Our Halloween Video...

The girls had a fantabulous Halloween but feel as if they raked in less choice candy this year... too much candy-corn and not enough reeces peanut butter cups, or something like that. I hope you all enjoy the montage! I dig the dancing at the end!

PeaceOut,

~SmellyCat

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!

Sarah (effing) Ruth...

Yay... Sarah Ruth contacted me today and hopefully she will get in touch with Liz and Kirsten (I took the liberty of sending her your email addresses.) So, I'm posting photos of Ms. Ruth on my blog like I did with KT and have done, on occassion, with Sliz! All my love to you Sarah... by the way, do you remember this...

"One day when I was sitting on the Tarta bus

Sarah Ruth came on and joined us.

She sat down real fast

and passed a little gas.

It really did smell,

she put us through... (and rather than swear, as we were good Catholic Schoolgirls, we did rapping noises into our hands)"

it's all in the delivery...

Like, for instance... when using the phrase "self deprecating" you must be so very careful with annunciation or one may get the impression that you enjoy pooping on yourself. You've been warned.

Something I never thougth I'd hear myself say:

Put your turtle in your purse while you eat your cake.

How to prove you're NOT a taxi driver

So i get a very official and very scary notice from my insurance company that they will no longer be insuring us due to the fact that

"Your vehicle is used for transportation of passengers for hire."

WTF? (oh, that means What The Fiddle-sticks, dad) I mean, how could that even happen? So, I call our agent and speak with his assistant (who sounds twelve) and find out that "somebody" reported us for using our car as a "taxi". No shit. I was like, "Who accuses some random person of being a taxi driver? What motivates someone to accuse another of this apparent violation of an insurance agreement?" And she was all, "I don't know, why don't I ask *Paul and get back to you." And I replied, "Sounds like a plan." It turns out that our adjustor (from the accident involving the drunk driver plowing into our car parked in the street) said that there were "signs" that our car was a taxi. When I asked if he meant actual, physical signage, as in a display used to identify or advertise a place of business or a product (such as a taxi service) or something material or external that stands for or signifies something (such as a taxi service) she said she wasn't sure which he meant but would I please drive the car over so she could take a look "just to be sure." The bloody hell? Theoretically, couldn't I simply remove the "signs" (whatever they may be) of my taxi service prior to running my car over? Let me clarify that I am not, in fact, a taxi driver. I'm just sayin'. I brought it to her this morning and in her twelve-year-old expert opinion, it turns out that I am not a taxi driver. Whew! I ought to report them to someone but I just don't have the time (or really the inclination) to do that. So, I'm just letting you all know that there are people out there who will wantonly spread the rumor that a person is a taxi driver. Sure, it began with me but the real question is who is next? Who is next, indeed.

*names have been changed to protect the idiots innocent.

Happy October...

**Addendum 12/19/2008: I just realized that I did not ever post any more of Megs (or Gracies) drawings during the month of October which partially explains why I will not be receiving that coveted "Mother of The Year" award for 2008 (incidentaly, this happens to be my 16th consecutive year of not receiving this award... some sort of a conspiracy, perhaps? We'll probably never know for sure)**

Miss Moo has made some loverly decorations for the house this year (Grace says that she's "working on it, mom" - tweens are so busy now'days, huh?) Anyhoo, she wants me to try to post a new one each day. This should last about as long as quitting smoking lasted, right? 'bout 7 or so days (each month so if you add it up... carry the two... I've quit for like 4 months now.) So I should be posting these for 4 months.

Mom & Dad Part IV

Lordy, Lordy... I'm almost forty!!!

Ninja Cat...

Mom & Dad Part III: Tana

Hear her ROAR!!!

Mom & Dad Part II: Smitty

So, here is part deux of my Smith video... enjoy! I added a bit and made changes from the original DVD that I made for them. I think this is better. I'm just sayin'.

Mom & Dad Part I

I made this really cool DVD for mom and dad and I have not been able to upload the file because it is too long/big (that's what she said) so instead I am going to upload it in "parts". Yes, this means that I had to re-do my work but it honestly turned out better (so far). Enjoy!

PS. Word to your motha!

I need pictures of Uranus!

