I feel like there has been a lot going on around here, but not much i can blog about. Most of what goes on in our daily lives is pretty much the same, day to day, and i'm sure it's no fun to read the same thing over and over again.
Last night i made homemade, edible playdough for Mady to play with. I don't give her the regular stuff because i know how she is with putting things in her mouth right away...i don't want her to be poisoned or anything. So i found a recipie online and decided to make it for her. I used Jell-O in it, so it smells and tastes pretty good...but it has a lot of salt in it, so now i know for next time to use less, hahaha.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Boredom...
I've spent the past 3 days at working at a wrestling tournament. I know what you're thinking, i shouldn't be working, it's the summer! But it was only a 3 day thing, and i kinda had no other choice. And since i was sitting in my room doing absolutely nothing for 3 whole days, you would think i would have blogged my head off...but no! I'm not really sure what i did all day to pass the time, but it somehow worked.
Monday i had Mady with me, as there was nobody to watch her. That made the day go pretty fast. We colored, played outside, ate lunch, colored some more, went for walks, played outside some more, then came home.
Tuesday and Wednesday we had guest babysitters (aka my mom and my dad) who did a wonderful job with Mady...which all of you who know her know, isn't an easy task. But we very much so appreciate it!
Monday i had Mady with me, as there was nobody to watch her. That made the day go pretty fast. We colored, played outside, ate lunch, colored some more, went for walks, played outside some more, then came home.
Tuesday and Wednesday we had guest babysitters (aka my mom and my dad) who did a wonderful job with Mady...which all of you who know her know, isn't an easy task. But we very much so appreciate it!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Another milestone...
Last night, we finally made the switch. We changed over Mady's bed from a crib to a big girl bed. 
I was so scared she would fall out of bed over night, i was up half the night listening to the monitor to make sure she was ok. But thankfully, she made the whole night, sleeping soundly.
And when she woke up in the morning, she just got out of bed and starting playing until we got to her.
She loves her new bed :)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Straight out of cops...
So last night at the Stiffie house, you would have thought we were right smack dab in the middle of an episode of the show cops.
I was in the kitchen making a gallon of sweet tea, and Frank was in the living room playing with Mady. Out in the alley we heard a loud commotion. This is not out of the ordinary around here, the people in the alley always seem to be drinking/fighting/causing some kind of disturbance, but we usually just ignore it...well, actually, we watch from the window for a little bit, then we ignore it. Well, this time it wasn't just guys being stupid, there were girls too. There was extra loud screaming, and cursing, and girls yelling "Get the f*ck in the house...let him the h&ll alone" etc.
Well, Frank is staring out the back door at this point, more for the sake of making sure that any fights didn't end up landing on my new car. I'm still in the kitchen making tea, listening to everything thats going on. I yelled at Frank to come back from the door and not get involved (the last thing we need is our house and cars getting vandalized because we were being nosy or bossy). He turned around to talk to me and we hear loud screaming and screetching. By the time Frank turned back around, people were scattering and yelling and running. This made me extra curious, so i had to go to the window and see what was going on.
To my surprise, i see a guy laying on the ground, and he looked dead. I yelled to Frank "What happened to that guy?!", and of course he didn't know either, so i dropped what i was doing and ran outside. I normally wouldn't get involved in other peoples fights like this, but if something serious happened to this kid, i couldn't stand idly by and do nothing. By the time i got to the kid on the ground, the people that beat him up and all the others were scattering. At first, i DID think this guy was dead, but i finally found a pulse. You would have thought it was a raid on a bush party or something, the way they all piled into cars and sped away.
By the time this guy was concious again, he was very confused and yelling at everyone (apparently he was drunk or something, and had no idea what was going on or what happened). Around that same time, our neighbors from down the block had heard all the yelling and made their way up to see what was going on. The guy from the ground got up and starting freaking out and swinging at people, including our down the block neighbor. Apparently he had no idea we were just there to make sure he wasn't dead, not the people actually hurting him. The car full of kids that beat him up went flying by the front of the house doing probably 60mph, and someone called the cops (who just happened to be at Turkey Hill...i know!) In less than a minute there was 1 cop car after the kids that beat the guy up, and 3 cop cars in the alley with us. I'm telling you, this was one of the more eventful evenings we've had here in a while. After talking to all of us, they tried to calm the beat up guy down and he was having none of it, so they were forced to handcuff him, put him up against the cop car and everything...the whole 9 yards, like we were on Cops!!
And you all wonder why we are ready to move already!
I was in the kitchen making a gallon of sweet tea, and Frank was in the living room playing with Mady. Out in the alley we heard a loud commotion. This is not out of the ordinary around here, the people in the alley always seem to be drinking/fighting/causing some kind of disturbance, but we usually just ignore it...well, actually, we watch from the window for a little bit, then we ignore it. Well, this time it wasn't just guys being stupid, there were girls too. There was extra loud screaming, and cursing, and girls yelling "Get the f*ck in the house...let him the h&ll alone" etc.
Well, Frank is staring out the back door at this point, more for the sake of making sure that any fights didn't end up landing on my new car. I'm still in the kitchen making tea, listening to everything thats going on. I yelled at Frank to come back from the door and not get involved (the last thing we need is our house and cars getting vandalized because we were being nosy or bossy). He turned around to talk to me and we hear loud screaming and screetching. By the time Frank turned back around, people were scattering and yelling and running. This made me extra curious, so i had to go to the window and see what was going on.
