Happiness is...

Pajama Day at school! WOO HOO! Holy cow, was there one excited kid this morning! He got to take in a blankie, a pillow and one stuffed animal. They're having pancakes, bacon, yogurt and applesauce for lunch (which means I didn't have to pack one, double WOO HOO!) I didn't even have to ask him a gazillion times to get dressed, he got dressed before I even asked. Long live PJ DAY! I think the world would be a much better place with more PJ Days for everyone.

So check out the Spider Man get-up. Yesterday morning I asked him which jammies he wanted to wear. Now, here is the fundamental difference between five year olds and their moms. I'm thinking the newer, nicer looking (and may I say very cool) dino or race car jammas. Uh-uh. He wants his Frozone jammas (from The Incredibles) - do I need to tell you they are the oldest, most worn, really getting too short jammas he owns? So I resort to the no-fail Target trip. I think the world is a much better place with Target in it. Off to Target under the pretense of just getting slippers. Total score! Slippers: 70% off (One pair left in his size); Matching Spidey Jammas: 70% off (only two left in his size); Kid who doesn't look like a bum? So priceless! The jammas even have a pocket on the leg, complete with spider on it, which is big enough to hold his stuffed dog, Puddles! And just so there's no thoughts that I was crazy to get my kid new jammas for PJ Day - at least two other moms have already confessed to doing the same thing. I know, I know...If they jumped off a bridge, would I do it too? I don't care, lunacy loves company!

So it's Friday AND it's Jamma Day (which I may have to implement one day this weekend). Life is good. Have a good weekend everybody!

I'm it!

Thanks, Mel - this was fun! Hope you have a better day today!

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Summer camp counselor in High School, Customer Service Manager, Test Production Specialist for City Colleges of Chicago (awesome job where I got to develop distance learning courses - I still miss that job) and Assistant Manager at a Scrapbook Store (another fave, for obvious reasons!)

Four movies you would watch over and over: Shawshank Redemption, Raising Arizona, Somewhere in Time, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Fugitive, Monsters, Inc... there's a bunch.


Four places you have lived: lovely Anniston, Alabama (twice - which was about three times too many); Wiesbaden, Germany; Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri (which they call "Fort Lost in the Woods"); Reston, Virginia.


Four TV shows you love to watch: Lost, Survivor, Commander in Chief, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy.


Four places you have been on vacation: Alaska, Italy, Korea, Paris


Four websites you visit daily: More blogs than I care to admit to, ebay, hotmail, yahoo, 2peas


Four of your favorite foods: pizza, Baja Fresh Baja burrito, almost anything with cilantro and sundried tomatoes in it, ravioli...and I have to add a really awesome hamburger with fries.


Four places you would rather be right now: a quiet beach with a good book and a good bartender; on a balcony on a cruise ship in Glacier Bay, Alaska with a good bartender; one foot away from where I am right now scrapping at my scrapbook table with a perfectly clutter free, clean house so I would harbor no guilt while scrapping; Actually, I'm pretty happy being at home right now.

I have no one to tag - unless you happen to read this, Dad - in which case, you're it!

I want a do over

Yes, I'm alive. Barely. I want a "do over" on 2006. I woke up at 5:30am on January 1st with my period. Should have seen the signs. Went in for a same-day surgery procedure on the 3rd and had a serious reaction to the anesthesia. Ended up in the ER that night and got home at 4:30am on the 4th. I've felt like hell since then. It's now Saturday, the 7th and I am up and dressed and attempting to converse with the civilized world and seriously feel like I need to lie down. I'm so frustrated I can't see straight. So, sorry to be so negative. I just would like to feel normal again. Some positive things: 1) I'm married to the most awesome man. I'm not sure how he puts up with me but he's taken such great care of me. I don't even know what to say. 2) I have the most awesome kid. He has just rolled with the punches this week and tries to take care of me (which just ends up breaking my heart - it's suppose to be the other way around!) 3) You know how you have "friends" and then when something happens you find out that you have "FRIENDS"? It's good to know, especially when you don't usually have any family around. 4) We were so lucky to have Mark's Mom here. She was supposed to leave on the 2nd, ended up staying til the 4th and then changed her flight to stay til the 6th. Lucky, lucky, lucky. She was a lifesaver. So that's about it. I'm trying to get myself together and back in the game. Off to rest a bit.