Can't blame it on the kids

I was running late this morning. Pushed the garage door button, started the car, checked the clock: 9:04. Pre-school drop-off starts at 9:00. Put the car in reverse, release the brake, check the rearview mirror, hit the gas...maybe a little too hard in my quest to make up for the 10 minutes that had somehow escaped me this morning. CRUNCH$%@CRASH*&^%CRACKLE. Although I did not notice either the motor noise from the rising garage door or the door itself still visible in the rear view mirror, it was in fact still there! Yes it was. And I smacked it good. Bent up the entire bottom panel and popped it completely out of the track. The door won't budge a bit in either direction.



The "spoiler" thingy on the top of my rear door is busted and the brake light fell out.



It startled me and the boys started crying because it scared them. Then Cooper realized it meant he wasn't going to school today so he cried some more. Later, he told me that we have sidewalks so we could still walk to school. Yeah right. I am soo ticked/pissed/mad at myself I just can't seem to snap out of it.

Upon closer inspection of the spoiler-thingy I could see where the contact was made. After applying some scientific theory analysis formula that I have osmosed (is that a word?) from my MBA student hubby, I have concluded that a time delay equal to "1 freakin'one-thousand" would have saved me some big-time frustration.



I spend most days at home but it's totally different being trapped here. Today I was going to run a couple of frivolous errands. I'm a total "happened for a reason" girl. So I've been thinking about how being stuck at home may have prevented something else from happening today. And I totally figured it out: God really did not want me to buy Abbie any more Webkinz.

4:00- The garage door repairman came to check it out. He's seen much worse. He and Tim got the van outside and put the door down. Less than $200 to fix. That's a relief, but we haven't priced the spoiler-thingy yet either.

Cooper is such a sweet boy. He's my "pleaser" child. He tugged at my pant leg and looked up at me nodding his head knowingly, "It's gonna be alright Mommy. It goes up and down now. Daddy fixed it, see." He just gave me that grin of his and my heart melted. He knew I was upset about it all day. I still sort of am but I'm getting over it. It helped when I got this YouTube video email from my friend.

Here's some Total Momsense

What is wrong with me??

I ate lunch today...twice! I went to eat lunch with Abbie today. We both bought our lunch. What a trip going through the elementary school lunch line again. It was pizza day!! Yeah! But my crazy daughter prefers the "chikin" patty sandwich. I don't know anout her sometimes. I wanted to bring her something but she eats lunch at 10:40 so I'd have to bring her breakfast.

Abbie, Reagan, and Samantha...



So back to the point of this post. I sit down to eat lunch with my daughter at 10:50 and about an hour and a half later I'm with the boys and going to get Mexican with my in-laws, comletely forgetting that I had already eaten lunch. The worst part is that I ate my whole chimichanga and I wasn't even really hungry! Thank goodness it was a lunch-sized portion. Honestly, I was already driving home when I realized that I had just eaten my second lunch of the day. It's catching up with me now, I'm pretty miserable and my pants are feeling a bit snug, imagine that!

I'm dumbfounded that I did that. I can't believe that within an hour after leaving the elementary school lunchroom I was sitting down to eat again. I guess next week I'll be cranking it up a notch on the cardio :(

Best License Plate

I pulled up behind a Ford Excursion at a stop light this week. I laughed out loud as this was what I read on the license plate...

PPB4WEGO

Ben, Laurin, & Cooper

Ben, Laurin, & Cooper, originally uploaded by Smith Family Pix.

Cameron

Cameron, originally uploaded by Smith Family Pix.

First Day of Preschool

My boys, originally uploaded by Smith Family Pix.

Cooper talked about school for the enire 2 days between Open House and the official first day. He was so excited he could not stand it. So nothing major to report for him other than he is so glad to be back at school.
Cameron was the biggest news. I knew it had the possibility of being really ugly so I made sure we had the passy and blankie even though we don't normally take those out of the bed. I think it made a huge difference in his comfort level. He went right on in and started playing. He whined just a bit when I said BYE, but went right back to his toys. Some of the moms hung out in the hall for a few minutes. There were several kids really screaming. I was worried that it would spook Cameron a bit so I took my turn peeking in the window but he was a champ, just doing his thing and checking out all the new stuff to play with.
It was a short day, only 2 hours. Cameron really turned on the pity party when I walked in the room. He immediately started the "fake cry" and threw himself at my feet as if to say "It was so awful here. I can't believe you left me here with these rotten people". See you Monday morning :)

I'm ready for Fall

Got tired of the pink stuff. I'm so ready for Fall so I decided to re-decorate my blog to go with the season. I also got some new Fall/Winter clothes. Don't get too excited. If it weren't for Wal-Mart and Costco I'd spend a lot of time nek-ked (EEK, I haven't gone to the gym nearly enough for that). I used to like Sam's clothes better but now I'm leaning towards Costco. And yes, I had to get 7 pairs of pants-they are different colors-because they are absolutely the best jeans/pants (2% lycra) on earth and this year they had them in petite length!!! I was ecstatic! They fit me perfectly-that NEVER happens. So I can finally get rid of a few pairs of my old pants.

Mommy's toy store

Today we drove to Charlotte to go to this mall we've never been to before. Last night I checked out the website to find out what stores they had and-cue the choir- "Hallelujah", there is a Sephora. That is my candy store. I'm a Health and Beauty junkie. I decided to do some shopping online last night to get my wish list together or else I get in the store and all the pretty colors and shiny lights short cicuit my brain and I just wander around going "Ooh" and "Aah" and before too long I can hear Cameron screaming from his stroller somewhere out in the mall and I know I have about 5 minutes until Tim comes to drag me out of the store. Then I'm out in the car and I remember something I had wanted to look at. Bummer. Not this time. I walked in and pulled out my list and the sales people just backed out of my way! Make no mistake, I still got distracted but this time I had my list to get me back on track and I made it out with only what was on my list-actually less- and of course me free deluxe sample!

Abbie wanted to come in with me this time. She wanted some lip gloss. She had her allowance money and it was burning a hole. I talked her into waiting to get some American Girl lip gloss at Bath & Body, and it was on sale! Gotta love that!

It was a fun day-at least for me :) I was really in a mood to buy something and I think I got it out of my system. For now.