My very good friend Amy at Doobleh-vay is hosting an auction today along with Design Mom for Stephanie and Christian Nie, you can read about their tragic story here.

Amy has some of her amazing talented crafts up for auction and if you go to Design Mom you can see the other amazing crafts and gifts you can bid on (there are 165+ opportunities to bid on - an amazing assortment of fantastic products).

For those of you that have a little spare funds to help out for a great cause go bid.. and I know not everyone can afford to give so could you possible send a card? 

For those of you Sending Cards, here's the address:
c/o Stephanie and Christian Nielson
Maricopa County Hospital
2601 East Roosevelt St.
Phoenix, AZ 85008

 

Thanks to all my amazing readers... love and kindness really does help the world go round!!

Thursday Thirteen. I am sorry I have abandoned you. I am sorry it has been like three months since I last did your fun little meme thing.

My Google Analytics have been knee slappers lately. So below is my third installment with my commentary:

1. Nipple Cream for Men Jogging- errrr..okay

2. Get Orgasm while Jogging- I am jogging all wrong because my jogs are not THAT fun.

3. Wish I had a penis- We all wish for something huh?

4. Bats flying at me while jogging- I would probably give up on the jogging dude because is sounds sucky for you but made me laugh at the visual.

5. Rate my fart- HELL TO THE NO.. I won't rate your fart..well..that is not true.. but lets pretend for a second I am a classy mom.

6. Girl with big ass jogging- YOU FOUND ME.

7. Hot Mom Jogging- Damn, I was found again. (knee slapper)

8. Rocking a tramp stamp- WOW.. pegged in three searches in a row.

9. Best bra for no boobs- Okay, now this is just getting creepy. The internets even know I have no boobs too?

10. Wushu Sex- I guess Po from Kung Fu Panda not only does the Wushu Finger Hold..but also does the Wushu sex?

11. Jogging ass- This just made me giggle out loud.

12. Pigs use women bathroom - I think this is an epidemic plaguing women's bathrooms in office buildings around the world.

13. Nasty office potlucks- Not even sure what this means? Anyone? Anyone? Buller..Buller?

Well that was the latest installment. Some of the search queries were a little too funky to post, even for my terrible potty mouth. I enjoy looking through these, but I easily get freaked out with how creepy some people are when left with a Google search box.

Recently taken of friends who happen to be my favorite married couple in the world.

Tomorrow is the last day of "school" in my boys daycare.  My little guy, Aaron, moved up to his new classroom about two weeks ago.  The adjustment on him was rough.  He would cry and sob for me to just pick him up and put him back in his old room.  But being the strong Mom I am supposed to be.. I just kissed his fat little cheeks and promised him it will be okay and his new teachers are just as wonderful as his old ones.  At 15 months he just looks at me like I am crazy.  shhh no one tell him I am really am .. at least not yet anyway.

And that leaves tomorrow.  Donnie's moving up day.  sigh.

I should back up a bit.  Donnie, my almost four year old, started at this daycare when he was a year old.  He started in the first classroom and has grown and graduated through five classrooms.  Each classroom has two teachers.  Each of the teachers are unique and bring something different to the table. Of course.  That is to be expected right? 

Well the classroom my son Donnie is in now is unlike ANY of the classrooms before.  His two teachers this year have been amazing.  Their method for teaching goes beyond the basic A,B,C's.  Donnie went into this classroom a little boy, and he is literally moving up as a little man.  There is not a day that goes by that my son does not come home and word vomit all over me with all the details of how amazing his day turned out.  On the mornings that he is clinging to my leg because I let him stay up until 11 he will miss me dearly and begs to go home, they take him on their hip, wipe his tears and tell him of the events they have planned for the day.  After he is calm and I have already left, 8 times out of 10 I get a call to my cell letting me know he is fine.  They don't need to do that..but they do and I love them for it.

Tomorrow is Donnie's last day in this classroom. 
Tomorrow he is officially done with daycare.
Tomorrow he graduates to pre-school.

Donnie is so excited to be moving into what he calls the big boy classroom.  He knows he and his friends will be the oldest in the daycare and it really is sweet to listen to him speak about that part of the moving up.

I on the other hand will be a mess tomorrow afternoon, crying, begging and sobbing that he will not returning to his old classroom come next Tuesday.  And it sucks that no one can  put me on their hip and wipe my tears.

And then I have to say to myself "I have a kid in pre-school now".

Sigh, when did this growing up thing get to be so hard on ol' Mom.

I love you little man!

Me

What?

Long Island Sunset

Binkie and the Bandit

Sarcastic Mom is the wonderful hostess of the Weekly Winners meme. Please go stop by and check out all the awesome photos.

Way back in July I signed up for a sweet idea pulled together by BossSander's called The Bloggy Swap.  And then guess what?  Yep.. insert violins, a misplaced brain, constant temper tantrums (by me), and a whole lot of bitching and you get me who forgot to post her 10-100 things that I love list. 

So let me say I am sorry to my secret bloggly swapper.. At least it is not September 14th right?  I get credit for being a little early! :)

And as much as I love ya Boss.. I am sticking to listing 10 things.. because I cannot post 100, mostly because I have forgotten how to count that high. 

So here it is, in no particular order are ten things I love:

1. A venti non-fat caramel macchiatto from Starbucks.
2. Garden State CD.
3. Garden State-the DVD.
4. Zach Braff (hey a girl can dream right?)
5. Santa Margarita Pinto Grigio
6. Bud Light Lime
7. Cowboys vs. Giants- November 2nd - Giant Staduim- 50 yard line. (Dreaming again. bear with me)
8. MAC Lip Glass in Viva Glam V
9. Any photography magazine.
10. Sleep (has this come in pill form yet?)

