Random thoughts of my vacation...

* We went to Mexico, to an all inclusive resort, hoping for great food since we are self declared foodies. Our taste buds longed for Mexican cuisine and *real* Mexican food, not the americanized preparation of such. We were disappointed to say the least, not a lick of the land's traditional cuisine. Steak, seafood, fruit and buffets full of American fried food. Yuck.

* You can't drink the water, so they give you plenty of bottled water. Which has lots of sodium in it. Oh how we longed for tap water at home. I can honestly say I was dehydrated and am currently still swollen. So swollen I have yet been able to remove my wedding band off my sausage like fingers. Bloated is an understatement.

*I missed brushing my teeth with tap water. Yes, the resort had a filter system, but I didn't trust it. Brushing your teeth with bottled water was odd. I was very happy to go brush my newly whitened teeth the moment I got home. Yes, I got my teeth whitened. Gone are the obvious signs of smoking for years!

*I swam with the dolphins and it was wonderful. JC started out with me, but quickly he began to get scared once he realized he couldn't touch the bottom of the lagoon. Although he did get to touch the dolphins. I would do it all over again too. Mr. Crookedeyebrow doesn't like the idea of swimming with dolphins in captivity. He compares it to riding the sad little ponies at the fair. You know the ones. The little ponies that have to have the 90# kid sit on him and walk around in a circle chasing a carrot. I have to agree with him, but I'm selfish and have always wanted to swim with these delicate beings. Did I say it was great? It was.




*Everyday the maid brought the resort guests a list of the next days activities, weather forecast and chocolate. Everyday it was 81 degrees with a low of 61 degrees. Can you say perfect? I loved being able to wake up, go swimming and put pants on in the evening. Loved it. The bad thing? coming home to Northwest Indiana to freezing temps and snow. Oh my, I miss Mexico.

* Taking a 7 year old on the trip has good and not so good points. Good? We showed JC a part of the world his parents never saw until they were adults. He was an age where he will most likely remember and hopefully he looks back on it knowing that he was a lucky child. The bad? we all shared a room. Enough said. Mr. Crooked Eyebrow and I were ocean side for a week, with an awesome view and yeah...I think you get my drift, THERE WAS A KID IN THE ROOM... hhmmm...

*The most memorable moment I have is snorkeling with Mr. Crookedeyebrow. Clear waters, high waves, snorkel mask and fins. Being that it was my first time, I was nervous jumping off the boat and he quickly grabbed my hand and swam with me. That was another one of those moments that will forever be frozen in my memory. Looking down through those ever sexy masks and watching him hold my hand and point to all the great fish. Yeah, it was dreamy. I think I still like him a little bit...(but we had no room to go back to remember, I took my 7 year old on the trip, all my fault)

*The wedding was beautiful, but went quickly.




*I wish I would have swam more and drank more. I miss Miguel at the pool side bringing me non-stop Blue Hawaiians. Think pina coladas with that blue crap(liquor) in it, all slushed up to yummy goodness. I had a blue tongue for days. Which by the way, didn't do me any good for just having my teeth whitened. I also looked like a sucking on a smurf. (wow did I jut type that?)

*There was a bar that has swings which JC loved. He even had frozen Shirley temples with the adults one night before we headed up to our room ( you know the one, the one we shared with a 7 year old). While he was swinging, he looked up and slapped the bar and proudly declared "I love this bar!"

photographic evidence...of mom's blue yummy drink too

* I have many, many pictures to share, just as soon as I can manage to get to all of them. 1000+ of them.

*At one point I was taking pictures of all the food. Then I got hungry and just couldn't wait and the thought of getting my camera out each time, quite honestly, I think people were starting to look at me kinda funny. An over weight American woman taking pictures of her food, just might look a little incriminating to a supposed to be weight watcher.




*JC woke me up before sunrise one morning to tell me to get up and go take pictures of all the colors. So, I did.


* Remember that "hippy" dress i spoke of before my trip? Well, I meant hippy as in "i have a large ass kinda hippy", but i did wear it. Proof...



* disclaimer, if I was in the pictures, Mr. Crooked eyebrow took the pictures. Like this ironic one of a maid scrubbing of bird poop. Enjoy!




