i'm fluent in sarcasm and why i might not update facebook anymore

i have told y'all before that i speak fluent sarcasm.  it is not so much a gift as it is a coping mechanism.  so yesterday i had to take bluedotteen to the pediatrician.  it wasn't anything serious.  the day before there had been some horse play on the senior patio. he and some other 17/18 year old boys, being boys, were throwing full water bottles at each other.  unfortunately for bluedotteen, he was the recipient of a full force thrown water bottle to his right ear.  we just needed to have it checked out because of the swelling and bruising.  anyway....so i posted a status update/check-in:

i posted this after we had seen the dr and knew all was well.  so a family member (i'm not naming names, however it is likely you will figure out who it is!) called my husband another family member to send word to me not to post things on facebook until i had notified her first.  y'all that burned me up!

facebook isn't my preferred social media.  my social media favorite is twitter, followed by pinterest and facebook at the end.  i have had several conversations with friends who never post anything on facebook because of the negative responses from others.  i have had my fair share of those too...i'm torn!

besides can someones ear actually be amputated?

is that a purple toilet in your front yard?

while driving home on tuesday afternoon, bluedotprincess and i came upon this:

now in all of my 40 years i have never encountered a toilet in someones front yard...i immediately thought of the help and giggled!  so then i tweeted the picture and talked about how that was a new experience for me, seeing a toilet in a front yard.  then there was this whole discussion about how bluedotdad could use this in his sharing your blessings talks....  i love the twitter by the way!

hope that seeing this purple toilet made you laugh!

well it's wednesday so why not have a hodgepodge?

it is wednesday and today i am linking up with joyce over at from this side of the pond

1. What's the last job you did that required elbow grease?
cleaning the stove top...not only do i hate this job, but it drives me crazy when it is dirty.  unfortunately for me, i think i am the only one in my household that is so bothered by it...so i clean it all the time.  yes i am a little ocd.

2. March Madness, aka the men's Division I basketball championship, is nearing an end. What sort of 'madness' has your house seen this month?
march is birthday month for bluedotdad and i...so we are busy trying to celebrate each other.  march is also spring break and that means trying to cram as much as we possibly can in those days off.  this spring break contained:

• bluedotdad shaving his head
• visiting the college campus that bluedotteen will be attending next year
• my mom being in the hospital
• my attending a workshop and being away for several days
• swimming at the ymca for bluedotdad, bluedoprincess and bluedotteen
• bluedotteen taking bluedotprincess ice skating
• bluedotdad painting our living room
• happy reconciliation 
• lots of healthy communication
• feeling filled with hopefulness

3. What's your favorite shop for browsing? i love browsing!  i like looking at ross, pier one, world market and target...

4. Is there ever a time when giving up makes sense? deep question!  where i am at i believe that you should never give up.  you may have to make some hard decisions based on others actions.  but ultimately, you are not giving up the other person is making that decision.

5. What's a song you love that contains the name of a city, state or country in its title?

sweet home alabama (roll tide roll!)

carolina in my mind

6. When did you first begin using a computer? in high school. 

7. Did you buy girl scout cookies this year? What's your favorite? nope...not one box!  tagalongs are my absolute favorite...i can't just eat one, i eat the whole box (see why i couldn't buy any this year!)

8. Insert your own random thought here.

i just spent a weekend learning a lot about myself.  i have a clarity and hope that i have never had before.  it makes me sad that others do not get that.  i am wearing a bracelet as a symbol of this journey and so i remember it always.  i wish everyone who had been on this journey had a bracelet so when you encounter others you know if they get you.

happy wednesday,

today's gonna be a good day!

with this sky greeting me this morning, how can it be anything but a good day!

happy birthday to me...40 facts about bluedotmom

today should be a national holiday...it is my 40th birthday.  i decided to give you all 40 facts about me to add to your useless knowledge....hey you never know when we will be at something where this important information will come in handy!

