TST - Another Potty Post

Yay! It's Tuesday and time for True Story Tuesday! Click over to Once Upon a Miracle to hear other hilarious tales and if  you're lucky maybe even more bathroom related true stories.


We are watching Elf right now and I am using DaddyO's computer to try to get my TST post in before midnight. I tried to write a post last night but I couldn't think of anything interesting. I spent the day cleaning toilets and got some interesting inspiration. I hope you're not sick of my "potty posts!"

My boys have a very special "bathroom philosophy." Their goal when they need to "go" is to try not to touch ANYTHING. You see, if you don't touch anything, you don't have to waste time washing your hands! So they go in to the bathroom and they don't lift the toilet seat, they don't touch "themselves" when they are going and they usually don't touch the flusher!!! The result of this fine philosophy is that there is pee left IN the toilet, ON the toilet and ALL OVER the  floors and sometimes the walls. I really enjoyed cleaning up after their "philosophy" today! Usually Lily and I notice their "time savings" when we sit down to use the toilet and we get up all wet!

Boys Boys Boys!! I told them that they need to wash their hands just from exposure to the germs in the air in the bathroom.

Holiday Projects

Just wanted to show you guys the projects I have been working on that had me so stressed out last week. Everything was completed and delivered, just in time, Friday morning.

Let's start with teacher gifts. I decided to make a stack of greeting cards for the kids' teachers. I used my, already on hand, stamp collection and scraps of scrapbook paper. The only thing I had to buy were the blank cards and envelopes which cost about $10. So I basically only spent $2 per teacher. I spent the last month working on them and just finished wrapping them up this week!

This is my favorite one.

I also covered a little note pad with scrapbook paper, added a flower and packaged everything up together.

Then I thought it would be a good idea to make treats for every kid in each of my kids' classes. Yep, I made 72 of these bad boys! I cut each of them out by hand! When I was done my hand was a mangled, cramped mess!

OH, you silly geese! I'm just kidding!! I have a machine that cut out each little reindeer. It took forever to cut everything out though and I had to draw the mouth, punch the hole for the nose, glue on the eyes, add my kids' names on the back and stamp a holiday greeting on each one. I bought about 100 bags of m&m's and picked all of the red ones out, one by one. I ate everything that wasn't red! Oh my sweet goslings, I'm messin' with ya again. They make tubs of individual color m&m's now. I even had a coupon!

Now that these projects are done I am feeling much less stress and am ready to enjoy our Holiday activities this week! Everyone is home for the next 2 weeks, EVEN DaddyO!

Holiday Greeting

Just wanted to send you all some holiday wishes! This is the same card I sent in the mail. Blog greetings are much less time consuming and much more cost effective! LOL
Happy Christmas and Merry New Year to all..............and goodnight!

Oh Thank You Very Much!

I think I need a little more than therapy this week although I'm not sure what! You should really try Kmama's weekly therapy or at least check out all the other therapy sessions.

Thank You Very Much to my very frazzled brain which has been screwing things up ALL week!

On a normal week, I help out in Ashton's class on Wednesday and Bailey's class on Thursday. So my silly brain could not wrap itself around the idea that Bailey's holiday party was on Wednesday and Ashton's party was on Thursday. For some reason I thought they were both on Thursday and I was shocked and filled with guilt when Bailey came home from school yesterday and told me about his party! I remembered to make treats for the class but totally missed the festivities! Dopie brain, thank you very much.

It has also made matters worse that I can't seem to figure out what day it is! All day yesterday I thought it was Thursday. I said to Lily, in a very excited voice, "It's Survivor night!!!"
She very sweetly rolled her eyes and said, "Mom, it's Wednesday!"
And now, something to ponder, if I thought yesterday was Thursday why wasn't I planning on going to the boys school parties? Preesh8 ya, dim wit!

I think I need this week to be over AND a nap!

Alrighty, the therapy session and this photo have helped me feel much better!

Now I just need a nap!!

Wordless Wednesday

WW - Can you sit still for just ONE picture? Please?!

True Story Tuesday - A Late Night Mess

Ok guys. This is my first time participating in True Story Tuesday with Rachel at Once Upon A Miracle. Join the fun or at the very least, go check out her post today! SO FUNNY!!!

A few nights ago, I was sitting at the computer catching up on my blog reading. It was late. Our computer desk is in the hallway just outside the boys bedroom. I heard some rustling sounds in the boys room and a few minutes later, Ashton came stumbling out with his "business" hanging out of his pants.
I said "Hey bud, what ya doin?"
He stared at me blankly.
I asked "Do you need to go to the bathroom?"
He blinked once and started PEEING on the floor!
I jumped up out of the chair and started yelling (trying not to wake up the other children) at him to STOP and tried to get him in to the bathroom. He didn't budge! When he was done, he gave me one last glassy eyed stare, tucked "himself" away and turned around and got back in bed. I'm pretty sure he was sound asleep! I was left standing in the hallway, dumbfounded, with quite a mess to clean up!

He is going to kill me someday for telling this story on my public blog!

Our Socks

When I was little, my Mom made me and my siblings Christmas Stockings. I don't know how old I was, but this is the only sock I remember using.

I'm not sure what I was thinking, but in the summer of 1996 I made Lily's sock. I was pretty sure I had jinxed myself and I'm not sure if you can understand my relief and joy when we found out that our first baby was a girl!

I met DaddyO in August 1996, AFTER I made Lily's sock. I had his sock complete for our first Christmas together.

I do not remember stitching the boys stockings! It must have been during all the time spent on bed rest and at the hospital. BOTH of their stockings were ready for their first Christmas!

Daisy's sock was the hardest finish. I started working on her sock before she was born, but I wanted to wait and see what color of hair she was going to have before I stitched the little girl decorating the Christmas tree. I'm still not sure what color of hair the Little Miss is going to have but finishing her stocking was at the top of my Holiday To-Do list! I just finished the stitching last week and my Mom sewed the fabric on the back (same day service! Thanx Mom!)

Almost done stitching!

YAY! It's finally done!

I bought this stand when we only had 5 stockings to hang. Our family of 6 was obviously meant to be!

Don't they look perfect hanging ALL together, neatly in a row?!