Flashback Monday Part 9

Madness Our House




General Public Tenderness



The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Impression That I Get

The Big 4 Birthday

Before.

Wack Wack Wack

After.
The scavengers.

Getting ready for the pillow sack races.
2 races and a final.

The races in full force.

Overlooking the festivities.

The Monkey getting ready to blow out his candle.

Thank to you all of our friend's for making the day a great memory. We had a blast with the pinata, the pillow sack races and hanging out playing.
We are so lucky.
Cheers!

Prep'n The Party Favors

We just couldn't do the normal party favors, so, we came up with this.
Tom's printing them up right now.

Make'n The Cake

Both Tom and I love birthdays and feel like they really are a big deal.
Hence, The Monkey's Birthday Party.
The countdown and preparations have began.
He wants a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
He did his part cleaning up.

Getting Ready

The Monkey's 4th Birthday Bash is this Sunday.
Lots to do.
Wish us luck, it's gonna be a big one.

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Thank you to all of you who have entered out 24.7.365=Me Giveaway
We love hearing about all the sweet things the littles do everyday. Thank you for sharing.
We realized that we need to ask everyone who as entered on whether or not you would like to receive our newsletters. If not, just let us know and we won't send you one. Cheers.

So White

I've been visiting this site for the last few weeks since I discovered and posted about it.
Oh my gosh, we are sooooo white, there is no doubt about it.

24.7.365=Me Giveaway

Our latest giveaway is all about the little ones.

24.7.365=Me is so true. This one is not up on our site yet, except for here.
So, this is really a special giveaway. It's 100% Organic Cotton in Natural too.

We will be giving away this cool design to two lucky winners at random.
This is a quick one, deadline is Tuesday, April 2, 2008, after 7:00 pm PST. Please remember to give us your email. This is so we can contact you and not put your entry back in the bowl.

You need to share with us these things:

1. What does your little one do every single day that makes them unique?
For example, The Monkey does some sort of construction or fix it job.

2. What size?
Onesies
3-6m and 6-12m

Lap-ts
12-18m and 18-24m

Kids T-shirts
XS (2-4) S (6-8)

3. contact email

4. Yes or No on whether you would like to receive out newsletters.
Good Luck!

Little Bit of Normalcy

This is The Monkey waiting and waiting for the "Recycling Man" and "Cardboard Man" to come. He waits patiently every Monday for hours. He does the same on Tuesdays and Fridays for the trash men "Buddy Guy" and "Crazy Man". The guys love him. They honk their horns, give him high fives. They have even paid him for helping ($1.00 a couple of times) and given him a little trash truck of his own. Very sweet for both sides.



This is our main walk to Downtown and to The Monkey's school. It's been our main walkway for about 10 years now. It doesn't matter what season it is, there is always something lovely about it.

Flashback Monday Part 8

OK, back to the flashbacks.

Echo and The Bunnymen Lips Like Sugar



The Stone Roses Fools Gold



Depeche Mode Everything Counts

Up and Down and All Around

Time seems to be moving in a weird way.
Today just seemed to drag.
No energy to do anything, except be there for The Monkey and The Bubby.
We're just talking and then sitting quietly. Holding each other.
Wondering. Wondering.
A little work here, a little work there.
Angry. Sad. Laughing. Crying.
Moving through and growing.

We miss you Dad.

6:36 pm PST

Tom's dad passed away last night. We're just kind of wiped out right now. As Tom said, "I think that is about as much stress as I can handle in one day."

Thank you to everyone who have emailed us. We appreciate it so much.

Tom's sickness is better and that shot for my hand has made about 90% of the pain go away.
Yea!

Talk to you soon.

xoxoxox-n&t

We went to Oakland to see Tom's dad last night. The time of his passing is coming very soon. We will be going back today. It's all very sad.

Happy St. Patrick's Day To You All

Dia Duit!

May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.
Slainte!!

Flashback Monday Part 7 St. Patrick's Day Edition

U2 Where The Streets Have No Name (Hmmm... I remember that day....)



The Cranberries Linger



The Pogues If I Should Fall From the Grace of God



House of Pain Jump Around (Irish American Rappers??? oh well, jump around)



My Left Foot (I know, I know, it's not a music video, but it's just such an amazing scene)

Good Morning

Two cappuccinos and this.
A great way to start the day.
Thank you Kate.

Now off to The Market.

Maybe Yesterday Was A Little Harsh or Not...Or...It Just Was ???

I keep thinking about how difficult the last couple of weeks have been (and with what is coming) and have been debating on whether to post it or not. Tom and I feel that this blog needs to be positive, maybe funny but mostly transparent. We are real people in this world trying to better our lives and our son's lives.
So, I guess things can't always smell like roses.

Tom continues to be the same. Since he doesn't like to go to sleep early, I'm trying to get him to sleep more in the morning and take a nap during the day. It's working (a little).

Then there is my little problem, all though today ended up well. Back on January 1st, I tore two ligaments in my right wrist. I really didn't know the severity of it because I have seemed to have this problem of my wrist "popping out" for about 12 years (from witnessing to sculpting clay). But this last time it was different, I couldn't move it for a few days.
Tom worked his magic as usual. I could move it again but it just wasn't right. Well, it turns out that I'll most likely need surgery, but for now, I received a steroid shot to help me get through my daily tasks.
That was yesterday. It hurt so bad throughout the day and last night.
Today it has improved a lot, I hardly notice it's there. I have to remind myself to be careful because the ligaments are still weak. I go back to the doctor in late April to see what is next.
It stresses me out. I do everything with my hands. Holding The Monkey, computer work, designing, photography, dyeing, knitting, household duties and not mention my passions, painting and sculpting. If I lost any type of control in my hand, oh man, I just don't know.

