Oh Fun! A Drinking Game!

I borrowed this from army of mom but I thought it was great. And since I love a good drinking game....let's all play along Saturday during the NFL draft when we really should be doing anything but getting drunk on a Saturday morning! Happy drinking!

This game comes from Stephen Benefield for Birmingham, Alabama: (parenthisis commentary by manic mommie....forgive me, I love football and sometimes I have to add comments). Great game though Stephen!

Your Official 2006 rules:

-if someone says :

"National Football League" instead of NFL: 1 drink
"Upside": 1 drink
"Motor is always running": 1 drink
"Intangible": 1 drink
"work ethic": 1 drink
"good/bad character guy": 1 drink
"war room": 1 drink

-if the following topics are brought up:

the subject of Brett Favre: 2 drinks
Favre loving the game: 5 drinks
if Favre says he loves the game: 10 drinks
How will Parcells and TO (that would be stupid Terrell Owens): 2 drinks
comparisions of Reggie Bush to Gale Sayers: 1 drink
New Orleans disaster references: 1 drink per reference

-ESPNization of the world:

Monday Night Football on ESPN promos or references: 2 drinks
ESPN Mobile: 2 drinks

-Oh those wacky ESPN personalities:

Berman flubs line-2 drinks (and this WILL happen people!)
Irvin says something that no one in our group can understand: 2 drinks
Kiper has in-depth analysis of some Division 1-AA level player or lower: 3 drinks
Salisbury & Clayton staged argument: 5 drinks
Tom Jackson & Michael Irvin both wear conservative suits-head to liguor store, everyone must drink a 5th of vodka (make mine an absolut!)

-Wild Card

Cutler went to Vandy, so he's smart: 1 drink
Draft pick gives intervies: 1 drink for every grammatical error (better make another liquor store run)
Draft pick far too underdressed: 2 drinks (and another trip to the liquor store)
Camera shot of last undrafted, languishing pick: 3 drinks
a happy posse celebrating: 5 drinks (did I mention another trip to the liquor store?)
Vikings miss alloted time to make pick: 10 drinks
If Cutler is 1st or 2nd QB taken: drown it (drink the whole damned drink you just mixed)
Brodie Croyle taken in the 1st!!!!!: drown it (and say Roll Tide and then sing Sweet Home Alabama)
Marcus Vick does something illegal on draft day: drown it (and run to the liquor store, as this may happen)

Here you go....I'm not a draft follower, but hey, who can resist a good drinking game!

SPF....It's all in how you look at it!

For today's installment, Christine over at Random and Odd it's all about how you look at it:

1. Something Big

2. Something Small

3. Half of something

Remember, perspective. It may be small to you, but get on the floor and take the picture and see how big it looks....Get Creative!

Ok, I could have been a little more creative than I was, but I was extremely busy last night and not exactly creative so here goes....

1. Something BIG.....This is the TV in our den....I think that it is HUGE. The hubs had to have it though and as usual, what he wants he usually gets so I present to you......

2. Something Small.....to counteract the HUGE TV in the den, I have this tiny TV in the kitchen, yeah, yeah, I like to watch the news while I am cooking supper.....

3. Half of something......This is 1/2 a glass of milk....do you see the glass as half full or half empty?

Happy SPF Everybody! Let me know if you played! I'm sure you were way more creative than me!

Ed Note: Most of the time I'm a "glass half full" kinda girl. I am, as my husband says, the eternal optimist.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Today is my dad's birthday. Happy birthday daddy, I love you!

Daddy and the Ladybug......

Daddy and his (oops, I mean Mom's) new puppy....Cocoa
My mom and dad.....they rock!

I don't think he reads this, and actually I hope he doesn't, but just in case....Happy Birthday Daddy, I love you! Thanks for being the greatest dad ever.....

And Then There Were Five.......

Ok, I am thrilled that the Pickler got the boot last night. I had really just about had enough of her "I'm just a stupid hick from North Carolina" routine. I personally, didn't buy it and I didn't think that she was all that great. Yeah! Pick Pickler is picked!

I was impressed to see that Randy and Simon apologized to McPheebe for being so harsh on her on Tuesday night. I didn't think she was that bad and hello....did you see her puppies jumping out of her dress?

