"When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different."
- Jack Handy
Here's my Random 10 Friday... Wanna play?

1. Walk Forever By My Side (Acoustic) - The Alarm
2. Firefly - Tony Bennett
3. Lips Of An Angel - Hinder
4. Loser - Beck
5. Watershed - Indigo Girls
6. With Or Without You - U2
7. You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Krauss (featuring Sting)
8. Somebody Told Me3 - The Killers
9. Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
10. I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You - Tom Waits

Bonus: Thank U - Alanis Morisette

This is what I followed home today on the interstate... nice eh?!

STaT girls camp! This was all of us just as it began... all nice and clean minus all the smelly funk that comes from camping!! Our theme was STaT Camp... or Spirited Teens Against Temptation... We had each tent assigned a unit from the hospital. We had the Ped's unit, Physical Therapy, Orthopedics, ER, The Morgue, and Geriatrics. The leaders tents were called The Cardiac Unit and The Psych Ward (my tent... fitting eh?!), and the Men's tent was called The Vet's. We had each tent come up with a little skit and jingle to represent their tent. Everyone got scrubs, and medical name badges. It was A Lot of fun!!!
We had the girls make cute covers for their scriptures, then some really cute thought books. They also had mega amounts of scrapbook stuff donated to us by a local scrapbook store... yes they were in complete hog heaven!!

Our last night there our food person conveniently "lost" all the utensils, so we had to eat our spaghetti with our hands. It was hilarious and the girls loved it! Thankfully they gave us gloves... it was hard to talk with people, because they all had food all over their faces. What a riot!
Thing 1 is the one in the glasses... the other girls are some of her cute camper friends.

This is just some of us riding the Alpine slide. It was one of our activities that we did and it was a total blast!! Now, the coaster deal... well... for me... Not so fun! Lets just call it a puke fest!

Another photo of the entire STaT camp clan... aren't they all just darling??

We played this awesome game where we had all the girls line up and then they had to run to a rope, everyone had to jump together, then run to the next flag and limbo, then get the rope circling them and run all together to the next flag and then make a shape and run all the way back to the beginning. I think they had fun... we did that 2x's.
One of the hikes that we went on... it was a beautiful spot!

Our cute YCL (youth camp leaders)... playing some fun games and getting ready to scrapbook!

The Vets doing their skit & Jingle. The one with the hat is our Bishop... he is SOO cool and the girls just love him!

Thing 1 and some of the girls eating lunch after the slide and coaster rides. That coaster made me sicker than a dog!!

Thing 1 & her best friend!

Some cute Beehives with Thing 1.
More cute girls.
Yes. We really did let all of the girls play with bow & arrows. What's camping if you don't get to shoot something?

STaT Camp... It was a total, stinky, wonderful blast!!

I just got back from girls camp! I forgot how much fun it is to be up in the mountains with just girls and be totally silly! It was soo much fun! I have a plethora of photos to share, and more stories to blog than I can shake a stick at. I am so glad that I got to go with the girls... granted it was a TON of work, but oh so worth it!!
Now, I am off to the showers... be glad you can not smell the funk that is me from 3 days of camping without showers, and campfire smell and all the other odors that go along with that...
YUM!

Yes. Girls camp was a blast, and I will admit that I was sad to see it end! It was so fun to not only be with the girls, but to be with all the grown ups and be silly again.
I had forgotten that I AM a funny, crazy person! I do have a personality... (and its not always nagging people to clean their rooms)
I can truthfully say that I have left no doubt of that fact in any ones mind!
Now, Calgon take me away!!

To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" you can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."
- Jack Handy

I should remember this quote... next time people start dumping stuff on me to do for them... Sorry. Can't help. I've got these here bags... Anyway. Thats a post for another time!

It's Random 10 Friday. It seems like Fridays are coming faster and faster. Sheesh.
Slow down life. Its going just a titch too fast for me!!
Whatcha listening too?

1. Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
2. If Everyone Cared - Nickelback
3. Clocks (Live) - Coldplay
4. My Town - Montgomery Gentry
5. Stay - Alison Krauss
6. Hysteria - Def Leppard
7. Crying Like a Church On Monday - New Radicals
8. When You Know - Shawn Colvin
9. Ride - G. Love & Special Sauce
10. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2

Bonus: Rock n' Roll - Ryan Adams

My sister, ima10cow, has started her own blog. Go give it a lookie lou and tell her how awesome it is! I am sure that, in all actuality, her blog will out shine mine! Hands down!
www.waitimconfused.com
I love that url... check it out!!

