don't you hate it when...

you write this HUGE post and your f'ing computer freezes.

Mother trucker.

I will try to post later when I am not so PISSED OFF at BOTH Mozilla and I.E.

Questions answered by the kids...two years later

1/07 answers in bold....1/05 in italics

1. What time did you get up this morning?
I don't know, like 7:00 something
I don' t know


2. Diamonds or Pearls?

Diamonds
Diamonds

3.What was the last film you saw at the movies?

Night at the Museum with B, M, and J
Series of Unfortunate Events

4. What is your favorite TV show?

Anything on Animal Planet

5.What did you have for breakfast?

A Luna Bar
nothing




nothing


6. What is your middle name?
Jean
Jean

( at this point she asked " Is this like, a memory test?" Good thing she's cute I tell ya')

7. What is your favorite cuisine?

Shrimp, mac and cheese, salad, sushi, sugar donughts, sundaes
Mud and Bugs, junkie cereal, pbj's, oatmeal, SUSHI, chicken on the bone

8. What foods do you dislike ?

spicy foods
hot peppers,

9. What is your favorite chip flavor?

sour cream and onion, wheat thins
cheetos and doritos

1 0. What is your favorite CD at the moment?

The mixed CD you made me for my birthday
Hilary Duff

11. What type of car do you drive?

I don't drive yet
well, my dad drives a volvo and so the onlycar we have left is my mom's minivan which she drives me everywhere in

12. Favorite sandwich?

turkey cheese, lettuce, tom's and mayo
Subway, completely laoded turkey cheese, but with no hot peppers


13. What characteristic do you despise?

snotty, stuck up
stupidity,

14. Favorite item of clothing?

jeans, ballet flats, bikinis
nike shoes, jean shorts, tank tops, tshirt w/ animals on them, ponchos, TOTALLY ponchos

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?

Hawai'i and Mexico
Hawai'i

16. What color is your bathroom?

green and tan
one is brown, the other is green

17. Favorite brand of clothing ?

Gap, Old Navy and Mary Kate and Ashley
Old Navy

18. Where would you retire to?

with you
the beach

19. Favorite time of the day?

whenever I can sleep, eat and play with Lu

at school- every recess, at home- playing with my brother is my favorite part of the day because I barely get to see him anymore. And today on january 28th, 2005, we went to BK w my 4 friends and my brother got lost and got hit in the forehead, so I went up there,grabbed this guys shirts, and Jenna was my back up and so I had a talk with him. The next time I went up there Charlotte was guarding him by the slide and I went up there and trapped him. While Char wasn't looking, he slid past char !! " SHOOT" I said .


20. What was your most memorable birthday?

I have two, I forget what age I was, but the one when I had my Princess birthday and you made me a cake that looks like a castle. And of course my tenth, when I got to go to the High School Musical concert with my friends
My Unicorn Princess party when I turned 5.....

.21. Where were you born?

in a hospital downtown
Portland, Oregon

22. Favorite sport to watch?

horse racing and dog agility
I don't like watching, I like playing, my favorite sport to play is basketball, TOTALLY ! And soccer.



25. What fabric detergent do you use?

Tide
my mom does the laundry so I do not know. But when we go t tthe store I see my mom sometimes buy this stuff with a blue container and a baby girl on the front ( Downey !)

26. Coke or Pepsi?

I don't drink either
I hate pop

27. Are you a morning person or a night owl?

night owl
neither, I am a day person

28. What is your shoe size?

seven
I have no idea, I am eight

29. Do you have any pets?


2 dogs, 2 rats, 2 guinea pigs and one cat
2 dogs, 1 cat, Jack has a rat and I have a rat, a fish whcih will probably die pretty soon because I have fish all the time and they always die. And two jars of sea monkeys.

30. Any new and exciting news you would like to share with family &friends?

" I am going to Hollywood baby !!" *insert laugh*...." Just kidding"
I am going to have a sleep over with my four best friends

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31. What did you want to be when you were a child?

I wanted to live on a star called Vantasia where I would see mystical creatures
a horse back rider, definitely





Jack's Answers




1.What time did you get up this morning?

I have no idea
I don't know


2. Diamonds or pearls?

neither, they are each boring
diamonds, because they are sparkely and come in different colors.

