Random Questions
If you have a blog yourself, you know that the blogger-gods have created a nice little profile for you to fill in, edit, and display to anyone you think will care to read. In all their wisdom, they have also included a nice random question that you get to answer. I enjoy seeing what rediculous question I will get from time to time as well as the challenge in answering them. Here are the one's I've been "granted" so far...
1. You have to dig a hole to China, where do you start?
With that darn shrub that needs to be dug up anyway on the side of the house.
2. Your pajamas have duckies on them. Why did you switch from choo-choos?
I get to hear a train going by the house ad-nauseum, you want me to WEAR the darn things too??
3. Chicken monkey shoes?
Yes. 5 pairs, please.
4. Create a tagline for a new line of plastic sheets.
"Taking comfort out of it's zone."
5. You can whistle and steam can whistle, so why do you sing in the shower?
because the acoustics rock
6. You're trapped in a well with a goat and a slinky. Describe how you will escape.
Obviously I'll be standing on the goat instructing him to jump on the slinky.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
HELLLL OOOOO!
As I type this, my husband is on the phone being talked into the fact that he has won a trip to the Bahamas, Florida or Hawaii, a T.V., an SUV, and most definitely a good laugh at his expense to the scam-artist on the other end of the telephone. He only has to attend a 90 minute seminar! Wow! Aren't we lucky. Here is the real kicker. He IS STILL ON THE PHONE WITH THIS LADY! He keeps going, "Wow. Really? So I registered for this on-line?? Oh, you need my e-mail???" Uh....(setting aside the fact that this is your classic example of a con), does anyone else out there think that if you registered for something ON-LINE they would HAVE your e-mail address???
Hang on, he is writing directions to the "location" where he is to pick up his "gauranteed" prize, and I must tell him to please ask that they include directions for locating a brain as well...
Hang on, he is writing directions to the "location" where he is to pick up his "gauranteed" prize, and I must tell him to please ask that they include directions for locating a brain as well...
Friday, July 20, 2007
Not Taking a Shower Unless My Husband is Home
Since Sebastian is back at the restaurant, I'm flying solo at night. I "thought" I had put Sebi to bed...
This would freak out anyone coming out from the shower! Agggghhhhh......I need my husband to start his new job!!!!!
Fit as A Fiddle
For those of you in the loop (please don't feel offended if you didn't know), we had Homer's appointment with the Cardiologist on Wednesday morning. We had to wait almost a whole month before he could get an apointment and it was torture, to say the least. So it was a month spent praying, and worrying and pretty much babying Pudge as much as we possibly could.
Diagnosis: 100% healthy
200% adorable
The murmur is "harmless" and Dr. doesn't see it affecting Homerito in the least bit. Here is Pudge after the EKG with Daddy.
And here is Pudge being his ole self!
Thank you to everyone for keeping Homer in your prayers!
Taco anyone?
Here are the pictures from the Texas Jumping Beans.
This is Sebi making his "infamous" taco. Take note he likes big chunks of chicken.....I'll remember this at dinner time.
And this, is Cooper's dinosaur. This child knows way too much about them. I guarantee you, the thing is anatomically correct.
In through the "out" door......(Great, the blog has just gone R rated)
Weeeeeeeeeee!
I think he scared everyone away becauses he just kept repeating, "bouncy-bouncy-bouncy....bouncy-bouncy-bouncy....bouncy-bouncy-bouncy"
This is Sebi making his "infamous" taco. Take note he likes big chunks of chicken.....I'll remember this at dinner time.
And this, is Cooper's dinosaur. This child knows way too much about them. I guarantee you, the thing is anatomically correct.
Sebi, just getting started...
In through the "out" door......(Great, the blog has just gone R rated) Weeeeeeeeeee!
