Back to Old School

I found this site on Becky Pulham's blog and thought I'd try it out, its not very easy, but it sure is funny. Anyway, I thought I looked like my Mom in a lot of these pics. What do you think?

International "Talk Like A Pirate" Day

Yes, I know. I had no idea too. Today I was invited to celebrate the International "Talk Like A Pirate" Day on September 19th. Good thing too cause I would have forgotten all about this famous holiday. *Phew*! Well I'm excited. I'm in charge of bringing a side dish and a dessert in a Pirate Theme. Anyone have any suggestions? I'd like to get a little creative :) AND NO FISH!!! So let me know what you think.

You Know You're a Texan When...

So I'm going to start this thread as the reality of me being a Texan shows more and more every day. So stay tuned for more of these...


#1: You wear a sweatshirt outside because its only 80 degrees (Man its Cold!)

#2: You have 2 couples (husband/wife) over for dinner at a time (we did this on Sunday and realized that we have become "one of them")

#3: Your daughter can perfectly pronounce Hispanic names, but not English ones.

#4: You expect people to speak with a Texas accent, and when they don't you are kind of surprised they don't have an accent (This is the beginning step of having an accent I think).


You Know You're In Texas When...

#1: The local Denny's is called Dickey's BBQ Pit.

BORING IKE

Man, that was so boring. There wasn't even a gush of wind or enough rain that I could hear it from inside, it was like a coastal mist. That's all we got! I was all prepared for the worse, flashlights and all, i didn't even get thunder or lightening! I demand a refund! I'm quite disappointed. The worse part of it all is that it proves me wrong and Brad right, and that's just unacceptable.

*Conversation of the Week*

Me: "Tori, I'm so excited for your birthday, its going to be better than Christmas!"
Tori: "Mom, it Can't be Better than Christmas, there is no way."
Me: "Oh, but it will be, you just wait."
Tori (in distress): "Mom, it can't be, Christmas is Jesus's birthday, and this is just mine, and Jesus's birthday is way more important!"

Victoria is SIX!!!

So Brad decided that it would be fun for his daughter to get a Guitar. He brought it up to her way before he talked to me about it. All the sudden she was earning "points" towards a guitar! Knowing how Abbie takes care of things, and the last event with Tori's Samantha doll (check out my blogs in Feb/March) I knew that a guitar would not do well in our home besides Brad's that stays in his case. But Brad felt that Tori was ready for it and I tried to fight it, i really did, but somehow he found an ELECTRIC (I know, its even worse!) on sale for way way way cheap, and she earned 50 points and she got one for her Birthday. Amongst the point earning, Abbie decided points were cool and we have seen the biggest change in Abbie, the cutest thing she says now all the time is, "Okay Muder"(instead of mother). I think it's adorable. Whenever i ask her to do or not do something she says, "Okay Muder." I need to get it on Video. Anyway, so Abbie earned herself a Ukulele. Tori started to get grumpy when we explained that she had to go to school now, she wanted to stay home and play with her toys. So here are the pictures from Tori's birthday. My Mother in Law, Donnamay was able to come and visit for Tori's birthday week, and it was the cutest thing... when it was time for her to go home, Tori was so sad, and she said to her, "You being here for my birthday was better than all my birthday presents combined." It was so much fun to have her here with us, I definitely miss her.

Hurricane yIKEs!!!!

So I've received some concerned phone calls in the last few days from those who love me and are worried about me dying. No need to fear, I live in Dallas, not Houston. I did however, want to gripe a little, because that's what blogs are for nowadays, right? You wanna know what my husband is doing during this storm? He left me. Yep, he left me to go CAMPING! Can you believe that. I'm still in shock. He is camping out into the middle of nowhere where I'm sure there will be tornadoes because this weekend was a scout campout, and it was scheduled, and we'd hate for something to come up... like say, a hurricane, to get in the way of a boyscout campout. Seriously. What the heck is he thinking? I don't know. Maybe I'm just annoying and he's finding an excuse to leave? You would think that 7 boys ages 11-14 would be much more annoying than a wife. But No. I'm here, alone, with my two girls, braving the storm that will be coming my way. Yeah. I know. Poor me. As far as the Hurricane goes, I think when it hits us it'll be a pretty fun wind/rain storm. I don't think we'll be walking to the park, we might lose power, who knows, but I think we'll just enjoy the storm from indoors, hopefully we'll have TV because what in the world would I do without that during a storm? And there will probably be tornadoes, but I've heard that most tornadoes don't come into the city. My mom said she'd pay me some amount if it came within what 10 miles of us? Was that right mom? Its a hard call to decide if I'd prefer the money or the tornado right now. Its a toss-up. Anyway, no need to call me to say our last goodbyes, I think we'll make it through this one. At least the girls and I will. :)