January 16 08

my house, circa 7am…

life is very, very cruel…because i had already taken isabella to pee (another dry morning! when do you think i can put her to bed in underwear?), filled her sippy cup, found her missing baby, found the missing the remote, and taken a shower. boo.

i so wasn’t kidding a while ago when i mentioned that my parents’ dog Roxee has better manners than my children.
you have to watch this video that my brother-in-law took.

Grandma Doris told us about this video last night. the kids and i have watched it about 45 times since. my family has come a little late to the whole skype game…but we are LOVING it. we now all – finally – have cameras and we’re skype-ing daily. it’s AMAZING. if you use it, you know what i’m talking about…and if you don’t, you best be getting on that. it’s free. and you can see people! while you talk to them! imagine! (i know, ultra. new. wave.)

and if you needed another reason to think that i’m awesome…i made this last night while i watched American Idol (come on over to Juice for my great big AI recap and snarkiness)

blanket

oh yeah, baby. (ps. i have no idea why the size looks all wonky. it really looks much more normal in person.)

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  1. ha ha .. I should take a video of my dog eating an apple, basically, it would be gone in almost one shot – she IS lady!

    nice blanket, that is some project for only 1 hour! good for you!

    Comment by Sarah on January 16, 2008
  2. You go girl….

    Comment by girl on January 16, 2008
  3. That blanket is so sweet!
    I love television-induced creativity.

    Comment by mrs. mustard on January 16, 2008
  4. That blanket is great! I’d love instructions on how to make one!

    Comment by Nic on January 16, 2008
  5. wish i was still snug in bed snoozing….aww grandma doris dog is so cute!what an adorable video.roxee is a lady and she does have impeccable manners doesn’t she.well i’m off to check out that skype thing now….

    Comment by LAVENDULA on January 16, 2008
  6. All of those sleeping photos made me smile 🙂

    Comment by Angella on January 16, 2008
  7. I saw a picture last night of a kid that looked EXACTLY like Isabella! But now I can’t remember where I saw it. At all. Or maybe I saw a kid that looked like her? Not sure.

    Wow… best comment ever. Officially.

    Comment by Chris on January 16, 2008
  8. You made that beautiful blanket??? I want one. Please give instructions.
    Your kids are adorable and the dog video, too cute!

    Comment by Dina on January 16, 2008
  9. I HATE waking my sleeping babies in the winter and it’s so dark and so cold. Lucky for me and my feeeelings, The Baby gets up at 5:30-6 every morning on her own. Bleh.

    Comment by Rebecca on January 16, 2008
  10. My first dog used to eat corn on the cob like that…it was hilarious! We would hold the edges and he would move from side to side until he was finished, then he would take the cob away like a bone. I wish we had a video of it!

    Comment by Joscelyn on January 16, 2008
  11. Um…the dog eats the apple nicer than I do! I usually demolish them in a minute!

    Comment by Arica on January 16, 2008
  12. That’s 7 am. Around here, that’ll be around 10 am. 🙂

    Mike
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    Comment by Mike on January 16, 2008
  13. Yay for Roxee! Not to brag (okay, totally bragging) but I taught my dogs to do that. It ain’t easy.

    And I love the blanket!

    Comment by Mrs. Chicky on January 16, 2008
  14. I gave Oliver an apple today and he ate half of it and then threw it on the consignment store floor. Roxee would never do that.

    That blanket is awesome!

    Comment by mamatulip on January 16, 2008
  15. Yeah, dogs have a few skills up on small children. More than a few, maybe.

    (GORGEOUS blanket)

    Comment by Her Bad Mother on January 16, 2008
  16. LOVE the blanket!

    Comment by Multi-tasking Mommy on January 17, 2008
  17. Roxee rocks! and so does that blanket!

    Comment by Aimee Greeblemonkey on January 17, 2008
  18. I always wondered what skype was! That looks so cool!

    And that dog is AWESOME.

    Oooh, and I LOVE your new theme! So cool!

    Jennifer’s last blog post..Cracked Up

    Comment by Jennifer on January 17, 2008
  19. Ooooh I LOVE the new layout!!! Great vid too!

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    Comment by Miss on January 17, 2008
  20. I love the new design!!!

    The dog is wonderful…and your mom is FAB!!! I guess your husband believed in that thing that says if you are considering marrying someone, look at her mother…let’s you know how she will turn out!!!

    If that is true, you will be fabulous in a gray skirt with hair perfectly coiffed, perfect hands and a lovely voice! And lovely hardwood floors!!!

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    Comment by Di on January 19, 2008
  21. What a cutie dog…My dogs are spawns of the devil himself and drive me crazy. I only wish they had half the manners.

    Pretty Blog, I’ll be back for more. Come visit me too!

    Comment by krissy on January 21, 2008
  22. holy talent! that blanket is beautiful! colour me jealous!!!

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    Comment by cate on January 23, 2008
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