baby pictures!

I meant to put these in different order, but it never works out that way. Here's my newest newfew! Isn't he beautiful! And how 'bout that chicken?? I had to post a pic of her w/ the tank :) The hospital sheet doesn't do it justice though. Enjoy your weekend!

He's HERE!

K, well he got her Wed afternoon, I've just been too busy to update. Chicken ended up having a c-section :( When they gave her the spinal block, it didn't work, so they had to put her completely under. Poor girl! It was a tramatic experience for them. BUT, my new little nefew is adorable. He has tons of darky, curly hair. He's a doll. He weighed 7 pds 14 oz, and was 20 inches long. His name is LEX!! How cute is that??!! Lex Perfect. He's either going to be a president, or a rockstar w/ a name like that. I currently do not have any pictures to post of him, but will have soon. Both mom and baby are doing great! Oh, and he took to nursing right away. No problem w/ that lil' guys latch :)

Things are busy as usual here, w/ a busy weekend ahead. Max has a carnival at school tonight, tomorrow an early soccer game, i'm out w/ a gf tomorrow night, and sunday we have a family get together. I was hoping to get all of our yard work done this weekend, but its going to rain all weekend. We're going to have a trailer yard for at least another week. Yuck.

happy weekend to all!

xoxo
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YES!

I'm here at the hospital right now!! Chicken is finally about to lay her egg!!!! On her own. The hospital has internet access in the waiting room. How sweet is that? She's doing ok for now, uncomfortable, contractions every 3-5 minutes. She's only dialated to 2, though. Poop. I hope she starts to dialate soon! I don't want her to end up w/ a c-section! I'll update again throughout the day! Pray for my girl, for a safe delivery, and a healthy baby!!!

xoxo

Soccer Star!

Ave had her first soccer game last night, first time every she played. I was so impressed!! She's a mini Beckham! Out of the 6 goals scored, she made 4 of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was so focused and intent on that ball, she was plowing little girls out of her way. I couldn't help but hoot and cheer for her! She did GREAT! She does however have an issue w/ sportsmanship. Not good. I'm not sure how to go about fixing that. She didn't want to share the ball w/ her teamates, and she cried when the other team scored a goal. She felt like she wasn't doing a good job if she didn't get a goal, or if the other team made one. Suggestions anyone? How do I fix that? Hubs had to miss the game last night, and was completely bummed :( I hope she is as enthustiastic next week as she was last night. I can't wait to watch her again!

Still no baby. Never having a baby. Ever. She has a doctor appt tomorrow. We'll see what they say. Hopefully its something like "holy cow! your already 8 cm, get to the hospital!" Doubtful, but I can dream. Chicken is discouraged, and emotional. She's still having a hard time :( I can't wait till she feels better. I'm excited about the baby as well, but for now, I'm just more concerned w/ my friend.

We are going out w/ some friends tonight w/ all of our kids. Our friends didn't tell us where we are going, or what we are doing, other than we aren't allowed to pay, and it'll be fun for all of us. Hmmm... Sounds interesting. Kind of like our whole family is being taken out on a blind date! I'm looking forward to it. I need to run. Time to clean bathrooms and finish the laundry. Yay!

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NO BABY STILL. She is now 8 days overdue, and completely miserable. Sad Chicken. She thought last night was it. She had contractions every 15 minutes for forever, then they just stopped. They have started over this morning, every 20 minutes, and not too painful. Maybe it will finally be today. If she doesn't have the baby by her dr. appt on Wed., she'll be induced.

The weekend was uneventful and quiet. We didn't do much. Family get together w/ hubs family on Friday, soccer game Saturday morning, mall saturday afternoon, and nothing yesterday. It was a relaxing weekend. I wasn't ready for Monday yet. My kids weren't either. I had a hard time getting them out of bed this morning. Today is one of those days where you want to snuggle under the covers all day. Gray, raining softly, and somewhere around 60 degress.. Good movie day.

