My tongue!

Ewww, check this out... I have an inflamed taste bud on the tip of my tongue. I get them every so often but not lately.  I just decided to take a pic and post it. Does anyone else ever get these?  It feels really weird. 

     I went to Fred Meyers just now and Wow, I really need to stay away from the bakery. They have really upped their game.  It really looks so good. I didn't buy anything but I did take a few pics so that I can drool over all of them without the guilt. Lol. Maybe it's just that the holidays are coming and it feels like such a great time to eat, drink and be merry! Oh and I didn't buy any egg-nog either. Just some diet Mt. dew. I did good today...just 2 1/2 more months to go! 

~Jane

A Lazy Sunday!

     Just laying around playing mario kart with my hubby and Kyle (3) While listening to Nickelback and Lady Gaga on my iphone that I have hooked up to my surround sound stereo. Music is too loud, we are too loud and I don't care. It's a messy living room lazy day. It reminds me of that saying I saw somewhere... "My house was clean yesterday, sorry you missed it!"
     I may venture out later today but I'll leave that open for now.  Kyle is having fun goofing with us and tying to beat us. I hope that we are building some great memories for him. Oh, and now we are listening to Black eyed peas.   ~Jane

Don't cry over spilled pie!

     Ok, so I wanted to cry and yell today over my key lime pie. Boo Hoo. My 3 year old, Kyle, wanted a piece of pie and decided to open the fridge and pull it out.  It then fell out of his hands and upside down on the floor. (Always upside down for some weird gravity reason) I started yelling at Kyle "What are you doing?" then I stopped and thought it's just pie. I really didn't need it. I guess I was more mad at the mess that was now at my feet and all over his. Would he be traumatized? Would he now hate key lime pie forever just because mommy got mad?  I hugged him and told him that I was sorry and that I was upset because I have told him numerous times not to go into the fridge without asking me first.  I love him so much. I wonder what I will yell at him for tomorrow.  

My hubby's birthday

     Today is my husbands birthday. He is 38 today and I love him more today than the day I married him.  We are growing old together as I tease him about all his grey hair. (I don't have any, I dye my hair) He is such a great guy.

     I went into the Sally beauty supply place in hazel dell and was looking for a uv light for my nails, because I want to start doing all my nails with shellac nail polish. The blonde lady in there was rude and unhelpful. Not even a hello. She was putting stuff away and seemed bothered by me. Oh well, I told my husband, I will just blog about it later. He laughed. I think that customer service is a dying art!!! :(

Good bye Tyler

Shelby came home this weekend and we went to Tyler's service. It was sad but a good chance to hear more about him and see all people that he had touched with his life. We celebrated his life. Good bye Tyler! We love you!

A dear friend lost!

Tyler flowers passed away! He was only 18 with his whole life ahead of him.  He didn't deserve to go. My daughter, Shelby is extremely upset and wrote on his facebook wall...."I don't want you to go!"  Just makes me want to cry.
I've have a new appreciation for life and trying to drive a bit more carefully. I am so thankful for the people in my life. I love you!
~Jane

Tyler Flowers - Second from the left

We will miss you!

A dear friend!

Tyler Flowers is a great friend of my daughter, Shelby, and we have known him for many years. Last Monday he was in a very serious car accident and he is in the ICU. My daughter and I are praying for his recovery and for his family. Shelby will coming home this weekend from UW to be with him.

I'm so amazed at how life can be so fragile and that anything can turn on a dime. I will be loving everyone a little bit more from now on.

Love, Jane

http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/oct/03/vancouver-teen-critically-injured-near-oregon-coas/

Dentist!

     I took my 3 year old to the dentist today for his check up after having some work done where he had the sleep dentisty. I tried being the kind of parent where you talk to your child and tell him everything that is going to happen and that everything is going  to be okay. I don't know if that worked in my favor... the anticipation was definitely a lot worse than the event itself.  I'm wondering now if I should have just kept my mouth shut and should have just shown up at the dental office with him. So what is better?? What does a good parent do?? The last thing that I want is to not have my child trust me.

Esther Short Park

We went to Esther Short Park today and walked around at the Farmers market. I love all the stuff that they have there. We bought some fudge at the "Fudge Fix". Yumm.

I went into Starbucks and used a coupon that I got from Paypal (Thank you paypal) And what ever happened to customer service? I mean really, you can't smile at me? You just look at me like I'm irritating you for being there. Attitude and all.  I don't know. She didn't have a name tag, none of them did. I wanted to say something or ask for a comment card but I didn't. I payed $5.14 for a venti pumpkin latte. ($Ouch$ I couldn't afford that without a coupon.) Then I figured I didn't know what was going on in her life so maybe mine isn't so bad. I just think that if your going to be in the customer service industry then you should be able to give great customer service no matter what and put your crap behind you while you are lucky enough to have a job. And to treat customers like your job depends on it, which it does. Ok, venting over. (For now. lol)

My sister took me out yesterday and had a great time getting our paws and claws done.  

Then we went to Red Robin (Yumm) and had the tower of onion rings and some great food. I love my sister. I think our relationship is even better now that we don't live together when we were kids and I was always playing pranks and stuff on her.  I didn't say it was your fault, I said that I was going to blame you!! He He.
Thanks Ruthie for a great girly day.

Then I got home and What a mess! My husband let our 3 year old, Kyle, tear up the house with pillows, toys and everything just all over the house. And Kyle yells... Mommy's home yeah!  Ugh, back to reality. It was nice while it lasted. 

~Jane 

Another morning

Kyle, my 3 and a half year old joined my husband and I in bed this morning around 5:30am. Snuggled right in between us and started kicking in his sleep. Got me in the back, in the gut. Needless to say I was up early and on a Saturday no doubt.  Two cups of coffee needed for today at least and maybe some advil too.  


My sister is coming to take me away for a while and we will be getting our nails done.  I haven't had my nails done in over two years.  I always like the way they look but don't have the time to keep going in to get them filled. Then I just end up peeling them off. (kinda fun in a horror sort of way. lol)  I wonder if anyone else does that. Hmmm. 

My first blog!

Ok, here I am. Another person blogging away at home on their computer (not in my underwear) Trying to find her voice. An outlet for so many things and for so many reasons. I find myself nitpicking at lots of little things and thinking to myself...Wow, I have way to much time on my hands. Who does this on a daily basis? Complaining about stupid commercials that run over and over again during one show. Ugh.

This will be my outlet for things that bug me and for things that make me feel alive.
~Jane