Glad to see that Chris was once again back on top, though everything he sings sounds exactly the same, I still think he is HOT HOT HOT! Taylor once again safely in to the next week, and Elliott appears to be coming on strong. If I had to guess, I'd say that this may be the last week for Paris. Can't say that I'm sad. I think the top 3 should be Taylor, Chris and Katherine. And any of them could win it going away, but I think all 3 of those have established themselves and American Idol winner or not, will make something of themselves.

American Idol Update

Yeah, this is late and in not too much longer will know who got the boot, which honestly at this point could be anyone. According to dialidol.com it could be either the Pickler or Paris. Honestly, I think I am fed up with the Pickler and I hope it is her. Could she be anymore fake? And honey, whoever told you that your hair actually looked good last night, well they um, LIED TO YOU! Anyway....I was not a slacker this week and I actually saw all 6 performances, which is good and bad, because well, you know, some of them just weren't good.

Kat-you were in the spot of doom. Personally, I thought you did ok. The judges tore you a new one, but I didn't think it was quite as awful as they made it out to be. I mean, no you aren't Whitney Freaking Houston, but honestly, it wasn't that bad. And I loved, loved, loved the dress you had on! You glammed it up!

Elliott-Well, see he continues to grow on me. I actually liked him last night. For once it appears the judges agreed with the manic mommie. That never happens. Though I do find it strange that Paula was crying. WTF is up with this woman? DRUGS are not your friend honey. What exactly does she have in that coke cup in front of her anyway?

Kellie-GO AWAY NOW. You butchered it again. You had absolutely no feeling whatsoever behind that song, and really Unchained Melody belongs only to the Rightous Brothers. No one, not even Leann Rimes sings it as good as they do. Wasn't there a country love song you could have sang?

Taylor-Love you, Love you, Love you. Not entirely impressed with the song, but then again you seem to shine when you can shake your groovy self all over the stage, so, you know, all things considering it wasn't an awful performance. I still love you anyway. Soul Patrol! Soul Patrol!

Paris-hmm....Barbara Striesand? Do you even know who she is? Not bad though. She could also be close to leaving though.

Chris-HOLY COW! Hot man! And since I absolutely love the song he sang anyway, he was just fabulouso! What a way to end the show! God, I love him!

Paula once again appeared to be drunk or high or maybe a little of both. Nothing made the Dawg happy and Simon just well, he was just Simon. Seacrest annoyed me as usual. Can't wait to see whose gone tonight because well, I honestly don't know. It could be anyone. It's just at that point in the competition where each week they get better and better and who goes home is harder to tell. Personally, I hope its the Pickler, because well I AM TIRED OF HER!

I work....is that bad?

Lately the cost of gas has had me thinking about my decision, when the ladybug was a mere 3 months old to chose to go back to work. I chose to go back, not I had to go back or we were going to be raising said ladybug in a cardboard box under an interstate bridge. I know that there are those of you out there that had no choice, and given a choice you would gladly choose to stay at home with your precious little ones. I am not one of you. I tried. I failed. Or rather, I just wasn't happy. Maybe it was post partum, maybe it was the desire in me to have a meaningful adult conversation more than once a day, and besides the conversations with the hubs always seemed to turn into "guess what the ladybug did today?". That is not an adult conversation. That is two adults talking about what the ladybug did that day. I have a degree in marketing. I don't use it much these days, but that is what my degree is in. When I was pregnant, the hubs and I sat down and decided that yes, we could survive on his salary alone and yes, I would become a stay at home mom. Ya'll, I cracked under the pressure. I am not a stay at home mom. It is not in my DNA, though my own mother became a stay at home mom after the birth of my sister, when my father realized that her entire paycheck was being used to put us in daycare and to pay for the gas it cost her to get to and from work each day. That was just stupid. So she became a stay at home mom. I am grateful for it. I was 6 when this occurred, so I was already in school. I did not get the benefit of having a mom home everyday with me. My sister did, and it has occurred to me that she may have been a bit more spoiled and selfish because of it. (She had grown out of it, I just suddenly realized that this may be the answer to so many questions I had when we were small...but that my friends is another post for another day.)