Seems like there was something else worth mentioning... Can't recall. Oh, we watched United 93 last night. It was hard for me to watch some parts of it. What a terrible way to die. The people on that flight knew exactly what was going to happen to them, and they fought back. Good for them! But still scary. I can only imagine what they were feeling when thier plane went down. I don't want to know when I'm going. I want to be blissfully unaware that death awaits me just around the corner. Especially if its something terrible like a plane crash. I don't want time to think about all of the things that will be taking place in moments. I wonder what has changed since 9/11 when it comes to communication between all of the airlines and the military... I hope lots of things. It must of been terrible for the people who worked there, not knowing what was going to happen next, or how to fix it, or who to call, helpless. Awful.

Anyway, I'll let you know if and when Chicken gives birth. Enjoy your day

My dad is doing better! He was released from the hospital last night. They found 2 holes in the lining of his stomach, bleeding ulcers. He was in bad shape when he got there. He had to have 3 blood transfusions to get him back up to par. I was thrilled w/ the doctors there, they did a great job and looked at everything. Nothing else was wrong!! He is as healthy as you can be when you've been a smoker for 40 years.
Chicken is the same. Still flippn' pregnant. With NO sign of hatching at all. I'm giving up. Now I'm just going to plan on her staying pregnant for another 2 weeks. I can't handle the anxiety :)
We are suppose to have nice weather this weekend, finally! We need to close the pool, and do some yard work to get ready for fall. 80 and sunny tomorrow, perfect for yard work. Nothing else interesting to tell.. Happy Friday Bitches ;)

The funeral was nice, well, as nice as those type of things can be. It was held at this buliding/workshop/church for bikers. The service was in the workshop part, all the walls had different cool road signs on them, and there were Harley's in different states of fix-it along the walls. The pastor looked like Santa, only bigger and wearing leather instead of red. Very cool. It wasn't formal, a come as you are kind of deal, and it was very intimate, and cozy. The pastor read the normal verses, and even added a bit of humor. Those who wanted to share a story about my uncle just stood up where they were and did so. This was the first funeral that i've ever been too that didn't have that stuffy-really-creepy vibe. It was a wonderful way to remember him, and how I think he would have liked it. Awesome.
Next tragedy- My dad is in the hospital. He's been sick for a few weeks, he looks awful. His skin is gray and ashey, no energy, dizzy, faint, all of that. He didn't want to go, but my brother and I gave him little choice. He said he wanted to wait till after his brother's service was done, so I pulled up to his house around 8 this morning, and dragged him out of bed. Off to the hospital we went. The doctors haven't found much yet. He has been losing blood, and they don't know from where, so they are doing testing to figure that out. His blood count is low, his blood pressure is off, and pretty much everything else is out of whack. I hope they find something. Not that I want him to have 'something', but 'something' is easier to fix then a 'hmm, not so sure, good luck w/ that...' I hope we know more tomorrow when some of the tests come back. Chicken and I will be heading up to hang out w/ him soon. My dad is funny. He's at the hospital Chicken is going to have her baby in, so earlier he says ' Won't it be great if Chicken has her baby tonight??? I'm already here! We can have a party!' Goof ball, at least his sense of humor is perfectly in tact. YES, damn Chicken still HAS NOT laid her egg. No signs of any egg laying either. When she comes over tonight, I think I'll slip some castor oil in her drink ;) Or maybe not. Perhaps I can convince her to jog??? I'll keep you posted on all our happenings around here. Night all.

No Baby Yet.

My lovely Chicken is still very much pregnant this morning. Argh! I was really hoping it would be over the weekend, but no such luck. Nothing at all going on w/ her. Not even the slightest little twinge... I've come to the conclusion that she is going to be pregnant FOREVER. I'm just so anxious. I want to meet my nefew. I wonder if he'll look like Chicken, but have my brothers crazy hair, or maybe he'll look like my kids..... Seems like I'll never find out at this rate. I'll keep you posted.
So today is Sep. 11. I can't believe that it has been 5 years. Where were you when the towers fell? I was 6 months pregnant w/ Avery, and on my way to see my O.B. My mom was going with me. I heard about it on the radio, I'm my way to pick up mom. I didn't understand that it was a terriost attack, not at all. But when the second plane hit, I knew something was terribley wrong, but terriost still wasn't a thought I had. My mom and I were pretty shook up by the time we got to my doctors office. At the office, Rita, the nurse was in tears. Her husband flew for one of the airlines that crashed, and many times, flew that same route. He was off that day, thank God, but it was too close to home for her. For all of us. My doctor, rita, me and my mom formed a circle, and all prayed together that morning. I just wanted to be with my husband. I met a friend for lunch at this sports bar type place, I had yet to see the pictures till then. Even though the resturant was packed, it was completely slient, and no one was eating. What a day that was. This morning I'm thinking about all of those who lost their lives, and those who were left without them. I hope they have found some sort of peace.
Anyway, my Uncle's funeral is tonight. Perfect weather for a funeral. It's as dark as night right now, freezing, and rainy. I could use a little sunshine over here.

