Gone Mac!

Well it is official! I am an idiot! Josh, my wonderful loving special perfect husband, bought me a MacBook for Christmas. I have no idea how to work the darn thing. So as soon as I figure it out I will post my pictures from Christmas. I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and if I don't get to post before then a Happy New Year! 

Shop till you drop!

I had a very long yet fun day yesterday. I tagged along with Tracie and her friend Rebecca on their annual Christmas shopping excursion and it was, needless to say, interesting. I have so many comments/stories from yesterday that I must display them to you in a convenient bulleted list! YAY! I love lists!

• I had to meet them at 9 a.m. Yes, me up and out in public at 9 on a Saturday morning. Scary, I know.
• They trusted me to drive. A mistake on many levels. I will explain more later.
• Josh gave me cash, plus the debit card. MISTAKE!
• I spent almost as much money on junk food as I did shopping. I am still full almost 24 hours later. Uncomfortably full.
• We saw a guy with a tail in Macy's. No I am not joking, a TAIL!
• Hollister is the darkest most depressing store that I have ever been in. They must also have some sort of rule banning their employees from folding sweaters faster than one every three minutes. Either that or the guy checking us out was extremely obsessive compulsive.
• Tracie has shopping induced rage.
• This rage is probably brought on by the mean little elf that follows her into stores and snatches all of the sizes that she needs in EVERYTHING that she wants. I bet that damn elf was laughing his butt off. Poor Tracie couldn't find anything!
• Seasonal workers are cranky. One of them actually looked at me and said "Duh!" Like I was the idiot! I put my stuff on the belt at target and the cashier just looked at me and waved her hand forward. I had no idea what she was doing so I just gave her a look that must have screamed IDIOT! She then looked at me and tapped on her belt and said "Belt not working, SCOOCH IT" I scooched it and then she looked at me, laughed and said, "DUH". Oh my goodness I was peeved. I think the lady knew it too because she was overly nice to Tracie and Rebecca who were in line behind me.
• My family would have been very impressed that I did not bite that ladys head off and ask for her manager. I was on my best behavior. YAY me! Being around new people must be good for me.
• On top of the evil little size snatching elf that Tracie has following her she has also somehow pissed of Jack Frost. Everytime we go anywhere is snows and sleets and all of the roads freeze. I just have the misfortune of always wanting to drive. I think that I may have learned my lesson this time. It started snowing soon after we got there and did not stop until after we left.
• I hate driving in the snow. It scares the crap out of me. I am truly meant to live somewhere tropical.
• I had to give up my pathetic effort to drive on the slippery roads and let Tracie take the wheel. We pulled off to a gas station because I had to GO. I went in to get the key and the ever so sweet lady told me that the bathroom was out of order. I am convinced that she just want to see me pee myself. Merry Freaking Christmas! People are so cheery this time of year.
• Tracie went to get back on the interstate and drove for a good 90 seconds on the rumble strip before she looked at me with fear in her eyes and said "What is wrong with your car?!?". We laughed so hard that she had to pull over for another five minutes due to the laughing induced coughing fit that prevent her from taking a drink for the next half an hour.
• I was so nervous to drive home that Tracie had to drop me off and take my car home.

Sounds interesting doesn't it? All in all we had a blast. I never laugh as hard as when I am with Tracie. The very very sad part of the whole day was that I spent all of my money and I am still not done shopping! I have to go again next weekend, who wants to go with me? Let me know!

My baby is growing up! :o(

I took this picture of Bianka yesterday and she looks so grown up! It is a beautiful picture that makes me incredibly sad. Why do our kids have to grow up so fast? It is just not fair!

Do you know the muffin man?

It is truly feeling like Christmas in our house. We made our annual ginger bread house this week and it turned out quite nicely. This is the first year that it has stayed together without me cursing and crying. This was also the first year that little Lexi was able to help and to be honest we had a lot of fun. Bianka helped me assemble the house, I iced it, then both of the girls had their own side to decorate. Now I just have to keep the girls from eating eat long enough for everyone to see it!

Flashback!!!

