Repost

I saw this on Mandy's blog and thought it would be a great blog to re-post ... If it is italicized, then I have done it in my life!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars (in a tent?)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited the Bahamas
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Solved a Rubix Cube
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Went inside a pyramid (only in Vegas :)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Performed a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Flown a kite on the beach
14. Met a US president
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I was 4...not sure but I remember being there)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you were not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (I remember partials, but not sure if there was a total?)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (once again, I was 4 and all I remember is the stinky raincoats they make you wear)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (one of them, England, not Norway yet)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's The David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (snorkeling, but I don't like to be underwater)
52. Fainted
53. Drove over 100 mph (mom don't read this)
54. Visited Grauman's Chinese Theater (outside)
55. Learned Sign Language
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Watched a space shuttle re-enter the Earth's atmosphere
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Earned an Eagle Scout award- Girl Scout when I was little
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (and I think the only time was from a guy I didn't even like...)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (once again I was 4)
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (motorcycle yes, speeding?)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (mom did we go there too??)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper, does the Cougar paper count..what was that called?
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House ?
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someones life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own (isn't that what this is?)

Happy New Year's Eve

So, it is taking me some time to realize that our lives are different now. I have always loved NYE...it was my favorite holiday. I haven't done anything remarkably exciting in I don't know how many years....The year C and I got engaged, so that would have been 03- so NY04, we went out. We got in a fight. I saw a guy I liked in college which made me mad because my fiance and I were fighting and I should've been happy. In 04 we got married, so NY05, I remember I was sick. In 05 I was pregnant, so NY06 I was pregnant...we went to dinner with my parents. In 06 I had AM, so NY07 C and I did get to go to dinner while my mom babysat. In 07, so NY08, I was pregnant, we fell asleep on the couch at about 10:30, I woke up to fireworks at 11:58, tried to wake C up, he wouldn't budge. I went to bed. And now, NY09, I have two little ones and we're staying home. I'm sure we'll be asleep by 11...and that's late for me! C said he wants to set the alarm for 11:45 so he can wake up and watch the festivities on tv. We'll see how that works out :) Anyway, I'm old. I have always dreamed of having a fancy NYE party. When my friends and I were younger we gave out holiday responsibilities when we were older, mine was supposed to be NYE. Maybe when we move to a bigger house and the kids are a little older, I'll start having annual NYE parties, they may not be blacktie like I always wanted, but I'll have some cheap champagne and some good food and people can dress up. Sounds good to me. Hope ya'll can make it to my party in a few years :) XOXO Happy New Years!

Christmas pictures

I posted the Cougar gear ones just for my fellow cougs that have been so disappointed with my children wearing Husky stuff. Uncle Dale and Auntie Jenn thought this Christmas they would donate to the Fowler Cougar Cause and TC and AM got matching shirts, her a Cougar and him a football :) It will be interesting to see where they choose to go....C is rooting for Seattle U for AM now?! And for TC, anywhere he can play some kind of sport. Time flies, but I'm hoping not that fast! My little man is already sitting up on his own, and working on his 2nd tooth. AM is talking in sentences...it's almost 2009 and soon I will be 31. Where does time go?

An addition

So, I looked back at my blog and realized I hadn't said anything since Christmas, so it seems unhappy, but Christmas itself was wonderful. We all got over the sickness, had a wonderful Christmas Eve with C's family and a wonderful Christmas dinner with mine. I will post pictures soon :)

Bah Humbug?

So I love Christmas, I look forward to it, I love to have my house decorated, I love the family gatherings and the presents, and this year the kids were so much fun. I am officially over it. I have never been over Christmas before, ever. I hate when it's over and I love that we get to leave the decorations up until after New Year's Day. This year...ugh. I already took down a bunch of things because my house is too cluttered. Maybe because we got tons of toys this year, maybe because there is one more of us this year, we just don't have as much room...obviously we live in a small house but it was never as annoying as it was this year. Maybe it's because we were snowed in for 2 weeks, I couldn't drive, I had to depend on my husband to take me anywhere...and we had to bundle up and pile the whole family in to just do the smallest of errands. Maybe it's because the garbage man hasn't come in weeks and we had Christmas wrappings and toy boxes and recycling and and and...everywhere. However, we started to clean up yesterday and I started to feel better. I couldn't stand the mess anymore. The snow is gone, the garbage will be gone after the garbage man picks it up today, I can drive. However, I am so tired and the rain is so yucky...I just want to stay inside.

So much for fun in the snow

Okay, so I guess I was wrong when I said the sickness is gone. TC is feeling mostly better. AM was better but is now not. C is worse and I go up and down. Right now I am up, only because I took Aleve cold and sinus about 3 hours ago and I'm now having a glass of wine. HAHA. Anyway, these snow days are killing me. I have only been out of the house to another destination 3 times in the past week. I am going to go crazy I think. Makes me think of that movie with Jack Nicholson (sp?) where he is stuck at that scary hotel and he goes crazy. Anyway, I'm not that bad :) But having C home since Thursday at noon...we've been bickering alllll day today. Super fun. We were going to take the kids out to look at Christmas lights tonight and then to dinner, but with the new blizzard that has started, AM not feeling well, and our moods...we might not attempt that fate. Can't even believe this is the week of Christmas...the snow, the cold temperatures. It doesn't feel like we live in Seattle. Weird. I hope all of your weekends were more productive, more exciting, and more merry than mine. I so usually look forward to the weekends, getting out, doing things, having help with the kids, seeing my mom, running errands, going out to dinner, having some drinks...this weekend has been a lot different. Although my kids are still adorable and AM has had some fun in the snow too. Hopefully we're all better by Christmas though. I guess that's one way to look at it...we got the sickness the week before. And we got some beautiful snow too.

