My new T-shirts.

The time has come to add some more message t-shirts to my collection. Here are the three I bought today from Road Kill Tshirts.



Because it's true ~ Everybody DOES poop!





This has more of a personal reason (if you know me IRL, then you get it).





This is just fucking HILARIOUS and the perfect bar shirt! I just may get more disgusted looks wearing this than I do when I wear my "I came on Eileen" tshirt.

Or not...


~ xoxo ~

PS ~ Thanks Amy for the recommendation. Dudes ~ Go to her blog and watch the "Evolution of Dance" video. I was showing the Teen all the crazy 80s moves like the Sprinkler, the Lawnmower and the Shopping Cart. Imagine my giggles when I saw Amy updated her blog with this video later that day!

My new favorite You Tube video.

I love You Tube so my favorites change every other minute but this one is cracking me up! It makes me want to re-do our first dance. :)

Goofy!

~ xoxo ~

{ One Week Later }

One week ago, I was taking a nap in my comfy bed when I woke up to a text message from a friend. It said "tell me you aren't on 35W!"

Since I had just woken up, I was out of it and confused. Then I figured there must have been some kind of an accident so I hopped online and saw that the 35W bridge collapsed.

I wanted to puke.

I yelled for my husband and ran into our room to turn on the news. We were, and are, stunned. I then ran to my front window to check on our neighbor's house across the street.

He works for the construction company that was doing deck work on the bridge.

His truck was in the driveway but I called over there for good measure. He was safe and sound but freaked out. I walked across the street and watched some news coverage with him and his wife. He was pointing at some of the company vehicles on the bridge and naming off the drivers, his friends, of said vehicles. By the grace of God, only one construction worker is among the 8 missing people.

The news stories, stories of survival and stories of the victims/missing are absolutely astonishing. You know this as you have been reading the news, too.

The last time I was on that bridge was on July 23, 2007...on my way home after the Staind/Nickleback/Daughtry concert. It was around 10pm and the traffic was still bumper-to-bumper due to the construction.

I was sent a link to some photos of the collapse today via email ~ I-35W Bridge Collapse.

Eight people are still missing today, one week later, as Navy and FBI divers work to recover their bodies from the Mississippi River. Please continue to pray for these people, their family and their loved ones.

There was an editorial cartoon in our local paper today that said "Minnesota ~ Land of 10,000 Tears".

Sad.

~ xoxo ~

I was in Chicago the last few days.

I miss it already!

Had a blast with my girls ~ miss them already, too.

I'm too tired to type but did want to say that I did a fantastic job of missing my 7am flight this morning. My cheap airfare turned out to be not-so-cheap when I ended up booking a one-way ticket through another airline so I could get home this afternoon.

Oops.

Sorry honey!


I also wanted to give a big ol' shoutout to ANNEX ~ it's her birthday today!! Happy Birthday my love! I wish I could be there tonight but alas, my ass has to be up at 3am for work tomorrow. Welcome to the 30s!!

~ xoxo ~

Remember the "F" Word project?

Yeah, well, fuck that.

My feet are FUCKING KILLING ME! People ~ I have blisters on the bottom of each pinkie toe for craps' sake!

Ugh.

I am now on the hunt for CUTE yet COMFY shoes to wear to work. I'm on my feet 8-9 hours a day and need relief!

*pouts*




On a different note, here is a photo from Friday's visit to Amanda's grave. We bought a bouquet of white roses, then each of us put one single rose on her grave. The rest of the roses are upstairs in my kitchen ~ our little "connection" to Amanda, if you will.




~ xoxo ~

A Bittersweet Birthday

My stepchildren are 15 years old today. We are going to visit my stepdaughter's gravesite later this afternoon and then take her twin brother out for his birthday dinner. This is her second birthday in heaven.

Bitter. Sweet. Bittersweet.

Happy Birthday ~T~. Only one more year and you will be driving!!

Happy Birthday Manders. We miss you more than words can say.

