgia is the outlet malls. So, we stopped. We did some crazy fast shopping. We only had about 2 hours because we wanted to get back before the kids got home. I bought a huge bag of clothes for the girls and a pair of REALLY cute shoes for me.

On the way home we stopped at a Checkers. I haven't had Checkers in about 15 years, and I remembered them to be much better than they actually were. Either way, we ate.

We made it back home before the kids, and Amanda hid next to the wall when they came in. Randy walked right past her to the kitchen, and wanted to know what was for snack. Meredith walked into the living room and said "What are you doing here?" They were both very excited to see her.

Last night we had dinner at church. My friend Bill has been looking forward to seeing Amanda too. In fact, he has been asking me for 3 weeks about when was she coming. We had a nice dinner. (I cook for Wednesday night supper. I only cook what I like.)

Amanda and I started another Rummy marathon (We played when she was here in December. I won!) and Ed and I are going to teach her how to play Catan.

Also, if you look in the picture you can see some of the 36 periwinkle plants I dug holes for. Ed forgot to mention that in his blog. He didn't tell you about the 25 or so annuals that went into the ground either. Our new garden is looking great!!!

Full Moon

Yesterday was a full moon!! Or maybe it is tonight. Either way, it was crazy!!!

Brenna is usually a really good baby. She hardly ever fusses, never really cries. She loves Randy and Meredith, and will watch them play. She will sit and play for quite a while by herself. She talks and smiles and laughs at me most of the day. Sure, she is a bit spoiled. She likes me to be close to her, at least where she can turn and make sure I didn't leave her with Daddy. But, if she can see me, she is a doll.

NOT YESTERDAY!!!

Nope!! My good little girl was a terror. I couldn't put her down for 2 minutes without her SCREAMING. She was fussy, she was sleepy, she was bored. I have about 200 plants to get in the ground, my house is a HUGE mess, my other kids would like to talk to me, and I wanted to write a blog. Nothing got done.

Today, of course, is Sunday. We have church. It is supposed to rain tonight. I would like to get some of the plants in the ground before that. I am sure that if I work outside today, my neighbors will be talking about me. Today is a day of rest (for anyone that doesn't have to fight 3 kids to get ready on time) and I don't think Brenna being difficult is a good enough reason to get my hands dirty. I am going to risk my reputation, and do it though. My plan is to make it seem like I am smelling the flower, and quickly push it in the hole. If I do 1 or 2 at a time, I may just get away with it. Also, we are Methodist and we get out of church about an hour before anyone else. I need to get the holes dug before I see any cars coming.

Wish me luck. I hope they blame the craziness (you know, crazy woman going outside every ten minutes to smell the flowers with no blooms) on the moon.

Mother's Day

I have had a nice, calm day.

I woke up not feeling well, so we stayed home from church. The baby and I got up around 8 am and went to find some coffee. Taped to the cabinet door was a beautiful card from Ed. He had to work all day, so he left the card for me to find.

Randy and Meredith each gave me a pot of flowers that they had decorated. Also, they had made cards and stories at school. Meredith included a list of questions she had answered about me...
Mom's favorite food.. choklit (chocolate)
Mom's favorite color... yellow
Mom cooks the best... fugge (fudge)
Mom eyes are... blue
Mom is... 10 feet tall
Mom is...90 pounds

What a wonderful girl.

Ed will be home from work soon and we are going out to dinner. I am getting Fajitas. Mmmm.

I hope all you moms out there had a great day.

Pests

Brenna and I went shopping this morning, and then met Ed for lunch. While we were waiting for him to finish up some work, Brenna fell asleep. Ed walked up to her and I after a couple of minutes. I had been reading a sign they had posted on the wall. Some thing about a new sale for the next week. Then I heard screaming..

No, not the baby!!

Ed was yelling. "Spider! Spider! Spider!" Each "spider" was a bit higher and louder than the last. I looked around, at the wall, at the sign I was reading, on the floor.

"No, on the baby!!!"

So, I reached out and smacked the handle of the car seat the spider was running across.

Dead, flat spider.

Abbeville

For Christmas Ed gave me a book about ghosts that live in the Upstate. There are several in our area, they live under bridges and in old train tunnels. I have been to the Stump House Mountain several times and have never seen the one there.

I was more hopeful about the spirits in Abbeville. The birth and death of the Civil War happened here, and the one thing I know about Southerners, is their love for anything Civil War. Surely, someone has hung around waiting to avenge the way of life back then, or at the very least, to tell me how it was truly the "war of northern aggression."

Before leaving, I looked over my book. I knew of 2 places to search. The Opera House, and the Episcopal Church. I knew there could be more, it is a small book, so I need to keep my eyes open. After Ed took about 400 pictures of the statue in the main square, we headed over to the courthouse and Opera House.

The ghost of an older woman lives in the third floor balcony. I wasn't going to go up there, but I was hoping she would lean over the edge or something. Brenna and I sat down to take our own pictures while Ed wandered around. I saw him go up the stairs so I waited for a loud scream. He didn't see the ghost either, but I think Brenna did. This is what I saw...

