Its Friday already! It's been a quick week. Went to hubs work Christmas party last night, it was nice. The food was awesome. Hubs got a bonus (cha-ching), and I got a 25$ gift card to the mall. Its so nice that his company does that for the wives, every year. He works for a good company.

I've got millions of things to do, and not much time to do them! Or I should say I don't want to make time for them. It would be nice if things would take care of themselves. A magic lamp would come handy :) I have a whole house to clean, laundry and grocery shopping to accomplish today. I have to bake a cake too. We play poker on Friday nights, so there's that. I'm having a baby shower at my house tomorrow for my friend. I want to make sure I get as much done for tomorrow as I can today. There's nothing I despise more than rushing around in the morning. Seems like I have something to do tomorrow night... but I can't remember. And Sunday is our bowling league.

It's begun. I love the holidays, but I start to get frazzled this time of year. Lots of things to do, gifts to buy, parties to go to. I need to put up the Christmas tree, and decorations, and get our the 50 or so Christmas cards we send out. I always think that the next holiday season will not be so busy. But indeed, it always is. I would rather be snuggling w/ hubs and the kids. Some year, I'm going to do it. I'm going disconnect the phone from Dec 1 thru Jan 2 :) Wouldn't that be great?? No million phone calls, no million errands, or 4 doz Christmas cookies... I can dream. I'd prly hate it after a week though. As much as the busy bothers me, I love seeing our friends and family. I love cooking. Christmas is my most favorite day of the year. But there really is a lot of hullabaloo. Maybe I can carve out a few days here and there to play w/ my family and ignore the world :) I think I will. Enjoy the weekend!

It's not as bad as I thought.

I had my daughter evaluated today by my friend, who is an OT. That's what she(OT) does all day. She works w/ kids w/ emotional/behavioral problem, add, adhd, downsyndrom, autism, and many other disabilities. B/C of my daughters temper issues as of late, I've been concerned. Not only concerned, but I've felt like I've been doing something wrong, or failing my little girl. I always thought that bad parenting = rotten kids. I've been finding out that isn't always true, at all. OT had some GREAT ideas for me. One of them is the 'first and then' thing. She said to start using it in play, like "first we are going to climb the ladder, so THEN we can jump into pillows!" so then next time I'm having Ave is having a fit about cleaning her room, or a time out I can say "I know you don't want to, what would you like to do" generally followed by an answer from Ave. When Ave gives me an answer I can say "that sounds great, lets do that, but FIRST finish this task so we can THEN do the other thing" She said that its sounds too simple and even silly, but it does great things to help little guys process things, and redirect negative emotions. I was telling OT about having a hard time getting ave to stay in time out. Her suggestion for that was to use Stop, Think, and Act. When Ave comes out of her time out too soon, to make her stop, ask her what she's suppose to be doing, and then redirect her. Ot said a big thing is getting them to come up w/ explanations for their emotions. Ave can tell me what she's feeling, but I've never thought to ask her why she feels that way. Ot also said that I should try to not let any of the things Ave says when she pissed to bother me, but to say instead "I don't think you really think mommy's ugly, I think that you're angry that you have to do this whatever" so she starts thinking about why she feels a certain way. OT doesn't believe anything is wrong w/ my daughter, other than she's a defiant child, and is not able to express why she's upset, and when we start working on those things, that it will start to get better. She gave me 2 books to read to help me out w/ this. One is called 'The challenging child' and I think the other is 'Emotional Milestones'. The are both by the same author. If anyone is interested in reading them, email me and I will send you all of the information. I feel better now, I've really been on edge about the whole thing. I just want to make sure that I'm doing the best job I possibly can for my kids, but doesn't everyone? You would think after 3 kids, I would have an idea of what to do, but they are all so different. This paragraph is so scattered, and all over the place. Sorry, hope its readable.

Have I mentioned that I like to read romance novels? Some are super cheese, but I like them. I've been on a kick this week. In these books, whenever there is a love scene, one of the lovers never fails to call out the the name of the other in the heat of passion. I don't do that. I don't believe I have ever done that. Seems to dramatic or something, or obvious. Do you do that? Something else irritating about these books.. I was reading about a prince, and whenever he was addressed in the book, he was addressed as "his Royal Highness". Doesn't that seem too feminine? But I suppose "His Royal Hinor" would sound too much like "his royal ass"...

About me

I was trying to come up w/ a list of 100 things about me, and I only got to 24.. I'm going to give you what I have, and maybe extend the list at another time. I'm lame :)

1. I'm married, happily, for the last 6 years
2. I have 3 kids. Max is 5 ½, Avery is almost 4, and Jade is 7 months.
3. I'm a stay home mom.
4. I'm loyal
5. I can't lie, which I must say, at times, sucks. I've always been a terrible liar. I just can't do it. Even in my teen years, I think I only lied to my mom twice, but then felt so guilty, I fessed up.
6. I LOVE music, of all kids. Some of my favorites- Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, Ella Fitzgareld, Pearl Jam, The Doors, Hank Williams Jr, Aerosmith
7. I once met Aerosmith, I chased them all over town, until I finally met up with them. Steven Tyler kissed me, and even made up a song about me on the spot. One of my many highlights.
8. I met Tori Amos once too. But that wasn't planned. Me, Chicken and another friend were bored on a Friday night. We decided to get all dressed up, and drive to Chicago (3 hours from here), with no money I might add. We were having a great time on Michigan Avenue, watching street performers, and she was just standing there, right next to us. She invited us to her show the following week and U of M, which we went to, again without money, or tickets. She was kind enough to hook us up. It was a good show. Oh, and on the way home from Chicago, we didn't have money for the toll roads. Ha! They had to write us little tickets to mail in. Fun Fun.
9. I love to sing. I'm bad at it, but I love it. And not just sing, but LOUDLY sing.
10. I love to dance, again, I'm not good at it.
11. I can cook, that I'm pretty good at
12. I got my very first dirt bike at 8. Not a fan of street bikes, but I can tear it up on a dirt bike.
13. I love dogs, and desperately want one. My hubs however, doesn't share the same desire.
14. my very best friend, Chickenis dating my brother. Kind of weird at first, but I'm all about it now!
15. I'm close to my family. Mama's girl all the way.
16. I'm a Christian
17. I have 2 tattoos. A sun on my shoulder, and a dragonfly on my back.
18. I used to have questionable piercings, 3 of them.
19. I used to drink a lot. I think I was on the alcoholic edge.
20. I grew up in a broken home w/ alcoholic parents, and then a abusive, drug addicted step-dad.
21. I have 3 dads, and 4 siblings, that includes step of course.
22. I used to be a pot head. It was my favorite pass time.
23. Besides my hubs, I only really had a few real boyfriends. There were other guys, but not really any that I had a real relationship with. And by relationship, I mean that we were together for awhile, longer than a few months, and were involved w/ each others family and friends.
24. I love to read. Anything. I think I've read 50-60 books this year.

She ate soap

I've been blogging a lot recently about my troubles w/ my daughter. And they continue. I'm at a loss. I don't know what else to do about her. I threw all her toys away last week, so there is nothing left for me to take away. And she still doesn't care that they're gone. It didn't bother her that I packed up every toy she owned and threw them out. Time outs bother her a little, but not enough to change her behavior. Spanking don't work, they just make her more angry... Last night, she had to pick up her room. She changes her clothes 20 times a day, so they were everywhere. I don't expect much, just for her to put them in a pile. She was having a FIT. Yelling, crying, stomping her feet, spitting. She kept coming out of her room to holler. I kept my cool. I told her to stay in there till she picked up her things, and that's it, no more talking, bottom line. So she gets really angry, and yells "NOOOOOOOO, I DON'T WANT TO! YOU ARE AN UGLY MOM!" Where in the hell does she get this stuff? That put me over the edge. I scooped her up, plopped her on the counter, and made her swish dish soap. Man she was out of control. Screaming, spitting, crying. After her swish, I put her in her room, on her bed, forced her to look at me and told her that she may NOT talk to me like that. She said "that soap made my nose hurt funny!" and I said "Good, maybe you'll think about that before the next time you say something filthy!!!" So I left her in her room. She was really yelling in there. She was so worked up she peed her pants and her bed. She came out crying to tell me. I sent her back w/o caring, for another 5 minutes till her time out was over. When her time out was finished, I got her in the tub and threw her bedding and clothes in the wash. I just don't know.. I don't believe I'm too hard on her, but I don't let her get away w/ shit either. Where am I going wrong? I don't understand why she is the way she is. I cried last night. About her, about me, about feeling as though I'm failing as a mother. She's rotten. I love her, but I don't like her at all right now. That makes me feel terrible. I just don't know... Something has to give, and let's hope its not my sanity.
I was trying to explain to hubs last night how I've been feeling. Its somewhere along the lines of "small, inadequate, ineffective, and unimportant." I started thinking about my family. The responsibility is weighing heavy on me. On one hand its nice to be needed, but on the other, damn. Can I get a minute? I'm so involved w/ my kids, and my hubs, and spending every waking minute taking care of them, that I've lost myself. Separate from my family, who is Misty? I don't know anymore. I suppose that's the way it's suppose to be, but can't I be just a tiny bit selfish? I'm sure the answer to that is no.
When I was younger, I had all sorts of big dreams. I wanted to be in the FBI, and to be a journalist for the New York Times. lol. I wonder who I would be, if I were not mom and wife. I'm sure I wouldn't be doing either of those 2 things. I don't want to make it seem like I'm not thankful for my hubs, or my kids, b/c I am. I'm just feeling sorry for myself. Is it possible to be a mom, a wife, and keep some of yourself around? Doesn't seem like it. I generally don't mind the responsibility of my family, but when things get hard like this, really hard, I want to run away. I don't want the pressure of making good decisions so they'll turn out to be good decent citizens. I don't want to discipline them. I want to play with them and let them do what makes them happy. I don't want to think about the laundry, or what to make for supper. I thought about getting a job, a full time job. But that's no good either. I don't want someone else to raise them, but at the moment, I don't want to either.