So as the day I gave birth approached, with a sad heart I left my wonderful job to become, a stay at home mother. I was thrilled. The baby and I were going to have so much fun, my house was going to be spotless, we were going to go to mommy and me classes. I had big plans and big dreams. These big plans and big dreams did not last long. When ladybug was about 2 months old and our house was spotless and we were having fancy dinners every night because I had nothing else to do with my time but cook all damned day, I announced to the hubs that I thought maybe, just maybe, I should consider going back to work. Since I had trained my replacement at my old job, going back there wasn't an option. So the hubs and I talked about it and yes, it was decided that if that is what I truly wanted to do then I should go back to work. The extra money would be nice. Nice, but not required. See this is where the stay at home purists decide that they do not like me. They do not like me because I, evil person that I am, chose to go back to work. I CHOSE TO RETURN TO WORK. How dare I? What is wrong with me? I have know idea what is wrong with me, but I tell you this, I could not stay at home another minute. I also don't see it as anything being wrong with me. I see it as an opportunity for my daughter to meet to friends, to not be afraid to venture out in to the world, and to know that there are options. One does not have to stay at home to be a good mother. One does not have to work to be a good mother either. I chose to return to work, because as I said, I think it makes me a better mother that I do. That is my opinion.

I did my research. I found the absolute best daycare center in our area. I made sure that it was clean and friendly and cheery and inviting and that the staff there were all certified in infant and child CPR, that they all had received thorough background checks, that they had nothing but my daughter's utmost care in mind. I found it. I found this heaven and by some miracle of God, they had an opening in their infant room. I took it. I jumped on it like white on rice. I then began to search for a job for me. Another miracle of God, I found one almost immediately. It doesn't require my marketing skills, but it tests me in other areas and I am enjoying it. I enjoy coming in in the morning and being a productive member of a team. I am fortunate to have a boss that understands that I have a family and further more that I don't have to work. He is extremely understanding when family duty calls me. I do not place my job above my daughter.

Anyway, the cost of gas these days has had me rethinking this decision. For what I am making, we are saving most of it. Though lately, not as much as before. Why? Well, because we live 25 miles from my office. That is a 50 mile a day commute. If I go no where else. That is eating up some gas in my car. That is eating up the money that I am making. So why do I continue to work? I could quit and resume being at home with my daughter. However, I just got finished shoveling out nearly $800.00 to get her registered to attend 3K at one of the best private academies in our area. This is a school where she will begin in August and in 18 long (or very short) years will walk across the stage to receive her high school diploma. This is what I wanted. I went to this same academy, as did her father. There was never a question that she wouldn't go here. So now, if I stop working, I will be a stay at home mommy without a child. And where does that leave me?

It's an ironic twist of fate really, that 3 years ago I went back to work without a second thought, one that I still don't regret. Please don't read that into this post. I DO NOT REGRET MY DECISION TO RETURN TO WORK. I went against a lot of people when I did that, but I did it anyway, I did it my way. I am proud of my work and proud of my accomplishments. Now, when because it is becoming so damn expensive for me to work, and I consider staying at home, there is no one but the dog for me to stay home with. I am sure that I will continue to work, continue to maintain my sanity by dealing in the corporate world everyday.

For those of you that work and wish you could be a stay at home mommy, I feel for you. I know that given the choice you would stay home with your children in an instant. Just know that I am not one of you. Maybe I am that way because I know my daughter is an only child. There will be no future manic mommie offspring. She is it. So, I want her to have friends and to learn to share and play well with others. I do not want her to suffer from only child syndrome. So I shuffle her off to a wonderful daycare center everyday while I go and work. I know that there are those of you out there that have no choice, in order to avoid living in that cardboard box under the interstate bridge you must go out everyday in order to make ends meet. And I also know that there are those of you out there that are stay at home moms and that would absolutely die if the situation arose and you had to go back to work, simply because you have become so accustomed to staying at home with your precious darlings. What I am saying though is that I don't like to be judged because I could stay at home and I don't. It doesn't make me a terrible mother.

A Lizzie Quizzie & TMI Tuesday!

Alright, it's time for a Lizzie Quizzie....from Monday and TMI Tuesday!

Up first: A Lizzie Quizzie:

1. Do your parents still have any of your childhood are on display in their home?
Heck No! They have the Ladybug's art to display now! I bet my mom has it in a box somewhere though, she never throws anything away!

2. Do you have a carbon monoxide detector in your home?
Yep. It's part of our fire alarm. I wouldn't not have one, our heater is gas so it's a mandatory!

3. How good of a speller are you?
A very very very bad one! Thank GAWD for spellcheck!

4. Nails....bare or polished?
Polished. This is my one splurge on myself. I get my nails and toenails done every two weeks. It's my "me" time.

