Dear So & So Friday

Dear Mother Nature,
This snow has got to stop!!  Time for the warm weather and for it to stay!!
Buffalonian waiting for spring flowers

Dear Jeff,
Soooo how do you feel about moving to Florida?
Your wife looking forward to warm weather

Dear Lily,
These questions you know the answers to are driving me insane!
Love, your mommy pulling her hair out.

Dear Ian,
Stop making dumb noises in my ear.  Grrrr!
Mom

Dear school,
Is it Monday yet?
Mom of 2 kids that need to go back to school.  ;)

Dear Melanie,
Lighten up. Life is good.
Your voice of reason :D

It has been a long week....ahhhh these put me back in my happy place....

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Dear So & So Friday

Dear Ian,
I almost spit my drink out the other morning when I saw you dancing "Gangnam Style" at all of the cars going by while you were waiting for the bus. 
Shaking my head in disbelief....questioning my relationship to you.

Dear Lily,
Thank you for being so excited to put up decorations!  It warmed my heart to see your expression when you saw the tree was up and ready to be decorated. 
Grateful for your motivation.  :)

Dear Jeff,
Sorry about your computer keyboard.  It was really an accident.
O_o

Dear Neighbor (across the street),
We absolutely LOVE all of your decorations for all of the holidays.  The kids squeal in delight every time you change them.  It's precious watching Lily look out the windows at them every evening.  :)
Thank you!  Your grateful neighbor.  :)

Dear So & So Friday

Dear Jeff,
Thank you so much for being such an awesome husband!  I am grateful for everything you do for me and our family.  
LOVE you!  Your sickly wife.

Dear Bob & Kris,
Thank you for a wonderful Thanksgiving feast.  We had a great time.
Love - Melanie, Jeff, Ian & Lily

Dear Mom, Dad, Heidi, Vincent & the girls,
Miss you guys!  Hope you all had a good holiday.  
Love your WNY family

Dear Lily & Ian,
Thank you for sharing your cold with me.  :(
Your mommy coughing up a lung.

Dear body,
You have no time to be sick!
Get better quicker!
Me blowing my nose for the millionth time.

Dear Cold,
Good BYE!  
Melanie's exhausted body

Dear Kara,
Your cousins don't like eating the 'fancy' food either.  ;)
Love you to bits!

Dear Mia,
Sorry to hear you are feeling yucky.  Hope you feel better soon!
Love you to bits, too!!

Dear Neighbor,
Sorry the chairs you put by the bushes didn't work, your dog still got in our yard. The 10piles of dog crap we picked up last Saturday + stepping in 2 piles + $50 of netting we bought and put in the bushes because you can not put your dogs on a leash = really MAD neighbors. Grrr!

Dear Customers,
I am thankful for being so blessed with awesome customers like you.  
Thank you so much!

And because I really like photos in my posts, here is a photo of a custom ornament I made this week.

Dear So & So Friday

Dear Melanie,
You missed a week....
Sincerely your blog

Dear Blog,
I know, I know.  Story of my life.  Get in line with the rest of my to-do list.
Melanie

Dear Jeff,
Thank you for finally cleaning up your tools.  The Florida Room looks soooo much better without the boxes of junk.
Love, me

Dear Ian,
Please STOP teasing your sister.  It's really really annoying! 
Frustrated MOM

Dear Lily,
I am glad you like school.  You have been doing great with everything.
Proud Mommy

Dear West Seneca Bus Garage,
Please get your crap together when it comes to the busing of my daughter.  I have been watching the route and clearly someone was on drugs when they mapped it out.  I also shouldn't have had to call to request my daughter have a seat to sit in when she gets on the bus.  She is 5 and in Kindergarten...she should be in the front and seated before you start to drive.  Also, being 20-30minutes late to pick her up every morning and dropping her off in the afternoon is ridiculous.  What is going to happen when there is snow on the ground?
Sincerely, one of the many moms who are going to be a thorn in your side because of this.

