Shelle rockin the 80's

So thanks for the outpouring of love and concern about where I've been. Thousands and thousands of emails have come in along with Facebook and Twitter statuses wondering "Where for art thou Shelle". (sentence dripping with sarcasm)

I bet y'all are surprised that I had very few people wonder where I was during my week or so of absence... you know who you are... and your check is in the mail. I truly love you as much as anyone can for only knowing you online.

Anyway, I'm not here to complain or tell you how I have hacked up both of my lungs until I decided I was sick enough to head to the doctors where he promptly told me if I would have waited much longer he would have hospitalized me with puenomia. Instead, I just have Bronchitis and a sinus infection that we are treating aggressively. I'm good and it was all so dramatic. Yet I live.

I'm moving on... or backwards... depending upon how you look at it.

Two Saturday's ago MSM and I were invited to an 80's prom night. We freaking rocked it... I meant to take my flip cam and show you how it all turned out, but instead, I was getting SICK--so I totally forgot the flip cam... all's I have is my blackberry and the camera on it.

Here are some of our poses. This isn't the actual Prom Backdrop they had, a PROFESSIONAL photographer was taking our pics for that (yea, these peeps went all out) but we took these at another poster they had made and put up. The night was a blast--I love stuff like this.

I, however, hate 80's hair and still do... but if you are going to do something like this, my philosophy is "GO BIG OR GO HOME"-- even as I was ratting my bangs, my husband walked in and said, "Babe, ya gotta get them higher than that!?"

So without further ado... I present to you... Shelle, how I would have rocked it, in the 80's if I would have gone to a CASUAL prom, in the 80's.

I tried to make this look all old and 80's like to kinda fool ya, but my camera phone sucks... obviously.

Classic Prom pose.  You're. Welcome.

This is suppose to be the... "I am awkward and in High School and don't know how to pose for a prom picture" pose.  We were going to MORP--the more casual prom if you couldn't tell.

 It was a good night... and the last thing I did before the illness over took my life and tried to conquer it... literally.

If I'm absent in the coming days... it's because I'm trying to catch up from missing work and stuff.

If you have an 80's picture to link up to or have a bad 80's prom story... don't hesitate to share. 

We may or may not have done inappropriate things in the back seat of his car... just sayin.

Love,

Neutral, cool, laid back.

My husband and I are mostly just really good friends. We love each other sure... but we are best friends besides all of the other stuff that comes with love. If we weren't in love, I'm pretty sure we'd still kick it as friends or keep in touch with each other.

What I love mostly is that he really is kind of a tough guy, especially when it comes to gifts on ANY holiday. He always is saying, "I don't need anything." For a gift GIVER like myself, that's hard to swallow. For years I still bought him gifts with no other outcome then a slow, "thanks" as he would toss it aside. It's not that he never liked what I gave him, he just doesn't really react dramatically on either end of the scale--always neutral, cool, laid back.

But as you learn more about someone, you learn how to get some kind of reaction other than a neutral, cool, and laid back one.

The key? Instead of giving them something that they WANT or NEED... give them something that will shock them or is completely unexpected.

I know, I'm a genius. Only took me like 8 years to figure that out, so the last three have been kind of fun! :)

So let me fill you in. On Christmas Eve our family tradition is to open one gift under the tree. For the kids it's from Mom and Dad, and for each other it's, well, from each other. I hope you are still with me.

Anyway... it's always pajamas, even for MountainSport Man and I, it's some form of lounge wear.

So here he is, neutral, cool, laid back.

I told him to smile at the camera... he looks like he's plotting my demise... so bad azz.

But when he opened the present... Freaking Long Johns!!! lol... he laughed, and I succeeded! Plus, he can use them for when he snowboards!  Double Win for Shelle!

So what's the worst or best present your received for ANY holiday?

MSM as a Father and my list of TOP DADDY BLOGGERS... did you make the cut?

One of my Father's Day Gifts to my husband MSM- is I wouldn't blog.

So take that sucka! I did it! Didn't even get on the computer.

He did. He had stuff he had to download and things he needed to do.

But it was his day. I was cool with that. I started reading the new Stephenie Meyer book, so no worries.

Anyway, I post this picture every year on Father's Day-or his day-or our anniversary, point is... I've used it many times.



But I have never told you that this was one of the first times I took my brand new DSLR out to mess with it and I couldn't figure out how to get focused on hubs face, it just wanted to automatically focus on the weeds in front of his face. (this was before I learned how to manually focus and also how to use my focus points).

I remember looking through most of those pictures I took that day and DELETING them, (beauty of digital) and came upon this one. Even though the subjects are out of focus, this picture is beautiful to me, and I couldn't delete it. Every time I look at it I fall more in love with it.