Let me Try This Again..

Hopefully blogger will not eat this one as well. I'm on a time crunch :)

My kids have started school!! I was really sad about first grade, it bothered me more than when he started kindergarten. It must be the whole day thing. And up until Tuesday, he was sad about going b/c "I won't get to eat lunch w/ you everday anymore mommy" But when school got here, all systems were go. I asked him if he wanted me to walk him into his class, and he says "Um, mama, I don't want to hurt your feelings or anything, but I'm kind of a big kid now" So he didn't want me to walk him in :( Yep, I cried, but not until he went into school. And just a few tears, not all out sobbing. My big boy. He loves his class and teacher, so all is well so far.
Soccer has also started for Max. He likes it, but uh.. I don't think he'll be a soccer star. lol. He's way to busy goofing off. I can't believe how silly he is. Hubs and I were watching him practice last night cracking up. I told hubs I sometimes wonder if my max is kind of a shortbus kid. hahaha. He was talking to his coach, and one of his teamates, and he says 'Wouldn't it be totally SWEET if I tripped over the ball and hit my neck on the goal post and broke my neck open and all my guts poured out!!!! THAT'D BE AWESOME!!!' He was so animated while telling this little tale, giggling all the while. Who's kid says crap like that? Mine. What a dork :)
Chicken is doing well too! We are all getting in baby mode. I've been sleeping w/ my phone by me just in case. She's had regular contractions for the last 3 or 4 days, but after 4 hours, they go away.. Her body is getting ready. My original guess is that she will have her baby the 10th, so that's what I'm hoping for! I also guessed that her baby would be 9pds 3 oz, and 21 1/2 inches long.... I wish I had a picture of her tank to put up here so y'all could see for yourselves. Her belly has def. dropped, and is rock hard. She's been getting really uncomfortable, and not able to sleep at night. I can't flippn' WAIT! I want it to happen NOW. My mom has been driving her crazy. lol. I'm glad she gets to experience my mom's nuttiness first hand. My mom calls her everyday now to see if she's lost her 'plug'. Completely gross's chicken out! lol. She feels that her 'plug' is much too intimate to discuss w/ my mother. ahhahaha. My mom has also started stopping by whenever w/o calling. Not that you always need to call, but come on now. She's only dropping by to see for herself that chicken's not in labor yet :) I really hope it's this weekend. I need to find my damn camera! I will be so sad if I can't find it to take pictures right away to post on here. Chicken's computer is still broken, which is why she hasn't posted in forever.. I'm going to see if I can get it fixed for her this week.
I have another funeral to go to this week. My uncle johnny passed away. He found out he had a tumor in his brain 3 or 4 months ago, and yes, it was cancerous. They were able to remove 90% of it during surgery, and he had an awesome prognosis. With chemo, they were sure he would recover. He was in the hospital last week, b/c the chemo made him sick. Then he started doing better was released from the hospital, and died in his sleep from a friggn' heart attack. What? Can you believe that? Unreal. My dad is all fucked up now. This is his 7th funeral, all for loved ones. I had the most disturbing morbid conversation w/ him last night. He was talking about how it's his turn next, and how he knows something is wrong w/ him, but he refuses to go to the doctor. Ugh. I couldn't handle it. I don't want to hear that! I know he's depressed and all, but goodness. Please don't tell your daughter about how you know you're dying and you refuse to do anything about it. I'm not sure when the funeral is yet.. I imagine it will be saturday or monday.
Jade puked on me this morning.. Not sure what's going on with her. She doesn't have a fever, but both yesterday morning, and this morning, she threw up. It was more like a mouthful of spit-up, but babies her age don't spit up. She hasn't had any trouble the rest of the day keeping anything down or whatnot. She has been a little fussy.. Any guesses as to what's wrong w/ her? I must be going.. Laundry and babies are crying for me. Have a good one :D

Stupid %^(*(&$#^*^&*^& blogger!

