My Monogrammed Tahoe

Wrong End...

2011-08-24T11:05:00.000-04:00

Today Mini Tahoe #3 is having surgery. It's nothing serious it is just to fix a little problem he has with his boy parts. They told us it will only take about ten minutes and he will be fine to return to school the next day.

Of course, as with any surgery, he cannot eat anything for 12 hours before surgery that are not clear. Then nothing at all for the four hours before the surgery.

Now I know he is only 5 so I am trying to explain all of this to him in a way he understands. I told him that if he eats before he goes to sleep he might throw up on the doctor and she wouldn't like that very much plus his tummy would hurt. His response seriously made me giggle...

"Mommy, they are fixin my penis, not my mouth. That really doesn't make any sense"

I just love this kid.....

Tahoe Girl

I have been there...

2011-08-22T11:22:00.000-04:00

I am not sure how much detail I have gone into about each of my kids. As with everyone else, I have three kids with three different personalities, but with that I have gained knowledge and patience on how to help each one of them succeed. I also feel like I can be a resource to friends and family when they too are faced with something I have gone through.

That being said, in the past two weeks I have had the opportunity to help two friends who have boys with ADHD. Now let me back up, my oldest was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 4years old. That is very early, but it was very obvious at the time. He has also been on medication since then and in the past 7 years we have researched, studied and learned everything we can about the situation. He has had more struggles I can count and I have cried buckets of tears over things I have no control over. I have asked "what did I do wrong" or "why him" so many times that I learned to stop and face it HEAD ON. And that we have. Faced it. Owned it and even bragged about it in a way. I grew up in a southern household, we don't hide crazy, we put it on the front porch!

So back to my friends, each one has a different approach....one is accepting (finally) and working with doctors to find the right meds and behavioral plan for her son. She has her husband on board and they are working with their son to help him learn to work with his abilities not to focus on the disability. She called me to ask for other methods to help and I gave her tons of advice on diet and that food is the hardest struggle with a medicated child. I gave her hints and tips with self esteem and confidence and rewards for the good things they do. We talked for hours and I had such a happy heart knowing I was helping a parent to avoid some of the struggles I have had to deal with.

When I talked to my other friend the conversation was totally different and the way I handled it totally shocked my husband! I am not one to hold back and I had finally had with this friend burying her head in the sand. She stopped me at school to ask if mine was having a good first week of school as she had already been called twice and was having a meeting with the teachers to discuss his behavior issues. She was exasperated and feeling at a loss over the situation. When she confirmed she had finally had him diagnosed with ADHD my next question was, which med is he on? She said he wasn't on any because she was scared of side effects, specifically the food issue. When I started talking to her about this I pointed out there are non-stimulant meds, what the meds were for and how to overcome the side effects. She looked at me like I had a third eye ball growing out of my head. She had no idea what I was talking about. This is when I finally got frank with her and told her to go home and do some research because she was not facing it head on and accepting the truth. It was time to get real and HELP HER CHILD! She doesn't even have a good understanding what the real situation is and doesn't understand what ADHD truly is.

I understand that many people do not agree with me about ADHD. BUT I HAVE LIVED IT FOR 7 YEARS! I have seen the good and the very, very bad and open to discussing it with anyone who asks! I will tell the truth about my child and how we have managed things but I do it to help others. IF your going to ignore it and not step up and protect your child then don't ask me about mine.It's not a dirty little secret in our house and I have gone to battle with family members and teachers to make sure my child gets what he needs.

Medication is not the answer for everyone, I agree with that but it is and has been for my son. He has improved at school considerably over the years even with his struggles.He doesn't get in trouble at school and I don't get phone calls about aggressive behavior and defiance. He is taking control of himself on his own and is learning the cues to know when something isn't right for him. He knows he is loved and is learning to embrace his abilities not focusing on the disabilities. He wears his ADHD label like a badge of honor and is proud of himself when he overcomes an obstacle. He is NOT GIVING UP!

So if your wondering why I jumped on my soapbox this morning, here is why. Research, learn and step up for your child. They are the ones living with these many things and diagnosis and they are not in a position to fight for themselves. BE their advocate and DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. There are TONS of resources out their and I will be happy to help anyone who needs it.

But don't ask me if you don't want an honest answer because it will not always be what you want to hear.
Tahoe Girl

Who Are You?

2011-07-26T19:11:00.000-04:00

That is what I hear when it has been a few days since I have called my mother. She pretends to not know me and makes me go through the whole thing explaining who I am. No,she doesn't have alzheimers, she just likes to point out how long it's been since she heard from me.

I am guessing you are feeling the same way my mother does...

Where does the time go? The last time I posted was FEBRUARY! This is crazy....I mean seriously, it's not like I have anything better to do....you know, just running the three kids around, working, cooking, cleaning (yes Titan Boy I DO know what a vacuum is) and just living life.

I pinky swear I will start catching this blog up on all that is happening in Tahoeland soon!

I have missed catching up with ya'll!
Tahoe Girl

Heard from the front seat of the Tahoe...

2011-02-28T10:58:00.000-05:00

Yesterday while headed to baseball (it's spring, where else would I be going) I was sitting in the front seat reading something on my phone (Titan Boy was driving) when I heard this....

Littlest Tahoe says: "Ya know I have boy makeup at grandma's house in a special drawer. She says it's ok for boys to wear makeup and I like it"

Ummmm WHAT? Boy Makeup? My inlaws are very conservative so I am now shocked at this comment. What the heck is boy makeup?

As I turn around obviously confused Sassy says: " Don't worry mom, he's just talking about chapstick. That's what he calls boy makeup."

Phewwww, I was getting worried I was gonna find him wearing my lipstick and borrowing my eyeliner...
Tahoe Girl

Perspective

2011-02-16T09:20:00.000-05:00

Sometimes, out of nowhere, comes an event that puts everything into perspective. This is that week for me.

This morning a childhood friend called to let me know her brother had passed away. My heart breaks for her as I think of all the fun we all had as children. He was a unique and charismatic character and will truly be missed.

Tomorrow I have the opportunity to witness joy in families where stress normally resides. For four days they will be nothing but pampered and I get to help send them off on their journey.

Recently I have learned of friends with illnesses and family struggles. Nothing seems to be easy for anyone these days.

All of this leaves me wondering how my perspective will change after all of these events. I am blessed with a happy, healthy family and love in all directions. I have been through hell and back in my 36 years on this earth and am looking forward to many more years but will I continue to head in the same direction or will my path change? These are questions I cannot answer but I look forward to the journey that does answer them.

I hope your day is full of sunshine, even though sometimes it hides behind the clouds.
Tahoe Girl

This is fun...

2011-02-02T12:35:00.000-05:00

Today I decided it was time to do some sprucing up of my website (www.themonogrammedmarketplace.com), my website's blog (www.monogrammedmarketplace.blogspot.com) and then I thought, well I need to update this blog as well! I have had a morning for creative fun redesigning everything!

Oh, did I mention HUGE CLEARANCE SALE on my other blog? Oh yeah, I added tons of great products and super low pricing in an effort to clean out the studio and get ready for all the new products headed in for spring! I cannot wait to get started on all the new stuff...that means....everything else has to go! Check it out and I am sure you will find something over there you can use (or give!)

Just a couple of the things you might find on sale...

Tahoe Girl

Flashback to 1988

2011-01-26T20:23:00.000-05:00

This afternoon I taught Sassy Tahoe and her friend how to make friendship bracelets. You remember those...all the colors of the floss and the clipboard to hold it still while you tied each knot with enthusiasm. I used to make hundred of those things in colors and patterns. Don't even get me started on the ribbon barrettes I used to make.

But Sassy and her friend got bored 1/2 inch into their bracelets then ran off to do something else.

It was fun to be nostalgic even if only for fifteen minutes!
Tahoe Girl

We interrupt this broadbast..

2011-01-25T10:46:00.000-05:00

For a Public Service Announcement...

If someone emails you a question or request regarding a service you have purchased or an event they are involved in, PLEASE RESPOND. No response leaves them wondering, are you stealing my money and not going to provide the service I paid for....or...do you not want me at the upcoming event?

I find this situation so frustrating!

Ok, now I feel alittle better!
Tahoe Girl

Hard Work...

2011-01-24T09:35:00.000-05:00

When the day comes that you become a parent you are so blindsided by the bliss of that sweet newborn that you never think ahead to the days of adolescence. Babies and toddlers can be a handful and make you want to pull your hair out but they still think you hung the moon because you can make a peanut butter sandwich in the shape of a dinosaur and find their lost blanket.

Fast forward to the year of the "dragon", I mean the 10th year. The year where parents become mean and evil and obviously have nothing better to do than torture their children with horrible things like homework, and teeth brushing. I never thought it would happen to me as i was not going to "be like my mother" and my kids were going to be well behaved and perfect and NEVER say a cross word to anyone including me.

I am sure my mother is laughing hysterically while singing " I told you so!" Why are mothers always right? And how come we don't realize this until we become mothers? Wouldn't it bridge that gap between tweenagers and grown ups if we figured this stuff out at 10?

I love all three of my children with my whole heart and I think that is why it makes me insane when they don't do the "easy" things I ask of them....I am not making them mow the back 40 or clean the horses stalls so is TYING YOUR OWN SHOES WHEN YOUR 10 REALLY THAT MUCH TO ASK? Seriously!!!!

This morning before school did not go well and I am mad at myself for how upset I got at Mini#1. But what are we supposed to do as parents when they didn't come with instructions? There is no troubleshooting guide in the back that explains how to handle issues. If only there was a reboot button or you could "CTRL/ATL/DELETE" and correct the problem. Some days I think animals have it easier....if they step out of line you just nip them and growl and they jump back in line......if only...

So now I sit here second guessing myself since I am now "the mean mom" who obviously plans on torturing her children by making them do their homework today and has "grounded" them from their playdates for bad behavior...

Do you think one day I will get to say "I told you so!" to them like my mother is saying?
Tahoe Girl

Where does the time go?

2010-12-24T13:19:00.000-05:00

I cannot believe 2010 is already about to end. Christmas is tomorrow and while everything here in the Tahoe household is mass chaos I wanted to take a minute to wish all of you a Merry Christmas! It all happens so fast these days that it is so easy to blink and time has passed!

