I'll make ya famous...

(Sidney with her Brother, Blain, who is serving a mission in Tucson Arizona and will be home in May. Yipee!)

Mark shared a funny experience with me that happened one night I was gone at meetings. He said he was spending a nice quiet evening with his two girls. They were watching the Taylor Swift 1 hour special. Towards the end, this cute little girl in the picture above, also known on good days as our daughter, turned to him and said...

"I should be more famous"

I guess in watching Taylor Swift she got the idea that she should also be famous. When my husband asked her why... she had 3 good reasons.

1. Because look at my hair... it is blonde.
2. You know I look like Dakota Fanning. (lots of people have told her that, especially when she was younger).
3. And, my last name is Thomas (not sure what that has to do with being famous).

So, if you want autographs, better get them now.

We survived...

the Swine Flu.

Or I guess if you are being politically correct, the H1N1 virus. I think swine flu sounds more fun, doesnt it?

It started a few weeks ago when Sidney came home from school and within a short bit had a fever. I have always taught my children to share, and share she did. I was sick the next day, but we seemed to have gotten a mild case of it. I was even considering sending Sidney to school on Friday (it was her Halloween party) but wanted to be cautious and kept her home. By Friday evening it came back with a vengence. Mine came back Saturday afternoon. Sidney ended up missing Trunk R Treating and Trick or Treating. We were dropping Courtney off at a friend's house on Halloween night, and on the way home Sidney pressed her little sick face against the window watching other kids walking around in their costumes. She wanted to know if we could go to "just one house". Hopefully her cheerleader costume will fit again next year :/

Mark was out of town that week, lucky for him. So I suffered with Sidney in silence. Okay we did moan a little and made Courtney get us drinks and treats. When Sidney and I were home by ourselves, we would flip to see who had to get up and retrieve whatever necessary items were needed for our comfort. My bedroom became a triage center. Humidifiers with lavender, eucalyptus oils, Vicks, kleenex, medicine and lots of drinks on the bed side tables. Each day I would crawl out to the barn and flip the cows a bale of hay, feed the horses, our new stray cat and our dog, Lucky. I am sure my husband fully appreciated my sacrifice, even though I lost a hay hook (hope the cows didn eat it) and the wind blew all the hay strings all over the place, I know he fully appreciated my pain and sacrifice so he could hang out with his brother and dad. I am sure that one day he will come home with a big bunch of flowers, bend down on one knee and cry at my feet and express his undying love for me. I am sure that is going ot happen any day now.

Long story short, with a hefty cough, I lived to tell the tale. I really want a t-shirt that says "I survived the swine flu".

Maybe this one...


Or this one...


Or maybe this one...

Reminds me of something my son, Coty, said. He ran cross country and several marathons. When asked if he liked running, he said "no, I just like the t-shirts". So no, I didn't enjoy the swine flu, but dang it, I deserve the shirt.

$10 DVD's from Walmart

There is a good deal right now at Walmart. If you pre-purchase one of the top 10 DVD's that will be coming out before Christmas, you can get them for $10. You can also have them shipped to your local Walmart for free.

Here is a list of the movies...

Star Trek XI
Night at The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Angels & Demons
Four Christmases
G-Force
My Sister's Keeper
Santa Buddies
Terminator Salvation
Julie & Julia

Go to this LINK
go to "Movies, Music & Books", and then select "Movies (DVD)". It's right in the middle.

Leaving Dad with the kids

I pulled into the driveway after running errands to see this...



Yep, Mark was having the girls drive the tractor around helping him out. They look like they are having fun, but not sure about the safety factor.

Fantasy Football... pick me

I had to post this because I know Coty would have loved it....

I also want to wish the boys of EHS good luck at the football game tonight!

Go EHS!

Free Eggs

Be quick... first 20,000 people who take the pledge will get a coupon for free eggs.

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LINK

More SD card finds

You know how I told you a bit ago that I found a stray SD card with my favorite running picture of Coty on it? I also discovered that this SD card must have found it's way into my daughters camera for a bit. How do I know? Well since I didn't take any of these pictures....

Two cousins playing together.

I think this might have been my hands Courtney wrote on while I was talking to someone

Cheese art?

This picture was taken from the front lawn of my in-laws house.

Awww, we miss him. Coty, not the snowman.

Does that look like yellow snow?

Contemplating lifes bigger questions.

Anger management is in order.

Someone sure loves feeding the cows. They must have been sledding because Sidney sure has a lot of snow on her front.

This is the "hot chocolate" cook off we had last Christmas. I am sure I won. A cocoa latte is a must when entering the contest. I highly recommend them.

Coty decided to attempt eating a Tablespoon full of cinnamon. Can't wait until Blain gets home. Boys are usually the only creatures who do this kind of stuff to keep us amused.

Down she goes.

I think he was a little sick afterwards. The hard part was swallowing it.

There are some other pictures that I "might' share with you later. Wanted to give you a pick in the life of a stray SD card. I bet you can't tell that Courtney really likes her brother :)

I heard they now have a mini camera you can hook up to your pet and then set it to take pictures at intervals. Might be in our dog, Lucky's, stocking this year :)