SATC

It finally came, the movie I've been waiting for since I heard there was going to be a movie!! I was an avid watcher of SATC on HBO. My friend Kristi and I would go to one another's houses and usually sip pepsi and eat popcorn or cookie dough, occasionally we'd have a wine. It was our time and I looked forward to it almost every week, unless I had to work. So, I was sad 4 years ago when they showed their last episode......but last night my friend, Kristi, and I went to the movie. The first time that I went to a movie where it was sold out and all these giggly women sitting in the seats before the movie started.

My review: THUMBS UP! I cried, I laughed so hard that I cried! Some unexpected twists but also the ending was a nice closure to the story. The story is all about friendship and these women being there for one another and how open and honest they are with one another........it's great to have good friends like that.

Can't wait until it's out on DVD!

My Prayers to the Tornado Survivors

My sister in law emailed me some very interesting storm picture slide shows from people who know people who actually live in the area where the Tornado touched this past weekend. I also have family in the Parkersburg and New Hartford area and Thank God they are okay.

My memory of the two tornadoes that touched our farm are scary and freaky but not a bit as harsh and devastating as this F4-F5 Tornado. They were saying that belongings from this storm were discovered in Wisconsin.

I'll never forget Mother's Day, when I looked outside the windows at the eery green sky and the wind picked up and I wondered why there were so many birds flying from the barn, when really it was shingles flying off the barn and the next thing I knew we all took cover in the basement. It uprooted a few trees, took some buildings, and our pig building's roof was dropped off a mile north of us.

The second tornado, I was on a date with Rene', the foreign exchange student and when I got home from the date, the dog house was blown across the yard, the brick garage was sitting on our van and the barn was twisted off it's foundation, and the pig feeder lid landed in our living room window.

Strange things happen with tornadoes, but the most important thing is that everyone is okay, things can be replaced, not people.

I've been tagged!

My mother-in-law tagged me via internet, so I thought I would blog it:

Two names you go by: 1. Jana
2. MooOM!

Two things you are wearing right now: 1. Scrub top
2. Scrub bottoms

Two things you want very badly at the moment: 1. Sleep
2. Get in my jammies

Two people who will fill this out: Jolyn & H.....the blogs that I read..tag you're it!

Two things you did last night: Put O to bed, snuggled with C, blogged, and watched Season 6, Part 1, Disc 2 of SATC!

Two things you ate/drank Yesterday: Santa Fe Chicken Wrap/iced tea

Two people you last talked to: 1. Michelle
2. C-man

Two things you are doing today/tonight: 1.Internet
2.Finishing my SATC marathon, getting for
tomorrow night.

Two longest car rides: 1. Utah (5 months pregnant)
2. Alabama (with my girls; Jeanne & Char)

Two favorite beverages: 1. Diet Coke
2. Iced Chai Tea Latte

12 more days....

Five years ago today, I was impatiently waiting for our first baby to be born. May 27th was the due date, but I hadn't even budged in dilating or anything. I remember the Dr. saying that we would see them next week. UGH! Never did I know that I would be waiting another 12 days for my baby to be born. I think I cried at the end of each day; thinking THIS will be the day......notta!

during this time period:

Paul and I took a drive in his Jeep to Wal-mart to get some plants to pot, thinking that the bumpy ride would do the trick.

My older sister said that she heard Olive Garden has good chances....tried it, got some indigestion instead.

Finally, the last appointment I had they decided that being almost 2 weeks past due was enough and baby was growing, so We came in on a Sunday evening to be induced the next day. I didn't need to have "pit" I went into labor on my own around midnight....now I had already been sedated with the sleeping pill Ambien prior to this so I slept through my labor pains that early morning.. (ask Paul about his sleep that night)....and also had a shot of Morphine/phenergan after labor started.......but I was lucid enough to hear "4 cm" and asked for the epidural......

yep, that's what first time jitters did to me, I wanted it all....give me comfort!

So, 7 and a half hours later, our beautiful blue baby was born......(.he had the cord wrapped around his neck twice.....) they laid him on my chest for a very short time and when I looked into those bright, knowing eyes......I knew everything would be alright.

He sure is! 12 more days and that baby will be 5 years old! He will officially be a kindergartner! AND he's ready; He knows his address, working on the telephone number, counts to 100, counts to 100 by tens, counts to 10 in Spanish, knows the alphabet phonetically, starting to write words creative artist, loves to socialize, and kids love him.

He just pinkie=promised me tonight that when he turns 5, he'll wipe his own behind! Hopefully, by the end of the summer he'll have his big bike riding accomplished too!

WOW! How did these five years fly by so fast????