I hope all of you have a happy, healthy and blessed holiday season and that Santa brings you joy on Christmas morning! I also wish he magically makes my migraine go away~

Back to cooking the turkey~
love,
Tahoe Girl

That reminded me...

2010-10-28T14:01:00.000-04:00

Last night when going to bed, Mini #3 was discussing Transformers with Titan Boy. He kept talking about "Octopus Crime" and Titan Boy was laughing hysterically. Being that I have never seen Transformers didn't realize what was so funny.

Turns out the characters name is "Optimus Prime" and Mini #3 SWEARS it's "Octopus Crime" cause he's a bad guy....but this story reminded me of something hysterical Mini#1 said to me last year.

One day while in the car (probably on the way to baseball cause that is about the only place I seem to go these days) Mini #1 started a conversation with me....

Mini #1: Hey Mom, we are studying Mama Holly at school and I think it they are so cool!

TG: Um, who?

Mini #1: MAMA HOLLY!

TG: Mini, I have no idea who you are talking about but you can sure tell me all about them.

Mini #1: What do you mean you have never heard of Mama Holly, you know "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?"

TG: (Tyring not to wreck the car from laughing) You mean MUHAMMAD ALI? The boxer?

Mini #1: Yes, Mama Holly! Wait, what's his name again?

At this point I can do nothing but laugh, because he really thought his name was Mama Holly.

They may make me crazy but atleast they make me laugh!
Tahoe Girl

Epic Fail...

2010-09-22T23:40:00.000-04:00

We are on vacation this week, sunning ourselves on the Gulf Coast in Florida! So far we have played on the beach, swam in the pool, danced with the dolphins and of course, burnt ourselves to a crisp.

As a mother there is one thing that really makes you feel like a failure. Sunburned Kids! I swear I have slathered and sprayed and completely covered them from head to toe in the thick white veil of sunscreen. Doesn't matter cause the sun finds the one spot I seem to miss or the sunscreen seems to wear off ten minutes into playing in the sand.

Sassy Tahoe looks like she got into a bar fight cause her right eye is sunburnt and Mini#1 has a ring around his belly were his pants rode down. They complain about how bad it hurts and it makes me fell HORRIBLE! I feel I have failed as a mom. Sunburn is preventable and I cannot seem to prevent it this year.

Guess its good we only have one more day or it might look like I am taking home red alligators instead of children.

Tahoe Girl

My recent adventures...

2010-09-01T11:58:00.000-04:00

I haven't run away screaming to the hills. Dreadfully I have spent most of my time recently in the dentists chair! Ugh, it has not been fun..

This week alone I have had a root canal, a crown and a filling. I have had numb lips more than not and I am over it! Don't get me wrong I adore my dentist but I am kinda tired of looking at him...

What have you been up to? Hope its been more fun than what I have been doing!
Tahoe Girl

Not what I planned..

2010-08-06T07:20:00.000-04:00

This post was going to be about the fact that school started yesterday and summer was over and how proud I was of myself for surviving my first summer at home with the Mini's in 5 years...

BUT...

instead it's about this....

Last night right before bed, Titan Boy noticed a chunk on hair in the sink and the little sideburn trimmer was on the bathroom counter. Thinking that Mini #1 was trimming his sideburns or just goofing off and just making a mess I ignored it and went to bed.

Fast forward to this morning when we were giving him a speech about not messing with stuff that wasn't his, that is when I noticed something a little different...

HE IS MISSING ALMOST AN ENTIRE EYEBROW!

He "trimmed" his right eyebrow almost completely off! Not to mention the fact that the center of his left one is missing too! He is 10 years old for goodness sake! What the heck? He looks ridiculous!

I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry! I didn't want to start a war with him right before he headed out the door for school but I wanted to drag him upstairs and draw them back on like my grandmother used too! He has red hair so it's not that is overly obvious but once you look at him you know something is off.

Atleast we don't have pictures scheduled anytime soon!
Tahoe Girl

Addicted...

2010-07-26T12:46:00.000-04:00

You would think since I have three kids I would remember how hard some things are. I mean I have done most things twice already so by the time I get to the third one it should be easy?? Maybe?

The "Binky Fairy" came to our house last night. She came and got all Mini #3's binkies and gave him a prize! I thought since he is 4 1/2 this would be easy but I was wrong! Holy cow he is now super grumpy and keeps asking me where she lives so he can break into her house and rescue his binkies. He says he doesn't care if new babies don't get new binkies cause those are his and he has changed his mind!

He did sleep all night last night but I think this is gonna be a struggle for awhile!
Tahoe Girl

Hurricane Monkey

2010-07-25T11:11:00.000-04:00

Instead of posting something fun and witty I will be heading upstairs to put all of Mini#3's clothes back in his closet! He decided yesterday he didn't like the way his closet looked so he removed everything from the hangers and shelves and threw it on the floor!

The only thing keeping me sane is that school starts in 12 days! Then I might be able to function again!

Tahoe Girl

Point it out...

2010-06-30T00:26:00.000-04:00

Do any of y'all have a friend or family member that points things out to you at inappropriate times? You know the grandma that points out your roots need to be done in a crowded elevator or a kid who tells you your shirts on backwards while your kissing them goodbye after lunch at school...you know, THAT PERSON!

Today, mine would be Titan Boy!

In the middle of the baseball game he pointed out I had a "goat hair" (You know long hair sticking out off your chin). Not on the way home, not while we were brushing our teeth heading to bed...in the middle of the DAMN BASEBALL GAME!

I was then so paranoid I knew everyone was staring at it, I even asked him if he had a bandaid in his truck so I could cover it! I could not believe he did that! I was mortified until I finally got ahold of it and yanked the sucker out!

Really, couldn't he have waited?
Off to wax my entire body as to never be embarrassed again!
Tahoe Girl

Where did it go?

2010-06-28T13:13:00.000-04:00

Summer that is...six weeks from today is a school day...crazy isnt it?

As much as I can't wait for school to start I will miss the lazy summer days we have gotten used to!

I guess we better make the best of July and go do some fun stuff!
Tahoe Girl

Happy Happy Day!

2010-06-20T11:13:00.000-04:00

Not only is today Father's Day but it is also my 12th Wedding Anniversary.

12 years ago today I married the best guy in the whole world!

SO Happy Father's Day and Happy Anniversary Titan Boy!

I Love You!
Tahoe Girl

Seems to be a New Issue..

2010-06-08T22:39:00.000-04:00

So lately I have been fighting a losing battle with an inanimate object. And of all things, it's my bedside table.

I should have no issues with the darn thing since it has sat next to my bed for fourteen years! I mean seriously, what the heck is going on?

Two weeks ago I went to turn off my alarm clock and knocked my very large glass of water over. Said glass of water spilled everywhere and of course, KILLED THE ALARM CLOCK. I still haven't gotten a new one but that is besides the point.

Two nights ago when I put my book down to drift off to dream land I knocked an entire pile of gummi bears (yes, i know they are bad but no judging) on the floor. Or so I thought, I mean they were everywhere on the floor so that had to be all of them right?

Wrong, the next morning after I staggered out of bed and headed to the bathroom, Titan Boy has this look on his face like someone just slapped him. I just ignored him and kept going until he says "What's all over you?" I have been asleep how the heck do I know?

Yep, you guessed it! There were gummi bears stuck to my face and pajamas. I think they were even in my hair! And since I get closer to forty everyday, I sweat ALOT in my sleep so you can only imagine the little sticky blobs they had turned into! I was so ticked off I couldn't even laugh...what a waste of my smuggled German gummi bears! (More on that later)

I guess at this point it's Table 1, Tahoe Girl 0.

One Crazy Summer....

2010-06-05T18:00:00.000-04:00

Every summer I say I am going to get all this stuff done and then before I know it summer is over and I have not accomlished a damn thing!

This summer I vow to be different.

This summer I will get my list done!

So far I have completely redone Mini#1's room and cleaned it out! (Yuck!) My dining room looks like a dining room and has for more than a week. I completely cleared the backyard of five years worth of neglect! The screened in porch is clean and we have used it. Oh and my car can be parked in the garage!

That's a great start but I have pledged to purge this house of all the stuff in it we don't use. I will have a garage sale at some point but first.....I am cleaning out the studio and everything left in it HAS TO GO! Time to get ready for the Back to School and Holiday seasons so I am clearing out the shelves!

Shortly you will find some great deals on The Monogrammed Marketplace's blog! And I mean some great deals! Then after I get it all cleaned out around here you will see a blog makeover and a BRAND NEW WEBSITE! Oh, I cannot wait!

SO SHOP NOW!

Off to get started!
Tahoe Girl

Summer is here...

2010-06-01T17:48:00.000-04:00

...which means I am overrun with kids screaming "i'm hungry or thirsty or bored or TAKE ME TO THE POOL!"

Y'all this is my first summer as a work at home mom in five years! (Yes, i miss the full time nanny in case you were wondering) but I am sure I will survive...

I just may not be any fun again til August 5th when school starts!
Tahoe Girl

Bloodsuckers...

2010-05-18T10:55:00.000-04:00

No this isn't about the super hot vampires from Twilight! Not that I made a paper countdown chain until the next movie comes out or anything but....

This is about a different kind of bloodsucker..the really gross kind.

Yes, I am talking about ticks....ugh just typing the word grosses me out!

Last week I found one on the dog...then I stepped on one in the downstairs bathroom! That bathroom looked like a crime scene straight out of a CSI episode! OMG it was nasty!

Then the next day I was talking to a client and felt something on the back of my head. Whatever it was wouldn't move. So thinking the kids somehow got gum in my hair I reached under my hair and yanked. Damn if i didn't pull a tick out of MY OWN HEAD! My client just stood there and then started laughing cause I was sooo freaked out.

I am about ready to cut down all the trees around my house and replace the grass with astro turf! I am normally not freaked out by bugs but when they are on me I cannot stand it! YUCK!

I had almost forgotten about it until my client forwarded me an article this morning... on "Safe Tick Removal"...the email only had a short note that read...."Thinking of you..."

