6am and -9 degrees

Ya know what I did this morning.. I woke up at 5 am well really 5:15 and we left the house at 6 in -9 degree weather to drive to see this guy..Jammy Yes we went to another dance competition. The girls rocked.

Look at this jump... thank you spring floor

And a little sass

and some more..

and then a little death..oh how their song is so sad....anyways they won...

D even went with us..his first and last dance competition..he was in pain all day..

That's how we spent our Saturday..how did you spend yours? Shopping? Hungover? In bed? Doing dishes and laundry?

~Cathy

School closing

I have one big stupid question? What idiot decides if they kids have school or not? Okay I know the answer but why does ours have to be a complete dumbass...



Okay so far we have had about 10 inches of snow (maybe more I quit counting) with ice somewhere in the middle with a few days of melting only to make more smooth, slick ice. Then all the neighboring schools that we follow (notice follow not lead cause we would hate to think for ourselves) are closed or delayed but we still at 2 am can't decide if we are going to close or not. Now today I drove through 4 different towns, burgs, cities and only one had the their main street completely clear and what do you say, they are on a 2 hour delay but our city that is still covered can't decide...hmmmm? should we close or let's put kids on buses that have to crawl at 5 mph so they don't slide off the road and kill anyone. If I get a call that there is a bus accident I will and I'm letting you know now cause I won't be back. I will have a full blown conniption fit and probably be arrested. So what if we have to go a few days.. maybe the teachers could give up an in service day..hmmm there's a thought. I just don't get it..it's a no brainer... sorry just had to vent. I know 10 inches isn't much to some but it is for us. Anywho... move on..thanks for listening.

Snow Day

What do ya do when it looks like this out? Stay home and....Take a nap..

Play a little game...

Dress the dog up in reindeer antlers...
Build sled ramps....out of skateboard ramps
Wear your AC/DC pj pants all day...
Dress the dog up a g a i n...she is not very happy...

And take another nap....

Beauty to some

This week we got hit with snow, ice and then more snow. The kids were off school but it was too bad to really take them anywhere to sled. I made it to and from work the last two night with no trouble. My land yacht is awesome and I love it.. Driving to work at 1130 at night can be a bit scary when the roads are this bad but I stuck it in 4 wheel drive and off I went.. Here are a few pics from our front porch. When I woke up this afternoon a vehicle was off in the ditch in front of our house.

These last few look like the same tree but it's not.

Cathy

"M" is for MOOOOOOO, no not really

My blog friend, Cathy had this great meme posted today. I thought it was so fun and decided to join in!

Here are the guidelines:If you want to play, leave a comment on this post letting me know, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place. When people comment on your list, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on...Cathy assigned me the letter "M". I was hoping for a really cool letter like...hmmm? IDK...? some other than "M" This was a bit hard but I searched deep and well.... So here goes...
Here are my 10...not in any particular order...

1. Mardi Gras- I went to Mardi Gras when I was 18 years old. Here's a few views on that.
It's a good thing I went then cause I wouldn't be able to hang now. It's definitely a young person, stay up all night, able to make a come back the next morning kind of sport.

There is no way I would let my 18 year old go down there..I would have to go to supervise.

If I'd known then what I know now I would have shown my "girls" cause no one wants to see them now.

2. Mom- my mom, not your mom, my mom. I wish I could be more like my mom but I can't, I have tried but I can't. I used to get home or go to bed at 10 pm and my clothes would be washed, dried and folded or hung by 5:30 am.. Maybe that's why I always wore my favorite clothes over and over cause they were clean and I could. I wish I would have got her house cleaning skills or even half of them, my house would be very very thankful.

3. "M" Emma- is my baby girl. The last few days she has become very motherly to her Halloween bear, she is almost like nesting with it.. weird.. Anywho..she also sucks on it's ears. Remember when you were little and would suck on a wash cloth after losing a tooth..yeah that's what she sounds like.. yuck.

4. Money- the more ya have the more ya spend.

5. Mammoth Crocs- I love them...love...love...love - I also need a new pair..hint hint

6. Mountains- I love the mountains. One day I want to visit the Rocky mountains. And in another life I would like to mountain climb a big mama of a mountain but I hear I can't bring my cigarettes with me..so I'll wait.

