Tyler’s future plans
Current mood: amused
Category: Life

So, the other day my family and I were out and we were enjoying a FANTASTIC fall day. I must've said it a thousand times if I said it once, but I couldn't help myself.

Well, Tyler is holding my hand while we are crossing the street back to the Jeep. I say again, it's a nice day outside.

Tyler looks at me and says ....It's a nice day for taking over the world.

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So that was that. I'm just saying, watch your back candidates, my six year old son is coming for you .............   and the world!

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Applesauce, promotions, and Life
Current mood: busy

Hiya my fellow Myspacers! How are things in your area? Good I hope.

Things are zipping by here. I know I haven't blogged much lately. By much I really mean not at all. No reason to be nit pickey though. Sheesh.

Tyler is in school, Ethan is heading to preschool soon, Fall is almost here, and the Buckeyes are on every Saturday. Life is good, eh?

Work is insanely BUSY. I swear those kiddos are like gremlins. They multiply week to week. When I say I work at a church, I think people think there are six or seven kids per room. Can I just set that straight and say we have 800 kids in our children's program? We are bigger than a lot of elementary schools. Oh yeah, it's like that. C - R - A - Z - Y.

Here on the homefront, we have things a-brewing too. Like the apples from yesterday. I made homemade applesauce. Can I get a high five here? That's what I am saying! It was actually not only able to be eaten, but it is tastey too. I know! Who would've guessed! I've been on a homemade food kick lately. No canned goods anymore. I am feeling empowered I tell you. I seem to somehow work it into any conversation I can. C'mon, don't look at me like that. A mere 13 years ago, I caught the kitchen cabinets on fire just trying to get toast out of the toaster. This is a huge step. A small miracle if you will. Feeling inspired? You should be! Check out the Freaking SugarPlum Fairy. She's a kitchen GODDESS. In every sense of the word. Really.

In other news, Mike got a promotion. Can I get an Amen? That's right. He's now an investment banker and a branch manager. Woo Hoo. I get all giddy when I can say I am married to a banker. Makes us sound rich. It's a nice thought.  One day.

Well, that's about that. We are rocking and rolling and just doing the things that make us ... well the Teagues. Running around like our head is on fire and such.

What's happening with you?

Currently listening : I Am Free By Ross Parsley Release date: 2005-03-01

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Why the last blog is restricted

Hiya all! I just wanted ot let everyone know the last blog is restricted because ........

It is NOT finished!  Everyone will be able to read it soon. It's the crazy that happened to us in a little town that resembled the Texas Chainsaw Movies. It included pictures bacuse words don't do it justice.

So, hang tight, it'll be up in a jiff.

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T minus 2 and counting ........
Current mood: crazy

Hello ladies and gents!

Has life been crazy or is it just me? Tell me yes so I don't feel so unorganized. Things are still blazing by me. My head is still on fire. Things are as they should be.

We are heading out on vacation in a few days. Can I get a Woo Hoo anyone? Heck yeah. Although, I think I am paying for it in spades with how insanely busy I have been at work this week. Seriously. I am thinking of just pitching a tent in the back corner of my office. Right by the stack of work that is a week overdue. Should be cozy.

Anyhow. Things here at home have been BUSY too. The word busy in this sentence is to my week like the words small crack is to the Grand Canyon. You get the idea. We had the computer crash. By crash I mean we had to erase the ENTIRE hard drive and start over with Windows. Oh yeah. Go big or go home, right?

Then, the washer went out. Um , hello? We are going to be naked on vacation if I cannot get some laundry done. Luckily my wonderful husband worked his magic (untangled the sheet) and all is well there.

But the fun did not end with that. Oh no, my friend. The air conditioning went out on the Jeep. And the hits keep coming. Lucky for us, it's only been 113 (with the heat index) where we're headed. Only slightly warm. Finally though, with minimal cussing and gnashing of teeth and a small chunk of change, we have it back working. Although there is kind of a song and dance you have to do before you get in, I think we're set until we get back. And we won't fry. Joy upon joy.

