tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104132152011-12-31T22:36:47.352-05:00The Adventures of Me & My Absolutely Adorable, Wild Yet Unbelievably Cute Primate Princessesk8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.comBlogger6461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-50846334546321975042009-09-07T20:22:00.004-04:002009-09-07T20:43:13.952-04:00

just bc people are against bhusseinobama's proposed health plan specifically does not mean they are against all health care reform. i am so sick of bleeding heart liberals trying to put a freaking guilt trip on anybody who dares to oppose the sucky healthcare document proposed by their object of worship. more specifically, just recently there was a big liberal status change wave thing for demmies

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-18522913124077961062009-07-14T09:45:00.005-04:002009-07-14T09:52:55.265-04:00

hey it's k8!on multiple occasions i have considered deleting this blog but since it has agitated so many people, how could i possibly do THAT? ;)anyways...i'm a teacher...it's summer...i 'm going to give it some time here and there, just for my own personal satisfaction!alright peeps - whoever's still here gets to see some new photos of mama's darling monkeymeats.

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k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-41025236217951791972009-01-18T08:48:00.002-05:002009-01-18T08:49:32.862-05:00

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-81266905759262286152008-12-09T06:27:00.004-05:002008-12-09T06:31:18.101-05:00

my sister thinks tshirts with words on them are white-trashy- ish.however, these are just the casual shots for our christmas card. i got some formal ones done with dress up clothes (with no writing on them) at the picture people, but those cannot be revealed at this time bc they're everybody's christmas presents this year!

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-90038977406924196552008-11-23T09:07:00.002-05:002008-11-23T09:10:29.920-05:00

in case you haven't heard, animal lovers and palin haters everywhere are outraged bc sarah palin did an interview at a turkey farm where a turkey is getting 'murdered viciously' in the background in order to become someone's yummy thanksgiving day din din.what a wonderful country we will have when people start caring as much about unborn human babies as they do about saving the turkeys, the

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-87196543555912847102008-11-13T20:09:00.001-05:002008-11-13T20:09:28.177-05:00

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-42410963050619028782008-11-07T21:59:00.006-05:002008-11-08T13:41:24.964-05:00

imagine my horror when i came home november 4th to find out MY OWN CHILDREN had gotten their hands on some Obama-Aid and had snuck out their playroom window to cast their democratic ballot.not to worry, after a few hours of fox news and some reagan clips on youtube, they were back to normal.here you see the photographic evidence: note the looks on their faces as they begin to emerge from the deep

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k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-71556625323164553902008-10-05T09:17:00.003-04:002008-10-05T09:34:48.519-04:00

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-58435151412122377482008-09-27T07:21:00.008-04:002008-09-27T09:40:40.645-04:00

...no... wait...i can't say anything bc i'm laughing so hard at b. hussein obama!(warning- not a gritty hardcore political analysis. i would rather just chuckle at obama's sad sad attempt to act like a weal gwone up politician)my fave obama line "i've got a bracelet too!!!"# of times b. hussein said mccain was right about the issue at hand - 9, count em 9!after seeing this, how can any semi-

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-33487005316290331492008-09-20T07:59:00.002-04:002008-09-20T08:04:52.068-04:00

...if you vote 4 obama.obama is one of the very few pro-choice advocates who accepts no restrictions on late-term abortions, or any kind of abortions. this means killing the baby up until the day it is actually born. this is so sick.surely we need to speak out against abortion. it's murder. these doctors are killing humans, and making millions of bucks doing it.this has nothing to do with race bc

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-50432696568743441302008-07-04T12:40:00.004-04:002008-07-04T12:55:27.333-04:00

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-26761630799933788102008-06-15T11:52:00.001-04:002008-06-15T11:52:25.445-04:00

trav at the party

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-37131588091193027372008-03-23T20:22:00.004-04:002008-03-23T20:30:11.762-04:00

click on either picture to get to flickr and my photostream for more easter egg-citement.basically it's the kind of cute that borders on painful.

