Hmm - looks like I can email the LINK to the photo album. Weird..

Michael very kindly pointed out a potential problem on my blog. Thank you SO much - I do owe you one! If anyone commented on the last post, sorry. I deleted it. I will repost the link to my Ofoto pictures shortly.

Princess #1 is still languishing in bed while Princess #2 is eating toast and watching DragonTales. Does anyone else find a few of the voices on DragonTales extemely annoying? Like Elmo annoying? ::sigh:: The kids love the show and there are a lot of positive messages through it but the voices drive me crazy! UGH! I have to do some banking, pay some bills.. always fun. I need to go furniture shopping. I am buying a new entertainment unit. I want one with doors so it can hide the TV and all the stuff that goes along with it. DVD, VHS, CD player and cd's, etc.. Plus, I am also putting it in a corner so I have to measure the units I look at to make sure they will fit! THEN - I get to take the girls food shopping. Always an adventure!

Another busy day today. The girls spent the day outside.. swimming, sandbox, playing ball. It was very nice. Moira is swimming pretty good. Olivia has figured out how to float, with her swimmies. The solar cover has made a slight difference in the temperature of the pool. Even Paul was in the pool today with the girls. He has been very busy painting our old bureas. They look great! Finally - we will have furniture that is all the same color and looks like a set! I have to buy glass pulls - 28 of them! UGH! I think they are about $4-$5 EACH! I have to to a search and see if I can find an online source that might be a BIT cheaper! Well - I am pooped. I will write more tomorrow.. G'night!

HOME at LAST! Lordy I am so tired! I was up late last night (145am) and woke up this morning around 745am. I had to finish getting the baby shower stuff done (finish up pasta salad, make dip, etc), get Moira ready for the beach and get stuff to bring to my Mom's home. We met Tim (my brother) at Mom's. I install the car seat in his Jeep, give him strict instructions to put sunscreen on Moira every 40 minutes (she is SO fair) and not to spoil the shit out of her for the day. Well - at least he put sunscreen on her.. She got so spoiled today! LOL! After leaving Mom's place, I drove down to my inlaws house in Toms River. Luckily, I didn't get stuck in any traffic and I got there around 1215pm. My other 2 sis in laws were already there as well as my inlaws. They decorated the place nicely and had TONS of food. The pregnant sis in law knew about the party and managed to get there right on time! ::smile:: She got so much stuff. A lot of boy clothes. My niece ( preggo sis in law's 1st child) was just out of her mind today. The poor kid. Ate all kinds of junk. But - we all survived and had a very nice time. Paul spent the day with Olivia and they had a lot of fun too. It was Olivia day! They went for a walk, went swimming, played with sidewalk chalk, played in the backyard.. the works! The kids conked out by 830pm. Paul is exhausted and I am pretty pooped myself! I might blog more later.. but, if I don't.. I hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend!

I have a baby shower to go to tomorrow for my sis in law. She is due August 1st. She already has a 1.5 yr old at home. Now - there will be 2 babies under 2 years old when Colin Michael is born... Ai yi yi..

Bahahahaha...talk about a cruel irony.. this poor sap never had a chance! (link via Shelley)

I wonder if I will even get a response from the email I sent earlier. Probably not. Idiots.

Brrrr! Pool is COLD! The girls and I drove over to the pool place and picked up a solar cover - $50.00 ::sigh:: This pool is getting expensive. I vacuumed the pool and got all the crap off the bottom. As I was skimming, however, I did managed to find a wasps nest. It was under the top edge of the pool. I must have startled them when I was banging the edge of the skimmer against the top of the pool. A couple of the little bastards stung me but luckily not the kids. So - I got the Wasp and Hornet spray and soaked the nest. Haha - you little bastards! You are DEAD! ::muhahahaha::

I think today will be POOL DAY! The water is finally warm enough. I think I need to get a solar cover. My neighbor got one and she said her pool was 90 degrees! HEAVEN!

