Mama Mia Chronicles

OK, so my husband and I sometimes have some-off-the-wall conversations...and I am sure we are not unusual on that score. Well, this one was a doozy! It centered around a rather...um...odd question.

Here's how it went down...we were talking about his skydiving jaunts (all two of them), and I was yet again stating the fact that there was NO WAY, not in this lifetime or the next that I would want to jump out of a plane for no apparent reason other than "the thrill"...(yeah, whatever, dude). Well, his next mission is to go...wait for this one...SHARKDIVING. WTF, I hear you say. And I would be right there with you on that. And he wants to do it in South Africa too, where if you are any kind of Shark Week enthusiast worth your salt you would know that these maneaters do crazy things like leap out of the water to catch their pray. Lovely. The image alone gives me nightmares. Needless to say I stated that it would be a cold day in Hades before I would ever think of doing such a loonytoons thing. Then he muses that he is always surprised at how many people would never skydive. Um...okaaaay. Then he hits me with the question. Well, which would you rather do??

So then this was my dilemma...ethical of course, since as I stated before...there is no amount of money that would entice me to do either. Ok, maybe if we are talking double digit millions! Anyhoo, lets move on from my easily corrupted soul to the issue at hand...which would I rather choose if I were being dangled off a cliff, held only by my toenails...(lemme give you a moment to digest that little image...)

I thought long and hard, and the answer, Alex Trebeck, is....

a) I would rather jump out of a plane hundreds if meters above sea level (my preferred altitude) plummeting to certain death than face a horrific beast of the deep with a double row of razor sharp teeth (aka a great white shark) shielded only by some iron bars in a tiny cage while submerged in the beasts own environment, thank you!

I think this to be a fair and well thought out answer. How about you?

-Buffy-

Ok, Ms Domestic Diva, I was supposed to introduce you! I've been thinking long and hard about something nice to say about you, and finally I came up with two sentences, and there you have it. She stole my thunder!!! I might have to go back to thinking board again!

Well, the thing is, her husband is visiting her right now, so I understand she got carried away, so... I FORGIVE YOU!

Let me get started then.

As she herself stated it so nicely, she is totally crazy about her man, and really you can't help but chuckle when two of them poke fun at each other.
Some might wonder why is she Domestic Diva? Well, truth be told, there is no hair on her head, or in her house, that is out of the place. When someone says word perfection, Ms Domestic Diva comes to mind. She is the type that does all her dishes by hand, and she stores grocery bags in her dishwasher. There you go, Ms DDiva, now the whole world can read it:-). She also likes to plan things. She has lists, and everything is planed out in details.

Like on this one occasion,.... Wait, I have to put little intro to this story first. I’ve been waiting since last year to make this story sat in stone:

Buffy and I happen to have a kid born the same month as Domestic Diva's kid. Buffy and I took planning of birthday parties lightly last year. Don't get me wrong, we love birthday parties, but what we like even more is going to the other one's party! So, one day some time before the month in question, we receive this email from our dear friend Ms Domestic Diva. I believe she consulted her calendar and decided that her child will have a birthday party first week, so that Buffy can have her party week after that, and then I can have party for my little one week after that. Nevertheless, Buffy and I did not dare to oppose, and it turned out really well I thought:-). Now that she has moved away, her planning abilities will be much missedJ.

So, other than her planning abilities, what were those good things I wanted to write about? Well, first one is her humor. She makes me smile, and I enjoy teasing her immensely. I love it that she doesn’t get offended easily, but I’m sure that that is only because she dishes it out with the same intensity!

The other thing is, well, she has given my kids bucket loads of clothes, so I didn’t have to go and buy a single shirt this summer. Do I need to say anything else? I didn’t think so!

Ms D.

Okay let me start with saying Buffy is lying, she is a lot of fun and highly entertaining, much more then I, so I will claim the boring title!

I'm also a 32 yr old SAHM to 3 wonderful children, P is 6, E is 4 (almost 5 waahhh) and H is 2; 1 boy 2 girls. I have a loving and super dee dooper husband Mr. M and he totally rocks my world in so many ways (pull you head out fo the gutter please), I've been married to Mr. M or Stud as I like to refer to him for 9yrs and I'd say marriage is like a fine wine it gets better with age/time. For the time being my children and I live in somewhere NY and hubby lives back in MD with good friends of ours. We will be moving again in Jan and sadly it will be very far away from my two good friends Ms. D and Buffy.

I believe that Buffy has shared with how we all met so I won't bore you with that again but I will say if you ever have the chance to find friends as good as Ms. D or Buffy then your set. These are two of the most awesome women I know and I truely mean it. Ms. D or Betty Crocker as I like to tease her with has a heart of gold and will give you the shirt off her back if you needed it. She is a true blessing and I'm happy and very lucky to have her in my life. Buffy on the other hand (sticks out tongue)... well I'll get to her in my next post she is pretty darn special too but at the current time I have 3 wild kids wanting to get to the library so I'll be back soon with more on Ms. Buffy.

Domestic Diva

Imagine this song in the background..."I don't think you're ready, for this jelly"...Beyonce and company said it best!

Ms D is a dynamo in a small package!! She is a force to be reckonned with, despite being the youngest member of this trio. This lady is like a cross between Martha Stewart (he nickname, behind her back..ha ha ha) and Anderson Cooper. She is everything you want in a friend 'cause she makes delicious treats when you visit (this is my favourite thing-I have met my match when it comes to someone who loves cake as much as I do), and listens to all your whining...but also offers a fresh perspective on things. She is one of those people I never hesitate to call on, and has humbled me a couple of times with her generosity and willingness to step in and help out my family when needed. She's good peeps:-)

She has seen some stuff in her day, and it makes her so much wiser than her peers. Being from the former Bosnia & Herzigovina (lord, how do you spell that anyway?!) she has seen the horrors of war, and can set anyone straight on that one.

Ms D is a homemaker, student, wife, mom, passionate reader (thanks for those darn vampire romances you got me hooked on, D...yup, you read it right), sister, daughter, good little Catholic girl (hee hee), new soccer mom, great neighbor (ie she lets the neighborhood kids come and hang out...when I would have kicked the little suckers out long ago) etc.

Anything else you wanna know...ask the Domestic Diva!

Lets get this bad boy started and see where it takes us. As the navy says let the Journey Begin!

DD

The Mama Mia Chronicles are officially open for business!

I am one third of the contributing party, so lemme introduce myself. I am a 33 yo SAHM (for the uninitiated in the world of mommy speak, that means Stay At Home Mom) with two children-C aged 5, and S is almost 2. I am married to a wonderful, crazy, frustrating man (B-man, he shall be called) for almost 7 long...um...I mean blissful years. We live in the DC 'burbs.

How I came to join this bog, you may ask. Well, two of my best friends (Domestic Diva) and Mama D and I decided that since the heavens were conspiring against us to move us apart (ok, so that's a little dramatic...we are moving to different parts of the state or world...or in the case of Mama D, holding down the fort in SoMD. We became friends through our children first, but now that is secondary (for me, anyway) to the real friendship we have forged. (Cue the violins)...

I love these girls...they make me a better person and mom...and if nothing else, they make me see that my life is pretty much where I am meant to be. They ROCK, dude:)

What can you expect from me...candid insights about my life, my household, my friends, family etc...an occassional rant about TV shows...book reviews (from when I read an actual book annually)...Wow, I sound exciting, don't I?? Stay tuned! The other two will make it worthwhile. Ha ha ha.