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-9368870098220825042008-03-16T19:36:00.003-04:002008-03-16T19:59:54.000-04:00

well, let's see...the days after christmas have passed in a thick pink sticky amoxocillin fog.in case you don't know, that's the antibiotic they give kids for just about anything that ails em, in our case -ear infections and snotty noses galore. just as it seems they are all well, the snot begins to flow, then it simply moves along from child to child.bubby boy has morphed into a chubby little

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-26857446863221384782008-02-13T08:32:00.004-05:002008-02-13T09:11:33.996-05:00

so everybody, the reason i stopped with the blogging since like forever is that i decided to lose weight- 100 pounds to be exact.since this involves exercising, and since i have three kids and since i work full time, i have had to re-prioritize things in mi vida loca. unfortunately, in the daily hierarchy of importance, this beautiful blog has gotten shoved violently to the lower portion of my

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-75070847658758881282008-01-30T20:38:00.002-05:002008-02-13T08:27:10.464-05:00

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-23300926015070065012008-01-30T20:37:00.001-05:002008-01-30T20:37:17.314-05:00

bub teaches his light up music toy a thing or two, then tries to eat it.

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bub and santagirls at the santa train- although they waited forever in the bitter cold, they refused to talk to santa.

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k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-55264462775847760852007-11-04T10:46:00.000-05:002007-11-05T05:49:33.364-05:00

that's over 500,000 AMERICAN babies that have been killed.everyone can make a difference even if you're not old enough to vote! ask everyone to support pro-life candidates. see this link for more info and a printout.http://www.nrlc.org/Election2008/allcandidatescomparison.pdfthis is an actual photo of surgery on a 21 week old baby still in it's mother. in virginia you can legally have an

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k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-87992787241959371522007-10-08T18:34:00.001-04:002007-10-08T18:38:23.216-04:00

they call him bubba.trav and his cousin griffin- 1 week difference in age!da boys

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Life goes by pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

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...and the winner (finally) isLisa Marie Mary of The Hippie Spelunker!!!!congratulations!i feel bad- i wish everybody could win! but i do have a whole new box of scrapbooking stuff to photograph and give away as soon as i get back into the blogging groove. so stay tuned!lisa- email me your address and i will get your stuff in the mail sometime this year. just kidding- sometime this week.i also

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-56364981283746617442007-09-06T09:17:00.000-04:002007-09-06T09:53:17.695-04:00

have a contest that gets everybody worked up then abandon the blog?!well it's like this people. having 2 4-year olds and a newborn and a job and a husband and a house and laundry and having to get everything done and get everywhere on time and feed the people living here is kicking my butt. the first week of teaching is draining all my energy. i forgot how much juice it takes to keep the energy

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-45562324467713121452007-09-01T09:44:00.000-04:002007-09-01T09:50:09.204-04:00

this week has been totally whirlwind crrrrrrrazy with the girls back to school and me back to work. (i'm a spanish teacher.) unfortunately on the list of priorities blogging has to be pushed to the bottom when everything else is calling.i got issued a new laptop at work- woo hoo!!! i get to keep it year round so it's kinda like, mine, but it's not mine.this weekend and monday i will be working

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-57471917559771287132007-08-28T17:55:00.000-04:002007-08-28T17:58:42.763-04:00

sorry to leave you guys hanging for so long. i'm posting real quick from my parents' house while the girls are in the bathtub-first week back at workgirls back at schoolwork laptop not working- waiting on repairvery little time to fit everything in but tomorrow afternoon hopefully a real post!xok8

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we just got back and i am fried dude.well it's embarrassing to tell ya what baseball team we saw last night- they're so bad right now. ok, we were here.we had a good time anyway. i will post more tomorrow w pictures and man wait til you see the screaming middle-aged mullet guy who was in front of us- i snapped his pic w my cell so you can check him out!afterwards we went here and here. both were

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um, can you believe people actually used to wash their clothes on these? my mom remembers my grandmom using this when she was a kid. dude, we have it so easy. you should go hug your washing machine.you can tell how much it was used from the center- it's all shiny and new looking from the constant scrubbing. don't you love the brand- 'sunnyland?' like you're supposed to be all bright and cheery

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-53222911999882894582007-08-22T23:15:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:08:58.652-04:00

