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Main Entry:
failure
Part of Speech:
noun 1
Definition:
lack of success
Synonyms:
abortion, bankruptcy, bomb, botch*, breakdown, bummer, bungle*, bust, checkmate, clinker, collapse, decay, decline, defeat, deficiency, deficit, deterioration, dog, downfall, dud*, failing, false step*, faux pas, fiasco, flop*, frustration, implosion, inadequacy, lead balloon*, lemon*, loser, loss, mess, misadventure, miscarriage, misstep, no go, nonperformance, nonsuccess, overthrow, rout, rupture, sinking ship*, stalemate, stoppage, total loss, turkey*, washout*, wreck
I have no pictures of my cute little kitty, ninja turtle, red headed girl, warty witch or even the baked potato!!!
And not for lack of trying. My Mom sent me her digital camera by UPS 2nd day air just so that I'd have a camera for Halloween because ours is still broken. I get it today, in time. I put freshly charged batteries into it and take gobs of pictures of the kids, really excited that I'll have some new images to Blog for the first time in a while. Instead of reading the manual and learning the new camera's functions, I get button happy and start pushing things like I know what I am doing. I know how to do one thing -- delete all my images. I hit a "format" button that I now know (after reading the stupid book) is "an irreversable action and data cannot be recovered at a later time."
Well, Bummer is an understatement! I'll bet you can't even figure out which kid wore which of the above mentioned costumes. So, I think I'll post a little survey to see if you're even close to guessing correctly. Come on you guys, humor me and help me try to salvage my perfectionist image by making a game out of my botched Halloween memories! If any of my friends or neighbors have pics on their cameras, maybe you will get to see sometime in the future!!
I will continue to try to live my CRAZE-y and complicated life -- one day at a time.
Wednesday, October 31
Saturday, October 20
A Sister's SWEET Surprise
I turned 37 on Thursday. Ugh. Birthdays when you're a Mom and it falls on picture day at the Elementary School. Even more fun. This year I woke up to a whopping migraine headache that was so bad I wanted to close my eyes and forget that it was even my birthday. No joke. I felt awful, and after seeing the kids off to school, I jumped slowly crawled back into my warm bed and went back to sleep next to Kyle, who was still snoring soundly beside me.
I ignored the phone calls, knowing that it was probably someone wanting to shout "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" at me, and even though their intentions were generous and thoughtful, I couldn't even manage to reach for the telephone.
At noon, my neighbor and friend who had been worried that I hadn't appeared to be in the land of the living yet, came over and said "you can not stay in bed on your birthday!"
She did a series of pressure point massages on me and I drug my aching body to the shower. I was then surprised by a different friend who brought me chinese food and balloons for a lunch time surprise celebration. I couldnt' disappoint her kind act, so I stomached as much of the food that I would normally be chowing down, and told her I was going to lay down for a little while until the kids got home from school.
I listened to the voice mails from several family members, my parents, and a couple of friends, even Dave, and cried for two reasons: My head still felt like it was cracking in half and because of their sweet messages. My sister, Heather, then called to tell me to expect dinner and a surprise to be delivered that evening. She had called and ordered it because she was working in Wyoming, and our original plans for her to come out for two nights had to be cancelled.
I ignored the phone calls, knowing that it was probably someone wanting to shout "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" at me, and even though their intentions were generous and thoughtful, I couldn't even manage to reach for the telephone.
At noon, my neighbor and friend who had been worried that I hadn't appeared to be in the land of the living yet, came over and said "you can not stay in bed on your birthday!"
She did a series of pressure point massages on me and I drug my aching body to the shower. I was then surprised by a different friend who brought me chinese food and balloons for a lunch time surprise celebration. I couldnt' disappoint her kind act, so I stomached as much of the food that I would normally be chowing down, and told her I was going to lay down for a little while until the kids got home from school.
I listened to the voice mails from several family members, my parents, and a couple of friends, even Dave, and cried for two reasons: My head still felt like it was cracking in half and because of their sweet messages. My sister, Heather, then called to tell me to expect dinner and a surprise to be delivered that evening. She had called and ordered it because she was working in Wyoming, and our original plans for her to come out for two nights had to be cancelled.
