....it's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small, small world.....
OK enough of that! One would wonder why I chose the mind numbing song....
Well, I was leaving my driveway yesterday afternoon and got just about to the edge of my yard when I saw a familiar burgandy SUV and 'over seas' tags, proudly flying Redskins flags. Not really believing what I was seeing I flashed the car and as he slowed down...it was MATT! Our friend, Matt from England! (we were thier sponsors, when they came to the UK back in 04) Small world....I was like what are you doing here!!?? Turns out his bro works at the school across from us. I pointed to my house and said that's where we live! He stopped by for a quick visit with Brent. And hopefully will come over for dinner next week.
This is one of the reasons why I really love the military....you have friends all over the world and sometimes right on your door step!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Gifts...
Question: If money wasn't an issue what gifts would you give the 5 most important people in your life?
1. For Brent: I would give him a 64 1/2 Mustang and all the parts to be able to restore it with the boys, I would get him a membership to the golf course (he has to get in his PT some how), and a basement fully decorated like a pub (with all of his military stuff on the walls) with bar (all the Guiness stuff and all of the different glasses for the different beers) A custom made hold'em table with personalized chips, soft leather chairs and couches, a BIG TV with a custom made center for the game systems, surround sound set up like a theater (places for all of his superhero stuff), A pool table and air hockey table, a little putting area with all of his golf stuff, A pin ball machine and a seperate table to be able to play other games on, an area for playing with legos and making models, and a fire place. Oh, I would have a pub sign made for him too. I would also give him a fully equipped (Craftsman) heated garage with a Red Corvette, Yellow Lamb and a Toyota Truck with tow and a fishing boat. I would also get him the best seats in what ever town we lived in to see the Cardinals and Rams when they came to town. I would also send him, Patrick and Jason Harrison to Ireland to have a VIP tour of the Guiness factory (where he will buy all of the Guiness stuff).
2. For Philip & Michael: I would give them college funds, wedding funds, put away $50,000 for a down payment on a house, and a play room with a full Lego wall and bouncy castle, a library with comfy chairs and good lighting with tables to put puzzles together on and play games on, and a Disney cruise to see the real Black Pearl. I would also put in 'little toilets' for them. And a play fort outside with electricity so they can have a clubhouse and a swing set with spiral slides.
3. For Mia: I would set her up with a Paula Dean kitchen! And let her and an interior decorator go nuts in her house. I would get her a maid so she can relax and spend more time with her hubby. I would give her standing tickets to come to where ever we live 3 times a year or more if she wants. I would get her a closet like in Princess Diaries 2 and take her shopping at H&M till she got tired (not me) and I would take her on a European trip just us to clothes and furniture shop! Being able to ship anything home we buy!
4. For Mom: Cathy: I would get her a contractor and start from the ground up and let her tell them exactly what she wants in a house and have it built in 30 days! (Hey if they can do it in 7 on Extreme Home Makeover they can do it in 30 Days) I would buy her EVERY color and make of Crocs that they have. I would take her to China to see the Snow Monkeys. And I would also get her a maid who cleans, irons, mends, and cooks (when she doesn't want to). I would get her a staff that would take care of the orchard when they weren't there so the fruit could be harvested and taken care of. Also so she wouldn't have to pick for people anymore only when she wanted fruit to make things with.
Daina: I would let her have the pick of a ROCK in Tiffany's and have it set in what ever piece she wants it in. I would get her the same contractor that built Mom's house to make her a house of her dreams complete with house staff and pool boy! ;0) And I would take her to Paris, London and New York and have a complete wardrobe made for her along with shoes....LOTS of SHOES!
Judy: I would hire the contractor to have him do all of the projects around the house. A brand new state of the art can cook 6 pies at once stove/oven. I would send her and Daddy to Paris twice a year in the summer and winter until they didn't want to go anymore. I would also buy her a house in Cabo on the beach so her and the girls can go it it when ever they want. I would also get her a maid and office assistant (to keep the paper under control) :0) And a vineyard in France where she can grow and produce her own wonderful wine. She would need a jet to be able to check on the vineyard and a House there too with staff.
