Halloween fun

So we have tried to go out and do some fun things this year for Halloween. First we ventured off to the Roloff Farms, and if the name sounds familiar than that means you watch the TV channel TLC, because the Roloff's have a TV crew that follows their family, the show is called 'Little People Big World' - yep the little people, I really wanted a picture and autograph for you C, but didn't want to wait in the ghastly lines for it, not to mention I am from Oregon and was not going to act like a tourist in my own state. Even though I went to the farm, I didn't act giddy and that is what counts.
I went with a girlfriend and she borrowed her friends kids so can't share any of the good pic's as it has the sweet faces of the other kids and seeing as I don't have permission from their mother I wont.
My eyes are closed and Kace looks absolutely happy about having to sit and take a picture (hence my hand on his head) ah well cant have every picture look like it belongs in a scrap-book. Cris was a happy guy, his pumpkin weighed 18lbs.
We took a guided tour of the farms, it was actually bigger in person Matt and Amy however were not(ha, that kind of made me laugh). I have a sunbeam right in the middle of me, not sure what to make of it, but yet another perfect picture for the scrapbook.
I will say I was super glad we got there early, because when we were leaving the line of cars going into the farm was miles and miles long. It was something I can say we did as not sure I would do it again.

Then 2 days ago we went to a Graveyard Tour at a local graveyard in Vancouver. It was really cool, the historical society put on the show and we went to the graveyard at night and the volunteers dressed in character of the local people from the 1800's buried there. we were escorted around the graveyard from grave to grave by candle light and greeted by these ghosts from the past while they told their stories, struggles and successes. It was truly a very cool thing to do and not scary at all. The boys were enthralled by it, the volunteers took on their characters so well.
I think I would enjoy making this a tradition as every year they pick different persons to share stories about. I didn't realize that this is a pretty popular thing to do, there are several of these around and all over the states too.

Kace and Cris are trick-or-treating with their dad this year and I already dropped the costumes off with their dad, so no pic's, but Kace is Batman (a very good looking one I might add) and Cris is Iron-Man. Too bad the beautiful NW has its typical rain forcasted- I am just glad kids don't care.

I can't help it!

I got a letter in the mail from the school the other day and while I was sure it had something to do with them wanting money or volunteers for something, I was way off and really surprised when I read what I read.

I have pre-bragging rights, well maybe they are flat out bragging rights which ever way you look at it. The letter reads like this "Your child, Cris, is being considered for the Gifted Education program" ... WOW! I mean I always knew my kids were smart kids, and not to sound totally dumb founded but I would've expected that from Kace, before I saw it for Cris... I was pondering whether some of Cris' behavior portrays signs of Turrets (constantly clearing his throat and making open motions with his mouth for no apparent reason... he just has to be moving and doing something) and the school is telling me my son is smarter than his classmates. Cris was ecstatic and had to call his dad and make sure grandma heard the news. Kace on the other hand was a little upset, he knew he was smarter than his brother so how come they didn't send him a letter?

So as a parent I am taking full advantage of the fact that I have been blessed with 2 amazing boys and their talents and abilities continue to have me taken back.

Karma and Drama...are they twins?

Imagine this, I wake up 15 minutes late because I am in a nice dream. Get ready and walk out the front door, it feels really good, my favorite time of year...Fall. Crisp air with a slight chill and its still dark outside... brings me back to days when I was up at 4am in boot camp to get my exercises on. All in all it was a perfect morning. The drive to work was as usual and I arrived a few minutes late, carried a short friendly conversation with a co-worker then we agreed to go across the street to Starbucks and grab a coffee. (a true excuse to continue our non-working, but pleasant environment) I am waiting for my coffee at the other end of the barista bar and just as my drink is called out, I reach to grab it and a gentlemen passing me drops his coffee!
I cursed so loud and am pretty sure I had a lot of people looking at me in the very busy morning hours. I didn't care, like always I am not wearing socks and my foot gets a taste of how hot coffee is. The entire lower half of my pants is now soaked in coffee, the guy who's coffee splattered everywhere is very apologetic and very embarrassed. I truly felt bad for him, but shamefully was focused on the fact that my pants were going to carry a brown tint on them for the rest of the day and forever if I don't get something on it to make sure there will not be stains. I was thankful I was wearing black shoes. The coffee slid right off the slick exterior and if there was a stain I wouldn't know it.
As I share this story, my pants are still wet (I lifted my leg into the bathroom sink and ran cold water on my pants). I am not moving from my desk so that I avoid questions about my pants that looked like I stepped in a toilet. My co-worker took full advantage of the humor out of it and convinced an innocent co-worker to sing I am a little tea-pot to me! I sang along and even forced a few of the movements out. Funny it was, but just not to me at this moment.

So given my recent 'drama' going on - family, you know what I am talking about. I was just curious if Karma and Drama are twins?

73 Random Things About Me

73 you ask? because 73 in itself is a random number, not to mention it is the number of things I could think of about myself in a whim and lets be honest the number 100 is over played ;-)

* But as a side note here are a few random #'s about my random choice of # 73:
- it is the 21st prime number.
- Interstate 73 runs through North Carolina.
- Amateur radio operators use 73 as an abbreviation for 'Best Regards'.
- The space shuttle 'Challenger' exploded 73 seconds after it launched on 1/28/86.
- It is Barry Bonds 2001 single season home run record.

