Monday Mugs - Halloween

Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs is for YOU! I may or may not "borrow" ideas from IheartFaces and post my interpretation of their weekly theme. Without submitting my photo for judgement and not being forced to follow the rules.

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Halloween

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As Bailey would say, it is October 31th! I can't wait to see every one's costumes or jack-o-lanterns or how you frightened the trick-or-treaters or how you turned off all your lights and pretended not to be home!
Here are my trick-or-treaters!

The Grumpy Gypsy

She cheered up a few seconds before it got too dark!

The Sheriff

Don't piss him off!

The Construction Worker

Check out those abs!

The Wee Little Witch

Daisy! Look over here! Daisy! Look over here!

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Next week's theme will be: Best Friends

The Photo Contest Results Are In!

After complaining about the voting process.

And barely voting myself in to the top 10.

Then being voted on by a panel of judges.

They announced the results of the Kids Halloween Costume PHOTO Contest.

And.....................

This Picture was the
Grand Prize Winner!

It's not a huge prize but I will take the bragging rights!

TYVM - 10/28/10

Brought to you by Kmama

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I am just beating the buzzer again tonight! PST can come in handy in the bloggy world!

To Daisy, Thank You Very Much for taking Ashton's shoes with you in to the bathtub! All I can say is, "WHY!?!?!" and "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

To my curling iron, Thank You very Much for jumping out of my hands, rolling down my arm and leaving a very attractive blister! Work with me!

To my overwhelming To Do list this week, Thank You Very Much for making it impossible for me to keep up with all my bloggy friends! I promise to catch up this weekend!

It's probably a little too late for you this week, but you should definitely try a little sarcastic therapy next week! Kmama can help!

10 Things to Smile About - October

Holy Cow! I've been trying to post this all day! I wanted to add a few pictures but both of my camera cards were having major issues and I couldn't download any pics! I did come up with a solution which you will read about below!

Here are 10 things that I was smiling about in October:

1. In the first 5 days of Oct we had 3 days with rain. And below 100degree temps! yippeeeeee!=)

2. Having the kids home for Fall Break.=)

3.With the cooler weather comes actual cold water coming out of the taps. I love having 3 different water temperatures to do my laundry in, instead of hot, hotter and hottest! Also, brushing teeth with warm water is blicky!=)

4. During Fall Break, Daisy realized that she could make Bailey do whatever she wanted! All I heard all day was "Bah Bah! Bah Bah! Bah Bah" Then I would find the two of them sitting on the couch eating otter pops or playing together in the sandbox or playing pladoh on the back patio or sprinkling fairy dust (sugar) all over the pantry!=)

5. After complaing about the photo contest I entered, I was able to get 2 of my pictures in the top ten finalists. I used 5 emails to vote for my pictures 5 times PER DAY with word verification for EVERY vote. I was determined! I only received votes from myself. If you are interested, you can check out my photos and my competition here. =)

6. A trip to the pumpkin festival. =)

7. Sending the kids back to school after Fall Break. =)

8. The boys really wanted to submit a pumpkin for the contest at school. I had no idea what to do! Carving is not allowed. Then, last week, I met a new bloggy friend and can you believe she had posted pics of some fabulous pumpkins she had decorated. She even said I could copy her idea! I put together the pumpkin last night and delivered it to the school this morning. Thanks Janet! Go check out her pumpkin here. =)

9. I finally took pictures of Daisy in her cute birthday outfit. It's only been 2 months since her birthday! =)

10. Finally figuring out how to get the pictures off of my camera's memory card. It was rocket science actually. I used the cable to attach the camera to the computer's usb port! Genius!! =)

Monday Mugs - Pink

Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs is for YOU! I may or may not "borrow" ideas from IheartFaces and post my interpretation of their weekly theme. Without submitting my photo for judgement and not being forced to follow the rules.

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Pink

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My Pink Ladies

And some rare pink photos of my guys!

I don't know why the pink doesn't show as well in Ashton's picture.

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Next week's theme will be: Halloween

Let's see those Sunday night trick-or-treaters!

 
 

TYVM - 10/21/10

Courtesy of Kmama!

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To Bailey, Thank You Very Much for taking my cell phone with you to the bathroom and proceeding to call me EVERY 1.5 minutes on the home phone. Get a book Bay! I am not your 'potty entertainment'!