HAHAHA. NOT!
Tahoe Girl

Penciled in...

2010-05-12T12:18:00.000-04:00

When you have three kids you can't "make plans". I mean, you can, but inevitably something will happen, and you won't be able to attend. What is funny to me is that people don't understand this. They get so pissy when you have to change a lunch date or not attend a baby shower because your kid is throwing up or needs stitches or has a last minute project due. Do they not realize that we would love to have lunch and catch up with a friend over waiting in the ER for hours for a plastic surgeon to put three stitches in the kids forehead? I mean seriously people? Think about it! I would love a pedicure but the three little critters I created always seem to have a crisis when I am heading out the door!

The worst is when your dressed and ready to head to an afternoon of shopping with a girlfriend and the school shows up on your caller ID! The kids all seem to have a "mom is about to have fun without us" radar and they all of a sudden have a stomachache!

So the next time a friend with kids calls to cancel or change your plans go with it and be understanding. Actually you should be grateful it's not you with puke on your shoes! Cause you could be next!

Tahoe Girl

Unexpected Miracles...

2010-05-07T23:00:00.000-04:00

Four years ago tonight I did not know that my whole world would be turned upside down in twelve short hours.

Four years ago tonight I was still only the mother or 2.

Four years ago tonight I did not know the biggest miracles can come in the tiniest of packages.

Tomorrow at 11:19am my baby will turn four.

Four years ago tomorrow I was blessed with the biggest miracle. Maxton was born 12 weeks premature weighing only 2.5 lbs.He was tiny and we were so scared for him. How could something that little survive in such a big world? He was screaming his head off when he was born even though they told me he wouldn't be able to breathe. He fought back with everything he had when they tried to do things to him when they said he was too little to fight. They called him a "wimpy white boy".

Well, this is my "wimpy white boy" four years later!

He is perfect in every way!

He is my miracle and reminds me of that everyday!

Happy 4th Birthday Monkey Doodle!

I love you more than I knew I could!

Love,

Mom

It happens...

2010-05-01T12:03:00.000-04:00

You know the Sugarland Song "It Happens"? It talks about how sh*t just happens and you have to roll with it and keep a smile on your face. Yesterday was such a "it happens" sort of day I cannot help but laugh at myself.

Two thirds of the day went by just fine until I had to pick up Mini#1 and take him to baseball practice. I arrived at my mom's to pick him up practice clothes inhand....then I realized I forgot his cleats. No big deal he can practice in tennis shoes. Then I realized I forgot his bat bag and equipment. CRAP! Luckily Titan Boy was home and met us at practice with the bag. We were only five minutes late....until Mini#1 pointed out I also forgot his belt and everytime he runs his pants fall down. DOUBLE CRAP! Quick thinking reminded me I had a belt on...so he runs off to practice ten minutes late wearing a pink and green alligator ribbon belt! (He rolled his eyes at me and said "I really hope my friends don't see this!")

As he runs off I yell, "I will pick you up at 7 pm."

Fast forward one hour...

My cell rings and it's the coach..."Are you coming to get Mini#1? Cause practice ends a 6:30. It was supposed to start at 5 not 5:30....."

I just start laughing and tell him I am on my way!

See I told you, somedays "It Happens"!

Enjoy your weekend,
Tahoe Girl

Adventures with Wildlife..

2010-04-12T08:01:00.000-04:00

Last night as Titan Boy and I were closing up to head to bed we noticed a VERY LARGE furry critter in our garage! We have a couple of stray cats that eat in our garage but this WAS NOT a cat! It was a HUGE RACCOON! And it was not scared of us or anything we did to try and "shoo" it away! It just stood there looking at us.

This reminded me of an encounter Titan Boy had with another HUGE RACCOON a few years ago...

Same type situation, late at night, HUGE RACCOON in the garage...Titan Boy went out to feed the cats (the strays have been here awhile) and noticed our friend "Rocky" eating the cat and dog food right out of the bag. He tried "shooing" it away but nothing seemed to run it off. Then Titan Boy got a great idea! We had some leftover "snap pops" from a birthday party...you know those little white things that "pop" when you throw them on the ground? SO he grabbed a box and decided to throw them at the raccoon.

The raccon just sat there, staring at him...then the funniest thing happened! As Titan Boy is throwing them at him the raccoon starts "batting" them back at Titan Boy!!!! After half the box, Titan Boy gives up and lets "Rocky" eat us out of house and home! I am sure he went and got all his raccoon friends and they ended up eating all the pet food in the garage, laughing at us the whole time!

I know by feeding the cats in the garage this is not that suprising ( random wildlife) but YUCK! I hate rodents of any kind and I consider a raccoon a rodent! I had the "heeveejeevees" all night thinking about that furry critter!!

Remind me later to tell you about Titan Boy and the "dead" bunny, that one is the best!

Wildlife loves me!
Tahoe Girl

Thank you pollen!

2010-04-10T17:21:00.000-04:00

I have been taking allergy medicine and cold medicine and it is making me MEAN!

I have been trying (not successfully) to not take it out on my hubby and children, so instead I am taking it out on the crap in this house!

So far today I have cleaned out the laundry room and all the neglected kitchen cabinets. This place is soo gross! I wont even tell you what I found under the stove drawer...

Off to run the dishwasher again...
Tahoe Girl

It's the little things...

2010-03-24T14:57:00.000-04:00

Sometimes it is just the little things that mean the most...

...a hug from my oldest DURING a baseball game, he didn't even care that everyone saw it!

...a text from Titan Boy just checkin to see how my day was going.

...a quick lunch with a friend just to catch up for fifteen minutes (life can be soo busy!)

...the sunshine finally warming things up

Tahoe Girl

Inquiring Minds....

2010-03-23T14:46:00.000-04:00

With three kids there is rarely a question presented to me that I have not answered before in some fashion...you know the ones...why is the sky blue, etc etc. That is until last night, the littlest Tahoe threw me a curve ball with this one...

TT: Where does poop live?

TG: Um, what? Do you mean before or after it comes out?

TT: After it comes out, where does it live?

TG: Well, we flush it down the potty and then it goes to a water treatment plant.

TT: Oh, then what do they do with it? Cause it has to live somewhere!

TG: Well, the clean the water and then use it for other things.

TT: Do they use soap to wash it?

TG: Yes, strong soap, VERY strong soap.

TT: Oh ok, can we go visit my poop after they wash it?

At this point I exited the bathroom. How do you tell a 3 yr old you cannot go visit his poop? He already has a hard enough time "letting it go" and I don't want to scar him for life!

This one is gonna be a challenge...
Tahoe Girl

Time to confess...

2010-03-18T22:29:00.000-04:00

Ok, some of you are going to think I am crazy or a whiny b*itch but I have to confess nonetheless.

My entire life I have heard "Your so skinny" "If I was your size I would wear a bikini everyday" "You must have good genes" etc etc etc etc

SO i have spent the last few years taking advantage of that situation and ladies it has finally caught up with me.

Lately I have realized that my "comfy" jeans are tight and uncomfy. My muffin top has become a "Big Top Cupcake" top! and well there is no chance in hell I am even thinking about bathing suits anytime soon. The truth is I have gained SEVEN pounds in FIVE weeks! SERIOUSLY!

I am also extremely out of shape and am embarrassed to what extreme this has gotten to! I have finally looked my self in the mirror and decided....

IT'S TIME TO GET OFF MY ASS AND DO SOMETHING!!

So far I have given up Starbucks (1 week in) minimized the amount of Cokes I drink (their stock might drop due to this) started taking vitamins and dragged the treadmill out of storage! (Tonight I ran/walked two miles and didnt keel over, yeah me!)

Now don't go sending me comments with extreme ideas cause those are not gonna happen, I like carbs and sugar and I am still gonna eat them BUT not the same way I used to. I am not gonna swill 800 calories each morning in my coffee (yes I said 800 CALORIES IN MY COFFEE!!!!) and I am gonna get moving!

SO wish me luck and I hope I am not too grumpy while I begin this trek. I have always taken "skinny" for granted and just cause people are a size 6 doesn't mean they are healthy!

Soon to be fitter,
Tahoe Girl

Just one more....

2010-03-03T20:29:00.001-05:00

UPDATED TEN MINUTES LATER!!!!!!

OK I got my 100 so just read the below post and vote for your choice of reward!!!!!

I just need ONE MORE FOLLOWER to reach 100!

So I am going to offer a ~~bribe~~ reward to get me there...

If I reach 100 followers I will do one of the following...
1. write 100 quirky things about me that you don't know
2. Let Titan Boy be guest blogger for a day
3. Post an obnoxious picture from my youth in a tacky outfit that I am sure my mother picked out
4. Something y'all suggest!

Pick one of the above and leave it as a comment! Then, when I reach 100 followers, I will do whatever y'all choose.

So what's it gonna be?
Tahoe Girl

TMI

2010-03-01T22:39:00.000-05:00

I wont tell you the SUPER GROSS thing I had to do tonight, but I will say, that if i didn't love my dogs (one dog inparticular) he would be hunched over in pain and draggin ass everywhere...

OMG people, these damn dogs make me do grosser s**t than my kids do!

oh and his brother has pulmonary ademia, which means i have to give him lacix everyday which will make him PEE MORE IN MY HOUSE!

Never did I think about these things 14 years ago when I adopted the two little puff balls.They were my first children and now they are my first senior citizens to care for! They are 85+ years old in people years and turns out there is not an old folks home for dogs....

Tahoe Girl

Best if by....

2010-02-25T22:30:00.000-05:00

I just returned from the horrible chore of grocery shopping. I really do despise grocery shopping.

It takes forever and then I have to unload it (yes, Titan Boy helps!), put it away, clean out fridge/pantry and then cook it, clean up after it etc etc etc etc..

But I obviously have been skipping some of the above steps lately, particularly cleaning out the pantry.

There was some seriously OLD stuff in there! Stuff I didn't even realize went bad!

I mean, who knew that the two cans of Beef Broth should have been used by 12/12/2005? (Not sure what I would even use beef broth for?) Or that crushed pineapple doesn't last forever (exp. 2008)?

