The Lungos

It's Not All Gloom & Doom Around Here

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:13:00 +0000

Although I am still feeling all out of sorts and don't see the doctor until later this week, all of the kind thoughts and suggestions here and on Facebook have really cheered me up. So thank you to all of you lovely people!

And even bigger and better news, Hubby started his new position at the University yesterday!! We really kept the whole application/interview process quiet because we didn't want to jinx it and it all happened really fast. He is changing departments but will be doing similar work. And in this position there is the real opportunity for advancement that wasn't in the last position. It is more responsibility, too - but he will be MUCH better compensated in this job. And by much better, I mean close to having another persons full-time salary added to his current salary. I about had a heart attack when he told me how much it was. It will be so amazing for out family.

And the new job is amazing for Hubby. It is a good fit with his skills and personality and engineers-type brain. He was getting frustrated in his old position and the fact that his new boss sought him out and asked him to apply for the position was a huge morale boost for him. And I am so proud of him for stepping out of his comfort zone and applying, interviewing and getting the job. He is amazing!

And another bright spot is that Peanut will be 5 tomorrow!! 5 - I can't believe she is 5!!

Five.

Cinco.

Fünf.

Cinq.

Tal.

Five.

It seem like she was just a wee toddler and now she is a 'big' girl. We are having a Hello Kitty Carnival Party at the house on Saturday and I have been feverishly working on it at night after the kids are in bed. I am hoping I can get it all pulled together by Saturday and if I do, I hope to blog it here. Here is a sneak peak:

I am excited. Peanut is excited. It should be a blast. I just hop I can pull it off.

So, no, it's not all doom and gloom and grey clouds. We have a lot of positive things going for us and going on, I just need to figure out how to be happy and enjoy them without all the other crashing in.

Can't Shake It

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:16:00 +0000

I can't shake it.

I am trying.

Trying to clear my head, my thoughts.

I'm not really sure what is going on, but I just feel so, so BLAH.

I can't shake it.

Whatever it is.

I wish I knew how to get out of this fog.

So much I WANT to do.

So much I HAVE to do.

So much I CAN'T do.

I can't shake it.

A Good Day in the Middle of It All

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:32:00 +0000

Life has been chaotic, stressful, challenging, tear inducing, hair pulling, climb-under-the-covers-and-want-to-sleep-all-day and not-being-able-to-sleep-a-wink-because-I-can't-turn-off-my-brain, all at the same time lately.

I thought after the holidays that my brain would settle down, but it won't. All I can do is think about all of the family/kid/work/home stuff I need/want to do, get all worked up about how I am going to try and do it all, and then do none of it. It has gotten so bad that it is affecting my physical self (weight gain, headaches, etc.) so I made an appointment to talk to someone, although the appoint is a week out..

Anyway, in the midst of all this, I had mad plans to take my mom to get her first pedicure. She recently had ankle surgery and just got her cast off so I thought she would need one. At ther last minute I decided to bring Peanut along.

I couldn't have asked for a better day! I was able to shut out all the stuff floating around in my head and just enjoy the moment I was in, rather than than focusing on all the other stuff I had to do and should be doing instead of getting a pedicure with my 2 favorite girls.

Both my mom and Peanut enjoyed their first pedicures, too. Peanut liked it so much that she asked if we could go again next weekend. Sorry, but no way kiddo, mama's not made of money.

Man I love this kid! She was so well behaved and was totally doted on by the staff and she loved every minute of it.

The moment we got home though, it all started back up. Laundry, vacuum, bathrooms, Peanut birthday party, clean out the closets, sort through the kids toys, edit and post pictures from Christmas, blog said pictures (yeah, right), give Bubba a haircut, re-schedule my hair appointment, make arrangements for when I am gone for work and so much more. I don't know what I would do if Hubby didn't handle 99% of the kitchen duties, the garbage, cat box and the yard.

Anyway, our day was a good day and I will take them when I can get them and hang on to them until the rest of the storm passes.

Top 11 of 2011 ~ Kids Photos

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +0000

Wow, 2011 went by in a flash! And while looking for pictures for this Top 11 of 2011 link up, I realized a couple things:

I take a lot of pictures of the kids, but less and less than I used to
Very seldom do my kids cooperate for a picture together at the same time
It varies as to which kid will let me take their picture
I have super cute kids!

