Was that stupid or what?

So today, I decided that I needed, not wanted, but mentally needed to take down all the Christmas decorations. Seriously, they were everywhere and it reached the point where I could not even clean because they were Everywhere. So, I got the kids together and we started packing it all up. Then I decided to tackle the last project, the beloved Christmas Tree. Now, I was not here when it got put up and mom had told me that Bobbi had put it up for us, to which I was very grateful. Anyways I got all the bulbs off and proceeded to try to take off the lights. I could not believe how wound up they were on each and every limb. It literally took me an hour to take off two strings of lights just on the top of the tree. I asked JD to try to work at it for a minute while I went and talked to mom about it. I went out to the post office and told mom that Bobbi was no longer allowed to touch our tree because she had wound it up so tight and I was having a really hard time taking them off. Mom just started laughing and told me that Bobbi did not put the lights on that tree and that it was a Pre-Lit tree. I could not believe what she was telling me. It is not possible that I missed that little fact. Anyways, once I got over the initial shock, it was a cinch to take the tree apart and get it taken care of. I officially nominate me as the geek of the week.
Try to beat that; what is the latest thing that you have done that makes people wonder about your sanity????

Hello, again

So, yes, it has been a while since I have done the bloggin thing, and I am soooo sorry. School and Christmas shopping, and all that has taken up so much of my time. Anyways, Today, travis decided that he did not want to wear a coat to school and opted to wear his dragon halloween costume. He looked so cute and Darlene, his teacher, totally went crazy over him when we walked through the door. He cracks me up.
I have spent the last three days baking goodies to take around to people for Christmas. There is something about giving to others that really puts me in the Christmas spirit. I am really looking forward to Christmas this year. It is so much fun when you have little kids. Now I can see why mom and dad were the way they were when we were young. I keep telling myself that I am not going to go overboard this year, but it is hard not to when you have the ability to, if you know what I mean.
When the kids get home, we are going to go through their toy box and take all of their remaining good toys over to the food bank. It is hard to teach kids about how maybe other kids don't have nice things and toys like they do, so I figured that this would be a good way to show them. This Christmas is going to be different for my small family without Joann, but it makes me feel good that she is in a better place, but I know that she will be greatly missed by our family. Sometimes it is hard not to get upset that she is no longer here, especially during the holiday season, but I know that we will get through it. I wanted to say thank you for all the prayers given on my family's behalf. I know that we felt them through those difficult times last month.
I am going crazy today, I feel like I cannot get anything done because I am waiting for the fed ex man to get here with my boxes. We had a little extra money left a few weeks ago, so Kevin made me go online and get me some shirts and stuff. I am so excited for them to come. There is something about getting new clothes that revives a mother; makes us feel like we are not so run-down........ That was a hint to all you guys reading this.
Happy Holidays from us to you.

Read before you pass judgement

I know that this sounds odd, But I think that the best thing that happeded to me last week happened thursday when kevin's cousin steven died. i know that sounds horrible, but please let me explain. Stevie was an awsome guy. He was kind of quiet and possibly a person that you would walk away from if you saw him in the store because he looked kind of scary, but honestly, he had to be the nicest guy I have ever met. He died early thursday morning from a heart attack, he was only 22.
The reason I say that this was the best thing that happened to me is not for the fact that I did not like the guy, but because of the fact that his death has shown me how short life truely is. It is a different kind of sadness when someone young dies, versus when someone old dies. this one a shocker to say the least. Oddly enough, neither Kevin or I are really sad about it. Yes, we shed some tears when we heard, especiall for the fact that stevie has been working for kevin for the past month, but all in all, we are ok with it. All I know is that now I reralize how grateful I am to have my family. I have a wonderful husband and 5 beautiful children that I love and that love me back. Stevie did not have this, no wife, no kids. I am so grateful at the fact that my Heavenly Father has given me the oppertunity to be a wife and mother. I think that we sometimes take this great gift for granted.
Stevies death has also shown me how scared I am all the time. I am scared to call this person, or I am scared to go to church, or I am scared to speak my mind, or wear that shirt. Life is too short to live your life in fear, or worry about a thousand different things each day. What happened to sitting down with your kids at night and singing silly songs or reading a book instead of just watching tv or cleaning up the house. I think that Stevies death has scared me, but in a good way. I don't want to miss out on my life, i want to live it up, just like stevie did.
So to stevie, I say thank you. Thanks for all the laughes, the dirty jokes, the smiles, the waves, and thanks for helping me to realize that we are only here until we are called home, so we better make the best of it.

powered sugar anyone??

