I count my blessings...
1. A husband who is kind and considerate, who is a good father and a great husband.
2. A sweet and good-natured daughter who I never knew I'd love so much.
3. A house that is warm, dry and comfortable.
4. Carey having a good job, with a great company, working with wonderful people, in an area that brings him fulfillment.
5. Bills that remind me we are far richer than most people in the world.
6. A mama and daddy who I look forward to being with as much as I do my best friends.
7. Sisters that are my best friends.
8. A brother to proud of.
9. Sweet dogs that keep me company and wait outside the bathroom door when I shower.
10. In laws that I not only love but enjoy being with.
11. A husband who I know will always love me and overlook my many faults. (he deserves being mentioned twice.)
12. Old friends who've known me long enough to remember my teeth before braces and my hair before the perm, who I never have to explain stuff to because they were there and they know me.
13. New friends who allow me to vent and talk about meaningless, random things... friends who give me new perspective on things.
14. The ability to count, otherwise this list wouldn't be possible.
15. A car with air conditioning to drive. Because Savannah's a big, hot city and it would take forever to get to Orlando without it.
16. A toilet to sit on, because squatting over a hole in the ground would get old very quickly.
17. A computer and internet to waste endless hours surfing and writing ridiculous blogs on.
18. A niece who has occupied most of my time for the last 3 years and who I love like she's my own.
19. A nephew who is destined to be BFF's with Piper.
20. A flat iron, because without it I would be forced to shave my head.
21. Donuts. For they make life that much more enjoyable.
22. Weight watchers. For it saves me from becoming one big, nasty donut.
23. Netflix. Because it provides hours of Star Trek enjoyment for little cost.
24. For good health, good doctors and good medicine.
But more important than all of these, Jesus. Who provides everything I need and a lot of what I simply just want. Who is faithful even and especially when I am not.
Thank you, Lord.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Be jealous
We just got back from our weekend trip to Disney. It was a good trip and I would like to share some of the highlights with you so that you may be jealous.
We went to the Magic Kingdom on Friday night around 7. We made our way over to Tomorrowland and rode Buzz Lightyear first, cause we've got our priorities straight. Tivoli, me and Piper rode in one car. Piper was in the sling on me and she just sits there lookin' around like "it ain't no thing. just sittin' here with my mama". Tivoli shot 1000 points and I shot 0 because I was too busy watching the two of them. I thought Tivoli's score was impressive for someone who couldn't even see over the side of the car. When we first got on the ride and started moving she grabbed my leg and said "we not gonna be scared. we not gonna be scared" so apparently she struggles with fear on Buzz's ride.
That would be the first time of many I would want to hug her into oblivion.
Afterwards, we discovered a dance party going on and thought it might be fun to go watch people do the cupid shuffle (is that what it's called? i don't know. i'm not hip. i'm not with it.) while we waited for the rest of the group to catch up.
This is where we discovered that Tivoli has {insert famous dancer} inside of her. I mean, girlfriend was having to remove her jacket and tutu because they were hindering her. We did this dance party twice and the second time I got it on video. I also got video of Kaylyn busting what I think she would call a sweet move but the rest of us would call an awkward spasm. I'm just sayin', Kaylyn... At one point Carey schooled us on how to dance like Bill Cosby ( I just said schooled and I've never said it in my life. It felt awkward.) and I was even able to dance around for the first time in my life, in public, and not feel like a mentally retarded pigeon. Oh, I'm sure I looked like one, especially considering I had Piper in the sling both times... but I just didn't feel it.
It. was. awesome. The highlight of the trip. We could have stayed right there, danced until midnight and felt like we had gotten every bit of our 60 something dollars worth.
But we moved on because there was a fireworks show and a parade to watch. Oh and free candy to collect. I now have half a bucket of candy to hand out for the trick or treaters. Or to eat. You know, cause it's not like I'm trying to lose weight or anything...
We didn't even ride very many rides.
It was the most fun I have had in the Magic Kingdom in a long, long time.
For the record, though. When you go to this party (that lasts until midnight) with a 3 year old and two babies under 6 months, don't bother with costumes. As I said before, the 3 year old ends up stripping most of the costume off in the process of having fun and the babies never get seen because they're trying to sleep and stay warm. We don't even have a picture of them.
