Are you a fan???

Of the chic?
The Chick-fil-a??

I am!
Huge fan.


Let me tell you about my devotion to the chicken chain.
I am devoted b/c

1. Their food always tastes fresh & doesn't taste like "fast food"
2. Their establishment is always spotless.  I mean any Chick-fil-A is spotless.
3. They have an extremely clean play area that is just the right size.  Not overly large that you lose a kid but small enough that you might have to mingle with the other parents.  LOL
4. Every single employee is the sweetest thing.
5. They value family.
6. They have the best deals.

Tonight for example I stopped with the Cheekers after get his hair cut.
I order his meal, my meal...only difference was 4 nuggets.
Digress.
The sweet little girl behind the counter says "you got a kids meal free b/c every Thursday is buy an adult meal get a kids meal free".
Well thank you girly!
The last time I was there it was dress like a cow get free food.
I had no idea.
Some stranger dressed my boy up like a cow & we ate like Kings on Pauper's wages.

Every time you go into Chick-fil-A you get a sense of community.
That this establishment loves families & kids.

I was at another Chick-fil-A in the start of the summer.
The crew lost my order.
I waited like 20 minutes.
The manager came flying out & apologized profusely.
He gave me free coupons for free food & a coupon for free ice cream for the Cheekers.
Not to mention a carnation for me b/c I was a mom.

Again, love this chain!

I will go out of my way for Chick-Fil-A.
Have you had their lemonade?
O!
M!
G!
Delish!

Tell me, what's your favorite chain restaurant?

*This post was not endorsed by Chick-Fil-A.  It is soley my opinion & just a topic for a post.  I want to share my great experience with all of you*

Fashion, Turn to the Left, Fashion, Turn to the Right

Let's first say thanks to David Bowie for writing such a hit song that allowed me to borrow a quote for my title.
It's very apropos.
Trust me.


Today, at work we had a meeting.
A female only meeting.
It was for dress code.


Specifically shoes.
My company is very particular on what you wear on your feet in the summer.
Now they are trying to clarify what is good, what is ok, what is not ok.
This includes clothes as well.


We are a business casual establishment.
You'd think this would be able to be easy to follow.
Not so much.
Why?
Take a gander:

We would have people show up wearing these get ups.


Now let's take a minute & discuss my fashion.
Or lack there of.


I'm what you call fluffy.
You know, fuller figured.
For me finding clothes that fit & cover what I want is a chore.


Usually you can find me rocking some black dressy pants & a corresponding black & white shirt or just a plain black shirt.  Like t-shirt material w/ cute black loafer slides.
Black is a fluffy girls friend!


On the weekends I can be found in jeans or black capries & some t-shirt.


Well now I have to step it up a notch.
No more cute blue hippie shirt w/ the black flowy pants & strappy sandels.
My piggies should prob. be hidden from sight anyhow, seeing as they are naked, for this time of year.


I like comfort.
And clothes that make me appear smaller than I am.
Omar the tent maker ring a bell?


Really, if my job let me wear pj's I would be all over that white on rice.
Sadly, not gonna happen.


So, what I need to know is, if you are a plus size, where do you shop?
I need ideas!!!

Little of this, little of that...

First I would like to take some time to say thanks for two wonderful things.
Up as numero uno:
Nabisco Oreo's Mint.
Thank you Nabisco.

These are divine
&
If you ask me, they taste just like the Girl Scouts Thin Mint cookies.
Delightful I tell ya. Simply delightful.
I have yet to decide if I am sharing with one soon to be 4yo boy.


Next up.
Toilets.
Preferrably ones that flush.

See, last week it seems Cheeks & Brandon decided to put some cardboard fish where they belong.
In the toilet.
My maintenance dept couldn't get the toilet unclogged
So...
They left me a note & a plunger on Friday evening & a note saying they'd be back on Monday.
Well, um that left 2 days of me having to plunge every time someone used the potty.
It left my bowl looking not so fresh.
BUT
Today they fixed it.
And left me a messy bowel to clean when I got home from work.
Sigh.
At least it flushes now.
Thank the toilet bowel Gods.


