Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

I'm heading out of work early to attend Ella's class party! It's been a while since I've helped out at one of these. The last one I went to was Taylor's in 4th grade - so 5 years ago and when I was there, she told everyone I was her sister.

It's supposed to be 40 degrees tonight so Trick or Treating should be pretty enjoyable. Reason 3,987,999 why I want to move south. It's nearly impossible to find good costumes for the kids. Plus, nothing says "Happy Halloween" like a red face with boogers streaming down their face.

In other Halloween news, my OLDest, wants to go out with her girl friends tonight. They are in High School. Freshmen to be exact. I hate do not enjoy high school trick or treaters. I actually debated on getting crappy candy just for them... Now my own will become one "of them" tonight. She pleaded with me "this will really be the last year Mom" because she gave me that line last year when I gave her the whole "your too old" speech. It seems that she will be the only kid in her grade that will not be going which in turn instantly takes a hit on your reputation I hear. So I'm ruining her life if she can't go. Sounds about right.

In other news...

Saturday, the whole fam dam went to the MN Gopher VS. Iowa Hawkeye Football game. I am pleased to report Floyd of Rosedale will be staying in MN for another year. Yep, we beat Iowa. First Big 10 win but who's really counting?


Jack loved going to the game and was a crowd favorite in our section. (We know most of the people, and if we didn't know them then our cousin's did. Not to worry, I do not just pass around my sweet 1 year old boy to anyone. He was high fiving and rocking out to LMFAO "Sexy and I Know It" during time outs. Pretty funny. All you have to say is  "wiggle, wiggle, wiggle" and he's breaking it down. The kid has skills.

Another highlight? Gopher Men's Hockey swept Anchorage. Yeahhhhhh buddy.

Another highlight? Wisconsin lost. Ohio State won.

Too good to be true? Yep. The Vikings won too.

Winning.

World Series Irony

Any of you Ladies watching the World Series??? I'm guessing so since so many are from Texas.

Well, I am a huge MN Twins fan. Yes, we had the most capitalistic year ever. It was a season full of injuries and lack of pitching. Whatever. I'm over it. I still love my boys plus we have one kick ass stadium. So excited for next year and this year isn't even technically even over. There is just something about sitting in an outdoor ballpark, watching your favorite baseball team with your Husband, friends, kids, heck - strangers.

Next year boys, next year. And Valencia (since he's obviously reading this)...please do not change your number. I have your jersey. Thanks love.

Back to my point of this whole post.

Anyone watch Game 6 last night?? Holy hannah. That was a game.

I'm not sure who I want to win. I like both teams. (As long is it's NOT the Yankees or the White Sox I'm cool.)

Nick Punto is on St. Louis, he's a former Twin. Then you have Texas' coach Ron Washington, former Twin. So for me it's a toss up. Texas has never won a World Series so that would be cool. PLUS they are in the American League - go Texas?

I did find myself rooting for the Cards' last night though. They were behind, then ahead, then behind. Then the magic happened.

Freese hit his game winning home run to lead off the bottom of the 11th of Game 6, forcing Game 7 tonight.

20 years ago almost to the day (one day off) my Twins were in the exact same situation in the 1991 World Series. It was the bottom of the 11th and Kirby Puckett was up. He hit his game winning homer forcing a Game 7. I'll never forget that game. Sitting on the living room floor, on a school night, hoping they could pull it off. In front of the TV hearing "And we'll see you tomorrow night". 

Weird right? That's not all.

Both Freese and Puckett each had triples and 3 hits in their games.

Wait, that's still not all. The announcer for the game 20 years ago, who's words any Twins fan will never forget? You know "And we'll see you tomorrow night!" came from Jack Buck.

Eerily enough, his son Joe Buck said the exact same thing after Freese hit his home run. (I still can't stand Joe Buck but what he did last night was pretty cool.)

I've watched the replay on both history making home runs and get chills. I'm getting chills just typing this. It was one of those moments where your instantly thrown back to another time in your life and you can remember it just like it was yesterday.

One last note. I'm not for ALL Twins players. One thing that bugged me more than hearing Joe Buck announce the game was seeing this guy:

Who thought he would make a good commentater? Yuck. Makes me want to do this:

Ok. Not really but kinda.

