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i have found a new obsession...ribbon barrettes. i'm getting ready to add them to my site - i think. give me your honest opinion...will anyone love them? or will moms just think they are too 80's? :)

Toddler Bed Wars

elliot - 2
mom - 0.

how's your day? :)

Not my baby anymore

i can't stop it, no matter how hard i try. elliot is growing up.

we have to say good-bye to the crib today. he has climbed out of it - twice. dan heard him talking this morning and when he went to get him elliot was standing by the door. when i put him down for his nap this morning i kissed him and told him to take a good night-night nap. then, around 12:15 i hear noises from the gameroom. i looked on the monitor and did not see him in his bed. curious. where is he? i thought. so i walked upstairs, and, yes, there he was playing with a toy. i was totally shocked. not so much that he got out of his crib, i mean that was only a matter of time, but i was more concerned that he opened the door. so anyway, i picked him up and took him to his room to change his diaper. i wanted to see how he managed climbing out so i put him in his crib and said, okay elliot, come see me. he put both hands on the rail, pushed up a little and threw one leg over, then the other. then hung there for a second and dropped to the floor. WHAT? i guess he'll be sleeping in the toddler bed tonight.

hmmm. i'm a little sad. he's my BABY! not an almost two-year-old!! i guess we'll have to have another one.

President's Day

well, happy president's day. i only realized it was president's day when i went to the bank today & it was closed. i missed out on posting a "happy valentines day" message....all of our kids are sick, & i was just trying to survive last week.

i don't have a favorite president, do you? if america is still around a hundred years from now, do you think the favorite presidents will change? i mean, now it's pretty much generational i think. war babies probably love eisenhower, you get where i'm going. is anyone gonna love W? fast willy? who knows. i hope someone down the road loves carter. poor guy.

random thought. with it being presidents day and all, does W get the day off? can he kick back in his recliner and say, hey, it's presidents day - leave me alone. i'm sure he's letting chaney answer the red phone today.

texas is getting ready to go to the polls i guess. i've been seeing a lot of ads from clinton, obama & paul. where are you huckabee? have not seen any from mccain. i have lots of political opinions. i used to get my news from jon stewart, but since the writers strike i quit watching him. i know, i know, he went back on the air last month, but he lost me in the transfer. i watch the liberal media; msnbc. i like to listen to it when i sew. since i can't really watch tv, i listen to it. wait, that was last post, sorry.

my prediction is as follows: obama vs. mccain, with obama winning. don't turn off your computer.

poor huckabee does not have a chance now, and well, i think it's going to go all the way to the convention with the other two. i think somehow obama will get the nom. dan wants to see hillary get it, just so she'll lose. i just don't think mac can beat obama but he can probably beat hillary. she's just too angry for me. but it would be pretty funny to see willy walking around the white house being the first husband.

i don't know if i "hope" i'm wrong about my prediction. something with mccain gives me the creeps. i know, dan. i know what you are thinking - obama is a socialist & he's going to raise our taxes. well, mccain is creepy & sneaky that's that. i've threatened to vote for obama just because i don't like mccain, but i think i'll vote for ron paul instead. after all, i did vote for ross perot. :)
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on another note, i'm apparently having trouble with my mmcneal comast account. i'm not getting any messages...if i've sent you an email last week can you send your reply to my cutesycloths@comcast.net? thanks. :)

Cara tagged me

Cara tagged me: vontress5.wordpress.com

6 Quirks About You

Rules:
1: Link to the person that tagged you
2: Post the rules on your blog
3: Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4: Tag at least 3 people at the end of your post and link to their blogs
5: Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog
6: Let the fun begin!

Here goes:
1. i detest milk, but i love cheddar cheese.
2. i won't eat cream cheese or anything that has cream cheese in it.
3. when i think of myself in my head, i look like i did when i was 16; i scare the heck out of myself if i walk by a mirror and think, who the heck is that old woman?
4. i like to watch tv while i sew, but only episodes of shows i've seen before. that way i don't have to actually watch the screen, i just watch the inside of my head.
5. when emily and ethan were babies i never changed them anywhere but their changing table. i was obsessive about it. elliot is lucky i ever change him.
6. i will only buy mrs. baird's bread, and if kroger is out of a good, far off date i just plain out don't buy it.

So that’s some facts about me…I tag Deborah - lifeinpflugerville.blogspot.com, Donna - lybarger111.blogspot.com & Jana - parkjm.blogspot.com. Look forward to hearing some fun quirks!

Things I've learned this week (and last)

• elliot is a giver; he gave his chest cold to ethan.
• if you leave a cotton hammock out year-round, it will break when you least expect it.
• our house can hold at least 26 people - party on, dude.
• some men prefer to play dance dance revolution on wii to watching the super bowl game.
• ethan's favorite bug is a rolly polly; he has caught 9 and wants to keep them forever.
• if you sneak up on said rolly pollys in their gladware habitat they will freeze when you open the top...and when you back away they will start moving again, and, if you put lots of water in their habitat while trying to give them a bath they will drown.
• you can make homemade yeast and it can be used in some really good homemade sourdough bread.
• csi maimi is a modern day quincy and both shows rock.