Whew...I Think I Need A Nap

I've been gone recently. Not the I've left the house kind of gone. The "my head has done a face plant into my books" kind of gone. This is the last week of class for this semester, and I've been studying away. Today was my last day of math class...I could dance a nekked jig, it makes me that happy. And tomorrow is my last day of psychology class. Looking forward to my break before the fall semester.

I had a fantabulous Mother's Day. Hoping all the rest of you Momma's did too. My kids all gave me cards. And we hung out. My hubby made a wonderful dinner. And then we went to home depot for my pick in a Mother's Day present....new house paint. Got a few things to fix some cracks in our stucco, and then chose a darker color for our house than what we currently have.

The night before Mother's Day, my husband and I got to go and hang out with Shortmama and her hubby for the night. Kid Free. Ya, that was fantabulous too. We first started out at a steakhouse for dinner. Mmm mmm good. Then we ended up at one bar. But that one was a little dead and noisy. Noisy since there was a band playing in a very small enclosed area. Decided it was worth screaming to hear each other talking. So off to another bar we went. We had so much fun, and took some great pictures that we'll remember forevah, and laugh at forevah!

Shorty and I

Shorty striking a pose...

My hubby and I...

I love this pic of my hubby, it's very clear. It's so clear you can completely see how two-toned he is!!!

Shorty and her hubby Levi...Looks like Levi is passed out, but upon closer inspection you will see that he is cracking up!

And this my friends is what happens when I start feeling a little tipsy...

And this my friends is my happy/embarrassed hubby!

We had a wonderful time that night...can't wait to do it again!!!

Us Wild Animals Fit Right In At The Zoo

This past Friday Shortmama invited me and the kids to the zoo with her and her kids. So we all went and had a good time. We definitely belong there, I think we're a bunch of wild animals too. I think I could literally sit all day and watch the monkeys and orangutans.

Here are some pics from our outing...

This lion has no modesty...

Here is part of my family...aren't they cute!

I tamed the Kimodo Dragon...

Caught Jayce brushing the goat's goatee!

Our whole kid crew in front of a mural...

Taylor the turtle...

Mother's pearls...

All clammed up...

Shortmama getting fresh with a statuesque gorilla...

Me getting in on the action too...

Jayce taunting the gorilla...

Taylor taunting the gorilla...

Alyssa picking it's nose...

Well that was our zany trip to the zoo. We all had a blast.

Birthday Party and Light Weight

So Taylor's birthday already passed, but we held her party yesterday. She had a good time, the rest of the kids had a good time. Her most prized gift was the DS lite that we got her. Here is the day in pics...

Taylor getting the party started...

Ooh, I love it...

My hat is off to Walmart...looks like it says "happy gth birthday" instead of happy 9th birthday....and then they started her name with a lower case letter and then followed up in caps...hmm.

Taylor and Granny

Alyssa and her bestie...

Mister Jayce with a messy cake mouth...

Shortmama's daughter Rhiannon in her cool specs...

And Shortmama's daughter Layla in her cool specs...

So later on after the party, we joined up with Shortmama and her family at a memorial benefit for her uncle's wife. Her uncle just recently passed away unexpectedly, and he was part of a band, so the band was playing at a local restaurant and there were a bunch of people that came to show support. Everyone was dancing and drinking and having a good time. Our hubby's had a few beers, and Shortmama and I settled on some malibu and coke. Let me tell you, just ONE put me 3 sheets to the wind. I had to sit my butt down. Gave everyone else a good laugh though. I on the other hand didn't expect to feel it that much after just one. That's when Jason decided to let me know that the bartender made it stronger than normal. Thank.you. I don't think I would've drank it as fast had I known.

