EASY fun: save your milk cartons 'til halloween!

Posted September 27, 2008 at 9:39AM by dustbunny
dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

I found this article in FAMILY FUN. I'm posting this now so you can start saving your milk jugs...by the time halloween comes around, you can have a whole fleet of spirits...I LOVE this idea!

Spirit Jugs

Stationed on a walkway or porch, these homemade lanterns will extend aghostly greeting and good-bye to all your holiday visitorss.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	Clean plastic gallon milk jugs
	Black permanent marker
	Craft knife
	String of 50 clear low-wattage holiday lights
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1.
Draw ghost eyes and mouths on the jugs. Tip: Leave the caps on while you do this, so the jugs don't dent.

2.
Use the craft knife to cut a half-dollar-size hole in the back of each jug (a parent's job).

3.
Arrange the ghosts near each other and string the lights between them, stuffing several bulbs into each of the jugs.

Tags: halloween

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rockergirrl responded September 27, 2008 at 12:41AM

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that is AWESOME! I wish we drank milk.

benbaby responded September 27, 2008 at 1:42PM

Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

wow! Thats really cool. Thanks for sharing!

Mumsey responded September 27, 2008 at 3:12PM

I bet you can still recycle these when you're done. Plastic is plastic, and the recycle people will undoubtedly get a kick out of them as well!

kidatheart responded September 27, 2008 at 6:28PM

Everyday I realize that I get better looking

Halloween fun!!!

...another big fat disappointment...

Posted September 19, 2008 at 12:19AM by dustbunny
dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

this flipping love handle!

ok, so I went in to the hospital to get the "flank mass" removed. omg, sounds so nasty, right? it's really a lipoma, which is a fat chunk but anyway, TMI...but I've been there twice, including an ultrasound to make sure it wasn't attached to a main vein or something (that would be bad), which it wasn't.

anyway, I went in yesterday to "have it removed" and the doc comes in, messes around with my handle and says, we'll need to do that in an operating/procedure room. it's pretty intertwined in there...(meaning it's deep in the heap of lard attached to my hip).

I was like, isn't that why I'm here (hello)...? Not to mention I had already waited an hour to get to this information...

Oh, sorry, let's reschedule you!

So, a co-pay later, I'm going back in for more love-handling next week. I swear, this is the fifth visit I've had to flash that thing around. I have to get a picture, now that I know it's gonna be a good one. I'm also going to ask that they grab some extra goodies while in there...just a few ccs of fat will help my muffin top, I'm sure of it. :)

Tags: lipoma

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Sullysmama responded September 19, 2008 at 12:35AM

Will the next one be ginger too??

I like flank steak...is that similar to a flank mass?
What in inconvenience. Stinker.

rockergirrl responded September 19, 2008 at 12:35AM

www.findbarefootbooks.com

oh man - girl this is getting complicated. So is it in an out surgery or do you have to stay?

Sticky_Mommy responded September 19, 2008 at 1:26PM

I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

yeah, the least they can do is get some other stuff while they're there.

bye bye lovehandle...

Posted September 18, 2008 at 11:13AM by dustbunny
dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

You may know I have a few issues with my mombod but today, I'm going in to get that near and dear fatty tumor removed from my lovehandle!

Maybe you need to go back and read my LOVEHANDLE ULTRASOUND story to appreciate this silly little
fat-tale.

And...I asked them if they could lipo me while in there...the answer was no...but I got a chuckle!

FYI- fat information

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Sullysmama responded September 18, 2008 at 11:16AM

Will the next one be ginger too??

good luck! I'll be thinking about you today!

kidatheart responded September 18, 2008 at 11:17AM

Everyday I realize that I get better looking

can we keep it in a jar above the fireplace?

Sticky_Mommy responded September 18, 2008 at 2:28PM

I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

I have "fatty" tumors all over, will insurance cover that? I also have lines on my forehead, I should get those checked out.

benbaby responded September 19, 2008 at 1:05PM

Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

Good luck! Is the process painful? If not I wouldn't mind joining you in the lane to get this done.

great online shopping sites for busy mommies

Posted September 8, 2008 at 11:54AM by dustbunny
dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

Ok, so sometimes we can't get out of the house long enough to find that cocktail dress (yeah!) or shoes or boots we need for the upcoming season. With kids, dressing up is a very infrequent activity but when it happens, it sure is a bummer to shlep the kids around while you try on dresses or jeans or whatever. Plus, in VT, there are very few choices when you actually need something you can't find at wally-world or the local thrift stores (shout out PLATO's Closet!).

Well, I've found a few sites (these are nothing new to many of you I'm sure) but I did feel they might be helpful for busy moms needing specific accessories/clothing/etc. I got them off my favorite reference site on COOKIE magazine's SITES WE LOVE page.