I wasn't sure how to pick my top 11 pictures out of all the pictures I took this year, so I went out to flickr (where I upload about one-third of the pictures I take and went month by month picking out a few of my faves and them narrowing it down from there. This is what I ended up with:

Starting 2011 with lots of good Karma

The Peanut celebrating Princess day at school and her 4th birthday

Peanut showing her nerd side in Mama's glasses

Bubba showing off his eating skills on ribs

Bubba again showing off his eating skills, this time on a corn dog

The kiddos enjoying the summer playing in the water

Peanut showing off her new soccer gear and tutu

Bubba at the park for fall family pictures

Peanut at the park for fall family pictures

Celebrating Thanksgiving

Bubba helping Dada in the garage

Well, there you have it. A few of my favorite photos of my kids from 2011. It was a pretty fun task and really fun to go back and look at the last year in photos. Check out all the other great pictures or link up yourself and maybe win something!

Working Mom Resolutions 2012

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:03:00 +0000

I am not one for resolutions. I don't make them because I don't keep them. I feel like I am setting myself up to fail.

But since I LOVE the ladies and everything they write over at Liberating Working Moms I decided to join in and come up with a few resolutions geared toward my life as a working mom.

Leave work at work. I have a habit of bringing some of my smaller work tasks home and working on them on Sunday morning. I need to leave it at the office and spend that time with Hubby or the kids.
Make better use of my travel time. I travel a lot for work and usually end up having some free time in the evening. I always tell myself that I am going to get a few blog post typed and scheduled when I have this free so I can spend that time with the family when I am home, but instead I spend that free time catching up on cable. I am going to work on that this year.
Work on my relationship with Hubby. We have a good relationship, but like anything it could be better. After a day of work, kids, dinner, and chores I just don't really make time for Hubby and I should because he is awesome and I love him. Our marriage and relationship is the foundation of our family and I have moved it to the bottom of the list and it should be the top.

I was going to try and come up with 5 resolutions, but I think these 3 are a good start and plenty to work on.

I would love to hear some of the things that you as a working mom - working in the home, out of the home, etc - have come up with. Please share a link in the comments or link up at Liberating Working Moms.

January Blog Badge Swap

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:42:00 +0000

I am going to give this another shot for January.

Let's swap blog badges/ads!

It's really simple and a great way to get your blog out and around the web!

If you are interested in swapping blog ads/buttons send me an email at thelungosblog at gmail dot com with your ad/badge (150x150) and I will place in my sidebar. Then you grab my badge and do the same.

For January, I will be swapping through the 5th.

I would love to meet some new bloggers this way!

Deck the Halls 2011

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:30:00 +0000

A quick view into you holiday house this year. This is really the first year I have worked on decorating the house since we moved in. I am happy with what I was able to pull together this year and I am looking forward to after-Christmas sales to pick up some things for next year.

The entry way with my Lang boxes and lanterns. I love lanterns.

Dresser in the dining room with some of my new and old Partylite pieces. I love the wire apothecary with the Christmas balls.

Our Christmas Tree

We weren't going to get a Christmas tree this year because the 9-10 foot tree we like to get is about $150. Hubby surprised me with the awesome little 6 foot tree (for $25!) and then built the stand for it so it stands taller. We actually really like this set up and I think we are going to do this every year. It is up off the ground so the cat leaves it alone, Bubba leaves it alone, it takes less lights, you can see the packages under it (trust me, they look great) and it is way cheaper!

We are carrying on a tradition from my childhood and getting the kids a Hallmark ornament every year. They ones we got this year really suit the kids personalities ( Peanut picked her own). My mom is also slowly giving me mine, so we are adding them to the tree.

Peanut's 2011 ornament

Mama's 1978 Angel

Mama's 1st Ornament 1977

Bubba's 1st Ornament 2009

Bubba's 2011 Ornament

The mantle

I really like our mantle this year, especially compared to last year. We are searching for the right mirror to go over it and I have a few more ideas for next year.

Stockings made by Nana

Nativity

Pretty Modern Trio

Peanut's annual gingerbread house

Nana and Peanut have started their own tradition of making a gingerbread house every year. This years house turned out really cute. It is sitting on the island.

Well that is a quick run down of a few of our Christmas decorations. I would love to see what you did for decorations. Please share you blog or photo link so I can check them out and steal some of your great ideas!

