Anniversary

Andy and I are celebrating our anniversary today- we've been married for 6 years today. It's amazing how the time has flown by and the memories have accumulated. We have been together a total of 6 years 7 months. We had one date and I moved in with him on that night. I am sure you want to hear all about it and I'll write the juicy details some other time.

It's been an amazing 6 years- filled with good times, amazing babies and only a few not so good memories. I am madly in love with Andy and I am thankful that he is the father of my children- I couldn't have asked for a better man to raise 3 children with. He is fair, affectionate, generous, funny, laid-back, sexy, athletic, successful, and loving. He enjoys providing us all with everything we have ever wanted. He maintains a very busy lifestyle, balancing work and play. But always making time to attend ballet practice or an important event at school.

I'm so proud that I am Andy's wife, his love for me is powerful and totally unconditional. Andy is always telling me he loves me that I am sexy.

Ok enough of the sappy crappy-Check out what he got me for our anniversary- He love me long time!

It's late and I'm not sleeping

Expensive dry cleaning bill and car detailing to get out coffee stain

I drank coffee today. Well most of it. I was so excited to go to Homegoods that I pulled into my parking spot, gathered all of shopping supplies - CREDIT CARD. I grabbed a handful of garbage (2 empty water bottles, a coffee, napkin, a snack baggie of apples, an empty baggie that had cookies in it (funny how cookie bag is empty while the apple bag is full) and a big paper clip) So all of this is in my hand and I am trying to get out of the car slowly but deep down inside I just want to run inside and see all of the holiday goodies. Is HOMEGOODS nationwide www.homegoods.com Anyhoo- I feel something sliping out of my hand and instead of letting the paper clip fall gracefully onto my car seat, I have a spasm and spill my coffee all over myself and the car seat. I had obviously too much coffee.

Expensive coffee at Starbucks Manhattan, NY

13 shot venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel. It cost a total of $13.76 (with tax)

Expensive Ice Tea Avenue Des Champs-Elysees, Paris France

We had an Ice Tea in Paris which cost $15.00. No receipt shot, oh yeah, most French cafes don't give you receipts- they charge you whatever they want. Even if you come in the same day, your drink, sandwich, or chicken could have a swing of $5.00 or more. I AM NO NAIVE AMERICAN!!!

Expensive non fancy coffee in Moscow, Russia

In Moscow a coffee is $10.19, including service. I wonder if a glass of Vodka is cheaper?

Neurotic and Germ-Obsessed

Sick, Sicker, and Sickest

I've had some illness spreading it's dirty work all over my family. All three of my kids are sick, with various degress of sickness. I've been in and out of the doctor's office for weeks. I cringe when I think about how nasty and germ infected these places are. I don't know if they get sicker after going to find out why they are sick to begin with.

I was watching tevo the other day and Oprah had people who had sever OCD when it came to germs. The way to overcome their neurosis was to confront and attack it. I had a hard time watching these people sticking their hands in garbage cans and then licking their palms. There was a group that had to lick toilets. As if this sort of "therapy" would break them of their issues. Needless to say- I gagged through most of the show!

How my my neurotic, germ-obsessed brain works- can you relate?

1. You don't get why I have to shake a snotty person's hand
2. You carry have at least 3 different types of Anti-bacterial's in your purse
   
3. You wait until someone pushes the elevator buttons
4. You put your jacket behind your back when at movie theatres, (Hair can't touch the seat)
5. You consider a mask to be appropriate airplane attire (Before you fly, purchase a portable air filter that you can snap on to the overhead air vent at www.airright.net)
6. Toilet paper on a public toilet- DUH
   
7. You have an exit strategy that resembles a NFL playbook when you hear a sick person within 10 feet of you
   
8. You carry your own pen- You have to sign credit cards receipts, doctor office paperwork, etc.
   
9. You worry when you touch the shopping cart handle laden with E. coli and then sample the deli turkey, your life could literally be in your own hands
10. You look at a door handle and think there's probably a trace of pee on that- Grab the paper towel and if there isn't- toilet paper works. There is never a garbage can by the door, so I usually just throw it on the floor behind myself...when will they catch on?
11. You hesitate to have olives, lemon's, or any other condiments in your drinks because the bartender touched it with the same hands he takes money with. There's probably a trace of pee on them
12. You have spend $1,000 on Tamiflu 3 years ago and it's still sitting waiting for the bird flu to arrive
    