I think he scared everyone away becauses he just kept repeating, "bouncy-bouncy-bouncy....bouncy-bouncy-bouncy....bouncy-bouncy-bouncy" Friday, July 13, 2007
Gone International
To all you ladie hopefuls out there who may have had your eye on my little Sebi
I just thought I should let you know that the anty has been upped. Today at the park, we ran into a little Russian girl. It was a magical moment when they met... He couldn't understand a word she said, nor she any that he spoke- but we all know the language of love :)
"If you see me walking by, and the tears are in my eyes, Look Away. Baby, Look Away."
- Meatloaf
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Oh, Pudge!
Hmmmm... No more food
None here, how's brother doing?
He's still got some, mabybe he won't mind...
Caught red handed! They were eating peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Homer loves everything sweet. So as Gabriel (sorry I was standing too close to get him and his food in the shot) sat and played with his lunch, moving it around and around.....Homer just couldn't resist trying to grab some! Oh, Pudge!
Ah, To Be Young Again
The kids were getting cabin fever in our humble abode so I told Sebastian that I was going to take them to the park. He said if I could wait 2 minutes (45....) so he could have breakfast, he would go with me. So we put the babies in the double stroller, Sebi in the other, slothed on the sunscreen and headed off on our short stroll to the park. It WAS HOT and HUMID! Uggghhh. But always worth it. Once we were there, Sebastian parked himself in one of the swings and had ad it. I thought, "I used to love being on the swing. You feel so light, free, exhilarated......" so I hopped in one next to him and swung away! It was wonderful. Better than I remembered it to be as a child. I did notice that the sling that supports your behind felt a bit snugger than I remembered, but those things are designed for the children, right? Anyway, here I am reliving my youth. Pardon the glasses. I caught a nasty case of conjuctivitis and couldn't wear my contacts. Notice how they are practically falling off of my face. Yeah, I catch that much air :)
Here are Gabi and Pudge. Notice Homer has his hands tucked in. He wouldn't take them out, and I wasn't about to make him - I think he just felt a little more secure that way :)
Gabi & HomerHomer enjoying the calm breeze
Sebi cautiously swinging as daddy ("not mommy") stands by to make sure everything is o.k.
A New Friend
Those of you who know Sebi pretty well know about Ella. Ella is Sebi's grey elephant that he sleeps & naps with every day. He "inherited/took" him from his cousin Nico when he came and visited us when Sebi was around 6 months old. Oh, the countless times we have searched the house for Ella so that he can slumber in peace.
I don't know exactly when we added kitty to the mix. Kitty is his grey cat. (Yeah, I'm creative with the names that way...) I think it was my attempt to have a replacement in case Ella ever went permanently missing.Anyhow, yesterday we were at Walgreen's. Sebi isn't the typical child that demands everything he sees whenever I take him out. In fact, he rarely asks for anything at all. But
on this occasion, he saw something and he wanted it. He asked if he could have the puppy. I obliged my sweet son. Only problem is "Puppy" is a beaver. Now in keeping with tradition, I should have named this guy Puppy- but I went out on a limb and asked Sebi if we could call him Beaver. So Beaver it is! Meet Beaver, the puppy.....wait, the Puppy, Beaver...........perhaps I have kept with tradition somehow anyway
on this occasion, he saw something and he wanted it. He asked if he could have the puppy. I obliged my sweet son. Only problem is "Puppy" is a beaver. Now in keeping with tradition, I should have named this guy Puppy- but I went out on a limb and asked Sebi if we could call him Beaver. So Beaver it is! Meet Beaver, the puppy.....wait, the Puppy, Beaver...........perhaps I have kept with tradition somehow anyway 
Sebi, Ella, Kitty & Beaver
What, you never took out the green drop-cloth for a photo shoot with the stuffed animals?
