January 26th ~ Teen Angel

My oldest turns 13 today...

I'm in mushy mommy mode.

How is it possible that 13 years have gone by so quickly?

He is such a wonderful kid. We are very blessed.

This weekend we are taking him alone (sans siblings) to spend the day in SF....exploring things HE wants to explore, doing whatever HE wants to do, and having dinner in China Town. Both parents to himself for the day....a good gift. :) My parents did that for me....and I still remember it like it was yesterday. The kids always have to share us. It'll be fun having one-on-one time with each of them on their 13th birthdays.

On a different topic....I need a good book to read for my bookclub. (Its my turn to suggest the book we'll read.) I'm not having luck finding one (probably because I read a lot....and our bookclub has already read many of the best sellers). Maybe something 5 or 10 years old. Any suggestions?

January 25th ~ Self-tagged

Idea stolen from BostonPopple's page (I decided to tag myself after reading her post because this might get me out of my blog rut! lol)

4 jobs I've had:

1. Lifeguard
2. Costumed Character (specifically Chuck E. Cheese ~ yeah yeah yeah...bite me lol) :)
3. Bank Manager
4. Mom

4 places I've lived:

1. California
2. California
3. California
4. California hmmmm I guess I don't get out much lol

4 movies I'd watch again:

1. Pretty Woman
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. Meet the Fockers
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. Yentl
6. The Jazz Singer (the Neil Diamond one)

4 television shows I love to watch:
1. The West Wing
2. American Idol (after they choose the contestants....I don't like the humiliating of people lacking talent portion at all)
3. Commander and Chief (it gives me hope)
4. Antiques Road Show

4 favorite foods:

1. Chinese
2. Chocolate
3. BBQ'd steak
4. Lobster

4 places I'd rather be right now:

1. In a jacuzzi tub-for-two with hubby...with champagne...bubbles.....(sigh)
2. At the coast enjoying the crashing waves
3. Reading a good book without anything else to do...my mind free of any other thoughts. (Is that even possible?)
4. Starring in my own unfilmed.....never-to-be-filmed.....version of an afternoon reenacting moments of 9 1/2 weeks in the privacy of our own home..

4 albums I cannot live without: (ok..well....there are not any that I can't live without....but I enjoy these:)

1. Abba Gold
2. Enya
3. Shania
4. Sting

4 Tags: (unless you've already done this....I'm behind in my reading)

1. Gina
2. Sarah
3. Inger
4. STB

You're it! :P

January 24th ~ Blogger's block

For some reason I can't seem to blog lately.

My words just aren't flowing.....I feel sort of pent up.

Hard to explain.

Hopefully this is temporary.

I am reading you, my blog pals......but even my reply fingers feel stiffled.

I probably just need a series of earth-shattering orgasms in rapid succession for some elongated amount of time. ("Elongated" just feels right in that sentence....lol) It might be like electric shock treatment......sorta :)

January 14th ~ Mazel Tov and my angels

Ok ~ I've been pouting....because I thought no one was reading my blog anymore.. (sigh)....I didn't know I'd come to depend on an audience. lol

For some reason Blogger isn't notifying me of your comments in my email anymore.... arghhhhhh But at least I got smart and noticed that some replies were made. Yippeeeee! :)

Anyway, so today we went to my very first Bat Mitzvah.

HOLY MOLY....(is that sacrilegious? lol) It was SOOOOOO neat!

We didn't bring MissM with us....because she didn't think she'd be able to sit still that long...(good decision!)...but the boys did great and they loved it too.

I love religions. I've mentioned that before. I like knowing about all of them. The chants and songs in Hebrew were so neat....and we tried to follow along as best we could. Where the pronounciations were spelled out, we made a good attempt to sing along. And where they weren't spelled out, I really enjoyed just listening. (Ok...and I admit I felt a little jealous that I couldn't folloow along there. lol)

The Rabbi (a young woman) did a great job of explaining to us what was happening throughout...and the young lady who was being bat mitzvah'd was soo cute and so excited. Glowing. :) She had to give a sermon at the end to show that she understood all that was happening during the service....and that she understood the readings that she was saying in Hebrew.

What a sense of humor she had. She had the whole group of us laughing at her very sweet, sometimes pointed, and very wise observations.

Ok...I'm going to try again to post a pic of my snow angels. A friend shrunk the size of the file for me....maybe that will be the trick. Here goes:

Drats...one more time.....or maybe I can't have any type already in the post... hmmm.... I'll make a new blank page.

Friday January 13th ~ Dawn of the Dead

Ok...I'm completely wetting my pants over this hysterical website I came across today.

http://www.deadbodyguy.com/top10.aspx

This guy wants to be a "dead body" on film or TV. He's a married, bald, father of 6....and dreams that he can play a dead guy role....somewhere......somehow. It's his dream. It really is. Check out his very very veryyyyyyyy funny website. Especially the "reasons" and the "pictures". The picture under the sheet made me wet my pants. My kind of humor. The bathtub one is good too. lol

I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO! What the heck am I doing blogging!?! Arghhhhhhhhh

(kicking my butt back to my chores)

January 8th ~ Snow angels

I've been trying for the past half an hour or so to post a cute pic of my munchkins in the snow on this blog.

Maybe the file is too big....

maybe it's not meant to be...

but they look soo cute in this picture.

New Years was spent with my In-laws.....whom I love immeasurably. But it was a long trip...

and I felt like we stayed a day too long...

and I don't what to sound whiney...

Not that my In-laws would complain....but their house is tiny.....and it was very wet rainy rather than snowy.......and they live far from town......so we all felt somewhat cooped up I think.

I'm cranky right now....so I think I'll go to bed rather than try to type....because I think it will come out as a rant if I keep trying.

Not that a good rant isn't entertaining to read now and then......but sometimes it's hard to actually admit to the irrational cranky thoughts that pop into my head. I'd rather delude myself that I'm a sweet, nice person who never gets bugged.

(polishing my rose colored glasses)

la la la la la la LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

(ever just feel like screaming at everyone for no good reason?)

January 7th ~ arghhh

Arggggggggggggggggh

OK so I had this whole LOOOOOOOOONG blog post typed in yesterday....and this morning I tried to edit it....and I deleted the whole thing! ARGH ARGH ARGH

Guess I'll try to retype it later.....