very frustrated!!!

My frustration level is quite high today.......I've been working on Lego kits that Cubby got for Christmas....the age on the kits are 5-12 years old and I seem to be having some major difficulty!.....these were intended for him to build....but he wasn't able to....so now I am....and he is trying to "help"......which is part of the problem.....then he goes to watch t.v. for a while and I'm still sitting there trying to put them together.........I got one done this afternoon...but I had extra parts...not very many...just some little itty, bitty ones....well this led to a major meltdown.....so I had to start all over again...............and the real novelty of it all is that he really wants to play with them when they are built.....and they truly aren't made to withstand a 5 year olds ambition.....and then they break and come apart and it's tears all over again.......I tried to be ahead of the curve this time around too...my older son loved these kits a few years ago and I learned my lesson...he would build them once and then when they started to break he'd throw the whole thing into his big Lego bin and it was never to be built again.....even if we did have the little booklet .....and some of these kits are $30!....so this time I got my favorite little Sterilite bins for all of the kits....my intent is that when they break and are dismantled I can keep all of the parts separate with their booklet .......so hopefully we can have tons of fun doing all over again!

jack's back

He's back!!!!!!!!!...the Redemption at Thanksgiving was a teaser to hold us all over from the writers strike of last year.....but last night after the Steelers fabulous win over San Diego....my beloved Jack is back!!!!!!....it was the 2 hour season premiere of Day 7....with another 2 hours tonight...I am in my glory.....I got caught up on the first 4 seasons of 24 on netflix 2 years ago...it was awesome to watch episode after episode whenever I wanted.....sometimes 4 or 5 day!!!....now the agony of waiting from week to week is excruciating!.... last year my husband spent hours trying to get my cell phone to ring like the phones at CTU.....but the free ringtones wouldn't work on my cell phone....now that I have my new phone dare I ask him to try again???.....and I know it sounds scary...but I think I'm even trying to morph my husband into Jack......I seem to keep buying him those thermal henley type shirts that Jack is wearing in the picuture above...maybe it's just a coincidence????......anyway...now that the season has started...please! no phone calls or interuptions on Mondays from 9-10pm!! thanks! :)

lucky hoagies

We are convinced these hoagies brought us good luck for the Steelers game today!!....and for the record....I'm from Buffalo and we call them subs up there!.... it's still a bit odd for me everytime I say "hoagie" :)....anyway....myself, my sister and brother in-law, nephew, hubby, 3 kiddos and my mom....in town from Delray Beach....all settled in to watch the Steeler game today....we had my son's 12th birthday party last night and I had two loaves of Italian bread left over from the big lasagna dinner.....my brain started clicking and we decided to make hoagies for half time during the game!....they were awesome!!!!!!!!...and we even voted that the tray was lucky too!!....so next week.......same half time menu!!....we're all hoping they win again and make it to the Superbowl.........and just a little FYI...BRUCE will be the halftime show at the game in Tampa!! Yeah! a huge treat for me!

I'm perkin' over here!!!

I have been on the quest for a great cup of coffee for a long time.......my parameters aren't that high.......I just really want it to be HOT!!!!!!!!....it goes back several years when I started out with the coffee maker that ground my beans for me right before it brewed...then I tried to clean it, I took it apart and couldn't get it back together, so I had to shove my knife block in front of it to keep the basket in place so it would brew....I got sick of that and two years ago I just got a regular old Mr. Coffee from Target......it has been fine......but not great......I loved the coffee at marzipanmom's house....but it was too daunting to re-create.....organic beans and a coffee maker they don't make any more .... I'd have to try and find it on ebay....then there was my Dad's coffee.......he switched to an old fashioned percolator over the summer and I raved about how hot it was!!!!....but the drawback was it didn't have a delay start for the morning.....so a few weeks ago I broke down and bought a Cuisinart and the first time I brewed coffee I was dissappointed.......not very hot :(...I started putting the creamer in my mug and heating it the microwave before I even poured the coffee!....every morning I was dissappointed.....then this past week I had piping hot coffee at my Dad's every morning!....so....yesterday I called Bed, Bath and Beyond and they said I could return my coffee maker without a box........I could feel myself starting to get giddy.....I ran in and did a quick exchange for my new Farberware percolator!!!......today is the first day of the rest of my life!!!!!!!......I don't care about the delay start....I don't pour my first cup until I make the kids lunches...so it had plenty of time to brew.....and I'm not picky about my brand of coffee or beans...I put so much french vanilla creamer in it it doesn't matter......I just want it HOT!!!.....and it was so hot I couldn't take a sip or hold my hands around my mug for at least 5 minutes!!!!!.......it will be such a treat every morning!

12 years ago today....

Twelve years ago today my first son was born....my first thought was I can't believe I only pushed 3 times!!!???....and my second thought was, his hair is growing in a perfect circle in the middle of his forehead!!....what a lovely colic he has to this day!.......he was 10lbs and perfect in every way!!.....my daughter was just 15 months old and I remember her stepping over to my hospital bed and leaning in and kissing him.....it was just precious...I brought an adorable little snow suit to bring him home in and I couldn't even zipper it the whole way ...he was busting out of it!....what a good baby he was.....at times I even forgot I had him......I'd come around the corner and be startled to see him in his bassinet!......what a wonderful little guy he was growing into.......I'd often comment though..."what a perfect middle child he would be"......not knowing if I'd have anymore children or not.........years went by and my third surprised us....and he did become the perfect middle one!....he loves being a big brother and took to it immediately....when Cubby was a newborn T. would ask to put his bouncy seat in his room while I took my shower....he'd build trains around it and read him books!.....to this day he loves babies and puppies!......how blessed I am to have such a wonderful, fun loving and healthy son.....how fast the years fly by.......as I often say, "I just want to freeze them!"

a shout out

This is a shout out to my sister who turns 40 today!!!!!...happy birthday Melis!!!!!....hope you're having fun celebrating!!!.....we love you!!

happy 2009!!!

Happy 2009 everyone!!!!...I was having technical difficulties while I was up in Buffalo....my sister got my Dad and my two kids laptops for christmas...and with mine, hers, her boyfriends, my husbands and the 3 new ones...that was a total of 7 and I think we overloaded my Dad's wireless router and mine wouldn't connect.....I wanted to wish everyone health and many blessings for the new year......oh, and for the record I didn't make these cookies......I got them at Wegmans...my favorite grocery store in the whole, wide world.......believe it or not they tasted as great as they looked!!!....often times looks can be deceiving, but these tasted great!!!!....for years we have spent New Years eve at my sister in laws big, huge party....hence, two of my kids are born the first week of October......but the past two years we have spent the week at my Dad's in Buffalo with my sister arriving from Vail at some point......I haven't been able to cook my pork and sauerkraut on New Years day for good luck....but I haven't noticed much difference!!.......every year I make the same resolution too....better posture!!!.....I haven't noticed much difference in that either :).......best wishes and many blessings to all of you!!