Random

The weather here is crazy. It snowed non-stop for a few days. It was so cold on Thursday and Friday, that it hurt to inhale outside. Then yesterday, it warmed up again, and everything melted. It's in the 50's today, and raining. What? I don't get it. Pick a season. Flippn' Michigan.

I went shopping Friday morning. It was my first time for black Friday. I left my house w/ a friend at 4:30 am. The first stop wasn't bad, but the second, was madness! People were pushing, crowding, and cussing each other out. I stood in the check out line for an hour and 45 minutes. I didn't mind though. I made some new friends, sang some songs, and played a few games, all w/ the other strangers in line. Not too bad :) Did you hear about the Wal-Mart stampede, right here in MI at our local store? Crazy bitches. Glad I didn't go there. Sales make old hags go banana's. I don't know that I will be going next year. I'm going to finish up all my shopping online now. Oh, except for one trip to an outlet mall w/ friends.

Hubs took off Saturday to go deer hunting. I was bored out of my mind. I played UNO, Connect Four, and did umpteen million puzzles w/ the kids to try and pass the time. It didn't work. All of the friends that I would have liked to hung out w/ were gone, or ditched me. I was feeling a bit detached, and lonely. The house was so empty. Thankfully, my kids were well behaved, and they got a kick out of all the games we played that day. I was so excited when hubs finally got home- although he left me again shortly there after, and I spent another evening alone. I didn't mind as much though, because I knew hubs would be home to crawl into bed w/ me. I don't know why I was so needy on Saturday, I'm generally not. At all. The worst part of being needy that day was that none of my friends that I so adore, were there for me. It's not often where I feel like I need to lean on someone. I'm pretty self sufficient. But the one time I do feel like needing to lean, there was no one there for me. I'm still feeling a little detached. Like I don't want to call any of my friends today, kind of like- if they are interested in chatting, I'll let them call me. It's dumb I know. I'll get over it.

I get to clean another house this week! Its about time, I need the money. This house won't be near as gross as the last one, and I'll be getting paid better. Woohoo. Other good news for the week, hubs and I get to go out twice this week. Yep, twice! We are going out to dinner w/ my in laws tonight, and Thursday is his work Christmas party. I can't believe its already that time of year again. Every weekend from now till Christmas, we have something going on. The holidays are going to fly right by us. I love Christmas. Its my favorite time of the year. My little girl will turn 4 in a few weeks as well. 4?! Man. I better get on that shopping! Good day!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it snow...

Its coming. Snow up to our ears. They (the blasted weather men) are predicting 6-12 inches for parts of MI tomarrow, w/ gusts of wind up to 50 mph. It started snowing early this morning, and hasn't really quit- and won't. It's kind of not quite snow- more like rain at the moment, and that will make the roads fantastic for traveling tomarrow. Thankfully, we don't have far to go. We'll shall see if mr. weatherman gets it right.
The baby is still refusing a bottle. That's ok though. I can stick it out, i can hang :) I think my milk supply is coming back up now too. I was a little concerned, but seems alright now, or at least getting there.
My 2 older kids are both spending the night at different grandparents house's. WOOOOHOOOO! That's the best. Both of them haven't been gone over night at the same time in at least a year. I'm excited! I'm going to get some cooking done for tomarrow, some more never-ending-laundry, and some housework, play some cards, and spend some "quality time" w/ my hubs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's going to be a great night!

My naughty girl has been getting better. She refused to dance at her dance class yesterday, which was a first, so I let it go. I had things to do anyway. But the rest of the day, she was good. And this morning went smoothly as well. Yay! I hope she keeps it up. I've been giving her lots of praise for being good, I hope it lasts for a while.
My baby's 2nd tooth broke through. In the last week, I've been giving her a few bottles a day, so my milk supply has gone done, which was my intention. From Sunday night through all night last night, she absolutely refused a bottle. Anytime I would try to give her one, she would fuss, and push it away w/ both hands. I nursed her every 2 hours all sunday night, and all day yesterday. I felt awful. Here she was so hungry, and I only had so much to give her. I think I started something... For some reason, on Sunday night, I was just feeling clingy to her, like I HAD to be close to her. I let her sleep w/ me, and that's something that I never do. She was cuddled up close to my chest, and she kept waking up, wanting to nurse. I think it was b/c she could smell me. I'm not sure where my clingy feeling came from. Guilt? Hormones? I don't know. But it was sweet. I woke up to her making her hungry noise, and her hands trying to get at my breast. So I fed her, whenever she wanted, all night long. Oops. I'm guessing that had something to do w/ her refusing a bottle all day long. Then last night, b/c she wasn't well fed, she kept waking up. I let her go for a while, hoping she would fall back asleep on her own, but she didn't. Finally at 4 am, while she was at the breast, I slipped a bottle to her, and she took it. Phew. I did that again this morning, knowing my milk was low, and it worked. Now I don't know what I should do again. I think I'm going to pick up some fenugreek and try to increase my supply, and perhaps just stick w/ breastfeeding. We'll see.
Today is laundry day. I'm letting the rest of my house go to hell, and I'm just going to concentrate on laundry. I can't remember when I was so behind. I always have a few loads waiting, but right now, I think I have like 15 or something. I'm going to keep track of how many I do.
I have to get some groceries for Thanksgiving today too. We are getting together w/ hubs side of the family- should be fun. This was the most boring post ever. But whaever- the burden has been lifted. Happy day all.

Naughty

Rough Weekend. My daughter is out to get to me. I'm sure of it. The last week, she's been awful! I don't like feeling nasty towards my kids. Life is much smoother when I enjoy them, or her rather. I don't know what it is. Season change maybe? She was in her room forever saturday morning, she was suppose to clean it. But she kept making up excuses, throwing fits, being a brat. So it came down to "Pick up these toys, or mommy's going to throw them away". Know what she said? "Good! I'll help you throw them away! I'm glad they are going!" Rotten rotten rotten. I'm true to my word though, so I packed them all in garabage bags, and put them out. For some reason, she thinks that its not a big deal, cause Santa is coming to bring her more in a few weeks. Hubs told her that Santa doesn't bring toys to bad listeners. So then it kind of dawned on her that perhaps, she might not get more. I must say, that if things keep up as they are, she ain't getting shit. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm fresh out. I was so emotionally drained, that I went to bed at 745p Saturday night. I can only handle so much, and recently, my lovely daughter is killing me. I hope this is only a phase, and not a preview of her teen years. Other stuff happened on Sat. as well, but I'm too tired to drag it all out, so I'll save it for later. Help me! I'm open to any ideas or suggestions to get my 4 yr old to behave! I can't believe she's driving me this mad, and she's only nearly 4. Mom of the Year....... ............

HNT First Snow

So on Tuesday night, the weather man predicted a "light dusting" that prly wouldn't stick. Does this look like a light dusting to you? Light dusting my ass. By last night, we were under a winter advisory for 3-6 inches of lake effect snow. The roads were terrible this morning. Main roads were good, but all the side roads were on big sheet of ice. And, being the ever prepared mom of the year that I am, I had to rush to the store this morning for snow boots and such. My windshield wipers were frozen this morning for an entire hour, which made driving on the treacherous roads a pure joy. My kids are so excited though! We've been listening to Christmas music all day in celebration of the snow. I'm hoping that the snow will melt still, again, being ever prepared, all the kids outdoor toys are still outside and need to be packed away. Have a happy HNT!

Damn kids. Or damn daughter rather.

I sometimes wonder if my beautiful almost-4-yr-old was given to me to try to destroy my sanity. She has been following me around all day, whining, messing up my stuff, complaining, clinging, ignoring me, or just flat out disobeying me. She has been doing crap all day that she KNOWS she isn't suppose to do. BRAT. And being the mom of the year that I am, I told her she was a rotten little girl, and to go to bed. I NEVER ever say stuff like that to my kids, even if I may be thinking it, I don't say stuff like that. Ooops. Strike one, mom. She has been demanding today " MOM! I WANT A COOKIE" All my kids get when they say that is a time out. No thank you mouth. Then she was climbing up the cupboards, and opening the fridge, other no no's. I was picking up after the little snots earlier, and I had stacked up all of their coloring pages. No sooner than I had turned around, she had scattered them all over the floor, purposely. Later in the day, I had folded laundry sitting on the floor, and she kicked it over. And I can't count how many times I said "Put that down, NO, shut the door, get back here, use your words, or STOP IT" today. My blood pressure rose at least 25 points today, I'm sure of it. I wonder if she's being naughty cause hubs is gone hunting... I'm glad he comes home tonight. Oh, and she has an overwhelming desire to change her clothes 28 times a day. I had asked her 12 fucking times today to leave her clothes on. And I still had to ask her to put them back on 6 different times. I don't care if we don't have company, or are on our way out, which we were both today. I cannot STAND that. I find her clothes sprawled out across the house all day l o n g. And she doesn't just change a shirt, or her pants, all the way down to her socks and panties. I'M FLIPPN SICK OF PICKING UP AFTER THESE LITTLE MONSTERS. I feel a strike coming on.

what to do...

Morning. Monday again. My hubs is leaving today for deer camp :( I'll be a hunting widow this week, and for every weekend for the next 3. I think I'm going to miss him more this year. I'm always sad when he goes, but its good for him. He needs that week away to sit in the woods, drink beer w/ the guys, and freeze his ass off. Besides, it gives him some time to miss me :)

The weekend was good. We went out for hubs bday on Saturday night, and that was fun. I didn't bowl very good(well right), but I had some great sing-a-longs w/ Chicken. It was a good time, and hubs had a blast. Yesterday was full of family time, and naps :) I love those days. It was cold, gross, and really really WINDY yesterday. A great day to stay inside and cuddle.