Now, if you read that you'd be all "sure, I'll help you find pictures of that planet" but like, if your daughter walks up to you while you're in the middle of doing one thousand other things and she says that sentence you're all "The hell? Why do you want pictures of my anus?" And then your daughter will completely laugh her ass butt off. And if your husband is in the room and he's feeling randy he might say something like "You can find those on the Internet honey." with a merry little wink, wink and a nudge, nudge. Yes, we get it... you're hysterically funny. I think this is what Uranus looks like:

It's not really what you'd think, huh? So, our house is full of anus jokes now. It's actually kind of amazing how many anus jokes there are. I've even started with the ass-sphincter say what crap. I think it's time for me to goto bed.

tide commercial

This is the commercial I was speaking to space-face about (oh, anywhere from yesterday to about 6 months ago... I'm not good with time):

Anyhoo... it makes me laugh so hard and ultimately I think of the Bruce Almighty Movie clip:

and following that I will repeat the phrase "Smite me, All Mighty Smiter" - for the next several hours.

And that is how I roll.

Guy Love

Between two guys...

I'm in love with Jenny

I know, I know... I haven't been a very good blogger lately. Although, if you're into taboo subjects (like abortion), I've been blogging like crazy at I know, RIGHT? (I'm a glutton for punishment.) In my spare time I've been reading the Bloggess and her rated G version (well, PG-13) at God Mom, Bad Mom and seriously... it doesn't' even matter if I'm in the worst mood (or if my neck/arm is smasm'ing ever-so-painfully) I will enjoy the shit poo (sorry dad) out of it. I laugh out friggin' loud. Sometimes, like Friday, when I was in a lot of pain I did this sort of maniacal laugh that scared the shit (sorry again, dad) bejeezus out of my children. It was like Tom Cruz in that creepy Scientology video.

Hey Bloggess... I like where your heads at!

Favorite line of the day

People say "a quarter of a million" but they never say "a quarter of a thousand".

It's kinda sad in a way that's not really sad at all.

~compliments of The Bloggess (I think I might love her)

Happy Zackary's Birthday!

Alia had to leave for Ohio yesterday so she made Zackary a heart shaped Birthday cake for his sweet sixteenth a couple of days early! It was really sweet!

Favorite Line(s) of the Day...

"Nipples are private! These people are

strangers to us!"

~complements of mimi smartypants

This one's for Kirsten

Whaddup KT? Yes, for those of you who remember Kirsten Hart Timmins (currently known as Kirsten Hart Fogle) we have recently reconnected (that's an odd word, no? almost sounds like we're dating or something). Anyway... Kirsten, Liz and I have been throwing around the idea of meeting up someplace since we haven't seen each other in entirely too long. Naturally I love the idea... I always love the idea of leaving Buffalo and traveling elsewhere (someplace sunny and warm with a sandy beach). But here is where it all goes wrong... I love the idea; but I really suck at the reality part. My entire family and all those who have the pleasure of actually knowing me can attest that my skills of making-shit-happen leave a whole lot to be desired. Sometimes I'm good but there is definitely a consistency issue. That being said, I would love to try to coordinate something that will more than likely include not only Liz & Kirst but my two loverly sisters as well (considering that we've been trying to coordinate a gathering for years now). Any and all input would be welcome and we can use this blog as a starting point... leave any suggestions and or informative links for suggestions here and hopefully we can get something together.

Lemme know what you all think, k?

Love to you all,

~smelly

Lac Aux Sable

Okay, so the first montage includes shots of my family and the Sweeneys... we enjoyed spending our Holiday with them so much! We had such a fantastic time in Quebec and enjoyed our quality time with the Sweeneys (because God knows we don't spend enough time with them at home). The girls were pretty good during the nine hour car ride but we learned that each of them tend to become somewhat car sick after a while. They began asking "How much further, mom" about 3 hours into the trip. My standard response was "We're closer now than we were the last time you asked" and this seemed to appease them for the next 3 hours. The last 3 hours su-HUCKED! Well... here's the first video. Enjoy.

swimming with the sweeneys!

we SO rocked the Magnum!

So, I finally bought a charger for my camera but still not speaker/headphones... POO! So I will put this rockin' photo of space-face and smelly-cat riding the crap out of the Magnum!

FANGBONERS

We are Family... I love and miss you guys soooo mu-u-u-u-u-u-ch! Come back soon, k?

Ohio 2008 Gathering

I hope this works... I cannot access MovieMaker software so I used PhotoStory3 - hope it works as well (the editing function su-hucked).

