Southern Mom

It's been a great long weekend for the most part. Hubs was off work today for the holiday so we were able to get out in the yard and do a little work (read: clean up after last night's storm!). Yes, bad weather attacked here, too, but luckily we really didn't have anything especially bad. My sister wasn't so lucky...she called this morning from college, and a tree limb had fallen through her car's sunroof! At least no one was hurt!

I finally got my ferns out and potted some plants we bought at Lowe's last night. Maybe my house won't look so dreary when they bloom! We spent the evening at my parent's house grilling out. Chase had a ball, literally. Tim spent most of our time there lifting Chase up to the basketball goal over and over and over. With a two-year-old, "no" and "not right now" just aren't in the vocabulary (but I can assure you that Rescue Heroes, Bob the Builder, and Wiggles are!).

Well, that's it for my day! I'm off to watch the end of the West Wing marathon on Bravo.

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I have a confession to make. My toddler still sleeps with us. I'm not complaining per se because (here's the guilty part) I love the closeness of being all snuggled up in our big family bed. Yep, I purposely allow him in our bed each night. Now here's where it gets tricky. For about 5 months Chase has developed some 2-year-old style fetish with my hair. He has to have his hands in it at all times. I semi-understand this fetish, however I do not understand why I have to walk around 99% of the time sporting this whirly, bird's nest hairdo at it's expense, but I digress. Combine the family bed with the hair fetish and you get.....NO SLEEP FOR MOMMY!! I swear I was up every hour last night fighting with little chubby arms for control of my hair! I think it's high time to reconsider our sleeping arrangements.

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you are PRINCESS FIONA! you're kind and
compassionate, and see people for who they
really are.

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Hopefully we will get to take Chase to see Shrek 2 tonight. I love He loves Shrek so much!

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So I spent the day with my mom making curtains for my friend's new house. Yes, that's not so bad you say. Did I mention my friend is in Florida on vacation? It's just one of those things you volunteer to do, then regret immensely later. Oh, well.

Yesterday we went to my parent's house (Chase *loves* it at Nana & Papa's). We were having such a good time until Chase fell and hit his head on one of Nana's concrete flower pots. Blood gushed down the side of his face and I just knew he had busted some blood vessel on his head. Luckily it clotted fast, and the little hard-headed thing ran off yelling back to me that he wanted some "MM's." He is *so* much like his daddy!

I'm still not over this damned cold/ear infection. It is pure misery to be sick in the summer. Speaking of summer...IT.IS.SO.HOT! It's not even June yet, but this humidity is killing me. It's always the humidity.

While I'm on a rambling spree, I can't wait until they start to show Sex and the City next month on TBS. It will have to be a hoot to see how they cover the *ahem* language issue.

One last thing...Fantasia just won American Idol! I have to admit that I was a Diana fan, but Fantasia did an excellent job the whole way through. I'm glad it's over!

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I think it's because I put that I rarely get sick on my 101 things list. What started out as a few sniffles turned into a full-blown "let me pierce my eardrum myself to let some of this pressure out" ear infection. Teamed up with the end of school, I was absolutely zonked all weekend. But, it's good to be back. Now a few comments to make:

1. This whole Kaufman thing is utterly bizarre.

2. I finally saw Love Actually this weekend and couldn't help but think that there was so much more they could have done with all of these great storylines. I guess that's why I'm not in the movie biz.

3. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to plant between the rocks on my new flagstone patio? (I realize this is more of a question than a comment, but, you know, it's gonna be ok)

4. You gotta check out American Girls Gone Wild (snagged from Melissa @ Suburban Bliss)

Have a fabulous Monday!

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Why must you plague me
and leave me with one nostril?
You are a nuisance.

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You know how people say that you shouldn't live with your best friends, that you'll end up hating each other over something petty? Well today I realized that lovely piece of wisdom also applies to work: Don't work in a team-style setting with a close friend. To make a long story short, the day ended with me bending over backwards to keep up appearances, but mentally counting down the days until summer break. Uggg...I hate days like this.

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In this beginning stage of blogging, it's hard to know what to say...so I'll just put it all out there.

My 101 Things...

