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Lying on the floor in the middle of my family room at 3 am crying to my black lab laying next to me because of the teeth clinching pain of back spasms, which I have never encountered before. What a sad picture. What is the deal with that?? I went to see David's cousin Tiffany, who also happens to be an incredible massage therapist and dare I say emotional therapist all in one. Cheers to her, as I can actually function today. I am sure many more a session is in order because I am pretty sure that David wants this to happen again as little as I do. He has an enormous aversion to housekeeping, he says it is due to the fact that his mother made them clean house as a punishment, what a crock!! I am not sure that I know any mother that had there kids clean and made it fun back in my day. So to all those new moms out there, keep those muscles loose, maybe even try a little excercise. What a novel idea! I might just take my own advise on that one.

Can I get an AMEN....

....for the new fall line up on TV. Summer TV just plain sucks! If it weren't for Phelps and company I may have gone crazy with all of the middle of the night feedings. This week has been heaven and DVR is most definitely the best invention since the electricity, or at least since the microwave. Lets just go over all of the excitement of the past few weeks

Prison Break is soooo much better than last season. It is a little like a soap opera though with people being killed then are magically alive again, you know. Days of our Lives!

The Office was great, GO JIM! I only have one question, Why is Ryan back? He was arrested last season.

ER, I will say a sweet farewell to Greg Pratt, that was a total tear jerker last night.

House is such an adorable ass, you just have to love that big jerk with issues galore.

I do have to admit that Survivor has lost its excitement for me, I think it is just same old, same old and Biggest Loser is only good when more people are voted off.

Well, you all know what I will be doing for the next few months so don't bother calling after 9 pm when the kids are in bed and all is quiet, I will be glued to the tv catching up and tuning out as my mom would say.

HAPPY VIEWING!

The excitement is almost too much to handle

Let me recap the exciting weekend we just had. Zavier is volunteering to go pee and poop in the potty without us asking. Everyone said that it is going to be so hard, but so far we haven't had to do anything but provide the toilet and kid seat for him to go in.

We had a huge list of things we were going to do, you know like clean the office out. Clean the garage out. Finish cleaning the basement. Go to Costco which was the only item on the list that got done.

My husband played games on the computer. See pictures below

First with E, she is obviously not having as much fun as my man is. We are loving the 80's hair babe.

And of course, with Z too. He may look like me but his attitude and personality are all David. They are both sooo concerned, I am sure it is over a car exploding or something really important.

Last but not least, the kids waiting patiently while the parents get ready for church.

Maybe next week will be more productive...

The photog genius

Let's be clear on one thing here. All of the incredible looking pictures on this blog, are from my sis, Amy. Also see her blog http://amychamberlain.blogspot.com She is a fabulous when it comes to snapping away and once more is so willing to pull the camera out whenever, family gatherings, special occasions, and when she thinks someone is looking especially cute or funny. Thanks a ton girl!! Who knows what pics we would have of our little E and Z if it were not from her. Oh, that's right, all of the lame ones saved on our computer, most of which are taken in their pajamas. They are going to think that we never dressed them. Really we do, although sometimes not until 3 pm or so but I am finding out that I am not the only one, and let's be honest, I would rather stay in mine until then everyday if I could.

How low can you go..

So yeah for me, as the market plunges today because of all the problems with financials, I find myself with phone calls, one after another, asking about refinancing. This is a good thing and I hope that it only gets better being that the mortgage industry has been in the crapper for the last year.
And yeah one more time, I don't think I will have any time this week to worry about Fly Lady, that is what house cleaners are for anyway or trying to figure out this digital scrapbooking thing. As many of you know, I have not a crafty bone in my body, nor do I enjoy it, but for my kids I thought that they would probably want something with pictures to make them feel loved and give them one less issue to deal with once they are grown. So I have been trying digital scrapbooking, which is a bit more easy than the conventional way but Shutterfly doesn't have any cool embellishments (a term in the scrapbook world) or anything so on I go looking for websites that are easy but make it look like I spent a lot of time.

Happy Birthday Janel

Just want to give a shout out to my sister-in-law, Janel. She is officially of advance maternal age and has managed to pop out five kids before the dreaded date hit. CONGRATS!! Thanks for being the best advise giver ever, and for putting up with our shenanigan's for the first few years. You are not only the best of the best when it comes to family you are also the best when it comes to friendship.

Love you tons and hope that you have a great day.

Out of Commission

So I have been out of order for the last week because I came down with this wierd flu. Feeling like you have just run a marathon but not leaving the couch is just no good. I never knew that I could be that achey. But here is a recap

1. Janel had her baby. YEAAH!!! Congrats to her and little Linkin.

2. Scott, Alexa and fam were in town. It was so fun to see the girls and catch up with everyone. Just another excuse to have Mexican food.

3. Nana's pool closed.. Z has been asking to go swimming everyday and yes I have to explain that it is closed everyday and then hear the whining that commences. Exhibit AAs if he doesn't have anything else to play with


4. My sweet friend Josie asked me why there are no pictures of me anywhere on Facebook etc.. I swear that I have not gained 100 pounds or anything like that, I just really don't think that I am photgenic and don't really think of taking pics of myself when i am snapping away at the kiddies.

5. Got a new hair cut. Okay, we all know that my hair has been the same since 8th grade all one length (sometimes short, other times long) and not super exciting. This is because I am hair illiterate. I can't round brush, braid, curl, pretty much anything that requires skill. Both #4 and #5 lead me to #6

6. I have been trying for the last week to get my hub to take a picture of my new hair and let's just put it this way, he has a knack for taking all the worst pictures I have ever seen, eyes closed, looking the other way, super unattractive head/arm/body positions and then laughing the whole time really helps.
Really David? This is what followed that day