really. seriously. are you kidding.

...a few words that have been brought to my attention that maybe i seem to use more than i notice and also maybe in a tone that i'm not always so aware of.


really? do i need you, ginormous diet coke and happy, bright-colored, anthropologie apron and favorite sneakers? i'm going to have to go with yes. i treasure the time we spend together and the pep talk you give me each morning before i 'start' my day away from home. thank you :)

seriously? did you not only eat goodness knows what again that it shockingly didn't agree with your stomach causing you to wake us up in the middle of the night with such an awesome smell from the shi-doo-bee produced, twice, BUT i was also greeted with the same aroma and scene in your kennel AND ALL OVER YOU after i got home from work. yep, folks, that is not a sweet paw print produced from stepping in mud...i bet allure magazine doesn't realize that loreal color vive shampoo gives that same glossy effect and fragrance to pooches, do they? (just add a little bit of wet dog smell to that) and as i was getting the clorox to take outside to erase the paw prints and smudges EVErYWHeRE...the bottle broke in my hand and on my shirt and on the bath mat.
SWEET!
and, yet, in the same 24 hours you made 3 boys pretty darn happy by playing football with them, kissing them and allowing them to feel in control. to end the night, you even got the old lady sleep right next to you. ...little mosby-moo and avery-too

are you kidding? that i couldn't take off for the third time in a row that the boys had no school :( and that when i tried to make up for it when i came home from work with a surprise, i was greeted with, "ugh! miniture golf?! that's it?!" which was then proceeded by what looked like a wwf match with each other and golf clubs and tears and cheating and mom quitting on the 13th hole because the fun had been sucked out of the excursion before it even started. it was all topped off by punching in the car and 'thanks for ruining the day, dumbo!'
fast forward a few hours...are you kidding? that all of the previously mentioned was so quickly forgotten and our family had yummy sliders for dinner ToGETHER, played a non-argument-filled game of uno and (my favorite part) watched man v food ToGETHER, hugged dogs and said prayers.

really. seriously. are you kidding. that i am as blessed as i am. that i have mister. that God gave me these three totally unpredictable, messy, unique boys to raise. that life is never the same and is full of twists and turns and we can weather them all. that it's fall and i'm striving to embrace "thanksgiving" in the big and the little.
really. seriously. are you kidding. ...probably not going to leave my vocabulary any time soon. they will, hopefully, sound a little different.