Ralph...

As In
Lose Your Lunch,
Spew Chunks,
Toss Your Cookies,

Up Chuck and Puke.

Its Been Here.

It Started 3 Days Ago.

With C.

I thought the Rest Escaped,

But They Caught up

a Couple of Days Later.

First J,

Then B.

BUT I've Been Grateful for a Few Things:

That We've Dealt with This Before,

and I Know the Procedure.

That I Have a

SUPER Capacity PLUS Washing Machine.

That the ONE Couch has a Slip Cover.

Clorox Wipes,

Febreze,

Removable Bedding and Towels,

and

That They Do a Good Job,

Keeping it in the Bowl.

And

That I GET to be Able

to

STAY at Home

and be MOM for Them.

Nacho Night

02.26.10

The Last Friday of the Month,

We have been Affectionately

Calling

Nacho Night,

for the Last Year,

or So.

There are some Clear Set Rules,

When it Comes to Nacho Night:

Everyone has to be in Their Jammies,

The Kids Pick the Movie,

and We Spread Out a Blanket

and make it a Picnic,

While We Munch.

Tonight's Nacho Night

Went Like This:

We Got Off to a Rough Start,

With J Flinging Food from

his Brother's Plate,

And

Stepping in Two Cups of Water,

Before We Even Got Settled.

Tonight's Feature Film:

Beverly Hills Chihuahua,

Then Speed Skating on the Olympics.

Today

I
ALMOST
Lost a Child.
Due to Random,
Hideous Crimes
Against the Mother Land

Thanks to THIS Self Portrait,

I Was Easily Able to

Identify Who the

Perpetrator Was.

And Thanks to a

Sponge Called Mr. Clean,

His Life Was Spared.

Wanted to Share

A Few of My Recent
{FAVORITE} Things:

This Book:

(Currently Reading)

***

This Version of This Song

[That I Can't Get Out of My Head]

Love the Sound.

***

These Self Made

Earrings

These Shoes

That I've Gazed At

Longingly,

in My Closet,

Waiting for the

Snow to Melt.

And This

Brown Paper Package,

Tied Up With String,

That My Friend

Made

and

Mailed To Me,

Containing Several Lovely Clothespins

that She Made

And I GET to USE.

I LOVE Favorite Things!

Be Mine,

Valentine.
02.14.10

Valentines Day was on a Sunday this Year.
I Rather Liked It.
By Sunday, I Already Been Taken
Out To Dinner Two Previous Nights,
Received Love Notes To My {Heart}'s Content,
and Stuffed My Gut With
Aforementioned
Chocolate Strawberries.

Pictures of the {Heart} Season:

B's Valentine Box.

Let Me State that the Kid

is RATHER

Particular

about How HE Wants

Certain Things,

and

Most of Mom's

Ingenious Ideas

were Balked At

And In the End,

He Got it Just the Way

He Wanted.

I Helped In His Class,

and We BOTH Liked That.

Once the Romance Squashers

(aka Kids)

Were In Bed,

I made a Late

Dinner for Two

Shrimp Scampi.

Bruschetta.

Mint Chocolate Dessert.

Our Favorites,

Paired Perfectly

with a

Good Movie.

{That's Amore}

{LOVElies} Part II

For FHE We Each Recieved
An Envelope with 5 Hearts in it.
We Wrote Our Own Names on them,
and Our Mission Was to Get Rid of
Our Own Hearts by VALENTINES Day.
First, You Did a Service for
The Person, then You Left Your Heart.

It was Grand to

Find Lots of These LOVElies Laying Around:

Been Craving

A LOT of These:

COVERED in Chocolate.

I've Been Dipping Them.

And Eating Them.

By the Bushel.

02.09.10

C Spent a Good Portion of the Day Flipping through a Sticker Book and Carefully Placing Many Stickers of Various Animals, Here and There, and Everywhere, Throughout its Lovely Landscape Pages.

Said I, "Isn't that B's Sticker Book?"

Said He, "No. He Gave it To Me."

"Well, Sticker Away, Then," Thought I.

The Next Morning

as I was Rushing B out the Door,

A Scuffle Came About between

the Two Brothers.

To the Effect of, "C Used MY Special Stickers in MY Book!"

"Didn't You GIVE that Book to C?" Asked I.

"Yes, But HE Wasn't Supposed to Use the Stickers!"

Oh, Mercy.

I Noticed that C was Quite Busy for the Morning

"Working on Something for B", He would Say,

Coming to Ask Me Every Once In A While

Which Letter it was that Made the "Yah" Sound, or the "Kah" Sound.

After I Took C to School,

and was Putting Things Away,

I Saw This on B's Bed:

The Be Favored Sticker Book,

A Favorite Tote,

Sonic Coupons (Always Handy),

a Lovely Drawing,

and a Note

[That Required Sagacious Thought on My Part]:

"To B,"

"I Am Sorry"

"That I Put Stickers in Your Book"

[I {LOVE} That Sweet Boy].

It Seems Apparent

That

Someone Thought

I Needed to

Spruce Things Up

Around

Here.

02.05.10

Tonight
[We Ate Dinner On Our Heads].

{LOVElies}

I got My Bag of Buttons Out the Other day,

and upon seeing My Bag of Lovelies,

the Boys decided to get creative,

asked for some red thread,

and went to work making some

One of Kind Necklaces.

They Gave them to their School Teachers,

with Sweet Notes, all Wrapped Up.

They were So Excited!

B said He thought his Teacher would

Scream, Cry Happy Tears,

and Offer Him $120.00.

[I'm Sure it Crossed her Mind]

I {LOVED}

that Each of their Teachers

PUT it ON,

and Wore it ALL Day,

Among Exclamations of

"I LOVE It!"

*

And

C Got A

Sweet

LOVE

Note

From a

Darling Admirer.