Monday, July 9, 2007
4th of July
Sebastian was nice enough to go out and buy Sebi a BAGFULL of sparklers. It was a good thing since they each had a burn time of about 8-10 seconds. Sebi was sooo excited! He had such a good time, but that was just the beginning. Apparently, about 6 houses on our street decided that they were going to light fireworks - the big ones! We had a wonderful show and Sebi got to stay up watching past 11:00! He would scream with glee, "Another one! ANOTHER one!" each time they went off. It truly is a great feeling to see your child so rediculously happy :)
Here is little Sebi with his sparkler. Sebastian kept shooing us closer to the house (in case the police came by). I smiled at him as fireworks were painting the night sky and said, "I hardly think the family with the rinky-dinky sparklers are going to be the one's who get ticketed out here" :)
Friday, July 6, 2007
Ode to the Masseuse
Today, I went to have a massage.
Now if you have ever had a professional massage, you know the basic drill. There is the initial awkward introduction with your masseuse where he/she does the mini-interview to try and find out just what kinks need to be worked out etc. etc...
I guess this is where my whole experience started to go down hill. When asked why I was having the massage, I simply replied "I guess my husband thinks I needed one, maybe I'd come home a little less bitchy." Now this was my attempt at humor, but the dead silence followed by a refusal to make eye-contact with me implied it may have crossed his comfort zone.
So now we have moved on to the disrobing phase where masseuse kindly exits so that you can undress quickly and hide under the blanket. So there I am laying face down getting lost in my own thoughts. The music playing seems to be of Asian influence, and I start to notice that I can hear the clock tick, tick, ticking in the background. Just as this starts to annoy me, I ponder whether this thunderous ticking is actually intentional. Maybe it is supposed to help create the ambiance of solitude or whatever crap you want to make up.
So I'm o.k. with the ticking now but I have realized that I am completely nude under this blanket. It has been well over 3 years since my last massage and the details are a bit foggy. I start to think if I always got a massage nude or whether I was supposed to keep my undergarments on. Well the panic has initiated, but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it because I spent way too much time rationalizing the tick, tick, ticking and now if I got up to add a couple of articles of clothing it would probably be at the choice moment that the masseuse re-enters the room.
Alas, the polite knock followed by entrance of the masseuse. He says something like, this should be relaxing blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. At this moment I am grateful that I am face down and I start to think that this is also intentional. I suppose all massages start with the client face down so that neither one of you has to feel obligated to make trivial conversation.
So I hear the lotion being squirted from the bottle, I guess it's a bottle....where is the lotion??. I can't get it out of my head to figure out where he is getting the lotion from. I surmise that it must be attached to some belt or something much like a holster and I smile at this. I picture this guy getting ready for work. He puts on his holster and heads out the door...anyway.
This is where things start to get interesting because my particular masseuse has some original moves that he is about to bust out with. I have named each of these "techniques" and hope that my description of each will do them justice.....
1. "The Introduction" (1 star)
Nothing fancy here. Your basic rub of the key areas including the upper shoulder, neck and arms. Anyone who has dated anyone has gotten this massage, but lets be fair and remember this is the introduction. We are getting to know one another...
2. "Draw and Quarter" (1 star)
Yes, I said draw and quarter. This is done one arm at a time. After said arm is wrung as if it were a towel holding 3 gallons of water, it is slowly and more forcefully tugged away from your body. You don't typically lose the arm, but there may be some casualties out there who have from this move. *note: This technique repeats once the legs come into play
3. "The karate chop" (3 stars)
Don't lose your pants on the rating. This one only receives more stars on the account that I had to work really hard and not laugh when it began. Basically, I got karate chopped anywhere from my ass to my back up to my wrists.
4. "Draw and Quarter" (1 star) followed by "Digitalis Remove-us" (1/2 star)
See #2. Now the Digitalis Remove-us is interesting. I have linked it with the draw and quarter because they are so similar in nature, and I guess that is why he performs them one after the other. Each digit, or toe, is also pulled slowly and more forcefully away from the body. Amazingly, popping of the digits does not cause this move to be terminated...
5. "The Claw" (3/4 star)
Ever been to the hair salon and asked to have your hair shampooed? You know how you find yourself straining your neck so that you don't have to bear the edge of the sink at the base of your neck? Well draw on that memory so that you can relate here. At this point, I have flipped over and he is cupping, if you will, my head in his hands. I am instructed to let the weight of my head fall into his hands. I would gladly do that if he would kindly cut his fingernails which are digging into my flesh.
