I could have hung out with Bo and Luke...

Last night I was going to take Madee and her friend to the movie. I hadn't made dinner yet, so I was going to hit McDonald's and pick her up something on the way. So, I am headed down the road to McDonald's and the battery light comes on in my car... it keeps flashing on and off. I keep driving, order Madee's food, and am driving forward to get it, when it happens ... the car dies. I try to start it, it won't start and there is now a car behind me. I try to start it again- no luck. I get out and tell the guy behind me to just pull out around me. He asks if I need help, he says he has no shoes on but he will help me push it forward and out of the drive through. I tell him ya, let's push it, my daughter will steer. Madee gets behind the wheel and we push. The car goes forward, picking up speed, the guy who is helping says I hope she knows to put on the brake. I yell at Madee to step on the brake, and she does WHEW! I tell the guy thanks and he goes back to his car. In the meantime, Madee takes her foot off the brake, the car is on a slight hill at this point and starts rolling forward, towards Main Street! I am by the side of the car, I run as fast as I can, throw open the car door and jump inside, slamming on the brakes, and stopping just before we hit the curb. Dang! It was just like the Dukes of Hazard! (That was one of my favorite shows when I was little.) Seriously though it was pretty scary.

I must be getting old...

The other night we were watching TV.
A commercial came on for a Maybelline, Age Eraser/Rejuvenating Eye product. Destrie looks at me and says, "Mom, you should get that, because when you lay down, there are a bunch of wrinkles all around." (And he points to his eyes.)
Fabulous, my child thinks I look old. Maybe it's time for a trip to the store to buy this product...
On a side note- I probably won't go buy it, but if I do, I'll let you know if it works!

Valentines Day 2010

discussions on death, cremation, and so forth

so last night i had the most random conversation with my mom...we were sitting in the kitchen when all of a sudden she asks me what color of a casket i would get her when she dies. i said black and she said good answer. after a few more totally out of the ordinary questions she said, or you could just cremate me and save some money. i said yea and then what? put you in a vase above my fireplace? then you'd fall and spill all over the place and i'd freak out! to this she said nah, just vacuum me up :) haha we laughed soooo hard

Happy Hour Makes Everything Better.

Things I love about a route 44 diet Coke from Sonic:


* It hits the spot when your having a bad day.
* It's really big and when you are always thirsty like me, this is a plus.
* I love the ice in Sonic drinks- I really can't explain, I just like it.
* It's just 99 cents, any time of day, you can't beat that! (I have a happy hour anytime sticker.)

No fear

During the winter, we have had deer in our yard for several years. Normally they have just hung out in the field East of our house, as the years have passed though, they have gotten braver and braver. The backyard has now become a new favorite spot for them in the past couple years. The other morning when I headed out to go to preschool, there were 10 deer in the backyard! Saturday morning the deer walked up the steps and were on my back porch- looking at us through the glass doors! They weren't even afraid. They just stood there and looked at us.

It never ends

Ok, so I have to just vent for a minute. The dental insurance at Kile's work is not great. We had it for awhile, but it cost more than the good it was doing us. We decided to drop it and just pay our own dental bills. Well, we almost just got all our dental stuff paid off and now today the orthodontist tells Kiley she needs her wisdom teeth out so that her beautiful teeth that we paid for don't get crooked again.