Disney-isms

So, sitting around last night at yet ANOTHER, christmas function, we ladies got to chattin about Disney, our recent trips and trips we are planning. This seems to be the pinnacle of mom talk, when are you going, where are you staying, are you getting the dining plan? I find it humorous, like a mom version of Gossip Girl. Anywho. it got me to thinking and reminiscing about the trip we took in September. I will share with you a few topics i rememner........

-The year of a thousand ass cheeks.... why is it that every foreigner, yeah i am talking to you specifically Germany, come over here and literally SHOW THEIR ASS. I know Americans are very prude when it comes to what we show, (we really are, I couldnt believe how many nipples i saw in London) , but come on people.....These shorts were cut up to there, and pulled down to here , good lord, spare our childrens eyes

-The year of a thousand ass whoopins.....kids, sun, long days, breakdowns, not listening. I am not a good mom, i dont know how many times i asked Coen if he wanted a disney style ass whooping....

-Sugar, a moms best friend.....So normally i try to not give Coen too much sugar, but Disney was an exception. On every street corner is a store with candy of somesort, and nothing will sooth an ovetired overstressed child like sugar. And no candy was more available than the gigantic Goofy sugar machines. It resembled a soda fountain, but instead of cokes and Dr Perppers you chose from different flavors of sugar. A pixie stix addicts wet dream,,,,Refillable plastic tubes of Root Beer flavored yumminess

-I paid $80 a person to get into this place and you can only afford to pay 1 freakin Mickey Mouse per park, yeah right.

-"Do you people get off on parading these characters out for a few minutes and yanking them back while children stand here and cry," or more calmly referred to as, Why Winnie the Pooh has more handlers than the Jonas Bros

-Magic express rocks, except when you expect to get your luggage on time. Me to front desk, "Hi, This is my 3rd call, we arrived at 4pm and it is now 11pm, and i was just wondering when my luggage was gonna get to my room, and who exactly i needed to call to change my bed because my son pissed in it because his bedtime pullups are IN MY LUGGAGE"

And my favorite memory of Disney, the one thing i couldnt even explain....... "Mommy what is that bat doing?"?" How do you say, he is giving himself a blowjob honey in Disney???

Game-play

OK, so let's assume that you woke up tomorrow, able to afford the things in life that you really want. I'm not talking about winning the lottery and buying a Ferrari. I'm talking about realistic things that you'd like to have should you gain some personal long term wealth. Things that are realistic purchases, though not necessarily affordable to you right now. I would love to see your own list posted on your blogs! Let me know if you do it!

- okay, first of all i would persuade the people who own the land next to our house to sell it to us. I went fence it in and turn it into my garden. I would also build a garage with a apartement over it that could serve as a kind of stuido amd guest house...

-I would buy a new jeep, with 4 doors.

-I would buy a camper so we can take off and go camping, (and my girls and i could more easily stalk the New Kids this summer)

-i would screen in both porches

-i would hire a trainer and a life coach

-i would buy one of the little shops on the square and turn it into my Ben and Jerry's, right next to Dusty's so we can holla back and forth at each other like good southern women should

- i would finish my schooling

it's over

Whewww.... we have had sooo much fun this holiday season, but i am soo glad it is over. Last night Coen spent the night with Mimi, i turned off my phone and just vegged out. So nice, and so quiet.

We started the week off monday with a cookie decorating playdate at our house. We did some cookies and as always we moms ended up at the kitchen tables while the kiddos tore thru the house. It was nice for Coen to get some energy out and always cool to hang with the ladies.

Wednesday we went to Nannie and Grandaddys to eat an open presents. Denton ended up having the night off so that was great. We ate till we were stuffed, opened some presents, played with baby jacob, and Denton fell asleep. Hilarious...

