Good weekend

J had a friend spend the night on Friday, in anticipation of his birthday party Saturday.

I have now dubbed his party the 2nd annual BBQ and slasher movie birthday celebration. This year he had 10 kids show up at the appointed time. I think it was 8 girls and 2 boys and himself. I also need to mention that I'm not really fond of this age range (14-15) in a group setting. At one point one of the boys got kicked by a girl (I don't think I need to mention where...) and because he got ticked off (not that I blame him), 3 kids decided to leave. Ok, fine, whatever....the parents were notified, not my problem anymore. Then 2 other kids showed up, so we were almost at original capacity. After that, it was cool. They ate, chased each other, played hide and seek in the dark, watched horror movies and hung out. All in all, a good day for him.

Mother's Day was nice also. The ex never helps with MD stuff (I always ask about Father's Day and his birthday, but leave it up to the kids), but that's cool. M bought me a card that she gave me before we went to church. Our church did a MD breakfast and they always play a female Christian comedienne DVD for us. This one wasn't preachy at all and was hilarious. The breakfast was delicious. After church I took a small nap and then the kids and I went to Wal Mart and Dollar General so J could spend his birthday money. B felt bad that he didn't get me anything for MD, told him he didn't need to, I was happy just being with them. But, he found a baby Shrek and gave it to me...lol. J made me a card and said I could "use" him for 2 days...lol. I still have his "slave for a day" card from my last birthday that I haven't used yet. ;-)

After the boys went to their dad's, M and and I hung out and watched the finale of Celebrity Apprentice.

This week is sort of busy with a band concert, band awards, church picnic and a baseball game. Should be interesting.

I know it's late but....Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms out there.

Happy Birthday

Today I would like to wish my youngest, J, a happy birthday. My baby is 15 today. I won't get to see him until tomorrow (he was with me last night), but that's cool. Tomorrow night he is having a friend spend the night and then on Saturday he is having some friends over for a party. Nothing spectacular, just food and movies, but he's excited. Happy Birthday!

Quips

If you've known me for any amount of time you will know that I adore my kids. Yeah, they can get on my last nerve, but hey...that's their job. I may be biased, but they are pretty smart too, not just brainy-type smart, but funny smart also.

When my boys were in elementary school, their teachers were amazed that my kids understood sarcasm and could dish it out as well. Now, as we all know, you can't teach sarcasm. It is good to see that my kids have some of my genes....lol.

Last week I was explaining to B how to use our bread machine. The order to put things in etc... When I got to the yeast part and told him to make a well in the flour to put it in, he questioned why. To be honest, I'm not sure of the technical answer, but I told him that I think you don't want to mix the yeast in too soon. To that he replied...."Yeah, you don't want premature fermentation..." OMG....I almost fell over laughing.

Then J, a couple years ago, around age 11 quipped during a conversation on diets like Atkins and being a vegetarian etc... "I'm a vegan on the Atkins diet...." Ok, my kids are smart mouths.... ;-)

And I couldn't be prouder...

I Heart Faces: No Flash

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I have shared this picture before. It is a favorite of mine, but I really don't know why. ;-) The theme this week is No Flash. Not too hard for me to do because I rarely need to use the flash on my camera. I do use it, but not much at all.

Getting your twitch on.....

This is J..... This is J on Monster Lo Carb energy drink:

Oh my Lord..... Ever had one of these?

Now, J can be slightly hyper on a normal day. He wanted to try it and I actually had some of it. Tasted horrible....like someone liquified a lollipop....blech... After 5 minutes the boy was twitching... scared me to death. Never. Ever. Again.

I am feeling much better today.......although now, when I talk I have that sexy gravelly tone like I've smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day for years. And now I have a cough.....someone help me.....

Tuesday Tribute...3 of 3

Yet Another Jay and Deb Production.

This will conclude my tributes of my kids. Today, Jacob is up.

Jacob is my video game and football loving boy. Even though he tends towards the more violent of the video games, he is one of the most caring guys I know. Don't get me wrong, he is all boy. From the time he was a year old until probably 7 or 8 he was my Hot Wheels boy. He loves anything with wheels or flies. He always had a car in his possession. Right now he is planning on going into the military. He would also like to play in the NFL. It really doesn't matter to me what he wants to be when he gets older, as long as he tries his best and succeeds in his own mind.

Jacob has always been a ladies man...yeah, he's only 14...lol. Little girls have always flocked to him and he has always been a sucker for babies. He was big help when I ran the home daycare. Right now he is on the rotation for nursery duty at our church, his choice. I worked with him and B the other Sunday and they both did great.

So here is my rough and tumble, tender hearted boy...Jacob.