Next, we went to the church. It was beautiful. I don't think they have changed anything in over a hundred years.. including the misprinted pew marker..

I did not see the ghost here. In fact, I did not see any ghosts in the whole town. I was very disappointed.

We did have a fantastic lunch and a great day. I am hoping that we can go back sometime with the older kids. I can't tell them to be on the look out, because Meredith will refuse to go. But, I will be ready.

Spots

Randy has been home from school most of the week. He has woken up each morning looking something like this.

This picture was taken yesterday. Earlier in the week, he didn't look quite so bad. This all started Sunday night. Hives covered his entire body. We don't know what caused it, although, we suspect a new local honey we bought this weekend.

I finally took him to the doctor, because I was worried about his lips being swollen. She said he is allergic to something. DUH!!! But, she did give him some new medication. Benedryl did not work. Randy started the new medication, and last night he looked almost like a normal boy. The pharmacist said the steroids would make him hyper and irritable.

Good thing he can go to school today.

Normal People

We were sitting down for dinner the other night, discussing what we were going to do on Saturday.

"I bet you are going to make us go hiking all day long!" said Meredith. She put her head down on the table.

"I don't want to go geocashing." Randy whined.

Ed and I decided to go to the Azalea Feastival instead of hiking. It was pretty rainy. The kids were still not excited..

"Why can't we stay home like normal people?"

Brenna

Brenna turned 6 months this past weekend. We took her in for a check up on Monday. She is 13 pounds, 11 ounces and 26.25 inches long. Randy and Meredith were both about 16 pounds at 6 months, Randy was taller and Meredith about an inch shorter. Brenna got her vaccinations and only cried for a few minutes. Ed went with us to the doctor. He did pretty well too.


I think she is starting to look more like Meredith.

That is Mine

Last Thursday night we stopped at a hotel. After we were settled in our room, I went out to get some drinks. Ed wanted a Dr. Pepper. The vending machine only had Mr. Pibb, which I knew wouldn't be acceptable. So, I didn't get him anything to drink. I got myself a red Gatorade.

I did offer Ed some change so he could go get something for himself. He said that he would just have 5 sips of mine..

What?

5 sips? Who says they want 5 sips? Maybe a sip, or even two. But FIVE? Come on!!

Also, Ed's sips are 4-5 swallows. He should have just gotten himself a cup. Or better yet, his OWN red Gatorade

I'm telling!

"I'm telling." I hear this all day long, everyday. Unfortunately, this is not always the kids telling on each other. They like to tell on Ed and me. I can't count the number of times I have come home to one of the kids waiting at the door. "Daddy fed us ice-cream for dinner," or "Daddy made us play the Wii, even though you grounded us for life from it."

I remember once when Randy was about 3. Meredith was a tiny baby. We were visiting some friends out of town, and Ed stayed home. At a busy restaurant, I misplaced Randy for about 2 minutes. He had run off while I was trying to pay for our lunch and hold onto the baby carrier. I, truly, only let go of his hand to reach into my pocket to pay the bill. Anyway, I wasn't going to mention our adventure to Ed. My beautiful son, the one that could barely talk, walked into our home 2 days later screaming "Mommy lost me in Gainesville!" Little snot.

Sometimes, these children threaten to call our mothers. Sometimes, I hide my phone.

Not too long ago, our children tried several times to tell on us to our good friends. One of our friends is our previous pastor. "Jack?" Randy said. "Do you drink alcohol?" I knew where this was going. I kicked the boy under the table.

This past week our children spent a lot of the time talking to our parents. Some time was used to divulge our misdeeds. More time was used to verify the stories we have told the kids about our past. I don't know which is worse. Next time we go on vacation I am taking the duct tape.

Pictures

Here is a picture of Heather and I, and our girls.






This picture is of Emilia and Brenna.

I am having the best time!!!

Monday

I spent the day with one of my oldest friends. Heather and I have been friends for over 20 years. We took the girls shopping for the day and out to lunch. We both have two girls, so we filled up her van. I spent huge amounts of money on hair clips for Meredith and matching clothes for both sets of girls. The babies are only 10 days apart, so they looked great!!! (Her baby could eat ours though)

Later that day, my sister bought plane tickets to come see me in a couple of weeks.

Then, we had dinner with my dad and Stephanie, and Ed's mom. We had a nice evening.

THEN, I KILLED ED IN OUR GAME!!!! I am so Awsome!!!

Tuesday

We took the kids to the beach. Ed and the older kids played in the water. I am not fond of sharks and slimy things so I stayed dry with Brenna. I dropped my camera in the sand trying to get her to sit pretty with her little sun hat on. Broke the camera. After Ed managed to get it to come on, you could hear the sand grinding the gears and it stopped focusing on anything more than 4 inches away. So we rushed out to buy a new one. I love it. It is much faster and it is red. Ed wouldn't let me stop in the mall to buy a new purse to match the camera, but I will get one when he goes back to work.

That night we went out to dinner at Heather's favorite restaurant. The girls wore their matching outfits and looked adorable. All the guys sat at one end with the kids and the girls were able to talk. I tried to convince them that moving to South Carolina would be fantastic. Vanessa said that she would have to start coming to church and become a good person. Like that was a bad thing.