13. You are skilled at detecting fecal threats at restaurant buffets
14. You smear hand sanitizer all over an orange before peeling and eating it
15. Your make your family wear water shoes at public pools
16. You freak out when your kids touch hand rails
17. You clean your silver wear at restaurants and pack plastic wrapped utensils and straws for your children
18. You think of excuses when your kids want to put coins in their piggy banks UGGGGHHH
19. You look forward to winter so you can wear gloves when opening up doors
    
20. I can't even get started about hotels!!!!
    

Oh My G-D after making this list, I just realized I have obsessive-compulsive disorder with extremes of anxiety that involve obsessive attempts at cleanliness and related germ fears.

Sick Boy

Feel Better Josh
Mama Loves You!!

A Few Of My Favorite Things...

1. Living on Lake Minnetonka
2. Genuine hugs and kisses from my three children
3. Dinner with girlfriends
4. Marie Antoinette
5. Pilates
6. My mama’s cookin’
7. Hagan Daz Chocolate Chocolate Ice Cream with milk poured in it
8. Tequila
9. Rhinestones
10. Glitter
11. Laughing so hard I start crying
12. Café Au Lait
13. Traveling
14. Getting flowers
15. Pineapple, mushroom, tomatoes and artichoke are my favorite pizza toppings
16. Good hair days
17. Fast cars
18. Warm laundry
19. Mahjongg Monday’s
20. Great idea’s unexpectedly
21. Snowmobile rides
22. Dark chocolate
    
23. Watching my kids excitement after getting gifts
24. Chanel perfume
25. Pedicures
26. Good deli’s
27. Watching Lola dance
28. Watching Josh play with the boys
29. Watching Sasha sit still for more than 5 minutes
30. Watching Andy play softball and getting home runs
31. Art supplies
32. Chick flicks
33. Giggling children
34. Borscht
35. Sunglasses are my favorite accessories
36. Text messages from Andy
37. Wednesday is my favorite day of the week
38. Anticipating something
39. Rhinestone pins on just about anything
40. Dinner with 3 kids at a restaurant and nobody fights
41. Antique shopping trips
42. Cool words
43. Earl Gray tea
44. My favorite daytime shoes are my Rhinestone Havaianas
45. Watching Tevo with Andy
46. Making stuff
47. Trying to give my kids creative answers as why things work- Like where to shells come from?
48. Avocadoes
    
49. Pomegranates
50. Checking off on my to do list
51. Having Andy check off on his to do list I have given him 3 years ago
52. Peanut M&M’s and sunflower seeds
53. A really good glass of Champagne
54. Songs I can sing to
55. Boating
56. Getting compliments about our kids from someone
57. Puppies
58. Snowflakes on kid’s faces
59. Fireplaces turned on- even in the summer
60. My family and my life!!!!!
    

Who I am

Wife

Mother of 3

Food Maker

Booger picker

Diaper changer

Archiver

Collector

Preserver

Lover

I am a blogger

My hope is that I will be a blogger. I have tried for years to keep journals, diaries, and calendars. And for years I have made an excellent attempts at preserving written accounts of my daily activities. All of these attempts usually last a matter of weeks and then I get lazy or pre-occupied. I tell myself I'll write tomorrow and then tomorrow comes and then I've forgotten all of the details of what I wanted to chronicle. This I am sure sounds very familiar.

OK, so why should this Blog be any different. I don't know. Maybe because I have young children and I want them to know me and our lives together. I am going to leave them all of my journals from the past and I hope they read through them and can relate to me better. I am sure after reading, two things may happen- 1. They think I am really cool or 2. They may need therapy. Or they could find them and get scared that my crazy life is also part of their DNA and one day they make get the same wild genes that I inherited.

I want to be a blogger, I want this to be a place in which I could share my family, my friends, my art, my life. Today I am a blogger.