I think I'm ready to phase out nursing. My sweet baby has been giving me trouble. She hasn't really been interested in nursing in the last few weeks, I believe its called a "nursing strike", and from what I hear, is pretty common. But at this stage, when she doesn't nurse well, it effects my milk supply, and I can't pump hardly anything anymore, even if I try at a normal feeding time. So my milk supply is has gone down, and now at feeding time, instead of it being a relaxing joyful time w/ my baby, I get stressed wondering if its going to work- which effects my let down reflex. Its a hard decision for me. I'm over 1/2 done, my baby has been only breastfed up to this point. I could try to rough it out, if its that important to me. But I don't know if it is. Then I start to feel guility about it. We are now in the middle of cold/flu season, and nursing really helps babies stay healthy. Not to mention the benefits nursing has for me. Then I feel guility some more b/c I'm not really taking as good of care of myself for her- I've started drinking caffine, cut down on water, and some other things, so then I wonder, if I'm not taking the best possible care of myself, is breast still best? Then I feel bad for nursing- crap. My breasts have seen better days..... I wouldn't mind them springing back a tad bit. And my body has pretty much belonged to my baby for the last year and 1/2, it might be nice to have it back. I don't know. I don't want to just stop nursing right now. I don't want to upset her, and I'm also emotionally attached to it. I guess I could still nurse part of the time, and give her formula the other. But I know once I start w/ regular bottles, it will only be a matter of time until she will lose intrest completely in nursing. Bottles are easier and quicker for her too. I'm proud of myself for lasting this long, I didn't w/ my other 2 kids. Ideas, opinions, anyone? Not sure what to do...

I'm pooped.

Runaway friend and her kids left today. They've been here since Thursday afternoon. We had a good time. We took our kids to see 'Dragon Tales Live' on Thursday night. The kids loved it, but I must say, that was the lamest 2 hours of my life. It was horrible! At least for the grown ups. There was one scene that they went into the 'dandelion forrest', so the stage was dark, w/ black lights, and the backdrop had paintings of flowers on it. Well, there were these 'dandelion' singers that came out of the back drop. The costume they were wearing looked like GIANT pot leafs. Course, preschoolers aren't going to know what that was, but I sure got a chuckle out of it. Why do they put that stuff in kid shows/movies? Isn't there some type of penis displayed in every disney movie? Whaever..
I'm exhausted. I watched R.A.F. kids all day yesterday so she could take care of some stuff around town, and thankfully, her kids were GREAT for me. But when she's around, they're terrible! They scream blood-curdling screams, cry, fight, yell, disobey her- its awful. Why do you suppose that is? I'm sure it has something to do w/ all the changes in the last few months, but why are they only like that for her? It was good to see her, and the boys. But I'm so tired from the sheer volume of pick up crap! That was crazy! I have spent the last 48 hours doing nothing other than dishes, and picking up toys. I cannot BELIEVE the amount of effort it has taken JUST to keep it kinda clean. I need a nap now!
We played poker last night, as always. We had 32 come. I didn't do very well. I was out kind of early, but that was a good thing~ I needed to go to bed. Chasing 5 kids 5 and under, is just a bit much!
Tonight we are going out for Hubs b-day. We're going out for dinner, and then bowling w/ 8 other couples. Should be a great time, I'm really looking fwd to it. I prly should get him a gift or something... I am the most unprepared woman ever.

HNT!

I was trying to take cute nekkid baby pictures, but since my baby has become mobile, this is all I could get.. You can almost here her inner monologue "i'm goonnna get you.." Isn't she sweet??

It got better! Much Better :D

The weekend really did turn out to be wonderful, despite the pissy mood I was in. We decided not to go to a hotel for the night, I thought it'd be more work than enjoyment. Instead we put the kids to bed early, ordered in Chinese, and watched a lovely movie. We watched 'The Notebook', have you seen it? It was great! A perfect anniversary movie to watch. If you haven't seen it, you should. It was the best night ever. We turned off all the lights, and the phones, and snuggled up under a blanket. It felt sooooo good, just to be w/ hubs. It couldn't have been better! That was all on Saturday night.

Friday night, we played poker in the garage, as usual. We have 41 people show up! We were packed. We paid 9 places, so everyone at the final table got paid. I took 5th, for a whopping 50 bucks! Woohoooo. I won A HUGE hand. I've never been so excited during a game. If I wouldn't have won that hand, I would have been dead long before 5th. I went all in w/ pocket Q's. I had only 1300 in chips (which was an ok chip stack at that point), I had 2 callers. The guy next to me had pocket J's, and the other guy had AQ. On the flop was trash, A, 10. Shoot, I was beat then. On the turn Q! woooooooohhhhhhhhoooooooooo. Fantastic. I don't remember the river. But I won that hand, and it was HUGE. Tripled up. I've never gotten to rake in so many chips, that was the best. Good times!

Hubs took the kids out of the house for me for 3 1/2 hours on Saturday. He's such a hottie. So I was able to get my stuff done. That felt great. It is a lovely thing to clean house w/o interruptions. And you already know about Saturday night.

Sunday was our bowling night. My scores from the week before were something like 53,85, and 65? Anyway, on Sunday, I bowled, are you ready? 103, 56, and 125 bitches!!!!! WOOHOO I was so excited, I made a scene. We bowl at this little hole in the wall, w/ 8 lanes. Most of the people that bowl there are older, like 50's -60's, when I got a spare, followed by 2 strikes, I yelled "woohooo!!" jumped up and down followed by another holler of "holy shiiiiitttt!" You could have heard a pin drop after my little scene. LOL. Except for Chicken laughing hysterically and snorting. It was fun. Can't wait to see what score the bowling fairy blesses me with next week!

So far, this week has been ok. I've been kind of depressed for no particular reason. Must be a change of season or something. I haven't wanted too see anyone, or talk to anyone. I've been just wanting to hang w/ hubs, and ignore everything else. I HAVE to get it together though. I have a billion and one things to get done. Runaway friend is coming w/ her kids tomorrow for a few days. This will be the first time I've seen her, since I discovered all there was to know about her husband. I'm excited to see her, I've missed her, and I know she could use some relaxation, and a good time. Things are still really hard for her. I will try to update before the weekend, but you never know! Till later friends....

Pissed.

I'm pissed. First of all, I really have no right to be, but that doesn't change the fact that I am. I can't get a baby sitter for shit. I called my mom the other day to see if she could watch the kids either tonight for a few hours, or tomarrow morning for a few, just so I can accomplish some things. Hard to get shit done when you have 3 little kids under your feet. And even if hubs trys to keep them occupied, they STILL find me and get into stuff. I want to get them out of the house for just a little while. So, anyway, called mom back this morning to see if she talked to my step dad, and they have plans. Ok, what are you guys doing? I don't remember what she said for tonight, but she said that tomarrow MORNING, they have a pig roast to go to. A fucking pig roast? In the am? WHATEVER! Who goes to a pig roast in the morning? Anyone? Buttholes. I'm just frustrated. Its my fucking anniversery weekend, and NOBODY can help me out. Hubs parents NEVER babysit, but of course, my m-i-l is still recovering from breast cancer, so I'm not upset about that, although even when she was healthy, they don't like to baby sit. My grandma will usually watch my kids anytime, bless her heart, but she's out of town right now, and my parents have a FUCKING pig roast. All of my friends have busy families and kids of thier own, so that doesn't really work, and I could have a niece or high school girl over (the 2 we use on occasion), but that defeats the purpose. I want them out of the house for 2 fucking hours. I'm so pissed. MAN, that sucks. Really sucks. My kids aren't little demons, why can't I find a sitter? I give up. Fuck em'.

A little pumpkin for you.

Today is MUCH better than yesterday. Kids are better, and the baby seems to be more like herself today as well. I went to bed really early last night, and woke up refreshed. My girls and I went to lunch w/ a friend today. Ave made some friends w/ the old ladies at the table next to us. She was talking away to them, and she says " I moved out of my room into a tent!". You should have seen the old ladies faces! hahaha! A few weeks ago, hubs set up a tent in the basement so he and the kids could have a camp out. Avery decided that she likes to sleep in there more than her bed, and we don't care, long as she sleeps. She didn't mention to the old gals that it was in the basement. HA! I'm sure they thought that I was the mom of the year :)

Do you ever play w/ google earth? I was messing around w/ it today, its cool! Are the pictures you see being taken as we speak, or are they from another time? I can't tell my looking the top of my house. I can't tell if the pool is open or not. We have a dark green cover, and the pool looked dark, but not like alge. Does anyone know?

So we are going away for our anniversery. We decided to go spend a night in a hotel, w/ the kids. I know we'll have a good time, but I was looking foward to some alone (ahem) time. That won't work so well w/ the kids in our hotel room! That will be a little different for an anniversery night. It doesn't seem like we've been married this long. I'm proud of where we are. We have our normal couple issues, like anyone else, but I'm ecstatic that its true that you fall more in love each year. Its different now, b/c its not that 'new' love, but its better, b/c its constant, and we are still passionate about each other.

I don't think I'll get back around to posting over the weekend, but wish me some luck. Not only w/ hubs and making some magic :), but w/ poker too. I played awful last week. Have a good weekend!

Another Day

My morning started with:
Ave " MOOOOOOMMMMM! I axci-denwy dopped your ting in da potty!"
Blue " What? What did you say?" I was across the house
Max" SHE SAID SHE DROPPED YOUR THING IN THE POTTY!"
Blue" SHHHHHH Max! I can't hear your sister! What Ave?!" Meanwhile, baby cries.
Ave" Its your ting, I sowwy, I popped on it" Brilliant. I love days that start w/ a bang. And so my day began. Ave has been more than a little difficult to deal w/ the last few days. Max has been in a foul mood, and fighting w/ Avery, and Jade, well, she was perfect, till about 2 days ago. She's getting teeth, has a terrible runny nose, decided to give up sleeping, and has cried more in the last few days than she has since she was born. I'm a bit frazzeled. Hubs and I's anniversery is this weekend, and lo and behold, we have no babysitter. P E R F E C T. One of my girlfriends is pissed at me, and my other friends husband, thinks I suck. Can it get any more fab-u-lous? I just wanted to stay in bed today w/ the covers pulled up over my head, and cry. Fuckn A. Somedays are just not so great.
Have you caught this new show called The Office? I think that's what its called. Its funny in a really retarded kind of way. Like you want to turn it off, but you can't help it. You have to keep watching. Deer in headlights type of thing.
I need to get back to my laundry, and mopping. I hope something goes better this afternoon, or I might have to start smoking crack or something similar....

