October 4th 2011

12:40pm Alaska Airlines flight 660 To Dallas/Ft Worth, Seat 22F, Currently awaiting takeoff.

I am hungry, I ate all my peanut M&M's in the airport waiting to board. Strawberry chewing gum only last so long. In my case about 5 minutes.
Major Perk #1 I got a window seat!
Major Perk #2 The seat next to me is EMPTY!
I bought some sominex in the airport knowing full well that I will probably not sleep good tonight.
We were just informed that we are waiting for a bunch of people to board from a late flight from Alaska. I'm feeling like Major Perk #2 might be bombing.

1:00pm

Woot! Seat next to me is still empty!
I am soooo not impressed with the flight attendants on this flight. We are not even in the air yet and they seem to just be loathing the idea of flying today.

1:30pm

So I am off on a Discovery of Self Adventure, The destination you ask? Paris, Arkansas. Population 3,700. My Grandma Dooley lives there and I am going to visit for 2 weeks.
1st item on the agenda for flight #1

• Read "How to Gain Control of Your Time and Your Life" by Alan Lakein.

Somebody around me totally farted and now I am trying rather unaffectively to both not laugh and not breathe. I am sitting here gagging and giggling, I bet people think it was me. IT WASNT! ok.....back to the book now.

2:00pm

Hmmm...Already to chapter 5, Impressed with myself? Very much so ;)

Pat is the lady sitting 2 seats over from me in 22D. We have already discussed my travel plans, her travel plans, her kids and grandkids, my family, and now my writing. I've got a complete stranger rooting for my in my attempts to become a published author. You have no idea how GOOD THAT FEELS!

2:10pm

Tillamook cheddar, red apples, sea salt and olive oil crackers=HEAVEN. Oh and Brie......Best airplane lunch ever!

I finished reading 6 Chapters and I did all the recommended writing of lists and making priorities that it had suggested. My top three goals are....

1. Become a published author
2. Spend Quality time with my family
3. Write about our experiences and adventures together.

3:00pm

Flying is a pretty amazing experience if you think about it. Where else can you see such amazing views? You can however only have your head smashed up against an airplane windowr for so long before A: It leaves a red mark on your forehead or B: You start to go crosseyed and develop a headache.....Both of which have happened to me in the last 10 minutes. I swear some of the most intellectual conversations that I have are with myself, In my head. :)

Im not even to Ft. Worth yet and I already feel a huge weight being lifted off of me........I am shocked at how well reading and writing has cleared my mind.

Just Saying.....

If my BREAKFAST consists of the strongest pain killers I can find and FUDGE. Its not going to be a good day. Just saying.

God Bless PMS!

Sometimes you just CANT laugh for fear of hurting yourself...

One of the main times for that is during a short stint on the Eliptical machine (aka: that horrible machine). If you listen to comedy whilst running you will laugh, lose momentum and then smack your knee of the front of the darn thing at a hard pace! Ouch, Im going to have a bruise the size of Texas.
If you want to hear some serious funny you need to youtube John Pinette: Chinese Buffet. I laughed so hard I freaking injured myself, If thats not funny...Then I dont know what is ;)

::Brrrrrrring::

"Hello"
"RiverCom 911, What is your emergency?"
"Um I didnt call."
"We have had a standing call from your home for about 10 minutes, There is an officer en route to your home"
"Alright then, Thank you"

I go storming into the playroom which the boys (the only 2 other people in the house at that particular moment), are supposed to be cleaning....

"Who called 911?"
"Boston did!"
"I did not! I promise!"

I can totally tell when Boston is lying and he was not this time. So I directed my attention to the culprit...

"Luke, did you call 911?"
"Yes"
"Why would you do that?"
"So you can't make me clean this room"

GAH!!! I'm so irritated by this point. I see the police officer pull up and I go to meet him outside.

"Luke! Get out here!"
I made him talk to the officer and they had a nice conversation about how to only call 911 in an emergency and how cleaning up toys is not an emergency. Neither is mommy a criminal for making him do such an atrocious task. I sooooooo Quit. Anyone want a 5 year old?

Luke...you make me crazy.

Shopping in Safeway for groceries with my baby boy (5) can be a bit of an anxiety inducer because you are never really sure what is going to come out of his sweet little mouth.

We are in the frozen section looking....

"Mom, What are we getting?"

"Chicken breasts for dinner tonight."

and as LOUDLY as he can yell it "BREASTS?! I LOVE BREASTS!!!"

Same trip...I decide to buy sparkling cider for the kids.

"WooHoo! We get WINE!"

"Gah! Lucas! This is not wine!"

"Dang it....that sucks"

Oh its on!!

