July 1st

Today was the first day of July, and sadly, we had warmer days in May. The tan I once had is gone, and the garden I was once so proud of is limp and choking on all the rain. It's truly depressing. We are heading north for our annual camping trip in 2 days, and I had better see some better weather, or I am going to lose my shit.
Last weekend we did get a full 12 hour reprieve from the dreary weather, and just enough time to open up our pop up and camp in the backyard, after all it was National Camp Out in Your Backyard Day, and who are we to miss a National holiday.. in case you've never heard of this, I hadn't either, it was my husband who told me about it, and I had to google it because I really didn't believe him. We had fun anyway, and it was a good chance to open up the camper and make sure that we didn't have a family of mice residing in it.. unlike my sister who opened her pop up to find dead baby mice and holes in the canvas.. nice.
Anyway, enough about the rain, and the mice.. I am truly excited about getting a vacation! My sister is on vacation next week which means no babysitting for me! Yay!! I love her children, but man, are they exhausting! Her boys, who are 20 months old are on the go non stop, and in to EVERYTHING!! One of them got his finger stuck in the pantry door, which has caused him to get a staph infection, and lose the nail on his middle finger.. the other one fell out of my camper the other day, and they both are constantly racing to my kitchen table to try and swing on the chandelier. Sounds like a joke, but it's not!
I had them today, and I have them tomorrow.. time for me to get some sleep.. I also have to pack 4 kids for a 3 night camping trip, and hope that maybe my lovely husband will pitch in at some point.. yea right.. I'll see monkey's fly out of my ass before that happens!!

The Uppity Up of What's Been Up..

Again my blog is feeling the neglect of the life I am currently leading. I can't tell you how insane it has been.. well, maybe I can..
First of all, I have to mention that my dear friend blogless had her twin babies a week ago yesterday. Finally! She was only 2 days early, and for twins, that is just one total pisser. Well, it's actually really good and her babies were nice healthy weights (about 15 pounds combined- god help her!) but to have to waddle around in discomfort for close to 40 weeks with two babies just made my skin crawl a bit. Every time I saw her, or talked to her, it was painful.. for me. Yes, it's all about me! It brought me back to my own twin pregnancy in which I couldn't wait for the 35th week when I knew I could at least have them locally, and know they would be ok. Blogless is truly my hero.. I think I complained for her more than she ever did for herself!! I have yet to meet her babies, but I am planning on going up to her house this weekend and washing a floor, or scrubbing a toilet, or just holding some babies.. whatever she needs.. she was a huge help to me when my own girls were born, and it's the least I can do..
In other news.. school is over. yee friggin ha! I can't tell you how excited I am not to have to deal with the morning rush of feeding, clothing, packing lunches, brushing teeth.. and getting the boys to the bus on time. And of course remembering to be there when they get off the bus as well.. we all know how good I am at that! Now it's just me and the kiddo's in p.j.'s until whenever the hell we want.. which could be all day, and we are all ok with that!
There have been so many things I have wanted to blog about in the past couple of weeks.. the last day of kindergarten for my youngest son, having to explain my period to my oldest son (yea, that was fun), the recent illness my father in law is facing, but I find the issue is time.. And the lack of it.. If I'm not changing a diaper, or folding laundry, doing the dishes or dust busting some cracker crumbs off the couch, then I'm asleep.. there really is some bloggable shit going on, but I am too tired to stay up and write it down..
One day I'll get to it.. as for now, I'm heading to bed.. my most favorite place!

Tagged..

Thanks to McPolack for the tag.. I always feel so popular when I'm "it"


What is your current obsession?
My yard, and getting it perty..

What do you hate that most everyone else seems to love?
Rachel Ray..

What are you wearing today?
capris, black shirt stained with white paint

What’s for dinner?
I haven't thought that far ahead yet..

What would you eat for your last meal?
scallops wrapped in bacon, more bacon, and a huge steak w/bernaise sauce.. and then I would hope to hold my bowels during my death.. that would be one nasty ass shit!

What’s the last thing you bought?
switch plates with purple butterflies on them.

