Calling all AA mommies

I need a little help. I have been trying to do different things with Savie's hair and I am just not getting. I have no imagination. I did find a couple of really cute sites like this one and this one, but those are all things that I can't do on her hair. Not just because she's so much younger than most of these ladies daughters but because most of the time I don't have the time to do most of them. I need some help finding other moms who do hair. Any suggestions?

A liitle labor day fun

I love doing meme's and since I can do this one I'm going to.

How long were your labors?

One child and it was 3 hours of real labor

How did you know you were in labor?

My dogs told me. Seriously my water didn't brake and the only reference I had was 10x worse then cramps and I have never had cramps in my life, I had no clue until my contractions were less then 5 minutes apart.

Where did you deliver?

At a hospital

Drugs?

I'm told I did have some but my daughter came so fast that I didn't really feel much. Other than the nurse tapping on my hand where an IV was.

C-section?

Nope

Who delivered?

A great midwife. She was really willing to work with me before having to call a doctor in at all. I really wish I could have given her a really big hug. I love her.

If you want to play head over to Shannon's blog and play.

I'm sick......

again and I want to say that it's just my allergies going craz but i think it's just a cold. So Savie and I are home from school until Monday when we are both feeling better. My throat is sore, my nose is stufferd up and I am tired and you know what I am doing at 11:30 at night?? Sneaking into the fridge for watermelon. Weird, huh?



So since I am home and will be able to get on the computer do you know what else I am doing? Going thru my blogreader. I had 122 posts to read this morning and right now I am down to 75. And I have barely posted myself!!!!! Well let me go toe bed so I can be somewhat ok tomorrow.

You know your a mom.....

So once again I was blog hopping and was over at Ana's site and thought about this post. It's something that needed to be done.

Everyone, well every mother, gets the "You know your a mother" email. I love them. They're cute and very true. I love the part about peed on and pooped on. It makes me laugh, but there are other things about being a mother that have changed me.

• going to the bathroom by myself is a luxury
• eating a hot dinner is a rare treat
• I always have Kleenex, wipes, and plastic bags in the car and my bag
• my purse is a backpack
• getting puked on is not a big deal
• you would rather they puke on your hands then in the car
• sharing with the dog is "normal"

I know there is more but those are they things that just pop in my head right now. I knew I was a mother when I found out I was pregnant, when the baby kicked I knew I was a mother, when I was in labor and held her I knew I was a mother. But I think the moments that really defined me as a mom is when people tell me what a joy she is, how helpful she is, that I have done a great job with her. That I am responsible for the way that she behaves. I am responsible for the fact that she is so willing to share and is empathic to other people. I am responsible for that. That makes me a mother.

6 Quirks Meme

I am really behind. I was tagged awhile back but am just now getting to do it. (Sorry BDG) So here goes.

Rules:
Link the person who tagged you.
Mention the rules in your blog.
Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.
Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Six unspectacular quirks (now, readers, if you know the goddess, everything about her is spectacular!!)

1. I despise shopping for clothes in the mall, a quirk I share with Smell Goods Spa and Black Domestic Goddess. If I didn't have to go to the mall I would avoid it but on the other hand I am a little leery about buying online sometimes.

2. I love ketchup and pasta sauce but can't stand tomatoes on my burger.

3. I can hear people chewing and it bothers me.

4. I refuse to pass gas anywhere but in a bathroom. on the toilet.

5. I don't like people to touch my feet and I hate wearing shoes but I hate to go shopping for them.

6. I wanted to be a stripper when I was in my twenty's.

OK I am going to tag my bloggy friends Claudia, Anna, Devon, Ana, Michele, and B. beautiful mind body spirit.

I've been tagged!!!!!!!

I've been tagged by my friend Claudia (thanks Claudia!!)


Last Movie You Saw In A Theater:
Err.. I can't recall. I really can't. I think the last one I saw was a Spiderman, the first one.

What Book Are You Reading:
Native Son by Richard Wright

Favorite Board Game:
I haven't played a board game in so long but I think it would have to be Monolpy.

