shnookums and the car wash

shnookums and the car wash

Okay today has been very busy and I didn't have much time to be “blog n it”….wish I could have blog'd more….but I have reports to type out the ying yang (there are some really crazy things going on out there in the world I tell you) for those that don’t know – I work for an Investigation Firm that Investigates Insurance Fraud….and there are some really banana things out there (whew)

A real quickie story – took Shnookums through the car wash yesterday evening after I got gas (thought he would love it) ……ummmm….not so much, it totally scared him…as soon as the thing started squirting soap all over the car he started crying like someone pinched him….poor little guy….and then when the brushes started going and rocking the car he was not happy at all….he held my hand as I settled him down and just explained that our car was just getting a bath….he calmed down some after our talk…but still was NOT impressed….let’s face it, I have probably scarred the poor little guy for life with car washes…..LOL….oh well…..I know now…..8 month olds and car washes don’t mesh. He was okay after it all though and we went home had dinner and a HE got a bath – which THAT he loves…..so all is good in Shnookum’s world now (note to self: dirty car = happy child) LOL

update on the weekend & Shnookum's first POOL days

update on the weekend & Shnookum's first POOL days

Well we had a very nice relaxing weekend....we went to my cousin Peyton’s high school graduation dinner with Grammy and Papa on Saturday and took Mr. Shnookums to show him off a bit....one of the little girls there, Olivia, continuously told me how cute Shnookums is and how she wished he could be her brother because she only has a little sister and her little sister was pestering her…..lol….kids….they are so honest….after the dinner we went back to Grammy’s house and spent the night. We got up Sunday morn and hung out with Grammy and Papa some before heading back home.
Once we got back home, Shnookums and Mommy jumped in their bathing suits (okay Shnookums jumped in his with the help of Mommy….Mommy on the other hand more like pulled, tugged, squeezed, sqooshed, squished, sighed and pulled some more to get her bathing suit on….ugh….no this was NOT a pretty site….and NO there are no photos of this either....so get over it…)

LOL
Anyhoo….so with that, I get Shnookums in his stroller and we were off to the pool….

and he LOVED it…he was very amazed at the rowdy kids that were jumping around splashing and dunking one another….he thought this was very funny….I have to say the water was COLD….very COLD….but Mr. Shookums didn’t seem to mind it….he was very giggly and excited to get in this "big bath tub looking monstrosity".....my sister stood on the side taking pictures for me….she was ONLY supposed to take pictures of Shnookums…NOT MOMMY….of course what did she do….took pictures of MOMMY….so MOMMY made sure she cut herself out (big cheesy smile to YOU)….last year I would have proudly showed off my bathing suit body…preggy and all….this year….NO THANK YOU….this year I have no excuse for the pop belly and thunder thighs (well I didn’t have thunder thighs until after the pregnancy anyway)….and that lovely stuff called CELLULITE that has some how encountered my legs from the knee up….gee thanks God....good one….but….at least I have Shnookums....when I am with him …I don’t even care….LOL….but he had a blast in the pool, and he was doing very well with the paddling his legs in the water like he was swimming….he was absolutely adorable….now my pool is kind of ghetto and I was continously waving off the kids who were practically jumping in the pool on top of us....while their parents just sat there saying nothing....manners....people sure don't seem to believe in them anymore....but we managed to have a blast anyway...we did the pool on Monday too and basically chilled out for the rest of the weekend….so all in all – it was a NICE 1st Memorial weekend and Pool Date with my little bambino….we hope everyone had a nice one….I have to go for now...work has piled up over the 3 day weekend....yay.

tanning

tanning

here’s a little tidbit about the TANNING BED for those of you who might tan…and to those of you who don’t…some interesting insight….lol….because I do tan….well when I can….now that I am a single mommy …tanning doesn’t happen to often, my only time to tan is on my lunch break sometimes at work…so with that….here is my story….lol….have you noticed (for those of you who do tan) once you go into your little room- you only have “so much time” to undress, lotion down, get situated, and add your eye wear before the bed comes on…like 2 seconds to do all this….(okay maybe 2 seconds is a LITTLE exaggeration – but not a big one…lol)….I mean COME ON….this has become a new competition to me now….yes I love a competition…lol…so far I have got it down to – running in the room before the tanning attendant can finish telling me “which” room (always seems to be the same room anyway)…okay same room except that one time….when I was already in the room (I thought was my room)…pants around my ankles and one bra strap hanging off my shoulder….and the attendant comes banging on the door….”No No No…you are in room 3 today not room 2…come out of there! Mr. ----- has this room!” ….okay….well I am so not about “sharing” when it comes to tanning….so lets just say this…that day the competition was dead in the water….by the time I redressed/regrouped from the shock of Mr. ----- face (he was sitting in the chair when I flew in half undressed) ....yea I really don't want to talk about THAT today.....eh HEMMM....and finally made it into the ‘right’ room…the “This Bed Has Been Sanitized” sign and little white towel they leave for you… was using up MY tanning time….geeeeesh….