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1. Blueberry Muffin was my favorite from the Strawberry Shortcake friends

2. I love White Chocolate Mocha's (not the calories)
3. I speak Sarcasm as a second language - Japanese was too hard and Spanish just didn't blend well with my sarcastic accent
4. I believe in Fate and Karma
5. I secretly day dream of one day living a fairytale relationship
6. Yellow Starburst are my favorite candy
7. most memorable childhood nickname is: Melamber (my uncle David decided he didn't want to tell me and my sister apart from each other so he combined our names)
8. Cursing is my favorite bad habit
9. I have loved every job I have ever had
10. at girls camp one year me, my sister and some of our closest friends made a pact and named our group Ra-Mi-Ber-Da by taking the last part of each of our first names.
11. Loved the cartoon Thundercats- HO!
12. Cheetara was my favorite character sighting the similarities between me and her
13. My last name (which I kindly borrow from my ex-husband and love it) is pronounced Vee-Ya-New-Wave-Uh.
14. The English translation of my last name is 'New House' (see the obvious reason it stays in a foreign language?)
15. I briefly dated a guy named Elvis (seriously no joke)
16. I collect clowns and even have a tattoo of a clown
17. I love the smell of rain
18. I detest the smell of cigarette smoke
19. I obsessively clean when I am upset or stressed as a form of calming myself
20. Leland from the TV show "Dog, The Bounty Hunter" is hot!
21. I hate wrinkles in my bed sheets and wont get in bed until they are straightened out
22. I love listening intently to the lyrics in songs
23. I do my own french manicure and have for the past 8 years
24. I drive thru 8 zip codes on my drive to work
25. I like the way glasses look on me
26. I love the phrase "I'm Awesome"
27. I hate wearing socks, even in cold weather
28. My most treasured childhood item is a homemade carebear my mother made me.
29. I love shoe shopping
30. I own 65+ pairs of shoes and currently my favorite pair are from Blowfish
31. I fondly remember our family's car - a ford station wagon that me and my siblings nicknamed 'Saddam's Bomb' because it was as worthless as his 'scud missiles'
32. I almost died when I was 16 and my dad saved me, just by checking in on me
33. my favorite white trash event is the Monster Truck Jam - the loud thunder vibration of their engines is a thrill for me
34. my favorite season is Fall
35. Jonathan Night was my Favorite guy from NKOTB
36. I have owned 13 cars
37. I love Hiking
38. I love wearing Baseball caps and think I look good in them too
39. Have a goal of writing a published book
40. I went into the Army to keep by bad attitude, only to learn respect and humility
41. I want just one more tattoo
42. I get compliments on my handwriting all the time
43. Love Piano music
44. Last thing I ate was a whole wheat mini bagel with peanut butter - protein yum!
45. My name Amber became really popular after a 1940's novel titled 'Forever Amber' written by Kathleen winsors
46. The most popular year to name a child Amber was in 1986
47. Amber Alert: stands for Americas Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response
48. my favorite color is Yellow, green is a close second
49. I use to draw 'tag' art in high school and was given the tag name of 'Chiza' from a friend
50. I love having 2 boys but always dreamed of having 3
51. I have moved 9 different times as an adult
52. I slept in my car almost everyday during high school and barely graduated- thanks to summer school
53. I got smacked in the nose with a Hockey Stick in high school PE a few days before prom, the guy felt so bad he offered to take me to prom with my bruised nose
54. I wish I lived closer to my twin sister- we get along better and have such a good time when we do
55. The most recent movie I saw was IGOR (cute, non-scary Halloween movie for kids)
56. I always wanted to be a cop when I grew up and still do
57. my favorite cereal is Honey Bunches of Oat
58. I went blind for a few hours as a child and regained eye sight to a big bird dancing left and right on the doctors finger
59. I sleep with an autograph bat from the Minnesota twins next to my bed for protection
60. I cant swim and too afraid too learn
61. I love fresh Vacuum lines on carpet
62. My weight right now is equal to my weight when I was 9 months pregnant with my first child (yuck)
63. I once craved chicken so bad when I was pregnant that I bought an entire bucket from KFC and ate it all by myself through-out the day.
64. I was declared the 'almighty Otis owner' by my siblings referring to our family pet Otis
65. My dad is my ultimate inspiration, my brothers are close replica's
66. I suck at remembering peoples names, even right after I was introduced to them
67. a huge pet peeve is hair on clothing - animal or human
68. I have a secret that I will take to my grave
69. I love living in Oregon more than I ever have living in Washington
70. I always wanted to skydive but too chicken to actually do it
71. the current book I am reading is title 'Judgement in Berlin'
72. my lucky charm is a pen with my dads name on it
73. I use an old, non-service connected cell phone as my alarm, because I am so use to it

Fun Blog Things- from Yameturkuri (my funky Japanese name)

So I was on my sisters page and catching up with the crazy insane fien of a blogger that she is.... I left off on Wednesday so I had a lot of catching up to do. Here is something I tried out and thought it was fun... Not to mention this is pretty much me in a nutshell. I guess that I can be summed up in a made-up superhero character. Feels nice in such a crazy messed up world that my "f" bombs now have a weaponary powers! That makes me feel damn good :)

Your Superhero Profile

Your Superhero Name is The Karate Fly Your Superpower is Cursing Your Weakness is Bacteria Your Weapon is Your Lunar Torpedoes Your Mode of Transportation is Bullet Train

What's Your Superhero Name?

True to myself.... I curse (way more than I should)
I hate germs and dirt, cleaning is my true love
I interpet the lunar torpedoes to be my moods as the moon pleases (and trust me when the moon and the stars mess with me...its soooo on.)
The transportation part has me stumped a little, but I guess when my back seat drivers tell me to slow down or look out for something that there may be some validity to it.

That was so fun for my monday!