NOTHING QUITE LIKE ICE CREAM

They went right into the bath immediately following this sticky good time.

Nuts with your Sunday???

Yes I realize I said Sunday and not sundae. So Jacob is very recently fascinated with naming body parts. And not just his own. He has to go around adn name everyones. So if he say's "Jacob's nose", he also has to say "mommy's nose, daddy's nose, baby's nose", etc. So I am standing there and all of a sudden Jacob reaches up and cups E's goody bag through his shorts. E was a bit startled and started to laugh as he asked Jacob "What the hell are you doing" (I believe those were his exact words). Jacob replied "Daddy's nuts". Then he reached down and declared that he too had nuts and then pointed at Danny and noted that Danny too in fact had nuts. The tears were streaming down my face I was laughing so hard. I tried to regain my composure as I explained to Jacob that it was OK for him to explore his own body, but it was inappropriate to grab the body parts of others.
I haven't laughed that hard in a long, long time.

Simple etiquette for attending a symposium on a 90 degree day

1. Shower. I know this seems obvious to most people, but it obviously has confounded numerous others. If I can see your scalp because the grease in your hair is creating it's own topographic map. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

2. Deoderant/Anti-perspirant. This should go right along with the shower. If you should happen to take one, then liberally apply the deodorant. It's hot people.

3. Keep your back acne covered up. I know it's hot and who among us hasn't had that ugly little zit rear it's ugly head. However, if you are going to be packed into a small auditorium and the person seated behind you is less than 12 inches....just saying a little acne cream couldn't hurt.

4. Eat something before you get there. Now this doesn't apply to everyone. Just to those people who seem to have bottomless pits for stomachs. Even though food id being provided you should not be treating this as an all you can eat buffet. Nor should you repeatedly return to the food trough while the speaker is in the middle of his/her presentation.

5. Do not eat foods that give you gas. Although this was not an issue at this particular conference, it has come up in the past. Use common sense and skip the boiled eggs, bean dip and cheap beer. We will all thank you for it.

A Celebration in Pink for my friend!!!

I just had to share the news that a great lady and mommy of 2 little boys got the best news ever today....her cancer is GONE!!! Shari, I am so thrilled for you and your family and I hope you don't mind me giving you a little shout out here. I feel like I want to tell the world you are OK!!! You're really OK!!!

1-800-How's My Driving?

So I've been thinking lately about how aggressive drivers are out there. In particular I find women to be the biggest offenders. Everytime I see a very aggressive or sporadic driver it is either a woman or a school age boy. It's rediculous. Now overall I think I am a good driver, however I do have my days when I think "Wow! I really just need to pull over and stop driving for the day!" I wonder if these people ever get that same feeling? So today I was driving the boys to my parents house and I was on the thruway and there was this one car (a white lexus SUV) that was a pain in the ass. I was set on cruise control and this person would fall way back and then speed up etc etc. They were in the far left lane which made everyone else have to pass on the right. When I got in the far right they pulled into teh middle and I continued to see them pull up and slow way down. Now it was a very windy day and the cars were bieing blown all over the place. At one point the road closes down to 2 lanes again and I see this Lexus speed way up to keep the person on their left from merging ahead of them. Well the little red car sped up more nad did get ahead and they passed me too. All of a sudden I saw little red swerving and go veering off the road. There was only one car in front of me between me and little red. I kept thinking thank god they went off the road b/c I thought there was going to be no way to avoid his being out of control. Let me tell you...Jacob descibed it best. He said "Oh mommy car flying. Car fall. Car broken." This car flipped at least 4 times including side over side and front over back. When it hit, it bounced through more rolls. I pulled over and called 911 and I am pretty sure I saw the guy walking around out of his car. I couldn't get out b/c I had two babies to think of.
Oh and the white Lexus, when I caught up with her again was balancing her checkbook or something while driving. IDIOT!!!