Bedhead

I think Hannah's morning hair needs it's own post. I LOVE her crazy hair.

Yes, I'm Still Alive

I've received flak for my lack of recent entries. My life has been crazy busy for the last month. I know, I'm a stay-at-home mom. What else do I have to do but sit at the computer all day, thinking of ways to entertain friends and family? Well, let me tell you.

Recently, I was hired to be an online teaching assistant for a university. It's a great opportunity and is one step closer to being an online teacher. However, the three weeks of training were very difficult and time consuming. I ignored my kids, my husband, the housework, and the outdoors. I went to work and anything else mandatory, but I dropped everything else. I was extremely stressed and lost a lot of sleep. When I had finished my last assignment and submitted it to be graded, my body fell apart. I got a bad cold right away, and then three days later got the worst stomach bug in the history of toilets. I could barely get out of bed for 48 hours. (Thanks, Mom, Dad, and Mike for taking the kids!)

When I finally stumbled out of bed, I turned on the computer and checked my email. I had passed the training and had been given my own class - the day before. My first week on the job, and I was already behind. Since then, I have caught up and am doing well.

Due to this stressful time, I have forgotten 95% of the things I wanted to blog about. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the next few stories.

Grocery List

I went to the store today. When I got the shopping list off the fridge, it said:

oatmeal
diapers
cereal
oatmeal
(Suddenly, the handwriting changed.)
Cookes
CAke
Popkon
Choklit bunes
bran mek (brown milk)
lemnad
fowrs

Not sure that I got everything on the list, but it did make me smile.

Like My New Shoes?

I found Crocs on clearance, so the girls have their first pair of namebrand Crocs. Hannah enjoys being able to put them on herself. She has trouble with the name, though. (To avoid any google searches popping up, I'll just let you use your imagination without spelling out the word.) Instead of saying the 'cs' sound at the end, she replaces it with 'ch'. "Mom! I'm going to wear my Crocs to work! I'll show all my friends my Crocs! I love my new Crocs! Do you like my pretty Crocs?"

Scrub-A-Dub-Dub

While at a friend's house for a playdate, I complained that I had been so busy, I had not had time to bathe my kids. She mentioned that her two-year-old was scared of baths and asked if we should bathe them all together. Thus, we had our first bathtime playdate. The girls loved it. Three little squirmy bodies in the tub. At one point, we heard the familiar bubble toot sound. The girls stopped and Abby accused, "It was Hannah!"
Hannah replied, "It was not!" Not one second after her denial, little bubbles rose up from under her. "Oh, that's right. It was me," she corrected. "I forgot."

Texas Vs. California

Being a native Californian, I am baffled by this Texas weather. These pictures were taken in January, six days apart.




Last week, the temperature went from 85 degrees to 29 degrees in 48 hours. Other fun TX vs. CA observations:

Texas does NOT have:
In and Out Burger
See's Candies

In my 32 years of living in CA, I never had or saw a Chick-Fil-A or Sonic.

Road-kill is abundant in TX. Among the many, I recall millions of squirrels, two armadillos, rabbits, and vultures eating all of the above. I myself have contributed a road-kill rabbit (right at Easter time) and a squirrel.

A story for my CA fans:
My TX girlfriends and I were hanging out and eating delicious cookies. Someone asked the cook how she got her cookies so fluffy. She replied, "It's a special kind of sugar. You can't just buy the regular stuff." We were all very intrigued and asked her the name of the magic sugar. "It's called C&H."
I laughed, thinking it was a joke. "See an H?" someone asked.
"No," she answered. "C&H. You get it at Albertson's."
I was busting up and said, "Seriously? No one's heard of C&H sugar?" I even began singing the theme song, "C&H Pure Cane Sugar, pure and sweet, from Hawaii. . . ."
Then they started teasing ME, "Ooooohhhh, I'm from California! I've heard of C&H sugar!"
It was great.

Phrases I never heard before TX:
Fixin' tah: "I'm fixin' tah go to the store."
Might could: "I might could pick you up some milk."

"Don't Mess With Texas" is just our anti-litter campaign.

Texans are much nicer than Californians and I'm still suspicious when people are overly friendly to me.

Thanks for listening, all y'all. I'm fixin' tah turn in but I might could write more later.

Those Pesky Allergins

While picking up the house, I heard Hannah call, "Mom! I'm up here!" I began to search for her as she continued to call, "I'm up here!!" I finally found her in Abby's room, standing on the dresser, buck naked. So many questions. . . .
I got a great picture but figured it probably wasn't appropriate for the world wide web.


Abby asked me if there were any alligators or bad guys in the kitchen. When I responded no, she said, "Good, I'm allergic to those things." I smiled and asked Hannah what she's allergic to. She replied, "Spoons and forks."