Ellie the dirty dog

If only I could upload the scent....

Snoopy & reading

I was sitting in the living room the other day, when I noticed my dog, Snoopy, I mean, Ellie relaxing on top of her cage. She sat there for awhile, turned around a couple times and then layed down. If she would have rolled over and layed on her back, I seriously might have had to rename her.

Yesterday, Sydney came home from school with a paper book in her backpack. She pulled it out and read me this entire book! She is a genious!! She seriously might be. She's already learned two sight words in kindergarten, and she can read this entire book. She is very proud of herself!

First Day of School

The first day of school went well for both of the kids. Briana loves her teacher and she has lots of her friends in her class. Sydney also loves her teacher and has made a new friend already. Crossing my fingers that she will continue to like it!

Look what Briana can do!!

In the land of Leinie's

We went to Wisconsin last weekend for the wedding of Mike's cousin. Even though this is my fourth trip to WI with Mike, I learned a lot on this trip. Here's a recap of my new knowledge:

1. Leinenkugels tastes like Keystone Light. Only not as good.

2. It is even worse warm.

3. After 3 Leinenkugels, it tastes a lot better!

4. It takes at least 4 Leinenkugels before one can perform in a karaoke situation.

5. They do not serve any other beers in Wisconsin other than Leinenkugels. No Miller Light and no Coors Light. Also, no Sierra Mist Free.

6. Getting a manicure kind of grosses me out.

7. No one in Mike's family eats chocolate!

8. Only the rich can afford cheese curds because they cost $6.99 a pound!

9. Going up and down two flights of stairs 50 times in a night in high heels makes my legs really, really sore.

butt, butt, underwear

It was pretty warm out today, so we decided a trip to the pool was a good idea. We swam for awhile, and then got out to dry off. Our pool has this large grassy (fake grassy) area that the kids love to play in. I got the girls situated on the grass, and then ran to the restroom. When I came back, I found my kids playing duck, duck, goose with each other. Only when I got closer to them, I realized that they had changed the words to butt, butt, underwear. Just imagine my two little angels with their quiet little voices, "BUTT, BUTT, BUTT, BUTT, BUTT, BUTT, UNDERWEAR!!!!" Followed by screaming and running.

Fashion Sense

Today we had a garage sale. I have been cleaning out our storage room in the basement, and we had so much extra stuff that we don't have or use anymore. I thought, what a perfect opportunity to make a trip to goodwill! Mike said, no, we are having a garage sale. I agreed to the sale, but I told Mike he had to man the sale and I would do the setting up. So, all week, we have hauled toys, old electronics, and lots of other stuff into the garage. I also decided that I needed to clean out my clothes, and I would sell my old clothes that I haven't worn for several years. So, the garage sale starts this morning, and I have to say, it was a hit! We were a popular house, and I watched out the window and saw lots of people leaving with lots of our old stuff! Yay! Around the end of the sale, I went out to see how things had gone, and noticed that most of my old clothes and shoes are gone. I am so fashionable, I am thinking to myself. My clothes are so popular! I hope I haven't gotten rid of anything that I am going to regret. Mike noticed me eyeing up the clothes table, and he says, "your clothes sure attracted a different lot." "huh?" I said. "yeah, one lady came by and picked up about ten of your old shirts to give to her elderly mother." "What??" I ask. "And you will probably be seeing the rest worn by ladies in our old neighborhood."