When my "surprise" arrived around 7 p.m. -- a kind looking woman came to my door holding the largest birthday cake I'd ever seen. The picture I have doesn't do it justice. Our digital camera is currently broken, and my only resource to capture the beautiful creation was my cell phone camera, which is not great. Custom Cakes by Anne brought me this wonderful Vanilla Butter Cream Cake with flowers made out of sugar that even sparkled like there was glitter on them. It was to die for!! Let me tell you, it was better than any wedding cake I've ever tasted, and looked like it was the bottom tier of one.Thank you Heather, for making sure that I got a Birthday Cake this year! You are a truly magnificently sweet and awesome sister.
Friday, October 19
I guess Jordan has MY genes!
I'm not sure if this is bogus or not, but it's kind of a fun thing to try out with pics of your kids!
Tuesday, October 16
Finding the Answer:
to an age old question:
"Do Blondes have more fun?"
Since I've been a red head for my entire life, I've never even bothered to worrry about the answer to that one.
Last week, however, I unintentionally became a little blonder than planned when I had my dear friend put "a few blonde streaks" into my hair. I had done this once before a couple of summers ago and had liked it, so I wasn't at all nervous about it.
After about ten minutes of talking with Tonya and the kids, I ventured into the bathroom to see how my hair was coming along. What I saw was very BLONDE!
I immediately jumped into the shower and washed the bleach out as fast as I could and then got out and tried to start styling it. While I was blowing it dry, Megan walked in and said "Why do you want your bangs to be WHITE?" OK, trying not to panic, remember Megan is only five, so maybe she's not too good with her colors yet.
It turns out, I look ok as a blonde. I've had nothing but compliments for the past several days and since I don't have a choice but to live with it, I've gotten slowly used to it and decided it's a fun change. So, do Blondes have more FUN? Well, I would say not anymore than any other girl who feels good about herself, has a new hair-do to sport and who's been told "I Love your Hair!" repeatedly by everyone she comes into contact with! So, there's your answer-- the change and the attention the blonde hair has brought me has definitely been fun, but in my mind and in my roots, I will always be a RED HEAD!
"Do Blondes have more fun?"
Since I've been a red head for my entire life, I've never even bothered to worrry about the answer to that one.
Last week, however, I unintentionally became a little blonder than planned when I had my dear friend put "a few blonde streaks" into my hair. I had done this once before a couple of summers ago and had liked it, so I wasn't at all nervous about it.
After about ten minutes of talking with Tonya and the kids, I ventured into the bathroom to see how my hair was coming along. What I saw was very BLONDE!
I immediately jumped into the shower and washed the bleach out as fast as I could and then got out and tried to start styling it. While I was blowing it dry, Megan walked in and said "Why do you want your bangs to be WHITE?" OK, trying not to panic, remember Megan is only five, so maybe she's not too good with her colors yet.
It turns out, I look ok as a blonde. I've had nothing but compliments for the past several days and since I don't have a choice but to live with it, I've gotten slowly used to it and decided it's a fun change. So, do Blondes have more FUN? Well, I would say not anymore than any other girl who feels good about herself, has a new hair-do to sport and who's been told "I Love your Hair!" repeatedly by everyone she comes into contact with! So, there's your answer-- the change and the attention the blonde hair has brought me has definitely been fun, but in my mind and in my roots, I will always be a RED HEAD!
Updated on Oct. 22nd:
This is the best you are going to get for now, I was trying to wait until I get my camera back from the repair shop, but you guys are stalking me for a photo! So here's a really bad and blurry one I took of myself on the cell phone - not even very colorful so you'll have to use your imagination-- I've been corrected by Kyle-- my hair is "Cherry Blonde"!
Wednesday, October 3
Rock Springs Road Trip
ME and MY GANG took Off to Heather's for the weekend for fun with cousins, power shopping trips and sister birthday bonding. We're both October girls, maybe that's why we get along so well!? Heather's is the 1st and mine is the 18th. Even though 10 years separates our age, we actually have more in common than any of our siblings. Heather is a blast and I thank her for the spirit lift, the generous gifts, and being such a cute and fun FRIEND as well as my baby sister! I often remind Jordan how far apart in age Heather and I are but that now that we are both adults, we are as close as two sisters could be. (Jordie sometimes needs a little reassurance that Megan, the sister she prayed for-- remember? is going to grow up too one of these days!)
