baby cage.

glorious.

donut.

For some reason lately, D and I have been obsessed with donuts. Sure, we've had them before, and thought they were tasty. But in recent weeks its been as though they are a brand new delicious concept. Needless to say, there have been a few nights where we've felt a donut is the only cure for a late night sugar rush.

One such night was Friday. Dave's little sis was over, and agreed to listen for our slumbering child, so we could get the goods. We hit up a few stores, but all were out of the kinds we wanted. We quickly discovered how naive we were - donuts are generally made in the wee morning hours. Our last stop was a local grocery store called Maceys. This is what we found....the Texas donut.


We stood there - staring at this monster of a pastry arguing over whether to purchase it. After what seemed like hours of laughing hysterically, we put Big Tex in the box, and loaded the box onto our mini cart (which amplified the hilarity). We wheeled our donuts to the nearest check out, and had now hit one of those "passed the point of no return" laughing fits. I was doing everything to avoid eye contact with strangers as I held in my laughter. There were 2 people ahead of us in line, so D decided "Hey, I gotta run to the restroom". "Thanks" I shouted as he left me alone, with the Texas donut, in my sweats and no wedding ring on. I could hear him laughing all the way to the restroom.

I had no choice but to load up the box of donuts, laughing out loud, to no one in particular - and yes people were staring. The guy in line ahead of us literally stared at our purchase for an eternity. Which equaled more laughing out loud, to no one in particular, and more strangers staring. My face hurt to the point of tears as I tried to hold it in. Then the cashier asked if "this" (in reference to our donuts) was part of his purchase. "No. Its mine!" I said in a really high pitched squeaky voice. Luckily D returned at that point, so everyone could witness 2 laughing idiots. I'm sure they found comfort in the fact that at least we had each other. We purchased our treats and ran out as quick as we could to avoid further humiliation.

And that was that. We came home, ate some semi-stale, not necessarily the best ever donuts, and watched Conan. A satisfactory Friday night to be sure.

lessons learned.

• "Shenanigans" - a great, great word with more meanings than I originally thought. I shall start using it daily.
  
• I've done something to my hip via running. Apparently I'm 80 years old.
• I heart spring. It reminds me of skipping classes with D. Too bad you can't play hooky from the "grown up" classes we're required to attend nowadays. Thanks real world.
  
• We watched an episode of Backyardigans that involved "Pie Ninjas" and a "Pie Master". Either would be admirable professions to achieve.
• During a run, there was a snake hanging out in the crack of the sidewalk, which scared the crap out of me. And we encountered a really disgusting spider at the park. Isn't it 2009? We haven't found any permanent solution to rid the world of spiders and snakes?
  

circus.

D, PG and I were picnicking at a park adjacent to an elementary school. The kids were out on the field playing with one of those giant parachutes. We started reminiscing about the elementary days when we got to play with such things in gym class. Then I brought up a unit we did on juggling.....juggling. We didn't juggle pins, or balls. We juggled scarves.....scarves. Yes, the traditional American pastime of juggling florescent pieces of cloth, a necessary skill.

Dave never had such an activity during elementary PE. But he did mention something about a giant cage ball......

m is for monday.

So, I've watched this at least 5 times a day since I discovered it last week.....and it just keeps getting better. If you don't think its funny, I'm not sure we can be friends.

lessons learned.

• There's no such thing is having only "1 day of eating Easter candy".
• Snow makes me want to spend my day between a hot bath, and curling up in bed....maybe eating some Easter candy.....
• Running has been going well, and sure sure, it does a body good - but that's still not enough motivation to do it everyday. What will it take? Maybe if I could somehow incorporate Easter candy.
  
• Taxes now moves closer to the top of my revenge list.
• Twilight - why did you have to suck so bad? (Watching it for the first time week? You bet).
• A successful quiche was made and enjoyed by all.
• D and I secretly want to see 17 Again. Are you as disappointed in us as I am?

wing a ling dragon.

Has anyone really considered how life would be if dragons were real? I mean - sure, we have Reign of Fire as a reference....but not everyone has such easy access to Christian Bale or Matthew McConaughey.

Of course with the world's general pattern throughout history of neutralizing what we fear and/or gets in our way, dragons may very well be extinct, and life would be no different than it already is....or would it?

Have I considered that this may be the best post I've written to date? Yes, yes I have. Good night.

i hate today.

Can I just say that.....

1. Even though we have an accountant, filing taxes this year has been the most ridiculous its EVER been.
2. At library story time, the lady brought a HUGE tarantula puppet to go along with the song "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". It was terrifying and not at all similar to the spider described in the song obviously, which fueled my tax rage.....
3. Despite 60 and above weather, the forecast for tomorrow calls for SNOW.
   

easter is...

little boys in bow ties.

candy for breakfast.
(note: PG is saying AND signing "more", with a mouth full of chocolate.)

and tired moms who hate having their picture taken,
so this is all you get.

among other things.....

lessons learned.