Three of the best things that ever happen to me in my life are in that picture, slightly blurry and out of focus, but together.

I have since taken many pictures of them, even better pictures as far as a photographers eye will attest, but this picture has it's own story, a beauty among the mistake.

I can go on and on about my husband and how incredible he is with his kids. But I won't because I'm sure I've said it every year since he became one. But this is for sure, he was born to be one, a father. He is everything a father should be, but more. And I will always be eternally grateful that Heavenly Father blessed me with one good decision and I used it wisely.

***I also wanted to link some of the most KICK A... Daddy bloggers I know-and wish them a Be-Lated Happy Father's Day. In NO PARTICULAR ORDER: Click on their names to open another window to browse their blogs!

Tales From The Dadside

Always Home and UnCool

DadCentric (Eclectic Dad Site--more than one dad writes on that site)

HotDads-(Same as DadCentric.  More than one dad writes on the site)

Daddy Can't Hear You

Daddy Geek Boy

Hands To War

Musings From The Big Pink

That Blue Yak (He Doesn't necessarily talk about being a Daddy--but he is one-and he gives good blog)

The Cheek of God

Throwing Quarters

Why Is Daddy Cryin

The Craig Report

Braden Bell

Luke I am Your Father

Outnumbered Is Me

There is MANY I'm sure I missed, but I read these guys if not daily, often. Some of them I just found, but I love them all the same. Good job guys for what it's worth, your blogs are TOP NOTCH in my humble opinion! Or they just make me laugh. Or I pity you...

Heh... I kid.

They are good blogs, and I triple dog dare you not to find ONE blog that you don't fall in love with also. (Does that make sense?  Basically if you tell me none of these blogs would interest you... you lie... that's what I mean)

Love,

I love my wife, but she's not my mom.

I love my wife, but she's not my Mom. She is the mother of my children.

I find it hard to find an appropriate card for this day. I read every card available in hopes that I'll find one that fits what I want to say, "I don't care about the war marks our kids have left on your body, I just love having sex with you". Shelle would have said to edit that and say, "intimate with", but I'm a guy, I don't say stuff like that.

Shelle doesn't get that she's beautiful, I'm lucky she doesn't because I wouldn't have had a chance if she knew just how hot she was. I tell people all the time that she's hotter on the inside--actually, she says that all the time about people, "She/He is even better looking on the inside", but it applies to her also.

So back to finding her a card. I would have taken a picture and uploaded it here but that's to much work, I'm lucky I'm here.

So here is what it said, "I may not be the smartest man in the world..." (open card) "But then, I managed to trick you into marrying me, so I'm not a total doofus. Happy Mother's Day".

That's close. She should be able to read between the lines. I also wrote a bunch of stuff on the side that should make her cry, which is my goal, cry="intimate with" (wink, wink, nudge nudge).

My kid's card was better. I laughed by myself in the card aisle when I read it. "Everyone thinks their MOM is the best!" (open card) "Which is why I must fight everyone, one at a time, until you, and only you, reign supreme. Wish me luck!" That's funny. Even better, what my boy wrote in her card, "Mom, Happy Mother's Day, and I hope you like this card because I will fight everybody at once until our whole family is just the only people standing". That's my boy. My daughter wrote, "I love you", but she only has so many language skills, she practically said the same thing as my boy in so many words.

Anyway, Shelle we dig you. I dig you because you're hot. The kids dig you because you're a hot mom. Oh and Thank you so much for being the mother that you are for them. I love you babe, and hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day!

HEY! I got a picture on here! That's my girl! She will be mad because she hasn't messed with it (smoothed over her freckles). This is one of my favorite pictures because I LOVE her freckles and you can see them (not even as much as I like), each and every one.

Shelle Edit: I was going to post this quote for today, ""Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrw too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own."--Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons

But I think my husband deserves his time to talk about me. Babe you suck for posting that picture :) Happy Mother's Day to all my female readers and friends. I seriously love you guys--it's a cool thing this BLOGGING stuff. It's because of your writings that I realize that I'm normal, as a woman, and as a mother. Thank you.

Love,

He's got it, the IT factor.

I'm writing the FEMALE PERSPECTIVE on when I knew my husband had the IT factor over at The Real World Venus vs. Mars click HERE... Come on over!

Here is a little sneak peek:

When did I know my spouse had the IT factor?

I was 18 when I met him.

At that time boys or men or guys were more a tool than anything else. Not a tool as in they bugged me but a tool as in they helped me... hehehe in th

e best way possible.

