So sad..

Ashlyn and Michaels dog (at their dads house) just died.

Ebony was 10 years old, and Ashlyn texted me this morning and told me that her Gram and Michael had taken Ebony to the vet because they had thought that she had a seizure. It turns out that Ebony had fluid around her lungs, and could not breath very well.

Although I know that it's very sad for them to lose their beloved pet...my sadness is for my children. They are at their dad's house this weekend...what a way to start a long weekend huh? I am sad for them because I can't be there to give them a "mom" hug. :(

I asked Ashlyn if she wanted me to call her, and she said no...that she couldn't talk. It just breaks my heart...for both of them and that family.

In other news, Kayte went to Eagle Crest with her friend Sierrah. Kayte has talked about this trip for the last week...and she was so excited on Thursday, after school, because that is when they were taking off. This morning, I get a call from Sierrah's mom...telling me that Kayte got the flu bug that has been going around. UGH!! So, she is 4 hours from home, throwing up...and again...I can't be there to give her a hug. She did not want to leave though, as the bug seems to last only about 24 hours...so hopefully, she will feel better tomorrow so that she can have fun.

You can imagine the hugs I will be giving the kids on Monday when we all meet again!!

ABSOLUTELY MORTIFIED!!!

As a grown woman, I know most of the rules...
Don't get into a car with strangers..
Wash your hands after handling raw chicken...
Don't talk with your mouth full...

You know...the "rules."

However, the one rule that I would never want to break...I "broke" today. I asked a woman who was checking out my groceries, when her baby was due!! (Insert gasp here!!)

And her reply...which I would have thought should have been.."Oh, I am due in August.." simply was..."Oh, I am not pregnant. I am just fat!!"

If a huge meteor could have crashed into Fred Meyers at that very moment...it would have been wonderful. But no...I had to face the fact that I just asked a non-preggo when she was due. As you can imagine...my face flamed a brilliant shade of red. Kent could not speak...in fact I swear he moved about 3 feet away from me as if he didn't know me. I apologized profusely...and at one point, I think the thought went through my head..."are you sure you are not pregnant??"

To me...she looked about as far along as I am. And well, I guess right now, I look fat!! I thought I saw the tell tale "maternity pants band"...the one that you can pull up to just under your breasts. But no...my eyes deceived me...horribly!!

I could not check out fast enough...and I am sure I warmed the next 3 aisles with the redness of my face. One would have thought I was sunburnt...no...just mortified!!

As we were leaving the store...Kayte and Kent both told me that she didn't look pregnant...and that they couldn't believe that I had asked her that. I will probably NEVER go through her line again...and I know...from now on...unless it's absolutely, blatantly obvious...I will never question ANY woman's belly again!!

Findings in the fridge...

I should take a poll...

How often do you clean out your fridge? I mean, REALLY clean out your fridge??

This morning was just the morning for fridge cleaning...especially since I had to leave a 2 liter bottle of soda out of the fridge last night because there was NO room!!

And my findings?

Well...

We had a some friends over for dinner last Saturday, (YUMMY NACHO'S) and then we also had friends over for Superbowl on Sunday. (LASAGNA) So..leftovers from that...which includes...

1 whole 9x13 pan of sausage lasagna....1/2 pan of veggie lasagna...5 meatballs in about 2 bottles of bbq sauce....(This was from Superbowl..)

1 small container of chopped up avocado (now...avocado's are much like apples...they turn brown...and from Saturday to the following Saturday, you can just imagine what they looked like!! The container kind of made a pop noise when I opened it!!)
1 small container of sliced jalepeno's
1 ziploc baggie of finely chopped onions
about 3-4 cups of Nacho cheese
2 cups of refried beans

Now, mind you...this was just the items from last weekend...
There was also about a cup of rice and about a cup of General Tso's chicken (made by me for Kayte's birthday dinner)

