i wish it could be all of you. give me a call , lynn 
. Pixie were you gonna come or not? i can not remember
What now????????????
Sorry, Staley-girl! I popped on quickly last night before we started a movie, but no one else was here so I left. We bought the Transformers movie at Costco yesterday because I knew DH would love it. (I saw it this summer in the theater with DS7.) We popped popcorn and all had a great "movie night"!hello Everyone!! Well... Im starting to worry about Alex.. I hope everything is okay, its most unlike her to miss so much time with us.
Good morning, hyenas!
Raining here. You weren't expecting anything else, I hope?
Sorry, Staley-girl! I popped on quickly last night before we started a movie, but no one else was here so I left. We bought the Transformers movie at Costco yesterday because I knew DH would love it. (I saw it this summer in the theater with DS7.) We popped popcorn and all had a great "movie night"!
DH had bought me some Henry Weinhard's black cherry cream soda, so I grabbed a chilled bottle and popped the lid, taking a giant swig as I sat down for the movie. AAAGGGHHH!!! It wasn't soda, it was some specialty beer that someone had given DH, and the taste of beer makes me gag! (Similar bottle.) OMG, I took a big old drink before I realized it, so had to go spit out the rest and wash my mouth out. UGH, I get the chills just remembering it now.
Costco still had some dress-up costumes, and there was a cute silvery knight one and a wizard one, both of which I thought DS3 would enjoy. The knight one had red feathers at the top of the hood, and I thought those would get ruined in a hurry, either by DS3 or the cat; the wizard one had a black pointy hat and a cape, black with shiny blue stars all over, plus a wood-look wand with a light at the end.
DS3 got into it as soon as we got home, and he looked soooo cute! Not only that, he was swinging the wand and it lit up. He asked me, "How it do dat?" and I said I didn't know. We looked at the base of the wand, and saw it had a little button to push, and when you do, the tip lights up and blinks for a few seconds, and it makes a cute whooshing "pixiedust" sound!
I was off doing something else for a bit, but when I saw him next, he was all dressed up, flicked the wand at me and shouted, "Wee-dic-a-luss!"
Apparently he'd insisted to Daddy that he wanted to watch a Harry Potter movie (he's seen the first one), and he was spell-casting.
I think somebody might have to be a wizard (instead of a pirate) for Halloween. Soooooo funny to watch!
Anyway, gotta rush now to get ready for DS3's soccer game this morning. It's the last one, thank goodness, because he isn't as into it as we thought he'd be. Tonight my family is coming over to celebrate my birthday (belatedly, since we were in DL on the actual day), so hoping for a fun day today!
HEY, You described my jammies!
well it's time to put up my laptop in the car so i will see you guys later i am excited for the peep meet
i am excited to play the blue tarp game
Life is too short to be stuck in a job that's not really to your liking. You can find something that you like better! 
Now they are all cuddled up on the couch watching Corpse Bride... I decided to sit that one out! 
Eeeeekkkk!!! But since it will be our last trip for a year, I figure we should make the most of it! Also trying to figure out a game plan for 9 people is not a whole lot of fun. Ooooohhhh.... That reminds me. I need to make ressies for parking at the airport.
($150 difference) , scuttle away under the concrete when entering our apartment... as long as it stays outside I am just fine. hmm, I think that our Christmas trip last year was more expensive than any other one we have done.
I'm looking at air fare at Christamas for my MIL, cheaper than flying her here at Thanksgiving, but still not as cheap as having her come out for a full week in November .
Today we explored Riverside, lots of beautiful neighborhoods with huge palm trees and flowers along the streets. Very pretty old churches, cute little bungalows.
Our city is "new" compared to Riverside. Don't have the old growth trees and classic architecture. Didn't realize I missed that until we were driving today.
Hit up a Von's, got a few things for free (double coupons). This was just a trial run, get a feel for the store and test how picky cashiers can be with the coupons. Nice store, I was blown away by the wine section. I still find it odd to see alcohol sold in grocery stores and drug stores. (Not allowed in MN)
On to the world of nature at my house....
The boys found a huge praying mantis on the patio. Wicked cool looking, the cat pawed at it, then decided to leave it be in favor of a centipede (ewww) to chase.
Noticed a beetle, or maybe something more icky
I have a spider living in my bathtub. It's not bothering me , but if it's still there in the morning that sucker is going down the drain.
What is with the bugs here?? They are all huge!
I HATE BUGS. Dh is especially creeped out by preying Mantises. We were on our porch one night, and one fell on his shoulder... Scared the crap out of him! The next night he was at work, and one fell right in front of him on his machine! He about crapped his pants! 
SO I got our one ways on miles, and I am going to use the rest of them to cover half of our way back. So, heres hoping we only have to pay $400. for our flight. I got a good deal on a rental van.... $357 for a week through Alamo. MUCH better then the rest of the companys, who all wanted like $650 for it! The hotel is running a bit high, but what can you do? The thing that is getting me the most, is that pay day lands the day AFTER we get there. Stupid planning on my part, I usually have us getting there on or after payday, just so we have that extra little bit of leeway. I am AWFUL at saving money... So hopefully it works out, and we are not subject to sleeping in the car! She said she might have to apply for another credit card just to get through the next few months, and I told her we would help her out!!! But she will have none of that. Dont you all know there is nothing on tv on Saturday night! 
so I decide to call around thinking...surely I can find one at walmart or something...nope
the cheapest I could get it was through an auto part store called Napa and they had to order it but it will be here Mond..and I had to pay $77 which is not a good thing considering Im having money issues anyways...thank god I decided only to stay the 2 nights or else I would be really upset right now...
so i will be ok 
bless him...then when his mom and dad got back I brought his mom with me and she took tiffany to the bar I was supposed to be designated driver but Kayce (gd Lexie's mom) went for awhile too and she drove them to the 2nd bar of the evening so I am now home ready to talk and where is everybody?? gah
Mmmmmm, did somebody mention coffee???I'm here but not really as I am typing and thinking about getting another diet coke before I put on my jammies and let the dogs out for their evening break before they go into the kennels and then get the good kona beans out for tomorrow mr tom morrow, think i have had a little too much caffine!
Later....
