a graduate in the family

My husband is finally the proud owner of an M.Ed.! now the trick is to find an institution willing to let him use this wonderful piece of paper. odds are getting worse as he gets more letters in the mail. he appied to baout 12 different school districts, but i guess there are tons of people looking to be history teachers. not much we can do but pray i guess.

here is a recent picture of my two main men from when we visited the cape on memorial day weekend. crazy i know, but there was absolutely no traffic... hmmm



in the background you can see the back of my sister's head and her most adorable son james. it's kinda funny how our mom wanted boys and got 2 girls, and now her two girls each have a boy.

not much going on these days other than playing outside with evan and working. wait i lied. we're heading to niagara falls on the 26th. wish us luck with the car ride and a 19-month-old kid. not looking forward to that part of the trip. might as well be driving to millinocket and stay at the cabin. maybe next year who knows.some time in the near future we hope to her from my aunt and uncle about going to their beach house. i think i better email them at work, b/c i emailed them at homelast week and haven't heard anything.

i must run for i have a hungry baby who needs some grub.

attack of the baby

my nephew james really took to his big cousin Evan on our recent visit

this past memorial day weekend! kept on trying to eat him... as you can

see here he's going in for the kill!



We had a good time even though we spent most of our time on the vineyard in some restaurant that took forever to get us our food when it was EMPTY! and then forgot to make two of our meals. it turned out that the chef was being a slow asshole and our waitress who was new was flipping out! mom wrote the name of it down somewhere, so we know not to go there again!

post- long weekend

so this is the first long weekend with a monday off in a long time... i often forget when monday holidays are coming up and schedule appoinments b/c i normally work on mondays. don't let me give you the worng idea. i usually have long weekends only with fridays off. i'm also not complaining, but just commenting.

my family and i went down to the 'ham for a couple days over the weekend. we had fun. the best part was getting to meet my most adorable little nephew, james. be sure to visit my online photo album to see pictures from the weekend. i'll put the link in the sidebar too so you can take a look whenever you want. :) as of this moment i haven't posted them yet, but i will hopefully get to it within a couple of days. in the meantime, check out my mom and sister's blogs.

i'll write more later as i 'm about to help jason with a powerpoint for his class.

all is well

evan is nearly 18 months old. hard to believe. mother's day is around the corner, we're gonna bbq tonight, and we're going to the 'Ham for memorial day weekend! all is good. i'm very excited about going to the 'ham, for it has been far too long since i was last there. only this time there's a bonus: my nephew, whom i'm yet to meet face to face!

i got some new pictures of evan i need to post so check his site in about a week so you can see his royal cuteness (most of the time).

i hope all the other moms out there have a great mom's day on sunday!

this came in an email this morning...

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's or Early 90's If:

 1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word... SIKE
 2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Belair
 4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
 5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a
 club of your own.
 6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
 7. You know that .."WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
 8. Two words: Hammer Pants
 9. If you ever watched Fraggle Rock
 10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars....  and spokey-dokes or
 playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect..
 11. You can sing the entire theme song to DuckTales (Woo ooh!)
 12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
 13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
 14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen...and still know the turtles names.
 15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
 16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
 17. You played the game MASH ... (Mansion,Apartment,Shelter,House)
 18.You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
 19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
 20. You wanted to change your name to JEM in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous.)
 21. You remember reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and all the Ramona books.
 22. You know the profound meaning of WAX ON, WAX OFF
 23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
 24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
 25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell
 off and his cheeks shifted. (And he was really black!)
 26.You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
 27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail kids in the schoolyard.
 28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
 29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
 30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
 31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
 32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
 33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
 34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
 35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are,
 but what am I?"
 36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
 37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
 38. You ever got seriously ! injured on a Slip and Slide.
 39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
 40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
 41. You've gone through this nodding your head inagreement.
 42.You remember Popples.
 43. "Don't worry, be happy!"
 44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
 45. You wore socks scrunched down
 46. You remember boom boxes. . and walking around with one on your shoulder
 like you were all that.
 47. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
 48. You know what it meant to say Care Bear Stare!!
 49. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little  Pony Tales
 50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
 51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
 52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were  cool.. and don't even
 flinch when people refer to them as NKOTB
 53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on Saved By The Bell, The ORIGINAL class.
 54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
 55. You just sang those words to yourself.
 56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
 57. Homemade Levi shorts...
 58. You remember when mullets were cool!
 59. You had a mullet!
 60. You still sing "We are the World"
 61. You tight rolled your jeans.
 62. You owned a banana clip.
 63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
 64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis!"
 65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it. (The bigger the better!)
 66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!!!

 PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE 80s or early 90s!!!

prettier, more talented?

here is my "prettier, more talented" older sister Christine and her son James... btw did i mention she was a bitch in her early teen years.... love you too christine!

the good ol' days

This will put a smile on your face.

Close your eyes...And go back...
Before the Internet or the MAC
Before semi automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...

Way back...

I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Red light, Green light.
Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Mother May I?
Red Rover
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler
Happy Meals

Wait...
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man
Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos
Playing Dukes of Hazard
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
Christmas morning...
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses

Climbing trees
Getting an Ice Cream off the Ice Cream Truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumpin' down the steps
Jumpin' on the bed
Pillow fights
Runnin' till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playin'
Your first crush...
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" in the classroom
Remember that?

I'm not finished yet...
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance, and another quarter a
Miracle.

When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to
carry
Groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to
the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.

Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of
drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were
a
much bigger threat! And some of us are still afraid of em!

Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that!"

I want to go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides
at the amusement
park.

Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!

Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up"
life...

I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!