5. For Angie: I would get her a full time maid and an on-call Nanny for when she needs a break. I would set her up with tickets to come see us where ever we are. I would hire the contractor once again to have him build the house of thier dreams with a heated garage for Mel to fix up cars in. And I would fly her with our boys to London, hire the photographer that took the Abbey Road picture and have him take one with the 6 of us (the 2 little ones would be bare foot) and have it blown up and framed. I would also, fly her and I to LA and have the LA Ink girl do our tattoos that we have been talking about forever!
That would be nice!
1. For Brent: I would give him a 64 1/2 Mustang and all the parts to be able to restore it with the boys, I would get him a membership to the golf course (he has to get in his PT some how), and a basement fully decorated like a pub (with all of his military stuff on the walls) with bar (all the Guiness stuff and all of the different glasses for the different beers) A custom made hold'em table with personalized chips, soft leather chairs and couches, a BIG TV with a custom made center for the game systems, surround sound set up like a theater (places for all of his superhero stuff), A pool table and air hockey table, a little putting area with all of his golf stuff, A pin ball machine and a seperate table to be able to play other games on, an area for playing with legos and making models, and a fire place. Oh, I would have a pub sign made for him too. I would also give him a fully equipped (Craftsman) heated garage with a Red Corvette, Yellow Lamb and a Toyota Truck with tow and a fishing boat. I would also get him the best seats in what ever town we lived in to see the Cardinals and Rams when they came to town. I would also send him, Patrick and Jason Harrison to Ireland to have a VIP tour of the Guiness factory (where he will buy all of the Guiness stuff).
2. For Philip & Michael: I would give them college funds, wedding funds, put away $50,000 for a down payment on a house, and a play room with a full Lego wall and bouncy castle, a library with comfy chairs and good lighting with tables to put puzzles together on and play games on, and a Disney cruise to see the real Black Pearl. I would also put in 'little toilets' for them. And a play fort outside with electricity so they can have a clubhouse and a swing set with spiral slides.
3. For Mia: I would set her up with a Paula Dean kitchen! And let her and an interior decorator go nuts in her house. I would get her a maid so she can relax and spend more time with her hubby. I would give her standing tickets to come to where ever we live 3 times a year or more if she wants. I would get her a closet like in Princess Diaries 2 and take her shopping at H&M till she got tired (not me) and I would take her on a European trip just us to clothes and furniture shop! Being able to ship anything home we buy!
4. For Mom: Cathy: I would get her a contractor and start from the ground up and let her tell them exactly what she wants in a house and have it built in 30 days! (Hey if they can do it in 7 on Extreme Home Makeover they can do it in 30 Days) I would buy her EVERY color and make of Crocs that they have. I would take her to China to see the Snow Monkeys. And I would also get her a maid who cleans, irons, mends, and cooks (when she doesn't want to). I would get her a staff that would take care of the orchard when they weren't there so the fruit could be harvested and taken care of. Also so she wouldn't have to pick for people anymore only when she wanted fruit to make things with.
Daina: I would let her have the pick of a ROCK in Tiffany's and have it set in what ever piece she wants it in. I would get her the same contractor that built Mom's house to make her a house of her dreams complete with house staff and pool boy! ;0) And I would take her to Paris, London and New York and have a complete wardrobe made for her along with shoes....LOTS of SHOES!
Judy: I would hire the contractor to have him do all of the projects around the house. A brand new state of the art can cook 6 pies at once stove/oven. I would send her and Daddy to Paris twice a year in the summer and winter until they didn't want to go anymore. I would also buy her a house in Cabo on the beach so her and the girls can go it it when ever they want. I would also get her a maid and office assistant (to keep the paper under control) :0) And a vineyard in France where she can grow and produce her own wonderful wine. She would need a jet to be able to check on the vineyard and a House there too with staff.