Dear Man On Top of Bridge,
You are a moron!  You climbed on top of the bridge to "check out the view," and once you got up there, you became too frightened to climb down?...Seriously!!  WTH?
West Seneca Resident that drove under you.

Dear Jeff (aka...man with super vision)
Thank you for pointing out the man on top of the bridge.  I thought you were going crazy when you said there was someone standing on top of the metal girder above the bridge.  Thank you for turning around and proving to me you are not crazy.
Your Disbelieving wife.

Oh and here is a photo of the MORON on top of the bridge.  (we drive over this bridge almost daily and it is really close to where I live.)  When we drove under him he was standing up there with his hands on his hips watching traffic go back and forth.  Cops finally were on scene a few minutes after we drove past him the 2nd time. We didn't stick around because Jeff was afraid he may be a jumper and the kids were in the car....they didn't need to see that.

Dear So & So Friday

Dear Melanie,
You are late today with your blog post.
Tisk, Tisk
Your blog.

Dear Blog,
Sorry but I was busy packaging, dealing with kids and finally uploading photos to my facebook fan page. Better late than never.

Dear Lily,
The whining is getting to everyone.  PLEASE STOP!
Thank you very much,
Mommy

Dear Ian,
You are just getting way too tall.  You are going to make mommy feel like a shrimp one day soon, but lets not do that tomorrow....stop growing for a few days.
Thank you for listening,
Mom

Dear Jeff,
Sorry that I disapointed you by saying no to camping this weekend.  I just didn't have it in me to not sleep for 2 days.  I am glad we are going to visit them though.  I do enjoy Watkins Glen, just not the outside tent camping thing.
Love your wife who prefers hotels or at least cabins.  :)

Dear Sharon,
See you tomorrow.  Promise to have a better attitude.  It's amazing what sleep does for me. 
;) Melanie

Dear Melanie,
You didn't blog anything about last years camping trip...
Get on with it already, your blog

Dear Blog,
Seriously.  I guess I didn't.  Let me go find a photo....
Here is one of the photos I took...

Dear So & So Friday

Dear Melanie,
Do more blog posts would ya!  Posts are lacking here.  You know show all those pretty pictures you have been taking!
Sincerely your Blog.

Dear Julie,
I had a wonderful time at our 20th high school reunion.  Thank you for driving!!
Love, Melanie Warren (yep your other friend named Melanie)

Dear Mom,
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!  Wish we lived closer so we could celebrate with you!
Love, your eldest.  :D

Dear Lily,
When did you get sooooo old?  Last I remember you were a baby!  Kindergarten in 10 days!
Saddened at the speed of time, mommy

Dear Ian,
You & your friends make my heart smile.  You guys are too funny!  I still can not believe you guys are going to be 6th graders this year.

Love, MOM

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Dear So & So

Dear Strange Man who approached me in the grocery store,
You FREAKED me out.  I try not to be rude to people, and would normally help people out, but you were WEIRD and really creeped me out.  Next time you need advice on what to purchase for your 'friends 5th anniversary' call your mom.
Woman all alone at the store trying to pick a few things up.

Dear Amy,
I had a great time yesterday.  Thanks for inviting me.
=) Melon

Dear Mom & Dad,
THANK YOU sooooo much for having the kids this week.  We truly appreciate it!
Love, your grateful daughter!

Dear Jeff,
I had a wonderful time at Disney World.  It was so much fun getting our silly on.  Those Epcot Margaritas are so yummy.  I can not wait to do it again. 
=)

Dear Ian,
I have truly LOVED looking through the photos from our trip.  You crack me up!
Love Mom

Dear Lily,
I am sorry you hurt yourself so many times at Disney.  Not my favorite moments either.  I am glad you are such a trooper and bounced back so fast.  :D
Love Mommy.

{On the day we arrived at Disney World, Lily had scraped up her leg pretty bad when she was trying to get onto the Disney Transportation Bus on the way to our first park.  We definitely held her hand getting on all buses after that.}


Dear Stitch,
You ROCK!
Huge Huge Huge FAN.

