I'm so proud.

Lucia found a baby bird laying on the ground the other day. So, what does she do? Well, of course, she picks it up and goes to show her mom! duh. Leah said Lucia comes in with a sad face and says: "Awww, I feel so sad for it's mama." Then she turns right around with a smile on her face and says: "Oh well, that's nature for ya!"

She made her mom put it in a zip lock bag because she wants to keep it forever.

Weirdo.

Leah's friend told her to go up to her husbands work and he'll preserve it for her.

So, he put it in a jar with formaldehyde before school yesterday.

She took it to school to show everyone.

Oh yeah....and she named it Sally Sue.

Morbid much?

haha.

Ohhh, kids....you gotta love em.

The other day my sister (Leah) told me that she thinks her house is haunted. I think pretty much every house she's lived in, she's told me this.
Her new ghost story....
Dustin was home from the oil field and stayed a few nights in Jack's new bunk beds with him (they're full size and NICE!). So, they're laying on the top bunk watching tv. Each night the channel changes all by itself. Dustin changes it back to cartoons....it changes again. He tells Leah to call the dish people, maybe they messed something up when they were installing the cable.
Leah calls them.
That night, Dustin's in bed with Jack again, watching tv. The channel changes again....by itself. Dustin changes it back to cartoons. Jack jumps up looks over the edge of the bed and starts laughing and says,"Hey, who is that?" Dustin looks....no one is there. Jack's staring at one spot in his room giggling.
Uhhhh, scary. I was like...Leah, don't tell me this. Anytime I stay the night, I sleep in Jack's room!!
So, yesterday, Leah and Gage went up to the gas station to fill up Leah's gas jug, Gage wants to mow for her.
I'm sitting in the kitchen, playing with clay with Zac and Jack.
Jack says,"Ohh, I have to pee." I'm like, ok...go ahead and go. He jumps down, runs in towards the bathroom and comes running back.
"Come with me, Steppie, it's dark." ok.ok.
I turn on the light and turn to go back to the kitchen, he says,"I'm scared of the dark, stay there til I'm done."
I say ok.ok. I'll stand here by the door while you pee. While he's peeing, I say,"There's no reason to be scared of the dark. You're a big boy."
He said,"No, I'm scared of the dark." I ask him why?
He says,"It talks to me."
Goosebumps....I'm like hurry up and finish and wash your hands...let's get back in the kitchen with Zac. haha.

Look at this little cutie pie.....I took this when I took all the kiddos to eat at Fuzzy Taco. Look at him with that little toothpick hanging out of his mouth. haha. I love this kid.




And a photo of my Zackary....the big dork. He's always wanted one of these helmets, so I bought him one last Christmas. He fills two cups up to the freaking top and walks around drinking out of his helmet. Needless to say, as he's walking around, his head is bobbing along, dripping a drink trail behind him.

d.o.r.k. But I love him.

Go away, please.

Stalker. Not really, but just......there...alllll the time.

At a little corner store up the street from my house:

about 2 months ago
him: Did you get a new car?
me: (look of confusion): umm, yeah.
him: Oh, I'm your neighbor a couple houses down. What happened to your other car?
me: It's just one thing after the other, falling apart.
him: I can come down and take a look at it.
me: That's ok. I'm either going to give it to my dad or sale it.
him: Are you sure, I don't mind.
me: No, it's fine. Thank you though.

2 days later:
(knocking at my door)
him: Do you want me to take a look at your car?
me: No, thank you.
him: Alright, well, if you need anything, or if you change your mind, just let me know.
me: Ok, thanks.

A week or so later:
Coming home from going out to eat with my sis:
(outside)
him: Hey, you want a beer?
me: No, thank you though.

A few days later:
(knocks on my door)
him: I was wondering if you could call your landlord and have him call his brother. His brother is my landlord and I can't get ahold of him. My a/c is out.
me: Umm, ok?
him: Here's my number, if you'll just have him call me.
me: Sure. No problem.

landlord: Hello?
me: Hey, this is Stephanie. This guy a couple houses down says he rents from your brother and wanted to know if you could have him call you.
landlord: How does he know who you rent from...and that he rents from my brother?
me: I was wondering the same thing......
(go on to finish the neighbors business)

A little over a week ago:
(knocks on my door)
him: I see you have a flat tire on your old car, do you want me to air it up.
me: No, I don't drive it
him: Are you sure? It'll only take a minute.
me: Yeah, it has a slow leak, it'll just go flat again. I'm going to buy a new tire for it, when I get ready to sale it.
him: Ok. I don't mind helping out, if you need anything. Thanks.