See what I mean by bittersweet?


~ xoxo ~

I risked stepping on a hypodermic needle

but it was soooooooooooo fucking worth it!

You may have seen me mention that I was going to the Staind concert last night.

Well, I went.

And it rocked.

It kicked complete and total ASS my friends. Oh yes, it did.


Daughtry was the opening band.
Staind followed.
Then Nickelback.

We had floor tickets and it was quite humorous to see the different crowds conglomerate for each band. I'm going on two hours of sleep here so forgive my shitty recap. You only need to know three things:

~ Staind KILLED it, even with the shitcan acoustics of the arena we were at (Target Center in Minneapolis). They opened with Falling and then played some of their big hits like Fade, It's Been Awhile, So Far Away, Right Here, Outside, King of Excuses and closed with Mudshovel.

~ Chris Daughtry just may have a new fan in his collection. He obviously LOVES performing and it shows. Loved his sweaty bald head too. Saw a lot of homemade tshirts that said something along the lines of "America may have voted but you are still #1 to me!" All together now ~ "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww".

~ Nickelback definitely can put on a show. I left after the 3rd song because I had to work at the ungodly hour of 3:30am this morning. The three songs I did see ("Animal", "Photograph" and some other song) were entertaining as hell. Great pyro, great energy.

This is where the hypodermic needle comes in. My feet were CRYING by the time I left. Literally crying. I looked like an akward teenage girl trying to walk in high heels for the first time as I made my way out of the show (or Amy Winehouse trying to walk a straight line but I digress...) As soon as I got in to the skyway, I took off my shoes and walked barefoot the 2-3 blocks to my car. I was so nervous that I would get mugged, murdered or step on a used heroin needle. Thankfully they keep the skways pretty nice and have emergency buttons throughout the skyway system. My feet are screaming at me today but damn ~ it was well worth the pain to see the show AND have cute shoes!

Now for the fun stuff...


PICTURES!!!




Mister Hunzer and I before I left for the show. He didn't go with me this time around. I went with my little brother's girlfriend and some of her friends. It was fun to hang out with her as we rarely get to do that. Thanks for the invite Slush!


Bad pose. WTF was I thinking? Oh well. I will take the bad pose because I got to MEET STAIND! They autographed a photo AND my cell phone. LOVE it! (This photo has me counting down the days to my FUPA removal and breast reduction...BARF)

Little bit o'Daughtry for my Hero.


Sing it Aaron!
I could listen to him sing forever.


Nickelback as they take the stage.
Chad.

Another view right before I got the fuck outta there.

That's the update for now. I'm pooped. It's 2pm and I want to go to bed. You know what? I just might do that. I have the day off tomorrow so I plan to catch up on some MUCH needed beauty sleep.

I do have videos from the show but have to find the good ones first. Enjoy your day!!

~ xoxo ~

Mama got a new pair of shoes!

Check these beauties out ~ I bought these yesterday for the STAIND concert on MONDAY NIGHT. They are the perfect accessory to my outfit. Red is the color baby!!




I can't decide what I want to do today. Part of me wants to veg on the couch and read Harry Potter (I pre-ordered it on Amazon so I didn't have to go anywhere to get it yesterday). Part of me wants to run up to the scrapbook store and get some new product to play with. Another part of me wants to head over to the yarn store and get some new yarn. Most of me wants to go back to bed because I have to work at 3am tomorrow.

*yawn*

~ xoxo ~

I took a 17 hour nap.

Now I am TOTALLY refreshed! Apparently working the 4am shift kicks my ass. Mister Hunzer woke me up at 9am today saying "Honey, you have been sleeping for 17 hours. It's time to get up."

Fuck off man.

I got up, hung with the chirrins, listened to all of the husband's fishing stories from the past five days, and then checked my email.

My Bag-Makin' Bitch sent me a You Tube video via email and said "I know you'll love this."

She knows me ALL too well. Love you girlie!!