One thing is for sure in the Tahoe Household, Mac and Cheese will NEVER expire!

Next up, the spice cabinet!
Tahoe Girl

Adventures with Mom, part 2

2010-02-23T20:32:00.000-05:00

Let me pick up where I left off.....

The funeral is over so Mom and I hop back into the Electric Blue Beetle Convertible to head back home. We find our way out of the cemetery with no issue and I think we are home free...

Then the conversation became this...
Mom: "Is he pulling me over?"
Me: As I look in the side mirror and see the blue lights right on our tail, "Yes Mother, he wants you to pull over thats what the lights right on your ass mean"
Mom: "But I didnt do anything"
Me: "Doesnt matter, PULLOVER!"

Finally she pulls over and immediately starts flailing around looking for her purse...

Me: "Mom, be still and quiet or hes gonna think your crazy and SHOOT US!"
Mom: "But i cant find my purse!"
Me: :Just sit still and when he gets here we can find it!"

SO Mom rolls down ALL THE WINDOWS! Every one (I was surprised she didnt put the damn top down too!) Did I mention it's freezing outside?

So Mr City of Left Of Nowhere Policeman starts walking up to the window on my side of the car. Guess it was safer cause I was on the passenger side but whatever I put on my sweet and innocent smile and wait for him to arrive at my door....

Mr. Policeman: "Ma'am, do you know why I pulled you over this fine morning?" (To me but remember I am NOT driving!)
ME: "No sir I sure don't!"
Mr Policeman: "When you went past me you were not wearing your seat belt...."

I immediately look down to check and seatbelt was on and had been on the whole time, it was alittle under the lapel of my coat but it was on..

Me: "Sir, my seat belt is on and is always on and since I have three kids I always wear my seatbelt so I can set a good example for them" (Yes, I really said that! What a suckup I am!)
Mr. P: "Well, ummmmmm, I see that, ummmmm, can I see your id?"

(REMEMBER I AM NOT DRIVING THE DAMN CAR!)

SO I reach in my purse and mom finally locates hers and we both go to hand them to him, he takes mine and not hers, he actually refuses hers!

Mr. P: "So Miss Tahoe your from city south of here? (insert cheesy grin here) What are you doing all the way up here?"
ME: (not catching on the come on) "a funeral"
Mr. P: (still smiling) I missed that, come again?"
ME: a funeral....for a family member, at the national cemetery.........(at this point he is just smiling and staring)

Mr. P: "Oh, ok, ummmmmm, well have a nice afternoon! (Hands me my id and slowly turns and gets back in his car!)

At this point I am dumbfounded, what the heck was that all about, and then I realized, HE WAS HITTING ON ME! He pulled us over to check me out! OMG, I almost died laughing cause he was not exactly my type (I mean call me picky but I like my men to have all their bottom teeth, in order and NOT the color of chewing tobacco!) My mom is still stunned that he never looked at her ID or even acknowledged her existence! For all he knew a gorilla was driving that buggy cause he only had eyes for me!

Being that my mom drives a very obvious car and all our family was behind us getting on the highway, I called my sister to make sure she hadnt seen us and gotten worried! After telling her the whole story she says to me in her attorney voice: "When he asked you why you were all the way up there you should have told him that its a F*****G Free Country, and you can go anywhere you damn well please and he can't do a F*****G thing about it?"

Um yeah, that's exactly what I said to him.....
Told you it was an adventure!
Tahoe Girl

Adventures with Mom... Part 1

2010-02-19T22:26:00.000-05:00

Anytime I go ANYWHERE with my mother it turns into an adventure of SERIOUS proportions....

Yesterday we had to attend a funeral for a family member. This should be a somber post talking about the beautiful Military Service with a Marine Honor Guard, 21 Gun Salute and Taps but that is not the part I'm talking about....

This is...

After Titan Boy and Mini #3 left yesterday morning it was too early for me to get ready so I decided to watch the Today show and catch up on some Olympic highlights...which also means I fell asleep. OUT COLD sitting up on my bed in my bathrobe. Woke up at 9:45am with Mom picking me up at 10am. YEs I had only fifteen minutes to shower, dry my hair etc etc etc.We only left ten minutes off schedule so I figured we couldnt be too far off the plan....I was wrong...

The cemetery was more than 40 minutes North of my house in the middle of nowhere, next to left of the end of the world. And or course the address we entered into the GPS was not correct..After trying to turn the wrong way on a one way street, driving straight into oncoming traffic we finally turnaround and get on the right road. We are not twenty feet down said road when the GPS chimes "You have arrived at your destination". We were between 2 trailer parks, no cemetery in sight!

Being as we are women we pulled over and asked for directions...we were on the right road just had not gone far enough (Duh!) We finally find it with only seconds to spare as they are starting the procession as we arrive...should be no problem but my sister is not there yet! I quickly call her on the phone where she starts screaming at me for not being able to tell her where to go as I do not know her exact location! Seriously! She is lost and it is my fault, I mean I should always know her exact location and be able to guide her to safety.

We talk her through enough of it to get her there but while waiting for her the procession took off without us...now Mom saw them driving off so my job was to watch where they went while Mom did donuts in her Electric Blue Convertible VW Beetle waiting on my sister to make it up the hill...and when sister finally makes it up the hill, Mom takes off after the others as if we are the lead car at the Daytona 500. She actually hit 60MPH in a cemetery! Her comment "Well I can't hurt anyone they are already dead!".....

I wish that was the end of the story.....but it's not....

More to come,
Tahoe Girl

Erasure...

2010-02-15T23:40:00.000-05:00

Today was one of those days...the kind I wish I could erase from my memory cause that would then mean it didn't happen. Nothing monumental even happened it was just my day to be super pissed at the world! And when I say super pissed I mean "i could cry at any moment for no reason I am so pissed". Yep, that is what I do when I get mad, I cry, then I feel better or look stupid depending on who is watching me cry. (Cause once it was my boss cause HR screwed up my paycheck and then went on vacay and I couldnt get it fixed for a week and I was smarter than my boss so I was real pissed!)

Some contributing factors to my super pissed mood could have been the potential for "more snow" (didnt happen) the sick mini (105 fever and no other symptoms) but couldnt go to school), school was out (meaning kids treat adults like idiots for the day) the lack of insurance card so cant take said sick kid to the dr (Titan Boy's company swtiched insurance and we are STILL waiting for cards!) or the simple fact that I was not able to locate a Starbucks between me and the long distance I had to drive to pick up Sassy Tahoe from her friends house! Think that could have done it?

I am also trying to get TONS of new products on the blog/etsy and plan a spring show for a line that is still only in my head...oh and then there are the regular customers I have that I need to take care of (got tons done tonight!)

You would think that the beds I made, dishes I put away or five loads of laundry I did would make me feel better wouldn't ya?

I am still trying to figure out how I worked outside of the house for four years???? I can't even get out of the house these days....everyone always asked me "how do you do it all?" and honest to God, I have NO CLUE! But however I did it, It need to start happening again!

Tahoe Girl

Go HERE now!

2010-02-12T16:53:00.000-05:00

Preppy Paper Girl is is giving away

NEW LILLY STATIONARY ITEMS!

Go there now and leave a comment saying "Tahoe Girl Sent Me". Than you will be entered and so will I.

The more we post about it and comment about it the MORE she will give away!

Hurry, Quick, GO SIGN UP!
Tahoe Girl

Prepare Yourselves...

2010-02-10T22:47:00.000-05:00

Today, the most fabulous thing arrived in the mail! No it wasn't my check from Publishers Clearing House, it was the New Spring Catalog from Lands End Kids!

Now normally I just bend down the corners of the page, forget about the catalog and buy crap at the end of the season when its on clearance but then I saw this...

OMG! I almost had a You KNow WHat in the Kitchen!

I SUPER PINK PUFFY HEART THESE SHOES! I used to wear them back in the day when I was young and cute and I LOVED THEM! And it gets even better cause now I can order them for the Mini Tahoes!!!

The biggest is gonna be mad cause the dont come in black (just pink and navy) and they dont have skulls on them and he will have to tie them instead of slip them on but I DONT CARE! I am ordering them NOW!

And I just might get pink and navy for myself!

New Bumper sticker going on the Tahoe in the am..."Will Monogram for Tretorns"....

Happy Preppy Dreams...

Tahoe Girl

Need a Boat...

2010-02-04T23:14:00.000-05:00

If it doesnt stop raining soon I am going to need a boat to get out of my house.

This is getting old real fast!

My brain is starting to feel moldy and the lack of motivation around here is ridiculous!

Please make it stop raining or I am going to see if I can take an Oceanic Flight that will crash into a crazy tropical island somewhere...Whose with me?

A VERY SOGGY,
Tahoe Girl

The calm before the storm...

2010-02-02T14:51:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I had the privilege of keeping my adorable niece ALL DAY! She is almost three and is the yummiest thing ever!

Only problem, she is super quiet! I am half deaf between ear damage as a kid and having three loud and rowdy kids! She has to think I am crazy cause every time she said something I made her repeat it like 15 times! Then I still pretty much had to guess at what she was saying!

She even spent two hours riding around in the car with me while i taxied kids here and there. Not once did she complain!The day was so peaceful...

Then I picked up Mini#3 from school. Insert tantrums, arguments, fighting here and call it payback for my peaceful quiet day...

Oh well, atleast I didn't have to ask him to repeat himself!
Tahoe Girl

TGIF

2010-02-01T11:23:00.000-05:00

Thank Goodness it's February!

And maybe the kids will actually go to school for more than five minutes!

January is or was the worst...holidays, snow days, sick days and conference week. I swear everytime I got started they were back home messing my day all up....

Time to get more projects done...
Tahoe Girl

Truisms...Please add yours...

2010-01-26T19:41:00.000-05:00

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page letter that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever.

15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice mail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

19. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

20. The ponytail I spend hours on in the morning never look2 nearly as good as the one I get when I throw my hair up at the end of they day.

21. You always have a good hair day on the day you're getting your hair cut/colored. (Thanks Jill!)

22. You are so thrilled you have ____ at home for dinner, but that's the day your husband decided to eat _____ for lunch, even though he's never ever eaten _____ in his entire life. (Thanks Jill!)