Ummm…where was I? OH…okay…brain off track…I do that…bounce from one story to the next, bear with me and keep up will ya….lol

So…NORMALLY....before the attendant can finish saying what room….I am in the room…pants off (I can do this in one swift un-button – yank down- jump out- while taking my shirt off at the same time….impressive huh…yea I thought so…) squeezing one hulking glob of lotion into my hands to cover as much skin as possible – spreading it as fast as I possibly can without slipping and falling on the leftover amount that escaped my lotion rubbing and didn’t make it on to my body...yet dripped onto the floor (don’t worry I will clean it up AFTER my tan with the pretty white towel they left for me…ha)…sliding into the tanning bed, hanging on to the top cover of the bed for dear life....I have only gotten it down to 1/2 of my body actually getting lotion, 1/8 of the floor getting lotion, and then one leg, one bottom cheek, one elbow, and one ear in the actual bed before the actual bed turns on….oh and let's not forget about the EYE WEAR....once I am in the darn tanning bed, 1/2 lotioned, out of breath, bumped my head on the slide in...I look up....and there is my eye wear....on the counter.....good grief....

I obviously still have some training to do……whew……but hey...I ALMOST GOT IT!

;o)

Happy Friday Peoples!
Happy Memorial Weekend!
Don’t forget WHY this is a 3 day weekend when you are vacationing, beaching it, or cooking out….
REMEMBER OUR SOLDERS OUT THERE!!!

Blessings and Peace Forward…

Emma

EMMA
May 24, 2006

A striking spirit
beautiful with exquisite
appeal
silent grace
your gorgeous face
and tiny life
dedicated to bless
we will love you
incessantly,
unfailingly for
eternally until
eternity…
where we can
encounter
once again
your presence
given soul
guardian of many tears
of many smiles
warrior of hope
by fighting faith
for faith
inside troubled emotions
doubting the answers
to God’s given
fate
praying in silent
moments
prayer bringing
peace,
tranquility,
harmony in knowing
in venerable breaths
with open hearts
we will meet
on a better
occasion
once
and for all
hold hands
once
again…

© 2007 AEP

A dedication to the loss of my little neice this time last year, we know she is in a better place- growing up with God.....

"Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Matthew 19:14

just wednesday

just wednesday

okay so it is wednesday - is it me? or does everyone hate wednesdays? that MIDDLE day in the week - few days away from monday yet still far enough from friday that it makes the day DRAG....whew. not that i have anything major super exciting going on anyway...here at work....supposed to be working....but i am blogging....because i am trying to make a commitment....i don't seem to be very good at those lately unless it involves my 8 month old and his wants and needs....then i am right there....praying i am being the best MOMMY possible.

yesterday after work we walked down to the pool to "check things out" - Shnookums was very interested in the people bouncing around and jumping in the pool, he thought they were quite funny. even though he can not walk yet - he tries to get away from me.....no idea where he thinks he is going....ha. Shnookums was also FLIRTING with my neighbors 20 something year old daughter "J" (hey she is def a hottie - can't blame him, and she is a pharmacist to boot...hum) - I did tell him MOMMY would be picking out his girlfriends/wife etc....oh yea...you know it!

after the pool we walked home and had some chicken and rice with sweet potatoes and corn and a nice peach cobbler on the side. (baby food peoples - come on- and you thought i was actually cooking....ha ha ha) actually thank God for Gerber - because that is my kind of cooking.....yea..OKAY..sad..I KNOW.....geeeeez (get over it already) ;o) then we bathed and chilled out watching some cheesy Bachelor show and Dancing with The Stars (Shnookums loves to watch the pretty girls dance and listen to the music) - then we were off to bed. although Shnookums woke up at 3am again with this horrible cough he just recently got (thank you daycare, what would we do without you, i say this sarcastically) so he finally went back to sleep around 4ish and i got a little more snooze until time to get up and start the day over....and that is when i realized it is JUST wednesday - geeeeesh.