My Sweet Peanut is the Sweetest

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:41:00 +0000

Driving home last night, we were listening to an NPR story about the economy and how it has effected people this year. A women was telling her story and crying. Peanut asked me why she was crying and explained to her that the women was sad because she didn't have enough money to buy food, groceries and Christmas presents for her kids.

And my sweet Peanut, as serious as could be said, "Maybe I can give her some of my money?"

I was so blown away by her instant caring and generosity that I thought my heart was going to burst.

I told her that I was so proud of her for thinking of others and that when we got back from vacation we would find someway to help people who needed it.

How did I get so lucky in the kid department?

Wordless Wednesday ~ 46/52

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:19:00 +0000

Our fantastic daycare has a Christmas potluck every year. It is an opportunity to spend time chatting with the teachers and meeting some of the other parents. They also have little make-n-take projects in some of the classes and Santa makes a visit.

This works out really well for us because we don't have to make a trip anywhere to see Santa and this Santa is extremely patent and good with the kids.

The last 2 years have been Santa successful for us because the kids see their friends sitting on Santa's lap and they are actually eager to do it. Bubba was a little unsure, but he did okay.

Wordless Wednesday ~ 45/52

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:07:00 +0000

Bubba helping dada in the garage and wearing his safety glasses, too.

Happy Birthday Bubba ~You're 2!!

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:55:00 +0000

I am a little late getting this post up because I was a little slow getting the pictures off the camera, but it is here now.

And yes, I am going to say it ~ I can't believe my baby is 2!!

That's right, two years have past since we became a family of 4 and our lives changed forever. Adding another baby to the mix, and a true BOY at that, has really made life crazy, but mostly in a good way.

We celebrated Bubba's birthday on Saturday and just had a small get together with Nana and Papa and Bubba's 2 amazing teachers, Miss Taylor and Miss Seneca.

Having LOTS of fun opening presents!

Showing off some of the great trucks from Uncle Boo and Aunt Nan.

Birthday Boy and Mama

Cars, cars and more cars!

An awesome workbench from Grandma and Grandpa

Checking out his birthday cake made by Mama

It was a fun, small party with lots of great company. Bubba got spoiled (as usual) and he had blast opening and playing with all his great gifts.

At his 2 year well ~~baby~~ (he's really not a baby anymore) child check-up his stat's (for those who care) were:

Height: 34.5 inches ~ 50%

Weight: 33.5 pounds ~ 90%

Head: 53 centimeters ~ > than 97%

He really is a big boy, especially in the head/brains department! His sister calls his head the wrecking ball, because it is just that, but we think he is just perfect for Bubba! Happy Birthday, Bubba Trubba, we love you!

Wordless Wednesday ~ 44/52

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:30:00 +0000

BSU plane, originally uploaded by The Lungos.

My ride home from Portland yesterday. Showing a little local pride.

Christmas Pajamas ~ A Holiday Tradition

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:23:00 +0000

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I love this time of year. Christmas is my very favoriteholiday for so many reasons.

As a kid, I waited all year for the presents. (I had towait all year for presents because mybirthday is on Christmas, too so it is double the fun!) I loved making my list,telling Santa what I wanted and then the anticipation of waiting to openpresents and see if I got what I wanted.

As I got older, I still liked making my list and thepresents, but the focus shifted a bit from the presents to family and spendingtime with those people I love.

Now that I have a family and kids of my own, my wholeperspective on Christmas and the holidays has changed. It is all about makingit as special and magical as I remember it to be, for my kids.

One thing I loved, and still love, about Christmas is thetradition in my family of opening one present on Christmas Eve. For as long asI can remember, we have opened one pre-picked present on Christmas Eve and itis always the same thing – new pajamas. After the first years of pajamas, Icame to realize that it was always going to be pajamas, usually hand made by mymom.
It became a comfort to know that every year, we got toopen one present and that one present would always be a pair of new pajamas. And my mom still gets my brother and I new pajamas, but she also gets them for my Hubby and my sister-in-law and now my kids. These are the kids jammies from last year:

It is also a comfort to know that my mom will do this as long as she can for my family every Christmas, and everything willing - that will be for a long time to come. Then it will be a tradition that I will carry on and hopefully my kids will carry on.

What parts of your holiday traditions are a comfort for you that you will pass on to your kids?

