Gimme a G!

For Geoffrey (I *think* that is the right spelling) the Giraffe-he's the mascot of Toys R Us. And he about plowed me over in the store yesterday. First things first, not that many years ago women wore dresses and skirts to do everything-clean, grocery shop, errand running. I was dressed up from a work event yesterday morning and then went straight to get some stuff done. I shopped, grabbed some lunch, got a mani/pedi and then went to Schnucks for some groceries all in a dress. I am not sure if I could of lived back when this dress wearing was the daily norm. Give me a tee, shorts and flip flops. I am much more comfortable in that attire! Ok, back to the mascot giraffe. I am standing in the aisle looking at some much needed (HA!) toys for Noah and I feel someone, something?!?! tap my back. Oh it's Geoffrey...he wants to say hello. But then he turns and he about knocks me down. He puts his giraffe paw (hand?!?!) to his mouth and says, oops, sorry. I said, no problem and was ready to go. It's a jungle in Toys R Us people--literally!!



I met John and Noah at the birthday party for John's nieces and nephew. When we got home last night Noah was totally tuckered out from the running, water gun fighting and playing he did. We had to wake him up or breakfast would have been lunch and besides John had found an auction he wanted to go. In the paper it stated that the auction was to last an hour. I viewed the ad and it didn't look like much so I thought, well, Noah and I will just ride along and then we can go do fun things afterwards. That hour went into 2 hours and mind you, this auction was literally in the middle of a mowed down field. Noah and I sat in the truck and played such fun games as

'what animals will we have when we live in the country' and 'what big boy toys
will Noah need when we live in the country'

Apparently a horse named Harold, a dog named Nigel a pig named Wilbur and a monster 4 wheeler are all essential country living items. Who would have thunk it? FINALLY John came back (and hadn't bought a thing!!!!) So, since this thing had run late we went to grab a bite to eat, go to Rural King as Phineas and Ferb (our residence bunnies) needed food, and then stopped off at my brother and sister in laws to say hello. It was a good afternoon after all but the original plan for the day was just this auction and then momma wanted to go look for a new ceiling fan for our living room. Yes, ours IS functional and once upon a time (say 9 years ago) was totally in style with it being all white with gold/brass. But people, I HATE IT. John is not on board with this project as we have cathedral ceilings and this will require use of a high ladder, crawling in the attic and Lord forbid, manual labor at our house. Now don't get me wrong, John helps me around the house, but when I want to re-do something or get new, his first response is always,

'but you loved this house and it was perfect'

Yes honey, four years ago when we moved in it was but now I would like to put my signature on it thankyouverymuch.

But I guess when it comes down to it, after Geoffery almost knocked me down in TRU on Saturday did I really want to risk the staff at Home Depot who asks me at every corner if I need help finding something?!?! Probably for safety sakes we keep that for another weekend!
Happy Monday everyone!

This post comes to you by the letter F

For Friday and Fun!
2nd post in a week. Yeah!
So Wednesday we went to register Noah for kindergarten. It was fun signing and filling out all of the paperwork. I was glad we had the trips to the pediatrician, optometrist and dentist all done so all I had to do was hand over the forms. We have our list of school supplies and with fingers crossed today his monogrammed backpack and lunchbox will be sitting on the front porch when I arrive home. I loved going shopping for school supplies with mom when I was a kid. Hopefully Noah will find the same joy. Somehow I doubt that will happen as only his nerdy mom would be excited about pencils, markers, a binder, crayons etc etc (don't forget the clorox wipes, two boxes of kleenax and the 2 icing containers with lids!).

After we were done with registration Noah and John headed to the farm. The farm belongs to John's parents and it is about 50 miles from our house. I used to get super peeved when John wanted to go out there......he used to be a dairy/grain farmer when I met him....gasp, I know, if you knew me in high school you would know any boy who was into Ag, FFA, Vocational Arts etc was not exactly high on my I would marry him someday list! But hey, Paula Abdul was right and opposites DO attract. Anyhow, I digress, back to the super peeved part of me...well, now it's like THANK YOU GOD A NIGHT (OR DAY) TO: crank up the tv to 100 volume and listen to my music and shake my booty while housecleaning (you will find this is actually something I LIKE to do (I possibly may be part Monica from Friends)); watch tv shows on Bravo or MTV or Food Network with no one asking to change it to Disney or Cartoon Network or The HISTORY Channel; or just to take a big bubble bath without anyone knocking on the bathroom door. But more than that I know it really does help his parents who are up in age. So, John and Noah headed to Skokieville (my nickname for it) and they weren't coming back and weren't coming back and John wasn't answering his cell. I am not a worrier, but it was after 10:30 and John is good about getting home early especially with Noah with him. When they did finally get home I found out two things: 1) John didn't have his phone with him and 2)someone had hit a COW on the backroad they were on and a wrecker was there to move the cow AND the car. Ok, I cut him some slack about the tardiness when he told me all that!

Last night was a whole lotta nothing except for the weekly cleaning of Phineas and Ferb's cage (these are Noah's two rabbits who are brothers). That is actually John and Noah's thing so I kept myself busy with such fun things as laundry folding and putting away (I am a cleaner but laundry is my arch nemesis!). Tonight brings going to my parents church picnic for some good old fashion fish and cold beverages and game playing (aka going through $20 in 10 minutes and winning stuff from Oriental Trading). But hey, it's all for a good cause! Tomorrow I am working an event in the morning for work and then in the afternoon we have a birthday party for John's two nieces and nephew who are siblings. Sunday is wide open. John mentioned a trip to Cabella's---perhaps that is code for going to the farm?!?! =-)

Happy weekend everyone!

I'm back....

Well it's been over two years since I first posted something. I will admit I had forgotten that I had even posted that! I have decided to begin blogging as a way to do a online scrapbook of memories as Noah is getting ready for his next big adventure--KINDERGARTEN! He turned 5 back in May and all I can say is those have been the fastest five years of my life. Life has been quite exciting lately....John began a new job as a machinist here in town, back in January I began my new position with the company I have worked for for almost 13 years and well, Noah has lots of new things going on--kickboxing, soccer, violin--he stays pretty busy!

Since this is the first time I have posted and like I said, I wanted to do an online scrapbook for Noah, I have to mention that this past weekend was a busy one. Friday was Noah's last day of Vacation Bible School. For reasons I won't mention on here, John wasn't able to join us for the program, however, I went and it was wonderful!!! I did call John while it was going on so he could 'hear' (as much as you can hear from a cell phone). After the program we met my Aunt Linda and cousin, Scott, who was on his lunch break at Pizza Hut. That evening we went to watch Scott play ball. Saturday we did the normal household routine and then that evening went to an outdoor wedding reception where Noah loved playing on the big playground with all the other kiddos. Sunday we went to church and then went to a parade in Old Valmeyer followed by swimming, bbq and fireworks watching with friends of ours. Today has been an uber-lazy Monday...the only real thing we have done is gone for a walk at Lincoln Park. This week brings school registration and maybe, another post!!!!

This is Me

Hello everyone!
I am a 32, knocking very hard on 33, wife, mom, daughter, sister, coworker and friend living the pretty good life in Southern Illinois.