The Mom Song

This is incredibly clever!! I got a kick out of watching this woman and i hope so do you. I've probably said about half of these things already! Enjoy!

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Wordless Wednesday

The things i let my friends do to my son.....

I couldn't help but take pictures of it!

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Lack of Motivation

Lately i've been suffering from a complete lack of motivation. To do anything! Yesterday, i pretty much layed on the couch until 5pm when finally i got my ass up to clean my house. I haven't even been motivated to blog. Not that i've had that much to blog about anyways. But being unmotivated, is kinda depressing. I don't even feel like cooking. Which is soo not like me at all. I love cooking. The weather isn't too bad either. It certainly doesn't feel like summer today but it's not rainy or crappy or anything, so i can't blame that. This week i'm on vacation from work and haven't accomplished anything. Alright, except for cleaning my house. Oh, and the booze cruise i went on on Saturday. But i really haven't done anything with Hunter. We did the park today and the library but that was all. I need help motivating myself and getting my ass in gear to do something with my days!! ARGH! It's frustrating to not feel like doing anything but then feeling like you're entire day was just wasted. Anybody have any ideas?!?

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School update

Just to give you an update, i have found someone to pick Hunter up from school. YAY!! Unfortunately for me, she wants almost $200 a month just to pick him up and drop him off at my grandmothers. I think its kind of a lot of money to just drive him, i mean she's not babysitting him or anything. But whatever, who am i to complain. I was stuck in a pickle and she's willing to help me out...i'll take it! This couldn't have come at a more perfect time b/c school starts in week from tomorrow. Yippie!!

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Monday's Life Tip #6

Today's life tip is a pretty good one. Its an easy one that most of us probably practice daily...I know i do. So here is How to Live a Happier, Healthier Life tip #6:


Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

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Yearbook Flashback

So i totally stole this from Molly, but i was laughing so hard when i saw her's i just had to do it to myself. Here is my yearbook:

1962: Gotta love the beehive

1968:




1976:




1978: I think i look pretty good with an afro!




1982: ah, the 80's were so good to me

1986:

1990: Rockin the feathered hair

1994: Holy 90210 reunion!

What do you think was my best year?? Now go make one of your own!

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Thursdays 13

For today's Thursday Thirteen i'm gonna share with you 13 of my all-time favorite movies.

1. The Notebook- just the best love story ever!

2. Dumb and Dumber- Jim Carrey cracks me up

3. Elf- i still laugh every time!

4. Dirty Dancing- nobody puts baby in the corner.

5. Pirates of the Caribbean- umm...Johnny Depp, 'nough said.

6. Ferris Buellers Day off- bueller?bueller?

7. Under the Tuscan Sun- it just makes you wanna run away to Italy and buy a villa

8. Transformers- just a great action flick and Shia Lebouf

9. Mallrats- Jay and Silent Bob of course.

10.Harry Potter Movies- love them all

11. Singing in the Rain-its a classic!

12. Where the Hear is- i watched it over, and over when i was pregnant

13.the Cutting Edge- "i've been doing a little figure skating" "what? finger painting?"

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Muffin Tops

The crazy mommy bloggers over at MomDot blog, is hosting a contest to make the world a better place and to fight muffintop. Please come over and enter to win an amazing giveaway from Blush, where you can keep or pass along an awesome topless undershirt. They need 200 entries to get more shirts to give away, so come enter this worthwhile fashion cause. And while you are there, dont forget about the other awesome giveaways and new chat room. Oh, and Toni is crazy. Really, really crazy.

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School Stress!!

Usually i try not to rant and rave on my blog too much but its my blog and i'll rant if i want to. So this is a rant. Hunter starts school in two weeks. I live in a town that is 20minutes away from the rest of my family. Now, i work 11am to 11pm so all last year i paid my cousin to pick him up after school and bring him to my grandmothers. During the summer my cousin watches him on wednesdays. So i called her today to let her know that this wednesday would be the last day i drop him off for the summer b/c i'm on vacation next week and he starts school the following week. I also just wanted to make sure she was still going to pick him up again this year. To which she informed me she wasn't.

Um...what?!? It's two weeks before school starts! Thanks for calling and giving me some notice ahead of time. (sarcastic). What the hell am i gonna do now?!? I am completely stressed and screwed. I don't really know many people in my town and most of the mothers work. I know it will work out somehow but i just can't help but worry about it now.

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Monday's Life Tip #5

It's time for mondays How to live a happier, healthier life tip. This one is a good one and i think i've already accomplished it. So here is tip #5:

Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.

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I'm Turning into My Mother!

I'm turning into my mother. There I said it! This is not something that is easy to admit. I came to this realization while school shopping with Hunter today. I always swore I wouldn't be like her but.....it kills me to say, she was right.

