Friday, August 26, 2011

I am gonna be rich!!!

Let me set this story up for you before we get to far into this blog post.

For YEARS now ... Clint has been "pulling a penny" out of Eythen's ear whenever he sees a penny laying around the house.  He has done it so many times ... that Eythen BEGS him to tell him how he does it.  Finally ... we convinced him that he can not know "secret" to the "magic trick" until he is 15 years old.  It is really killing the kid that he can not figure out how his Daddy is getting rich off of his ear canal.

About two week ago Eythen asked me if we could go out to eat at McDonalds.  I told him that I did not wanna waste the money there ... and I could make something much more tastey.  He looked straight at me ... as serious as can be ... and said "I know!  Go and find Dad!!!  He can pull money out of my ears to pay for McDonalds.  Then you will not be wasting your money!  We will be wasting the money in my ears."

*insert laugher here*

*insert tears falling down your cheeks because you are laughng so hard here*

*insert snort here because you are laughing so hard*

Well ... I forgot to tell Clint about it ... until ... today.

Wise 'ol Eythen heard use talking about the pennys that magically appear in his ears at the most random moments ... and insisted that Clint pull some more pennies out of his ear.

Lucky for Eythen ... Clint had a few pennies on the kitchen counter.  Each time ... Eythen was more amazed.  And each time ... Eythen would take that bronze circle ... and put it directly in his pocket.

Clint and I walked back into the living room laughing at the fact that Eythen's eyes got just as big as they did years ago ... each time he pulled another penny out of his ear.  In fact ... Clint "found" one in Eythen's nose ... and I am pretty sure Eythen pooped his pants when he handed it to Eythen.

As we were walking back into the living room I told Clint that he should grab a whole handful of change and really shock the crap out of the kid.

Here came Eythen ...

Here came the laughs ...

Eythen's eyes nearly popped out of his head as Clint "tipped" his head sideways and "attempted" to shake some change out of Eythen's ears.  As each quarter, nickel, dime and penny fell to the floor ... Eythen gasped and giggled that much more.  When he realized that all the money was dried up in his ears ... he quickly picked up all the loose change that was sprinkled across the floor ... put it in his pockets ... and told Clint that he was CERTAIN that his head was a human piggy bank.

Not more than two seconds after the piggy bank dried up ... Eythen saw a $1.00 bill in the kitchen that Clint had layed down on the counter earlier that morning.

He quickly brought it to Clint ...

Eythen:  Can you make $29 come out of my ear?  Then I could buy the Transformer Lego set that I have been asking you to buy me.

Clint:  It does not work that way, buddy.  Only pennies.

Eythen:  Hey!  Today my ears got me some quarters, nickels and dimes, too!!!  Maybe my ears could break a $100 bill???

*insert laugher here*

*insert tears falling down your cheeks because you are laughng so hard here*

*insert snort here because you are laughing so hard*

I would just like to apologize to Eythen's 1st grade teacher now ... because I am CERTAIN that when counting money is the lesson for the day ... this whole scenerio will surely come up.

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Life According to a Bitchy Cat ...

I would like to introduce you to our cat IzzaBell ... whom has been apart of our family for almost 3 years now ...

Wait a second ...

Let me back up just a bit.

Nearly 3 years ago ... my husband thought it would be a brillant idea to take our middle daughter, Harleigh, (AKA: the animal lover-would rescue every stray she saw if Mommy allowed it-wants to be a vet when she grows up-pretty sure she can truely talk to the animals) to the Humaine Society to "look" at the animals.

You can see where I am going with this ... right?!?!?

Needless to say ... Harleigh convinced Clint that we needed a cat in our house ...

So 30 minutes later ...

Daddy and Harleigh come walking into our house with this big ball of fur wrapped up in a blanket.

He is such a sucker ...

This is how IzzaBell became a member of the Moore family.

Let's just say ... that Lucy (our dog) became a member of our family the same way ... except Clint thought it would be a brillant idea if he took the kids into a pet store "to look around".

He is such a sucker ...

So ... for the past 3 years IzzaBell has walked around our house thinking that she is better than us ... while flashing us looks like "When are you gonna feed me again?"  "I could walk out of here at any given moment if I wanted to."  "I will cut you."  Basically ... she is a bitch.  Plain and simple.

