~BBQ's~

I Love BBQ's.
I Love all the food.
I Hate how you can not possibly eat it all.
If you did, you would bigger then a house.
I Love hanging out with friends.
I Love the drinks.
I am sad that Summer is ending.
My last BBQ of Summer and it freaking RAINED!

~Fun Day with Friends~

Today was my wine vineyard day. We ended up going to 4 of them. Talk about a nice drive, and alot of people to look at. Here are a few pictures of our day out.


This was the view from one of the Vineyards. Talk about an fabulous view



This is Sandy and Alyson. Talk about fun friends. We act like we are 16 together. Wait! Alyson is 12.

It was really cool to be standing next to all of these Barrels of wine. Full Barrels of wine. I wish we had straws.


They even served wonderful food to go with the Wine. This was the cheapest fun that I have ever had as a grown up.

Ha Ha! I didn't get caught eating.

~Wine~

Saturday is the day that I get to go wine tasting at wine vineyards. We get to go have lunch at one of the places,drink,and have great conversation with great company. Well, I only know one of them, but I am sure that I will like the other lady.

Our day as sisters.

Today was the day the girls got their hair cut and their toe nails polished. It was alot of fun. Adalynne finally admitted that she wanted more layers in her hair. I told her that I will take her back tomorrow to get it the way she wanted.

Ashley was so excited about getting her toes done as you can see. She got a real pretty blue with lots of sparkles in it.

This is Adalynne's second time, so it is not as exciting for her I guess. She got lime green french manicure.

Well, It has been a pretty uneventful week. School is going to be starting in 1 week!! I am so flipping excited. The girls are so excited too. Dossie starts pre school on the 11th. That one makes me a little sad. It means that my baby is growing up. Seeing how I can not have anymore it makes it all that more hard for me.
The girls are back to sharing a room again. It was Adalynne's idea. Why she wanted to share a room with her sister is a mystery to me, but she seems happier. I think she hated being by herself at night. I still am not done switching the rooms around...she has so much SH&T!!!! I have 2 garbage bags full of crap to get rid of.
We also might have a opportunity to get a bigger house to rent, that has 8 acres,4 bedrooms,and alot more room for me to beat the kids..HAhahahaha!!! Hopefully we will find out in a few days for a few weeks. I am hoping for a few days.

What is your full name- Kori Lynne Bates

Nickname- Kor,or my mom calls me Kor-Kor

Coke or Pepsi? Either

Song that resembles your life- Not sure on that.

Milk or dark chocolate- Milk Chocolate

Big mac Or whopper- Big Mac

Beach or Mountains- Beach

What kind of shoes are you wearing-No shoes

TV or Book- TV, but if I had time I would read more. Books tend to put me to sleep.

Favorite store- A kitchen store.

What was the last thing you ate? Oatmeal cookie

Clean freak or total slob- A little bit of both

Do you wish on stars- sometimes

Ever been stung by a jelly fish- No

Best cartoon ever-I love spongebob.

What scares you- SPIDERS...Adalynne had one on her pants this morning and when she jumped out of her pants it must of slung it up on her head!! OH MY GOSH!!!!! Thank God I had the vacuum on. It was HUGE!!!!

Favorite doughnut? Apple Fritters

Been to LA? No

Least favorite veggie- Egg plant..I love the color

Dreamer or doer- I am a dreamer...When I try to do and it doesn't work out..it really pisses me off.

one word that describes you-I think there might be a few.

Name of your first friend- Angie Neumeister

Night light or completely dark- I have to have it completely dark.

Believe in love at first sight? I believe in lust at first sight....

Best toppings for a pizza?Garlic chicken

Ever owned a goldfish? yes, who hasn't.

potato chips or french fries? french fries.....

Who should play you in a made for TV movie? I have no clue. I am kinda scared to find out.

Spender or Saver? Spender....

Butterflies or dragonflies- Dragonflies

Which ONE would you like to do the most- Skydiving, Rappelling, scuba diving

Scuba diving

Fearful or fearless? Cautious.

Bully or bullied? A little bit of both. If I got picked on I would talk a great talk.

Glass 1/2 full or 1/2 empty? I hate this question

Ever sent to the Principal's office? Yes...twice...Once in grade school at Whitman, Then another time in High School. Funny thing, The Principal was the same one both times. I loved Mr. Earl

Social butterfly of wallflower? I am both

Secret keeper or blabber mouth? I know when to keep my mouth shut.

