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Johnny Carson and the Basilica of the Assumption: Ramblings from a weepy middle aged mom.

I was up late the other night working and saw a Johnny Carson documentary on Netflix and decided to watch it. It was really good. All the great comedians were on talking about Carson and what a difference he made in their lives. Drew Carey cried, Ellen got a little weepy too, talking about how Johnny called her over to the couch after her stand up. Remember how he did that at the end if you were really good.. Joan Rivers talked about how cut throat and intense he was. It was just a really good documentary, and halfway through I started to cry a little, and then by the end a little harder..I went upstairs, got in bed and said to Shawn "I watched a Johnny Carson documentary and I'm upset." "Why" he says "because he was got married twelve times, because he was an alcoholic or because he's dead." "I'm not sure, I say.." then break into the ugly cry. Sob is more like it. I don't know why I was crying. Was it from nostalgia? Was it bec...

Oh no she didn't...

Life is all about perspective.. said the woman who had two kleenex stuffed up her nose while she drove down the street and shocked all the nice mid-westerners at the traffic lights, so much for trying to write an intelligent blog post today.. LOL it's the nose for the win ladies and gentlemen

The Beginning of a New Journey

I came across some photos of the girls from their first days here, almost three years ago in September. The bottom left photo is particularly hilarious to me because that was Easter Sunday 09 when Mariama called Grace an "asshole", "You're bunnys going to melt if you don't put it in the frig" "No it won't" "Yes it will (with no inflection whatsoever) you asshole" And before you call Supernanny just know that yes, I have road rage and I might have said that particular word in the car. Now the girls KNOW that I say bad words in the car, God help me.. most of them just refer to the buttocks area. "SAY CUPCAKE MOM!!!" The picture on the top right cracks me up. Grace and her sassiness.. she's WEARING those size 2 pants right?? The bottom right is a photo that includes another person whose privacy I wanted to protect and my terrible job of cloning around Grace's head... Don't hire me for my cloning skills you brides an...