Bluescapes

This morning I almost had to fish paint bottles out of the litter box. Luckily, I caught the little booger in the act and saved my paint from becoming...ewww. Thankfully, no cat doo doo was touched. Not a big fan of inside doo doo boxes or inside pets for that matter. So innocently she looked up at me and blinked, then she turned to toss in the bottle of paint! She got busted and grinned a bunny grin:)

Liza looks like a bunny. She has two teeth on the top and two teeth on the bottom. Her smile is contagious. I have been trying really hard to get the perfect picture of her teeth. They are so cute!

Yesterday Will told me that they had music at school. When I pick him up I always ask ...Was it Art, Music, or P.E. today? It was music yesterday. He told me that they are going "to the nursery home to sing Halloween songs in their costumes for the old womens." They should get a kick out of that! I think that's great. They're going to Covenant Place to sing for the old womens there:)

I asked Will what he wanted to be for Halloween this year......Ninja turtle (again) arrgghh......I think not! I think that he thinks that he's supposed to be a ninja turtle perpetually for Halloween. I'm kinda Ninja turtled out...really. He's 5 now, and that year from 4 to 5 is a huge year of growth. He's mature enough to dig the Halloween scene like it should be dug! He just doesn't know it yet. This year will actually be fun for us both.

Liza is going to be Raggedy Ann for Halloween! I have a big Raggedy Ann doll and the clothes will fit Liza Perfect. The costume will be complete with bloomers. I have been trying to find red and white striped tights online..... no such luck....

Earlier this week Will fell on a pine cone. His leg looked like a bear clawed him. Ouch! It really did look like it hurt. What a mighty pine cone attack! Of course,I was the very sympathetic mom with the Neosporine handy and the maternal OOhhhs and AHHHS over the scrapes. He milked it big time. He told me, "The pine cone hurt my leg really bad. All the way up to Jesus!"
The next morning we were running late and he said that we were running late all the way up to God. Sadly, we are always running late all the way up to God.


Will wanted to ride with my aunt Debbie to take her Grandma Jack Sunday dinner. So, he did. He came back and told me that he found Edgar a wife and that her name is Mary. Awww..Edgar and Mary. How sweet. He's thinking of ways to get rid of Edgar, so that he can get a hamster! He found some change and told me that he was saving for Disney World and a hamster. Hamster? Who on earth has mentioned a hamster? It turns out that he went with Mom to a garage sale Sat. and there was a hamster cage for sale. I used to have hamsters. I had three at different times growing up. My first one was named Nibbles. I wouldn't mind having a hamster. I like hamsters. I can deal with a hamster. We will see....As for cats and litter boxes...gross. I've had it with Edgar. Really.

Last week Will went to see Lee's horses with Gigi. She was shoveling horse and fox poop out of the stables. Very seriously he asked her...Is this a Poop Farm? He was mesmerized by the dung and talked about it all that afternoon and the next day. He's going through a phase with poo poo talk. Poo poo head. Poopy in your pants phrases. What is the deal? And he's getting in trouble saying it too. Imps.

I made Sunday dinner:) It turned out really good. Smothered chicken with apricots and prunes over linguine.

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Amy invited me to a house warming party in Cola. Coming up in Oct. She was like my kid sister in middle and high school. She's a Drama teacher in Cola. now. All grown up. We have all grown up. She's doing awesome! I can't wait to see her and I told her that I would definitely Come. It's something to look forward to:)

I went to finally see The Black Dahlia. It kept my attention. It was hard to keep up with all of the people in the movie though, and hard to follow the story. Everybody must have smoked 2,000 cigarettes in the movie! The 40's hair is so glamorous. I think all women should wear their hair like that now. Glamourous! They had a special for a tub of popcorn and a drink. The tub was literally a tub. I should have brought along my pet elephant to help me out with that.

It's so weird not having my babies here:( I've had a little feeling of withdrawal in only a day. I think that they are in bed asleep, but they aren't here. They are spending the weekend with their Gigi. I'm sleeping in! I deserve it:) This morning I woke up at 5:45 A.M. with Liza. Early mornings are so peaceful though. It's so nice to brew the coffee and hold my baby girl. It's quiet, and then the sun comes up slowly and the day awakens. It's a cool feeling and so nice to spend that time with Liza. It's our special time together and I welcome it after the original groggy wake up call!

