Ok, its been awhile and I'm, inconviently as I should be cleaning in preperation for my red-headed sister's arrival, in the mood to blog. I'm thinking 100 things about me, lets see if I can think of that many things.

1.) I'm a dork
2.) I'm forgetful sometimes
3.) but I remember numbers really well
4.) I like to cook
5.) I'm pretty good at it too
6.) but I hate to bake
7.) I also hate laundry
8.) I think its cuz I have to remember to get back to it, and according to #2 thats a problem for me
9.) I'm the oldest of 5 kids
10.) I love to eat my vegetables
11.) unfortunately, for my waist, I also have a(several) sweet tooth
12.) I have 4 kids, my husband only has 3 (lol)
13.) I have blue eyes
14.) in all honesty, I'm a little vain about them
15.) this is much harder than I thought it would be
16.) Ooooh, I like to write
17.) I love to read
18.) I don't just read the book, I live it
19.) This totally confuses Eric
20.) he's never looked up from a book totally expecting it to be raining outside, cuz it was in the book
21.) I play the flute
22.) I find it relaxing
23.) when I was first married I told Eric that, but my parents had my flute so he never heard me
24.) the first time he heard me, he was in the other room, he thought it was my sister (she plays too)
25.) I don't know how to burp
26.) no, really!!!
27.) The only time I do it is when i 'pray to the porcelain diety'
28.) and then its REALLY loud
29.) the first time Eric heard it he thought I had lost a lung.
30.) its a very funny story, ask about the details
31.) That would be a great blog topic, wonder how many would respond to embarassing stories with their own. hmmm
32.) I love old movies, black and white, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant
33.) I was born in the wrong time
34.) I want my next house to be a 2 story
35.) because I love stairs
36.) I would love it to have a "Prom staircase"
37.) You know the one you can totally picture the girls 'gliding' down to meet their dates
38.) The kids would probably slide down the stairs on sleeping bags
39.) resulting in someone, likely Belle, breaking something, likely the Boy
40.) I love that my kids like each other
41.) they argue sometimes
42.) but for the most part they are really sweet to each other
43.) I miss my family
44.) wish they lived closer
45.) when I have a 'skinny day' I try on several outfits, just to see
46.) sometimes this ruins my skinny day
47.) I work nights
48.) but I'm a morning person
49.) Eric works days
50.) but he's a night owl
51.) murphy's law
52.) I'm not afraid of spiders
53.) or crickets
54.) but I have a real aversion to cockroaches
55.) I love to have a clean house
56.) but I haven't figured out how to magic that
57.) when I was a kid I wouldn't watch scary movies
58.) cuz they scared me
59.) Now, they seem kinda dumb
60.) well, most of the time
61.) I still wont watch them alone at night
62.) I like soft music
63.) I hate bass
64.) even when I was a teen I thought it was rude of people to blast their music
65.) my dad will blast classical at them
66.) thats just embarassing
67.) I'm sure I'll have to do that to my kids
68.) as that is part of my job as a parent
69.) when I was a kid my parents always had cats
70.) now that I'm almost grown up, I prefer dogs
71.) probably cuz our last cat peed on my bed
72.) while I was in it
73.) and I thought I had wet the bed
74.) I was an adult
75.) when I found out it was the cat I called Eric at work and excitedly told him it wasn't me
76.) he laughed at me
77.) I wanna hear your embarassing stories now
78.) cuz thats 2 for me
79.) I'm thinking about chopping my hair off
80.) thats the cycle, grow it out, chop it off
81.) the first car I drove was a caddy
82.) it was my grandparents
83.) my best friend had the same car
84.) she is still my best friend
85.) but the car is long gone
86.) my first official date when I turned 16 was with Eric
87.) we doubled with my best friend and his
88.) they didn't get married
89.) they didn't even go on a second date
90.) I get hives sometimes
91.) they SUCK!!!
92.) my sister-in-law is the only other person I know who gets them
93.) I should really get off the computer and clean up a little
94.) so I can get some sleep
95.) I have to get up early in the morning to go to summer movies
96.) I can't sleep during a movie
97.) unless I'm at home
98.) even then, I prefer to fall asleep in the quiet
99.) Eric prefers to fall asleep to the tv
100.) so it works out well that we never fall asleep at the same time
WOW, I did it. I really thought I would lose all momentum at 75- hey, does that count as 101?