5. What is the most expensive thing you have bought in the last year?
Probably the Jeep (battery powered one) that we bought the Ladybug for Christmas. I really want a new car, but don't want a new car payment!

6. Do you know how to set the clock in your car?
I do, but I honestly just figured it out and my car is OLD!

7. What is the most embarrasing thing that has happened to you lately?
I think I've been pretty lucky lately and not embarrassed myself, or not that I know of!

8. Ever talk to yourself?
Hell yeah! All the freaking time!

9. Do you recount the money you receive back at the store? Bank?
Yep, at both. I used to work at a bank, so I guess I am anal like that.

10. Don't you hate it when__________.
The heifers that work at fast food establishments act like you are an freaking inconveince to them simply because you want your damn Big Mac in a timely manner!

AND NOW.......


1. Wash up, cuddle or fall asleep? Wash up and then off to sleep. We USED to cuddle, but that was pre marriage and pre baby!

2. Favorite term of endearment for a hard on? I actually don't call it anything. Usually just say something smart assy about it.

3. Did you ever own a fake ID? Yep! and honestly the girl looked nothing like me, but I never got turned away!

4. On a scale from 1-10, how kinky are you? hmmm....probably like a 3, but sometimes I think I could go kinkier, but hubby would probably freak out, he's like a -10!

5. How often, if ever, did you sneak out of the house when living at home? All the freaking time!

Bonus (as in "optional"): Have you ever kissed your partner on the lips after oral sex without brushing teeth, nor washing/gargling/rinsing our mouth? Turn on or off? All the time. Who wants to stop and go brush? Turn on.....when he realizes that his taste is in your mouth, or when you realize your taste is in his mouth.

Weekend Recap

Ok, it's been a while since I've posted, so forgive me as this one is long and contains a lot of pictures!

Friday: field trip with the Ladybug to the museum of Fine Arts for a puppet show on shapes and colors. It was lots of fun. The Ladybug is in the picture below, back row sitting all the way to the right.

Saturday: Dance pictures and a WEDDING. The pictures below are from both:

Here is the Ladybug in her tap / ballet costume. They are performing to the Little Mermaid so they are supposed to be mermaids. Personally, I think they look a lot more like Hula Girls, but are cute nonetheless!

another dance picture......

Getting ready to be the flower girl in a wedding. Here we are going through the curler routine. I have to say it went more smoothly on Easter morning than it did this day....but her hair still turned out beautiful!

The bride.....isn't she just absolutely stunning?

Here's J & the Ladybug. He was one of the ringbearers. Aren't they just absolutely adorable? The Ladybug said they were getting married too!

The Ladybug and the Bride....Quite a stunning pair I think!

The Ladybug waiting for our time to shine!

This is my sister, she was the maid of honor and the Ladybug posing for a picture
This is my sister and the bride, they've been best friends since they were like 6!
NO MORE PICTURES MOMMY!
Overall, she did really well. She got just a little chatty right at the end of the wedding, but then stood there until the end. I was so proud of her! We then changed our clothes and headed to the reception where she was just a mess. She was dancing and having a great time. I'll post reception pictures later, but blogger is acting stupid and I am lucky that I got these to post!

And Then There Were Six.......

ACE.IS.GONE.

I really don't think I need to say anything more than that. My feelings on him have been made quite clear and I was not at all upset that he FINALLY got kicked the hell off the show. That means I will not have to look at his greasy haired, one eyebrow raising (and in a FREAKY way, not a semi sexy way), just ugh self again!

Oh, and do you think it was a coinkydink (that would be coincidence) that Taylor was left all alone on the couch? hmmmm.....NO! That has to mean that right now he is kicking ASS in this competition!

AI Recap

Ok, so the ladybug and I were out running some errands last night and I got home a little later than anticipated. Because of this, I cannot comment of Chris or Paris because I did not see either of them sing. Their recaps at the end sounded ok, but that's not enough for me to judge them on. Therefore if either of them is in the bottom 3 this week, I won't really know why. And if it's Chris, I'd be really upset.....though lately his talent has been to much Creed, though I still find him extremely hot (you know, I have a thing for bald guys).

anyway on with who I did see, and my humble opinions on them:

Taylor-WOW...that is really all I can say. He was on it tonight, magic as Simon said.

Elliott-Ok, I used to loathe him and couldn't wait until he was voted off. My tune it is a changing. He is really starting to grow on me, yet I can't tell you why. I thought he was pretty good last night, and completely disagree with Simon, last night was the first night I've actually seen him show some personality!

