"Due to a lack of education, I don't know crap."
Calob Symonds 12/21/2011

Enough Said!!!

Nightmare!

Do you ever have those one of those dreams that scares you to your very core? Me too. I had one last night. I dreamt I was pregnant again & my goodness, it was not a pretty site. I was huge (abnormal huge, kind of like you'd see at a freak show) and my belly didn't fit through normal-sized doorways, behind the wheel of a car, etc. It was just odd. Anyone who knows me knows that I do NOT want to have any more kids. I am totally content with the 2 kids I already have, thank you very much.

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Then at the end of the dream (aka nightmare), I died. Not from childbirth or anything like that. I just died.

(nope, not my belly, just a picture I found online)

Drink Milk!

My mom & I saw Tim McGraw at GM Place (up in Vancouver) ... at some point before the concert we went to the bathroom. This was on the inside door of the stall I went in. There was no way I could NOT take a picture of it. I was truly shocked to see something so bizarre ... in the bathroom stall. I asked my mom & she said her stall didn't have any poster. I guess I'm special ... or something. lol All I have to say is, drink your milk! You don't want to end up like this lady!!!! hahaha

Sneezing the Day Away

That's how I spent yesterday afternoon & evening ... sneezing the day away. UGH! I can't tell you enough how exhausting it is to sneeze continually. Callie told me I looked tired last night ... DUH ... lol. Too bad I can't look cute when I'm sneezing like this baby panda who sneezes & scares it's mom. SO cute!!! ☺

Faces of Calob

I love taking pictures of my kids. Typically they are very willing subjects. Heck, with a mom like me, they'd better be. hehe Although Calob is a teenager, he is usually willing to let me take his picture. That makes me happy ... oh so happy. ☺

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Where you can find Calob on a typical day.

Farmville on Facebook.

I was taking pictures of Calob on Tuesday night for his birthday post. I decided to try to get pictures of him jumping. Oh the fun we had. I had to use the flash & because of that, there was a delay. That delay added fun/frustration to the picture-taking process. Here are some "outtakes" of Calob jumping. LOVE the looks on his face!!!

Here's what we were (basically) going for ...

Calob jumping for joy!!!

Commitment

I found this shirt and laughed a LOT! I knew I had to buy it for Calob. I wasn't sure he would appreciate it as much as I thought he should, but when he opened it Christmas morning & laughed ... a LOT ... I knew he "got it!" Silly shirts like this crack me up!

Meet Leo ... and a few other things

Obviously I'm just a smidge behind on posting about all the happenings in our lives. I fell out of the habit & am struggling to get back into the habit. I'll work on it this week ... hopefully!

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One night, while talking to Donna on the phone,

I saw this "scene" in my dish drainer.

Should I be worried? You be the judge! lol

This is Callie before we went out for her family birthday meal @ Red Robin's. The dress is from Grandma Sachi (T's mom) who bought it for her when we were in Hawaii last.
The day before Callie's birthday, she had a special birthday lunch, with her "special" friend Oskar. You may remember when she danced with him at the recital ... or when she received a special gift from him ... they're adorable together!!! He bought her lunch (at her restaurant of choice, which happened to be McD's ... lol) and gave her a gift. Priceless!
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I love the look on her face in this one.
I wish Oskar wasn't blurry, but she's holding
the bracelet he gave her

Oskar & Callie

Here is Callie's new fish, Leo. He isn't purple (as we expected her to pick out) but when we went to PetSmart, this was the one she wanted. He's a Crowntail Betta ... and he's actually quite colorful. I don't know that this picture really does him justice but it's more difficult than I thought it would be, to get a good shot of him.

A Cheer for Dad

Do you ever watch t.v. and happen upon a commercial that is just absolutely wonderful? The kind of commercial that makes you smile & wish everybody could see it and share in the message? If not, the commercial below is for you. I LOVE IT! I think the message is SO necessary & I wish Terence would do this kind of thing with Callie! lol

Panty Patrol

Samson on panty patrol ... enough said. :)

Callie the (pole) Dancer?!?

The other day at Trader Joe's ... this is what Callie said to me ... in line, in front of everyone (you have to love kids)! "I don't want to be a hooker that pole dances. I just think it looks like fun to swing on the pole." I had nothing to say ... I still don't! lol

Can YOU lick your elbow?!?

So if someone was to say to you "Did you know I can lick my elbow?" ... what would you say? Would you say, "Oh really, that's nice." ... or maybe "Great!" ... or would you say "Prove it!!"??? Well, I said "Prove it!!!" Of course I had to get my camera ready too ... because you just never know what could happen! (aren't the possibilites endless when there's an elbow AND a tongue involved?) HA

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This is Katie proving that she can lick her elbow while we were at dinner celebrating Emily's birthday.

Here's Emily giving it a try

And Callie getting in on the fun

Sharon & I didn't bother ... we just smiled instead!

