I know I said I would be back this week.  We are home from Georgia and I have a million things to write about and cute pictures to post,  but it’s just not happening.  I have a nasty cold and the Christmas aftermath is overwhelming enough without adding the pressure of writing some brilliantly hilarious blog post.  Mr.007 had to cook dinner tonight because all I have managed to accomplish today is to unlock some new levels on Wii Mario Kart and to make sure my kids actually ate food.  Barbecue Lays and leftover Christmas cake count as food groups right?  Kidding mom!

Anyway I know it sounds like I am just making excuses for my absence or maybe I am just talking to myself here.   OR maybe I am being presumptuous that anyone has even noticed my lack of posting besides my mom and Adam.   Whatever the case may be….I am exhausted and feeling a lot older than my 28 year old self and even older than my Wii Fit age of 32.

Clearly I must have my priorities wacked since the Wii and the Tivo have had plenty of Mrs.007 to go around and my bloggy friends are being neglected.    So consider this an apology or an explanation or whatever is needed to keep you from tossing my blog away in your reader trashcan.  I don’t think I could take it if you pushed the unsubscribe button simply because of my laziness.

So now if you will excuse me I am going to go try and reconcile with my left nostril because it doesn’t seem to care that I need to breath air to live.

Oh and BTW if you have left me a comment in the last few days and I haven’t responded….I promise I will.  I just need to go bathe in some NyQuil for a couple of days and I will be as good as new!

Hey there Internets,

         I am in Georgia visiting my hubby’s family (the original 007’s) and  getting down to the serious business of gaining 10 lbs in 4 days.  Today we have been playing baseball and Mario Kart on the Wii and Adam and I went shopping for a new Christmas tree.  We went to Lowes and Home Depot but sadly they had nothing.  Apparently the early bird really does get the worm for day after Christmas savings.  Luckily we went to a small home and garden place down the road and we got a GREAT deal!  We found a really pretty pre-lit tree for 75% off!  Did you get that internets?  75% OFF!  Supposedly you don’t have to “fluff” or shape this tree.  It was originally crazy expensive.  I don’t know many people who would pay anywhere near full price for a fake tree that you use 6 weeks out of the year.  

What’s that?  You want to know how much it was originally?  Ok I really  wanted to tell you anyway.   It was 569 dollars!  So with the little 75% discount we paid 142 bucks plus tax!  Yeah I am the bargain hunting queen.  It’s ok you can say it….you want to be me. 

We are headed to my mother in law’s family Christmas celebration tonight for soup and presents and tomorrow we will be with my father in law’s side.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone, listening to the kids play, the women interrupt each other and the men talk about SEC football. 

I am not sure if I will have time to update again this weekend because I might be too busy eating my sister in law April’s ricotta cheese cookies, napping, and playing video games.  If you don’t hear from me before Sunday I will be back to blogging next week!  I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas! 

Love,

Mrs.007

I am 28 today.

1. DON’T call me ma’am.

2. DON’T pay attention to the one gray eyebrow hair that I found last week.

3. DO tell me if the hair growing out my face is there so I can tweeze it.

4.  DON’T call me hon or sweetie unless you are married to me.

5. DO have a glass of wine and think of me tonight!

For this week’s  Fro me to you I just wanted to take this opportunity to recap some pictures from the past few months.    We are NOT the people you love to hate because of our perfection.  We are just hanging in there every day trying not to run from the house screaming.  Most of the time we just have to laugh and go with the flow.  So here you go…a little taste of the madness:

Remember our stupid kitten? He is still driving us crazy daily. He is still free to a good home ;)

A collaborative effort. The dog and the cat were in on this one. Gah!

Remind me again why we have animals.

Oh that's right. I am insane.

Some days I can't catch a break

This keeps me up at night

My laundry room at it's worst. I should be more embarrassed.

I am not lazy I swear.

10 granola bar wrappers from under the couch cushion. Where else would they be?

One reason it's all worth it

and another good reason

For more Fro’ me to you fun go here

This is why we are not sending Christmas cards this year

One year ago today her life was cut short.  The man she once thought she would marry took her life.  Wasn’t she beautiful?  I was so blessed to have her as my aunt.  She was like a sister to me and our family will never be the same with out her.

This year has been strange without her.  Her son lost his mother.  My grandparent’s lost their only daughter.  My dad and my Uncle Ken lost their baby sister.  We all lost something.   It’s weird to not be able to call her.  It’s just wrong to not see her or hear her laugh.  Life is emptier without her in the world.  So many people loved her and for good reason.  She was very easy to love.  I miss her.  We all miss her.

