Sugar Induced Coma

Dude, I totally made myself sick with the amount of mini candy bars that I ate after Halloween Festivities.... Yeah, it's a good thing that I'm all "better", because I totally want to make myself puke. hehe. NOT gonna do that :) I'm just not gonna be eating that amount of chocolate anytime soon, that's for sure...

So first off, I just have to show you this pic from last night. hehe. Captain America pulled out his Halloween costume of Caesar and the wig, and I had to try it on. It matched my hair color pretty good! hehe. Could I pull off a mullet? ROFL!

Captain America and I watched episodes of the Office into the wee hours of the morning, then slept in until around 9am. And got up, and got ready for church. Well, I got ready for church, and the guys played with Captain America's old GI Joe toys. Yeah, needless to say, we were late for church...

Here's me all ready for church

And here's all the GI Joe's from when Captain America was a kid. The boys were SUPER impressed with it all :)

We got to church a few minutes late, but still got a seat. And made it in time for Sacrament. Which is the most important part, right?

It was a good meeting. We had Sunday school, and combined Relief Society/Priesthood, so Captain Americaand I got to sit by each other all 3 hours. That was pretty nice :) Especially since he goes to the field tomorrow :(

Anyway, we headed home after church, and got home around 4pm. Yeah, late church is good for sleeping in, but tough on the afternoons. We fed kids food from the crock pot (smart me, I started it before we left for church), and I went to take a nap for an hour. Captain America too. Only I couldn't fall asleep (yeah, he had NO problem...).

So I came out, and Tom and Eme and I bagged up Halloween candy. 120 mini bags stuffed with gum and suckers and little candies and stickers and skeleton rings. OK, so it's not chocolate..... But it worked for me :)

And then at 5pm, everyone started getting ready in their costumes. Captain America helped Joe fix some of the Red Coat outfit, and helped Tom get his all together also. We decided that Tom looked like Ben Franklin. hehe.

Jake.... hmmm, what to say about that child. It was a rough day for him, for some reason. Being slightly autistic doesn't help things. He decided that he didn't want to go trick or treating. And yeah, Captain America and I decided that since we actually spent money on his costume this year, that yeah, he was gonna wear it.

We gave him 2 choices. Dress up and come trick or treating with the family, or dress up and stay home and pass out candy. Either one was fine, he just had to pick on. So he chose to stay home and pass out candy.

Here's some "getting ready" photos

Tom as Ben Franklin

Walk like an Egyptian

Captain America helping Tom get assembled

A dragon with a Sword???

Jake.... found him lying on the floor. He's so odd - hehe (he's the Grim Reaper, by the way...)

Eme as Athena, the Greek goddess

Joe as a Red Coat

And of course, they had to try on Dad's wig too!

And Jimmy, the prego dragon...

Captain America trying to figure out online how to tie his toga

Dude, I look like a man in drag...

And at 6:15pm, we headed out into the neighborhood to trick or treat. We made it 4 blocks before the kids' bags were OVERFLOWING with candy. The neighborhood was the PERFECT place to trick or treat. Everyone was awesome and friendly and nice. LOVED it :)

Here's some pics of Captain America and I

And the kids.

And then it got dark, and I couldn't take anymore cell phone pictures. They just wouldn't turn out. I remember when we first started, thinking how light it was. Yeah, I think I jinxed it. hehe.

Jake called about 1/2 way thru and said that he was gonna leave the candy dish on the porch, and come and join us. Works for me :) He caught up, and trick or treated for a block with us.

And at 7:30ish, we came back home. Jake stayed and trick or treated one more block, and the rest of us went back home. And the kids were tired from walking, and had SO much candy. Chocolate everywhere. It was insane. I took some pics of a few of the kids with their candy.

A few more pics of us a Cesar and Cleopatra

And then the candy eating frenzy began. Yeah, it was not pretty. I don't know how the kids did it without puking. Cause I wanted to puke just watching them. hehe. I know that I ate WAY too many candy bars. Let's see if I can remember all of what I ate. Yeah, WAY more than my "1 plain cookie" for the day, me thinks...