*One final thought, if you ever plan to go out of the country, don't pack your discover card. No one accepts it and it will leave you stranded with no pesos. No pesos=no fun.

Wordless: light the way

The wedding...

The Wedding spot

The night before...

caught in the moment

My 2 favorite girls

They sealed the deal...

Mexico was beautiful.

The wedding was beautiful.

My sister was beautiful.

Life is beautiful...

Our familia

It's Friday right?

This morning Mr. Crooked Eyebrow and I left JC with the grandparents and went on a boat and went snorkeling. It was beautiful I tell you. Beautiful. No pictures. Expensive camera and water no mix.

But I discovered on this trip that I love to snorkel.
BUT
when I do it far out in the ocean on a windy day, when waves are high and fast, I have also discovered that I get sea sick.

Me, in a life vest, snorkel gear and vomit no mix.
Word.

Fish are pretty no?

Time to drink another blue Hawaiian.

Is that your flipper? or are you just happy to see me?

It's 9 pm on some night, (I'm not sure what day it is actually, I love vacations) and I'm sitting here with Mr. Crookedeyebrow in a outside bar soaking up their wi-fi. Life is good.

I finally got to cross another thing off of my to-do list; Swim with dolphins.

Hola!!!

Crooked Eyebrow reporting from Cancun Mexico...
This is how I woke up, on my balcony, overlooking the ocean.
SWEET
This is me looking sexy for the camera for you. Yes, I will have another drink senor. Grassy-ass


It is beautiful here, I'm not coming back to snow. Just so you know. Mexico rocks.

Help!

My blogroll is in need of updating!

I love reading blogs, so I'm always looking for new ones that I should be reading. If it's your favorite or one you love, share with me. Come on, you can do it! Share!

If you don't see that must read blog on the list over there on the right, let me know, I'll check it out and add it to my lacking list.

Also, if you stop by and read all my ramblings, take a moment to delurk and share your blog with me. I'd like to get to know you too! I tell you all my secrets and stories, share yours!

So, get to it. List your favorite blogs!

I should be packing...

I should be folding laundry, or trying on clothes and shoes or even finding my luggage. But, I sit here, typing, doing nothing.

I managed to spend the entire day shopping and looking for clothes to take to Mexico. Those who have read my woes on clothes before know, it takes me over an hour to get dressed. Why? Because I have a horrible sense of body image. It's distorted and it's wrong. I look in the mirror and see something horrid and unknown to others around me. Getting dressed and even buying new clothes has always been uncomfortable for me. I'm ready to stop that. I want to enjoy clothes. I want to enjoy shopping.

So, I bought a summer dress despite my inner thoughts saying I looked "hippy". I decided that I'll try it and hope that I rock it in Cancun. It's something that I would never have picked, so I'm going for it. I suppose it's a new way for me to say, "hey, love yourself for what you are and move on".

I think this kind of thought is going to work for me this year, "Love yourself, be proud of yourself and take care of yourself".

Now that I've spilled my self-love thoughts, it's time to pack and find shoes. I'm thinking a trip to Target is needed. Speaking of Target, Jenny from Chased by Children is having a $100 Target Card giveaway. So go forth and enter. She'll love you for it and I'll love her more if I win. Because I need new shoes and underwear. (Really, I need underwear...)

Friday favorite

One of my new favorite things to do with my family is have Guitar Hero competitions. Guitar hero is like sitting down and playing monopoly or checkers for our family. We all enjoy it and I must say we are having a great time with it.

The sad part, give it a month and my 7 year old will be beating me. He is hilarious to watch. JC sits the guitar low and head bangs with each strum. Watching him enjoy himself is bringing me more joy than I ever thought it would . It's an amazing feeling being his rockin' mommy.

Hello? Can you see me?

Because, my pretty little girl header isn't showing up any longer since I changed to crookedeyebrow.com. NO good. NO good batman. I miss seeing her up there. It makes me sad and I feel somewhat bloggy naked up in here.

That's a scary thought.