Oh well... there's still Halloween.
P.S. - In case you're wondering, Pipes and Tee-bo matched as bumble bees and Cutler-man was Charlie Brown. He even had the swirly hair on his forehead drawn on with an eyeliner pencil. It was amazing.
P.P.S - With the exception of a 20 minute nap DURING THE FIREWORKS SHOW, Piper rode around in her sling facing out all night and didn't cry or fuss at all. As in, she was awake until 1am... and didn't fuss.
As I've said before, she's just awesome. That's all there is to it.
We went to the Magic Kingdom on Friday night around 7. We made our way over to Tomorrowland and rode Buzz Lightyear first, cause we've got our priorities straight. Tivoli, me and Piper rode in one car. Piper was in the sling on me and she just sits there lookin' around like "it ain't no thing. just sittin' here with my mama". Tivoli shot 1000 points and I shot 0 because I was too busy watching the two of them. I thought Tivoli's score was impressive for someone who couldn't even see over the side of the car. When we first got on the ride and started moving she grabbed my leg and said "we not gonna be scared. we not gonna be scared" so apparently she struggles with fear on Buzz's ride.
That would be the first time of many I would want to hug her into oblivion.
Afterwards, we discovered a dance party going on and thought it might be fun to go watch people do the cupid shuffle (is that what it's called? i don't know. i'm not hip. i'm not with it.) while we waited for the rest of the group to catch up.
This is where we discovered that Tivoli has {insert famous dancer} inside of her. I mean, girlfriend was having to remove her jacket and tutu because they were hindering her. We did this dance party twice and the second time I got it on video. I also got video of Kaylyn busting what I think she would call a sweet move but the rest of us would call an awkward spasm. I'm just sayin', Kaylyn... At one point Carey schooled us on how to dance like Bill Cosby ( I just said schooled and I've never said it in my life. It felt awkward.) and I was even able to dance around for the first time in my life, in public, and not feel like a mentally retarded pigeon. Oh, I'm sure I looked like one, especially considering I had Piper in the sling both times... but I just didn't feel it.
It. was. awesome. The highlight of the trip. We could have stayed right there, danced until midnight and felt like we had gotten every bit of our 60 something dollars worth.
But we moved on because there was a fireworks show and a parade to watch. Oh and free candy to collect. I now have half a bucket of candy to hand out for the trick or treaters. Or to eat. You know, cause it's not like I'm trying to lose weight or anything...
We didn't even ride very many rides.
It was the most fun I have had in the Magic Kingdom in a long, long time.
For the record, though. When you go to this party (that lasts until midnight) with a 3 year old and two babies under 6 months, don't bother with costumes. As I said before, the 3 year old ends up stripping most of the costume off in the process of having fun and the babies never get seen because they're trying to sleep and stay warm. We don't even have a picture of them.
Oh well... there's still Halloween.
P.S. - In case you're wondering, Pipes and Tee-bo matched as bumble bees and Cutler-man was Charlie Brown. He even had the swirly hair on his forehead drawn on with an eyeliner pencil. It was amazing.
P.P.S - With the exception of a 20 minute nap DURING THE FIREWORKS SHOW, Piper rode around in her sling facing out all night and didn't cry or fuss at all. As in, she was awake until 1am... and didn't fuss.
As I've said before, she's just awesome. That's all there is to it.
I highly recommend the Kona Cafe.
I ate 81 points on Saturday.
If you don't know how much that it is, it's a lot. As in the daily allowance for a 350 lb man.
....I don't know that for sure, I'm just making things up now because it sounds good.
But it's still a lot. I'm allowed 35 per day. Plus 49 extra over the course of a week, so I'm ok but I just wanted everyone to know.... I ate a lot.
It was one of the most delicious days of my life.
I love that food.
I will dream about that food.
I want to marry it.
Especially the cheesecake.
Oh and the butter. I love butter.
If you don't know how much that it is, it's a lot. As in the daily allowance for a 350 lb man.
....I don't know that for sure, I'm just making things up now because it sounds good.
But it's still a lot. I'm allowed 35 per day. Plus 49 extra over the course of a week, so I'm ok but I just wanted everyone to know.... I ate a lot.
It was one of the most delicious days of my life.
I love that food.
I will dream about that food.
I want to marry it.