Halloween

Morning! Halloween was fun. All of us dressed up, including hubs. We had a good time. Max and Avery were firemen, Jade was a pumpkin, hubs was a cowboy, and i was a ragedy housewife complete w/ curlers. I couldn't believe how warm it was last night! But it wouldn't be a michigan halloween w/o some rain. We got pretty wet. The kids had a good time running from house to house. It was fun to watch. I was disappointed that we didn't get any trick or treaters at our house. Weird. We live in a residental area, we should have had some. That's one of my favorite things, passing out candy and checking out all the costumes. I'll post some halloween pics of our family when chicken mails them to me.
Poker was fun on Friday night. I didn't make any money, but I made a few new friends, that was cool. We did a whole lot of nothing the rest of the weekend, which makes it difficult to blog. Nothing interesting to talk about.. I'll come up w/something tomarrow, maybe :) Perhaps a story from back in the day. I'll think of something.

Kids and Babies

This morning, my son says "hey mom! Do you know what this is?!" I look over, and he's flipping me off, but he has his thumb out too. hmmmm, don't panic... Me " uh, what is that?" Him "its a bird!" Holy shit... Wait.. I went over any road rage I've had in the last few weeks, nope, couldn't have gotten it for me. At this point I'm trying to decide how to explain that its not nice, and what to say about it and then "See, it's a peacock!" as he starts moving his middle finger down to his thumb. PHEW. I was starting to sweat. LOL. He's a good boy. Yesterday was rough, I was stressed, and still feeling blah, and crying. Max said "you don't have to worry about a stinkn' thing! You just change your thoughts mom, do you need a hug?" He's the best!
Jade got her first tooth yesterday! My earliest teether. Max was 11 months, and Avery was 9 months. She also started to do the army crawl thing. She pulls herself around by her elbows, and changes direction w/ her toes. Cute. I wish it wasn't going by so fast. Hubs said that I should call the doc and make an appt so he can get a vasectomy (sp?). I kind of freaked out about it. Not out loud, but made me sad. How can it just be decided that you want to give up having kids? We thought that 3 was enough, but when it comes down to it, I don't think I'm ready for a permanet procedure. I feel like I just got the hang of this mommy/pregnancy/baby business, I'm not ready to say 'that's it' and feel confident about that. We were out w/ some friends the other night and they were asking if there were more babies in our future. I said something along the lines of "if he'd let me, I'd have more". He was surprised. Turns out, he might want another one too someday. I think we'll wait. Maybe in another year, I'll feel definite one way or the other. Its so hard when you are given the gift to create life, to just not do it. But then again, there a 1000's of kids out there, that don't have a family. What to do, what to do... I think it's best to wait.

Ho-Hum

Nothing at all has been going on for the last few days. Kids have been good, hubs too. I'm alright. I've been in some what of a fog recently. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something is amiss, w/ me. I'll be over whatever it is soon, I'm sure. Have you ever heard of the Great Wolf Lodge? If you have kids, you should go here! We brought our kids in June, and they had a fantastic time. They still haven't stopped talking about it. We are going again in a few weeks. Its not just for little kids though, hubs and I had a great time too. Kids of any age would like it. Its kind of pricey, but well worth it. Check out is at 12, but you are free to use the water park till it closes, so you could get your money's worth w/ only a one night stay. Besides the indoor waterpark, they have fun kid crafts, story time in the lobby at night, scavenger hunts during different times. Its a blast for everyone. Our anniversery is in a few weeks, and b/c I'm still nursing, hubs and I can't go away alone for a night yet, we decided to do something fun for our kids. I'm a little concerned about keeping the baby entertained... The last time we were there, she was only 6wks old, so she just kind of slept in her stoller or backpack, and ate. Now she's a bit more pickey about where she sleeps (has to be in her bed and quiet) and when she eats.. I'm sure it'll still be a blast. The water is super warm, so maybe she'd even enjoy getting in it. She loves the tub. That's an idea...
I've been thinking about my girlfriends lately. I've got some really great friends, and I love them dearly, for all different reasons. I think a few know me better than myself sometimes. I went out w/ a friend the other day, and she had some great insight about me, that I hadn't even seen myself. I have another friend that I do nothing other than laugh with. Then there's Chicken, with her, its more like she's a piece of my soul, I think maybe she's the only one who has seen all sides of me, good bad and ugly, and has never faultered. She's priceless, one I could truely not live w/o. Then I have some friends based only on our history, like we were friends when we were 8, therefore we are still friends today. Some of my history gals aren't even good for me, but I can't let go out of guilt. What is it w/ me and guilt? I got offtrack anyway, I just meant that I really treasure those few girlfriends that know me so well, and still love me anyway :)
Oh, and an update for you on runaway friend and pedofile husband. P.H. was put in jail today. Good place for him. He won't be sentenced for a few months, but jail is where he'll stay until then, and hopefully, get a long long time. R.A. friend is ok. She's decided to move fwd w/ divorce papers, and trying to pick up her pieces. She'll be ok, but I can't imagine how difficult it will be for her to heal from this nasty mess. Anyway- ITS LATE. I need to go to bed! Good night!

I dislike Mondays.

BUT, I think they will be getting better soon. I decided to drop my moms group. I love it, and I've made some very good friends from there, but I just can't do it. I'm too busy on Mondays. My mom's group is from 9-11:15. My baby naps during that time as well, but not when we are there. She just misses her nap, which is rough. Then she's off for a few days. I feel really guility about it. I have this terrible guilt issue. I am always concerned about letting someone down, even if doing so is better for me, or my family. I hate that. I don't want to feel guilty about making a good decision. Damn. I hope that will subside some soon!
We had a nice weekend. We played poker on Friday(well right), and I got 3rd. 65$ woohooo. Saturday was the best, b/c we did a whole lot of nothing. Ran errands, did laundry, and napped. My daughter had to go potty while we were out and about on Saturday, so we stopped at McD's. I went in to help her, and when she pulled her pants down, she had a STACK of panties on. I asked her why she had so many panites on, and she simply stated " i taught tey would keep me wahmmer." LOL. I was trying not to laugh, cause she gets really upset if she thinks someone is laughing at her. And when I pulled them back up, I couldn't just pull the bunch up at once. I had to pull each one up one at a time. LOL. Cracked me up.
Last night was me and hubs first night bowling. We joined a team w/ Chicken, and my brother. It was fun. I'm a terrible bowler. Really terrible. We played 3 games last night, and my scores were 65, 85, and 53. Yep, that's how bad I am. But its fun! I hope I'll get better. We shall see.

HNT

I had to go to the dentist today. What is it w/ those guys anyway? I think they are out to see how much they can make you bleed. I have healthy teeth, its one of the rare things i'm compulsive about. I cannot go w/o brushing them. So I KNOW that i take care of them. So the chick is doing the scrape. That's the worst sound ever. I have to disract myself or i get all skeeved out. Then comes the poking. I mean STABBING. Damn! She says "your gums a little sensitive in a few places" Um, no shit? You think if I jammed a knife like tool as hard as I could into your face, it might bleed? Maybe a wee bit? OUCH. That was not great. At all. And I couldn't pull faces or swear cause my kids were with me. Lord knows I don't want to tramitze them. As much as I dislike the scrapping and stabbing, I love the super clean teeth feel afterwards. Insparation for HNT. I've never noticed it before, but I seem to have an odd shaped head. Weird. Happy Thursday all.

More on Sex

Okay, so I recently read this book on sex and marriage. The guy who wrote this book is a marriage consoler, and he had some interesting theories. Hence my earlier sex poll. His theory is that the best indicator of how a marriage is doing is your sex life. Lots of sex= intimate, close nit couple. Little sex= not so great relationship. I'm trying to decide if this guy has a point, or if he's full of it. I understand that sometimes there can be circumstances where couples cannot be all that sexual, and I don't think that that would mean your relationship is on the rocks. But besides those situations, I think I would agree. Do you? I wonder how much of an impact upping your weekly average would make. I have a great relationship w/ my hubs. We on occasion have normal couple issues, but overall, we have a fantastic marriage. He's my other half and definitely my best friend, I could not "be" w/o him. I'm going to test this guy's theory. I read on Queen of Pink's blog today that she had made a decision to always be available when her hubs was in the mood, even if she wasn't (which she also said she is all about it after a few min). Kind of what this author had to say as well. What are your opinions on this? Do you think that intimacy will overall determine how fantastic your relationship is? I'm not sure that I do. Oh, and if any of you decide to try this theory, let me know what happens, and if you agree or disagree.

Finish the Stolen Post

BLAH BLOGGER! I had every intention of finshing my image thing, but blogger is being a butthole, and I cannot upload my pictures. Stupid. So I suppose I'll just tell you. My favorite song is "Summertime" by Janis Joplin. You know, she never had the best voice, but it was always filled w/ so much passion. I think passion will get you farther than talent in some instances. My favorite food is spaghetti. I know, kind of boring. That favorite food business changes as the wind blows. Next week it could very well be tacos. Most hated food that NEVER changes. SEAFOOD. Puke. I can handle white fish, or fried clams, but that is all, and only occasionally. My hubs tries to make me try shrip every time he orders it, and it is nasty as all get out each and everytime. Just thinking of it makes my stomach roll. ugh. gross. and don't get me started on crab/lobster. (blue is gagging). Got off track again. Oh, my grandma's name. Mary. I found a picture of Mary Mary quite contrary, you know the rhyme? I just liked the picture of it. My g-ma is fabulous. She can irritate me for days, but all in all, she's a great lady. She's helped me out in so many ways. A lot of people are not close to thier grandparents, but for me, they are like second parents, and for a great part of my life, the only stablity in my life. Another time for that story. I forget what else... Oh, i think it was favorite smell. My baby. Or any baby. To be more specific, clean babies. :D
I haven't been on in a few days, I've been feeling blah. Yesterday I didn't feel good at all, and I was crabby. It was one of those days that anything that can go wrong, did. My daughter had preschool yesterday, and we woke up late to start things off. Her hair was completely tangled and crusty, and I didn't have time to wash it, so I had to try and brush it out to the tune of "ouuuccchhhh, stop it, that hurts, dooooon't!" always pleasent when your late and feeling like ass. Then my son spilled a full bowl of cerel all over the floor, and began to cry b/c we used up the last of the milk. I was trying not to be cranky w/ him, but given my mood, and my daughter's whining, that was a struggle. I just wanted to go back to bed. I had to wait till hubs got home from work at 5, and then I did pass out. I slept so deeply, that I was totally confused when he woke me up. I didn't know what he was doing, if it was morning, I hadn't remembered laying down. It took a full 5 minutes for the the fog to clear and relize that it was 8 at night- I can't remember the last time I slept so good. It was great. I went back to bed at 11, and slept till 715 this morning.. ahhhh.. Now I need to get my ass in gear, and clean up my house. My inlaws are coming over tonight, and currently, my house is NOT fit to see. I have all sorts of other nonsense to share, but not enough time today. I'll get around to eventually! Have a happy Wed.