Favorite Magazine:
WonderTime, it has some great craft ideas in it.

Favorite Smells:
Cement after it's rain. I don't know why but it smells so nice to be.

Favorite Sound:
The kids laughing. Just makes me feel happy, and makes me laugh too.

Worst Feeling In The World:
having your kid lost in a store, and running around and not fiding them, wondering if they were kidnapped and raped and killed, or are they OK? You just don't know and it's scary as hell.

What Is The First Thing You Think Of When You Wake?
"halley shut-up" (that's my dog)

Favorite Fast Food Place:
Subway but I don't do fast food that often if I can help it.

Future Child's Name:
I have no idea since I am done wiht kids I don't need to think about it, lol.

Finish This Statement. "If I Had A Lot Of Money I'd...”
buy a house, start a college fund for my daughter, pay off all the debt that hubby and I have, then make donations to animal shelters, NAACP, and child foundations.

Do You Drive Fast?
What do you consider fast?

Do You Sleep With A Stuffed Animal?
Nope.

Storms-Cool Or Scary?
COOL! I love watching them roll in and see the lightening strike in the distance. It makes me want to curl up on the couch with a movie, popcorn, and a blanket.

What Was Your First Car?
My ex-boyfriends mustang

Favorite Drink:
water

Finish This Statement, "If I Had The Time I Would .....”
Go back to school.

Do You Eat The Stems On Broccoli?
Yeah, nothing wrong with them!

If You Could Dye Your Hair Any Color, What Would Be Your Choice?
purple, I love purple

Name All The Different Cities/Towns You Have Lived In.
Petaluma, Sunol, San Jose, Pacifica, Rohnert Park, all in CA.

Favorite Sports To Watch:
Soccer and football, but soccer is my first choice. Can't waoit for the world cup again.

One Nice Thing About The Person Who Sent This To You:
Caring and strong.

What's Under Your Bed?
I don't know, I'm afraid to look.

Would You Like To Be Born As Yourself Again?
I don't know.

Morning Person Or Night Owl?
NIght owl. Much rather stay up and watch tv.

Over Easy Or Sunny Side Up?
neither, scrambled

Favorite Place To Relax:
HOME! lounging and reading and sipping coffee.

Favorite Pie:
cheesecake

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor:
anything chocolate

You pass this tag to -

Michele (Rocky Mt Retreat), Kristen (We are THAT Family), & Ana (Ramblings of a Woman)

Of All The People You Tagged This To, Who's Most Likely To Respond First?
Michele

It happened again

I won again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First I won on my friend Anna's site (I can't wait for my prize to get here from her) and from 5 Minutes For Mom I won this!!!!! Yeah I must be on a roll this morning. I could have used that luck when we were at the horse races this past weekend, lol.

I love....

finding new things. And right now it's photo sites where I can mess with the pictures I've taken. I've been wondering where Fussy has been going to do her pictures. They are so great, with the bubble writing and the everything. And then Ms Amanda did it to. But she gave me the place to go try it myself, picnik. So for your viewing pleasure I give you these


one of the Easter pictures i took before we went in to see the Easter Bunny




This is one from Frontier Days here in Sierra Vista. It was their first time doing it but they did it really good.



This is one from horse days. I did a little 1960's magic to it.

Ok now that you've seen what I've been doing for the last hour I think I need a bad mommy moment, lol.

Well the Party is over

and as always I am the last one to leave. I met a few people over at the blogging party (hosted by the wonderfully ladies at 5 Minutes For Mom).

Well lets see. I've bounced around and found some great ladies. There's Kristen over at We Are That Family, she cracks me up with the stories of things that happen to her and her family. I can see it happening to me soon, even if I do only have the one kid, lol.

There's Nancy over at "Are We Having Yet?" and DCRMom (who I think I found before the party) over at Musings of a Housewife. Alexis at Ramblings From Life, a bookworm like me, Kysha over at Love's School who is a Homeschooling Christian mother of 5, and another Michelle over at Heart of the Prairie.