We were shopping for sneakers and he really wants those "skater boy" sneakers. Fine. I don't care. Yeah....umm...hello!?! They're like $60!! First of all, at the beginning of the summer his shoe size was 11 and now its a 13!! There is no way i'm paying $60 for sneakers when he's probably gonna out grow them in 2 months and besides he's only six! I don't even spend that much on shoes for myself.

So off to Walmart we went. Now, you gotta love Walmart, i mean the store has everything! And of course they had their own version of "skater boy" sneakers and we liked them. They were "cool." Besides who's gonna notice that they don't say "DC" or "etnies." Not a bunch of six and seven year olds that's for sure. And the best part was they were only $13! Talk about a bargain!

Now here's where i turned into my mother. Hunter wants to wear them out of the store. I say absolutely not, they are for school. He then starts to argue. He wants to wear them before school and if he can't then he doesn't want them. Oh no no! I'm buying these now b/c i know from past experience if i don't get them now, they won't have his size later on. Besides, i can't let him win. He starts to cry and get mad at me. I stick my ground and say "nope. they are for school only. You can wear them in two weeks when school starts." After about ten minutes of a pouting face he realizes he's not getting his way and drops it.

I can remember being younger and being the exact same way. I always wanted to wear my new clothes and shoes the moment i got them, and being told no that i would have to wait for school. I hated that! But, now as a parent, i can totally understand! I'm not buying new clothes and shoes for him to go back to school only to let him wear them early and ruin them. Hell no! He can ruin them after school has started.

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Friday's Foto Finish Fiesta

It's that time of the week again!! Candid Carrie's Fx4!!! Last week we went out on a friend of ours boat to fish and swim. Hunter caught his very first stripped bass!

Here he is reeling it in:

Look at the size of it!!!

He wouldn't hold it, so i toughed it out:

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Another Award!!!

I cannot believe it! I won yet another award!! I'm thrilled and feeling the love! I received this award from Jess who i didn't even know read my blog never mind liked it!

Its called the BFF Award! (how cool is that??)

Rules are Fairly simple:

1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award

2. Four (4) of them are followers of your blog.

3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.

The 5 people are encouraged to pass this award to 5 Blogging friends too, following the 4 rules listed above.

Now, for who I pass it onto:

Just the Girl

Molly

Susan

Judy

Outnumbered 2 to 1

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Thursday Thirteen

While traveling through the blogosphere today i noticed on a lot of blogs a Thursday Thirteen post. I decided to join the fun since i have really nothing else to blog about today. So i'm going to list 13 random facts about me.

1. I'm the most indecisive person I know.

2. Long drives relax me.

3. Reeses peanut butter cups will always make me smile.

4. I love to laugh and laugh at just about everything, including myself. I usually laugh so hard i end up in tears.

5. I'm much more comfortable in heels.

6. I sing horribly and always in my car.

7. I hope for fairytale romances, even though i don't believe that they exist.

8. Nothing bothers me more than when people are late.

9. I have a horrible habit of cracking my knuckles...eeww!

10. I have an excellent sense of direction

11. I'm a total reality t.v. junkie!!

12. I never work-out! ( i have really good genetics!)

13. I hate the cold and snow but will probably never leave New England.

So there it is! 13 of the most random facts i could possibly think of!

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A sad reality

I live in a condo complex that has a pool. So the other day, Hunter and i went down to the pool for a little while. There was a little boy the same age as Hunter with his dad there. So, inevitably the boys swam together. At one point I heard the little boy ask Hunter about his dad. To which Hunter replied, "i dont have a dad." And of course the little boy starts saying ,'yes you do, everyone has a dad' and that's about the point where his father intervened.

Now, this is not an uncommon question or answer for Hunter. His father hasn't seen him in over 2 1/2 years and even before then he was always in-and-out of his life. I've always talked to him about it and explained to him that not everyone has a dad or even a mom. I always made it seem like its no big deal and for him its just the way it is he really doesn't know any different. However, i found that since he started kindergarten last year, it seems to be bothering him a lot now. I think he sees all his friends at school with their dads and feels like he's missing out on something. Now, he gets sad when he tells people he doesn't have a dad, and he'll say things like he wishes he had a dad. He knows who is father is, but since he isn't part of his life anymore he thinks he'll get a "new" dad someday. And i want you to know that he does have a father figure in his life. My grandfather, who is only 67, and Hunter are extremely close. They do so much together, and my son wants to be just like him when he grows up. I mean, they go out lobstering together, to motorcycle shows, all sorts of stuff. I couldn't ask for a better father figure for him. They are truely two peas in a pod. When they made fathers day gifts at school he made it for his papa. But even still, there is a small void in his life that neither myself nor my grandfather can fill.

