And the Award goes to.....

Thanks, Mrs. Campbell for tagging me with the Fabulous Blogger Award. I would like to say that my five addictions are:

1) Definitely coffee. I like it as bold and fresh as can be. My coffee maker will grind the beans and then drop them into the filter but that is way to noisy for early morning sleeping babes, so I grind them the evening before. I drink 4-5 cups. I don't sleep much; is it cause I drink coffee that I can't sleep or is it I don't get sleep so I must drink coffee. It's the latter. I figure I'm a coffee addict like my father.

2) My DVR. I mean, come on, if you have it, you know what I mean. I would pay $50 a month instead of $5 if I had to maintain this luxurious pleasure of having my shows recorded. I don't miss setting the VCR.

3) Rock of Love Bus: As dumb as it may be, I can't live without it. Haven't missed a season. Will Bret Michels find love this time? Oh, the drama. I do have to watch the DVRd version which is fine because I normally watch Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Go, Diego, Go during the day (not by choice).

4) My hair straightener. I think back to before I had one and my hair really must have looked like crap. Not that it's beautiful now, but at least I have control. Before I bought one, I never thought about it, though, so I guess it wasn't on priority. :)

5) My family, of course. I have a pretty good husband and perfect kids. Husband may be gone quite often to work, but it makes it that much sweeter when he's home.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Happy Birthday, today, to my wonderful mom. She truly is a wonderful mother. I learn from her everyday. We love you!

El's new sled

We thought 2-year-old El was ready for a Jeep. She's not so good at steering, holding the pedal down, or stopping, but we have high hopes. Here she is in our basement since it was cold outside. She already has a bit of road rage.

What the Santa?

Okay, here is the classic picture of a young child damaged by the "big guy". Props, though, to the Junior Women's Club for their Breakfast with Santa setup.
Shay simply questions why the hell is she sitting on the lap of this weirdo? El just wants to get the frig off?

Happy Birthday, Scout

Scouty turned 4 on December 2 and that Saturday her padres had a bowling party for her at Parklanes. It was soooooo much fun and El may turn out to be a professional bowler. Daddy is hoping for a tennis player and golfer (but I'm not good at either of those). He's coaching her in this pic. Get used to it, El.

Shay's First Thankgsiving

A little late, I know, but I wanted to post this pic of Shay &

her first Thankgsiving. She is truly a Schackmann....which means she loves to eat. My mom used to make the comment that whoever I dated better have money cause it costs a lot to feed me. Thanks, Mom. It's true.

I was tagged!

Sorry, Hannaman, it took so long for me to do this. :)

Here are the rules:
1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write 6 random things about yourself.
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post(or as many as you want)
4. If you are tagged, do it and pass the tag along.
5. Enjoy

Here are some random facts about me.........

1) I have a heart-shaped uterus. Weird, I know. The Dr said it's kind of unusual. I say my kids definitely start life being loved.

2) One eyebrow is much higher than the other. Not really noticed until I wear my glasses.

3) I broke my leg when I was 6 when swinging from a rope playing Tarzan in my dad's shed. My neighbor Marissa Dion and I were hanging on the rope jumping from insulation bag to bag when the rope broke mid-air. We fell to the concrete and Marissa landed on my leg in a not-very-good position. I had a home tutor (Stephanie Pasero) for weeks. I figure that's where El gets her love for climbing.

4) I have had 7 speeding tickets, all before I was 23....my dad was my driver's ed teacher.

5)I, like Hannaman, LOVE my kids and can't believe I actually have them and feel very blessed everytime I look at them.

6) This is difficult. I'm a pretty boring person, really. I, also, pretty much only wore black t-shirts (either Harley or Hair-band) in high school and thought I was cool. I thought my hair was similar to Axl's and loved it. When, really, I rarely got my hair-trimmed, bought boxes of color regularly and really didn't know how to take care of hair (still don't).

I'm thinking nearly everyone has been tagged and I'm not sure who hasn't, but I'll tag:

Angie K
Sammy Jo