If you like Adam Sandler and his crazy ass musical talents, you will LOVE this. I find it ironic that just yesterday I touched on this topic regarding Carlton. Funny how life works out like that!




Shhhhhh...don't tell!

~ xoxo ~

It's BEA ARTHUR FRIDAY!!

I started my new job this week. My husband was out of the country all week. I didn't get more than 4 hours of sleep each night. I started work at 4am on Wednesday and Thursday. I started at 3:30am today. Because of all this, I am way too fucking tired to come up with interesting shit to write about so I'm going to the next best thing...

Bea Arthur.

But WAIT! It's not just BEA ~ it's Mrs. Garrett, Nell Carter, CARLTON, Punky Brewster and MORE!



Enjoy my friends. It warms my heart to know that Alfonso Ribeiro was on television before he started to bust a move as Carlton. Look at how young he is! I bet there are ZERO pubes down those trousers!

~ xoxo ~

PS...THREE MORE DAYS!! Whatever shall I wear?? Any ideas? I'm shopping on Sunday for the perfect outfit for Monday's concert and moment with Aaron.

Goodbye.

A few months ago, I spoke of a friend who was battling cancer.

Tracey passed away yesterday afternoon with her family by her side. She has been fighting breast cancer for three years and damn did she fight it! The cancer started to fight back and for some unknown reason, defeated her. It took her away from her husband and her four children.

There is one more heartbroken husband in this world because of fucking cancer.

There are four more motherless children in this world because of fucking cancer.

There is another set of devasted parents in this world because of fucking cancer.

There are hundreds of loving family members and friends who are in mourning because of fucking cancer.

See the Charity of the Month badge over on the side of my blog? Go clicky on it and make a small donation in memory of Tracey...or in memory of someone you lost to cancer...or in honor of someone you know who has kicked cancer's ASS...or in honor of someone who know who is defeating cancer...or just because you know we NEED to find a cure.

Goodbye Tracey. Goodbye.

~ xoxo ~

Things I like at this moment:

Leinie's Sunset Wheat and Leinie's Summer Shandy.
"It's so good! Once it hits your lips...it's so good!"
(Not together though...the lips don't like that)




Ravelry.com
If you knit, it's the shit.
If you crochet, it's still the shit.


Rock of Love
Bret Michaels wants to find love...and get a ton of pussy in the process.
I caught this on VH1 last night. Holy hell ~ There are some wicked trainwrecks on that show!
I think one or two of the chicks he kept had an adam's apple...
It sucks you in like Britney's vaginal vortex only you don't get a raging case of the K-Fed Klap.


Family
My uncle got married over the weekend so I was able to spend some time with my Momties. One flew in from Tejas, another from Alabam-bam and another from Massachushits.
The fourth one lives here and doesn't get a shout-out. *wink*
When my Mom is around her sisters, she's always so happy. I love that. :) I have the BEST photo of two of my Aunts taken by my cousin with his Digi Rebel and fisheye lens. I was explaining what a FUPA was and he snapped a photo of their reactions. It's fucking HILARIOUS but I won't share it here as I'm pretty sure they would kick my ass.
My uncle was BEYOND happy and it was the cutest thing. I don't know his wife very well but from what I hear, they are made for each other. Congratulations!


Staind
Not sure if I've mentioned this but I'm going to their concert in SEVEN EFFIN' DAYS!
Just wanted to, ah, point that out.


Postscript ~ HOLY EFFIN' SHIT! I just found out that I won Meet-and-Greet passes for STAIND on Monday night!! YEEAHHHH!!!! I'm gonna piss myself from excitement!!

Alli ~ a new diet pill
I like this except after I eat a donut. Then it's on like donkey kong.



Coke
I tried doing the Diet Coke thing, the Coke Zero thing but I keep coming back to regular coke. That's some good stuff right there. Especially from a fountain with small bits of ice or from a can at room temp.





~ xoxo ~

TEN DAYS

TEN MORE DAYS!!

