I still see tractors in my dreams...

I almost cried when the weatherman said that cold weather would be moving in for an extended period of time. Boo!!!!

Peanut and Mommy are going to go to the park today and bid a tearful goodbye to the warm sunshine - if it must go and leave us for a little while. But we'll eagerly await until he comes to visit us again for about a six month stretch. Yeah for summer!!!!!

I can't wait to make this recipe for pork and prunes. It sounds a little weird, I know. But I bet it will be a good combination. I think that I will make french onion soup as a starter. Then the pork with creamed spinach and les haricots verts et pommes gratin. And for dessert, if I feel really adventurous, maybe some floating islands. And this will be the meal that will start off Hubby's birthday celebration, which I have decided to start early on Friday instead of Saturday. Just for the record...Birthdays are a BIG deal in this family!!! Yeah for birthdays!!!!

I am really excited about Valentines' Day with my husband this year. I am already making plans for us. He knows most of what I have planned for us to do...he knows where we are going to eat...but I want to surprise him with something...I will have to put on my thinking cap. But his b-day...hopefully he doesn't have a clue. I like surprising him.

I have to blanch collards today so that I can freeze them. So good.

I need to make Navajo tacos soon. They are so good, and Hubby has never eaten them. I have never cooked them...maybe I can talk my mom into helping me. Yummo!!!!

I think that I will leave pictures of tractors all over the house today. Maybe Hubby will get the hint. WE NEED TO BECOME FARMERS!!!!With a John Deere tractor!! I know where the John Deere dealership is, Hubby!!!And I'm not afraid to go there!! Hubby, if I can't have the tractor, can I at least have the hat and a big belt buckle? So that I can just sit in the car with my eyes closed and pretend that I am in a tractor? Please?

Oh...I have to brag. Hubby surprised me with a date in the middle of the week last week. He even had a babysitter arranged. He called me and told me to be ready and to not worry about cooking dinner. He took me to see Charlotte's Web. Such a wonderful movie!!! And now I want a farm with a pig named Wilbur and alot of spiders. As long as I don't get web anywhere on me ...or the spiders don't land on me either. And no smokehouse!!!!!!

I still want a tractor...

This week starts off the week that is before the birthday week of my Hubby. So, I have alot of preparing to do. First of all, I need a complete wish menu made by my handsome Hubby. That means that all of his favorite food will be prepared from the Saturday before his birthday until the Saturday after his birthday. I am excited.

Tomorrow is Monday. And the weekend will be over. I really liked this weekend. Bye bye, weekend. I will miss you. But I will always remember you.

My baby now officially has two teeth. And he officially likes peach puffs...and monkey puffs...But he definitely officially LOVES his mommy. And his mommy definitely ADORES him.

I ran today with Hubby. And peanut. It was nice. Really, really nice.

Hubby and I are going to start the Wee-Miss-Verne-Club. Verne, the next time that you decide you want to go somewhere far away like Boston, you need to buy your own magic jet or your own magic magician guy who can get you back to SC really quick for fondue and stuff. We promise not to make shrimp anymore. (Hubby thinks that our club name sounds like "Little Miss Verne Club." I didn't get it, so I figured that you wouldn't either.)

I am going to try to take Peanut to storytime at the library. I am so excited!!!! They have finger puppets that the mommies get to play with, too!!!! Yeah!!!!

I am still trying to convince Hubby to buy a tractor. A John Deere tractor. We could sell our cars if we lived on a farm, Hubby. Do you think that I would have to put Peanut in a car seat to ride on the tractor with Mommy? I WANT A TRACTOR!!!!!!

Let's go to Luchanbach, Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys...Well, maybe not Texas, but somewhere out in the wilds of South Carolina sounds good to me. With trees. So that I can hug them. And no Thug Huts around. And a big, green and yellow tractor.

Sorry, but Peanut is asleep...and this is just too funny. Can I just say that I am so tired of hearing about global warming and El Nino? Give me a break!!!!

I am going to say something that may offend some people. So, I want to apologize in advance. Big, angry, outspoken lesbians scare me. And I could be a little amused when one of these scary people fights with an egotistical, calculating business man. So, why wouldn't I follow the Rosie-Donald fight?

Just to clear the fight up for you - in case you haven't been reading about it yourself...
-Rosie bashes Trump on the View because she is angry that Trump gave Miss Universe a second chance at the crown after she was caught drinking underage
-Trump makes his little talk-show/ news-show circuit saying that Rosie is a big, fat failure and that he could easily hire a man to take away her "life-partner" ...he also added that he would sue her and take all of her money
-Rosie makes various comments on the View about Trump's hair and his supposed "bankruptcies"
-Trump rebuttles and definitely doesn't back down
-Trump says that Barb is sorry that Rosie is still on the show...and also hints at the fact that she won't be there for long
-Barb makes a statement on the View that she is not sorry she hired Rosie, nor has she ever been sorry about that decision. What the observant will notice is she did not say that she did not want to get rid of Rosie. Of course she is glad that Rosie was hired! She gets into lesbian fights with everyone and ratings soar!
-Trump sends Rosie a letter telling Rosie what Barb said to him and then antagonizes things by adding that Barb is lying to both of them by talking out of both sides of her mouth
-Rosie gets back to the View from a "preplanned" vacation and gets into a fight with Barb in the dressing room before the show...calling Barb a blankety-blank liar


That brings us to today. Of course, Rosie has to talk about the little situation. And Barb calls Trump a "pathetic man." Then I turned off the TV to play with my little boy. And I just want to tell the world that I think that Rosie gave Barb a big, ol' lesbian butt whooping before the show. And Rosie has a jealous, sick, twisted crush on Barb. And Barb has a secret longing for some Trump lovin'.

