LOL (with tears)

My mom sent me this email and I realize that this is my kind of friendship.  Mom, Thanks for making me smile today.   

None of that Sissy Crap  Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems?  Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.  You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card-  Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.  1. When you are sad --I will jump on the person who made you sad like a spider monkey jacked up on Mountain Dew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.    3.. When you smile -- I will know you are plotting something that I must be involved in.

4. When you're scared -- we will high tail it out of here.

 

5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining, ya big baby!!!!

6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.

7. When you are sick --Stay away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have.

8. When you fall -- I'll pick you up and dust you off-- 
After I laugh my butt off!!

9. This is my oath...I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask -- because you are my FRIEND! 

Friendship is like peeing your pants, 
Everyone can see it, 
But only you can feel the true warmth.

Send this to 10 of your closest friends, 
Then get depressed because you can only think 
Of 4.

*I'm really lucky when it comes to friends.  Thanks to all of you who make the cut.  

My new ride

We call her Zippy.  Well, because she's shiny and... zippy.  She responsive and equipped with satellite radio (no interruptions and commercials).  That would explain why Blake stole her today and took her to work.  He left me with the truck and no A/C.  Psst, I think that is his secret plot to keep me home to do laundry and not running around town.  She's not actually mine for keeps.  I guess these are the perks for getting rear-ended.  She's mine until my "mom car" gets fixed.  How would it be to actually own a car like this? I kind of feel like I need to coordinate my clothes with it so I don't clash with it.  Kind of like a prom date.  Maybe I can't handle this kind of attention.

Redemption

It's almost like Mother's Day all over again.  Don't you just love those gifts that keep giving and giving.  My lost pole was found.  So I guess I officially was given two fishing poles this year. This was the magic tool that was constructed:

I took Blake and Scott only about 20 minutes and 5 casts.  We also found a spiderman pole.  It had seen better days so now it will see the dump.  It was a lucky night all around.  Lane caught 6 blue gill and Paige caught 7 of them.  This was her first real catch.  Not the kind where we hook it and she reels it in.  She did it all- cast, squeal "I got one", and reel.  Unfortunately for me she has not learned to remove them from the hook so my hands still smell a little fishy. Blake and I are realizing that they put a cramp in "our" fishing time.  By time we get one fish off the hook the other kid has caught something (fish, moss, small tree).  

  

This lake is only 5 mins. from our house.  It sure makes it fun for all of us.  Look at that smile. Priceless.  Have a good day, everyone.  I'm planning on it.

Fishing: Expensive Sport

How does that quote go?  "Give a man a fish, he eats for a day.  Teach a man to fish and your wife will just go to the store to buy the fish."  Blake has been enjoying his hobby of fishing and I must agree that I've enjoyed fishing too (except for the tick-checks).  I think Lane has caught more fish than I have.  These bonding moments don't come without their cost though.  So far we have managed to tally up: 

$180 fine for not having life vest in the boat.  (Side Note: There were no children involved in this stupid act.  And of course the women were not around to sweetly encourage them to care for their own lives.  The life vest were waiting patiently for them in the truck.  Should they need them they could calmly swim to the edge and retrieve the life saving device at which point there would probably be no life left to save.)

$50 Mother's Day fishing rod at the bottom of the lake.  (Side Note:  I was not using said fishing rod even though I was the Mother who received this beautiful rod on Mother's Day...and neither were the children of this mother.) :)

Needless to say, we are still having fun and when we are cooking our fish it is one meal that my kids don't complain about eating.  They love it.  Paige was even proud of herself that she was the only one who had a tick stuck to her head.  I'm not sure she really gets it.  Maybe she thinks it's a pet.  No thank you.

Tonight's FHE will consist of dredging up the lake in hopes of finding my pole.  Big hooks, magnets, and rope.  A big boy's playground.  Hopefully we won't lose anything else in the process, including body parts.

Spring Break 2009

April all rolled into one.

Kids in Sedona, AZ

April just flew by and I didn't blog once.  Shame on me.  I'll attempt to catch you up on what went down.  

12- children's basketball games (P's & L's) attended.  Glad it's over but Lane loved it and started to come into his own.  Now basketball is his favorite sport.  Paige's soccer has now begun.

6- fishing trips.  Blake loves having time for a hobby.

1- hit & run accident.

8- phone messages from the insurance.  (I'm on vacation. I will return your call at my earliest convenience.)

6- years since I've worn my contacts consistently.  I now have new ones and I love them.

8- states we flew over on our way to Arizona.  Spring Break was a blast with the cousins.

4- The # of pets Paige says we have.  (We don't actually have any pets, but cousin's pets count for our family total.)

22- showroom mattresses laid on until we found THE ONE.

3- days until THE mattress is delivered.  I'm so excited I can't sleep.  Literally.

So there it is in a nutshell.  Hopefully, I'll be better for the month of May.  

p.s.  Because of concern from friends I will clarify "hit and run".  I was so rudely rear-ended and because the impact was perfectly centered on my bummer and therefore pressure was evenly distributed all along the impact zone, you can't actually tell that I was hit. Ugh.  However, a whole mess of damage was caused underneath the bummer.  So I've been quietly, but very compassionately, hoping it did more damage to the fancy SUV that caused my inconvenience (that'll show them).

You learn something new every day.

At the park while Paige is picking apart a dandelion:

P- Mom, did you know that dragons can pollinate flowers?

M- Wow, really? How do they do that?

P- Just with their hands.

M- Of course, that makes sense.

I didn't know that my 5 year old could put 'dragons' and 'pollinate' in the same sentence. Impressive for my Kindergartner.  I think she's almost ready for 1st grade.