Speaking of thoughts. I have a few. Ok, not a few, A lot. My head is spinning in circles trying to think of what I have to do next and my thought process, as usual is a little random.

* First things first. It's in the water I tell you. The blogging baby boom that is going to hit will be amazing. First PBJ, then Beth and now it's MILK & HONEY!!!

I am beyond excited for all of them, but it's the first for MR and MRS MILK & HONEY. So, I give my love and prayers for a happy and *healthy* pregnancy for all of you.

* Speaking of a healthy pregnancy, Beth from I should be folding laundry needs all the positive vibes and prayers. Pregnant with twins+hypertension+headaches= hospital visit. She need lots of loving and of course, Cookie Crisp. I decided I should go buy a box and eat it all for her, in her honor of course.

*Mexico is in 4 days. I am not packed. shit. Did I say that? I mean crap.
* I have been tanning, but still feel like I'm pale.
* I don't have JC's things to keep him busy on the plane together yet either. I'm thinking Monday night will be a good time to get all that done by, right? yeah...
* JC was telling me that he went to the nurse's office (again) because he had an obnoxious belly. So I asked him, do you mean nauseous? He said, "yeah mom, my belly was amnauxious".
*This week has been the longest and worst week at work in a long time. I have dreaded every moment of it. Yes, that may be a bit dramatic, but dude, it sucked. While walking in Monday a co-worker jumped all over me about something so little and petty it set the tone for my whole week to be one gigantic, awful, hell on earth experience. I kid you not. I wanted to cry. Just thinking of it, makes me want to cry...moving on.
*I've been so busy I haven't been by to stop and comment at every one's place this week. I'm having withdraws. I did catch up on google reader though. No time+ vacation= no blogging love.
*Dishes. I envy all you people with dishwashers. I think my living room is a good place to grow glasses just in case you are wondering. Because they keep popping up everywhere, so I much me growing them.
*Where I go tanning, the lady who owns it constantly fights with her boyfriend/lover/baby-daddy and that's all I can hear when I'm soaking up skin cancer. It takes all the fun out of it.
*I am getting a pedicure tomorrow. Word. Because my dawgs are barking. Yes, I called my toenails dawgs. Woof.
*That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I all of a sudden started singing "I shot the sheriff". Always a song in my head...
*Last weekend was so much girl fun, that I wish I could do that every month. So, ladies of Northwest Indiana, when is the next bloggy meet up? February is looking really good...
*I looked at my husband last night and got this warm fuzzy feeling, then I realized that the mattress heating pad was turned up way to high.
*Also a note. If at any point in time you apply a heated mattress pad on your bed and it has duel controls, make sure you give the control for that side to the right person. Just saying. Sorry honey,I didn't mean to get you all heated up the other night...my feet were cold.
*Do your kids talk in their sleep? JC does occassionally, it's funny at the time, but then I can never remember what he says the next day.
*I have no make up to take to Cancun since I started tanning. I haven't worn makeup in 3 days. People at work have asked me what's wrong with my face. Ouch. I look that bad? Seriously?
*Half hour to go until Freedom from work for over a week. WHoo-hoo!!!
*Did I mention I have a lot of packing and shoe searching to do? Well, I do.
*I'll share one secret with you, if you share one with me. I'll go first. I hate the smell of mint.
Just the thought of it is giving me a obnoxious belly. Yarg. Gag. Ok, what's yours?Tell me your secrets...come on, something good...

Wordless:Another reason why I love Brown County Indiana...peaceful

Dude, my husband rocks...

First I got a camera for mother's day this past year.



Then I got a laptop and a zoom lens for Christmas.



Now?



He made me a dot com



It's true.



http://www.crookedeyebrow.com/ will take you here now.



Mr. Crookedeyebrow, taking care of all my bloggy needs...

Bacherlorette weekend: girls,wine and a cabin

Well, the weekend is done, over and I'm now wishing I was back in the hot tub sipping on more wine. The cabin, the company,the food and the wine were all wonderful.

The Grand Cabin

The Company

The yummy food

Harvest Moon Pizza

(thanks for the tip Beth!)