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

~ xoxo ~

{ Random }

I start work today. EEEK! It's only a 4 hour orientation but I get paid for it. Real money. In the form of a REAL paycheck. Whoa.

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I'm getting sick and tired of eating the same old shit every day due to Weight Watchers. However, when I step on that scale on Monday afternoons, it makes the boring ass food worth it! I lost 1.4 pounds at my weigh-in on Monday. That brings my total to 8.4 pounds. It's a slow-go but the bottom line is that I'm losing. I hope to cross that 10 pound mark at my next weigh-in. Then I only have seven pounds to lose for my next "goal". I put my goals in baby steps versus one big goal at the end as I tend to stay more motivated that way.

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I recently finished listening to the "Nineteen Minutes" audiobook by Jodi Piccoult.

Wow.

It has a very powerful message. I had to stop listening to it at night, before bed, because it would mess with my brain a bit. Good book. Awesome author. I highly recommend her books if you haven't read any of them yet (My Sister's Keeper anyone?)

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The Baby Boy Child has learned a new trick...



I could watch him all day with his antics! My neighbor had a baby girl one week ago. When I hold her, I forget how little babies are when they are fresh from the ovarian oven. She weighed 7 lbs, 10oz when she was born. When I brought the Baby Boy Child home from the hospital, he weighed 5 lbs 9 oz. I keep thinking how tiny my neighbor's baby is but she is quick to remind me how much smaller the BBC was when he came home. I think I'll do a photo comparison to refresh my brain.

7-10 Days Old




9 1/2 Months Old (taken two days ago)




Have a fantastical Thursday!

~ xoxo ~

I Rock.

The Real Roxann has bestowed upon me the following award...



Thank you girlie!

It is now my duty to send the award on to five MORE Rockin' Bloggers. Without further adieu, I give you...

She Eats Crayons

Damknit

Primrose Design

GMD ~ Gina Miller Designs

Down with the Knitty Gritty

And a sixth one to my soul sista, who I will not link but who knows who she is.

~ xoxo ~

Hot weather turns me in to a hermit.

Yuck. I realize we aren't in the triple digits like the western USA and I thank Mother Nature PROFUSELY for that...but anything over 80 degrees grosses me out. Mister Hunzer took the Teen, Thing 1 and Thing 2 up to the cabin today. They've been swimming, fishing, boating ~ all the stuff you do while on the lake.

I chose to stay home with the Baby Boy Child. I figured I would be in the cabin all day anyways enjoying the A/C so I may as well stay home.

BBC and I went on a little Target run for some necessities and some not-so-necessities.

I added a few books to my nightstand:









(I bought that last book a few days ago but wanted to share. I am, afterall, a second wife.)


Since we are no longer moving, I am in the process of revamping our current digs. We had cleared a lot of crap out back in February in order to put the house on the market and I am sick and tired of empty walls! I've been buying things here and there to add spice to our house. I bought some faux orchids to put in an empty cutout in our kitchen/hallway area.

I bought a print of my all-time favorite photo to hang in our bedroom. I just need to frame it.



I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend. My Saturday night consists of laundry, laundry and more laundry. Don't be jealous.

~ xoxo ~

PS...I've only dropped the f-bomb TWICE in the last three days and caught myself both times.

I'm gonna wash that WORD right outta my hair!

I decided to do a little "test" on myself and see if I can refrain from using the F-Bomb in my everday language for a week.

One fucking week.



It starts NOW.

And it is only the real F-Bomb.

Freaking, friggin'
and flingin' flangin' still count.

Before I go, I must share this video of the Baby Boy child trying his damndest to crawl. He is seriously the HAPPIEST baby ever. He is constantly laughing, smiling, babbling, cooing and whatever else it is that baby's do on a daily, minutely basis.

Is "minutely" even a word? Minute-by-minute? Whatevs.

He rarely cries and makes me smile ear-to-ear all day, every day. I love this guy...my nine-month-old surprise!





