Weekend with my BFFs

First of all, I have the best hubby in the whole wide world. He never denies me when I ask to fly across states to go hang out with some of my bestest friends while he stays at home with the mutts...several times a year even. Round Eye, I love you to the moon and back!

Last Thursday, I hopped on a plane and flew to Kansas City to meet up with 5 awesome girlfriends for a weekend of talking, laughing, crying, drinking, eating, snorting, oinking... It was great fun despite the attempt on my life. LOL


My Twinnie made a midnight snack of Scotteroos. It was quite tasty, but after about 4 bites, I noticed that my throat was a little sore and felt a little swollen. My tonuge was a little numb and tingley as well. I thought nothing of it thinking that it was just the adult beverages getting to me. LOL Then I overheard the girls talking about salmonella in peanut butter...I put two and two together and asked if the Scotteroos had peanut butter in them. Unfortunately, they were laced with it. I'm highly allergic to peanuts, but I didn't panic which is a good thing. My face was getting more swollen but nothing like Hitch. LOL I think the girls were more worried than I was.

Dee gave me two Benadryl tablets and wanted me to drink some in liquid form as well. Twinnie called her father who is a pharmacist. McTriplet called her cousin who is a nurse. Twinnie's father said two Benadryl was plenty for my size and weight. McTriplet's cousin said to watch my breathing and call 911 if I stop breathing. LOL Next thing I know, I'm completely out while sitting on the couch. They watched me sleep, counted my respirations (preemie moms are experienced in this area) and pulse. After awhile, Twinnie woke me up and took me upstairs to bed. She slept in my bed with me and watched my breathing all night long. Awww...well, it's the least she could do since she made that attempt on my life. LOL

Besides that, the only worst part was not having Cookie Bean's mommy there with us. She's on bedrest in the hospital so that he can bake some more. We did have a poker tournament in honor of them both. It's a tradition that I hope we'll continue...especially since I have these girls addicting to poker like I am. LOL

Seriously, I had the best time ever! I love that I met these girls almost 3 years ago on the March of Dimes ShareYourStory website, and now we are all so close and are the best of friends. I can't wait for this summer! The whole phamily will be heading to Maine to vacation with K and her family.

Yes, It's Been THAT Long

It's been crazy the last few months. After returning from our great Midwest tour, it was time to head back to work. The Mickster was preparing for his first day of kindergarten while the Pink Princess was preparing for her first day of preschool. It was quite an emotional time for us all.

Then came Hurricane Ike. We evacuated to the Ft. Worth/Grand Praire area and visited with friends and phamily. Round Eye returned after 4 days while the kids and I stayed there for a total of 11 days. While we were away, Round Eye and the Pink Princess both celebrated birthdays. And while we enjoyed visiting with friends and phamily, we were itching to return home.


Upon driving back into town, the sea of blue tarped roofs took my breath away and made my heart ache for those with such damage. We were blessed that Ike just blew our fencing down but did no other damage. However, we returned just to be out of school for an additional week with nothing to do and nowhere to go. Stores were just slowing opening up. Electricity was just being restored. Debris and tree limbs were everywhere. Mosquitos were flying in by the truckload so we were forced to stay indoors.

Finally, some sense of normalcy was creeping back in. We all went back to work and school. However, the Pink Princess was not all so thrilled about it after being with mama for over 3 weeks 24/7. The evacuation threw her completely off her schedule and sleep pattern. Even now, we struggle with sleeping through the night while never before.

October found us entertaining some of my favorite girlfriends. They came in early to hang with us before heading to the March of Dimes Volunteer Leadership Conference held here in Houston with ShareUnion closing out their trip. We had a grand time! I just adore these girls!



We closed out the month of October with going on our first phamily trick-or-treating for Halloween. The Mickster was a believable dragon slayer while the Pink Princess looked dazzling in her Ariel costume.


And here we are in November, 4 months later. Round Eye and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary last week. I received a cool Nikon D80 while he enjoyed a boys' golf trip out of town with 10 other friends. I think I got the better deal. LOL

Here's my first attempt with the new camera and playing around with Photoshop...


Since I've missed out on so many pictures, this blog is no longer a P366. Oh well. I made it farther than I did last year, and not bad considering all the bumps in the road. :)

July 14 - A Sweet Surprise

I'll admit I secretly live for the mail to be delivered, and today I received one of the sweetest surprise ever from my soon to be 6 year old BFF Princess Leia. Isn't she so sweet? I just adore this girl!

June 17 - Hard Hat Zone--Beware!

Meet the Mickster's new BFF...

June 16 - Fish Kissing

Meet the Pink Princess' new BFF...

May 16 - Inaugural Bunco Night

After hosting a school bunco as a fundraiser for my March for Babies team, a group of teachers had so much fun that they wanted to start their own bunco group. Here we are at our very first bunco night. We had crowns for the head table that were required attire as we rolled and yelled bunco at the top of our lungs. It was such a fun evening hanging with some of my favorite peeps.