tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41457675968518663202024-03-14T00:59:03.157-07:00The Heat WaveThoughts from just this side of He**Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-48233424487950421712014-03-02T19:48:00.000-07:002014-03-02T19:48:52.042-07:00Get the BatPie's ambition in life apparently is a party planner. She wants to be the hostess with the mostest. <br />
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This week's party is to welcome Married Daughter and Married Daughter's Husband (known now forevermore as "Bob") to our house for their Spring Break. At first, Pie contemplated a Jamaican-themed party to welcome them, but that fizzled when she couldn't readily think of the Jamaican word for "party". She briefly thought of throwing a Mexican-style fiesta, but she remembered that she already did that for Bud a few years back. However, she did note the rousing success of the pinata on that occasion and vowed to use a pinata on this occasion. She and Bud bounced a few ideas off of each other before she finally settled on an Italian-themed party.<br />
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The following ensued:<br />
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Pie: Bud, you and Bob and Mom can have pizza. Married Daughter and I can have pasta. And, Dad, you can have salad.<br />
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Cool Dad: Oh, goodie. I get salad!<br />
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Pie: Oh, and we will have a pinata. It will be so awesome. I wonder what kind of a pinata the Italians would hit at their party...<br />
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A lengthy pause with much deep thinking...<br />
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Bud (with quiet resolve and a confidence born of great deductive reasoning): <b>A French chef!</b><br />
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And that, my friends, is how conversations at our house go. You're welcome.Cool Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12448975928402154399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-40014779611923798682014-01-19T17:22:00.000-07:002014-01-19T17:22:06.534-07:00Do Over<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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fabulous, I loved it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What were they
doing???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were reading the blog
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Today we are having a holiday do over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, not Mother’s Day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although, that post may be coming on
Monday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday was National Clean
Your Room Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t feel like my
children really were able to fully celebrate this holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They didn’t have the opportunity to embrace
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am I?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean what kid wouldn’t love a holiday do over, it is like Christmas morning two days in a row.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
totally rock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My kids are so lucky!</div>
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Here is a picture of my handsome little man.</div>
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Goodbye 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
were a good year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent time with
family in Virginia, and San Diego, and Utah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We married off College Daughter, and renamed her Married Daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw prosperity, and some sadness, but all
in all you were a good year. </div>
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On Sunday Cool Dad and I were asked to speak in church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The topic, New Year’s Resolutions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was somewhat surprised, mostly because I don’t
make New Year’s Resolutions, but I accepted the challenge and started looking
for material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a talk by
President Uchtdorf from October that talked about a nurse who worked with
terminally ill patients, and what they wished they had done differently in
their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had three main
regrets, they wished they had spent more time with the people they loved, they
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Needless to say, I have been thinking all week about these
regrets/wishes, probably brought on even more by the fact that Alzheimer’s has
taken my Dad’s memories. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is no
longer the Dad I grew up with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will
not ever come out of the nursing home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
won’t ever know if he has regrets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rather than worry about that, I would rather list my memories of him. </div>
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I remember always wanting to be outside working with
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t have been more than four;
we built a retaining wall next to our house.</div>
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I remember at 8 years old Dad would put the 1972 Ford truck
in gear and it would move forward as I steered and he would throw the hay bales
in the back.</div>
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I remember Dad teaching me how to drive the riding lawn
mower. </div>
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I remember traveling all over Idaho in our camper following
my brother’s baseball games all summer. </div>
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I remember driving to Sun Valley, for the day, just to eat
at Louie’s.</div>
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I remember meeting my Dad at 12:05 on the road from
town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not my favorite memory, you did
not want to miss curfew at our house. </div>
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I remember my Dad handing out huge burlap sacks of potatoes
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I remember my Dad walking the floor many a night with Married
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I remember my Dad taking a three year old to the mall for a pretzel
because she asked with that cute little smile. </div>
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I remember my Dad telling Cool Dad “good luck” when he said
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I remember my Dad caring for my mom with some amazing
nursing skills after her bone marrow transplant.</div>
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I remember sleeping in the car in Baker, CA (twice) because
Dad needed a rest, and he wouldn’t let any of the other licensed drivers
actually take the wheel. </div>
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I remember my Dad telling me about how he had to ski for his
job when we lived in Lake Tahoe, CA, and wishing he would ski with me, just
once.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember that my Dad
drove on the Santa Monica Pier, and no, cars are not allowed there. </div>
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I remember moving hand lines at 5am with my Dad.</div>
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I remember my Dad letting me name the horses, and yes, we
did have horses named Scamper and Spike. </div>
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I remember my Dad hauling my 4-H sheep all over the place.</div>