~ xoxo ~

4th of July and Tom Jones...

Could life BE any cooler? *smiles abound!*

Today was lazy. Lazy...lazy...LAY-ZEE.

I slept in until 11am.
Mister Hunzer brought the Baby Boy Child in our room for a bottle and a nap right when I woke up.
I fed the Baby Boy Child and we both fell asleep.
Woke up at 1pm to Thing 2 yelling "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOM ~ Can I have a cookie?"
After hemming and hawing, I decided to share my Lofthouse sugar cookies.
Fucking Lofthouse cookies.
I got my ass out of bed and threw a pork loin in the crock with some BBQ sauce.
Went outside.
Vegged with neighbors.
Watched the kids play with the neighbor's kids.
Drank beer (Leinie's Summer Shandy is DELICIOUS...do try it!)
Inlaws came over.
Had some BBQ pork sammies, a potato dish and some taco dip.
Lit off a bunch of (wussy) fireworks.

I finished the night dancing to Tom Jones with my neighbor...




I hope you enjoyed your fourth as well!!

~ xoxo ~

{ Missing Manders }

Random. Totally random.

"Sloe Gin Fizzy, do it 'till you're dizzy..."

I am scrapping tonight. The scrapping bug bit me over the weekend and I've been working on layouts here and there. They all center around Amanda. They are HAPPY layouts though...I can't do the sad ones yet.

I am working on right now which required a break so the white acrylic paint could dry. The title is "Angel".

Seeing that word on the page got me singing "Angel" by Aerosmith.

I promptly headed over to iTunes and downloaded the "Big Ones" album because once I saw the list of songs on the album, I had to have it. Plus it's fucking impossible to download just ONE song on iTunes. (I own the CD too...it's just packed away somewhere and for $7.99 I would rather just download it!)

I didn't stop there.

I was looking at recommended albums and came across one called "Power Ballads". Holy Shit was that playlist a blast from the past!

I ended up downloading REO Speedwagon's The Hits. I have flash-backed to my 17-year-old self daydreaming of my then-boyfriend and our song "In My Dreams".

Fucking WEIRD. And a little creepy. He liked strippers. A little too much.

Back to scrapping...

My mojo is a little rusty but I needed to use bright, happy colors when scrapping Amanda. In spite of everything this girl had gone through, she continued to smile and be strong. Her smile could erase any bad day immediately.

Dammit. I miss her.



~ xoxo ~

{ Shocking! }

How about your blog?
(I stole this from Bending Peak)

~ xoxo ~


PS ~ If you watched Knitty Gritty today, you are now aware that I have a man voice. I am *so* proud. GAG

PPS ~ If you look over to the right, you will see the new Charity of the Month. C'mon, donate ten bucks and make yourself feel good!

Set your TiVo, your DVR, your VCR, whatever it is you use.

I'm gonna be on the TEE VEE! *wink*

Remember my little trip to Burbank, CA last winter? I went out there to tape an episode of Knitty Gritty as a "Knitster". The other two knitsters and I sat in the background, chatted and did some knitting during the entire show.

Well, our episode is FINALLY airing!! It will be on HGTV on Monday July 2nd at 7am ET. Here are the deets...

Knitty Gritty
Episode DKNG-707

Rockin' Regal Cuffs

Tricia Waddell, editorial director of books at Interweave Press, knits up some cool lace cuffs that are reminiscent of the Victorian era, and now have been co-opted by the counter culture punk rock-set as "The look" paired with a beautiful velvet jacket. Lace stitches are often daunting but this six-stitch, two-row repeat is the perfect project for venturing into the world of lace knitting for the first time. Tricia then shows us how to knit a lace skirt ruffle, a bit more intensive, using a twelve-row lace pattern.


Here is a crappy polaroid picture taken after the taping of this episode was done.



