CA Girl

Is it TMI or just time to confess?  Well I will go with confession time with Mamarazzi!  I confess... My house is a disaster is the biggest understatement!  It's bad people.  But, the dishes have been done everyday for almost two weeks straight!  And not at 11 at night either--with exception of snack dishes.  And that is saying something.  My car isn't any better.  How do cars get so out of hand anyway? I confess... I am spoiled.  Spoiled.  But, I have to say it....so are you.  I have proof.  My AC in my car is broken.  Perfect timing for it to break.  It's been 100 this past week.  But I have a car.  A car that works.  And my house...HOUSE has central air.  See what I mean?  Spoiled.  I think of the pioneers.  The pioneers with their dirt floors, one room cabins and if they were truly blessed they had horses.  So yeah, I am spoiled.  Really spoiled. I confe...

Do you remember or currently sing that silly nursery song, "No More Monkey's Jumping on the Bed"?  We know they do it.  We know, because all kids do.  We know because every once in a while we catch them in the act.  We know because we are the parent.  And well, I know because I let my child make videos with my iPhone.  Some are worthy of youtube.  He could totally start his own channel.  But sometimes when he makes his videos, he forgets who will see them.... Yes, I am so very proud.  And when he angled the camera towards his dresser, for a brief moment I had visions of him climbing up on top of it to use as a launching pad.  Not that I ever did anything like that.  *heh* I am participating in Proud Mommy Moments with EmmyMom and Kmama.

I love food.  It's just so dang good.  When people ask me what is your favorite food, I have a hard time answering that.  It would be far easier to answer what don't I like.  I don't care for liver and onions.  Yes, I have tried it.  I don't think I would like to try cow tongue.  Not a big okra fan.  But food overall is my frenemy.  I need to food to live.  We all do.  But I love food.  It's just good. I started Weight Watchers almost 2 years ago when I decided to stop kidding myself.  I was the biggest I had ever been.  I couldn't look in the mirror any more.  And then my doctor was very frank with me.  She told me she didn't want to treat me for diabetes in two months.  Which is where I was headed.  So between that and my vanity I lost 30 pounds. I hit that 30 pound mark and leveled off, and then slowly have been creeping back up.  ANd by slowly, I do mean slow.  I have only put ...

Emmy and I have decided to start a new tradition.  Each time we get together we take a picture of us together.  So far, we have managed it. I finally got Emily all settled at the right school.  The middle school.  And now am receiving emails from the elementary school.  I wonder when I will start receiving truancy notices. My car battery died on the first day of school.  Dead.  Nothing.  Luckily everyone was safe and at school.  And I was fortunate enough to be at a gas station.  I got a jump, but it was only enough to get me home.  I needed a new battery.   I got the new battery, and now...my AC --in the car--doesn't work.  D'oh! I got to see my little baby grand nephew.  He's so sweet.  But, I just might be a little biased....what do you think? d I haven't used them yet, but I bought some Nestle dark chocolate chips.  I want chocolate chip cookies now. We watched the International Space Statio...

Today I am linking up with Shell over at Things I Can't Say in her Summer Fun Link Up... So what do you do?  It's what did you do this summer?  What is fun?  Show it?  So here goes.... Lots of fun and laughter. And more laughs Beach days Family New Life! Yep summer in CA has been a grand adventure!  But life is an adventure.  What was your summer like?  You have a little time left to link up!!

It's Friday baby, and I am confessing.  I need to.  I have been up to no good.  It's why I gained weight this past week!  But in my defense, it was a stressful week.   So I am unloading, and starting anew. I confess.... Usually when the school year begins I am totally feeling like this... But this year, I just wasn't feeling the joy.  I couldn't understand it.  I mean come on!!!  All three in school...ALLL day.  Talk about the most wonderful time of year.  And yet, after I dropped off Emily, I suddenly felt a strange emotion.  It wasn't elation.  Relief.  It was sadness.  What?  Where's the happy dance?  Where's the heel clicking?  Maybe it is because for the first time ever I didn't get a picture of all three of them on the first day of school. Kristin starts an hour and a half before the other two.  Maybe it is because they are no longer looking so little...well...Ryan maybe. 6th Grad...

I am participating in Proud Mommy Moments with Emmy and Kmama. As I thought about this post, I had a hard time deciding what I would brag post about.  You see, it's been a rather crazy week in the CA home.  What with all the drama surrounding Little Middles schooling.  If you missed that post, you can catch it here.   And there was the whole event of registering my teenager for high school.  During all of that drudgery, my kids were obedient, they didn't fight, there were no fits, no cries of boredom, they simply went on with me.  And it was never a few minutes here and there.  It was always long and usually hot.  And they did it with out grumbling. Today is the first day of school.  It's strange because, one is already there.  The teenager.  She starts high school today.  And they start before 8.  She was up at 5:30.  I am guessing she was.  I was still asleep.  I woke up praying she was up ...