{all of the photos on this post were taken at Epcot on our first day at Disney}






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Dear So & So

Dear Jeff,
Only 17more days left!!  I can not wait!!
=)  Your crazed Disney fan of a wife

Dear Lily,
I am super duper proud of you.  You were a trooper when it came to getting your ear re pierced.  I am happy that you are happy with your new earrings.  :D
Love, Mommy

Dear Ian,
Stop photo bombing me...it now looks like there is this tiny arm coming out of your head.
Your annoyed mother.

Dear new cell phone,
I am sooo happy that I finally have you.  After lots of research and figuring out what I want/didn't need, I am really happy with the phone/plan I went with.  (I decided to stay with the t-mobile pay as you go plan, but switched over to the $30.00 per month plan offered through Walmart.  I now get 100min, unlimited text, unlimited data (5GB at 4G) per month.) It was bumpy along the way with t-mobile switching everything over to the new plan, but all is good in the end. 
Happy Customer.

Dear customers,
Thank you for being so awesome!!  I am hoping to finish everyone's orders up over the weekend and post a ready to ship day on my facebook page sometime next week. 
Grateful artist.

Dear Mom & Dad Adey,
Look another set of 3 little red headed brothers.  :D
Love, Melanie

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Dear So & So - Madagascar Edition

Dear Jeff, Ian & Lily,



Love, Me  :D

Dear Dad,
Click through the link in your e-mail and actually open my blog....and then watch the clip above and smile.
Love, Melanie
ps....play it for the girls.  :D

Dear McDonalds,
I was so excited to see you had the Madagascar toys....but was soooo disappointed to see there is not a Polka Dot Afro Zebra.  Obviously that was really poor planning by someone.  I am sure I am not the only person that was surprised that there wasn't one.
Disappointed Customer

Dear So & So

Almost forgot to write this post....and it's going to be a short one.

Dear Jeff,
Please put sunscreen on our kid next time.  I just about fell over when Ian walked into the house on Sunday night.  I was just shocked, you out of all people (mister pale as pale can be) forgot!
Love Ian & Lily's mom.

Dear Ian,
I am sorry you were burnt that badly.  It pained me to see you in that much pain.  Next time you need to remind your father.
Love Mom

Dear Lily,
Stop complaining about bad pieces and start EATING!
grrrr....mom

Dear Amy,
See you tomorrow.
:)

And because this post is so short....a picture that I think sums it up.

 


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Dear So and So

Dear Bob,
Happy Birthday!!  Hope you have a wonderful day!
=)

Dear Jeff,
I am sorry you cut yourself while helping me.  I seriously thought you were going to need stitches.
Love you!

Dear Lily's Teacher,
CONGRATS on your new arrival!  He is beautiful!  Lily & Ian were super excited this morning when I showed them the photo of the baby.  :)
Lily & Ian's mommy

Dear Beth,
Thank you for driving to the farm.  It was nice to get to know everyone better!
Not to mention I would have gone to the wrong farm.  O_o
Lily's mommy

Dear Lily,
Please stop telling me there are "bad" pieces in food!  It is driving us nuts.  I am not going to feed you something that is bad.  I DO NOT want a repeat of Monday morning!!  The reason you felt sick on Monday was because you didn't eat enough on Sunday. 
Love, mommy

Dear Ian,
I am just in awe of you.  I can not wait to see you march in the parade.
Love, Mom

{Ian is the one with the big white sousaphone.}

Dear customers,
I truly love making special pieces for you.  Thank you!

