I love being a mom.

   To me, one of the best parts of being a mom is seeing my boys at the end of the day.  I could have a super crappy day but once I see them my crap mood goes out the window and is replaced by joy.  There is nothing quite like seeing someone every day and still, each and every time, they are just so stinking happy to see you.

Obligatory Post For the New Year.

Well.  Another year down the tubes.  What did I do up in 2009?  Not a whole lot...work, kids, house.  Same old same old.   Oh wait!   I had a newborn!  Now that's exciting!  Seriously though, the last year has very good to me.  Raising  Lucas and Garrett is a lot of fun.  I gotta say though, raising Lucas is definitely is not turning out to be old-hat like I thought it would be.  For one thing there is a 9 and 3/4 year age difference between the 2 boys.   That make mama a bit rusty.  And another thing(you've probably heard me say this before)...those boys are almost complete opposites.  Sure, some say they both look alike but that's where the similarity ends.  You can pretty much bank on Lucas doing the opposite thing that Garrett did at various stages of babyhood. 

But anyway enough about the kids.  What else did I do in 2009?  I "moved" from Auburn to Lewiston work-wise.  It was a very good move for me since I was spinning my wheels in Auburn because I wasn't really doing what my job description entailed and they needed someone in one of the Lewiston stores so I was asked to switch and I said "Sure, why not?"  It was supposed to be a temporary switch but it turned into a permanent one.  The best part?  The move was just across the river so I didn't have to add much of a commute.  So I guess I didn't get a whole lot accomplished but those dang kids take up a chunk of my time!
Kidding.  Sort of.  I didn't get my freezer cleaned out in 2009 but I will be doing that shortly in 1010 since it's fricking cold outside so I have a place to stash the goods while the freezer is defrosting.  I'm looking forward to the "3 guesses what this is" part.  If I can't guess it in 3 tries it goes in the trash.  This is a good segue into the second part of what I want to accomplish in the new year--more organization.  I have waaaayyyyy too much clutter in my house and playing the Where's the Remote game gets tiresome.   I'm going to put that shredder to good use!  A related plan to the organization thing...grocery lists.  I can't count the number of times I've gone into the store to "just get a couple of things" and ended up spending $100!  So I need to do the weekly menu-planning thing and shopping once a week(with coupons, natch).  This will help in the next thing...spending less $$$.  2009 found me buying lots and lots of things that I really didn't NEED but thought I did at the time.  Books? My goodness, I probably have like 20 books that I haven't read yet taking up overflow space near my bookshelf.  I work full-time and I have 2 kids.  Do I really have time to read all those?  More cans of diced tomatoes?  If I reorganized my pantry I'd probably find 20 cans.   The final thing I need to work on...using my treadmill for something besides Mark's clothesrack.  So in a nutshell what I need to do is do more with less and simplify.  Hopefully this will be my year and yours as well.  Feel free to share what you plan to do in the upcoming year.  I love hearing other people's ideas since I rarely have good ones of my own!

Hey Baby

If you check out my sidebar you'll see a new widget for "Hey Baby". Why is it there, you ask? Well the answer is...it's Lucas' favorite song! Some moms sing lullabyes to their babies. I sing Gwen Stefani. I don't know why, but every time I start singing that to him he gets all excited and starts kicking his legs and giggles. It can bring him out of any sour mood. Hey, I'll do whatever works. I remember Garrett's song of choice was rather unorthodox as well. He chilled out to the Pepsi Cola song(remember those commercials back around '00 or '01 with the little curly-haired girl dancing and lip-synching? That one.)

Ah, the Joys of Boys

A little over a year ago, when I found out that my little peanut inside of my was going to be a boy, I cried because I really wanted a girl but I quickly got over it and then I thought, "Hey, I got a pass on all that annoying girl stuff! Woo hoo!" But yesterday I went to CVS with the boys in tow to pick up some stuff that was on sale. One of those items happened to be Kotex pantiliners. I figured that I'd just pick them up, throw them in my cart, and be on my way to the next aisle. Nope, that didn't happen. So here's the convo that we had:

Garrett: What are those?
Kelly: Those are pantiliners.
G: But what are they for?
K: They're just things that girls use.
G: Yeah, but what are they for?
(at this point I'm desperately trying to think of something that will sufficiently answer his question while at the same time avoiding a whole topic about female menstruation)
K: Garrett, just be thankful that you're a boy and you'll never have to care what they're for.
G: Yeah, BUT WHAT ARE THEY FOR???
K: Garrett, you put them in your underwear.
G: (giggling)

This just goes to show that just because you have boys doesn't necessarily mean you're off the hook on the feminine products discussion.

Totally off topic, but I just found out from Edmunds.com that my car is the most frugal to own. Woo hoo!