Original Mrs. M.

Ok, just a short post to say I changed my blog address from o-livejuice to originalmrsm.blogspot.com. Note: the header change, too!


P.S. Look what else I found I can do!


P.S.S. You have to make these cookies! TheGirlWhoAteEverything.blogspot.com
And they come out as pretty as they are yummy!

Halloween!

So I know it's a little early for a Happy Halloween button but I can't help it! I'm excited! We didn't do Halloween last year because our big "go-out-and-drink" plans couldn't happen because I had just found out we were pregnant! Which is totally ok. But it just means I'm twice as excited for this year AND  we have a little someone to dress up! Zack thought I was crazy for wanting to get Greyson a costume since he won't remember it. But let's face it ladies, the first couple years of holidays are for us mommas, right? It's an excuse to make the cutest babies ever even more cute and take tons of pictures. Anyway this year I think the plan is to hang out with our friends and their kiddo... I think I already wrote what Greyson was going to be - Dale Jr.... Not my first choice in costume but we already have the outfit and I have a coordinating outfit too. Plus were so BROKE it's not even funny. I still have girl Friday in the works but I'm also on the lookout for something part-time where I can bring the baby. There was an ad in the paper yesterday about a nanny but they haven't called me back yet :( and today there's an ad that I should call on. Wish me luck!

And have you noticed I went crazy on my blog?? I never knew you could add blinkies and buttons to blogs, honestly I never knew what they were. And thanks to Amy for finally writing/updating her blog for giving me the idea! So now that it's all revamped I'm into blogging again. It's amazing what a fresh coat of paint can inspire. I learned about photobucket and about the character map < that's how I made the little swirly things in my blog header. You just go to the "Search" area on your computer and type in character map and it pulls up all sorts of symbols!

Speaking of "fresh coats of paint", we're swapping Greyson's room with the computer room. The computer room was the bigger room and we thought we had more stuff than Greyson but we were wrong. This kid's stuff has taken over the house and he can't even crawl yet! So anyway we're giving him the bigger room. I'm excited to re-organize and re-arrange everything. We actually probably won't paint it though. Who knows how long we'll live here? I wish we owned a home... My personal goal is to own some type of a home before Greyson's 10.... Ten years suddenly doesn't seem like that much time.

P.S. If you read my blog, please follow it! :( I only have 3 technical followers but I know there's more than that who read this. Because I have a stat counter... ;) Oh and if Valen reads this, I'm surprised you don't have a blog! You're an awesome writer and I know you have stuff to say. And Danielle, does Tony have a blog? He could have one where he can debut his photography! All you people who are reading this you need a blog too so I can follow it!! ♥

I know we all "remember" but try to REMEMBER

So gosh I guess it's been 9 years since all of this. I still ws living in Valley Center, CA and I was in 8th grade. I don't even think my alarm had gone off to wake up for school yet and my mom comes bursting in my room in all her tact and softness and says "A plane just crashed into the World Trade Centers!" I didn't even know what a "World Trade Center" was. Then a few minutes later she comes in and says "Another plane just crashed into the other one!" or something like that. She was hearing it on the radio. Then I remember watching CNN in Mr. Marx's class. Not many of the teachers would turn on CNN for us, but Mr. Marx was our history teacher and he thought it was important for us to see it, and I'm glad he let us.

It's totally weird that my son won't remember this. Maybe it's how our moms and dads and grandmas and grandpas feel about us not being able to remember Pearl Harbor. I know what happened, but I'll never feel the way they felt, and I'm sure the same will go for my son. And you never know how much something affected you until it's thrown in your face again. I'm a perfect example.What did little, 14 year old me living in perfect VC care about thousands of people thousands of miles away?  

Well if I didn't care then, I sure care now. I just send out loving thoughts to everyone today and especially people who were directly affected by this very sad and moving day. That is to say everyone.


Edit: I've just been watching some more 9/11 videos. And could you imagine not being able to run fast enough? Like in dreams when you just can't make your legs move like you want them to?