Note to self--Cheerios and Goldfish crackers go moldy when left under ones couch

It's my party

And what a party it was, on friday we went to CiCi Pizza, and while there we toured a firetruck, met barney and bounced in a bounce house, then we went out to the Villages to play putt putt Golf with the kids, and boy was that exciting, we got some good video to share once we figure out how.

Today was exciting, it had it's good and it's bad, but everything worked out rather well, especially when daddy helped cook dinner, and even finished loading the dishwasher.

AAAAWWWWWW

I have spent the last few days preparing for the state to stop by and check out our lovely home, anyhow, a few little darlings have been sleeping at our house and tonight is the first night that they have spent at home in a few days, and low and behold I was up late checking out craigslist.com when I hear what sounds like someone breaking into the house, so I hollor at John who comes out yelling to blame my dog only to discover the ceiling in Dominic's room has collapsed right onto the bed that one of those precious little angels had been (and would have been if he was here) sleeping on--I just thank the great Lord above that our little guests were safely tucked in at their home tonight and not ours--tomorrow is going to be a busy day, so wish me luck and now I am going to bed so I can be well rested to deal with the state, my lanlord and hopefully the person sent to fix the hole in my son's ceiling

The Water Fountain

I think this was a few weeks ago, before cutting off 2 to 3 feet of hair, back when even when I rushed washing my hair in the shower I still ended up in there for at least 3o minutes, Anyhow, Dominic was being so good and quiet, or so I thought, until I realized he wasn't in his room, he wasn't in the house at all, I ran and looked out the back window, yelling his name, but he wasn't in the back yard either, I freaked, I ran to the front door screaming his name in a panic I threw open the front door and to my suprise there he is safe and sound in the front yard, and I had to run back into the house to get the camera and take this picture

granted, I had to hurry and get the pisture because in my shock of what I found my first reaction was to yell "turn off that water and get your but inside and in a corner, so as he dashed to turn the water off I realized just how neat that was, Our own gas can water fountain. Now this isn't the first time Dominic has somehow stubbled across one of daddy's gas can's and I am constantly
reminding (he calls it nagging) him to keep them out of site, out of reach, and out of gas...obviously he doesn't believe me, because as Dominic ran into the house a very definite flamable smelling aroma entered the house with him, and after re-examining this photo I must say we were definitely lucky nobody threw a cigarrette out their car window while driving by (and my neighor thought it was bad when one of our tree branches fell on his room damaging 2 shingles, granted it would have made his house the local "hot spot")

So a reminder to all those who think a gas can with the tiniest bit of gas in it can't be dangerous, if you don't put it out of reach, out of sight, and make sure it is completely out of gas, you might find out that a simple thing like this little gas can and that normal looking water hose can combine to make this












but in all seriousness, please remember to empty out the gas can, as not only is it super flamable and we were lucky that neither of our houses caught on fire, but also extremely lucky that Dominic didn't try to drink it.

PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, THIS STUNT WAS PREFORMED BY A TRAINED 4 YR OLD WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN MISBEHAVING AND TROUBLE MAKING, SAID 4 YR OLD WAS PUNISHED AND AS A RESULT HE CAUTIONS ALL OTHERS TO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME unless they have purchased, read, and understand all his instructions and warnings, if you would like to get a copy of his instructions and warnings you can for a mere $19.95, see the legal aspects/ad below:

and now for the legal aspect, Dominic has copyrighted his design and so if you want one of these delightful fountains you will need to purchase the right to display it in your own yard, but he has agreed to sell that privelge for a mere $19.95, he will not only sell you the privelge to display such an amazing gountain in your yard, but for that $19.95 he will also include photos of what it is suppose to look like, the design he came up with all on his own, instructions on how to construct it, and the typical warnings that come with any instructions, one of which is, DON'T USE A GAS CAN WHICH ALREADY HAS GAS IN IT AS IT MAY RESULT IN A FIRE HAZARD!

My quiet boys

Most of you know this already, but some of you may not, I live with some very quiet sneaky boys, i.e. John, and Dominic. John, is so nice in the mornings that he quietly gets ready for work and sneaks out the door without disturbing me (mommy Meagan does need her sleep) and most mornings I appreciate that, but lately I have been asking him to wake me up, so I can shower while he is home and was also trying to work it out so that I could walk him part way to work to get my some much needed extra exercise, and another reason why I keep asking him to wake me up is my quiet boy number 2.

Dominic, my son, who loves his momma very much, has learned from Daddy's example and he too is very quiet in the mornings and lets me sleep, the only problem is his motive for letting me sleep, and that is he has figured out if my sleep is undesturbed, his ability to do and eat what he wants while I sleep is undesterbed, but ultimately it is when I shower that he seems to be the quietest, because I can always wake up and sneak up on him catching him in the act, but when I shower he knows that when the water shuts off he has to stop doing what he is doing or he will get caught, he has some warning time, I often wonder what I would catch him doing if I left the shower running and stepped out of the bathroom to check on him.

Now, don't get me wrong, I do appreciate their generousity but I am thinking of investing in my own alarm clock because as you will see in posts to follow, Dominic has gotten a little too adventuring during my short showers (OK, so sometimes I find my 5 minute showers turning into 10 minute soaks in the tub, but serious people, I truly thought Dominic was still sitting watching Handy Manny--I have learned better, though)

Guard Dog Red

SO small,

so sick

yet so loving

he came to us on a cold stormy day in january

We cleaned him up

fed him food

took him to the vet

oh, how we loved to play with you

2 lbs 15 ouces doesn't last long

before we knew it you grew rather tall

the lbs kept adding,

you loe to fetch the ball

but late at night while all is well

you wait beside me on the couch

I hear you snoring

but then you jerk

what did you hear?

your head pops up,

you look around

nothing to worry

your here now

then a car door opens,

your ear perks up

I hear a growl

your eyes are closed,

your head still on the couch,

but you're still growling to let them know

don't be fooled by what looks to be a sleeping dog

Guard dog Red is on the job,

he's bigger now

and he won't let anything happen to the family that took him in from the cold

(and on that note, Red has a vet's appointment on Aug 12th)