Can't wait to add to the list...

Tahoe Girl

Eavesdropping....

2010-01-26T16:22:00.000-05:00

If you were hanging out in my kitchen the other night, you might have over heard this...

Tahoe Girl: "Hey Sassy, I still have tons to do before I put you to bed, would you mind reading your brother a book for me?"

Sassy Tahoe: "Um mom, which brother?"

Tahoe Girl: "Your older brother...(VERY sarcastically)"

Sassy Tahoe then gets up and walks around the table to her nine year old brother and in her sweetest voice says "Mini #1 would you like me to read you a book?"

Without missing a beat or looking up from his video game, Mini #1 "No, I am good but thanks!"

Sassy Tahoe "Mom, you didn't really think he would let me read him a book did you? I am going to get Little Tahoe and read him one, he likes it when I read to him."

Girl might be the smartest kid in kindergarten but sometimes she baffles me.....
Either way, mission accomplished!
Tahoe Girl

Gym. Tan. Laundry.

2010-01-25T10:05:00.000-05:00

I sat my happy behind on the sofa Thursday night watching a marathon...not of anything educational or historical...I watched FIVE HOURS of the MTV show Jersey Shore!

Yes, I am one of the 4.8 Million people that watched the season finale, I know it's embarrassing! But damn that show is entertaining! I have never seen more drunk hookups, fights and cheese in one place before! It is great!

I have to admit I am a total VH1/MTV reality junkie but this one...it's already on my dvr list to record next year!

Maybe when I grow up I will hang out on the Jersey Shore. Then I can get really tan and rock a bumpit. Can't y'all see this Georgia Peach in my monogrammed tahoe cruisin the strip???
Hee Hee
Tahoe Girl

Public Service Announcement

2010-01-19T09:29:00.000-05:00

I am sure many of you have the same problem I do and it is about time I do something about it!

Yes, I am talking about SPEED DEMONS!

This moring while watching the oldest two mini's walk to the bus stop in the dark at o'crack thirty I noticed how many of my neighbors HAUL ASS on their way to work!

Listen Up Here People of Tahoe Lane! SLOW DOWN!!!! It is dark and early and there are children out freezing their little behinds off waiting on the big cheese! They can see you but can you see them? Probably not as you are in a hurry cause you overslept or cause your coffee spilled, etc. etc. etc.

I really dont care what your reason is SLOW DOWN! This is a neighborhood, not a speedway! There is no where you need to go in such a hurry that you are willing to risk my childrens lives to get there! I myself am late almost everywhere I go but I dont hit 60mph in a neighborhood to try and shave a minute or two off my commute time. This is NOT ACCEPTABLE!

So tomorrow speed demons, don't be surprised if you see a wild haired women in a polka dotted bathrobe with a flashlight and a notepad writing citations! That will be me! You WILL slow down! IF you choose to ignore this warning I just might leave sticky notes all over your car while your sleeping that tell everyone you don't care about anyone but yourself! I might post pictures of your car in the Tahoe Lane newsletter so EVERYONE knows your offenses! I wouldn't cross me if I were you!

Come on girls jump on the bandwagon, let's go kick some speed demon ass! This can't only happen in my neighborhood, are they speeding through yours also?

Tahoe Girl

She's back....

2010-01-18T21:16:00.000-05:00

Susie Homemaker, that is!

There must be something in the air around here cause lately, I have been kicking ass! No not in the literal sense (even though after the week I had last week I would have been surprised!)

Here is a recap of this past weekend...
Saturday....up before 11 (yes that is 11am, I LOVE To SLEEP IN!) made beds, put laundry away, cleaned up and out playroom! (This has been an ongoing project for like 6 months~!) TWO Football games watched!
Sunday...up before 11 (TWICE in one weekend, thats a record!) beds made, living room cleaned out and organized, two more football games watched, grocery list conquered, dinner made, Big Top Cupcake made (more on that tomorrow) and breakfast muffins made. AND I was i bed BEFORE midnight!

I even made dinner tonight after knocking five customers projects off my list, even with two of of three kids at home!

I think I might have a fever or something cause this is NOT normal! (This is more Tahoe Girl PRE kids!)

Clemsongirl keeps asking who I am and what happened to her chaotic, unorganized, take-out ordering friend???

But dear blogger friends don't worry, this can't last long! (even thought Titan Boy PRAYS it does!) I will be crazy again before you know it! (Baseball season is coming, that will throw a wrench into Susie Homemakers plans, it always does!)

Kisses,
Tahoe Girl

"Mom, where's my..."

2010-01-15T12:45:00.000-05:00

"Thank you note from Mrs. Teacher? You know the one I got when I went back to school (TWO WEEKS AGO!)? I left it (dumped it) on the counter next to that pile of paper cause I want to hang it on my bulletin board?" said Sassy Tahoe.

"Oh, I filed it (threw it away) with a bunch of my stuff last week, I will dig it out (hope you forget) and find it for you after you go to bed" said Tahoe Girl

"Ok great, cause I really want to hang it up there!" said Sassy Tahoe

Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!

2010-01-14T12:42:00.000-05:00

I just posted TONS of sale merchandise at

The Monogrammed Marketplace!

Get over there quick to get some GREAT deals!

Love,

Tahoe Girl

***Mention you saw it on my blog and get FREE SHIPPING!

On the Menu...

2010-01-12T13:34:00.000-05:00

There are many saying for bad days...

my mom's saying is my favorite...

"Life is like a Sh*t sandwich,
some days you take a bite,
some days you eat the whole damn thing!"

So to give you an idea of my day...

Today I have had TWO SH*T Sandwhiches, and I have eaten every last crumb!!

(And it's only 1:30pm!!!)

Tahoe Girl

That's Fancy for...

2010-01-07T21:05:00.000-05:00

Ok, I am gonna cut the crap and tell it like it is...

I DESPISE the bedtime routine in our house! Yes it ends with kids in bed but I hate it with a passion!

Most nights it goes something like this....

Approximately 7pm we head the younger two upstairs to shower,brush teeth, etc. Then after teeth are brushed and hair is dryed (yes I dry Sassy Tahoe's hair cause if I don't its a rats nest in the morning) we start pushing them towards bed. The next fifteen minutes is when I start to get annoyed....

Normally at this point someone forgets something downstairs, or has to pick the perfect book which of course is in the playroom or at the library or hasnt been written yet. Once all the above is choosen or handled we get them in the bed. (We have to divide up and take them on one on one cause otherwise it would take all damn night!)

This is where the choose your own ending starts...
IF you choose Little Tahoe you lay on the bed and read one book, normally involving Buzz Lightyear and you probably already read it four times this week but no big deal. Then once the book is finished you turn off the light and "sing songs". Now with this mini this is where it goes down hill. He doesnt want traditional night night songs he wants you the sing the theme song from Bob the Builder, or some song you have never heard of (which you of course find out later is a song Titan Boy made up and forgot to tell you!) After songs you kiss him on the head and start heading for the door. That is as far as you will make it before he "needs you". This normally means he has to take a dump. Seriously? I saw my freedom just threw the doorway and now I have to get him out of bed, remove full body zip up pajamas and pull up and get him in the bathroom so I can sit on the floor for twenty minutes while he "tries" to poop. Then he will say he really didnt need to go and you have to get him dressed again and back in bed. As you try to walk out again he reminds you that his water is on the counter downstairs and he wants you to go get it. After water is fetched and he is kissed on the forehead again, I start my escape, only to get stopped by him to make sure I am going to come back and check on him in FIVE minutes! By this point I need a shot of vodka to get my blood pressure back down to a normal range...

IF you choose Sassy Tahoe you head to her room for her to read you a book. Now keep in mind I am very proud of my over acheiving reading kindergartner but it takes her FOREVER to read you a book. Cause she of course does not pick easy ones. Normally they are Fancy Nancy books and we have read them like thirty times each! These books all have crazy words in them and then a glossary of terms in the back explaing the crazy words. Once she starts the book I am not allowed to interject unless she asks me to! This makes the book take about 20 minutes to read. What am I doing at this time do you ask? Laying face first on her bed begging for the clock to speed up or planning tomorrow nights dinner or trying to talk myself out of a tantrum! By the time she is done reading the book and the glossary of terms I am almost out of my mind. After a "huggie" and a few kisses I turn off the light and head for the door. Freedom is just a few steps away when she remembers something she forgot to tell me or wants to know what keeps the sun from falling on us or tattle on something her brother did to her over the weekend. At this point I am about to lose it! But I of course smile and tell her good night again. Then I head for the stairs as fast as I can and make it down about four of them before she realizes her water is on the counter in the kitchen or she has to take a snack to school tomorrow or something else random and crazy! I grunt out "GOOD NIGHT" and run down the stairs...not really caring at this point!

Now at this point it is normally 8:30pm and I still have one left to put to bed...Mini#1 and here is how this part goes...."Hey, get off the computer and go to bed!"....."OK Good Night Mom!" and off he goes. That is it! Love That Kid for That!!!!!!

Normally by now I am ready to become one with the couch but still have dishes, laundry or work to do.

And of course this ritual is a quotidian. (Thats fancy for happens daily!)

I am sure many of you have it worse but really I HATE bedtime!
Tahoe Girl

My NEW Favorite thing...

2010-01-06T11:44:00.000-05:00

Post Its for the blog...

Enough Said...

Tahoe Girl

Black and Blue

2010-01-05T14:41:00.000-05:00

This year is starting off just dandy!

While shopping for space heaters at The Red Dot Boutique, I hit myself in the eye with one of the boxes.

Now I have a blackeye!

This is almost as embarassing as my Wii Bowling related shoulder injury.

Yeah me!
Tahoe Girl

Back on Track

2010-01-04T08:14:00.000-05:00

It is so hard to get everything back to normal after a two week break! Even I become super lazy and try to sleep til noon everyday!

Not after today! The mini's all head back to school tomorrow so I have to get my act together today!
I need to go grocery shopping, work on some clients projects, finish cleaning mini's rooms, put away laundry, etc etc etc.