Santa came and Thursday found us opening presents and than heading to Mimi and Bopahs to open some more. Coen is OBSESSED with outer space so most presents revolved around planets, including his telescope and revolving solar system. Thursday night we went to McMinnville to eat and do the present thing with Dentons dad and stepmom.....

whew, here are some shots

Awesome

Recap, and why i havent been blogging much

So, my mom was giving me a hard time about a christmas list a few weeks ago. She was not happy with the length of my list, she simply said "Shea, i need more than a rolling pin, a wine opener and rain boots." But i have realized, i really cant ask for much, my plate is full. I have almost everything i could ever want. I have tried to live my life by giving to others and i try and be thankful for everything i have and everyone i have in my life.

So in lew of presents this year, i am gonna list all of the gifts I have been given throughout the year.... In no particular order.

-Sinus surgery and Dr Bell, i still get sick, but in no way like i used too
-Finding our new house, qualifying, and buying said house, we are truly at home
-selling old house
-Jazz fest in New Orleans with Juli and Sarah, seeing Billy Joel in the rain
-hangin with my momtourage, some of the coolest chicks i know
-Disney Disney Disney
-my family for loving me, letting me be who i am and helping me live my dreams
-my husband for being wonderful and letting me follow the guy in the number one spot on my "Famous Fuck" list around the country, and not making too much fun of me. Loving me, taking care of me, and truly being an awesome person
-my sisters, my girls, for getting to travel and hang out with them, reliving the good ol' days
-New Kids on the Block---i mean what can i say, I got to travel the country and see my favorite band from back in the day 3 times on their reunion tour. I mean, come on. How can this not have been one of the best years of my life.
-Obama, schwing

My family and friends are healthy, happy and we will be together. The economy might suck, thr future might be up in the air, but we have right nowm and right now i may be broke, i may be in debt, and i might feel kinda sick, but i love my life and i am trying not to feel like i am waiting for the other shoe to drop,,,,,

So Happy Holidays to you and yours, May your days be bright and may you find yourself surrounded by love.....

Oh, and Coen spilled choc milk on my laptop so some of the keys are fried, so when i am not to lazy i hook up the other keyboard.....

R.I.P

twixted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve_c5WxsP1Q&eurl=http://newkidsnetwork.ning.com/video/twixted-ill-twix-it-for-ya&feature=player_embedded

Indiana Coen

Fun fun Fun.....lots of Dr Jones' running around the backyard, the Bolger cake and yummy chocolate mess on the porch....check out my myspace for more pics

enough

Reunion: Tampa edition

Okay, so here is the story......

Saturday: celebrated Coens birthday snuggling in bed and going to his fave restaurant, Sir Pizza. They than drove me to the airport. Arrived in Tampa and Terri picked me up and drove me to the swanky Hyatt downtown to my super cheap $86 room, thanks Hotwire. Juli and Sarah drove in from New Orleans and we all stayed the night at the hotel....

Sunday: Morning of show. Woke up at 6:30 and headed to the venue, but the busses beat us in. Headed to Dennys for some breakfast and coffee. Went back the hotel to check out and browsed the web for info...Ticketmaster decided to screw us again and released floor tickets, row 17, damn you. Sarah was on the phone forever trying to exchange our tickets, when i decided screw it, and bought them. We now had extra tickets so we called Erin to meet us. We headed to the venue to begin the all day curb sitting/bus watch. Around lunch time Joe came out with his family and walked around talking to everybody. We followed the white van when it left and caught Joe on the streetcorner outside Hooters, waiting for his fam. we left him there and followed the bus, which we thought held Donnie. We followed the bus to Target, but it turned out to be their assistant Zack some dancers and Donnies brother.

So we ended up back at the venue. Over the afternoon all the guys trickled out, and my camera, or as Erin so lovingly named it Hubble, caught all the action. Jordan gave us a little dance, Danny waved, Jon ran for cover and Joe returned from lunch walking thru the crowd and getting his son Griffin to "wave to the ladies." Super cute. Natasha Bedingfield came over and talked to us as did the guys bodyguard Robo, who confitmed a summer tour. Snap.

So everyone was getting impatient because Mr Face Time Wahlberg had yet to emerge. So we decided at 5:00 we would leave. At exactly 5:00 Donnie decided to emerge from his bus. He waved and patted his chest, and more importantly dropped pants and mooned us. Nice....

