tag your it! What?

So okay I am not the up to date queen of Internet, I am sure I have a windows media player that is outdated 3 times over, I don't own a digital camera and I cant figure out how to put a play list on my computer let alone on my blog page... which brings me back to this... I blog...occasionally. I am not fully addicted to it, but do wish I did it more, I just need a little more time and just a little bit more excitement in my life so I dint snooze the living hell out of everyone. I recently joined FB and it just put me back that much more on keeping up with my blog. Facebook moves at the speed of light and if you miss an hour, you can miss like 20 updates, who has all this time? I only got 24 hours in the day and I like my sleep, so that leaves..well you get the idea.
But thankfully my twin has an amazing knack for blogging like it was coke up an addicts nose (I know probably not the best analogy, but gotta be me.) So I got a notice on FB from the good 'ol sister and it said she tagged me from her blog to mine... I will be honest, I didn't get it, then I went to her blog and read it...ah, I got it now... kinda. So here it is and I don't know if I am suppose to pass the tag on after I do this, but since she tagged pretty much everyone I know, I am going to leave it to this, and I guess try and blog more in the future :)

6 things I am thankful for:

1.) My Family: I know, how original right? but truly who else can love you when you mess up so many times, who can shrug off the cuss words that fly out of my mouth, or the gazillion times I end up at someones door step to borrow or use something or have them listen to me. They include me, maybe a little because they feel bad for me, but they make me feel welcome and loved.... NO MATTER WHAT. Yeah a big family is awesome.

2.) Agustin- My Ex-Husband: we get along delightfully, talk more than we did in our marriage and most of all... love and support each other for every step in the boys lives. Even if it doesn't necessarily concern them he listens, supports and provides. I know what a great guy he is and what a great dad he is... we are still learning and taking care of each other, even if it isn't on the marriage level, He is one amazing guy.

3.) My Boys: They are the most patient, loving children, they truly are something amazing. They understand our schedule, they help out immensely around the house and are great with the routines we have in place to make things simpler on us all. They understand that money cant buy the love we have and no matter what, we will always have each other and stick together. They are respectful of each other, and amaze me every day as they remind me that they love me, as they compliment me telling me I am a good mom and I am doing a great job... wow, how humbling and what a great support.

4.) My Father in Heaven: Who has helped my parents raise us in the light of the lord and given me the knowledge of the church, faith, family and love. Who loves me no matter how many times I am on my knees with mercy, who listens, comforts and supports me. I don't even have a word for that.

5.) Humor: What a great ability to have humor in your life, to laugh at yourself and join others in such a contagious and fun mood changing thing. Its hard to be upset or depressed when a laugh is creeping up on you. Best enjoyed with others.

6.) My own space: no matter where I make it, or when I take it... me time is something I will never take for granted. Everyone needs company, everyone needs someone in their life, but to have that all important ME time is something I truly have to be thankful for.

Clark Kent vs. Superman

So a little over a month ago, Kace and Cris had a cheesy routine vision test at school, Kace failed the first time so the stupid volunteer had him take it again with the same letters and lo n behold he passed... imagine that?

Anyway Kace had recently been complaining about how things further away were more blurry in his right eye and if he closed his right he could see things in better focus. So I took my hunch and made an eye appt for him. It was a joke, or at least I thought it was.. I was in the room and silently reading the same eye chart with him (with my glasses on of course)and he blew it big time, I had to look a few times to make sure we were looking at the same chart. He got only one letter correct. So after a series of tests Kace became the newest member in the Wise family to inherit the 4 eyes trait. He seems pretty cool with it and that is good for me, we went out and bought him a cool case and he got 2 pair (one is a back up and it also came with a sunglasses attachment) and for a kid...that's pretty cool.

Agustin thinks it is the end of the world and Kace is now damaged goods thanks to my family genes, but I think it just adds more character to him (of course a mom would say that right?) Kace is near-sighted and his right eye is 20/75 and his left is 20/50... look out world... There is a new Clark Kent in town!

Amen. Can I have some Luck with that?

So there are a gazillion tree's that look like this around my house, all covered with ice and snow, and too old to probably handle it, so the other day my neighbor in front of my place was nice enough to knock on my door and advise me that she heard the tree cracking all night long and about 8 years ago it fell on a few cars, so if I felt the need to move my car, that I could park it in front of her place. I went out there to discover a huge branch laying next to my car and decided to take her up on her offer. That is however, how I got my car stuck and my chain snapped, but heck, at least a tree didnt fall on it... yet. So I lasted only one day of going nowhere and the panic of finishing up my Christmas shopping really got to me, and I 'rigged' my chain that broke the day before and put it back on my car. The red Duck Tape in the picture is my handy work. (I dont want to brag, but it worked and I am actually super proud of myself) If it hadnt of course I would be one of those idiots stranded out there that everyone else is honking at and flipping a certain finger.
As I am putting on my newly taped chain on my tire though I am still parked in front of my neighbors house, my car is running so the windows can defrost some of the ice before I take my window scraper to it, and I hear this loud crack! I look up to see her gutter swinging right for me! I jump to the right and turn around to discover that a branch from a tree across the street from hers had snapped and pulled down some power lines that swung across the street and attached to her house. The power line managed to stay attached and she didnt lose her power, but it hung low with one of the smaller branches still dangling from it. I look at her house, and I look at the power line dangling, then I look at the big branch sitting in front of my car where I once stood. I just kinda stopped to take it in, and didnt realize that a lady up the hill (in ski's) and a guy shoveling his car out across the way also stood shocked and dumbfounded like me. And just as quickly as it happened the guy went back to work on his shoveling and the lady continued to ski down her hill, just then the neighbor came out of her house and started making small talk with me, I asked her if she didnt hear all that from inside her house...she hadnt and once she looked up, she was not happy to find her gutter swinging in the air with her electricty potentially ready to pull its own plug. I really wanted my car out of there and even managed to joke with her about how, I think my own parking spot might actually be safer, and I am taking the risk and parking back there tonight. I guess if a tree is going to fall on me or my car it might as well just do it already, just let me make sure I have 'tree' coverage on my insurance first. (which I do...I checked...whew)

This picture shows the hanging powerline in the middle and off the the right, you can see her gutter hanging off her house, the tire marks is where my car was.
After all was said and done, I finished my shopping, my car has no snow on it, and can handle the next 3 inches coming tomorrow morning and my chains are still safely on my car, snug as a bug in a rug!