My humblest apologies for not writing so much lately, but we have been very busy around here! I’ve also been working on my 100 things post that Anglophile Football Fanatic told me I should be doing since I hit 100 posts! I know — I LOVE nothing more than writing about myself, but it’s truly harder than I thought it would be!
So, today I am chaperoning DS#2’s school field trip to Disney Quest in Orlando. I am a little nervous as it will be the longest I have ever been apart from the littlest boy in our house! But, I know it is good for all parties involved!
Good for Cameron and I to get a chance to spend some time together. I keep telling him we are going on a mommy-son “date” to which he wrinkles his nose and looks disgusted.
Good for DH to learn just what is involved in taking care of a household and a very energetic, opinionated, ornery toddler.
And, good for Logan himself as it will teach him to maybe not be as dependent on Mommy for everything. He still suffers from the worst case of separation anxiety, as do I! Sometimes, I feel like I am being held captive by a 2 foot monster! Anyway, this time will come in handy seeing as I am going back to work part-time (more on that to come).
My Tuesday’s Toot is that I reached my 100th post!
Woohoo!
Yes, I’m afraid it’s the little things that get me excited!
I can hardly believe it!
This is my 100th post!
And, to celebrate with all the fanfare that I enjoy I thought I would offer up my first ever giveaway and join in on all the fun this week going on at MommyFest!!
Make sure that you stop by and join in!
So, on to the giveaway!
My hero is Lynne Truss and if you share my love for all things grammatically correct, you will love her first book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. I’m also throwing in a couple of my fav British choccie bars called Crunchies!
In honour of Mother’s Day and all things mommyfest, all you have to do is come up with a caption for the picture of my mommy and I:
Please leave it in the comments and she and I will decide on a winner at the end of the Mommyfest Blog Party. Multiple entries are permitted and very welcome! Enjoy and good luck!
Your Mother’s Day, that is!
Mine got off to a very quiet start!
DH woke me up leaving to go mountain biking at 6 a.m. so, unable to fall back asleep, I got up and had a nice cuppa coffee and surfed the net while the boys were still snoozing. It wasn’t long before they were up and at ‘em, giving me hugs and kisses and wishing me Happy Mother’s Day. DH came home and made breakfast for us — he was originally supposed to bring home some Panera Bread asiago cheese bagels and cream cheese, but forgot his wallet. Hmmph! His egg butty (sandwich for the non-Brits out there) made up for it though. Then, I asked him should I get ready, what did he have planned for the day for me to which he replied whatever I wanted. Raising furrowed brow, I said, so nothing? And, he tried to be all coy and sweet and say well that is why I have you — you’re the planner, the organizer of special events in the family. Sometimes, it’s nice to have someone else do the organizing though. Then he tells me there is a very important footie game he has to watch today! Grrrrr! Anyway, after pulling a strop on and telling him how I was really hurt that he had not put any little bit of effort in to Mother’s Day, things picked up! It wasn’t about gifts or spending money (I got my Nikon D40X camera for Valentine’s/Mother’s Day/anniversay all rolled in to one) — to me it was about the effort he along with the boys put in to letting me know how special I am.
He and Cameron made my fav– banana bread and then he played and watched the munchkin so I could play some guitar hero with the two older boys. I was terrible at it by the way! I could sing along just great to “Hit Me With Your Best Shot!” I got to exercise on my elliptical machine UNINTERRUPTED for a whole 30 minutes, then do sit-up and push ups without my little one trying to bounce on my tummy! I read my book, Specials and then showered and shaved and styled and coiffed and painted my toes. Those flowers on my pedi I had done last week were beginning to look like a bad tie-dye gone wrong! My brother and sister in law came over and we laughed about wearing our new Anthropologie shirts that we had just bought yesterday! Later, DH went and got the weekly groceries, then made dinner and got the boys to clean up the kitchen. After the boys were bathed, we all settled down to watch The Water Horse. It’s a very cute family movie and it finished just in time for me to catch Desperate Housewives!
So, DH done good after all! I had a lovely relaxing Mother’s Day at home!
Hope all you Mommies out there had a fab day and were spoiled rotten! My mum and I are going to do lunch tomorrow to have our own wee private celebration as I didn’t get to see her. Don’t you worry, next year I’ll be planning a big old brunch!