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I remember calling my Dad George (his given name, but not
the name he went by) when we wanted to harass him. </div>
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I remember my Dad crying when his new little puppy, Gunda,
was accidentally run over. </div>
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I remember that my Dad told me that he loved me all of the
time, and even though he doesn’t know who I am anymore, when I tell him that I
love him he says it back. </div>
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With the start of 2013, I do want to make a resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to be a mom that documents the comings
and goings, the good, the bad, and the ugly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want my kids to wonder about their
memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to be able to pull out
a book and let them read all about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want them to know that through it all we were a family, and I want them
to know that I loved being their mom. </div>
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I have been told I am a terrible blogger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t feel bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will just add it to the list of a million
other things I am terrible at, Zuma (dumb facebook game), mothering, presenting
sharing time (which I am currently avoiding prepping for), gardening, cooking,
cleaning…like I said, “add it to the list”.</div>
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I would love to be able to detail all of the amazing and
exciting things that have happened to our family since we last posted, but I
can’t even remember what I made for dinner two nights ago, so detailing month’s
worth of activities is impossible. </div>
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February was all about Odyssey of the Minds!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I helped coach Bubba’s team two to three
times a week, and Pie’s team seemed to practice almost every day, but all of
the hard work paid off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pie’s team won
first place in her division at the Regional competition, which means her team
qualified for State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bubba’s team did a
great job (if they had judged them competitively his team totally would have
won.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is in the Primary Division so
they don’t go on to State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
actually made me pretty happy since I didn’t have to keep coaching. </div>
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In March we hit the Air Show again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a great time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My kids love watching the planes, and as usual
it did not disappoint. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also had a
visit from Matt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know he wanted his
own blog post, but he didn’t bring Valorie with him, just a whole bunch of
stinky boys, so he doesn’t get his own post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not to mention he taught Brady a whole bunch of April Fools tricks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just say, there was a whole bunch of
screaming and panic when Pie turned on the water in the kitchen and the sprayer
drenched her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who thought teaching a six year old to tape
down the handle on the kitchen sink sprayer was a good idea??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
wrapped up March with a trip to the State Odyssey of the Mind competition where
Pie’s team took <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t lie, I was quite relieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The top two teams <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>go to World’s, which will be held in Iowa this
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t have a clue how we would
have fit that into our jam packed schedule…maybe next year.</div>
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In early April we were lucky enough to have my sister and
her husband and my niece Lou come for Spring break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My kids were in heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They LOVE getting spoiled by their Auntie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also found ourselves up to our eyeballs in
Football again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time Bubba is
playing in a Flag only league and we are all enjoying it much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He can play in this league until he is
fourteen, which will be better for Mom than having him go to tackle next
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On April 20<sup>th</sup> I was
lucky enough to get to see College Daughter graduate from Brigham Young
University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are so proud of all of
her accomplishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although, what do I
call her now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full-time Employed
Daughter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh wait, I guess we could call
her Engaged Daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yep, you read that
right; she also got engaged the same weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are very happy for her and her fiancée (he doesn’t have a blog name
yet).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Dad and Step-Mom also visited
us in April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a great time with
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They got to see Bubba play
football, and we took them on a day trip to Julian, CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so nice to get to spend some time with
them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To top off our crazy April Bubba
turned SEVEN!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure how that
even happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is my baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily he still likes to climb in my lap
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May---I don’t know, I am too tired to think about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of dentist appointments, lots of
swimming, lots of car repairs (Maybe that is why I am so tired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you see the trend of money freely flowing
out of my pocket book?).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>School will be out
this month, and the kids have been loving all of the end of school activities. </div>
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Thanks for all four of our readers who kept checking for
updates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully I will post at least
