Bunny Burrow

Update on snore-fest

Ok I know I have talked about this before but I feel the need to update some things here.

You must know by now that I sleep with a big snorer. However, what most of you don't know is that there is an additional snore-meister in the bedroom now! :( The DOG is now snoring! Was it contagious?

Every night as I try and count the sheep, it's a big snore-fest!

Do they make those little breathe-rite strips for dogs???

Cold toes

Ok, winter is officially in Texas now! I am officially freezing my tutu's off here. This morning it was 27 degrees and the water outside on the diving board was frozen over the pool!

For some ungodly reason, my significant other does not believe in using heat during the night. Apparently he 'read' somewhere that you sleep better when you are cool. Okay, let me say right here that the word is "cool" not freezing to the point of hypothermia! So stop getting mad at me when I stick my icecube toes on the backs of your legs to warm them up!

Also, he reiterates that if you are shaking it is good for you because you are burning more calories! NOBODY is that desperate to lose weight, are they?

Again, can someone help me out here? In the meantime I'll be by the fireplace trying to thaw out my numb fingers after typing this entry. Thanks!

Bedmaking

Well, as one of my things I was going to work on -- not a RESOLUTION -- but a goal is that I was going to start making my bed. Needless to say I have had other priorities here recently and making my bed was the least of my worries.

After giving my children a lesson on responsibility and taking care of their 'areas' of the house I encouraged them to make their bed each morning and have even offered them a monetary incentive. We'll see if that works.

However, this leads to a bit of a conundrum because I have to be a good role model and lead the way by making my bed as well. So I've been making my bed occasionally which involves the placement of many and various pillows on the bed as well. I have had someone fussing at me on a nightly basis, "WHO has been making the bed UP?"

You'd think I had just broken the law!

Don't you think it would be NICE to go to bed and night and have a neatly made bed versus one that has covers all torn up in it? You just can't please some people...

Passport

It has come to my attention that if I am still going on that trip to Europe this year, I will certainly need to get my passport. I have never had one up to this point, as my birth certificate has always sufficed.

I have downloaded the proper paperwork and filled it out. I have all the documentation I believe necessary to establish my citizenship, etc. So, what am I waiting for? I still haven't figured that out.

I guess somewhere in the back of my mind I have been plagued by my history of bad drivers license photos which stalk me for 4 years at a time. I do feel the need to mention here though that the week before I renewed my license I trimmed my own bangs. Oh yeah! BAD move.... Am I trying to wait until I am at my physical facial peak?

What is that supposed to mean anyway? Am I supposed to lose 20 pounds, grow my hair down my back and become the kind of person that can actually hold a tan? I don't think so. I need to just DO IT.

Update to follow soon on my closed eyes, lipstick on my teeth, or the eruption of a huge blemish the day of photo. Or who knows, possibly all 3?

And the snore goes on...

Ok, I give UP!

I need some sleep. BADLY

It was funny, even a bit cute at first. He would snore, I would giggle and nudge him and he would stop. Then, after a time he would snore and it would take 2 nudges. Now nudges do NOTHING. I have had to start pinching his nose until he snorts and wakes up. I am tired and can't seem to find a light at the end of this tunnel of long snoring nights! :(

Sometimes it is SO loud that he wakes himself up. Now that is bad, isn't it? He wears those butterfly looking band-aids on his nose, slathers mentholatum all under (and in) his nose and even takes antihistamines. Keep in mind, this is the same person that takes approximately 100 pills a day so he can be in tip-top shape healthy. Ughhhhhh........

HELP!

Do you have any snore remedies?

Meeting Kennedy

Well, it's still dreery outside again today. HOWEVER, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is that last night I got to hold baby Kennedy!

And I held him, and held him, and held him some more. Poor Kennedy is probably sore today I'm sure but he knows who I am now! ;)

When will the sun shine again? I can't be sure but something has got to give soon. All I know is we went to the store yesterday and bought Shane some new hygiene products and all day long he begged to take a shower. Keep in mind, this was like 2:00 in the afternoon. I'm sure he just wanted to be clean to see the baby. Right? He's already had his shower today as well.

Jace held the baby but Shane did NOT. He touched the baby and then ran to the other side of the room while Jace had the digital camera and proceeded to 'accidentally' take pictures of my lovely pink velour backside. All the while Scott fell asleep on the couch only later to move to the floor where he could really spread out to snore. It was a lovely family picture. I hope Kennedy's mother is prepared for this new world of being a mother to a son. Then again, how can anyone ever be completely prepared for that?