6. "The Indian Burn" (-2 stars)
Yeah, we all did it as kids. You basically rub in opposing directions any area of flesh until it is so raw, you want to scream. This is done at the temples, the base of the neck and the forehead. Where is your damn holster Mr. masseuse, because I could use some of that lotion right about now!
7. "The Criss-Cross" (2 stars)
This move is performed by taking the right arm and pulling to the left side of the body (or vice versa). Way to the left side of the body. This is when I fell off of the table. O.k. , I didn't fall off of the table, but the sensation was uncanny in reality, thus the 2 stars.
8. "El Fin" (0 star)
This one is awesome. It is a sigh, followed by "We're through." Exit masseuse.
?????
Now if you have ever had a professional massage, you know the basic drill. There is the initial awkward introduction with your masseuse where he/she does the mini-interview to try and find out just what kinks need to be worked out etc. etc...
I guess this is where my whole experience started to go down hill. When asked why I was having the massage, I simply replied "I guess my husband thinks I needed one, maybe I'd come home a little less bitchy." Now this was my attempt at humor, but the dead silence followed by a refusal to make eye-contact with me implied it may have crossed his comfort zone.
So now we have moved on to the disrobing phase where masseuse kindly exits so that you can undress quickly and hide under the blanket. So there I am laying face down getting lost in my own thoughts. The music playing seems to be of Asian influence, and I start to notice that I can hear the clock tick, tick, ticking in the background. Just as this starts to annoy me, I ponder whether this thunderous ticking is actually intentional. Maybe it is supposed to help create the ambiance of solitude or whatever crap you want to make up.
So I'm o.k. with the ticking now but I have realized that I am completely nude under this blanket. It has been well over 3 years since my last massage and the details are a bit foggy. I start to think if I always got a massage nude or whether I was supposed to keep my undergarments on. Well the panic has initiated, but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it because I spent way too much time rationalizing the tick, tick, ticking and now if I got up to add a couple of articles of clothing it would probably be at the choice moment that the masseuse re-enters the room.
Alas, the polite knock followed by entrance of the masseuse. He says something like, this should be relaxing blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. At this moment I am grateful that I am face down and I start to think that this is also intentional. I suppose all massages start with the client face down so that neither one of you has to feel obligated to make trivial conversation.
So I hear the lotion being squirted from the bottle, I guess it's a bottle....where is the lotion??. I can't get it out of my head to figure out where he is getting the lotion from. I surmise that it must be attached to some belt or something much like a holster and I smile at this. I picture this guy getting ready for work. He puts on his holster and heads out the door...anyway.
This is where things start to get interesting because my particular masseuse has some original moves that he is about to bust out with. I have named each of these "techniques" and hope that my description of each will do them justice.....
1. "The Introduction" (1 star)
Nothing fancy here. Your basic rub of the key areas including the upper shoulder, neck and arms. Anyone who has dated anyone has gotten this massage, but lets be fair and remember this is the introduction. We are getting to know one another...
2. "Draw and Quarter" (1 star)
Yes, I said draw and quarter. This is done one arm at a time. After said arm is wrung as if it were a towel holding 3 gallons of water, it is slowly and more forcefully tugged away from your body. You don't typically lose the arm, but there may be some casualties out there who have from this move. *note: This technique repeats once the legs come into play
3. "The karate chop" (3 stars)
Don't lose your pants on the rating. This one only receives more stars on the account that I had to work really hard and not laugh when it began. Basically, I got karate chopped anywhere from my ass to my back up to my wrists.
4. "Draw and Quarter" (1 star) followed by "Digitalis Remove-us" (1/2 star)
See #2. Now the Digitalis Remove-us is interesting. I have linked it with the draw and quarter because they are so similar in nature, and I guess that is why he performs them one after the other. Each digit, or toe, is also pulled slowly and more forcefully away from the body. Amazingly, popping of the digits does not cause this move to be terminated...