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<br /></div>Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-70893444644542266212012-01-16T08:00:00.002-07:002012-01-16T09:34:31.091-07:00Tough Mudder...Mission AccomplishedOkay, so I did the Tough Mudder Arizona. I DID the Tough Mudder. I AM a Tough Mudder.<br /><br />Let me explain...<br /><br />We got there at about 9:45 AM and then Matt, Luke, Bo, Daisy and I spent approximately one hour and forty minutes in a big ol' parking line. There was a point at which we thought the noon start time might be in jeopardy simply because we couldn't park. We persisted however, and we eventually made it to the event. And the event was an EVENT. Blaring rock music. Bouncing freaks in every costume known to man. Buzzcuts aplenty. Entire teams with tutus. Mud covering every square inch of the place. Mud-covered semi-finishers stumbling around mumbling to themselves. Skinny chicks complaining about how cold they were. Pairs of running shoes just laying around in random filth. Newbies (like me) just soaking it all in. It was awesome!<br /><br />We checked in, got our numbers written on our face with a Sharpie, checked in our single bag with all of our worldly possessions to a ditzy volunteer (we were under no illusion that we would ever get it back), and then proceeded to the Starting Line.<br /><br />The Starting Line was great. The same guy that announces all of the Tough Mudders welcomed us. He got us all pumped up. There is apparently a lot of chanting "Hoorah", and we did our fair share of fist-pumping and general hoorah-ing. And then...they played the National Anthem. So cool to be sitting there with Veterans and Servicemen and women. It was really a humbling experience. And then you say the Tough Mudder Oath and...then...you do the countdown...and...then...you are off with all of the other crazies.<br /><br />I would go through a blow-by-blow description of the race but I think it would just bore you all, so I am going to just say that the course was 12.5 miles long and contained 29 obstacles. 29 obstacles! TWENTY-NINE! <br /><br />Here are the top five obstacle stories of Cool Dad's Tough Mudder:<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kiss of Mud and Chernobyl Jacuzzi:</span> The first two obstacles are really a single obstacle in two stages. I arrived to see a bunch of barbed wire strung across a field of mud. The barbed wire was about 18 inches off the ground above the mud and the mud was yucky, nasty, brown yuck. Oh, and it had lots of gravel in it. You know, just to make sure your knees got bloodied at the very beginning. I was doing pretty good after having jogged for about a mile and I was really excited for the first obstacle. I got down on all fours and in 2.4 seconds I had bruised my knee, ripped my bib number completely off my shirt, got a mouthful of Arizona sand, and accumulated about 15 extra pounds of mud weight. At least I didn't snag myself on the barbed wire. I checked that obstacle off only to climb up a little ladder and confront a very compact little pool of ice-cold...ummm...water? I know it was ice-cold because of the ice floating in it, but it looked a little like anti-freeze (kinda ironic). I was so excited that I just jumped in. Not so bad...until...I had to duck my head under the water to go under this wooden wall. Not so bad...until...I came up on the other side to find myself in water about 15 degrees colder and about 5 times the amount of ice. It was like you had to break through it to get out of the pool! Now, I would like to be very delicate in describing the reaction I had for our sensitive readers. Cool Dad had some fear before the race that some chafing might occur during the race. You know...chafing...like... between the legs chafing. Well, after the Chernobyl Jacuzzi, the huevos had retired to a much warmer place never to be seen the rest of the day. I fear the visual may be too much for many of you, but know that the body is an amazing machine and it was in full self-preservation mode at this point. I think it realized that this was no 5k.<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Jump Over the Backhoe Trench:</span> I have no idea what this is really called, but it involves jumping over a bunch of backhoe trenches. I don't really know why I am mentioning this, but at about Mile 4 we hit this obstacle and I was doing just fine. And then after jumping over a buttload of backhoe trenches spaced precisely at a distance that Cool Dad can't just hop over them but has to run, jump and then collide into the opposite wall of the trench to breach them, I wasn't doing just fine. It was at this point that it went from being happy-go-lucky to being tough. And it was just getting tougher as we carried a railroad tie a half-mile on our shoulders and walked across a plank and crawled through a culvert and...and...<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Berlin Walls #3:</span> The goal of this obstacle is to get Cool Dad's fat butt (it is less fat than it once was, but let's not kid ourselves) over a series of two 12-foot walls. You will notice that this is tagged "#3" because it was the third and final set of these damnable walls on the course. So...after ten miles of sheer torture they want you to somehow navigate over these walls. To that point in the race, I had been a trooper, but at Mile 10, the tough, willing persona was long gone and I was but a wimpering shell. I pleaded with Bo, Luke and Matt to just get me over. They hoisted, grunted, cursed, roiled, swore, sweated, and labored, but eventually they got me over wall one. And then they repeated the exercise on wall two. I made it, but atop the final wall I got a charlie-horse mixed with a pulled muscle and a cramp and a headache and an ulcer, and a hernia, and...well...just about everything. I fell over the edge of the final wall and crashed to the ground in a heap. I looked up to see my teammates all smiling and then they all said "Ready to roll". I think I might have nodded or something, but then they all ran off. I have never loved and hated a group of individuals that much in my whole life. I started running and, miraculously, my injuries were but imagined.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Everest:</span> Get Cool Dad up another devious obstacle. This time...a quarter pipe. Drenched in mud (cause, you know, the course involves a lot of mud) and dripping from something called Shock on the Rocks which involves water, barbed wire, and electroshocks, I arrived at the quarter pipe to see these big dudes hanging off the quarter pipe reaching down to help the plebeian hordes. I, too, was one of the horde. Every time someone would reach the top, the horde would scream and cheer. It was as if they were rescuers and we were mere victims clutched from the jaws of death (in all honesty, it was really inspiring). I watched the spectacle for a while before picking my line and making my run. I actually got pretty high on the quarter pipe and the guys (Matt and Bo) caught me and then the struggle began. They were like deep-sea fishermen trying to reel in a 230-lbs tuna and it was not going well for them. They almost got dragged back in to the ocean several times before they finally prevailed. I think the turning point was when Matt finally grabbed a big handful of Cool Dad's backside. That seemed to give them the leverage they needed. Matt and I will share that moment forever and ever. I love you, Matt!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Electroshock Therapy:</span> Stupid! And we don't say that word in our family. Stupid! I don't know how to express the ridiculousness of taking 10,000 volts while standing in mud up to your knees. We were suckered in to thinking that going as a group might cushion the experience or help protect those in the middle or something. We clearly weren't thinking clearly. We clearly weren't thinking! So...two steps in...I hear a crack, I feel a jolt and the next thing I know I am face down in the mud quivering like a newborn pup in a summer lightning storm. I was just so scared of those dangling tentacles of pure evil! I crawled the rest of the way to the finish line and when I emerged from the mud I saw a little waif of a girl holding the Tough Mudder headband...and when I got there, she handed it to someone else and turned away from me. I was devastated...and cold...and a little miffed...until I saw another gal with a similar headband and she placed it on my mud-covered noggin. And I just quivered and shook and shivered as they handed me all the SWAG I could fit in the plastic bag that they had thrust in to my hand.<br /><br />I was a Tough Mudder!<br /><br />So, now, two days later. Mud is still emerging from orifices that I didn't know could hold mud. Muscles are aching in places that I didn't know could ache. Ibuprofin stock is steadily rising. And I am sitting here blogging to you folks.