7. Morris Day and the Time- I love him. Jungle Love, The Bird and Oaktree.. Oh now I want to dance in my Mammoth Crocs on a Mountain and throw Money at my Emma..O-E-O-E-O

8. Meatloaf- Traci at work gave me this recipe and the monsters love it. Hamburger, eggs, cheese, milk, onion, oatmeal..Mix it all together and make into big patties, like big hamburgers or make meatballs and top with brown sugar, ketchup and mustard mixture. You can add carrots, celery and some wheat germ, flax seed, green algae and fiber to make it healthier and the kids won't even know.

9. My MONSTER D. He is the Man of my life.

10. I can't come up with anything else at the moment but I will fill it in when I get them. I was going to say Manolo Blahnik shoes but really I have never seen a pair nor could I ever get my fat foot in them, nor could I ever in a million years afford them so I will leave them off my things I love list.

Oh I know--- M&M's..peanut of course..

What?

Just tonight Lissa said how she was watching Dirty Dancing and I said that it was a classic and "Nobody puts baby in a corner" Well...it just happened... AGAIN. A week ago I was ready to walk out the door on our way to the AC/DC concert and G told me that I couldn't take "Baby" (the camera). My world was crushed, I wanted so bad to get a picture of Angus in his little school boy shorts. Well I was good and didn't take it but tried to get a picture with my phone that absolutely sucked. Anyways, I hope you all understood. So tonight we decided to go to a hockey game and I thought for sure I could take it to the game...right? right!!! Fo sho???!!! Wrong. !!!

No professional cameras allowed...what? Come on, it might be a "professional" camera but the operator aka ME is not. So once again standby for the wonderful cell phone photo of G and all 6 kids having a great time and me in the corner with Baby crying our eyes out cause she is not wanted in Cincinnati.. After this I am boycotting Cincy in the name of Baby.. I will go to Dayton next time.. So poo on you Cincy~Cathy

The Paci

At any given moment of any given day you can find D in this position.. His dang phone is like a pacifier. He can text without even looking. I can't even call that the last number with out looking. And this is what I get when I tell him to "Put that damn thang down!!!!" So he does but continues to text. It's like hyper note syndrome. Do you like me? Circle Yes or No.. Will you got "out" with me? Circle Yes or No.. By the time he's forty he will have arthritis in is thumbs or some new thing called "Numb Thumb" And I have the pictures to prove it.

~Cathy

Not my style

This is a picture of the dining room in the new HGTV dream home. Something with this house is just not my style but if it were given to me then I would be okay with it and find some way to redneck it up with some junk from OhiO... moving on...Okay, call me crazy, out of touch, or just flat out stupid I don't know. I thought this year's HGTV dream house was in Knoxville, Tn. Now I don't consider Knoxville exciting and place that I would visit all the time but I could stand to go there once and see what is happenin'. More like go there once and find that it is exciting and then call my self stupid for not investigating this sooner. Anywho.... I just found out that this house is in Sonoma, Cali.. what? A farm house in Sonoma and then take the tour and look at the neighbors. I don't know much about design but I don't think this new/old farm house look goes there. Well I did sign up but honestly I won't be too upset when I don't win. It would cost money to fly back and forth and then to put two of the monsters in one bedroom..World War III would break out. Especially after these last few days, but that another story which I am not ready to tell. But go check it out and sign up (ya have until the 19th). I kinda was hoping it was in Knoxville due to that only being a 6 hour drive which I could handle mentally and financially. Now watch me win and have to eat my words and make this post disappear forever..of course until I can't afford it and have to sell the damn thang. If any of you win I will come visit if ya need someone to explore Sonoma with ya... ok? okay!

~Cathy

Fashion sleep over

This weekend while we are out of town Emma is on a mini vAca / sLeEP oVeR/ FasHiOn SHoW at the vet's office. Today when I dropped her off I was telling her to be good and that maybe she would meet some new friends. The gal at the counter said there were a lot of little girls in back. One of the monsters then said that maybe she would have a fashion show while she was there. So I started thinking. On this cold ass weekend in SW Ohio what else is there to do than a fashion show.