Secondly, took Cheeks to see "The Last Airbender"

The little boy who plays the last airbender is just the cutest thing!
And Jackson Rathbone from the Twilight movies is also in it.
He is so cute.
Just found out he was born in 1984.
1984.
That's a year younger than my sister.
Gosh, I feel all gross & icky.
He's like a little boy.


Oh well.
He's very easy on the eyes.
All I'm sayin.


Who do you think is easy on the eyes?
Do tell!

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PSA: Dear Activitists

Dear Anti-Abortion Activist

I am down with you.  If you are against it, so be it.  I see both sides of the coin on abortion.  I've never had one. 
Will I say if I am Pro Choice or Anti Abortion?
No.
I don't want things thrown at my head.

What I am writing this PSA for is to ask that, perhaps, when protesting you can leave the graphic pictures at home.

It's a bit of an awkward situation as I drove by a womens center, that btw does other things than abortions, and have to divert my son's attention to the other side of the road.  I do this because of the graphic, humoungous in size posters you have displayed of abortions.  My son will be 4 in 2 weeks.  I do not think I should have to explain to him what the pictures are.  Mark my words, he's almost 4 so he questions everything & doesn't drop it.

Luckily I was able to divert his attention to the other side of the road today by telling him I thought I saw the Incredibe Hulk.  He believed me.  Whew.  Now I just have to explain the reason he couldn't see him.  Thank God I am quick on my feet.

So, please, feel free to protest.
I support you in it.
I will also support you if you decide not to protest.
I'm equal opportunity.

I just ask that you tone down the photos.  Think of the little kids who have no idea what they are looking at nor why you are at the building. 

Whaddya say?
Deal?

Just call me Monty Hall!

Phrase I've never thought I'd have to utter

Let me preface this with, while I have 2 older boys, I wasn't blessed with them til they were 11 & 6.
I didn't have to deal with certain things.
Ask me what I'm dealing with now & I can tell you some stories.

I digress.

I have noticed lately the following phrase being repeated, a lot, in my home.
Directed at my very soon to be 4 yo.

The phrase:

You aren't peeing, so stop touching it!

What phrase do you find yourself saying?

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Stream of Conciousness

Do you know who wrote an entire book in the stream of conciousness form?
James Joyce.
It's like Irish torture really.
I should know.
1. I'm Irish.
2. I was an English major & it was required reading.


Take a gander below:

Like it?
The Cheekers & I made it.
A million foam blocks glued to a Legg's Egg half.
Remember Legg's when they came in Eggs?
Do you eat Green Eggs & Ham?
Sam I am.
I crack myself up sometimes but that is what you get with stream of conciousness. Just mutterings.
Hence the title of the blog.
It's a frog.
We made a frog.
Cute no?


Wanna know what's not cute?
One almost 4 yo & one 4.5yo who decided to take the cardboard fish from a counting game & put the fish where they belong.
In water.
The water that is in my toilet.
My toilet, to no avail, will not become unclogged.
I think there is a fish stuck down in the pipes.
Ah, good times.


This is also the child who called Burger King, King Burger.
Convinced me to go there Saturday.
I loathe BK.
Not only does the food suck but it is so poorly run & they hire the inept.
This could be a bias from the job that I do but really have the employees fill out applications before you put them behind the counter.


Sigh.


What's on your mind tonight?

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Christmas in July Giveaway

That's right everyone.
It's Christmas in July.


Santa is on vaca but has asked me to help you out.



So what is on the giveaway list, take a gander:

This would make a great gift for anyone, including yourself.


So here is what you need to do to win my Christmas in July giveaway.

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Little Saturday Craftiness

Preface: I do not have a before shot b/c well I forgot.
There.
Said it.
Whew, weight off my shoulders lifted.


Without further adieu here is my Saturday craftiness.

A few years back I was given this frame. It was white with gold trim. Didn't exactly scream moi.