Have a fantastic weekend!

1st Haircut

Big event at our household this weekend.

Jack got his very first haircut.

I love a little boy with soft curls, love hockey hair even more (not quite the mullet stage though, that's sick).

However, I do not enjoy the "duck tail" look. Not for me. Not for my kids. My opinion.

Jack had some soft curly q's in the back of his hair, one right in the middle that strongly resembled the duck tail. Panic set in. The fear of having a child with a duck tail. Gulp.

Which takes us to Saturday morning, we all hoped in the car (minus 1 teenager who was watching cheer competitions). I even had my camera to document this milestone in his life. I mean, you only get your first haircut once, and I'm positive my Son is going to want 30 photos to show his kids someday right? Hopefully it won't be "see kids, Grandma was always this crazy."

We get in the car and he falls asleep. Uh oh. This could end very badly.

Remember we are trying to get our house on the market (current countdown is T minus 3 days), so every second in the day is assigned some task. We already had a soccer game at 2pm so we had to do the haircut earlier.

It only takes 15 minutes to get to the hair salon, so I was hoping he would be refreshed. At least enough to get his first haircut and maybe smile for the camera?! He did just that!

Despite the kid behind him screaming like they were cutting his ears off, the whole experience was a good one. Jack absolutely LOVED getting his haircut!

He giggled when she sprayed his hair down, laughed when she combed his hair and just stared in the mirror in awe of the whole event. He even loved the clippers. I think he related that to watching Daddy shave every morning so he thought he was a pretty big deal getting his hair cut.

He looks like his Uncle Chad now. Ha, ha! Here's Uncle Chad...

Ok, Uncle Chad still has more hair but still. The blonde spiky hair.

He looks so much older now. (There was an airplane going by on the photo below. He LOVES airplanes!)

So Mom's & future Mom's, take too many pictures, take too many videos and give too many hugs and kisses. They grow up too fast. Before you know it they'll be teenagers, plotting their escape from the house to hang out with their friends.

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Oh yeah. On a completely unrelated note. We got Just Dance 3 this weekend. Love it! Anyone else with me here? Although, you have to be able to laugh at yourself because your kids will definitely be laughing at you!

Which reminds me. This one pictured is my lyrical genius. I'll have to post some of her songs she's made up. She is also dabbing in the playwright sector as well. So. Funny. Someone got dumped in her last act. Ha, ha!

 

(Yes, it's 11pm on a Saturday night, she's 7 and dancing in her jammies. You only live once.)

Vino = Calories? Meh.

A couple of days ago, I was wondering just how many calories are in a bottle of wine. Why a whole bottle? Well, just trying to keep it real and usually that's where I take it. Not just a glass, or two. Lately, it's the whole bottle.

Wine while cleaning = far more enjoyable time. Trust.

So, without further ado.... Here is what you should know. These figures are based on 25.4 oz bottles of wine, if you would like to break it down by glass, each glass is typically 5 oz...so divide these numbers and you will get your glass total.

RED WINES

655 Calories/bottle

Mouvedre, Zinfandel

645 Calories/bottle

Burgundy

640 Calories/bottle

Sangiovese

635 Calories/bottle

Barbera

635 Calories/bottle

Petite Syrah

619 Calories/bottle

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux, Merlot, Claret, Syrah

615 Calories/bottle

Pinot Noir

610 Calories/bottle

Grenache

599 Calories/bottle

Carmenere, Lemberger

584 Calories/bottle

Gamay

554 Calories/bottle

Carignan

WHITE WINES

619 Calories/bottle

Pinot Grigio

615 Calories/bottle

Fume Blanc, Semillon

610 Calories/bottle

Chablis, Hock

605 Calories/bottle

Gewurzttraminer (huh), Pino Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc

599 Calories/bottle

Chenin Blanc, Reisling

559 Calories/bottle

Zinfandel White

483 Calories/bottle

Chardonnay

Moral of the story, make sure you work out everyday, that way you won't have to feel guilty right?!

Cheers!

G-Chat S.O.S.

G-Chat. Gotta love it. It makes life... easier. I use it all day. Chat with the Hubs, friends, co-workers.

My teenage daughter also has it, loaded on her phone, which she carries on her at all times. You never know when she'll need to get a hold of us. Like today.