So, that's what is shaking with me lately. Catch you guys on the flip side.

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Sitters, Nephews, and snaggle teeth
Current mood: exhausted
Category: Life

Hidey ho Myspacers! How the heck have you been? Me, well doing a little of this and a lot of that. You know, running around like my head's on fire. Just the usual. Life is zipping by and I am scrambling to keep up. I wish it'd keep me skinny. Hey, don't look at me like that. A gal's gotta dream. Sheesh.

Anyhow, my oldest son, Tyler, turned 6 last month. Holy smokes! That kid is getting huge. He lost his two bottom teeth and he looks like a bonafide kid. No more baby left what so ever. Kind of sad. When we go to the car, he can get in, buckle up and pull the door shut all by himself. *sigh* Independence is such a bittersweet thing. I know I'll cry when my husband, Mike, picks up his room all by himself the first time.

I met my amazing nephew for the first time a few weeks ago. And let me tell you, the kid's got the market cornered o cute.

They should stamp his face on a freaking cookie so I can eat him up. Adorable. And happy! Maybe that makes him triple cute. Cause you know, my youngest, Ethan, was cute but not so much happy. And I tell you, the cute factor went down on some days. Well, maybe until about 9 months. But then, WAY cute. Freaking colic. Ick.

We are going on vacation soon. Can I hear a "Thank you God"? And you know the best part? The beach? Close, but no. The Sun and the sound of the surf at night? It's going to be lovely, but no again. It's that we are bringing a sitter. And the Mom's of the world CHEERED. Why yes, we are so lucky. She is there to build sandcastles if I decide the next chapter cannot be read 6 hours and 72 buckets of sand later. She is there to play Marco Polo if I need to "flip" to tan evenly. I am VERY excited. Like I would be if I found out there was a quick fix for chubbiness. Which there isn't. so this is the next best thing.

So, that's what's been going on around here. What's shaking with you?

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The way to a boy’s heart is through his belly.
Current mood: amused
Category: Life

We are having trouble with deciding who is boss in our house. Mike and I are pretty sure it is us. The boys however are still out on that verdict.

Well, as most of you guys know, I work at a church. Our kids are pretty "churched". They know about God and the things that go along with being Chrisitans.

These two facts clashed the other day for us. We caught our youngest Ethan in what we knew was a lie. We knew he'd made up his own rule about being able to have popsicles for breakfast. But, we wanted him to admit it. Fat chance.

So, we asked him who told him it was okay to have popsicles for breakfast. And with one of the best poker faces I've seen, he looked us cooly in the eye and said, "God".

Well, that was clever. So, we asked him where God was when He relvealed this revelation. He tells us what's he's heard several times in chuch.

In his heart.

Well, there you go. Oh, and the only way to get in there was through his belly and there was no way Mike and I could fit in there too.

Who can argue with that logic?

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Working 9 to 5
Current mood: chill
Category: Life

Mike and I are pretty constant people. We stay the course. So, Mike hasn't had many jobs since High School and college. The first job he had outside of graduation was at Best Buy. He was 18-ish and he stayed there for the next nine years. Overlapping that time we owned a small business silk screening t-shirts. Well, that went South about a year and a half ago and now he's at the Bank. He's a personal banker. The fellow that sits in the glass office. That's him. Well, I told you all of that to tell you this.

The other night we are in the car driving and we go by a Best Buy store. Tyler, our oldest, talks about how he remembers daddy working at the store that made video games. Then he remembered Daddy working at the store that made clothes. The kid has a memory like a steel trap. Seriously.

So Mike asks him what he makes now that he's at the bank.

"Money." he said. Smart kid.

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Ah ... the lazy days of ... public restrooms.
Category: Life

So, the other day we are having a picnic at the park. It was lovely. Blue skies, white fluffy clouds, huge swarms of gnats .... it was great.