I am going to start taking my fashion cues from the nanny on the muppet babies' show. Sexy.

Hubby, did you ever think anymore about buying that tractor? We should be farming right now. Imagine if we had a whole field of collards...And we could make our own chowchow. Wouldn't that be awesome?

I want a make-over that will make me just like Audrey Hepburn. I want to be a skinny little
woman with impeccable taste and polished, graceful mannerisms.

Peanut has TEETH!!!!! Two cute little teeth. I LOVE MY BABY BOY!!!!

Alright, I have a play date with a cute little 2 foot tall man.

I WANT SUNSHINE!!!!

I just wish that I could let rays of sunshine permeate into my soul. I want to breathe fresh air. I want to sit quietly and apart from the bustle of a crowd with them. And I want a tomato and a cucumber with salt on them. And frozen grapes. And the sound of birds singing. And trees. Lots and lots of trees. And I want my baby and my Hubby to be there with me.

Come to the garden. It's a beautiful sunny day... Thanks, Mama, for wonderful summer morning memories. I love you.

I was just thinking about how wonderful it is to have such a close family. They are there anytime that I need them...and they've always been there to listen to me when I've needed them.

Life is so full of wonderful surprises. I'm a little curious to see what else I have ahead of me. But it's so unpredictable that I can't even think about what lies ahead. I think that I'll just sit back and enjoy the moment at hand.

My oven will be fixed tomorrow morning!!!! And Hubby and I are still trying to pick out our brand new dishwasher!!!! My hands are so excited!! No more cracked open, dry skin!!!...except for when I scrub the floors, bathroom, windows...But at least then I can wear gloves. Yeah!!!! And, oh my!, I am so going to fix Hubby a huge dinner tomorrow night when he comes home!!! I have been dying to try to make potato souffle (sp?) and maybe creme brulee for dessert...And chicken breasts stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon.

But he had better enjoy it...because then we are going to go on a raw foods diet. Just raw fruits and veggies...dipped in chocolate. Yummo.

I freak out when I think about the fact that my life isn't on a wonderful, neat, tidy schedule. With everything completely in place and all of the garbage in my life GONE.

I hate car seats. And legislators. And minivans. And the fact that if I have more than one child I will almost nearly be required to drive a minivan. No fun.

I am so excited about BAM that I have to blog about it. It is really wonderful and completely outshines CLR!!!!! I sprayed some on the tile floor in my bathroom where I have not found a cleaner that has been successful in producing white grout - even with much elbow grease...Let's just say there is white grout in my bathroom now...and I did not have to scrub that hard. So, I am very, very, very excited.

Mopping the kitchen floor with a mop just doesn't clean very well. The only way to clean a floor is to scrub it on your hands and knees. Mopping with a mop should only be done to alternate with days that you don't scrub the floor - but never as a substitute for scrubbing.

Peanut is crawling everywhere. He is keeping me busy. And I am having a blast.

I really want to go for a run. I want to be in shape again!!!! I realize that working out in the gym for 2 hours a day is completely out of the question...but just a half hour to an hour run is all I ask...Just to breathe fresh air and feel a runner's high.

Peanut keeps crawling to the vaccuum. Luckily, I can catch him before he gets to it...for now.

I can't wait until my oven is fixed! I want to cook!!!!Hubby, get ready for a huge dinner!

Hubby, if you got a tractor, I would think it was sexy. And, yes, all I want is a little house and a yard full of kids. Hey, it's easier to clean that way. And at least our kids will be healthy...out on our farm. And, of course, I have been listening to Kenny Chesney again. Our son loves country music...

I want a pair of red stillettos for my 80th birthday.

I love reading to my little boy. I love rocking my little boy. I love hearing my little boy sing. Having my little boy is more wonderful than I ever dreamed it could be. And I love it when he crawls up to where I am sitting and starts pulling on my shirt to get me to pick him up. Like he is right now. I am the luckiest girl in the world. I have the best baby in the world!!!!

There is something so wonderful about cheddar cheese and ginger snaps. So good.

My parents watched my little man while I went to the store tonight. Peanut is really wonderful in the grocery store - but not late at night...and I always freak out about putting him in a buggy. So many germs. Daddy rocked him to sleep and put him in his crib. I am still waiting for my Hubby to come home. So it looks like it's just me and my cleaning products.

I bought some BAM bathroom cleaner. I want to see if it cleans better than CLR. CLR is good- but it didn't clean quite as thoroughly as I could have wished. And - yes, even if BAM is fantastic, I will never forget my soft scrub on at least one of every week's cleanings.

I wanted to run today, but never got the chance to. The oven/dishwasher repair guy was about 3 hours late today. But he was extremely nice. And...he is going to get me a new dishwasher!!!! Yeah!!! And my oven will be fixed either tomorrow or Friday. Big decision of the day - what color to choose for the new dishwasher. Ooopppsss....Did I forget to mention that I am getting a new dishwasher??!!!Uh huh...Uh huh...That's right...In my mind I am dancing.

I want Hubby to sleep alot this weekend. Because...when I am sleepy or tired, I get really, really philosophical and talkative. And I like that. And he just gets really quiet when he is tired. And I want to pretend that I am Socrates and he and Peanut are some Greek guys that don't want to kill me.

Why do I like to cook so much? I'm not great at it, but at least my creations are somewhat edible. And I really love edible things. Why isn't the word "eatable"? That would make more sense. Wow. I really, really love to eat. I think with the realization of this little fact comes the solution to an age old problem...No wonder I'm not tiny! I was meant to eat and be jolly! Yeah for food!!!

Got to go cook...Hubby's coming home. Some kid is screaming outside and I want to muzzle them. Peanut is asleep. At least Thug Mansion isn't blasting music.