I am so behind! I hate to post Halloween pics in December...but these are just to cute to keep stored in the black hole that is my computer. The girls had a blast this haloween. Paulla, Dylan, Jessie, and Makayla all came over to enjoy the festivities. The were soon followed by Sheena and Robbie. We had a ton of kids come to trick or treat and my girls went down our street twice. It is the middle of December and they haven't even put a dent in their candy!

Bianka was a black cat and in true Bianka style she had to have the whole effect...even her hair. I do not know if any of you have ever used the spray on black hair dye, but take it from me...if you haven't, DON'T! First of all it came off on everything her hair touched. I thought it was just no big deal because it washed right off.....HA yea right! At the end of the night I put the girls in the tub as usual, told Bianka to get her hair wet, and then it started. It took all of two seconds for the whole tub to turn black. Bianka was stained black and Lexi was crying like her sister had caught the plague. Now this must only happen with the black because Lexi's hair was pink and it came out like magic and never got on one thing. I ended up putting Bink in the shower and spraying her down like she was contaminated. It was a disaster. It took me three days to get all of the black spots out of the tub and shower. OK well I guess that was enough complaining for one post, enjoy the pictures! :o)

Just to be a kid again!

This is a picture of Lexi while I was shopping for Thanksgiving. What
would you give to be able to do that again? It must be a great life to
sleep whenever you want and be pushed around Walmart!

Lexi is hungry!!!!!

We have been waiting for 30 minutes at Bob Evans and we are
STARVING!!! What gives? If they don't feed my kids soon I am going to
be blogging from a police cruiser!

Beautiful, Just Beautiful!

I am so excited! A friend of mine took some fall pictures of the kids at my mom's house and I just got them back. I think that they are beautiful! (I am a little partial!) Let me know what you think! 

Bianka Goes to the Pumpkin Patch

Bianka went on her very first field trip last week to the Pumpkin Patch that is just out of town. Can you guys believe that my baby girl is old enough to be going on field trips? I went with her class and we had so much fun! Here are some picture for your viewing pleasure!

Here is Bianka with the pumpkin she picked from the patch.

This is the walking stick bug that FASINATED the kids.

Bink thought that this thing was really cool....why, I do not know!

Can we say school spirit??

I am the very last person you would have ever caught dead in a Boonville Pioneers t-shirt and I sure as hell would have NEVER been on the cheerleading team (OK so I was in 4th grade, for like 2 weeks, temporary loss of sanity) but my girls LOVE this stuff so I go along with it. Bianka was recently in the homecoming parade for our hometown team and she had the time of her life. She is all about the t-shirts and face painting and the Ra Ra girls. I have to admit, she looked SO cute! I am even kind of getting into this stuff. I took her and bought her all kinds of Bobcat stuff, and of course I had to have some too! LOL  Yep that would be me in that picture with Sandy and Stacy sporting all of my Bobcat gear and looking very "Bobcat-ish"! (Stop laughing, I can hear you laughing darn it! )

My husband is a dork!

Seriously! Look at this picture! I actually chose to marry this man,
what is wrong with me? All joking aside I love him. He treats me like
a princess and be us the best father I have ever seen (second only to
my own Daddy!). So I just wanted to acknowledge him for once. Love you
babe! :o)

I need some new books!

I went to Books-a-Million the other day and I am so sad. None of my very favorite authors have written any new books all year! Why in the world would ALL of my authors decide to take a break at the same time? They are probably all vacationing in Tahiti drinking some very yummy drink with an umbrella in it laughing because I have NOTHING to read! (Yes I do make myself sound VERY important, don't I? LOL) Do you know how hard it is to fall asleep without a book? I wonder if there is some way that I can sue the publishing company for causing my insomnia. Anyway just for kicks lets try to scrounge up some good reads. If anyone has any suggestions of a great book that I can read PLEASE let me know! :o) In the mean time I have picked up a new book called Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neill which seems promising so far. It is a British comedy about a businesswoman turned stay at home mom. Who knows, maybe I have found the next great "shopoholic" series. I'll let you all know!

Holy Guacamole! Or In This Case Potato!

