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Funky Foto Flashback: Some Things Never Change

July 2, 2009 12:01 am | 16 Comments

Here’s a  younger version of Jamie along with a declaration of things he likes. You can see that pizza and spaghetti are at the top of the list. And you wonder why I felt the need to start HASAY, being married to such a healthy eater.*  Also, pet fish are nice and they can’t hurt you.

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*I kid, I’m usually the one around here pushing for a dessert run.

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Random Tuesday Thoughts: Is That A Snot Pot In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

June 30, 2009 12:01 am | 34 Comments

Words heard from my two year old this week (as I pulled up to the Checkers Drive-Thru): “Can I please have a large Coke and a large Diet-Coke? Thank you!” Uh, yeah.. my two year old ordered my daily fix from the back seat. Do you think Mommy has a little problem?

Yesterday at Gymboree, Graham became smitten with a tween girl who was there with her younger sibling. He followed her around so much that I thought she might slap him with a restraining order. Every time the girl said hi to Graham, he snorted like a pig. Obviously, his mackin skills need some practice. Do they still say “mackin”?

I decided to break out our never-before-used Neti Pot during last week’s heinous sinus infection. Jamie stood by for the inaugural usage and basically stared me down the entire time. I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the water filter and what I saw was not pleasing. Jamie was so intrigued by the whole process that he took the next turn while I played spectator. Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

I’ve changed the name from Neti Pot to Snot Pot. It seemed like a practical decision and you’re welcome to add that little gem to your vocabulary if the mood strikes you.

Over the weekend, I killed a black widow spider on my patio. A fucking deadly spider on the patio where my children play. That fucker was on the door handle and I noticed it as I was reaching to open the screen door. I then googled “black widows” and spent the rest of the day freaking the fuck out over the possibility of my kids getting bitten.

We went to a wedding on a cruise ship yesterday morning. I was initially perturbed since it was on a Monday and we had to board at 10:30 for a 1PM wedding but then I settled into the idea of free buffets and no kids. I ate like a mofo and could barely suck in my stomach while I sat through the ceremony. Cruise ships ROCK. I’ve never been on one before but I think I’m in love.

I’m pretty sure Jamie is turning into a bloggy-attention-whore. The other day he said something funny (I’m not even going to tell you since that would be enabling him) and then proceeded to tell me I could blog about it. He thinks I need him for material. Ha.

I hate the chicken dance but somehow that stupid song slipped its way onto one of our kid’s music CD’s and both kids go absolutely insane when it comes on. We’ve been playing it about six thousand times every night before bed while the four of us dance our asses off like lunatics. We do this in Graham’s room which provides the neighbors with an excellent view. Stop on by for tomorrow’s show.

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Club Half As Small As You: Week 36

June 29, 2009 12:01 am | 10 Comments

Welcome to week 35 of Club HASAY! Not sure what HASAY is? Read all about it here.

This week started off with a bang. I was feeling a little under the weather on Monday but I didn’t let that stop me. I headed to the gym that night after the kids were in bed. For an entire hour, I sweated my ass off on the elliptical and then my friend and I hit the weights. I’m sad to admit that the last time I’ve actually lifted weights was the week before my wedding, FOUR YEARS AGO. To be fair, I lift almost sixty pounds of children (Graham’s 37lbs plus Elliot’s 22lbs) several times a day so that has to count for something.

Monday night was spent sleepless and sweating. I had crazy-assed dreams and drifted in and out of consciousness. Every muscle in my body hurt and I was sweaty and feverish. I woke up on Tuesday with a full blown case of the plague and could barely function well enough to care for my kids.

On Tuesday, the thought of exercise was the last thing on my mind. Wednesday came and I needed to get out of the house and see another actual human being. Graham was sick too so we had spent the week so far in quarantine and I was jonesing for the outside world. I coaxed my friend Aimee into reforming the dessert club and we met up at Chilis for the forbidden cookie pie. I couldn’t breathe through my nose but it was totally worth it.