3. What was the last film you saw at the movies?

"Flushed Away? Santa Clause 3? Oh wait.....Night at the Museum!!!! I had Ice Cream"
Series of Unfortunate Events

4. What is your favorite TV show?

American Idol, Spongebob, fairly Oddparents, Simpsons, Malcom in the Middle, America's Funniest Home Videos
Spongebob, chalk zone, fairly oddparents

5. What did you have for breakfast?

one of these
cereal

6. What is your middle name?

Edward
Edward

7. What is your favorite cuisine?


scrambled eggs, soft tacos, pancakes and waffles, chicken nuggets
syrupy waffles, cereal,

8. What foods do you dislike ?

salad
salad


9. What is your favorite chip flavor?

nacho cheese doritos, defininitely
cheetos

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?

I don't listen to CD's, I listen to soft rock radio
shrek

11. What type of car do you drive?

heeley's
I don't drive a car

12. Favorite sandwich?

turkey and mayo
fluffer nutter


13. What characteristic do you despise?

meanness, crazyness, smartypants-ness
laughing too much

14. Favorite item of clothing?

tshirts
spongebob shirt

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?

legoland
series of unfortunate events


16. What color is your bathroom?

white
white

17. Favorite brand of clothing ?

big dog
gap

18. Where would you retire to?

Hawai'i
I don't know


19. Favorite time of the day?

morning, because I love breakfast
staying for all day Kindergarten

20. What was your most memorable birthday?

My 8th, when we went to Laser Tag and the movies
My 5th birthday at Connestoga

21. Where were you born?

POrtland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

22. Favorite sport to watch?

I don't have one
whatever dagny is playing

25. What fabric detergent do you use?

Mr Clean?
I don't know

26. Coke or Pepsi?

Coke
pepsi


27. Are you a morning person or a night owl?


morning, because I like waffles and nighttime makes me think of scary things

morning, becaue I gt to come and see you mom


28. What is your shoe size?

I have no idea
2


29. Do you have any pets?


2 guinea pigs, 2 rats, 2 dogs, and 1 cat
ben, coco, barkley, katie, 2 sea monkeys, fish, cat

30. Any new and exciting news you would like to share with family &friends?

I'm gonna get a new video game !!
nope

31. What did you want to be when you were a child?

a film director
scientist

So M and I headed off to the Portland Dog Show today which was really, really fun. We are both 2 dog homes and she is looking for her third addition ( which I sooooo picked out but will she listen to me? NO......) Anyhoo, for some reason watching the agility trials made my eyes start to water and I thought I just might burst into tears. Why You ask? Good fucking' question. I asked myself that about a gazillion times while watching. It was just so sad watching those dogs work so hard and miss a pole, or a jump, or a leap...and they have no freaking idea what the hell they are doing and they are so, so sweet and it just breaks my heart. Thankfully I had my BFF there who completely understands my a. love for canines b. inability to not cry and c. hormones so all was good. We are planning to head over there tomorrow on the MAX with our pack, herd, mob, troop, gang, small army group of children where we will pose as "life partners" with our 5 children and get in on the family discount because how dare they discriminate....

Today I also attended my first yoga class in about 3 years. That is not to say I haven't practiced....I just haven't attended a "class". When I last left my practice, I was doing headstands suspended between two chairs which, in addition, was an incredible party trick. This class is an hour and a half, and about 45 minutes into in, I thought there was a very real possibility I could collapse. Seriously. I will say I honored my body and my limits and cowered into assumed child's pose whenever I felt like things were too much. But even that will not help the most certain excruciating pain I will be in tomorrow. Needless to say, I dropped out of Yoga I/II and enrolled my ass into Yoga I as soon as I could.


This weekend we celebrate the birth of my soon to be 38 year old husband. We will do the usual hotel room downtown like we have done for years....Let us all give grandma a HUGE round of applause for agreeing to take over our monsters for a few days !!


Until tomorrow...


Silly

This story makes me tremble with anger. It was on our local news where they showed the 5 year old bull mastiff in recovery. I hope they find the mo-fo who did this. And bury him alive.

" A lack of planning on your part does not constitue an emergency on my part"

So yesterday was a snow day.

We all sat around and watched the snow come pouring down. By 7:00 AM is was pretty obvious there would be no school.

But here in Portland, the two largest school districts decided to wait. You know, because, maybe, just maybe, there was a chance the 4 inches of snow on the ground and the 28 degrees on the thermometer was a fluke, and was all going to pass in the next hour or so.

Now, as a parent it is my job to keep my children safe. Of course there are many capable people on the roads and driving for most in snow, is not a big deal. However, watching the news, and watching semi's jack knife and slide back down major highways 6 blocks from my home, I could safely assume, it was not a good idea for me to send my kids to school, whether it be in the safety of my own car, or one of the school buses, that weren't showing up to pick up kids.