So, my Maddison is an amazing child. You can set her down for one minute and she has the ability to have a room completely tore apart. For example, I set her down this morning and went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. In that amount of time she had got her cute little hands on a bag or powered sugar, tore it apart and had dad's computer room completely white, including all the chairs, floor and herself mind you. All I could see when I came out of the bathroom was a white haze. when I found her, all i could see was two blue eyes shining up at me. now I ask you, haw can you get mad at that. i asked her if she did this mess, and she just said no and continued licking the blue chair.

Hot Wheels

Ok, so we all went to David, Jared, and Jordan's first football game last night which I have to say was a blast, but when we were walking through the parking lot Travis went running to this silver mustang and starts touching it and rubbing his nose on the windows and stuff, I told him to get back here by me and he said, "but mom, it's a hot wheels car." It really did look like one, it was silver and had dark grey puffy flames on it. Nice. Anyways, I am doing my finals for my class this week, but I really don't feel like doing anything on it today. I am a procrastinator, but this class was pretty easy for me because I have taken one that was very similar, so I am not too worried about my final. I got put on the deans list at my school, which I am pretty sure is a good thing, I don't know, maybe it is a bad thing.:) anyways, I am really excited because my favorite holiday is coming up, HALLOWEEN!! I just love it. I think it is because I am a naturally freaky person, so it just meshes well with my personality.
Love ya all.
Jerrilynn

OH, Ya, I want to tell Brandon Happy birthday yesterday. I was thinking about him all day, but was working on my finals most of the day. I love you Brandon.

Just think about it

What is the one thing that you just can't resist, no not men, but I'm meaning food wise.

I know most of you will say chocolate or ice cream or chocolate ice cream, but for me, it is chips and sour cream. I know that it sounds so disgusting, but that is my weakness.... and there is nothing it is that is remotely good for you. why does the holy heavens have to curse me with this. I have been doing so good at loosing weight, then I discover this little gem, and I am literally sucking it up. I don't understand my issue is with it, because it really doesn't taste all that well going down, but it is that aftertaste that gets me. HELP

The Pumpkin Patch

So today I go to go with travis on a field trip to a pumpkin patch in ferron. There seemed like there was 400 little kids although there were only about 40. It was so much fun. We learned a ton about pumpkins, and it was so cute to see all the little kids running through the pumpkins with only about 7 moms and teachers trying to contain them all. Afterward we went to the park and ate pumpkin cookies and bread and played on the equipment for a while. then we went back to the school and read books about pumpkins. It was nice to get out and spend some time with him. He had so much fun, but I can really see that he does not like other kids. family is a different story, but he would not talk or even recognize the fact that there were a bunch of kids there. He did get pretty mad at the fact that we did not take everyone to the pumpkin patch in our van. Apparently he thought that we were going to fit 50 people in a minivan- maybe in a regular van, but not a minivan.

fact of the day: Kevin, yes my kevin, has been called to jury duty. I feel sorry for the poor soul that faces kevin as a jurror. All I know is that it will sure take a lot of convincing to get him to not automatically say "GUILTY" especially if he is a mexican, not that Kevin is racist or anything.

Oh yeah, I am the greatest, it says so in the dictionary

Quirky things about me...

OK, quirk Number 1: If I hear a song that I know, even if someone is just humming it, I have to finish the song. It doesn't matter where I am, I HAVE TO finish it out loud.

2: I hate GEICO commercials with a passion.

3: When I cook, I talk with a french accent when no one is around.

4: I think catch and release fishermen are heartless bastards

5: cotton makes me want to vomit, thinking of it between your teeth... and it squeaks....and there is that....that... feeling of nasty particles rubbing..... puke, barf, retch.

And finally, I have an uneven problem. If someone touches one of my hands, I will do anything to get them to touch my other hand. If someone bumps into my shoulder at the store or something, I will run my shoulder into something at the store so that I won't be uneven.