Snow Day!

Well, we are all getting over the sickness...kind of. But at least the kids are happy :)

Oh arctic storm

It's freezing. I don't drive in the snow/ice. I think we'll be stuck inside for the next week. AM doesn't have snowboots, can't drive to get any. TC is sick, can't take him out b/c he's miserable. Switched from upstairs to downstairs for a new environment. AM took off her clothes and I know she's freezing but she doesn't want to get dressed. TC smells like baby vicks. I was entertained by taking a picture of AM putting my bra on.....

Guilty

So I felt guilty yesterday after writing "horrible" child stories, so I decided I needed to turn over a new leaf. I swear every night I pray to be a better mother, but everyday frustration grows with the terrible twos and I wonder why she doesn't listen. Anyway, after getting them both to nap overlapping about a half hour, I was re-energized and thought the afternoon would go well. It started with waking her up from her nap and telling her I loved her, she gave me a big hug and we did fun things in the afternoon. Then when C finally gets home, I tell him how frustrated I am and I cry and he feels guilty for not being home more and I feel guilty for feeling overwhelmed. I mean they are my kids, why do I need time for myself? Ha. So, my thought was, that's exactly what I need. I need some time for myself. How am I going to get that though? I have no clue. Anyway, here I am writing more depressing things when my point was to be happy :) Today is starting out much better, but obviously we aren't visiting a preschool so obviously it's much better! I love my kids and they do make me happy. How could they not? So cute!

The pics are from Thanksgiving and the one from my grandma's birthday...cute stuff.

One of those days

Yesterday I was in a great mood, we had a long weekend full of fun times with family and friends. Thanksgiving with my family, day after shopping w/mom and TC, leftovers with C's fam. Saturday a bday party for Tanya (30-yeah!), and Sunday a bday lunch with the whole side of my dad's family for my grandma's 88th birthday! It was very tiring, but lots of fun. And yesterday was just a nice Monday...don't know if I've ever used that together?! TC had his 6 month dr appt, 16 lbs 2oz- very cute with chubby legs :) He did really good getting his shots and even AM was soooo good and she got a flu nosespray.

Today...hmm, first of all, TC slept through the night except once at about 3:45 I had to give him his binky, however, he slept until 7! Which would have been wonderful considering he usually gets up at 5 or 5:30, but today C decided he wanted me to help him get out of the house for work. I do, I'm nice, I get up, I make his lunch....he is just standing in the kitchen telling me what he likes to do for his lunch and how he likes to make his sandwich...well, since you're just standing there telling me, wouldn't it be easier if I was in bed sleeping and you did it yourself? Just a thought. I didn't say it..well kind of, but not so snotty. I asked what time did you need to leave (looking at the clock it's almost 5:45 at this point), thinking maybe he was running late and needed help for that reason, oh not for another 15-20 minutes? Great. Good for you.

So, both kids up at 7, AM got dressed without throwing a fit. We're going to visit a preschool today (most registrations start in Feb so it's time to start thinking about this for fall!). We go. The school/church is under construction so I leave the stroller for TC in one building and carry all 16 lbs 2 oz of him (plus clothes!) and hold AM's hand to get to the classroom. Well, she immediately wants to play. Fine, but we're just visiting. Too bad, trying to leave, the heat is on, I'm sweating. TC is HEAVY. All I can think about is that stroller. Wondering why all these kids are like a foot taller than AM...they're only supposed to be 3?! Everyone is well behaved and quiet...luckily the teacher tells me 3 kids are out and they are unusually mellow. Some kid tries to play with what AM is playing with...small fit. Move on to another area. Finally we have to go, I am sweating profusely in this heated room and TC is weighing more like 30 lbs, dreaming of the stroller in the other building, how am I going to get her out of here? I drag, pull and then carry her, with TC in the other arm (poor baby is being flung around like a rag doll), I have my purse and AM's coat too. Such a sight. On the way out I did mention to the teacher that there sure was a big difference between 2 and 3...she then tells me the cutoff date for their birthdays is Aug 1st, so AM can't even go there next year. GREAT. Could've saved me 30 minutes of hell. And mind you, I'm in a private religious school and I don't know how many times I whispered bad words on my way out of there. Oops. Needless to say she won't be going there because she will be starting preschool at 3. They said she would start at age 4 in the three year old class, um no way in hell lady. Maybe that's why the kids were so big???

So, today is one of those days that my mood has been depleted and I wish for a minute here and there that I had my kids in daycare so I didn't have to deal with them. Of course I don't really because I would miss them after 10 minutes (okay a half hour). And it's just one of those days.

Tomorrow will be better.