Especially the cheesecake.
Oh and the butter. I love butter.
Friday, October 21, 2011
...It's probably because they DID give me unrealistic hair expectations.
In preparation for our Disney trip I've been listening to a cd on Grooveshark of all the music from the Magic Kingdom Halloween party. It's music from the fireworks show, the parade and some kind of dance party thing. I thought it would maybe be fun Halloween music to listen to and also a way to get super excited about the trip.
The dance party and parade music is pretty fun, especially knowing that my niece Tivoli apparently danced to it the whole time. But friends... I'm here to tell you, the firework's music is just. absolutely. obnoxious. You heard me. I just admitted that something Disney is obnoxious. I shouldn't be surprised, though, because Carey and I can hardly stand to sit through the EPCOT and Magic Kingdom's regular fireworks music. I've actually had to tell Carey to just not listen to the words, otherwise he continues to kill the experience. He has a knack for making up his own lyrics to any song that completely ruins it for everybody. There are several other reason we don't like it... However, I won't tell them to you because you might like that part and I don't want to spoil it for you. I'm just thoughtful like that.
Anyway, all this made me think of an old Universal commercial. A little girl is standing in front of the Hulk ride and says "if I saw one more princess, I was going to puke". That was always a funny commercial to me because as much as I love Disney and Mickey and Winnie the Pooh, I equally dislike pretty much all the princess stuff. I can't explain it... Maybe it's partly because I think them telling millions of kids that "you can make your dreams come true if you really believe" is extremely mean. Because when those kids hear that message, all they want to be is princesses and pirates. And let's be realistic here, friends and neighbors... the chances of that little girl actually becoming a princess, even though she wholeheartedly believes she will, are nil. She can believe all she wants.
I'm just sayin'.
All that being said, we have a little girl now and I know that many, many Disney princess things will be in our future, whether I like it or not. I also know that I used to say I would never let our little girl go to the Princess boutique and get her hair all done up and glitterfied. But I'm also here to say that if my 2 year old sweet little Piper begs to go get her hair done, I'll probably have ridiculous amounts of fun taking pictures of her afterwards.
That is unless she doesn't have hair til she's 3. (like Carey) Then Disney World will have a bald headed 2 year old running around leaving a trail of "Pixie Dust" behind her.
Moral of this pointless story. Never, ever say never.
The dance party and parade music is pretty fun, especially knowing that my niece Tivoli apparently danced to it the whole time. But friends... I'm here to tell you, the firework's music is just. absolutely. obnoxious. You heard me. I just admitted that something Disney is obnoxious. I shouldn't be surprised, though, because Carey and I can hardly stand to sit through the EPCOT and Magic Kingdom's regular fireworks music. I've actually had to tell Carey to just not listen to the words, otherwise he continues to kill the experience. He has a knack for making up his own lyrics to any song that completely ruins it for everybody. There are several other reason we don't like it... However, I won't tell them to you because you might like that part and I don't want to spoil it for you. I'm just thoughtful like that.
Anyway, all this made me think of an old Universal commercial. A little girl is standing in front of the Hulk ride and says "if I saw one more princess, I was going to puke". That was always a funny commercial to me because as much as I love Disney and Mickey and Winnie the Pooh, I equally dislike pretty much all the princess stuff. I can't explain it... Maybe it's partly because I think them telling millions of kids that "you can make your dreams come true if you really believe" is extremely mean. Because when those kids hear that message, all they want to be is princesses and pirates. And let's be realistic here, friends and neighbors... the chances of that little girl actually becoming a princess, even though she wholeheartedly believes she will, are nil. She can believe all she wants.
I'm just sayin'.
All that being said, we have a little girl now and I know that many, many Disney princess things will be in our future, whether I like it or not. I also know that I used to say I would never let our little girl go to the Princess boutique and get her hair all done up and glitterfied. But I'm also here to say that if my 2 year old sweet little Piper begs to go get her hair done, I'll probably have ridiculous amounts of fun taking pictures of her afterwards.
That is unless she doesn't have hair til she's 3. (like Carey) Then Disney World will have a bald headed 2 year old running around leaving a trail of "Pixie Dust" behind her.
Moral of this pointless story. Never, ever say never.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
YOU think of a creative title.
