Our house, today.

Yep, I'm a real mom now with a real kid. What qualified me? I've designated a puke bowl. True to form, it used to be the popcorn bowl, and like ours growing up, it hasn't actually caught any puke. (Also, another side note, yes, it is one of those big gallon icecream tubs that you get from Simon's or MegaFood.) Anyhow, I wanted to share this milestone with all of you. Off to do laundry. Make a great day!

Friends we are and friends we'll ever be...

Ode to camp. As proof to Emily, I am posting pictures showing that you are not supposed to be cute at camp, and she's a jerk (Julia too, and the rest of the 4th years.)

First Year

Fourth Year

Way too old. (Jr. Staff)
I hope that I was wearing those jeans as a joke!

Now, the search is on, I dare you all to post your best camp pictures!
(Carol, it looks like I did it for you, you can thank me later!)

I'm not Lion.....

Have you realized how old-person all of my post titles are? I've just done so and am slightly sad, but that's me.
Anyhow, have any of you ever wished that during the night when your baby is crying, wait, let me rephrase, SCREAMING, for no apparent reason other than he wants to say "hi" for the fourth time and you are trying to let him cry it out on his own, have you ever wished that it was like Daniel in the Lion's Den and an angel would come and close his mouth? I have.

P.S. I know, I know! Nothing from me for like 40 years and then three posts three days in a row! What's the difference? My house is finally clean and so I'm no longer cranky, but, apparently the funnies take longer to rebound.

Movie Mania! Yes, I know there's no picture, but please read anyways even though it's boring...

So, it's summer and nothing is on TV. I'm not one who needs to be entertained constantly, but when I have Mt. Everest to fold in laundry, I like to watch something. I've seen every episode of Murder She Wrote, Full House, and Girls Next Door (cringe at the thought that I am going to H-E-double hockey sticks for that one, which by the way the definition is:1. a nether world in which the dead continue to exist 2. the realm of the devil in which the damned suffer everlasting punishment 3. a place or state of torment or destruction - YIKES!) Anyhow, so I've realized that I haven't seen probably 3/4 of the good movies out there. So, this is where I need your help. I need you to email this onto..... j/k. I need ideas of good movies that I need to see. So far on my list are Big, Newsies, and Can't Hardly Wait, yes, seriously I have never seen these.

Typical Me.

So, does anyone else's computer look like this when you're prepping for blogging? Well, let me justify it. This is the most delicious cake, white with lemon filling. It is a monsterous piece, and yes, I am going to eat it all in one sitting. (p.s. isn't my baby adorable?!)
I need it and deserve it.
Today was Father's day. Yay Fathers! (Oakley was excited, apparently Jason was more interested in watching the US Open Finals.) I was a nice wife and daughter in law and invited my inlaws over for dinner, because Jason's sister is pregnant and tired and didn't. So, Jason requested the same meal that I posted and bragged about a few weeks ago. I had everything going smoothly, and planned to eat at 5:30. The in-laws and grandma in law showed up at 5:10. Awesome! One more person to feed AND I SAID 5:30! I shook it off and kept on cooking. At, 5:20 I went to finish up the ribs and chicken (I added chicken, Grandma is allergic to pork,) and duhn, duhn, duh...... the grill was out of propane. I HATE JONES LUCK! So, I got cranky and went to my parents and used their grill. It was fine, but I was still just cranky and Jason said I was being bossy.

But, this uncrankied me quite a bit. Look what Melissa and Philip got me for my birthday! It's so cute! She got me TWO beaded glass platters and lots of matching bowls. I can't wait to have some occasion to use them. (Yes, those are the strawberry baskets in the background that I still can't part with.)
While on Birthday stuff, look at what Alyson gave me: She too gave me party hosting plates and this brown skirt that I love love. In fact, I loved it so much, I changed into it in the car on the way from lunch to the Nancy Drew movie. (Yes, we loved it, it was true to form of the book.) Melissa and Alyson were nice enough to take me to lunch and a movie of my choice. I thought it was funny that we were all wearing green stripes. Oh, and the lady that was taking the picture was too close to get Nancy in the background, and we all knew it when she was taking it, but we were all too chicken to say anything.Brookie, sweet as a cookie, gave me this green striped shirt and I love it, I've actually already worn it twice. Natalie and I'm sure Jake sent me the most delicious candle (orange creamsicle, and Nat, I got it when the mail man got there, so it wasn't all melty) Kev and Nicole posted a blog for me to save me the thought, and Jason is letting me take piano lessons. So, sorry long post, in short: birthday = good, father's day = bad.
Oh, and here's me, all 28. (I had to redeem myself after the amazing picture Kevin posted for me (see two down.) I need Visine, hairspray and I need to bleach my teeth! Corn Niblets anyone?!!! :(
Love Y'all!

You Got Melvined!!!!

My birthday list!

Hi! I'm Sara. It's my birthday so I don't think I have to blog for the week before and after. You have to let me win because I'm the birthday boy. (Ramond Gomez 1991)

1.Spray Glitter

2.A beer

3.Weed

4.Kittens

He-e-ey, won't somebody come and pla-a-ay....

The young women are off to LoMia, so I finally, cannot do one more thing for camp! HOORAY!! Now, I'm back to think about my blog and blog stalking. (By the way, Angie, your vacation looks like so much fun and how cute is Chloe in her swimming suit?!!)

So, Oakley has a new favorite place to play, the oven. At first I thought that maybe he has heard Jason and I talk about how cute he is that we 'could just eat him' too many times.
Then I realized, more likely, he's Hansel. That makes me the evil witch. The upside is that I finally understand why he's always throwing his crumbs on the ground. I need to sweep.

In an effort to make up for being an evil witch, tonight I made Jason what he says is the best dinner I've ever made. Either it really was THAT amazing, or I just haven't done so hot the last 8 1/2 years. (I can't imagine it being the second:)) It consisted of BBQ ribs, fried potatoes, corn, grilled artichokes, biscuits and watermelon. Yes, I took a picture to remind Jason later, and also to share with you. By the way, Alyson, still using the great plates you got us for our wedding, they are amazing and don't break, or at least give two bounces before to give you the chance to catch. Who would have known that forest green gingham would ever go out of style? :) Oh, and food looks gross when you take a picture of it with the flash on, all greasy and shiny, but I ate it, so there's no retakes....I know what you Jones' are thinking.

Anyhow, that's all for now, talk to you cats later. Love ya!