Adventures of Z Man, Markey, and Lukey Duke!

Monday, July 28, 2008

On Saturday, my sweet god-daughter, Katie, turned 1! It was a special day and I was so happy for Becky & Andy to be celebrating this big event! It doesn't seem all that long ago that Becky and I were fighting the infertility battle together, and now her little one is 1 year old and the Z Man is almost 6 months! Here are a few pics from the party! Happy Birthday Katie-bug!

In the pile of presents!Who's the birthday princess here?? ;-)Z Man is flirting with the ladies...
In his 1st party hat!
Zach and Julia were chatting it up...I think he was asking her out! :)

And Katie up for one last night time play!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

No Country

For Old Men...me no likey. This movie is very gory and just not my thing. Matteo and I had the usual "what movie should we rent" discussion and agreed on nothing. He claims I always get my choice and then get on the computer and not watch anyway. But what REALLY happens is I decide the least yuck of his choices, end up not liking it as I assumed already I would, and either fall asleep or get on the computer.

I wanted to watch The Great Debaters or Under the Same Sun or Other Boleyn. Those got the thumbs down. So I said fine, lets watch the nasty Old Country. Let me tell you folks, its just not my taste. There is death and blood and violence every where. yuck. So here I sit on the computer.....trying not fell asleep.

I think next time this definitely qualifies me as the movie picker!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Weird Observations

Today I saw some weird/odd/sad happenings!

The first was at BRU. You know how they have those coupons where if you buy so much stuff you get a free umbrella stroller?? Well that must be going on right now. I walk in the front door and this couple is trying to strap in probably a 6 week old into there, who of course was screaming. I am coming on the door with a giant baby gate to return but I stopped the checker to alert her to the situation and she was JUST about to stop the couple too. Luckily she did because it was making me totally uncomfortable. I wouldn't even put Z into the BOB until he was like 8 weeks b/c i was so worried about the head support but that poor wee one should not have been in the umbrella stroller. So what would you do? When you see something that you know isn't right, do you say something or do you let those people worry about it?

The second was at Kroger's. I was shopping for some dinner stuff tonight...made our tomato, basil pasta. Delish!!! But anyway, its a Friday night, I was leisurely shopping at Kroger's. I get into the line and there was an old lady who forgot her check book so the line was moving slowly. And she wanted stamps...it was not fast. So the line starts to back up. Yes, they have one line open for us shoppers that have more than 15 items. Then ALL OF A SUDDEN, this lady starts YELLING about some grandpa trying to cut in front of her, another guy using the 15 or less aisle, and the slowness of the line we are in! She actually goes and gets the manager! I mean, yeah, it sucks the line is slow, but c'mon! Its not the poor high school checker and baggers fault! Anyway, I digress (one of my fav sayings), I just wanted to tell the lady to take a chill pill. She was out of control.

And then on the way home from the store, we drove by the vet and their was a lady walking a dog...but not on a leash. What the heck lady? If I was boarding Esther and you are taking her out, she best be on a leash. Just in case. And the lady had a surgical mask on. Maybe there was more to this story. But it was odd, or sad. Whatever you choose.

So anyway, we come home and have the delish pasta dinner. Matt is all impressed cause I used the fresh basil and smoked mozzarella instead of the dry basil and shredded mozzarella you buy in the bag. Its what the original recipe calls for and I must say, it made a difference. Try it out folks.

Z man was ready for bed by 8pm so he was down for the count by the time we ate dinner. We watched some Samantha Brown's Weekend Adventures and now watching Super Bad. I have never seen it before. Matt is dying over her on the couch and I am not getting it as much as he does. Must be a boy thing.

Anyway, tomorrow is Charla's shower. I cannot wait to see her and her twin belly! Sue, Kari and I got her Boppys and covers and 2 cute boy/girl layettes. Can you believe no one had bought her boppys??? I LOVE mine and use them every day STILL. Best invention ever. I am excited to share the love of the boppy with her tomorrow. Oh yeah, and as an extra off the registry gift...I found these little Carter's onesie/pants outfits. The boys is brown and chocolate and says "I love Mommy" and the girl's is pink and chocolate and says "I love Mommy". So cute!