so.......not much else to say for now - but stay tuned- I am sure things will get more exciting....i might actually get to shave my legs tonight!!! ;o) (ha ha ha)

FAITH

FAITH

permission as I bend down to kiss your content with my wet lips that I licked to saturate your consent absorbed in your torment circumventing the answers you bury within your souls deep pockets, trying to avoid the tears that spill onto my tongue from your haunted cries and the what ifs and the whys, the salt pierces my pallet and I omit its bitter taste and look into your eyes with mine and hug your heart with my concern as I learn to take my turn when your at that point of no return, your redolent reliance I earn, dented spirit that sinks down and scrapes the floor with no enthusiastic gratification, building sandcastles out of desolation in desperation to hold hope in your closed in prison of vision and regulation that there will be celebration once again, holding my hand out for you to adopt the blessedness maintaining from miscellaneous truffles of zest that implodes in my chest, as I breathe and release the endorphins in the air letting them fall on the outline of your asking mouth, tugging at the corners and lifting you up into clouds of smiles, haven’t felt like this for a while whiles, lay my hands on you and let faith travel for miles through the unwanted beguiles that covered your peace and misplaced your faith, if I could erase, I would replace your irretrievable woes with my prose of uplifting repose and foreclose on all the impenitent lows that suffocate your life and leave you stranded in a fetal positions under piles of blankets and pillows of fear, try to lift your heavy head and climb away from the shackles of dread that have you chained to your continently comfortable bed of despair, thinking no one cares, but feel, touch, see, if you would take the headphones off your stubborn noise and clear out all the racket and hear me, leave your trust in my shoes and I will walk a million miles in your veneration, without walking all over your disadvantage and never taking you for granted, managing your life at different speed, anxiety lifting from your need to feel free and be serene in between new routines that cleanse sins of now and unseen, wrap you in my vitalized embrace protecting you from yourself, let me speak into your scattered mind and be it sound, let me love your broken heart and be it profound, renowned for discarding the rebound actions that surround our temptations, I let go for you, I am you, I will simply have patience, if you call on me in prayer, and rebirth your life to me, and call on me as your savior, I will never forsake or leave even when you are not sure, and don't believe that I am still there, I’ll share your forgotten desires, and carry you back to stability and mental wealth, I strengthen in me your health, capture every tear drop that exposes your truth and build a pair of wings that brings you closer to see, closer to me, uncouth the bad taste you gagged on and I will feed you sweet memories, savor every smile that worships my belief in turn building a staircase to my eternity, in time you will believe, and see, I promise you my love, in love we’ll always be…

© 2006 AEP

BLOG N IT

BLOG N IT

Well here I am .....back to "blogging". I spent lots of time blogging on yahoo 360 and met some wonderful fellow writers on there....but 360 likes to "filter" out peoples writings and it just became to dramatic for me....oh and did I mention that I had a baby (Shnookums) and quite frankly there just isn't much time to "blog" anymore....lol...figure that out. And did I tell you that my Shnookums rocks? Well he does.....he is AWESOME....I could blog about him 24.7 - but I am going to try and be a little more creative (wink). Right now my life consists of Baby, Work, Baby, Baby, Baby, Work, Baby....(sleep is in there somewhere - hiding-). I do know I am so ready for some adult time...but I can never get enough time with Shnookums...I truly enjoy each and every moment he and I have together....



I am a poet and love to jump into my creative juices and write poetry mainly - hopefully I will get back into that as well....I have a flow that is ridiculous sometimes.... oh yea....for real.



I hope those that come by and visit will leave comments to let me know they stopped by....I always look forward to those....I am cheesy like that - I know. Shnookums would tell you how completely DORKY I really am if he could form a few more syllables than mamamamamamamamamamamaa! (wink)



My goal is to write on here at least once a week.....if I can do more....I will be shocked.



So since I am just getting started....here is a little ditty from when I was newly pregnant with Shnookums.....


Kai Malcolm

I close my eyes

and imagine you in my

arms

smiling up at me

that stranger I once was

that you were once

we will become aquainted

involved in an everlasting

courting

dance

aknowledgement

of growing love


teachings

with a face I have yet to see

yet imagine looking up at me

needing me

i am already in love

your love

i have no imagination

without you

will you love me

as much as I already

love you.....



© 2006 AEP