A Funny Story and Awards

Ok, I'll start this with a funny story. We just left Shortmama's house a little bit ago from her daughter Rhiannon's birthday party. Well Shortmama's 2nd cousin is staying the night with my daughter Alyssa tonight. We decided to take Alyssa and the cousin and Jayce out for a ranger ride. While on the ride the kids were having a good time being all crazy. Out of nowhere, Alyssa decides to share with all of us that she has a wedgie. We share these kinds of things ya know. So anybuttfloss, "cousin" didn't quite hear Alyssa and she said "WHAT?"! She had thought that Alyssa had asked her if she had a wedgie, and she was like "what kind of question is that?!!". That got us all cracking up. And then "cousin" decided to remember about the time that I wore underwear on the outside of my clothes for Shortmama's mom's 50th birthday party. I told her it was so I wouldn't get a wedgie! And then she said "you mean, you weren't really wearing any other underwear!". Oh man, kids are great! Here's a little pic of the underoo episode...



Ok, now on to the awards.

Have I told you lately that I love you...

Could you guys hear me singing that? If so, I'm so very sorry, cause I can't sing for shit. So anybrokeneardrums, just thanking all of you who follow my zany life and thoughts. And also a thanks to two ladies that have passed awards on to me. Oh ya, and thanks for sharing your lives with me, I'm really digging how I'm really getting to know some of you and enjoying our back and forth emailsations...that's my shortened version of email conversations.

This first award comes from....

Holy mole poop...I just went to One Loopy Life's blog, cause that's where the first award came from....and what do ya know, she's given me yet another award today! 'Scuse me while I gather myself! So it seems to be that I have three awards now.

So, the first two awards both come from One Loopy Life. Thank you! I know some don't like to check out who the awards come from, but it would be awesome if you could just check out the pics of her cutie little girl and especially the pics of her hilarious tub hair here. Gave me a really good laugh, so cute! And just as a P.S...she called me Dessert Rose..very common mistake people make of my title...but I'm not a yummy dessert...I live in the hot AZ desert!

Here is the first award...

1. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
2. List who gave the award to you and use a link to her blog (or hyperlink).
3. List 10 things that make you happy.
4. Pass the award on to other bloggers and visit their blog to let them know!

10 Things that make me happy are:

1. When the kids say things that make me laugh, and when the are naive!
2. Margarita's, with Monin Agave Nectar.
3. Napping. Love me a nap.
4. Reading.
5. Quad Riding.
6. Camping.
7. The beach.
8. My friends...luv them.
9. Road trips.
10. Orange circus peanuts...yum.

Now for who I'm passing it on to...I'm only going to pick a couple, cause I swear this post is going to be hella long, and it's very time consuming!

* Frau from West Family Adventures...she's sick to day and looking for remedies, so this is my remedy for her!
*Arizona Mamma from Our Daze In The Desert...yup, she's an Arizonan like me. Maybe one day we shall meet.

Now here is the 2nd award that One Loopy Life gave me...I've actually been awaiting this one, it's so cute! So thank you!

The rules are to list 10 things you may not know about me, and to pass it on to 10.

Ok, so here's the thing, I'll list the 10 things, but it's late, I'm tired, and I don't follow rules sometimes, so again, I will pick just a couple of bloggers to pass it on to.

So here are 10 things that you may not know about me...and maybe you don't want to!

1. I can't stand bras. Uncomfortable.
2. I wear a bra cause I don't want the small mounds to look like pancakes sooner than they should.
3. Sometimes I curse like a sailor...and I thoroughly enjoy it.
4. I don't like to be told what to do.
5. I like shooting hand guns, but not shot guns and rifles.
6. I used to be a streaker, skinny dipper....having kids has cured me of this. Damn.
7. I have NEVER texted. I know, I know...you can stop looking at me like that now.
8. I'm like an old person, I go to sleep early. Well between 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. usually.
9. When I get tired, I get cranky.
10. I've always wanted a motorcycle.

I will pass this award on to...

*Everything But The Kitchen Sink....she's funny and a smart ass, and she likes to cuss like a sailor too, er, maybe cause she's a Navy Girl!
*Fighting Off Frumpy....I don't even think she knows I'm following her, so maybe I'm just stalking her....she talks about some funny shiz!


Ok and now for the award from 3 Boys + 1 Hubby = What's Next. Thank you!