I just finished a lovely, long and entertaining post, and fucking blogger ATE IT. And GUess what? I don't have time for another. DAMN IT. I'll get to it later. S t u p i d blogger!

Muhahahaha

This picture cracks me up! And its fitting for me b/c I am sooooooo flippn' crabby right now! I don't know exactly what set me off tonight, but I'm hating the world at the moment... I had to work tonight, and when I got home, house was messy, kids were screaming, dog was barking, I couldn't take it. Dog is still barking. Poor sad Jack needs a new home. I think I might just kill him if I have to listen to his stupid barking anymore! Thank goodness the kids are in bed now. I think my hubs is to. I escaped to the the dungeon as soon as I could. That'd be the basement for those who were wondering. Anyway, nothing really to blog about, just pissed. I'm sure it'll be better in the morning. Night all!

Hola

I've been busy. Sorry, haven't had anytime to update. Hmmm. Where to start. Well, last week the shower went well. Everything turned out great! My gf showed up early saturday morning, and really did a lot to help me out. How I love her :) The food turned out good too. We didn't have very many people show up though. I was disappointed about that. I invited my whole side of the family, aunts, cuzn's, great grandmas, and NONE of them showed. I couldn't believe it. What a way to welcome Chicken into the family. Chicken wasn't disappointed though. She's getting so big! It's getting so close to baby time. I can't wait! She and my bro have had a name picked for MONTHS now, but they won't tell anyone. It's been driving me crazy, but guess what? I figured it out!! woot woot! Of course, I can't tell y'all, that'll be up to her. Not only y'all, but I can't tell anyone else either. Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise. But I do enjoy listening to everyone else sepculate. Te he he. It's a great name, by the way, and one I've never heard of anyone else named before! Pretty sweet. So, what else... Hubs worked late all last week, and it seems like I had something going most every night, but I can't recall it at the moment. Friday we were suppose to leave to go camping w/ all of hubs family. I didn't want to go, at all. J is so busy lately, I wasn't looking fwd to chasing her around. Even though all of my inlaws were there (32 of us w/ brothers, sisters, kids, and his folks), they aren't very helpful when it comes to tracking babies. Hubs gets busy w/ his brothers, so its left to me to try and keep an eye on the older 2, and chase the baby all over the damn place. Camping at this age is so hard. They're big enough to walk around on their own, or run in her case, but they don't have a thread of common sense when it comes to fire, or water. Not too mention what they put in their mouths. Ick. I decided to hang out at home friday night, and drive up sometime saturday afternoon instead. Hubs called sat morning to ask about my plans for the day, and asked me to look for something for him. I had just filled my coffee cup, so I set it on the table and turned around to the counter to see if I could spot whatever it was that he needed. J grabbed my scalding hot coffee, and dumped it all over herself! I flew into a panic! I picked her up and ran to the bathtub, set her in it, and turned on the cold water, and pulled her onsie off. I was so scared! Her angushed cries were almost too much. It was so sad. After drowning her w/ cold water, I called the doctors office, and the nurse or whomever said to bring her in. Thankfully, she's ok. It wasn't nearly as bad of a burn as I though it was. I've never had that happen before. I was burned w/ hot oil when I was 10, and it was awful. My burn covered my entire left arm, from shoulder to wrist. My arm swelled to the size of a leg, and blistered and cracked. Jade's didn't brake any skin, nor does she have any blisters. Poor girl. I'm telling you, my hair is going to turn gray and fall out at an early age.
Other than that.... not too much else. I'm going to go play cards w/ a gf tonight, and maybe some bad karoke. Kids have school oreintation, and soccer oreintation this week, I'm working twice, and then off we go camping again for the next weekend. I can't believe school is starting in just one more week. I'm looking fwd to starting up the old routines, but NOT looking fwd to the early morning hours. I'm not so good in the morning. Besided being busy every night this week, I have to go school shopping for both kids. Both need new jeans, underware, socks, and lunch boxes. The backpacks from last year are still in good shape, they can use those again. Max's school supply list is HUGE. I'm going to drop a small fortune at staples. On top of all that, I've been in the process of rearranging the basemet. Cleanng out storage rooms, moving bedroom and toy rooms... getting rid of way to much shit. Where does it all come from?! Have a good day!!