...from thurs. am til fri nite. to make up for my absence, i will post random thoughts that pop up in my head from now til i leave so you will have enough to read. feel welcome to make a remark transmitting whatever random thought you, in turn, have in response to the concept at hand.also don't forget to if you haven't yet checked out the new stuff i added to the contest. it is only in

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-68057829161950671872007-08-21T23:52:00.000-04:002007-08-24T21:43:46.732-04:00

i like this meme.1) Go to Google. 2) Click on Google images. 3) Type in your name and search. 4) Re post (w/ a link) the picture of the oddest, craziest, strangest, coolest, oldest, etc. person that shares your name. Post multiples if you find a few you like. 5) Pass it on to at least 5 other people.ps haloscan comments are malfunctioning off and on lately. if you click the time below you can

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i am missing my kids like crrrrrrrazy. now that the house is almost done i keep thinking about them and wondering what they're doing. but not like they're worried about me. they are having so much fun they can barely take a second out of their precious schedule to talk. sue sent me this pic on my cell of them at a puppet show tonite.i think they're bumrushing the dog puppet. this looks like a

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in cleaning i have come across random occurrences of these wooden word dice from some old game. i didn't want to chunk em out, then i remembered i had a bunch of little magnets from an old project and believe or not i knew exactly where they were!i glued them on the dice randomly and added them to the confusion on my fridge door. how excited i was to find i could form a sentence- actually a

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-4849754309768269032007-08-20T22:32:00.001-04:002007-08-20T23:55:01.524-04:00

okay let's all listen to one of my favorite songs together. click the link below, then click the third song down. think wistful end-of-summer thoughts.then get up and dance to the second one. chair dancing is acceptable. when someone in your house walks by and asks you what the heck you're doing, tell them you are just doing what you were told to do.okay that's all.click here now. aren't i bossy?

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-35238405812699988942007-08-20T10:35:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:24:29.810-04:00

i didn't run fast enough and i got tagged by laura. i have to show you my tattoos and tell you the stories behind them.this is the best pic i can get of the first tattoo i got bc it's on my lower back and i'm home alone. it's blurry, but it wouldn't look any better if it was focussed.re: the location- i got this tattoo before the term 'tramp stamp' came into use, i promise. the story is, both me

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-43218210887173939972007-08-19T17:41:00.001-04:002007-08-20T11:25:58.435-04:00

well, the cleanout carnival is rocking here in monkeyville kids. today i tackled the garage and part of the laundry room and i will continue to press on after dinner. this was my grandparents' house and i had to move in here really fast- bc i had to get out of my old house but it's a long story- before alot of cabinets and drawers were cleaned out.my grandmother kept everything bc she grew up

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-66400505875806050622007-08-17T13:31:00.000-04:002007-08-17T13:56:36.951-04:00

your living room could look like this.click to biggify.right now i am procrastinatingtaking a break from finishing the first room of my multi-step 'residential enema' plan for this week. HOW THE HECK DID I ACCUMULATE ALL THIS STUFF? good googly moogly batman. the scariest part is that this is mainly just the stuff i had jammed under a table in my dining room hidden by a long tablecloth. i

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-47802334404552507312007-08-16T22:06:00.000-04:002007-08-16T22:14:02.877-04:00

um, did you know i'm having a contest? i am meeting some cool new people bc of it too. these are exciting times we are living in!that's right, even if this is the first time ever you have read my blog, you can enter the contest! everybody loves scrapbooking!scrapbooking breaks down racial, religious, and cultural walls. anyone can do it and love it. now that i think about it, scrapbooking could

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-41705734758923085302007-08-16T21:35:00.000-04:002007-08-16T21:46:40.559-04:00

this is gonna be my disclosure notice. i'm posting it so i can link it on my sidebar for future reference.i am not rich so i blog for bucks sometimes. it's not like, a big secret or anything. in fact, i try to make it as easy as possible to distinguish paid posts by publishing them in blue text and non-paid ones in purple. i don't do any paid posts about things that go against my personal beliefs

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-43515195788780300742007-08-16T11:34:00.000-04:002007-08-16T11:57:03.285-04:00

like me, for example. a long long time ago the girls' godparents (bob and sue) asked if the monkeys could go with them on vacation this year. a week away? sure! i said without hesitation.i was even okay last week. but now they're leaving for a whole week? no monkey-ness for 7 days?none of this?or this?i can feel the panic rising people. how will i survive this long without hearing "MOMMY!!!!"

