Maggie's birthday fell on Mother's Day this year. I can't believe my baby is eight. She was thrilled because she got a bunch of new Summer clothes. Summer is definitely her season, she lives in tank tops, mini skirts and flip flops. I see problems with her just over the horizon. I will worry about that when I reach the horizon, by then I can send her to stay with her older sister's for the summer. Someone is bound to be out on their own by then. Someone. Anyone?? Who am I kidding, they will never leave!!! Ryan was in a tournament on Sunday so we did a lot of running around. By the time he finished his last game it was 4:00. I took Maggie to the store with me so she could pick out her cake and what she wanted for dinner. I am so sick of being around cake, dessert has always been my downfall. It seems like every time I turn around there is cake. Erin's NHS induction, work, Maggie's First Communion, Dave's birthday, Maggie's birthday. Enough Already!!! I caught myself on Monday, I lifted the plastic lid off the cake and felt the edge of the cake just to see how moist it felt. Then I thought to myself, "What in the hell am I doing??? I am fondling cake, how pathetic is that???" I am starting to make a list of foods that I will eat first when I am off my diet. I think cake will be at the top of the list along with McDonald's Fish Fillet, Steak N Shake cheese fries, Taco Bell bean Burrito, KFC with mashed potatoes and gravy and Baskin Robbins peanut butter and chocolate hot fudge sundae. Hmmmm, I wonder how many weeks it will take to put my weight back on??


Erin goes in for her surgery tomorrow. She seems to be in pretty good spirits, I'm sure she is pretty scared. She has already had eight reconstructive surgeries on her scalp. So unfortunately this is nothing new for her. This is the kid who ate garlic bread and chicken a few hours after she had her wisdom teeth cut out. She has a very high tolerance to pain. She is not happy about having to take her belly button ring out. I won't lose any sleep over it. Lauren has found a way to try to use Erin's surgery in her favor. Grandma wants to take Erin to Atlanta with her this summer to visit my sister. Lauren decided that she will be getting pretty much anything she wants this summer, (just because she grew four extra bones on her skull.) She decided it would be a good idea if Erin suggested to dad that a built in pool would make her upcoming surgeries much more bearable. Let me know how that works out for you Lauren!! We will just go to the money tree and put in a pool. All kidding aside, it is nice to see all the love and concern from all my kids for their sister. They are however, enjoying the pre-surgery treats and gifts that she has already received. I sure as hell hope no one brings over cake!!!

Prom was great, Erin’s date was cute and had no piercings or tattoo’s that I could see. Here is the picture of prom as promised and a picture of me and Dave at his party. Dave’s party was a lot of fun. He was worried that no one would show up, and the place was packed. Sometimes I think I am married to a third grader. “No one is coming to my birthday party!” I wish my mother in law was still alive so I can ask her if he ever had a party where no one showed up. My darling husband is a psychologist’s dream, they would spend years trying to evaluate all of his strange quirks. Lucky for me, I still find a few of them quite adorable. The fact that he still can’t order his food first when he is with a group because he is afraid someone might copy his order is beyond annoying. If I am with him, I try to copy his order just to prove a point.Our house has been pretty calm lately, the only little glitch is that Erin discovered that Lauren switched her brand new mascara with Lauren’s clumpy mascara that she let sit in her hot car for days. I’m sure there will be a little cat fight next time Lauren comes home. Shannon has brought her Health grade up to a C. I knew my little over achiever could do it!! Maggie has asked if she can wear a bra. Some of the bigger kids in her class are wearing sports bra’s and she would like to follow suit. I explained to her that she is too young and didn’t need a bra. A few days later she lifted her shirt and said, “look what I have on, see it fits me.” I explained that I can fit in to a thong bikini, but unless she would like me to wear that to the school picnic at Six Flags later this month she should probably take the bra off. I thought she would see it my way.

First Communion turned out great, we had a beautiful day. My friend Kelly came over and got all the food ready for me and her dad barbecued while we were at church. The weather was perfect and we actually ran out of food. I really didn't care because I can't eat food anyway. I am officially 23 lbs down. Who needs food anyway?? I have been busy planning a surprise 40th birthday party for Dave. Dave's sister, no not Theresa(I did that for you Therese) decided to let him know that their other sister wouldn't be making it to his party on Friday. Dave said, "party?" and she said, "Oh was it a surprise??" Well it was!!! Dave said the look on Erin's face was priceless, her jaw was on the table. They all collectively decided not to tell me that he knew. I think it took about ten minutes for someone to spill the beans to me. I was so mad, I think they saw steam coming from my ears. Dave hates attention so he is dreading tonight. He is like a little kid, he is afraid people won't show up. I haven't told him anything about the guest list or agenda so at least that part will be a surprise.

He was acting like a complete jerk last night because he was stressed out about some class he is taking for work. He finally went to the library to study. "What is your family to loud and distracting??" I'm thinking about sending him to a different location tonight so he thinks no one showed up for his 40th birthday party. He wanted a hair cut this morning, I told him after the way he acted last night, a haircut may not be such a good idea unless he was prepared to make a trip to the ER to get my haircutting scissors surgically removed from his neck.

I took today off of work because Erin has prom and I have a not so surprise birthday party for Dave tonight. Of course the weather forecast is calling for thunderstorms all night for my outside patio surprise party for the (not so much) love of my life!! Erin's prom dress finally fits her. It has been altered four times. I hope it doesn't fall apart tonight. It was so tight that she couldn't get it zipped without the help of three people. I thought, not necessarily a bad deal. If she can't get it zipped she may be more likely to stay fully clothed on prom night. My friend Kelly pointed out that she could always lift it up from the bottom. Thanks Kelly, that makes me feel so much better. I have never met this kid that she is going with, I hear that he is cute but short. I will post pictures if he is cute, if not, I will post a picture of just Erin, I know she is cute!! I am off to run errands and get my creative prom hairstyle juices flowing.