Hola

I've been busy. Sorry, haven't had anytime to update. Hmmm. Where to start. Well, last week the shower went well. Everything turned out great! My gf showed up early saturday morning, and really did a lot to help me out. How I love her :) The food turned out good too. We didn't have very many people show up though. I was disappointed about that. I invited my whole side of the family, aunts, cuzn's, great grandmas, and NONE of them showed. I couldn't believe it. What a way to welcome Chicken into the family. Chicken wasn't disappointed though. She's getting so big! It's getting so close to baby time. I can't wait! She and my bro have had a name picked for MONTHS now, but they won't tell anyone. It's been driving me crazy, but guess what? I figured it out!! woot woot! Of course, I can't tell y'all, that'll be up to her. Not only y'all, but I can't tell anyone else either. Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise. But I do enjoy listening to everyone else sepculate. Te he he. It's a great name, by the way, and one I've never heard of anyone else named before! Pretty sweet. So, what else... Hubs worked late all last week, and it seems like I had something going most every night, but I can't recall it at the moment. Friday we were suppose to leave to go camping w/ all of hubs family. I didn't want to go, at all. J is so busy lately, I wasn't looking fwd to chasing her around. Even though all of my inlaws were there (32 of us w/ brothers, sisters, kids, and his folks), they aren't very helpful when it comes to tracking babies. Hubs gets busy w/ his brothers, so its left to me to try and keep an eye on the older 2, and chase the baby all over the damn place. Camping at this age is so hard. They're big enough to walk around on their own, or run in her case, but they don't have a thread of common sense when it comes to fire, or water. Not too mention what they put in their mouths. Ick. I decided to hang out at home friday night, and drive up sometime saturday afternoon instead. Hubs called sat morning to ask about my plans for the day, and asked me to look for something for him. I had just filled my coffee cup, so I set it on the table and turned around to the counter to see if I could spot whatever it was that he needed. J grabbed my scalding hot coffee, and dumped it all over herself! I flew into a panic! I picked her up and ran to the bathtub, set her in it, and turned on the cold water, and pulled her onsie off. I was so scared! Her angushed cries were almost too much. It was so sad. After drowning her w/ cold water, I called the doctors office, and the nurse or whomever said to bring her in. Thankfully, she's ok. It wasn't nearly as bad of a burn as I though it was. I've never had that happen before. I was burned w/ hot oil when I was 10, and it was awful. My burn covered my entire left arm, from shoulder to wrist. My arm swelled to the size of a leg, and blistered and cracked. Jade's didn't brake any skin, nor does she have any blisters. Poor girl. I'm telling you, my hair is going to turn gray and fall out at an early age.
Other than that.... not too much else. I'm going to go play cards w/ a gf tonight, and maybe some bad karoke. Kids have school oreintation, and soccer oreintation this week, I'm working twice, and then off we go camping again for the next weekend. I can't believe school is starting in just one more week. I'm looking fwd to starting up the old routines, but NOT looking fwd to the early morning hours. I'm not so good in the morning. Besided being busy every night this week, I have to go school shopping for both kids. Both need new jeans, underware, socks, and lunch boxes. The backpacks from last year are still in good shape, they can use those again. Max's school supply list is HUGE. I'm going to drop a small fortune at staples. On top of all that, I've been in the process of rearranging the basemet. Cleanng out storage rooms, moving bedroom and toy rooms... getting rid of way to much shit. Where does it all come from?! Have a good day!!