Digging further to the back of the fridge, I found, not one..but 2 outdated chocolate milks...both 1/2 full. 1 large container of Ricotta Cheese (dated Jan 1st, 09)...(Oops...I swear I was going to use that!!)
3 bottles of black bean and corn salsa (to be put into 1 jar...wait...salsa grows mold? WHAT? Toss that jar...(Not toss...disposal and then recycle!!)
2 jars of mayonnaise... (I think we eat mayo in Tuna Fish...and...well...maybe if I make a potato salad...but that's really all it gets used for. We are not the slather mayo on our sandwiches, type family...(GAG) We prefer to eat them plain jane!!) Toss those...they only had a date of Jan 09 on them...they would have been safe to eat, I am sure...but #1- is when would we eat it? And #2- once it starts to separate...the grossness factor comes into play!!
1 jar of Miracle Whip...again...the only time we eat this item is when we have fresh turkey sandwiches...and you all know when we eat turkey, right? Either Christmas OR Thanksgiving. So this is a must toss item...AND it is dated back to March...of 2007!!! Hmm...wonder when the last time we REALLY used that was??
I did check the dates on the salad dressings...they were all dated within reason...I think none older than a few months...certainly nothing from 2007...

Let's see...You know...I think this time wasn't really, really awful...however, I wonder how many starving third world country people we could have fed with these found objects from our fridge?? Better yet, we could stay in our country and feed the homeless...but how would I approach someone? "Here you go...5 meatballs topped with Miracle Whip and nacho cheese!!" I would bet they would graciously decline...Oh well...better luck next time!!

Blogging...all day long in my head!!

Sometimes, I wish that I could press a button on my body...and have all of my thoughts print out onto a sheet of paper so that I could peruse them at my leisure. But, since I can't, I will just have to jog upon my memory...and write about what I remember.

I had a very scary dream the other night. And 2 days later, the dream is still vivid. I will not write about it because I don't want to scare anyone...and it was only a dream. A dream that I know would not come true in a million years. At least I hope it would not come true. Why do we dream? What triggers something in our memories that we dream about? A boy that kissed me in the 6th grade on the playground at school? (He kissed me...I was simply the receiver.) What triggers a memory that happened oh so long ago? The world may never know. (No, my dream wasn't about that boy...It is merely a suggestion of some things that have been dreamt about.)

I went maternity clothes shopping yesterday. Not fun!! I honestly thought that I could just walk into a shop...try on the clothes...pick out the ones that suited me best...pay for them...and walk out. Hmm...didn't happen that way!! I picked Kent up from work so that he could tell me how fabulous I looked in whatever I tried on. We ended going to Gresham to the Old Navy there. I had already driven to Tualitan to the Old Navy there, since the gal at the Clackamas Old Navy told me that the Tualitan store carried maternity clothes there and not at the Clackamas store. So I drive clear across town for the sales people to tell me that, no, they don't sell the maternity clothes at that store, and yes, there are stores that sell maternity items, but they think that it's the Vancouver store, and the Gresham store. And then the one other sales lady tells me that they sell them at the Vancouver store and the Beaverton store...or was it Albany? I ended up very disgusted at the store...but asked Kent to drive to Gresham to look at the maternity clothes. We had a very nice country drive...and finally got there to find that yes, they did have maternity clothes...I think my closet is bigger than the part where they keep the maternity stuff. So, I try on about 6 items..and end up buying a sweater.

We then head back to the Clackamas Town Center and we try on some items at JC Penney's. I decided that nothing there was best for me. We headed to Motherhood Maternity and man...they have some cute clothes!! And here's where it all goes downhill. You see, I am cheap. Like a baby bird...cheep, cheep, cheep!! I just cannot justify spending $40.00 on a top and another $35.00 on a pair of pants...that I will wear for exactly 5 more months!! I just CAN'T do it!! And the thing is...I received my maternity allowance...the money is there...but I still can't spend that much on clothes. And, if I did spend that much on one outfit...I would feel so guilty. UGH!!

I hate sometimes that I am a thrifty person. Maybe too thrifty!! Anyways, we left the mall...bagless and clothesless. But that's o.k. Tomorrow...when the kids go to their dads house, I am going to hit the outlet mall in Woodburn. Perhaps I can find something discounted at the Motherhood store there. Or the Gap store...or...maybe I should just go naked. Nah...what good would that do me? I would just get cold!! :)