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-84451988874160020962007-08-16T11:12:00.000-04:002007-08-16T11:32:40.317-04:00

i tell ya it's a crazy world our kids live in. when i started teaching back in '94, i was in a high school in a semi-urban area and you heard very little about kids using drugs. i mean, i'm sure they were there to some extent, but just not super- prevalent. i had a break of over 7 years before i started back teaching again, and this time it's in a couple of middle schools in a rural area.

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-37615639487306457802007-08-16T11:05:00.000-04:002007-08-16T11:12:00.178-04:00

i normally don't click on youtube videos when i'm browsing but i have seen this before and every time i die laughing. take a minute and listen to this!

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-68653024149669420922007-08-15T10:18:00.000-04:002007-08-15T10:28:39.218-04:00

i was checking out a site today that i have bookmarked bc it has alot of relevance for me, and maybe you too, if you have kids or grandkids. teaching kids about money and all the stuff that goes with it is a major task and this blog has tons of informative resources. though the monkeys are still young it doesn't hurt to start thinking about a plan for allowances, smart saving, etc. go have a look!

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today's project was a no-brainer- keeps em busy and comes out cute, but all you have to do is print it out and give them scissors and gluesticks. we glued ours on recycled cardboard from an old gift box. click on the pix above to print in real size.i was thinking that there are alot of things you could do with this craft. it would a cute quick craft for a b-day party- if the kids are too young,

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scott and i have been talking forever about organizing our garage. it is supposed to be a 2 car garage but it's so jam packed full of junk there's no way you could get even one car in there. i was drooling over the garage organization products on this website. i've never seen anything like this overhead storage thing before but i can imagine one in my garage. it would be awesome to have to lift

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-9977641012420003922007-08-13T07:49:00.000-04:002007-08-13T07:59:57.166-04:00

a super quick monday morning hello to ya...poor travi-travkins had his 2 months physical on friday. he had three shots and one has given him a big ole sore bright red knot on his fat thigh. the day of the shots he was fussy but he's ok since.guess how much he weighs now...15 pounds 6 ounces!! good googly moogly! he's in the 97% exactly for height weight and head circumference. in case you don't

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-16171963925120257632007-08-10T19:10:00.000-04:002007-08-10T19:26:07.183-04:00

(if you know the line of the song that comes before that one, and when you read it, in your head, you can picture yourself dancin' like a fool to it, you're ok in my book.)no seriously, for whatever wacked out reason, deep thoughts with jack handey popped in to my head today. weren't those the good ole snl days? the happy pleasant flower field and self-affirmation new age music playing? and the

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-34141539393874224382007-08-10T09:01:00.000-04:002007-08-20T22:49:33.929-04:00

it's summertime. let's get crazy people.*skip to end of post to see new items added to the prize.*would you like to win ALL THESE FAB PRIZES??????do you love scrapbooking? does your wife love scrapbooking? does your husband love scrapbooking? how's about your sister or your mom or your other personality? well, blogging buddy, this is the contest for you!a long time ago (actually a few years) when

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no jellyfish today. the windnoise on the mic is really bad- you couldn't hear the wind at all in real life- only the water. at the very end when i point the camera down and the wind is blocked, you can hear what it really sounded like. it was hot as b-b-b-b-blue blazes out there today people- 100 degrees or more. we are really blessed to live in the beautiful coastal area of monkeyville, usa.

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-81625255011885300222007-08-07T21:37:00.000-04:002007-08-08T09:46:33.570-04:00

i had to break down and get a new digital camera even though i can't really afford it. i've been using my mom's almost new one and i've been scared to death that i will forget and leave it in monkey reach and one of them will seek and destroy.i got the fuji finepix A800 bc i love me some fuji finepix cameras. some people hate them but it's the only kind i've ever had so i just upgrade to the new

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-78797192038024822162007-08-06T16:10:00.000-04:002007-08-06T16:16:28.905-04:00

thought you might like to see travis's birth announcements. they're 5x7 and they open like a greeting card. i made them through sh*tterfly and when i got them the cardstock was awesome- really heavy. and they have a matte finish. only, after i got em i realized i didn't capitalize Him in the second line of the bible verse. hopefully no one will notice.

