LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON

There's nothing like

being awake at 4 a.m.

with your 3 year old

and sharing...

Coughing attacks

Christmas decorations clean up

Conversation and

Cold Care Tea

VACATION TOOTS

Again, I don't Twitter, but...
if a bird communicates by "tweeting",
what do you call it when fish communicate?
Tooting!!! (trademark pending)

Actually, scientists have discovered that fish communicate underwater when they create high-frequency sounds by releasing air from their backsides. That sure is talking out of your ass!

I thought I would communicate with you all about our mini vacation. I hereby call it "Tooting" (trademark pending) on behalf of the above research findings!

Am I starting a new trend?

Let's Toot together...hahaha

Here are a few guidelines...

* Toots must be 3 words or less
* No vulgar language
* Punctuation can be used but is not necessary
* Links are accepted, but no other words will be allowed in that individual Toot

Following is moment by moment Tooting about our vacation. Enjoy!

* Wisconsin, baby! * 1.5 hour estimated * 4 hour actual * too many stops * Cracker Barrel Yum * sooooo not organic * beautiful drive * first snowmobile sighting * want to ride * organic grocery store * too much luggage * suite > condo * swim swim swim * Joey closed ride * lost glasses * teaching Francesca swimming * trip to Walmart * homemade dinner * fake fire * real sleep * oatmeal and oj * learning arcade games * family nap * lazy river * outdoor hot tub * super fast slides * lots of smiles * swim swim swim * kid's first jacuzzi * homemade dinner * surprise cheese curds * fake fire * real sleep * quick breakfast * better at arcade * walkin the town * yeah nap time * swim swim swim * hate yellow slide * asthma attack * kid's second jacuzzi * Gino's cheese pizza * bottle of wine * 9 hours sleep * good morning * crabby family * pack it up * bringing home recycling * mastered arcade * on the road * can we move? * Cracker Barrel again * teaching Nicholas checkers * car naps * outlet malls * new ski jacket * new ski boots * French leggings * le creuset dreamin * Jelly Belly factory * too much sugar * too much cheese * too much traffic * not good combos * finally back home * back to life * back to reality * back to the * here and now * Chicago, baby! * yeah! *

I love this picture

of the water!

We stayed at the Timber Ridge

in Lake Geneva.

Read my highly recommended review here!

IN SOMEONE ELSE'S WORLD...

...the following would not be odd to hear, but in my world, if the following events happened in ONE day...

* Monkey & Pepper both woke up after
   12 hours of sleep
* the t.v. was on for more than an hour
* we have not left the house for any reason
* it is 3:30 and we are still in jammies
* I didn't have to yell!
* the word silence was mentioned
   a few times
* I am on the computer before 11pm
* the kids napped SIMULTANEOUSLY
   FOR 2 HOURS
* I got to nap, NO, REALLY NAP,
   LIKE FOR REAL
* the 1st pot of Autumn Vegetable Soup
   was made for lunch

....then you know the kids are sick!

...11 MINUTES...

I had the pleasure of being allowed exactly 11 minutes (quite typical) to myself today, courtesy of Boss #1 and Boss #2.  At countdown + 1 minute, I attempted to get comfortable on the couch for a nap.  Stupid me, I had the window open for some fresh air.  I get zero breeze on most days, save for the times when the renters next door start to chain smoke.  I was lucky enough to only breathe in 4 cigarettes, which is the limit over here for air to be considered "fresh".  If those guys had lit the 5th one, I would have shut the window.  They went inside and then the kids in the neighborhood came home screaming from school.  I am really surprised I haven't learned Polish yet.  Does "coorva" count?  I do tend to waste time on things that do not matter (i.e. naps).  If you are ever in a similar situation and you have 11 minutes to spare, let me offer a few alternatives which would be a better use of your time...


* take a nice bathroom break


* take a phone call with 100 ?'s to qualify you for a survey that will have your quota filled after all those questions are answered


* try to write a blog entry; get stuck; swear at the cat out of anger


* pet the cat and apologize (you would have to do this on an alternative break)


* delete your unwatched tivo

* make a to-do list with pretty cursive so it looks nice on your fridge (because it will stay there so long, it will become a piece of fridge art)


Hope these suggestions help!  If you find that they take longer than 11 minutes, you move slower than I do, which I highly doubt is possible :)


GOTTA GO.....MY BOSSES ARE SCREAMING AT ME TO GET BACK TO WORK!