From left to right: Knitster Etta, Knitster Liz, the show's hostess Vicki Howell and yours truly. I went to California for this taping in early December and said it was a kickoff to celebrate my 30th birthday (which wasn't for another 2-3 months). The show surprised me with a birthday cake when we were done. SO SWEET!!

~ xoxo ~

Damn.

I can no longer use the phrase "because it's Friday, I ain't got no job...I ain't got shit to do!" because I am now a working woman. Full-time baby. I got the job offer today, I have to get my drug test done on Monday and then it's ON.

WOOHOOO!!! I was beginning to think there was no hope for a SAHM of almost seven years but there IS.

Shit.


What did I do?

*wink*


~ xoxo ~

How do you rate?

I knew I had an addictive personality!

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I had a total Eddie Murphy moment earlier today.

The ICE CREAM MAN came to our neighborhood for the first time in the four years that we have lived here.

Yes, my kids lost their fucking MINDS!! I grabbed my camera and snapped some photos, of course, but damn...I was giggling to myself the entire time. All I could think was "I have some ice cream...and you don't have none...cuz you are on the welfare..."




Enjoy your chuckle of the day.

~ xoxo ~

Your ovaries will lurch.

The baby boy child was babbling away in his exersaucer tonight so I tried to get it on tape. It worked for about 15 seconds and then I was spotted. His reaction is freaking HYSTERICAL!

Or maybe it's just funny to me.

Either way, you must see this. He just goes apeshit in his exersaucer ~ loves that damn thing!!




I'm off for a little midnight rendevouz with Jack Bauer.

Life.
Is.
Good.

~ xoxo ~

{ Inspired }

If you read my previous post, you can tell I was dragging ass earlier today. I still am but decided to start putting my office back together.

It.totally.INSPIRED.me.










I needed to create. I needed to use bright colors. I needed to do something NOW. Something quick and easy. Something VERY necessary...






Now we will KNOW when the dishes are clean. WOOHOO!! It's the little things, really.

The sign is currently drying after I modge-podged the SHIT out of it. There will be three sets of grubby little hands playing with it so I needed to do something to protect it. I'll show another photo in a week. It will be DESTROYED.

Oh well. It'll be fun while it lasts...

~ xoxo ~

PS...My dishwasher really isn't that dirty. I swear! I'm a fucktard when it comes to using a flash with my camera. Give me a few years. I'll figure it out.

-- POOP --

I just felt like writing that.

More later, when I can fully function (and no, it won't be about poop. But I am taking ALLI so I *do* have poop stories...but I prmoise, my next entry won't be about poop).


~ xoxo ~

Just a quickie...

Thanks to Jessica at How About Orange, I was able to find some wicked-funky-ass wallpaper for my desktop!



Ain't it cute? I was torn between that one and this one:



Based on my mood, I wanted something less feminine and more I-don't-know-what.


Enjoy your weekend my blog cronies. My computer is shutting down here in a few minutes so I can take apart the rest of my office and move it to another spot in La Casa de Hunzerita over the next few days.

~ xoxo ~

We're gonna SCORE tonight!

Well, tomorrow. The kids and I are going bowling with my neighbor and her kids. I love bowling. I want to be on a bowling league, wear an ugly bowling shirt personalized with my name like Paulette Rebchuck on Grease 2.

Don't know what I'm talking about? Take a gander (and I'm totally wanting gold hot pants!)




Good luck getting THAT one out of your head!

~ xoxo ~

IKEA is my own personal wet dream.

I love to buy things to help me organize. Although these days, it seems nothing helps! I don't get discouraged though...I just keep buying organizational materials in hopes, one day, I will be cool and organized like the pages of Real Simple (my newfound porn).

On Saturday, Husband and I took our crew of children to IKEA. Husband had never been to IKEA so we figured it would be a good weekend to go. We are in the market for some bigger ticket items which required a lot of browsing and writing down of information so we can come back later, buy it and bring it home when we don't have a vehicle overflowing with children.

We did do some shopping though...