Score
WASPS-1
ALICIA-0

Freaking bees! I am trying to get fall cleanup going on here! I was sweeping the porch and I bumped a table and got swarmed by wasps! I freaked out and ran inside and now am sitting here stewing and plotting my revenge.

Wasp spray....Check
Hose....Check
Tequila for courage....Check

Wish me luck!

If I stop him.....

I miss out on the most entertaining stories.

I had just finished making 7 pints of perfect grape jelly. I yell "Luker, I'm Awesome!"
He, without missing a beat pipes up with "No your not dude, dont lie."

I just rolled laughing. I love that kid.

We have been watching too much Cirque du Soleil apparantly, Whenever I can hear luke deep breathing from another room I know that I need to get there immediately to intervene. Take today for example, I hear deep nasal breathing from the living room so I go running in there to find that he has created a "highwire" between the couch and coffee table with my dust mop and is attempting to cross it BLINDFOLDED. Mama's little Cirque boy ;) I let him do it knowing that he was going to fall. And he did. He gets up off the ground looks at me and says "I shouldnt eat so much candy, Im getting to heavy to fly"

swimming lessons

My children take swimming lessons here at our local pool, They go every weekday for 2 weeks at a time. I love them!
Today Luke was working really hard at swimming with his face in the water and he was working so hard that he was exhausted. His teacher asked "Luke, Are you pooped?" Luke, being all sorts of offended yelled "I did not poop! You did!"

I yell from across the pool "Sorry!" and then proceed to hide under a beach towel out of sheer embarassment.

::Sigh::
I guess im going to have to explain what being "pooped" is to my 5 year old.

::sigh:: just like his mama...

Boston: Mom! Luke says that this toy is his but its not! Its mine!

Luke: Yeah, But I really want it!

Boston: Too bad Luke, Its mine.....and I am done with this conversation!

Luke: But...

Boston: Nope, I am done with this conversation, Not going to hear it, Not going to hear it at all.

Do you know how hard it is to keep a straight face when your 6 year old is giving you an exact recap of yourself? Boston tattles all the time and that is really word for word what I say to him. I had to run in and tell Tom and he told me to go and blog it immediately so I didnt forget. Sheesh...what a smart guy. I love that man.

RIP....Rest in Pieces, stupid bird.

See this chicken.....She was delicious.

She had been eating the eggs that were being laid, I had had enough and so when my friend had a butchering party of her 75 meat birds I took the opportunity to slaughter her start to finish by myself.

We Bbq'd her and then I stewed the rest of her and it just so happens to be the BEST chicken broth I have ever had. Yum-O.

I am totally going to raise meat birds next year and am defiantely considering raising turkeys too. Anyone want in on this deal ? ;)

Pip and Pig.....a Love Story

Pip is our new cayuga duckling. We got 3, but thats another story. He was incredibly lonely without his siblings so we put this stuffed pig toy into his box. It was love at 1st sight. Pip snuggles with it, and does not want us touching his pig. Its quite possibly the cutest thing ever. We will be moving Pip to a bigger enclosure here soon and Im sure that Pig will have to be relocated with him, they are THAT close.

guess what?

I'm going to be 30 on the 11th! Wow! I'm a little shocked at how fast time seems to be flying by. It seems like I blink and another year is gone.
This year however I've done something brave and slightly unexpected of me.
I joined apple city roller derby. Yes, me. Farm chick, Housewife, Nerd, Baker Extraordinare, SAHM, DERBY GIRL. Thats now me and I wouldnt change it for anything. I'm gaining confidence in what I do as a person not just as a skater. Ive made awesome friends. Ive got a long way to go, but I am looking forward to accomplishing new things and making this MY time. Heres to new things in my 3oth year!

It doesnt just happen to me!

We were all outside tonight and the kids were riding bikes and scooters. Tom was smoking his tobacco pipe (which he RARELY ever does) and here's h0w it went.

Boston: Dad, Smoking turns your teeth yellow.

Tom: Well its a good thing I dont smoke very much then.

Boston: Actually, I already saw your teeth yellow.

Bwahahahaha! Its not just me! I laughed sooooo hard.

Birthday Season

My BABY turned 5! I can not believe it that I am no longer a mother of toddlers, but now qualify as a mom of grade schoolers!

That wonderful man I'm married to, yeah that one....He turned 30! We took the kids to the Seattle Mariners opening day game. They loved it and Tom had a really great time as well. (Yes, it is impossible for me to get all of my kids to smile at the same time.....I tried, sheesh let it go ;))

Im going to be taking alot of pictures of the animals (real animals, not the ones i gave birth too) the next few days so be sure to check them out!