I do not need to wait for someone else to make this desicion for me.

But apparently, many parents do. They send their kids to school, against their better judgement. Or better yet, they drop them off at a bus stop and go to work, assuming the bus will make it. They assume that during a surprise winter storm, even with all the media telling them to stay home, despite every single surrounding school district closing, that they will send their kids to school, because someone else is telling them to.

And then they are "outraged" when the schools decide to close. "They have some explaining to do! What were they thinking?!"

What were they thinking?



I hope the parents that did decide to send their children learn a little something and next time decide to make their own decision in regards to their children safety and well being. I didn't need someone else to decide for me if it was a snow day or not. Obviously it was. My car pool mom and I made that decision an hour and a half before our school district did.

It baffles me when people sit around and blame everyone else for their lack of planning and judgement.

So it snowed here today. Alot.

Today school was cancelled and they've cancelled it again for tomorrow. Which means two days stranded, suffocated, trapped, isolated, drowning in snow clothes laundry Home ! Alone! With the Kids ! Baking Cookies !

Which is especially fun after a Three Day Weekend! With a sleepover ! Where they stay up until 4:00 AM !

Needless to say, mommy is a little tired of da' bambinos.

I am hiding upstairs trying to Blog.

Tonight daddy had some wonderful meal planned. He's been planning it for days. A few minutes ago he yelled up to me "SILLY, my love ??"

I said yes dear.

"Uhhhh, the dog just ate about 1/2 pound of raw chicken off the counter, soooooo, we are missing most of dinner."

And I thought GOOD! GREAT! This day is getting better and better ! And I thought those Doritos I ate for lunch would tide me over.

Thank God for American Idol.


Here are some pix...


Jack at about 8:00 this morning while all his friends were in school....for 20 minutes. When they were sent home.



Snow Angel..



Snow Angel Part II





Their igloo..




McSilly's daughter, sill going....At 6:30 PM after sledding all day with a certain neighbor girl who loves to Disco...Afterwards playing with all the neighboorhood kids and shoving snow down her brother's coat causing him to come home crying. Next she built a 3 1/2 foot high igloo with her father, and why stop there....lets go out back and build a snowman...In your freaking pajamas !

Stolen, yet again...

from one of los novembre 98 club.

Available/Single? Nope

Best Friend? Yup. I have 2 and they both read this so I won't pick " a best "

Cake or Pie? Pie, pie, pie.

Drink Of Choice? Water, Diet Coke, Chardonnay

Essential Item You Use Everyday? Computer and lipstick

Favourite Colour? Black

Gummy Bears Or Worms? Worms

Hometown? Portland, Or

Where exactly? I believe Emanuel over in da' hood

Indulgence? pedicures

January Or February? February.....it's closer to Spring and the days are longer

Kids & Their Names? yes. Dagny, Jack, Lucy, Katie, Kittie, Coco, Whiskers, Happy, and Go Lucky

Life Is Incomplete Without? My family, my friends, and Barry

Number Of Siblings? three... Allison, Katie, and Matthew

Oranges Or Apples? oranges

Phobias/Fears? Driving but that has sort of dissipated.

Quote, Favorite? "You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better." Maya Angelou

Reason to Smile? Have you met my children?

Tag Three People? The M word, Dingus, and Not For Human....

Unknown Fact About Me? I can't whistle

Vegetable you don’t like? Mushrooms

Worst Habit? Procrastination.

X-rays You’ve Had? OMG...way too many.

Your Favourite Food? That is like asking me to pick my favorite child

Zodiac Sign? Scorpio

I have been " Referenced"

One of my favorite fans readers alerted me to this.

Apparently an article was published regarding blog clustering.....

Check it out. Mcfamily blogspot is all the way at the end under references

The future Madonna and Bono




Food for slumber party. Do you have any idea how much 10 year old girls can eat? They just had to be together to watch the world premier of Jump In because OMG Corbin Blue is just the most dreamiest, you know? I mean not as hot as Zac, PLEASE (roll your eyes at a grown up)





Have you every seen anything so beautiful. My brand new washer and dryer. I heart them and I kiss them whenever I walk past them.

It's not easy raising the Dalai Lama

My daughter, my daughter, my daughter.


My daughter has always been a champion for the underdog. Always. I could bore you with story after story of her befriending the odd man out, but I won't. Let's just say, she has always been drawn to the odd man out, befriends him or her, and then makes it her mission to defend and stick up for him or her. I have always admired this quality in my daughter, but never really understood why time after time, she is willing to put her own neck and reputation on the line for others. Cause she sure as hell didn't learn that from me.