We bought a set of cute wine glasses as a gift for my BFF and her new house. It's beautiful!!

I bought a spice rack that holds 12 jars ~ perfect for eyelets, brads and buttons (which will be organized by color, tyvm!)

I bought four jars for my ribbon bits and one huge jar to hold all of my flowers ~ fabric, paper, whatever.

I bought a hanging toy organizer from Children's Ikea for my yarn. It's supposed to hold stuffed animals so I figure I can have it hold all of my yarn.

See, the Husband and I are creating a new office that we can both use. He has his hobbies and I have mine. When we work on them, we are in different areas of the house. Hopefully, in our new workspace, we can be in there at the same time, working on our own projects. One big item we want is a flat screen tv so we can continue to watch our favorite tv show on DVD (24) and other stuff while we work.

I envision a big, overstuffed chair in the corner of the room where I can sit and crochet while he does his thing. Or where he can sit and snore while I do mine. The bottom line is that it will enable us to spend more time together. Pretty friggin' cool concept, eh?









Until he pisses me off.

Then his shit will be sitting out in the family room and he can find his own flippin' office!!!

*wink*

I "jist kiddin'" babe...you know I love you!

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The Husband got some random goodies for Father's Day. He got a 2007 Road Atlas (he plans to do some road-tripping this year). He also got two tshirts, one of which cracks me up. It's blue and says "I ♥ HOT MOMS". Good man...good man. *wink*

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It's supposed to storm today (YAY!!). I'm hoping to get caught up in my PSE 5.0 class as I'm about a week and a half behind. Then I want to get at least one digi layoug done because Miki has OUTDONE herself with a GORGEOUS kit coming out soon!!

I leave you with a photo of Woodstock and Snoopy. This sits right outside of the entrance to IKEA.




~ xoxo ~

I always get screwed at the drive-thru.

ALWAYS.

Even when I try to screw them back.

~sigh~

I was at the drive-thru this morning with the kids as I was desperately needing a fountain Coke from McDonalds.

(Sidebar ~ What is it with their fountain Coke? It's the only delicious fountain Coke out there!)

They tried to screw me so I tried to screw them back. It only resulted in me getting screwed even worse.

McDonalds ~ 1
Hunzer ~ 0

Bitches.

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Have a wonderful Saturday! The Husband and I are taking the kids to IKEA and then to my best friend's new house for a *Not* Going Away party. Time to get in the shower and get ready for some SHOPPING!



(I don't know if I've mentioned it but we are NOT moving to Arkansas. Just wanted to throw that out there! *wink*)

~ xoxo ~

A quick photo to make you smile.

Warning ~ baby deliciousness ahead!!



~ xoxo ~

{Cranky}

Yeah.

I'm cranky.

The husband and I were squabbling earlier today. All is well now but still, there is always that cloud of poop looming over you shortly after a fight.

At least I was able to do a little shopping today. I took the kids to the mothership (aka, Target) and was able to get some necessities along with some goodies. My favorite being these:



*squeal*
These just scream SUMMER to me.
Plus they were on clearance.
BONUS!


Since my digi Rebel's battery charger is officially lost, I ordered one on Amazon.com today. I can't wait to recharge the camera and get some CAAAA-UTE summer pics of the kids in the upcoming weeks.

The baby boy child had his first splash in the kiddie pool today. He loved it so much that I ended up in the pool with him, fully clothed. Oh well. It's just water, right?

I plan to get new pools for the kids in the next week or two. I was looking at them today but didn't buy any. Shocking, I know. I'm going to buy this one for the big kids and their friends:




I came across an adorable one for kids like the baby boy child. He will LOVE it! I can't wait to get it and set it up for him. I tried to find it on Target.com but to no avail. They have some HUGE ASS pools on there though!!

I'm off to rearrange some bedrooms. It's always fun making things "new" again.

~ xoxo ~

You know how we were moving to Arkansas in 21 days?

WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE!!

