It’s been a busy year. And I have a couple hundred posts to prove it.

You know how some people send out those Christmas letters racapping the year for their long lost family and friends? Well I don’t have to do that. I can just point people to my blog.

So here is what we were up to in 2007.

The tooth fairy had a baby.

I weighed in on the latest mommy controversy, drinking in front of your kids.

I gave my opinion on co-ed sleepovers for teenagers.

I was robbed on Valentine’s Day.

We lost power in an ice storm and realized how much we miss electricity when we don’t have it.

I learned that sometimes we don’t praise our children the correct way.

I almost got in to a scuffle at the at the St. Patrick’s Day parade.

I met a Dungeons and Dragons fan while getting my carpets cleaned.

I sobbed a little at Kindergarten Roundup. How could my baby be a kindergartener already?

I had an unflattering (and smelly) mommy moment.

I made it through a speech and lived to tell about it.

Justis got serious with his girlfriend. But not THAT serious thank goodness.

I had a fantastic Mother’s Day. I didn’t give birth or anything. But this was the first years the kids got me a Mother’s Day card instead of Lee doing it for them.

Spencer proclaimed his love for a girl in his class.

I turned 33 years old young.

A threatened lawsuit against Kellogg got me all in a tissy.

Did you know ducks can jump?

Best Buy ticked me off and I swore off ever shopping there again. I’ve stuck to it so far. I even gave away the $25 gift card I got for Christmas.

But Amazon.com rocks like a stone turd.

I had sinus surgery…again.

Pizza Hut redeemed themselves and we’ve continued our weekly Pizza Friday tradition.

We lost power again. This time we went to the garage to watch Lost in the van. Yes, we are that addicted to electricity.

I ranted about parents smoking at home.

Keaton is officially a teenager.

I suffered attended another class reunion. My 15 year reunion to be exact.

Some teenager tried to guilt me into giving to charity. But I’m a meanie and refused.

Caleb explained why he undresses to go potty.

It turns out the constitution does not guarantee your right to be a parent.

Keaton got in to his first altercation…sort of.

I got a new laptop…after some heartburn ordering and then waiting for it to arrive.

Caleb learned a new song…and sang it over and over and over and over again.

Skyler and Spencer turned eight.

I was shocked to learn that some schools give kids birth control.

I’ll swear if I want to.

We discovered just how important sleep is for kids.

Did Santa just call me a Ho Ho Ho?

Lee and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary.

I watched Keaton play basketball…even if I know nothing about the game.

I successfully participated in NaBloPoMo for the second year.

Skyler was fabulous as an Angel in the Nutcracker.

I reminisced about the time my Dad taught me how to ride a bike.

My husband is is the greatest man ever!

Skyler is starting to doubt Santa’s existence.

We got a Wii for Christmas.

2007 was good to us. Hopefully 2008 will be even better.

Wishing you all a wonderful new year!

It’s been a really busy day. There is a Law & Order: SVU marathon on the USA network and I’ve had my butt parked on the couch watching every episode. Clearly I need to get a life.

We have been doing something productive though. And by “we” I mean mostly Lee.

We decided to let Keaton pick the wall color for his room. Lee drywalled the room years ago, but we never got around to actually painting it. There was some spectacular artwork the kids did a few years back when they were toddlers. Artwork they did with permanent marker. Permanent marker that keeps seeping through the primer. Not that I’m bitter or anything.

Keaton wanted to paint his room green. Lee brought home a few color samples for Keaton to choose from. He chose jalapeño green. It’s kind of a dark olive green. I was a little worried about it being too dark, but now that it’s up it looks really nice. And it’s a big room so the dark walls don’t make it look too small.

To make sure it didn’t get too dark we decided to paint two walls jalapeño and the two other walls a light beige. Everybody helped paint. Even Caleb.

We finished the jalapeño walls yesterday. And started the beige walls today. I sprayed the texture on the walls. I’m pretty sure this will be the last time Lee will ever allow me to handle a can of texture ever again in my life.

I got a little carried away with the texture. Instead of just texturing the wall, I got one of the dressers, Lee’s poker table, Spencer’s keyboard plus the sheets on his bed and a little on a few articles of clothing hanging in their closet. Apparently I’m a maniac with the texture.

I guess a career in house painting is out of the question.

Last year I was begging for snow, but we didn’t get any until well in to January. And that was just a pathetic dusting of snow. This year we definitely had a white Christmas. In fact it’s been snowing about every three days ever since the last ice storm. I love the snow. But I could do without the ice.

So today we went out to play in the snow. Skyler and I made snow chairs. Mine was a recliner. See how resourceful I am? I can be lazy even when playing out in the snow. It’s an art people.

After a while my butt was getting cold in my snow recliner. [In fact it's still cold now. Hours later. I'm half tempted to drop my drawers and sit on the heater for a while.]

So we moved on to sledding.

We live on a hill, but there are tons of trees. Trees make it hard to sled. Getting a concussion puts a real damper on sledding fun.

So instead we went to the alley out back. We tried to just ride the sled down the alley, but we weren’t really moving unless we jerked our body forward. That was way too much effort for sledding.

Then Lee came up with a brilliant idea. There was a big snow pile from plowing. Lee built up a snow wall so the sled would turn causing us to go down the alley rather then straight in to the piled up snow on the other side of the alley. Trust me. It hurts when you slam in to a snow bank. I went sideways and almost had to call for an ambulance.

Skyler and I took turns riding the sled down the snow pile, seeing who went the farthest. She ended up winning that contest, but she totally cheated. She was pushing herself down the alley, rather than stopping when the sled stopped.

Lee saw how much fun we were having and got totally jealous. He decided he was going to take the sled for a spin. He ran up to the snow pile, jumped on the sled head first, belly smack dab in the middle of the sled. But the sled wasn’t cooperating. Instead the sled stayed put and Lee went belly first down the snow pile in to the alley. Good thing he had on a thick sweatshirt or he would have gotten road rash…or snow burn or something.

And that’s when I realized I need to buy a new video camera (our current one is on it’s last leg and can almost see the light of video camera heaven). That way I can take it every where I go and capture hilarious moments like this on tape. We totally would have won America’s Funniest Home videos with this footage.

You discover your son is stuck in the snow all the way up to his waist and instead of pulling him out right away you run back inside to grab your camera.

Don’t worry. He’s fine. He survived the ordeal. And even laughed about it. As soon as Lee pulled him out.

This will be quite a story for him to recap to his therapist in fifteen years.