Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Dinner with Gilly

 I decided to incorporate Gill in the kitchen.
In other words he was bored and I was trying to teach him how to make garlic bread.

So have you ever seen this? Black spaghetti? Its regular spaghetti only dyed with squid ink. I was terribly nervous. I hate anything fish (unless its deep fried, I can handle halibut but only with lots of tartar sauce).


After we got the water boiling I caught my assistant chef eating rice krispy treats. Obviously he was nervous about the squid ink too.



As I was stirring the sauce and noodles I felt someone blow in my ear. Gil was on the counter. I turned and saw this straw concoction. He said he needed a drink and couldn't reach it. Really Jeff  Gil?


He was trying to get my attention by blowing in my ear. He then asked if I would fill up a bowl for him so he could do this:

I made everyone at least try the noodles, they tasted like regular noodles but everyone was a bit grossed out at the color. I owe the success of the meal to Chef Gilly.
This is totally unrelated to this post other than the spaghetti sauce on his face but I had to post it cause I think he looks like a little monkey.

Monday, August 23, 2010

And my life alters....

Oh I missed this kid today....



This is a pile of school supplies...I was so tired after racing around trying to find the perfect everything that I just dumped it all and left it there for a few days.
 

Here are my three babies laying in bed waiting for me to turn on the TV after I served them breakfast in MY bed. Notice Em's wrapper (its from Taco Time for all the non-Utah folk)

Traditional first day picture...nice face your pulling Gilly (I could just make it easier and call him Jeff, they are the same person I think...one is just smaller)

This is Gil in his class. I asked him what his favorite thing about first grade was and he said, "that brown guy I sit next to."
Nice

Abby and Emily tried to pretend that the crazy lady in the hall waving her arms and crying wasn't their mother and they wouldn't look my way for me to take a picture of them.
Go figure....

Monday, August 16, 2010

Probiotics in their best form. I'm feeling sooo much better.

Friday, August 13, 2010

slowing down

So I've promised myself that I won't talk about my health...ever. I hate it because I always feel as if I'm soliciting sympathy. If you ask I'll tell but you won't get much more than "I'm doing pretty good". Right before I married Jeff and I was at my worst some of the closest people to me told Jeff not to marry me because of my health and the burden it would be on him. Well, by hell I'm not going to let that be a factor in my marriage. I have a wonderful, sympathetic mother who I tell everything to as soon as I get a diagnosis and a fabulous husband who I don't even let come to my colonoscopys but has essentially given me something to laugh about which has been a main factor in the healing process. Plus he's Jeff, if you've not met him you won't get it but if you have you know that I'm just about the luckiest woman ever. Oh, plus he's hot.  

The reason I'm posting about my health now is this: I'm getting old. I need to slow it down. This was told to me today by my Gastroenterologist (not the old part) because I have Whooping Cough (which is causing me to throw up, normally I could handle this but I'm on week 8. Sadly it hasn't helped my girth) and C Diff (an infection in my bowel from the antibiotics) and I have to up my Crohns meds to slow the flow.

I have always been a slow person..I like to take life in stride but this summer has kicked my butt. I'm poor, tired and sick.

In other words: I'm soliciting your sympathy.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Today I...

Drove go-carts
Won a race with Em next to me laughing (the best feeling a mom can have)...
Hit the jackpot on a video game with Em next to me laughing...
Witnessed a grand mal tantrum from Gil not winning fore mentioned race...
Maybe flirted with a Boondocks worker for letting my kids ride even though they didn't meet height requirements...(jeff does this all the time...but with females)...
Walked around smelling like exhaust...
Played lazer tag with two Australians...
Ate terrible pizza...
and....
Paid $80.00 (in game tokens) for a $10.00 lava lamp
it was worth it

Sunday, August 1, 2010

I got me some Aussies here.
Thats as close to Flight of The Conchords as I'm gonna get folks.