I love the photo of Uncle Ron and Aunt Katie!!

Great Aunt Katie

We had a lovely time in T-town visiting with the whole famn damily. The facility where we had the reunion was beautiful... props to Jim and Diane Leitner (hollah)! Aunt Katie looks as great as ever and I absolutely love, love, love the photo of Spacey with her! Two peas in a pod, they are.

As we all know, Aunt Katie will be celebrating her 90th next year and I plan on joining in her celebration and bring my entire family (with the exception of the dog and cats, of course) to celebrate with her. I really hope to see everyone again since I had such a lovely time visiting with them this past week! I only wish that there had been enough time to chat it up with everyone who came. I really missed not being able to catch up with Tony Glauser or his sister, Allison (and their spouses/children)... maybe next time I'm in town?

I am going to attempt to make a photo slideshow of the reunion and post it to my blog so we'll see how that goes... Love you all!

~Smelly Cat

The Moosh Award

So megs got the Artist of the Year award today! YAY MEG, YAY! She was so excited. I took video but I had Ms. O on my lap the entire time and she is a squiggly, squirmy little toddler so it's not that easy to watch. I got a little sea-sick but I'm posting it anyhoo! She was so proud! I love her so mu-u-u-u-u-u-ch!

Favorite Line of the Day...

"Bitch, I wasn't trying to bogart your baby, calm down. "
~mimi smartypants

Oh. My. God. I just love reading her! So but I realize it's been, like, forever since I've been on here but I've been super busy lately doing lots of meaningless things... LOTS! Sometimes it's just nice to do things that do not accomplish anything. Do you feel me? I mean, don't get me wrong... it's not like I'm shirking my responsibilities. I've still got anywhere from three to six kids running around my house at any given moment so it's not like a got a whole lotta free time on my hands. But I got this shitty little summer cold so I cut back with the sitting on babies thing and kind of took some time to get well and all (oh. The "sitting on babies" comment is a reference to The Cat in the Hat. I don't actually sit on babies). Anyhoo... so I decided that the way to get well is to not stress out or do anything that requires deep thought (So, I'll have to get to that whole "world peace" thing at a later date). I think it worked. Although, I "met" an awful lot of really stupid people on the internet whilst I de-thunk. To give them the benifit of the doubt; it could be that they were doing exactly what I was doing (not thinking for a bit) and perhaps they're really, really smart IRL. OMGIALOTFLMAOASMS!!!! I hate those things. Hate them.

Okay... I'm super-duper tired so I'm gonna call it a night. I need to rest up for Kelly Tuesday! Yay me! I'm going to paint the office/guestroom/litterbox before the company gets to town. See ya!
~meow.

Megs first soccer game

Maggie and Grace had their first soccer game of the season (the first soccer game ever for Miss Moosh). So, we get to the field and I'm ready to begin filming the girls in play and my battery dies. That sucked. I'll get some good footage next weekend, I promise! Grace is so friggin' fast it is almost unreal and she is the tallest on the team. Oh, I don't have time now but I'll write later about how we discovered that the girls were on the same team. Crazy Darvoset!

A pain in my neck...

I am not sure what the bloody hell happened Monday evening but I awoke at 3am and heard a creepy "click" come from inside me (in my neck, apparently) and I suddenly couldn't move. Needless to say, Kelly Tuesday was not the day of fun it was supposed to be. I couldn't get my hair cut, go grocery shopping, goto lunch, goto the girls school to read for Maggie's class, walk the dog, goto the gym... NOTHING! Suck, suck and more suck was had to be sure! Nothing but a sucky mass of suckness! So, my neighbor gave me some darvoset which really worked quite nicely. And yes, I am fully aware that one should not take prescription drugs from their neighbor but my fucking neck really fucking hurt and I would have accepted a pipe of crack if it offered relief from the pain.

Update: today (Thursday) my neck seems to have "popped back" into shape (no crack pipe required). I'm still gonna visit my (new) chiropractor but it is mostly just out of curiosity at this point.