<br /><br />Cool Dad is fine and he is one Tough Mudder!Cool Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12448975928402154399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-37207743626247478542012-01-01T16:26:00.002-07:002012-01-01T16:54:45.070-07:00One Tough Mudder...A Different PerspectiveI am now down approximately 54 lbs. from my midsummer high in fatness and I am two short weeks away from what promises to be a horrendous attempt at addressing a mid-life crisis (aka the Tough Mudder)...so...I decided to write some observations for all of you about the last six months in the life of Cool Dad.<br /><br />Here goes...<br /><br />I miss Doritos and Dr. Pepper.<br /><br />If you run 13.1 miles in freezing conditions without an anti-chafing chest guard, you are just begging for an uncomfortable post-run shower. OUCH!<br /><br />I hate those guys and girls that can run a 5k in less than 24 minutes. I hate them and envy them at the same time.<br /><br />I still look in the mirror and see a 23-year-old man...and I want to beat him up for wasting the last 20 years on Doritos and Dr. Pepper.<br /><br />Big dogs bark at joggers.<br /><br />I don't like it when other joggers encourage me, 'cause that just means they are faster than me and pity me, but I love it when I encourage other joggers 'cause it means I'm faster than them and I pity them.<br /><br />I am still so competitive that I got really upset when a man pushing a stroller beat me in a 5k. I just wanted to go all Tonya Harding on him.<br /><br />I am soooo tired.<br /><br />I wore out the battery on that stupid scale in my bathroom.<br /><br />I am not on a diet, but I'm thinking about calling my weight-loss plan the Fatkin's Diet.<br /><br />I don't want to buy new clothes that fit, cause it makes me feel fat again. I like it when my clothes just hang on me.<br /><br />All my self-deprecating fat jokes are slowly becoming obsolete.<br /><br />The Tough Mudder experience was really a lapse in judgment. I mean...what was I thinking? There is no way I'm hauling my butt 12.5 miles in the mud over 12-ft high walls and through ice cold water. Silly, silly, silly Cool Dad.<br /><br />I recently did a sauna and avoided all Ball Park Franks references.<br /><br />I really like the T-shirts you get from entering a 5k.<br /><br />My New Year's Resolution this year is to keep it going and run 500 miles in 2012.Cool Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12448975928402154399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-70728176760851067262011-12-29T21:31:00.003-07:002011-12-29T21:50:05.026-07:00Santa Claus is Coming to TownI did it. I swore I wouldn't, but I did. "Never again," I said after last year, but I did it anyway. Last year loyal readers may recall that we spent Christmas with my sister and her family (this is not the part I said I would never do again). We had a great time. They live in snow country so my kiddies were very happy. It was the whole hauling Christmas out of state, and traveling during the holidays that I swore never to do again. This does not equal total relaxation. <br /><br />Enter College Daughter. "Wouldn't it be fun to spend Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa? I sure love St. George around the holidays. Wow, it sure is going to be a long, long drive for me to come home at Christmas. Maybe we should meet in the middle, say at Grandma and Grandpa's?" Don't worry folks, I am no dummy. I knew exactly what she was doing, and I let her do it anyway. <br /><br />Did I mention that her missionary came home to St. George over Christmas break? Hmmm, what an interesting coincidence.<br /><br />I do have to admit it was a great holiday. We had lots of Grandma and Grandpa time(both sets) and lots of cousin play time. We went to see <span style="font-style:italic;">We Bought a Zoo</span>, played games, and even managed to have Santa visit us. <br /><br />Bubba was very happy with his remote control car. Pie loves her Holiday Barbie, and College Daughter got spoiled with a new camera. <br /><br />Cool Dad even managed to keep up with his exercising. I am not entirely sure I will let him post about his 13 mile run. This is a family blog, and I am pretty sure you are not supposed to say nipguards on a G-Rated blog. Nuff said!<br /><br />Even though we had a great time I didn't really break out the camera. Either of them. How sad. I hauled two cameras all that way and don't have a decent picture to show for it. So I guess you have to look at our Christmas card picture. Don't fret if you haven't received yours yet, they are in the mail. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7hDXqUzwp1oB809Fkj5taJzZVFZGBGC03wCnnF4AwV7ms5JfXFz7LHN9vndpALHJzYmvI_5B0GfYkMGkVuu0TfeUQg4zBOqLno7EnDFJ1Inz8GlbkOGS0-qehfR71iPvo1nDB2d1F1A/s1600/20111124-IMG_5488%25283%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7hDXqUzwp1oB809Fkj5taJzZVFZGBGC03wCnnF4AwV7ms5JfXFz7LHN9vndpALHJzYmvI_5B0GfYkMGkVuu0TfeUQg4zBOqLno7EnDFJ1Inz8GlbkOGS0-qehfR71iPvo1nDB2d1F1A/s320/20111124-IMG_5488%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691778838761874130" /></a>Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-27093554809959701242011-12-18T22:08:00.002-07:002011-12-18T22:29:18.602-07:00Why My Six Year Old CriedOk, winning and losing are tough lessons for little ones to learn. Games at our house, not always so fun. Sometimes Bubba asks, "why can't we all just win? Why does somebody have to lose?" Let's keep in mind, this is usually after he has lost. He does not seem to be so concerned with this concept when he is the winner. <br /><br />I think it was College Daughter who taught him the "winner, winner, chicken dinner dance". Yes, I am positive it was her. <br /><br />This takes us to race day. No, I am not having memory loss(well, not about this anyway). I do remember I just posted about a race, but I don't want any of you out there to think Cool Dad is letting us slack off. He signed us all up for another 5k. This one was called the Reindeer Round-up, and yes, there were seniors there dressed up as elves. Just in case anyone was wondering. <br /><br />On the the race. If you recall from the previous racing post. We had one child who kicked and screamed her way through the race only to take off on her own and finish a good ten minutes ahead of me. Well, for this race Cool Dad told the kids they could run their own race. They wouldn't have to be saddled with Hot Mom and her slow pace. (We'll get to Cool Dad's punishment, for turning my babies loose with a bunch of maniacs, a little later.)<br /><br />Bubba, always glad to test new found freedom took of like a gazelle as soon as the race started. Luckily I had some spotters on the course looking for him, and it is somewhat of a loop so I could see him at various points throughout the race. <br /><br />Oddly enough Pie decided to stick with me. About halfway through the race she commented on what a lovely day it was and how happy she was to be running the race with me. WHAT???? Is this the same child, who when told she has to stay with me freaks out and screams and cries for 44 minutes, but when given her freedom she stays with me? I don't really expect an answer on that one, and I digress, we are talking about winning and losing. <br /><br />So the results break down like this:<br /><br />Cool Dad shaves a couple of minutes off his Turkey Trot time. <br />Bubba blasts his Turkey Trot time and comes in easily nine minutes earlier. <br />Hot Mom and Pie stroll in leisurely, but Hot Mom still manages to shave a couple of minutes. <br /><br />Pie wins a silver in her age group and Bubba wins a bronze. <br /><br />Every time he has thought about it the last two weeks he starts to cry and says, "but I beat her, how come she got a silver and I got a bronze. It isn't fair!" He learned that from College Daughter too!Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-56312871078682853142011-12-17T21:35:00.003-07:002011-12-17T21:41:30.368-07:00Thanksgiving and my Love, Hate RelationshipI’m not gonna lie. I don’t love it. Thanksgiving, that is. It was proposed once that maybe it is because I am not thankful. I do not find this to be the case. I am quite thankful for all that I have been blessed with, and I am perfectly happy going around the table with everyone telling what they are thankful for, and then diving into that steaming hot pizza in front of us. I am not opposed to this at all.