Date Night

I have a bunch to post about but first up is date night. To understand you really would have had to read about the Great Date Night Experiment at Buckhead Life Church that I posted earlier. You would have had to even read the download for date 1. As it usually happens Marc and I found ourselves out without the kids one night on vacation. We actually went shopping at the Pier Park Mall they have. (ITS AWESOME) After that we wernt ready to go back so we decided to go to Longhorn just for appetizers. I sat there and started thinking....hmmmm cheap appetizers. So I decided to ease in with the questions so he wouldn't get tipped off and I wouldn't get mad he was making fun of me. That possibly would have worked if I hadn't gotten ahead of myself and said "the waitress probably thinks were gangsta for just ordering appetizers" (again, you MUST have read the download for date 1). He looked at me kinda weird and then his face lit up.

Marc: OH OH OH are we on that date

Me: Arms folded eyes rolling

Marc: Yeah Yeah this is that date

Me: Arms still folded eyes still rolling

Marc: Come on, don't you have questions too, theres suppose to be questions too. Come on ask me some questions.

Me: Laughing my head off frantically trying to think of some questions! I never thought I would get that far!!!!!! I didn't really look at the questions. So I made some up.

Anyway, we had a great time but I didn't really learn anything new. Seriously we have been married 10 years in October. We discovered that date night is either for new couples or couples in trouble but not for us. I did laugh until I had tears in my eyes when I heard Marc say "Yeah, we gangsta". Come on, that's funny!

Are you kidding me! We leave for the beach in 14 hours and this is my weather forecast!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOOHOOOO.....that's me crying my eyes out! I'm not a beach person but I figure if Im paying to stay in a condo ON the water I might want to enjoy it while I was there!!!!!!!! Geez, it looks like we could not have picked a worse week to go. I'm just hoping and praying that scattered really means typical Fl. weather and it might come and go. I better see a little sun. I'm sure we will keep ourselves busy with arcades, movies, shopping, eating and plenty of other stuff I was forced to google and find since we will need to adjust our itinerary. Looks like the Cochran family is going to find the inner workings of PCB! Im talking gator farms people. The boys will be thrilled but pray for Mommy and Daddy because its gonna be a long week. HA.

I...I...I...umm...

I will try it, but I feel kind of goofy taking dating advice from Taylor Hicks.

Marc

I really, really want to try the date night experiment. Usually our date night consist of us seeing ANY movie that is not animated and any restaurant that is not Chuck E. Cheese. I do have to say that we always have fun, even when we are just getting out to Home Depot and Walmart without the kiddos. The only problem is that if Marc gets wind of date night instructions in any way its all over. That man cant take anything seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He will make it a big joke and Ill end up with my arms crossed rolling my eyes all night. So my challenge is to get my questions in without him noticing. Im either going to get some good answers and learn something new or hes going to think I have lost my mind and desperately need to get out more. Either way I figure it will be funny. I will let you know how it goes but I must warn you he has banned me from taking pictures he thinks might end up on the dreaded blog. All that means to me is this is going to be even more challenging!

Jane,

What happened? Yesterday I was 18 and ridiculously falling in love with your son. Today I'm 32 and Ridiculously STILL in love with your son. The constant and unconditional love you give to us is amazing. I really could never put into words what the friendship that we have formed means to me. You get me! That's saying a lot!! HA HA My boys adore you and I can see why. I hear other women my age complain about there Mom in laws and I don't get it. The fact that my boys have safe haven in you means the world to me. You are a warm embrace for them when they need it, a snack when they don't need it HA HA , and soft place in this crazy world. Not to mention that you raised an AMAZING man whom I promise to cherish for the rest of my life. I love you! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM! We couldn't be together exactly on Mothers Day this year so I thought I would give to wee little present to tide you over. I want you to know not only how much I love you but what a good friend you are to me. I did take pity on you and let you go shopping for bathing suits with me, nuff said! In a world that parenting is pretty much turned on its ear you are my constant reminder of what a Mother should be. I have learned IT ALL from you and I continue every day. Now, please don't faint but this little picture is for you. I know I know its to much. I shouldn't have. I would show you the other drawers but I'm afraid you might get faint. If I showed you the closet, well lets just say it might be to much to handle. Yes, those are Jimmy's drawers. All purged and arranged. Contain your excitement.
I LOVE YOU!

