I've forgotten what it's like....

....to be drunk. If you would have ever told me that was possible, I would have thought you were crazy. In college I loved to drink. Tuesday-Saturday it was on like Donkey Kong. I'll be turning the big 3-0 in a week and a half and I just can't believe how much my life has changed in the past decade. I mean really, ME, not getting sauced for this long? This has got to stop, haaaa :)

All kidding aside, I had a hell of a reason....I was terrified of something like this happening to my sweet little fetus (poor little girl):


I have to admit I did take a sip of Guiness after I delivered my son on St. Patty's Day! I've been breastfeeding now for almost 7.5 months and love it. I do go by the rule "if you're sober enough to drive, you're sober enough to breastfeed!" I just love me a glass of wine or a frosty Leinies!

The problem is that while drinking is fine, it's the aftermath that I don't want to deal with. My body doesn't recover as fast and I have a baby who still nurses at night. If I get hammered, I have to dump precious milk that I work so hard to keep, and can't be a good mom on the weekend when it's my only real quality time I get. It's amazing how selfless you become once you're a mom.

Halloween is coming up and my alma mater had one of THE biggest and craziest bashes in the entire country. This is just a taste of it:


Now, I'm excited to dress my son up as "Tigger" and go trick-or-treating at 4pm. Talk about a life change. Do I miss the craziness of the bars and parties? Not terribly? Am I extremely overdue for multiple libations to ring in my 30s? Definitely.

NOM NOM.....Apple Crisp

This was soooo delicious, thanks Betty Crocker. I doubled the crisp ingredients because, let's face it, the crunch is the best part. I also peeled the apples and didn't use nutmeg. We were so anxious to eat it that I forgot to take a picture so here's the one from Betty Crocker:


4 medium tart cooking apples, sliced (4 cups)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
Vanilla Ice Cream

1. Heat oven to 375ºF. Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with shortening.
2. Spread apples in pan. In medium bowl, stir remaining ingredients except cream until well mixed; sprinkle over apples.
3. Bake about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with cream.

A football fan's dream

Around 3pm I like to turn my DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket to the HD Game Mix and watch the show. (providing my beloved Packers are winning)Which games are close? blowout? battle of who cares? It's even more fantastic if you play fantasy football like I do. I tune into it again around 6pmish as well for the later starting games.

Baby Mum-Mums

Well, a fellow mommy said these things are pretty good so we decided to give them a try this morning. They are made mainly from rice and my son seems to love them....so much in fact that he got mad until I gave him another one.  I believe they come in organic as well so I'll get those next time.  The Mum Mums get soft and dissolve pretty quickly and are big enough for him to easily hold. 

This kid has a fever, a cold and an ear infection but is still in relatively good spirits!

H1N1/swine flu vaccine?

I'm struggling with what to do on this one.  I've gottten the flu shot for the past 8 years and have had no issues.  Brett has gotten the regular flu shot along with his other 6 month vaccinations.  However, this ugly red-headed stepchild called the pig flu is a bit concerning.  There has already been one confirmed case at his daycare in the 4-5yr old room. 

Is it safe?  Is it necessary? Will it be effective?  Will the virus mutate leaving the vaccination totally useless? 

As of now, we are leaning towards "no" for the vaccine but we'll see how bad it gets at our high school and at the daycare. 

Thank God I'm not in college anymore:  Pig Pong: Is a Drinking Game Spreading Swine Flu?

A fresh start with a new blog....

I am not new to blogging. I used my last blog as an outlet to vent my political frustrations since I could not voice them in most aspects of my former life. I had tens of thousands of hits and received many accolades and even some death threats, haaaa.

Then I married the love of my life, and since great minds think alike, I didn't need cyberspace to keep me from having a daily stroke......so I quit. However, lately, I've been getting the itch again to talk about being a wife, a new mommy, teaching full-time and whatever else floats my boat :)