Ok, so now back to Superbad. After the shower I will be doing major cleaning. Open house on Sunday, say some prayers please!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

legally blonde...the search for elle woods

did anyone watch this show besides me and Ginny?? well last night was the finale and we just watched it tonight. it was GREAT!! i liked autumn and bailey from the beginning so i was happy to see them in the final. although i thought autumn was a better singer, when bailey was up on stage she was just more believable. i actually got teary for them watching their dreams come true when they got to perform! have any of your dreams come true?? i would say my most recent feeling of that was on that last push when Zach arrived and was finally here and safe! it wasn't like a "I'm a rock star" dream come true but one of those "I've waited for this my whole life" moments....amazing. do you have other dreams you still hope will come true?

anyway, good show. i hope they do one again. i watched grease too, this was better. wonder what happened to the grease winners after their run ended?? and i hope to see autumn on the stage one day too....And i think ill buy a ticket to see legally blond in Houston!! :)

Head On........

Apply directly to the head!

I work on a trade floor so we have CNN, Weather Channel, Fox news, etc on TV all day and I swear that's like the 10th time I have heard that STUPID commercial today. Does anyone actually even USE this product?!? And does it actually work?? I wish they had a less annoying commercial!!!!!!!!!

Still no word from the 2nd showing on Saturday. WAAAA!!!!!!!!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Sunday Shopping

Mom and I headed out with the Z Man today for some shopping! There is a children's resale store that I wanted to check out in Copperfield (there's one at Willowbrook too) and it did not disappoint. I could have bought a lot more I am sure but currently, I am trying not to toy overload while still in this house. No where to hide stuff when prospective buyers come a knocking. I got a Leap Frog Learn and Groove Musical Table which goes for $45 at Toys R Us for $22!! What a buy! Looks brand new too. I also got the F.P. Laugh and Learn Puppy for $5! He doesn't even look gently used, looks brand new. Zachary really likes the puppy too. He was all open mouth smiling when puppy was singing "head, shoulders, knees and toes!" Everything is sterilized and repackaged. I will definitely be going back but Mr Man was ready to go. Rox, they had exersaucers there for $30-$45! I almost called you to see if you wanted me to get you one, but they didn't have the one like Becky and I have and I couldn't decide which one you would have wanted...

So once back in the car, Zach conked out so we headed to BRU. I needed some formula and wanted to return the baby gate we bought for Austin and never used. BRU won't take returns now unless you have a receipt which I did not have with me. ARGH. Not even for store credit! Oh well, I put it back in the car and we shopped anyway. I bought some spoons and stuff to be prepared to start solids. Makes me kinda sad. He is growing up so fast. I think I will wait till 6 months though so a couple more weeks. Did you do Rice Cereal?? And if you did, for how long?

Anyway, back to shopping. We got a high chair too. Ended up going with the evenflo Majestic. Its a little bigger than the Chico Polly that I had registered for, but I thought the tray came off easier, its a little taller, and I liked that the leg separator was in the chair not the tray. Don't ask me why! Got a few other odds and ends as well. I had $10 off coupon and a 15% off plus formula coupons AND had gift cards for the entire purchase!! WOOHOO! And found out I still have like $150 left. I will be able to put that towards the convertible Britax which I think Z will be ready for sooner than later. His little feets are getting really close to the end! I need to see how tall he is. MAX is 22lbs and 29 inches.

So got loads of stuff and only actually spent about $30 of my own money today. Go me! :)

We had a great time at Katie's birthday yesterday too. Zachary enjoyed his first party. I cannot believe Katie is already a year old though. Time flies when you are having fun! I will post pics on that later. Off to feed Master Zachary and something for Matteo and I as well!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Nooo Mooore Wire Hangers!!!!!!

Ha, funny line to use. But for real. I have So many wire hangers in the closet from dry cleaning and since I'm in the process of cleaning out the closet...I need to get rid of them! What do you do with them? Throw them away? That seems so wasteful! Can wire hangers be recycled? Would the cleaners take them back? Or a resale place? I don't know but you know, since I am so "green", I am trying to find a nice way to dispose of them. Any suggestions??