• My very own laptop is like a spark to a flame for my self diagnosed Adult ADD.
• Sometimes a donut can conquer the impossible.
• Quiche is way more complicated than originally thought....but it can magically turn into spaghetti. Who knew? (meaning, I made spaghetti instead of the quiche....not some weird hybrid of the two.)
  
• Dear Walmart - I don't see you often, mainly because you're not conveniently located, and you're friends with a lot of crazies. But I do feel comfortable enough to give you a hearty suggestion. It might be beneficial to open more of your 1,000s of check out lanes, instead of just 5......yeah, 5.........
• I've re-kindled my love affair with a local Mexican restaurant. I'm not sure what was keeping me away.
• D and I have been discussing lately how the rising generation seems to be a bunch of lazy, self indulgent hooligans. Barney and Friends was introduced in 1992. Think about it.

we love parks.

Also - why is it that my toddler has gone from sleeping 10 hours at night to 8? Thus making my wake up call around 5 in the AM. Thus making me hate everyone and everything.

Also, also - as I've perused through past entries, I've noticed a few horrific spelling errors ("trys" really?). I don't feel the need to apologize, but I do feel the need to let you know I'm aware.

Well - its 8:15 am, apparently PGs new naptime. See ya suckers.

thanks TLC.

I watched this show on TLC called "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant". I know.....Gigga what?

So basically it can happen - and there are few commonalities (WARNING: some may be more than you want to hear):

• Little to no weight gain (or other typical pregnancy symptoms for that matter).
• "Spotting" which these women took to be their regular menstrual cycle, OR some women never had a menstrual cycle due to various medical conditions.
• Hmmmm, how shall I say this? Lame forms for birth control, OR mixing meds with the Pill (ex. anti-biotics).
• Dito the previous preface.....most of the women had (and I quote) "large frames". Hence the lack of weight gain.
• No noticeable baby movements.
• All women gave birth extremely quickly, within an hour of initial "cramping".

I think what was most disturbing, was that eventhough some of the women figured out they were in labor, they were incredibly stupid (for lack of a better word at 12:30 am) about what to do with the baby after it was born. Example - one gave birth in a campground bathroom (which makes me want to scream) and just let it fall on the concrete floor. Another in a fastfood bathroom, and let it fall into the toilet, and a co worker didn't even fish it out until the 911 operator told her to. (Note - all the babies on this episode miraculously survived). Is it just me, or are we lacking some common sense here? I know - the situation is traumatic, but come on people.

But I have to say - wouldn't it be awesome if you wanted to be pregnant, and you were, but you didn't know it? No weight gain, no heels pummeling your insides, no vomiting, and only an hour or less of noticeable labor?

Until of course, you feel like your insides are going to explode, and all of the sudden you have a baby in a campground bathroom......

lessons learned.

• The show ER makes me never want to be prengant again. (Yes, I watched the finale. Have I seen a single episode since I was 13? No - but I owed it to Dr. Carter).
  
• PG just brought me some sparklers and a lighter. I have a multitude of questions about how this scenario came to be.
• There's a cashier at Albertson's that reminds me of Jonny Depp, but not necessarily in an attractive way. Which is extremely confusing. Maybe its the pirate hat.....
• I took PG to story time at the local library. It did not go well. I was sans Cheerios, and all he did was scowl at the lady telling stories. I'm not sure what this means.
  
• Is there anyone who wants to buy me a house in So. Cal? Cause - I've found some really good deals......
  
• Some days my house is a circus - but not the Britney Spears kind.
  

fools 2.

Ok, so as I was chatting with various friends on this glorious April Fools Day, I was reminded of the one and only prank I've ever tried. It was super late, and the Freshman crew decided to prank call various friend/family members:

Scenario #1 "I"m Engaged"

• Anna called a friend from high school. She bought it, and was not happy. Luckily they are still friends.

Scenario #2 "I'm in Jail".

• Jackie called her parents. Because of the time difference, we got a bunch of "What? Wait? Who? and Uhs? And after Jackie said "April Fools" they just hung up.
• I called my friend Steel (of Team Awesome, at the time living 2 dorm buildings away). A mutual friend Mark (also of Team Awesome) answered the phone first, and he seemed pretty convinced. But Steel didn't buy it for one second, and I think I just hung up without saying April Fools. Ug, I can't lie for spit.
  
• Suz called her parents. Mom Ingrid bought it. Suz said, "April Fools". Ingrid said, "You little $h*t". And that my friends, was one of the funniest moments ever.
  

fools.

To date - the best April Fools joke played on me was by my 3rd grade teacher, Mr. Miera (who was thee teacher to have). He told us that he had new job offer that he had accepted, and would be moving at the end of the month. Like idiots we fell for it. I was ticked, but at least I wasn't one of those suckers that cried all day.

Ah Mr. Miera, I should heart punch you.