With that being said ... Clint and I like to "narrate" what we KNOW she is mumbling to us under her breathe when she "blesses" us with her presence.

I know ...

We are lame ... and boring ... and old.

Anyways ...

I decided to start to share with you our "Cat Chronicles" from the bitch herself when she is at her finest.




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Monday, August 22, 2011

Momma does not wanna cook tonight ...

I do not feel like cooking tonight ...

So Clint volunteered to grill ...

Eythen suggested McDonald's ...

Grilling it is!!!

The only thing I had to do ...

Was prepare the hamburgers to be grilled.

Gather up the hambuger buns, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, cheese and mayo.

I also needed to figure out what else was gonna go with the hamburgers ...

Perhaps french fries, potato casserol or chips ...

Eythen suggested cereal.
Then I need to poor drinks in the cups, find the paper plates (because if I am not cooking ... then I am not doing dishes either), get forks for everyone and debate if I should cook bacon to go with the burgers or not?!?!?

Hmmm ... then my house will smell like a grease pit for the next 4 days.

Mmmmm ... but bacon is SO darn good!

Grease dripping bacon it is!!!

Nothing better than a hamburger on the grill ... with cheese ... and greasy bacon.

Yumm-O!!!

Now all I have left to do ... is pick up the scraps of food on the table that the kids left behind, sweep up the crumbs that hit the floor, pack up the extra hamburgers and buns and put them in the frig, seal up the extra lettuce and cheese, put up the ketchup and mustard and mayo, pick up the bags of chips that we used to go with the hamburgers, throw the paper plates in the trash (because I said I was not doing dishes if I was not cooking), throw the forks and cups in the dishwasher and then wipe down the cabinet and table with some smell good kitchen cleaner.

I love my nights off from cooking!!!

Although ... it never truely feels like a night off.

Maybe I should have voted with Eythen ... and went for McDonald's?!?!?!

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Friday, August 19, 2011

3rd grade can wear a girl out ...

This is how I found Harleigh about an hour after we got home from the first day of school ...




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I. Really. Need. This.

Ok ... I changed my mind!!!

I know that I already told you that I just HAD to have this amazing gift in a previous blog ...

BUT ... I changed my mind!!!

Instead of a coffee machine on the counter ...

I think EVERY Mom needs this!!!


Ok ... I am CETAIN that THIS is the gift that I just HAVE to have!!!

Pretty please Clint?!?!?!

Oh wait ... I just noticed that it says wine is not included.

Damn it!!!

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Happy Birthday to my hubby ...

Normally this blog is dedicated to the kiddos funny moments, memories for our family and odd things that go through my head.  But today ... it is all about you ... dear hubby of mine!  Don't worry ... I won't say anything embarrassing or tell them any of your dirty little secrets.  *wink*

In honor of your birthday ... I wanted to share with you some wisdom that I have learned over the years.  After all ... I am a year old than you ... so that means I am much more wiser than you.  I have seen life and experienced it ... so let me share everything that I have learned about birthdays (and getting older) with you.

1.  Birthdays are just nature's way of saying "eat more cake".

2.  Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.

3.  Top 10 Birthday gifts:  1. Cash  2. Money Order  3. Credit  4. Cashiers Check  5. Pre-Paid Credit Card  6. Stocks  7. Bonds  8. Gold  9. Silver  10. Check

4. Here's to you being old enough to know better ... but young enough to do it anyways.

5.  Birthday's are like wine ... you get better and better with time.

6.  You are not old!  You are just $29.99 plus shipping and handling.

7.  Amazing Birthday philosophy ... Party Now ... Age Later!!!

8.  You are never to old for a birthday spanking.  *wink*  *wink*

9.  You are not 34 years old today ... you are 25 plus 9 years of experience.

10.  At this very moment ... as you are reading this ... you are the oldest you have ever been.

11.  You know you are getting old ... when your age of birth is no longer immediately visible in the drop-down menus and you have to start scrolling down.

12.  On this day ... *insert hubby's age here* ... a legend was born!!!

13.  Age is just a number ... and your wifes age is ALWAYS unlisted.

14.  After the age of 30 ... the body has a mind of it's own.

15.  There is still no cure for the common birthday.



16.  You are only young once ... but you can be immature for a lifetime.



17.  To me ... old age is always 20 years older than I am.



18.  A birthday is just another 365 days around the sun. Enjoy the trip.



19.  The best way of staying young is lying about your age.

20.  I was gonna give you something awesome for your birthday ... but the mailman made me get out of the mailbox.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

From the mouth of my 10 year old ...

