Piece of What?

Remember the friend I shared about yesterday that I threw the worst birthday dinner ever for?

This one.

Well, my smooth moves really come out around her.  It's a good thing she has a great sense of humor and doesn't mind!

I stopped my her desk, and I asked her "Do you want to have a piece of boobie?"

*awkward silence*

Then lots of laughter.

What I MEANT to say was, do you want to have a pizza, beer, and movie night?

You can hear the similarities.  Right?

Worst Birthday Dinner Ever

I have this friend.  She moved to our area about a year and a half ago and became my co worker shortly after.  We've became friends in the last year after we ran the 10K together.  She had a birthday two weeks ago, and we'd planned a birthday dinner of stuffed peppers, mashed potatoes and red velvet cake.

Unfortunately, it happened to be the same week my dad was in the hospital and my father-in-law was in an out of the hospital and the week after my miscarriage.  So we had to reschedule.  And this is the first chance we've had. 

I came home after work already to start the peppers when I realized, I forgot to put the hamburger out to thaw.  

Crap, I don't have anything to stuff the peppers with.

No problem, I'll give her a call and order a pizza!

Crap, the pizza place in town only takes cash.  

I just spent my last bit of cash on butter at the gas station.  And I don't have enough money in my bank account to get cash until pay day.

Well this just keeps getting better.

I was completely unprepared.

Result, my friend ends up bringing her own frozen pizzas over for the birthday dinner we were throwing her, which we ate off paper plates.  

At least I can still make a cake, right!?

In theory, yes.  But it turned out like this.  

That cake looks better on the plate than it did in the pan.  I couldn't even get it onto my cake stand.

It tasted great, but we termed it, the ugly cake. 

On second thought, maybe it's a good thing the stuffed peppers were missing the hamburger.  They probably would have turned out horrible too. 

At least I have adorable kids that distracted us all and provided great entertainment!  Perhaps I'll write more about that later. 

Happy Belated Birthday Friend!

Just Closed

Bitter is the New Black

by Jen Lancaster

I have to admit, she wasn't a very nice person, but I enjoyed the book.  It was an easy read, that came with a lot of humor.  I found myself retelling some of the stories to my husband, who was less amused than I!  The one thing I noticed about the book, is the strong relationship she conveyed between herself and her husband.  It was something I admired about her, despite her gruff personality. 

Murdock's Mama inspired these "Just Closed" posts.  Check out her most recent book over at her website.

You can also follow my reading on GoodReads. 

God Gave Me You - by Blake Shelton

This song, stops me in my tracks every time I hear it. 

It reminds me of my husband and how we blessed we are to have found each other.  

And it is a reminder of the strength we have in our relationship and the ability to handle the ups and downs with God's help.

This song, puts a smile on my face, and makes me want to hug my husband a little extra every day.

Three years ago...

Three years ago today, our world was turned upside down.

At the time, I had no idea it would be one of the best things that ever happened in our family.

God has a way of giving us blessings in disguise, and after we survived through the rough patch, we came out on the other side, stronger, healthier, and in a much better situation than before.

Do I wish it had happened differently?  Hell yes.  I wish those boys had much more calm past, but would I change it?  No.  We haven't let if define us, and I have faith we have overcome it, and will continue to overcome new obstacles, together, as a family. 

Strange Questions

So when I find out I was pregnant, before we knew it was another miscarriage, I called to set up my first appointment with the nurse.

It was quite the experience, as it usually is when trying to schedule and appointment with the Cleveland Clinic.

I'm used to them asking many questions when you're making an appointment, but when I was calling with a pregnancy this, this question caught me by surprise.

It went something to the effect of "is this appointment a result of a work-related injury or accident?"

In my head, my response was: "um, yes, I tripped over a stapler and now I'm knocked-up."

Weeds

The boys have this new friends at school recently, and they have been asking incessantly for him to come play. After weeks of asking they brought home his mom's phone number for me.

Friday, I got the courage to call her.  I've never done this sort of thing before.  They've always played with friends at day care, but never wanted to bring anyone over before.  So I bit the bullet and called.  Fortunately she was just as anxious about it as I was, she'd never been in the situation before either with her son.  I'm feeling better already!

She said he son has been asking the same questions, and when she picks her son up from the day care, my boys have been asking her to come over and play and such.  She said they had told her all about their pumpkins growing in the yard and their swing set and toys.  They are so excited about this!

So we set a play date for next weekend.

After I wrap up the phone call, I go to tell the boys they have a play date next weekend with their friend.  Caden starts telling me all the things he's told his friend and his mom, except that when he describes our house to his friends, it goes more like "our house is the one with the weeds laying in the front yard!"

I thought parents were supposed to embarrass their children, not the other way around!