My Seventh Sense

Do you ever get that feeling when you're driving down the road and you just reeeaallly need to stop at a certain store? I mean it's like some kind of seventh sense (remember that sixth one is for seeing dead people) that tells you "pppppuuuuuuullllll iiiiinnnnnn ttttoooo tttthhhhheeeee pppppaaaaaarrrrrrrkkkkkkkkiiiiiinnnnngggggg llllllloooottttt". Anyways, I hope I'm not the only one with this inate ability because it happened to me yesterday. I was taking the kids to Grandma's house before I went to work, and I started to drive by the strip mall where one of my favorite thrift stores is. I haven't been in there in a really long time because I usually don't go that route to my mom's house anymore unless we're coming from Dude's doctor appointments (which we were).
Anywhoot - I really felt like we needed to stop in and check things out. Now mind you, I still hadn't gotten anything for Bug to wear for Halloween because I really wanted to dress her as a princess but was having no luck finding a reasonably priced one that looked decent. Well, we went in and they had a rack of Halloween costumes right by the door. I found this really cute lion costume that would have fit her, so I threw it in the cart and kept looking. A few Spiderman and Vampire costumes down the rack, I found it! The perfect Bug costume! She's not going to be an actual princess, but it sure is close enough! It's Marie from the Aristocats!
It's super cute and super warm and fuzzy so I don't have to worry about how I'm going to keep her warm yet still cute in a princess dress! I tried it on her in the store (bad idea because she didn't want to take it off) and it's too big, but not so much that she can't wear it this year (and maybe next year)! The best part? It was $5.75! SWEET! Almost as good of a find as threeundertwo's Pyrex (sorry 2/3 no Pyrex at this store - I looked)!
The funny thing is, that wasn't the REAL deal of the seventh sense shopping trip, the deal of the century was actually 2 - not one, but TWO Build a Bear bears that were buried in the stuffed animal pile in the toy aisle. Oh I'm not joking - the awesome part is one of them was $1.75 & the other was $2.75! Someone actually gave up (whether intentional or unintentional) 2 Build a Bears!!! I couldn't believe it! I've been wanting to get BABs for my kids but DH cringes over the price (whatevah). So they really didn't get the joy out of stuffing them and naming them (which they're kinda too young anyways), but they both have BABs now, they just need clothes! Oh, and DH promises that they can still do their own BABs when they're a little older.

Here's what the litle guys (or girls, we're not sure yet) look like:



And from the time I found them in the store, the kids each had "theirs" picked out!

My Blog List Disappeared! :(

I have no idea what happened, I'm sure it was probably while I was messing around trying to fix the background and header that I have now that my bloglist disappeared the other day! I hope I have everyone back on there that was there before. If you're reading this and you're missing, please let me know as I'm pretty sure there might be some that I couldn't remember with my 2kidsrunningamok brain.... :)

My first memes (I have no clue what that means)

So I got tagged (twice) to do these meme things. I have no clue what that means other than it looks a lot like those bulletin board surveys that are on myspace all the time!
Thanks to monkey memories for the first two and just add laughter for the second two! I feel so loved!!

This first one is a one word only:


1. Where is your cell phone? here


2. Where is your significant other? work


3. Your hair color? blondish


4. Your mother? worried


5. Your father? eh


6. Your favorite thing? kiddos


7. Your dream last night? unsure


8. Your dream/goal? secure


9. The room you're in? unnamed


10. Your hobby? photography


11. Your fear? death


12. Where do you want to be in six years? home


13. Where were you last night? bed


14. What you’re not? content


15. One of your wish list items? photoshop


16. Where you grew up? everywhere


17. The last thing you did? potty


18. What are you wearing? jammies


19. Your TV? PBS


20. Your pet? everything :)


21. Your computer? annoying


22. Your mood? annoyed


23. Missing someone? always


24. Your car? Intrepid


25. Something you’re not wearing? overalls


26. Favorite store? Disney


27. Your summer? short


28. Love someone? tons


29. Your favorite color? purple


30. When is the last time you laughed? earlier


31. Last time you cried? days



OK the other one was to post the 6th picture in your sixth album.


This is a picture of Dude's smash cake for his first birthday party. He didn't really seem all that interested, but he was pretty tired at that point too!


OK here's the two from just add laughter:

The first one is I have to come up with seven random things about myself (I hate these)!
1. I am originally from Indiana, but we moved A LOT because my dad was in the Air Force.
2. I met my husband when we were both seniors in High School. We were introduced by a mutual friend who discovered we had the same birthday.
3. I love to bake, expecially brownies. I can turn a plain box of brownie mix into fabulous creations.
4. I collect otters. Magnents, figurines, greeting cards, clothes, stuffed animals, books, you name it - love 'em.
5. My favorite movie is Drop Dead Gorgeous and can pretty much quote the entire thing from beginning to end!
6. I am addicted to the TV show America's Got Talent. I'm pretty good at it too! The last 2 years I chose the winner. (I mean not me personally, but the person I wanted to win did both times.)
7. I love to travel. If I could just buy an RV and travel the country for the rest of my life I would be totally content! I would love to be able to "home school" my kids this way - I remember taking trips as a kid and I learned more from those trips than I ever did in a classroom!