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-86414739300860154102007-08-05T22:59:00.001-04:002007-08-05T23:04:14.034-04:00

please scroll down and read my post titled "have you read this one yet?"graciask8

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...without saying anything! i was checking out the Holmes Stamp website- they have alot of useful stuff for businesses- quite a few of which i would have loved to have known about when i was in the semi- corporate business world doing marketing and office stuff for a doctor.check out their election stamps. although i don't like the disses to my republican peeps, i can see the humor,and it's a

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-76502639666258374342007-08-05T22:35:00.000-04:002007-08-05T22:53:40.872-04:00

that blogging on the weekend in the summer is just like talking to yourself?

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-4619110351906656972007-08-05T08:51:00.000-04:002007-08-05T23:03:41.458-04:00

i'm a spanish teacher; my husband is a butcher. we ain't rolling in the dough. we are not rich by any stretch of the imagination. believe me, i know that we are waaaaay better off financially than the majority of the world's population. one thing i am especially thankful for these hot hot days is the fact that we have central AC. however, like most middle class americanos, times get tight. the

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-74058850405972609392007-08-03T10:26:00.001-04:002007-08-03T10:26:54.763-04:00

sorry this is so dark but you can still see the irresistible smile and hear the sweet little baby noises!

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-21682919030347890512007-08-03T09:20:00.000-04:002007-08-08T17:35:45.906-04:00

okay so i'm not ashamed (well, maybe just a little) to admit that yes, i read those trashy celebrity rags at the checkout. i also have more than a small weakness for celebrity gossip websites. i love the style column in people magazine and i dig those sections in magazines and on websites where they show the best and worst dressed celebs! if you're a celeb style junky too, one brand you will

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-26061778560668927112007-08-01T14:10:00.001-04:002007-08-01T14:42:45.559-04:00

click to biggify.crazy flower clown people created by wildmonkeys

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-58929169891925841852007-07-31T14:47:00.000-04:002007-08-03T17:18:35.642-04:00

(ok, so remember how i was talking about getting paid for blogging? i joined pay per post and although i perused the offers available i hadn't taken advantage of any but i got an email with an offer for me to review a website so... what the heck!)it's actually a really cool site for private number plates and i know it's useful bc our state has a similar system to get personalized license plates.

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-89090810577929177952007-07-30T21:45:00.000-04:002007-07-31T05:40:24.593-04:00

i saw this idea a while back but it took me forever to find those brad/ paper fastener thingies.word wheels (allegedly) help pre readers learn sounds, spelling, letters, and whatnot.here is the one we made.here are some others. i use this website alot for educational crudola.here's how to make one using the wildmonkey method... (clickity)if you want to make one with your young mammal, just let me

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-16160846740899272322007-07-28T22:59:00.000-04:002007-07-30T17:57:19.406-04:00

can someone or 2 or 3 please inform me vis-a-vis the world of blog-vertising? nowadays every site i go on has ads on the sidebars , right? i had considered it but then thought, naw it can't be worth the trouble for the puny amount of money you get (if any.)i know really popular blogs like d**ce and what not get so much $$$ that their blog is like, their job now. how cool would that be?so, tell

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-47493815777775831972007-07-26T12:20:00.000-04:002007-07-26T15:12:03.394-04:00

yesterday at the beach was, um, partially fun and mostly stressful.( click here to see all beach pics)the girls, especially lily, are in some stage called "cry and whine incessantly (and sometimes add a little stomping and jumping) over every little thing that doesn't go my way."it's wearin' me down people, it's wearin' me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down. (say with deep bass voice.)for example, on

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-88273803503984668042007-07-25T09:56:00.000-04:002007-07-26T15:12:28.630-04:00

scott's off work, bob and sue are keeping travis, and we're off to the beach! some friends of our family have a private beach they only use on weekends mostly so it's secluded and the water is niiiiiiiiiiice.here's the girls at the same beach last year...i will post today's pics tonight for comparison- i know you can hardly wait! lol