I cooked something really good. Smothered chicken with apricots and prunes over Linguine. It's marinating and will be Sunday dinner. I like to cook for people:) Should be yummy. Hope so....It's the first time I've made that recipe. I noticed that the colors in the dish are the colors of Fall. What a pretty plate. Presentation is everything after all...

Time for a post! I just thought .."Hey I haven't seen my boss today"...And then I remembered that I did see him for two minutes this morning. This has been a lonely week for me:( I should have some free time this weekend, so that's something to look forward to:) I love my children so much, but sometimes a mom has to have a break. Will is a chatter box. He calls "Mama" every two seconds to tell me something. Sometimes I tell him that Mama needs some alone time. The other day he was playing in his room and I walked in to tell him something. He told me that he needed alone time to play. He also told me that he needed alone time to read last night. At least he gets it. He has my attention plenty! Five year olds just have a lot to say. Conversations with them are better than with most adults:)

I cleaned out my car at lunch and it was gross! When we are running late in the mornings, sometimes I let Will eat a Pop Tart in the car on the way to school. There were crumbs everywhere back there! On top of that, the car smelled funky. The reason is because I was running really late yesterday and Liza had not had breakfast or a bottle. What to do? I gave it to her in the car. She can hold it herself. Normally this is taboo in my book, but my mother said "oh, go ahead and give it to her in the car." "We used to do it all the time." (That was the early 80's. I used to ride standing up in the front seat of the car with no seat belt on the way to school! In the 70's no one looked twice at a prego woman smoking either. It was actually common! They would booze and smoke it up! Oh, the times they are a changing. Every decade more safety rules, codes, etc and more crazy people. Can a kid ride their bike around the neighborhood without their mother worrying these days? Hardly.) So, I cringed, but said okay. I was really late. On the way to school Liza turned the bottle upside down and dripped milk all over her sock and romper. By the time I got her to the nursery, she was sopping wet. I grabbed her bag and the bottle packed in it had leaked! Everything was wet! Liza, the bag, and my car. Thankfully, she had a change of clothes in her cubby there at the nursery. My car reeked today. Milk must have seeped into the floor board of the car.
It's clean now. The smell is gone after I Resolved and Fabreezed the crap out of everything. I drug out the ole Shop Vac too. Crumbs, sand, and funky odors be gone.

In other news I have an eye infection. I have to take these drops 4 times a day for 7 days. If both eyes looked like the one eye, then I'd look like I've been smokin crack or been on a binge. Sounds attractive, huh? I'm smooth like that.

I can't believe I posted a blog about my ole smelly nasty car. Off to find something to do!

A reminder to myself to check this store out sometime.

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A guy was telling me that he and his buddy go to Shuckers after work a lot to have a beer together, since their wives work late. Frankly, these two should ditch the wives and marry each other. They call each other about three times a day! Literally. I was laughing at this story. The way he told it made me laugh.

He proceeds to tell me that there is this "smokin" waitress at Shuckers that waits on them from time to time. heh heh. She is a "smokin" young 20-something blonde that they know by name and drool over. Lucky her. One evening , he decided to ask her if she worked anywhere else besides the bar. She told him that she cuts hair, but didn't really have a clientele. His buddy livens up after hearing this sad news:( and gives her his card and a brochure! He just fired a sales girl that would be gone for days without checking in with the company. The "smokin" girl called him the next day to schedule an interview for the sales position. Day one he interviews her and day two he "let" her ride around with him just to see if she would like the job. How nice of him.

BUT!! This is the funny part.... He proceeds to tell me that the new sales girl doesn't wear underwear. Apparently she wears low rider waisted pants? She has bent over a total of three times in front of her "new" boss to pick something up that she has dropped. (C'mon, I know I'm klutzy, but dang.) and all three times .........no underwear! No thong, no underwear, no nothing. Nada. No drawers. Was that on purpose? She had to know. I think I would know if 1/2 my crack was showing. Wouldn't you? Maybe she derived from a family of plumbers? Maybe she honestly didn't feel part of her butt showing? Maybe she used to live in a nudist colony and...o.k. Hmmmm..... Supposedly, this guy's buddy is going to stop by today with the new Sales Rep! Oh yeah! We get to get a glimpse of the "smokin" girl and drop something!