This time last week......

Well kids, this is two days in a row!  Shocking, I know.  I have decided to take time out for myself, blog, and let my kids and husband run wild!  No, Fo Real!  One child just ran in the room with only a diaper on (I guess some of us are preparing for "naked Tuesday", and the other child just ran in to tell my about a movie she has been watching on Vudu.... Ummm, she says it's creepy and it has a guy named Frank (I guess I need to look into some sort of  parental controls). I'm telling ya, it is parenting at it's finest over here folks! Ha!

Anyways, about this time last week, we were at the beach.

Sniffle....sniffle!  Seriously, tearing up right now.  It had been five days at the beach, and things were going great.  I was finally relaxing, I had totally dropped that whole diet thing (I was back to my usual cola and cookie 2 cookie breakfast (and not feeling bad about it all), and my tan...... okay, there was no tan, but still people were able to look at me on the beach and not put on their sunglasses due to the bright white light (my skin)!

We had played all day, would swim for hours in the ocean, we even had to evacuate the water  a few times because of the occasional shark (No Fear, this is my motto)

and then there was that whole "Danger Stranger" situation and he broke my finger.......I KNOW!  You read that right!  "Danger Stranger"!  He broker my finger!  My digit!  My falange!  Okay, I guess this calls for a story.

Picture it, I was out gallivanting on the beach, minding my own business....

I know, I know, I just gallivanted all day long... just me and my buoy!  Ha!  I seriously cannot find a picture of me on the beach when I am not running, so I guess this one will just have to do! Giggle!

Alright, this is me right before I am gallivanting down the beach, with not a care in the world.

When all of a sudden I see my bruthas and husband playing a little game of catch in the ocean.  Well, they looked like they were having so much fun, and I just thought, I used to play some ball back in the day.....(I was going to post a picture, but of course, there is nothing to be found to document this time in my life)  My mother says I was not very good, but she said I ran beautifully (after a strike out.... to the dugout, with pointed toes), anyways I digress....  Back to the story..

So, I played ball, and if I can remember correctly I can throw some serious stuff (I mean, hello, I throw toys in closets and under beds all day long), so I decided to join them on their game!  (I'm sure they were thrilled).  So, we are out there (I'm constantly checking the waters around me for any friends (of the jelly nature or and meat eaters),  and catching and tossing around the ball..."just one of the guys".  When all of a sudden, we'll call him "Danger Stranger" (because, he looked a bit dangerous and HE WAS A STRANGER!!) swims up and starts throwing the ball with us.  Ummmm, okay, rude much, hello, family bonding time.  Geez!  Anyways, "Danger Stranger" is obvi not interested in going anywhere but hanging with our crew (he may have thought one of my brothers was a Duck Dynasty extra, and was hoping for a tv spot.

okay, the Dynasty brother that can spell blood with his fingers. He is funny and has super bendy fingers!  If any members of the "Bloods" (Moss.... the Bloods are a gang, and are not very big in our town) are reading my family blog, I hope this does not offend, we just sometimes just like to spell out things with our hands instead of talking (it's just how we roll).

 As the game of catch went on, I was getting skipped quite a bit.  Normally, I would just bow out and take the hint that I am not wanted, but not that day!  Nope, not leaving.  So "Danger Stranger" gets the ball and looks at my husband who was obviously not the next one to have the ball tossed too, it was supposed to be my turn to catch (it was as if this guy had never played this game before??? ) so,  "Danger" throws the ball (FYI, it was almost a little ridic how hard he was throwing, I mean hey guy, this is not MLB, it is catch at the beach), and I jump up out of the water....

 

(I'm sure it looked a little bit like Ariel jumping out of the water) and I reached out to intercept the cannon ball slung out of the barrel ball.  Ummm,  well, needless to say, I did not catch the ball, but tipped it with  my pinkie.  When I say tipped it, I mean my poor teeny tiny child like pinkie was nearly ripped off by Danger Stranger's fastball.  I tried to take it like a champ, but all I really wanted to do is shriek like a girl and run to my momma!!  At that point I realized I was probably a bit more safe in my chair, just being a watcher.  After a few days, and a few attempts of some family members jerking my teeny tiny child like pinkie finger into place, the pain subsided.

