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Aubrey Said: Your Hair

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Aubrey has had some issues with my hair lately. Last night she grabbed a fistful of my hair, held it up above my head and said, “Look Momma! You’re a unicorn! You have a corn on your head!”

“You mean a HORN?”

“No!” She giggled. “A corn!”

Tonight, I am sitting at Zeb’s sister’s house with Aubrey and Emma, watching Dr Suess cartoons and waiting for Willy Wonka to come on. A commercial for Willy Wonka came on and Aubrey said,”Momma, your hair looks just like him!”

“Who? Willy Wonka?”

“Yeah, just like him!”

Becki laughed hysterically and said, “Sorry!” While I was left to sit here and wonder what I can do to keep my hair from looking like Gene Wilder’s circa 1971.

Back from Mississippi

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For now. The last 4 days have been a whirlwind of painting and unpacking. But the good news is the MS House is mostly put together. Thanks in large part to my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law who took care of all three of my kids, including a very sick Sadie, while I was getting the house set up.

If you want to see pics of the new house, send me a Facebook friend request. Robin Wiley O’Bryant.

The Moultrie News

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Click HERE to read TWO articles in today’s Moultrie News… Saying Good bye to Mt Pleasant & My Review of the Charleston Christmas Spectacular. (YOU must go!)

Recipes: Pizza Dip

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Normally I would NEVER post a recipe I hadn’t tried. But my sister sent this to me and we have the same Momma, the same Daddy, the same sense of humor and the same taste buds. I trust her. B says this recipe rocks, and I am starving and I believe her. Here it is:

In a shallow pan spread 1 block of cream cheese (2 if your sharing with ANYONE!). Put pepperoni slices on top of the cream cheese. I chop mine up a little bit just so you don’t get scalded by slinging pepperoni on your chin. Then cover THAT with a small jar of pizza sauce (not spaghetti…) THEN top that with shredded mozzarella. My friend who gave me this recipe does cheddar on top and it’s really good. I just like the mozzarella and a little Parmesan. It makes it more pizza-y. Serve with any kind of chip but I think I’ll try it this time with the garlic bagel chips. Bake at 375 until bubbly.

Momma Said: Moving to Mississippi

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I just thought I’d spell out the whole moving situation here because everybody is asking on Facebook and twitter. My husband works in commercial construction and in the last 11 years we have had 8 different addresses in 5 different states. He has accepted a job for RC Construction working as a Project Manager out of their corporate office which means a whole lot of wonderful things for us.
1. I will live in the same town as one of my very best friend’s in the universe (Hey Lizzie!!) and her three bebes.
2. We will be only a 3 hour drive from all of our family, instead of 10.
3. We will never have to move again. (Can I get an amen?)
4. We have bought a fabulous house that we can fix up exactly like we want it and not have to worry about leaving in 18 months.
5. My children will have a home and roots.
6. I get to see Lizzie everyday.
7. I will be back in the Central time zone so I will no longer have to do math when I call my sister.

Words can’t express how hard it was to leave Mount Pleasant (but don’t worry, I tried and it’ll be in The Moultrie News tomorrow) but we are so excited about the next chapter of our lives in Mississippi. We will be spending Christmas vacation painting and moving in our new house and will be coming back to Jasper for Christmas so I can eat at Perico’s three meals a day, I mean, um…so we can see our families.

Also, I will still be writing my column for The Moultrie News…

Momma Said: Ode to Uncle Zack

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Today was a very long, hard day. I drove for 10 hours with all three kids in what can only be described as Forks, Washington. (It’s a Twilight reference, people.) It was hazy, overcast and foggy from Charleston, SC to Birmingham, AL.

We made good time until we hit Covington, GA. At which point, Sadie began throwing up. Thankfully for me, and all the good people at the Covington Target, my brother-in-law Zack was with me and able to stay in the car with the kids while I ran in to get some Pedialyte. I got back to the car in enough time to get Sadie out of her car seat and hold her as she puked on the sidewalk. I stripped her clothes off as she threw up and tried to ignore the dirty looks people were giving me while holding my naked baby in the nasty weather.

Sadie fussed and cried for the rest of the trip, unless I was holding her hand…while I was driving. Zack tried holding her hand for me, but she knew it wasn’t mine. Zack tried driving but then Sadie couldn’t see my face. So I drove, and held her little hand while trying not to dislocate my shoulder.

Zack was reaching to hand Emma a snack and after dropping it three times said, “See this is why I don’t believe in evolution. If evolution was for real, mother’s arms would swivel!”

We were supposed to drive all the way to Jasper, but I couldn’t hack it. I had a splitting headache and my baby wanted out of the car. So I stopped at my mother’s in Birmingham to spend the night.

Today could have really sucked a lot more than it did. If Zack hadn’t been with me, I would have been standing in the check-out line at Target with all three kids while Sadie threw up, I would have had to stop and take all them to the bathroom countless times and I would have had to pump my own gas. (GASP!)

But as it turns out I didn’t have to do any of that because my brother-in-law rocks. He cleaned throw up out of Sadie’s car seat, played DJ on the DVD player for the girls, broke up a few fights and traded quotes from The Office with me.

Single ladies, you can’t have my husband, but if I were you I would form a line for Uncle Zack starting…now. He’s a Marine, a musician, a lover of Nicholas Sparks and all things family. He was on leave and he could have been doing anything or nothing at all today, but instead he was helping me. Because he is full of awesome.

Momma Drama: Cleaning

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So I was cleaning my house and instead of walking to the bathroom every time I picked up a hair bow or a headband, I put them on. Final count: 2 sparkly headbands, 4 hair bows, 1 pair of antlers, and a partridge in a pear treeeeeeee!

PS I’m pretty sure my husband will try to have me committed if he sees this, so let’s just keep this between you and me…m’kay?