The Wine

Brown County Winery

Crooked Eyebrow getting her wine on...

and no bachelorette weekend is complete without a cake...

and lots of pictures to go through. Like over 500. Oh the fun. 7 days and counting till Mexico.

HOLLA!

and I'm off...

to drink wine, laugh my ass off and take pictures.

Have an amazing weekend!

Thursday, otherwise known this week as my Friday.

Yes, it's true. Today is my Friday. Why?
Because tomorrow I am off on the road to begin my weekend in a cabin with 13 other women to help celebrate my sister's last single weekend. Can you say Estrogen over load?

There is to be a lot of wine consumed.
Shots to be taken.
Silly games to be played.
Unhealthy food to eat.
and a billion pictures to take.

Outside of the 6 hour drive or so, can you tell I'm excited? Which means that our vacation is getting closer. Which also means that I have to start packing. AND that next week will drag and I will be worthless at work stuck in daydreams of myself floating and sipping big fruity drinks and exposing myself to hours of sun increasing my risk for skin cancer. PLUS that means that I have to get over my fear of being in a bathing suit and just realizing that I'm gorgeous no matter what right? right.

What are your weekend plans?
Anyone else have a vacation or a weekend getaway planned?

Better yet, what was your best family weekend getaway?
I need ideas...

Wordless: Lost tooth. Before and after.

Random crap I'm pulling out of no where...but I thought I'd share.

* Feed me Seymour, I'm freaking hungry. Which leads me to the next...
* I had high hopes of decreasing my ever growing body weight before I went to Mexico. Didn't happen. In fact, I gained some back.
* JC lost his first front tooth yesterday at school. I have to admit, he looks funny. He officially looks 7 now.
* As Beth said yesterday, there are a lot of pregnant people around here. What the hell was in the water and how come I didn't get a drink?
* My sister's bachelorette weekend is this weekend. 14 women in a cabin with lots of wine,I'm looking forward to it. I'm sure there will be plenty of pictures to share afterwards.
* It's January and it has been in the 60's in the Chicago land area. Isn't that a bit strange? I remember spending my entire Christmas vacation outside in a snow fort and sticking my tongue on poles to see if it really would stick. (Yes I did that) Now? For the last few years there has hardly been any snow to play in. Strange. I like it, but strange.
*My new zoom lens for my camera has not been put to good use yet. Not has my new tripod. This upsets me. But wait! I shall get lots of use in Mexico. Taking photographs is the one thing I'm really looking forward to in Mexico. I can't wait, scenery other than Northest Indiana to capture.
* The earliest song I can remember is "I love a rainy night" by Eddie Rabbit. My Aunt was in high school and she was dancing in her room and getting ready to go out. I can still remember her perfume and the turquoise silk shirt she had on. I was about 2 or 3 at the time.
* The last 2 songs I heard before coming into work were from the Beastie boys and Metallica. My sterio was boomin' to no sleep til brooklyn. Yeah.
* I feel sorry for Britney Spears boys.
* Did you all hear about Tom Cruise? and about Katie Holmes being artifically inseminated with the Scientology's founder?Crazy huh?
*Is it just me or does Nicole Kidman have a huge forehead and should not wear her hair back?
*Ok, I may have not wanted to go to school, but I don't think I would have ever glued myself to my bed. This kid did.
* I have no idea who to vote for for President. They all seem fake to me. NO one seems better than the other. All I see is just a few people making broken promises thus far. Obama keep s saying "changes", Hillary now cries and well, what it all just appears to be a show. Maybe I'm wrong, but my voting expeirence will be a hard choice. I don't like any of them.
*Look...over there...
*We ate in the dark last night, watching lightening. It was awesome. We like lightening storms.
*Hormones. Hormones people. I'm tired of crying. Damn hormones.
*14 days. 14 days till Mexico. Pray for good weather and no delays y'all.
* meht eveileb t'nod I tub, krod a ma I, yas yam elpoep
*That wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be
*If you haven't figured it out, it's backwards.
*I am 28 years old. Married for soon to be 8 and have a 7 year old. Where the hell did the time go? Shit. I feel like I've been sleeping.
*My boobs are swollen, hurt but I wish they would stay this size. Damn hormones.
*Was that too much information? Sorry.
*One time at band camp....
* My eyebrows haven't been crooked lately. That make me very happy.
* Oh! I got my hair done the other day. I feel better. Funny how a haircut makes you feel better? The only problem is that a dye job, cut and more product costs way too much. It hurts the wallet a bit...
* half hour till I leave for a doctor's appointment. Then only 2 more days left of work this week. Holla!
* Why did I say holla? Seriously? Why?
*No one has called me by my other nickname "donut" for quite sometime. I have been called "pud" lately. Now my son mimics his Dad and calls me that. Not cool. But it is cute...
* I'm thinking that's pretty random for now. Did I forget something? IS there anything you wanna know that I have not yet shared?
* Have a great, happy Tuesday and go and wish Steph a Happy Birthday. Happy 31st Steph!

