Why I love TV

Okay so I was watching the last Grey's Anatomy the other night and it consisted of Bailey's son injuring himself by pulling a bookshelf down after getting through a baby gate that wasn't locked. No those who know me can testify that I am a pretty laid back mom when it comes to germs and spit ups and others holding him. By all means I am not letting him eat lead paint or crawling on the highway but I just think it's okay to bonk your head and skin your knee. Lets just say that after the episode though...we spent all Sunday putting up a gate and moving bookshelves. I can rest a bit easier now and go to the bathroom without any thoughts of injury!

Also if anyone missed it DKM on David Lettermen on Friday. They played the State of Massachusetts which isn't my favorite song but Hey the DKM are like pizza even when it sux it's still pretty good!

Anyone catch Celebrity Rehab the other night? Seriously too funny! Poor Kenickie!!!

What goes around ...comes around

I would not say I have Pet Peeves...just things that irk me ...which now that I think about it is a Pet Peeve...
People have random different things that drive them crazy...Like Britt would prefer people to use plural s and the 's in the correct fashion. Angie would like others to not kill her while driving and possibly serve her and Rob food and drink without attitude.
Well I realize I am not the "America's Most Smartest Supermodel" by any means but I feel my common sense is on a fairly upper level and I'z ain 't no idiot.
On Real Housewives of the OC last night Laurie is planning her wedding to Multi Millionaire George. When the show first started she was struggling and had to *gasp* work and take care of her 3 kids all by herself. Well now she is getting Mercedes as gifts and going on crazy vacations and her life is totally different. Now for the Pet Peeve...Laurie keeps talking bout how her life has made a complete 360 degree switch. UM Laurie...that means you are right back where you were before...I think you are wanted to say 180 degree turn.

Also did anyone catch American Gladiators the other night? OH the cheese factor! I guess it worked in the 80's...but of course I'll still be watching it cause HELLO...Writer's are still on strike!

I watched 1 vs. 100 last Friday and they did a MEN VS WOMEN version. The women crapped out at 50,000$ because she thought 4 was a prime number instead of 11. then the 21 year old never had a girlfriend self professed loser came on and just won your heart and 1,000,000 $. He actually answered all the questions and knocked out the 100 women. I think he will not have as hard of a time finding a girlfriend now.

What else I'll be watching since the writer's are still outta here...
Survivor Fan Favorites
Big Brother
Rock of Love 2
Celebrity Rehab
LA INK Kat's pregnant?

Just like the writers I am outta here!

What's Up!

Going to Chicago at the end of January for our 8th Anniversary! Not sure about dinner yet I'll keep ya posted!

Dropkick Murphy's in St. Louis in March!!! At the Pageant theater...never been there so I will let you know what I think... FYI...last time I saw them in St. Louis I got to kiss Ken Casey on the cheek on stage!

Street Dogs are playing at Warped this year!

Cubs Caravan is going to be at the Riverplex in a couple weeks...I hope I get Ted Lilly for my autograph!!! Also I got VIP seating for the question and answers section!

Baby Hank made his 1st ER visit on Christmas day when he pulled a TV tray with a wooden nativity scene on it down on his mouth! At least the blood on his Baby's First Christmas bib matched the color of the bib!

Getting some new tattoos in FEB! I'll keep ya posted when I get them...

I just realized I think I overuse (1 word...2?) the ! at the end of my sentences...Although I can say I am generally excited when I am typing the sentence.

Attended a murder mystery night last night that the Peoria Jaycees put on and I had such a great time...BTW our team won cause we are smart like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See ya wouldn't want to be ya but I'd hang out which ya!

I Promise ...

...to try and blog a bit more frequently during 2008!

Little Boy needs a new pair of shoes!

Well here are the 3 pairs of Vans I got for the little man...He can wear the checkered old skool ones now but the slip on and blue old skool are for next year!

Cool Shoes!

Okay so here are the sweet kicks I picked up for myself in AZ! 2 pair of Vans and these awesome boots! They were normal priced at 150$ but I got them for 45$!

Back Home again...

