Sleep is a Wonderful Thing

This weekend I was reminded that sleep is a wonderful thing and that if I get plenty of it, I'm not a crabby Mommy. All my fault and I'm climbing my way to being level headed and fulfilled of sleep requirements......

Friday night was the Homecoming football game. First I parked out in tim-buck-two since my hometown has grown so much and the High School is three times the size it used to be. Have I told you that we missed the boat on moving back into town? Having been there and seeing all my former classmates and what the school has become, I now feel like I haven't missed much. I guess my memory of what was is just that, what things were, not how they are now. I'm afraid I'd have to move out to Bu-Fu to come even near what my town used to be. I do have a secret crush on my multi-culti neighborhood though!

Well, I did get to see some caddy girls and some too big for their britches guys....you pretty much know EVERYONE because it was a graduating class of about 140-ish people. I was oddly comforted to not be in the crowd of people who do not seem to have changed since High School. I don't believe I was ever in the 'in' crowd, but more of a fringe. Decorative fringe, but fringe. I had lots of friends sure, but I seem to carry on this thing in life that I only carry on the meaningful few. I've got quality, not quantity. :::ahhh, you know who you are!:::

I found out that at least 2, perhaps 3 (Friday night became a little fuzzy) that live in the same town as I currently do. Two of them lived down from me in our former home town. Sadly, I recall beating one of them up in early gradeschool, I'm sure for good reason. Perhaps for picking on me or my neighbors. I'm sure he, yes HE, deserved it at the time. Remember........ I grew up with 3 older brothers........:: I'm throwing up my 'guns' right now! Ha!::

I spent much of Friday night talking with everyone I knew and had lots of fun. I did get to see a guy that I used to hang out with a ton after High School and even into early years with Husband. I missed him and was happy to see him. The old 'we've got to get together' was a part of the discussion, but I'm not quite the party girl that I used to be. Kind of glad and kind of sad at the same time......

All of the sudden Friday night, a huge wave of tiredness came over me, I looked down at my watch....2:00 am.....Awww man! Did I ever have to leave! Of course I got home only to have forgotten Husband's prescription at the pharmacy.....thank goodness it was 24 hours, but I didn't get really into bed until quarter to 3! Handsome made me pay......3:30 am wake up and 5:00 am wake-up......I swear, that boy's teeth won't be fully in until he's THREE!

I promise to add pictures as soon as they are downloaded!

20th High School Reunion

Well, in three days, I'll be going to my 20th High School reunion.....it's interesting. I haven't seen people from High School in years, other than the ones I care about (o'kay really one person), but something is drawing me in to go.

I attended my home town's annual Labor Day parade this past Sept., which was sweltering and I have to admit, the two people I did see, one I knew right away (whom obviously had a chestal enhancement) and the second one's name escaped my brain until I walked away thinking .....OMG! How could I have glazed over like that?!!!??! You know you get that thought process going, I should know this person. Look, she knows me. I should know this person. She's so sweet and nice. I know I know her, she's vaguely familiar. I should know this person....Who the hell IS she?

Thank God, my BFF (I've never used that term to describe her before, but this is the internet), whom I've known since pre-school brought some photos from the year book to a local tavern where another class member was a bartender. She even brought photos that didn't get used in the year book.......which reminds me, I have to call brother to see if he has cork board for that......(no dice on the cork board). So numerous times I ask her "Who is this again?" "And that is?" The caddy-ness has already begun. I don't believe I was ever part of a clique, but it's certainly humorous hearing the comments already......

I think there will be about a 25% turnout at the Sat. event and I'm hoping to see more people, my old friends, at the Homecoming game on Fri. If not, that's o'kay, I still get to go out while Husband is the baby sitter.....for BOTH nights! I gave him the opportunity to go....he turned me down.....watch out for the solo Cougar. I'm not old enough to be one right? Since all the people will be my age, it's really not a 'Cougar' occasion is it?

I'll be much more of a 'Cougar' at the party I've been invited to go to BEFORE the 20th reunion on Sat. My 'lil brother, former pseudo gal pal from work, who ditched me....has graduated from the fire academy. A few more weeks and he'll be everybody's hero! ::awwwwww!:: I'm hoping the gift will arrive before the party! We'll see!

Until later!