We headed to our new hotel The Westin and got ready for the show.....we got there right on time and made our way to our now row 17 seats....smokin.....The show was awesome and once again we headed to the B stage, where we were pushed literally to the front. During the B stage most of the guys paused in front of me to pose for photos, and last but not least Donnie made his way over. He stopped in front of me, pointed at me and posed. I took the shot, mouthed "Thank you." He mouthed back "Your welcome." I looked over at Sarah and she stood there mouth open, and was like "Donnie so just talked to you." I started, smoothly, to scream and jump up and down. She calmed me down, and nearly got in a fight with some guy who kept grabbing her ass and rubbing his Peen against here.....

So after the show we headed back to the busses and caught Joe "leaving" with his fam....we followed a van, and ended up back at the hotel. We went back and forth after raiding a minimart and eventually hung it up around 3am. We didnt stay too long at the venue since they hadnt been coming over and we were staying at the same hotel, needless to say i found out Donnie did come out and hug everybody around 2:30, dang....

We had a blast, crashed, and got up so Sarah could go to work.I chilled with Jules and Terri for awhile than flew home.....It was a great show, I had my moment with Donnie, and got to hang with Erin.....

Cant wait for the summer.........

Hells yeah

Wow....that was fast....Am planning trip to DC for the inaguration....Woohoo go Obama

Reunion: ATL edition

Well......where to start. I drove up, got Juli from the airport and Sarah drove up and met us at Juli's moms. We drove pver and checked out the venue, worst ever for bus stalking purposes. Slept a little and woke up about 10:00 to get ready to meet Mae-Ronnie and Holly, two cool chicks we met at a concert in 1990, for some old school tailgating. We had our tables set up and were drinking, playing music, and having a blast. (we would occasionally have to wander over to the "nature" to pee, but oh well) Anywho, we were by the only road that the busses could enter on so, around 4:00 pm we were chillin, when the buses started to pull in. As the first bus approached us we all just waved and i threw a peace sign, when a head popped out with mouth wide open in a "i KNOW you are not tailgating at our show" he waved and than i realized it was jon. I was like oh shit, thats Jon....Hilarious.....

So we were rockin out and the girls around us started taking our pics, we were the cool girls, it was hilarious. Anyway, we were drinkin, and a little bit after Jon, i heard screamingfrom the girls behind me and i was like, "What?" Holly said a black lincoln just drove by and someone rolled down the window, it was Donnie, and of course we missed him.

So the show was great. We had floor seats, righ by the B stage, which put us about 2 feet from the guys when they made it back there. Juli and some bitch almost scrapped. It was crazy. Jordan kept stopping and posing for me, it was hilarious. Donnie winked at me. It was too much fun.

After the show we tried to tailgate but security shut us down, she was so rude....anyway. On to Tampa.....

Busy week

Okay, so i know i havent done second blog about show yet,,,,sorry. But this is my schedule....agggghhhhhhh
Monday-trunk or treat, do coens star and finish halloween costume
Tuesday-leave for atl
wed-concert
thur-home from atl
fri-halloween
sat-coen birthday, fly to tampa
sun-concert
mon- fly home
whew, i am tired already

Reunion Tour: New Orleans edition

Ticket: $80

Plane: $200

Car: $90

Alcohol: $100

Spending the weekend in The Crescent City with your two best friends, drinking, staying up all night laughing, and Rockin your face off at your first New Kids on the Block concert in 14years....

PRICELESS

FRIDAY: Flew into NOLA around 8pm ( after a very easy and vomit free flight). Went to get car and met Sarah when her flight arrived shortly after mine. We headed to our fat-daddy rids for the weekend (shout out to Avis) and proceeded to sit in said car for, oh, about 20 minutes while trying to figure out how to work it....First glimpse of weekend fun happened when the speakers blared out the opening notes to "Summertime" and Sarah and i just looked at each and screamed....

"We are really doing this, it is really happening!" Sarah yelled,

" Shut up, I know..." i screamed back....And we sped off in search of Juli......