So about a month ago Josh and I went to Ruby Tuesdays with some
friends and their kids. Everything was normal. By normal I mean that
the kids were fighting, drinks were being spilled, and my patience was
running short. Just a normal night out with the kids and our friends.
Bianka had, as usual, ordered a baked potato. For some reason Bianka
is a strange child who HATES french fries. Anyway when her food came
out the waitress looked a little funny. This is the picture of a
potato that came with the kids meal(yes I repeat, KIDS meal)at Ruby
Tuesdays. It was such an obsenely huge potato that I just felt the
need to take a picture of it, so now I am feeling the need to share it
with you. No need to thank me, I know how bad you all were wanting to
see a big potato picture today. LOL

We are so excited!

Yay! I am officially UNEMPLOYED! Yippeeeee! Today is my first day as a
certified bum, and I love it! I have no idea what to do with all of my
time! Today I have done nothing but hang out with Lexi. It has been a
great day, here is a picture of how excited Lexi is to have Mommy home.

Last Day of Work!! Yay!

Today is my last day and I am SO excited! I can't wait until tomorrow
when I have NOTHING to do. Yay!!!

Chrissy
chrissydeon@aol.com
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Lexi's first day of preschool!

My baby is growing up! She did so well this on her first day. She was
excited to make new friends and be a "big girl" as she put it. I will
be posting new pictures later today, I promise!

It is not a game, it is an OBSESSION!

Everyone has at least heard of Guitar Hero right? How many of you have played it? If you have not yet fed into the deceiving "game" yet please please please listen to this warning...... THIS GAME IS THE DEVIL! IT NEVER ENDS! YOU WILL NEVER BEAT IT!

If you couldn't guess I have a new obsession.....and I hate myself for it! I was sooooo psyched when this game came out for the Wii! I begged Josh to go get it. This is not Josh's type of game so he was very reluctant, but he finally gave in and shelled out the $90 for this life sucking game. I don't think that I have seen daylight since!

You would think that someone that sucks so badly at this game would quit after the first weekend, but not me! I continue on my now three week quest to beat EASY! Yes ladies and gentlemen I have been playing everyday for three weeks and I have not yet been able to beat the beginner level. There is something about "medium" that is very intimidating. I think that adding the use of my very useless pinkie finger is just too much for me to handle. I am just not that talented dammit!

You are probably asking yourself the question " Chrissy, why don't you just quit?" I am going to answer that question folks! I CAN'T! Seriously this game is like a drug......I keep thinking that the next time I play I am going to miraculously be better, that I am going to achieve the coveted five gold stars on the great song Barracuda. But I have come to face the fact that I am now a mindless drone in the world of Guitar Hero. They have captured me and I will never escape. HELP ME PLEASE!!

At Long Last I Am Back!

OK so I know that you all feel abandoned, maybe even a little neglected. Just yell at me....BAD CHRISSY! BAD,BAD! Over the last two months my life has went from boring stay at home mom with nothing better to do than blog, to working mom, going to school mom, remodeling the house mom, and last but not least very very exhausted mom! I have taken a position at the Board of MRDD as a Family Support Specialist. I am SO excited about this job! I get to play with babies all day long!! :o) I just started last week. The girls seem to be taking the whole "Mom is going to work" thing really well. It really helps that my mom and my friends help out. The girls are always with someone they know and trust. I tell you, I could not ask for better friends! My house is STILL a total disaster zone. I do not have ONE room complete yet!! I hate remodeling more than anything else. It makes my house dirty and cluttered. If I would have known how long this remodeling would take I may have just lived with my house the way it was. I mean really how are you supposed to live in a house while you are gutting it and redoing everything? Remodeling is my main source of stress! Well this is it for now but rest assured.....I AM BACK! I will try to post some pictures of my beautiful bratty girls later today! Toodles!! :o)

Just an Update!!

Just so all of you know, I have not abandoned blogging, I have just been leading a VERY crazy life for the last month! We are in the middle of a complete remodel of our main floor, I have been interviewing for a job, and school is getting harder and harder! I PROMISE that I will have a new blog up by the end of the week with LOTS of new pics!! Love to all!! :o)