What are you listening to right now?
5 children building a fort with two pack and plays..


What do you think of the person who tagged you?
She's funny, creative and can do some wicked yoga moves!

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
I just moved into this one, and since this doesn't promise to move you as well, I would have to say right here. And besides, I'm still in the honeymoon phase with my new house, and LOVE IT!

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
back to bed.. lame, but I'm beat!

Which language do you want to learn?
I'd love to polish up my Spanish..

What’s your favourite quote?
I only know one, and have since I was 16.. "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination" by James Dean..

What is your favourite colour?
green

What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
a black gap hoodie that I've had far too long.

What is your dream job?
Mike Rowe's personal assistant (the guy from Dirty Jobs)

Describe your personal style?
non exsistent

What’s your favourite tree?
river birch

What are you going to do after this?
give 5 kids their mid morning snack.. fold some laundry, and try to keep everyone from biting each other (and me!)

What’s your favourite fruit?
bananas

What inspires you?
my friends.. my kids..

Who was the last person you kissed?
my youngest son

What are you currently reading?
corduroy..

Go to your bookshelf, take down the first book with a red spine you see, turn to page 26 and type out the first line:
My books are still packed away.. the only books on any shelf are all easy readers.. and golden books..

What delighted you the most today?
getting a birthday card in the mail..

By what criteria do you judge a person?
Their shoes.

The rules:

1. Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own.

2. Tag eight other people.
Well, since I don't even know 8 people that are current with their blogs, I tag my sister, and a busy mom of 5. Have fun ladies!! ;) And since you both have twins, I really don't expect you to do it.. but at the very least I have hopefully made you feel special! And popular! ;)

Bone Marrow Registry..

I have always wanted to sign up for the bone marrow registry, and for whatever reason, I never did.. Until yesterday.
They are letting you join the registry, free of charge, until June 22nd. Everyone should join. It's fast, and easy, and free!! (usually it's $50 for the swab kit, not a high price to pay to help save a life) Here's the site..

3 Yards..

It doesn't sound like it's that much.. really. 3 yards to someone who fancies sewing, sounds like enough for a couple of bags, or a curtain..
So why wouldn't 3 yards of mulch sound like a lot?? Why wouldn't it sound like the perfect amount??

Because yards in outside terms are very different than yards in real life (as I like to call the inside).

If only I had had my camera waiting, to capture the look on my poor husbands face as he pulled in from work last week to see our driveway pretty much covered in mulch. He left for work thinking that I was just going to call around for prices.. He didn't know that I would in fact be having some delivered the same day. I thought it was a great deal, and they could deliver it the same day. And since I'm the type of person who would like things finished yesterday, I thought this was fair.

I am currently thinking about either making a ton of flower beds in my yard, or putting it on Craigslist. I haven't made up my mind. I'm pretty sure he has an idea of where I could put it..

3 sets of twins..

My life is not easy.. taking care of my own set of twins, still at the tender age of 2, my sister's twins who are the at the rambunctious age of 19 months, and my sister's daughter, who is at the wonderful know it all age of 4.
I don't want to pat myself on the back (well, not too hard anyway) but damn! I'm a busy friggin woman.. or just legally insane.. or both.
I took some pictures the other day, of the insanity.. My niece came to the house wearing a beautiful dress, and a doll that was wearing the same exact one. Cute, yet oddly creepy.
But she was a twin that day too.. So, I tried getting a couple of pictures of ALL the twins.. This was the best I could do as one of the boys couldn't bear being out of my arms for more than a moment..

Pissa...

My 6 year old is learning so much. He's got most of his letters down pretty well. It would appear that Z's are a bitch.
This would be a cheese and pepperoni pizza.. almost!

It's On Sister!

I finally decided what to do with the spider. I've named it Mr. Big, cause it's fucking BIG. I brought it to work with me last night, and left it in a cabinet at my sister's desk. She's now informed me that she left it somewhere for me. Great. I can't imagine where she's hiding it, but it is so on. Hahaha.. (evil laughter).