TGIF...

So this was our first normal week in a while. And I'm happy about that. Tomorrow is Cameron's birthday party. I can't even begin to tell you how much I have to do to get ready for it. But there are no hurricanes heading for the Gulf, so life is good. ;) Happy Weekending!

Monday, Monday...

So they've been giving out foodstamp cards like crazy here since the hurricanes. We were at Eric's Mom and Dad's house this weekend after Ike came on through. Eric's brothers were cutting up and this was the outcome...Enjoy.

How To Know that You Were Really A New Kids Fan...

You remember this song.

Ohmyword. Hilarious. With their new album out, and an article about them in the newspaper yesterday, I had them on the brain. When I came upon this song I almost died. How cheesy. Yet I totally loved it back in the day. ;) Do you remember it? Don't forget to pause the music player.

On a Thursday...

1. We're out of the cone. Woohoo! (see last post). Although they are saying we will still have tropical storm force winds and school is cancelled tomorrow. Seriously. You're killing me, smalls. Payton finally starts school and Mommy can finally have some Mommy time and school's been cancelled 5 days because of hurricanes already. I sense makeup days in the future.

2. Speaking of Mommy time, yesterday I went into a store and just walked around forever. Looking at everything and taking my time. Wow. It's like a whole new way to shop.

3. In the tradition of my kids and their accidents, Payton bent down for something in the bathroom and knocked her eye on the toilet. She now looks like she's wearing purple eye shadow.

4. Booked the cruise for E and I's 10th anniversary early next year. I'm counting down the days already. Oh and I made sure NOT to book during hurricane season. ;)

5. Cameron's party is in a week and I have yet to mail invites. I'm turning into slacker Mommy. I did book the water slide today though. Luckily, they still had one available.

6. How annoying is Kenley on Project Runway? Seriously that outfit was horrif. Just finished watching it on DVR, so it's fresh on the brain. LoL.

7. Not quite sure there's a such thing as normal anymore, but if there is, could we please return to it? Thank you and Happy Thursday. ;)

The Cone of Uncertainty...

We're there. Yet again.

Such is life when you live in South Louisiana, I guess. But all is well. The kids finally went back to school today and Eric was able to go back to work for the first time since the storm. The town that he works in just got power back over the weekend. We are blessed. We really are. To have power back in 12 hours when there are folks still without power a week later. My family in Houma, Louisiana is still without power as well. They live where Gustav came ashore and got hit really hard.

Payton started dancing today. She was very excited. What a busy girl- school and dancing in the same day. Cameron is off tomorrow so that his teacher can test half of the class for their reading level, then he tests on Wednesday. So off for a week, back for a day, then off for another day. Not too shabby for him.

Happy Monday. Oh, and Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! Love you guys! :)

Hanna and Ike and Josephine...

Oh my.

We're back home now, safe and sound. Thank you so much for your prayers and well wishes. We came home on Tuesday. We found out that we had gotten power back on in the morning, so we loaded up and came home. We had no damage at all. The worst thing to happen was that a board fell off of one of the windows and kind of smushed a few plants. Nothing major at all. The storm was expected to hit as a Cat. 4, but came in at a 2. Gotta love that.

While Louisiana was getting battered, we enjoyed sunny weather and the kids got to swim and we shopped at a really big outlet mall. We're glad to be back home. It's been raining since we got home. School is cancelled until Monday. Eric hasn't had to work, because where the store is, the town is almost completely out of power. So it's a mini vacay of sorts.

Gustav's got a few friends coming behind him. Hopefully they go somewhere and fizzle out. Happy Wednesday.