Help Jim See

I entered Jim in a contest last week
If we win he get's free lasik eye surgery
If we loose Jim get's to wear glasses until...

Sophia stops breaking things

Harmon's lowers their prices on "Atrisan" bread

Businesses get rid of the tip jars

My hair suddenly stops turning gray

Jim no longer craves the House Lo Mein at Fong's

Kids stop having birthdays

Things in our home no longer need replacing/repairing

The kids are done with college

We've paid for 4 weddings

We win the lottery...in Wyoming :)

You can see our entry HERE

(You can also vote for him in that same page too-wink wink nudge nudge
Oh and you can vote EVERYDAY too)

The Blow-Out of all Blow-Outs!

So I searched the Internet for a definition of today's little set back and here is what I found:

• Blowout (well drilling), a sudden release of oil and gas from a well (Pretty darn close!)
  
• Blowout grass (Redfieldia flexuosa) is a grass that can be found on sand dunes
• Blowout (tire), a sudden loss of tire pressure.
  
• A sudden rupture or bursting, as of an automobile tire. (again-pretty darn close to today's reality)
  

blowout - a gay festivity-(I can assure you, there was nothing happy or gay about today's occurrence)

And then this little diddy was found on the Urban Dictionary web site: "1. When a baby or anyone ( ANYONE?) who wears a diaper had a bad poopy accident full of diarreha and poo goes everywhere (perhaps on your pants and your really cute flowered Lucky Brand sweater) making a mess and getting everything stinky (like the high chair at Chik-Fil-A that had to be taken out of commission...forever). Examples: 1. Upset mom: P-U! I think we should pull over on the side of the road to take care of the kid's diaper problems. (I wish we had been in the car. I would have been so lucky!) 2. Grumpy dad: Darn that diaper blowout is so stinky!" 3. People at Chick-Fil-A trying to enjoy their lunch: Ewww does that mother know that the child in her arms has poo running down her legs, into her shoes, on her dress and it is now getting all over her cute flowered sweater? 4. Friends with said mother: Holy Moses! Let us help! Here are some wipes. Use my daughters extra outfit I packed for school, here are some socks. Can we get some of your courtesy hand wipes? And throw in a few of those mints too! That was the first round-when she had blow out #2 I picked her up and ran to the car. And Blow out #3 thankfully was in the car and no I didn't pull over to the side of the road to take care of her diaper problems-I drove like a bat out of you know where, knowing full well that bad things really do come in three's!!!!!

bump da bump bump BUMP!

She hopped down the hall in full glee
Sophia's blanket she did not see,
she tripped and she fell
and gave out quite a yell
A large bump and a bruise was to be.

Happy HALL-oween!

Here we are in all our glory!



Princess (Lilly's 3rd costume for the week) and a Carebear

Crazy Oakland A's fan (She was going to be Darth Vader but this last minute costume came together as soon as we found out that there are no masks are allowed in the school parade)

Little Devil (one of three costumes this week)

Jazzercise Instructors

We never tire of this Hall-iday! ;)