Sunday, November 30, 2008

A family that ROCKS together.... Stays together!!

Holy shit! I never knew that I could sing Black Hole Sun like it ain't no thang! I just got done scoring a 96%, yeah it was on easy but I did it!!

Rock Band is the shiz. I am now drinking coffee listening to my Tink (who is a shy singer like I am) belt out Enter Sandman by Metallica! Whoever made these games are genius. Not only is it fun to do in the privacy of your own home (Don't expect to see me trying Karaoke anytime soon) but if you did see me know that I have been practicing for it and it wasn't just an unthought through decision, but its also fun to see your kids participate and sing along to Beastie boys, ACDC, Metallica and other the other favorite bands from back in the day.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

What is your family all about?

I recently read a blog that had this question as the title. As my children get older and more independent it is a struggle sometimes to keep the family unity together. Tink- my middle love has so fondly named our family the Dugganators, she got the idea one year when we were planning a girl scout event that had different challenges for families. Dugganators to her meant "As long as we are doing it together we will survive!"

One thing that I have made a priority with my family is to make sure all 3 kids get the one on one time they love as well as family activities that do not cost but are fun and something to look forward too.
One of our new family activities:

Sunday night pedicures, even hubby and the boy get involved in this fun! When Drew was describing to his friends one day that he probably has the softest feet at school he got two reactions.
1. I want your mom to do a pedicure on me!
2. That's weird

Luckily both reactions made him laugh as he told me. The "That's weird" boy must have never had a pedicure so doesn't know what he is missing! heh.


My mission in my family is to not let us grow apart. I want the kids to depend on each other for advice, fun, and comfort just like they would on friends or us as their parents. I want when they get older to really want to hang out, not just because they are family.

Ever since they were little I would have them roll down the window and say goodbye to their brother/sister as they were walking into school and remind them daily to do so. Now they do it on their own and the one that is having the goodbye said to them will wait for it with a big smile and a wave and telling who is ever near "That's my brother/sister!"

I didn't have this unity with my brother growing up. I remember him being mean and hurtful and embarrassed of me. Now that we are older that has changed some but I still have deep down feelings of fear of him. I got to see him for the first time in awhile and he has 4 children of his own now and is a fantastic father and I wish I could have seen that side of him more when we were growing up.





:)

Friday, November 7, 2008

..Tap....Tap.....Hello is anyone out there?

I know its been awhile. A very long while. Well lets face it I have a lot of funny things to say and then I try to blog about it and its not so funny anymore. Maybe even a little ummmm well lets just say not so funny. Yeah, that's it.

So since the last time I have blogged a few things have happened:

I was punched by an angry dad at a soccer game (after the game was over) in my left breast area (OW why did you have to go and do that) it was pretty traumatizing and well TOTALLY unnecessary and we are dealing with the aftermath of that. **More to come as I get the details sorted out**

I got through my yearly audit at the bank which is a HUGE relief and now I can take my vacation at Thanksgiving with a clear head and not worry about whats lurking in the shadows at work.

Halloween was a blast as always! Love that day. I dressed as a construction worker at worker with a pink hard hat even! The customers loved it. At night I was a crazy mom with fake eyelashes (Only thing that was different then normal was the fake eyelashes)

and now we are just preparing for the upcoming holidays!


TTFN!