Brandy's Top 10 Never Again List

So my sister-in-law, T, gave me the idea to construct my own 'Never again' List. Today a ton of them popped in my brain and I had to jot them down.

1. Never again go to bed with a million things swimmin around in your head. (You will only wake up @ 1am reading O magazine, eating a cup of ice cream and watching a sappy love dvd)

2. Never again give a 4-year old a piece of chocolate in the car in 70 degree weather.

3. Never again tell your 6 year old he can do anythin he sets his mind too. (You end up with the Olympic tryouts in your living room)

4. Never again answer the question, "Mommy, why can't you be President of the United States." It only leads to more questions.

5. Never again try to cram 3 kids and 2 dogs onto a queen size bed for bedtime. (Unless you enjoy a foot to the face and a paw in the gut)

6. Never again eat day old chili (after it sat out all night).

7. Never again forget God is always there to rescue you.

8. Never again spend your last $8 on McDonalds :)

9. Never again mail cash via USPS. (You will only spend the next week praying it did not get lost)

10. Never again send a text to someone that might save it and hold it against you later.

Am I old?

One night as we were driving home, I was rocking out to one of my old Mtv Party to Go Cd’s (so 1990’s) and the song Boom shake the room came on. And the kids stopped what they were doing and started jamming with me. After the song was over, Katelyn asked who sang that song. So I told her that Will Smith (one of her favorite actors) sang it. Looking just as cute as can be, she looked at me so puzzled. I must have been wrong with the name. So she very a matter of fact said to me…Will Smith is not a singer. And I said to her “oh on the contrary my dear that is how he started his career.” So as the weeks progressed I dug out, “Getting Jiggy with it”, “Ring my bell”, “Parents just don’t understand”, “Men in black”, “Miami”, Freakin’ it”, Wild Wild West”, “Just the two of us” and “Summertime”. She was so fascinated with this new found knowledge. So then I asked her if she knew that Will Smith was also on television. And she says of course. He is on the television when we play his movies. So I told her how he starred on a television show called The fresh prince of bel air. I told her all about Hilary, Will, Ashley, Carlton and Uncle Phil. Boy, was she impressed. (Now of course she wants me to get all six seasons so she can watch the show). But this got me to thinking…am I that old that today’s generation does not know that Will Smith was once a rapper? That Willard Christopher Smith Junior is more than a big mega movie star actor. He has success in music, film and television. He started his career in the 80’s as a rapper. He was a part of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. I know the answer is yes, I am old. Although 31 is not so old to some…1980 was not that long ago that’s an eternity to a 7 year old. I will just have to mark this day as the day I realized I was old L

The 1st Five get a Goodie

So my friend gave me a great idea to "pay it forward". This sounds like so much fun.....I thought I would give it a try.The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you! This offer does have a few "rules of play":
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make --- but I hope you do!
2- What I create will be just for you --- one of a kind!
3- It'll be done sometime this year (most likely it will be in the next month).
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. Well, a pretty good bet it will be made of paper!
5-The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog!

The first 5 people to leave a comment wins a handmade card or gift (or both!) by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Ready, set.....who will the first five be??

Saint Patricks Day 2009

The kids and I made the trek down to Denver for the Bellco Saint Patricks Day Parade. We met Sammi and watched the parade. It was so neat. It was a nice sunny day and so many people were out. The parade was like 3 hours long. Lots of floats, Irish dancers and bagpipes. The kids got loads of candy and trinkets thrown at them. After the parade we went over to The Rio Grande Restaurant and met Roy for lunch and drinks. It was such a fun day!!