Tooth Fairy take 2

Well it looks like the Tooth Fairy is due for another visit in the next couple of days.

She better find her stash of gold coins and fast....

Tooth Fairy

The whole tooth fairy thing is a bit annoying to me.

Not because it costs money or because I have a terrible memory.

But because it is so inconsistent.

Every one gets something different.

I know someone whose child gets $20 for every single lost tooth. Hell I might just start pulling my own teeth for that.

And now that Belle is full force in school talk she knows things. She hears things like Ethan got $3 from the tooth fairy for his tooth.

Of course I asked if he got paper dollar bills and she told me, "In fact he did".

Funny girl...

Around our parts the tooth fairy gave $5 for the very first tooth ever.

But for the last 2 teeth the tooth fairy gave $2 each. The most recent tooth was lost on Monday after her father picked her up and Belle claims put her knee into her mouth. :-) Of course it wasn't just dangling there already...

Now these were not of the paper money variety but a special type of currency.

The gold dollar coin. Very special indeed.

As much as Belle loves her gold money I think she thinks she is getting ripped off.

Come on Tooth Fairy. Please set some limits - publicly.

Wicked

The weather around here has been very strange.

Yesterday morning for example was windy.

And when I say windy I mean please don't blow our roof off Mr. Wind.

It was so loud and blowing so hard I was seriously concerned we were going to have some major roof damage.

As it turns out we did have some damage that will end up being a huge hassle to fix but well just take a look...

Those are 2 different sections of our fence. The main problem is if we can't figure out how to repair these parts then it would need to be replaced and the city no longer allows this type of fence. Grrrrrr

Eat Cake

Over the past few years I have been dabbling (is that even a word) in cake decorating.

A little here.

A little there.

Well I finally decided to take a class.

After 1 class and my limited self taught abilities I did this...

I realize it is a crappy cell phone picture and a bit gaudy. Belle kept telling me to put more flowers on it.

Either way I am proud of my completely from scratch cake.

I have also been on a kick to find the best cake and frosting recipes. I am sick of the box and can stuff. Have any good recipes???

It's Official

I am so very over the snow.

And more snow...

And more snow...

It seems like every Wednesday we are getting walloped.

I have been patient and not really bothered by it. I don't mind the snow as long as I don't have to drive to work. But it keeps getting us during the work week. What is up with that!!

A typical 1/2 hour drive in to work this morning took me 1 1/2 hours. Grrrrrr

As you can see I finally started to be able to drive more than 5 mph. Ahh the open road.

Here

I am still here.

We had a great Christmas and New Years.

Belle had her dance competition/convention a couple weeks ago. And has another in 3 weeks.

We have just been so busy.

I feel like I am constantly playing catch up.

I am trying to organize my house a little better and slowly, ever so slowly making progress. Maybe I will take a picture of my tupperware type storage closet. You may be able to tell which shelves I have gotten to and which still need my attention. lol

I have been checking in on my online friends but that is usually as far as I get. Anyway, still here thinking about posting more than actually posting.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Belle!

I cannot believe another year has flown by already. Once again I am saying how can it be possible.

You are such an amazing girl and I am very proud of you.

As we say to each other all the time, "I am very happy you are my daughter. And I am happy that you are glad I am your mom."

I hope you have a beautiful, wonderful, fun, happy day!!

I love you with my whole heart!
I love you more than anyone!
I love you more than anything!
I love you more than words!
I love you more than outer space!
I love you infinity!

Oh Santa What Are You Doing To Me

This morning Belle thinks of something different she can ask Santa for...

Tickets to Disny.

UGH>

My response was to tell her she can't ask Santa for that. That would be really hard for Santa to get plus you are not supposed to ask Santa for tickets to things.

She already thought of asking Santa for tickets to see the Jo Bros. That isn't happening either.

At least she also wants to ask for a DS, Pixos, and a snowglobe.

Twighlight The Movie

So where to begin...

I liked it.

I don't think I loved it. Not yet. But I might...

It was a lot slower moving than I thought it would be. Plus the whole time I was worried about what my husband was thinking of the movie. He didn't read the books. And he wasn't impressed. He said he would watch it again but not pay full price at the theater.

Some of the makeup was a bit overdone but really didn't bug me.

Maybe I would have loved it if I was able to just watch it without all of the knowing giggles and claps going on in the theater. I expected it to be packed and there to be a lot of teenagers but still that was getting on my nerves.

I think most of the characters were cast perfectly. I think Bella looks right but I am not sure about her as an actress. The one that really was wrong is Rosalie. And I feel bad for her in real life because she is going to get a lot of criticism for not being pretty enough.

So I have mixed feelings.

I think I will love it when I can really watch it again. Is the DVD out yet???

I do love that the next one has been given the green light, though!!

Voting

Yesterday I did my civic duty and voted.

But more importantly Belle has been very involved in this election.

They talked about it in school.

She would ask me who I was voting for and I refused to tell her.

She knew who she wanted to win. McCain.

And she had her reasons why: She did not like how Obama talked to McCain and she did not like what he said. She thought he was mean.

So funny...

Anyway, we have electronic voting booths in my precinct and I took Belle with me. Given how involved she has been I wanted her to be a part of the actual process.

Fast forward to this morning and I tell her who wins.

She starts crying. She was so upset that her choice did not win.

I felt so bad for her. Even though I also thought it was a bit funny. I know shame on me but she was so upset I couldn't believe it. She is 6 and is on her way to a future in politics if she keeps this up.

How is This Possible?

Somehow I am just as hooked on the Twilight series the second time around.

