Bloodsuckers...

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...

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...

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...

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..

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!

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...

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