Ty Pennington

The boys with Ty Pennington last October when Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was in town.

I just found this, so I thought I'd post it. Paul was so proud to meet "Mr. Ty".

By Myself

Brian's gone for a long weekend. So I'm at home with the boys by myself...I'm not looking forward to it. I swear I'm a terrible mom. Today has been a really bad day, and the weird thing about it is that nothing about it has really been bad. I guess I'm just in a bad mood. My grandma called right when I was leaving the house. I knew I shouldn't have answered it, but I did, and she talked my ear off for 20-25 minutes. AAAHHHHH!!!! "I have to go, Grandma," I wanted to say. But didn't. So the boys sat strapped in the van for the entire phone call, screaming at me. I guess that didn't help matters.

Then I took the van to get it washed and the oil changed so Brian could drive it down south for the trade show. It took a freakin' hour! The frustrating part was that no one was at the car wash when I got there...which was a good sign. But they changed the oil first, so by the time they finished that, there were about 6 other cars in front of me. So we waited. When that was done I took the van to Brian and he wasn't even there...which wasn't really a bad thing, except I had to get the boys tranferred from one vehicle to another, and get his bag into the van...and Luke is running around the back parking lot, and Paul has disappeared inside the shop. So I finally get Luke into the car, and call my mom from the parking lot and tell her to send Paul out to the car. How lazy is it when I can't even run into the shop to get my son!

After that we go to the park, and I realize as I'm half way there that I have forgotten to bring Shannon's stuff with me, even though I told her I was going to bring it. What a dork I am! Then we get to the park and it is freezing!!! I think we stayed for about 45 minutes which was about 40 minutes too long. And I'm constantly chasing Luke because he won't stay in the playground area. By this time, I am just mad, cold, and the boys won't stop talking.

Now I'm sitting at home. It's quiet...the boys are sleeping, and I think I might crawl into bed and go to sleep myself. I just needed to vent and unwind. I hate days like this...

TV is evil...

Or is it? Am I a terrible mom for letting my boys watch too much tv? Probably. Actually Luke just turned it off all by himself. That must be a miracle of miracles. I've read several articles that say how terrible it is for kids to watch television. It will cause them to have ADD or learning disabilities, or fill in the blank with whatever horrible thing you can think of. Yet my boys seem to be okay. Maybe it will come out in them later - all the horrible things tv has done to them - or maybe they'll be the smartest, best behaved kids you'll ever meet.

The tv's back on now. And off. And on. Luke's playing with the remote. Torturing his brother...a fun game in itself.

All I know is I want my boys to be perfect. Is that too much to ask? Yeah, I know it is, but I love them so much and want all the best for them without spoiling them. I want them to do well in school, have a wonderful social life, be athletic, and most importantly, have a relationship with God (not just religion). I guess that's where I come in. My role is to raise and guide my children in the direction I think they should go. So, I'll turn off the tv (after LazyTown is over) and do my job as a mom.

Guess How Old I Am!

You Are 26 Years Old

26 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatagequiz/

What Age Do You Act?

I'm not really, but I would love to be 26 again...alas, I'm now in my thirties and only getting older. Actually, I vowed when I turned 29, I would be 29 forever. So there you are...that's how old I am.

I need help!

Can anyone help me add a "Links" or "Friends" sidebar to my blog? I've tried to figure it out by reading the help files. But either I'm being vague, or they're being vague. Whatever the case, I can NOT figure it out.

Is anyone out there?

On the Positive Side

Do you have those people in your life who are always negative? I dealt with someone like that today, and it is exhausting. Just listening to them drains all my energy. So, I try to move on quickly to something else, and get my mind off it. So, this is what we're going to do:

The boys and I are going to see Pooh's Heffalump movie this afternoon. I hope Luke does okay in the theater. This will be his first movie-going experience. And Paul has only been to one other movie (that he remembers anyway). When we saw Polar Express he got kind of freaked out, so I'm hoping he has a better time in this movie. I'm sure it's going to be fun...I love seeing when they get excited about things. If only we all had the excitement and wonder of a child. I think the world would be a better place.

I love this!

Okay...I'm new at this, so I was reading other blogs and came across a blog that had this link. I love following links, so I checked it out. Glad I did. Hope you enjoy it too.

http://www.tonypierce.com/blog/2004/06/how-to-blog-by-tony-pierce-110-1.htm

I finally did it...

"What did you do?" you ask. I finally started a blog. Something I've been thinking about for a while now. I've never done journals or diaries before, so this is something new to me. However, as I get older, I feel like this is something that I need to do. But I hate sitting down and writing in a journal. So, I'll type...I'm at the computer anyway.

I guess I need a space to write down my frustrations, my dreams, my goals, and what my two beautiful (but busy) boys are doing. And I'll try to relay what I'm thinking. Seems like I've been doing a lot of that lately...am I doing what God wants me to do. My answer is no, because I'm not talking to him, and not reading his word. So I need encouragement, too.

I'll sign off now, because it took me forever to finally get the picture of our family on there the way I wanted it to look. Very frustrating when you don't follow the instructions given you. Oh well, when all else fails, follow the ENTIRE directions, and you can't go wrong!