We're going to Disney World soon for the Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween party. It'll be a first for us. I've never been more excited about something in my whole life.
Sadly, that last statement is almost true.
Piper will be going dressed as a bumble bee and I will be a lady bug. When I say I'll be a lady bug, I mean I'll have a headband with antenna glued to them and wings strapped to my back. ...In Disney World. ...A place where people don't understand personal space. Or deodorant. In fact, if it goes well I might end up wearing these wings every time I go and just twirl around a lot. It seems like the best way to keep them out of my sacred personal space.
I don't like people in my personal space, did you know?
...Unless it's Carey.
...Or Piper.
...Or really any family member.
Well, I'd rather Lindsay didn't touch me, but that's a story for another day.
And while we're on the subject.. Am I the only person who thinks it's rude for a perfect stranger to touch a baby? I probably am but it's really starting to irritate me. Like for example, a really young girl at Rack Room suddenly appeared in front of Piper's stroller and proceeded to hold her hands, stroke her face and rub her head. She almost let Piper pull her finger to her mouth for gravy's sake! I still don't know what I would have done if she'd have asked to hold her.
I'm sorry, friends. Call me over protective and crazy but it's flu season.
And everybody seems to have some kind of virus right now.
And I don't know that you're not one of those crazy... I mean misguided... I mean ill-informed people who doesn't get immunized and might infect my not-old-enough-for-all-her-shots-baby with some deadly but preventable disease. (I did. I said it.)
And let's not even mention that I have no idea where she or her hands have been. I can only assume, AT BEST, they've been in shoes that loads of people's funky feet have been in. At worst... I can't. I just can't think about that.
Sorry, I have to go take a shower now. Good day to you.
I said good day.
Sadly, that last statement is almost true.
Piper will be going dressed as a bumble bee and I will be a lady bug. When I say I'll be a lady bug, I mean I'll have a headband with antenna glued to them and wings strapped to my back. ...In Disney World. ...A place where people don't understand personal space. Or deodorant. In fact, if it goes well I might end up wearing these wings every time I go and just twirl around a lot. It seems like the best way to keep them out of my sacred personal space.
I don't like people in my personal space, did you know?
...Unless it's Carey.
...Or Piper.
...Or really any family member.
Well, I'd rather Lindsay didn't touch me, but that's a story for another day.
And while we're on the subject.. Am I the only person who thinks it's rude for a perfect stranger to touch a baby? I probably am but it's really starting to irritate me. Like for example, a really young girl at Rack Room suddenly appeared in front of Piper's stroller and proceeded to hold her hands, stroke her face and rub her head. She almost let Piper pull her finger to her mouth for gravy's sake! I still don't know what I would have done if she'd have asked to hold her.
I'm sorry, friends. Call me over protective and crazy but it's flu season.
And everybody seems to have some kind of virus right now.
And I don't know that you're not one of those crazy... I mean misguided... I mean ill-informed people who doesn't get immunized and might infect my not-old-enough-for-all-her-shots-baby with some deadly but preventable disease. (I did. I said it.)
And let's not even mention that I have no idea where she or her hands have been. I can only assume, AT BEST, they've been in shoes that loads of people's funky feet have been in. At worst... I can't. I just can't think about that.
Sorry, I have to go take a shower now. Good day to you.
I said good day.
Monday, October 17, 2011
When the dog bites.. When the bee stings.. When I'm feeling sad...
My friend Sara recently wrote a blog post about her son's favorite things. I like the idea so I'm gonna copy it and list all of Piper's current favorite things and some of her not-so-favorite things.
Let's do this thing..
1. Me - cause I'm awesome, let's just be honest.
2. Carey - cause he's possibly more awesome.
3. A doll we creatively named Dolly. - she goes with us every where and Piper passes the time in the car talking to her. However, Dolly recently has started taunting Piper, which makes her angry. I have to threaten to separate them.
4. Sucking her thumb. - she does it when she's sleepy and when she's trying to go to sleep. It. is. adorable.
5. Her sound machine.
6. Darkness - she did not get that from me.
7. Bedtime - she loves going to bed at night.
8. Bathtime - except when she's sleepy and tries to quickly put her thumb in her mouth and in the process swallows a ton of water. She does not like that, not even a little.