What we've been up to lately here at Chateau Sauvageau

We have had a pretty busy spring if you ask me. I am soooooo ready for school to be out and for us to just get to have some free time to just be a family and get to be together.


Miss Natalie(far right) had her ballet recital, it was really cute and quite fast which I loved considering that we had both of the boys with us.

Tom decided to be the sponsor for the boys' t-ball team this year. Its super cute to watch, Luke always tries to run to second when he is supposed to stop on 1st. I love that kid. Boston likes to play in the dirt with his feet most of the time.

Natalie (far left) got to be in the Grand Parade this year and still talks about daily. Look! Theres

Brooke! Hi Brooke!

Look! Its me! and my little nephew Christian. This kept him entertained for a moment so i could distract him from chasing the motorcycle drill team down the parade route.

of sizeable proportions.

"Mom, When I look at your chair I can see the size of your butt! Its Huge!"


Thanks Bo, way to start my week.
Ugh.

Biblical wisdom of 6 year old boys

Luke was sitting in the car quietly eating his gummy bears when we went and picked up Boston.

Boston sits down and buckles his seatbelt and announces in a very formal tone.....

"John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only forgotton son that if you dont share he wont love you."

Where does he come up with this stuff? Dont worry I corrected him and consoled luke who did not want to share but still wanted Gods love. Oh, and Boston can no longer have gummy bears. ;)

Sigh....

Boston: What is your job mom?

Me: I take care of you, Natalie, Luke,and daddy, plus I cook and clean.

Boston: Wow, your job sucks!

I'm pretty sure that I'm never going to win with this kid. I love him to death though.

As he got off the bus today he announced "I had a good day, i didnt even get yelled at."

bieber fever

Natalie is obsessed with Justin Bieber. Its kind of cute. I took her and 2 friends to the movie in 3D and Natalie started bawling as soon as we left because on thr advertisement Justin says "I'll be there, will you?" so she thought that we were actually going to get to see him in person.
The next day she decided that she wanted us to go and see him on tour and was incredibly upset with me because I wont take her to Europe for the tour....Sorry kid, not happening. I comprimised and got her the movie poster. See im not such a bad mom after all ;)

Luke the Opera Singer

We were driving in the car and listening to my Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman CD and during the song "Time to say goodbye" I heard luke singing along in italian to the male part of it. It was ADORABLE! I wish I could've taped it. That is my favorite song of all time and I love that he really likes it too. He is normally my little alternative-punk kid.

And Now We are 6!

Boston turned 6 on January 17th. We decided to get him what every 6 year old boy should have.

Meet C.J. Quite possibly the cutest puppy in the world. A Border collie mix is perfect for our household and my friend Alicia had just announced that she had a bunch that were free to good homes!
We gave Boston 3 picks for a name and he chose:

1. CJ
2. Hoggy
3. Jim

We needed to let him make a few different choices for names, Remember "Pecker" the Chicken?Needless to say we now have C.J. short for Cracker Jack.

He is one LOVED puppy!

One of the best things about Birthdays here is that I serve cake and ice cream for breakfast! Definately one of the most looked forward to traditions! We had the Weaver kids overnight and they thought that was AWESOME! Something kind of funny, My kids and their friends look like siblings. Its hilariously funny sometimes when people get confused as to who belongs to me and who dosent. Can you pick out my kids? Give it a try......

Tales from the Coop.....

This is Pecker (red) and Patchy. Boston innocently named them both. Pecker is missing a ton of feathers on her back. I thought "what the heck! you just moulted!" This is not normal.


I checked her out looking for mites or illness, or even that she was being picked on by the other birds (with Patchy being the Queen).

Nope, it wasn't until I was cleaning out the coop and noticed the funky smell and turned to look at the heat lamps in there........

Turns out the stupid bird snuggles up to her red heat lamp at night. There were her feathers stuck to it and scorched all over it.

......Genius

Retarded bird.

When a hobby goes haywire.....

Hmmmm.......you'll never guess what I like to do.

I guess I didnt realize that I tend to harbor books on farming. This is about a third of my collection. That pile to the left? Thats Hobby Farm and Hobby Farm Home magazines. I think Im obsessed. Hey at least I can admit it.

Guess who got a camera for christmas?

Enjoying all of their stuff

Happy's favorite present. His doggie bed. ;)

Natalie's most wished for gift....A DSi. The boys just beg her to let them play with it.

We had a really good christmas. I really enjoy staying home and not having to travel. Dont get me wrong, I love to travel. just not around the holidays.

I got a camera which i so desperatly wanted for blogging and a GPS for the car! Yay! Now I can go places! Like the FarmChicks show! and Hobby Lobby! and anywhere else that sounds fun!