Birthday Wishes!

This was in an email from my Mommy:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LESLIE.
The day you were born was a great day for us. I remember it well. It was the day I upchucked frozen banana and left over pork chop. Only a mother would tell you something like that. Dad had just bought the red Ford Fairlane the night before. I called him at work and he came and got me in the Red Ford and we went to Cottonwood hospital. It was the sunniest warm spring day. Perfect for having a baby. It didn't take too long until we had you. We were so happy you were a beautiful healthy little girl. Of course, you know I wanted to name you Lacey, but dad wouldn't go for it. So I offered the name Leslie, the name of my favorite soap character, and he agreed. Lisa called you Lellie for a long time, Grandpa Dudley called you, Peanut. You were a charmer until time to fix supper and then you wailed the whole time I was fixing it. You would be in the swing and Dallon would sing to you "No one likes a frowny face, change it to a smile etc. Unfortunately, you cried all the harder.

Then when it was time to go to bed the wailing would begin again. That is when we started watching Mash and Magnum PI. What blessings you brought into our life. Even when you stopped all the crying we still stayed up and watched those shows.

You had that smile that would light up our life. What a sweetheart you were. We are so glad heavenly Father sent you to our family. It wasn't an easy row for you to hoe with a jealous older sister. I hope you can forgive her. We have loved you always and are proud of you. You a real ray of sunshine in our family and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. You are so smart. You are a great mother and a good wife to Jason. Boy, did he luck out when you fell for him.

The big 28. I felt so old when I turned 28. Now looking back it was so young. It depends on your perspective, doesn't it.

I LOVED IT.

Then I checked my sister Lisa's blog. And found this:

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

It's only a little embarrassing.

Thank you Mom and Lisa. I love you guys.

Utah

Everyone in Kansas knows I love Utah.(Don't forget to turn off my tasty tunes before you start the video.)


Okay, this was totally on someone else's blog, but I thought it was pretty funny. I was especially excited to see the cement tree and they mentioned Tabiona. Does it get any better than that?

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Oh how I wish my birthday was the Cinco de Mayo. It would be a huge party every year just for me.



It was stormy on Thursday evening. I took a picture.

It was raining sheets. I always say, "It's like a freakin monsoon out there!" Unfortunately, this picture doesn't capture the true color of the sky. It was yellow. This is what it looks like when conditions are right for a tornado. Does it remind you of anything? What about the beginning of The Wizard of Oz when the sky was all greenish-yellow? The moment I took this picture, the tornado sirens went off. There was a wall cloud(tornado cloud) with confirmed rotation heading directly for my house without a basement. Luckily, the cloud blew over our little town without touching down. Whew! Missed us again. (And just a side note, those are tubes in the truck bed. That's what they use to hold those big huge rolls of sod you might see rollin down the highway on a huge truck. I don't know if I have ever mentioned it on here, but my husband is a sod man.)


On the agenda this week:

Monday: Babysit for Bobbi this morning at Jazzercise.(Just found out 2 min ago.)


Tuesday: Stephenie Meyer's new book, The Host, is being released. I'm excited to see if she can write without using sexy Vampires. Early birthday lunch with Gail at Mi Ranchito. Yum. Tamales.


Wednesday: I don't know, I guess I should clean something. Maybe.


Thursday: Happy Birthday to me! Meeting with pre-school teacher at 11:30 am. Wait for phone calls that aren't going to come. Ignore my husband. Go see Stephenie Meyer speak about her new book with my two fabulous friends, Steph and Mel. I'm going to have my copy of Twilight signed by the author. Are you Jealous? I knew you would be.


Friday: Big final in my Intro to Algebra class. I am going to kick that final's ass. Holla!


Saturday: Probably need to finish my last big paper to turn in on Sunday because I probably waited and waited till the last minute. Grrrr.

Milestones

Both of my kids reach a milestone of sorts today. I woke my daughter up for school this morning and she said,
"I think I have a loose tooth!"
Me: "Let me see that! Wow! You do have a loose tooth!"
Her: "I've always wanted a loose tooth!"
Me: "Yeah! Go show Daddy."
Her: "Okay, look how big I am!"