Mumof4 tagged me with this meme, so here goes nothing:
Remove 1 question from below and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people, list them out at the end of this post.
1. If you were a colour, which would you be? Yellow
2. If you can turn into anything, what do you wish you can turn into? A published author
3. How are you feeling now? Hungry and tired
4. Where is the place that you want to go most? Anywhere really because I love travelling, but if I had to pick just one place, it would probably be Iceland
5. If you have one dream to come true, what would it be? Yes, to see my boys grow up to become successful, amazing, happy, loved men
6.Do you want more children? NO
7. Do you think religion is redundant? No
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8. What cheers you up for the rest of the day? No laundry!!!
9. If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her? No
10. Do you still have feelings for your first love? Yes
11. What are the requirements that you wish of your other half? To be more confident in himself and spend more time doing things as a family unit.
12. What type of person do you hate the most? People who are not authentic
13. What would you do if you won a million dollars? Pay off my house, maybe start a business and donate to charity
14. What would you wanna be remembered for after you’re dead? Being a famous author, a wonderful mum, grandmum, great grandmum, great great grandmum and so on!
15. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change? To stop worrying so much!
16. What do you think if you look out of your window right now? We need a fence.
17. What do you think is the most important thing in your life? My children.
18. If there’s one thing in your life you wanted to do but yet unable to, what would it be? Travel the world and write my book!
19. What do you see yourself as in the next 10 years? Oooh, maybe living in the Pacific Northwest writing my novel, still worrying about my boys!
20. If you were a flower, what would you be? A sunflower — tall, sunny and proud!!!
I don’t think I have 8 people to tag!
My oldest brother Allan graduated from the University of Tampa on Saturday with his MBA. I forgot how long that ceremony is — we had to wait 2 hours to hear his name! I left the boys home with DH — I knew if we all went along, I would just spend the time chasing Logan up and down the halls of the St. Pete Times Forum! Anyway, seeing him there made me think about my further education. I have been toying with the idea of getting my graduate degree forever, although I’ve not the foggiest what I would get it in — Mass Communications, which is what my undergrad is in, history, English lit., political science or library sciences? See why I’ve not gone back? He he!
Afterwards, we headed to Ceviches in South Tampa where one his friends had organized a private party. Delicious!
Later, my sister in law (the one married to my other brother) and I took a short pit stop to Anthropologie where we spent way too much money! Oh well, it is Mother’s Day tomorrow!
Mum came over to babysit the boys that night so we could head down to Allan’s big grad party, but I was just too tired — I had snuggled and dozed off with Logan when I got home and just kinda overslept?! Mum ended up having dinner with us and hanging out for a while.
So, this morning was my middle son’s aptly titled “Muffins with Mom” Mother’s Day celebration in his classroom. Cameron had told me I could wear something really pretty if I wanted! What? I have to dress up? Not one to disappoint, I eventually decided on my denim trousers and a flouncy blouse that I hoped would hide the muffin top! Note to self: diet starts today after my muffins — way too many of my dresses I tried on this morning made me look like a stuffed sausage!
Anyway, I had to hoof it over to my Mum’s to drop off the little munchkin as Cameron had specifically requested that he did not want his baby brother there. Hmmmm, can’t imagine why not!! Seeing as my mother lives on the other side of town, I was lucky to arrive back to the school with a few minutes to spare!
It was very cute — Cameron loaded me up with cards, posters and the cutest flower pot and pen he had made as well as blueberry muffins and orange juice. We sat, trying to daintily eat our muffins and chatted with a couple of the other moms. It was nice to see him settling so well in to his new classroom and to meet some of his new friends. I tried not to embarrass him with too many hugs and kisses, but he is my Cammie Bear, after all!
I headed over to Mum’s to pick up Logan and it was only when I was half way there that I realised I was still playing his Laurie Berkner CD! OMG! Had I been singing along to it oblivious to the fact that I had no children in the van? Could anyone on the outside hear? To up my cool mommy street cred, I quickly changed the channel to a hip happening radio station which was belting out JT’s “Sexy Back!” All right, now we’re talking!
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