This is too funny!

I totally stole this from another blog... but she totally stole it too, so I guess it's okay?

Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance -- particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?
Signed, Desperate
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Dear Desperate:
First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System.
Please enter the command: 'I Thought You Loved Me.exe', try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.
Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 It runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources. Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Food 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.
Good Luck, Tech Support


Thought you all would get a kick out of that!

What is that face?

I was looking through my pics tonight and ran across the pics I took when my oldest swirlie turned 4, and I found this:
This is my middle swirlie, making what I call the Popeye face...this picture is actually not so bad, but this one:
shows almost the full blown Popeye smile.. and then there was this one:you can really see it.

This face he was making was only a phase that lasted for about a week, but I managed to get it on film almost every day of that week. I remember asking him to just smile, and him telling me "I'm am smiling Mom", all while talking from the side of his mouth. Just looking at these make me smile, cause God knows today was a trade them in day...whew, but we made it.

On a side note, I went to visit one of my girlfriend's yesterday (oh yes just for you dear) with my youngest two swirles. She happens to have two dogs and because we are a house with no pets my children have no idea how to really react to animals, let alone their treats, apparently. Okay, my dear sweet friend was trying to make my little ones feel more comfortable around the dogs, by getting them to give the doggies treats. Well little swirlie, thought she would sample hers before giving to the puppy. It wasn't so bad that she stuck the treat in her mouth it was that she seemed to enjoy it a little. Hmm, I wonder how much sugar there is in a scooby snack, she may be on to something here. I wonder what food group you would put that in on the WIC form...KIDDING!

Yes there are 7 of them

Alright I know it is not the norm for people to have large families now a days, but if some one asks me one more time why I have so many children I just might die. I actually had a doctor ask me if I did this on purpose! Please do not misunderstand, having this many children definitely has challenges, but God has given me the grace to handle the gifts that he has given me! It is as simple as that! Yes, there are days when I forget they are gifts, or when I want to take them to the return desk and see if I can swap them in for something shiny. But come on, how would you feel if I looked at you at went..." oh my, only one child, what's wrong with you, are you broken?" Or ..."hmm, two kids I guess you knew that you better stop while you were ahead." A little rough I know, but I am completely aggravated. I had a friend tell me once that he would kill himself if he had seven children...KILL HIMSELF. I had a woman once take a tour of my house (on her own, uninvited mind you) just because she could not believe that they could all fit in here, then kept making it a point to express that I MUST be crazy to have this many children! Because I am so sure that I needed her to check my sanity level for me. ARGH! Okay I am breathing now, please excuse my little temper tantrum. I just had to get it out of my system. Yes, I have 7 wonderful, smart, caring, loving children. Yes, they all fit in my house, and yes, I am sane. Well on most days, except those "trade them in for a shiny thing" days.
Here is a pic of the whole crew, chocolate, vanilla, and a couple of swirlies! Count them for yourself!

I actually scrapbooked...

It's seems like a silly statement. But I did...okay let me explain. Although I am a consultant for a wonderful company I often forget how much I truly love scrapbooking. You would think surrounded by all this lovely product every day that I would be this little creative lady just whipping up all kinds of papercraft lovies, but that is soooo not the case! So I am always looking for things to inspire me, books and magazines mostly. So while out on a "matching eyelets to the brown in my perfect ribbon chase" at AC Moore, I stumble upon the most wonderful book called Real Life Scrapbooking by Rebecca Cooper. I can honestly tell you that this book will completely speak to you as a Mom scrapper! Rebecca and the ladies that contributed to this book are amazing scrapbookers, but what blew me away the most was that these were real women with real children and real stories! I know that this sounds crazy..like yeah so are all the other women that contribute their layouts to endless magazines, and you would be right. They are, but this is different. I felt like I could actually hear her talking when reading her journaling. The book itself reads like a well planned scrapbook! Okay enough, right? Well here's my proof:



I did all three of these layouts during the day, while doing laundry, feeding children,checking homework, teaching a class, responding to countless emails, and tons of other mother-wife duties! No big deal? I HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN! This is to me is unheard of! So go and get her book, you will not regret it, I promise! Oh, and just so you know I am in no way affiliated with Simple Scrapbooks, I do not know Rebecca Cooper and have no reason to tell you about this book other than the fact that I just love it!

Oh and on a side note, all the materials used here are available through TopLine Creations, excepts the flowers which are Heidi Grace and the eyelets which I got at where else but... AC Moore. LOL!