Uh-Oh

What a week it's been. Jade is going to make my hair turn gray. She is only 16 months old, and you'll never guess what she learned to do. Flip out of her crib! I woke up to a loud thud followed by terrified cries. Poor baby. Crafty baby. She has a hard wood floor in her room, and she fell right on her face. No real damage or blood. She has a bruise/bump on her forehead, but other than that, she's great. I think that was on Tuesday. Then on Wed., she figured out how to climb the dining room chairs and get on top of the table. AHHH! She's determined to brake her neck. Our table is pretty high up, and the floor is tile. I can't turn my back for a second and she's on that damn thing. Now what? Should I get rid of the chairs? Or just continue to set her down and tell her 'no', and pray that the next time I have to take a piss, she doesn't hurt herself? Silly baby. Oh, and she figured out how to empty dresser drawers. Naughty.
I've been trying to clean all week, and catch up on laundry, but it seems as soon as I finish one task, the monsters have destroyed another. I've been really frustrated this week w/ this stay home mom business. I need a maid. Or I'm just incompentent. I have worked the last 2 nights, but even still. Why can't I get on top of things around here? Oh, and Jade threw up this morning. Just what I needed. My poor said baby is sick, my laundry is piled up, house needs attention, and 30 women are showing up at my house tomorrow morning for a baby shower, that I have to cook for. Oh damn. I'm a bit overwhelemed. I was planning on setting up some tables on the deck, so we can eat and have the shower out there, but somehow, b/c the forces in the universe are against me, my pool has turned green. Fuck me. Now what? Ideas anyone? Want some kids? I'll keep the sick crafty baby. But I could donate the other 2. They've been naughty this week to. I know its b/c they want my attention. Being that I've been trying to get a whole bunch of stuff done, I haven't been spending as much time w/ them as I normally would, so they're acting up, trying to get my attention. I've been holding my temper in check, b/c I understand the reasons, but yesterday, I was on the verge of meltdown. Today my sense of humor is back, and I'm not at all upset about all the impossible tasks I have to accomplish yet today. They'll come together somehow. Somebody out there has to like me. Maybe all of that good karma I've been storing up will come in to play today. I certainly hope so folks, cause I need a miracle.

HNT! Family Album

Here is my family, minus my middle child. She wasn't in a picture sort of mood when we were on vacation. This is beautiful Lake Michigan... LOVE it here. I love that top picture of hubs and the baby in the water, the wave was just about ready to eat them. HHNT!

American Idol's Live

What a great show! All of them have improved so much, and were a blast to see live. I was wondering how they were going to put it together. Each of them did 3 songs by themselves, and generally during the 3rd song, the next Idol would join them. Mandesa blew me away. She sounded great on the show, but holy cow! I'm surprised the roof didn't blow off when she let loose. Unbelievable talent! Ace shocked me. On the show, I didn't really care for him. He must have been taking lessons, b/c now, awesome. The one I like the least was Paris. She didn't do anything for me. Too much booty dancing, not nearly enough singing. Elliott, perfect. I hope he comes out w/ a CD too. Taylor was full of energy and crazy dance moves. The audience loved it. After the show, we hung around outside, and were able to meet some of them, which was cool. I met my boyfriend. Chris you know. SO SEXY. He's much hotter in person. And Kellie Pickler. She's beautiful, and very friendly. Chris was great to talk to too. mmm. hot. Ace, eh. He was ok. Lisa was kind of eh too. Taylor came around as well, but he seemed really cranky, and in much to much of a hurry to talk to anyone. He did sign autograph's though, but no conversation. That surprised me. Perhaps his title has already gone to his head?? There were tons of families there, and lots of younger kids. It cracked me up to see this young girls carry on. You would have thought the Rolling Stones just came over to shake your hand rather than the American Idols. It really was a great time. If I continue to be addicted to the show, I think that I would go to the concert every year. I had a great time, and I'd LOVE to bring Max w/ me. He watched the show w/ me all last season, and he was very excited to see the pictures that I took of Ace, Chris, Kelly and Lisa. I'm not going to put all of the pictures up, but I will put up my boyfriend for you :) I'm off to work, and the next few days will be busy. I'll try to update again on Saturday! Have a good week all.