There is one thing that makes it better.  A part of her lives on.  She left us a gift.

Thank you to everyone who has prayed for our family.  There are no words for our gratitude.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

John 14:27

10 reasons I need a little boy:

1.  Addison wanted to know how to spell Hottie the other day

2. She actually said to me after school last week “Are you with me mom?….I said Austin put his arm around me in the hallway!”  Um yeah she is 7!   2nd grade is a little early for boys to be macking right?…whatever happened to the I hate girls/boys phase?

3.  Did I mention that Addison wanted to know how to spell Hottie the other day?

4.  I have seen every.single.episode of Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly place, and if I have to listen to the High School Musical soundtrack one more time I am going to gouge my eyes out!

5.  When the phone rings it is usually one of the little girls from her class wanting to trade Webkinz passwords or talk about the 2nd grade “hotties”

(P.S.  I have a story to tell about one of those phone calls)

6.  Addison asked me why her friend Caitlin wears a bra and I saw her eying the tiny little bras at Target the other day.  Um let me just say hell to the no!  She still wears days of the week and Curious George panties..I am thinking a bra is like light years  into our future….right?

7.  She is going to be asking me for a thong soon.

8.  I have to figure out a way to keep my girls away from ALL the penises.

9.  How does my child even know what the word Hottie means?  I guess the Disney channel just isn’t what it used to be.

10.  7 year old girls seem to  have PMS when they haven’t even hit puberty yet

It’s finally Christmas in the 007 house!

I have been feeling down so it took me a little while longer than usual to deck our halls, but now they are decked and I am so glad.  I forgot how fun it is to get all the things out and put on Christmas music and just be together.  Addison was bouncing off the walls she was so excited.  It snowed last night while we were putting everything out, so that made it even better.  I had to try extra hard not to get irritated with Addie because she was talking a mile a minute and then the phone rang.  It was a recorded message from her principal saying that school was canceled for Friday.  That just added to her already overwhelming excitement.

I had to keep reminding myself that this is as good as it gets for a second grader.  She won’t always be so happy to be with us.  In a few years she will be upstairs on the phone talking about how it’s like so lame to put up the tree with her family.  Ooh shiver I don’t like to think about it.

It was a pretty fun night in our house.  I stayed up until 1 in the morning putting up the final touches.  It’s just easier to do it when the 14 month old is asleep and the seven year old isn’t doing flips behind me on the living room floor.

Also Merlot helps…a lot.

Here are some picture of the fruits of my labor.   I didn’t put all of the beautiful Christopher Radko ornaments on the tree that my mother in law has given me over the years .  I just didn’t want to risk it this year with a stupid kitten and Livie being oh so curious.

Here are some of my favorite’s

This one is broken as of about 10 minutes ago. I was worried about the baby breaking ornaments and Addison was the culprit.

Addison's favorite...and mine too!

This one plays "I want a Hippopatamus for Christmas"

Have you ever eaten a Varsity hotdog? You should!

Alivia's first Christmas ornament from last year

Go Dawgs!

Here is the full tree.  No matter how many shots I took I couldn’t capture it right.  Oh well…

Here is a close up of the top.  My hubby plays the upright bass so that is why we have one as our tree topper.

Our stockings are homemade!  My Aunt Karen made them for us last year!

Here is one of my favorite things we have.

And let’s not forget the real reason for the season!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

For more Halls all Decked out head over here! , and here , and here too

We have only one bathroom.  It sucks.  But we live in an older home that was built in 1962. It has a certain charm, but the one bathroom part just isn’t part of the charming character.

Tonight I was peeing while my 7 year old daughter Addison was brushing her teeth.

Addie:  “Mommy why are you wearing a diaper in your panties?”

Me:  ” heehee it’s not a diaper”

Addie:  ” well it looks like a diaper what the heck is it?”

Addie again: “mommy…why is there pink on your paper towel?”

Me:  “You mean toilet paper?”

Addison : “well yeah”

Me (completely caught off guard): “well it is something that happens to grown up girls.  It’s called a period”

Addie:”….”

Me ( in my head) :  ” she thinks I am talking about a dot…she thinks I am referring to punctuation. Oh jeez”

Oh and I was right

Addie: “a period?…like at the end of a sentence?”

Me: ” it’s actually called a menstrual cycle.  It’s something God gave women so we can have babies”

Addie: “YOU”RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY?   I don’t think I can handle it!”

Seriously that’s what she said….

Me:” no I am not having another baby….not for a couple of years”

Apparently when we had Alivia, Addison’s whole world turned upside down.  And now she thinks I have punctuation in my panties.  I am probably gonna hear from the school counselor on that one.