5. For Angie: I would get her a full time maid and an on-call Nanny for when she needs a break. I would set her up with tickets to come see us where ever we are. I would hire the contractor once again to have him build the house of thier dreams with a heated garage for Mel to fix up cars in. And I would fly her with our boys to London, hire the photographer that took the Abbey Road picture and have him take one with the 6 of us (the 2 little ones would be bare foot) and have it blown up and framed. I would also, fly her and I to LA and have the LA Ink girl do our tattoos that we have been talking about forever!
That would be nice!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
There are 2 more Poffs on the Road!!
So, this is what Uncle Patrick got the boys for Christmas/Birthday
Now, I normally don't like the combining of gifts thing unless it's a pony or car....so this is a car and it's ok! :0)
And they couldn't have done anything better with it in the 1st few seconds they have it!
Sorry Aunt Mia!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Whoo Hoo Beagles!
This is the Westminster Kennel Club over all best in show!! A BEAGLE! A really cute beagle named Uno. Numero Uno!
Being a Beagle Mommy I couldn't be prouder to have a sweet Rocky! Who drives me crazy with his Baaaarrrooo!! And who just celebrated his 1st birthday too!
So Way to go Uno! And Happy Birthday Rocky Doggy!!
Friday, February 15, 2008
Valentine's a la Miranda!
Ah, my first Valentine's day with kids who actually give out valentines! How exciting! So I went on familyfun.com (a website must for families. And found these really cute valentines and had the glow sticks on hand. Always have LOTS of cardstock.
Philip helped cut out the hearts and Brent and I carefully glued on
the hearts and threaded the delicate glow sticks thru. I only say 'delicate' because I snapped 2 and made them glow. (oops)But they were a hit! And lots of fun! The party was really fun! They invited moms/dads to come. And they specially invited Michael who thought it was really neat. They made the kids lunch. And they made handprint butterflies which is now proudly displayed in the dining room, need to frame! And they had thier own Valentine's boxes and everyone brought valentines. They also made cards, which Philip handed to me and said,
'Here Happy I Love You Day'
I also made these heart shaped lollipops with white chocolate and milk chocolate for writing. They are super easy! All you have to do is dolip chocolate with a spoon and form a heart, then swirl the sticks and I cheat by freezing them to hard set. Then the little packaging! I thought they turned out really good! I have taken to making candies. It's lots of fun!
2008 Resouloutions revised
- I had a great pregnancy, no matter how short
- Do plan on going to Sonic still!
- Redecorate my office at church.
- Read the bible and try my hardest to UNDERSTAND it!
- Finish Philip's monkey blanket by his birthday (9 Feb) Finished 2 Feb
- Set aside 1 day a month and take the boys out to lunch, just us. -went 2 times so far.
- Go on 12 dates with Brent! Went on 3 so far!
- Finish Philip and Michael's baby books by July so I can be done!
- Make good use of my clean house!
- Finish one of my many incompleted projects a month. 1.Monkey blanket 2. girly blanket 3. grab bags for Phil's party, working on the baby lovey & star blanket.
- Go to Curves 3 times a week
- Send off Christmas before Christmas.
- Make menus and stick to them. Not doing too bad on this....
- Make homemade pasta
- Make homemade cinnamon rolls
- Make homemade ribbon candy
- Perfect my flour tortillas
- Read a book a day to the boys
- Tell my family how much they mean to me every time I can
- Make a gingerbread house from scratch
- Wake up 1x a week with Brent and have breakfast with him Haven't done this at all!
- Finish 25 scrapbook pages a month So far I'm 48 pages behind
- Turn the TV off!
- Use my bread maker at least during the winter and fall.
- Play with the boys when ever they ask.
- Take all the pictures I can to not miss a moment
- Write down the little things the boys say. So I never forget.
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