Dear Amy,
I almost forgot to post. O_o





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Dear So and So

Dear Snow,
Please go away until next winter.  While I really appreciate the mild winter after dumping on us last year, I really am over winter.
Thanks a bunch, resident of Buffalo

Dear Jeff,
I wonder if we got married during the age of cell phones (yes I am showing my age here) would I still be listed under Melanie Warren in your cell phone?  (and yes, you would have a cell phone...I know you hate them, but if we were younger you would own one.)
Love your wife, Melanie Adey  ;P

Dear Ian,
I can't wait to go to your concert tonight.  I couldn't be prouder that you are are playing in District Jazz band.  I am glad you are doing so well and you enjoying playing the tuba. 
LOVE you, mommy

Dear Mom,
Thank you so much doing so much for me!  I had a great time last weekend and appreciate all that you did for me.  You are sooo talented.
Forever Grateful & LOVE you lots!

Dear Dad,
Thank you for listing me talk your ear off about Disney.  I am really looking forward to taking you guys with us next year. Definitely need to get some Crème Brûlée when we go.
Love you!

Dear Heidi,
I had a wonderful time last weekend.  It was so much fun to have a girls day.  We hadn't done that in sooo long.  Moe's was very yummy and I definitely will take Ian there. 
Your favorite sister.  ;D

Dear Lily,
You do the cutest things.  Taking the ballet shoe that is for your build a bear and using it as a "nightcap" on your little pink poodle was just adorable!  Please never lose your imagination, it's priceless.
Still smiling, mommy

Dear Fat,
Mad now.  I think you are throwing out my letters.
:(

Dear Amy,
Wow, this is 2 weeks in a row.  Not going to jinx it and start numbering them again.  o_O
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Dear Denny, Bill, Jamie & Jim,
Thank you for sitting for me to take pictures on Easter.  Your grandparents really like the photos.
Love, Aunt Melanie 

Dear Jamie,
What is that face you are making?!? o_O

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Dear So & So - week?

So I have not done this in a while.  Ok, it's been FOREVER.

Dear Jeff,
Thank you for taking care of me when I was really sick.  I know it was very difficult to do.  I am glad you have a new appreciation for what I do on a daily basis. 
Your ever loving wife.

Dear Ian,
It's crazy that you can remember crazy details about the books you read, but you can not remember to pick up your clothes and put them down the laundry shoot.  I remember a time when you loved throwing things down the shoot....what happened?  Putting clothes in the hall next to it doesn't count.
Love, your mom.

Dear Lily,
Please, please, please, please, please stop repeating yourself!  Just because you didn't like my answer the first time does not mean if you ask me 30 more times you are going to get a different answer.  Geesh!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Your exhausted mommy.

Dear Fat,
Please melt off my body faster!  Thank you very much for the warmth you have given me for the last few years, but summer is coming and I want to be thinner.  While I am glad 14.5lbs of you have melted off already, I would like to see much more of you go bye bye.
Hope to never see you again, Thank you!

Dear Disney Store,
Why did you have to close ALL 3 of our stores in the Buffalo area?  I wish you would have kept at least 1 open!?!?  I miss taking my kids into your store and looking at everything.  While I can still shop on-line, it's just not the same.  The closest one now is 2.5hrs away in Syracuse.  :(
Sincerely, saddened customer.

Dear kids,
Thank you for understanding that mommy was really sick last week during your Easter break.  I am sorry it was boring.  :(
Love, Your mommy.

Dear Jeff,
Thank you for the road trip on Friday.  We all needed to get out of the house.
Love you, mel

 {photo from our road trip to the Carousel Mall in Syracuse}

Dear Amy,
I am sorry it took so long to write one of these posts.  I am not sure why I ever stopped.
Hope I made your day.  :)

=) melanie




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Dear So and So... wk15

Dear Lily,
Please eat your dinner.  I am over the nightly meltdowns over your dinner.
Enough already, mommy

Dear Ian,
Stop touching my stuff!!  Just because it is not in my bedroom, does not mean it is free for you to take, use or distroy.
Get out of my junk! mommy

Dear mommy,
Clean up your junk.
Love, melanie

Dear self,
Try and not to be nervous next Thursday, you will do GREAT!  Just be yourself and do what you love.
Your best cheerleader, melanie

Dear Melanie,
I will probably be a nervous wreck.
Thanks for cheering me on, self

Dear Jeff,
Happy Father's Day!   Hope you have a wonderful day golfing.
Love, the mother of your children.