Stolen Post

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I stole this from Chicken, who stole it from CaligirlPEI, and she from someone else. I liked it too. Good for a Sunday post. You're suppose to go to google, and select image searches. Then you look for the following images. Um, not sure the order, but something like~ the name of the town you grew up in, the name of the town you live in now, your name, you grandma's name, your favorite song title, favorite drink, and food? I think. Anyway, you select your favorite images. Here you go. Flippn' blogger. I can only do a few for some frickn reason. Pisses me off. Why do I always have picture trouble? Is there a way to post pictures here using Flickr? If that's possible, could someone PLEASE explain it to me in retard terms? Pardon my rant. On w/ the FEW FLIPPN' pictures.

This is a picture of the firestation in the town I live in now. Which I should add is only like 4 miles from where I grew up.
I liked this picture. Its an old train station in fantastic Byron Center MI. Very nice.
Oh... Margarita.. Let me count the ways I love you......
This one is suppose to be my name, Misty. I love the woods. Grew up in em'. Love it. Love the way they look, smell, and how you can lose yourself in them. I don't mind getting lost. That's 1/2 the adventure of getting there :)

SEX SEX SEX

I think we need a sex poll. Help me out here guys. If you are in a committed relationship, of any sort, please leave your age, length of relationship, and how many times per week you have sex :) Sex is an interesting topic... Did you know one of the best indicators of how strong your relationship is, is your sex life? Do you agree or disagree w/ that statement? I suppose to be fair, I have to go first. Depends on the week, some are more active than others, w/ an occasional lapse of no more than a week, and I've been married for 6 years.... And I do agree that its a good indicator of where you relationship stands. Because if your not having sex, something is wrong. And I don't mean the occasional lapse, but like you never do it on a regular basis. Help me out... I'm curious what happens in other peoples hectic lives, and how often you're getting some :)

HNT

I haven't done a HNT post in awhile. And this is not an interesting one, but its a pic, right? So this morning I had to babysit a friend of mine's kid. This little girl is in the same preschool as my daughter, and her mom had an early morning appt. She is a naughty girl! Worse than mine, I know, hard to believe. She was loud, disobedient, AND she HURT my baby. Yep, I almost had to kill her. Unbelievable. My innocent baby was sitting in her exersaucer. Naughty girl came up and pushed her head down till it hit the saucer. I can't handle that shit. Drives me crazy. You should have heard my little baby cry- so sad, and surprised. My kids have never tried to hurt her-ever. There would be hell to pay if they did such a thing, but being this was someone else's kid, she was put in the corner for a time out. I was surprised that she listened, but I'm glad she did. Brat. This naughty girl has a baby brother as well, and every now and again hurts him. I've heard of that before, but why? She was dropped off at my house at 730 this morning. I prly would have tolerated her better if it had been after 9. I don't function well in early morning hours.
Hubs and I have to go to a rehearsal dinner this evening- he's in a wedding on saturday. Friday night, more poker of course. And Chicken, I'm looking fwd to taking your money again :) muhahahah... Sunday my girl friend is flying in from MN, just to hang out w/ me! I'm excited to see her. She hasn't met Jade yet either. She was here last just before I delivered. Should be a fun weekend! I will post pics of the nasty farmhouse tomarrow! Happy HNT all.

CrabAss

I'm crabby, and tired. I've been super busy the last few days. My days have been spent carting my kids to their various activities, and then to work at the hotel, and after that, cleaning the old nasty farm house. I'm glad for the job, but I must admit, it makes me tired. And on top of being tired, I think my period is going to come back. It hasn't yet since my baby was born (she's 6 months). So my uterus feels like a hard mass of crampiness, and my lower back a mass of knots and soreness. Which is probably adding to my being ornery. Of course it could also be sore b/c I've been hunched over for the last few nights scrubbing away nastiness. My kids have been fairly pleasant. Except for yesterday. It was one of those days that every time my daughter opened her mouth just like nails on chalkboard! "mmooooommmmmyyyy I WANT JUICE RIGHT NOW!" She can be a peach when she wants :)Naughty.
Since I've been so busy everywhere else, now my house is a mess. When my house is a mess, I can't relax. It makes me twitchy. When I'd rather sit and read a book, I can't, I'll be too busy stewing about the mess. I can't not do it, I must get up to clean it. I'm not a clean freak by any means, but there is a difference b/w lived in mess, and big MESS. Know what I mean?
Our cable was disconnected. I don't watch too much TV to begin w/so I didn't think it would bother me, but it is. I can't wait to have it back. We don't have any channels. Every channel is fuzz. It was disconnected on Sunday. My hubs called to find out what the problem was and they said it was their mistake, there was not a cancellation order. Duh. So he asked if they could come and fix it now, and they said no. B/c it was already done, we'd have to wait till the next business day, call the sales office, and order a reconnect. Hubs said that he didn't order a disconnect, so he's not making any phone calls, company's mistake, you fix it, and I'd like it done today. They said that they couldn't do that, so now hubs is pissed. You can imagine how many times he had to hold and how many different people he talked to. He ended it w/ "if you can't take care of this for me, I'm taking my business elsewhere." So now we are without. I've been calling around, but there isn't any other cable company's around here, except for dish, and I'm not interested in a dish. Bastards. I want to start my own cable company. Only order the channels you watch, and pay only for those. Custom cable. And Cheap... How do I get started on that?
I'll post some pics of the nasty farm house tomorrow. The stove in there is crazy.. I wonder what year it is. I should have taken before and after pics so you could see for yourself how bad it was... I'm almost done with it now. Pardon my bitch fest, I'll try to be chipper tomorrow. Later

Woohooo

Morning! I skipped my moms group today. sshhhhh. I love it. Mondays are generally SO hectic that I don't have time to breathe, and today, I just decided to not be hectic.The weekend was alright. I finally won some money playing poker. I was hoping to do some serious drinking at the polish festival this weekend, but we were stuck w/o a sitter, so I went to bed, before 10. What? I know, weird.
Some friends of mine wanted to go and see this house that was for rent. The owner told them that it wasn't ready to see b/c previous tenants left it a mess, and he would need some time to take care of it. Gave me an idea... So I called him and just asked if he would be interested in hiring someone to clean it out for him. He said yeah! Sweet. I felt really odd calling about a job that had not been offered, but I figured all he could say was no. Then I was telling another girlfriend about it, and she and her hubby are moving into a new house. She asked if I would be interested in cleaning thier house! YES! I believe I've just found an additional way to make money. Any one else? Need some cupboards cleaned? Have a great Monday. I'll be more entertaining tomarrow, I promise. This was kind of boring... Later.

Prom and the Midgets

Chicken was over this weekend, and we were looking back at pictures of our jr prom. I'll have to scan a few pics for you from way back when. We and our dates went to the prom together. We had a riot, and my prom date, was hot. I kind of wondered on occasion if he was gay, he IS a nurse, but anyway. After prom we were staying in a hotel, and our parents weren't normal. They knew we were staying w/our dates in a hotel, but we just had to call them and let them know which one and the rm #. This was before the cell phone revolution, so we had to go down to the lobby to use the payphones. Chicken and I were both talking to our moms, standing next to each other when a midget walked by. We kind of looked at each other and giggled. A few seconds later, 6 midgets came by. We were like "whoa, I didn't know that there were whole families of midgets-weird." We live in mid-west Michigan, there is nothing interesting here, or wasn't then anyway, and we lived in the woods. Little people are not commonly seen so it was funny to us. We got off the phone, and we were talking about the family, giggling, and looking fwd to getting our drink on. We're music lovers, and kind of fanatacal about some late 60's-early 70's rock. We heard Jimi Hendrix 'Purple Haze' and we were like "where is that coming from?? Let's go see if its a wedding reception, crash it, get some free food/drinks" We started wandering down long hallways, following the music. We found the room, it was a HUGE ballroom type thing, and the door wasn't open all the way. We cracked that bad boy open, and our jaws dropped in amazement. There was this big sing that said "Welcome the the little people of america convention!!!" lolololololol! There were 1000? midgets in there shaking thier asses to 'purple haze'. So yeah, we joined them. We had a blast! We went and got our dates, and got drunk as hell w/ the cool ass little people. For as small as they are, they can hold some liquor. We hung out w/ them drinking/smoking pot till the early hours of the morning. All was well till my date passed out, and this small fella tried to make his move. Ha! How 'bout nope. Sorry dude. He kept trying to convince me that he was the shit and I should stay w/ him, my date was asleep anyway, why waste perfectly good prom night? Eeewwwwww. So then it got weird. I had to collect my passed out date, and my chicken, and crawl our way back up to our own room. That was for sure a night to remember. Nothing like the good ole' days :)