Great news!

The best surprise ever has been announced today!

Seriously, the best.
So great, I'll say it TWICE...

The best surprise ever has been announced today!

Go see my wonderful friend Beth at I should be folding Laundry. Go ahead and go! She will have you taking a DOUBLE look!

Congratulations to the I should be folding laundry family!

You know it's slow when you find yourself blogging about your new love of a product's redesign...

You know what make me happy?

A well needed redesign of one of our most used products. No longer will I have to pull the pancake box down from the top shelf and have it spill. You know what I'm talking about right? The cardboard box that didn't ever close.

Yes, it doesn't take much to make me happy, but the new Aunt Jemima box does. It makes me very happy. I heart me some good Aunt Jemima pancakes. Just add water! (and vanilla, gotta have that too)

So I share with you, the new easy open(and close) redesigned Aunt Jemima box.

See? Isn't it great?

No more fake wanna be closure on my family's must have pancake mix! The cardboard actually closes now. (Hey, I warned you, it has been a slow, non creative, brain dead week. So I'm sharing my new love of the box.)

Dear Aunt Jemima,

I love you. I'd love you more if you cooked them for me(because I always burn the first batch), but still, you're the best.

Pass the syrup please,
Crooked Eyebrow

I'm on fire, but so chilly

Seeing how my Mexican trip is 20 days away or so, I had the bright idea of putting some color on my big chubby white ass. Ah yes, I went tanning.

It was a good idea at first...

I had to call of work because it hurts too bad to have clothes on. So I literally feel like my skin is on fire and I'm freezing cold on top of it.

Well, it seems that the lobster look isn't quite in this time of year and no I'm not naked blogging.


Anyone have aloe vera?

Day 1 of 2008

Happy New Year!

It's a fresh start, a clean slate, it's 2008!

The Crooked Eyebrow's had a wonderful New Year's Eve full of yummy food, many mini martini's and an evening with great friends. Guitar Hero just made it even more exciting. We passed the hours and the guitar around, it was great. We rocked out 2007.

As I look around my house, I now see many things to do for this year. I'm hoping it's a year of de-cluttering, organization bliss and home improvements. I'm starting to realize that I feel over whelmed in my home, only because there are so many projects to be completed and no beginning point. I'm sure I'll share more as the months pass.

I also reapplied to some local colleges. I'm hoping to start taking a class this summer. One could hope. Haven gone down that beaten path before maybe this time there will be a follow through on my part. Since most of my science classes are now over 9 years old that are needed to complete my degree, I will now have to take A&P I and II, Microbiology and possibly Chemistry over. OH holy hell that's gonna suck.Not to mention more math. Algebra what? Oh no, I'm screwed.

As far as my job, I'm stuck for now, but there is a wound certification class I would like to attend, but have to save up the cold hard cash for that. Hopefully this new year will allow me to finally attend the class and get certified. Which in the end, will not raise my pay , but will pacify my personal career satisfaction. That in itself would be fantastic.

My family, is wonderful, only thing that would be better is if I could add another child. For now I just hope everyone stays happy and healthy.

Well, there is a lot to reflect upon, but dude, it's my turn at the Wii Guitar Hero III.


Look at this insane song, I can't even wrap my little head around how someone could do this, I can't get past welcome to the jungle.



Rawk on 2008, Rawk on...