Round One goes to the Blinds!!

So yesterday was a jam-packed day that started out with a bang! Mike and I sent the kids downstairs to play while we stayed in bed and attempted to sleep-in a little. HA! Don't know where we got that notion from! It wasn't long after that we heard a BANG-CRASH-BOOM and then the little patter of 3 pair of feet running to investigate. Then a Mooom, Hoopy (our cat) is tangled up and can't get out..... Where Mike proceeds to yell down, well then help him! Then more pitter patter of feet, them bloodcurdling screams and sobbing as 3 kids come racing back to the stairs.. MOOOOM, he's really tangled and can't get free and he's meowing!!!!!! sob, sob, sob... Well, sleeping-in was a long lost fantasy at this point where I begrudgingly get up and make my way downstairs to see what all the hoopla is about where what do I see but a very scared poofy cat dangling from his tail upside-down in the air from the blind cord. I run over to save him and my arm becomes a lifeline or the enemy, not sure what he was thinking, all I know is that I had a terrified cat clinging to my arm for dear life as I untangle him. Long story short, he is fine, I think he had dislocated his tail but it is better now, and all it cost me was a few holes in my shirt and arm, which now resembles swiss cheese. I have to say that the pic doesn't show my arm justice, or me for that matter as it was taken right after a shower and make-up free! But hey, that's me!!

The rest of the day was spent going to a birthday party, Happy Birthday John!!!, and Maria and I finally went shopping for school clothes for her. Poor girl hasn't had anything to wear since school started! And can I just say how much I love The Children's Place outlet!!! Mega sales, 50% off already sale merchandise, plus a 20% off total purchase coupon! (thanks again Michele!) Awesome!! Oh, let me tell you about Maria's taste in clothes.. She picked out this hideous (in my opinion) shirt.. As she was relaying the story to her father who said she was looking spiffy, she says, "Yeah! Mom said to look for size 6x/7's and I was following her around the rack and she just walked right by this shirt and I saw it for her! She didn't even see it!!! Isn't it pretty!!!" It is a pychodelic pattern of purple and turquoise and gray hearts, flowers, and squiggles... All over it! Oh, I saw it, and it wasn't a mistake that I walked by it... But hey, you gotta let the girl express herself! She is looking pretty "spiffy"!