All State of Mind

 Picture This:

My Car:

Me:

Driving...

Blasting this:

Now imagine Me... Doing that ^^^ ... While driving... 

Now Me... Telling David...

" Boy am I glad our insurance guy can't see me driving this car... he would't let the policy be renewed."

White Couch

I want to start this by telling you that we are in the process of buying our house so I am nesting. That, and I have become addicted to Pinterest and have been inspired and on a mission to re-decorate my WHOLE house. This summer we moved the playroom to the basement, leaving a free room off of the kitchen. It has a fireplace and we have made it the "mommy/daddy playroom" ( get your mind out of the gutter , it is a room for us... to enjoy with friends... ok that sounds worse but you get the idea).

So we just had to have a couch in it... what else would we sit on? So we bought this:

(How pretty is this?)

Everyone thought we were crazy, 4 kids+1 white sofa= Disaster*10.

We thought they were jealous, just because their kids were peanut butter and jelly encrusted slobs , didn't mean ours are. No way was this a bad idea, and if something DID happen ( not likely) we could take of the cover and bleach it. 

Then this happened:

This is what happens when you try to poop in peace.

Yes... that is a hand print.

I didn't take a picture of the couch, I should have to illustrate the dark yellow spots that were bigger than a quarter on two of the cushions.  I thought ^ that was HIGHlarious, but  then David found the couch and it took me all my efforts to not go all Homer Simpson on Doodles ass.

All I could do was breathe... DEEP, HEAVY breathing. I had to come up with a plan of action. David started to clean off Baby while I went to the bathroom to clean off Doodle. It took 10 minuets to get his hand to where they wouldn't rub off on anything. When I went back into the kitchen David was shaking his head... then he turned Baby around... HOLY HELL! He was BLUE!!!!!!! His forehead and arm were BLUE. When he put water on the marker, it smeared everywhere. I couldn't help myself, I laughed to hard I peed a little. 

I had Doodle sit at the table for 3 hours:

Then I stripped off the couch covers, put them in the washer with a little bleach and crossed my fingers. When the washer was done I pulled them out..."DAVID COME LOOK!!!! Its all gone... they are perfect!" 

I knew I got a white couch for a reason, I am the smartest mom ALIVE! So I dried them , and when they were dried I put them on the couch. "DAVVVIIIIIDDD! Come look at this... does it look like they are a different color from the ones on the back?"

" Oh yeah.. wow, the couch was cream, now those cases are white.. like really white."

Shit, " I am so smart, S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T."

Ugh, thankfully there was a recall on my slipcover ( when we put it together all the zipper pulls broke) and we can get it replaced. But I don't regret this gorgeous couch. 

Happy New Years!

  Hello friends,
 

    Have you missed me? I have missed this! It is hard to believe it is already 2012. 2011 was full of ups and downs, but thankfully for our family we survived.

In 2011 we celebrated our love by getting married and having a quiet ceremony in our back yard (after having half a huge wedding planned.. then canceled) the kids grew they are now 8.5,7,4.5 and 15 months. I have made new friends and rekindled old friendships, taught myself how to sew, thrown some good parties and some bad ( there may or may not have been a hospital visit for Doodle during Picky's party). We survived hurricanes, an earthquake, nasty fights and summer break. I was arrested ( I misplaced a subpoena and forgot I had a court date) and my sister lost the boys in the mall the Thursday before Christmas.  We have laughed and we have cried, been proud parents , we have held each other in sadness and in happiness. We have all grown so much over this year and I want to take a moment to say how proud I am of myself, David and the kids. You make my life a happier and more interesting place. I love you with all my heart.

I have hope for 2012 I just know it is going to be great. On top of my resolution to loose weight and continue working on improving myself , I want to update this at least once a week. I have hopes to one day turn this into a book of sorts.


To all of you, I wish you peace, love and Silliness in this The Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve.

Krista

Creepy

                       This picture is creepy. And I know they used wrapping paper from Target. Because I have it.

What I'm Loving Wednesday.

It's Wednesday! Woot Woot! That means we are half way to the weekend!

If you want to link up go check out Jamie's Blog.

This is what I am loving this Wednesday:

1.Hardee's Breakfast:

This morning I was able to sleep in, and sneak out to breakfast by myself.

There was a man with a mighty mustache I wanted to pet and I got to read:

2.The Help

I love this book and don't want to put it down. It is a must read. I am trying to finish it in under a week so I can go watch the movie.

3.Vintage Inspired Dresses:

Shabby Apple

Most of these are from Shabby Apple, a site which I have found and LOOOOVE!

The orange one is from J.Crew.

4.Toddlers and Tiaras

 

I love this show. David hates this show. I want to put princess in these pageants. David said over his cold dead stiff body would I abuse our child like that. Oh and that it might be easier to light our money on fire, it would be a quicker death. I disagree. I like girly things, but I don't have a girly daughter. I guess thats why this show is so appealing to me. Princess would rather loose her hair than have it brushed and wear the bows I painstakingly make for her.

5.Mumford and Sons

 

I have loved these guys for well over a year. I can't wait until their next album. And tour... which I will attend.. because David loves me and will brave another concert for me.

First the Quake Now Irene?

I just read a news report that says Irene is bigger than Ike(08) and Katrina (05) at their max.
Weather.com

What I am worried about (other than how to not have my shit fucked up and loosing power while trapped with the kids) is we would have a situation similar to this, but it would be Obama who was the racist.

30 Days About Me Day 24:Where You Live

I am jumping in late,what else is new. I seriously just found this and thought it would be a nice way to network and meet other blogger.

  I am from Fredericksburg VA. I was born in a hospital in Richmond VA because back then the hospital was very small and I was apparently a high risk baby, but I was raised on my family's farm in Fredericksburg. I spent time bouncing around the Hampton Roads area, but I eventually ended up back home. The area is growing (which means nicer neighborhoods, shopping and restaurants) but the downtown area still has a main street America feel. It is a beltway community, in between Richmond and Washington D.C.

  If you know anything about early American history, Fredericksburg was a big part of it, hosting many founding fathers and civil war battles. We have also been in the headline because 2 major serial killers have been here (DC sniper was one of them, the other too horrific to name, google it if you must.) Obama and Biden spoke here once. I was in the VIP section... because of a SHIT ton of volunteering I did. More recently there was the earthquake that started about 20 mi from town. 

Best Parts of Fredericksburg:

 Carl's. If you have ever eaten here, you were probably in line for a while.

Best fresh doughnuts in town. Best while pregnant.

The Luminaria to remember fallen civil war soldiers from the battle of Fredericksburg.

(This is an amazing sight to see, I help set up once with my sons scout troop)

Caroline Street. Hasn't changes much.Home to antique malls, restaurants and some scrummy boutiques.