We ate some great food. I was very thirsty though, the waiter wasn't to be seen but maybe twice and left my glass empty. This is a big problem for me and I didn't want him to get a tip. However, he decided he wanted one anyway, and gave himself 18%. Crazy!! I might have given him a few dollars because he had to clean up after 7 kids, but that was it!!

After dinner, we came back home and took some pictures of the kids. I will get them up here as soon as I figure out how.

You have got to be kidding me

I need to stop reading CNN. I am going to end up having a blog about the latest news stories, and then I will have to do research, and blah... I do have one more VERY important announcement to make. I read it here first.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ARE HAVING A REUNION!!!!

I was the biggest NKOTB fan alive!! I plastered my walls with pictures of Donnie Wahlberg. I read everything I could. I even had the doll, which now lives with Barbie in Meredith's closet. Somewhere in the attic is the book from the concert I begged to go to. My friends and I hardly ever had a conversation that didn't include those hot boys. I am so excited.


Are they joking? It is April 5th, not the 1st!!! The New Kids are pushing 40. I can't believe its been 20 years. I can't believe that their producers would think that people like me would go see them today. I have noticed that most of the toys I played with as a kids are available in stores now, but come on. Buying the girl a carebear or the boy a transformer is a bit different than dragging them to see 5 older men (one whom I am pretty sure is balding) jump around the stage singing "Hangin Tough."

I may secretly download their new album, but I draw the line there.

1 in 50

I have written this post twice today. This is the third time. The first time I was really sad. The second I was very angry. Neither really read well.

CNN has an article about the abuse and neglect of babies. It states that 1 in 50 babies will be abused or neglected within the first year of their life. A third of these babies will be under the age of one week.

I can't stop thinking about when our kids were first born. I can remember the excitement of bringing them home. I can even remember with Randy, thinking that the doctors were crazy to let me take him home. What did I know about taking care of something so small? As scared as I was, I knew I would do everything and anything to keep him, and then his sisters, safe.

I keep wondering how parents could be so selfish and so stupid. Do they know what they are doing? Are they people I know?

I shouldn't have been surprised really. I can't imagine what the statistics are for all children. I am afraid to look it up.

Hmmm?

This is going to take some getting used to. The living of life with a question hanging over my head...

Does this go on my Blog?

For months now, every time Ed did something I found amusing, I told him I was putting it on my blog. I did that in defense of all the times he has made me sound foolish on his. Sometimes, at least at first, I think he really thought I had. That I was sneaking over to the computer and writing about him. Of course, I wouldn't tell him the web address. What fun was in that?

He will be good material to write about. He makes me laugh, really hard. He doesn't even have to try.

Trouble

It is a rainy day today. The kids are watching television. The baby is asleep. Ed is out hiking up to the top of South Carolina. What should I be doing??

What I am doing is typing this post and worrying that Ed will slide down Table Rock Mountain after the torrential down pour that just went through the area. We only had a 30% chance of rain for this afternoon when he left this morning. At about 9:30 (almost 2 hours after he left) severe thunderstorms passed by, and now, the rain doesn't seem to want to let up.

What I would like to be doing is painting with my new found love, watercolor pencils. Or, sewing the new sleep sacks for the baby. Or, taking a nap. Or... I could keep going, but it would take all day.

What I should be doing is starting dinner for the good friends that are coming over tonight.

Ed and I bought a new board game, Settlers of Catan. It is a 3-4 player game. Randy is too young to play with us, and we have tried to pretend that a 3rd person was playing with us. That didn't work to well. So now, we invite our friends to a nice dinner and then beg them to play with us. So far so good. I have been winning. Last time, the people that came over were more on my team. Especially the woman. She actually called Ed "the Devil" at one point. This was good for me.

One half of the couple coming over tonight is on top of Table Rock with Ed. My only hope is that they were too busy dodging lightning bolts that they didn't have time to talk strategy. Usually girls will stick together better than the boys, but Ed and Rick together could be big trouble.

Moment of Insanity

Have you ever watched The Moment of Truth?? It is on Fox after American Idol. I can't decide it I love it or find it appalling. Either way, Ed and I are hooked. Week after week, someone ruins their life in about 10 questions. And, about half the people end up lying and lose the money on top of being humiliated.

Last night, the contestant admitted that he was a male prostitute in college. HELLO!!! You are on national television!!! Your mommy is sitting 10 feet away from you. Do you have any pride?? Well, probably not. I really wanted to know which women out there would actually pay for sex. They don't know men very well.

A few weeks ago, a woman admitted that she didn't think her husband was the man she should be married to. She would leave him if her ex would have her. I would think that was a conversation she should have been having at home with the poor guy she just destroyed. She ended up losing all the money. The final question was: Do you think you are a good person? She answered yes.. She lied!!! Idiot!!

I would love to have a chance to win all that money. I don't think my questions would be that hard.

Did you hide the Easter candy from your husband and kids so you don't have to share? Yep!!

Do you spend too much time playing spider solitaire instead of doing laundry? Sure do.