CRAP, it's the first day of school

Me and JD decided that he would wake up at around 6:45 this morning because this would give him enough time to get showered and ready for school. Well, he ended up waking up at around 5:00, got showered and was ready for school at 5:15. He did this last year too, so I was kind of expecting it. Now, I am sitting here wondering if he dropped his lunch tray and had everyone laugh at him, or if the other kids noticed that he was not wearing a brand new shirt, or if he tripped on his new shoes because new shoes can take a while to get used to, or if he will miss the bus and if he does miss the bus what will he do, will he go back to class, will he go and call me, will he walk to the store, WHAT?? WHAT WILL HE DO??????? Oh crap, I can feel an anxiety attack coming one. Breath in and out, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. and.......... relax
On a side note, Travis and Aspen,( Yes, I said Aspen), will be starting pre-school next week, so I am wondering what I am going to do with my time. Maddison is really easy to take care of, so if any one has any hobbies they would like to share with me, I would appreciate it. I know, I know, Janet is going to say blogging. Yes, I am a mind reader. It is one of my many, many talents :)

Question: If you make anything happen, what would it be?

I wonder....

You know, It is so hard for me to believe that I have 4 kids. Sometimes, I look at them and wonder where the time went. Before I know it, they will all be in school, I will be working, and I will be sitting there wondering where the time went. After what happened with Wyatt yesterday, It really makes me think about how precious time really is and how anything can happen at any moment that could change your life forever. Maybe it is not such a good thing for me to always expect the best from my children, maybe I am too tough with punishments, maybe I will always think that I can be a better mother than I am, but at the same time, I want my kid to learn respect, kindness, faith and love. I am so glad that Wyatt will be okay. I was so scared when Kevin told me what had happened, and I am so proud of Bobbi for keeping it together for him. I thought that she would be a mess, but apparently she held strong through out the entire thing. She is a better woman than I am because I would have been freaking out the entire time. Good Job BOB!!
We love you Wyatt, get feeling better soon

So I Here are some recent pictures of the kids. I love my new camera.

Jerri's New Gear

So yesterday I got me a new camera, which I have to say takes the best pictures, and I also got me a video camera, it was a package deal. I have been taking pictures all day, and I think that the kids are getting sick of me telling them to smile. JD finally told me that his face hurt too much to smile anymore, so I'm giving them a break. As soon as I figure out how to put the pictures on my computer i will so ya'll can see the chillen. B&B are coming tonight to get the kids. Normally, i would be releaved, but I am kind of sad. they have been so good while they have been here, so I guess I'll just have to adopt them.

Slip and Slide

The church is having their annual slip and slide party today at 11:00. The kids are so excited to go and get wet. I told everyone that they would not be able to go unless the house was clean, and you would not believe how fast they got everything done. I am the type of person that does not function well in a messy house, and I am glad that all the kids realize this. Morgan got up this morning and told the kids that they have to behave and pick up after themselves today because if they don't, Aunt Jerri's head-bunnies will start to jumpin and nobody wants to deal with that. He is so funny. I am glad that they are here, and I am going to miss them so much when they go.

French fries are POTATOES??

So, I was asking the boys what they wanted for dinner tonight, we decided on grilled cheese and french-fries. Morgan got a funny look on his face and asked me where I was going to get the fries. I told him that I was going to make them. He said that I could not make them because french fries are made in a factory. I told him that anyone could make them because they are just made out of potatoes. He got the funniest look on his face and said "French Fries Are Made Out Of Potatoes??? He did not believe me, so I had to show him how people make french fries. Wyatt couldn't believe that all this time he was eating potatoes and not even complaining. I was laughing so hard that my diet dr. pepper came out of my nose.

The Boys

Well, We have B&B's boys for the week. It is really nice to see them and get a chance to hear all the new things that have been going on with them. After a bag of cereal and a gallon of milk for breakfast, and a quick pick up job on the house, they are all playing outside because according to Alva, "nature is just where heavenly father wanted us to be, that is why we are so good when we are playing outside." He is a funny kid. He reminds me so much of Brian, born to be a leader.

Date Night

Kevin and I decided to go to the movies last night. We went and saw the new Mummy movie, which was actually pretty good. We took JD with us, and I spent most of the time watching him instead of the movie. He would get so exited, especially when the Abominable Snowmen came and wiped out most of the bad guys. It was fun taking him with us, and we decided that we need to spend time like that with each of the kids. It is funny to see how kids react when you spend time with them alone. We let him get whatever candy he wanted, and he kept asking the guy at the counter why they did not have apples and bananas for sale. He cracks me up.