Addiction

Hello, my name is HMomma, and I'm addicted to Boggle. I am in so much trouble. My friend (flip-flop Momma!) introduced me to Boggle on facebook........I'm spending way too much time on this game. Of course, not while the kids are awake, so it's not hurting them right? I felt so guilty after playing an hour yesterday that I did the dishes BEFORE I went to bed. Which reminds me, I don't get enough sleep and its my fault. More sleep = happier me.....so easy, but so many temptations!

So, Flip Flop Momma, you are on my poop list. But don't feel bad, I'm right there next to you!

Mark This Date!

Sweet Pea has begun preschool!

Yesterday was the best day we've had in a while! No time outs, we painted, we made cookies and we played and laughed and even continued to play and laugh with Daddy after their naps. It was so wonderful I didn't want it to end! ::sigh....weep:: It's the type of day that you want to hold onto forever. Of course, this HAS to be the day before she starts preschool. I mean, all those outside influences.....older brothers and sisters.....I can't wrap my head around it. Sure, she was in daycare, but when she first started going, she was with either only children or she was the oldest......Then the second place she went, her brother was with her and he was the youngest. Of course, there were some trouble-makers that I didn't appreciate, but I can't hold her forever and I just have to tell her and keep reminding her that that's not the way we behave.........

So last night she got up twice (once while I was spending quality time with the dogs of our vacationing neighbor) and again at about 3 am......then of course Handsome had to wake and I gave him a bottle. He woke again while Husband was getting ready to go to work, so I shoved, I mean pleasantly gave him a bottle again at 4:30 am......I forced everyone to go back to sleep until 7 am.....yep, whoops, 7 am. This means since I didn't shower yesterday ( I know, gross) I had to shower myself, dress myself and the kids, let the neighbor's dog out while the kids watched a show, get the kids fed, give our dog her doggie downer, check the grocery list since I'll be at work tomorrow, get the kids in the car, bring the neighbor's dogs back into the house, and make it to preschool on time.....we promptly arrived at 8:55 am! Yeah Mommy! I would've felt better had I had more time, but I think it went just fine! I only left the house 5 min. late.......

I take pictures of my girl outside her preschool and in the classroom (I'll take another when I go back). Also got one of her and her brother. She's in the Blue Room. The whole room is decorated with fishes. It's just adorable and Handsome loved the decorations! She was fine until two of the other Moms tried to leave and their children had some melt-downs. Yes, I felt sorry for the kids and the Moms but I'm really hoping it doesn't affect Sweet Pea, who at that point, got a little clingy. I told her she was a big girl and that the other girls were sad, but she knew I'd be back to pick her up after school and she was going to have a great time! Sadly, I could hear one of the little girls screaming her head off outside in the parking lot. Sweet Pea gets upset when Handsome is whining and crying......I guess I'll see what happened when I get there.....I have to remind myself that all children are not the same......but didn't these girls experience ANYTHING else? Sunday school? park district classes? without their Mommy's? I highly recommend it! So, I was very proud of my non-crying, non-meltdown girl! I'm so sad and happy at the same time! I've just never felt this way!

I switched days at work to be able to do this and I'm really glad I did! This morning didn't go quite as planned, just scrambled eggs, cantaloupe and milk for breakfast, but at least we were on time! Perhaps we'll stop at McDonald's afterwards for lunch!

I'm sitting here at Nana and Papa's (they are at the lake house) and Handsome is napping......I have to tell you, this preschool class feels like it's taking FOREVER! I keep looking at the clock and it's moving SO SLOW! I almost forgot what it feels like to have one baby! With her safe at school, there's only Handsome and since he's still naps twice a day....well, I have this free time! Too bad it won't be me, it'll be Nana's free time! (Note to self: tell Nana how awesome this is gonna be for her!!!!) As for preschool, there's a list of snack items that need to be brought each day. We have to bring our first snacks on Thurs. The snack consists of apples, peanut butter and apple juice......I'm putting a lot of faith in Nana, that she'll remember them! ha!

Before I forget, they had this list of accomplishments that you wanted your child to achieve. Well, at the time, Sweet Pea was refusing to write her name and I thought that I'd like her at least to be able to do that at the end of preschool. Then I read what the learning would be, ABC's, numbers 1-10, shapes and colors. I thought to myself, man, she has all those DOWN!?!?!? But then I remembered, she needs to learn to share, play nicely with others, learn how to be patient, so my hopes for what she can accomplish has already switched a bit.