OK the other from Jaime is attached to an award I guess (again no clue how this stuff works). I mean it's cool - my first award and all!! WOO HOO!



Along with this I have to post 6 things that make me happy, and then pass it on to 6 people.

1. Bug
2. Dude
3. Being around my true friends
4. Disneyland
5. Halloween
6. A nice cold Mountain Dew

I have to say I feel really silly that I can only tag 2 people with it, considering my blog list is super tiny, and 2 of the people on it are the 2 who sent me these!

So I'm tagging the 2 I can:

1. Kira @ Life Chooses The Music, I Create the Dance

2. kids taxi driver @ sharkboysoccerqueenandmonkeyboy

Dude plays mindgames with mommy!

OK so I'm pretty sure that Dude is messing with my brain (again). He's still not sleeping through the night, so I figured it was time to just go ahead and put his crib back into his room. I mean he's going to wake up in the middle of the night no matter where he's sleeping, so might as well just put him back in his own room. Plus, now it's more exercise for me because now I have to walk out of our room and around the corner to his room now instead of just to the end of the bed!! LOL!
Well ever since he's been back in his room he's progressing slowly to sleeping through the night. By my calculations, we have about another 5-6 days and he'll be sleeping until 8 am in his own bed!!
Here's why:
The first night he was back in his own room he woke up at 11:30pm.
The second night he was up at 12:25pm.
The third night 1:30am.
The fourth night (last night) he was up at 2:45am.
So I am convinced by the end of next week he should be sleeping through the night!!


I know I hadn't mentioned this in the blog yet, but we had night terror issues with Bug all last week. She would wake up 3-5 times per night. Well let me rephrase that, she would cry and stand up in her crib, but I really don't think she was actually awake 90% of the time!! If I walked in there, put my arms around her and told her it was ok & to go back to sleep, she would just go limp in my arms & I'd lay her back down. Well for the last 2 nights in a row, no waking up! So I really hope that was it and we're done with the nightly terrors, but we'll see!

Help Rolling Dog Ranch win $10,000!!!

I don't normally beg people to vote for things because very rarely do they actually help out anyone. THIS one is important though! Care2.com is running a contest for America's favorite animal shelter & the winner will receive $10,000!!! Now you all are adults and I'm sure some of you may have a shelter in mind already, and I will not stop you from voting for whoever you want to, but if you don't have one in mind, will you PLEASE take a moment and vote for Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary in Ovando, MT.
If you go to the Ranch's site, please take a moment and read the story about Bridger and Madison, two blind horses at the sanctuary. It's a story you usually never hear about or only read in books. The reason I specifically mention these two is because Radar (renamed Bridger after she got to the Ranch) was taken to the sanctuary by my mom who volunteers at the shelter here. See, in 2005 the Idaho Humane Society seized almost 90 horses from a lady who lives just a few miles from me. This woman had previously had animals seized from her but because of the lack of any animal cruelty laws here at the time, she was able to start hoarding again (let's not get me started)! These poor horses were in HORRIBLE condition, some blind, most starving, living in unthinkable conditions. Luckily the lady was convicted of animal neglect because the laws had thankfully changed. Anyways, back to the real reason I'm bringing this up is because the wonderful folks at Rolling Dog took Radar (the name we gave her at the shelter) in with open arms. My mom took her up there and she lives a wonderful life with her new family (and apparently long lost sweetie from another life if you read the story on the website).
So, if you have a minute and don't have a shelter in mind for the contest, please vote for Steve and Alayne and they're fantastic furry family at Rolling Dog!

Welcome October!

*SIGH*
I love fall!
It's quite simply my favorite time of year! I mean it's all about leaves turning colors, the weather getting cooler, time to plant new flower bulbs and dig up and seperate the old ones, going and cutting firewood for the winter, and the 2 most important things about fall....Halloween and Thanksgiving!
I love fall!
We went to the Dollar Store yesterday and I got a couple of really cool halloween decorations. They also had some Christmas stuff out (I know, I know - I usually refrain until at least after Halloween), but they had these little skinny garlands that were made with some heavy duty wire that will go around the front porch supports perfectly without falling down - and for a dollar! I'm soooo excited to decorate this house. We never decorated our old house, it was too small, too dirty, and by the middle of October we were already putting the plastic up on the windows because it was so drafty. I'll post some pictures when I get the stuff up - I still haven't located everything out of the storage shed yet!
Oh I almost forgot, we also went to another store yesterday and they had 2 different Disney pumpkin carving kits! I am so excited because one of the kits had Stitch and also Mike from Monster's Inc. I laughed so hard at the Mike one - its just a big eyeball on a pumpkin! I've never been good at these kits but I'm willing to give it a shot again - I haven't tried it in years.