Good luck Brenda! I hope my boys didn't scare you and welcome Kennedy. It was nice to meet you!

Rainy Day

Today is one of those rainy days...

One of those "Why did I bother doing my hair days"... ya know? I am wearing perky pink velour sweatpants with a matching zippered hoodie of course, but still feel DRAB. It hasn't let up all day and doesn't look like it will. I need some sunshine!!!

The first full day with Shane home and we have been stuck in a sea of rain. :(

It's like even regardless of the fact that we may not have done anything outside anyway, our activities appear to be limited. Believe it or not, and yes this is TRUE, Shane actually cleaned out his sock drawer!

Here's some fun stuff to do in the winter (courtesy of Penelope):

...but what about the winter rain?

What are your favorite rainy day activities?

You're 12!!

Today is the first day Shane is home with us and the first day I can say that it's not just temporary. I am still kind of dazed and can't believe it's true, but tonight we were all together!

I have been a bit concerned about what life will be like now that he is home full-time and is entering his teen years. So far so good at this point, but of course, I will keep everyone posted on our progress.

I do have to ask though, since when do 12 year olds think they need to start worrying about what kind of car they are going to be driving when they are 16? I think they still have a few days to worry about this? He wants a Nissan 350-Z and he ain't getting it! Also, he's very interested in girls and already thinks he needs to have a 'girlfriend' for Valentine's Day but no pressure. Another thing is that he believes he is in the need of a good shave. Umm, shaving WHAT I don't know. I have yet to see ANYTHING on his upper lip but very fine blonde hair. I think I have a thicker 'moustache' than him! :(

He thinks he "may" have acne but isn't sure (doesn't have ONE blemish) and thinks he should certainly be investing toward having his teeth bleached. HELP!

But overall, I am glad things are the way they are right now and I couldn't be happier about what the future might bring us. I just hope that he slows down and grows up slow and easy. I keep reminding him that he is 12 to no avail.

Suggestions on the postponement of my 12 year old going on 20?

Scary Movie

Last night my honey and I watched a movie of his choosing, House of a Thousand Corpses. Umm, need I go any further? If you look on my post titled 10 things you will see that on my list of things I don't care for and never will that SCARY movies is certainly on there. So what was the thinking there? The movie was SO bad and so stupid and gory that we couldn't stop watching it. We had to see what happened next and how the dumb thing ended.

You know how in every gory movie there's always the one survivor, well stop here if you haven't seen this movie and intend to but guess what? NOBODY survives! It's a big bloodbath, and a very 'inappropriate' one at that.

Ughhh..... Well the funny thing is that after the movie I was a bit stunned so was poking fun at it and doing crazy laughs, etc while we were going to bed. Turns out this morning it was reported that 'someone' had bad dreams last night because of the movie and it wasn't ME! HAHAHA!!!

Next time I am picking the movie. Hello, chick flick! :)

Going out?

This last Friday, for the first time in AGES, I had a girls night out with a friend of mine.

Let me start over...Thursday night Scott and I go out with another couple to a sports game but prior to that we are also invited to dinner with this couple at a nice restaurant that I had never been but really wanted to go to. Well, I was told to call ahead because for pete's sake, who wants to dress up to go to a sporting event? If it turns out the man had to wear something other than jeans, he was going to bow out of dinner.

Lucky for me the dress code was casual, actually they said anything from sports jerseys to ball gowns, so we were safe. Phew! Still, I wear a nice sweater, decent jeans, and some girly boots. Yes, I was very cute. :) Of course...

So, fast forward to Friday when I am getting ready to go out and meet my girlfriend. I am putting my make-up on while I am wearing sweats and am asked if I am about to walk out the door? Umm, no.... I would need to change CLOTHES first. So, after I change I walk out to the living room to get my keys and am stopped with a deadstare.

How come I don't dress this nice to go out with just the two of us like the night before??!! Oh brother! This from the same man who didn't even want to go out if he couldn't wear jeans. I wasn't wearing hoochie-mama clothes or a ballgown or anything! Sheesh!

Also, WHEN does he ever take me out 'just the two of us' and WANT to dress up? Let me think for a second, I can think of NO occasions! But let me go out with a girlfriend and look nice and the heat is on.

Men! Go figure...