Ok, seeing as I have been tagged twice I guess i am going to have to think of some things you guys do not already know about me. I think I am kind of boring, I am going to really have to rack my brain.

1. I spent 3 hrs on Wed. with a scrub brush and some Mr.. Clean scrubbing gecko poo off the front of our house. It made me sick every day when I would go out the front door and so I started avoiding the front and would go out the garage. Well, enough is enough and I decided to reclaim my front door.

2. I love to read in the bath tub. This is the only place I can ever seem to have uninterrupted time to read. It is not unusual for me to be in there over an hour with whatever I am reading right then. Riley and Lorenzo are not allowed in so I only have to fend off liam for my private time.

3. I love to look at catalogs! I dog ear all the pages and dream shop (although i hate to shop if it is not on the computer or "in a catalog") I rarely ever buy anything but nonetheless i still love to dream!

4. I hate our dog. OK, so I know I am the one that talked jeremy into letting us get a dog and I am glad that we have her because the kids love her but........ she drives me nuts!!!! Once when she got out and we could not find her i was secretly thinking "good" and reluctantly went to find her.

5. I love pie. It is my favorite food. Whenever I make pie i always make 2 so I can eat it for breakfast the next few days. The kids will not eat it unless it is chocolate ,so as long as Jeremy is not up late raiding the fridge there is usually leftover pie for the next few days.

6. I once participated in "the Milk challenge" while in high school. I know, I hate milk, this did not help the fact either. For those of you who do not know about the milk challenge it is where you have to try and drink a gallon of milk in under an hour. It can't be done. One kid dyed his milk green so that when it came back up it would be more colorful. We had a huge bucket and after a while everyone started vomiting in this big bucket. It the most disgusting things I have ever done, I do not know what got into me.

Ok so I guess I am going to have to tag all you guys again, Holly, Janus and Cindy and maybe Lisa, Bethany and Catherine

Riley's Badges

liam was a handfull!

Riley's Cub Scout Skit

Riley got his Bobcat and Wolf Badge on Tuesday. He was so excited, he really loves cub scouts.

knot in my stomach

Jeremy came home from a Navy gig last night a little upset but was tired and just went to bed. This morning he came and got me up early to talk about the knot in his stomach. Apparently they were talking about the 5 month tour they have coming up next spring and Jeremy was told by the LPO that he is on it. So now what. I told Jeremy that he needs to go in and talk to his bosses and let them know the situation with Lorenzo. Last time Jeremy was gone for 3 1/2 weeks Lorenzo game undone, I do not even want to think about what 5 months would be like. Any kind of change is very hard on him. We have trouble with the transition from the weekend to school days, regular full school days to his short day on Wed. Not to mention the days Jeremy is gone all day. I am trying not to get to worked up about it. After all, Jeremy still needs to go and talk to his MC, but I am a little concerned. Maybe we will be getting out and going back to life on the outside.

Socks

Ok, this may sound a little pathetic but I miss socks. Now I know that I have never really worn socks, even in the super cold blizzardy weather of RI but now that I have not had on a pair in over 2 1/2 years I really miss them, So last night I put some on. They were some really soft chocolate brown chenille socks that I do not think I have ever worn and must have been some impulse buy at T.J. Max in RI. I had a primary presidency meting at our house last night and I am sure I looked a little silly with my socks but who cares, I enjoyed it.

It is not only sock's on my own feet that I miss but it is putting socks on Liam. Riley and Lorenzo have to wear them for p.e. and they are not as much fun to dress any more, but Liam is still small and I was thinking I wanted to get him a pair of Chucks and if I did that I would also have to by some socks. I got really excited about this (Maybe something is wrong with me) but then had a reality check when I remembered that he has never even owned a pair of shoes with laces and that he is particular about what he has on his feet. Blue crocs with buzz jibbits or his red crocs with buzz jibbits are all he will wear. I was letting him wear them to church because I did not want to deal with the fight of getting him t o wear his cute little gymboree sandals but I have been putting my foot down and telling him he has to wear his church shoes if he wants to go to nursery. It has been working so maybe I can do the same if I decide to get him some real shoes!

The other thing I miss is fall. I miss that crisp feeling in the air. I miss the colors. I miss my fall and winter clothing. I was wearing my jacket in the house a few days ago much to the kids confusion, but it just felt good and it needed to be worn. We keep it pretty cool in here (Jeremy's doing) so I could dress in my sweaters, turtlenecks and corduroys in the house but then I would have to do a complete wardrobe change when it came time to go outside.

I do love Hawaii, but I always have loved the seasons and going on 3 years without them I am a little homesick!

If you give a mouse a cookie

Ok, I know that I think everything I am currently working on is the cutest but these overalls I finished today are the cutest. I made them for first a teacher friend of mine, they were not as cute in an adult size, and they were a little different but these are a cute "little size". I want to make Liam a pair. He loves this book, I just need to find the time. Maybe next month. These are going to the U.K.

Well I decided to take a break from cutting out fabric appliqué pieces and am just sitting here listening to Jeremy practicing in the garage. Really I am procrastinating all the sewing I have to do. I think I got a little over zealous and I have a hard time saying no, so I will be sewing every night for the next 2-3 weeks at least. Oh well, at least I met my goal which was to earn enough to get the christmas shopping done.

Star Wars?

Ok, if you have already seen this sorry but it was on my brothers site and another friends and it is very ENTERTAINING, I wonder is she made it big? Cindy Maybe you can ask Michael if he wants to learn it.