the event

i cut most of my hair off. a lot of inches.

i went through a few really nice stages.

first i became kate gosselin

next was justin bieber

then i hit my punk rawk phase

then i was me. and i love it!!!

and i discovered that earrings are my bff.

my family loves it. polly kept asking, "mom, why do you think you are a boy? " but she likes it. she tells me that i am beautiful. oh, and ant penny was right. teddy and i DO match now! 

WOO HOO!

on another note, i apparently am a grease ball. polly struts on in, 7:30 in the am to wake me, taps the end of my nose, gives her fingers a questionable look while rubbing them together and says "mom, your face is buttery." thanks dear! just what a gal, always hopes to hear.

chrithmuth

   
    was so great! member christmas as a child and how awesome it was? do you ever miss it? i used to. not anymore!! christmas with little nuggets is beyond the magically wonderfulness that you remember as a youngster. watching them laugh and play and frolic about the house filled with joy...  and cry, if you are teddy, because your big mean man of a dad tried to steal your beloved new drum sticks that santa was nice enough to leave under your tree for you, just to open more presents. WHO THE EFF DOES HE THINK HE IS?!

dont worry, they worked out a compromise. 

ted gave up 1 drumstick as to be able to still use his other hand to assist mean father with opening the rest of his gifts. after the nugs finished, husb and i proceeded. he succeeded! actually i succeded polly got me a new, perdy brown coach purse, ted man got me a few shirts and a sweet new hat and from the klinty, i received a nice little gem of a new nixon watch to add to my collection! sounds great doesnt it? if im going to stop being a liar, i should probably make it known that besides said watch, i picked out all of my gifts, purchased them, handed them to him and said, "here. give me these for christmas." and it was the best! i got everything i wanted. klint got some sweet crap even though i totally homer simpsoned his butt. he had been mentioning as of late that he wanted a new camera. sooo.... i headed to the store and with the guidance of my dear friend mrs dehaas who is a highly skilled photographer and if i knew how to put a link to her page, i would. but i dont. i picked out a sweet canon.almost had a heart attack when it came time to pay but o boy was it worht it! i have been taking pictures like a mad woman and he has probably touched it a total of 38.7 seconds. since it was unwrapped. polly got her easy bake oven. i thought she was going to die in anticipation, waiting for it and her lizzie doll the little girl in the 3rd tinkerbell movie along with a TON seriously, its outrageous how spoiled she was this year and every other year i guess of other stuff. including a sleigh that i made for her. thats right! i was an elf this year. she asked for a sleigh for her tinkerbell dolls to ride in and there is not such a thing in existence. what was a mother to do but head to michaels and craft one herself?! i have to say, i was quite proud of how it turned out!

 all in all, we had a great morning.

    we spent the rest of the day w the tanner fam. they are so great and i feel truly blessed to have them. they are crazy strange, but thats why we work so well together.

    the very next day was the nielsen paaartaaaaay.the only reason i am mentioning this event, is because this is where i decided that i am going to chop all of my hair off! upon conversing with dear sister kami, and cousins katie and robyn, i knew it was destiny. a while back, i saw an article in a mag on emma waston. i completely adored everything about her new do and secretly wished that i could have the bravery and cuteness that was her. i sighed, put the reads down and went on with life, somewhat forgetting and pushing it to the very back of my mind. until monday dec. 26th 2011! the day that changed my hair world FOR-E-VER in slow-mo like squints. i am now filled with courage and excitement about having "short boy hair" as polly would say. its gunna be cute and the best part, SO EASY! my appointment is on thurs at 2:30. wish me luck and be stoked to see what happens! i know there are a few nay sayers out there. if you disagree with the idea....then good thing its not your head!

my favorite mentioning on the subject came from ant penny: "you and teddy will match!"

this will be i in T minus 1 in a half days or something like that. right? math is not my strong suit

GREAT

    im not good at keeping up on this. but i am quite proud of my self for doing this right now! hooray me!! we have been SO busy busy busy lately! we went to california AGAIN and it was a wonderfully bitter sweet trip. so much fun was had visiting with family and of course, doin the d-land thang. again. it never gets old. that was all of the sweet. bitterness was going to my aunt t's memorial.  she passed a bit ago and oh boy is she dearly missed and thought of each and every day. i know she is in a much better place and is "happy, full of light and free of anxiety" (words of her own. seriously.) but it doesnt make it any easier for those of us still sitting around here. especially when you put a christmas card in an envelope, address it to her and dont realize that you cant actually send it until you are about to place a perdy little christmas stamp on the corner. sigh. life goes on...
    anywho yep, i just said that i spent a weekend in denver w my most beautiful aunt suzi. did crud for the bizznazz, but mostly it was just an awesome excuse to play and shop and shop and play and take time off from my mom duties. its nice when that happens. o and while im on the subject, my kids are still rad. they just say and do more and more, everyday that either "cracks me the freak!" or truly amazes me. polly is still just being polly. funny as can be. she had her christmas program for pre-school on thurs. she sang and did the little jiggy movements for rudolph but that was it. she stood completely still, mouth shut, didnt let out a peep the whole rest of the time.... that was at least until they busted out the candy canes at the end. my gal. did i mention that they had it at a retirement community? so adorable were all the old folks. the little ladies even cried at the end. old people warm my heart. most of them. not the bitter old hags. i just feel bad for those ones. the ted master is talking SO much! i love when he says polly. it for sure sounds like potty but is so sweet to hear him call his sisters name. the other day he walked around the house for a good 4 minutes, really, that is long when wr talking about a 15 month old repeating "where-a-yoouuu dad? dad? where-a-yoouuu? where-a-yoooouuu? dad?" while searching every last inch for him. presh. yea. i know it. oh, prob my fave... we play this game. we chase each other around, pat each other on the rear end and say "spank ur bum!" strange? perhaps but i love it. mostly cuz both of my littles love it and both say funny things while playing. ie: polly "SEE! IM A SUPER FAST RUNNER! I DO A GREAT JOB RUNNING! YOU CANT CATCH ME!" or teddy in his sweet little, can barely understand him toddler jibber-jabber "spank-a-but!" o dear. my heart is bursting just thinking about those two.
     lately, i have had this newly found sense of creativity and ingenuity. and energy. and the realization of how truly cool i am, being able to make all of my own lotions (body and face), creams (diaper and eczema), face mask and DEODORANT!!!! what?! thats right... i make deodorant. and it ACTUALLY WORKS!  surprised? i was too. only the crappy crud filled with junk and barf have ever worked for me. i have NEVER had success with ANY type of natural doedorant. EVER. and especially not the ones that claim to be natural and breast cancer friendly and dont have aluminum in them but really do... so, with all of this greatness that has filled me to the brink, i have decided that i am going to start selling my wonderful items. if all my friends and family love and enjoy them, why wouldnt the rest of the world? and if they dont and i fail miserably? welp, sucks to be them! i will still have all of my dear homemade products, all to my self. alright. thats enough for know. bye.

in case anyone needs to know, mooselipper is now the name of the mean cat on cinderelly. no longer lucifer. mooslipper.