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A Christmas Meme

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Since we spent the weekend getting our tree up and decorated and doing all the other things that get us in the holiday spirit, I thought i would share this list of Christmas questions and answers.

Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate withlittle marshmallows and Egg Nog Lattes
Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under thetree? Everything gets wrapped
Colored lights on tree/house or white? All white, allthe way
Do you hang mistletoe? No. I am not even sure where Iwould find some real mistletoe around here? Florist, maybe…
When do you put your decorations up? AfterThanksgiving – one holiday at a time.
What is your favorite holiday dish? Christmas morningcrepes and bacon
Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Waking up SUPERearly and going into my brother’s room then sneaking down to look under thetree before waking up my parents.
When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Whattruth about Santa?
Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Only pajamas madeby my awesome mama. Every year.
How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Growing upwe got a new Hallmark ornament every year. My mom has given me my ornaments andwe have started the tradition with Peanut and Bubba.
Snow ~ Love it or Dread it? Love it on Christmas only.
Can you ice skate? I could give it a try, but I amgoing to say probably not very well.
Do you remember your favorite gift? I love all mygifts, but when I was 5 I got all of the Strawberry Shortcake dolls in a carrybasket made by my mom. I still have it. It was an AWESOME gift.
What’s the most important thing about the Holidaysfor you? Spending time with family
What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? My mama’s mudpie and fudge sauce, Grandma-Great Lundgren’s rosettes
What is your favorite holiday tradition? I loveeverything about Christmas – the whole holiday is tradition for me ~ Hallmarkornaments, jammies on Christmas Eve, decorating the house, 24 hours of AChristmas Story, watching Charlie Brown Christmas with my kids – all of it!
What tops your tree? Nothing
Which do you prefer giving or receiving? As much as Ilove getting gifts ~ I really LOVE giving gifts. Finding that special thing forsomeone is my love language.
Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum? I really like candy canes.
Favorite Christmas show(s)? Elf, A Christmas Story,National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, and Charlie Brown
Saddest Christmas Song? Silent Night
What is your favorite Christmas song? Silent Night, Baby It's Cold Outside

Wordless Wednesday ~ 43/52

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:25:00 +0000

November is over and a lot of people have used this month as an opportunity to list things that they are thankful for. I am thankful and grateful for so many things in my life, but none more that this:

And this:

And especially this:

Tasty Tuesday ~ Hot Wing Lettuce Wraps

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:57:00 +0000

This is one on my most FAVORITE meals! We have at least once a month becuase it is super tasty and super easy! It only takes a few pantry ingredients, a few fresh vegetables and chicken breasts. It is also a really easy recipe to increase/decrease the amount you need to make. My numbers are what I make to feed to adults and 2 kids.

Indredients:

3 chicken breasts, cubed
2 Carrots, peeled and shredded
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 cucumber, sliced thin
1 head Bib lettuce
1/3 cup Franks Red Hot Sauce
1/3 cup Honey
1/3 cup Lime juice (fresh if you prefer)
Blue Cheese dressing of your choice

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in in a large skillet. Add and cook cubed chicken until done. While chicken is cooking; combine honey, hot sauce and lime juice. Add sauce mixture to chicken and cook over med-high heat, stirring occasionally until sauce has thickened and reduced by about half.

Place a spoonful of chicken, celery, carrots, and cucumber in a leaf of lettuce and drizzle with blue cheese. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Besides being tasty, this recipe is easy to increase or decrease. Just adjust the amount of chicken and veggies accordingly and since the sauce is equal parts, adjust as needed to accommodate the amount of chicken being cooked.

I also will just toss everything in bowl and eat as a salad if we have leftovers.

Blogger Ad Swap

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:53:00 +0000

I saw this on another blog and thought it was a FANTASTIC idea!

Let's swap blog badges/ads!

It's really simple and a great way to get your blog out and around the web!

For December, I will be swapping through the 3rd.

Easy peasy lemony squeezey!

It's Party Time

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:29:00 +0000

We traveled to Milwaukee (for 24 hours) this weekend to attend the wedding of Marissa & Wiley. Hubby and Wiley have known each other forever and he really wanted to be there.

It was an AWESOME time! I have never been to a Jewish ceremony and I thought it was wonderful, especially the Sheva Brachot or 7 Blessings. It was also really cool to yell "mazel tov!" at the end when Wiley broke the glass.

