SO MUCH FOR....

...saying i wasn't going to neglect you blog. well, to kind of make up for it, lemme give ya some reasons as to why i have not be in 'my own lil space'.

mikey's bday is coming up. i cannot believe that my lil bug-a-boo is going to be five years old!!!! he is going to have a teenage mutant ninja turtle party this saturday (okay, is there anyone besides myself who cannot believe that they are back?) i have been busy making sure that all the goodies for the goody bags are bought. this includes: a bubble sword, teenage mutant ninja turtle playing cards, play doh, a piece of fabric to wear around their forehead like the tmnt's do, & some candy. i got a shrek pinata which i intend to take the shrek face off and put the covers of a tmnt notebook i got at wally world on it.
mikey also started pre-k on the 9th. he was so excited to go. i was extremely sad to see him. he took that first step to becoming his own lil man . once i dropped him, i started to tear up. he didn't even turn around to see me go out the door. he was that excited. he is having a blast there. i am so excited that i got him in. they do so many activities with him and he gets to go into the "room where Jesus and God are" (church). tomorrow he is going on a field trip to visit his "grand friends" (senior citizens).

isabella is quite the hoot. and quite the lil drama queen to boot! she is walking around like crazy. hell, who am i kiddin', she is practicly running! the current words for her vocabular are doggy, -ikey, daddy, momma, woof, meeeeow, -acker (cracker), ni-ni (night night=go to bed). and when my baby girl wants something, damn it she lets ya know. now i am not going to complain too much b/c i want my girl to be strong ;) just like her momma

michael has become quite obsessed with his new hobby. cigar smoking. lemme go on and tell ya, if two months ago you told me that he was going to be smoking cigars, i would have told ya that you got the wrong michael. my hubby is totally against that. he made me quit smoking, he can't stand the smell. i guess it just took one trip to milwaukee and one evening at festa italia to become a changed man. he now has made his own makeshift humidor. he controls the humity in them, makes sure that they are well taken care. he has spent a lot of mooo-la on those cancer sticks. he gets on the computer more than i do to check message boards and become friends with people he has never met (this of course does not mean that i will be giving up my reign as "message board queen". or even alloying him to be king for that matter ;) but do i really mind that he has a new hobby? hell no! not to mention, who the hell am i to say anything? i have too many hobbys.

and speaking of me ;) i have been busy getting ready for mikey's bday party and trying to keep up with housework, my craftin, and i decided that this past weekend i would paint our dining room and redo our guest bathroom. and since i know you are thinking it, yes, i decided to do this 6 days before we are going to have company. but i know once it is done, i will be so happy. i will post pictures with my finished product. unfortunately, i didn't take pictures in advance :( but it will still look good.

i have crafted some game related frames that i absolutely *LOVE*. it got me thinking though...could i create a whole line of stuff that was made from board games and playing cards? are there are other nuts out there who's hearts begin to pitter patter at top speed when they see dice or a monopoly game? is there anyone else who currently owns 5 clue games (3 being board, 1 electronic, & 1 you can play on the tv), 3 monopoly games, & 2 games of life to use for various crafts? hmmmmm......could there be?





note: pics to be posted once i get home