Arrived at Juli's after driving aimlessly around NOLA for like an hour, after finally stopping at McDonalds for directions (aka diet coke with big straw, i will ALWAYS find an excuse for you my beloved.) We went to eat at some very dark, very cool bar on Decatur, and ate to the sounds of The Cure, and our hottie Irish/English/Scottish waiter.....We headed up Bourbon for the neccessary Hand Grenade......woot woot, walked around and headed home, after scoping out venue for next days show....

We intended on getting a good night sleep, but after picking up J.D. on the way home we stayed up till 5:30 watching old New Kids footage on youtube and laughing our assess off. I am really surprised we didnt wake up the neighbors, or at least disturb the movie shooting two blocks away.....anywho, we dozed off to visions on New Kids dirty dancing in our heads.....

Stay tuned.....more tomorrow....(hahaha, cant shoot my wad all in one load)

Here is a peek

Cant blog just yet, but heres a peek at my weekend

Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Well....the day has finally come, the day i have been blogging and talking and talking and talking about for 6 months, NKOTB day...the reunion is upon us, or as a friend calls it " a cluster f**k of awesomeness".... i cant freakin wait

5 days......ahhhhhhhhh

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The final countdown

This time next week i will be on my way to NOLA to see the New Kids.....HOLY SHIT

awesomeness

Best sticker ever

I heart her

Okay, so while trying to ignore Coens temper tantrum at the library yesterday i stumbled across this book, and let me say, I freakin loved it, am rushing out to buy the rest of hers tomorrow....She is the successful writer version of me, with her potty mouth and her self deprecating humor and kevin smith quotes....she is like a fat, femal, david sedaris....love her

My 33 birthday cake

Rock it out....the lady wouldnt put on the pic my mom gave her, she claimed copyright laws, so my mom yelled and the lady misspelled my name on purpose, bitch....but it is still a rockin cake and made coens poop green...

Welcome to the world Baby J

Congrats to Sam2 on their new addition, Baby Jacob Ryhs....He weighed in at a whopping 10.58 and 22.5 inches long....He couldnt have come in to a better set of parents or a better family....he is already so loved and so blessed and he doesnt even know it...and his dad has a kick ass Star Wars collection.....

I think im gonna barf

I am sitting here watching the New Kids behind the music special, and i cant help but feeling like throwing up....The butterflies in my tummy are on crack, and the closer i get (less than 3 weeks) the more bizarre and surreal my days become....It is still odd to ride around in the car with my son, my SON and sing and dance together....He can name all of them on site, and it makes me laugh to hear him sing it.....It freaks me out that Juli, Sarah and i are finalizing wardrobes, car rentals and scheming....we are 33 and scheming like 15 year olds....it is so insane!!!!!!
I know i keep writing about it, and to most of you it is crazy, there are only 2 people in this world who know what i am going thru.....
Those were the greatest times of my life, and i cant believe i get the chance to do it again....how many time does that happen.....so i am stealing a phrase from my man Donnie, The new last chapter.....
I cant wait to stand in that audience and gice my thanks for giving us all this chanve again, and i am soooooo glad i get to spend it with my girls....my other halves, who i wouldnt even have if it wasnt for the New kids.....I honestly cant imagine what my life would have been like without them, and i am glad i dont have to.....To friendship, love, and rockin out with your cock out...BRING IT

cant freakin wait

I know i should be blogging about about Disney and all that.....but i cant.....I am too freaking out, got my plane ticks today and am researching rental cars....this reunion tour craziness is really getting real....wootwoot

disneyworld3

disneyworld2

disneyworld

1 sleep

Her we come....1 sleep left....i feel like ass but i am gonna try......wish us luck

Inflicting self pain

I swear to god above....if i have to hear one more word about this woman, or her downs baby, or her Knocked up daughter, or her "dude" husband, or troopergate.....i swear i am gonna punch MYSELF in the weiner...........

Courtesy of Cheryl

i want THIS on a shirt

Day out with Thomas and the gang

It was hot as balls, and i still have that STUPID Thomas the Tank Engine theme song in my head. But we had a great day.......

Butterflies in my tummy

As the days get closer....i get even more nervous.....agghhhhhhh