Two Thumbs Up!

Last night, Jordyn and Savvy gave Harry Potter "two thumbs up".

I gave our new insurance agent...two thumbs up...plus some fingers and toes.

I'll admit I was a little bit nervous of what kind of sales pitch we were going to be bombarded with last night.

But, there wasn't one.

Not only that, but he gave EACH member of my family a $10 gift card to the concessions. Do the math, people, that's $50!

PLUS, they had door prizes!

All in all, it was a fabulous, no-pressure FREE movie night spent with my family...

{Oh...and Harry Potter
wasn't too bad either.}

Good times!

Harry Pottah!

We're going to see the new Harry Potter movie tonight--courtesy of our insurance agency.

I should clarify.

We are going courtesy of an insurance agent whom we've never met, but who invited us to his
HP party.

Last month, we got a postcard in the mail inviting us to his HP party...it was engraved with our names and everything.

There was a 200 person max...first call, first served. SO, El Jefe called immediately and got our family on the HP party list....I should note that the party is complete with drinks & popcorn too!

We are supposed to arrive an hour early...for their sales pitch to up your premium for giveaways and such.

It seems to good to be true doesn't it?

If you ask me, it sounds like a
shenanigan waiting to happen.

I'll keep you posted.

{So help me if its one of those time-share presentations where you pledge your first born, plus next year's salary...El Jefe's in major trouble.}

Five Mysteries of Life

1. Ever since I've lost {50 lbs-woot-woot} weight, I've started noticing wrinkles around my mouth when I smile. Is fat the new Botox?

2. Why does it seem like the troublemakers at recess are the ones in the Skeleton zip up hoodies? {I think I just solved my own mystery}.

3. Does Sonic hate me? They've stopped serving caffeine free diet coke! How can I justify getting {the occasional} imitation diet coke fix...if it's not imitation anymore?

4. Why am I either 10 minutes early or 10 minutes late...never on time? Could it be that not one of my many clocks says the same time?

5. Am I the only one who has been listening to Christmas music since Halloween?

A Hunger Games Clip

Wow! My cute little neighbor from across the street is submitting this audition short for The Hunger Games movie...{she is playing Rue}.

Isn't she great?

I just finished watching it with Jordyn...we both cried!

So good!

My Shopping List

So, my twins BOTH need braces.


Good times.


I called around today to get some quotes...one ortho wanted $4800 PER kid. It doesn't take a math genius to know that's a lot of money.

Do you have any idea what I could do with $9600?

I could...

...get a new kitchen table...with some money left over to redecorate my house.

...buy my soon to be 16-year-old a sweet ride.

...buy lotsa shoes & new wardrobes
for me and my girls.

...go on a fancy vacation.

...Ooh! Lasik surgery!

...provide a really nice Christmas for SEVERAL families...mine included.

...Speaking of surgery, I could have a coupla things lifted and a few things tucked.

{Just sayin'}


But, I guess I'll do the responsible thing...and fix my kids teeth.

For the love.

The Sunday Funnies

Yesterday, my vacuum sucked. Actually, it wouldn't suck...that was the problem.

Being the slave-driving mother that I am, I decided to unclog it--so my darling little Cinderella mouse could finish her vacuuming.

Once I had found the clogging culprit (a pumice stone no less!), I attempted to show my family how I had singlehandedly fixed the vacuum. I did this by turning the vacuum on, and sucking my cheek the one on my face into the vacuum attachment.

I thought it had quite
a humorous effect.

Until the teenager said, "You're going to give yourself a hickey, Fool."

Savvy said, "What's a hickey?"

El Jefe said, "It's a bruise."

Then Savvy knowingly said, "Oh, I know what a hickey is. It's from hormones."

We all laughed.

{Needless to say, I immediately stopped the "sucking my cheek up in the vacuum" joke.}

P.S. I didn't mention how I got the pumice stone out of the vacuum hose because it ruined the flow of the story. Let's just say, it involved cutting the hose open (like you would if you were saving an infant stuck inside a boa constrictor). After I surgically removed the stone from the vacuum, I then duct-taped the hole shut. Call me MacGyver or just call me white-trash, but you can fix anything with duct-tape. I'm just sayin'.

Last Thing about Being Robbed

{I promise this is the last of the robbing saga. I know I've milked it for all its worth.}

When my purse was stolen, so were our library cards (mine, Savvy's and Auz's).

Now, I'm not the type of person who loses library cards and then immediately replaces them. Mostly because I've memorized the numbers on the cards and can just enter the code by hand.

Case in point, Jordyn's library card. Her card has been lost for about 2 years. Anytime she needs to use her card, I just enter it in for her. I'm smart like that.

And it's not like I was worried that the thief was going to check out Jane Austen's entire series of books and never return them.

But, the library does have CD's and DVD's that an enterprising thief could check out..and then sell on Craigslist...which is where I think the criminal sold my stuff.

So, on Saturday I went into the library to pick up {Austin's Paul Revere book that he absolutely had to have for Monday} some things on hold.

I decided to be on the safe side and talk to the librarian about replacing the library cards.

This is what I found out.

*Collectively, our 4 cards had about $15 worth of fines. Which I paid. {I like to call it my annual donation to the library.}

*Each card was $3 to replace.

*They would only let me replace MY card. The children needed to be present to receive their own. Which I could totally understand. I mean, here I was...a suspicious character...owing fines upwards of $20, claiming my wallet was lost...I could totally be pretending to be the mother of those delinquent children who had racked up all of the fines...that I was now paying for.

So, she cancelled my kid's cards. I gave her my fine money, replaced my card, and left.

Yesterday, while I was cleaning off the phone cupboard (my VT's were coming and you never know where they may look during their cleaning inspection), I discovered the 3 "stolen" library cards that I thought were in my purse.

I wonder what other things I'm missing that I've been blaming on those poor thieves?

For the love!