Dance Diva's

Last night was "dance night" here in the Wagner house. Lexi went for her second dance class, and Bianka went for her first ballet class. What better to mark this occasion than new outfits from Meme?? My mom showed up yesterday with a new dance costume for each of the girls, needless to say, they were excited! Imagine that, my diva's excited about clothes! I swear I just cannot understand where my children came from. When I was a kid dance class sounded horrible to me (believe me, that is what my mom wanted me to do). I wanted to be in a tae-kwon-do classes kicking someone's ass! I spent all of my time in the woods riding dirt bikes and four wheelers, I though that it was cool that I could climb a tree faster than any of my friends, and I was the only girl that didn't think that it was gross to jump in the lake with all the seaweed! I swear, I don't know what to do with these girly girls!! Anyway, Bianka's ballet class went exceptionally well! She skipped right over the pre-school ballet to ballet one. I was impressed that she could keep up with the older girls because she has never taken ballet, always just tap and jazz. The class is really small, so it is really nice! Lexi's dance class went great until it was almost over. I think that she was just over exhausted and she didn't feel very well. It was so sad, she was in the middle of a dance when she just looked in the mirror and started to cry! I knew that she had had enough!  All in all it was another successful week! Maybe next week we will not have to deal with sick kids, or Josh being out of town! I think that it is just wishful thinking!! :o) This last picture has nothing to do with dance, but isn't it adorable? I thought that it was just way too cute not to post! My girls may be girly, but aren't they cute?

Lexi Lynn and the never ending ear infections!

So the doctor finally saw us, an hour and a half later! And surprise surprise, Lexi has yet another ear infection! I do not know what to do with her, I am at my wits end with her ears. This is Lexi's sixth ear infection in the last 12 months. It never fails, she gets over one, and another one pops up! I know that of all of the ailments that my daughter could have, this is pretty minor, but is is still upsetting and frustrating! The doctor has referred me to a ear nose and throat specialist. They are talking about putting tubes in her ears. I really hope that it does not come to this, but I guess we will see! Right about now if it makes her feel better I am up for anything. She feels miserable, she is coughing and her nose is running, and she just acts sad. It breaks my heart!

Lexi is at the doctor..... Waiting

We are waiting for the doctor to come in. It has been one full hour
now. I think that they forgot about us and went to lunch!

My Zoo

I love my pets! They are annoying, they drag dirt into my house, they bark and meow at me at all hours of the night, they beg for food and they insist on laying in my spot on the couch every night.  But the simple truth of the matter is, my life would not be complete without my babies.

                                                                                                                                         I have Molly, who is schizophrenic and neurotic. She barks at nothing, she bites my sister every time she walks into the house, and she sits on the top of the couch like a cat. My mom says that she is the only dog in the world that needs a psychiatrist. I almost agree with her. We inherited Molly when she was about 10 weeks old from my Mom. Mom bought Molly right before her house burnt down on Valentine's Day. The vet thinks that the trauma from the fire may have stunted her growth. I think that she is just "special" in every way! I swear if she was a kid she would eat glue and lick windows!

Skippy is my baby boy. He is about a year and a half old, but he still thinks that he is a newborn puppy. He cries when it rains, he barks like a girl, and he would lick a burglar to death before he would bite them. He cannot walk across my kitchen floor without slipping and falling on his butt, and he likes to sit on my lap when we watch T.V.  We bought Skippy for Lexi when she was about a year old, and she never lets us forget it! Skippy is afraid of EVERYTHING, including my camera. He runs from it and gives out that little girly bark of his, so getting a good picture of him is next to impossible. The list of everything else that he is afraid of would take me all day to type, so here are just a few things, the bath tub, ANY loud noise, squeaky toys, the cats toy mice, brooms, and the vacuum cleaner.

Mr. Whiskers is the king of the house. He is almost 3, but he acts like he is 80. He lays around looking at everyone like they are "below" him.  When he decides to sit on my lap he will smack any animal that tries to occupy his space. He is hilarious. He is the exact stereo type of a cat. He is fat and lazy, and he eats like a pig. If his litter box is not clean at all times, or if he can see the bottom of his food bowl he will follow you around yelling at you. The only time that he acts like a kitten is at night when we go to bed. He seems to know when it is bedtime, and he runs in front of me and Josh on the stairs and jumps on our bed. This is his time. We have to pay attention to him every night or we can forget about sleeping! We got Mr. Whisker's when I found him in a little pet store. He was in a little tiny cage and it broke my heart. I brought him home right after Lexi was born. 