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-14150699529723736712007-07-23T10:47:00.000-04:002007-07-23T19:35:03.335-04:00

in yet another edition of "my sister and i are completely different" we examine her child's nursery. first, let me reiterate that travis still has no nursery at all. he has a room but it is still uninhabitable. it's a long painful story that we won't get into but yes, he is still sleeping in his bassinet. at the rate he is growing soon we will simply transfer him into a big cardboard box. let's

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-73100166539209594932007-07-20T22:53:00.000-04:002007-07-21T15:28:29.296-04:00

8 random facts about myself you say?i did this in part (2 i think) when i was pregnant and i got stuck so let's take it from the top one more time.ok i only wear pants that have elastic waists. i also have a tendency to buy my children elastic waist pants, thus perpetuating the cycle.i am obsessed with pure citrus spray- it's made just from from oil in orange skins and it smells like you just

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-79839433829495299472007-07-17T18:42:00.000-04:002007-07-18T14:59:20.481-04:00

my sister and i were talking earlier today about how being a sahm (stay at home mom- explanation for my mother and others not up w 'the internet lingo') is much harder than going to work. at our jobs anyway. and that's saying alot when you teach middle school. oy vey the 8th grade hormones. and attitudes.at least when school is in i have an excuse as to why my house looks like a japanese bullet

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-9056638828318159912007-07-17T12:26:00.000-04:002007-07-17T12:34:00.207-04:00

ok i could dig the personalized postage stamps, and i dealt with the customized m&m's. but this is pushing it.coming soon...whose picture do you want on your toilet paper? i can think of a few.

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normally i only let the girls watch noggin. then we branched out into playhouse disney and now discovery kids. what i do is dvr the shows they like so i can use them in a moment of crisis. their faves right now are berenstain bears, caillou, charlie and lola, and higglytown heroes, (which drives me nutty btw.)now we add to the list, though, Hip Hop Harry. they were watching something else and it

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-37327054842529957392007-07-13T21:47:00.001-04:002007-07-13T22:24:42.507-04:00

okay tell me if i'm wrong. seriously. cuz when i tell this to some people they look at me like i'm psycho.first of all i have to drive 45 minutes to get to the nearest walmart. and it's a cruddy walmart. secondly i had just spent 197.97. my mom was watching my cart while i ran to the bathroom bc we were running way behind schedule childcare-wise.so i'm pushing my cart out, and this lady barks at

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-39602719826477489002007-07-11T14:58:00.000-04:002007-07-11T15:01:55.008-04:00

of my new design.bc it rules.thanks lalagirl!

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i'm a gonna keep on posting til my blog gets fixed. cuz i'm getting a cool new custom design by a super cool person but it's a secret right now. bwah ha ha.besides, i must tell you thata. travis gained 1 pound per week for three weeks- at his 1 month checkup the little porkpie weighed 11 pounds. i asked the doctor about his eating- it seems that he eats so much and can't get full. she said to

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-77175247883491169742007-07-06T15:30:00.000-04:002007-07-16T17:34:51.831-04:00

my blog is wacked out and i have no idea why! it's not loading correctly for some reason and the comments arent working?stay tuned- if you know what i can do to fix it please email me! gracias.

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(click any picture to bigify and go to flickr for more primate action.)i asked them to stand still so i could take their picture but they wanted to pretend they were swimming. eergh.ooh ooh aah aah...attending a princess partymaking humpty dumpty finger puppets- see posts below for the actual dramatic presentations of humpty dumpty!!!!lilyhannah in deep concentration mode.________________________

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-73423285649140243772007-07-03T10:40:00.000-04:002007-07-03T10:31:49.867-04:00

i think we're broadway bound, people.

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an interesting version of the old classic.

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-78839315196571729732007-06-30T11:20:00.000-04:002007-06-30T11:30:49.489-04:00

need i say more? he liked the bath part but not the towel part, obviously.lily's little mother instincts have kicked in- she is more into helping me with him than hannah. she likes to calm him down when he's fussy, help feed him, and help change his diaper. if poop is present she must examine it and announce the exact shade and amount..."alot of yellowish green this time, mommy."