Callie & Emily

14 Questions for Calob

We have reached our final questions from Callie (at least for this week). I have to say, they have been interesting & definitely made me laugh. I'm VERY happy I got off so easily with my questions (whew) but I have to wonder how she comes up with some of this stuff. I'm considering asking her some questions ... any ideas? So, here are her questions for Calob. Worse than mine for sure but not as disturbing as Terence's. :)
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1. Would you rather be George Washington or Callie?
2. Would you rather be a lake or dice?
3. Would you rather have an English accent or be a hairy man?
4. Would you rather be dead or hurt badly?
5. Would you rather be a laptop or a present?
6. Would you rather be a Gameboy or a DS?
7. Would you rather be Cameron Diaz or Tim McGraw?
8. Would you rather be smelly, sweaty shoes or an old woman?
9. Would you rather be a train or a piano?
10. Would you rather be a pig that's fat or a fat cow?
11. Would you rather be a piece of cat litter or a toilet?
12. Would you rather eat all your life or type all your life?
13. Would you rather be red or white?
14. Would you rather be a muscle or a lip?
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1. George Washington
2. Lake
3. English accent
4. Dead
5. Present
6. DS
7. Tim McGraw
8. Smelly, sweaty shoes
9. Train
10. Fat cow
11. Toilet
12. Eat
13. White
14. Muscle

14 Questions for Terence

I'm not sure why but last night Callie decided to question each of us with rather bizarre questions. REALLY bizarre actually. These questions are all her own. Sheesh, I don't think I could come up with some of these myself. Anyway ... I'll post the questions for me & for Calob later in the week. Enjoy!

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1. What's better, your looks or games?

2. Is jewelry or big bloody wet worms better?

3. Would you rather be divorced or dead for eternity?

4. Would you rather be a woman or a midget?

5. Would you rather have painted fingernails or be Kelly Clarkson?

6. Would you rather be pregnant or be a swan?

7. Would you rather read a book or be arrested and drunk?

8. Would you rather be asleep for 2 years or a bride?

9. Would you rather be a slut or a slug? (seriously, that's her question)

10. Would you rather be a cat or a dog?

11. Would you rather be 15 or 80?

12. Would you rather be ice skating or have a make-over?

13. Would you rather be a flower or a car?

14. Would you rather be an old man or a 150 year-old woman?

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Here are Terence's answers:

1. Looks

2. Jewelry

3. Divorced

4. Midget

5. Painted nails

6. Swan

7. Read a book

8. Asleep for 2 years

9. A slug

10. Dog

11. 15

12. Ice skating

13. Flower

14. Old man

Cats, Cats ... and More Cats!!!

I was walking into our family room Wednesday when I noticed 3 of the neighbor boys staring at our tree. I was wondering what they were looking at when I noticed branches & tree limbs moving around. After looking closer I saw that orange/black/white cat, that is SO friendly and comes around often, was up in our tree. After looking even closer I saw a black thing jumping around from branch to branch. It was a squirrel! I've never seen one around our house & certainly not in our tree(s). I very much enjoy feeding birds and we have several bird feeders in that tree alone. I'm not sure how it happened but I'm guessing the cat chased the squirrel up the tree. It was funny because the squirrel was determined to get to the bird food regardless of the cat being right there in the tree. It jumped all around until it could safely get to the feeder, open the lid, and dive right in. It was quite a site to see. I put a little arrow pointing to the cat because it is kind of hard to see.

The cat waited forever before it finally made a move. You can see the squirrel running up one of the branches.
Later I was up in Calob's room & saw the cat on the neighbor's roof. How it got up there ... who knows. What it was doing up there ... who knows. That cat certainly had an interesting Wednesday though!
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Wednesday was also a big day for my cats. It was their annual appointments. Poor kitties. It's always SO stressful for them (and me too). I guess everything went ok except for Tamara. Right when the vet saw her she mentioned how much older she was looking. She definitely is. She has gray hair & everything. I mentioned her failing hearing & eyesight as well. The vet checked & said she is TOTALLY blind and almost totally deaf. Oh my ... it just kills me! Tamara is my baby. My 1st baby. Then it was decided that because of her tangles & such the vet would try to shave her (mainly her belly). She sent me on a "10-minute walk" to get me out of the office because she didn't want me to hear anything. I went outside for 10 minutes & went back into the room. It wasn't enough time. I could hear Tamara making the most horrible noises. You would seriously think they were killing her. It was AWFUL! I was in tears & basically beside myself. I know it was what she needed but I hate to think of her scared & alone like that ... with people coming at her with clippers. Ugh. The vet said Samson was fat (ha, big surprise there), Tamara was old and Nalu was normal. My cats ... I love them with all my heart but I wish it were easier some times.

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My tower of cats

Tamara on top, Nalu in the middle

& Samson on the bottom

This is Tamara all curled up, but you can kind of see her shaved belly. My poor baby!