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April 2010

91 In Life

Geriatric Swimwear & Things of that Nature

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Mornin’ Rovers!

It’s been a busy week and after several late nights I crashed at 8:32 pm last night. Which is so very geriatric of me… but according to my sister, I am SO very geriatric. I don’t know too many “mature adults” with “i love trash” tattoos but that’s another story! {She better be glad I love her as much as I do!!}

A few months ago Bailey at Peppermint Bliss asked me if I’d do a blog interview. The interview included questions about clothes. Which always sends me into a panic. I like clothes but I don’t really buy clothes, I just get all of Erika’s and rely heavily on my her to tell me if something looks good or not. If you recall in my “oops-I-posted-a-gmail-chat-that-I-wasn’t supposed-post” my conversation with my sister went something like this…

me: Would you please look at these clothing selections for Peppermint Bliss?
Erika: Hang on peppermint patty this is so hilarious… yada yada yada
me: Will you please approve my selections?
Erika: blabber blabber blabber
me: Will you please look at what I’ve picked?
Erika: blabber blabber blabber

{several weeks pass– she NEVER reviews my selections}

The interview post went up this week.

And then yesterday she emails me this…

Darby, that brown tankini on peppermint bliss killed me. I  should have stopped you on that thing – that looks like a maternity swimsuit or geriatric.  I should have previewed that.  The green dress is fine, but that swimsuit is hilarious.  People are going to think you are an Amish Mennonite.

So I chatted her up…

me: how many stinkin’ times did I ask you to look at those choices?
Erika: darby.
me: at least 50
Erika: 3 times
me: you were too worried about your computer guy to look at my choices.
me: i thought that suit was cute!!! AND I have it in BLACK
Erika: that tankini is so geriatric. i am sure you do. 😉
me: and now you tell me its amish & geriatric. your mom is geriatric {JUST KIDDING MOM!}
me: listen… you have 3 babies in 4 years and i’m going to see what you wear to the pool you will have a tankini  skirtini
Erika: i’ll just wear a bath robe
Erika: that is totally YOU
me: ok, well it’s too late now BUT i seriously have that in black and I love it and i wear it with great pride… prudish pride! 🙂
Erika: i am sure you do. i had it when i was pregnant and never wore it. That fabric on my stomach when it’s wet grosses me out completely
me: are you serious?
Erika: YES
me: oh my goodness. you are so weird
Erika: i hate that feeling of wet loose bathing suit material on my stomach something is just not right about it
me: you are weird

I do have 2 piece swim suits that I will not wear in public! 🙂 I call them backyard bathing suits. Hello, mothers– I know you do the same thing! And I know if you’ve had 3 kids you think that brown tankini is super cute!!

In other news, I’m going away this weekend by myself.

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And could y’all pray for my husband while I’m away?

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77 In Life

Heavenly Day

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Can someone queue Patty Griffin ‘Heavenly Day’? It would accompany this post so well! Our time with Sloaney Bologna and her mom and dad was so precious but quite possibly the shortest visit ever known to man! I’m only slightly bitter about their brief time here. Even though it was short, it was really good… and hilarious. Which is no surprise to me.

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What would have made the picture above more enjoyable is if she were wearing the straw hat and had her shorts {which weren’t near as short as they look} pulled up higher.

I’m convinced that my beautiful, content, and happy little Sloane may never be the same. I would dare guess that her time around other young children has been limited. She seemed to be in complete shock as the little rovers ran laps around her. We finally convinced Erika and Chance it was okay to let her on the floor to interact with her cousins! 🙂 This picture was taken right before he pulled out his weapons on her. Please Lord, send Erika a rover next.

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And then for some reason we thought it would be a good idea to take a picture with wet hair and no make up… and then they left.
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The end.

And she unfortunately didn’t leave her iPhone here which she used 7 of the 8 hours she was here to take pictures of me while I a) picked my face in the visor mirror while {unbeknownst to me} the woman bringing us carry out stood at my window with our pizza and waited for me to stop picking to pay. {while Erika exclaimed loudly from the passenger seat “you are so BUSTED!“}. And b) while I scavenged through my neighbor’s trash for a really cool rolling cart that I hope really was trash {going to have to check on this}. And c) while I ordered Tropical Sno’ for my children.  The only reason I really want an iPhone is so that I can do the same to her one day! 🙂

78 In Life

My Great Expectations

I had great expectations for today’s post… round 3 of my “candy” stores. Instead life has been crazy, the best kind of “crazy” I can think of. Instead I will share a few random thoughts from the “random thought” section of my brain.

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I love the ball park. We aren’t quite to the stage where “pressure” might be associated with the ball park which means our trips there are strictly fun and social. In my opinion, life is too short to care too much about ball games. I treasure these days and don’t look forward to the days when tears are shed and hearts are anxious over performance and games.

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Second, I’ve been in therapy for a week or so. My sessions have involved yards of fabric and sewing machines.

Third, I’ve been thinking about how often I kiss my kids. Which is very often. And I wonder when they will no longer let me kiss them which makes me want to hug and kiss on them all the more. I already grieve the day when they no longer want me to kiss them.

Fourth, {this is very strange} I am teething. I called the oral surgeon yesterday to explain that I have what feels like teeth coming through the inside of my gums where my wisdom teeth used to be. I explained this to the nurse and she confirmed that what I feel are bone fragments trying to come through my gums. She told me if I gently scratched my gums with my fingernails I could expose the bone fragments and pull them out.  Oh dear! I really consider myself a picker but something seems so incredibly uncomfortable to me about scraping my own gums to remove bone fragments… I let you know if I man up and attempt this procedure. She also said if I wanted to come in they’d be glad to do this for me… I can’t decide which would be worse… me or them!

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Fifth, my son is a mess. People always say “boys are so different from girls”. I always listened to them but  I honestly had my doubts. Until I had one of my own. If we are driving down the road and he sees any type of lawn care equipment {either in the back of a truck or being used on the side of the road} he goes absolutely bonkers. Weed eaters, blowers, edgers, and especially riding lawn mowers bring the young man such excitement. He also LOVES to use household cleaning tools as weapons. Swiffers, mops, and dusters all make wonderful swords and/or guns. I can assure you if I was as passionate about these tools as he is my house would be SPOTLESS. Instead my house is a giant mess because I can never find my cleaning weapons.

Sixth, I’m dying to see my sister and her baby {and her husband too}. I haven’t seen them in since Christmas and it’s killing me. My fingers are crossed that they will make an appearance at my house this weekend.  That Bologna Sandwich is getting so big and I fear she will be scared of her MommaSissy and not recognize me.

Seventh, I must immediately retrieve my cleaning weapons and put them  to good use… have a great weekend!

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ps- The next post will include details about the kids outfits, patterns, fabrics, etc.