2 Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
2 Twix
1 Kit Kat
1 Butterfinger
1 Baby Ruth
1 Hersheys chocolate bar
1 Almond Joy
1 Snickers
1 Whoppers pack

And then I thought I was gonna die. hehe. Sugar induced coma, FOR SURE! We put the kids to bed, and Captain America and I just kinda laid on the couch and vegged to "The Office". I ate a bag of popcorn hoping to balance out the sugar overload, but I don't know if it helped or not...


And yeah, I still feel pretty nasty. I think I'm gonna forgo my "one plain cookie" for a few days.... because I feel nasty. And definitely go walking/jogging tomorrow. I knew I should have stuck to "4 pieces" like I told myself when I was trick or treating. hehe. I don't think the kids have ever brought home that much chocolate before, though. I kinda lost control. ROFL! We totally raided their baskets, and they didn't even care, there was SO much chocolate.

Anyway, it's 10:35pm, and I'm gonna tie this up. Captain America is packing for the field (sigh), and I'm gonna go hang with him. Hopefully I can see him a few times this week, even if it's only to drop off some treats. Maybe no one will mind (fingers crossed!).

So tomorrow is Savers Monday (hehe), and grocery shopping day, and clean the house day, and Captain America leaves for the field day. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to get it all done or not! AND, I'm meeting my friend Kari and her kids at the indoor pool at 4pm to play. Should be a good, full day. Hopefully this sugar rush will pass soon. I'm gonna try and sleep it off. hehe.

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It's Halloween Today!

Hola! How's everyone doing? Are you excited that it's FINALLY Halloween??? My kids sure are :)

So, Saturday morning, I slept in. Well, I tried to. At 7:30am, I heard a slight noise, and I opened my eyes a little, and there stood Jimmy. 3 inches from my face. Staring at me. Yeah, that was freaky.

"Mommy, can Joe and I watch a movie".... Hehe, "Yes, Jimmy, it's Saturday morning".

And I tried to go back to sleep, for quite some time. And I must have, although it felt like I just laid there forever, fallen back asleep, because I woke up at 9:30am, and realized that I needed to HUSTLE. We had a primary activity at 10am across town. Oops :)

I peeked out the door, and the primary aged kids were awake, so I told them to go throw on some non jammie clothes and get ready for the activity. I read my scriptures and said my morning prayers, and got ready too. Captain America got up, and he got ready also.

Yeah, we were a little late to the activity, but we still made it there. Jake stayed home, because he wasn't in primary and didn't wanna come. We dropped the kids off at the church, and headed to the gas station. My truck was on empty, and I needed a caffeine fill up - ROFL!

Oh yeah, MUCH better - hehehe

And yeah, gas is SO expensive!!!

Seriously? My poor truck only get 11 miles to the gallon.

Captain America and I headed to the Dollar Tree to pick up a few things. Yeah, I'm not sure how I missed this one, but Captain America's going to the field for 10 days starting on Monday. Whaaaaat? Crap! He needed some snacks and energy shots and such. And yeah, we found a TON more things there that we "needed". But it was fun. We had a good time hanging at the Dollar Tree - ha!

And it took a lot longer than we expected, and before we knew it, it was time to go and collect the kids. We picked them up, and chatted for a while with some of the others there, and yeah, the kids had a TON of fun at the activity. The fact that they got ice cream at the end may have helped with that :)

Here's Jimmy posing in the bean bag toss game. Silly kid :)

And then we headed way across town to pick up Captain Americas truck. Whatever they did, they didn't charge him for it, because it should have been done the first time, or something like that. All I know is, I didn't have to pay for it, and it's running better. hehe.

And then we headed to Walmart. To get about 7 things on our list. And yeah, who ever gets out of Walmart with ONLY the things on their list. I think that's their plan.... hmmmm, I'm on to you, Walmart.

We got there, and everyone went to the bathroom (yeah, that takes a LOT longer than one would think...), then headed to the In Store Walmart McDonalds. And Captain America went to the deli section of Walmart, and bought a Rotisserie chicken. And I went to McDonalds and got burgers, fries, and drinks for the kids, and side salads and drinks for Captain America and I.