Cookie Time

Today, I decided to do something fun with the kids, so we make a ton of no bake cookies. I found the best recipe and trust me, they are so good. If you want it, just let me know. Sometimes I wish I would do more things like that with the kids. Travis and Onnah had so much fun, I never even thought that they would like to measure things out and pour them into a pan, I usually just take care of all of it, but they loved it. The best part by far is eating them though. I think that this is something that we can all agree on. Onto a different subject, Travis had school yesterday. They were talking about all the different colors in the world, and they were having the children think of something and the color it it and then they would tell the class. Travis raised his hand and said that his butt was brown. His teacher asked him why his butt was brown, and he said, well, the stuff that comes out is. She was laughing so hard and the kids were all talking about their "stuff". Then Travis raised his hand and told them that when you drink blue juice, your "stuff" comes out green. I guess all the kids thought that was so cool and they wanted to drink blue juice so that their "stuff" would turn green.
sometimes I wonder about the sanity of my children or if they go through their days thinking of things that will embarrass me.

SO,
I got roped into going to a bbq at kevin's aunt Raylynns house. Of course, he will not be there because he is working, so I get to try and face everyone by myself. It kind of scares me a little, but I just hope that sid and joann will be there, or at least jodee. All the kids are excited because they get to see grandma mangum. They haven't seen her for about a year, so it will be nice to see how she is doing. His family is really talkative, and my friend Jen will be there, so I guess it will be fun. I ran into her at the store this morning, and she made me promist that I would come, plus she said she has several more bags of diapers for Maddison. It is pretty good, Maddison is over a year old, and we have never had to buy diapers yet. Jen keeps me supplied with them, and I am forever grateful to her for that.
Me and Jamie decided that we are going to do our own little BBQ tonight for the 24th of July, and I am looking forward to doing that. I love BBQ's. People are always so happy and have so much to say.

For your Information

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Mother of the Year? I think not

As I have been working around the house today, I have realized that life of a mother is strange. If you really think about it, we do really weird things, like wash our children's faces 50 times a day, knowing that the next time we see them, they will need it again; we wash the same clothes over and over again, knowing that in a couple of days, we will have to wash them again, and we find ourselves cooking food that we know our children will not eat, however, I did find a cure for this. JD is pretty good at eating whatever I give him, but he hates "green stuff". Last night for dinner, I made this chicken casserole that had chunks of chicken, which he loves, noodles, which he loves, cheese, which he loves, corn, which he loves, and peas, which he does not love because of the mere fact that they are green. So, he didn't really eat much for dinner, and I fed then the same thing for lunch. I noticed that he was not eating, so I decided to show him a pictures of starving children, and I found this one.... http://www.hoslink.com/medical_images/Starving_child_carried.jpg

needless to say, after I explained to him about how this little girl looks this way because she and her family have no food, and that she would be more than happy to eat his peas, he decided that peas weren't such bad thing, and he went back in the kitchen and cleared his plate.
I am so smart.... SMRT
I don't think that the action I took would necessarily vote me into the best mother of the year awards, but it was effective.

Memory Tag

I guess you are supposed to comment on a memory that you have of me.
This kind of freaks me out
Please be kind

So, How does that make you FEEL?

So I am sitting here on the couch. It is Sunday, and I am just waiting for the phone to ring to tell me that JD is back from his camping trip and that I can go and pick him up. I have been suprised that I have not gone completely crazy the last couple of days, but I have not worried about him at all, I have just missed him. This is the longest he has ever been away from me, but I bet he had so much fun. I think that it does kids good to be away fro their parets a while, just like when parents need a little break, I think it goes both ways. Anyways, just thought I would let everyone know.

Gone too far??