Even the sage brush covered flat roads between Evanston and Rock Springs didn't bore this group who kept entertained by singing our hearts out to our "COUNTRY DRIVE MIX CD". We belted out every top 40 country hit that had anything to do with the weekend or hitting the road! By the last leg of the trip, Jordan was convinced that we were good enough to form our own country band and go on the road professionally -- can you say DELIRIOUS??
After our Saturday night shopping spree, we came home and played dress up in our new duds, Heather even entertained us with her Harley Davidson wigs that she bought online on a whim one night -- OK Heath, the "Linda from the wedding singer" look just isn't you!
Heather bought me some new high heeled boots that when I wear just can't help but walk with a little attitude. Megan quickly dubbed them "Mom's sexy boots!" We had a good laugh about that one.
Jordan and JaNae had fun reuniting and catching up in their newfound independent teen world and went out to the movies and spent their time talking, listening to music and surely talking about boys, although they'd never admit it.
Connor, Devin and Max spent the weekend being boys and doing what boys do best-- getting dirty, making weird noises and playing the play station.
Kyle and Miles were joined at the hip and weren't seen without a sword or toy gun in their hands for three straight days. When we arrived, Miles took one look at me and said "did you bring my best friend??"
They wanted to wear their hair in mohawks which Miles refers to as "Rock and Roll hair".
The little girls (Madison, Megan and Brooklyn) had a Big time Barbie Extravaganza and played House until we weren't sure what was real and what was part of their make believe world. Madison and Megan are both pretty bossy, but neither one seemed to figure out that the other thought they were the one in charge!
So, ten kids and two silly sisters had a blast of a weekend, doing spontaneously different things and the change of scenery seemed to be just what I needed. You really haven't lived until you walk into a restaurant and say to a hostess, "two adults and ten children please" -- yep we were even brave enough to take them out for dinner! Heather's laundry and clean house surely suffered, but it was worth it!
Even the sage brush covered flat roads between Evanston and Rock Springs didn't bore this group who kept entertained by singing our hearts out to our "COUNTRY DRIVE MIX CD". We belted out every top 40 country hit that had anything to do with the weekend or hitting the road! By the last leg of the trip, Jordan was convinced that we were good enough to form our own country band and go on the road professionally -- can you say DELIRIOUS??
After our Saturday night shopping spree, we came home and played dress up in our new duds, Heather even entertained us with her Harley Davidson wigs that she bought online on a whim one night -- OK Heath, the "Linda from the wedding singer" look just isn't you!
Heather bought me some new high heeled boots that when I wear just can't help but walk with a little attitude. Megan quickly dubbed them "Mom's sexy boots!" We had a good laugh about that one.
Jordan and JaNae had fun reuniting and catching up in their newfound independent teen world and went out to the movies and spent their time talking, listening to music and surely talking about boys, although they'd never admit it.
Connor, Devin and Max spent the weekend being boys and doing what boys do best-- getting dirty, making weird noises and playing the play station.
Kyle and Miles were joined at the hip and weren't seen without a sword or toy gun in their hands for three straight days. When we arrived, Miles took one look at me and said "did you bring my best friend??"
They wanted to wear their hair in mohawks which Miles refers to as "Rock and Roll hair".
The little girls (Madison, Megan and Brooklyn) had a Big time Barbie Extravaganza and played House until we weren't sure what was real and what was part of their make believe world. Madison and Megan are both pretty bossy, but neither one seemed to figure out that the other thought they were the one in charge!
So, ten kids and two silly sisters had a blast of a weekend, doing spontaneously different things and the change of scenery seemed to be just what I needed. You really haven't lived until you walk into a restaurant and say to a hostess, "two adults and ten children please" -- yep we were even brave enough to take them out for dinner! Heather's laundry and clean house surely suffered, but it was worth it!
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