Kellie-OMG....you did butcher it girl, definitely not the night for the pickler.

Ace-YOU SUCK, according to Dial Idol you are going home this week......FINALLY. After Bucky is now gone, your exodus from the show is next. What is with the one raised eyebrow crap? And WTF was up with the hair last night?

Katharine-Ok, I really don't care her. She sang good, but those songs last night were gawd awful. And since I can't really decide why I don't have McFever, I really wouldn't be saddened if she was the one who got the boot, though I think she should be safe for at least another week because the Ace should so be gone this week.

So, there's my recap, minus 2 singers because I am a slacker and I took longer in the hellhole otherwise known as Walmart than I should have. I was mad I missed Chris, but not to upset that I missed Paris. I wish I would have missed Ace.

Please please please America, make my dreams come true and let's say goodbye to Ace tonight....

Can We Stop Talking About It Now?

So Tom Cruise the psycho and Katie Holmes, who must have been brainwashed, have had their kid. FINALLY! Can the world return to normal now? And they named it Suri....WTF? Why can't celebrities give their children normal names? I mean the kid is messed up already having Tom Cruise as a father and then they give it a stupid name? I hope that at some point when everything was supposed to be quiet that Katie yelled at Tom all the great obscenities that she knows, just to prove that a woman in labor can say and do whatever the hell they want to do.

Personally, I'm glad she had it.........at least now the "TomKat (which how stupid is combining their names?) Baby Watch" can be over and we can move on to something more important.....you know like the Brangelina Baby Watch.

Just a funny note: spell check tried to make Brangelina into brainchild....ha!

And another funny note.......Brooke Sheilds also had her baby yesterday, on the same day as the tomkitten was born, funny since they have such a fued going on. Maybe Katie will need drugs too.....

A New Tuesday Game!

It's called TMI Tuesday! It's from Liz over at Stopping Traffic

So without further ado.......here is this weeks:

1. Birthday spankings or Birthday kisses? Birthday kisses
2. Sitting on Santa / Easter Bunny's lap...fun or creepy? Fun if you're 3, Creepy if your 30!
3. Once you start drinking at a party, do you usually get drunk or stop at tipsy?
I like to stop at tipsy, but have been known to get drunk!
4. On a scale from 1-10, how passionate are you? Probably a 7.5, I'm pretty passionate
5. Have you ever seen a burlesque show? No

Bonus (as in "optional"): Have you ever been to an adult themed tupperware type part (you know "novelties")? I have, I went to one a couple of weeks ago actually....


Let me know if you played!

Is it so hard?

Is it so hard to have the courtesy and the decency to tell your coworker when you are taking off for the entire day? You know you came in for like an hour (who knows why) but then you are leaving and won't be back? Why must you assume that I know these things? I have the courtesy to tell you when I'm going to be off, the same should apply to me.

Ok, I feel better now....

A Few More Easter Pics

The Ladybug with her new art paper.....
Shark Tale! Shark Tale! The Easter Bunny brought me Shark Tale!
The whole Easter Basket, the hubs took this picture so it's kinda crappy and you can't see much!
Gosh! Is she not just adorable?
Curly Cues! She did really well getting her hair curled, I was experimenting because she is in a wedding this weekend and I want her to have curly hair for it. I'd say it turned out great!

I hope everyone had a great Easter!

Happy Easter!

Family photo in front of the flower cross at our chuch.....I love how the ladybug is sticking her tounge out! I also love how I was having GREAT hair!
The Ladybug in her GEORGOUS french hand sewn dress that my mom found at a flea market for FOUR BUCKS! She looked like an angel!
J and the ladybug giving big hugs.....aren't they just precious?
The Easter Bunny bought a t-ball set to the ladybug, here we are taking our first swing!
Look at that follow through!
Look at those curls!
Is there anything in this egg?
I found one!

I hope that everyone had a great Easter Sunday. We went to my mom's and to the MIL's (it was painful!) and had a great time, or at least at my mom's we did. I curled the ladybugs hair for the first time and it turned out beautiful!

A Day At The Lake

This is a picture of the hubs and my mom's dog. For some reason, the dog LOVES to run circles around the hubs' head.....maybe it's the baldness?