I will be stopping in on these ladies and others from the party. Hope everyone had fun!!!

It's time to party!!!!!!! part2

Ok I know that my original post is a little depressing but it was late and I was tired so let's try this again.


I am a 31 year old SAHM married to a man who is twice my age, with a very active 3 year old, Savie, and an 8 yr old English Pointer, Halley. We've moved from the Bay Area in CA to a very small town in AZ, Bisbee, AZ to be exact. We have moved away from friends and family, something that is not totally new to me but this is different.

I started this as a way to stay in touch with my family who is scattered across Northern California and Nevada, but also as a way to stay on the computer. It started as an outlet, a way to connect with people even if I couldn't see them face to face. I am not a very social person. I have very little social skills and would much rather, like I said, do the background stuff. I'm the mom that makes brownies for a play date, stays to help you clean up after the birthday party and offers to watch your oldest while you go take care of the younger one. Yep that's me. Give me a couple more kids to watch and I'm pretty much ok. Which is why I am going back to school to get my degree so I can teach preschool/kindergarten teacher. I love kids, a lot, which is why there will always be a lot of pictures of my daughter and other kids on my blog and none of me. I try to keep up with the other moms with the Tackle's and Wednesday's, sky watching and other stuff.

I almost forgot to list what I would like to win, there is just to much good stuff to pick but here are my top 3 choices.

#58, # 62, and #79 I also like #70, #91, #94 (gotta have a booklight, lol), #108, #129 (gotta love the books).

IT'S TIME TO PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!

It's that time again ladies, time to head over to 5 Minutes For Mom and check out the party!!!!! I loved the party last year but I was just a newbie to the whole blogging scene and just missed the party but I am here this year!!!! So let me introduce myself.

I am a 31 yr old SAHM to a very active 3 yr old little girl and have been married for almost 2 years. I am living in Arizona, away from everything and everyone I know. I have no family here and usually feel a little alone. I know it sounds depressing but it's a fact. This was not my plan but I am so happy with what I have. I wouldn't trade my daughter, or my husband, for anything. (Maybe just where we live, lol)

Ok let me get back to talking about me. I love reading to the point where I go thru withdrawals if I haven't read a book in days. Magazines don't really count, they take less then an hour for me to read, lol. I need a novel. I also love to crochet which is hard for me to do sometimes because I have carpal tunnel syndrome. But that doesn't stop me from testing patterns for my online friend Anna. She has great stuff that I love to make and test for her. But again back to me.

I don't really know what to say. This blog is a way for me to talk to other mom's, and dad's, that I normally wouldn't be able to. I am not a outgoing person in real life. I am a very behind the scene, "let me help set-up and clean-up", stuff like that. I am easily distracted (which is why it's taken me almost 2 hours to get this done, lol). I am not one for schedules but would rather fly by the seat of my pants. i really have a hard time talking about me so let me get on to someone else.

I met some great ladies last year so, come on in, bounce around, check out the party and don't be a wallflower, that's my job!!!!!! LOL

I am a thief

but not in a bad way. Let me back up and start at the beginning.

I don't really know what I am doing online. I love to play around and see what's going on. Reading other people's blogs, seeing what they have on their pages, layout, etc. Every now and then I see something that I like and think "that would look kinda cool on my page" and I steal it. I click on whatever they have on their page and make it my own. I am such a bad mommy. What kind of example am I setting for Savie? (hanging my head in shame)

And since I bounce around a lot and come across other mommies that I like to read, I never seem to save them to my blog but to my toolbar. I really should move some of them over, like Claudia who lives in Canada, Anna's site espically with her crocheting and stuff, Mom's Happy Handful with her six kids, and also her sister. There's new mommies I've found like Queeny, crazysoccermom, and Dawn. I've read their blogs for the past week or so and have them saved but haven't added them to my blog I should and quit being sneaky about the whole thing right? Ok so sometime this week I will have to start moving them from my toolbar to my blog and quit being a thief, lol.