You know how when you meet someone who you think is amazing, and totally has their life put together, and then you find out that they are as crazy as you are?
Yeah.
That's a good feeling.
No.
That's a GREAT feeling.
I'm actually quite normal and NOT dysfunctional.
Whew.

I was watching the dog run around the backyard yesterday, and she had these weird white patches on her. I thought maybe Thing 3 had decided to pour her milk on the dog or something. I forgot all about it until last night when Boxer dog was laying on the floor next to me. I saw the white patches again. I felt it, thinking it would be all crusty or something.
Nope. Not crusty.
It was skin.
I sort of gasped, and Thing 3 looked at me and said: "It's ok Mama. I just gived Boxer dog a haircut."
Wow.
Yes you did.
Poor Boxer dog.
Maybe I shouldn't call her Louise or Thing 3 anymore... but "Dennis" .
Dennis the Menace would be more appropriate.
Sheesh. I hope we survive her antics.
I hope the DOG survives her antics!

Fabulous fabulous fabulous fabulous book!!!!!
Oh. My. Goodness. I loved this book! There is very little dialogue in the book, but that is what makes it so astounding! The way he uses words to create a feeling. He gives you just enough information to create feelings, but doesn't go into detail... making the words more powerful! I loved this book. I just might have to re-read it. Do not let the summer end without reading The Road!

Ehh. Not my favorite. I never really got the whole point of the story. I suppose that is what happens when you translate a story that was written in German with parts in French into English. It was just OK. You could pass and not be missing anything.

Wow. I liked this one too. Good, quick fast read. It only has 183 pages... I finished it in an evening. It has a peculiar storytelling style. There is no conversation between characters... just the narrator telling the story. Don't pass it up just because of the title. Its good. The ending, I will admit, was puzzling at best... but not withstanding I still liked it!

I got a bunch of amazon.com gift certificates for my birthday. I LOVE it when I get those... I actually get something for me with them. When I get money for my birthday, I NEVER spend it on something that I want... it's usually on the kids or fast food.
I love Amazon... it is so easy to see why or how people could become addicted to shopping online... its fun!
What ever did we do when we couldn't sit in the comfort of our own home and shop and buy stuff? Sheesh!
Anyway, I spent them today, and got me some good books coming my way!
I'm excited!!
And yes. That is the new Harry Potter book you see...
Boy. Do I have a great stash of books to read this summer or what??!

"If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then people would sing about me and I could fly down and eat them because I hate that song." - Jack Handy, SNL Deep Thoughts

1. These Are The Days - 10,000 Maniacs
2. Satellite - Dave Matthews Band
3. Fix You - Coldplay
4. Jimmy Olsen's Blues - Spin Doctors
5. Why Georgia - John Mayer
6. Something To Be Proud Of - Montgomery Gentry
7. 1985 - Bowling For Soup
8. Only The Lonely - Chris Isaak
9. Lullaby - Dixie Chicks
10. 29 - Ryan Adams

Bonus: Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake

"Mama, Mama. It's your birthday, you haf-ta wake up!
We got you some really neat presents. Come open your presents."
So, I open my presents and get lots of great candy! After all the presents are opened and the candles blown out, Thing 3 says to me "Mom, can I have your candy now?"
Sure.
Happy Birthday, Motherboard!