Thanks again Boss for setting this up!! :)

Karen over at A Day in the Life was so kind to pass this LOVERLY award to me... This award came with some rules.. I have to pass this Brillante badge along to seven other bloggers...

I am going to switch that up a bit and pass this Brillante badge to seven of my favorite Dad Blogs (which you all should be reading!!)  So I present this award to:

Dan at Cafe Leone
Pat at Annoyingly Boring
Nuke Dad at Nuclear Family Warhead
Jason at IVegas Family
Tyler at Building Camelot
Jeremy at Discovering Dad
Jared at Dad Thing

Next I want to thank Tara at If Mom Says Ok and Ashley over a Bosssander's for bestowing this pretty cool looking award onto me.. How awesome is that?   

Now I get to pass this award on to blogs which nourish and enrich my spirit and creativity. In these blogs, I see dedication, creativity, care, companionship, joyfulness, and overall, ART, so much art. With this award, I want to give attention to those bloggers who day after day share this space (the blogosphere) and enrich every day a little bit more.’

I decided to pass this award to some of my favorite blogs that share their "super wicked" photography skills.

Mish at Secret Agent Mama
OH(Ho)Mommy at Classy Chaos
Susan at Begger's Shot Glass
Irene at Our Little Piece of the World
Lotus at Sarcastic Mom

Finally I want to give A BIG BIG hug and bigger thanks to Nissa at Nissa's Niceties  and Peapod Squad Stuff for choosing me to receive this Kick Ass Blogger award!!!  woot woot!

The rules to this badge are to pass the award along to 5 blogs I think are deserving of  being called a Kick Ass Blogger.. I now present my winners: 



Kelley at Magneto Bold To!
M at Xbox4NappyRash
Miss at RuraandMiss
Tim at SogeShirts
TentCamper atI Pee In The Wind

Thank you again Tara, Ashley, Nissa, Karen and Monica!! I truly appreciate the bloggy love passed onto me!!!

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JIC  UPDATE!!
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Thank you all who have been sending emails and leaving comments to see how I am doing.  Every time I plan on making the jump back into the blogosphere I have real life stopping me to say.. um.. no. not yet.  Everyone in my house (except my husband- lucky arse) has been sick the last two weeks.  Also, I have been spending some AMAZING quality time (insert eye roll here) at the pediatrician's office, I am guessing it is warming me back up for another germ filled fall season. 

Just to give you an idea of where my head is at, I just realized TODAY, August 20th, that I could not find my day planner.  I ripped my house apart this morning trying to find out what appointments I have missed.  Well, turns out that I left my day planner in SAN FRANCISCO!  Hello, BlogHer was a MONTH ago.  I just noticed today.  Luckily they have the planner and are mailing it back to me.  But, seriously, someone needs to come kick the crap out of me and tell me to get my shit together.  I am falling apart at the seams over here.

I miss you all!!  And I am reading you all in my reader.. I just suck because I have not had time to comment.  And I am lurking around on Plurk all you plurkers.  I even plan on heading back to the Buzz for a quick minute.  That is my plan anyway.  See you all around the internets!! That is if my ass ever lets my head back out. 

MWAH!!  

I have been at the doctors in the past two week more times than anyone needs to go in a year.  Between my old ass body breaking down and my little guy trying to rack up frequent flyer miles at the pediatrician's office we are working our health insurance.  WORKING IT big time. 

During my frequent doctors visits I decided to make myself laugh at how frustrating going to the doctors office can be, which usually causes your health or your kids health to further slip the slope in the shitter and age you in the process. 

Have you ever noticed how NOT friendly the people behind the sign in desk are?  Like you are annoying them when you say hi, I am here for my blah blah appointment?  Or if you ask them a question and they give you the death stare like you just interupted their discussion about Brangelina newest additions. 

Or how if your appointment is at one pm, they are not even getting your chart until two pm.  Which leads you to ask the Brangelina expert for an idea when you will be called in to be seen which results in the eye roll with the fake paper flip and the standard answer of "the doctor is running a few minutes behind."  A few minutes is like ten, 55 minutes is rude.

And I think what drives me crazy about going to the doctors is their answers for what is the matter with you, which in my case, or my boys case is typically "I am not sure".  Okay, SERIOUSLY, you go to med school for like 25 years and every time we go to the doctors we medically stump you?  OR we get the "it is a ______(fill in with cold, virus, flu) you have to let it run its course".  Great.  Thanks!

Hell, just today at the doctors with my littlest guy, who has a 102 fever combined with explosive skin melting diaper episodes.  Whose doctor was 53 rude minutes late to his appointment gives him the ol' check list run down and then turns to me and says "His nose, ears, eyes, throat are clear.  It must be a virus.  And by the way, he has a heart murmur so you will need to take him to a pediatric cardiologist specialist.  It is nothing to be alarmed about yet.  These are pretty common and usually only a bent valve that straightens out as they grow". 

WTH?  Did that doctor just say yet?  Thanks.  And I take my referral and leave only to sit in yet another doctors office.

I am telling you, doctors office only make you sicker and older.  Today is just another example of it, because I felt the wrinkle form and felt 48 new gray hairs pop in and try to make nice with the other dyed ones. 

Right before the hail

Teaching Lil' Brother the Ropes


My Sweet Boy


Taking the plunge.

Sarcastic Mom is the wonderful hostess of the Weekly Winners meme. Please go stop by and check out all the awesome photos.

Hint= Me!!

Thank you to all who left such amazing comments on my last post. I adore you guys!! The Rainbows and Unicorns have indeed gone back to work.