Johnson's Jabber

March 1, 2010

Girls Gone WILD!!!!

Last weekend we had a girls-only-no-boys-allowed weekend! We crammed in as much girly stuff as we could!

DJ went with his dad to Florida to see his little brother Adam. The trip was in honor of his dads 60th birthday! FUN!! I wasn't bitter at all that he was touring $15 million homes, taking day long excursions on yachts, eating fresh seafood, and sleeping in. Really I wasn't bitter! Meanwhile, I was back here cleaning a dirty house, taking day long excursions to work, eating leftover Long Johns, and sleeping in until at least 5:45 AM.

To help fill our loneliness without daddy, we did as many girly things as we could! It started with us making these crafty chore charts for the girls! They loved making them. I drew the lines and they did the rest! They love them, and so do I!!

Then it was off to the salon for some pampering with MiMi! Addy wasn't sure what to think. She couldn't relax. I think everyone running around made her nervous. Not to mention she had that freaky pink panda looking over her shoulder the entire time.

Lily didn't have as much trouble relaxing. For a kid that sleeps in a satin eye mask....she "relaxes" well. DIVA.

They do a design on the girls nails for free. For Lily, the little gal said, "You want zeeper?" She said "mom she can do a zipper on them!" I said, "whatever." I thought a zipper sounded kinda Gothic for a 6 year old, and then I realized the lady said zebra! "You want Zebra on your nails?" HAHAHA

(Please note: I didn't PAY for my kids to get "real pedicures"! They had a polish change on their hands and feet $15 dola...I mean dollars.)

After pedicures if was off to Inspirations Tea Room with GiGi (Damon's mom) and her best friend, Pam. We had a great time. Tea rooms are a great place for a mother to take time to teach her daughters some etiquette and how to have a nice, quiet, proper dinner. When we sat down, Addy got a straw and blew the wrapper off across the table, and it hit Lily in the head. Proper Etiquette - Strike One.

PS. GiGi taught her to how to blow the wrappers of straws, so I blame her!

Then Addy took all the breakable napkin rings and started playing house with them, or something. She kept clanking them around, I just KNEW she was going break them. Proper Etiquette - Strike two!

...and then...this one doesn't even need a title. STRIKE THREE!

Finally our girls gone wild weekend ended at the Civic Center. We went to see the Wizard of Oz with my mom and dad.

We did have a great time, and Lily was one of about 15 Dorthy's. She WAS the cutest by far! ; )

We had a great time while he was away, but we missed him so much and we were so glad to have him home!

February 5, 2010

I want to be the mom that takes amazing snap shots of her family. I GIVE UP!!!!!

February 4, 2010

Say what????

I try really hard not to curse.

Have I cursed? (Yes Nana, I have.) Do I struggle with it occasionally at work? Yes.

Do I curse at home? No.

Never. (Okay, there was one time that Lily and I were in the car and I pulled out in front of a car and almost got t-boned. I did say shit, but she didn't hear me. Thank God.)

So...since Lily is learning so much at school I figured last night was a good time for her and I to talk about language she might hear at school. I told her there might be words she heard at school and she might not know what the words mean. I said "Lily, if you hear a word (maybe a bad word) and you're not sure what it means, you can tell me and we can talk about it." She said "Okay mom, I can do that! I don't know of any words like that, but if I hear any, I'll tell you." I felt good about the conversation. Parenting at it's finest.

So tonight the girls were running around the living room and Addy started screaming. Oh boy, here we go. I said "Girls come here, what happened?" Lily (wide eyed) said "Mom, I don't know...all I know is she ran smack damn into the couch."

I said, "What?"

Lily (looking at me, like I'm a fool) "she ran smack damn into the couch."

Now I was the wide eyed one and yelled, "DAMON!!!!"

We calmly explained to her that "smack damn" isn't a phrase we use. She said "oh like those words you said we should talk about?" "YES! Yes, exactly like we talked about." See, she WAS listening.

If she uses the term again, we get out the bar of soap. She's been warned. Ewww...I hope (for her sake, and the sake of not wanting to clean puke off my carpet) that she never says it again!

January 7, 2010

2 Free Plane Tickets

We launched a new website at work. (Yippee!! The old one was terrible. TERRIBLE!)

I am having a little contest for people that check it out and take the survey...I'm giving away 2 plane tickets.

Check it out, take the survey and maybe you'll win! Good luck!

(Oh, and the first 5 people that post the link on their blog, I'll send you a $5 Starbucks gift card. Post a comment so I know you did it!)

January 6, 2010

FW: Handbook for 2010

FYI - I don't read emails that have been forwarded to me. If it says "forward this to 10 people or you will have bad luck for 7 years" I delete it. Bring on the email bad luck karma. I don't care.

But today I opened an email with the subjuect line "FW: Handbook for 2010". I love it. LOVE IT!

Blogged it. Printed it. Hanging it on my fridge. I promise it's worth 2 min of your time. Read it.

Handbook for 2010

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray more.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts on things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. Be happy.
39. When you awake in the morning, thank GOD for it.