I am also stuck at home cause it is 19 degrees outside and Titan Boy has to fix my heater fan. Currently the Tahoe is alittle chilly without the heat working!

Guess I better get started!

Happy First Monday of 2010!
Tahoe Girl

Sidelined...

2009-12-21T19:06:00.000-05:00

Five days before Christmas and I get hit by the freight train also know as "The Flu".

It sucks and I can do nothing without needing a nap first!

So just in case I completely go mad this week from fever and back pain and three over excited kids...

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you ALL!!!
Tahoe Girl

It has happened...

2009-12-10T22:07:00.001-05:00

Tonight I ~~forced~~ took the family get their pictures made. It is the 10th of December and I was yet to have the perfect card pic!

I was prepared for screaming and crying and tantrums from ~~Titan Boy~~ the kids.

But this is what I got instead....

Seriously! No Tears or Screaming or Tantrums!

Aren't we cute???

This is not the card pic though, that one is another post for another day!

Happy Photo Day!

Tahoe Girl

Blocked...

2009-12-10T15:40:00.000-05:00

With all the holiday chaos going on I have had alittle bloggers block lately. I have always admired how easy it seemed for others to come up with great ideas and tell the perfect story. I read blogs and think, "I am that funny and witty".

Notsomuch lately!

So I googled "blog ideas". I just knew there would be great ideas out there to jump start my creativity.

Y'all, if I blog about their ideas each one of you is going to run screaming away or just fall asleep with boredom.

Here is an example of some topics they suggested....

1. Read the front page of the newspaper and comment about a current event. (Read the newspaper? Yeah, like I have time for that! Unless it is reported in the Hollywood Buzz report in the radio I dont know a thing about current events.)

2. Discuss the fact that the economy is going to turn around any day now! (Really, if me blogging about the economy getting better might actually help then damn straight I will blog about it everyday. No one will read it but I will do it!)

3. Start a debate. (yeah debates are a daily thing at my house, I dont need to start a debate with anyone else thankyouverymuch!)

Do y'all really want to read about that junk? I dont! I turn to my blog friends for a glimpse into other chaotic lives to remind me how normal I am. To help make me feel a little less crazy. If i wanted a nap I would watch the History Channel.

So instead I will just suffer in silence with bloggers block. Hopefully y'all will still be around when I am funny and witty again!
Tahoe Girl

Balance...

2009-12-09T12:21:00.000-05:00

Somehow I have got to find the balance between work and home. Right now everything is off balance which causes mass chaos around here.

For example...
The bads are not made, dishwasher needs emptying, laundry needs to be done/put away, floors swept, christmas card made/sent, presents need to be wrapped, etc etc etc

But honestly the only thing I want to balance at the moment is a pint of Haagen Daz whilst lounging on the sofa watching daytime tv...

So like me, what are putting off?
Tahoe Girl

The Winners are announced!

2009-12-07T20:37:00.000-05:00

Go check The Monogrammed Marketplace to see if you won the

12 Days of Christmas Gifts Giveaway!

There are LOTS of winners!!!!

Let the Madness Begin!

2009-12-04T09:15:00.000-05:00

I cannot believe there are only 20 days of Christmas shopping left.
Guess I should start shopping!

Funny thing about it is, I DO NOT want to buy these kids anything. Now don't jump all over me and say it is Christmas and they deserve, need, want a bunch of crap. I know that, but seriously that crap is still all over my house from last year!

Titan Boy and I had a present discussion last night and he wants me to buy them all clothes. His theory is they will get pissed and start taking care of their stuff. Somehow, I seriously doubt it.

So what do you get kids who already have too much and dont pick it up?

Here are some of the ideas I have.....Gift Certificates to the Container Store, a box of BIG BLAck trash bags, Yard Sale signs, Off Site Storage Containers......

What are your thoughts? Can you think of anything I need to add to the list?
Happy Friday!
Tahoe Girl

PS The kids always get the goodstuff so I am thinking I will get that stuff for Titan boy and myself this year, whatcha think honey (he reads my blog and even comments!) wanna high powered nerf rifle with a million bullets? I want the Barbie Dream House with matching ferrari....hint hint

12 Days of Christmas Shopping Giveaway

2009-12-02T22:28:00.000-05:00

There are only 4 more days to enter the

"12 Days of Christmas Shopping Giveaway!"

All 12 products have been added and there are some great items on there.

I am giving away one of each of the items!

That is 12 freebies!

Become a Follower of The Monogrammed Marketplace to enter!

Leave me a comment to let me know you are entered in the drawing.

The giveaway ends Sunday night promptly at 6pm.

Drawing Monday Morning.

Good Luck and Happy Shopping!
Tahoe Girl

Just NOT my day!

2009-12-02T11:04:00.002-05:00

Tonight I am having a Holiday Open House.

I have sent approx 600 email invites.

My house is trashed.

I have product yet to make.

I overslept.

I have a sick kid and a sick hubby!

This is just not gonna be my day!

Tahoe Girl

I am thankful....

2009-11-24T23:38:00.000-05:00

With Thanksgiving in just a couple of days I wanted to share somethings I am thankful for!

I am thankful for...
...my happy healthy children (even if they drive me crazy)
...my husband who loves me unconditionally
...the opportunity to be creative every day!
...the friends who know me and are still my friends
...my mom and the fact that she is just down the street
...my sister who still makes me so mad I hang up on her half the time
...that piping hot cup of coffee Starbucks serves up!

Ok the last one is petty but damn you gotta love a good cup of coffee.

What are you thankful for? Please leave a comment and let me know!
Tahoe Girl

New Products Added!

2009-11-23T12:51:00.002-05:00

The 12 days of Christmas Shopping are well under way! I have added many great products including stocking stuffers for $5!

Much more to come! Dont forget to come and follow The Monogram Marketplace for a chance to win one of the 12 products I am giving away!

Tahoe Girl

Its a Grand Opening Giveaway!

2009-11-16T20:30:00.005-05:00

In honor of the Grand Opening of...

The Monogrammed Marketplace

I am hosting a Giveaway of Grand Proportions!

The Monogrammed Marketplace is starting the holiday season off right with the 12 days of Christmas shopping! We will feature a new product everyday for 12 days with special pricing! Become a follower of The Monogrammed Marketplace and get a special discounted price on every item featured.

I am giving away ONE OF EACH ITEM FEATURED at The Monogrammed Marketplace!

Yes, you read that right! I am giving away 12 gift items in time to get your holiday shopping started the right way! (The Free Way!!!)

To be entered in the giveaway please do one or ALL of the following, the more you do the more you are entered!

1. Become a Follower of The Monogrammed Marketplace (2 entries)

2.Blog about The Monogrammed Marketplace (5 entries)

3. Feature The Monogrammed Marketplace on your sidebar. (10 entries)

Please leave me a comment letting me know all the ways you have entered our Grand Opening Giveaway!

The First Item Featured at The Monogrammed Marketplace

The Monogrammed Memo Board

Available in 8 fabric choices!

$48

Wouldn't this look great hanging right there next to your computer?

Happy Shopping!

Tahoe Girl

Finally..

2009-11-12T08:49:00.002-05:00

Most the boxes have been unpacked and the new studio is looking pretty good! You never realize how much stuff you have until it is stacked up in every part of your house!

You know what the weirdest part is? I dont know what to do with myself in this empty house! I have never been alone this much in the house and I walk around lost half the time. The dogs just stare at me...and then when I have things I need to run out and do I dont want to leave! It's hilarious. By the time I get my act together the kids are home again???

I am sure I will figure it out eventually...

The best part??? On Monday I will be launching my NEW MONOGRAMMED GIFT BLOG! Complete with a great giveaway! YEp, FREE STUFF! Just in time for the holidays!

Check back on Monday! It will be worth it!
Tahoe Girl

Polka Dotted Bathrobe

2009-11-01T22:01:00.002-05:00

That is the article of clothing I will be wearing all week!

The store is closed, packed up and moved to my new studio and I am going to wear my bathrobe all week while I unpack and get organized! I am so excited!

Ok maybe I will throw clothes on to take the little one to school.

Maybe.
Tahoe Girl

Closing a Chapter...

2009-10-26T15:06:00.003-04:00

I just deleted everything I typed the first time cause it was lame and boring.

Here is the jist in true form..
I am closing my store.
It sucks but has to happen.
I will continue doing what I do from home.
I will have great new stuff and a great new website!
I will be spending a few days in my pj's once the store is closed!
I might even eat some bon-bons!

That is a much better way to put it!
Tahoe Girl

Nip in the Air..

2009-10-19T14:08:00.002-04:00

Everything has been completely crazy around here! Between returning from vacation and getting ready for a holiday show my weeks have flown by! And before I know it Christmas will be here!

Yes, I said it, CHRISTMAS!

Can you believe it? Where did the warm summer days when I was going to get all sorts of stuff caught up go?

I am making so many changes around here over the next few weeks and you will be soo excited once they all come in to play! Lots of great holiday gifts for teachers and friends. Lots and lots of fun too!

Got to get back to work,
Tahoe Girl

We have returned...

2009-10-08T23:51:00.002-04:00

The vacation is over.

Sassy Tahoe and I cried all the way out of the Magic Kingdom last night. We really did not want to leave...

I am exhausted and depressed. Real life starts again tomorrow...

I will post lots of pics and all the details over the weekend but I do want to know what you think of my upcoming Christmas card pic?????

Raising a Little Cane, Merry Christmas, Love The Tahoe Family

HAHAHAHAHA!

Tahoe Girl

Last Minute Lucy...

2009-10-01T01:52:00.002-04:00

We leave for Disney in less than 48 hours...

I am just now working on making the kids tees and "party favors" for the members of our group.

I have known about this trip since February.

Am I ever gonna stop being "Last Minute Lucy"?

Tahoe Girl

Easy Button

2009-09-16T23:08:00.002-04:00

I get so mad every time I see a Staples commercial with that damn "Easy Button". I even went in the store and asked to buy one, they all just looked at me funny...

Wouldnt life be grande if we all had an easy button, heck I just wish I could "control/Alt/delete" on occasion and reboot!

