Monthly Archives: July 2005
I have the hardest time watching any stories like that. I cry like a baby whenever I hear about a child being mistreated or worse. 
Great way to put things into perspective, however.
CONGRATS ON THE FIVER!!!!! And guess what? ME TOO!!! 
So the hours at the gym and the water are actually paying off. It’s my first week on my new fitness program. Can’t wait for the next! I can’t say my jeans fit better yet, because I have a heck of a lot more than 10 lbs to lose, but it sure is nice to see the needle on the scale go the opposite direction for a change. 
Good for you, Shannon.
g
Congrats on the 5! Feel free to send motivation my way… I need to drop about 12. ugh!
Shannon,
I found your five pounds & I’ll be sending them back to you in the morning, dojn’t worry I’ll give them the $ to get home. So happy I can help out Yea you for loosing them, bad me for eating like a piggy lately!
I had a major reality check on Thursday while talking to another parent at Alex’s physical therapy… gave me the total “maybe my life’s not so bad” feeling! We all need those sometimes I guess.
so jealous of the weight loss, WEIGH to go… tee, hee (it’s late).
Congrats on losing weight – that is awesome!! Missed hanging out with you this week. Time got away from me. My week didn’t feel the same – maybe we can hang next Friday?
Congrats on the weight loss! I think we definitely need those “reality checks” sometimes…I know I do.
Congrats on -5! That’s great news!
Oh, Shannon. You make me feel guiltier still for not getting on that treadmill of mine. =) Congrats on the 5!! I could use 10 gone myself. Think I’ll have to start working on that today…
I’m one of those “stick-your-head-in-the-sand-and-pretend-it’s-not-happening” type of people. I can’t even fathom how someone can hurt a child. Sickens me. Not the wisest approach to take but it’s what I do :p
On the weight thing…whoohoo for you chica! I swear, between you and G…I may be inspired to get off my fat butt (note I said *may*)
Wonderful, Shannon!!
LOL on the maid – yeah, me too!
wow cool on the DOWN 5! I wonder if i am down any….. i have like 50 to loose! :O)
hey how do you like living in San Jose? that is a possibility in our future…like in a year or two. :O)
woohoo on the five pounds!!
kellicrowe
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Awww…hang in there. They’ll grow up so fast…but getting a maid would be awesome!
I feel your pain….Maegan got up about 3-4 times tonight.
i hear ya…but that’s about all i can hear after a day of my kids yelling and screaming and talking all at once.
are you sure you aren’t talking about my house?
my husband has just learned to humor me when I retreat to the bedroom when he gets home in the evening. (about once every couple of weeks.) otherwise I’d be as bald as he is. lol!
so with you on the loving the hanging with the kids thing – but who is gonna clean up after us? I don’t think I have walked out of Alex or Max’s room in a year with out hearing, “Mommy…?” To ask or tell me or request of me or ponder out loud just one more thought before I leave the room…..
But I am the same way.
I don’t want the day to end either.
I want to Have you read Harry Potter yet? I just finished.
kellicrowe
I am so laughing at this! My house too!
You need a white sound machine.
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Target.
Wow – totally can symphathize. The sad part is I only have 2 and you have 4. In fact the toys everywhere and room a mess part is REALLY getting to me and it is not good. A maid would be great but do they have ones that pikc up all the junk the kids leave behind!
Oh my. You are speaking my language – but I only have 3….
i feel ya..I only have one and it is a rough thing…4…wow. Can’t imagine…but the beauty of it is, the little moments in between. you know? Love in the midst of chaos. That is the life of a SAHM.
Dude, maybe we could share a maid and cook…ya know, one of those transcontinental maids…divvy up the cost and all.
It’d be sweet!
i hear ya on KEEPING UP with things… my laundry has been FLUFFED to be folded 3 times now… there is macaroni and cheese on the kitchen floor from lunch still… there are toys scattered ALL OVER EVERYWHERE!… it smells like a stinky diaper in my girls room and I can not figure out where the stench is coming from…ugh!
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how exciting for your mom. I’m glad she went….it’s something she’ll remember forever. I’m envious of her too.
Welcome back Mom! Will you bring me back some corn?
Hilary
Awesome pic! Yeah for your mom! I too, second the corn… can I have some fresh off the stalk?
I want to hold Emily, too!!! Make sure you post pics, please!!! Give her, Mindy and family an extra hug from me!
What an incredible experience for your mom – good for her!
That’s awesome about your mom! I am so happy for her. Just wait when we are 60 maybe we will have an adventure like she did!
