The Domino effect

I'll set up the scene.

Last Saturday was my daughter Avery's 8th birthday party. (For those of you who know her, she's not 8 until December 11th but since we're all in the community Christmas production, we don't have a free weekend until Christmas now!)

5 girls came to our house at 5:30 p.m. We had pizza, we had cake and we opened presents. The girls went upstairs to play for about 20 minutes, I called them down and we all drove to the movie theatre to see 'Bolt', the new animated movie with the voices of Miley Cyrus and John Travolta.

We get to the movie. I tell all the girls they can have a small popcorn and a drink OR a candy and a drink. We get everyone settled...the birthday party girls decide to sit about 15 rows ahead of us.....the movie starts. (It's a good movie by the way, lots of funny parts for the grown ups too!)

90 minutes pass.

The movie ends.

The lights come up.

OH...did I mention the theatre is PACKED?

Ok, the lights come up...I try and go against the flow of people to hurry our birthday party of girls up when Delaney calls to me (from 15 rows away)....'MOM!!! Avery is BARFING!!!!!!'

WHAT? She's WHAT????

Oh LORD help me....I drag my size 16 hiney over the theatre flippy chairs and reach the gaggle of girls only to realize that Avery's friend Autumn is covered in puke. She proceeds to tell me that she threw up in the middle of the movie but didn't know what to do, so she sat through the rest of the movie and when the house lights came up, everyone could see she had thrown up.

Did I mention we had CHOCOLATE cake and pizza?

So, back to the birthday girl. I don't know if I've ever mentioned this on my blog but Avery is a gagger/puker. If you talk about puke, she pukes. She loves to help me bake but CAN NOT, I repeat CAN NOT see a raw egg going in the mix. One time at school, a girl in her class did a science experiment about eggs, one broke accidentally and she threw up in the garbage can in front of her entire class. This year, she saw bug eggs on a leaf and threw up at the door of her class. She will gag if you talk about poo, and watch out if she's holding a baby who barfs. She can not sit at the breakfast table if her Dad is eating a fried egg. Trust me. We've tried. The girl will throw up ON the table. SO....she saw Autumn covered in puke...she started gagging....by the time I got to her, she hadn't actually thrown up....I shuffled her back to her Dad so I could deal with Autumn...and I looked up just in time to see Calvin push her head down to the floor......

She hurled.

And it was at that moment that I looked into the projectionest room and saw my buddy DJ Mio look at me with pained eyes....because it was then that he knew he had a double clean up in Roi 2.

You know what they say???? It's not a party unless someone is throwing up!

Pet Peeves....

My BFF Heather has a blog (there is a link to her from my page to hers) and she was asking what people's pet peeves were...I started to leave a comment but then it was TOO long so here is my response....

Pet peeves a la Michelliott (as some of my closest friends call me)

Unloading the dishwasher, the cutlery especially.

Clutter (and by clutter, I mean a flyer and a pop can).

My kids coming out of bed when I already tucked them in.

Bad customer service.

Brown shoes and black pants (together that is....).

People who wear low rise jeans and let their junk hang over for the world to see. (People....buy a friggen pair of pants that FIT YOU! I'm not small but work with what you have! Low rise jeans are a privelage NOT A RIGHT!)

Dirty floors (which is why I have to wear slippers at my house!).

One uppers.....people who ALWAYS have a better story, worse injury or bigger experience. I'm not talking about the usual, "Hey, that happened to me" thing...you know the people...'OH! You broke your leg? Once I broke both legs. While in labour with my 7th child....."

CSI Miami. (David Caruso....enough said)

FWD's in my inbox that are lame. Fwd this to 7 people and an angel will bless you with good luck......

People who are late....for everything.

Big mouths.....oh wait...I've said to much.... :0)

True or False

I haven't excersised in two weeks. TRUE. I have lots of excuses but mostly b/c we were gone to Jesse's wedding and now I need to wait for Monday to start up again. Don't judge me!

I am ENOUGH. Just the way I am. TRUE. If I ever lose 30 pounds....I will be NO BETTER than I am today because I am good just the way I am! I had a revelation (way too long of a story) but I'm not going to wait any longer to just be happy with who I am because it's such a waste of time. I have a life to live!

I love the busyness of December. FALSE. This year is going to be very busy because I am in the community Christmas production, and all my girls are in it to....so from December 3rd to the 14th, our lives will be full of dress rehersals, technical rehersals AND performances. I like the performances but of course, since the choir is not the only thing I have to do all December, it usually feels like it's piling up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Side note-I do however, LOVE Christmas)

I wish we had a baby at home. FALSE. Another kind of revelation for me.....I really like having a 5 year old and an 8 and 9 year old. I like the freedom that comes with going on a trip and not having to worry about bottles, naps, diapers, playpens, changes of clothes and sleeplessness. Now, please, if you have a baby, I'm not trying to insult you. I love babies...I had three of them! I'm just done my time and really like being onto the next phase!

I have to wear slippers when I'm at home. TRUE. I hate cold feet...I know this is random but I just can't live without my sheepskin slippers!

I'm happy it snowed like 15 cms today. TRUE. It was very hard to start thinking about Christmas when the grass was still green!!!! (The weather forcast is calling for sunny weather and plus 8 in like two days....where am I living????????)

I have all my Christmas cards done. FALSE. That's right friends who know me...it's November 14th and I haven't even cracked open my address book!

I'm happy it's friday. TRUE! Calvin's home at 3:30 today, and he's on two weeks of afternoons starting monday, which means that we get EVERY afternoon together..... noon until 3. No kids. You figure out what we'll do!