because I really can't get enough of myself

I love this picture because it is so Christmas-morning-ish. At least what I think of Christmas morning anyway... So here's the quiz. Look at the picture and find these five things: 1- Some wrapping that doesn't belong. 2- A vintage toy that goes well with army men. 3- An opened gift that no kid really gets excited about. 4- Something to wipe your butt with (and don't say wrapping paper.....eeeew.) 5- The letter 'G'. Leave a comment with your answers. The first person to get them all correct wins a prize!!!! Of course I'm not sure what the prize is going to be......maybe a long distance high five......or I'll design you a free blog button or header......or maybe a gift certificate to Green Jello with Carrots ......or I'll just send you a great big taco with lots of extra cheese?

...the song "So This is Christmas" makes me really cynical . I cannot hear it without thinking of every line in an unhealthily sarcastic way. And what is with the "war is over" part of the song? It's just thrown in there. ...if they put a lifetime, absolute ban on the song, "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer" I would be right there cheering on the decision. ...I can only hear " Feliz Navidad " so many times before I feel like smashing a guitar over someone's head just so they'll stop singing it. ...having the school teach our first grader the "12 Days of Christmas" is really great, especially when she has to sing THE WHOLE THING at the dinner table, or while I'm trying to do her hair, or as she cleans up her toys, or when she has two free seconds to open her mouth and start it. ...Listening to Christmas music isn't really putting me in the right mood this year. ...the Walmart Christmas commercials, o...

I've been meaning to tell you this for almost a week, and Alison Wonderland just asked, so it's about time I just get it posted, yeah? Luke and Sofie are home from the NICU !!! They went home last friday , after 3 months in the hospital. At first they thought they would only be able to take Luke home, and they were wondering how they would handle a baby at home in Logan while keeping another baby in the NICU in Ogden - being over and hour apart would be especially tricky when you have to nurse both of them. Then they were happily surprised with the all-clear to take them both. They're both still on oxygen, and have to remain in as germ free environment as possible ( ie . no visitors.) But they are both about 5 pounds (I think....) now, which is amazing considering they weighed only 1 lb. 10 oz. at birth. They will still have struggles to overcome in the future. Little Sofia had some hydrocephalus and brain bleeds for awhile, which could impact her development, although i...

Opie is now 5. I made him an 'Alien Slime' cake, which is just another name for 'it was 2 in the morning and I wasn't going to wait for it to cool to frost it, so everything melted, so it's a good thing I've done this before and knew to color the frosting green and call it slime' cake. Slime must taste really good because yesterday Opie sneakily licked the cake left-overs clean, replaced the plastic wrap, and returned it to the 'high/safe' place I had it stashed. Then he denied the whole thing. Like I wouldn't notice - I mean, the thing was shiny from all the spit. ************************************************************** I've decided that Santa actually exists. Here's my theory: In the beginning he seemed a jolly sort of fellow with nothing but good intentions. It was all a ploy of course, because he has always been a shrewd and greedy business man. He worked for 50 years up in the North Pole - you know, the whole elves...

I think someone has hacked into my Zazzle account. Except that they were horrendously innocent hackers because all they changed is one of the models for one of my t-shirt designs. click HERE See the dark blue t-shirt with a pirate girl and swirls and stuff on it? See that the models arms are super really wrinkly and old looking? See how when you click on it, the model actually changes? Yeah, that's my "this booty's not yours" t-shirt and someone put it on an old lady. VERY FUNNY HACKER. (I'm also considering the option that Zazzle just got new models and it was somehow assigned to that t-shirt because they got rid of an old model, or some such scenario. Because I really doubt someone would have taken the time to hack into my account just to do this. Of course, you never know....)

This is the picture that came in second for our choice for this year's Christmas cards. Just thought you'd want to know. Ok really, I'm building up the suspense before I announce the winner. Not that it isn't almost 5 hours after I said I was going to actually be drawing the winner. But hey, it's still technically the 7th for another minute, what do you want? So let's get to it already. FIRST I wrote everyone's name with red marker (see it laying next to that green ruler? I did that on purpose just so this post looked more festive) and then I stuck everyone's names inside... ...yes, my son's disgusting shoe. (I needed a container, I'm lazy, it was there. And your name was in a shoe, how do you feel about that?) THEN I closed my eyes and pulled out a name. Taking a picture with your eyes closed....not so easy. AND THE WINNER IS: Congrats Motherboard!! Email me your pictures, and your favorite card, and I'll get the files to you ASAP (I hope ...

At the moment I'm writing this, I only have 5 comments on my giveaway post . And 2 of them aren't even entering. C'mon people, you can't fool me, I KNOW there are more people out there who haven't done their Christmas cards yet. (It can't just be me....and the 3 people who entered.....who are total card procrastinators, can it?) So, if you're wondering how you're going to get your cards printed once you get the files, boy do I have solutions for you!!!! ( There's a lot of online places that will give you free prints. Especially right now. And most places, even though they don't advertise free prints, will give them to you when you sign up just because they're so happy to get a new customer. So go and check out: snapfish shutterfly vistaprint (annoying to order from because they're always trying to offer you unrelated stupid deals through the whole process, but they have some superb deals) picaboo winkflash costco (always 13 cent 4...