Laura Vegas

so you all seem to like the randomness posts! i’m the same way … love reading blogs that just have random, totally unrelated to each other, where the heck did that come from, type posts. lol!

• did the dentist today. both the girls did great … no cavities. actually, alyssa had a little one … but that tooth is going to be falling out soon so they’re not going to do anything to it. i was a little bummed that they did the girls one by one … instead of doing them at the same time. that meant an hour and a half in there … with a 5 month old on my lap and a 7 yr old bored to death. amanda even tried to get me to schedule her an appointment. lol! she was confused when i told her that i couldn’t … because i wasn’t her mom. she said "but, you’re my daycare mom". and her dad thought that was funny … first time she’s ever actually "wanted" to go to the dentist.
• joe went to the dentist this afternoon. actually the oral surgeon. said it all looked good and was healing ok. still in pain … but switching to some basic motrin since the other stuff was so strong and made him totally out of it. and he made it though work … bet they’re glad he’s back. this time of year in grocery is crazy … especially when you’re the one that actually writes the order for the store and does all the displays! i told him he could NOT take a pain pill last night before he went to work … otherwise they’d end up with some 76,000 piece load coming in. he’s be walking around with the order gun … beeping away like crazy!
• so my girls are driving me crazy. all over my sense of humor. sometimes they think i’m totally hilarious … and other times they think i’m just being mean and get all sensitive. now, since i tend to be super, super funny about everything … i never know when things will go bad. one minute they’re laughing with me … and the next minute they’re pouting or crying in the corner. so i told them that i would stop being a funny mom … and be super serious. but apparently i can’t help but be funny … i do it without even trying. they keep telling me "you said you weren’t going to be funny anymore". lol! sorry girls … you have a funny mom! deal with it!
• but on the other hand … i’m becoming one of "those moms". the ones that can embarrass you without even realizing it. i went to drop alyssa off at the school today for band practice … just dropped her off by the office … didn’t even get out of the car. which was good. because when i got back to the house i realized i had my pink, fluffy slippers on. and i had pulled my hair up very quickly in a very messy way … because i had been cooking lunch and my hair was in my face. and i hadn’t bothered to check any of this when i went to drop her off. thank god only one of her friends actually saw me!
• i watched another episode of "brothers & sisters" last night. and once again … i cried. justin going through detox … and kitty being there for him while she was going through her own pain. yes … that’s bound to cause tears. 2 more episodes to go.
• my make-up order came today … almost 2 weeks after i ordered it. i’ve been using the everyday minerals for quite a while now. but the gal i’ve been ordering from wasn’t doing any orders until after the holidays. so i ordered from the site … talk about a wait! i’ve been using some other awful brand for the past 2 weeks … that wasn’t looking great. not saying i’ll look awesome tomorrow with my regular make-up back … but should be an improvement!
• i got an email today with some good news. some of you may remember kendrick … he was one of my first daycare kids. i watched him for a little over 3 years. he was our "boy"! so kendrick had a birthday last week … and guess what he got? a baby sister. yep … his mom (rebecca) had her baby on his birthday. and it gets better … she was born at the same exact time down to the minute as kendrick was 6 years ago! i think that is cool! so huge congrats rebecca and family!!!
• we did our gingerbread houses today. alyssa’s grandma had some houses from last year … possibly even the year before. they’re still good, right? as long as you don’t eat the candy. well, i put the houses together and let them sit out all day to harden up before the girls started pushing candy on there. we finally sat down tonight to do them … and sarah’s caved about 10 minutes into it. there was no saving it … walls came down and there was just a mess everywhere. i joked about "huffing and puffing and blowing the house down" … and threw in some "goldilocks" and some "little red riding hood" just for confusion (i do this all the time with kids shows and songs just for fun … see how many i can tie together in one story). this humor was not appreciated at that moment. and when i mentioned that maybe she could just invade alyssa’s gingerbread house and help decorate over there … the look of horror on alyssa’s face said it all. lol! i may have to get another house and have a "re-do" for sarah later this week.

guess that’s it for now. i used our "blockbuster pass" to get myself a few movies this time. actually, joe is very good about getting me the chick flicks when they come out … i just never make time to watch them. but now that i’m pretty caught up on my shows … i’m in the mood for a movie. i have "waitress" and "nanny diaries" … i want to get one watched tonight since the new movies come out tomorrow and joe will trade mine whether i’ve watched them or not. lol!