Picture of the week -- 12 of 52

the hubby's newest toy

Picture of the week -- 11 of 52

pictures from spring break


the girls visiting their great-grandmother in south texas


the precocious one sliding down a huge slide at the bounce house place


my little one sliding down a huge slide at the bounce house place


the precocious one running through the sprinklers with neighbor friends


my little one taking a nap with the dog after all of this fun!

happy st. pattys day

kiss me, i'm irish

team emily (i guess)

it has been 15 seasons (i think) of the bachelor and i can actually say that i have yet to watch one whole episode of the show. i LOVE reality tv but for whatever reason i never got into this show. i do know that brad (the bachelor) has been on a previous season of the bachelor. i do know that he did not propose to anyone on that season. what i do not understand is why everyone was so angry with him for this decision. he was not in love with any of those women so then he got crucified for not proposing because it messed up the premise of the show! how does that make sense?!

like i previously stated, i know nothing about this show but i do hope that he picks the blonde girl (emily). and just to prove that i truly am a redneck, the reason that i want him to pick her is because she was engaged to nascar royalty ricky hendrick and then dated dale earndhardt jr. her friend signed her up for the show so she could find love again.

so i guess that i could say that i am on "team emily" -- although i would say it rather half-heartedly because i really don't care that much! in fact, by the end of tonight i still will not have watched one whole episode of the bachelor because i know that i will hear the results constantly tomorrow on every news show, entertainment show, etc.

Picture of the week -- 10 of 52

tug of war at the precocious one's field day at school. she won quite a few of the events during field day...tug of war was not one of these events however! i came to watch her class during the morning and then i volunteered to help with the older classes in the afternoon. it was fun but by the end of the day, i had a horrible headache! i was outside all day and it was incredibly windy and the smoke from nearby grass fires made it that much worse! oh well, a shower, some tylenol, a nap and some wine and i felt much better!

a little bit of heaven here on earth

oh my gawd! it's official -- in-n-out burger has already broken ground on the site here in town. i am going to weigh like 400 pounds soon from eating there all of the time. the good news is that i do have to drive about 20 minutes away to eat there but that is so much closer than say...california (where i have previously had their mouth-watering deliciousness)! about 8 years ago the hubby and i went to san diego to visit my brother and while we were there we had in-n-out burger. it was REALLY good and the french fries (my biggest weakness) were too die for! the only problem that i am having now is, maybe i built in-n-out burger up too big in my head. what if i go there for the first time and i'm like "eh". no, that does look pretty damn good!

Picture of the week -- 9 of 52

the hubby's newest toy
i am totally anti-motorcycle and i have always told my husband that he could get a harley when the youngest child was 18 years old because i don't want to be left a widow raising 2 kids with no money! well, for some reason i caved! i LOVE to get a good deal and the deal on buying this motorcycle was definitely a good deal.

charlie sheen is ... winning!

i am completely fascinated with all of this media coverage on charlie sheen! i love his show (two and a half men). and for whatever reason, i have always liked him -- even though he shot a previous girlfriend, has paid numerous prostitutes and porn stars for sex, has a long history of drug abuse (not exactly someone that i look to as a model citizen). i can't stop watching it but it is also so, so sad!

i've been watching many of his interviews lately and he swears that he is not on drugs (even passed a drug test) but i actually HOPE that he is on drugs! if he is not on any drugs then that means he is actually this crazy! he looks like hell. his ramblings make no sense. case in point:

On his natural high: "I am on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body." ("20/20.")

On how he survived his other highs: "I probably took more than anybody could survive. ... I was bangin' seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that's how I roll, because I have one speed, one gear. ... I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man. Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs." ("20/20.")

On partying: "I mean, what's not to love? Especially when you see how I party man, it's epic. The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards, all of them, just look like droopy-eyed, armless children." ("20/20.")

On his dual personality: "I have a 10,000-year-old brain and the boogers of a 7-year-old. That's how I describe myself." ("Piers Morgan Tonight.")

On how he cured himself of addiction: "I closed my eyes and made it so with the power of my mind, and unlearned 22 years of fiction ... the fiction of AA. It's a silly book written by a broken-down fool." ("The Today Show.")

On how he avoids relapsing: "I just don't do it. I will not believe that if I do something then I have to follow a certain path because it was written for normal people. People who aren't special. People who don't have tiger blood and Adonis DNA." ("The Today Show.")

On his desire to be his true self: "I'm tired of pretending I'm not a total bitchin' rock star from Mars, and people can't figure me out; they can't process me. I don't expect them to. You can't process me with a normal brain." ("The Today Show.")

after i wrote all of this, i found jimmy kimmels take on charlie's antics and i think it about sums it all up for me!