To my surprise, i see a guy laying on the ground, and he looked dead. I yelled to Frank "What happened to that guy?!", and of course he didn't know either, so i dropped what i was doing and ran outside. I normally wouldn't get involved in other peoples fights like this, but if something serious happened to this kid, i couldn't stand idly by and do nothing. By the time i got to the kid on the ground, the people that beat him up and all the others were scattering. At first, i DID think this guy was dead, but i finally found a pulse. You would have thought it was a raid on a bush party or something, the way they all piled into cars and sped away.
By the time this guy was concious again, he was very confused and yelling at everyone (apparently he was drunk or something, and had no idea what was going on or what happened). Around that same time, our neighbors from down the block had heard all the yelling and made their way up to see what was going on. The guy from the ground got up and starting freaking out and swinging at people, including our down the block neighbor. Apparently he had no idea we were just there to make sure he wasn't dead, not the people actually hurting him. The car full of kids that beat him up went flying by the front of the house doing probably 60mph, and someone called the cops (who just happened to be at Turkey Hill...i know!) In less than a minute there was 1 cop car after the kids that beat the guy up, and 3 cop cars in the alley with us. I'm telling you, this was one of the more eventful evenings we've had here in a while. After talking to all of us, they tried to calm the beat up guy down and he was having none of it, so they were forced to handcuff him, put him up against the cop car and everything...the whole 9 yards, like we were on Cops!!
And you all wonder why we are ready to move already!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Last day...
Today is our last day at the beach. I am happy and sad, all at the same time. It's always nice to get away, but after 10 days with people, little things start to bug you.
The Internet here is wireless, and it's been very hit or miss. I could only manage to gets connection a few days, so that's why I haven't been keeping up...but believe me, I've tried.
Just about everyone in the house has been sick. It's making it's way through the families, and nobody is safe...ha ha ha. It isn't the worst sickness, but it's definately irritating. Mostly digestion issues, if you know what I mean.
Mady has been having a great time. Sincebeing around other kids this whole time, I can proudly say she now calls me mommy. She has also picked up the word "mine", and perfected her "no". She likes to run into the ocean and jump waves. She loves loves loves the pool, especially since she now knows how to use water wings. She loves swimming and kicking her legs by herself. We also took her to the Ripleys touch aquarium. She loved the fish and sharks. She even touched a huge horseshoe crab! And yesterday we took her to Myrtle Waves waterpark. They had a great kiddie area with lots of toys, and she loved the wave pool. I even took her on a waterslide! She laughed the whole way down.
We are going to spend today, our last day here, at the beach. We are also doing a group dinner out tonight at a fancier place. It's been tons of fun, but we are ready to come home.
The Internet here is wireless, and it's been very hit or miss. I could only manage to gets connection a few days, so that's why I haven't been keeping up...but believe me, I've tried.
Just about everyone in the house has been sick. It's making it's way through the families, and nobody is safe...ha ha ha. It isn't the worst sickness, but it's definately irritating. Mostly digestion issues, if you know what I mean.
Mady has been having a great time. Sincebeing around other kids this whole time, I can proudly say she now calls me mommy. She has also picked up the word "mine", and perfected her "no". She likes to run into the ocean and jump waves. She loves loves loves the pool, especially since she now knows how to use water wings. She loves swimming and kicking her legs by herself. We also took her to the Ripleys touch aquarium. She loved the fish and sharks. She even touched a huge horseshoe crab! And yesterday we took her to Myrtle Waves waterpark. They had a great kiddie area with lots of toys, and she loved the wave pool. I even took her on a waterslide! She laughed the whole way down.
We are going to spend today, our last day here, at the beach. We are also doing a group dinner out tonight at a fancier place. It's been tons of fun, but we are ready to come home.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Food, food, food...
Tonight we cooked dinner. We are all taking turns cooking a breakfast and a dinner, and the other nights we are eating out. It wasn't supposed to be our dinner night, but the original couples meal wasn't thawed out yet, so we stepped up, LOL. I made my chicken and broccoli Alfredo with cheesey bread. It came out pretty decent, but not nearly as good as it does when I'm at home. I guess that's because I'm not cooking for 20+people there. I made too much pasta, that's for sure. I never made that many boxes at once, so a little bit burnt and stuck to the bottom of the pot... Ooopsy!! We aren't making breakfast for a few more days, so I have time to prepare myself.
Beach time...
So today is our 4th day at the beach. We have been very busy doing nothing. I'm sure I don't have to tell you how nice THAT is. Mady is enjoying the beach much much more than last year. She is running into the water as far as we will let her. She is trying to jump the waves like the bigger kids, it's so cute! And we have a private pool at our house too, which she loves. We brought her a raft, which she doesn't want to use. She much prefers the arm floaties. She will wear them and jump right off my lap into the water... She is getting so brave.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
A sleepy destination...
Today we made it to the beach. It was a long, sleepy trip, but we finally made it. We left last night at 10pm to meet our fellow traveleds at bass pro shop in Harrisburg. After a quick coffe/energy drink stop, we were off. Frank drove first, and he went half the way, fueled only by energy drinks and caffine. I managed to squeeze in a 30min nap in that first half. We made our first rest stop around 330am, and frank was done driving for a while and ready for a nap. I took over the reins and made it until breakfast break, which was almost all the way there. After a nauseating breakfast at the waffle house, frank took back over and we made it to the beach. We were supposed to be able to get in our room by 10, but when we got there it wasn't cleaned yet. After a lunch break and a lesurely walk around ocean isle on the beach, we finally... Ahem...broke in to our house, and I mean that litterally. We spent the good part of the afternoon in our private pool. After an at home dinner, we're off to get some ice cream...followed by kiddie bedtime and then adult swim.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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