FINALLY!!!

I am CONSTANTLY entering sweepstakes and I FINALLY won something!!! YAY!! :) I just got a phone call from a VERY nice girl from Lucky magazine informing me of my win!! I am soon to be the proud owner of Nature's Gate Shampoo, Conditioner and Body Lotion!!

Pretty cool, Huh?!?! I have been entering Lucky Magazines Lucky Breaks Giveaways for about three months now. If it weren't for MB and our magazine trading I wouldn't even have known about the giveaways!! Many thanks to Lucky Mag and MB!! :)

Do you like Coldplay??!!

You've got to check out there new song Violet Hill. I LOVE the end of the song....gives me chills! They are giving away free downloads of it over the next week. Just go to their website http://www.coldplay.com/ and enter in your info. How awesome is that! Coldplay is truly an AMAZING band!!!

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Here is one of my favorites of theirs! In My Place......

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Oh Hell's Yeah!!

Check out Fall Out Boy's new video. It's the remake of Michael Jackson's Beat It. I was a little worried about how this would sound compared to MJ's, but I think they did a great job!! I LOVE FOB!! :) I'm such a music junky who is so easily excited :)

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What a nice and relaxing weekend!!

We have had such a nice weekend! John was off yesterday...which is awesome.....he works 3 Saturday's a month:( The weather was so beautiful for most of the day. John and Johnny got all of the yard work done while Jacob and I went shopping. How great is it that after you've spent the day doing all of the yard work (well, John...not me) it rains!! So great for the grass!! Later in the day John headed out to go golfing and the boys and I just relaxed and had dinner. The boys have been very good....which is always nice!

Johnny is doing good. He is all about how many/old things are. Last night we had a debate about how many/old wide is. I kept trying to explain that "wide" is a word and does not have an age or number. He thought otherwise though and continued to question me on it for a good thirty minutes. Phew....I swear, sometimes that kid just wears me out. He is so funny though. He likes to teach me things. They got caterpillars in school last week and he just loves explaining to me what will happen to them! He is very serious about it too!! He is very repetitive about such things too. I think I have heard how butterflies are made now 20 times!! It's great that he so wants to learn though. I hope he keeps that enthusiasm throughout his school days!!

Jacob is just his same little cute self. His big thing now is "nope". He answers just about everything with nope. Jacob did you go Poo Poo? NOPE. Jacob are you ready for dinner? NOPE. Jacob would you like to go outside? NOPE. It's so cute to hear him say it in his little voice too. I still can't believe he's about to be two. It just doesn't seem possible.

We have so many Birthday's over the next month.....man that's A LOT of cake that I should not be eating, but won't be able to resist! Gotta have cake:)

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I am in LOVE with this song! I just happened to be watching a rerun of OTH (yes...I love One Tree Hill...don't make fun)...anyways this song just happened to be playing in the episode I was watching. I'm sure most of you watch Grey's so I thought this video would be more appropriate to share than one of OTH!!! Great song though huh??!!!

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Here are clips of two of my favortite movies. The first is the trailer for Real Genius starring Val Kilmer. GREAT movie!!...I'm not sure why, but Natalie Portman is at the begining of this clip....She is not in this movie so just ignore it!

The second is the trailer for Almost Famous starring Billy Crudup and Kate Hudson. This movie is FANTASTIC!! If you haven't seen it.....PLEASE call me and ask to borrow it!

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I seem to have nothing to talk about anymore:( The boys are doing Great!! I cannot believe that Jacob is about to be 2 and Johnny 5 soon after. I swear I just had them!! It is going to be very strange next September when Johnny is in school everyday and Jacob is off at preschool. I wonder if I will miss all of the noise or if it will be a welcome break!!

My sister is home for a visit and we had her, my parents and my Grandmother over for dinner on Saturday. We all had a great time...we even headed out for ice cream after dinner!! It was really nice seeing my sister though! She hasn't been home since Christmas. The boys love getting to see her!!

I hope this rain is getting ready to head out. It is rather depressing. We were loving all of the time we spending outside!! There's nothing better than warm sunny days spent doing everything outside...especially when you have kids!!

Family Sweepstakes!!

Here is a Great sweepstakes I found that would be perfect for anyone with kids! I found it at FamilyFun.com. The sweepstakes is for a 4 day Disney Cruise for 4 people to the Bahamas!! The prize package includes round-trip coach airfare, 1 deluxe ocean view room, all on-board meals, government taxes and fees and on-board gratuities. You can enter once a day through May 9th!! Wouldn't it be AWESOME to win this??!!