So, Sid and Joann called last night to see if JD could go camping with them in their new RV this weekend. My first initial instinct was to say no, but i am trying to not be so protective of him, so Kevin told them that he could, and so begins the packing... They are leaving today at 2:oo, and they won't be back until Sunday afternoon.
I placed two outfits containing everything he would need for that particular day(underwear and socks), rolled them up separately and ruber-banded them so that he would not have to wonder where I put his socks and such, and I did the same to his two pairs of pj's. (He is putting all of this in his book bag) Them I had his camp chair, but I couldn't fit it in his book-bag, so i managed to wrap the arm holes of the book-bag around the chair on the back part of the bag, so he can have a chair to sit on (I wouldn't want him to have to sit in the dirt or on a log) then, I remembered that he is allergic to bees and hornets, so i packed him his benadryl and a medicine dropper and taped a note to the benadryl telling them how much to give him if by chance he gets stung. Then, I remembered that he sometimes has growing pains in his legs, so i packed him some Tylenol with a dropper and a note to explain how much to give him. Then I realized that although Joann is a nurse, she never has band-aids, so I packed him some. then I remembered that last time we went camping, he got burned by a hot coal that popped out at him from the fire, so I packed him some burn cream. Then I remembered that he is highly sensitive to the sun, so I packed him some sunblock and a hat. I don't know if they are going to play in the water or whatever, so I packed him an extra shirt just to be safe. then I thought, you can't go camping with out a flashlight, although he is under strict orders not to go out of the RV after dark, but I packed him a flashlight just to be safe. I also packed him some children's pepto-bismal because there is a good chance that his stomach might get to hurting because....., well, better safe than sorry. I also packed him a warm sweater and a hoodie because I have no idea how cold it will get in the late afternoon part of the day..... Now, my question to you is... do you think that i went a little overboard?? Oh, I also packed him some hand sanitizer, and connect 4 and a three pack of playdough just in case they get bored.

What's The Deal With Laundry??

I just don't understand it. I have been doing so good at keeping the laundry, normally about 3-4 loads a day. I have been pretty busy the last couple of days, so I haven't been able to keep up with it, now today I have done 7 loads of laundry which is all piled up on the laundry table because i don't want to fold it until I have everything washed. I am drying my last two loads as we speak, so I guess this afternoon I will be folding, folding, folding. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just throw away our dirty clothes and a new clean fresh set would magically appear? Honestly, that would be my heaven.

For all the Mothers

I think that this pretty much sums up how it is to be a mom

For All Mothers

This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at soccer games instead of watching from cars, so that when their kids asked, "Did you see my goal?" They could say, "Of course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.

This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick children in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Meyer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's OK honey, Mommy's here."

This is for all the mothers of Kosovo who fled in the night and can't find their children.

This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see and for the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes.

For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes and for all the mothers who don't.

What makes a good mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips?

The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all at the same time?

Or is it heart?

Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?

The jolt that takes you from sleeping to dread, from bed to crib at 2 a.m. to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?

Is it the need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear news of a school shooting, a fire, a car accident, a baby dying?I think so.

So this is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies.

And for all the mothers who wanted to but just couldn't.

This is for reading "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year. And then reading it again, "Just one more time".

This is for all the mothers who mess up. Who yell at their kids in grocery store and swat them in despair and stomp their feet like a tired two year old who wants ice cream before dinner.

This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their shoelaces before they started to school and for all the mothers who opted for Velcro instead.

For all the mothers who bite their lips (sometimes until they bleed) when their 14 year olds dyed their hair green.

This is for all the mothers who lock themselves in the bathroom when babies keep crying and won't stop.

This is for all mothers who show at work with spit-up in their hair and milkstains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.

This is for mothers who teach their sons to cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot.

This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at home or are grown.

This is for mothers who put pinwheels and teddy bears on their children's graves.This is for all the mothers whose children have gone astray and who can't find words to reach them.

This is for all the mothers who sent their child to school with a stomach ache, assuring that they would be just FINE once they got there, only to get a call from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them up right away.

This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation.

And mature mothers learning to let go.

For working moms and stay-at-home moms. Single mothers and married mothers.

Mothers with money and mothers without.T

his is for you, so hang in there.

The world would be a terrible place without the love of mothers everywhere. You make it a more civil, caring and safe place for the precious children in our world.