And we all sat in a booth that held 3 people. hehe. Because it was lunchtime at the Walmart McDonalds. Real crowded. But we managed until some other people left and we got another booth. hehe.

Here's the chicken that Captain America and I had. Some people sitting next to us thought that bringing in a chicken to eat with our salad was a good idea. hehe.

More soda!

And then, back to the bathroom. hehe. Yeah, with this many people in the family, someone is always going to the bathroom. hehe.

And we got all the stuff that we needed, and a few things that we didn't, and ended up in the toy isle. And yeah, I found this COOL GI Joe Storm Shadow outfit. What do ya think?

We had 2 more bathroom stops before we finally made it out of Walmart. ha! And we headed home. And I was exhausted! hehe. Walmart on a Saturday sucks. hehe. But it was family togetherness, right?

We got home, got stuff put away, got kids situated with activities, and totally took a nap. And because I'd had SO much caffeine, it wasn't such a great nap (hehe), but it was a nap :) And we woke up before dinner time, and Captain America went to work on his car (oil change and detailing). I made meatloaf, then sat down to design for a while. I made 3 WordArt packs before dinner was done!

And we ate, and the kids and I watched some TV, and eventually all the kids went to bed. And Captain America finished up his truck. I know I took a nice, hot, relaxing bath somewhere in there. The evening just kinda blended together on me. hehe.

And here I sit, at almost midnight, trying to blog (it's taking a LOT longer than usual - really need to start earlier in the day ...) and watching The Office with Captain America. Yeah, I need to tie this up and go focus. hehe. Night, all!

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Dessert

Howdy, peeps :) Friday, at last! I woke up at 7am, read scriptures, said prayers, and barely got kids out the door to the bus. But they did get out the door to the bus on time. AND we remembered prayer, so that's all that matters, right? hehe.

And I can't remember if I went back to sleep or not. How sad is that. hehe. My days are totally blurring together. ha! I know that I did some laundry, restarted a load because it had soured (don't you HATE that), and folded some laundry. And put away some dishes, and loaded the dishwasher, and was productive. Of course, that may have been after I slept in, too. Really can't remember.

I do know that at 8:30am, I went on a walk. And Jimmy came with me! We only walked for about 30 minutes, but it was a nice, brisk walk. Jim sat in the stroller, and I listened to Muse on my phone with one earphone and Jim with the other. hehe. He's a jabber :)

We came back home, I showered and got ready, and headed over to my friend Karin's house. She'd missed the Candy Corn wreath party, so I went to her with some of the left over supplies.

Here's me on the way

We had a good time visiting and chatting and catching up. I haven't seen her since we switched wards. She's a nice girl :)

Here's our project. I wrapped the wreath in tape this time, so if it falls, it won't shatter, at least... Hopefully it won't fall. Ha!

I came home, got Jimmy on the bus, and got ready for lunch. Veronica had invited me to Olive Garden with her and some of her friends, and I invited Maggie to come too! I was pretty excited!

I left Jake doing homework, and headed to pick up Maggie at quarter to noon. We drove to Olive Garden, and had a VERY nice time. It was Veronica and I and Maggie and 3 of Veronicas friends. Nice girls. Maggie and I got the Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks, and couldn't have been happier.

I'd decided that I was gonna eat 1 breadstick, as much salad as I wanted, and 2 bowls of soup, one Minestrone and one that sausage/potato kind. And I stuck to what I wanted to do! I was happy with myself :)

Here's my yummy soup :)

We headed home, and I dropped off Maggie, then headed home. Jake was done with school, and I changed clothes and started cleaning again. Maybe it was the 5 diet sodas at lunch? Ha!

I rearranged things in the kitchen a little, and washed down the counters. And did more dishes. And organized the cabinets. And it looked SO much better. Jake got Jimmy from the bus and I did his dishes from him. Ha! It was a good trade, I thought :)

And the other kids got home an hour later. And I was tired by then. And went to take a nap. So I'm thinking that maybe I didn't nap after the kids went to school....