To my alarm clock, Thank You Very Much for allowing me to completely sleep through hitting the snooze button TWICE before I realized I needed to get my butt out of bed! Get off the easy listening channel and turn yourself up a few notches! Your current settings are ineffective!

To the Lady who parked her car in the parent pick-up lane at school, Thank You Very Much for forcing me to roll down my window and point out that you were blocking traffic! Can't you see the cars moving ahead of you and the big line of cars, waiting to move forward, behind you? Get back in your car!!!!!!!!! (I asked her in a much nicer way through gritted teeth)

You know you need some therapy! Give it a try and link up with Kmama!

WW - I've Waited 2 Years For This!

Monday Mugs - Fall

 Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs is for YOU! I may or may not "borrow" ideas from IheartFaces and post my interpretation of their weekly theme. Without submitting my photo for judgement and not being forced to follow the rules.

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Fall

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We don't get "typical" Fall around here. But, last Christmas when we stopped to see the Tumbleweed Christmas Tree, the kids found a pile of leaves and easily entertained themselves for quite a while!



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Next week's theme will be: Pink

(in honor of breast cancer awareness month)

Letters of Intent

Hosted by Julie at Foursons

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Dear Local News Channel,

I recently submitted 4 of my photos to your "Kids Costume" Photo Contest. I would really appreciate knowing why you are calling it a "photo" contest when it is clearly a "see how many emails you can sign up for and then vote for your own picture" contest. Since registering for your site is a requirement before voting, I am pretty sure that only the people that submitted photos are going to take the time to vote!

I am not a professional photographer but I am not going to be happy if a photo that someone didn't even bother to remove the red-eye from beats one of my shots.

Sincerely,
Not Even Sure Why I Bothered

TYVM - 10/14/10

Free Therapy Courtesy of Kmama

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Thank You Very Much to Daisy's new obsession with "DaBBa"(yo gabba gabba). I CAN NOT get those annoying educational songs out of my head! "Don't bite your friends! Don't bite your friends!"

To the mosquitoes, Thank You Very Much for cutting short our trip to the park yesterday morning and our bike ride/walk last night. It's been hours since we were outside and we are all still smacking arms and legs and heads, unconsciously thinking you are still there! Oh, and this morning? Bailey is covered in humongous mosquito bites. Ashton and I have little nibbles but nothing like poor Bailey.

If you are in need of some therapy, link up with Kmama at The Daily Dribbles!

Wednesday

Haboob: (noun) A wall of dust as a result of a microburst or downburst. The air forced downward is pushed forward by the front of a thunderstorm cell, dragging dust and debris with it, as it travels across the terrain.

Feelin' Crafty?

Just thought I would share some crafting blogs that I stumbled upon recently.

Holy Halloween Crafts!! They posted a different Halloween craft every day in September. Then they had a Linky Party and tons of people shared their Halloween crafts
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Here are 2 projects that I made:

 I didn't set these up right for the photo shoot! The striped "o" is supposed to be in the middle!

The instructions for these darling Trick-or-Treat bags did not call for any sewing. But, since I have a Handy Dandy Sewing Mama, she helped me with the stitching around the circles and letters. I also got all of the fabric from her! Thanks Mom!


Jars of Fun
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Fun Christmas ideas! Teacher gifts?

Monday Mugs - Orange

Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs is for YOU! I may or may not "borrow" ideas from IheartFaces and post my interpretation of their weekly theme. Without submitting my photo for judgement and not being forced to follow the rules.

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Orange

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This is the only way we can get Fall colors in the trees!

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TYVM - 10/7/10

Hosted, this week, by the lovely and talented Julie at Foursons

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To my darling children (except Lily), Thank You Very Much for removing all of the FOLDED laundry from the laundry basket and throwing it all over my room! I REALLY wanted to re-fold all of the clothes!

To Student of the Month assemblies, Thank You Very Much! It is bad enough that I tear up when my own children are receiving this award, but it's just embarrassing when I am wiping away tears for other people's children!!

To the landscapers/very motivated homeowners, Thank You Very Much for revving up your trimmers and leaf blowers at 5am! It's Fall Break people. I don't need to wake up 'til 6:30am!!

To Ashton, Thank You Very Much for letting me know that I am the worst mother you've EVER had!
I don't think he appreciated it when I laughed!

Anyone you need to thank this week? Go get your free therapy, today! Visit Julie!

WW - Toothless Grin

One of my favorite kinds!