Okay, I finally did it.

I am one of those people who has no patience when it comes to books or movies that I know are going to have sequels. When the "Left Behind" books first started coming out, I would read them as soon as I could and then have to wait a year for the next one. I got tired of doing that cause like I said, I have no patience. So, I waited for all of them to come out and now I am going to start at the 1st one again so that I can refresh my memory, and I am going to read them back to back!
Now, onto what I finally did. My husband decided to rent the original "Star Wars" movies so that my son could see them. My only regret is that they watched them back to back and basically stayed up all night. I wanted to join them, but SOMEONE has to take care of the girls during the day, so I didn't get to see them. Well, then they rented the new ones all at the same time, and I didn't want to miss out on those. So Tuesday through last night we watched them one at a time. I loved them and hated them at the same time. First of all, they made me like Annikin in the first one, and as the movies progressed, you could tell who he was going to become, and that made it tough. That was the hardest part for me and I felt awful for Padme and Obi-Wan. Other than that, they were awesome and my son was thrilled.

Ever have one of those days?

My son Zachary has become a Washington Redskins fan. I figured that it would happen since we live so near the team and that is ALL you hear about. Well, that, and about their hatred of the Dallas Cowboys, and since I am not a fan of Dallas myself, I found that I could accept that my son is now, a Redskins fan. For Christmas, he begged for a Redskins Jersey. So, after looking everywhere for a youth sized jersey, we finally found one, a Clinton Portis jersey. (for those of you who don't know, he is "the man" when it comes to Redskins football) He opened it up on Christmas morning and wore it for 4 days straight. I finally told him that if he wore it one more day, it was going to stand up on it's own, so he better part with it so that it could be washed, or we were going to have to throw him in the washer while he was wearing it. He didn't think that it would be a good idea to have it washed while he was wearing it, so he let me wash it. He still cherishes it and wears it often.
As I was looking at the information for the DC Auto Show, I saw that Clintin Portis was going to be there signing autographs last night. I thought "wow, that would make Zach's year!" so we set out as a family to go.(the crazy things we do for our children!) We are about an hour and 1/2 from DC so it's a fairly long trip to go and come back in one night. (plus the traffic is enough to make anyone lose there minds!)
So, after driving for a long time, we finally had just 10 minutes to go. I was all excited for my son, getting to meet his "hero" and all. Then the announcement from my son came, "MOM!!!! I NEED TO GO THE THE BATHROOM REALLY BAD!!!!!" Now, through the whole trip, he doesn't mention a word about that, so now, that we are only 10 minutes from our destination, and there is NO PLACE to stop, he mentions that he has to go. So, we told him that he would have to hold it until we got to the convention center. Well, about 2 minutes passed and he tearfully announced, "MOM!!!!! I had an accident!" So, at 6:30, we started a search for a place to buy him some dry pants, etc..... because we weren't about to make it a wasted trip. So, we set out to find a place. An hour later, we finally found a Target (by the way, FYI there is NO place to buy a little boy pants located anywhere in downtown DC). So now, it was 7:30 and the convention center was at least 30 minutes away, not counting the time it would take to park and walk, plus Portis was only there between 6PM - 8PM.... so, our whole trip was a bust! (now I know why some animals eat their young!) The only good thing about it was that we now know where the nearest Target is from DC. As we were driving out of the Target parking lot, to go find a place to eat, my son announces "well, it's ok that I didn't get to meet Clinton Portis, I really didn't want to meet him anyways." Let me put it this way, that boy is lucky he still has a head!

Thought this was a funny one

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I found out about this on one of my friend's websites.

Ok... .so it's been a long time

Well, yes, it has been a long time since I last posted! It's been a little crazy lately and I haven't had time!
We had a nice Christmas. My mom and her husband came to VA to spend Christmas with us. That was nice having my mom here!
About a week and 1/2 ago, my little one, Allie, who is 3, broke out and had spots all over her. They were Chicken Pox, to be exact! While mom was here, she broke out with shingles, except no one knew that it is what she had! Anyway, we have been calling Allie's chicken pox "Okie Pox" since my mom brought them here from Oklahoma. Allie has been taking it pretty well and only complains now and then. Her biggest complaint has been "When do I get to go somewhere?" Ashleigh got a few Okie Pox on her even though she had her shot, so she is stuck at home as well!
We has to postpone the girls birthday party until they both are clear and Allie had to miss her best friend's birthday party as well. Troy and I have been taking turns watching our little Pox girls as well as taking turns going to the gym and going to church.
I am doing okay except I have laryngitis and have a cough that won't go away! My son Zachary actually told me the other day that he would be glad for me to get my normal voice back cause he said that he misses me yelling at him!