<br /><br />What I am opposed to is the obvious unfairness in the grand scheme of Thanksgiving preparation. My mom used to get me up EARLY on Thanksgiving morning to start the pies, and it went downhill from there. Where were the male members of my house you are wondering? Parked on the couch with only one switch in scenery the whole day, to drag themselves to the table. It just seems like so much for work for people who can’t even take their eyes off the TV. They could be eating liver, and probably wouldn’t notice. <br /><br />So what does a person who doesn't enjoy Thanksgiving do for Thanksgiving?? <br /><br />The whole shebang at my brother’s house. Turkey, potatoes, yams, green bean casserole, etc. I would now like to thank my brother and his wife for making the Thanksgiving memories of my youth come to life. It felt so right, almost like they had rehearsed it for my benefit. She would yell for him to come in the kitchen and help her, and he would yell from the couch that he couldn’t because he was watching football. Oh the memories. <br /><br />Despite the years of therapy this is going to require for me, we still had a lovely time getting together. The entire family was there which hasn’t happened for five years or so. We took advantage by having a family picture taken. Our weekend included, shopping, basketball, football, movies, games, shooting, food and Magic Mountain, and some very happy kids, which I am THANKFUL for.<br /><br />Next year…pizza at my house!Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-68513850845047882822011-12-11T19:25:00.004-07:002011-12-11T19:49:51.647-07:00College DaysI am a terrible parent. <br /><br />Just ask Bubba.<br /><br />He tells me all of the time.<br /><br />Bubba has quite a few ideas about what he wants to do. He often comes to me at random times and asks questions which I am pretty sure he already knows the answer to.<br /><br />"Mom, can I grow my hair super long?" No!<br /><br />"Mom, can I buy a car?" Ummm NO!<br /><br />So this goes on pretty much all day, every day.<br /><br />Bubba has decided that if he can't do these things now, he will do ALL of them when he gets to college...He has started a list.<br /><br />Things Bubba will do in college. <br /><br />1. Grow his hair really long. <br />2. Dye said hair a crazy color. <br />3. Chew gum (no, this is not an activity currently allowed in my house).<br />4. Play music REALLY loud.<br />5. Buy his own car.<br />6. Become a jockey.<br />7. Eat desert every day.<br />8. Tease his sister without me knowing.<br />9. Check his room for cameras every day to make sure I am not spying on him. Not sure why this will be in issue in college, but he must be planning on being really BAD, and really scared I will find out. <br />10. Eat pizza every day. <br />11. Wear whatever he wants. <br />12. Watch sports after his bedtime. <br />13. Never do homework again. <br />14. Ride his bike without a helmet. <br />15. Ride his bike in the street without permission. <br />16. Walk to the store by himself. <br /><br />Yes, as you can see, I am a terrible parent. <br /><br />This list will continue to grow. Every day he comes in with a new question. When I say no, he just walks out and says, "I am adding it to my list".<br /><br />I am actually getting a little afraid for Bubba to go to college. I don't think my nerves are going to be able to handle it.Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-46300051455114634062011-12-10T06:28:00.006-07:002011-12-10T07:09:07.213-07:00A Shout Out to GrandparentsEarlier this fall we were lucky enough to have both sets of Grandparents come visit us. Last time they came we rushed off to San Diego and Julian to show them how cool "our town" was. This time we decided to stay a bit closer to home. <br /><br />Grandma and Grandpa H were lucky enough to get to watch Bubba play football, and Pie at her gymnastics class. We girls got to do a little shopping, and the boys watched some football. It was a great relaxing weekend. My little kids were great with my dad. Tt is hard to see what Alzheimers is doing to him. He doesn't know our names anymore, but he knows we look familiar, and that he loves us. He tossed the ball around with Bubba, and he would sit and watch him and say, "that little one, he is a firecracker". My kids were so good with him. When he would get antsy they would take his hand and go for a little walk down the street. I especially like it when I would sit on the couch with him and he would launch into a song. He can still sing a mean version of <span style="font-style:italic;">The Old Grey Mare</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Rise and Shout</span>, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder</span>. We loved having them, and already have some exciting things planned for the Spring when they come back. <br /><br />Grandma and Grandpa J came on a weekend when we already had some activities planned so they were "lucky" enough to get drug around town with us, sometimes early in the morning. As you know, Cool Dad has been an exercising machine(sometimes I want to hurt him when he mentions my lack of motivation for exercising, but I still love him)so in his excitement with his new found lifestyle he signed us all up for the 5k Turkey trot. We were all excited, especially Grandma and Grandpa who had to get up early and sit and watch us. <br /><br />It turned out not to be as painful as I thought. I actually started out pretty strong, but had to slow down for my screaming child who didn't want to be there, and why do we have to run so early, you get the picture. About halfway through Bubba had to go to the bathroom so we had to pull off at a tree. Screaming child then shot by us on a dead run and we didn't see her again until the finish. Apparently it wasn't that she didn't want to run she just didn't want to run with me. Bubba ended up with a bronze medal in his age group and Pie missed a bronze by three seconds, and yes, she does blame me. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOuVeaEwbSuByINIZccYX7bA2rY1rhxGBPbozCRRQL6Hiw9qlCje2-Kf_K04dQgZh3QDdz5YEEDVs3HrE7dxd5yLtKBQc145MgFxSCx_EDPc9I0qCnvZROmcbrURMbjmuyJjaD9ESjqE/s1600/DSCF3788.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOuVeaEwbSuByINIZccYX7bA2rY1rhxGBPbozCRRQL6Hiw9qlCje2-Kf_K04dQgZh3QDdz5YEEDVs3HrE7dxd5yLtKBQc145MgFxSCx_EDPc9I0qCnvZROmcbrURMbjmuyJjaD9ESjqE/s320/DSCF3788.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684498894246107106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Don't worry, we finished our race day strong with a trip to I-Hop!! Cool Dad and I went straight home for a nap while Grandpa and Bubba watched sports and Grandma and Pie went to a movie.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Later that night we went to the Balloon Festival Nighttime Glow. the weather was perfect and the kids loved sharing it with Grandma and Grandpa. They also loved this balloon which was a new addition to the Balloon Festival. Spidey Pig.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVMp8uNxDVCQKiv8aKw0hL22tVj3WV4F1c-27TWUUIFKIxfLnQs-VJ60W0l1S2nCh7bZ7lwiy8S-924qhlZJXzxVkSPkdiNfxxzamWYKZu1FKV1nwHVc3e209Tc8WtLp-KGYPFJO5rYk/s1600/DSCF3799.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVMp8uNxDVCQKiv8aKw0hL22tVj3WV4F1c-27TWUUIFKIxfLnQs-VJ60W0l1S2nCh7bZ7lwiy8S-924qhlZJXzxVkSPkdiNfxxzamWYKZu1FKV1nwHVc3e209Tc8WtLp-KGYPFJO5rYk/s320/DSCF3799.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684499184181003874" /></a><br /><br />Even though we miss living so close to Grandmas and Grandpas we love that they can come visit us. They are very special to us.Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-17407290015594185172011-11-22T19:30:00.004-07:002011-11-22T19:35:33.624-07:00Doesn't Everyone Call it a Junk Drawer?This post is for a couple of important people. There is a small group who will "get" this. We just moved(ok, that part is probably for more than just a few people). We didn't go far, just a few miles to a house with a POOL!! Yes, we are excited. <br /><br />Anywho, the real reason for this post is the actual moving part. It is a pain. A big pain. Every little thing has to be moved. Including the "junk" drawer, or the drawer that cannot be named in this family friendly blog.<br /><br />You know who you are. We had a good laugh.Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-32570384834392503242011-11-21T21:44:00.004-07:002011-11-21T21:54:44.403-07:00Candy From the Prison...Sure, Why Not?Halloween…and posted before December, thank you very much!!<br /><br />I learned my lesson last year. NO making Halloween costumes this year. NO WAY, NO HOW…NOPE. Not happening. <br /><br />We made our decisions early, and I had them shipped. If only I were so efficient in my blogging. <br /><br />Bubba decided he wanted to be a BYU football player, luckily we ordered early since there was a glich in the arrival of his costume. He was so excited to open the box the day it came. We opened it up, and there was a big red jersey in there. “NOT UTAH!” Were the first words out of his mouth. Upon further investigation we realized they had sent us a Wisconsin Badgers uniform. That didn’t make him any happier. Luckily we had enough time to get the appropriate uniform sent.<br /><br />Pie after much deliberation decided she wanted to be Cleopatra. She was VERY excited because she thought this would be very different, and there would not be a lot of Cleopatras. She is all about being different. Sadly Cleopatra was hugely popular this year. When we arrived at Trunk-or-Treat the first costume she saw when we walked in was exactly like hers. She wanted to go home. I hope no other girls have the same dress as her on Prom night, she will not handle it well. Finally, once she calmed down we had a great time with church friends.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zpPIdpQA6Xq6p2gtKJfHCzyNbtl3DDwLGEdHKdqf_sOF78RJ7SAcWncpDdLiTP0JvvBSbtKTegx7bfr-WBuJBIo2mi53hRq14dIfKQ5bm2Qj7DtEoJFMi88Wz6qEBfB28aTscZfuVsI/s1600/Halloween+Kids.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zpPIdpQA6Xq6p2gtKJfHCzyNbtl3DDwLGEdHKdqf_sOF78RJ7SAcWncpDdLiTP0JvvBSbtKTegx7bfr-WBuJBIo2mi53hRq14dIfKQ5bm2Qj7DtEoJFMi88Wz6qEBfB28aTscZfuVsI/s320/Halloween+Kids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677677116860467394" /></a><br /> <br />Since Halloween landed on a Monday this year we had two nights of candy. We went to Trunk-or-Treat on Saturday, and on Monday we went to the Territorial Prison to trick-or-treat. It was awesome. The kids loved it. Cool Dad loved it. The weather was amazing, and the organizations that decorated cells did a great job. We will definitely be going back next year. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5MLJTQJL_WPzQdNTio3BHk_IPrsE06763ZbpFjBAk85DFAq5jCTAtNA5Bd0Ir9RDqms8SrEZLVvFlINm7HPGKQlHJ_tTeB2GS25FnDBLqtcqc4wcNj7iFKT4hUublsueyM0K8R9uSXg/s1600/Halloween+Prison.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5MLJTQJL_WPzQdNTio3BHk_IPrsE06763ZbpFjBAk85DFAq5jCTAtNA5Bd0Ir9RDqms8SrEZLVvFlINm7HPGKQlHJ_tTeB2GS25FnDBLqtcqc4wcNj7iFKT4hUublsueyM0K8R9uSXg/s320/Halloween+Prison.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677677677597330610" /></a><br /><br />We had a great Halloween. Even though nobody knew Bubba’s football team, and he was kind of disappointed, he was still glad he was a BYU football player.Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-16666140629130757842011-11-21T21:22:00.003-07:002011-11-21T21:28:27.032-07:00FOOTBALLI have been dreading this post since August. I decided that instead of complaining my way through the whole football season I would just save it all, and wrap it up in one post instead of 90 posts of, “guess what, we have football AGAIN today”.<br /><br />Bubba loves football. It all started last year when he went to school. A group of boys would get together and recess and play tackle football. I know it is crazy, on the big kid playground the kids couldn’t play tag, because someone might get hurt, but on the Kindergarten playground they were allowed to play tackle football.<br /><br />Cool Dad also made him participate in a sort of “rite of passage” that all boys from Cool Dad’s side of the family must go through. Your father sits you down and makes you decide who your NFL football team will be. Apparently this will be your team forever, there are no do overs, no take backs, and if you have the misfortune to choose the Miami Dolphins like Cool Dad then you have to like them even when they can’t win a game. Bubba is a proud San Diego Chargers fan. <br /><br />See how painful this is, and we aren’t even to the part about how football CONSUMED my life for three months. <br /><br />Bubba talks non-stop about wanting to play football. When I mentioned that I might sign him up for a flag football team he told me he wanted to play football more than he wanted to breathe.<br /> <br />So I plopped down my hugely enormous fee, and we were all signed up…In an INTERNATIONAL football league…What????<br /><br />There were a few eye openers at the parents meeting. First, practice for the first few weeks will be Monday-Friday from 6-8pm. This is where the first signs of what have I done started to set in. Next, it turns out that there aren’t that many teams in our area so we would be traveling to games. Traveling for six year old football games, are they crazy??? No, apparently I am. Everyone else there seemed to think this was perfectly normal. Finally they hit us with this zinger. The coach asks if anyone has a problem going to Mexico for a game. Excuse me, as in leave the country for a six year old football game. Passports, we need passports to be signed up for this sport? <br /><br />That is what began my life from August until November. <br />Bubba loved EVERYTHING about it. He loved games, he even loved practices. I have to admit there were a few days where he was refusing to do homework, and I told him if he didn’t get it done he wouldn’t be able to go to practice. I know a lot of kids who would have said. “Who cares, as long as I can play in the game”. Not Bubba he loved practice too. <br /><br />Game days were interesting, we only won one game in the regular season, but it was a sweet victory. On the day of the tournament we won one, tied one, and lost two. Bubba didn’t care. He has his trophy, and I think that may be the main reason he did it. <br /><br />The worst part of the whole experience for me, realizing this is just the start of what will likely be many Saturdays watching football.<br />Good bye Saturday. It was nice knowing you. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhVBtuK7Kt5BuQlCOYBJJvXSXvp3Exl7zGuJ3xIC9wcrX-zRibkN6xtVwG5qoSrqsMRDQT-YHH6lqMVCjMjo7D9dteDy6qotLfW3gJ1N9Zs9d176OxNF-VorvEYAhpY4Nia9xImhE3-I/s1600/Brady+Football.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhVBtuK7Kt5BuQlCOYBJJvXSXvp3Exl7zGuJ3xIC9wcrX-zRibkN6xtVwG5qoSrqsMRDQT-YHH6lqMVCjMjo7D9dteDy6qotLfW3gJ1N9Zs9d176OxNF-VorvEYAhpY4Nia9xImhE3-I/s320/Brady+Football.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677671787694280978" /></a>Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-54296774018543617952011-11-05T17:58:00.005-07:002011-11-05T19:11:28.976-07:00Fiesta!!!I live with a party planner. I used to live with a different party planner, but then she moved out and went to college. The second daughter has stepped into the role. They did not get it from me, they got it from their Auntie.<br /><br />I do not plan parties, I don't really even enjoy parties that much, but my girls LOVE them. They each have one goal in life, to be the hostess with the mostess.<br /><br />While Bubba and I were off to a football game out of town one weekend(don't worry, that post is coming) Pie and Cool Dad (mostly Pie) decided that she wanted to plan a party for Bubba to congratulate him on his football (loss???) experiences. She somehow conned Cool Dad into driving her to the party store and plunking down cash for decorations, and a pinata (that is where her Auntie comes in. That girl LOVES pinata's. It's Christmas, let's have a pinata. It's Easter, let's have a pinata...Fourth of July, pinata. You get the picture. She actually has her own custom made pinata stick (and still only one pinata stick injury, which we are not supposed to talk about). Anywho, at least Pie's party was a Fiesta so the pinata was a good fit.