Stick shift or Automatic? Stick

worry wart or worry free? worry wart

African safari or bicycle through Europe? African safari

Ice cubes or crushed? Crushed

What do you like on your burgers? That sounds really good Heather!!!Beef..... lots.....cheese-pepper jack- onion straws- tomatoes- lettuce- mushrooms-jalapenos- peppercorn sauce.....yummmmmmm

Bikini or board shorts-Neither

Favorite kinda cookie- all!!

Best Commercial- I had one that I really liked, but I cant think of it.

Word or phrase you say alot.....REALLY!?!?

Favorite flower- Anything that smells good

They are going to hate me when they get older.

A man and his....

P*^$!...I mean Cat. They were both sound asleep and happy.

Got the bandages off today!

I am so happy that the bandages came off!! They were itchy!!! My surgeon said that is was just a tumor and it is not cancer!!! So I kept saying to everyone(Talking like Arnold in Kindergarten Cop) "Its a tumor." I think it is funny...on one else does...see that is my stupid humor.

Boys and there toys

Ok, so this is to funny. I was going through my pictures and I came across these. This is Dossie and his best bud Brennan. I use to watch Brennan...I found this funny because Ed is the type of Dad who says "My son will never play with Barbies or anything that has to do with girls!" Ok, he has 2 older sisters...like that isn't going to happen. They sure were having fun!!!

Ashley loves Dinosaurs. She loves anything that is a animal.
I loved doing this as a kid.
Dossie and Dad having a great time.

Since I had the surgery, I can not wash my hair. Ewwww! It would be over a week if I waited...I can not wait that long...I would have so much grease in my hair that I could probably use it in a recipe or something....I needed to go shopping today for the girls soccer stuff today...and could not see myself going into public looking like I did....Soooooo---

I went to a salon and paid to have my hair washed! It was great! I felt like I was someone special...It only cost $8.00, but that was the best $8.00 I have ever spent. I have decided that I might have to have that done once a month just so I can feel like a rich snobby bitch...or at least a $8.00 snobby bitch! Ha!

And the business begins

Monday...this is the start of the busy time...SOCCER TIME!!!

Monday and Wednesdays are Ashley's times to practice...and Tuesdays and Thursdays are Adalynne's times to practice....They are both at 5:30 p.m. til 6:30p.m. So 4 days a week I am going to be running! I can't wait til school starts to make it more stressful...LOL I can't wait!!!

I love being a busy mom!

These are my favorite boys!!!!

These are my nephews. Well, Just 3 out of the whole bunch. They are my boys. Yes, I am a proud Aunty!! What can I say, wouldn't you be. I have some fun memories with these boys...especially Kris and Jimmy. well, just had to share.

Surgery day!!

This is where the little drain was. And the other was right after I got out of recovery.

Had my surgery yesterday...I was suppose to have it at 2, but they got me in about 12:30. The surgery lasted about 3 hours. It was longer then thought because my cyst was bigger then they thought. I guess it had a some little cyst's growing on it....I wish they would of gotten a picture of that. I only have a few pictures of that day, Ed has the best one on his phone...that one will be posted later.

The pain is not that bad. It really isn't that bad. I thought that it would be worse. The sucky thing is...I can get my neck area wet for a week. Which means no washing my hair!!! That is going to suck!! I will let you know what the biopsy says. Thanks for all your prayers and good energy sent my way.

BLAH!!!!

It is a beautiful day, Adalynne is gone til Wednesday, Dossie has a friend over, Ashley couldn't find anyone to have over...I have so much to do...have to pack 3 bags of kids clothes for 5 days....I finally got one done.....All of my laundry is done...I really want to go shopping, but can't....I am so FREAKING BORED!!!!!!!!!

Being a stay at home really sucks at times!!! LMAO I know I know I should be grateful because there are so many women out there who do not get this privilege....Blah, blah, blah....I have heard it all before...but until you are one and you have no friends around...no extra money to go blow....and be extremely bored then you wouldn't understand!!!!!

BLLLAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Is how I am feeling.

This is Libby...My niece

My surgery day

I got my surgery scheduled. It is for the 14th at 2 p.m. They do not want me to eat or drink anything after midnight the night before. I really don't care about the food, but I need my coffee!!! LOL I get to spend the night at the hospital, then come home on Friday. Which really sucks because Ed works Friday night...and it always seems harder in the night time.

My wonderful SIL is taking my kids for 5 days so I can recoup. Thank you Stephanie! I will get pictures of my neck after the surgery...Dossie asked if they were going to take off my head....I laughed so hard. What a 4 year old will think of. So send prayers, positive energy,or whatever my way on that day! I will need them.

This was our outing tonight

These are the only pictures that she would let me take of her.

This is not poop on his
face..it is camo!