Today, I got a G-Chat S.O.S. ...and it goes a little something like this:

Daughter: Hiii

Me: Hi!

Daughter: I got my period and no one has tamopns! And I rlyy need one!

 

Me: ask the school nurse!

 

Daughter: And the nurses r CARDBOARD!!!

 

Me: that's ok

its just a little different

but i use those too

they are ok

 

Daughter: Nooooo!!

It hurtts !

 

Me: they do not hurt

just try it

 

Daughter: I already did! And there worse here than at the jr.high!

Me: you dont leave the card board part in

you know that right

Daughter: Ik!! Haha

Me: did you find one?

 

Daughter: Noooo!

 

Me: use the cardboard one

carefully

lol

 

Daughter: Nooo!! I already tried!

And it hurt!

 

Daughter: Its all over my pants!

 

Me: Taylor, your have to use the cardboard

 

Daughter:  noooooo

Daughter:  I like the nurse she's really nice

She was like I wouldn't use those stupid things either

She called Grandpa to come get her (he lives 5 minutes from the High School so much closer than the 30 it would take me to get there from work), bring her home to change, grab some PLASTIC applicator's and head back to school. Crisis adverted. Life is back to teenage normalcy.

FLASHBACK...

I did however remember that moment of panic, back in the day when you got your period in school. Just that feeling, when you got it. Walking to the bathroom, trying not to sprint, before blood is running down your leg all over the halls. Everyone walking behind you could see the blood stain. It had to be huge. Only to get to the bathroom and find out no one could see it and you were now safe to leave the bathroom. Crisis adverted.

For Sale!

 My entire life is being taken hostage by the potential sale of our home. Yep, that's right. We have recently decided to put our house on the market.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know that Spring is the best time to sell. That's when everyone does it. More buyers you say?

Well, our Realtor (Hubs Fraternity Brother) says this time of year could also be a huge advantage for us.

Not many "good" houses on the market = Our house being one of the only "good" ones on the market.

So we are going balls to the wall. This house will be ready and on the market in 2 weeks. (kj;alsdflkj;laksdfas!) We were told, actually there's a spreadsheet to prove it, that the average home in our area, similar to ours, will sell on average of 50 days. But, it slows down after Thanksgiving. So we are going to give it a shot.

Lawd, please be true! Pretty please?!

If your familiar with the Minneapolis area, we have one of the 1950's 1 1/2 story houses. 4 bedrooms and one full and 3/4 bathrooms. Not huge at all. Perfect for that single guy or gal just buying their first home. I do love our house, it's just I feel like we are busting at the seams.

You know that feeling? Like on Thanksgiving, after you eat,  when you actually debate on unbuttoning your jeans because the relief would be that good.

So we have meet with the professionals and are well on our way working on our punch list. We don't have super big projects to finish - mostly painting and touch ups. Turns out that pretty pink and lighter pink striped wall in Ella's room has got to go. Say what? People wouldn't want that in their future house. Their loss. It's pretty dang cute if you ask me but I'll take their word for it. Oh and the fushia walls in Taylor's room? Gots to go.

We have been looking at homes that we would like to purchase and have toured some. One that I really wanted was gone in 30 days. Booo. We can't buy until ours sells. So we'll keep looking but our focus is more on getting our house in that "turn key" category.

So if your wondering what my Husband & I are doing late at night....it's safe to say we are scrubbing something or painting some wall.

The decluttering? Pretty sure our whole garage is filled with boxes of CLUTTER. Clutter that I cannot part with just yet. The bright side is when we do move, we're halfway packed (or more depending on how crazy I get with this whole decluttering thing.)

Any tips? Who's sold their home and has some great advice for me? What helps make it sell? Any staging advice? What will make this thing fly off the market? Wine helps. I do some of my best cleaning with a nice little glass of Chard.

Bottoms up! (Later tonight that is, after the kids have been fed, bathed, homework is done and religion class is over!)

Check me out.

Today, I'm a Guest Blogger (my very first one!) over at Life, Love & Puppy Prints for my Gal Carolyn while she is on her Honeymoon in Maui. 

So stop over there and check it out!  See just how different the Hubs & I can be. Ha, ha!