The bride was beautiful, the groom absolutely handsome and I have ZERO pictures because we were running late leaving town and forgot the camera, although I was so in to the ceremony that I would have forgotten to take any pictures.

The Pfister Hotel where the ceremony was held and where we stayed was beautiful.

The reception rocked. It was at a fabulous bar and restaurant called the Hinterland and it was amazing. Cocktail hour (open bar) with signature drinks, wines and beers and awesome apps. Then plated dinner. I had the steak and it was unbelievable.

After dinner the revelry began and the open bar continuesand the DJ started up the music. There was much dancing and bally-hoo. And Imean serious bally-hoo. A few minutes after the first dances, these guys showedup.

Image from here.

If you are a baseball fan, you know who these guys are. For those of you who don't, they are the Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages. Wiley is a sports guy and actually interned with the Brewers this year and somehow managed to get these guys to show up at the reception. It was hysterical and awesome.

About half-way through the night, I realized that I didn't have a picture of me all dressed up and I felt really pretty, so I ran into the restroom and snapped this.

Black Sheath Dress with Side Deatil ~ JC Penny (on clearance for $4.97! 2 years ago)

Brootch on Dress ~ my stash

Earrings ~ my stash

Missing from the picture ~ cute crop cardi from Charlotte Russe and bright pink pashmina wrap.

I had a blast with my make-up and stepped out of my comfort zone by actually wearing it. It is hard to see, but I managed a pretty great smoky eye with help from YouTube and lovely false eyelashes and by this point in the night, I obviously didn't care about my lipstick. I also had a pretty, sleek and simple up-do courtesy of Pinterest.

It was a quick trip but really fun. Congratulations to Wiley and Marissa, we are super happy for you! Wishing all the best in your future life together!

I am going to jump over and link up with The Hap's and Steppin' Out Saturday since I actually did dress up and step out on Saturday!

Working With Style {3} ~ A Week of Cardigans

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:47:00 +0000

I have a thing for cardigans. A serious thing. Like, I own a cardigan in just about every color, and several styles (v-neck, long sleeve, 3/4 sleeve, etc.) in certain colors, several prints and patterns and no less than 7 black cardigans.

It is a sickness really.

But cardigans are so versatile. I can wear them year-round. Buttoned or unbuttoned. As a light jacket. I wore them before during and after pregnancy. They were great for nursing. A co-worker calls the cardi-scarf combo my signature look. I don't know if that is good or bad.

It also appears I like scarves. A lot. I have 8 pashmina scarves in black, white, light grey, light pink, dark pink, light turquoise, dark turquoise, and purple. There is a store here that carries solid color, large pashmina scarves for $5. I pick one up every time I am in there.

This really is an unflattering picture. I look lumpy and bunchy. I hope I didn't look like that all day and just while I was rushing to get a picture in the restroom before someone walked in.

Pink V-Neck Cardi ~ Old Navy

White Shirt ~ JC Penny

Black Skinny Belt ~ Ann Taylor LOFT

Black Wide Leg Trouser ~ JC Penny

Necklace ~ Lisa Leonard Designs

Ring ~ Premier Jewelry

Blue Gem Button Cardi ~ Old Navy

White Tank Top ~ Old Navy
Pashmina Scarf ~ Craft Warehouse

Black Trouser ~Ann Taylor LOFT

Ring ~ Gift

I love yellow/black/grey combos but I couldn't decide which picture I liked better ~ with or without the scarf~ so I posted both. You tell me.

Black Cardi ~ Ann Taylor LOFT

Yellow Tank Top ~Old Navy

Grey Wide Leg Trouser ~ JC Penny

Light Grey Pashmina Scarf ~ Craft Warehouse
3 Ring Necklace ~ Old Nave

Ring ~ Premier Jewelry

Button Cuff Yellow Cardi ~ Old Navy

White Shirt ~ Old Navy

Black Wide Leg Trouser ~ JC Penny

Knit Floral Scarf ~ Old Navy

Ring ~ Premier Jewelry

Lavender V-Neck Cardi ~ Old Navy

White Shirt ~Old Navy

Denim Trouser ~ JC Penny

Grey/Lavender Floral Scarf ~ Ann Taylor LOFT

Ring ~ Premier Jewelry

So, there you have it, one week full of cardigans, and a lot of scarves. I could probably go two weeks of sraight cardigans, but even I realize that I need to mix it up and I have very little fashion sense. Is there a piece of clothing in your wardrobe or a collection of something that you find yourself gravitating to?