An example of my dealing with others, last year, she wasn't invited to a sleepover but apparently everyone else in the world was. I was so angry at the situation that my daughter was the only one not invited. I was trying to be grown-up about it but I couldn't help spewing out "Well, I guess we'll remember that when you have your next slumber party". Nice. Dags looked at me and said "First off mom, I don't really care that I wasn't invited. And secondly, that's dumb. Why would I not invite her just because she didn't invite me? That isn't a very good reason to not invite someone." It is so sad how much more mature than me she is.

Anyhoo, she has this friend that she has had since first grade. And since first grade, this boy has been teased, taunted and tormented. The teachers and staff have done what they can, but there is the playground and we all know what happens there. Unless he was personally chaperoned, there is really not getting around the bullies. Last night Dags and I were talking about the situation. I asked her how it continues to go on without the boys getting in trouble.

Here is how our conversation went....

D- " Mom, they do it at recess. Or when the teachers aren't looking. It is so easy to do. I even know how to do it."

M- " Well what does he say back?"

D- " That's the thing. He doesn't know how to stand up for himself. He'll just say soemthing like 'No I am not!'"

M- "Well do you do anything?"

D- " I do. I go up to (one of the kids, who happens to be a very large African American young man who's got about 50 pounds on my daughter) and I am like (with her hands on her hips finger pointing) 'No he isn't...YOU ARE !!" and then all the other boys go 'HAAAAAAAAAA. She told you!' and they think it's funny"

M- " I see. Well what do you think about B? Do you think it's true what they are saying?"

D- " I don't care if it's true or not. Because you know what? That's what I love about him. I admire him so much"


And that right there caused me to burst into tears.

Dags looked at me and said "OMG, are you crying? Why are you crying?" And I said because I can't believe how much I love you and how proud I am of you. And she asked "What for?" because she just doesn't get it.

She doesn't get that all the other 10 year old girls are doing any and everything to make sure they fit in. That they look right, dress right, and play with the right kids. She doesn't realize how beautiful and pure her heart is. She doesn't realize how far she sticks out of the crowd. She doesn't realize that the ability to stand up to the class bully and defend not herself, but another child, one that is different from the other 60 kids, is something most adults wouldn't have the balls to do. She gets teased for choosing to play with her friend, and she honestly and truly doesn't give a shit. Because she would rather associate with someone who is different but has a heart of gold, than with the cool kids who treat wach other like crap, lying to each other, backstabbing, and making fun of other people.

I hope to God that when I grow up, I will have half of her compassion and goodness.

Holy Mother of God

How I love him

That was THE best concert I have ever been to. Better than U2. Better than Sting. Better than seeing him in Vegas. A million times better. He had an ORCHESTRA with him and I was completely fucking blown away. He played for 2 1/2 hours. I have just taken a Lune$ta because I know I will never, ever be able to sleep tonight.

The low lite of the evening was my conversation with the plastic surgeon I was sitting next to. ( I was in the 8th row and they all had on furs and perfect coifed hair....I was in the BIG SPENDER seats, hence my purchasing only one) Anyhoo, he is quite sure Barry has had his nose done becasue if we look through ( My. Expensive.Program) we can see that the tip looks like blah, blah, blah in the 70's and now, as you can clearly see, it doesn't look like blah, blah, blah. And I am thinking "OMG, COPACABANA is being performed LIVE IN FRONT OF YOU complete with crazy VEGAS SHOWGIRLS and we should be DANCING !! Not discussing the beauty of Barry's nose."

Manilow fans just don't get Fanilows.

Holy Mother of God he is amazing. Did I mention that?

Since I am apparently too lazy to post, I thought I'd send out a little link love of new blogs/sites I am digging...

Christi Nielsen

F-Bomb

Izzy Mom

Stroller Derby

The Blair Necessities

Enjoy !

Blogging under the influence...

My husband came home from work tonight and decided to whip up a batch of Patronn Silver Margaritas. And then another round. Which were very, very good.

And now I am loopy.

I am going to see Barry in two days. TWO DAYS !!

What I want is this...a babysitter who will show up around 9:00 ish so my wonderful husband can come down and meet me for cocktails and snacks after the show.....I promise you will be home and in bed by 11:00.....anyone?

All is well here at the mad-cap home.


Silly,
Who is tipsy after two margaritas............