He's got big balls

Dylan's first time at the skate park [East Troy]... and he elects to start on one of the high ramps!


Alex coaches....


Dylan falls....

and gets another lesson.

Oh, speaking of smells.....

I smelled one of the most wonderful things the other day & I can't believe I didn't share it with you....



Fresh Corn. Not cooked on the cob, but blossomed- as in: it's ripe!!! The husks popped out and let loose a scent my nose had not ever smelled before. It was glorious, let me tell you, as a non-smoker to be able to pick up on that one. Yum.

*FYI, if you can't tell, the picture is actually of a cornfield... that I'm driving by at 55mph.

Gone Swimming.... [filed under Being Blonde]

Mom, can I go swimming at Sam's?

->Sure, go ahead. Take a towel with you!

F-> Make sure its one of those goofy looking ones- with the flowers.. that's either green or yellow!

:we have inherited some really ugly towels... I use them to dry the dog, or let the kids take them swimming... [thanks Mom!]:

But those are really small!!

->:sigh: Is it a washcloth?

:silence: Yea, its a washcloth...

Being Blonde

Dylan: 'Mom, can I have some orange juice?'

Me: 'Sure.'

:::I pour him some orange juice, he adds his crazy purple straw.:::

Dylan: 'Mmm, this Orange juice tastes like oranges!'

Me: 'That's because Orange juice is made from oranges.'

Dylan: 'Oooh. Yummy!'

:::sigh:::

Where has the time gone?

I've done my best to put them in order of year. Look how cute & little they looked!!!


There. I Love my boys. Now you know.

'Man-ing' the Grill...

Hot Damn! Smoking out the neighbors again... Time for grilling out. I was in charge tonight because Fredward had to go pick up Alex from football practice. So this is to those who've decided that I should not be allowed to commander the grill, be warned. You know who you are. I can grill. I have grilled. And it was DELICIOUS.


mmmm....... Seriously, though. How good does that look?? AND I barbecued it.

...all hail the holy grill!

Hot, HOT Pants.

So I had this crazy ass dream last night. I know, this doesn't sound promising, but I had to get it down before I lost it all.

There I was shopping- somewhere- in some fancy pants place checking out these white pants. They were a beautiful pristine white, trouser like, and tiny in size.

[Side note: in my "real" life, I never, ever wear white pants, just because of the close proximity to myself and the earth I walk upon usually equals a mess. Its dirty, and for the love of god and all things holy, I can't keep any white thing white. Over time, it usually ends up a nice shade of dingy sandy white, or better yet, orange from all the rust in my water. Oh yea, & I'm not even close to tiny in size. Closer to a whole lotta love, more or less.]

Any who, so I'm shopping at this exclusive place, and I'm eying these pants, I try them on- and THEY FIT WONDERFULLY. "It must be all this walking I'm doing!! I've been doing these 4.84 mile walks every day, and now look!" Prior to this all I had was a massive muffin top spilling out over the top of my pants. I don't know how walking made me so thin [overnight??], but for the sake of this dream, it did.

Now Kathy Griffin is eying the same pair of pants. She & I for some reason are the exact same size [which would be the size she is now], and somehow this is the only pair of white pants in the store. Anyways, she's looking at them, picks them up, tries them on [they look faboosh on her as well] and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN'T MAKE A FUCKING DECISION ON WHETHER TO BUY THEM OR NOT. I, being as blunt as I can possibly be, tell her that I will buy those pants. She's hemming and hawing over this- and I've already made the decision for her! Then I proceed to RIP THE PANTS OUT OF HER HANDS AND GO TO THE CASHIER. As she stands there gawking, like 'OMG!!! Did you SEE WHAT SHE JUST DID???'

Basically I get into a tussle with the legendary Kathy Griffin in a dreamland store, and me & my smug attitude get the pants I came in for.

Classy, ain't it?