Would you like to hear the latest exploits of my "little Thelma and Louise?" I would like to say that it was Little Thelma that was helping Thing 3 to come up with her crazy ideas. But, alas, I can not. All of the crazy antics of Thelma & Louise are straight from the mind of Thing 3. I had this confirmed to me yesterday when I came home from a church meeting to Thing 3's head looking like it was soaking wet.
It wasn't wet.
It was greasy.
Yes.
Greasy.
Jefe had already washed her hair twice... but it was still greasy!
Greasy.
Lets get real people. Where on earth does she come up with these ideas?
I asked her what had happened. She said "Well. I decided that I wanted my hair to be pink."
Oh really? I said. Pink huh? "Yes Mama. Pink. So I took the Pink chapstick, and painted my hair pink."
Oohhhhhh. I see. That's actually chapstick in your hair... and that lovely fruity smell isn't my clean house!?
Right. OK.
Yes she really did take an entire tube of chapstick, and "painted" her entire head with it!! Makes perfect sense to me. Pink chapstick means that you would have pink hair right?!
In her book it does.
"Thing 3, help me help you. You have been coming up with some amazing ideas. Please tell Mommy all of your amazing ideas and I will help you execute them so that they have better results. We could have gotten this really cool hairspray that would turn your hair pink."
REALLY? Can we get it now?
Uhhh. No.

I hope and PRAY this is not indicative of what is coming for me in the years to come...
Holy crap if it is!

Thing 3 has this friend, whom we will call Little T.
Its really fun to see that she has this little friend. The first thing she wants in the morning when she wakes up is a cuddle from Jefe and I and then "can I play with Little T?"
There have been days, when Little T is out of town, that we have said if you say her name 1 more time, you are grounded from her when she gets back!!
Really.
We have.
It gets THAT obnoxious.
When they get together they play so nicely together. I never hear anything from them, just two happy little girls playing, and laughing! They like to go dig in the backyard for bugs. Thing 3 loves bugs, and Little T knows how much she loves bugs. She will find a bug, and run all the way to our house (all 3 houses away) screaming "Thing 3 I found a rollie pollie!! "

However, lately they have been quite the little "Thelma and Louise"!
And I am not even kidding. Who would have thought that 2 little 4 year old girls could create such havoc?! I totally understand the whole Lord of the Flies now!
Seriously.
Jefe said something to the 2 of them when they were together, and it made Thing 3 cry... Little Thelma over there got all mad and started yelling at Jefe cause he made her friend cry. "You're not being nice to my friend!"
Uhh. Ok.
Thats Loyalty. Yelling at an adult for your friend!
Lately their exploits have gotten bigger and well... badder... is that even a word? It has gone from loosing all my silverware and bowls in the backyard to bug excavations to the bird feeder being dumped out and "planted" in the backyard. The mattresses in the bedroom being flipped over and hanging off the bed to make them a fort...
Now.
Just this week let me tell the exploits of Little Thelma & Louise.
On Monday, they decided they wanted candy. So they got the jumbo bottle of vitamins and started chowing on them. They had locked themselves in the bathroom and as soon as I tried to get in they were yelling "We're not doing anything wrong". Once I got in there, they had their hands hidden behind their backs and their mouths stuffed with vitamins. I FREAKED out... made them spit the vitamins out and then drink giant glasses of milk. Why milk? I dunno. I thought that sounded like a good idea. I immediately called poison control... thankfully poison control said they would've had to eat 35+ vitamins a piece for there to be a need to rush to the emergency room.
Then the next day they decided they wanted to feed the birds.
So. They took the GI-NORMOUS bag of bird food and threw it all over the driveway. Then they started making giant piles of bird food for the birds to come eat from. That little escapade took me over an hour to clean up. We also had the destroyed bedroom with the mattress all funky for their fort.
The next day was when they were hair stylists. Please Thelma and Louise, go to school first!
Now today Thelma & Louise have become artists. Full on artists, resembling Picasso or Rembrandt.
What did they paint you ask?
Yes.
PAINT!!!
Well.
Not the walls.
That of course would've been to easy.
Not the floors, that wouldn't have been any fun.
Not paper, how boring Mom!
No they chose a living object to paint.
My DOG is now lovely shades of green, yellow, red and blue.
Yes they did.
They painted the dog.
AND THE DOG LET THEM.
I guess the Dog really didn't have a choice in the matter.
I mean its not like she could say "UHHEM. Excuse me, but I do not want to be used as your painting easel. Please do not paint my entire body a rainbow of colors!"
NO.
Boxer dog can not do that. So boxer dog sat there and let them paint her.
Her entire body.
All over.
It's a good thing I walked in when I did, cause they were starting to work down her backside!

Sheesh.
Thelma & Louise... This is going to be a LONG summer!

