Another motherhood initiation

WARNING - if you have a weak stomach or are easily nauseated, do not read!

Well, tonight was a first. This year, my parent's have decided to do something different for birthdays. Rather than do a big party each birthday month with the whole family, they are just taking out each individual out for dinner. Tonight was Beckett's turn. We went to Wendy's because Beckett loves "5 piece chicken nuggets". He ordered them all by himself. I was so proud. He also got root beer, which is a special treat because we hardly ever have pop. We sat down and started eating. It didn't take long before we had to get after him to start eating his dinner and stop drinking the pop. He said, "I can't eat anymore", which is his usually response when he doesn't want to eat anymore. Well, we did what any normal parent would do, we took away the pop until he ate a couple of chicken nuggets. He complained a little and then just laid down on the bench. I thought he was just moping, but after a little while he stood up. Matt commented that he looked pale, and then I noticed it too. It wasn't too long after that that I could tell he was going to throw up. Just as it started to come out, I stuck my hand under his chin to catch it. I don't know why. There was no way I was going to catch it all. It just felt like instinct. (I would like to note that I don't do throw up. I come close to dry heaves when I just hear someone else throw up) When he was done, I went to wash my hands off. Beckett saw me leaving and came after me (he is going through some major separation anxiety lately), leaving a trail of puke dripping off of him all along the way. I felt so bad for the employees that had to clean up after him. I wanted to offer to clean it up, but I had to clean me and him up already. It was not fun and on the embarrassing side, even though there was nothing that could be done to prevent it. My sister came in the bathroom and said that the group of teenage boys that were sitting near us, watched the whole thing and were just staring. I felt so terrible about ruining everyone else's meals. So much for a special meal. Oh, and both children threw up in the car just as we were getting off the freeway. What a night!!

A little help for my friends

So, I just had a big scare. I thought I had lost all of my pictures of "A Day out with Thomas" that the children and I went to last month. Luckily, I had heard Kim Komando (digital goddess) talk about this very situation on her talk show (it is on every Saturday night on 105.7FM). A gentleman had called in and said he could not find his pictures on his memory card from his trip to Europe. He was so sad. It was like 500 photos that were missing. She told him about FREE software available on her website that he could download that would help him retrieve those photos off of his card. So, when I discovered that 95 pictures had suddenly went missing on my SD card, I was devastated too, but I had a glimmer of hope. I went to komando.com and searched around until I found "photo recovery" (which wasn't easy for me, I am not search friendly). She had the links to the FREE software and I had Matt follow the steps, I was too nervous about my lost pictures to understand what on earth that computer mumbo, jumbo was saying. I am delighted to say that it worked! We did loose a few of the photos, but I can live with the other 90% that was saved. Thank you for people that know what they are talking about!!!

A giveaway for everyone!

Hey, everybody!! Anyone want to win $40 to get whatever you want? Go to Liv's Fav and find out to enter. She also talks about some pretty sweet stuff on there too.

Check it out

I have a friend that has good taste (and there are times I am quite jealous of it) and she has an entire blog dedicated to that. She will post pictures of some of the cutest clothes and decor that she finds on the internet that could tempt anyone. She is hoping to get her followers up to 50 and then she will be able to do a giveaway on that blog. I wouldn't mind having an opportunity to win something. So go check out Liv's favs. Maybe one of you (or me) will be a winner.

P.S. Any of you that know Kevin Taylor, this is his wife's blog. Just so you have an idea of who is writing it.