Top Ten Tuesday - Things a Man Should Never Say to His Wife

1. You should dress like that chick, she looks hot!
2. Is your hot friend single yet?
3. How many of those are you planning on eating?
4. You STILL look pretty to ME (Yep, I have heard those words)
5. What do you expect after two kids? You think you'll look like a bikini model?
6. Go ahead. Go out with your friends. Have fun! (Trap. Don't do it. You'll never live it down as long as you live...at least in my world.)
7. How old IS that babysitter?
8. Remember when your hair used to be long and beautiful?
9. I hope you love your new cordless drill I got you for Christmas. (Yep, that's right. That's what I got for Christmas.)
10. Go ahead. Go take a nap. I'll take care of the kids and dinner while you rest. (Again, trap. You'll never live it down and the kids will not be supervised or fed when you awake.)

Ok, mine aren't funny. Don't ask me questions about males right now. I hate them all. Besides my father, brother and especially my son. They're it. The rest are pig dung.

Back to Skoo

Here's the back to skoo pics for 2007-2008. E got her new hairdo on her birthday...the day before school started. She has been wanting a "boy" haircut for some time, so she was so excited. We hadn't quite perfected the 'do by day one, but we are getting better and better. Just in time for picture day...day after tomorrow. This year we're busy...imagine that. Volleyball three days a week, mom is coaching. Football two times a week...dad's coaching. Fiddle one day a week. That leaves Sunday without an activity. Phew. As one of my life's favorite professors once said "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." I am a friggin saint, then. Fo sho. Happy Back to School... A couple weeks late. :)

See that little tooth hole there. Yep, first tooth..gonzo! He pulled it himself with no tears. He's no biiiotch.. my tough little man.
Mr. Serious..

Top Ten Tuesdays - Stuff I Would Spend My $$ on if Gas Prices Weren't So High

1. Gas - I have a big car with little mileage - Where would I go? The phrase "anywhere but here" fits
2. Furniture. I love furniture but don't have ANYTHING I want...yet.
3. New work clothes - A girl can only wear the same black slacks and dress shoes for so damn long
4. Shoes. Duh. Will...always...want....more....shoes
5. New water heater. New furnace. New vacuum. (How is it that crap all falls apart at once?)
6. Weight Watchers food and club thingy. I am such a tubby. I need to get skinnier.
7. Airfare to a warm place with cute cabana boys and lots of umbrella drinks
8. New computer. Mine is old and slow.
9. Kitchen remodel
10. A little St. Bernard puppy :) Or a Burmese Mountain Dog. Or a Mastif. Or another dog the size of a hereford cow.

:)

SNL...I could hardly wait

So, the moment I laid eyes on the rip snortin' maverick, and my new hero, Sarah Palin...I was thinking of Tina Fey in a SNL sketch. Sad, I know, when politics for me are reduced to how funny SNL will be for the viewing public...but I swear I thought I was the only one noticing their strong resemblance to one another. Of course I wasn't...

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281/

I tried to stay awake for it Saturday night, but I just couldn't. So, thank goodness for the www.

:)

Happy Birthday to My Little E

Birthday Party. Luau Theme. LIMBO LIMBO! How low can you go?
Raise your Tiki glass to 9 years of fun!!
My sweet little princess flower girl. She's an old hand at this thing...this is her third wedding. And now, sigh, for a trip down memory lane.
LOVE this picture. The panic on ALK's face. Hurry up, TAKE THE SHOT!!!
The wonder in her sweet little eyes when she's looking up at the Easter Bunny.
My little pea pod. It was typical trick-or-treating in E. Oregon. Ok, kids, take off your parka and your Sorels and your scarves and hats so you can show off your costumes~! This was so sweet on her!


So proud of her new teeth. :)Oh, my little swimmy suit model. Lovin it!

Her first ride on a horse. I knew then we had an equestrian on our hands.
I think I was modeling a naptime demo for her. I am good at napping.
She loved Rock and Roll Elmo. Lovin the Eeyore ears too.
A real live bunny in a photoshoot. Brave photo studio, I'll tell you that.

I have such an amazing daughter. God was smiling on the world the day he sent her down. It's hard for a mother to express just all of the qualities they love in their children, but I'll try.

Her intelligence far surpassed her mother's years ago. She is the best big sister a boy could ask for. I have always called her the deputy mom. I don't think I could have raised T without her. She's such a help to me, and I am excited about this pre-teen stuff, because we talk hair and clothes now....but we still get to play Barbies and Pollys. Yay for me. When I close my eyes, I still see that little face the moment she was born. So incredibly beautiful yet strong. Holding her head up just moments after being born. She was 9 lbs, so she was always healthy and strong. Still is. I have yet to see her fail at something she truly wanted to learn, do or try. I know that as she grows, her beauty and strength will be traits she will continue to show the world.

So, happy 9, E. Emmster, Emma Bean, McGloskey, Sissy poo, Sissy, Sweet Pea, Emmy, Emma Saywhen, Emmer, I couldn't love another baby girl on the planet as much as I do you, sissy. You made me a mother, the thing I had waited my whole life for. I will love you forever.

:)

Top Ten Tuesday...10 Worst Songs for a Wedding or a Funeral (Isn't that redundant?)

Wedding
1. I Ain't as Good as I Once Was - Toby
2. Bring on the Rain - JoDee Messina
3. White Trash Wedding - Dixie Chicks (exerpt: I shouldn't be wearin' white and you can't afford no ring. Consider the source.)
4. You Give Love a Bad Name
5. What Was I Thinkin' - Dierks

Funeral
1. Thank God and Greyhound- Roy Clark (Google it, folks. Sheesh.)
2. Life Goes On
3. Na Na Na Na...Hey Hey Hey...Goodbye
4. Celebrate - Kool and the Gang
5. Hot in Herre - Nelly :) Boy I am funny.

Ok, so you only get ten. It IS a top TEN list afterall, isn't it? Plus, ten each would be dad burned hard. :)

Toodleoo.

Farewell, Sweet Summer

Are you the kind of Mom that is glad when summer is over? Are you the kind of Mom that drops the kids off and speeds away in the mini-van in a delerious stupor, or are you like me...when the end of summer fills you with a sense of dread. The feeling that the glorious fun-filled days of swimming, tanning, camping and lying in the hammock are gone... Gone, I say!

Well, this post is a quick summary of the rest of our summer. I would like to give a hearty thank you to Grandma and Grandpa for a summer to remember. We spent most of our time this summer in God' s country, and I can't thank them enough for the warm hospitatlity and the great summer memories. Love you!


The classic buried in the sand poses...from our July trip to the coast with Grandma and Papa.

E, T and I at our good friends' Billy and Caroline's wedding. Kids were the ringbearer and flowergirl. Too sweet.
The amazing location, as well as the amazing bride and groom. What a gorgeous wedding in the woods.
One of my best friends from college, Kerri, and I at her wedding one week later. So nice and relaxed. Was a great wedding and reception. She held out, and found the man of her dreams and I couldn't be happier for them.
Swimmy lessons at good 'ol Gleason pool in JD, where I took swim lessons when I was a wee one.


A fun trip to Unity reservoir where we boated and the kids got to ride in their blow up monster truck towable thingy. Pretty sweet. Such a riot for them. They SOOOO love it. I think they rode for over 3 hours one day without stopping.

Phew. That's about it. BUSY BUSY summer. Stay tuned. More news coming soon...E's bday...first day of school... good stuff.