2 minutes 22 seconds!

Our home is usually pretty loud when everyone is home & lounging in the living room. Especially when we are getting prepped for a family movie nite.

There was one night in particular when everyone was especially loud. Hubs was getting the DVD ready and talking to me, Fiorella (our 3 yr old) was yelling & insisting we had to watch Dora. Mercedes (our 9yr old) put herself in charge of snacks and was asking if 2 popcorn bags were enough, Sierra (our 11 yr old) was yelling who knows what from downstairs. Then came the infamous popcorn debate.

Mercedes yells out to her dad, asking how long to put the microwave popcorn in for, so I pipe up: 3-3-3

dad yells out: 2-3-3

I yell out: Maybe try 3-0-0

Sierra calls out from the basement stairs: 3-3-2-1-4-9-9

*silence*

Hubs, Merc & I all look at each other in confusion

Fiorella yells out: I said Dora!!

I say again: 3-0-0

Mercedes says: 2-4-5 maybe...

Dad insists: 2-3-3 it will burn at 3-0-0

Fiorella is now counting: 1-2-3-4-5-6-9-7-4-8

Sierra is now on the couch and has been repeating: 3-3-2-1-4-9-9

Mercedes says: I`ll try 2-2-2

microwave is now on

Sierra once again rolls her eyes at us all and says very loudly and slowly: I said 3-3-2-1-4-9-9

We all look at her and hubs asks her: What are you talking about

Sierra says: Our phone number. What are you guys talking about

Dad: Popcorn

We all burst out laughing.

Yup....never a day without a laugh at our home.

Who Needs Cable??

People are always a little bit suprised whenever it comes up that we don't have cable...or satellite. We've been cable/satellite free for 2 years. Every few months my mother-in-law will offer to pay for satellite for us, but of course we refuse. Its not about money. Its a couch potato issue.

Our daughters (okay, okay and us) were SERIOUS couch potatoes. From the minute they woke up to the minute they got home from school, they were vegged out like zombies in front of the TV until bedtime. One day we had enough, and cut it off.

Everyone suffered. At one time or another we each begged for it to be hooked back up. But we've been through the re-hab program & now are all living a life free of cable.

Our kids reading levels also went through the roof. In one year our eldest daughter's reading level jumped up 4 grades. Our middle daughter moved up 3 levels. They now read at at a grade 12 & a grade 10 level. Yes...I'm bragging. You have no idea how proud I am about my daughters' brains.

But I swear, this won't turn into a "brag-a-thon" *smirk*.

Life with out TV has made us more aware of how funny life is. Well for me anyways. I'm pretty sure the same can be said for my Hubs. There is always something funny that happens at least once an evening.....most times, more than once. Or maybe I am just cruel & laugh at my kids too much.

Anyways, our middle daughter:Mercedes, is a serious bookworm. She wakes up & reads before coming out of her room, she reads while brushing her teeth, she reads while eating, she reads while walking to school. Saying she likes books is an understatement.

She brought a note home today that made me & her dad burst out laughing. Its the absurdity of it that is funny. Or....maybe you just had to be there...or just be a cruel TV deprived parent who doesn`t know whats funny anymore. LOL!

The note said:

*We will be having a special pizza lunch for those students who reached the goal of achieving 200 book points.*

See above pic for how many book points Mercedes achieved. *grin*

Like everyone else, I'm just trying to be an individual

I decided to jump on the band wagon and create my own blog....why? I'm not to sure myself, but all I know is that it seems everyone out there has one & I suddenly felt like I was missing out on something.

Do I have profound words to share with everyone? Probably not.....but I'm positive millions of readers out there are dying to know what goes in my life as a full-time stay-at-home mom. Okay, maybe not millions.....but I'm sure I can convince my sister & maybe a couple friends to read it once in awhile. While you're at it....feel free to press 'refresh screen' a couple times so I can be fooled into thinking there are more readers than there really are. *wink*

This morning I was faced with a few options to do in my daily activities:
1) finish the quilt I started 4 months ago
2) clean the living room (again)
3) sort clothes & box them away
4) go play with the dog
5) call my sister
6) check out weddingbells & all the WBers Blogs
7) organize my kitchen counter & clean the fridge


As usual, I chose to:
1) check out weddingbells & WBers Blogs
2) call my sister
3) check out weddingbells again

But today I also did something totally different. I started a blog after feeling like I was the only one out there without a blog & thinking I was totally missing out somehow by not asserting myself as an individual & writing words of wisdom or words of funy in a blog.....just like everyone esle.