Couple of days ago:
(knocks on my door)
him: Did you notice anything?
me: Yeah. You aired up my tire. Thank you.
him: No problem. I don't mind helping out.
me: Thanks.
him: I notice your lawn needs to be mowed.
me: Yeah, my son does that.
him: I know. But tell him if he wants, I have a riding lawn mower he can use.
me: Nah, the lawns not that big. He actually likes mowing it. Thank you though.
him: Ok, well, I'm Joe. (reaches out to shake my hand)
me: Stephanie.
him: Yeah, I know.
????

Later that night:
(Gage going to the dumpster in the alley to take out the trash)
HIM....standing out by my backyard fence.

him: Hey, do you mow this lawn?

Gage: Yeah.

him: I have a riding lawn mower if you ever want to use it.

Gage: Well, the lawn's really not that big. I don't need a riding lawn mower. Thanks though.

him: Ok, well if you ever change your mind....

Gage: Ok.

him: Your mom is kinda hard to talk to.

Gage: Yeah.

him: I think she's really pretty.

Gage: Yeah.

Gage comes inside...."Mom, I think we need an alarm system." and proceeds to tell me their conversation.

Ok, the reason I'm so hard to talk to, is because I don't want to talk to you and you kinda give me a creep vibe.

It's very nice to offer the poor little single mom with two boys help......it's not cool to talk to my son about me.

At all.

I don't even want to go outside anymore or answer my door!!!!

Maybe I'm a bitch. Maybe he's just a nice guy that wants to help a single mom out.

But I still get a vibe....and my vibes are usually right.

Just sayin'.

Day 18: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Day 18 of the 30 Day Challenge:

Blah, blah, blah.....whatever tickles your fancy.

I'm seriously getting tired of this challenge. :) But I'm almost done, so...yay.
Ok....a few random thoughts....



Is it just me, or is it weird that a mother and daughter came in to the doctors office today dressed exactly alike? I mean, the daughter was in her late 30's...early 40's.
They had their hair styled exactly the same (except the daughter had two bows in her hair, weird enough on it's own, really.). Same, exact shirt. Knee length blue jean shorts. White Nike socks. Same shoes. Even the same freaking glasses. Is this weird? I think so. I wish I could have taken a picture. It really creeped me out. Needless to say, the daughter was not married. She and her mother had the same last name.
I couldn't help but giggle and shake my head everytime I saw them together...matching...exactly...weird.





I'm soooo tired of being around negative people. I mean, seriously. I've been in a wonderful mood lately and I just get so frustrated when people are negative alllll the time. They just seem to pick at everything, nothing can make them happy. It's so draining!!! I know the whole "misery loves company" saying and all...but so does happiness...happiness loves company!!! Get up here with me!!! Don't try to drag me down with you!!!
Can't we all just get along? Can't we just think positive, be positive???? Please, and thank you.

I'm going to take Gage, Zac, Lucia, Jack, and Lucia's friend to eat at Fuzzy Taco tonight. The name still GROSSES me out....but everyone says it's delish....so, I'll give it a try. :)

Gage is babysitting Lucia, her friend, and Jack while Leah and Dustin go out for their anniversary.....I don't know what's harder to believe...that they've stayed married so long...that she's getting Dustin to go out...or that they're going out child free. It's all so...crazy. haha. By the way, just kidding about the staying married part....kinda ;)

So, I went to get my car inspected, since I accidently scraped that sticker off. As I was checking out the guy says to me,"So, did you scrape off the wrong sticker?"

I was like,"Uhhh, yeah! But it was out anyways!!"

Way to make a girl feel stupid. haha. He laughed at me. I just love it when complete strangers laugh at my stupidity. :)

Ohh, Ohhh, OOHHHHH!! happy Friday. :)