Scrapbooking and Friends....

I took off Friday from work. I am headed to Reading, PA for the Crop for a Cure. Its a scrapbook event where the proceeds are donated to the American Cancer Society. Good Cause. My BFF in the whole wide world... You know who you are... is going with me. I am so excited for my girls weekend away. I am hoping to get a lot done, but more importantly Its a free weekend, no kids, no worries, no laundry, no cooking, no cleaning (except keeping my spot clean). I even arranged for my ex-husband to take the kids on "my weekend" so that Hubby can also have the weekend off. I am not expecting him to finish any of our many unfinished household projects. It would be nice, but I am not expecting it.

I am just so looking forward to having uninterrupted conversation with girl friends, you know the ones we normally have, where in the background you always have some kid going, Mom, Mom, Mommy, Mom, Mom, Mom..... ARGH. I have wanted to change my name!!!

I am going to say it out loud now, my goal for this weekend is 10 layouts or 20 pages. I hope to work on the wedding and honeymoon. I would also like to work on a small Halloween type project for Pips class. I will let you know when I get back how I did. Prepare for failure, be pleasantly surprised if I succeed!!!

I'm pretty sure my husband hates me.

If he doesn't he probably should, I wouldn't blame him. He is very good to me and my boys, despite a few missteps, like telling me he looked in Pips backpack on Friday and there was no homework, only for me to find homework there on Monday morning at 7:15am, exactly 8 minutes before we have to leave the house for school. He takes very good care of us, works hard at a crappy job, goes to school, runs kids to activities, goes to Cub Scout meetings, he is an awesome guy.

He makes me dinner most nights, he cooks wonderful things. Last night it was BBQ Short Ribs, pan fried whole baby potatoes and green beans. It was very good. Every night he says, "Hey Wife, What would you like for dinner?" and just about every single night my answer is "I don't know". I am not sure how he hasn't bludgeoned me to death yet. I guess he doesn't realize how many frozen pizzas, bowls of cereal or ham sandwiches I ate for dinner before he showed up. Before him it was just The Teen (before he was a teen obviously), PipSqueak and I we didn't have gourmet meals, we just didn't. Once a week or so my friend NC came for dinner and then I would cook a great meal. That's about it. We also ate at my moms quite a bit, did the occasional order in and very rarely ate out. I am no good at deciding what I want for dinner tonight!!! I'm sorry to the hubby, but I just suck at this.

I hope he doesn't hate me, I really love him and love that he takes such good care of us. My god, The Teen would not make it through Algebra I if I were the only adult living in this house.

I am going to start thinking now about what I want for dinner tomorrow so that maybe I can make this easier on him. Well, I'll try at least...

So happy it's Friday!!!

Today is Friday. My husband doesn't work on Fridays, I don't like my husband on Fridays. But I do love that I get to eat lunch with him. We met for lunch today along with my mom. It was a good time. Lots of laughs. I really think that my husband was meant to be in my family. I can't say that I wish I'd met him earlier or instead of the first husband because I have the kids I have because of that first husband and despite my kids being super quirky, I wouldn't trade them for the world. My husband gets me, he really does, my odd sense of humor, my nutty family, my quirky kids, all of it, he just gets it. I love him, my kids love him, my family loves him, even all my friends adore him. It's so nice to be in a marriage where no one is whispering behind your back about how awful both your marriage and your husband are. Everyone in my life, well all the ones that matter anyway, are always telling me how nice it is to see me so happy. I can also say that it is nice to BE so happy.

Not that we don't have our issues, like he works at 2 speeds... Honey, I am going to get to that project today and Honey, I didn't get to that project today. I have learned to let it go, it will get done eventually and lets be honest here, I am not known for my completed projects. I am sure that he has a whole list of things that bug him about me, but he is good to me and loves me and that is good enough. The door on the Wii room will get hung eventually.  

So all in all, I am happy its Friday, hubby will pick up the PipSqueak from daycare and my mom already has dropped The Teen off at home. So nice to not have to make any stops on the way home today.

Hubby and I have tickets to Cirque Du Soleil - OVO tomorrow night at the National Harbor. We have been looking forward to this for months. We have seen a few of their other shows and have never been disappointed. 2 Thumbs up for date night!!!

It all starts here...

I don't know why I haven't started this before now. Well, yes I do, I don't really think I have much to say, but as I talk to other people I often hear that I am very funny, should write that down or put it on a T-Shirt. So here I am writing it all down.

Admittedly, I live a pretty normal and relatively uncomplicated life. I am a mom to 2 boys ages 8 and 13, good boys, polar opposite boys, but more about that later. I am married, six months now to a really great guy that I never thought I'd find. I also have an ex-husband. hrm... OK maybe not so uncomplicated... Did I mention that current hubby and ex-hubby have the same first name. It so didn't happen on purpose, it just happened. I cant tell you how often i have to explain that to people. This is where a great sense of humor helps, I just say... I didn't want to have to cover up that big tattoo on my lower back that says his name. I can't tell you how often people reply "REALLY???" and of course I come back with NO, it was just a coincidence. You don't always get to plan who you fall in love with. I certainly didn't plan it the first time.

So why Lego Mom you might ask... Well its two fold...

One - We love Legos in my house, just love 'em. It was one thing that new hubby and I discovered we had in common on our first date. My kids love them, I love them, Hubby loves them. We are a Lego building family. The people working in our local Lego Store actually know us. PipSqueak (8 yr old) had his last birthday party in the Lego Store. So that is the most basic and obvious reason.

Two - Legos are like life, you build things, sometimes those things fall down and you have re-build them. This in a nutshell is my life.

So that's me and this is my blog. I am going to try to blog everyday, it may not happen but I'll try.

Tomorrow I'll tell you all about my two names, the boys and our family life...

Stay Tuned...