Dear Person who had their dog on their lap while driving yesterday,
While I know dogs like to stick their heads out the window...but both front paws, too?  That's bad enough, but to have your dog on your lap, too.  Can you say dangerous?  I don't really need to be following you and then run over your dog when it falls out of your window.  You are seriously missing some braincells
Sincerely, concerned citizen.





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Dear So and So... wk14

Dear Dad,
Happy Birthday!!  Hope you have a wonderful day!
Love, Melanie

(photo of my dad in 1971 when he was 19 yrs old)

Dear Lily,
Please, please stop throwing a fit it's time to brush your teeth.  Daddy even brought you a new special toothbrush.
begging, mommy

Dear Ian,
What possessed you to tell your sister that her new spin brush would zap her?  Seriously?!?! 
Hoping you enjoy being grounded for the rest of the day.
Annoyed, mommy

Dear Jeff,
Loosing .5 lbs is still loosing weight.  Please stop bumming me out.  Your weight will not melt off overnight.  It takes time. 
Your shrinking wife

Dear readers,
My husband & I started Weight Watchers 2 weeks ago and I have lost 5.5lbs so far and my husband has lost 6.5lbs.  We are using the program, but not going to meetings...I have all of the books from when I became a lifetime member years ago. 
The shrinking Melanie

Dear Amy,
Thank you so much for planning an amazing Wine Trip.  I had a fantastic time and can not wait until the next one.  (btw...I want to take a group photo next time of everyone)
Hugs, melanie

Dear new neighbors,
Welcome to the neighborhood.  It was great meeting you.
Melanie

Dear United States Post Office,
When I mark a package FRAGILE, I expect the package not to arrive to someones house looking like it has been stepped on.  WTH? 
Very Pissed Customer




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Dear So and So... wk14

Dear Amy,
This is for you!
Hugs, melanie

Dear Tantalus Restaurant Bar & Cafe,
I will never set foot in your restaurant.  NEVER EVER, period!  You can read about the reason here.
Bad customer service rubs me the wrong way.
Sincerely, A customer lost

Dear Neighbor's,
Sorry that your son's tooth was knocked out.  It was an accident.  You see your son and mine were playing tug of war, Ian's hand slipped off the jump-rope and the handle flew back and hit your son in the face.  My son never 'hit' your son with the jump-rope.  The welts up and down his arms were from him hitting himself.  You would have known if Ian hit him that hard with the jump-rope...your windows were open.
Sincerely, Your neighbor.

Dear self,
It is going to be one long summer.
Try and stay sane and not drink too much....me

Dear Ian,
I am not mad about the jump-rope incident.  I am disappointed in your bad judgment.  The jump-rope is now in the trash.  I know it was an accident.
hugs, your mommy

Dear Dad,
How did you like Wordful Wednesday this week?
Mwah, melanie

Dear Jeff,
Thank you for starting Weight Watchers with me.  Yes, 2 light beers are the same points as 1 yogurt.  I like how you look at things.
Looking forward to the thinner you and me, mel

Dear Ian,
What gave you the idea that hooking yourself with a caribeaner clip to the shopping cart last week?  *sigh*  You did this after I asked you to stop playing with the garbage can lid.  Seriously, if you think it is a good idea...it probably isn't.
Annoyed, mommy

Dear Target,
I am not pleased you changed your flushable toddler wipes.  The new ones SUCK!  I was never a fan of the kandoo ones and the fact you changed yours to be like those did not make me happy.
Sincerely, Unhappy Customer

Dear Blog Readers,
Thank you for all of your wonderful comments and for stopping by.  You make my heart swell.  I especially would like to thank Lynn!  She suggested I enter the bird photo from this post into the Erie County Fair this year.  I think I am going to take her advice.
Thank you & hugs, melanie




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