Mackay Madness: The good, the bad, and the UGLY

Saturday, June 20, 2009

The good, the bad, and the UGLY

the good.

the bad.

the ugly.

THE GOOD: MY NEW/OLD, REFINISHED TABLE. IT TURNED OUT SO MUCH BETTER THAN I IMAGINED...I JUST LOVE IT. I'M SO GLAD THAT I DIDN'T TURN MY BACK ON MY TRUSTY OLD FARM TABLE. IT HAS ALL MY KIDS HOMEWORK SPOTS, AND IT WAS THE FIRST PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT BRANDON AND I EVER BOUGHT TOGETHER.

THE BAD: MY CAR AFTER BEING RAN INTO THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH MY GRANDMA DISCUSSING THE BEAUTIFUL ROSE BUSHES THAT I AM GOING TO PUT IN MY YARD. (WAS GOING TO PUT IN MY YARD, BUT CAN NO LONGER AFFORD DUE TO THE DEDUCTIBLE FEES ON MY AUTO AND HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.)

THE UGLY: THE SIDE OF MY GARAGE. MY BRAND NEW HOUSE NOW HAS A BOO BOO. DON'T WORRY, BRANDON WASN'T TOO MAD ( I DON'T THINK???) HOW WOULD I KNOW, I SENT HIM A TEXT WITH A PICTURE OF THE DAMAGE WHILE HE WAS IN A MEETING OUT OF TOWN. GEEZ I'M SMART!!!!

8 comments:

Lisa Erskine said...: Liz...I LOVE your table!! It turned out soooo cute!! And I love the fabric you picked for your chairs! Wow...you are good!!!

Now, for the car and garage! Ooops! And to think how worried you were about all the little moving dings...that's a doozie!!; June 20, 2009 at 5:49 PM
jenn said...: Okay, your table is beautiful! No wonder that place is your new favorite. They are fabulous!

So sorry about the house and truck. Can completely sympathize on that one considering I did that myself once! We're spectacular drivers. :); June 20, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Wendy and the Crew said...: Clearly you will not be driving the stolen car... I will have to do it!; June 22, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Natali Thompson said...: Bummer! First of all I LOVE your table! Did you do that? It is so cute. That sucks about your car and your garage. My sister ran over the little fence at her daughter's preschool-and maybe you should do what her teacher says..."maybe you should get off the phone when you pick her up (or pull in your garage)!" That is funny-but not at the same time!; June 23, 2009 at 5:15 PM
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: AM I SURPRISED ABOUT THE VEEHICK OR THE GARAGE WALL? NO, NOT AT ALL!

SORRY... BUT, THE TABLE AND CHAIRS ARE GORGEOUS!!! I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU WENT THAT ROUTE. THE HGTV PEEPS WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!! LOVE YA!; June 24, 2009 at 9:19 AM
schaars said...: You make me LAUGH! I hate when I do things like that and I do them a lot! In high school I reversed me jeep up onto a girls brand new eclipse and that is just one of my many many funny stupid car incidents!; June 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Scha&Andi said...: eeeek. i am sorry about that. sucks. but what a nice table. so cute.; June 28, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Lindsey said...: I did the same thing to my brand new house. A week after my car got fixed, Wyatt did the same thing to the other side!; July 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!