This is the ladybug, waiting on us to get our acts together and get on the damn boat already!
Here's the ladybug and her Papa (my dad) driving the boat......
My grandparents live on Lake Martin, a huge man-made lake about an hour from our house. On Saturday we went up there and took the first boat ride of the season! I love being here.....

SPF.....YEAH YEAH, I KNOW IT'S EARLY...

Ok, I know this week's SPF is early, but I'm not working tomorrow and I don't know if I'll have time to post tomorrow or even if the old dino of a computer at home will do it.....so I'm posting early.

For Christine over at Random and Odd here is this week's installment of SPF.....she asked for:

1. Your Peeps-introduce us to some of your friends outside the blog world.

These are our best friends JC's Mom and Dad. I've known her since I was about 3 and him almost just as long. The hubs has known him pretty much his whole life too. This pic was at a New Year's Eve party for 2006. We just went to the beach with them a couple of weeks ago.

2. Something Fuzzy-*shaking head* you guys keep it clean.

Ok, so this is my dog Mollie, really close up. She's kinda fuzzy.....I wanted to get a pic of the hubs head (the one on his shoulders!) because it was time to shave so it was fuzzy, but he shaved it before I had a chance to take the pic, so you are stuck with the Mollie Monster.

3. Something / Someone you want to die / dye-yeah, shut up, you've thought of it!

This is a giant weed that is right beside my porch steps. The hubs and I have tried everything, but nothing and I mean nothing will kill it! It just keeps growing back and it's HUGE. I'm not sure how to get rid of it, so if you have any suggestions...please please send them my way

Ok, so there is my SPF for the week.........I'm off to spend some time with the ladybug, my office is closed for Good Friday as is her daycare. I'm hoping to find sometime to go out and buy a new Easter Outfit (shut up, I know it's Sunday and that I'm a little late).

Let me know if ya'll played!

And Then There Were Seven.......

FINALLY! THANK YOU AMERICA!

Bucky is Gone! Bucky is Gone! BUCKY.IS.GONE!

America finally got it right last night......they gave Bucky the boot and in case you can't tell, I'm thrilled about it! I had hoped that with the songs of Queen (which I don't get by the way, can't they sing something that is even remotely in this decade? you know something that if they are the American Idol they would actually record and release?) that Bucky would meet his end on the show. I never liked his style of his singing or his hair......ick!

Once again, Taylor and Chris were safe....thanks! Rumor has it that they are consistently in the top 3 week in and week out.....that's a great sign! You can go here to see what their predictions are.

Anyway......thanks America, this time you voted the right way!

There's a Bad Moon on the Rise......

I took these pictures last night from my deck. With the tree blocking the moon, doesn't it look kinda creepy?

(and the title.....when I was little I thought the song said "There's a bathroom on the right". I kid you not!)

A Party for The Bride To Be....

This the Bride to be and my sister......inside the streeeeeeetttttccchhhhh limo....
This is freak girl (we don't really like her, but she's the bride's roommate), the bride and my sister at Bell Bottoms..... (and is it just me, or is freak girls hair kind of a funky color? I'm sure it's just the lighting...but it almost looks....well, um, I don't know....BAD!)
Ok, remember those candy necklaces? This is a BRA made out of it. How funny is that?
Ready to toast the Bride......is she not the most beautiful thing ever?

Saturday night, 13 of us piled into a great limo and headed to Bell Bottoms in Birmingham to celebrate the bride's last night out. Their wedding is next weekend, and will be complete with one precious flower girl......the ladybug. I'm just praying that she doesn't show everyone the cute new, initials on the butt, underwear that we bought for the occassion. Anyway, we started the evening off with a Passion Party......yeah, that's the "novelty" adult toy party. See here in Alabama, vibrators are illegal, so they sell novelties......whatever. It was funny, especially when you mix in shooters and beer. Then it was time to outfit the Bride for her honeymoon. This girl got some nice shit. I think that even after you are married you should still have showers like once every 2 or 3 years so you can get new shit. And she got some nice shit! Course, she's so pretty and skinny and tall that she'd look good in a fucking garbage sack, but whatever. Anyway, we then went to the club and "shook our groove thangs" until the wee hours of the am. Let me just say, Sunday with a hangover and a 3 year old=NOT COOL. It was worth it though.

Painting and Eating with Easter Bunny

Here's Alli with the Easter Bunny.....love that smile!
Working on our masterpieces! She did such a great job!
Breakfast! Yeah, that's a donut.....she loved it!

