seriously?

I mean seriously. How could you not want this? Why do I not yet have it? With the tail and the loin cloth? LOL!!

....I'd have to invest in some blue high heels....it'd totally be worth it. :D

Willy Wonka

So here's the thing-

I decided that for Fox and Tony's birthday I was going to do a Willy Wonka themed birthday party. You know chocolate bar birthday invites that have a gold ticket inside and fun candy stuff. I need Candy decor ideas or just fun Willy Wonka party idea's.

What ya got?

:)

I want to

laugh

chortle

giggle

snort

But dark rain washes joy down a slimy, rocky drain

Why do I laugh at misery

When my drooping heart is turned upside down?

What washes the rain when it muddies the ground?

I don't know

It seeps with dripping heart and throat down the drain

And into the bowels of the earth

To my children

Dear children,

As I look back over the few years that me and your Dad have been married I want to let you know about something. When you are married you are going to fight. You'll fight, and you'll fight again. You'll fight about money. You'll fight about who's responsible for what. You'll fight about sex. You'll fight about dumb decisions. You'll fight about uncertainties in life. You'll fight about your kids. You'll fight about your parents and in-laws.

It just happens. And you'll be mad. No, you'll be furious. You'll want to punch something. You'll want to scream. You'll want to cry. And you'll want to be right. It's hard to admit when you are wrong.

But kids, here's my advice. Know that no matter who you marry, you'll fight. But marry someone that no matter how mad you get, you'll still want to come home to them. No matter how much you dislike them, you still love them. And know that. Know that you love them, no matter how bad it gets. If you know that-you'll be fine.

And if you forget, pray, and your father in heaven will help you remember.

I love you, and hope that you have lots of good, character/love building fights with the person you want to be with forever. I know I have. And I still love him-forever.

Love, Your Mom

Don't do it!

Tonight I made a phone call about an odd charge on my bank statement. I had bought one book from the company in March and was wondering why they had charged me $19.95 today. I was answered by an extremely rude costumer service lady who told me that when I bought the book I signed up for a monthly membership, in which I was being charged 19.95 every month! (Who knew?) When I told her of my frustration she replied with a condescending "Oh, my God!"

I was furious!! And for those of you who know me you know that any strong emotion is attached to my tear ducts, luckily I held off the actual down pour of tears until I was off the phone. After arguing with the woman for a while and a few more, "Oh, my God"'s I finally got the last payment of $19.95 refunded directly back into my account (well, at least supposedly, I have yet to actually receive it). I then told her that I was going to report them to the better business bureau and she replied snottily "That's fine, Mam" I could have punched her.

So I did....not punch her (I'm too much of a wuss for that...not to mention she was hundreds of miles away) I went to the bbb website and left my frustrations. Hopefully I will see something happen from it.

I was slightly nervous to tell Tony that I had wasted $100 of our money the past six months. When I did tell him he listened to my crying complaints, gave some helpful advice, and then added, my personal favorite, "and then we could kick them in the 'nards.'"

I sure love my husband. :)

If you were wondering the website, it's discountbooksales.com. It looks like an awesome deal, $5 off your first purchase and free shipping! I originally thought I bought the book for $1.25! Awesome right? But now I know I really bought the book for the fantastic price of $101.25... pretty costly book. I hope Mags enjoyed it ;) Happy $101.25 Birthday to him. :D

So if you are thinking of buying an awesomely priced book from discountbooksales.com...don't do it!! 'Cause it'll cost you way more then you bargained for.

Go Karts

Last Saturday we headed to Rock Island to watch some go kart races. People from all over came to compete in the race. The city shut down several blocks for the race to be done and it was extra fun to watch the racers fly around corners and sometimes crash (okay, I'll admit it, that was the best part...no one was hurt, don't worry :)). That's all that happened. Not too exciting, but I took some darn cute pictures, so enjoy the pictures from the go kart race track.

We went with our friends the Flynn's, and this is the Flynn kids :)

I think this picture needs some type of heroic Da-Da-Da!! music with it ;)

That is all. The end. :)

Girls day in

Today I decided to have a little bit of girl time with my favorite girl Emma.

How could anyone not love a girl so cute and her sucky lips?

I straightened her beautiful hair. :)

And Emma did my makeup...

I think she'll be a makeup artist one day ;)

it was fun

but this is what happens to your makeup after a 3 year old has her hands on it :)

I love my Emma