Baby Boo Boo is the newest addition to our family. His name is just Boo, but everyone in the house, including Josh, has taken to calling him Baby Boo Boo. He is the oddest cat I have ever had. He is starving ALL the time, he eats three or four packs of food a day. He will not let us play with him with toys, he grabs them, runs, and growls. And this is not just any ordinary growl, he sounds possessed! He loves to play, just not with any kind of cat toy. He sleeps with Josh, right on his head. We can't seem to break him of this habit. He loves the kids, and he loves any attention that we will give him. He is the cat that follows me through the house all day, no matter where I am at, Boo Boo is not far behind. I also found Boo in a pet store. He had two of his brothers with him, all of them in one cage. If I could have afforded to I would have brought them all home with me.

 

Well this is my zoo, and I guess it is nice that the animals let me live in it! I always find it funny when people ask me about my animals, I have to say " I have two kids, two dogs, and two cats!" I get a lot of weird looks, but what can I say, I am a softie for animals!

Let it Snow! :o(

I woke up this morning, stretched my arms, and then made the first mistake of the day, I looked at my clock! LATE AGAIN! It never fails, if I have something to do, I sleep in! It seems as if I have this backasswards internal clock that only wakes me up early if I have NOTHING to do that day! I really need to get that looked at! Do you think that there is a backassward clock doctor? Probably not. So then I mosey on downstairs and the first thing that I see is..... THIS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you believe it! SNOW....AGAIN! I am so sick of winter!

I think that  I am going to move to Mexico where it is always warm and the Margaritas come by the gallon full! I will become a beach bum and have a sidewalk act to make extra money. Maybe I will juggle flaming batons, or maybe I could be a fortune teller. Everyone loves a fortune teller, right?

New Music Player!

I just added a music player. Let me know if you guys love it or hate it!:o) These are just a few songs that mean something to me, and I think that they fit my blog well! Hope you all enjoy!!

What's a little credit fraud between friends?

So Tracie and I went out to eat last night. We had fun, the kids behaved so we decided to go to the pet store and then to Walmart. No big problems all the way through Walmart, which is ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING when you have four kids with you! We even ran into another friend of ours,  Sandy, with her husband and daughter. The kids were so excited and wound up you would have thought we were at Chuck-E-Cheese! They were playing "ring around the rosy"  in the middle of the isle and dodging carts like it was a game.  We actually found a way to have fun in Walmart (something that I have found impossible to do after working there)!

So anyway Tracie had picked up quite a few things and I had a candy bar for Lexi, and a pack of gum for Bink. So logically Tracie went first in the ever so busy checkout.  Yet again no problems, until I went to checkout with my one candy bar and my one piece of gum. I honestly thought that I was losing my mind! I swiped my debit card to pay the $1.97 total, put in my pin number, and my card was DENIED! I could not believe it, so I entered my pin number like three more times. Still no luck. I was thinking that even if I was broke, which this week I wasn't, I would surely have $2 in my account! The whole thing was getting to be embarrassing! I have never had my card denied before!  Then I noticed that it was coming back incorrect PIN. This is when I got pissed. I have had the same PIN for like five years, I thought I was losing my mind! It was only when my PIN was yet again denied that I looked at the card to see if maybe I had grabbed Josh's card on accident. NOPE! I had Tracie's card! 

I have never seen anyone so confused as that poor cashier. Tracie and I broke out into hysterical laughter, he was looking like, Oh CRAP I just let that lady(Tracie) pay for like $100 dollars worth of stuff on a card that wasn't hers, I think that he thought I was going to yell at him or something.

To be honest I should have, but I just found the whole situation so hilarious, that I wasn't even paying attention! It was honestly my fault, I would have never noticed if I hadn't decided to use debit, which I very rarely do, I just did this time because it was such a small amount. I almost wish I wouldn't have, think of the things I could have bought on Tracie's card, can we say "SHOPPING SPREE"?:o) Just joking people, I do have values!!

Anyway, we figured it out! The lady at the Chinese restaurant had switched our cards. It was not hard to do because we both have the same bank, and the only thing different about the cards is the name. But after we stopped laughing and I headed home I had to call Tracie. If she used my card at Walmart, then I used HER card at the pet store! GEEZE no wonder people steal credit cards! It is SO easy!