Then a few months ago, my dad gave me old skeleton keys he got on Ebay.


So, I thought, hmm, I can do something crafty with this.
Got out the spray paint.
Got out the frame.
Sprayed, sprayed, sprayed.
Viola.
Instant black frame.


Then I got out the skeleton keys, counted out five...two for the momma & the pappa in the house, 3 for the monsters children that live here.  Cut out some cute scrapbook paper.  The Modge Podge'd the keys to the paper.

It now hangs in my teeny tiny foyer, ok there's no foyer just small bit of wall but foyer sounds more classy!

And that, readers, is my Saturday craftiness.

A little Tom Jones

I've been having a lousy week but my dad sent me this video in an email & well now my week is looking up!


I luvs me some Tom Jones!!





Who do you love?

Pain

I swear I have a black cloud hanging over my head since turning 40.


Yesterday I ended up back in ER with severe kidney stone pain.
I mean, OMG! I wanted to die.
They doped me up pretty good...(Love the ER drugs!)
Sent me home tho & this morning at 2:30 I woke up with pain again.
Took a Vicodone.
Thank God for them!


Still feeling like I got kicked really hard in my back
&
I am now suffering from a migraine
BUT
It has to go up from here, yes? no?


Have you ever had a kidney stone?
How did you deal with it?

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Chef Crush

Do you have a Chef crush?
I do.
Who? you ask.


Feast your eyes on:

That's right.
Bobby Flay.


OMG! I love him.
He is just so darn lovable.
He has a good personality & even when he's trying to "throwdown" & be tough on his shows, he comes off likable.


Plus he's a fabu chef.
Bobster took me to his steakhouse last year for my bday.
Delish! I tell ya, delish!
If you are ever in AC, check it out...it will not disappoint.


Tell me, who are you crushing on?

Wordless Wednesday ~ Lunch ala Cherry Hill Mall

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I am now over here & today is my very first post.

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Turning 40 stinks!

Yesterday was my birthday.
I was ok with it.
Really.

At 5pm I started to not become okay with it.

Here is how it progressed.

5pm - Sitting @ desk when I suddenly get a growing discomfort in my neither region. I visit the ladies room 4 times in the next 30 minutes.

5:30 - Visit the ladies one last time to discover a "pink" tinge to my urine. Leave, pick up E.

6:00 - Drive home I keep getting pressure in my lower back & feel like I am going to pee my pants. Upon groaning with a bit of pain, while driving, I hear from the back seat "I know, honey, I know" from my 3yo.  He even rubbed my back when we got home.  Whatta kid!

7:00 - Arrive @ ER. My mom went w/ me & we were there from 7 til 2 in the morning. We had a nasty male nurse who figured I was in for a UT infection & told me about his disgust for us being there. He also left all my blood samples in my room causing us to wait an additional 2 hrs or so b/c he "forgot" them & my labs never got done. At approx 1:30 or so, my really, super sweet doctor comes in to tell me I passed a kidney stone. Happy Birthday to me!

9:00am - I have an accident at home that I do not want to go into but lets just say I wasn't able to control something resulting in me having extra laundry. Yep. Good times.

12:00pm - Discover that overnight, someone decided to do a funny & pried off my driver's side rear tail light assembly, leaving the lights exposed. This is after the beginning of the week someone broke into the van & took, of all things, a wind up radio.

Can I have a do over!?!

New Decade

Well, I've talked about it enough this month.
It's D Day.
Yep.
I have entered a new decade today.

I am officially 20, err, 30, 39 again, OK! fine, I am now 40.

How shall I ring in the new decade?
Any thoughts?

PSA: Dear Food Network

I want to let you know how much I enjoy your network, sister networks & what not.
I am particulary obsessed fond of "The Next Food Network Star".


This weeks episode had them in lunch trucks.
I liked it.
Well, imagine my surprise when I was gandering at the equipment in the truck & noticed the baffle filters that were over the grill in all the trucks.