The moral of today’s story is that exercise is bad and the loss of taste buds is NOT an excuse to stop eating. Ok, fine. As I write this (Sunday night), I’m nursing the last of my sinus infection and hope to resume my gym attendance on Tuesday at the latest. Exercise prevails over dessert club once again!

Stay tuned next week for big HASAY changes.

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Funky Foto Flashback: I Beg To Differ

June 25, 2009 12:04 am | 25 Comments

Lin over at Duck and Wheel With String somehow got the idea in that thick head of hers that we’re all shiny happy people here in the HAGAY household. I’ve received several comments accusing me of being “too cute”:

  • How come everybody is so freakin’ cute on this blog???? Where’s the weirdness and tacky clothes???
  • Yeah you were cute–where’s the awkward, dorky photos anyway?? I’ve got lots of those unfortunately.
  • Casey is once again posting some absolutely adorable photo of herself from years past, and I’m once again posting another loser photo of me. Isn’t that always the way?? Everyone else has these cute look-at-me shots and I’ve got the Good-Lord-was-I-always-so-dorky gems.

She doesn’t think I’ve ever played the part of the dork or had a bad picture taken. I beg to differ, Lin. I beg to differ.

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Wordless Wednesday: One Tasty Crockpot Meal

June 24, 2009 8:57 am | 22 Comments

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Random Tuesday Thoughts: Chicken Juice And Lifelines

June 23, 2009 12:51 am | 31 Comments

Jamie has a broken mouth corner that he keeps reinjuring every time he eats. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t not stare at it when he’s talking to me because it just looks so damn painful. Maybe if I tape his mouth shut for a few days it would give him time to heal.

It’s the end of the world as we know it. That’s the only thing that would make sense because Nestles recalled their cookie dough.

Last night, I heard yelling coming from the garage. Jamie was spewing a bunch of compound swear words and some of them were really impressive. He spilled a bag of raw chicken juice everywhere. I had a hard time not laughing but I relieved him of cleanup duty and sent him inside to stew on his (chicken) juices.

Remember a few weeks ago when I was all “I love Florida, the weather is great and we’re playing in the pool all the time!”. Scratch that, it’s fucking hot here and we’re trapped indoors since going outside would cause the kids to pass out from the heat. Somebody please save us, it’s only June and it’s already in the high 90’s with 21333413241255% humidity every.single.day.

My overplucked eyebrow is slowly growing back in. The only person who noticed was my friend Shannon who made a HUGE deal over it when I saw her last week. She later revealed that she’d read about it on my blog and that it wasn’t that bad. If you’re Helen Keller.

Are Helen Keller jokes still funny? I’m sorry if they’re not. How about Stevie Wonder jokes? Ray Charles? I’ll stop now.

We’re pretty much a self-contained entity since our closest family is forty-five minutes away. I think we need a lifeline. You know, somebody who checks in on us every day to make sure we haven’t been murdered. Any takers?

I’m feeling off my random game today. I promise to do better next time. Sheesh.

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Club Half As Small As You: Week 35

June 22, 2009 12:01 am | 17 Comments

Welcome to week 35 of Club HASAY! Not sure what HASAY is? Read all about it here.

As your HASAY leader, I have a confession to make. Over the course of the last several weeks, my friend Aimee (hi Aimee!) and I have been secretly meeting a couple of nights a week for dessert. We sneak out late at night after the kids are in bed and leave our husbands home to hold down the forts. We started out small with McDonalds sundaes and moved on to full fledged desserts from chain restaurants like Fridays or Chillis. We’ve formed our own secret dessert society. I didn’t ask any of you guys to join us because hey, HASAY leader here and it would look bad for my reputation (and my ass).

Things have been tough here in the HAGAY household. Graham’s ears are still reaking havok on our lives and we just scheduled surgery to have his ear tubes replaced. What’s that you say? Didn’t he just get those tubes back in December? Why yes, he did. One of them is clogged and he’s still having infections so they’re going to replace the tubes. I’m taking him for a second opinion today but it looks like his surgery will be on July 2nd. Between both kids, our days have been spent at the pediatrician, ENT, allergist and speech therapist. That’s not to mention the swim lessons, gymboree classes and playdates we have scheduled.

