once there was a snowman....

Do the snowmen in your front yard look like this..............


Or this?

lets just say we did not get any mail for a week after ike builth these. i was very proud.

Maria, Maria....

I always think of two songs when i say Maria's name. First of course is from west side story. the second being from sound of music.

anyways to get on with the story.

Yesterday at church Maria was playing during sacrament. she came over to me, grabbed my arm, and sneezed in my elbow. YUCK! she looked up and me beaming and said, "See mommy, i sneezed in your elbow." i told her she needs to sneeze in HER elbow. she responded, "Why? That's gross and i will end up with buggars all over my arm." and then trotted off to go play with her sister.

oh hum...

it is saturday night.....i am home......in front of my computer..........just taking a moment out from reading a book............my gosh i am a boring person.

i think back and wonder...........was i always this boring..........and i hear regina's voice in my head screaming,"YES!" i did have a life at one time. i know because i have a photo album hidden away from prying eyes that tell me so.

so now i have to put together the puzzle so i can find out when did this happen. hmm.....

5 childen...........exhausted by 4pm and counting down until bedtime, never getting invited over to friends house anymore, too much of a liability. noisy dinner with alot on whine. i never thought i would be one to want to drink at dinner time, but man.........

3 children..........exhausted by 6pm and counting down until bedtime, but still going out for friday night dates with hubby. yummy krispy creme runs, still able to afford Papa Murphy's pizza,

2 children............tired by 8 pm. went for bike rides everyday, still running races, getting together with friends alot. a four door car.

1 child.................up til 11 am or midnight. hung 0ut alot with friends, game nights, movie nights, bike riding, quiet dinners that were over too fast, living in the slums of spokane watching crack deals outside apt. window. always a good fight to listen to late into the night and the occational police escort out of apt due to hostage situations. good times.

No children............Date night whenever we felt like it, road trips,sleeping in on sundays reading the paper, showering every day. ( i never thought of that as a luxury. i should have) vaccuming the carpet and have the vaccum marks last all day. ( i dunno why it mattered but it did)

Single..............well we won't go there. that is why i have the photo album.

so there we have it. the puzzle has been put together and the mystery is solved. so how do i get back to having a life "with children" there has got to be a happy medium. i just need to find it.

Blow Much?

After Aunt Katie blew up this toy.......

She started on this toy at which point Maria got concerned. she went up and asked Aunt Katie, "Are you gonna run outta blow?" Silly girl. Aunt Katie has lots and lots of blow.

I took over after Aunt Katie looked like she was about to pass out and blew up Sharkie. Mommy has lots and lots of hot air.

how much chlorine is too much chlorine

I have a pool. nothing big but it keeps the kids busy. anyways....how much chlorine must be put in to keep the pee level safe for others swimming in it? i mean, when you have 5 boys and 2 little girls swimming is a bottle a day too much? i opinion is that there can never be too much. ever.i would like it not to look like 6,600 gallon toilet. is this asking too much. so what if their hair is turning green, or their swimming suits are bleeding out. i would rather have their eyes sting from chlorine instead of pee. so if you come over this summer to swim in our pool rest assured it is clean. and if i poisen the kids doing it then all the better. the little buggars. =)

That's Stupid

my friend Monica came up with title for this post after she saw what ike did. he filled a glass cup with water, put in a starfish and put it in the freezer. we all know what happens to water when it freezes but for regina's sake i will explain. IT EXPANS! and in this case, shattering the glass. luckily the frozen water held it together so it did not make a mess in the freezer. why did he do this? i dunno. i am trying to figure that out. but there is really no figuring out ike. here is a kid with a genuis IQ. and i have teachers asking me what it is like to raise him. I should say it is alot like this.

Reasons I don't want to do anything today.

1. it is monday so the house is trashed from the weekend

2.something in the dirty laundry pile growled at me when i approached it

3. it is just gonna get messy again.

4.i am tired

5.i am lazy

6.i wish a had a great book to read.

7.i wanna sit and watch jane eyre. (pbs version of course)

8.i am waiting for katie to call so i can hear how her golf date went.

9.would like to go shopping instead of cleaning. ya, it is that bad.

10.to lazy to come up with a number 10.