So I made it to AZ finally on Sunday evening... I had a great time eating and shopping!
Here's the run down...
Sunday night ate at Oregano's.
Monday
I met my friend Brandon and his son Gunnar for some lunch at In-N-Out then went shopping at AZ Mills. Got 2 new pair of Vans for me...and 3 pair of vans for Hank! I'll attached pics of them when I have time. Went to my cousins house for Chinese food that night. After went to friends house to watch the MNF game! Crazy last couple of minutes of that game!
Tuesday
Went to Last Chance and actually found a great pair of boots! Then had an awesome lunch at TeePee Tap Room. I then stopped back at AZ Mills to get a car decal made. It says..."Punk Rock Moms raise Kick Ass Kids". I then went to visit with some friends for the evening and on the way home ate deep fried tacos from Jack in the Box. Now there is a Jack down south a bit on the way to St. Louis but it is about a 2 hour drive there and then 2 back so I don't get to indulge much.
I then had top fly home at 7:40am to Peoria.

Baby hank flew great and I had a great time!
I will post some pics when I get a minute!

gone with the wind!

Hank gets dunked!

Just kidding!

Here is a pic from his Baptism...AAHHH what a family picture!

The Iceman a cometh!

Well my best laid plans were wiped out today by the ICE! I was to leave PIA today to enjoy a quick but fun trip to AZ. I was planning on making a quick but long trip to LA for a day to see some friends too. I seriously had my trip planned down to the minute. AHHH but NO LUCK today!!! I did get to the airport and checked in on the new Allegiant flight to Phoenix. Let me just say I was able to book when the trip cost $89 for the flight there and $13 for the return. Great deal! Back to the Ice story... So Baby Hank and I are there and it doesn't look promising so as I am calling all of my friends to tell them I don't think I am going to make it to PHX as quickly as planned I notice of course my cell phone battery is running low. I quick call my mom and ask her to bring me a charger as I STOOPIDLY pack my in my checked luggage. My mom brings it out and long story short we find out the plane coming to PIA from PHX turned around and went back to PHX so at this point I know I have at least 4 hours until anything is even close to landing. Mom takes the baby and I to her house and an hour later after calling the airline I find out the plane has been delayed until Sunday at 2:40 pm. So off to my home I went. I will try again tomorrow! Some might be pissed or otherwise bitchy. I on the other hand decide to look at the glass half full. I figure 1st I am safe and alive with my child and 2nd I was delayed at home...no harm I get to sleep in my own bed and feed my child and be fresh and ready again tomorrow! The only bummer is my little side trip to LA was cut out but at least they have In-N-Out burgers in AZ now! So I will begin my journey again tomorrow!

Safe Flying for all!

Imitation is the best form of...

Okay so I am wondering if I am starting to emulate my good ole friend over at Angie's Drama. She just recently ...well a little bit ago...had a little fall down some stairs which resulted in her jaw being wired shut. This event among many makes her the ultimate Drama Queen cause her Drama is for real Girl! Okay back to me...a couple nights ago I am walking down the stairs with the baby and slip down the last 4 stairs. Luckily on my back and the baby just hung out on my chest and no harm but a bit of a bruised butt (don't worry i won't be posting pictures) and some crazy rug burns on my arm. So then tonight I am in a crazy hurry and I am coming to out door to enter the house and I trip up our 2 concrete steps...again with the baby in his carrier luckily I just kinda heavily thumped him down. Now since the weather was so nice today I was waring long shorts and lets just saw I don't have much skin left on my front lower leg and knee. Oh this is going to be a beauty to heal! It is so reminiscent of a long ago war wound on my leg from a crazy bird attack! I might post about that at a later date...y'know when my child is grown and moved away and I actually have bouts of free time!

So here is to you Angie...I hope my couple days of injury sparred you...Maybe it's like that movie Just My Luck. I saw Angie on Thursday and we swapped our drama!

Here's to better daze!

Dem Boyz!

here is our little Knucklehead!!!


The 2 brothers...Shawn and Hank!
Yeah they know they're cute!

And So it Starts...

this is the time of year I love...er loathe...er oh I don't know...
A good chunk of those around me have been complaining about the moving up of the Christmas holiday and although I agree I feel like you either play into it or you don't. I like to enjoy each holiday and with it comes lots of great things...cold nights outside and warm nights inside...all the fun parties...Movies...Y get the idea! It of course starts the beginning of the crap I hate...oops sorry mom ...Things I dislike a really really really lot...The crazy shopping attempts...cleaning off my car and warming it up...the sickness.