1. I was born in a small town in TN
2. I still live in the same small town
3. I am a wife to Tim
4. He was my high school sweetheart
5. We met at the homecoming parade my sophomore year
6. We sat beside each other on the football player/cheerleader fire truck
7. Hey, I told you I'm from a small town!
8. I am a mommy to Chase (2 years old!!!)
9. He is the love of my life
10. He has the longest, darkest eyelashes
11. I'm very envious
12. I love, love, love Lindt milk chocolate truffles
13. I worked for a gift basket shop in college that sold them
14. My hubby buys me bags of them for Christmas
15. I love him very much
16. My son is just like him
17. I love that, too
18. I call them my boys
19. I love to read (only) chick lit books
20. My favorite author is Marian Keyes
21. Second fave is Judy Blume
22. I am a sucker for all things British
23. I guess that makes me an anglophile
24. I have never been to Britain though
25. I want to go for Tim and my 10th anniversary
26. We've been married for almost 6 years.
27. I guess I have a while to go
28. I have 2 sisters
29. One is 8 years older, the other is 8 years younger
30. My younger sister is drop-dead gorgeous
31. We are all three totally opposite from each other
32. My older sister had a baby exactly one week after I had Chase
33. This upset me at the time
34. I'm over it
35. I am a natural redhead
36. Though it's turned more of a dark auburn since I had Chase
37. I'm not liking it at all
38. I miss the redhead
39. So does my hubby
40. Of course he misses my figure from 10 years ago more than my hair!
41. I have trouble having more than one friend at a time
42. I?m working hard to overcome that
43. Basically I have a ?best? friend for each major phase of my life
44. I am a teacher
45. I really don?t like my job
46. Well, it?s only because of the age I teach
47. I would rather teach older students
48. I teach 7th graders instead
49. Let?s say it together now ?Ugggggg, how do you do that??
50. I am very healthy
51. I have never been hospitalized except to have a baby
52. I rarely even get sick
53. I can count the times I?ve been to the dr. for an illness on one hand
54. I am very lucky
55. I like to think it?s because I faithfully get a flu shot
56. I suck at spelling
57. My hubby finds this totally hilarious because I teach spelling
58. I?m a whiz at Grammar, so it?s all good
59. I?m not anal about correct grammar, though
60. All in all I?m pretty laid back
61. But I do have a short fuse
62. Just ask Tim
63. I still worry what my parents think of me
64. I talk to my mother everyday
65. I consider myself a daddy?s girl though
66. He was diagnosed with cancer this past year
67. I cried for weeks
68. It?s almost totally gone
69. Along with half of his stomach
70. Vanderbilt Medical Center is top notch
71. I fear my parents dying
72. Sometimes I wish I were still in college
73. I remember having worries then, but nothing like now
74. I wish I had realized how easy everything was then
75. I have a bad habit of being a total bitch
76. I have terrible pangs of guilt later
77. Does that make me a softie?
78. My favorite food is Lasagne
79. or basically anything Italian
80. I also love Mexican
81. I rarely eat red meat
82. I?d rather have chicken than steak any day
83. I love Pottery Barn Kids
84. Basically I just like that clean, classic look
85. I enjoy being very involved
86. Because of this, I volunteer in my community a lot
87. I?m ready for another baby
88. However, I?m having trouble getting pregnant
89. We?ve only been ?trying? since December 2003
90. But I?m still discouraged because it only took 1 month with Chase
91. I don't talk about it, though
92. I have a close friend who is struggling with infertility
93. I don't feel like I have any room to talk
94. I have 4 nieces and 2 nephews
95. I'm running out of things to say
96. I love Mello Yello
97. That's a bad thing
98. I probably drink 4 a day
99. I really should be drinking water, heh
100. Oh well!!
101. Yay! I'm done!

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Well, this is my first post...gotta start somewhere. Until I get this place up and running I'll give you a little background info. My name is Charla, I'm married to my fabulous hubby [Southern Dad], and we have a 2 year old son, [Southern Boy].

I chose the name "and then you blink" on a whim, actually. I'm a sentimental sucker, and often think about how quick life passes by (I *still* can't believe I'm already 28...but that's another story). One night we were watching Cheaper by the Dozen (don't judge - it's cute), and Steve Martin's character was watching one of his 12(!!!) children ride off to school and said he remembered teaching them how to ride their bike, and his wife said "yep, and then we blinked." It just stuck with me. Before we know it we're grown, our babies grow, and life goes on. My main goal in this blog is to remember the little things as they happen, and, well, to have a little fun along the way.

By the way, thanks to Daisyhead for hosting me!

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Testing. Testing. 1-2-3.

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