So then there was Wednesday... nice morning and all until our bathroom pipes came crashing through the kitchen ceiling. Stugots! Or as Annie would say, Mon Dieu! Since then, our plumber (yes, we have a plumber... remember the bathroom toilet fiasco?) came and repaired the pipes and our construction/painter dude (yes, we have one of them too... remember the water damage in the living room ceiling from the ice storm of '02... or the wall damage from the October storm of '06?) anyhoo, he will be here Saturday to fix our ceiling. I just thank God that we didn't have to involve our roof/siding guy this time because he is just really expensive!

So, I was all irritated and everything... especially considering that David had a little something to do with the pipe incident but that is neither here nor there. I meditated. I finally meditated a little. I spoke with Stacey and she says that I did not just fall asleep a bit, I actually meditated (in her professional opinion). I thought I fell asleep because I was attempting to meditate and then I was at the grocery store and forgot to buy potatoes (I was only metaphorically at the grocery store) so when I "woke up" I thought I'd had a dream but man... I have never felt so refreshed or so "light". It was awesome. I don't even care about the ceiling at all. And just as an aside... it turns out that I really did forget to buy potatoes at the grocery store (crazy). "Serenity Now", eh? Ahhh... I will try this another time soon and see if it works again. Kudos to Space-face for lettin' me know I got my meditation on!

Oh... here's the photo of the ceiling:

By the way... that grayish thing to the right of the exposed pipe is our bathtub. Neat, huh?

Amazing Book...

Click here to view this photo book.

I don't know if this link will get you there for sure but I hope you'll be able to see this incredible book... it was created by a member on Shutterfly (where I made the book for Stacey & MK) the site that I use to make all of my projects. I still do not have a copy of the book but I can visit it here:

I said doo...

Yes... I will be chopping off the coif on Tuesday. Well, technically I will not be doing the chopping. Although, I was seriously considering it when Scott (the receptionist) informed me that I couldn't get in this month. So I cried a little... big fuckin' deal, man... it got me in on Tuesday, didn't it? Who's the asshole now, huh? I'll post the photo's then but I'm guessing it will be dramatic. I'm going through a "thing"... and it appears as if it can all be traced back to my hair. My fucking long, blond locks. Now, the part that frightens me is that I cannot make up my mind what to do with it... it will depend on my mood at the time and that's just enormously scary. You feel me, dawg? It could be dark... it will be short... it may be warm (or cool) tones... red, platinum, black? I don't frigging know, man. Any suggestions are welcome. Well, I gotta go imbibe. Word to yo motha y'all.

My li'l Rat Pack

Oh my Goddess... how freakin' cute is she? Little Miss E and Ocie have been getting along very well lately... even throwing Megan into the mix a couple of days hasn't caused a rift! Speaking of little MegMoo... here is a photo of the newest troublemaker...

And I'm fairly certain I haven't included a photograph of the beautiful Ocie as of yet so here it goes (the coolest colored eyes ever... they look like Marykarens!)

A day at the park...

Our Nature Walk

Here is Miss Grace resting on the Sweeny's deck after our long walk...

The Girls getting cozy before the walk (love this!).

Just a gorgeous shot of the Moosh.

Grace took these photo's during our walk... they're pretty good, no?

Maggies Rock Collection

Megs has created a "rock house" out of her extensive rock collection just in case Li'l Junior and Sally decide to come back to visit us this year. Li'l Junior and Sally are the two Lady Bugs that we found several years ago in our house and the girls decided to make a "bed" for them and there they stayed "asleep" (dead) until mom put them (a more accurate description would be "their carcasses") outside. The girls, with their fantastic imagination (wonder where they got that?) decided that Li'l Junior and Sally are world travelers and stop by to visit us every year or so. They never go anyplace else more than once (we're special). The explanation: They bore easily. Humph... go figure.

paparazi to the flars...

Fantistic Photo's

Photo's from an ice-storm we had... BEAUTIFUL...

Coiffeur Folie

So I went all Britney Spears on my hair today (luckily my madness was generally focused on the "bangs" portion of my hair). I'm wondering if this isn't just a little, tiny bit a result of my control issues? Nah... its more the "anything you can do I can do better" thang, right? I mean, why pay 40 bucks when I can do it in my bathroom for free?

I know, RIGHT?

Annual Sorci Egg Fight...

And the winner is...

Grace holds the unbreakable egg and holds the 2008 title!

It was touch and go between Grace & Megs, but G-Love prevailed!

Money attempts to steal the win but fails miserably.

Moosh v. Z (Megs pulled out the win)