would you like room for cream in your coffee?

If you are spending the morning with me before 9:30am these are a few of the million questions I would have for you...
did you want that latte iced or hot?
do you want whip cream on that?
any breakfast for you today?
what name can I put on your cup?
did you want your iced tea sweetened?
did you want your treat receipt today?
what can I get started for you today?
would you like a sample of our blueberry scone?
did you want your Verona whole bean or ground?

even though most of my life is ruled with PLAY TIME, SNACK TIME, NAP TIME & BATH TIME...my mind does have to switch to STARBUCKS TIME most mornings before the rising sun!
I have made some amazing friends both partners and customers along this surprising journey into the world of a working mom. Due to the fact that one of my closest Barista girls is moving to Colorado tomorrow I wanted to express my love and thanks to her and the rest of my crew for loving me and my family! I'm always glad to entertain all my early 20 year old childless friends with breast feeding stories...time out tips...and marriage secrets! I know our lives are very different but I enjoy every awkward and amusing conversation we have.

Jenna, my love, you will never know how much I will miss your incredible ability to keep up with my sassy attitude. Your girly crudeness always leaves me stunned and in love. Your constant gaseousness concerns and amazes me at the same time. I'm praying that your new home is everything you dreamed it to be and more. You are an amazing woman & I LOVE YOU...I promise I will visit you on the mustang ranch soon! (ps. as you drive off into the sunset please know that I will be singing our anthem.... Put your hand up on my hip, when you dip, I dip, we dip!!!)

Thank you Howard Schultz for building this company almost 20 years ago that would be my first job (over 10 years ago) and now my comforting job, not only for the benefits it provides my family, the amazing hours so I can be with my family, but also the new people that I have added to my family!!!

...and yes I will have an
iced
triple
grande
1 pump hazelnut
soy
no whip
black & white mocha!!!!

kinda feel 15 again & no sippy cups in sight..

Will you go out with me?

While sifting through unfolded laundry, sippy cups (which are always under investigation for truth to the time when they were filled), car payments, catching up on “So You Think You Can Dance”, balancing work schedules, and searching for tape to finish wrapping the 18th birthday present given this month....I still get giddy about a little romance!

Let the night’s dance begin….
Now the chore is to find the perfect outfit, shower (while kids are learning how to match patterns thanks to Millie & the rest of the Umizoomi Team), shave the legs & arm pits (quickly but hopefully razor burn free), blow dry & straighten hair…wear it up? wear it down? how about a cute flower from etsy?, get a bag of Kix for the whiny & hungry, change outfit after trying on the original pick, add clean jammies to diaper bag, put hair up due to armpit and awkward body moisture rapidly forming, attempt to wrangle all escaping toys from all toy boxes, change shoes to flip flops due to blisters already forming, put one child in time-out for assaulting the other child, straighten hair again to get ponytail crease out, explain to offspring that deciding to beat their sibling is not the appropriate response to having their screw driver taken from them, sweep up the stray and smashed Kix, text back co-worker that you can’t cover their closing shift tonight, win the game of hide & seek with the clever left shark flip flop, load clean sippy cups in diaper bag, strap wiggly children into their car seats, run back in house to turn off straightener (only you can prevent house fires), head out to drop monkeys off at the home of the glorious heaven sent babysitter, give instructions to spouse about potential meeting spots via speaker phone discreetly so that no traffic citations are received, arrive at baby wrangler's location with a huge grin.
….once the kin is successfully unloaded and temporarily abandoned, LET FREEDOM RING!
….meet up with your hottie….and the long anticipated DATE NIGHT BEGINS!!
….now to enjoy the crying of some else’s child, hearing someone else being told to “take their 10”, kiss for no reason, walk past the toy isle void of any arguments presented to stop, play, & purchase, entering vehicle and leaving parking lot in under 10 seconds, hold hands with an adult, avoid every public bathroom in town, play footsie, tell a story from beginning to end with no interruption, sit at a table clear of any chicken tenders, apple slices, or crayons, wearing a white shirt, not counting to 3, enjoying the love of your life……
….IT’S DATE NIGHT!!!

(love you babe, you're even cuter than the day I met you!)

I'm just a tease...

So apparently my last post, in February, was written by a enthusiastic, hopeful, & nieve girl! Due to the fact that it has been around 4 months since I have sat down to write....I'm guessing it is going to take a little more dicipline or maybe even a scheduled blogging time for this unorganized girl to be a productive blogger! Though I feel totally convicted and reinspired to dive in head first...at this time I would be swimming with all my clothes on (sweats that is). Due to the fact that we are currently relaxing by beautiful Donner Lake, my mind is clear enough to think, but clearly focused on my family. I would be a crazy woman to start daily or weekly posts now!

So this is just a quick blurp of my intention and excitement to join the blogging world when we get home...for now here are some sweet pics of my little men enjoying our wonderful family vacation!

PROMISE WE'LL BE BACK...arnold style!