When saying goodbye to Bree as she left for school this morning ...

I told her to try hard and learn lots.

She replied with: You know I can only be as smart as my teacher is. If they do not know the answer ... then it is really out of my hands.



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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Potty break ...

It never flippin fails.  NEVER!!!  Every single time we leave the house ... Eythen has to go to the restroom 15 minutes into the trip.

Every.  Single.  Time.

I know exactly what you are thinking Papa Gene (aka: My Dad who thinks the world revolves around Eythen) ... it is not the kids fault if nature calls.

*sigh*

We are just gonna have to agree to disagree on this one Papa Gene.

It is not like I don't have the kid use the restroom BEFORE we leave the house.  Shit ... sometimes ... I will even send him BACK into the house ... AFTER he is already buckled up in the car ... to try to go a second time before we head down the road ... just to be on the safe side.

But ...

Nope ...

The kid will announce that he has to pee ... no more than 15 minutes down the road.

*sigh*

Which explains why I am normally have my GPS system set ... to take me down gravel roads or areas filled with trees ... so Eythen can drop his drawers and take a leak ... at any given moment.

Just keep on driving ... if you see my vechile pulled over on the side of the road ... and a tall 6 year old ... near by.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Heaven help my grocery bill in about 2 years ...

After eating one extra large bowl of macaroni and cheese ... 2 hot dogs ... and 2 containers of yogurt ...

My 6 year old ... got up from the kitchen table ... looked straight at me ... and asked if he could have a snack?!?!?

????

Are you serious?!?!?!

After picking my jaw up off of the ground ... I told him that the answer was a big fat NO ...

He replied with ... When exactly is supper then?!?!?!

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

A wee-bit of info ...

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago ... you would have $49.00 today!

If you purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG ... you would have $33.00.

If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers ...you would have $0.00 today.

But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of beer ... drank all the beer ... turned in the aluminum cans for recycling ... you would have $214.00.

Therefore the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.

It is called the 401-Keg Plan.


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Party till the break of dawn ...

Clint and I did not have the kids last Friday evening.

I know!!!  RIGHT!!!

Two married adults ... all ALONE!!!

You can only imagine what all went on in this quiet house!!!

Well ... let me just stop you right there.

If you are thinking that we ran around naked ... had sex when we wanted ... and partied till the break of dawn ...

Then you are sadly mistaken.

Sadly. Mistaken.

It is official ...

Clint and I are boring ...

And lame ...

AND OLD!!!

SHOCKER HUH!?!?!  It really surprised us as well!!!  We still thought we were fun, cool and young.

Who would have thought?!?!?

Sure the hell not Clint nor I!!!

5:00 rolled around ... and Clint and I are sitting on the couch ... staring off into space.

Romantic ... I know!!!

Clint:  You wanna go out to eat at a restaurant tonight since we do not have the kids???

Me:  Not really.  I would rather save the money and buy a new outfit for myself.

*Clint flashed me a "what the hell" look*

*I flash a "Well ... you asked if that is what I wanted to do" look*

Clint:  I am gonna go take a nap.

Me:  NOW?!?!?

Clint: You said you did not wanna go out to eat.  What else are we suspose to do?!?!

Right about now is when MOST parents who are kid free would take advantage of an empty house and just "do it" on the kitchen table.

Not us.

We are lame.

I know.

*flash forward a whole whopping 20 minutes later*  Clint comes back down the stairs.*

Clint:  Wanna watch a movie?

Me:  As long as it is not some stupid gross violent movie.

*Clint flashes me a "great now I have to watch a stupid Life Time romanitc sappy movie" look*

*I flash him a "you got that right" look*

Right about now is when MOST parents who are kid free ... would turn off the tv ... and take advantage of an empty house and just "do it" on the stairs.

Not us.

We are boring.

I know.

*flash forward twenty minutes later because we can not agree on a movie to rent*

Clint: Wanna get drunk tonight?

Me: Ehhh ... alright.

*flash forward 2 hours later and a few stiff drinks later*

Clint and I are about to fall asleep on the couch while watching a re-run of Dog The Bounty Hunter on Bravo.