This has been such a fun month for us. My BFF and her three Boo's came to visit us. It was great, and the coolest part for me was seeing our little girls get along so well. I know thats stupid, but doesn't every girl and her BFF hope that their kids will be friends too? So I'm a total dork, maybe that will start my list of 100 things about me. :) Anyway, right after She left town my little brother and his lovely wife were in town and we got to see them. Through all of this fun and exciting 2 weeks I totally forgot to pull out my camera and take oh so cute pictures of all the memories and fun things that we got to do with all our visitors, forgetful can be number 2 on my list. The one picture that I got was with my phone and it just has The Belle and The Bear in it. So, let me describe all the cute pictures I would've taken, first, the picture of me and my BFF with our noses taped up like pigs...its tradition, don't ask why, I have no idea why we would start something so very cool, probably cuz I'm a dork. Second picture is of Belle, Boo Marie, Bear and Boo-cey (hope you don't mind the nick names) posing together with the sparkling clean pool and well manicured yard (remember these are fantasy pictures) in the background. Then there's the really cute picture of Uncle Jason and Aunt Monica with the kids in front of the big Wal-E movie poster, cuz we saw that with them. And, since this is fantasy, a picture of everyone flexing in front of the life size incredible hulk statue that was at the theatre. In short, we had a great time with everyone and would love to have you back anytime you want! With all of this excitement you may think that we are winding down from all the visiting thats been going on lately, yes we are doing that, BUT, my youngest sister will be coming to town, the redhead below, with her adorable family. Bug, the girls can't wait to see you! T, don't feel left out, The Boy will be happy to play with you. Speaking of the boy, I'm trying to figure out how to get one of his pivot animations on here. They're hilarious! My blog advisor will hopefully be able to help me figure that out. :)

Comments and a few other things

I have decided that I love comments. It means you have seen the post, new or not, and you liked it enough to say something. Please make more comments. Did I mention that we got a 2nd dog? Did you know we had a 1st dog? Well, we did and we do. They are both boxers and just the sweetest dogs. We are kinda partial to boxers, but they are such good dogs. Eric has been watching the Dog Whisperer and swears by his techniques. I've gotta say, it seems to be working because they don't run when they go outside and they will sit and go outside when you tell them. But best of all, they know where to "go". Sugar is they boy, think Sugar Ray Leonard. And our sweet girl, the new addition, is Roxy. We got her from a couple with a busy schedule who felt she needed more attention, the poor dog is getting WAY more than she bargained for. It is, however, good for her and she has slimmed down considerably in just a few weeks. Apparently increased activity and a healthy diet encourages weight loss in dogs, I'm sure it wouldn't work for humans or I'd try it out.

The Bear is on a roll

We had a great get together with the cousins the other day. Grilling, swimming, the usual summer fun. As Eric made ready the great cooking fire The Bear and The Belle decided to assist. When the question was posed..."What's for dinner?" Eric's quick response was "I think we'll have little girl tonight." The Bear's quicker response was "Ya, Belle will taste good, she has more meat on her than I do." What in the world do you do with a 5 yr. old who thinks that fast on her feet? You blog about it. Hope you enjoy the stories, I'm sure there'll be many more.

Silly Bear

Ok, my darling children were chatting with me as I was getting ready for work the other day. Bear, being the goof that she is, walked into the room sniffing the air and said "I smell morons." This made us all laugh which made the Belle bump into the Boy who promptly staged a fall into the bathtub dragging Belle with him. As I walk out of the bathroom I hear Bear say, "I think I found the morons."

Two reds and a blonde

I've got Toni over so we're playing. I've finally got a new post. This is one of my favorite pictures from our trip up to Seattle this year.

We will get better at this!!!

Ok, I think we are officially the worst bloggers ever. I'm sure with a little time and possibly some tutoring this will become a more interesting page, but until then, thanks for being here and please feel free to post a comment.