misdaventures in laundry

this is why you dont leave blue crayons in your pocket :) dont you love little boys!? btw my entire load looks like this... 

today was a bad day

my grandpa had a stroke yesterday. he cant move his left side (face arm leg) . those are the facts. what i wasnt expecting today was to see my grandpa as a husband. as my grandma's partner in crime. i dont know if i can totally put into words what i saw today. i was ready to see all the tubes and blood and gore--i can handle that . the flood of emotion was what caught me off guard. my grandma loves him and depends on him so much and i saw the pillar of my family fall to pieces today. he was scared. he was afraid. the way they touched each other and the things they said to each other made me view life in a new way. theyll be married for 55 years in august. and even though hes had heart trouble these past few months there was no doubt in my mind that he would soar thru all of that and make it to their 60th anniversary. now i have doubts. these people are my rock...the reason im a sane individual (some people would doubt the sane part). i know this is kinda a rambling thing but i just needed to commend them, both of them for their dedication to family and the love that they share. ive never seen him cry. and today he did--in front of me. i helped wipe the blood off of his face and held his hand when he needed it. i was his voice when he had none--it couldve been so much worse...it just made me fast forward in my life 45 years...is this how its gonna be with me and brad??

saturday blahs

im not doing anything special today. went to the store, saw some people, gonna scrapbook later (hot chocolate and scrapbooking!) gonna work on some christmas presents tonight. worked on my christmas list and budget (or lack thereof) dont have alot to buy except for the kids. mareks pretty well taken care of but all weve bought phoebe is PJs! shes hard to buy for. she doesnt need as many toys and stuff cuz shes still sooo little but i didnt get her hardly anything last year (she was barely 3 months old) so i dont want to jip her 2 years in a row. i just look at all the toys and nothing grabs me. *sigh* oh btw thanks to cam for my bat mask! i can now move on with my life :)

all hallow's eve

this is the day that Marek has waited very impatiently for! hes been practically ready to come out of his skin...jumpin around and counting down the days. we only took phoebe to family's houses cuz as always it was so freaking cold!! he had a blast going from house to house and it just made his night when he got "meneminems" and in case you didnt know --thats M&M's :) he even had a trick or treat song that he made up and sang as we went from house to house (think 80s hair metal) dont know where he got that style but we might have a future lead singer on our hands :) he was soooo tired by the end of the night he passed out cold in the car...maybe well hit some more houses next year...btw brad was appalled by my trick or treating skills ---i guess he thinks they are supposed to die out when you get older...thats why halloween is my fav holiday--i can still trick or treat by living vicariously thru my kiddos ...i dont think that makes me a bad person does it?? :)

bat-tastic

here's our pumpkin for this year...Marek decided on this one and after we carved it he changed his mind! maybe next year phoebe will actually have a vote too!

Its Party Time!!

we had a blast doing the party thing! the kids had ghost cookies and other treats (green foamy punch yummm) we colored and painted pumpkins (i think every one was a little nervous about that!) we had a costume contest and of course EVERYONE won something (they were all so cute how could any one choose?!) and they got a big goodie bag of treats --the jelly beans were esp for my special girl Clara (she loves those darn things!) i cant wait to do this again next year...