3 out of the 4 trucks had them installed incorrectly.
Take a lookee here:

The baffles run up & down.
The 3 trucks had them side to side.
That's a big ole no no & can result in a fire b/c they are installed improperly.


So, please, FN, find whoever got the trucks for you & installed those filters & get them to put them in correctly. We would want Aarti to go up in flames. She's my fav, in case you were wondering.


Thanks much,


The Baffle Filter Police

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Downhill to 40

As 40 rapidly approaches for me this week (Friday) I have begun to notice some changes in my body.

Say today for instance.

There I am, deep in thought, when my hand grazes my chins (yes, chins, keepin it real.)

I feel something wirey, yet soft.

What was Meghan? you say.

A hair.

Not only one but three.

Gasp!

There I said it.

The closer 40 gets, the more chin hairs sprout.

They are either white or black.

Sorry to be so graphic.

My blog.

Not only that, my knees are killing.

They always have but they seem to be getting worse.

Let's not talk about the girls.

You know what Im talking about.

Girls, twins, tatas, kasaba melons.

Gravity is not my friend.

I would like to know why is that when I lay down, the girls decide they are more comfy on the sides of body in between the side of chest & my arms.

Attractive, I know!

So tell me, when you were approaching a new decade in your life, what have you experienced?

Mooooo.......

The other day was Cow Appreciation day at a certain "serves only chicken" fast food joint.

So on our way home from getting hair cuts I decided to stop, completely forgetting about this promo.

Cheeks is a bit nosey & started asking the gentleman behind us all kinds of inquirying questions.  I think he is going to be an interrogater when he's an adult. 

The guy liked him so much, next thing I know he's taking his kids costume & putitng it on Cheeks.

So thanks to my chatterbox & the generousity of one stranger, Cheeks ate free!

MOOO!

And the award goes to....

I am so excited!
I got another award.
From whom you say?
From Kathleen @ Life with Four Boys (God bless her!)

The only rules are to thank the person who gave it to you.
Thank you Kathleen!!!!

Then pass the award on to other bloggers that add some sunshine to your life.
Without further adieu, let's check out the other bloggers who get the sunshine!

Cloudy with a Chance of Erin
Fmily Fun Blog
Look it's MegRyans Mom
The Dalomba Days
John & Lisa are eating in South Jersey
Mother of Pearl it is

So tell me, what adds sunshine to your life?

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Despicable Me

All I can say is...I want a minion!
Yep!
A minion!!!!!

Go see it.

I saw it & let me tell you...AWESOME! HEART WARMING! FUNNY! LIGHT HEARTED!

Took Cheeks, Aunt Erin & Brandon to see it.
We all loved it.
Even saw it in 3D & both lil boys kept their neat-o peachy keen glasses on through the whole movie.

It's only 95 minutes and keeps your interest the entire time.
It has many one liners & portrays typical parent & child behaviors, along with evil criminal behaviors as well.

Definitely a must see for the summer!

If you see it in 3D be prepared.to jump because I did a few times. 
I have seen a few 3D's here & there & the animation part was nothing compared to this 3D special effects.

So really, don't waste your time on other non animated films, head on out this weekend & see Despicable Me!

Let me know if you do.

Conversations w/ the Cheekers

This evening on the ride home Cheeks & I were discussing his field trip.
I asked who he sat on the bus with.
He told me Summerlyn.

Here is how the rest of the convo went:
Me: "Do you like Summerlyn?"
C: "Yes I like her"
Me: "Is she pretty?"
C: "Yes but she doesn't wear a dress so no she isn't pretty"
Me: "She isn't pretty because of her clothes"
C: "She needs to take her clothes off"
Me: "You would think she would be pretty naked?"
C: "Yes but she would need to wear a dress or a skirt then she would be beautiful."
Me: "Oh beautiful?"
C: "Yes, in a dress or skirt"

Aunt Erin asked Cheeks if she was pretty
C: "Yes, no"
AE: "Im not pretty?"
C: "Well no you don't wear a dress or skirt?"
AE: "I have to wear a dress or skirt?"
C: "Yes"
AE: "Well if I'm not pretty what am I?"
C: "A man!"