I won in the end! HEHE (Sorry Tracie) I do the "points" thing with my bank, so all of the money that Tracie spent I get the points for! Have you ever heard of credit fraud with benefits? I guess I will have to take her out to dinner or something!

Well in my ever so ordinary life this was a big day for me(haha) so I felt in necessary to share it with all of you!

 

NOTE TO CASHIERS AT WALMART : FOR GOODNESS SAKES CHECK ID'S!!!THIS IS WHY IT IS SO EASY TO COMMIT IDDENITY THEFT AND CREDIT FRAUD! But when the "victims" finds it as funny as we did, I guess it is ok!

Lexi's First Dance Class

Little Miss Lexi Lynn went to her very first dance class tonight. She was busting at the seams with excitement, me not so much. I do not know why, but when my kids are going to something for the first time, or I do not know how something is going to turn out, my stomach gets in knots and I feel sick as if I was the one trying something new. It turns out that this time I was nervous for nothing, Lexi did wonderful!

We started out her big day with getting fitted for ballet shoes, picking out a ballet outfit, and then going home and convincing her to wait two hours before she could go to her class. This part was not fun! Lexi would not stop screaming " Me go to dance cass all by meself!!" over and over and over. I was about to lose it! I was never so happy to see that it was 4:30 in the afternoon! We got her dressed in her new outfit (she was only excited about the tights) and I went to put her tennis shoes on her because it was pouring down rain outside, but no, she HAD to wear those new ballet shoes. So this meant that I had to carry all 42 pounds of her to the car, and then over a block from the car to the dance studio. Needless to say my back was killing me, and I just knew that she would not go into the class  by herself.

Turns out I was wrong again! Don't you love how kids do things just to prove their parents wrong and make liars out of them! I know I do! (haha) So anyway we were a little early, but Lexi didn't care. She played with the other girls in her class like she has known them for years, and when the teacher came out to get them she went right in without looking back! This was great for me, but Bianka was not too happy about it. I had told Bianka that if her sister wouldn't dance by herself that she could go in and help her.  About five minutes of the class went by and Lexi was doing fine, but Bianka thought that she could use a hand. Bink waltzed right into the class and danced right along with her sister. I am so glad that they have an understanding dance teacher! 

Lexi decided that her favorite part of class was playing "Ring Around the Rosy" with the "Beanbag" song a close second. When her class was over she didn't want to leave, I think that I may have another dancer on my  hands! Someone, please HELP! (haha) I do not know what I am going to do come June when we have to do the recital. I am already nervous about it! Having one child in one dance was stressful, but now Bianka is going to be in three dances and Lexi will be in one! I think that I may have a nervous breakdown! Well maybe I wouldn't go that far, but I may need a LARGE margarita after recital weekend!

Just Like Sissy!

Alexis want to do EVERYTHING her sister does! Last night she was upset about not being able to go to gymnastics, so my parents let her do gymnastics in their living room! They took some pictures so that I could see, and they turned out SO cute! Lexi wore one of her sister's leotards and had a blast! I do not know what I would do without my parents infinite knowledge about how to take care of kids!  I would be lost!

Well Lexi is getting one of her wishes, she starts dance classes tonight. She is so excited, it has been all she has talked about all week! I am not to sure of how it will go, but I guess we will see! The dance teacher seems to think that she will do fine, I am the only one with reservations.This also means that Lexi will perform in the recital this June! YAY!  

Bink's Gymnastics!

  I just wanted to post some new pics of Bianka's gymnastics practice. I know I have been a bad, bad blogger! I do not have any pictures up of her gymnastics since her first practice from like 3 years ago! She is doing SO well! She does things that make my skin crawl when I watch her! She did her first cartwheel on the beam last night, and she is FINALLY getting the headstand down!

I am sorry that the pics aren't the greatest, I am not actually allowed in the gym so  I had to take them from the viewing room, and the lighting is just not the greatest in there. The picture above is of Bianka holding her cartwheel for 20 seconds. Next week she will have to do 30 seconds! All I can say is OUCH!

Bink's new favorite is the beam. I am very excited about this because before it was the bars, and that made me sick to my stomach to watch. She fell off more than she stayed on, but she did get up and go back to the bars every time!

Enjoy the pics everyone! Let me know what you think!! :o)