Okay boys and girls Lets break it down!

THE GOOD

Cold out warm in...
Is their really anything better than cuddling up inside and trying to warm your ice cold feet on your husbands body? I keep letting him know that it was in our vows to keep each other warm so he has to let me use his body for a heating pad!

PARTY!!!
I think my dance card is already full with Jaycees Christmas parties and the Christmas projects...Potter and Anderson's open house (Actually last night) the chiefs are having a holiday party for season ticket holders...the list goes on!

Movies...
stated in a previous post I love the amount of Xmas movies that come out...if it's the 15th time It's a Wonderful life or Miracle on 34th street is on TV I will usually leave it on...plus all the myriad of Lifetime scroogesque movies...It's pretty good.

Let me go off kilter here for a sec as I just realized something...I think it is just loads of fun to make fun of all the Xmas episode that TV shows do...BUT with the writers strike I wonder if we will have any?!?!?!?

Okay Now for THE BAD!!!

Crazy Shopping!
Do I really need to elaborate?

Cleaning off the car
My husband has been trying to get the garage rearranged enough so my car car be parked in side but if it snows while you are out then you still have to go to all the work ARGH!

Sickness!
The madness as it seems to just get passed around...

Happy Festivas!

No Concert but a good day anyway!

Well the long awaited DKM concert fell thru...The free tickets we got in the mail were a 2 drink minimum and the 2 drink minimum was $20...so hubby decieded the 4 hour drive up and the 4 hour drive back= crazy amount of gas $ plus the $40 to get in...and the fact that they wouldn't get home until after 3 in the morning and step son would have to go to school and hubby to work computd to NO GO!!!
Sadly I wouldn't get to vicariously live thru there concert BUT...They went and saw a movie and got some shopping done and when I got off work we all went and saw a movie...Still a fun day with the family!

Movies:
30 Days of Nights- Some sort of Vampire movie...both said it was good but they are guys so take it at that!

Fred Claus - This has gotten horrible reveiws but that never changes if we see something or not becase usually we don't agree with the critics ...again this time we liked it. It's a very enjoyable christmas flick. Vince Vaughn is his usual self and the movie is enjoyable.

I can not wait for AugustRush to come out. It looks like such a great movie!!!

what's going on...

Or... What has been going on....

Sorry so long since the last post but getting back form FL just took some time to get back into the swing of things.

Halloween***

It was a great night...Hank looked like a little version of his Daddy...

I took the day off of course and got everything ready for Halloween...Gave out candy and lots of loot...My husband says I give out to much but I always tell him it's actually a payoff so the neighborhood kids don't egg or F&*^ with the house! I give out little debbie snacks and bags of chips and large size movie style candy and handfuls of the actually small Halloween candy. I then took the baby to my mom's house and worked late shift at the Jaycees Haunted House...

Here is how cute I looked!

TV...

I have been watching tons of reruns of A&E's Intervention...I am totally addicted to that show...New episodes come out in December.

I love this new show called Reaper...it's hilarious...about a 21 yr old whose parents sold his soul to the devil and now he has to work for the devil by capturing escaped souls from hell. I know it doesn't sound like ti but it is hilarious!

So disappointed in Private Practice...a big razberry!

Amazing Race 12 is on ...it took over for Viva Laughlin which of course only made it on for 2 episodes...but of course I watched it because Hugh Jackman was on it!

Funniest line on Amazing Race... Kynt and Vyxsin are a goth couple who are on the race and they were getting on a boat ferry in Ireland and Vyxsin says "2 Ferries getting on a Ferry"

Dropkick Murphys***

I am still dealing with no DKM show in Chicago. They are playing in Milwaukee on Monday. Jim and Shawn are going to drive up to WI for the show...I get to stay home with the baby. We got free tickets so that is freaking cool! Also The Tossers are opening up for them...Chicago Irish band!

More to follow...

FLORIDA BOUND

So Hank and I are off to FL to go to my cousin's wedding. We are staying at a resort that has dress code for the lobby...WTF!!! Oh well they say you can get from your room to the beach without going through the lobby...The crappy part is our flight leaves at 6am so i have to be dressed up to fly so I can check into the hotel! I guess we will have to leave our redneck ways behind...y'know I love haulin' Hank around in public in just a diaper.

