Happy Easter!

Happy late Easter! As is typical, I am late for everything........even wishing someone a Happy Easter. 

Wasn't a very nice one here in lovely Ohio........I am seriously about to build a canoe and start rowing to work. It rained the majority of yesterday so we hid the eggs one time in the front yard for M. The back yard currently looks like Swamp Thing's second home, so that was out of the question! M was satisfied and more concerned about her brother's Easter baskets, which contained cell phones.  Hers did not, as these were baby toys. I learned my first lesson yesterday of having multiple children: BUY EVERYTHING IN TRIPLICATE!

Took Maddy to see the Easter bunny on Saturday..........first time ever. This child HATES all things in costume.  The closest she ever came to NOT screaming during an outing with a costumed person was Chuck E Cheese at about age 8 months.  This time was really no different.  She sat on his lap and covered her face!! Classic Maddy. She later told me she didn't like him because he had teeth. 

I will be the first to admit this was one skank-tastic Easter Bunny (yes, I invented the word skank-tastic). But, hey, that's what you get when you to to the local Walgreen's the day before Easter. I was suckered into paying for a package of pictures, where my kid wasn't smiling..........only to realize that my precious princess was sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap in a dress with her legs open!!! :) God love her! At least she's cute! This is blackmail for later!

Stephanie, the music critic

I am really digging the new duet by Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean. If you haven't heard it, you can hear it here: Don't You Wanna Stay?

If you click on the link, not only will you hear a great song, but you will also see Carrie Underwood introducing the song at the CMAs and she looks so cute.....she is rocking that orange dress. I just love Carrie Underwood!

As I was driving back from Court today, I heard this duet on the radio. This got me to thinking about my all time favorite duets (see, I even make lists as I am driving down the road.....told you I was a brilliant multi-tasker)!!!

Here are my top 5 choices:

1. Whiskey Lullaby by Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley. I don't really need an explanation for this do I? Have you heard the song? The lyrics alone are enough to make it a fantastic song, but then you add Alison Krauss' voice and the song is heart wrenching.
2. Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. I had this record when I was a kid and I loved it. Had no idea what the words meant, but I loved this song back in the day. Love it even more today than I did then. Definitely a tune I crank up in the car and sing at the top of my lungs into my pretend cell phone/microphone.
3. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn.  You can't go wrong when you combine two great artists like these two.  Many great duets by them, but this is my favorite.
4. Time of my Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes: This should be self explanatory for anyone who knows me. Dirty Dancing is the best movie ever hands down. I don't particularly care that it never won any major awards and that it's a chick flick. That movie is awesome. I dare anyone to say otherwise. The soundtrack is equally as good as the movie, if not better.
5. Tied for fifth due to their propensity to be sang in a number of karaoke bars by people with dreadful voices like myself: Picture by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow. Lyrically, just a great song and From this Moment by Shania Twain and Bryan White. The re-recorded version Shania sang by herself just wasn't as good as the duet.

Thoughts?

New shoes!

I need an incentive to lose this baby weight! I lost it so easy with Maddy and even got down to what I was before I got pregnant with her. Not so much with the twins. I attribute it to the fact that this time I had two and not one. So I have decided to give myself the necessary push I need to lose it...........if I lose ten pounds, I am allowing myself to buy new shoes!

Unpractically, I like these courtesy of Zappos:

Practically, I will probably go with something black that I can wear a few days a week for work.


My goal is 10 pounds and I get the shoes! There is one fatal flaw to my plan however: I hate working out.....period. Two reasons: boring and I hate sweating! Oh and another fatal flaw that just came to mind: Dieting.  It's not that I hate dieting so much, as I have an addiction to caffeine and McDonald's!

To be continued..................

A busy week!

Well it was the office's first week back after Spring Break, which = utter chaos! Remember what you used to do over St. Paddy's Day and Spring Break when you were 20 and in college? Multiply that by 17,000 and you get a glimpse into what my office looked like this week..........well, not all 17,000 currently enrolled students received DUIs and underage drinking charges, but a lot did!

I spent the last two days of this week in a training for lawyers who work with college students. Very informative but the drive to Columbus two days straight was tiring. At least I used it as an excuse to stop at the Victoria's Secret outlet! Yes, ladies....if you weren't aware, there is a Victoria's Secret outlet! You can find directions here http://www.mjrsales.com/.  They also carry The Limited!

Other exciting events in the Allen household this week included the following:

• Tangled came out this week.  In our house this movie is known as Princess Hair. Ever since I took Maddy to the theater to watch it, she's been asking for it on DVD.  We have now watched it approximately 10 times since Tuesday. I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it! Here's Maddy enjoying the first viewing of Tangled complete with snack pack and the dog on her lap!

• I got my I STILL HATE LAETTNER shirt in the mail. Ignore the bad hair day and the fact that I was trying to take the photo myself.

So far, the shirt has some bad karma following it. Wore it last night and we lost. I keep telling myself it wasn't meant to be for the Cats this year......What the NCAA did to Enes should have been the first indicator. Doesn't seem right anyway that we would have won a championship without my Dad here to witness it.

• Senate Bill 5 passed. What a bunch of boobs we have elected in Ohio! Hoping the issue gets on the ballot in November and the voters get the chance to get it repealed.  I did the math and according to my calculations it will cost our family $156,000.00 in salary alone over the course of Frank's career! Awesome (insert sarcasm here)!!!! Hey, at least the deficit will go down (like I care)! God, I'm annoyed just thinking about it and could talk about it all day so I will move on.
• Frank is now on Spring Break! Ass! I'm just jealous mine is over.
• John and Evan both got a new tooth this week......which brings John's tooth count up to 2 and Evan's up to 1. I would post a picture but so far neither will cooperate to show Mommy those Chiclets!
• And finally this weekend we whipped out the bouncy seats! Just like Maddy, Evan immediately put it to good use!