Here is another good one!! I can't believe I didn't find this one sooner:( HGTV is giving away an Eco-Friendly home in Hilton Head, SC. It comes complete with Eco-friendly appliances and furnishings....plus you get a 2008 GMC Yukon hybrid. The house is beautiful!! I can totally picture myself there:) You can enter this one once a day through May 9th too!!

Yes....I am scared of Frogs.

OK. So last night John found a frog in our basement. I had just snuggled into our bed with the boys to watch Marry Poppins and I could hear John yelling for me to get downstairs quick. So I (immediately......yeah right) ran downstairs to see what all the fuss was about.....and there was a big and disgusting frog on the basement floor. Since I could sense John's excitement I ran back upstairs and got the kids shoes on so they could come and get a glimpse of the "Big and Disgusting fog"!!! Of coarse it was fun and exciting to everyone but me. Well, John could sense that and decided that if he chased me while dangling the frog over my head that it would add to his fun......So naturally I ran and ran...in circles and yelled at him.....but I don't think that any of us could have anticipated what happened next.....Mommy (that's me) proceeded to pee in her pants, while running from the husband who was so meanly chasing her with the "Big and Disgusting Frog". It wasn't a full on pee, more like a squirt.....thank goodness!!...but it was enough to have me EXTREMELY irritated. The kids found it just as funny as their Dad too. You know....Yeah Daddy, get her!!! I am SO glad I am a girl!! I DO NOT want to touch frogs or bugs or any other disgusting little creatures. I thought that was precisely why there is MAN!!! Hee Hee!!! I must say though....I have been laughing about it ever since!! I guess we all need a good laugh (and pee) every now and then!!

Look at these AWESOME Star Wars sippy cups I found at Big Lots today!!! I LOVE Star Wars!! I really hope you ALL have seen Star Wars....like ALL 6 of them. If not.....well.....you are just weird!!! LOL:)

**I have a job interview on Thursday at a store I just LOVE!!!So please wish me luck....it would be the perfect part-time job for me!!!!

What a playground!

We headed off to the new playground in Berryville this morning with a couple of our neighbors. Get a load of the HUGE slide. I have to tell you....it made me a little nervous. Of coarse Jacob made a bee line for it. If you look real close you can see him climbing the flights of stairs to the top! The boys had a great time....especially Johnny. This is the perfect play ground for the older kids....I would have to say not so much for the younger ones though. It was really hard to keep track of where they were. If you took your eye off of them for even a split second.....it would take every effort to find them again. Slightly nerve wracking with a soon to be two year old!! But hey...no harm was done. It is simply amazing to watch all of the kids though...I swear, most of them have NO fear.....while all of us mother's stand around clutching our chests!! Not too funny at the time, but I think it's OK to chuckle about now!!

I am so glad and grateful for the wonderful weather over the last couple days. It really makes a difference in the kids behavior....and I think mine as well!! I think we have enjoyed it to the fullest and am a bit sad that it will be back in the 50's by Sunday:( I will just have to try and think happy thoughts....plus I have two movies to watch this weekend.....Rendition and 30 Days of Night. Hopefully they will be good!!

Worth the wait....!!

Oh man....is this weather BEAUTIFUL or what??!!! Not too hot, not too cold.....just right!! I am LOVING THIS!!! A day like today makes the wait we've had so worth it!! My moods totally revolve around the weather......so....I am in a GREAT mood today!!! I hope tomorrow morning is the same.....I SO want to take the kids to the new playground!!! The boys are both in shorts.....life just doesn't get much better than this!!

I hope everyone is getting a chance to embrace and enjoy this beautiful day!!:)

Dude...I've got nothing. ***

This sucks....I have nothing. Nothing to say...Nothing interesting has happened. I am BORED. Yes....I love my kids and love to be home with them all day, but with this weather.....we have been inside and completely bored. I think the boys are really getting tired of looking at me all day!!! Can't say I blame them.....I've only got so much people!!
Seeing as how I have nothing....and we've been SO bored the boys and I have been having daily movie time. We have been watching one movie together every afternoon. It has been great!!!...and believe it or not they much prefer fantasy over cartoon movies!! They are SO my boys!! I grew up with and LOVE all of these movies!!! I have a little collection of some of my favorites on here.....I HIGHLY recommend ALL of these. If there are some of you who haven't seen some of them or (Deep Sigh) if you haven't seen any of them.....then I might think you have issues!!! Just Kidding!....but really....watch them....embrace them....LOVE them!!!! I would never do you wrong:) I can watch all of the movies I have listed here over and over!!


WHO DOESN'T LOVE 80's MOVIES???? They are a must in anyone's movie collection!!


I have loved The Sound of Music since I was a little girl. I would dream that I was a Von Trap!! I still sing along to all of the music in this movie!! Simply a wonderful movie! It will break my heart if you haven't seen it.