Damn, being a grown up just sucks sometimes!
Tahoe Girl

SOS to Mothers of Grown Boys

2009-09-14T20:56:00.002-04:00

ok ladies (and gents if there are any)...I need your help.

I am the proud mom of two boys, and one sassy princess...that said I am stumped at a "boy issue" I am currently having...

Mini #1 just turned nine, he is still a little boy but in a big boys body. My dilemna you ask?

HE STINKS!

Yes, you read that correctly. We have hit the age of B.O. BIGTIME. The problem is it doesnt go away! Soap, deodorant..NOTHING WORKS!

What do I do? I don't want to have the stinky kid in school, he is cute and funny and even still wears monogrammed insignia tees. But he smells like a locker room.

Please wise moms of boys who are grown, enlighten this girly girl on what to so with her stinky boy? I can handle PMS and acne and everything girly (it was only me and my sister so I am completely lost here!) but this boy has me stumped! Does puberty really start this early? What is next? Oh my I have so many questions....

Who wants to be my mentor?
Tahoe Girl

...

2009-09-13T22:35:00.004-04:00

OK I know I have been WAY behind in blogging lately and well, between baseball games, birthday parties, school, PTA, work, friends, and a babillion more things, I have been working feverishly to update the website!
Tonight I have added a TON of new products! There are still more to come so check back often but as an incentive to check out our newest products I am offering my readers a 20% off coupon!
Yes, a coupon! Just in time to start your holiday shopping!
So check out the updates at The Monogrammed Gift and enter TahoeGirl in the coupon code box to get your 20% off! It is that easy!
Here are a couple of new things I added tonight....

Not to mention all the great Monogrammed Decal options, the monogrammed frames, bib and burp sets...Oh and there is soo much more to come! The holidays will be here before you know it!

Tahoe Girl

PURGE!

2009-09-04T23:31:00.002-04:00

Ok, so I have been putting off the daunting task of the kids closets since summer started. Since I can smell fall quickly approaching I decided I CANNOT put it off any longer. I mean I gotta know what they are gonna wear when the air turns crisp and leaves start to fall (Read, need to determine the amount of shopping I get to do).

So I started with Mini #1's closet. EVERY SINGLE PAIR OF PANTS IS THREE INCHES TOO SHORT! He looks like Steve Irkle in jeans! He is also SUPER skinny (Imagine a toothpick with a head) and he has to jump up to double digit sizes. He is gonna look like he is playing dress up in dad's clothes! I told him to be prepared to be that kid that wears shorts year round or I was just gonna add a ruffle to his jeans...

Once I dug further into the closet I found among TONS of dirty clothes....the chain to our broken swing, a full (But MOLDY) water bottle in last years backpack, a broken telescope and Jimmy Hoffa! (OK, he isn't really in there but there is sooo much crap in there he definitly could be!)

I am now scared to venture past his closet into the others.....
Digging Deeper,
Tahoe Girl

Crosses For Carson....

2009-08-18T14:22:00.003-04:00

Is that not one of the cutest faces you have ever seen? This sweet little boy is my nephew-in-law and his name is Carson. During the month of April (2009), Carson was diagnosed with Idiopathic Infantile Spasms at just 9 months old.

This news has just been devastating to his family and mine. He is the cutest, happiest baby ever and this news is just heartbreaking to say the least! At this point we do not have a lot of answers, mostly questions but we have learned that one thing that will help Carson and his family is a seizure alert dog! They have applied and been approved to get one of these sweet unique puppies but it cost $13,000.00!!!!

Many people have stepped in and done fundraisers, from car washes to raffles and everything in between (some neighbor children had a lemonade stand and raised $75.00 all by themselves!) and as of today we are ONLY $1400 from our goal!!! YEAH TEAM!

One fundraiser we have been doing is Crosses For Carson! These adorable glass bead and wire crosses are beautiful and make a great gift. They also help to remind us of the blessings in our lives everyday!

Please check out their website (Click on the picture) and order crosses today! Only $1400 more and Carson will get this puppy that help his parents sleep at night! (Most of his seizures are at night!)

Also, Carson's mom has started a blog about day to day life with two kids and all the craziness that includes, not too mention when your baby is sick! I cannot imagine. I have three beautiful healthy children and it could have just as easily been me or you or your neighor! Visit her blog SUNSHINEANDSNOOPY.BLOGSPOT.COM

ALSO, I would really appreciate it if you shared this info with anyone and everyone you know! Post it in your blogroll or dedicate a post to it! It really is a worthy cause!

Please Help Carson get His Puppy!
Many thanks and blessings!
Tahoe Girl

True...Very True....

2009-08-15T15:00:00.002-04:00

Recently a very close friend told me the best way to handle your problems is to face them head on and be honest and up front about it. That is exactly what I have done...I trusted her and felt the weight being lifted just by those facts alone.

The second part, which is my favorite part, she told me if I did this new opportunities would come my way...and she was right! New doors are opening for me and I am very excited!

So, I guess the moral of my story is....have faith in all aspects of your life but ecspecially yourself!

Truly Inspired,
Tahoe Girl

5-0

2009-08-10T16:10:00.003-04:00

Why is that anytime you are around a police man or woman you automatically start thinking about all the stuff you have ever done that could get you in trouble? And you are positive they know each and every detail? Or if they are behind you in traffic you start checking to make sure there is nothing "fishy" in the car that could get you in trouble, even though that has not been a possibility since the early nineties?

Or, if your standing in line at the gas station with three mini's in tow next to the cutest cop since Police Acedemy 1, you are praying they don't do or say anything incriminating...or that the oldest one accuses you of trying to starve him to death because you wont buy him the big bag of cheetos and a mountain dew?

Oh yeah, he watched me load them all into the car and buckle each and every seat belt. I am surprised he didnt double check that they had brushed their teeth this morning!

Thanks Mini #1, I will get you back in the not so distant future when you bring a girl home...I see baby picture wallpaper being ordered RIGHT! NOW!

Tahoe Girl

Toooo Much Info...

2009-08-09T23:22:00.001-04:00

As we are getting ready for the first day of school at the Tahoe Household I need to catch you up on our progress...

With POTTY TRAINING!!!

We have had a great week with some serious progress! Only a few accidents and I feel confident that I can send him to school tomorrow in elmo undies and he won't completely embarass me!

BUT....

As with my other two children Mini #3 has had some trouble with the whole "poop" on the potty thing. Today we thought we were about to achieve victory until as he is sitting on the potty crying and obviously holding it in....

His Reason?...

"NO I cannot do that, if I do dragons will come out of my butt!"

We are now in search of a "dragon slayer" so we can achieve FULL potty training success. Any ideas? I am game for anything at this point!

Tahoe Girl

For Immediate Hire...

2009-08-04T19:11:00.003-04:00

Wanted: Full Time House Mom
Start Date: IMMEDIATELY
Job Duties Include: grocery shopping, meal planning, meal preparation, meal cleanup, general house cleaning, laundry (lots of this), closet cleanouts, bus duty (both am and pm), daycare dropoff, pta meetings, commitee chair, school plays and events, soccer games, baseball games, team mom for both, practice carpool, homework, book reports, science projects, make drs appts, attend drs appt, potty training, arrange playdates, arrange childcare, birthday parties (both attend and plan), birthday presents (wrapped and tagged), teachers gifts, coaches gifts, family gifts, animal care, vet appts, car maintanence, house maintanence,pay bills, clip coupons, referee, warden, childrens scrapbooks, nurse the sick and the wounded and most important, still be in a good mood at the end of each and every day!

Pay: This position does not pay in actual money, and does not include any overtime or hazard pay. There is no vacation package or 401K, but there are benefits including hugs from three adorabke kids!

Average Work Day: 24 hours/7 days a week

If you know of anyone interested in this opening please contact management immediatley!

(Maybe those people out in Utah have a good idea, more than one wife could really be handy sometimes.....hmmmm, I might have to look into that!)
Tahoe Girl

Sending Out An S.O.S....

2009-08-01T15:41:00.005-04:00

While the cutest thing on the planet, Sassy Tahoe is an untidy packrat!

While the minis and Titan Boy are gone today I am reorganizing her room. Trust me this is a HUGE JOB!

This is where I need your help...
Sassy Tahoe LOVES ART! All types of art (wonder where she gets the creative streak from?)

Anyway, I am at a loss for organizing all her supplies. There are crayons and markers etc etc etc ALL OVER THE HOUSE! This is beginning to drive me crazy!

Please send me your best organizing ideas for this type of stuff.

My budget isn't big enough to raid the Container Store so I am hoping all my blog friends can help!

I'm desperate and drowning in all this stuff!

HELP!
Tahoe Girl

PS Mini#1's room is next and his downfall is video games so if you have those ideas I will take them!

whirlwind...

2009-07-28T22:03:00.003-04:00

I am sure you all thought I got on a boat and sailed away forever but I didn't!

I survived the beach trip with the mini's and only had two meltdowns the whole week! Yay me!
I will pots pics of our trip very soon. Pinky Swear!

Since I have returned from vacation it has been a whirlwind of chaos and I am just weeks behind in everything.

Promise to catch you all up real soon!
Tahoe Girl

Destination Vacation

2009-07-11T10:28:00.001-04:00

The monogrammed Tahoe is overpacked and waiting for me to drive off!

Not sure if I will have internet while I am away but I am sure there will be lots of stories to tell when we get back!

See you in a week!
Tahoe Girl

I checked....

2009-07-10T23:22:00.003-04:00

and I am glad I did!

There was not ONE PAIR OF UNDERWEAR between the three!

Seriously?

Oh, and no toothbrushes either....

Guess this was going to be a fuzzy teeth and commando vacation!

Still packing and prepping,
Tahoe Girl

I feel for Kate.....

2009-07-10T19:35:00.002-04:00

While I think Kate Gosselin is quite whiney I wish she was here right now.

I have no idea how she packs 8 kids for a trip to the beach every year without going postal and throwing kids out the windows. I am close to that point myself.

Titan Boy thought it would be a great idea to send them upstairs and tell them to pack their stuff for the beach themselves. I now have three rolling backpacks by the back door and have been instructed that they have everything, didnt forget one thing and I am not allowed to touch the bags to check.