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-79180383044961540322007-06-28T08:38:00.000-04:002007-06-28T09:32:14.528-04:00

this week i am the horrible mother who uses vacation bible school as her babysitter. yes, instead of helping with it like i used to, i drop off the girls then run home and go to sleep for at least an hour. if i time travis's feeding right, i can sleep for 2 hours! at our church they serve dinner before bible school too, at 5:30, so i also don't have to worry about feeding them before they go.

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-42819994503211281552007-06-21T13:14:00.001-04:002007-06-21T13:14:42.284-04:00

as soon as i made this video i dropped my camera and broke it. i have to mail it in to the repair center- so sad- who knows how long it will take to get it back. all i have to use now is my gross old school digital - i am so bummed. of all times to break my camera with summer here and a new baby. depression. aaaaaaaaaaaaanyways i wanted to make a video of trav at 2 weeks. i sound like such an

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-48356659223690265562007-06-18T11:04:00.000-04:002007-06-18T11:40:31.208-04:00

little dolly dresses strike again- bob and sue got the girls these pageant dresses in tennessee last summer.the girls play "baby milk factory" and feed their babies.lily and her baby- she had to burp it too.hannah and her baby- this one must be really hungry!the girls help poppy make ice cream (it was chocolate btw.)mommy's precious poohbear!i can't think of alot to tell ya due to the

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-64926764684102241282007-06-14T20:38:00.000-04:002007-06-15T09:27:37.794-04:00

my sister stacy had her baby today!griffin joseph8 pounds 6 ounceshow cool is it to have a boy cousin who is only one week younger!? welcome baby griff!--------------------------------------------------meanwhile, back at the ranch, post pregnancy hormones are in full swing. i feel fat and dumpy and any little thing makes me cry. in combination with no extended period of sleep for 10 days, this is

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-26982124570420961642007-06-13T20:37:00.000-04:002007-06-13T21:13:35.119-04:00

yes, travis likes to party all night long. actually more like chow all night long down. he sleeps all day and eats minimally, then at night he eats every couple hours like a champ. and like clockwork, each morning 'round 5-6 am he settles down and sleeps til 9 or 10.it's so hard making sue i'm giving the girls enough attention bc they do have a little jealousy problem, but it's to be expected.

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...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand CUE cute baby!

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-50894337126183848462007-06-09T10:44:00.000-04:002007-06-09T10:54:15.179-04:00

Yes, I know I said I would put up some pics last night, but it was a long day and I was too pooped to post. I had a great visit with K8 and Travis. He is a super sweet baby (so far!) and only cries when he's really hungry or gets his diaper changed (I don't think he likes having his boy meat exposed to the air, ha!). Anyway, here are a few more pics of the little guy and the happy family! And

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Kate's sister here, reporting the birth of a new monkey!Travis was born at 9:30 a.m. and weighed in at a meaty 8 lbs 14 oz. He was 20 inches long. My mom reports that he has nice fat rolls under his neck and on his legs. K8 is doing fine, now that the doc has hooked her up with some good drugs. Daddy Monkey did well and didn't try to escape. The twins were excited to see their new brother and had

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-47250533694575287382007-06-06T21:37:00.000-04:002007-06-09T18:17:34.238-04:00

it's the night before.i'm nervous.but ready to get it over with.i just want travis to be healthy and in my arms.unfortunately there will probably not be any travispics for a few days bc my husband doesn't know how to post to my blog and nobody else around here is teachable. so sorry!i may be able to do a cameraphone picture and send it to my sister then get her to post so ...we'll see what

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-65113494074790325032007-06-04T20:33:00.000-04:002007-06-04T20:55:36.443-04:00

you get one belly shot- finally. here's the little porker at 39 weeks. click to bigifythe ticker at the top says 8 days left today, but that's til my actual due date. there are really only 2 days left bc i'm having a c-section thursday morning. yikes!today was my first day off work before he's born. since i function best at the last minute, last night we went and got diapers and today i put

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because something will happen.saturday my mom was in the ER for vertigo.monday hannah was in the ER for the allergic bug reaction.yesterday i walked in my mom's back door and sue was tying a cord around her wrist and hand.since all people round here are weird as i don't know what, although this seemed highly unusual- maybe sue was having girl scout knot tying flashbacks, or mom had read about