Our Memorial Day Weekend

Grandma Donna's Birthday Party

This past holiday weekend, we traveled to Moline, IL to celebrate a very special day. Grandma Donna's 80th Birthday. We got there Sat. afternoon and we were welcomed with open arms from Grandma Donna....(that's how we always start our weekend visits and we end it with another hug from her.) we were also welcomed with open arms from Paul's Aunt Cindy, Liz, Dave and Grandma Michelle and Grandpa Danny, as well as Chris and Angie and Marin.

The whole clan gathered at St. Mary's and sat in the first three pews at church in honor of Grandma Donna's birthday. The Priest mentioned that it was nice to see family at the front of the church for a special occasion like this.... (usually he sees families there for funerals.)

After mass, we had a nice get together and dinner at Aunt Terri's and Uncle John's House. If it would have been warmer, we had the opportunity to swim, but it was too chilly. Connor enjoyed the Hawaiian Punch slushies and he teased me once saying that he was drinking the yellow slush (Margarita mix!) I personally enjoyed the yummy no-bake dessert with the pecans and coconut!

That night the kids were so tired that they were in the state of excitement and it took a good hour or so to get them to sleep....Miss O did sleep in the pack n play finally without escaping every 15 minutes.....(what are we going to do for vacation?)

Sunday, we had a wonderful breakfast of luscious cinnamon rolls and tasty egg casserole. After a quick clean up of 10 people (Grandma has an outstanding water heater!) We stuffed berries, dipped them in chocolate, and the men set up the tent in rain.

By party time, the weather was excellent and it started to get a bit warm with the sun and heat. There was a nice turn out and Grandma Donna was enjoying her day, she was non-stop smiling. The desserts were delicious, I think I tasted all of them by the end of the party...(My diet started yesterday again!) After a great dinner hosted by Uncle Phil and Patty, we headed out.....and it was good timing for one thing Miss O was hollering and needed down time from the stimulus of the party and from being extra tired and no naps and number two; we got back home in time and missed the tornadic storms that were blowing across the state.

By the ten 0 clock news, I saw that Butler Cty had been hit by tornado, so I called Mom and Dad to make sure they were okay...they were too far north east of the Tornado that hit Parkersburg....my heart goes out to all of those people that lost their homes and loved ones....even the school was flattened.....thank goodness their graduation celebration was last Sunday or there could have been more casualties.

I'm grateful that my Aunt Lola who lives in that town is okay and her house is fine. But my heart and prayers go out to my my brother-in-law's friend's family who lost everything but each other. Makes us think that we can't take anything with us when we leave this earth, what is MOST important is our lives and the quality of our life and what we do for others, not the quantity of things that we have............

So enough of narration....let's check out how we enjoyed quality time together as a family and celebrating Grandma Donna's 80th.

Aunt Marjorie, Sister Germaine, G.Donna, Elizabeth, Jill, O and myself chatting.
Grandma with her children and their spouses.
Grandma and her Grandchildren
Grandma and her grandchildren with their spouses/s.o.
The whole clan

cousins
Uncle Phil telling an intriguing story.
playing with the kitchen
Grandma with her children; Michelle, Phil, Terri, and Cindy

mingling at the party
Grandma with her girls
O loves "mittens" aka mints
Nice pose of cman in front of Phil and Patty's pretty landscaping.

C-man changing his mind about being homesick.
Liz and O
The best picture for last! Marin was giving us the cutest faces this weekend and Paul was able to get a shot of the face......is this the most adorable face you've ever seen???? I can already tell that she's got a good sense of humor! She's also the most laid back child I've seen, doesn't get frustrated at all, takes everything with ease. I've gotaa get some pointers from her.

Okay, avid blog readers.....here is the update, I promise to blog as much as I can......

Last Day of Pre-School!

No, I am not parked on a steep cliff when I took this picture...I'm still trying to figure how to keep the pictures rotated after I import them......but anyways....This is C-man and his "girlfriend" Abby. We've given her a ride to preschool and she and her Dad or Mother have given C-man a ride back home.....it's worked out great and they became the best of friends.....He's gonna miss her and I don't think he realizes how much yet until one day when He'll be asking when we're going to pick her up........Now he is officially a Kindergartner! Although, if you ask him he says he isn't until he is 5 years old......So we'll miss singing in the car with Abby; Halloween songs, listening to the pond and just this last week listening to "the 1980's songs" which entails the Journey CD....(Don't ask me but he love the song "Wheels in the sky keep on turning!") We'll miss the great conversations about Halloween costumes, what we did on the weekends, how many owies they have, what type of bike they ride and what their brothers and sisters ride..............................Abby is such a sweet heart and sure hope that C-man and she can connect in the future......I would be very agreeable if they did marry...like he plans....!