These are school sized backpacks and we are leaving town for a week. What are the chances there is even a pair of underwear in the bag?

If I survive packing this trip will be a breeze!
Tahoe Girl

T-36...

2009-07-09T23:57:00.002-04:00

Hours and counting till I load up the monogrammed tahoe and head south!

There is so much still to do and I am headed to the mart to buy for the store and the website tomorrow! I will keep you posted on all the new things I find...

If anyone wants to come over and pack these kiddos up for the beach I will take all the help I can get!

TG

Should Have Learned by now....

2009-07-06T23:02:00.002-04:00

When you live in GA you should be used to pop up thunderstorms.

They happen all the time without warning (or a cloud in the sky).

So that means I should NEVER leave my sunroof open when I run in somewhere cause when I return it just might have a console full of water.

It also might happen twice in the same month.

You would think I would have learned my lesson the first time!

a Soggy Tahoe Girl

Committed...

2009-06-30T23:03:00.002-04:00

I just committed to taking the mini tahoes to the beach for a week.

Alone.

I did it under the pretense that the free condo I have borrowed from a friend was a one bedroom. I though no problem, they can have the room and I will sleep in the couch and watch tv and read books all night. (My own version of vacation).

I was wrong...

It's not a one bedroom condo, it's a ONE ROOM CONDO!

Like ALL OF US IN ONE ROOM FOR SEVEN DAYS!

They are SOOOOO excited!

I am SCARED TO DEATH!

Tahoe Girl

Faux Pas......

2009-06-27T16:02:00.003-04:00

Turns out, the skirt I was wearing yesterday was a little shorter than I thought.

Turns out, when I bend over in said skirt you can view what is under the skirt.

Turns out, a very good customer thinks I have "cute cheeks".

I am soo embarassed!
Tahoe Girl

Obsessions...

2009-06-24T21:01:00.000-04:00

Everything has not been sunshine and rainbows around here lately but I have still found away to keep my self giggling and realizing there are people worse off then me...

Check out my new favorite haunts...

Texts From Last Night......you will laugh so you hard that you will get yelled at by your coworkers to shut up and get back to work

FMYLIFE.......yep, people have worse stuff happening to them than me....

No, these are not G-Rated and some of it is downright obscene but funny nonetheless....

Have fun....
Tahoe Girl

Applause Now Sign

2009-06-19T19:15:00.003-04:00

Do you ever wish that you could have a studio audience when your having an argument with someone? You know, one like they have on talk shows so that when you prove your point they cheer you on and make you feel right.

I would love to have one.

It would be soo much fun!

And I could have used it today more than once!
Tahoe Girl

Making A Scene

2009-06-18T11:21:00.002-04:00

This may or may not have been what happened at my Starbucks this morning.....

SB Employee: Good Morning Welcome to Starbucks what can I get started for you today?

Tahoe Girl: Yes, I will have a Grande White Mocha with two shots of vodka please!

(extended silence)

SB Employee: Scuse Me?

TG: Grande White Mocha add two shots of vodka

SBE: Ma'am, we dont serve vodka

TG: You should

SBE: Ma'am its ten fifteen in the morning.

TG: Do you not hear the three kids fighting in the backseat?

SBE: Please pull around.

As I drive around Starbucks employee is awaiting my arrival with a very puzzled look in his face. He then explains that they don't serve alcohol but maybe he will put it in the suggestion box for me. I reply that a White Mocha with Vodka would be nothing but a hot white russian which would be the perfect breakfast drink. Again, puzzled look.

The best part, he tells me where the closest liquor store is that sells mini bottles!

Not a bad idea, I am thinking of keeping the console stocked with airplane mini bottles of various liquors just in case!

Tahoe Girl

Function Junction

2009-06-17T19:52:00.002-04:00

If you could make your house as functional as possible what would you change?

Think about it, we work real hard to make our houses (or living spaces) pretty and attractive to others but is it really functional?

Mine's not.

Here are some things I would do to make the Casa da Tahoe muchmore functional...

1. First, I would have to change the shape to round. With these key things in the middle...ginormous laundry chute that send everything into the laundry room divided by color, person etc. Nect to the laundry chute would be a ginormous trash chute that sent anything I dropped in it straight to the dump! (ok and maybe a donation chute wouldn't be a bad idea either)
2. In the center of all bathrooms and the kitchen would be a pop up tile and hidden underneath would be a hose spicket and a drain. Then you could pop the tile, hook up the hose and wash away the mess at anytime!
3. I would have the LARGEST PANTRY STORAGE ROOM EVER! And it would look something like the last catalog I got from the container store. Everything would be color coded and labeled by Tahoe Family member and the storage space would NEVER run out no matter how much crap we have!
4. And just for me....a padded room.( Also known as a Panic Room) No one would be able to enter but me and it would be the most relaxing place on the planet, built just for me (Since this is a fantasy post we can say that I might kidnap ROBPAT and hide him in there but I digress)
5. Last but not least, on the outside of my house I would install a handle. What would this handle do you ask....when it just gets to be too much I can then go outside and FLUSH! Yep, like a toilet, flush the house and whomever is inside! Then like magic everything would be put away and smell like Pinesol!

That just might be the perfect house....

What would you add?

Tahoe Girl

PS...oh I forgot one thing...a trap door at my front door, the DARN SIGN in our neighborhood says NO SOLICITING!!!!! Maybe a trap door would encourage those pesky salespeople to actually read it cause the large black dog sure don't scare them away!

Topic Tuesday....

2009-06-09T14:39:00.002-04:00

Today's Topic is..

I am smarter than I look...

“Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most important, don't listen when the little voice of fear inside you rears its ugly head and says. they all smarter than you out there. They're more talented, they're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier, and they have connections. I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respects.” Neil Simon

“I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just the way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have.” Woody Hayes

“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter.” Jon Gotti

Tahoe Girl

Change of Plans...

2009-06-07T21:17:00.003-04:00

I thought I would be showing you great pics of dinner at Clemsongirl's house last night but instead I am telling you about the surprise birthday party she threw for me!

Last night I arrived at her house and when I walked in people jumped out of everywhere to wish me Happy Birthday! Turns out Titan Boy is a rock star and called Clemsongirl and asked her to help him surprise me for my birthday (which is next week!) They got me, I had NO IDEA AT ALL what they were up to!

It was loads of fun and I am still trying to recover from the event. (Read drank too much tequila here)

Tomorrow I will post pics so you can see how much fun we had!

Titan Boy...thank you so much for doing this for me! You have no idea how much it means to me that you went to such length to surprise me! I know I am not easy to pull one over on but you got me! I love you!

Tahoe Girl

Evidence...

2009-06-06T16:29:00.002-04:00

I promise you tomorrow's post will be so worth reading....

Maybe it's because there may or maynot be evidence that Clemsongirl's Coach does exist!

There may or maynot be pictures of me with Coach posted here tomorrow.

Just you wait...
Tahoe Girl

atleast a beer...

2009-06-05T20:21:00.002-04:00

or twelve will round out this week...

Oh My! This week alone I have ......

completed two swimteams spiritwear...(which include a drive around my elbow to get to my thumb)
completed 120 hats and 150 shirts in one night
completed two baseball teams uniforms and spiritwear
had record breaking numbers in the store...

The best part..I only got cussed out twice!

Cant wait to see what next week brings.......
Tahoe Girl

BUSTED!!!!!

2009-06-03T16:43:00.002-04:00

I am sooooo embarassed right now!

Two guys from the office across the hall just come over to see who I was yelling at...

I was not yelling...I was SINGING!

I am the only one here so i added my ipod to my wardrobe and started belting tunes at the tops of my lungs! I do this at home and Titan Boy laughs and says I need to stop making all the neighborhoods dogs howl!

I guess I can't sing!

I guess I need to realize that everyone else cannot hear my tunes and really doesn't want to hear my version of them either...

Oh, Well...
Tahoe Girl

Uh-oh!

2009-05-30T00:36:00.002-04:00

As I have mentioned we have entered into deathcon 4 around here, in many households it's just called potty training but not in the Tahoe household. It's just plain bad!

Bad because he is the third child and I kinda don't care if he goes to Kindergarten in a diaper in two years. He will only do it once.

Bad because I don't want to visit every bathroom in every place we go.

Bad because I forget to go myself how am I going to remind him every ten minutes?

I do know he's ready and smart enough. He is just messing with me at this point and here is how I know this....

Picture It....GiGi's Kitchen....Friday 7:30pm....Cutie Tahoe has managed to arrive in a dry diaper, wear a bathing suit for almost an hour, never enter the pool and is still all dry.....He is standing in front of her pantry and I hear......UH-OH (which is never good).......I turn around and all I see is a river on the floor....so I run grab him and say "Stop and let's go sit on the potty"...to which he replies...."No, I done now, can I have new pants?"

My silver lining in this story...atleast he said Uh-oh!

Tahoe Girl

What if?

2009-05-28T21:54:00.002-04:00

What if I talked to people the way they talked to me?

What if I lied to people the way they lie to me?

What if I let people down the way people let me down?

What if I hurt people's feelings like people hurt mine?

What if I thought I was a better person, parent, friend, business woman, wife than other people?

What if I was as judge mental as other people?

What if...?

But here's the thing....I'm not! I am NONE of those things and because of that fact I am always the person who gets mistreated, lied to, let down, my feelings hurt, questions myself and gets judged. Because I LOVE with my WHOLE heart and want to see the good in every human being I get trampled on and taken advantage of! I get lied to and walked all over!

The truth? As much as it hurts and upsets me, I don't want to be anything different. I am me and I love who I am! I am an obnoxiously optimistic person and know that there is always a silver lining to every cloud! There will always be sunshine around the corner if I look hard enough! I am just like my grandfather, if he had twenty dollars and only needed ten he would give away the other ten just cause someone else needed it more than him. He was a ray of sunshine on every cloudy day! I am proud to be that kind of person. As much as I don't want them to get hurt, I want my children to be like me.

Because what I have that those people don't, is to know what it is like to love with your whole heart! And as much as it hurts when it gets broken, it's worth every minute just to have felt it!

Tahoe Girl