So, lesson learned.  I will not play games with strangers!!!

Memories, people!  Memories.

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 I am missing the beach!!

Back to Life..... Back to Reality

I know, I know, last month I stated the blog hiatus was over and done with.  Lies!  The clock strikes 9 in the evening around here, and I completely space out pass out okay, I just sit in front of the television until I can barely hold my eyeballs opened.  I have so many things that I want to be documenting for my family (last days of preschool, summer memories at the splash pad, beach vacation to the Redneck Riviera (don't be jealous!), my "glamping" stories, the fact that I went on a diet.... lost weight.... and gained it back, funny things the kids are saying and doing, and boy potty training (once again, don't be jealous)!  I know one day I will get all of these things on here (I must, this is something that I love to look back on and see what we were doing a month ago, last year, or three years ago).  So, since it is fresh on my mind, and my body is still wishing it was there...... the beach!  Oh, Redneck Riviera how I love you so!  Please note, this post is heavy on the photos!!  So, if photos are not your thing, families having a fun time interest you none, or the beach makes you cringe (you are obviously a crazy person) then come on back now another time!!

Enjoy!  These are my most precious people, and so many of my most loved moments over the past week.  I wish we were still there! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few things that I have just realized....

Sometimes, as a momma, it is hard to find a place of solace.  I definitely struggle with a place at my house, seeing as how none of our doors lock and I could never squeeze into a closet since they are all full of stuff.  So, my quiet time comes in the late hours of the evening, when all are asleep.  I sit here listening to the baby monitors and the sweet sweet (animal like snores of my most precious husband)....honey, I am sorry, it is the truth, don't worry I am still over the moon about you.  Over the past hour I have been able to take a 40 minute scalding hot shower and exfoliate all over (I must prepare for my spray tan tomorrow), after doing this for 40 minutes I no longer have skin and I have realized that I may be a hoarder with a side of skank tendencies.  I know some of you are thinking, Caryn, a hoarder?  Skank tendencies? 

(I know my momma is making a "what you talking bout, Willis?" face

but it is true.

This is my shower.....

I know.  Why do I have so many bottles in the shower?  There is barely enough room for myself in there, and now I know why!  I have 13 bottles lining the wall (there is also one in the bottom, lucky 13), 2 razors, and a bar of soap (there is also a partial bar on the seat).  WTW?  My shower looks like a super center products aisle.  The sad part is only 3 of the bottles have anything in them.  Hoarder.

This is even more weird.... more products, that should go in the shower (that are full).  Are they in the shower???  No, they are safe and sound and out of reach by the sink.

FYI, looking at this the sink it looks a little grunge and dirty.  Judge me, I am a wife and momma of 2 tots and a dog, a full time job, I barely have time to scrub the left over macaroni and cheese off of the floor from dinner, let alone take out a moment to scrub a sink!

I wish I would have taken a picture of my perfume tray last week.  FYI, I have been out of perfume since a Tuesday in 2013, but for some reason I had 7 empty bottles on the tray.  They were so empty that you could not even turn them to the side to get a smidgen of smell good out of there.  What am I holding onto these bottles for?  I have problems.

Seriously.  Yes, this is my toothpaste tube.  It should be obvious to all that I am using the toothpaste, but does any of it get on the brush?  I just leave it like that all of the time.  I throw it in a drawer, it is all over my make up cases, and it frustrates me to no end when I grab something and get the left over paste all over my digits.  Vom.  Skank tendencies. (secret, I cleaned it up a little before I took the pic)

The last nugget... I have been using the same make up sponge for a while, like the last time I switched it out was a Saturday.... not of this year.  I know... I am cringing too.

So, what is up with you?  I am sure one of the tens of readers out there have some sort of hoarding issue.