we went to see another band

she sure loves being a groupie, she wouldn't care what BAND it was. the kids weren't allowed stage access this time, but managed to run and run and run!

after the show she went up to the members to tell them "good job!" isn't she considerate?

Ok, he can get here as soon as he likes now!

in the beginning:

after weeks of "working/fighting" with a 2 year old who "wants to help" and bones that are held together with pregnancy jello, I am proud to announce that Harrison's room is ready!

bedding compliments of my sister Rhonda, theme compliments of Sprout's "good night show"

party like a (cheap) rockstar

First off I would like to say HAPPY FATHERS DAY to my wonderful father and to my amazing husband and to all the fathers reading this! I hope you all have a relaxing day and feel as appreciated as you are!

I love you Dad and Dave!!!

this has been a pretty horrible week. it started at the OBGYN office taking the 3 hour diabetes test which involves drinking this stuff that is straight syrup on an empty stomach and then over the next 3 hours you get your blood drawn 4 times if you aren't rushed to the bathroom or the emergency room. ICK! lets just say i'm here to write about it, so i survived.

i am also now fessing up to the fact that i've been in and out of a pretty foul depression for several months now which has taken a lot out of my normal abilities. talking on the phone or having personal conversations takes more out of me than i can put into words. i am sorry to those of you i've been a lousy friend to, i hope that soon i can go back to the person that is useful and not a drain.

did i mention the contractions? i'm not the only one, my sister who is pregnant too is suffering from these "false" (Braxton Hicks) contractions and they are sure miserable! and boy is this kid active, he kicks like crazy all the time.

anyway enough whining, you've probably quit reading by now anyway.

so when i got home from work last night we decided to use our Cheesecake Factory gift cards we got for Christmas from Carolyne and Charlotte. i was so tired i couldn't deal with our princess "in" the actual restaurant so i opted for the patio. she was horrible, the food was good, and there was live music to drown everything out.

the band was sixty degrees north, and they were great! we walked over to the amphitheater where they were playing, and sat in the front in the grass. the band played everything from the Bee-Gees to Santana and Jocie was drawn like a fly to the stage.

There were already kids from the audience on stage playing tambourines and a handful of toddlers who just danced and worked them selves up and down the stairs. the princess was in HEAVEN!

(in the green dress, "I'm with the band")

my proudest moment was my almost 3 year old rocking out on stage and throwing me and Dave and I LOVE YOU sign!
it was so much fun, and i just enjoyed watching her be as loud and crazy as she wanted and not having to correct her or quiet her, just watching her be her. I love you crazy princess!

cell phone etiquette

would you agree that the younger generation has much better manners when it comes to cell phone usage? every teenager does have a cell phone, but when was the last time you actually saw them yelling into it in a restaurant or holding you up in line because they were busy yapping. probably never, thats when.

i think it's because they have grasped the beauty of texting that we don't hear them, and good for them. if only our eyes and fingers could work like theirs!

today in my trip to the doctors office (everything is fine with the baby, same ol pee in cup routine) and at the post office i contemplated taking peoples cell phones and smashing them upside the people's heads.

in a quiet waiting room i have miss millie-must-call-everyone-in-my-directory and leave LOUD voice mails for them all. really? at the gynecologist is were you do your "call backs"? she was probably my age, and i wondered if she had such a need for everyone to give a rats ass about her pointless calls, or if she had absolutely no manners.

then at the post office i had the choice, stand behind the older gentleman who was using the automated post machine on his cell phone, or stand behind the guy at the counter who was ignoring the counter agent to continue his loud phone conversation. i went with automated. this old dude was talking to his Realtor and literally just pressing buttons at his leisure. when he FINALLY got off the phone, he had to do it all over again because he had no concept of multi tasking. i should have kicked him in the back of the knees before i smashed his cell phone, but you know me always respecting the elderly.

my point is, lets quit acting like there is no outside world if we are on a cell phone. some how us old people (30 and up) managed until 10 years ago without the devises, now they seem to rule our self centered worlds.

lets take some manners from the younger generation and learn to live with technology, not think we are special because we pay a cell phone bill- so you damn well are going to overhear my mind numbing thoughts.

hope you enjoyed my rant, it was brought to you by:

sprint

verizon

t-mobile

at&t

the 30+ crowd without manners everywhere

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added: Dave just called and i told him about this post. he said he was just at work and there was a woman with her two kids on the casino floor who would NOT get off her cell phone. she saw him waiting to talk to her but just ignored him. what class, kids at the casino while you talk to no one about nothing, NICE!

AMAZING... i haven't put him in a gopher trap yet

once upon a time when i remodeled the grooming shop there was this terribly big and heavy home made bank of cages that i couldn't bear to throw away. i begged Dave to bring it home for me so that i could refinish it and make it an entertainment center for the playroom and use it as cages as well for our dogs.
each door is see through thanks to some strong mesh wire. see does it look like the stuffed (literally) animals are complaining?
so this would be called the "before" picture......

and here we have AFTER.

this is what i came home to last week. the assailant had been violently tormenting it for weeks, and yes i have found pieces of sharp wire all over the house..... but he couldn't possibly bust out! right?

4.5 pounds of pure unrelenting anger.

waiting excitedly at the door to meet me when i got home and so proud of his "leap" of freedom.

(i'm sad about my one of a kind furniture piece that now can be used as a testing ground for tetanus)

anyone want a highly destructive toy poodle???

what in the world have we been up to?

landscaping with cousin Tal (and anyone that will help for that matter)
cool down after hard day of landscaping, by skinning dipping with cousins
walking the runway (not table dancing)

getting grass
mother's day roses from my wonderful husband
my gorgeous niece Brittany graduated from ASU!!!
spending time with family

impersonations of princess Leah if she had a blue baby in an aerobics class
hunting gophers (wait you already knew that)
looking cool (what you can see, new house tat on her elbow, what you can't see, bare bottom for potty training)
more landscaping (it is finally done... post to come)

things still in the works:

1. my daughter is still calling me jennifer
2. getting fatter - i mean the pregnancy is going along just fine. feeling good but it's freakin hot in AZ!!!
3. potty training.... there aren't a lot of pants being worn, and she won't actually GO ON THE POTTY unless there is something worse looming... like nap or bedtime- then she has all night to try.
4. i'm going to hunt down and strangle whoever is responsible for gas prices! $3.75 today
5. injuries at work are at an all time high (cat bites, dog bites, infection... )

new lows

• this morning at the doctors office i had to leave a urine sample in the bathroom. Feeling a little insecure about the dark yellow, i went out of my way to look at another specimen left by the patient before me, to compare. mine was lighter, whew.

• last night my two year old started calling me "ennifer", i guess she got the reaction she wanted because now she likes use it whenever she gets the chance. that's weird, it was funnier when it was me calling MY MOM by her first name.

• yesterday we went to church to see my nephew be blessed. it was a lovely meeting, i think - it was wall to wall fussy kids. mine included. the only way to get her to sit still was for papa Chuck to pass back "papa candy" (life savers) and make her promise to sit still. this morning she woke up stoked to go to church so we could "sing and eat candy".