I had to hold Aunt Erin from teaching Cheeks about female equality.
I think he has seen one too many princess movies really.
He told me the same thing last night.
I wasn't beautiful because I didn't wear dresses or skirts.

Sigh.
If only it was that easy to be beautiful.

What have you discussed with your kids lately?

For the love of God

It's hot.
Like white hot.
Like Africa hot.

Sigh.
It reached over 100 degrees today.
Hello!
This is Jersey....you know humidity, not inferno temperatures.

All I want to do is sit & sip some lemonade.
Inside.
In a climate controlled environment.

How about you?
What's the weather like were you are?

40 things

Since it's my birthday month I thought I would do a little post about moi.
Yep.
Call me narcissistic but I'm going to do 40 things about me post.

Your enthralled.
I can tell.


Let's do it, shall we:
1.  My middle name is Kathleen.
2.  I'm 6ft tall.
3.  My fav ice cream is Ben & Jerry's Phish Food.
4.  Fav band is Sister Hazel.
5.  I've been to Ireland, England, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland & Holland.
6.  I appeared on the tv show Dancin On Air & Dance Party USA.
7.  I graduated from Rutgers w/ a degree in English & Elementary Ed certified.
8.  I busted my lip open as a kid resulting in a huge bump as a scar.  It's not visible now but as a kid it was horrendous.
9.  Almost all my friends are named Kathy or Megan.
10.  Fav color is PINK!
11.  I am terrified of spiders. Ick.
12.  I am addicted to blogs.
13.  Total Food Network addict.
14.  I enjoy baking.
15.  My fav # is 15.
16.  My friends threw me a surprise sweet 16 party.
17.  I've been out of school 22 years. O.M.G.
18.  My cell phone tune is "Bulletproof"
19.  My first concert was when I was 23 & I saw The Steve Miller Band.
20.  I have traveled by train to Florida from Philadelphia...down & back.  Never again!
21.  This is a lot harder than I thought...fact #21.
22.  Bobster & I were set up on a blind date.
23.  I love the pin up look but I would look like a moron.
24.  I'm LDS.
25.  I am not a nature person.  Give me a temperature controlled climate any day.
26.  My first car was a 79 Chrysler Cordoba.
27.  I have red hair.
28.  I worked in a dry cleaners, a pharmacy, a clothing store for older people, Bath & Body Works, a candle store, a supermarket, a paper manufacturer, a floor installer & a distributor.
29.  I failed gym, not once but twice in highschool.
30.  Had braces 3x's.
31.  When I sing it sounds like cats are dying.
32.  My favorites movies are Steele Magnolias & The Matchmaker.
33.  I love to read.
34.  Adore celeb gossip.
35.  I forgot I've been to Canada.
36.  I was 36 when I had my son.
37.  I've never lived anywhere but the state I was born in.
38.  I lied I've been to Puerto Rico too.
39.  I still have my tonsils.
40.  I used to have my ears double pierced but I grew keloids in the second hole & had them removed.

Ok, now it's your turn to tell me something about yourself.

Go!

Happy Birthday America!

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Today we celebrate being able to live free.
Make our own choices.

How are you celebrating?

Our town did the parade/fireworks thing yesterday.
Today we are heading to a friends for a picnic.
They have a pool.
I do not have a bathing suit.
I can't do that to others, let them see me in a bathing suit.
All you would hear is:
"OMG! My eyes! Cover your watch! Land ho! Beached something or another!"
It wouldn't be pretty.

Let me know how you will be celebrating.

In the years I've been alive

I never expected I would be content with watching 2 little boys eat their dinner & run around like nuts at the playground.

What contentment have you experienced lately?

Guess what month it is!!??

Tis July!

My birthday month.

Can you stand it?

I know I can't!!!

How shall we celebrate a new decade for me on this little old blog?

Hmmm....give me some ideas.

How about we first come up with some suggestions for something scumptious to have for dessert.

What is your fav treat for your birthday?