Saturday morning, JC's mom and I took the kids to my cousin's paint it yourself pottery studio for breakfast with the Easter Bunny. They painted cute little Easter eggs and had breakfast and got to visit with the Easter Bunny. They had a great time. I love this place because she gets to paint and I get to hang out and have some adult conversation. The staff takes care of everything they need so all JC's mom and I had to do was hang out. I played with her new baby C and just ate him up. J is the boy beside Alli in the painting picture above. He is precious!

My Mother In Law Hates Me....

Exhibit A:

Last week, we went over to my MIL's house, where she is in the process of redoing her bedroom (and it's tacky, but that's another story) so that the hubs could measure the room for some new carpet. I tagged along, because A: I hadn't seen my MIL in a while and I THOUGHT I would be nice and B: Frankly, I really had nothing better to do with my time and I wanted to make sure she didn't stuff my child full of candy (which she is famous for). While the Hubs and his Helper (aka the Ladybug) were measuring the room I was chatting with my MIL. She casually asked what the Easter Bunny was bringing the Ladybug. I told her that I had picked up a few things and that I had been to Walmart THAT AFTERNOON and bought the movie Chicken Little, which after the countless comercials for this thing my child was insisting that the Easter Bunny bring her. Note: I had already BOUGHT this movie, it was chilling in the trunk of my car.

The next night, the hubs and his helper went back to the MIL's house to take the carpet to her. I decided that since I had been visiting the night before, folding the laundry sounded like more fun. They were gone about an hour and when they FINALLY got home, not only was my child hopped up on sugar (the hubs seems to think it's ok if his mom indulges her.....) she was carrying the movie CHICKEN LITTLE. WTF? The MIL had gone out that day and bought the damn thing and then given it to my child. I was pissed! I could not believe (ok, actually it is very typical behavior for her) that she had done this shit! So now, I've got 2 copies of Chicken Little and what's more I have to RETURN one of them. I hate to return things. I returned hers, because frankly she payed more for it then I did, but I had to give the Ladybug her movie so now the Easter Bunny had to track down something else to put in the Easter Basket.

Here's what gets me.....the Hubs didn't get why I was so pissed off......WTF? I had to take a Zanex.......

And Then There Were Eight........

I have one question for America.....WTF are you thinking? Mandisa? Bucky or Elliott are far worse than her! I simply CANNOT BELIEVE that she got the boot. No, her country performance was not that great, but prior to, this chick ROCKED! I was in shock last night, just like the crowd watching live.

Oh and KENNY ROGERS? OMG! That had to have been a Kenny imposter....who was that man? Shouldn't Kenny be wearing longer hair (with bangs) and be a little heavy set and singing a duet with Dolly Parton? I'm a huge country music fan so I know Kenny Rogers, but I have no idea who that man was last night!

On a better note, on a week that I was actually concerned for Taylor's safety, America stepped up once again and kept him safe for another week. Same for the hottie Chris. I tried to get through to vote for both, but couldn't so thanks for pulling in the votes. They both totally rock.

Next week: The songs of ABBA......this should be very interesting......which one gets to sing "Dancing Queen". Is it just me or could this FINALLY be the week that Bucky gets the BOOT? And isn't it about FREAKING time?

The Beach...without my camera!

Ok, to start my trip to the beach off, I went off and left my camera, so there are ZERO pictures of this great wonderful weekend........and maybe that's not such a bad thing!

We left on Friday and hit Tacky Jack's as soon as we got to Orange Beach. Several beers were consumed and we had a great time. Saturday, JC's mom and I were at the pool at 9:00 am! We spent the WHOLE day soaking up the sun and having a great time. Saturday night we went to eat at the Louisiana Lagnippe (ok, I really have no idea how to spell this, they say it is pronounced Lan-Yap).....anyway their food is fabulous! We then called a cab to haul us to Live Bait for some drinks and dancing. We say the Velcro Pygmies, which you may recall is one of my all time favorite party bands....this was much to the hubs dismay! Anyway, we had a wonderful time........on Sunday we got our hung over asses out of bed to hit the pool for a little while before we had to head back to the real world. We hung out until about 1:30 and then had to head home.....

All in all, it was great to not have to be a parent this weekend! Last night when we had just picked up the little one (who I swear had grown a foot since I saw her last) and I realized just how great it was not to have to be a mommy for the weekend....sometimes we need a break!

I'll post more later and maybe share some stories, I still can't believe I forgot my camera!