Crazy and the Bachelor Finale

Only Crazy people talk to themselves.....Are you at all surprised that I happen to be one of them? Nope, me neither. Here is a very, very small sample of what i am talking about....

I have this ability of being able to tell myself to wake up at a certain time, and then actually doing it. If you tell me to wake up at 7AM--I'll wake up at 7AM, no alarm necessary. It's a pretty sweet super power to have actually--much better than throwing dust bunnies all over the place. (which I apparently have done around my house & have NO desire to fix it)

But here's the problem... even though I'm awake and aware that it's 7AM and that's the time that I said I WANT to get up--I've become very comfortable in my snugly warm bed. So, I open my eyes, push snooze and then debate if I really do need to get up now. Here's where the debate begins:

Me (talking to myself) "What if I fix Karley a bowl of fruit loops instead of waffles? That will buy me 10 minutes. If I serve her up the powdered doughnuts she can eat those on the go which buys me 10 MORE minutes! WOO HOO!"

Example #2-

"Since I got my new I-phone I am now able to check my e-mail and calendar on the go so that automatically buys me another 5 minutes. (thanks Todd!)

Most of the time I will spend 15 minutes trying to talk myself into styling my hair. (i heart ponytails--they just don't heart me!) Which is sad when you consider that on most days it only takes 15 minutes to get ready---that is showering, hair dried AND flat ironed and make up on. 15 MINUTES! However, since i spend 15 minutes laying in bed thinking about how i can get out of doing the above mentioned I am usually running late.....UGH!
Now, this story of talking to myself not only applies to dealing with how much more sleep i can score. It applies to almost all aspects of my life! Here's another example:

Me: (standing at the stove cooking tacos last week) I really, really, really hate fixing dinner. UGH!

Todd: (sitting in the living room) Um... are you talking to yourself again.

Me: "so, what's wrong with that? Shut up." hahaha

Then I go on....

Me: "Kel if you would just plan your menu for the week, you can have 20 minutes to play with karley after school instead of spending the time at 4pm wondering what's for dinner that night....

Todd: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Another Example: "How about if, just for this week, I go to the grocery store, list in hand with groceries for the week. Then spend some time on Sunday afternoon fixing dinner for the WHOLE week....Then I will surely have time to do fun things, right? " (And by fun things I mean sit on my butt in front of the TV!)

Me again: "HAHA. Dream on! DAMN-IT"

Yesterday I needed to get gas and go to the grocery store. I hate getting gas. I hate the grocery store. HATE IT. But that's another story.

There I was standing coat-less, glove-less in the F-R-E-E-Z-I-N-G cold air (I am being dramatic so you really understand how sick I am of winter!) trying to find my stupid debit card with my useless, frozen fingers (and face). I knew it was in my wallet somewhere, but I have this horrible habit not putting things back into my wallet where they belong but instead finding the worst possible place to put it. I promised myself that since my Debit card is my most used piece of plastic, I will put it in the first slot as soon as I am finished with it. I will do this every time! Every time. (instead of shoving it into my coupon saver gadget that keeps my coupons I never, ever use because I always forget!) I really mean it. Ten minutes later there I am at the grocery store digging through my wallet again looking for that damn card.

Anywhoo! Enough about that. I am bitching entirely too much.

We had a great weekend. Jamie and Lola (her dog) came home to visit and Mr. Max loved having the other dogs to play with. He is finally starting to act like a puppy and is so much fun! I will post photos later because I am at work and don't have them here.

On Sunday I got a text that todd's mom was coming...in 20 minutes... so we rushed around picking up the house and then went to dinner with her. She went to the Billy Joel/Elton John concert in Kansas City and said it was awesome. I am so jealous! I will just set my I-pod to some Elton John while i workout today and pretend that I saw the concert too.

Tonight is the bachelor finale. I have not gotten into this one like i have the past. Maybe it is because I think old what's his face is a total doofis. But I will watch....and cheer on Minnie mouse (aka Tinlee). Who is your pick??

Have a great week!!!

Meet Mohawk Max!

We finally did it.....After YEARS of Karley begging, begging begging we got a dog. It has been something that Todd and I have been taking about for the past few months and when we saw this cute little guys face we knew he was the one! However, Max's life with us has been pretty dramatic. Here's the story.

We brought him home last Thursday and he slept ALL night that night. WEIRD! We were having trouble getting him to eat and were having to literally force feed him to keep his blood sugar up. As the days went on he was sleeping a lot more and coughing--it was so sad. Karely was bummed out because he wouldn't play or anything. We took him to the vet and they said it was Kennel cough, gave us some meds and sent us home. That night the cough got a lot worse and we took him to the Pet hospital.....they sent us home saying it was nothing serious. BUT the next day he was not better and we were so concerned that we called my parents vet, took him in and she did a chest x-ray. BAD NEWS! He was full of pneumonia! That doctor told us that she didn't think he would make it through the night and since Karley was in the room with me that freaked her out. I had the talk about puppies going to heaven and it was nothing we did but Max was just very, very sick.....it was so sad!

We decided to take him back to the vet who originally treated him and discuss what they think we should do..... They took him in, kept him a WEEK! and got him back to new! We picked him up Friday and he has been an amazing dog since. Plus, since we just got Max the bills were paid in full by the shop we got him at. WHEW!!!! Here is a photo of Mr. Max in the hospital. He had to have an IV and 24 hour care. They gave him antibiotics orally and through a shot daily.

We are so happy to have him home and playing like a normal puppy! Look for more photos soon!

Have a great week!