And finally, Tom's dad is dying. He has been struggling with cancer for about 8 years now and it's finally taken it toll. We found out tonight that he probably has only a couple of weeks left (tumors through out his brain and up and down his spinal cord). There are so many issues involved with this one. Tom and he have always had a stained relationship even to this day. Tom has always remained open but we feel his dad is just so scared and has such intimacy issues, that there is only so much we can do.

But on the up side, we keep moving forward. It's all we can do. I am so thankful for what we have, including each other.

We really are lucky.

Just Shoot Us...And Make Glue

Gosh, we are not the whippersnappers we used to be.

Tom is hanging in there with the consumption, only doing things that he has to do. He is still coughing quite a bit and feels like he got the sh*! beat out of him. We are slowly becoming more humble to fact that it takes both of us longer to get better. He doesn't go back to his job at the hospital until after Monday, so that's good. The Monkey is having a hard time understanding how sick DA is. He sees DA home and just wants to play. It's heartbreaking and craziness.

Just wait it only gets better...

St. Patrick's Day Winners

The randomly drawn winners for our St. Patrick's Day Giveaway are:

Shamalamamama
XS Green T-shirt

Lis
3-6 Spud onesie


Just some of our favorites were:

"Po-TAY-toes" posted by theyyguy

"My favorite Irish thing is my grandaughter! Not only Irish, but her birthday is March 17th."
posted by bfox74

"Finnegan's Wake is my absolute favorite." TiffanyandFred

"My favorite thing Irish is the love of my life... my wife. And a fine Irish girl she is!" posted by Jack

And Angleaandconnor for posting us on Prizeatron.


Thank you everyone for posting. It was so fun to read everyone's comments.

Stay tuned will be having more giveaways soon.

Newsflash

Tom Has Pneumonia.
:(
Things will be running a little slow the next 10 days or so.
Bare with us.

A Sweet Little Giveaway...

Kirsten over at Thirtysomething Mama is having a giveaway of one her toddler scarfs.
Aren't they sweet.

It's Been Going Around...And Coming Back...Again and Again

Tom has been sick with a cough.
Tom has been sick since late January.
It came, then left, then came and now it won't leave. It's lingering. He's in bed right now, with a fever, moaning and groaning.
From what I've been hearing around town and reading on blogs, this one is a doozie.
It won't go away.
The Monkey had something like it last month for about a 10 days. The Bubby and I have seem to stay clear of it.
He's gonna stay down for a couple days and take it easy.
Get better Honeybunny.

Flashback Monday Part 6

The Police Synchronicity II (love The Sting)




Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (love The Annie)




Billy Idol Dancing With Myself (love The Idol)

Stuff White People Like

This is pretty funny...why?...because it's true.
But I think they forgot the white guy over bite (here and here).
Maybe it's coming later on the list.

Irish Loves

Here are some of ours:

Tom
-Seamus Heaney
-James Joyce (You were right Christine)
-Paul Muldoon
-Guinness
-Shepherd's Pie
-The Irish People
-Brown Bread
-Gaelic
-The Pogues

Nina
-Daniel Day Lewis
-Liam Neeson (6'4'' Irishman, mmmm)
-Guinness
-U2
-Wool Sweaters
-Bailey's Irish Cream (Our cat is named after it)
-The Irish People
-The Music and Dancing
-The Story Telling
-The Humor

St. Patrick's Day Giveaway

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone. Get in the spirit with these cuties. (Green and Spud)
Because we are both from Irish decent, we just had to do this.

We will be giving away one design to two lucky winners at random.
This is a quick one, deadline is Tuesday, March 11, 2008, after 7:00 pm PST. Please remember to give us your email. This is so we can contact you and not put your entry back in the bowl.

You need to tell us three things:

1. What is your favorite thing Irish?
Besides the obvious, Daniel Day Lewis and Liam Neeson.

2. Which design you would like?

3. Which size?
Onesies
3-6m and 6-12m

Lap-ts
12-18m and 18-24m

Kids T-shirts
XS (2-4) S (6-8) M(10-12) L(14-16)


CHECK OUT 2009'S GIVEAWAY HERE

Spring Happiness

Congrats to windycindy for winning our Cute and Yummy for the Easter Bunny Giveaway. She won 1 Spring Chicken and 1 Carrot shirt for two special kids.

Another thing, because we are so excited about the awesome response we received for this last giveaway, we are giving our blog readers a 20% off coupon to use. It's only good until March 12, 2008, so hurry. Just enter the code happyspring during check out to get your 20% off.

Come back and visit in the next day or two because we will be having another giveaway.

OK, I know we are in California but the weather has been incredible this last week. Not only is it beautiful but The Monkey is so much happier to be able to play outside for hours and wear his shorts. We found The Bubby's old Mars and Beyond tent and set it up for him. As you can see, he is digging it. Tom and I are digging it too, for many many reasons. You parents know what we mean.

Flashback Monday Part 5

New Order Blue Monday



Big Country In A Big Country (One of Tom's all time favorites)



The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues (Another fave of Tom's)