So, here's a great list of mommy sites:

shopbop.com
bluefly.com
eluxury.com
net-a-porter (although I just look to see what's in this fall...this one's pricey & kinda couture for my taste :)

MATERNITY- belly dance

OTHER SITES:
etsy.com
zappos.com

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benbaby responded September 8, 2008 at 1:51PM

Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

Thanks! My DH was always cribbing about me spending more time shopping on weekends when I actually could spend some time with him. Guess this post solves that problem.

happy anniversary...ah, the memories

Posted September 5, 2008 at 2:09PM by dustbunny
dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

Ok, so i've been married for 9 years (happily for
5...kidding, little midlife humor...) anyway, so yesterday, on the big
day, my hubby came home from work (late, thanks dear) but at least he
had some lovely sunflowers to plop in a vase (wait before you say,
aaahhh...sweet...let me keep telling the story)...and they were happy,
fresh beautiful...bla bla bla and so I said, "what are we doing to
celebrate?" of course we had no plans but on a whim, we decided at
10:30 to grab a beer.

Cool, fine, the sitter was up and the kids were sleeping so it was a decent plan. Where to go?

Well, we decide to hit up the local total-dive bar...turns out it's
karaoke night and man-alive, they came out of the woodwork singing
songs from billy joel, gwen stefani and a real treat-a song entitled, because I got
high...don't even ask...anyway, so we're sitting there and I turn to my
hubby and say:

wow, this is freakishly appropriate because I had forgotten this,
but on our wedding day (at our reception after-party) we had karaoke!

then I remembered this detail:

on my wedding night, my hubby got up, sang karaoke, and was singing some good-old-hick song and it said something like life's a bore...

and then he sang to the crowd, my wife's a....

and my entire reception party, friends and extras who didn't make it to the wedding yelled, in unison...

a *hore.

So last night, I chuckled and thanked my hubby for the anniversary
memory of him (kidding of course!) calling me *hore in front of
everyone.

His response...hey it wasn't me, it was everyone we know.

So thanks for the memories and I can't wait to see where we are on our 18th anniversary...maybe a truckstop or something?

Just to clarify, I wasn't a *hore so it was funny- otherwise I wouldn't be laughing!

Tags: anniversary humor

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Mumsey responded September 5, 2008 at 2:58PM

Thank GOODNESS you both have a sense of humor - you, especially. We ladies seem to put more weight on celebrations (no pun intended!!!) than our menfolk. And depending on the family they come from, some guys don't even think birthdays or anniversaries mean anything except something to talk about at the dinner table. Oh well!

rockergirrl responded September 5, 2008 at 4:04PM

www.findbarefootbooks.com

that is an AWESOME story. Congrats!

cathyshearin responded September 5, 2008 at 4:07PM

Live life on the edge, Have a baby... lol

lol! congrats on 9 years!

wildmom responded September 8, 2008 at 11:07AM

if mom ain't happy, ain't nobody happy

wow...that's insane

babyjean responded September 9, 2008 at 4:36PM

Looking to make new friends :)

OMG - that is funny?! Well he must have done something right, congrats on 9 years!

mommy's excercise secret- do you do this?

Posted September 2, 2008 at 1:45PM by dustbunny
dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

So I was blabbing with a friend about how depressing it is to go running with extra flubber swinging around...She agreed and went off on how she'll get dressed to run but will triple check to see if anyone else is on the trail. Then, if the coast is clear, she'll sprint or jog a tiny bit...and stop, wait for people to pass and so on...

I was like, OMG, I do that. I have to scope it out- I won't run if there's someone in front of me (who when I pass will see my budunkadunk-junk) or if someone is behind me, including bikers. It's stupid and I know it but it's such mental torture to think about the jokes running through peoples' heads as I stride by...like keep running, honey or good luck with that....or, she's fooling herself -look at the size of that problem, etc.

I only like jokes about myself that I pen myself...ya know?

Tags: humor, excercise

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vtmomof2 responded September 2, 2008 at 2:08PM

Life is crazy but wonderful.

I don't run, really I have never liked it. Every now and then I get myself to do some exercise, but I can never maintain a routine, so I decided to get into shape by doing stuff like I painted my bathroom, I stacked wood for the winter, and then I started to paint my kitchen and fell off the ladder and hurt my foot. I know people aren't thinking any of that stuff about you, only you are thinking it. People are probably too busy thinking about their own problems to notice your junk. So keep running and don't worry about what anybody else is thinking, you can't hear it anyway.

Sullysmama responded September 2, 2008 at 2:28PM

Will the next one be ginger too??

No one is saying anything bad about your booty. I personally commend even the largest women on the running trail for trying to make a healthy lifestyle change. My problem though is that my butt actually starts to hurt from the constant flopping/flapping. Just wear baggy pants.

Sticky_Mommy responded September 3, 2008 at 11:25AM

I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

I do the opposite, if I see people coming I run harder. It make me think that I'm faking them out.

But I also wear cloths that I feel good in; loose pants and tops that show off my shoulders or chest!

benbaby responded September 3, 2008 at 2:08PM

Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

I like the idea of sticky mommy. Good way to impress upon people...it could be good or bad :)

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