Pine Wood Derby

Jim and Jimmy worked so hard on his Pine Wood Derby car. They were really excited to race today! Congrats Jimmy!

Gia-Bella's award winning adorableness

Its my 100th post!

Hmmm then, lets see...

I was reading through one my followed blogs and a post reminded me of a funny job I once had...
I used to work as a makeup artist for Clinique New York. Clinique consultants were trained and traveled to Clinique booths everywhere to sell products and teach women (customers and the counter girls) how to use them. Skincare, make-up whatever.
In my travels to every mall from here to Egypt I've seen some pretty crazy things. I've had a lady insist that the fluorescent lights in Macys was tricking her into buying make-up that didn't 'really look right' when she took it home. So she would jump out of my stool and run to the nearest entrance, taking my mirror with her of course, and then would bring back the verdict.
One mall in particular had a Clarins booth next to ours and I LOVED the counter manager. He was a gay man with a outstanding personality and he had a natural gift in selling. I suppose the best word to describe hm would be 'appropriate'. He didnt take any crap off of anyone, and most Clarins customers are 'appropriate' also, seeings the cheapest product is $75.
I glance over at his counter to see his expression and he was rendered speechless by his customer. She had her hands in the tester creams and was rubbing it all over her stomach and boobs! I had to run away from my customer so I could go hide and laugh. After she left he removed his testers from the counter.

Honest as (S)Crap

This comes from one of my favorite blogs. Not Your Typical Mommy

She carried on to say in order to be able to pass this award on you must "spill 10 of your secrets"
You asked for it! Hear me vent


1. I can't stand my husbands family, I wish they'd take their unmannerly, weirdo asses somewhere away from me and my children.

2. If my ghetto ass, want to be gangster, teenage neighbor sounds off his base in his stereo one more day I might have to show him how gangster I can be!

3. My 1 year old daughter picked up my attitude, and I tell Jim its his fault she 'evil eyes' people, even though its mine.

4. I'm truly sad without my dog.

5. Ghosts dance in my attic and walk around my house and I find myself talking to them! Dont laugh...

6. I'm also 28 and still get pimples, and felt I was one of the very few people whose crappy teenage blemish problem followed them into adult world. (Until I read your post)

7. I also need to stop being a potty mouth in front of my children, who have also picked it up. Gia says 'shit' and Jimmy has a vast vocab

8. My Mirena IUD is going to push me over the edge of PMS crazy

9. I love 50's retro memorbillia

10. I havent bought myself a new pair of running shoes in years and cant wait until next week to shop for them :)

There it is, and as requested: "The other condition of this blog is passing on the award and since I think all bloggers out there deserve it, I'm giving it to everyone. So please, snag the button and spill 10 of your secrets."

Stimulus package

Just out of curiosity... how in the hell is the "Making Work Pay" tax cut going to stimulate the economy when half the US doesn't have jobs?

"So much of the spending that's in the bill . . . has no place in the stimulus bill, which ought to be focused like a laser on the preservation, protection and creation of jobs," said House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R- Va.

My family belongs to the catholic church, I will be the first to say that their ways are nearly impossible to abide by. IM ON BIRTH CONTROL! I cant afford to take chances like that. Thankfully my insurance paid for it. Let them pass help for under insured individuals so they dont conceive children they cannot afford to care for. The church is the first to throw a fit publically. How about how much money the catholic church rolls with! Greedy asses, throw some of the money back to your people!

Another one bites the dust

Recently our beautiful stainless fridge stopped working, we put money into trying to fix it and it was no good. So we started using the gameroom fridge, until that broke yesterday. Then our second dryer in a year died out yesterday as well. Our cat decided he would check out whats between our ceiling and drop ceiling in the laundry room and caved it in. My hot water tank has been providing just enough hot water for 1 shower then its out, so the plumbers are coming this week to look, since they'll already be here fixing the furnace that broke 2 months ago and has been running like crap while we "wait on parts from the manufacturer" that ran us $1800.

The good news:

My husbands works in the disaster restoration business and the owner of his company stores peoples belongings out of their homes until their homes are refurbished. Alot of people take their insurance monies and replace belongings in the homes, so they get stuck with tons of fridges, washers, dryers, furnture, etc.
He gave us a black Maytag fridge and a Amana dryer that looks new. Next week we can purchase a new fridge and we can put the black one in the gameroom. Probably have to replace the hotwater tank, but ill be too thankful for the once week I get to soak in my tub to care! And hopefully nothing else will fall apart in the meantime.

Oh my GiGi

Our Gianna mimics my behavior, bad and good. She scrubs the floor, cooks in her play kitchen...

This one is the funniest, Gianna talking on a old Gameboy (it resembles my Sidekick) that Jimmy gave her to keep her from stealing his PS3 controllers! Chatting on her "cellphone" as she drives away on her derailed train!