My Lazy Ass Weekend

Yesterday I did not shower or wear a bra all day. I was so lazy it was ridiculous. And today doesn't look much more productive.

Friday night I went to a sex toys party at Auntie M's and that was a blast. In fact it was sooo much fun my husband let me sleep in until 10am! I was hanging a little.

At 10:30am Saint Sarah, my kids' babysitter, picked up Michael for the day. On her own time and money she took him to the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco for his birthday gift. I offered her money but she wouldn't take it! Sarah also bought him lunch, a t-shirt, a toy and toys for Jake and Bekah. Can you understand why I call her a Saint? And no you can't have her phone number, she's mine, all mine!

Then my dear husband woke up from his nap and took Bekah to the gym with him and I put Jake down for a nap and slithered back into bed for another hour. LAZY!

I did manage to do some laundry, dishes and housecleaning and I took a picture of this cute faun below. But the majority of Saturday my ass was planted firmly on my couch with my laptop open. And I discovered the addictive properties of twitter. At first I just didn't get the concept, I update my status on Facebook all of the time why would I need twitter? But the whole Iran revolution thing got me hooked, and now I am finding all kinds of interesting characters out there. In fact I guess I was hungover enough yesterday to be gullible enough to think this guy was real. His stage name is Billy Bob Neck and he posted a petition on twitter for fetal consent to abortion. WTF?! It was so obviously a joke but I was moving so slow yesterday I thought it was for real. I actually sent him an outraged twitter. He is actually a comedian, and Billy Bob Neck is his character. How embarassing that I didn't figure it out right away.

So after we put the kids to bed I made an awesome steak and potato salad with a horseradish and red wine vineagrette. Erik and I drank 2 bottles of champagne and watched Jack Ass 2 (the movie). Being married to your best friend is, well, it's the best!!

This morning started off with Erik dragging both Bekah and Jake into our bed at 6am. Then he promptly fell back asleep and started snoring while they tortured me. So I kicked them all out of bed and slept until 8:45am. I relieved Erik so he could nap and I downed a pot of coffee and once again wasted time on the internet. After the caffiene kicked in I did manage to some more housecleaning and cooked everyone lunch. The steak and potatoes from last night scrambled up with some eggs, cheese, broccoli and red bell pepper made an awesome lunch.

I put Jake down for a nap, I showered and Erik took Mike and Bekah to the park to hang out with some of their buddies. I was holding the broom in my hand when they walked out the door but as soon as I heard the garage door close............well here I am again. Loser!

In my defense next week is going to be insanely busy:

Monday= Gym and swimming.

Tuesday= Going overnight to Santa Cruz with my monkeys, Auntie M, the cousins and crashing at a room my mom is renting for the week. That should be fun but exhausting. When my boys are around even a puddle of water they lose their minds, so the Pacific Ocean should be exciting for them. Bekah is a little more refined.

Wednesday= Recovery

Thursday= After the kids' morning music class, I have Saint Sarah all day. Grocery shopping, paying bills, filing, and if Erik is not on-call I would love to take him out to an early dinner date.

Friday= Single motherhood for me the entire weekend! Erik is scheduled to be on-call, which means he will be at the hospital most of the time.

Saturday=Going back to the Santa Cruz area for a mini high school reunion. I have a friend home from Australia and a friend home from Honduras and we are all meeting up at another friend's farm in Monterey. We are all bringing our small kids, doing bbq and potluck,playing music, and some clothing optional hot tubbing. We are spending the night too so nobody has to drive after beer and margaritas. My husband is very sad that he has to work both Tuesday and next weekend, these are his kind of events.

Sunday=Recovery.

So next week's busy schedule is my excuse for this weekend's extreme laziness. I did manage to shower today, but I am still not wearing a bra!

Lazy Mom's Breakfast Buffet

This is my serve yourself snack tin. It's actually a rubbery silicone muffin "tin" but I use it for snacks more than for cupcakes. This morning I used it for breakfast. Lately my kids have been eating almost no breakfast and I end up wasting a bunch of cereal and toast. So this morning I filled this "tin" with grated cheese, turkey meat, banana slices, apple slices with peanut butter, sliced strawberries, chunks of Challah bread, and honey nut cheerios. So they got their dairy, proteins, fruits and whole-grains and I got to fold 3 loads of laundry. I have already re-filled it twice, so it's working.

Bacherlorette Party Details

Details and pictures from last weekend are on my N.E.O. Moms blog. Don't judge me until you stagger a mile in my shoes.

Passover 2009

We had our Passover Seder at Aunt Rabbi's house in Oakland. I was so proud, my kids sat through the majority of the Seder, which is a very long dinner reenacting the Jews escape from slavery. Not an easy task for toddlers to endure, and they did fabulous. Michael even yelled out, "Barack Obama!" and made everyone laugh. I don't know why he did that, but it was funny none the less.

Below are my 2 nieces, Kaitlyn and Haley. The blond is Haley and the brunette is Kaitlyn. They are 17 months apart just like my Mike and Bekah. And when all 5 of them are together they look like siblings. Haley took most of the pictures you are going to see below.
I love the Rabbi's house in Oakland, it's beautiful. It's so old it even has a basement, which is a rarity in earthquake prone California. That's Kaitlyn lifting Bekah into the air and Mike and Jake running around aimlessly.

That's my main squeeze posing with out firstborn. Mike has some stretchy pink bunny he got at preschool in front of his face. Can you see the beautiful kitchen behind the French doors? Some day I will have nice things when my kids are old enough not to destroy everything. Those French doors would last less than an hour at my house.

This picture is a little blurry but I just wanted to show off Bekah's cute dress. The belt has an orange butterfly on it.

That sheep goes everywhere with Jake.

Me and my girl. Thanks to Auntie M for lending me those pants. I am not as slender as her so I had to suck in my gut and then I was paranoid as hell I would stain them. I don't own any white items of clothing for obvious reasons. The next day they immediately went to the dry cleaners and even so I might owe her a new pair of pants.

Mike and that damn pink bunny.

Attempting a group photo. Where is my husband you ask. Inside eating my matzoh ball soup. Asshole! We rarely fight but I was pissed about that. And then he gave me shit for having a buzz on, well duh when you drink wine on an empty stomach that's what happens! I have forgiven him now. We made up on the living room floor. Our living room floor not the Rabbi's.

See Mike and Jake's pants? If there is wet grass, puddles, mud etc. my boys will find it. Bekah is more civilized. Even though she did spend 5 hours naked yesterday. It was inside our house, and she was wearing a shirt, but she had no interest in putting on her panties or any other item of clothing. Oh well.

Happy Passover!!!!

Life's Little Luxuries

I just got a perfume sample in my mail for Ed Hardy's perfume, yummy! I just rubbed it all over my body. I am out of the Burberry Brit I was wearing and don't have any extra cash for perfume right now. But Mothers's Day is coming up..........hint hint to my husband.

It smells flowery but not too flowery and musky but not too musky. It smells almost as good as the corned beef in my crockpot and smells way better than the urine soaked sheets in my laundry room.