Deja Vu...

Member that one time with the one thing that I thought could NEVER happen in the first place...but definately couldn't happen twice???

I must have some SERIOUSLY MAD SKILLS....

So I decided to go to Wendy's and grab some lunch before heading to Ontario for some couponing, since for some reason people here aren't "coupon courteous"....On my way in to Rite Aid, there were two women on their way OUT with several cart fulls of the stuff each that I needed...I get it...get some great deals...but come on...save some for the rest of us...!!

Anyways...Wendy's...I pull up to pay, and somehow when I take my debit card out of my wallet to hand it to the cashier....it falls here....

HOW THE HECK do I have the luck that my card would jump out of my hand, do a double axle reverse group dive INTO the TINY crevice next to the cup holder....

Seriously people...

(see how SMALL this thing is??!!!)

So I can't figure out what the heck to do!!  I start trying to pry up the entire center console of my rig.  The fast food guy is telling me to be careful, and finally tries to just give me my food free...

Why do these random acts of bizarre coincidences happen to me??

I didn't make him give me my food for free...I gave him a different card, and went on my merry little way...completely perplexed...

When I got home, we had a "car cleaning party", and Oakley was able to slide something through the back of the console under the seats to get my card back....SMART GIRL!!!!

Moral of the Story:  If you think something couldn't happen to you...chances are, THEY MOST SURELY WILL........TWICE...!!!   OH...and I am a genius...ya...

Fix it Friday...

As if I have nothing better to do....Oh well, I enjoy editing pictures...even if I have NO IDEA who the people are. 

Here is the BEFORE:

And here is my AFTER:

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Happy Friday Everyone!!

Testing...Testing...Can you hear me...??

Sometimes I am wondering if I am the only one who understands me...!!  Maybe I can get some insight from the masses out there...here's the scenario:

My husband wanted me to go watch him play football.  It was a damp, chilly evening, I had no notice, it's a school night, and I have 5 kids to "entertain"...one being a 2 year old (and we all know how WONDERFUL he is) and another being nearly a newborn...he didn't understand why I thought staying home and getting them to bed sounded like the more enjoyable option..."Just come watch, and let them play" was his attitude...

(Go Husband...this is FUN!!!  YAY...!!!)

In my head I am thinking, okay, I JUST found out about this, and I need to bundle up 5 kids,  load up the stroller, chairs, drive 40 minutes both ways, and then figure out how to be everywhere at once.  If Romy gets hungry, and Blazer runs off, how is that going to work...??  I could just picture myself running into the field nursing Romy in one arm and dragging a crazy two-year-old off with the other and just hoping we don't get tackled...!  I think that might fall under "public indecency" (or would that be "public nudity"?? Not real sure there...hmmm...maybe I could just wear a snuggie...) Then what if one of the kids has to go to the bathroom??  Then someone trips in the mud and is whining because they are soggy and cold...by the time I get home, it is an hour and a half past bedtime, kids still need to shower, eat snacks, brush teeth and finally go to bed....

and I am pooped...

exhausted...

done for....

Am I being pessimistic??

I thought I was being realistic...weighing the options...

My husband thinks I am being negative...that I am ruining the experience before even trying it...I should just come and enjoy the game...

I am not sure why I couldn't see it that way and I was frustrated that he didn't understand...

What about you??

I don't like to look at myself as a negative person...but maybe I am not seeing what others see...maybe I am over thinking what 5 kids at a football game would be like...would they have really "just played?"  I would have loved to go and watch him play...and I hope to be able to at some point...but hopfully not with the kids...at least...not all of them...

P.S.  (Added Later) Just to clarify this post...I don't want anyone to think that my husband sucks...cause he surely does not!!  This post to me is the difference between Men and Women....Dads vs Moms...Dads: Just pick up and go, we'll figure it out...it will be fun!!  Moms:  Thinking of every little detail, needs to know how it COULD play out, every little what if or what not....that night...I weighed my options, and felt like it was WAY too much of a hassle...so I bagged the idea.  He didn't quite understand, but that doesn't make him a bad guy at all...!!

WWJD....??

Okay, the real question at hand is "What Would YOU Do???" 

I need a little help here...

So my daughter comes home from school the other day and insists on me taking a picture of her so that she can give it to her "adult friend."  It's right about here I start feeling weird about the whole situation...and of course ask "Who is your adult friend???"  It's her friend-at-the-bus-stop's grandma, and Oakley said that they are good friends and that she thinks she is so cute that she wants to have a picture of her...

huh...

huh...??

It's a grandma of a fellow schoolmate....it's harmless right??  Right...??  Rrrrrrrright....

What the heck do I do...??

Should I give this "adult friend" a picture of my daughter??!!  What Would YOU Do??!!

Es for Fun...

Well, I had a few spare moment this morning...so...WHY NOT??!!  It's called "Fix it Friday"...I made this photo...

From this photo...

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Discovery Channel...

We have a live discovery channel going on at our house daily.  Carter made an insect cage out of a large water container, and since then he and the other kids have filled it with 2 butterflies, and 4 grasshoppers.  Unfortunately, the butterflies didn't survive, and I have since banned them from catching them, but amazingly enough...the the "hoppers" have survived for quite a while...

that is...

until...

Carter's uncle found this and added it to the collection.  Carter has been charting his observations as if he were a scientist doing some major research.  The praying mantis has eaten a couple of the grasshoppers, but leaves the head and legs, at which point the grasshoppers become cannibals, and work on the rest.  It was weird that they were all living peacefully until the Mantis showed up and made everyone crazy!!  I guess it gives him plenty to document...!!

Well, Carter sure has a love for this stuff, and his favorite channel is the Discovery Channel...he could watch that for hours, and not get bored...I start hearing the narration, and find myself drifting off while he is riveted and focused...

That's my boy...