I could have killed him!

Our boys were at my mother in laws for the night........yipee! So it's date night, right? Frank tells me he's taking me to an "event" and some other people from his work are going to be there. I ask the usual questions, who, what, where, and he fulfills them with appropriate answers so we go. Now to give you some history, we usually "go" with this couple so when we got there before they did, I knew it was going to be a disaster. Frank and I, especially me (remember peep toe pump, Prada purse?), dressed up. It was a date night, remember? Ok, so the people that pulled up next to us, got out wearing cut-off jean shorts and wearing their hat backwards! Yep, I punched Frank! Cuz, then when we walked into the place, EVERYONE was wearing jeans and t-shirts! Apparently Frank didn't get the memo. Panicked, I had him call our friends as I was sure they were coming in jeans. PHEW! They were even more overdressed than we were! Needless to say her husband caught her wrap in his face;) It was a great cause we donated to and we stayed and chatted for awhile, but then we went for sushi at
KIKU in Naperville. TO DIE FOR! If you've never been, try it! Frank has been to a couple of places and would never try it and I don't know if it was peer pressure or because of the "dog house status", but he actually had half of a roll.

Earth Day

So it seems everywhere you go today, everyone asks "What did you do for Earth Day?" It spread so far as my son's school where he helped his teacher pick up all the garbage on the playground. But I found it strange that people find themselves doing something special TODAY, and not every other day. Why not do something every day to save our planet?
At our house, we no longer use paper plates and haven't done so for over two years. We also use many green cleaning products. I'll have to admit, no all are 'green' but most are. We also changed the majority of our light bulbs to CFL bulbs which over the lifetime of the bulb will save you $30 per bulb! I don't know about you, but I'm always trying to save a $ anywhere I can, so that's a pretty good savings;)

What do you do?

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10 things

I love........

1.The smell of rain. not necessarily the look of it, but the smell of it, makes me want to curl up on the couch, pop popcorn, and watch a good sappy movie.

2.The way my kids call me "Momma." i've never called myself that, but i find it endearing that they do.

3.A good sale ANYWHERE! i love to shop, with my boys, without my boys, with my mom, without my mom, with Frank....you get the drift?;)

4.My job. yeah it has it's good days and bad days, but where else can you tell people what to do, they HAVE to listen, or else there will be a consequence? Oh yeah, motherhood.

5.A clean house! duh, that's a no brainer!

6.The way my husband calls me "Baby." every time.......on the phone, in passing, it's sweet.

7.Earthly Embrace scented Beanpod Soy Candles. the smell that radiates through my house when they are lit makes me happy!


8.Tulips. the first sign of spring means no more snow!

9.The sparkle in my kids eyes whenever we talk about going to Disney! little do they know we're just as excited...........no one needs a vacation as much as mom and dad!

10.My life! these three men keep me on my toes and i'm lovin' it!

Kite Fun

My mom is always so good to my boys and on the weekend when Frank works, she always has something up her sleeve to keep my boys entertained and today was no different. Wheaton hosted a kite flying event to break the world record for the most kites flown at one time,so she urged me to take them to it. It's always so much fun, because she comes to our house on Saturday, Dunkin Donuts donut holes in hand for them, and then off we go. We never tell them where we're taking them until we arrive and today when they saw all the kites flying, they too wanted to join in! Thanks mom, for the fun once again!

Marley and Me

This has quite simply become the boys favorite new movie. Yes, it's a terribly sad movie, but here's the kicker......they don't know it because they fall asleep every night they ask to watch it before the end leaving me a blubbering fool! Isn't it sweet??

LOVE IT!

Ok, so i'm going to admit that i'm a dork. there it is right up front! but i don't feel well, and i didn't feel like screwing around at all, so just go to the last song in the play list. i'll get it to the top soon, fighting a sinus infection. enjoy! i did and thanks for the input on the fireplace. everyone had a different opinion although no one picked #1! it wasn't my fave either;)
BTW..awesome new pic and header is from sam provenzano. isn't just the coolest;) thanks, sam!