Jim was freaking out in the living room, so I grabbed him and he took a nap with me. I knew if he was screaming that loud over nothing, then he was tired. I slept for about 45 minutes while the kids did their chores, and Jimmy slept for a couple of hours. He's totally not gonna be tired tonight, but at least he wasn't screaming, right? hehe.

I made homemade chili for the kids, and corn bread. Everyone seemed to like it. Hunter and Braxton came over to play, and I fed them too. Because, apparently, I don't know how to cook for only 5 people. hehe. Kids played games and whatever else they do, and I had cheese and cucumbers.

I did some more laundry, and tried to unplug the downstairs toilet, but I think I need a snake. It's really plugged. I know that I fished a car out of there a few days ago, but apparently something else is in there too. Hmmmm. Either I need to put in a workorder, or I need to buy a snake. I know we owned one at one point. Must not have made the move a few moves ago...

I found this while cleaning. Yeah, I'm hot! ROFL!

Jimmy eventually woke up, and yeah, he wasn't feeling the chili. Oh well, he'll be hungry then. It's still sitting on the counter for him....

It's now 7pm, and Captain America is not home yet. There's a movie on post thats PG-13 (I don't watch rated R), and I want to go with him. The theater closes tomorrow. Because they're opening up a brand new one. But I KNOW it's not gonna be a $2 movie theater... hmpf!

And maybe I'll have him take me out for dessert first. Cause I didn't have my "one plain cookie" for today. Applebees has some yummy desserts! I exercised 4 times this week, I should get some yummy dessert, right? hehe.

And you know what's funny, is the way that I look at my "one plain cookie". See, I can justify TONS of desserts as my "one plain cookie". But I can only have one. SO, if I have the option of eating a dessert during the day, I have to be choosy. They had mint chocolates at Olive Garden today. But had I eaten it, I wouldn't get another dessert. So it's kinda like gambling with desserts. ROFL! Or like on Survivor, when they can bid on some food, or trade it away for whatever is under this dish kinda thing. I know, I'm kinda strange. That's why you like me, right?

OK, I'm back! Bet you didn't know that I was gone, huh? Captain America got home around 7:30pm. Or was it 8pm? Something like that. He changed real fast, I put on some "going out" clothes (hehe), and we headed out! Kids were watching a movie happily together, and we were gonna go get dessert :)

So we took his Saturn and drove to Applebees for a dessert. Yummy! I like Applebees desserts. And check out this COOL Halloween decoration. I thought that Jake would LOVE it :)

It took 15 minutes for us to get a table, and we looked in the dessert menu, and found what we wanted.

THIS is what we wanted, to share

5 minutes later, had our waters and this TASTY dessert!

Yeah, it only took about 4 minutes for the whole thing to be devoured. hehe. We split it in half, and I almost ate my whole half, but ended up giving the last 2 bites away to Captain America. He seemed happy to "help" me out. ROFL!

After Applebees, we headed to Circle K for a soda. We'd forgot our Howdy's cups, and Circle K is cheaper if you don't have your own cups. We were still trying to decide if we wanted to go see a movie on post. The verdict was still out...

Anyway, we parked at Circle K and Captain America noticed this sign. He thought it was HILARIOUS! See, he has to wear a gas mask A LOT during work. When they go to the field and do stuff, they wear gas masks. So he thought it was TOO funny, considering how he spent all week long in a "truck" with a "mask". It took me a while to realize that the sign was referring to Halloween Masks. hehehe. I think I was in a sugar induced coma - ha!

I didn't know that they made King Sized Almond Joys! Mmmmm

We got our Diet Dr Pepper, and decided to head home. We were gonna watch some more of Season 3 of the Office in jammies with our sodas and get some popcorn at home. Sounded better than a theater for $4 (ok, so that's still cheap...) for a movie that may or may not have been any good.

I also realized that the "person" I take the most pictures with is my diet soda. ROFL! I'm such a dork. hehe :)
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