By the way – forgot to mention that I really like your Mom’s necklace in the picture – old coins? Very hip for a MOM!!
Welcome back to the states, I’m so glad it sounds like she had a good time!
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oh, shannon, this is PRECIOUS!!!! you stinker….i ALMOST went over mine with my right hand, too!!!! just to, *ahem* “darken” it….. 
what a BEAUTIFUL layout….and i LOVE the interest the lettering adds; it has so much CHARACTER!!! right on, girl! love ya!
Mine is pretty illegible regardless of what hand I use. I blame it on the computer, I type so much that I can’t write anymore. This lo looks awesome, but that’s getting repetitious isn’t it, I need to come up with another word for your work.
WOW, can you spell J E A L O U S???? I have the suckiest handwriting ever! I am a little ambidexterous but all around my handwriting is truly ugly!
Great page!
Moriah
Tia did work on the AL font CDs?
i love your layout!!! the whole thing is wonderful!! you rock.
What a gorgeous layout! It’s not cheating, you did actually write it with your left, you just “fluffed” it with your right
You stinker – your handwriting looks just as cute with your left as it does with your right. Mines getting worse I think because I do way more typing than actual writing.
Lefty or not, the LO (and the handwriting!) is AWESOME! And, the “halo” is soooooo precious…
Very cute, love the photo, and I’m fairly sure you can make ANYTHING look good Ms. Montez…
Gorgeous little layout!! Fun “experiment” too! I’ll have to try it RIGHT handed, since I’m already a lefty!
oh SHANNY…! this is THE cutest…i dunno what’s better…that AMAZING pic…the totally AWESOME title…(halo…LoL)…or that fanFREAKINGtastic writing…man…i bet you can even type, eat, and drive left handed, huh…?
Wow! Gorgeous!!! Love the colours, the cute photo, that title!!! and your handwriting! Fabulous
Love the layout, Shannon! As for writing with your left hand, well hey, some of us do that all the time! Now writing with my RIGHT hand…that would be a challenge! LOL
Absolutely adore that photo, and your journaling is terrific!
LOL-Cheatahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Tee hee- aww shoot man you rawk left handed though even if you cheated a smidge! LOVE it Shannon!!!! My DD’s a lefty!
I don’t feel so weird now. I would also love to write with my left hand and still practice at times, I love the feel of a pen in my left hand, just can’t write with it htere.
shannon – i think you more than pulled it off. it looks GOOD.
Too cute, Shannon! Love the photo and the handwriting!
I love this page shannon!! Atleast you have good handwriting..mine will NEVER grace my pages..not even in a hidden pocket..lol. Keyboards were invented for a reason…lol
It blows me away you did that with your left hand!!!! Even if you did fancy it up later! I’m awed!!! That hair do looks VERY familiar. All the girls suffered through that. I never thought of it as a halo. I will now!
Hey Girl!!! Just had to pop on here and say that I LOVE the *art*sy-ness that I see in your layouts these days!!! Still your fabuluos *you* style, with a bit of artistic flair…love it!!! This layout is fabulous…
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Love the page love the challenge I may have to try that!! Hugs Wanda
Wonderful!!! =)
cute layout! go you on using your own handwriting
what a cute page and great photo! :O) who woulda thunk….
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Enjoy the book . . . .hoping you make it there without too much grief. Some days when I go out I really feel like I’m just herding cats! ::vbg::
I have that same mystery going on in my house! If you figure out the solution, let me know.
My copy should be arriving in my hot little hands tomorrow afternoon… bought it at Amazon with a gift card. Then it’s all Harry, all the time : )
oh, you’ll love it! i’ve read it twice now. easilly one of my favorites of the series.
oh, and how is it kids can clean and not clean at the same time? my kids do the same thing.
enjoy reading the book! and with 4 kiddos, I know my house is never completely ready. hope your trip to the store goes off without a hitch!
Already read it… in my castle in Seattle. (Waving hands and sticking my tongue out). I know who the HALF BLOOD PRINCE IS. Neener.
Hilary
ooh it’s a good one. have fun…well, it’s kind of dark, so i don’t know if it’s FUN..but you get my point. hehe
i have been reading it in lttle bits each night
trying not to just ignore everyone and read read read
moderation and multitasking are not strong points of mine
enjoy
kellicrowe
Yeah – you got the book! We’ll have to have a book club meeting about it! It’s awesome as always but forgot a lot of key things that happened in the last one.
by Shannon Montez
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