Anyhow. Ethan (the 3 yr old) says he's gotta go potty. So, my mother in law takes him. I can tell from the way he's walking he doesn't only have to pee. It's nothing huge that everyone would notice, just a mommy thing. So, he walks up there and in no time, he's back. No go, I think.

A little while later, he's indescreetly grabbing the back of his pants. This kid has REALLY got to GO. So, my husband and my father-in-law take him. Now, knowing my child and my husband like I do, I know this isn't going to pan out either. Oh well, I hope for the best. Two seconds later out trots Ethan. Dang. I know this is going to end up being a Mommy job.

So, as predicted a few minutes later we are heading BACK to the bathrooms again. Now remember, we are at a park and these bathrooms aren't like hanging in the Hilton or anything. I mean the kid's gotta have mounds of germs on his shoes alone already being a frequent flyer of this place and all. So, I take some paper towels with us. I know this kid is taking one look at the pots and squirming like I did when I saw the spinal needle with my c-section.  I cover the seat and plop him on.

"Did you leave a hole in the towel, Mom?" Yes, I tell him. I've done this before.

Now, this is where the fun begins. He says, "You might want to go on the other side of the door. This is going to be loud." I look at my kid. This is too much. I walk outside the stall. True to his word, there are all kinds of not right noises echoing off that steel bowl. I peek through the crack to make sure he is still in the upright position. Yup.

About that time a cute little teenage girl comes bopping in. She halts dead in her tracks. And let me tell you, it wasn't the smell that was melting the rubber caulking around the doors either. She actually said out loud how gross this situation was. Look kid, I agree. I didn't ask for the symphony. It just comes with the job.

Well, Ethan fianlly calls me back in. He tells me in nonchalant terms that he's got the biggest poop ever. Real long.

Nice.

And that the was end of that. Finally. Picnic complete.

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Just so you know.
Current mood: amused

So on the way home tonight we are chit chatting with the boys as usual. They are huge into aquatic life. More precisely sharks. Soemtimes the stuff they tell us is right on and sometimes I think they embellish like only a 3 and a 5 yr old know how. So tonight Tyler is telling us about sharks that bite and ones that don't. He says there is the coral shark. That one he says does not bite and it lives near coral. Good enough.

But, he really want to get his point across. To be clear, it doesn't eat humans OR monkeys. Just so you know.

Then he goes on talking but before long the younger one interrupts. He wants to know how you know if a shark bites people or not. Oh. Easy question. You just dip your finger in the ocean and see which one chomps down. Well, geez. That's all huh?

And also, so you know, monkeys hang from trees by their tails. And we do not currently have any of those kinds of monkey trees in our yard. Just so everyone knows.

Currently watching : No Country for Old Men Release date: 2008-03-11

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I forget
Current mood: busy
Category: Life

Hidey ho, Myspacers. You know, sometimes with everything that is going on with life, I get forgetful, confused even. Well, I never gave much thought to what it must be like to a three year old. Ethan is constantly wanting to be like someone or something else. He mostly wants to be like his brother and his Dad. So, the other day the child must've been confused.

I am in the kitchen cleaning the floors Cinderella style and Ethan nonchalantly walks up to me and hands me a can of Pepsi. I look at him. He looks at me. Obviously he's missing the confused look in my eyes.

"What is this for?"

"Open it. " Well, no kidding Sherlock. I figured the child wanted it open. But, he KNOWS there is no pop drinking happening at the ripe old age of three.

"No sir. You don't drink pop." I start scrubbing again.

"Open it please." Well, at least he's picked up something. But again, I tell him no.

"Ethan, I told you no. Don't ask Mommy again. " Next thing you know the kid is going to want me to guillotine off the end of his cigar.

Quite a while later, I am on the computer and Ethan yells at me from his room.

"What, E? I couldn't hear you." He comes meandering in. He tells me he's sorry for asking for the pop. He got confused he says. Really. I am not making this up. He's says he forgot he was not an adult yet.

Ha! Like I forget that I'm not skinny. Please.

But, the child is amusing.

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