5. "The Claw" (3/4 star)
Ever been to the hair salon and asked to have your hair shampooed? You know how you find yourself straining your neck so that you don't have to bear the edge of the sink at the base of your neck? Well draw on that memory so that you can relate here. At this point, I have flipped over and he is cupping, if you will, my head in his hands. I am instructed to let the weight of my head fall into his hands. I would gladly do that if he would kindly cut his fingernails which are digging into my flesh.
6. "The Indian Burn" (-2 stars)
Yeah, we all did it as kids. You basically rub in opposing directions any area of flesh until it is so raw, you want to scream. This is done at the temples, the base of the neck and the forehead. Where is your damn holster Mr. masseuse, because I could use some of that lotion right about now!
7. "The Criss-Cross" (2 stars)
This move is performed by taking the right arm and pulling to the left side of the body (or vice versa). Way to the left side of the body. This is when I fell off of the table. O.k. , I didn't fall off of the table, but the sensation was uncanny in reality, thus the 2 stars.
8. "El Fin" (0 star)
This one is awesome. It is a sigh, followed by "We're through." Exit masseuse.
?????
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO
Sebi's very first (official) friend is a sweet girl named Kennedy. I've had the priveledge of watching her grow up from about the time that she was 6 months old (she is currently about 4 months away from turning 3). She's a smart little thing with wonderful parents and certain to make them proud some day. Why not start today. If Tim and Megan were ever hopeful that their darling daughter would "march to the beat of her own drum".... be a leader and not a follower.... a trend setter if you will.........
May I present to you Miss Kennedy Beth Drennon
Now where could he possibly have gotten this idea from???
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Birthday Party at ChuckECheese
We were fortunate to celebrate the boys birthdays with family and friends. I am so happy that we decided to do it at ChuckECheese this year. I felt like a guest myself - all I had to do was show up! The staff was incredibly helpful and thoughtful; they organized everything and took care of set-up and clean-up! Sebi proudly walked around with his balloons for most of the event, Gabriel crowned himself king for the night, and Homer was in-tow on mama's hip for just about the whole time! All-in-all, we had a wonderful time and couldn't thank the guests enough for joining in our celebration :) More pics coming soon...
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Weekly Sunday Posts for July '07
Sunday July 29, 2007
We had another busy weekend. Maria Elena came back to stay for another 6 months! We all (and I mean we all) met up at the Grandparents to welcome her back. The cousins had a great time together, and we enjoyed visiting with all of the family. I am wrapping up the summer session. I have 4 exams left, but by the time this post makes it on the blog that number will have decreased to only 1! Sebastian will be taking his history certification exam this Saturday, so please have him in your prayers to get yet another certification under his belt. I wish I could help him, but history is NOT my area. Everyone is doing well. Until next time... :)
Sunday July 22, 2007
I suppose I should get on the ball with the weekly Sunday posts. Not only have I surpassed my deadline (which has pathetically extended to Wednesday evening), but I can't for the life of me think of what went on last week...The least I could do was move the post around on the blog. Think of it as a game of "seek and find"....a small gift from me to you :)
Sunday July 15, 2007
This was a fun weekend. Sebi got invited to his friend Ashlyn's birthday party at the Texas Jumping Beans. I had heard of it, but had never actually gone there. I think the babies are a bit young for all the action, but it was right on par for little Sebi. He was so excited, running from playscape to playscape. The kids all had a favorite - a giant blow up caterpillar that you had to squeeze through his front to enter. Well, I suppose we can all see that there is only one other way out....... But it was quite entertaining watching a huge blow-up caterpillar shoot little kids out from his rear. The party favors for the kids to take home was play-doh. All the kids sat and were constructing their little projects. Sebi worked busily at tearing little chunks of play-doh and putting them in a pile. I thought he was just making a mess, so naturally I asked what he was doing. He said he "was making the chicken - for the taco". He then proceded to flatten a piece of play-doh (asked for help from mama) and then put the chicken inside the tortilla. Sebi had made his 1st taco. I was so proud, beaming. As my chin was raised and I turned to the other kids, there was Cooper (Ashlyn's brother) making a dinosaur. My head went left, (taco) then right, (dinosaur) and I was still just as proud :)