Here are some hank pics for ya all...And I will post when I get back on the trip!

Hank and Jim at the Peoria Jaycees Kids Day at the Haunted House!

Hey it's me and my big brother Shawn!Look at my cool Chuck's!Hey I love the Halloween candy like my Mommy!

Hank the Superhero!

I (of course) always thought my little man was pretty special but as I find out he's a phenomenon. OR he has a special talent that is considered a phenomenon. It is called the "binkie flutter" here is the article:
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/3/e367

I also have been trying to get in on video and so far what I have caught isn't very good quality.
It is pretty funny and it can throw people totally off guard if they see it. Hopefully I can get a better version of it caught on video. Maybe I can send it in to David Letterman and we can go out for stupid human tricks...

Too bad this will end when he is about 1 year of age...he could of had a very prosperous job in the circus!

Here is a failed attempt to catch it but as you can see sometimes he prefers something else in his mouth instead of the binkie!

COME 1 COME ALL!!!

This Sunday October 21st from 1-3pm the Peoria Jaycees have their annual Kids Day at the Haunted House.
Located at Expo Gardens off of Northmor Rd.

Kids get to go through the Haunted House with all the lights ON and trick or treat their way through.

Also there will be crafts, games, and prizes!

The first 100 kids get a free pumpkin!

The best part of KIDS Day...

IT'S FREE!!!!!!

That's right boys and girls IT'S FREE!!!

So tell you friends family neighbors...It's the Peoria Jaycees Haunted House Kids Day!!!!

U always get picked up!

Whatever so the Cubs didn't even show up to play the playoffs! Zambrano was the only thing actually playing baseball that night and Lou takes him out so he will be fresh to pitch a game that SURPRISE they never got to play...It was like an omen...I could see it happening.
Now I usually pull for the team who beat us ...that way if they win the World Series I can say "OH well... at least we got beat by the champs"...well in this case because I think D-Back fans are well...arrogant...I am pulling for the Rockies! So far they are up 1 game and WHAT is with the fact that Arizona couldn't sell out for a division title game. It's mind blowing! @ hours before game time they still had blocks of 25 you could buy together!

So as it goes the Bears broke our hearts on Sept 30th (while the Packers are still
undefeated) and then the Cubs went down the spiral and as a Chicago fan I was feeling pretty down and then last Sunday we gear up to watch the Bears play the Packers for Sunday night football and amazingly enough...The freakin Bears pull off the upset and beat the Packers...So now all is forgotten and as a sports fan I can sit back and get back to being a Chicago fan again.
Y'See all we need is for the Cubs to beat the Cardinals and the Bears beat the Packers.
Life is going to be okay!

DA BEARS!

Cubs Lose but...

So we watched the game last night and they couldn't quite pull it off...AGH! Aramis hit 2 so close almost home runs...compared to the AZ D-backs 2 actual home runs!
I have a bit of a rant...Why do the Diamondbacks have D-backs on the front of their uniforms? Your name is the Arizona Diamondbacks we call you D-backs because it is easier but to stitch you official jersey with D-Backs...I don't get it!

I did make the news though...here is the link:
http://www.week.com/news/local/10219721.html?video=YHI&t=a

Hey Britt: Check out my shoes!

We can also add to Hanks list of stuff he has done in his 5 month existence:
Got his picture on TV!

Let's score some runs tonight!

Tonights the Night we make His...Oh Y'KNOW

Okay so it's not History per say but Tonight the Cubs will try to further themselves along the playoff path!
I won't even go with the post on the time...9PM????
I get it they are in AZ but really...luckily I am a night person.
I think I will be going to Kellehers as they are hosting a Playoff night and it is sponsored by the Peoria Chiefs. Since I am a season ticket holder I get to go to the VIP area...(HEHEHE I know it just makes me giggle but hey 2 free drinks and free horsey doerveys...I'm in!) plus $1 Old Style and $1.50 Chicago Style Hot dogs...Both not on my diet but Hellooo the Cubs are in the playoffs!

See you around Home Plate!