Yes, it is true.

I am reading them again.

I am now starting book 3.

What is wrong with me? :-)

Can't Wait

Hilarious

This had to be the best polital ad I have seen yet.




It showed who's practicing for the next season of Dancing with the Stars.

And I can't get the photo to post. GRRRRRR

Tragedy

I am not sure how many people have heard of this family, The Nielsons but I can't stop thinking about them.

Stephanie had her own blog and if you read through it she was really quite amazing. Her perspective on life, marriage, and especially motherhood were so joyful. She truly loved everything about her life even on bad days.

In August Stephanie and her husband Christian were in a small plane crash and were severely burned. Christian's wounds were not as severe as Stephanie's but still bad. He seems to be recovering well enough per his sister-in-laws blog but Stephanie is still in a drug induced coma with multiple skin graft surgeries going on. They both have a very long road of recovery ahead of them and I pray they are able to return to their lives/family.

They have 4 young children and they are young themselves. It is just so sad and such a tragedy.

The family as well as many bloggers out there are accepting donations or have auctions going on to help the family with their ever growing medical costs. So if anyone is so inclined please check out their blogs for more info.

Love Notes

This was a recent note trading session between Belle and I.


Belle: I love you.

Me: I love you more.

Belle: I love you evin more.

Me: No you do not!

Belle: Yess I do!

Me: How do you know?

Belle: I! Love! You! more! I can see throuwolz. (through walls)

Me: No Way.

Belle: Yess way!

Me: I loved you 1st.

Belle: I loved you evin more! 1st!

Then dinner was ready and that was the end of the notes. I kept sneeking them to her and vice versa. She is doing so good with reading, spelling, and writing. It is amazing how fast she keeps growing up.

I'm Back

It only took a week and I am already having withdrawals but I have read all 4 books in the Twilight series.

And....

I.Loved.Every.Minute.

As soon as I was done I was sad that it was done. I want to start all over again. At least there is a new series on HBO that can give me my fill but it doesn't seem to be the same and I don't know how long I will watch it. The first episode seemed to be mostly about s*x so we will see if there is really more story to than that.

As for my family, they were so funny about my reading. By the end of the week they were almost mad at me. For reading. Funny.

Belle was so happy to get her mommy back. Although, I was still interacting with her she didn't feel I was paying enough attention.

But I was mostly reading at night. Plus any other time I could ignore my "chores". Needless to say I have some cleaning to do.

And J was making remarks and getting mad at me for staying up late while he went ahead to bed. Again. Funny.

But I'm back now. And I can't wait until the movie comes out.

Obsessed

I am truly a woman obsessed.

I can't sleep. I can't eat. I don't want to work.

It is terrible.


And it is all because of this:



Man, I love me a good vampire story and this one has got me sucked in. I realize I am late getting on the bandwagon. And even when Greta said she was reading it I still didn't realize what it was about. Then suddenly I heard the story and I knew I had to read them. Luckily, my SIL, who is always buying books, just bought all 4 and is letting me borrow them.

The problem is I only have the first and second book in my possession. She still has number 3 and 4 and I.Can.Not.Wait.

I need them now. NOW I tell you. now......

Finished

Finally.

I have been working on a little sewing project for what feels like forever.

It really wasn't that difficult. In fact the pattern for New Look 6478 said it was easy.

And it was mostly. My problems were that I am really self taught unless you count the home ec class I took back in middle school a bazillion years ago.

Some took me a bit to figure out and then once I did it made total sense. I just don't like how pattern instructions are written and shown with the pictures. They really are not very clear.

This was how it looked on the hanger.

Of course it looked better on.

That elastic on the top of the back was really throwing me for a loop in the directions. That was a main once the light bulb went off it was a piece of cake.

And we have to have a model pose of course.

I think I would make this again but the tie straps that go around her neck need to be a bit longer. Plus I think it would be cute if it had something added to the neckline. It is supposed to have a little ribbon bow sewn on but I didn't have any plain pink ribbon so I may still add that. Or something.

The best part is she loves it. She loves when I make her dresses. I just need to find more time to be able to do these things since I love it too.

Unexpected Message

I decided to call my home voice mail a little while ago and this is what I heard.

You have 1 new message.

"I love you mommy. I love you too daddy."

Of course I had to call my sweet little girl and tell her that I love her too. (She is at my sister-in-laws house)

Sirens

Wow. What a night.

Or should I say morning.

My husband gets up about 2:30am to get ready for work. This morning he gets up as normal, gets dressed and lets the dog out.

I usually wake up when he does but I get to roll over and go back to sleep. Usually after a quick potty break. No exception this morning and I just fell back asleep when....

He is shaking me telling me the sirens are going off.

I say to grab Belle and we run downstairs since we all sleep upstairs in our house. On our way to the basement I grab the dog, his leash, my cell phone and keys. You never know.

Apparently, we were under a tornado warning and all the elements were there on the radar that precede a tornado. This is at 2:25 am.

The warning was set to expire at 3:15. The sirens stopped around 3:05 but we continued to watch the TV in the basement and waited until 3:15.

It was super windy and then completely quiet. Very eerie. Especially given you hear that it is always quiet and calm before the actual tornado hits.

Thank God it never produced a true tornado but it was definitely a way I don't want to wake up to again.

I needed to try to get Belle back to sleep which was hard to do since she was scared. But she finally did. Not without waking up a few times to make sure I was still around. I stayed up.

I am beyond tired. Belle has 2 hours of dance this evening and then I think we will all be crashing early.