If you haven't noticed, I'm pretty fucking excited about this. I did everything in my power to be excited for our move but the honest truth is that I did NOT want to move.

The last 48 hours have been extremely crazy with shit hitting the fan left and right.

We found out this morning, in a completely SHOCKING turn of events, that the Husband's work has decided to let us STAY HERE instead of having to move to Arkansas. When I say shocking, I mean I was speechless and I don't get speechless.

It's a long story, one that I won't go in to, but let me just say that everything has worked out PERFECTLY. And I don't have to leave my Mommy now!!

~ xoxo ~

I'm moving 880 miles south in less than a month.

So tell me, what things do I need to know about living in the south? More specifically, Central Arkansas?

Be brutally honest if you have to, I can take it. I was already called a Damn Yankee. :)

~ xoxo ~

Have you pooped today?

If not, watch this video. Afterwards, when you are sitting on the toilet trying to pinch one off, you will be singing this song in your head.




While *I* was singing this song in my head, I started thinking about how much I want a clothesline at my new house. I love the smell of line-dried clothing. It has been years since I've used a clothesline. Since the Husband and I do laundry for six people, I was trying to think of ways to make it more efficient. However, I think a clothesline will be frowned upon in our new neighborhood. They have all sorts of rules against blocking the view of the Arkansas River so this idea won't work.

I guess that is okay because while I love the smell of line-dried clothes, I really hate taking clothes off the line and getting chased by bees. That ALWAYS happened to me when I was a kid. I hate bees! It's like they sit in the armpit of a shirt and just wait to terrorize you when you come out to get the clothes. Have you ever been chased by a bee through a clothesline FULL of clothes? It's like running in a fucking corn maze.

In the words of Dane Cook...

"Fuck bees!" Although in this clip, I'm more afraid of the horse...



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On a completely different subject, I actually scrapped last night! My friend Miki released a new kit called "Paraiso". It is friggin' ass GORGEOUS. I put the kids to bed and went to town. I'm still new to this digital scrapbooking thing so if your comments are harsh, you can suck my back. I just started taking a PSE 5.0 class online so I will hopefully have some mad PSE skills in about a month.

Our very own Princess Ariel



Credits:

"Paraiso" digital kit by Microferk Designs"
Zig-Zag Stitching by Gina Miller
"Stitched Stuff Combo" by Anne Dejong
Vintage Frames by Nancy Comelab

If this is too big and it fucks up your screen, let me know. It is fine on mine but I'm not sure about you!

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I had my 2nd weigh-in for Weight Watchers today. My WW group was closed last Monday because of Memorial Day so we went TWO WEEKS between weigh-ins. I was nervous as I haven't been diligent in counting points. I've been makine wise food choices and eating small portions but you never know if it works until you hit that scale.

I lost 4.4 pounds! This brings my total to 6.6 pounds since I started three weeks ago. Only 19 pounds to go baby!! If I make that goal, I may add another 5-10 pounds just to see if I can do it. I have to look good in Mexico come November, kwim?

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For you crocheters that are out there, go check out the sneak peak of the upcoming Crochet Today issue. OMG ~ I'm in love with some of the projects!!

Crochet Today Magazine

I want to make the Baby Rattles, the Cute Little Cardi, Ring Coasters, Baby Blues Dress...I could go on and on.

~ xoxo ~

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I *heart* new digi toys!!

I should be crocheting right now, and I will get to it shortly, but I had to play around with my new digi-scrapbooking toys. Damn that Gina Miller ~ she's a HUGE enabler (and incredibly friggin' talented!).







Credits:

Vintage Frames by Nancy Comelab
Stitched Tags by Anne Dejong


Now, where's that blankie I need to work on?

~ xoxo ~

PS ~ I used Husband's digital camera for these photos as my Canon dRebel has a dead battery and the charger is in a hotel 800 miles away. Yeah. I rock. Anyways, the lighting sucked, my PSE skills suck, etc. Blame Canada.