Name 3 Expressions with "Ball" in it!

Sounds like a category on Family Feud doesn't it?
Well that is what our Saturday involved! I couldn't just name it "Balls"!

(Sorry, I cheated and back dated it! I started this post almost 2 weeks ago!)

1) "Havin' a ball!"

This would be one of my Mom's favorite expressions (she uses it to mean "having fun" in case you aren't aware).
It would also be what Brady was doing that morning.
We had one of Brady's friends over sharing a babysitter so he went to sleep in the pack 'n play the night before until his parents came to get him. Brady loves when that thing is out. He literally packs it full of stuff and plays in it! He's all into collecting all the pillows in the house now and that is what he has done here along with toys, books, etc.

2) "Watching a ball game"

Aaron did what he always does on Saturdays during college football season. Watch the BYU football game on TV. Sorry, don't have any pictures of this one! So instead here is one of the Cougar mascot!
Note to BJ & Alli: You don't have to look at the picture if you don't want to! You can skip this one! ;)

3) "Going to a ball"

There was a ball celebrating the anniversary of the Air Force. So Aaron and I got to get all dressed up. I had to find a dress that I could actually fit in that was formal. So I found one from a lady a church that rents formals. She ended up selling it to me because she was wanting to get rid of it. But not only did she sell it to me, she also altered it for me first so it would fit me. I still had to kind of "stuff" myself in the dress because I am not the size I used to be! That is why I have a funny look on my face.

Aaron got to wear his "mess dress" which is the uniform equivalent to a tuxedo. Why it's called mess dress is beyond me. Why wouldn't they just call it formal wear. Mess implies it's not for something nice.......anyway, there are a lot of things in the AF I don't understand. This will be added to that list! :)

So as you can see, we "had a ball" on Saturday! Thanks mom for letting me borrow your precious expression. I will give it back now and not use it again because my cheesiness meter just shot through the roof writing this!

This one's for you Mona!

So here is my little tribute to the late Patrick Swayze. My Aunt Mona, affectionately known to me as my "Mona Mom" (my mom's sister-she had 4 boys and so I was her stand-in daughter!), is somewhat of a celebrity stalker. Not in the creepy "gotta dig through his garbage" sense but in the fun kind of "gotta meet him" kind of way.

Through the years it has cycled through many celebrities which she has actually met. One such meeting was in Vegas in the middle of the night. Her boys are awesome poker players and stayed up all night playing poker. She was already back in the hotel room sleeping. They found out that Ben Affleck (her current interest then) was in the high stakes room playing. She jumped up out of bed and ran (I'm pretty sure literally) to get there and met him as he left to go (or maybe came back from) the bathroom. Mona-if you read this you'll have to straighten out my facts if I messed them up! :)

Anyway, the first celebrity that I remember being "her boyfriend" was Patrick Swayze. And that, like many women in the 80's, lasted a long time! She even met him when she and my other Aunt Nina were extras on a movie they were filming in Chicago.

So here's a very LONG video clip of the final dance scene in Dirty Dancing. I couldn't find a shorter one that would let me embed it on my blog so you don't have to watch all 7 minutes of it. But anyway, this is the best scene in the movie and who wouldn't want to be Jennifer Grey?

Dirty dancing final Patrick Swayze
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I don't have any pictures with Mona and Patrick Swayze (not sure if those even exist). But here is one with her and "Ben Affleck". For her birthday a couple years ago, my other Aunt (Nina?Kathleen?not sure) made this cut out of his head on Dean Martin's (?not sure on this one either) body and lugged it around town with all 6 sisters for her birthday weekend. Hilarious! Anyway, they also took it to his movie premier and got interviewed by the news and I think she met him again and he signed it for her! I love my crazy Mom, Mona Mom and the rest of her crazy sisters! If you ever wonder why I am the way I am, I am blaming it all on those crazy Tice sisters! :) Love you all!

Anyway, Patrick Swayze will be missed by many and I'm sure by my Mona Mom. Love ya Mona!