I can't believe my baby girl has a loose tooth! She is getting to be a big kid.

Also, in the chaos that my mornings are, I let my son roam around for a little while in his birthday suit today. It really wasn't a big deal till I went to get him dressed and realized that he has poop all over his hands and butt. This is what I said, "Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!" I ran to the bathroom for wipes and realized he had pooped in the potty. He just didn't tell me so I could clean him up.
Me: "Did you poop in the potty?"
Him: "Yes!"
Me (cleaning poop): "Ahhhhhhh!! Good job pooping in the potty, but you need to tell me so I can clean your bum. Ahhhhhh!"
Him: "No!"
Me: "Ahhhhhhh!!!"

So then that poopie butt got the Dinoco helicopter for his "big accomplishment". Way to go, stinky-Pete. I really didn't want to give him the toy because of the mess I had to clean up, but bottom line, he did it, and a deal is a deal. I guess.

So.....

Well, the draft is over and everyone seems to think the Chiefs did a good job. I have no idea why they picked the positions they did, apparently they are switching all the player's positions around this year. The Chiefs are a team under construction. I won't get my hopes up for anything too great for this upcoming season. Dang it! My parents live so close to River Falls Wisconsin, where the Chiefs go for Training Camp. Maybe I should go check them out there. That would be fun.

Yesterday, my daughter tasted Miracle Whip for the first time. (We are mayonnaise people.) She stuck her finger in the Miracle Whip, she tasted it, her eyes lit up, and she said, "It taste like really, really, big, rainbow mayonnaise!" I thought, "Wow. What a good use of description. " Can you tell I am taking Composition 1 at the moment?

My good friend Emily is off to Hawaii with her mother today. She gets to leave her kids behind. She is so LUCKY!!!! Have a great trip Em! I'll try not too get to depressed that I'm not going with you.

Monday night, I finished and turned in my final project for my Computer Concepts class. It felt so GOOD! I actually finished my first college course with an A. I am proud. I turned to my neighbor to say goodbye since we had sat next to each other every week since the semester started. I said, "Well, I'm not going to be here next week...." Then he saluted me and said, "God bless you." Well God bless you too, David Kelsay, you German-Spanish speaking, half Peruvian, in credit card debt, freak. I just might miss you.

That is all.

Oh, wait! One more thing, I realized (again) today that I am just like my Mom, when I started picking dandelions out of my neighbors yard so they wouldn't go to seed and blow into my yard. Sigh.

Now, that is all.

NFL Draft

So it's official. The Chiefs traded Jared Allen to the Vikings for 3 picks in today's draft. So Jared becomes the highest paid DE in the NFL. Whoopde do. Jared Allen you turncoat, rat! We are officially in a fight. Didn't you love us? Cause we loved you. Didn't you see all those little old ladies laughing at you on the Sunday morning Chiefs talk show? You seemed to eat it up. I feel betrayed. You left us for money. Well ha ha! Jared Allen, the Vikings suck worse than the Chiefs do.

And don't think I'm not mad at management either, cause I am. Herm Edwards and Carl Peterson have a lot to prove today. They were successful last year when they picked WR Dwayne Bowe with the 23rd pick overall. That guy can catch about anything. The chiefs have a lot of holes to fill, especially in the offense, but also now on the defensive line. Probably most important, we are in bad need of a QB that can step up to the plate. Today's draft holds the future of the Chiefs. Make it good Herm and Carl. Make it good.

Back in the Day 2

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. The family picture I posted last week was a big hit on my sister's blog. So, here is another one, Lisa. This was taken in September of 1996. I was 16. It was taken in our front yard and the master gardener was my Mother. The flower's are gorgeous. And as always, Whitney's look just smashing in blue.

Side note: The KC Chiefs are considering trading Jared Allen to the Vikings. Seriously? Are we sure we want to do that? I mean, I know every now and then he gets drunk and drives down the highway, and he was late to training camp last year because he was serving jail time, but do you know how many sacks he got last season? 15. Yes 15. He was ranked number one in the legue. As a concerned fan, I don't believe our team can sustain such a loss. It would be a huge mistake.