Stories

I wanted to post last night, but I just never had time. Hectic as hell kind of day. So the weekend was great. We had a good time playing cards on Friday night, but no, I didn't win. Next Friday though. Saturday night hubs and I were sitting in the front room watching tv, around midnight. All of a sudden, I heard the front door try to open. Someone was jiggling (sp?) the handle. I asked hubs if he heard it. He did, but he thought it might be my brother. My bro left his truck here and we knew coming back for it at some point. But anyone who comes over, comes through the garage. So hubs started poking around, looking out the windows, he couldn't see anything. He went outside to check things out. Have I made mention of my paranoia? You can imagine the state I was in :) Hubs found this kid in our front yard, piss drunk. This kid has been staying in the ghetto neighbor house. He was so loopy drunk that he thought our house was his. I should post a pic of the front of our houses so you can see how different they look. I will when I'm done. T.K. had also been driving. I CANNOT stand drunk drivers by the way. His car is blue, but it had white streaks of paint down one side, and the tire was gone. He had been driving on rim alone for who knows how long, and he didn't know it. He drove from Zeeland to here, which is like 10-15 miles. Unreal that he didn't kill himself, or someone else. Hubs called the police, and they came to pick T.K. up. We gave our statements, and watched them do the sobriety test. Have you ever seen one? They're not difficult at all, and as awful dd's are, it was hard not to laugh about how fucked up he was. He couldn't say the alphabet, he screwed up his letters. Couldn't count backwards from 35 to 18, and he was REALLY concentrating- his forehead was all wrinkled, REALLY concentrating. And when the cop asked him to stand on one foot and count 1-onethousand up to 10, he fell over and pissed himself when he got to 2. Unreal. Made for an interesting night though.
This post got longer than I thought it would, so i'll save the midget and the prom story for tomarrow. Oh, I worked yesterday. That was great! Before kids, I worked for a well known hotel chain. After I had my first baby, I worked twice a week, but after the second baby, hubs and I thought that twice a week was too much w/ our plans and his long hours. At first, they said that they would miss me, but at the end of my notice, asked if I could stay. I couldn't, so they asked if I would be 'on call' so if they couldn't cover something, or someone was sick, I could come in. Perfect! So yeah, I've been doing this 'on call' thing for 4 yrs now. I usually work once a month, and I still get to keep all my perks, which make traveling a lot less expensive, and not just for me, but for my extended family as well. But yesterday was the first day I had worked in 6 months! It was nice to be back. I think I might just start working a little more. Its nice to have another purpose than just a mom.
I stopped at the store last night. My purchases were: a dozen condoms, personal lubricant, and shaving cream. Do you ever wonder if they talk about you when they leave?? :D It looked like the clerk was having a hard time not busting out. I suppose it did look kind of funny. I guess my plans were aparent. I wonder about that w/ the pharmacey too. I get cold sores on occasion, and a great treatment for those is Valtrex, which also treat genital herpes. lol. Last time I filled a prescribtion, I was like "yeah, I've got COLD SORES" LOLOLOL. I don't really care, but I think its kind of funny. But I do think that I will leave condom buying up to my hubs :) I wouldn't expect him to go buy tampons, right? Geez, I got all off track on a bunch of nonsense. Sorry kids!! Hope you have a great day!

I wish I had more time today- I have some stories from the weekend, but I'm just too damn busy! Dentist, Dance, School, and I GET TO GO TO WORK TODAY!!!! Yeehaw. Can you believe it?? I'm excited. If I have time later today, I'll fill you in on the job thing, and a fabulous story about a drunk stranger and the police and coming in my front door. Crazy. Oh, maybe I'll throw in a random story about midgets and the prom. Sweet. Later...

Ta- Da!

Here it is! I spent 8 hrs sowing this together yesterday. Its a baby quilt for my friend- her shower is next week. I wanted to get it all done, and its not yet. This isn't a very good picture, you can't really see the patterns very well, or the colors, but you get the idea anyway. My back is sore from being hunched over. I didn't have a pattern, or directions. I've made a few before, but I always had directions, or my mother in law to hook me up. I'm surprised how well it turned out for winging it. I still have to finish the back, but whaever. I'll get that done tomorrow or something. My mother in law in the master, she can make anything. I'm just learning from her. My hubs bought me a sowing machine for Christmas the first year we were married, and I was like "What do you think I'm going to do w/ this thing?" I'm not sure I had ever even seen one before. Nobody does that sort of thing in my family, and I'm certainly not crafty. So it sat in my closet for 4 yrs. Finally my m-i-l guilted me into taking it out. Its not so bad. I was cursing a blue streak last night, and the seam ripper was my best friend, and I wanted to throw it out and quit right then, but the almost finished product made it worth it. I don't know when I'll want to put myself through that again. We shall see who gets knocked up next, if they're special enough to make me want to suffer for sentimental reasons.
So, I've got nothin' else.. Here's some pics of my girls. Been awhile since I posted any pics. Have a good weekend! Shit. I wanted to put the girls here, but so what. Never puts them where I want em'. Anyway- later..

First time mom

I didn't know what to post today. I wrote a letter to a new friend about my first time mom experience,she wanted to know if I had a hard time. Figured I could use it as a post.. Here you go

Oh Friend!!! You are SOOOO normal, and not at all alone! I had a terrible time when my first child was born. Before you have kids, you hear about how fabulous it is, and even more fantastic if you're a stay home mom. I thought it would be for me too- but it wasn't. Not even close. I was a mess, all the time. I was constantly worried that I was doing everything wrong, my hubs was working 13 hr days, and was completely useless when he got home (b/c of his long hours), not to mention that he didn't know what to do for me. I cried a lot. I can remember rocking my son at 3am, holding on to him for dear life, but devastated at the same time, because I didn't know what to do w/ this beautiful little guy. I had post-partum (sp?) depression. It wasn't the type where I ever thought about hurting myself or my child, but I was a wreck. No one tells you the truth about how they really feel,or how it could be. It isn't all fantastic and magical, yes there are moments, but its hard! Suddenly the world rests on your shoulders, its a huge change. Being a stay home mom sucks. At least until you get used to it, figure it out, and find some support. You're not a bad mother at all for wanting to get away. You need to get away every now and then. I know that when I get out for a while, I can be a better mom when I get home, b/c my patience (sp?) is renewed. You lose so much of yourself when you become a parent. Everything about you changes. What's important, what you like, where you go, how late you stay out. Any hobbies you had pre-baby, settle on the back burner. And for some reason, that's not always true for our other halves- I don't understand that, but that's the way it is, and that can make you feel bad too- knowing that you have sacrificed so much of yourself for your family, when hubs/boyfriend doesn't have to, or didn't as much. I'll never understand that, but the majority of parenting/baby care taking falls on mothers. Your not alone at all, and you sound like a fantastic mommy- you just need to remember to take care of you too. This mom business, ain't no joke. Its hard babe. Don't be so hard on yourself, and don't feel guilty! I felt like you did until I found a moms group, it can really change things for you. I want to encourage you to find one. If you find one that you don't feel like you really click in, look for another. There are moms like you and I all over, trying to find girlfriends. You'll be ok, hon. Please keep in touch!

Hope today is the best!
Misty

Funny Kid

Max was playing w/ some neighborhood kids last night. These kids are all older by at least 5 yrs. I'm not sure what they were playing, but it was something like dodge ball. He played for a little bit, and then came back over by me. I could tell he was sad, his eyes were red-rimmed and shiny, and his bottom lip was quivering- even though he was trying to suck it up, he was on the verge of tears. When I asked what was wrong, he said that he kept losing, he's not good enough to play that game, he can't get anyone out. Broke my heart, poor baby. He was crushed, and I don't know if those little fuckers were making him feel bad or not, but I could have kicked their asses. My protective mommy instinct kicked in. I just said that he needed to practice more, and he would get better at the game, and reminded him that these kids were all older, and therefore faster. But, when you get older, I bet you could take em' all out. He says "I'd rather take their teeth out" LOLOLOLOL. I try NOT to encourage bad behavior, but I couldn't help but laugh. He was so broken, and then just pissed. He's a funny boy.After I was able to get my giggles under wrap, I told him that dad and I would give him a hand practicing the game, and maybe sooner than later, he'd be able to get em all out, but spare their teeth... He's the best 5 yr old ever.

Ballet and a celebrity sighting :)

I had a great weekend. I didn't win any damn poker though, still fun to play. The Ballet was interesting. I think I liked it. Watching them dance was awesome, but the music was TERRIBLE. Reminded me of thrashy elevator music in the uptempo sets. The rest of it was dark, spoon clanking, flat notes, 6 different cars honking at the same time kind of noise. I was on the verge of needing a prozac, made me panic-ish. Those men, ballarino's if you will, WOW. Very muscular, and the costumes were painted on. Some scenes I could hardly watch, I was so distracted by all their business sticking out. Just watching them move made my legs cramp. I was almost turned on by these men, but they were jumping around the stage like little fairy's, and I lost it. Nope, not attracted to ballerino's. I am impressed w/ how strong they are. My little girl is in ballet, but I don't think I want her to do it as a grown up, the costumes are too much- a second skin. One of the sets they did was a couple, and the dance was very obvious a dance b/w lovers, they way they moved together. It was beautiful, and I was sucked in, but I couldn't imagine my daughter doing that, or me watching. It was a very intimate dance. Overall, I loved it, but that music HAS to go!
For my celebrity sighting, we went to McDonald's to grab lunch today, and we were waiting by the counter. In the door walks Ronald McDonald. LOL. My kids about shit. First they were terrified and hid behind my legs, but Ronnie got them talking. Then they wouldn't shut up. My son was all excited. He says" MOM, he's FAMOUS. I see him on TV all the time" Cracked me up. It was fun. See how exciting my fabulous life is?? You wish you were me, don't you?? :o) Have a good day!

That was Fast

I can't believe its friday already! This week went by so quickly. Prly b/c it was so full of stuff. I'm looking fwd to forgetting my stresses and enjoying myself this weekend. We're playing poker tonight, which is always fun. I get to see some friends, and hopefully win some money :) Tomarrow night I'm going to the Ballet. Not my daughters class, but a real one. I've never been, and I'm excited about it! I don't get all dressed up very often at all, but I like to, and this is a perfect time for that! I'm going w/a few girlfriends. I don't think I could make my hubs go to one of those for anything, unless of course his little girl was involved. It will be a nice get away time. I can't wait for the weekend to begin!!! Hope y'all have a good one too!!!