Linking up with the lovely ladies over at Liberating Working Moms for this weeks Working With Style. Stop by and say hi and link up with your style.

Pet Peeves

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:06:00 +0000

I have lots of pet peeves.

Mostly because I can’t stand inconsiderate, self-centeredor stupid people, and they are generally involved in or the cause whatever petpeeve is annoying me at the time.

(Here is where my 4year old would remind me that stupid is a bad word and we aren’t supposed tocall people stupid. I will let her live in that world free of stupid people alittle longer.)

This particular pet peeve really gets me going. I evenlisted in a list of 100 Things About Me because it makes me a special kind ofcrazy.

What is this special annoyance you may ask?

Non-permitted or placarded people who park in thehandicap spots (or in the striped space between, essentially making bothhandicap spots unusable) at daycare when dropping or picking up their kids makeme insane.

Why does this get me so bad?

I am not really sure, but I think it is the sheerlaziness or it. Or, maybe the complete disregard for others in their extremeself-entitlement. Whatever the reason, it bugs the holy living hell out of me.

I see it DAILY at our daycare. One parent in particular. If they cannot park there rig in the middle of the 3 spots directly in front ofthe door taking 2 of the 3 spots up, they park in the handicap spots. And theparking lot at our school is not huge and I have rarely seen it where we haveto dive to the side of the building to park. There are usually a few spotsalways open along the front of the building, although not directly in front ofthe doors.

Those spots are there for those who need them and I haveseen them being used appropriately by those who do need them at the school.

About a month ago I don’t know what it was, but I hadenough and I brought it up with the director of the school. I just mentionedthat I was a little crazy and OCD and certain things bother me and the handicapparking was one of them. I told her that I just needed to let the school know Isaw it happening (struggling to not point out the one parent in particular byname, although they were parked there when the director looked out the window)and I felt they should address it. She looked at me like I was crazy, but sheagreed and I left it at that.

2 weeks ago there was a sign on the check-in computerreminding parents not to park in the handicap spot.

SCORE!

And I haven’t seen anyone park there since.

Do you have a crazy pet peeve that you’d bewilling to admit to? I would love to hear it because it will make me feel alittle less wacko.

Wordless Wednesday ~ 42/52

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:25:00 +0000

At the Seattle Aquarium ~ we had lots of fun looking at the fishes and animals.

Technical Difficulties

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:54:00 +0000

I just noticed that none of my scheduled post for the last 2 weeks showed up and I am trying to fix. Pretty sure it was and operator error.

Stay tuned for an onslaught of new old posts.

Wordless Wednesday ~41/52

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:20:00 +0000

originally uploaded by The Lungos.

As many of you know, I travel for my job and lately I have been away from home almost as much as I have been home.

And it sucks.

This is my address this week.

Crash

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:42:00 +0000

So, I blew up my laptop today.

AWESOME.

Not really, seeing as it is actually my company laptop that has all my work on it.

I was reading my usual morning blogs and got a wicked error message from out virus software saying I needed to restart my computer and before I could shut down, it all went black.

The Black Screen of Death had struck.

When I was able to to get it back up and running, everything on my desktop and hard drive was gone.

GONE.

I tried not to cry. Or use expletives.

The local IT guy worked on it, but kept throwing out words like "toast" "gone" and "dead" under his breath.

He is gave me a loner that I am working from, but it doesn't have all my stuff on it, so I blog and check email.

He Fed-Exed my laptop back to Corporate and I am praying that the tech fairies help my guys out and get it fixed.

Fingers crossed

I Hate Mondays

noreply@blogger.com (The Lungos) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0000

I know, lots of people hate Mondays.

But lately, Monday mean getting up extra early to get to the airport and leaving my family for days at a time.

I especially hate these kind of Mondays.

It feels like the weekend went by too fast because I was trying to squeeze in as much family time as I could while also doing the laundry and cleaning house and getting things ready for me being away for 4 days.

My kids cry and whine when I say bye-bye. Hubby looks lonely before I leave. And I usually cry as I climb in the car and drive away.

I especially hate these kind of Mondays.