Hope to post pictures tomorrow. If you're lucky, I'll do it this afternoon or tonight!

39 more minutes!!!!!......

Wednesday Whatever!

Boring day today. Supposed to be cloudy and possibly rainy.....I've got a ton of hand-me-downs from Sister-In-Law to go through. Size 4Ts.... ::sigh:: my baby is getting big! Speaking of big, Handsome has graduated to a big boy car seat. This is what he looked like right before he was given Sweet Pea's seat, just this past weekend.

All right, I'll agree with you there. He's a tad bit big, but his weight had been teetering at 20 pounds since, well, FOREVER!

This is Sweet Pea as she sees the hand-me-down purple Princess bike from Aunty L and Uncle D. Ummmm......Notice the middle finger pointing. That's been a difficult habit to break. Well, because we haven't broken it yet.....
And lastly, here's a picture from Sunday night. This was right after dinner. Nana was behind the camera. It was good to have her along. After all, she's a mom, she could've taken care of any miss happenings......wait a minute....so am I......

Baton Club

As a belated bachelorette party, I gathered a few friends, Mom and Sister In Law and headed to the big city for some fun on Sunday night. As usual, I was in haste getting ready for the evening. I went shopping for an outfit for myself. New York and Company saved me and I only spent $24! new shirt and new pants! Woo Hoo! After waiting for Husband to finish his shower, which he decided to take at 5:15 pm (the girls were leaving at 5:30 pm........), I rushed to say goodbye as we were not about 10 minutes late from the departure time, not kissing either of my children goodbye ::slaps head::...Thank goodness for cell phones!!!! I also forgot a gift I was to give to the Bride......::eye rolling:: I was comforted by the fact that the only person who is as forgetful as me was with me in the car!!!!! Sorry Mom!

We entrusted our faith in a 'Garmin', which is a GPS navigator. It was great until we got downtown and kept 'recalculating'. I think we may have even drove by the place, but you know how women get and we were all chatting just way too much. Once we were paying attention, we scoped it out along the route. We put a little too much faith in 'trusting the Garmin'.....We arrived about 5 minutes late....not bad at ALL!

We dined at the Italian Village, which you have to walk up a stairwell to the second floor to the restaurant. We had reservations. The twenty people we walked past, did not. It felt fantastic!!! Right this way, your table is waiting for you! Wheeeee! I couldn't help thinking "This needs to be done much more often!!!!" Dinner was lovely and our waiter was great as he got us out on time and gave us transportation recommendations to our next destination.

Having valeted the car at the restaurant, we cabbed it to our final destination. The Baton Club. I had made reservations and, for a Sunday night, it was not packed, but a fairly decent group. But what do I know? I'm a suburban Mom......As noted in many reviews, the service was cruddy. I think had we all ordered our two drink minimum right away, it would've went very smoothly. I would recommend a little more friendliness on the servers part would go a LONG WAY! I'm sure he had to do his thing and get us to order drinks, but he could've been a little more pleasant. Onto the show!

The Park West was holding the Miss Continental Pageant and the girls were all supporting someone in the contest and arrived a little late. It would've been nice for someone to have mentioned that. Instead there was music and you never quite knew when the show was going to start. So we kind of started out on a bad note. I'm not blaming the girls for supporting their friend, but somebody could've said SOMETHING! We would've just relaxed and patiently waited as opposed to getting a little irritated. So we did what we do best and chatted up the place.

First impression when I saw the girls......I thought....note to self. If they can look like that, than you can get a little more gussied up day-to-day! I had went to the bar for singles for tips and was still in shock at how awesome one of the girls looked. Our server told me it's the sincerest form of flattery......All I know is I need a little more estrogen and boob job to begin to measure up to these ladies. Well, most of them were ladies! The red head (sorry I didn't get her name) had the rap 'attitude' lip-syncing songs. Lot's of "F" this and "Bitch" in the songs. She had the whole attitude and was also awesome! Ms. Chilli Pepper was the MC (I think). Whomever the MC was she was great. She had incredibly quick wit and great humor! The girls were definitely entertaining and beautiful! I was definitely jealous of the curvy blond! Peaches and cream had some great attitude! Great show and I'd go again and again! I'm adding it to our annual outings for sure!