Its HNT

I have not done a HNT pic in awhile- and I'm still not going to today, I promise you one next week. I'm too tired to figure out what to do today :) My son is getting out of school right now, and I am SO going to be late. But I'm going to be late on purpose. There is no bus his school, so all the parents come at once to pick up kids, the traffic is nonsense. So today,I am going to be 10 minutes late so I won't have to wait as long to get my boy. And on top of that, the baby is still napping, and its gross and rainy outside! We shall see how this 'late on purpose' thing works out for me. I hope he's not the last kid waiting for his mom. That sucks. Kind of like being picked last to be on a sports team... Now I'm getting freaked out about my plan, so I'll go now.. Have a good evening!

Boring

Yesterday was a bad day- I don't think I want to talk about it anymore, and I almost want to delete the post, b/c it makes me feel yucky to see it. But I'll leave it, for now. I have lots of everyday boring normal stuff to blog about, but I'm just not feelin' it today. Hope all of you have a great and safe day today!

Misc. Stuff

Somehow my daughter pushed some buttons, and now everything is HUGE. Any ideas on how to fix that? Its causing some dizziness for me, and occasional blurred vision. I have to sit as far back as possible to write this and check email without falling out of my chair and nailing my chin on the desk. Fuck.
Last night I took the kids to the library to pick out some new books and a few for me. I haven't read a book for the pure pleasure of it since I was in the hospital having Jade- 5 months ago. I love to read. I'd rather read than do almost anything, but I've been too busy for it. So at the library, I told them they could play by the kid stuff while I picked out books and checked out. I grabbed the kids and started off for the door. My son says VERY loudly in the QUIET library " MOM- you didn't pay for these yet. We can't leave!" Me "SSHHHHHH, yes I already checked out, lets go" I was just a tad embarrassed at that point. I'm pulling them along, and he's dragging his feet, people are looking.. Max " MOM!(in his best stern voice) I DON'T THINK YOU ARE MAKING A WISE CHOICE RIGHT NOW!" Geez! I nearly had to show my 5 yr old the check out slip so he shush! Gotta love it when they try to put you in line. Goof ball- he's a good boy. At least now I know who I can't bring along on a car theft spree..
Today was a rather nice, boring, cold, lazy day. Perfect for laundry and reading. And magically, my children let me be for most of it. I love it when that happens. I'm looking fwd to tomorrow, my hubs is taking the day off to do nothing w/ me. I can't wait. It's been awhile since we've had a carefree-no-schedule-day. Those are the best!
Because I have nothing interesting to write about, I'll leave you w/ another ghetto neighbor story. Mr. Nasty has 2 roommates to help take care of his 4 children. The roommates are just as ghetto fabulous as he is. The male roommate spends all of his day drunk and muttering to himself and occasionally, smoking pot on the front porch~whaever. The other is a gal who talks WAY TOO MUCH, and is constantly trying to convince how much fun it would be to be her friend and take a walk w/ her... Pass. But anyway, Mr. Nasty likes to come over and talk to my hubs. My hubs is a really nice guy, and easy (target) to talk to. Hubs doesn't care for the guy either, but he doesn't walk away after a polite hello, he always gets suckered in to a conversation w/ Mr. Nasty. Hubs asked him about the roommates and what the deal was w/ them. The guy is a friend there to help out w/ paying the bills and the kids when Mr. N is at work. Nice choice of child care I might add.. But then he goes on to tell my hubs that the girl is an old friend, and he just lets her stay there for the occasional blow job. Uh... WTF? Why would you ever, ever say that out loud to another person, and one you don't know well enough to call friend either? This guy is wacky as hell. Gross. Oh, and he of course had to go into more detail about that as well. Classy...

Ghetto Neighbor

I have a ghetto neighbor. He burns all his trash, has too many cars, roomates, and he yells at his kids. Drives me crazy. I could go on for days about this guy- he irritates the shit out of me. Here's a story for you.
My kids like to play w/ his kids. His kids are older, they're 10, 11, 11, & 12. I don't mind if they play, but the rules are they have to stay outside where I can see them. The other day Max came in from playing and said that the youngest gave him a test, cause that's what friends do. I was suspicious right away. When I asked what the test was, he said that the boy wanted to know what bad words Max knew, and then he gave him some bad words. Nice.... So my hubs went next door to speak to Mr. Nasty dad. I was surprised when 10 min later, the boy was knocking on our front door w/ his dad to apologize to us. How nice. Mr. Nasty does care about his kids. So after his apology, Mr. Nasty says yeah, sorry about that. He needs to learn to watch his fucking mouth. Fabulous. I wonder where they get it.....

Tuesday

MAN, it has been crazy around here. I can't seem to grasp this whole schedule thing. I am not that kind of gal. I prefer sleep when your tired, and eat when your hungry. I'm sure all of this will get easier each week, but damn. My hair is going to fall out. Avery had her first 'all by herself' day at school today, and she loved it. She couldn't wait to go. I didn't have to ask her more than once to do anything this morning! I'm so glad hubs and I decided to send her, I think we made a good decision.
Max's carpool started today. Now there is a lady that will pick him up for school everyday, which makes things SO much easier for me and the baby can nap. He cried his eyes out about it though. Poor guy. He's such a mama's boy. He didn't understand why I didn't want to bring him to school- like I didn't want to be w/ him. Awww, so sad. Then he got more sad about just having to school, b/c he doesn't want to be w/o me. He's not always like that. I wonder if its now starting to catch up to him or something. Maybe this is a delayed reaction to starting school. Can that happen??

Pictures!

Church: It was simple, but very pretty. I should have gotten it w/ the candles lit.
Me andChicken. I look high or something, but I can assure, I was not. Completely sober. Just look funny.

Here are some pictures for you! Here's a pic of my daughter. Her ballet class started today. She makes an adorable ballerina. I was worried about her acting up, but she didn't, at all. She followed directions very well. Parents are not allowed into the class, but in the lobby, we can watch on tv. She did perfect. Maybe its only for me and at church when she acts up... weird. But it does make me feel better about preschool.

Today was a crazy morning. My poor baby is just now taking her first nap. And I have to wake her up in an hour :( This should be the only day of complete madness. I hope. My mom's group met for the first time of this school year this morning at 830am- 1115am. Max had to be to school at 12, and dance was at 12:15. Too much running!! Thankfully this is the only monday it will be like this.

The whole weeked was fun, mostly w/ wedding stuff, but we did manage to play poker last night. I finally won some money!! Its been awhile. I was on a losing streak. Hopefully this was the start of a winning streak. Have a good day! Time for laundry, yuck.

It was great

The wedding was awesome! Mrs. Newly Married looked so beautiful, and the wedding went off w/ no real problems. Some of the candles (the long taper kind) in the candle-abra(sp?) were junk. They were crackling and spitting and melting WAY too fast, huge chunks of wax on the floor. It looked bad, but it didn't matter. Mrs. N.M. was fantastic by the way. She was so relaxed and non freak-out-ish. I was very surprised. She's not a bitch by any means, but she's ocd~ so I thought that this would be crazy for her, but not at all. She hardly got nervous- just once the night before, and then for a few minutes before we walked dn the isle. It turned out so good. I'll put up some pics when I get my camara back. I left it somewhere! We had a big phat limo waiting for us at the church. It was a navigator. It was suppose to be a 24 person-whatever. We only put 17 in it and that was MORE than tight. And it was hot, really hot. The air didn't work very well. We drove around to a few different bars in between, and had some drinks in the limo, like 5 cases of beer. lol. It was fun. The reception was a blast as well! Awesome food, free beer, and a good DJ. We were all having a fabulous time, but there was this one girl.... She was skanky. Really skanky. I couldn't believe it. My first clue that this gal might be a little off, was her dress. It barely covered her ass. She bent over on the dance floor, and you could see her biscuits w/ thong. That sort of outfit is fine(not for me ever) for clubs, or if you're going for the hooker look, but NOT, I repeat NOT ok for proper wedding attire. Somehow, she got a chair on the dance floor. Yes folks, it gets worse. She put a boy in the chair, and gave him a lap dance. Oh, AND during her little show, made sure to open his shirt, and put her hand down his pants. OMG. Did she really just give a lap/dance at your wedding Mrs. NM?? Nu-huh. As soon as her little show started, the dance floor emptied, but not b/c they wanted to eagerly watch this natty do her thing, but b/c we were uncomfortable. It was gross. And she didn't have too much of a drunk ass to blame it on either- dirty girl. That sort of behavior is fine when you are at a club, or more like a strip club, but NEVER at someone's wedding. Someone had to have a chat w/ her about this being a PG event. Mrs. N.M. didn't know her, she was a date of one of Mr. N.M. friends. S L U T. Anyway.. so I had pretty wedding hair. I have alot of hair. When I took it out last night, which took forever, i found 72 bobby pins, a pony tail, and some small braid of sorts. And no, when it was up, you couldn't see any of those things. Amazing. How do they do that?? I'll try to put up some pictures later.
Oh, and it is Sep. 11. I can't believe that its been 4 yrs already- and I don't really have anything to say about it, other than I'm thinking of it, and those that were lost. If you lost someone, I'm sorry for your loss, and thinking of you/praying for you today.