How nerdy am I that I know that today is my dogs birthday?
Pretty nerdy!
She's 6 today.
You would think that she would stop acting like a complete retard, but no luck.
For her birthday, she's getting one of THESE.
Grin.

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handy (SNL Deep Thoughts)

1. If Mama Ain't Happy - Eddie Coker
2. The Lucky One - Alison Krauss
3. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson
4. Stay - Alison Krauss
5. Clocks - Coldplay
6. Is She Really Going Out With Him (Acapella) - Joe Jackson
7. Baby Hold On - Dixie Chicks
8. Wonderful Tonight - Michael Buble
9. The Lighthouse's Tale - Nickel Creek
10. Over You - Daughtry

Bonus: Sweetest Thing - U2

Thing 3 HAD long, beautiful hair. Practically down her back. Well. At least to the middle of her back. When she would let me REALLY fix it-- put stuff in it and blow it dry-- it was stunning!
WAS.
Past tense.
She has a cousin, Colorado cousin, that she just loves to pieces. This cousin has short hair. Thing 3 decided that she wanted short hair...
Oh yes she did.
She cut her hair.
Again.
I was combing her hair last night, before bed, and screamed "Oh My Gosh! What happened to your hair??" She had large chunks of hair missing. All over her head. Sections of it had been cut up to her chin. It was quite the hack job! She started to cry, 'cause she thought I was telling her that she looked ugly.
No baby. You're not ugly. We just have to go visit a real hair cutter person now. Jefe explained to her that Daddy's don't cut their own hair. Mommy's don't cut their own hair. Thing 1 doesn't cut her own hair... and Thing 3's should cut their hair either. But I wanted short hair like Anonymous Colorado cousin, Mama.
Uhh. OK. But, next time can we chat about it before you take the scissors to your hair?
She cried the whole time she was getting her hair cut today. I don't want it cut now, she screamed. Uhhh... its a titch late for a change of heart sweetie! I was worried about how it would all turn out, but I have to say that she looks darling with her hair all cut up to her chin! Actually, it will be super easy for us to take care of this summer!
Whew.
She is all spiffed up. And the scissors have been hidden!

Balboa park! I wish we would've known that everything was closed on Mondays. We should have done Balboa park on Sunday when all the cool stuff was there... free concerts, united nations village with food... it was an awesome park! Not to mention all the museums... a must visit again!

The San Diego Temple! What an amazing site to come around the bend on the interstate and have that building burst out at you! AWESOME!

Hotel Del Coronado. We ate an amazing meal on Coronado! Yummy halibut with macadamia nut sauce. Just thinking about it now.. yumm! This place really was quite awesome and quaint!







This photo was taken on top of a moving bus. Pretty good shot if you ask me! My good friend, Louisiana chick, suggested that we eat here. Come to think of it, she suggested pretty much everything that we did... Good job Louisiana Chick! You made awesome suggestions!


What an awesome awesome awesome mall...Horton Plaza!! I would've liked to just hang there some more, but it was getting late when we finally hit that place... Too cool!
These beautiful flowers were all over San Diego. They were like trees or some crazy thing! There was also jasmine everywhere... WOW! Did that stuff ever smell sooo good! I wish it would grow here in the desert. I heard that I could plant it as a potted plant, and then just move it inside for the winter. I just might have to do that, cause it has an amazing aroma!

This was taken from Seaport Village. We had a blast there, and spend 1/2 a day there. There was yummy Greek food, and then yummy ice cream, all on the ocean.... Lots of fun shops to hang out in... I really liked that place!



This was our first night there.... I was a little psycho about eating in Old Town (which BTW is my favorite place in San Diego) at this Mexican restaurant... we had to hike all over Old Town to find the one that I had wanted to eat at, The Cosmopolitan... and I am glad that everyone was patient with me cause it was definitely the best Mexican food ever!! The other place we ate at before we left was The Old Town Mexican Cafe, and it had the best tortillas I have ever tasted! The first place we ate had awesome enchiladas and the second place had amazing tacos!! YUM! I found these two restaurants online in the San Diego magazine, and they were listed as the top 2 best places in San Diego for Mexican food. (see how freaky I am about my food? Researching out restaurants... I mean what kind of crazy person does that besides me??)
Yes siree! I would have to agree! Amazing Mexican food!!