Right about now is when MOST parents who are kid free ... who have been drinking for a few hours ... would take advantage of an empty house and just "do it" in the in the shower.

Not us.

We are old.

I know.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Sometimes even I am afraid of the things my mind comes up with ...

If nothing is impossible ... then why can't you slam a revolving door?

The hardest job in the world must be working in a bubble wrap factory.  Can you imagine the self control that is required to work there???

I don't care how old you are ... the only safe way of ensuring that there are no monsters under the bed ... is using the run and jump method.

Have you ever noticed that when you are driving and you get lost ... you turn down the radio???  Why do we do that?

I often wonder if the people driving the VW bugs ... wonder if they realize that they are causing fist fights amongist innoncent bystanders.

Have you ever wanted to run up to a stanger and say "Your it" then running away???  NO???  Oh ... Uhhh ... me neither.

Have you ever typed in the word "ninjas" in thesaurus.com???  Well I have!!!  It says ... "Ninjas can not be found".  Well played ninjas ... well played.

If you are not suspose to abuse cough syrup ... then why does it come in a little plastic shot glass???

Don't you find it odd ... that in the cartoon Sponge Bob Square Pants ... Mr. Krabs lives in Bikini Bottom???

Admit it ... every once in awhile ... when you are standing infront of an automatic door ... you say "Open Seasme".  Admit it!  Don't you?  No?  Oh!  Ok ... me neither!

When you and you significant other are having an arguement ... just take off your clothes during the spat and stand there.  I promise they will forget why they were mad at you.  Promise!

Not only do I trip going UP the stairs ... but I trip going DOWN them as well!!!  Now THAT takes some MAD SKILLS!!!  Don't EVEN get me started on flat surfaces ... that is a WHOLE different ballgame.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Dear Diary ...

Dear Diary ...

Just moved to Kansas ! Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It is beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

June 14th:

Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.

June 30th:

Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing the lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

July 10th:

The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.

July 15th:

Fell asleep by the community pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

July 20th:

I missed Lomita (my cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car at noon, Lomita had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag, then popped like a water balloon. The car now smells like Kibbles and Shits. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. Good ol' Mr. Sun strikes again.

July 25th:

The wind sucks. It feels like a giant freaking blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.

July 30th:

Been sleeping outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't even go inside. Lomita is the lucky one. Why did I ever come here?

Aug. 4th:

Its 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state.

Aug. 8th:

If another wise ass cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to strangle him. Damn heat. By the time I get to work, the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!

Aug. 9th:

Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts, and when I sat on the seats in the car, I thought my ass was on fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and ass . . . Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried ass, and baked cat.

Aug 10th:

The weather report might as well be a damn recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do shit for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this damn heat.

Aug. 14th:

Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 today. Cactus are dead. Forgot to crack the window and blew the damn windshield out of the car. The installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? "Hot enough for you today?" My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of jail. Freaking Kansas !!!. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?? Will write later to let you know how the trial goes.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Top 9 birthday picks for the husband ...

With my husband's birthday quickly approaching ...

I decided to get a head start on finding the perfect gift this year.

Normally I due something like an autographed KU football, KU autograph jersey or new stainless steel grill ...

You know ...

The "safe gifts".

This year I am thinking of stepping "out of the box" ...

And going for something a tad-bit different.

I know how you love your "Reef" flip flops.  You never leave home without them.
How about we get you a pair of flip flops that have a built in flask?!?!?
Maybe you could put liquor in one flip flop ... and wine in the other one for me?!?!?


The belly flask ...
I highly doubt that anyone would notice you sipping beer out of a straw
that was coming out of your tummy at the football games.

A perfect gift for those "moments" ...


This would make me ...
Best. Wife. EVER.


I think this would be a great fashion accessory to all of his boy toys that he has.
I am pretty sure Clint would be the only one on the block ...
pushing a pink Hello Kitty lawnmower.
Perhaps in the tri-state area!!!

Oh so true ...


How could I NOT buy this?!?!?!
Since my husband spends so much time on his phone ...
I thought this would be a great accessory to his gadget collection.
Just as long as he does not drink and drive spin.

Truely ... the options are endless.  Who would have thought there was such a wide variety of unique gifts out there?!?!?!

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