"This summer, I'm counting on potlucks to help me maintain my connections with others.The plan is to make it easy to regularly see friends. So, I've set up a basic structure: meet twice a month, always at the same time and place. We're going to a park as long as the weather holds out. I've also invited almost everyone I know who has children without severe food allergies. I'm hoping that a large number of families in the “pool” will result in having enough people at any given time, without everyone feeling they need to be there every time." The excerpt above is from this article and it made me SO freaking angry. I have to deal with morons like this ALL the time. My reply to the editor via email: Dear Editor: I just finished reading your "Daily Bread" article by Tree Brown Hayes. I am very upset at the author's statement: "I've also invited almost everyone I know who has children without severe food allergies. I'm hoping that a large number of families in the “pool” will result in having enough people at any given time, without everyone feeling they need to be there every time." Why does the author blatantly state against inviting children with severe food allergies? What if the children were in a wheelchair or suffered from cystic fibrosis? Certainly no less a medical condition than a fatal allergy. What about people allergic to bee stings? Should they also be omitted from the "opportunities to socialize with people I care deeply about?" What if some of the people the author claims to "care(s) so deeply about" have children or other family members with food allergies? If the author decided not to include people with brown skin, would this article have even been published? Does the author even know people with food allergies? It certainly is a rather odd statement to just toss in the article. My child and husband have life threatening food allergies and we participate in plenty of family outings, including a family reunion that took place several states away. The phrase "Be prepared" clearly comes to mind. Safety is key. It is a shame to think that children with food allergies should be excluded because of lack of accommodation. All children, whether they have food allergies or not, should be supervised properly, especially in a park, no matter if food is present or not. These children need to be part of normal activities -- not excluded or ostracized because of their allergies. Sincerely, Kate

We had a GREAT time in Pt Pleasant last night. Olivia freaked out when we were walking by the ocean. She started screaming at the top of her lungs, in my ear, that the ocean "was gonna get me!" ::eyeroll:: Poor kid. So -Olivia and I sat on the beach, watching Paul and Moira get their toes wet. It was very cute indeed. The kids LOVED the rides. I took Moira on the Tilt a Whirl (hehe) and made it spin. She was screaming and laughing. I took a bunch of pictures but I need to edit them. So, I will post them up later.

Happy Birthday Erin!

All packed ::phew:: Ya know, sometimes I wish I was able to not worry about the food allergy situation. I am worried about tonight. The boardwalk will be a walking food allergy nightmare. No ice cream (dairy), no candy (dairy and nut contamination) no fries (fried in peanut oil), no dinner at the stands (HUGE contamination issues).. oy.. I feel so overwhelemed some days. But, we are all packed and ready to go. I am armed with wipes, Epi-Pens and Benedryl (Paul and Olivia), cell phone and insurance cards. Now - it's time for fun! ::grin::

Well - the kidlets and I will be meeting Paul at McD's for an early dinner. Then, we will be going to the boardwalk in Pt. Pleasant. The kids are so excited! I will be bringing the camera and snapping lots of pics! I gotta go pack the diaper bag!

Captain James T. Kirk's command chair and platform from the U.S.S. Enterprise is up for auction on Ebay June 27, and the bidding has started at $80,000.

About Terry Barton - "She's very reliable," Work said. "She is a girl that goes out of her way to help others. She always has been that way and would do just about anything for anybody." Yeah - right. Good job Ranger Rick. She's a freaking nutcase. Who in the wide wide world of sports goes into a forrest, during a drought no less, to burn a fucking letter? She is being held without bail, faces up to 65 years and she is looking at a a million dollar fine. For burning a letter. Moron. I feel sorry for her 2 daughters.

Hey guys - Good thoughts for Shelley and her friend who is very ill. Thanks.

Has anyone ever ordered from Omaha Steaks? They look so darn delicious - but Paul gets all weird about the idea of me ordering from them. Feh.

If you are an M&M connoisseur, you have to check this out.. way cool!