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Children hug your mothers, for this is their special day.

Mothers hug your children, for this is the reason this day is so special.

Mamusia, I love you.  Although I cannot be there with you, I am always thinking about you.  Each and every day.  Have a wonderful Mother’s Day, and know that I love you.

And to all the mothers out there, cherish every moment you have with your children.  They grow up way too fast, but they never stop being your babies.

Have a good one!

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It’s no secret that I don’t like am petrified of arthropods.  I mean, I only make reference to my severe dislike of all things from the phylum Arthropoda, here, here and here.

So, I had just finished my glorious monthly nightly shower, and took a fresh towel off the top of the shelf in the bathroom.  I started drying myself off and in slow motion noticed something drop from the towel, and IT started crawling! My mouth open, silently screaming, I run butt naked up the stairs to my husband who is by now intrigued as to the free show he is getting.  And all I can say is “KILL IT!”  *insert husband eye-roll here*  He goes down the stairs and kills what he tells me is a beetle.  You know, one of those crunches-when-your-husband-kills-it-for-you beetles!

Ok, you can start screaming now.

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Monday seems like a good day for a MEME. So, I was blog hoppin’ around with a few free minutes, and found a MEME I kinda thought would be cool to post. So I have to give linky love to JuliaGulia from whom I thieved it.

1. WHAT TIME DO YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING? Whenever GG wakes up - could be anytime between 6 and 9am, he is my alarm clock.

2. DIAMONDS OR PEARLS? No question - diamonds, and big ones too.

3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? Um, I need a moment for this one… I think it was Ocean’s Eleven. And since Twelve and Thirteen have come and gone, you can guess how long ago that was.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Let’s just take a look at my Tivo list from the last few months… Gossip Girl, Dancing with the Stars, Biggest Loser, American Idol, America’s Next Top Model, Top Chef… Looks like I have become a reality junkie.

5. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? Coffee.

6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Anna (I go by my middle name - I think OHmommy is the only one who knows my real first name)

7. WHAT FOODS DO YOU DISLIKE? Not a big fan of red meat.

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD? CDs??? Do people still buy those?

9. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? GMC Envoy, looking into a Yukon XL.

10. FAVORITE SANDWICH? David Beckham, Me and Brad Pitt.

11. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE? Dishonesty.

13. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Poland so that I could see my grandparents again.

15. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING? Right now I am digging Peace Love Mom. But you’ll see me wearing pretty much anything comfortable.

16. WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE TO? Hawaii.

17. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY? 21 shots on my 21st birthday.

18. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? On TV, football - In real life, soccer.

22. FAVORITE SAYING? Nuh-uh!

23. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? January 17, 19-seventy something…

24. ARE YOU A MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON? Night person - my insomnia is getting worse as I get older.

25. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE? 7.5 on a good day.

26. PETS? Just fish for now.

27. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? I am getting a new camera!

28. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? A doctor, an actress, a singer, a Broadway Star, and a marine biologist. I ended up a biomedical engineer and physical therapist, however.

29. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? In pain.

30. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? Dark chocolate - the darker the better.

31. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? Roses - I am a hopeless romantic.

32. WHAT IS A DAY ON THE CALENDAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO? Right now I am looking forward to my son’s third birthday on July 18th.

33. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Ham and cheese sandwich.

34. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? I have in the past.

35. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Pasty White. I need a tan bad.

36. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? Bright and sunny - I should be working on that tan right now.

37. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK? I don’t drink soft drinks. (As I sit here with a Dr. Pepper, because there is nothing else in the fridge)

38. FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Anything Mexican.

41. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? Halloween.

42. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? Pots and Pans.

43. SUMMER OR WINTER? Neither, I am a Spring or Fall kind of gal.

46. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? See number 30 above…

48. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Last night watching some sappy commercial.

50. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST? My mother.

51. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? Researched what camera I am going to buy.

52. FAVORITE SMELL? My boys’ hair right after it’s washed.

53 WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? Spiders!!! Pretty much any kind of bug actually.

54. SALTY OR SWEET? Salty.

56. HOW MANY YEARS AT YOUR CURRENT JOB? Three.

57. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Monday - I work Sat and Sun, so Monday means my first day off.

58. HOW MANY TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN? Ten - Vancouver BC Canada, Atlanta GA, Chicago IL, Greenville NC, Racine WI, Jupiter FL, Bloomington IL, Cleveland OH, Brighton England, and now settled in Medina OH.

59. DO YOU MAKE FRIENDS EASILY? I’d like to think so.

60. WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAG? My brother (he loves these things) and anyone else who suffered through this long ass post would like to play along.

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The time has come for a breakup.  Yes, my trusty sidekick has to be kicked to the curb, and a new one needs to replace him.

My Olympus camera has been there during good times and bad, but has failed to impress now that my kids are mobile.  Problem is that it takes amazing still photographs, but my kids are never what you would call still.  I also can’t stand the delay on the shutter - 75% of the pictures I get are of a blur of GG whizzing by or of T3 blinking and looking like he is sleepwalking.

What I need is a sidekick that can capture T3’s attempts at jumping like a frog or GG’s attempts to be a daredevil skydiving off the couch. I need to capture the moments that are passing by me at the speed of life!

I know several of you out there have honed your photography skillz and are absolutely smitten, so I ask of you what would you recommend be my new sidekick?  I’ll be doing my own research over the next few days, but as I always say “Mamas know best!”

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