1. i was always the first child to finish bubbling in my name on standardized tests because my whole name was 11 letters, so i gave my children really long names
2. i speak fluent sarcasm...this comes in very handy all the time.
3. i fell in love with george michael's voice the first time i heard it and am still in love with it!
4. i love little house on the prairie and watch it anytime i get a chance.
5. my first car was named the blue goose...
6. i met my husband at a high school beauty pageant.
7. i have worked on 2 presidential campaigns
8. i have kissed my husband under the eifel tower
9. i once talked my sister into lying on the ground and i ran over her head with my bicycle, i was 5.
1. don't feel too bad for her, she hit me square in the forehead with the teeter totter on our swing set and busted my head open and then there was the unfortunate ant killing event and a drinking glass that ended with me getting over 20 stitches in my foot.
10. i have liedar...i abhor lying!
11. i have quilted a quilt.
12. i hate doing laundry
13. i have a tattoo and want another one!
14. i talk to myself
1.  i have great conversations by the way!
15. i love pinterest
16. i have to have sweet tea every morning when i wake up!
17. i loved statistics in college and had the highest grade in my class
18. i don't floss my teeth like i should
19. i consider my doggies my four legged children
20. i love to ride roller coasters
21. i love surprises
22. i have curly hair and i like it!
23. i played the clarinet and bass clarinet in the band
1. not at the same time
24. i twirled a flag during marching season in high school band
1. i still remember the routine for tryouts 
25. this list was a good idea in my head, but was much harder to come up with once i started typing
26. i would like to wear flip flops everyday if i could
27. my favorite time of the day is after everyone is in bed and it is quiet
28. my favorite poet is ee cummings
29. my family and i have visited the white house rose garden
30. my husband dropped some of his grooms cake down my dress when he was feeding me cake for pictures at our wedding
31. i over analyze things
32. i feel such a special bond with our life walk group at church...they are truly family to me and bless me beyond measure
33. i love working at a middle school
34. my children are the greatest gifts in my life
35. i knew i would marry my husband from our first date
36. i love to sing
37. i love to watch football games, especially alabama football, roll tide roll!
38. i have never lived alone
39. i love to take pictures and am rarely in any of our family pictures because i am always behind the camera
40. my all time favorite vacation was when my husband and i traveled all over europe with only our passports and a eurorail pass

whew, that was a lot harder than i thought it would be...i hope you all have a terrific tuesday!

finally friday!

man are the weeks dragging by for you guys as much as they are for me.  it seems like the closer we get to spring break the longer the work week gets.  this week has been a long one filled with sick kids, too much work, mischievous dogs, exhaustion once i get home and allergies galore.

hopefully my weekend will be much calmer and drama free than this week.

happy weekend blog world,

happy birthday to my superman!

today is a very special day to the bluedots...bluedotdad is celebrating his birthday...

here are some of the reasons we love bluedotdad

• his love for us
• his love for god
• his sense of humor
• his wild addiction to coffee
• his bazaar fascination with crazy socks
• his popcorn cravings
• he is a lawn care guru
• the fact that he has no rhythm and he doesn't seem to mind us poking fun at him for that
• because life is never boring with him

bluedotdad -- to the world you may be one person. but to me, you are the world!

happy birthday bluedotdad, i love you,

it's friday, i hope the tornados stay away from us!

happy friday blog world...i am watching the weather to the point i have become ocd about it.  to make matters worse, yes it can be worse!  we are going to be traveling this afternoon.  so we most likely will be traveling in some bad weather.

y'all stay safe!

thank you very much thursday

it's thursday and i need a lot little free therapy...

• to the stupid people who have bombarded me with stupid questions, i love saying the same things over week after week, month after month....seems like you would know the rules after 6 months!
• to the guy who ran the red light this morning and cut me off.  thank you for seeing me and then slowly pulling out in front of me.  there is nothing i like better than to be cut off!
• to mother nature, we have had enough tornados, rain, winds, etc.  please give us a break and let the spring and summer be weather eventful free, pretty please?
• to bluedotprincess, thank you for forgetting about extra homework until it was bedtime.  there is nothing that makes me happier than to have to help do 2nd grade homework when i have planned on you being in bed.  i need a little mommy free break every now and then.

• to bluedotteen, can you please be home on time.  this line about being stuck behind a slow car is growing old.  i mean, really, i wasn't dropped off the turnip truck yesterday.  i probably have used every excuse you have and will use.  you can't pull one over on me.
• to bluedotteen, please don't give me that baby look that you know melts my heart.  i know you are a senior in hs and will be graduating very soon and going away to college.  please quit using my mommy sappiness to your advantage.

• to the teacher at work who told me today that she was sorry when we were discussing my upcoming 40th birthday.  i really didn't need to you to tell me how awful life would be after i turned 40, i have enough dread for that already!

• to the bluedotdoggies, please quit finding ways out of the fence in the backyard.  you have plenty of room to run and play and i don't have time to go from door to door trying to find you.
• to my hair, please grow faster!  grow down and not out...i do not look good as a Roseanne Roseannadanna! 

oh, i feel so much better!!! in all seriousness, this week has had its ups and downs and i am very thankful that other than pretty normal frustrations, my life is really awesome!

happy thursday and the start of my birthday month,