Why did I get a wild hair up my butt and decide to paint our front door red? Oh, that's right...because I've always wanted a red front door. While the idea seems really spectacular in my mind, the whole process of it has been anything but. I'm currently waiting on the 3rd (uneven) coat to dry. Red paint is a pain in the you-know-where. Don't get me wrong...the color is absolutely gorgeous (Holly Berry by Behr), but the task in itself is frustrating. I mean, even after two coats of primer (the door once was a really deep Hunter Green) the door STILL isn't looking right. I should have known better...I mean, this isn't my first experience with red paint (fortunately, I didn't have the joy of painting that wall red...Adam did, but I got to hear all of the cursing and complaining that resulted … [Read more...]
THERE’S NO TURNING BACK…
I just overheard the kids having a very heated discussion about how you cannot turn back into a baby. I don't know if my son is having some anxiety about turning six in June, but I could hear him in the living room telling his sister that he was quite certain that on June 1st (which isn't even his birthday) he would turn back into a baby. Apparently, on the first of June, my son will reincarnate (or is it reinvent?) himself as a baby...cries, whines and all. (Wait...we still still with that on a regular basis now.) But, not only will he become a baby on June 1st, but he'll also go back into my tummy. Those were his words.As soon as he said that my daughter piped up and said, very insistently, that he could NOT turn back into a baby and that he certainly could NOT go back into my tummy. … [Read more...]
BOSLEY
My mother called me at work the other day...my son just HAD to talk to me:"Guess what I saw on TV, Mom??"I don't know...what did you see?"Uhh...Po Po and I saw this commercial." (I can hear my mom in the background saying, "No, no...YOU saw the commercial...I have nothing to do with this!")Hmmm...I wonder what they're up to..."Uhh...oh, yeah...I saw this commercial on Po Po's TV...it was for this fing called Bosley (I swear the way he pronounced it that he said BALLSLY)...I fink that Daddy needs it."What's it for, Aidan?"It's to fix his bald spot."Oh, my. … [Read more...]