Sunday July 8, 2007
Well, I managed to actually extend the Sunday post deadline to Wednesday! Let's see what been going on. We had a 4th of July / Happy B-day Roxie barbeque at Juan & Toni's. It was good fun, good food, great company. All the kids had a slice of watermelon bigger than their faces, Roxie had a beautiful and delicious ice cream cake (which was perfect in this heat!), and the babies got to explore and play with new toys! We got to spend time with the Granparents on Sunday, which is always nice. Grandma made some migas that managed to disappear moments after being placed on the table :) Sebastian will be going back to the restaurant for the summer, and I'm trecking along with my summer courses. :)
Sunday July 1, 2007
For those of you who are annoyingly observant, you may have noticed that my weekly Sunday posts usually get posted on monday or tuesday. Just roll with it...
We had another busy weekend. Maria Elena came back to stay for another 6 months! We all (and I mean we all) met up at the Grandparents to welcome her back. The cousins had a great time together, and we enjoyed visiting with all of the family. I am wrapping up the summer session. I have 4 exams left, but by the time this post makes it on the blog that number will have decreased to only 1! Sebastian will be taking his history certification exam this Saturday, so please have him in your prayers to get yet another certification under his belt. I wish I could help him, but history is NOT my area. Everyone is doing well. Until next time... :)
Sunday July 22, 2007
I suppose I should get on the ball with the weekly Sunday posts. Not only have I surpassed my deadline (which has pathetically extended to Wednesday evening), but I can't for the life of me think of what went on last week...The least I could do was move the post around on the blog. Think of it as a game of "seek and find"....a small gift from me to you :)
Sunday July 15, 2007
This was a fun weekend. Sebi got invited to his friend Ashlyn's birthday party at the Texas Jumping Beans. I had heard of it, but had never actually gone there. I think the babies are a bit young for all the action, but it was right on par for little Sebi. He was so excited, running from playscape to playscape. The kids all had a favorite - a giant blow up caterpillar that you had to squeeze through his front to enter. Well, I suppose we can all see that there is only one other way out....... But it was quite entertaining watching a huge blow-up caterpillar shoot little kids out from his rear. The party favors for the kids to take home was play-doh. All the kids sat and were constructing their little projects. Sebi worked busily at tearing little chunks of play-doh and putting them in a pile. I thought he was just making a mess, so naturally I asked what he was doing. He said he "was making the chicken - for the taco". He then proceded to flatten a piece of play-doh (asked for help from mama) and then put the chicken inside the tortilla. Sebi had made his 1st taco. I was so proud, beaming. As my chin was raised and I turned to the other kids, there was Cooper (Ashlyn's brother) making a dinosaur. My head went left, (taco) then right, (dinosaur) and I was still just as proud :)
Sunday July 8, 2007
Well, I managed to actually extend the Sunday post deadline to Wednesday! Let's see what been going on. We had a 4th of July / Happy B-day Roxie barbeque at Juan & Toni's. It was good fun, good food, great company. All the kids had a slice of watermelon bigger than their faces, Roxie had a beautiful and delicious ice cream cake (which was perfect in this heat!), and the babies got to explore and play with new toys! We got to spend time with the Granparents on Sunday, which is always nice. Grandma made some migas that managed to disappear moments after being placed on the table :) Sebastian will be going back to the restaurant for the summer, and I'm trecking along with my summer courses. :)
Sunday July 1, 2007
For those of you who are annoyingly observant, you may have noticed that my weekly Sunday posts usually get posted on monday or tuesday. Just roll with it...
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