It just breaks my heart.

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Monday's Life Tip #4

Here is tip number 4, of Monday's How to Live a Happier, Healthier Life. I think that i should start to practice this one.

When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, "My purpose is to______today."

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Crowns and Poison

Thursday was an extremely long day for me. I usually work wednesdays from 11am to 11pm, however around 7pm we got an emergency surgery in and i was there until 2am. After picking up Hunter and stopping at McNasty's ( i hadn't eaten dinner yet), i finally got into bed about 3am.

Not so bad, right?

Oh but then the phone rang at 5:50am. Now who would call me that friggin early on my day off.

Ah, the hospital! I had to go in for another emergency case. Luckily, my call ends at 7:30am and i get relieved and leave. However, now the real fun begins!

I rush home to get Hunter to his dentist appointment. This is the day he could possibly be getting a crown. Thankfully, he has a wonderful dentist who said it was close to the nerve but she put a liner over it instead and just put a filling in. (sigh of relief)! So no crown! I should send her a card for saving me so much money!

So, after the dentist, as i'm running on 2 1/2 hours of sleep with a big night ahead of me, where do you think we go?

The Mall of course!!

Well, i needed something to wear for the evening. I promised myself i would be in-and-out. Do you honestly think that i could do that?? Hell no! I walked past my favorite store and noticed a HUGE sale! The entire store was 50-75% off! How could i resist?! Of course i didn't find anything to wear for that night but after a few dollars ( i can't say how much) later i left. A few more stores and 2 hours later i finally found something.

By the time i get home its now 1pm and finally naptime! Luckily Hunter was tired too, so we both napped. So i slept until about 4 when my grandmother came to babysit for me. Oh but what a wonderul nap it was! I woke up refreshed, well as much as i can be, and so ready for my big night! How much fun was i gonna have! Do you want to know what i did?

I went to the Poison concert!!

Yup, with the star of Rock of Love himself!! Brett Michaels!

This was my first Poison concert ever and it definitely won't be the last! It was the best concert i have ever been to and i've been to a lot! The atmosphere was incredible and the band was phenomenal! Right before the encore, a couple from the third row were leaving and handed my friends boyfriend his tickets. So i made her take my camera and she got some very up-close pics of Brett and C.C.

I now give you....Brett Michaels!

Ahh, *dreamy sigh* I could so be his Rock of Love!!

....And let's not forget about C.C.

I love 80's Rock!!!
What a great ending to a long ass day!

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Friday's Foto Finish Fiesta!!!

For today's Foto I decided to put up pictures from my mini-vaca to the Cape last weekend. The first night we were there i convinced my mom to go to the beach to watch the sunset. A first for us all. So i'm putting up three of my favorite pictures from the weekend b/c i couldn't choose just one.


How cool is that?!? We caught him just at the right moment.




Mine was a little too soon but still a cool shot.




A perfect Cape Cod sunset!


If you wanna join in all the Foto Fun, head on over to Candid Carrie and let her know you wanna participate!

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Wordless Wednesday

This picture really needs no introduction, all i can say is that they are home-grown zucchini's.


I know what your thinking....what is in their water?!?

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Monday's Life Tip #3

Here we are in week 3 of my Monday's "How to live a happier, healthier life" Tip. I hope you are using some of these tips. Let me know if you are and if they help at all. This week's tip is my favorite. When you read it, it makes sense how it would help. I actually practice this and i have to admit, it was the best thing i ever did. How i lived without it is beyond me!

So now tip #3:


Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

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For Me?!?!?

Yes people, that is right...I have won another award!! Can you believe that?!? I certainly can't especially considering i just started this blog at the beginning of July. So special thanks to Susan over at My 2 Boys for graciously awarding me with the Kick Ass Blogger award!! Thank you so much!



Here are the rules:
-Choose 5 bloggers that you feel are "Kick Ass Bloggers"
- Let them know via email, twitter or blog comments that they've received an award
-Share the love and link back to both the person who awarded you and back to http://www.mammadawg.com/-Pass it on!

So because i just went through this, i decided to give this one out to different people than the last time. Change it up a bit. But it doesn't mean i love anybody else any less. So no hurt feelings.

1. To Jamie over at Choosing My Own for being able to catch a mouse in action. Good Luck!

2. To Swirl Girl at Swirl Girls Pearls for the fabulous new 'do! Yes, it is that fabulous!

3. Here's to Jennifer at The Fun House because she is always leaving me wonderful comments and i love her McBlogging.

4. Sabrina T at Third Culture Kids R Mine because she's a navy wife living in Japan and a mom to 3 boys.....enough said!

5. And lastly A Girl and Her Life because i just really enjoy reading her posts.

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