The Escapee!

Two Words! OH CRAP!

The easy days are over! My little one learned how to escape. Nap and Bedtime as I know it are OVER. That' right MAMA! O-V-E-R!

Tyler was so great in his crib. Climbed out once, fell and learned his lesson, never tried again. We converted his crib to a daybed when he turned 2 and he still stayed put until 3.5. He would call me in the morning and after his nap to come get him. He stayed in bed!!!! I know Brennan is going to give me a run for my money.

Bedtime tonight should be fun. I think we need more beer.

MAMA Goes GREEN!

Look! MAMA went Green!

I am so proud, I can't stand it. REALLY! I have wanted to buy recyclable bags forever and never did. Why don't they offer to sell these when you check out? Why don't they have them everywhere.? The Commissary could save the world! Ha, that's a joke. But they were not easy to find. I had to ask several people, the lady at the register had to ask several people before finally calling the manager. They are kept locked up in the managers office. Now, tell me why THAT makes sense? SHHH, don't tell anyone we have recyclable bags. It's a secret!

Anyway, these cute little bags hold a ton. I would say almost twice what a regular plastic bag does, plus it won't tear on you. Hate when that happens.

OK! So, here in Harnett County, NC, they don't make it easy to recycle. In FL, it was a sin not to recycle, here you have to really work to recycle. We DON'T, let me repeat, DON'T have any service that will pick up recycling. We have to haul it ourselves to certain locations. which are not convenient or close. The one around the corner is SCARY, the landfill. We do have a drop off location on base, that is great. But mind you, this is hard work. Plus I recycle it all: paper, boxes, plastic, glass, cans. It's all good. We take at least ONE BIG load to recycle each week. And that is filling the entire bed up of ken's truck. Now, tell me why Harnett county is so behind? Yes, this is the state that is a little backwards, you can still smoke in a gas station, OH MY! that is safe. You can smoke in a restaurant. I really miss FL for this. But is guess this is the home of Tobacco. So NC is not ready to go GREEN. I guess this will be my new CAUSE. This really does ruffle my panties that it is so difficult to do some good.

So, tell your friends, family, and neighbors, this is the new "IT" item at the commissary, girls! The New MUST HAVE BAG. (and they are only .70 cents each. WHAT A BARGAIN!) Join me in the Green Movement!

We'll change the world, one Green Commissary Grocery bag at a time!

GO GREEN GIRLS!

Always MAMA Drama!

Ok, Bad Title. Not really about Mama Drama, more Soccer Drama! But I am always good for some Drama!

First, look how cute my little soccer player is!

Ok, So! we have our first soccer games saturday. Yippee, Mind you this is the team we got asked to play on, got uninvited to play on before it even started, then invited again. The Un-invitation was due to coach wanting a 7YO ringer team only. No young ones. Then, he said ok, ty can play. I bet he is biting his tongue now.

Back to my story - Saturday, our first game, we are all set, no uniform, but that's another story. So, game starts and tyler is benched. No problem, we are the new kid. 2nd period he goes in. Coach puts him in as goalie, so I thought. Then someone on the other team went to kick the ball in and, as goalie, TY catches it w/ his hands. Whistle blows. PENALTY. No hands! hello, he is the goalie. so one of the parents say, they don't have goalies, just "defender". what the heck is a defender? so the other team gets a one on one penalty shot. Ty is standing in the goal -kid kicks a perfect shot top left corner. IN! Ty tries to catch it w/ his hands. So I ask, "can he use his hands now? or is he suppose to just sit there and get hit in the face w/ the ball?" oh that's nice. no one knew the rule. SO, my kid that was asked to play, got kicked off the team,, then gets asked to play again, helped to lose the game. don't you think if they can't use their hands, you should tell them? he said he was never told, he thought he was goalie. so, who doesn't play w/ goalies? what kind of soccer is this? this is suppose to be a competitive team. Help me here

So, do I sit back and shut up? OR ask the coach about NC Soccer 101? Plus I would like to tell him, goalie/ defender, whatever, is not a good position for ty unless you want to help the other team score more. He is just not good there.

So, my advise, Save the Drama for your MAMA!

My First Race!

Love the picture, don't you? Maybe my next race I will have a better picture. Story to follow soon.....

So! I REALLY! ran my first race. Really! I made it all the way to the finish line. Yippee. My first 5K. Wow. what a cool thing. I really thought long and hard about doing this race. I knew I had to, it was in my neighborhood for goodness sake, but oh the pressure. Running around other people does not work for me. I do not like crowds, much less having to run a race w/ 200 people. .... Mostly HS cross country players that run way too fast. What's the hurry? Plus running w/ a lot of neighbors was frighting for me also.

So, I only run for selfish reasons. Reason one! I like chocolate way too much. Reason TWO! It is the only time during my day where I don't have to clean, speak to others, chase after two boys, do chores, ETC. It is all about me. I can run as slow as I like, and I usually do, the longer I am out the better. Ha. I can sing as loud as I like, and I normally do. Use to sing more before I lost Ken's I-pod, whole nother story. My MP3, just needs come lovin'. Reason 3! It's nice to run when someone really is not chasing you.

I finished 46th out of 88. I am so happy. Time: 28:50. Yippee, I just wanted to break 30 minutes.

Oh! SO, lack of pictures.... I ask ken at the finish line, do you have the camera? He says, "No, Sorry, I did not have an extra hand for it." OK! We have a backpack camera case????

Just call me Racer X - The Speed Racer, Please!