Wedding Shemdding

Oh blah! The madness begins, or at least should have an hour ago. We were suppose to meet at the chuch at 9 to decorate, but the bride has too many errands to run this morning so she changed it till 10:45. Which if I didn't have children that needed naps and to go to school, would not be a problem. My baby naps at that time. Dammit. I would like to allow my baby one full nap. If you have kids, or babies, you can understand how this sucks. Toddlers are a bit more flexible when it comes to naps- but not babies. And my baby is particular about where she sleeps- it has to be in her bed, and quiet. Curse and Swear. I'd like to be availible for this stuff, but STOP changing scheduels. Baby sitters, and babies are finicky about timing. So, I'll be playing it by ear, and if I can make it, awesome, and if not, hope you don't mind, but if you do, fuck off.
Woohooo, by the way. I found my camara!!!! I will be taking lots of fab wedding shots for you. I'm excited about tomarrow, I think it will be fun. I've gotten most of the nursing detail worked out, so there is no more stress about that, and has long as bridezilla doesn't change anything else last second, it'll be great! I'm looking fwd to the day my life will not be run by school, naps, nursing and bed time. Isn't it interesting how parenting changes EVERYTHING? One of my girlfriends and I were talking awhile back about politics, and how excited we were to recieve throw pillows and new towels for holidays. Then it hit us. WTF? When did we start caring about this stuff? When did we really become grown up? lol. Silly. Anyway- enjoy your weekend all!!!!!!!

blue

Preschool

Today was Avery's first day of preschool, kinda anyway. Parents got to stay with them and visit the preschool room. She was really excited to go. You could see it in the way she walked, all bouncy and proud of herself for being able to join the ranks of "big kids". So her first offical all alone day, will be next Tuesday, and I better find my damn camara before then!!!! I hope she is a good girl at school, I'm worried about it. She has a knack for escaping unnoticed. She does it all the flippn' time at sunday school, so much so that I don't really put her in there anymore. I don't want to have to worry about my kid getting lost, or running out the side door somewhere. Freaks me out. I have this control thing w/ my kids. It KILLS me to not no where they are, or what they're doing, and give someone else charge of them. I do it, but its hard. Yeah, I'm one of those moms. I've gotten much better. I worry so much about being able to protect them, to keep the from ever hurting in anyway, like all parents, but I can get so upset about it that I almost have a panic attack. I know its crazy. There were situations that I was in when I was little, where I was NOT protected, and I think that's why I'm such a freak about it. They are still allowed to be kids, but it totally stresses me out. And I don't talk to anyone about it either, b/c I don't want anyone to think i'm nuts! lol! Anyway, I'm sure she'll be ok, but it still makes me nervous..
I am pretty sure I don't like my hair cut.... Its not that its bad really... I just haven't got used to it yet, yeah, maybe that's it.
I've also decided that the coffee incident was a fantastic fluke that I hope will happen again :) Now I'm off to search for the camara!

Guilty...

When I was out running errands ealier today, I stopped by Starbucks to get my very favorite once a week treat- Large White Chocolate Rasberry Iced Decaf Mocha-mmmmmm heaven. You need to try on of these if you haven't before, and don't forget the whip cream. They took my drink order, and I was helping Ave w/ something. I got my drink and was 1/2 out the door when I relized that I didn't pay for it! :0 And I kept on going. Now I feel guility- I should go back and pay for it, shouldn't I? I don't want to though. They gave it to me, right? Nope, I should go back. What would you do??

I got a haircut/highlight- so i'm feeling very pretty 110$ dollars later. Wow that stuff is expensive! I'm not sure about the haircut yet. It was just long and the same length. She put some layers in it and thinned it out so they all blend well w/o the bush effect. If you have thick hair, you'll know what I mean by that. I'll have to take a pic so you can tell me what you think. I'll take a pic when I find my camara that my little demons misplaced. How is it that they can get into anything, and only lose the things that cost the most money. I had it put up where I didn't think they'd get it, and now, all gone. I'm determined to find it! That sucks. Snots.

The wedding that I mentioned a few weeks ago is back on! I knew it would be. So this is the weeked. Starting tomarrow I will be having all sorts of endless, sometimes annoying wedding fun. My friend that's getting married is a high maintence type of girl, so I've been kind of stressed about this maid of honor business, I don't want to mess anything up for her. She can be very particular. And I'm still nursing, and that's bothering me. I don't know how to work it out so I can be availible for her, but still nurse my baby. The day of the wedding, we have to meet up at 10 am- the reception. I have not gone a whole day w/o nursing before. My baby will take bottles, but not so great. I want to figure it out so that I can still feed her w/o interupting the day, and make sure my baby has as few bottles as possible . I want to kind of play it by ear, but that's hard to do w/ little ones. I didn't realize when I agreed to this that it would be or could be a problem. I'm sure this is nonsense ya'll don't care about, but its bugging me- sorry about the booby talk in the not sexy way :) I think that I'll nurse first thing, and she goes down for her first nap around 10, the church is a mile from my house, so i can have hubs bring her there and feed her again, and hopefully one more time before the wedding starts.. Pictures are from 11-2 and wedding is at 3-4. I want to see if I can squeeze one more in after the wedding while bride and groom are dismissing rows. Its a good size wedding, so I might be able to. Then hubs can bring them home and get back in time to leave w/ bridal party in the limo. She can have bottles from that point on. I feel rude about have to nurse during that day. My friend doesn't say much about it so I don't really know if it bugs her.... UGH. Anyway, enough already. I'm glad we are only 2 minutes from the church- that helps.

There is some other drama going on w/in my family. Read chickens blog for the story. If you didn't know it, she is my best friend for the last 15? yrs, and is also dating/living with my brother. I was going to blog about this issue, but I am so emotional about it, I don't even know where to start- I have to let it sit for awhile till i can write it out. Its rough, all the way around.

Till later... blue

We had a great weekend camping! We went w/ Chicken( I'd insert her link here if I knew how, but being that I don't- you can click on her name on the side :) and my bro, my neice, ckn's parents, my parents, and another couple of friends. It was so much fun. The kids were great and had a fantastic time playing in the dirt. Camping is nice b/c you don't HAVE to do anything at all. It was nice to not do much.
Chicken got pretty drunk on Saturday night- fabulous entertainment. She had this 20 min histerical conversation w/ her parents on why it would be sweet to have a lesbian daughter. LOL- she said some other funny shit to her parents(the stuff you normally never ever would) w/o out even blushing! It was great fun. She cracks me up! Its no wonder i love her. We camped out on my brothers property which is 10 acres surronded by 180 acres of federal land, up in northern MI, its in the middle of NOWHERE. If you didn't know where you were going, you would never find it. So anyway, there is no electric or water yet. There is a very creepy outhouse, but I prefer the great outdoors- as does chicken. She announced that she had to pee, and off she went to find a spot. Hubs and I were just getting in to our sleeping bags, and we hear "ooowwwiieeeee! Ouch! FUCK! It burns! ouch. owie FUCK!" So I grab the flash light to go see what's wrong w/ my friend. And I see her bare ass jumping up and down, trying to pull up her pants and about tripping, along w/ more cursing. I'm trying my hardest at this point not to piss myself or fall down, b/c I think this is the funniest thing I have ever seen! Turns out she got stung 3 times!!! There are hornets up there that make thier burrows in the ground. In her infinite find a spot to pee wisdom, she pissed right in the hornets burrow. LOLLOLOLOL! How likely is that? Oh, and she was lucky w/ the stinging- one on her toe, one on her ring finger, and the other was on her thumb. And later in the evening still, she somehow fell on a concrete slab and just about broke her ass. She was in rough shape sunday morning, but the joke possibilities were endless. lol- I wish you could have seen her trying to sit down. So flippn' funny. So yeah, it was a good time. I don't get to see her as much as I would like to, so it was the best ever to spend almost a whole weekend hanging out.
Today is a sad day. Time to close the pool. That's always a bummer, b/c it means my least favorite season will be here soon. Friggn' winter. Winter in MI is even worse- I'm about an hour from Lake Michigan, so we get the fantastic "lake effect" snow. I wonder how bad it will be this year. It was freezing last winter, w/ tons of snow and ice. Its a bit early to be guessing about the damn snow, but that's what closing the pool makes me think of. Did you relize that there are only 3 months of 2005 left?? Unreal. It certainly goes too fast, especially the warm, relaxing, fun, and carefree days of summer :)

oh katrina

I have been reading and watching the reports all day. I feel sick now. All those people, right here, in our country, refugee's. Have you seen the news? The pictures of the lethargic babies- families that have been seperated, the people that are dying? Oh my gosh. What is going on down there? How come those people are still there? Why isn't our government getting them out? Some of them, thieving bastards. Not the folks that are stealing to survive, but those other crazy bastards. Who needs a new TV or DVD player now? What do those assholes plan on doing w/ their new TV? That just makes me sick. People being raped, beaten- that has NOTHING to do w/ survival. Those POS's can stay there and rot- but the rest, save them already! I can't sleep tonight b/c I keep seeing those images in my mind. Pray for those folks- donate if you can.

Extra Points for my Hubs :D

I think he finally gets it. Maybe he is finally HEARING me, not just watching my lips move. Last night, around 9 I said that I needed to run out and get milk, and gatoraid. He says "oh, i can go do that." Me "what? really? Wow, that'd be great. " NO WAY. He NEVER does stuff like that. Sweet, made my whole night better. Then today, I called him to ask about plans for tonight. One of my gf's called and wanted to know if I was availible for dinner later. He said that he was planning on staying up north to cut wood. I was upset, not b/c I couldn't go out, but because he never mentioned it to me that he wasn't coming home from work till 9 ish. But, ok, I wasn't going to make an issue out of it, other than to say that I wished he would have mentioned it earlier. We have plans to go camping this weekend, and he was going to see about taking tomarrow off of work. So I asked him about that while we were talking. He said he prly could, but that he didn't think that he wanted to, and I could just meet him up north when the kids and I get up there. That upset me, b/c that means that i would have to do all of the packing, not just clothes for all of us, but all the camping equipment as well, time it right so I can nurse the baby so she isn't fussy in the car, and then hang out in holiday weekend traffic on our tore up free ways for 3 hrs, by myself w/ screaming kids i'm sure. How about NO. I told him that I was hoping he could be home to help out w/ packing and kids- 4 days of camping w/ 2 little kids AND and infant= lots of shit! And its rustic- there is not electricity, or bathrooms- all about nature. So, if that's the case, I really have no desire to go. Anyway, phone call ended, and my mom brought home Avery(she kept her over night ) and she was a BRAT. You know how grandparents are, let them stay up all night, and eat sugar, then bring them home at thier worst. She actually for real gave her cookies for breakfast-you can imagine the state she was in. Add that to my mounting frustration w/ the overwhelming things that I need to accomplish today, including groceries, laundry, house work, naps, picking up Max and dropping him off at school, and no hubby till 9 at night- I was bummed. But then, a mircle came my way. My hubs called me back and said that he would be home earlier enough for me to go out w/ my friends, and he would take the day off tomarrow! What?! Who are you and what did you do w/ my hubs???? YES! Yeeehaw. He thought of me first. And not because he has his own agenda, but he heard me, and wanted to please me, and make me happy. I can assure you that he will be handsomely(sp?) rewarded for that :D It will be a fantastic evening in the blue household for sure :)