BUZZ

I say buzz because that is all I am hearing right now. I woke up this morning at about 1 with a huge headache, and now all I can hear is a buzz. I don't necessarily think that this is a bad thing, but I'm not sure how it could be a good thing. Kevin's parents gave us their camp trailer yesterday, it is quite nice, but it had about an inch of dust on everything, so I have spent the day cleaning it, and putting Travis's day bed together that his aunt JoDee gave him. he absolutely loves it. He cracks me up. Kevin made lunch the other day which consisted of tunafish sandwiches, and Travis asked Kevin why he was feeding him cat food. kevin told him that is isn't cat food, it is made out of fish, then travis asked him why he was trying to feed him fish food. kevin explained that it was not fish food, that it was made out of a fish. Travis left it at that and ate his sandwich, then later on that night while I was tucking him into bed, he told me that he wanted to eat cat food tomorrow for lunch because it was delicious. I laughed so hard that I woke the baby up, then Onnah woke up because the baby was crying.... it must have taken me about another half hour to get them all asleep.

Thought of the day

How did the first women ever to shave their legs know that the skin wouldn't just peel right off?

Good Morrow

Thought of the Day

If a nursing mother had her nipples pierced would the milk come out of all three holes?



It is such a nice day outside today. I have a ton of homework to get done before my final is due on Monday, but I can't seem to stay inside. The kids and I took a bunch of old wash-rags and washed the van this morning, and then I went out into the post-office to talk to mom. She was sweeping her floor as she does every morning, and sure enough, Maddison found one of those swiffer dusters and began to "sweep" the floor too. Then mom walked outside and Maddison followed her and helped her sweep the walk way. It was too cute. Mom and Dad and Jamie and her children are going to go camping today, so I am planning on having a nice family night, maybe we will rent a movie or something fun like that. For those that are wondering, I am still washing the blue ink out of my hair.... Good times!

July 10, 2008

Thought of the day

If laughter is the best medicine, who's the idiot who said they 'died laughing'?

July 9,2008

Thought of the Day

What is another word for "thesaurus"?



Is that Marge Simpson??

So, I don't know about you guys, but when I clean and I find a pen, i simply place it in my hair. Well, yesterday, I was a cleaning fool. I must have found about 5 pens that I put in myhair. Kevin was late coming home last night, so I continued my cleaning into the wee hours of the night, and by the time he got home, I was so tired so I took the pens out of my hair and went straight to bed. When I got up this morning, there was some thing on my face, and I just thought that I had rubbed up against Kevin and somehow got a little dirty or something so I scrubbed it of, wondering all the while why it was taking so long for coal dust to come off my face. At about 9:30 this morning, I went to brush my hair, but I couldn't, the brush would not go through it,and then discovered that there was something shiny all over my head, I went out to mom and we finally realized after touching it and seeing that my hands were turning blue that a pen had exploded in y hair. I figured that it would wash right out, but folks, I am here to tell you that blue pen does not wash out all that well. So I scrubbed for about 10 minuets, went out to mom during the process, where she was talking to Ted Ann Funk, and they both started laughing and calling me Marge Simpson because my hair was full of bright blue bubbles. I continued scrubbing, and rinsed it out to find that now my hands are now dyed blue from the blue bubbles, along with my scalp Mom is getting a kick out of this, and I am hoping that this will wear out before I have to take Kevin lunch at the power plant. The blue pen did not come out all the way, and I am afraid that no amount of scrubbing will help. ANY IDEAS ASAP!!!!! Please.

Jerri's Moto

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intent of arriving in a beautiful and well preserved body; but rather to slide in sideways, chocolate in one hand, pepsi in the other, body completely used up, totally worn out, screaming damn what a ride.

July 8, 2008

Thought of the Day

Why don't woodpeckers get headaches when they slam their head on a tree all day?



Getting Better

I have to admit that I am starting to feel a little better today. Ben decided he would give us all a nice gift when they came to visit, the flu isn't much fun, I would have really liked a chainsaw, but I settled for the flu. Can anyone guess what show the chainsaw line is from??

July 7, 2008

Three things in life that, once gone, never come back -
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity

Three things in life that are most valuable -
1. Love
2. Self-confidence
3. Family

Three things in life that are never certain -
1. Dreams
2. Success
3. Fortune

Three things that make a man/woman -
1. Hard Work
2. Sincerity
3. Commitment

Three things in life that can destroy a man/woman -
1. Alcohol
2. Pride
3. Anger


Something to think about.....
I want to lose weight by eating nothing but Moon Pies, which have significantly less gravity than earthier foods such as fruits and vegetables.


QUESTION OF THE DAY
Can a short person "talk down" to a taller person?