New Moon Preview

OK, so I have to admit it.......... I love the Twilight books and now movies! My friend posted this link on her Facebook and it was a way better preview than I have seen so far. So now I'll just be counting down the days until November!

I really do have a life outside of Twilight so I will be busy with other things until then of course. But until then, enjoy the video!

PS It looks like Jacob has bulked up quite a bit! I have to admit also that I am a Jacob fan and so this movie will be good! :)

I had to take the other You Tube one down because they took it off, but I got this one from the MTV video awards preview they did tonight! I think it's the exact same thing.

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What Mommy does while Brady sleeps

I put Brady down for his nap on Friday. Aaron was home from work watching TV in the family room. I thought this was the perfect time to get out my craft stuff and get 2 projects done that I needed to have done by Sunday to display (for Super Saturday sign ups). I spread my stuff out on the dining room table and was getting everything all ready to get started. One project I was doing required Modge Podge (basically like a water sealing glue) so I got it out of my craft box and started to shake it. Next thing I know, the lid popped off (and Aaron even heard it from the other room). I scream when 1/2 the bottle of Modge Podge ends up on me, the wall, half the dining room table, 2 chairs and the carpet around 3 sides of my dining room table. There were big puddles, little splatters and just a huge mess everywhere and not even a 2 year old in sight to blame!!!! What happened you ask? I'm really not sure. The lid seemed secure before I started shaking. But maybe I can blame a 2 year old after all. He was seen getting stuff out of my craft box the day before and the lid did seem like it was on a little crooked. Somehow Brady must have put some pressure in the bottle when he was screwing the lid back on and it popped off then. The lid didn't pop off until I was DONE shaking it!!! It all happened so fast so I'm still not sure. So after the scream, Aaron runs in, sees the mess and the first thing he does is GRAB THE CAMERA and starts taking pictures. I yell at him that we better get this cleaned up before it dries because it is permanent! So I only let him get 2 pictures (down below) which does not really show the full mess but just multiply it by like a million! I am happy to report that with Aaron's help and the help of the Rug Doctor he ran to Fry's to get, we got everything up out of the carpet and even off my dining room furniture which is a miracle! The only casualty in all of this is my shirt. It never came out. I was sad about that because I liked that shirt. Aaron told me that I should be wearing an old shirt while I craft. Good advice AFTER the incident! I did get it out of my hair though, after 45 minutes in the shower pulling it out under the water after it dried to my hair like a nice little glue shower cap. Anyway, so that took all after noon to clean so I did not get my projects done that day. Instead, I took them OUTSIDE to paint and modge podge the next morning and now they are done!

Apparently I'm doing the Modge Podge Robot dance. (I had already wiped off one arm when he took this)

One side of the table of the carpet that was splattered.

Right under where Aaron was standing to take this was the biggest spot and the other side of the table too.

Feeling better

So, I am getting some energy back now and have actually been out and about today after being a total shut-in hermit all last week.
BUT......due to the events of last week, Brady has taken all the potty progress and flushed it down the toilet.....pun intended. I know, it's cheesy!
Anyway, I have been trying to get him back on track and make up for the neglect of a very worn out and (unintentionally) neglectful Mommy from last week. We spent some good time today shopping at Michael's and JoAnn's for some craft stuff.
I am happy to report that Brady wore big boy underwear out in public and did not have any accidents while we were shopping. (I had back-up underwear and shorts in the car just in case)
He even told me he had to go to the bathroom and so I took him and he went.
Why is it that he always has to try to figure out what the "little garbage can" in the stalls of women's bathrooms are? I've tried to tell him a million times not to to touch or look in but he does anyway!
All in all, it was a pretty good day for us. We even shared a chocolate milk shake from McDonalds when we were done shopping because he was so good. Unfortunately, he couldn't tell he had to go to the bathroom while we were riding in the car and he did have a little accident then but we had been out for over 2 hrs by then. Oh well!
I love my little sweetheart. He really has helped me get through this last week and he's my favorite little buddy! I think I will definitely keep him!
And maybe this potty thing will work out for us after all...........hopefully!