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THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!

I need a blue sky holiday...

I am escaping the insanity and heading to NYC with my sorority sisters for a weekend away.

Not sure what is going on in our house but we are ALL 'off.' I am chalking it up to the full moon. When that sucker shines we act like a bunch loonies.

I am a nervous wreck as my kid is going to her first sleepover. I have avoided it for as long as I could. I wish I could still control her but in all honesty I can't. It's not healthy and I don't want her to resent me . I get enough attitude as it is.

I don't know what it is that scares me so much but it is enough to make me want to puke just thinking about it. The good news is I won't be here to deal with the sleep deprived bear that will walk through these doors tomorrow morning! I plan on self medicating myself with wine at dinner tonight to ease the pain.

IF you don't watch CAKE BOSS on Monday nights you should start! It is one of my favorite shows right now. Every single time I watch it I cry laughing. I am also amazed by the the cakes that they produce. Each one is truly a work of art.

We are making a pit stop at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken before we enter the city tomorrow morning. Our plan is to roll in the cooler and stock up on lot's of sweet treats! 'My people' are working on getting us a tour/meet and greet. I am not going to get my hopes up as it's not looking very promissing at this point. However one never knows... things might take a turn.

In any even I am going to bring a long my rolling pin and me and the girls are going to pose just like the picture above.

Because that's how we roll!!

Gone insane got no brain!

Come on, hurry up your going to be late, get up, be quiet, wash your hands, leave me alone, move it NOW! What are you doing? Be careful, brush your teeth, I ♥ U, blow your nose, chill out, sit still, stop your drama, no means no, stop nagging me, pick up your dirty laundry, did you put your deodorant on? (love this one) I am not going to do this for much longer. When are you ever going to take care of yourself?

I am like a damn broken record over and over day in and day out.

According to Einstein:

I can't expect different results if I continue to do the same thing over and over.

Does this make me insane?

ABSOFREAKINGLUTLEY !!

It's about time I take control, after all I am the parent.

I am going to stop enabling my child and let her learn from her mistakes.

TIME TO STOP THE INSANITY!

1) If you don't hurry up you WILL miss the bus. YOU will be accountable for yourself, NOT ME.

2) If you don't get up when I say to YOU WILL miss breakfast and go to school/camp hungry.

3) If you don't be quiet and chill out every now and again I WILL go off the deep end and YOU WILL miss me very much even though you tell me you hate me every day.

4) If you don't wash your hands YOU WILL get nasty green germ bugs in your body. Quiet frankly I don't want to deal with a sick child so HELP ME HELP YOU, PLEASE~

5) Take care of your basic personal hygiene on your own. After all you are approaching 9 years of age. If you don't you will smell and be a filthy child. That will be very embarrassing for YOU, not a reflection on ME.

6) Blow your nose or you will have boogies hanging down to your chin. Remember how you laughed at that boy on the bus when it happened to him?

Now, if I can only stand firm on all this talk. Perhaps I should post this in her bedroom as it will be a constant reminder.

Smile

*WARNING*

IF YOU ARE A MICHAEL JACKSON HATER SKIP THIS POST!

*TURN OFF PLAYLIST BEFORE VIEWING*

Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by...
If you smile
With your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile if you'll just...
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just...
Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by...
If you smile
Through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just Smile...
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just Smile

I fell in love with it this song when I heard it for the first time at MJ's memorial service.

I thought it was worth sharing.

The words are so true... we have all been there.

JUST SMILE!

Stars and stripes

*Click on collage to enlarge*

We ended up having an great weekend. Although we didn't have much planned. We seemed to go wherever the day took us.

Friday we went to a local carnival and enjoyed the fireworks. So nice to actually look forward to watching fireworks again instead of running away from them. For the longest time it was my girls biggest fear.

Saturday we saw The Hangover. If you havent seen it yet GO! Honestly it was the funniest movie I think I have ever seen. I actually had a head and stomach ache from laughing so hard. IF I only had a pen and paper to write down all those one liners.

Since we live relatively close to the city we spent a lot of time in Philadelphia. The weather was picture perfect. Just moseyed around, we spent sometime in the 'Seaport Museum.' Sunday we went to the Phillies game and watched them sweep the Mets!

I couldn't think of a better place to spend a long holiday weekend. As always Mama-razzi was in full swing trying to capture all my red ,white and blue photos.

Enjoy~

Let freedom ring........