Question of the Day

Is there a time limit on fortune cookie predictions?

TAG (yet again)

What is his name? Kevin

How old is he?26

How old are you? 25

How did you meet? At School, well, kind of...

Who's taller?Kevin

Who eats more sweets? Depends on the day

Who sings better? It's a tie

Who is smarter? Depends on the subject

Who does laundry?98% of the time I do

Who does dishes? Depends on which one of us is naked

What is his guilty pleasure?I'm not going to say because I may have nieces and nephews reading this..... I don't want to scare them.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Which side is the right side.... j/k, Kevin

Who mows the lawn? Jerri

Who cooks dinner? Jerri

Who Drives the Car? Jerri

Who is more stubborn? Kevin

Who kissed who first? I asked him if he was going to kiss me or no, but he actually kissed me first because he make the move.

Who asked who out first? He asked me out

What was your first date? Gillys to play pool.

Who proposed? Neither, we just knew.

Who has more siblings? I do

Who wears the pants? Depends, we both have a pretty good set

What is your favorite thing about him? His attitude, smile, and his eyes and his facial hair- I know, I'm weird.

A Mothers Work

Sometimes I feel that a mothers work is never done. At least 3 times a week, when kevin comes home from work, I just want to say, "Well, do you want to know what went on in this house today while you were at your "JOB". Really, how much work can one person do? You have to disinfect things, constantly clean, do laundry, and all this before 10:00 when we have to go to the bank and the store. Do you really want to know what the funny thing is, As mothers, we really don't "HAVE" to do it. We could sit on our behinds playing games all day, but we do it because we love our families and our children. Have a good day!!!

Funny Thought to Ponder

When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny?

Onnah Loves Bugs

I don't know what to do with my child. Onnah just loves bugs; she will spend all day trying to catch hoppers, worms, rollie pollies, and spiders, yes I said spiders. I really don't think that I was that way when I was little, so she must get it from Kevin's side. What I don't understand about the whole thing is the fact that she is such a girlie girl. I guess that is just kids for ya. They keep you guessing and wondering and worrying.

JD's Tradgety

Well, JD had a little incident today. I busy folding clothes and I heard him start screaming. I went to see what was wrong because he never cries, and there is blood all over his shirt. Apparently, he decided that it would be a good idea to climb on top of his dresser and jump onto bed. Well, after trying this, he learned his lesson because the bed threw him back and he hit his head right on the corner of the dresser. Paybacks suck.

Vacation

So, I was talking to the kids the other day about taking a vacation, and Travis asked me what a vacation was. I told him that a vacation is where you go somewhere really fun. He said, "I wanna go to Grandma Peay's House." They live in a beautiful house in Orem. I asked him why he would want to go there on vacation and he said, "Because it smells like Chickens." I'm really not sure where he got that, so I said" Travis, Grandma doesn't make chicken," and he said "no, mom; you know, the ones with wings."
This just proves that kids are crazy, of course, I live by the philosophy that raising kids is like getting pecked to death by chickens, so maybe there is something to be said about the whole chicken thing.

Maddison

Well, we have came a long way since this picture was taken. My Maddison is going to be 1 tomorrow. It makes me confused to think about about how fast time has went by. It seems that just yesterday I was getting married, for the first time mind you, now here am with 4 kids and a minivan wondering how in the crap all this happened. I hate to think about my kids getting older because my greatest fear is that they will be smarter than I was. Granted, I don't want my children to make the same mistakes that I did, but at the same time, I also don't want to feel stupid when I talk to them... Bartender... anyways, I am new to this whole blogging thing, so feel free to give me pointers because I have no idea what I am doing.

TAG

Apparently I am going to answer some questions. For all of you that are involved with the blogging thing, I think you are all aware that Janet can be a little pushy, if you know what I mean:)

3 Joys: Children, Popcorn, Kevin.... not necessarily in this particular order

3 Goals: Laugh More, Live More, Love More

3 Obsessions: My kids have to wear shoes, Their socks have to be on correctly, and I have to lay out my shoes the night before or else I cannot put them on.

3 Surprising Facts about me: I love going to school (who would have done thunk it?), I cannot chew chocolate, and I have a huge fear of moths.

OK, I guess I need to apologize for the "pushy Janet" remark. That was actually kind of fun.