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.

An Award from Unknown Mami

I'm baaack! I had a fabulous time partying my butt off at a bacherlorette party and I am back to a kid getting over the croup, a kid with a 101. 6 degree fever and a filthy house. But I am filled with a renewed vigor to be an awesome mommy and wife. I highly reccomend to others to get out of town once in awhile, it's a great attitude adjustment.

Unknown Mami was one of my guest bloggers on N.E.O. Moms while I was gone. If you haven't read any of those posts, you really should, fascinating stuff. And I will be posting debauchery details today, don't worry I will give you a heads up as soon as I do.

Mami gave me an award where I get to post 10 true things about myself and then tag 5 other bloggers to do the same. Her list reminded me of some things about myself, so it is similar to her's. OK here goes:

1. I rode the Greyhound bus, with my younger brother Bill, every other weekend from San Jose to Sacramento to see my Dad. This went on for a couple of years. It sucked.

2. I found out the Easter Bunny doesn't exist when he stepped on my neck. I was sleeping on my Dad's girlfriend's daughter's bedroom floor and my Dad came in to deliver Easter Baskets dressed only in his underwear. He didn't see me and started to step on my neck and stopped himself as I woke up. That was a scary thing to wake up to.

3. I have an extra vertebrae in my neck.

4. I am almost impervious to cold. I have swam in a lake rimmed with ice.

5. I used to not want to have kids at all. Now I have 3. I am glad I changed my mind.

6. I am left-handed which is good because I am gradually losing feeling in my right hand. I injured it years ago while taking down an emotionally disturbed teenage girl. Loss of feeling doesn't bother me, it's the loss of dexterity that sucks.

7. When I was 19 years old I could leg press 250 pounds. Recently I pressed my weight, 145 pounds, and was very sore that night and the next day!!

8. I smoked for 18 years and was a vegetarian for 2 years.

9. All 3 of my kids will refuse to hold hands with me 95% of the time.

10. Me, my Dad and my brother Bill have had the same exact dreams, sometimes on the same night. When my father dreams of somebody dying, they die.

11. So many members of my Dad's family have died in October that he was nervous about me getting married in October. I just told him that I was breaking the chain. Erik and I got married during The High Holy Days (Jewish Calendar) which was taboo.

Sorry that was 11 but you only have to do 10 if I tag you.

Tag you're it! The Claw, Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder (fucking great name!), Pop Champagne, Meghan, and Daphne.

Going On a Vacation

Hey everyone,
I am taking off to get wild and crazy for a few days for a bacherlorette weekend. Please visit my other blog while I am gone because I have asked some fascinating moms and one dad to guest blog while I am out of town. Remember to check N.E.O. Moms . Everyday so as not miss any guest posts. And check out their blogs as well.
Thanks,
Charlotte

My Purse

I have been tagged by my friend Meghan at The Good Stuff to display the contents of my purse. Warning she has music on her blog so turn down your volume if the kids are sleeping.

She is an awesome mommy of one monkey and another monkey on the way. She is a career woman, homeowner, beer drinking buddy and she isn't even 30 yet!!! She totally amazes me.

Feel free to do this as well on your blog and leave a link or leave it in the comments section.

Here goes:
First of all my purse is a Frauda. Fake Prada and cute.
-2 empty bags of Lorna Doone 100 calorie cookies.
-a book The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee, using Jewish teachings to raise self-reliant children. I will tell you how it is when I finish it.
-2 Father's Day cards because we already celebrated it and the cards ended up in my purse after my husband opened them.
-Gymboree receipt with gym bucks
-the ripped off top of a box of Loreal hair color to show my hairdresser what I wanted. She failed.
-P.F. Chang's receipt
-envelope with grocery list and address written on it
-empty sandwich bag
-fake Coach wristlet wallet stuffed with credit cards all ready to burst into flames, very little cash and some change.
-ticketmaster receipt for Chelsea Handler
-Barbie cell phone
-coupon for Tyson chicken nuggets
-20% off and a $15 off coupon for Macy's
-Revlon lipgloss Shine That Pink
-pen from drug company
-another grocery list
-used kleenex from Mike's pre-K graduation
-Swarszki (sp?) crystal nile file, a gift from my grandmother-in-law
-a sock
-box of Sucrets
-coupon for Cheerios
-a gift card for a spa pedicure from my birthday in Dec. which I will use next week
-box of Altoids
-plastic eyeball
-3 Hotwheels cars
-a 5 star progress card for Mike
-orange Play-doh
-2 mini Snickers bar which I am going to eat right now
-4 more pens from drug companies
-old stamps
-bobby pin
-purple Rimmel nail polish
-Chapstick
-Eucerin lotion


Jeez what a mess!