Post pictures of your animals dressed up is some outfit, hat, jewelry or whatever they prefer to wear while lounging. Then leave me a comment for all to come visit. Monday I will post pictures Emma and all the details of her weekend. ... well not really... I might even get Baxter in the act. ...if he doesn't scratch my eyes out. . ~Cathy

New gals

I have my list of favorites blogs that I visit, stalk daily and then below I found a whole other world of gals that I want to be friends with. I plan on checking them out for a while and then moving them up to my favs. We can never have enough friends, right?

Dreaming of heat

The trails. I am really trying to warm up with these. Looking out the door right now I dream of the day when the grass is green again and the pond isn't frozen.

Sweltering heat breezing by the car window.

D paddle boating at Sharon Woods. Showing his stuff at the lake.

Flowers around my house.

D's foot.

Why did I ever think I wanted to spend the winter on Put-in-Bay and be snowed in for months. I was crazy.

~Cathy

Craziness

I know a lot of others are worse off than me but I have to say a few things. 0 is not a pleasant number to live with. 0 degrees is miserable and I don't know how any living thing can live outside when it gets this cold. Let's think about the number zero for a minute. 0 dollars in your account..not a good thing. 0 hairs left on your head especially in 0 degree weather. 0 eggs when you are trying to make a cake. 0 Dolce and Gabana purses, tragedy.. I know I'm just whining but I had to go pick a monster up at dance and it was too dang cold for me. I should be thankful I'm living where some are with no electric and frozen water pipes. I will stop now.

I have a question... when it is only 0- zero out is it considered 0 degree or 0 degrees..I mean there is no plural number going on here,,actually there is no number at all. Just the little things that I think about.

Tagged

I was tagged by Cathy .. When tagged, you are challenged to go to your 4th folder and post the 4th picture that's in that folder. So here's mine! I find it hard to play sometimes cause they aren't always good pictures. Here are a few 4th in my mounds of pictures.

D running his first and last 5K run. Poor little thang was suckin' wind so bad I thought he was going to pass out. He was a trooper and made it to the finish line where my old camera wasn't fast enough to catch it. I was fuming. How do ya tell him to go back and cross the line again.

I am having a chat with Miss Safety Bell.

D and his first homemade skateboard ramp. I remember holding him when he went down the first time and now he does the half pipe at the park.

This is a pig that we spoke to in Gatlinburg. Yeah, 4th folder, 4th picture. You got it.

This is the boys of summer tubing in Cumberland back in 2005. That was an awesome weekend.

Now let's see who I want to tag...well let's do this. If ya want to play then you are tagged. Please leave me a comment so I can come see. Thanks, Cathy

Today

Today I woke up to snow on the ground. I love snow..at first then after mounds and mounds (which Ohio don't get that often) I get tired of it and can't wait for spring. I am glad that we get a touch of each season.

~Cathy

46 of 100

I saw this over at Holly's at Homebody and thought I would share Just copy and paste and highlight (bold) the one you've done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (I have gone out on different nights looking for them)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (Disney World in Florida)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (my brother brought home a nest and it hatched in his bedroom drawer, there were thousands)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Gone rollerskating
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a homerun
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Acted in a play or performed on stage (in 6th grade, if that counts)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt (never finished it)
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible once
86. Visited the White House
87. Won money
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Had to put someone you love in Hospice Care
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Pretty boring life to me..

My long Saturday

Last week I worked 5 days shifts and 3 midnights. I was spinning in circles come Friday night but then life called and said I had to make food for Saturday morning. Yikes, I was a walking zombie. Saturday we had our first dance competiton.Here are a few pics of the almost 400 I took.

We left the house at 6 am and finally got home and settled at 1030 pm.. boy were we tired.

44 teams multiplied by 4 dances per team.
I have never seen some many false eyelashes in one building at a time. The makeup industry made some money today.

The gym floor was covered when it came time for awards. Our teams won about 10 trophies all together. We kicked butt.. 1 down about 5 plus nationals to go..I need to buy a seat cushion. Have ya ever spent 10 hours in bleachers...? yikes..

~Cathy