<br /><br />Don't you just love the chili pepper pinata. We will not be posting any pictures of us hitting the pinata because not only did we have to hang it dangerously close to a pillar, we also had to use the broom to hit it.<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_PLTpWbUJFtdTLE8tOCRi9El7CgdiJeCxCMowC6HDrhvFc4nwptDtVvMOOkThyIrghaE_BE_ePXHtpIs_ZpJCmAP7ONnmeiiit981sydqvrs63j3Ttw7J-_tnEeRhI7a0NBA0ATtLcc/s1600/IMG_5071.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_PLTpWbUJFtdTLE8tOCRi9El7CgdiJeCxCMowC6HDrhvFc4nwptDtVvMOOkThyIrghaE_BE_ePXHtpIs_ZpJCmAP7ONnmeiiit981sydqvrs63j3Ttw7J-_tnEeRhI7a0NBA0ATtLcc/s320/IMG_5071.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671683482503984706" /></a><br /><br />We had an awesome meal of chips and salsa with carne asada, and amazing decorations. She is already bugging me about when our next party is. Look out, your invitation just might be in the mail.Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-63361656933842888062011-11-05T15:39:00.006-07:002011-11-05T19:13:09.722-07:00GO TEAM!!!!!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5qbm-_J6buQhnqrdN_-WqBzGjrO6AraLOp4ucl5WaNs9ciui1qdU5p5Cered5XCgfw9Mvq2OXbyVvpiWDbuCr4TF870tD8P9Ulhxy9zn1aF4SY_10Dw6YR95vmqvvz2GkUqpcrZ3uXk/s1600/Ry+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5qbm-_J6buQhnqrdN_-WqBzGjrO6AraLOp4ucl5WaNs9ciui1qdU5p5Cered5XCgfw9Mvq2OXbyVvpiWDbuCr4TF870tD8P9Ulhxy9zn1aF4SY_10Dw6YR95vmqvvz2GkUqpcrZ3uXk/s320/Ry+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671646640560016658" /></a><br /><br />Since we have been in our new city we have been thwarted a couple of times while trying to attend a cheer clinic. This has made Pie very sad because we used to attend a couple each year and she loved them. We finally found one that was not cancelled. We did however have to drive to a rival high school to do it, so all of you locals reading this, don't be offended, and if our cheerleaders would get on the ball and have a clinic we would attend that one too!!!<br /><br />As usual Pie LOVED this clinic. Not only did she get to perform at half time, but she got to cheer with the cheerleaders too, including doing stunts.<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHJgHapnuGOtbYWHJ5cQThrLLFo0FEUx6hu1QrPqzLxVvd5C0N4dIiQZvmj5D-yjUmB47nKrgsK5Tj-UOdSWybqpdggrQBi8ClE0SPLZArXcSA1uhr7vGiCICRYrdlZxdXXHkC-agN5Q/s1600/Ry+Cheer+1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHJgHapnuGOtbYWHJ5cQThrLLFo0FEUx6hu1QrPqzLxVvd5C0N4dIiQZvmj5D-yjUmB47nKrgsK5Tj-UOdSWybqpdggrQBi8ClE0SPLZArXcSA1uhr7vGiCICRYrdlZxdXXHkC-agN5Q/s320/Ry+Cheer+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671647151048602498" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDL-_xkGlJBAiWxzci0kMES3KgcLVKdboQhxN5gE-cNiMpzCWpOLQGcUQolf8JZfaiOnlXs_op4UcTojdoY6vIWWRDBionqoaMMg-1yQdoF3ZId5vZDhk7AtDRtq1WmKoqocArQVaO54/s1600/Ry2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDL-_xkGlJBAiWxzci0kMES3KgcLVKdboQhxN5gE-cNiMpzCWpOLQGcUQolf8JZfaiOnlXs_op4UcTojdoY6vIWWRDBionqoaMMg-1yQdoF3ZId5vZDhk7AtDRtq1WmKoqocArQVaO54/s320/Ry2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671647373744102130" /></a><br /><br />We also met some fun friends who told us about a gym with a class that is perfect for Pie. She in now enrolled in gymnastics and loving it. She is hoping to try out for cheerleader when she is in junior high. I am not sure how I feel about that!!Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-34298007757371496702011-11-05T14:56:00.008-07:002011-11-05T19:12:01.438-07:00Catfish Rodeo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pi51uDzEUf8nVqzFaEL11lCTjh2lJcbvONo0uqT7El1w2vsalvwNuf-GzBFVg4W1NIomISCgbQiXXEguYpvRmLEH6c450KOj7I6nAvwWed8KdfwTmY95egcewqLXVFLkqWmPx2GxIIk/s1600/Ry+Catfish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pi51uDzEUf8nVqzFaEL11lCTjh2lJcbvONo0uqT7El1w2vsalvwNuf-GzBFVg4W1NIomISCgbQiXXEguYpvRmLEH6c450KOj7I6nAvwWed8KdfwTmY95egcewqLXVFLkqWmPx2GxIIk/s320/Ry+Catfish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671637083134705490" /></a><br />Last year we accidentally ended up at the Catfish Rodeo. I think I went to great lengths last year to make Cool Dad feel bad that he didn't tell us about the Catfish Rodeo even though his work was sponsoring it. This year he had it on the calendar circled in red....he really does listen...sometimes. <br /><br />What is the Catfish Rodeo you ask? Does it involve lassoing ugly fish, no. However, it is a lot of fun. <br /><br />Each of the government agencies in our area put up booths and have fun activities for kids, including fishing for catfish, and although we didn't actually "fish" we did get pics with a catfish that someone else caught. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUEqoyDpPFlZryoGvCAOdDoFBsIiQ1X9GWezGq5cmU5LLvpH8rL4q5iDW0igPD8GasLKaZ7s4uJHY25cjtTl-C5E2MdqBchIa6nsaT0c1o3R6DRlfLmuzxe2kBxFmOIyr-uZ6OCp0YqM/s1600/Bray+Catfish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUEqoyDpPFlZryoGvCAOdDoFBsIiQ1X9GWezGq5cmU5LLvpH8rL4q5iDW0igPD8GasLKaZ7s4uJHY25cjtTl-C5E2MdqBchIa6nsaT0c1o3R6DRlfLmuzxe2kBxFmOIyr-uZ6OCp0YqM/s320/Bray+Catfish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671637215404767570" /></a><br /><br />We also get to pan for gold, shoot BB guns, cast a fly fishing rod, and try our hand at archery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAqRyeIR1MCLHpYPHc5mu5uW9L1LL2mP8F9dV6Okz956XjaFAXk1trqksns_GXUqqQoX58bDc1U57p4vIbdO22yF9J0WxfW2NCsSzN8eR1vLesGvgecYwNGZaA2-G8FibBrsaND9BunY/s1600/Brady+archery.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAqRyeIR1MCLHpYPHc5mu5uW9L1LL2mP8F9dV6Okz956XjaFAXk1trqksns_GXUqqQoX58bDc1U57p4vIbdO22yF9J0WxfW2NCsSzN8eR1vLesGvgecYwNGZaA2-G8FibBrsaND9BunY/s320/Brady+archery.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671638760417140194" /></a><br /><br />He looks a little scary with that bow. He has had way to much fun practicing this past year. If you recall he received a bow and arrow from his cousin Lou last Christmas. Still working on forgiving her.<br /><br />Pie was not quite as excited about shooting, but she loved panning for gold. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNDkKPpXsFKvqMpNPYiGqncaHcRPCJo6dBZgRcGUSo_yfRwIWUx78E0oV8DDSScUu_P2CLUx8eyKhosOBFPHhgOGNu2KEW7AojS8juofyRlXgOMZEtpFODcd6s4WiYYbZ0eMUWvxeLcg/s1600/Ry+shooting.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNDkKPpXsFKvqMpNPYiGqncaHcRPCJo6dBZgRcGUSo_yfRwIWUx78E0oV8DDSScUu_P2CLUx8eyKhosOBFPHhgOGNu2KEW7AojS8juofyRlXgOMZEtpFODcd6s4WiYYbZ0eMUWvxeLcg/s320/Ry+shooting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671639072180760770" /></a><br /><br />Each of them found actual gold. Cool Dad could probably put a whole post up just about the gold. His agency "stocked" the sludge with actual gold. If the kids found real gold while panning they were given little vials with actual gold in them. It was a huge hit. Cool Dad and his cronies were having more fun than the kids with the whole experience. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX3fKV3c0RQrR9W2hQfX5Ce7uwmz-keufMOM-ibHIXFg6L42yuAK95JEIvWFH7SEum41-ec27tAIhqt8U6wqhu1i5_l3b-TVziU51dWjV1dyYDFzoMQ4r3kBwK4mgz5wG2xEFiphu4T8/s1600/panning+for+gold.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX3fKV3c0RQrR9W2hQfX5Ce7uwmz-keufMOM-ibHIXFg6L42yuAK95JEIvWFH7SEum41-ec27tAIhqt8U6wqhu1i5_l3b-TVziU51dWjV1dyYDFzoMQ4r3kBwK4mgz5wG2xEFiphu4T8/s320/panning+for+gold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671640598496260450" /></a><br /><br /><br />All in all, a great way to spend a Saturday, notice our short sleeve shirts in mid-October. Starting to love the weather.Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-6421384904058069482011-11-05T13:19:00.004-07:002011-11-05T13:33:22.043-07:00HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!!!While I am happy to see October go, it was action packed with a lot of things that I did not blog about. <br /><br />The first of which was Pie’s birthday. We were in quite the conundrum this year as to what type of party she should have. I am one of those moms who only does a party every other year, so when you are going to be nine, and you don’t get a party for two more years you have to make sure it is extra super special. <br /><br />The winner of the birthday theme for this year, drum roll please…<br /><br />HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!!!<br /><br />We decided to show one of her favorite movies, It Takes Two, and have pizza and popcorn and theater candy. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmMinWhoQFnVOWe_r9qHLzeHbsbo3zic1VETXQLqdCPOiEKJ2uvc-3Cao1HonvGUGeuPO_GZL7KqdaaUmlxxqIlICrjdK7zLtFzSj2VseRzkdx5Q4NWLTSQTs-FHNLi70tRF9nu-_GFg/s1600/Red+Carpet.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 179px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmMinWhoQFnVOWe_r9qHLzeHbsbo3zic1VETXQLqdCPOiEKJ2uvc-3Cao1HonvGUGeuPO_GZL7KqdaaUmlxxqIlICrjdK7zLtFzSj2VseRzkdx5Q4NWLTSQTs-FHNLi70tRF9nu-_GFg/s320/Red+Carpet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671611170253577090" /></a><br /><br />Attendees seemed to enjoy arriving and walking the red carpet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZ1W3IsnYXhJ0uCvhkvKHBXFRNT5iuZ51am-e0a_Z59PuwrC6eeh-21RSf95mdo8WhYOWvbiJiqxWIan7Dyv2YuaSqCkCjQtbqYd4ngxImQiqZP9USpEx2b0OKixQplB-qH2KXXjnR40/s1600/Popcorn+Cake.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZ1W3IsnYXhJ0uCvhkvKHBXFRNT5iuZ51am-e0a_Z59PuwrC6eeh-21RSf95mdo8WhYOWvbiJiqxWIan7Dyv2YuaSqCkCjQtbqYd4ngxImQiqZP9USpEx2b0OKixQplB-qH2KXXjnR40/s320/Popcorn+Cake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671611948889688818" /></a><br /><br />If you are going to watch a movie you had better have popcorn. (I wish the cake looked as good as the one I found on the internet. Notice I am NOT posting that one for you to compare).<br /><br />Pie had a great birthday, and she is very happy to be NINE!!!!!Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-50281816104536252332011-10-03T10:12:00.005-07:002011-10-03T10:26:58.876-07:00HOT Cool Dad!!The fans have spoken. They want to see pictures of Cool Dad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwBWTlBLgXCCf6Mkjl9dteEU3njqW4CLK8J9OecM5SvXhyy4kRVjDZRU4LRteNeZHY5xz22PnhXzdOjJH7_I7Kfkg7KQr9SUB7DtiG4RQr6VwCvsisWrRASca7vb8Wvz08gBfKO7oEqM/s1600/Tom+June.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwBWTlBLgXCCf6Mkjl9dteEU3njqW4CLK8J9OecM5SvXhyy4kRVjDZRU4LRteNeZHY5xz22PnhXzdOjJH7_I7Kfkg7KQr9SUB7DtiG4RQr6VwCvsisWrRASca7vb8Wvz08gBfKO7oEqM/s320/Tom+June.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659315374055136002" /></a><br /><br />This picture was taken in June on our amazing (amazingly cold) anniversary trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB7CFoZjA7LcTQWJpCluhiKbvHI_gktVdRvI1CHICXaWgTSmM3dFRG-wCMGJs8AaeYcG7uzNROe7HcWcllvgjhsLi2IRnyqZ1f37xUuzq6PzpbsGSO0CqrD37vqBdC0N5bQeeirblGRw/s1600/Tom+October.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB7CFoZjA7LcTQWJpCluhiKbvHI_gktVdRvI1CHICXaWgTSmM3dFRG-wCMGJs8AaeYcG7uzNROe7HcWcllvgjhsLi2IRnyqZ1f37xUuzq6PzpbsGSO0CqrD37vqBdC0N5bQeeirblGRw/s320/Tom+October.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659316010997632962" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Amazing what three months of hard work can do. This picture was taken on October 3, while I was giving him specific instructions on driving MY Jeep. Lest you think I am allowing this out of the goodness of my heart, you would be wrong. The AC is broken in his car, and while I am considered heartless by many, even I have my limits. <br /><br />He is looking great, and feeling even better. Wish him luck on his 5k this weekend.Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-70341003688109414272011-09-01T22:38:00.002-07:002011-09-01T22:48:18.573-07:00The Biggest...Loser.
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<br />I started a crazy diet about two months ago. Now, before I hear about every possible way to lose weight (i.e. cut carbs, count points, cut calories, smoke weed), let me say that I have found the way for me and I'm good with it. It is do-able and I don't feel like I am going to die of hunger. I eat a salad a day.
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<br />One salad a day.
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<br />I can eat anything else I want, and I can eat as much salad as I want, I just have to eat a salad a day.
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<br />With this idea, I have lost 32 pounds so far...BUT...I have plateaued. I have hit the wall. With that in mind, I have started to exercise as well.
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<br />Nothing crazy, just a slow walking jog every evening in 110 degree heat.
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<br />Apparently, heat exhaustion and dehydration can help you lose weight in short bursts, but ultimately, it probably isn't so smart...so...
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<br />Tonight I started the Jillian Michaels 20-minute deep burn workout. You know, the one for women. So that their chest, butts and abs look good. Yep, that is the one.
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<br />I especially liked it when Jillian said, "Okay, girls, suck in that gut and lets work those gluts."
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<br />I felt sooooooo pretty.
<br />Cool Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12448975928402154399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145767596851866320.post-16974123376291401972011-08-27T12:47:00.003-07:002011-08-27T13:03:00.205-07:00We are Rocking the Parenting WorldI am trying to decide if I should title this post "Way to Parent Cool Dad & Hot Mom, or, "In Our Defense, She Does Cry Wolf...Often"
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<br />Friday was Cool Dad's day off. He was all set to sleep in, lounge, read, sleep, watch sports, read, sleep, watch sports. Until, the call came in. "Hello, this is the school, your daughter is sick, can you come get her?"
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<br />As soon as Cool Dad figures out who I am talking to on the phone he is yelling in the background, "No way, she did this two weeks ago on my day off. (Which is true, he did have to go to the school, and at that time determined she was not sick enough to come home so he left her there). "There is no way I am going to go get her."
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<br />I politely tell the nurse that I doubt she is sick since she really didn't want to go to school because her whole class was going to have to stay in at recess and write sentences. Pie thought this was entirely unfair because she didn't do anything wrong, and shouldn't be punished for what everyone else did. I think she should talk to College Daughter about that one. Half of College Daughter's conversations with me start with, "It is so unfair..."
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<br />The nurse then goes on to explain that her temp is normal, but she is complaining of an earache, and her ear is a little red and did I want to come get her. (Cool Dad is still yelling in the background that he is not going to that school.)
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<br />I finally tell the nurse that we would come get her. Cool Dad stomps off to the school, and takes her straight to Insta Care thinking this may cure the calls on his days off.
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<br />One ear infection, and two prescriptions later it looks like we will be spending the weekend at home.
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<br />P.S. She totally got out of writing sentences. How did she do that?
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<br />Hot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771771496380756095noreply@blogger.com1