Poor Graham has been miserable for awhile now and the ear pain trickled over to his temperament so the rest of us are miserable too. On top of that, Elliot’s separation anxiety recently went into overdrive. Between her constant need to be near me, on me, ALL DAY LONG and Graham’s ear infection rage/neediness, things have been hard around here. I’ve enjoyed getting to hang out with my friend once or twice a week and blow off a little steam. Plus, I’m an emotional eater so when I get stressed out, chocolate relaxes me. Isn’t it that way for everyone?

After realizing that dessert club probably wasn’t the best idea, Aimee and I decided to mix it up a bit. We both have YMCA memberships so we moved our evening soirees to the gym. Thursday was our first attempt and I actually ellipticalled for an hour without dying! It helps that the gym equipment has TVs on each machine so you can plug your headphones in and watch what you want. I was also entertained by texting Aimee back and forth to relay messages of fellow gym member’s farts catching me off guard when my mouth was open. I only made that mistake twice.

So there you have it, notice of my dessert club’s existence and disbandment all in one post. I’ll be at the gym from now on, sweating with the stinkers. Does anybody care to join me?

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Happy Father’s Day!

June 21, 2009 12:01 am | 20 Comments

Graham made his Father’s Day gift to Jamie at school this year. It’s a tie, if you can’t tell by looking at it.   We didn’t “officially” get him anything else unless you count the card we picked out at Target last week. We gave it to him in the store and then returned it to the shelf for someone else to enjoy. We’re not big card people since we usually end up throwing them away shortly after getting them. That being said, Jamie broke the mold when it comes to dads. He’s a caring , kickass father (and husband) and we super duper love him. Enough cheese, I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend with their families.

-Casey


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Spin Cycle: Take Me On

June 19, 2009 12:01 am | 31 Comments

The year was 1985 and it was mid-morning on a Saturday. My brothers and I had just finished watching our usual Saturday morning cartoons along with my brother’s friend Demitri who had spent the night. I could hear my mom in the kitchen talking on the phone. A minute later, I heard her crying.

My brother changed the channel to MTV. It was old school MTV, back when they used to actually show music videos and A-Ha’s “Take On Me” was playing. Demitri came back from the kitchen and stood next to the TV. He looked at me and said “your cousin’s dead, somebody murdered him.” He laughed and then sat down in front of the TV. Demitri was a heartless asshole who got pleasure out of things like that.

I was eight at the time but I knew what murder meant. I remember staring at the A-Ha video and trying to make sense of it all. I later found out that my cousin Scott was killed by his girlfriend’s ex husband. Scott was living with his girlfriend and her young daughter and the ex husband stabbed him to death in front of them. He was only twenty-three.

My mom flew to Illinois to be with my aunt and attend the funeral. I remember her being really sad for a long time after that. I was pretty confused and sad too, I didn’t understand why someone would want to kill my cousin. I only have a couple of memories of him but I remember a family trip to the beach where I followed him constantly. I remember his huge smile and willingness to play with his pesky little cousin.

It’s been twenty four years since Scott was killed but I still remember it like it was yesterday. Every time that A-Ha song comes on the radio, I get a sinking feeling in my stomach and it brings me back to that day in my parent’s living room. I think about the life that Scott missed out on and all of the people whose lives were forever altered because of the senseless murder. I recently googled the court case and found out that the murdering asshole’s case went all the way to the Supreme Court. It got overturned based on a technicality and the guy got away with murder.
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Today’s story was part of this week’s Spin Cycle topic of memories.

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Funky Foto Flashback: Rock On!

June 18, 2009 12:01 am | 49 Comments

We moved to Florida from New York when I was three. This picture was sometime before the move, I can tell by the presence of an actual rock. We don’t have rocks or mountains in Florida, it’s flat and boring. Every summer when we visited NY, my mom stashed a few “northern rocks” in the car on the trip home. She now has them all displayed in her flower garden and is the envy of non-rock-having Floridians everywhere.

Look at that adorable kid. My kids have some big cuteness shoes to fill, that’s for sure.

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