OK....now these are my MOST favorite movie's of ALL time!! I could NEVER pick one over the other!! Shag is a great chick flick!!...plus it's all based in Myrtle Beach, SC!!!! My favorite place:) The Secret of My Success is just an all around good romantic comedy!! It had great music too!!



Johnny has seen all of these fantasy movies. I was a little worried that he would be scared, but he just loves them. I didn't put a pic of the Never Ending Story on here, but he loves that one too!! Labyrinth is my Favorite!! I can remember my Sister and Brother and I all watching it!! Great movie!!

I hope that you all have seen The Goonies. This is another staple for anyone's collection!! Johnny just loves it...as he should!!! John and I both grew up watching this!!
The Burbs is just plain hysterical!! I secretly wish that something that strangely exciting would happen in my neighborhood!! We do have some strange ones!!
Well...there you have it....a glance into the world of KELLY!! I own most of these, so if you haven't seen some of them I will gladly let you borrow them!!

OK...so it turned out to be a pretty pleasant day!! After my post this morning we all headed out front. Yeah....we got out!!! I had to cut it short due to the fact that Jacob kept running out into the road every time a car or person came by. I decided it was time to come in when I ran in to get my water and Jacob ran into the road to say hi to some guy who was jogging. I almost had a heart attach. Kids!!!

They had a blast ridding in Johnny's golf cart and playing foot ball!! Hopefully it will still be nice this afternoon!!

It was a Good Day!!

Doesn't Jacob look like he has a hair piece on in this pic?? I had to run into Martin's early this afternoon and I had 2 different women comment on my cute little girl. Ugh....I swear that is one of the most irritating things EVER. Especially when you look at the clothes he wears. I would be a horrible mother if he was a girl and I dressed him like that. WTF.

Didn't it turn out to be a great day!! It wasn't as warm as it was a couple of days ago, but still warm enough for the kids to spend most of the day outside. I LOVE this time of year! John and I took the boys to the park this morning. We couldn't have picked a better time either.....it was totally empty and the kids had the playground all to themselves!!...which also means that John and I got to play!! I LOVE to swing:)




We also got the kids outside for a couple of hours this afternoon. We were able to visit with three of our neighbors and then head home for some delicious burgers on the grill......YUM....they are one of my favorites!!! I really hope this weather is here to stay!! It is one of the greatest things to be able to get your kids outside. Especially mine......I think being cooped up for so long is really starting to takes it's toll on them.....their behavior has been horrendous lately. I cannot tell you how many times I have been completely embarrassed by them lately. Horrible huh?! Hopefully with the start of Spring it will soon be a thing of the past!!

What a Beautiful Day!!

Wasn't yesterday just BEAUTIFUL?! It was like the perfect day!! It was so great to get the boys outside! John got home a little early and right before dinner he decided we should take the kids up to our "big hill" and fly the kite! The breeze was just perfect for kite flying too!! We got it WAY up there!! I wish all days were like that!!

I had to run to Walmart on Sunday on noticed that the new Sonic is open.....What a Cluster F#*! that turned out to be. Sonic employees basically had to redirect traffic in the walmart parking lot. Can you guess what I decided to do.....yup.....get in the ridiculously LOOOONNNGGG line!! It really didn't take as long as I thought and the food was good!! Maybe next time I will try it on a weekday!!
My new obsession is frozen grapes. I LOVE them...they are SOOOOO GOOD!!! A much healthier snack than candy I'm sure:) Plus the kids are loving them too! So...if you haven't tried them yet.....you'd best get on it:)
Here is an example of why I think I have adult ADD. I had pre designated today as a cleaning day. I need to mop the kitchen and foyer floors, clean the main floor bath and dust the family room. Well....since I started at 8:00am I have vacuumed the kitchen and foyer floors, removed all of the free standing items (except for the kitchen table) from the kitchen and foyer, cleaned all of the doors on the main level, cleaned a few of the window sills in the play room, watered a couple of my plants, checked my email, got the kids breakfast, put on A Bee Movie for the kids, drank a half a cup of coffee, moved some of the furniture in the family room, rearranged stuff in the computer room, moved the stuff I had changed in the family room back to the way it was originally, moved a big chair out of the computer room into the play room, talked on the phone, grabbed a handful of frozen grapes, got the kids some frozen grapes, started some laundry and am now here. Do you see where I'm going with this......I have yet to mop ANY floors...which is the thing I needed to do the MOST. This is absolutely why I must take sleeping pills at night in order to get ANY sleep. It's like my mind won't stop. Now I REALLY MUST get to mopping those floors!!:)