I'm passing this award on to...

*Sitting on the Mood Swing at the Playground....She's definitely brought some sunshine to my life, cause #1 I like her blog and #2 I've won 2 giveaways that she has done...woot woot!
*NieNie....Ok, so I don't think I could technically give this award to her, cause her blog doesn't take comments that I know of....but let me tell you, just watching what this woman has gone through and she still keeps her chin up, that spreads a little sunshine in my world, cause if she can keep her chin up through all her pain, then I'll be damned if I can't get through some tough bumps in the road.

So thanks again for the awards....and sorry for the long post!

Funny Friday

I think the boy may have rabies...

Wacky Wednesday

Let's reminisce about some funny stuff...

*After my friend (Jen) had her first child (who is now 8), we went and had a few drinks at a pool hall/bar. This was her first time being able to go out and have a drink and some fun. I hadn't been paying attention to how much she had to drink as I was busily just talking and having fun. So while I was talking with my boyfriend at that time, I see Jen out of the corner of my eye talking with his roommate (whom she had no interest in)...and then I see her fall to the floor. Yep, the girl passed out drunk. Well I wasn't worried since my boyfriend at the time (who was a medic) wasn't worried. So my guy (at that time) and his roommate had to pick her up and carry her to her car. I.was.cracking.up. When they picked her up, her shirt came up too. I.laughed.harder.

When we got driven back to my guy at that time's place, Jen got carried in and put on the roommates bed...and then she rolled completely OFF of the bed. I.laughed.harder. It was really late by then. After going to bed I heard something out in the pool room, so I got up since I figured it was Jen. What was she doing? She was crawling to get her cell phone..you see, her mom was watching her daughter and we were supposed to be back that night...but we were both too drunk to drive. This was going to be good. Really people, you shoulda been there. Word from the drunk ass new momma...take it easy the first time around!


*What is the funniest/most memorable come on that I have EVER heard???
"I want to bite your ass and get lock jaw"
Who could ever forget that one?!

*What is the craziest thing that has EVER happened to you?
It happened many years ago while my friend Jen and I were in the grocery store. We were in one of the aisles and hunched down looking at something on the bottom shelf. I look up because I am noticing rapid movement that is staying in one spot. I see this kid that looks like he's somewhere in his late teens...naw, he can't be doing what it looks like he's doing..while staring at us. So we stand up and move on and don't see him again..until a little bit later, this time same kid, same movement, watching us from by the corner of the center of the long aisles. Aww.hell.naw.he's.yanking.himself.and.staring.at.us...first thing that comes to mind was kick his a** and take names later. But in reality, we crazy chicks look at eachother at the same moment, we both grab onto the cart and charge to the front of the store to report what was happening. We didn't even leave the cart behind, I guess we decided that the cart needed to be saved from the insanity also. The kid was gone by the time they checked the store. There's some sick.people.out.there....

Wacky Wednesday

So I had to go and do an emergency shopping trip today. I needed a new crockpot. When I went grocery shopping a few days ago, I bought some stuff to make a roast. Well, I forgot that I threw out the old crock pot.

So I decided to drag my grandma down to walmart with me so I could get me a new one. As we were leaving walmart I had to stop pushing my cart for a minute and make a show out of me pulling up my pants, for the millionth time, since they kept falling. After I got done doing this I turned around with a big grin to see my grandma's reaction to this, because let me tell ya, I really did make a scene pulling up mah pants..didn't care who was watching either. Well, she was laughing. BUT...that wasn't the funny part.

The funny part was after I started walking again, she tells me "when you walk your butt goes up and down". WHAT??! Did I just hear her correctly?..Yep. That's what she said. So then I asked her what she was doing lookin' at mah butt. And she tells me "well, you're walking in front of me, what do you expect me to look at?". Umm, not my butt! There's a billion other things in the walmart parking lot to look at!

That just adds another person that mentions my bootay...I guess I have a bubble bootay that is noticable...I have a mini version of baby got back.

So now that I'm done talking about my ass...everyone have a good day!