[ accchhhoooo ]

sooooooo... i think oscar (my 7 year old) has got slight allegies. his nose is constantly runny & he has the sleeves to prove it!!! i have been trying to find a good way to keep tissues in the car... with little success ~ the box either gets trampled on with muddy feet or something gets spilt soaking the whole lot... i even invested in a metal tissue box but once the tissues get below a certain level you can't reach them through the hole... & when you eventually do manage to contort your fingers into the slot you end up pulling out loads...

while on a recent shopping trip to target... i spied these!! not only are they made to fit into a cup holder she's wearing a bikini & winking at us!! what more could you possible ask for from tissues??

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[ is there a pulse 3... ]

hemingway...

sooooooo... here he is again!! look at those teeth!! it's ok ~ he's still with us!! i don't hold out much hope for the guy with the blue legs that looks like is coming out of hemingway's ear!!!

[ perfect... ]

sooooooo... i've just got back from taking the boys to school this morning. time is really weird... i was having a lovely snooze & every time i looked at the clock, thinking i'd have to get up now, only a minute had gone by!! love that!!

but then... time was not on my side anymore ~ as i was flying round the kitchen getting breakfasts, feeding the dog & tripping over the meowing cat (whose bowl was full so i couldn't figure that one out) everytime i looked at the clock 10 minutes had gone by ~ arhhhhhhh!!!

managed to get lunches & snacks, water bottles, homework, folders, checks for tee shirts, library books into the correct backpacks & zipped up. boys had jackets, socks & shoes ( the correct ones too!! oscar came home from school one day with one of flynn's shoes on!!! they look the same except they are 2 sizes smaller!!!)

hustled everyone into the car & zoomed the half block to school!! gave oscar a sneeky kiss on the head... & when into the office to sign in so i could walk flynn down the corridor to his kindergarten class. i love this walk, i love that he still wants to hold my hand (although he won't let me sing anymore!! or let me swing arms!!) on our way i'm saying hi left right & center to other parents, teachers, the school nurse...

when i get home i walk past a mirror & i've got a big mascara smudge down my left eye to my cheek... perfect!! at least it's better than the usual red wine fangs i have!! (maybe not!!)

[ the golden dog! ]

sooooooo... one day my husband, mike, called me up to ask me to guess what he had just seen in lennon's poop (lennon is our 13 year old gorgeous husky)... after numerous wrong answers he tells me he's found a 5 dollar bill & a 10 dollar bill!!!!! for a moment i got really excited!! ~ lennon's pooping money!!! that'll help with the mortgage!! but then suddenly 2 things hit me... 1 it was our money in the first place... & 2 not all of it had come out ~ so we couldn't use it anyway. & that, ladies & gentlemen, is why my parents always warned never put money in your mouth!!!

i called the bank & explained the situation... unfortunately the important part of the bill with the long number is missing... so there's nothing they can do...

but, after a little research, i found out there is another place that i can mail it to where it will be examined... & then they will determine if you will get new notes or not.... i have an image of people in hazmat suits examining all kinds of weird things in a big laboratory, that looks like a green house in the middle of a huge field...

so here is my dilemma... should i tell them that my dog passed them?? or just see how good these people are!!??

[ is there a pulse? 2... ]

hemingway basking in the sun...

sooooooo... this is hemingway, a rescue cat... that must be at least 12 years old... we've had him for at least 10 years now. he's a lovely friendly guy, constantly purring.

there's nothing he loves more in life than food, this cat will beg for toast, sleeping & watching tv with my husband mike every night (usually with his eyes shut purring, hemingway that is!!)

if his bowl is empty he will wear you down with his non stop meowing till you fill it... he'll fight & win against our husky for anything edible... & it shows alright!! his girth swings proudly!!

he does tend to sleep in weird positions & dare i say it i've had to prod him a few times just to make sure he hasn't shuffled off this mortal coil....

here he is warming that beautiful belly... wish we could strap a solar panel on there!!!

[ spillage...! ]

sooooooo... i took the boys to wegmans easter saturday... & yes you can imagine how busy it was.

flynn had a stomach bug & hadn't eaten anything for over 24 hours. walking into a dr's waiting room carrying a sick looking child holding a bowl that is obviously for vomit is interesting!!! everyone shrinks...  & the look on the poor person's face with the only empty seat next to them was priceless!!

so when flynn said he wanted a piece of wegman's cheese pizza i said sure!! but it was only 10.30am ~ it wasn't ready yet... we did a bit more shopping... i got an empty wine box & filled it with a selection of bottles. i slid the box under the cart to make room for the rest of the shopping.

the pizza was ready & i sat the boys in the cafe area to eat. i go off to grab a couple of things & as i return the box of wine slid off the bottom of the cart & hit the ground sideways... some bottles fall out, three smash... glass flew out everywhere & whatever you think the liquid content of a bottle is triples when it spills on a wegman's floor. what was even worse was the way the tiles are pitched in the cafe made the wine flow under everyones feet.. so as i watched people, who two seconds ago, were enjoying their lunches, there were now forced to lift up their feet to avoid this unwelcomed lake of red... one child started screaming. i grabbed a roll of paper towel & tried to dam the flow... wegman's ladies started yelling at me to stop because of the glass.

my eyes start welling up... i look over at my boys & they are staring at the scenario open mouthed...

after what seemed like two centuries... the cool guy with the clean up cart arrived... i excuse myself & slip into a seat next to my guys... oscar points out that i'd dropped the 's' bomb several times... (basically i'd repeated the word s**t, loudly, when the event took place).

we carried on with our shopping & as i hadn't finished my cup of tea i wedged it (as i have done so many times before) down the side of the child seat. as we get past the fish counter i hear a thud & a splash... i look down & my stupid cup of tea fell, hit the bottom of the cart & left a puddle on the floor!!! i cause a huge traffic jam behind me & oscar sighs 'not again!!' too embarrassed to call the clean up guy again... i grab more paper towel get down on my hands & knees & polish the floor...

get me out of here!!!!