Mondays seem to come so quickly! I am feeling much better than I was in my last post Thank goodness. So lets get on with the Meet me on monday thingy. 1. What do you put on your hot dog?I like ketchup and mustard on mine. Cooked on the grill is the best. 2. Do you play Sudoku?Noooooooooo. I can't figure it out. My 9 year old can do them in about 5 minutes. Makes me mad lol 3. What is your favorite vegetable?I don't really have a favorite veggie. Can I say salad? I really like a good salad 4. Do you color your hair?no I don't...yet 5. What is your favorite brand of clothing?I don't really have a favorite. I'm not picky I'll wear anything.

When Mommy Gets Sick

The world stops in a dead halt. The last few days I have felt as if I'm coming down with a cold or some icky flu/ish thing and today it hit. I feel like road kill. Thankfully I have a husband who can cook so the children will get fed. Otherwise they might all starve. My recliner and I have grown very close these last couple hours. I have my pillow, my blankie, phone, tv remote and a thermos of hot tea. My wonderful husband dropped my 2 littlest kids at his parents for the day so I have been in and out of consciousness all day. He even made my school age kid lunch this morning. He's so wonderful. I plan on milking this just so everyone knows. I feel as if we moms deserve to milk a little and I don't mean lactating ladies ha ha..ok That wasn't really that funny but in my delirium it is ok. Let me have that one. As I was saying. I figure after years of taking care of kids, husbands, nurturing, wiping runny noses and runny butts for that matter we moms deserve to milk a little. So I intend to milk and maybe even whine a little.

Meet Me On Monday

Well I'm here. Better late than never. I would have added my link yesterday but life with 3 kids (4 if you count the husband) gets busy on Sundays. There is Church, Family time (usually lunch out with the in-laws and a fun thing the kids pick), making sure homework is done, finishing forgotten math homework, and so on. I love my life. So since I'm here lets get on with it shall we :o) 1. What is your favorite kind of fudge? Just plain chocolate! 2. Is there snow outside your window? No thank goodness but I can see the snow on Mt. Rainier 3.What is your favorite meal of the day? Dinner without question. It's our family time. Hubby is home and we all sit down together and talk about our day. 4. Do you text on your cell phone? Constantly 5. Waffles or pancakes? Depends on the day really. I like both.

Yep It's Friday!!!

It's Friday and I am linking the Java and her wonderful blog. This follow Friday thingy is so much fun! I've missed it. First let me say a great big thank you to all of you who commented on my previous post. Thank you Saimi for the welcome back! It feels good to be back. I have had a mommy free day today. My beautiful MIL took my 2 youngest kids for the day and picked my eldest up from school and is going to keep them over night. I LOVE my inlaws. They are awesome. So I called hubby, who is equally as awesome, and told him that we suddenly find ourselves kidless. I think he dropped the phone. Seriously, I heard a clunk, then he asked a silly question, "what did you do sell them off" I never laughed so hard. Scary thing is...how did he know. Hmm.ok ok I really wouldn't sell my children. Then again, on the right day, to the right buyer...nooooo lol So I called up a couple friends, who I think forgot who we are, and set up a little get together at a fantastic restaurant. We haven't been out with adults in a long time. I'm not sure I remember how to talk adult talk.

Oh My Goodness

Well now that the holidays are officially over I have time again to sit and pay attention to my lil ole blog here. Oh how I've missed you my little blog and the people who read and comment.

It all starts in October when we get ready for Halloween and our little trick or treaters. My children love dressing up and getting their bags full of yummy candy, daddy and I monitor the candy intake carefully, We don't usually take them to too many neighborhoods. We stick to Trunk or treat at our church, our neighborhood and a few places on base. All in all a good time is always had by all.

The rest of the holiday season is mixed with school programs, church programs, fall festival at church and my eldest skate club winter show, which is usually a huge production, of which I am one of the coordinators. Fun fun. My daughter has been skating since she was about 5, she's 9. She love love loves it with a capital LOVE. She lives and breaths skating. It's to the point now that we have also started ballet, I guess it helps with grace and poise on the ice blah blah blah ok. She does freestyle, is on a synchronized team and now wants to try ice dancing. Special skates for this, that and everything else. I get so confused. It's a good thing she knows what is what. I get a little freaked out about the cost when I write the check to her coach every month, pick up skates from being sharpened, or new costumes for what ever competition is coming next. but she loves it and that is what matters. My husband tells me to relax and enjoy her joy. I do believe me.

I also was on the planning committee for the fall festival. It was fantastic if I do say so myself. I cannot take all the credit because there were many people involved. High 5 to everyone.

Christmas came with a bang. We spent Christmas eve with my in-laws. We thought we would have to rent a u-haul to get all of the kids presents home. Thankfully we fit them all in the car, we strapped the kids to the roof. Christmas morning mommy and daddy were allowed to sleep in until 6am, after staying up half the night putting out santa gifts and eating cookies meant for santa and carrots meant for Rudolph and the other reindeer (I don't recommend mixing sugar cookies and carrots) Mommy and daddy awoke to little eyes peaking over the edge of the bed and pats on the cheek from little hands. We tried to ignore them..didn't work. So up we get and out to the tree we go. Little girls laughing and carrying on wakes the baby. Half an hour later everything was open and it was time for pumpkin pancakes. Have you ever had pumpkin pancakes? OMG!!! That is all I can say about that.

I have to say bless my 9 year olds heart. We were watching tv the other day and an ad comes on for the Susan G. Koman 3 day walk for the cure. She looks at me and says "mom how come we never do that?" As you may know from my older posts I am a breast cancer survivor, praise God, So I said well maybe we should start doing it. So we are registered for the Seattle 3day. Bless her little heart. I'm smiling really, kinda, ok I'm not smiling. So now I am getting together a "walk for the cure" committee at church to raise money for donations and sponsership of women/families who want to walk but can't. ok so maybe I'm not going to be as free as I thought I was. Yes I will.