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-85988632601936015072007-05-28T19:38:00.000-04:002007-05-28T20:12:39.504-04:00

lawd have mercy i'm supposed to work thru next friday the 1st but i dunno. travis, i predict, will weigh somewhere around 15 pounds give or take. everywhere i go people keep asking me if i'm overdue. in a sick way, each time i have a twinge or ache i'm hoping it's labor so i can get this ovah with, for real!memorial day started out nicely. we got this big ole gigantuous inflatable pool that we

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-5705640198458673132007-05-20T19:56:00.000-04:002007-05-20T21:13:19.953-04:00

i'm so slack. firstly, i never posted any pictures from the shower my sister gave me waaaaaaay back in april. i'm too lazy right now to download then crop and upload all the pics my sister sent me so i thought i would show you the cakes and the favors from both showers i had. the shower my sister gave me was a nursery rhyme theme. everything was adorable- even the games were nursery rhyme

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-58022732210586916262007-05-16T06:31:00.000-04:002007-05-17T12:57:38.427-04:00

my grandma is consolidating her household furniture/goods/etc. bc she's moving and as a result i am proud to announce i have a big mexican chest! no really, i have always loved this piece of furniture and she gave it to me. we now have it in the bedroom facing our bed with the tv on top and scott says the faces give him the creeps and he expects them to start blinking their eyes and talking in

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-84061829191341129172007-05-10T19:37:00.001-04:002007-05-10T19:37:44.029-04:00

the girls have been practicing at school for "da spwing pwogwam."this is their new favorite song to sing but i cant ever figure out what they're saying in the third line. the song goes:the birds up in the treetops sing their songthe angels in the chorus all day longthe flowers in the garden something something hue?so why shouldn't iwhy shouldn't ipraise Him too?btw they are in speech therapy fyi

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-62588786731450349732007-05-05T06:06:00.000-04:002007-05-05T17:09:49.839-04:00

last week before church i found a TICK on my back. there's not a lot more grosser things i can think of, you? i mean we live near the woods but i rarely find any ticks on me. maybe one in the last 5 years. anyway it was little and i got scott to remove it for me. it bothered me- a little bit itchy- but it went away. til thursday night. i was scratching and scratching bc it was like, kind of under

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-48002476694178305992007-04-29T20:52:00.000-04:002007-04-29T20:56:33.771-04:00

daddy's bday...hannah gracelily joy

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-25441808633812565732007-04-26T20:44:00.000-04:002007-04-26T20:53:48.599-04:00

taking a cue from his sisters, travis did not cooperate fully with the 3d/4d ultrasound. after a few shots he put his hands AND feet over his face and played ultrasound peekaboo with us. we did find out that inside me dwells a chubby faced baby boy with humongous feet.a few more on flickr...the movie though, is super cool. it's about 12 minutes long and you can see him moving, see his arms,

k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-29792231180829227022007-04-25T09:50:00.000-04:002007-04-25T10:31:05.159-04:00

ever since i found out i was prego we have been having a debate about whether or not to have a 3d ultrasound. (in case you don't know what that is, click here.)instead of a regular blobby alien ultrasound you get to see the baby better (if he cooperates.) here in monkeyville the hospital just has a regular 2d ultrasound, and they just do one at around 20 weeks to make sure baby has all his

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k8http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938900229165321561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10413215.post-12150181631532535632007-04-18T11:47:00.000-04:002007-04-18T18:23:11.110-04:00

i've never had a shower.nope.never.a baby shower i mean.ha!no really. i am super excited.when i was pregnant with the girls i never had a baby shower bc they shipped me away early to be on bedrest near the hospital where high risk bambinos are born, which is nowhere near my house, and therefore nowhere near any people who would give me a shower or come to one.if you're a dude i'm sure you do not

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the girls want to jump in every mud puddle they see. they're used to being told no to that of course, especially when they have their good shoes on. we skipped church today bc they had a runny nose and it was pouring off and on. since it wasn't too cold i bribed them that if they cleaned up the kitchen and living room which were trashed from 2 days inside, that i would take them out and they

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