9. Sitting up - although it makes her spit up. Which is not my favorite.
10. Mickey Mouse - I know this because she talked very loudly to a gift bag with Mickey's face on it while we stood in the back during a Weight Watchers meeting. Subsequently, I have no idea what was said during that portion of the meeting.
11. Walking around in the sling. - even though it makes her hot.
12. Not wearing clothes - cause she gets hot easily.
13. Sitting up in the stroller.
14. Disney World - she hasn't gone yet but I'm just anticipating her love for it.
15. Hearing herself talk - Carey says between me and Piper, his ears are going to fall off.
She's our happy little sunshine and I don't remember what we did without her.
Let's do this thing..
1. Me - cause I'm awesome, let's just be honest.
2. Carey - cause he's possibly more awesome.
3. A doll we creatively named Dolly. - she goes with us every where and Piper passes the time in the car talking to her. However, Dolly recently has started taunting Piper, which makes her angry. I have to threaten to separate them.
4. Sucking her thumb. - she does it when she's sleepy and when she's trying to go to sleep. It. is. adorable.
5. Her sound machine.
6. Darkness - she did not get that from me.
7. Bedtime - she loves going to bed at night.
8. Bathtime - except when she's sleepy and tries to quickly put her thumb in her mouth and in the process swallows a ton of water. She does not like that, not even a little.
9. Sitting up - although it makes her spit up. Which is not my favorite.
10. Mickey Mouse - I know this because she talked very loudly to a gift bag with Mickey's face on it while we stood in the back during a Weight Watchers meeting. Subsequently, I have no idea what was said during that portion of the meeting.
11. Walking around in the sling. - even though it makes her hot.
12. Not wearing clothes - cause she gets hot easily.
13. Sitting up in the stroller.
14. Disney World - she hasn't gone yet but I'm just anticipating her love for it.
15. Hearing herself talk - Carey says between me and Piper, his ears are going to fall off.
She's our happy little sunshine and I don't remember what we did without her.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Don't tell me I can't have a cookie
All of Savannah's Great American Cookie Company's have closed. We used to have two. Now there are none. As in zero. As in, I had to go through a period of mourning.
I tried to see where the closest one is to Savannah. It's in Jacksonville. If you ever hear that we've gone to Jacksonville you know what for. Don't let the reason we give fool you. It will be so I can get a double doozie.
I actually looked up Great American Cookie Co. website to see if they will let you order and ship a cookie to your house. They don't. I went through another period of mourning.
Now I've arrived at the conclusion that I will just have to go rob one of their stores. When I would go get a cookie I would always watch the girl go back to the large vat of icing they keep in the back, so I know exactly where to look. I'll need somebody to drive the getaway car, though... Any volunteers? I can pay you in icing.
So now the one thing that I look forward to about my birthday is no longer available to me. Now it's just another day in the stupid, depressing month of January. No more chocolate chips... No more calling and telling them to forget writing a message on the cookie cake "just take the icing and paint the whole cookie about three layers thick, please." No more eating all that cookie in 48 hours and then swearing I'll never eat another again, only to go back in two days for a double doozie. No more whispering sweet nothings to each slice. No. Life is all emptiness. It is nothing but a vapor in the wind.
Woe to me.
Woe I say!
I tried to see where the closest one is to Savannah. It's in Jacksonville. If you ever hear that we've gone to Jacksonville you know what for. Don't let the reason we give fool you. It will be so I can get a double doozie.
I actually looked up Great American Cookie Co. website to see if they will let you order and ship a cookie to your house. They don't. I went through another period of mourning.
Now I've arrived at the conclusion that I will just have to go rob one of their stores. When I would go get a cookie I would always watch the girl go back to the large vat of icing they keep in the back, so I know exactly where to look. I'll need somebody to drive the getaway car, though... Any volunteers? I can pay you in icing.
So now the one thing that I look forward to about my birthday is no longer available to me. Now it's just another day in the stupid, depressing month of January. No more chocolate chips... No more calling and telling them to forget writing a message on the cookie cake "just take the icing and paint the whole cookie about three layers thick, please." No more eating all that cookie in 48 hours and then swearing I'll never eat another again, only to go back in two days for a double doozie. No more whispering sweet nothings to each slice. No. Life is all emptiness. It is nothing but a vapor in the wind.
Woe to me.
Woe I say!
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