Guys for me were more for FREE movies, dinners, rides, clothes, travel, help with homework, and for a feel good make out session every once in a while. I also had a select few guys that were more the brother-friend type that I hung out with all.the.time. but could and would never think of doing anything more with then just be really good friends because that would be like doing MORE with your brother... and that's just wrong (plus I was never their type, as they eventually found out).

I didn't really NOTICE my husband at first. He was just another guy that started to hang around my group of friends. In fact, one day at a football game we both attended he attempted to say HI to me and I had NO idea who he was at first, and as soon as it dawned on me how I knew him (while giving him the nice HI-back-but-I-don't-know-you nod and smile) I still couldn't remember his name.

Love,

Wardrobe Malpractice

I'm over here today



Talking about my husband. You should come over and tell me what you think because you guys makes me happy!!! :)

Love,

Way to GO younger self!!!

I've been married for a DECADE!!! Which means... I'm okay to die now.

I posted these picture last year... but they still hold true.

Here we are the day we got married 10 years ago: (We didn't have enough money for a REAL photographer...one thing I will always regret...what kind of even AMATEUR photographer gets red eyes???)

Here we are today... 10 years later... yea, I laughed also.

For my husbands birthday last year I wrote this HUGE post about all the things he does for me. (Really good read...)

And honestly...going back and reading it...I cried.

Now though, is a different scenario. It's our Anniversary!

From the beginning...my favorite thing about him is that to the outside world he seems laid back and an easy going guy...which he is--

But for ME(And close friends and Family)...he will get silly..like little boy silly...and do crazy things with me. I LOVE it. I married him because he pretty much made me smile everyday over something.

( These are some more fun pics I found of us...the BEFORE years!!!)

(And the AFTER marriage years!!! or more likely the NOW...because I didn't have enough time to rummage through old totes to find stupid film pics!!!)

All I'm saying is that 10 years and two kids later...I still feel like I'm getting to know him. He's my VERY best friend, my confidant, my lover, my co-conspirator, my happy place, aggravating, stubborn, prideful, and the love of my life for this one and the next.



Here's to a Happy, Sad, Crazy, Fun, stressful, and Emotional, yet incredible 10 year ride...

GAH I'm glad it never ends!!! :)

And I am patting my younger self on the back for making such a good choice at such a young age!

Love,

Video, well kinda...

Hey EVERYONE!!!

Hope you all had a great HOLIDAY! I did.

I actually stayed off the computer quite a bit.

Does being on my blackberry count?

Anyway, I was going to write this post about the SNUGGIE we bought ON sale... and how my kids dishonored it, sorry Kristina P... but instead for today...

I have a video of my husband, MountainSport Man, LIVE and in person... thought you might enjoy it.

But I posted it over at REAL WORLD Venus vs. Mars. So head on over there... and Please be safe, don't crash into any other bloggers while you make your way over, but DO stay awhile and it's BYOW (Bring Your Own Wit).

Love,

Amaze...

I'm feeling kinda sentimental tonight.

I went on a flight up North to drop my son off for a football camp. It was a quick flight.

The plan was to take him in the morning, hang out with my sister and her kids for the day, and then fly home that night.

I got a slew of texts all day from MountainSport Man (MSM)--not normal. Some decent and some indecent, but all good.

The one I loved the most though. "When are you getting home? I miss you already". That was sent at 3 in the afternoon-- he SELDOM says stuff like that. I think I re-read it like 10 times.

When I got home this evening, I walked into the baggage claim area and there was My Guy.

Sitting there.

All by himself.

Waiting for me.

It had been less then 15 hours, but he was there to greet me when I got in, like I had been gone for weeks!

You see, he didn't need to be there. I drove myself to the airport and parked in 1 day parking.

Yet he had himself driven up to the airport so that he could drive me home.

It has to be one of the most romantic things he has done for me... because it was romance the way I like it... simple, small, yet such a moment of grandeur!!!

And I guarantee, I'll remember it always.

See I'm strange like that. I remember words and phrases because of how they made me feel. Those words or phrases once ordinary, become something extraordinary and special just to me, and between him and I.

One example of this is the word AMAZE...

To hear the rest of this story, and it's kinda worth it if I say so myself, CLICK HERE... and comment over there because I'm turning comments off over here today! :)

Love,

Happy Father's Day 2009!

I wanted to give a shout out to the best thing that has ever happened to me... MountainSport Man.

As a father... I can say, he comes as close to perfect as a man possibly can!





And to my Daddy! Happy Father's Day... I LOVE YOU!



If you have a minute... THIS VIDEO is a great definition on what it means to be a man!

Happy Father's Day to ALL you deserving MEN out there... I hope you are truly appreciated! :)

Love,