Do you know what that is? That is a pinch pot. My pinch pot. My special pinch pot that my son made me at school. This is not just any ordinary pinch pot though. My little boy who never has two words to say about his day at school or two seconds to stop and talk to me about it has been telling me about this pot for several weeks. Each week when he got to work on it he was SO proud. Each week he would tell me "Mommy, I painted it your favorite colors", "Mommy, I got to fire it today!!!" and so on. So let me tell you that when he literally flew in the house Friday and dropped to his knees to search his bookbag my heart was in my throat. He took out this little pot and you know what. I cried. I cried like a baby. I cried from happiness at that look of pride at what he had made his Mommy. There is no Oscar, no award, no medal I could earn that would ever mean more to me then this little pinch pot. Just like that we sat at the table and he told me about every detail of making that pot. You know what, I hung on every word.




Me and the little sculptor

Its that time of year again. Time for little hands to stay busy. The other day the kids were driving me nuts so I decided to find all paint, brushes and anything they could paint. They ended up painting rocks and plastic plant buckets from the garage. HA. They loved it though. Tommy and Jimmy are using their buckets to store stuff. Jimmy is storing cars and Tommy is trying to keep a worm alive ( OUTSIDE ). Note to self: buy paint that cleans up easier!

Part of the reason I love this neighborhood are the kids ALWAYS outside. Sometimes it drives me crazy but it is the reason I moved here and I love the constant noise. I just want a handle on it before summer officially starts. I couldn't find a chart to list my summer rules for the boys so I decided to make my own to post on the outside doors. I live in a court which is great but sometimes I think I have several more children then I do. Before I see two flashes of grass stains running through my house seeking a snack I thought I should give them a heads up.

Sorry its so hard to read. I printed a MUCH LARGER 8 x 10!

Ignore the angle

So, completely ignoring the odd angle of the picture this is what my eye looked like Sat. morning. It got much much worse by the end of the day. It was practically swollen shut by the time I went to bed. The next day they were both that way. Plus I woke up and I couldn't even swallow. My normal way of taking care of myself being sick is to IGNORE it. I believe it might go away. Lets just say by the next day it had not gone away but gotten worse. Jimmy and I were driving and I felt it would be better if I could actually see the road so we made a little stop at the urgent care. Yep you guessed it. Pink eye.... Severe Pink eye......in both eyes. UGH. I also have some viral infection but Ill get over that. So we went home and my Momma saved the day again by bringing me my eye drops (that totally helped by the way) and Lysol and hand sanitizer. Anyone who knows Marc knows he hasn't come near me! HA He is avoiding me like the plague. The good thing is he helped Tommy to finish his school project and I didn't have to do it. LOL Always looking on the bright side!

Here are a few things I still need to do. I had the best of intentions but it still has not happened.

Call Stephanie AFTER 8:30

Call Kim Anytime

Call Noreen ANYTIME

The bills

Let playgroup now I will not be there

Make a baked treat for Teacher appreciation week. (something every day of the week is a little overboard.)

I'm going to go now so I can Lysol the keyboard and scrub the house down again. I have 24 more hours until I'm not contagious. WISH US LUCK!

Where's Marc...

I know a few of you wonder where I have been because I have not "blogged" in a while. Well....I was relegated to the wood shed due to my outspoken political views. I'm baaaccckkk! I am back until Becky changes the password for the blog. Gotta type fast.

What have I been doing, you ask? I have been really busy with our "unsightly" yard. Where was the HOA the other 51 weeks of the year when the yard was impeccable? I think I may even win yard of the month. Anyway, I hope you have a good day.

Marc

Food for vacation...

I have few personal favorites that I would like for Becky to make. I love chicken casserole. You know the one with chicken, cream of chicken soup, sour cream and Toll House crackers. It is so good sitting on a bed of rice. Yum! I also think that a trip to the beach calls for key lime pie. Oh, Oh, Oh, I really like boiled shrimp. It is OK grilled. I like broccoli casserole, too. I like corn casserole, but it is more of a Tex-Mex thing. Casseroles are great! Sometimes, they can be a main, a side and if you are lucky, a dessert, too.

Well, I started off thinking I knew of a lot of great casserole dishes, but I guess I was mistaken. I guess to reiterate what Becky had mentioned earlier, please send a few casserole dish ideas. No Hamburger or Tuna Helper please. We have already mastered those.



Marc

Fire Powwa

I'm literally counting the days until THIS movie comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Somethings not right

Ummm, so I was looking at some pictures on my Moms camera tonight and I saw a few things that didn't seem right to me. First up, does anyone see anything wrong with this picture: lets just say that a child should not be squatting on a stove





Next up, this looks a couple years to early to me and even at that shouldnt Tommy be the one driving. This picture just freaks me out anyway!



Im saving this picture for Jimmys 16th birthday cake.

My niece Samantha had Prom tonight. She looked beautiful! They look like a Royal Couple here. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I hope she is having a great time and dancing the night away!