Morning

I had a good weekend. I didn't do much other than read, but it was just what I needed. I think I stayed home both Friday and Saturday night, and yesterday after church we had a family get together at a park. It was a beautiful day for a picnic at the park! It's always good to see our family too. From there we went to an open house for a friend's daughter. J missed her nap, and the other 2 were tired as well, so we had a family nap. PERFECT! That's how Sunday's are supposed to be spent.
Did you hear about the terriost's in MI? Right here in middle of nothing America. Three guys were arrested here after buying a ton of trac phones from Wal-Mart. I guess w/ trac phones, they cannot be traced, and they can be used to detonate bombs. What? Who figures that crap out? And HOW do they figure that out? These three guys were going to try to blow up the Mackinac Bridge. That's pronounced mac-in-awe, by the way. I live far away from there, but still! Geez. As terrible as this sounds, after 9/11, I felt relieved to live here, being that nothing inportant is here, or happens here. I felt safe. Until my dad pointed out that MI is one of the worlds leading places for fresh water supply. I never checked that out, so it could be wrong. And then this bridge blowing up thing. Will we ever be safe again? I don't think we will. I don't think these creeps are going to go away. I wish we could pull out of thier business and let them kill each other off. But even if we left them alone, I still don't think they would stop coming after the U.S. I've been living under a rock recently when it comes to news. I haven't read a paper, or watched tv for at least a month, up until today. I've heard a few reports about some liquid bombs or something on air planes... What is going on? Never mind. I don't think I want to know.
This week is going to be a busy one! Dentist appts for me and the kids on 2 different days, working 3 days, baby shower for Chicken is at my house Saturday morning, and American Idol live is tomorrow night!!! Woohoo! I have a 1000 things to do! I want to get my house work out of the way the begining of this week, and hopefully my little monsters won't screw it up. I'm going to spend all day Friday cooking for the shower, and hopefully finishing up any last minute house work or yard work. I'll be gone w/ appts all afternoon today, and most of the morning tomorrow. I'll be gone at night Tue, Wed, and Thur. Shower saturday, and working again all day Sunday. So busy! I'm going to update for sure after the A.I. concert though! I am such a nerd! I can't wait. Happy Monday bitches!

OH MY GOODNESS! I had the best time EVER last night! I went to an 80's club w/ some girlfriends. I danced my ass off all night long to Madonna, Prince and Depech Mode. I don't think I spelled that right. Oh well. I also danced w/ a gay midget. Does it get any better than that? I think not. AND, guess where I'll be next Tuesday night?? American Idol LIVE bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!! woot woot! I can't stand how perfect today is. My face is sore from the perma-grin I've been sporting since last night. On top of all that, it's FRIDAY! LOVE LOVE LOVE today. Enjoy your weekend all!

I'm still alive!

Hi! I've been busy w/ everything and nothing all at the same time. Kids have been keeping me occupied w/ swimming, soccer camps, and just running around.Everyone is behaving, and healthy, including me. Chicken and my bro are coming over for a cookout tonight! Woohoo! I LOVE it that she's done w/ working! I've been calling her at night for no reason at all. Just b/c she's home! woooohoooooooo. I LOVE it. I'm so excited for her baby to get here. I'm just as excited as if it was my own baby. I can't wait! I'm having a shower for her next weekend here. We've invited 30 or so, so I'm hoping 20ish will show. I'm sure it will be a good time. I don't know what to do about baby games. I kinda don't feel like it. Is that shitty? Would it be rotten to not play games at a baby shower? Hmmmm. I shall ask Chicken.
My sister called me today. That was weird. I haven't heard from her in nearly 2 years. Not b/c we had a falling out of any sort, but we just aren't close, never have been. We didn't grow up together, and lived in different houses, and she's 7 years younger than I am. I made a lot of effort when I was in my teens, but she never seemed interested in bonding with me. I'm ok with that. Blew me away when she called. Supposedly, she's going to stop by this week. We will see.
My 10 year reunion is coming up soon. I've been getting in touch w/ old friends as this reunion is being set up. It's been fun, seeing where everyone ended up. I found another old girlfriend last week. You ever run into old friends and wonder if you should hang out w/ them again? This one seems kind of odd. I can't put my finger on it, but I'm not sure that I want to rekindle the relationship. She's been calling me often. What do you do then? I should give her a chance. Maybe she isn't as off as she appears.
Anyway, kids are starting to piss and moan. Time for dinner. Have a good night!

The fog is lifting, or it least it seems to be. I'm still lacking in motivation, but my feelings are coming around. I don't feel so overwhelmed now. The animals have been better behaved, and the kids have been doing well too. I started taking an anti-depressiant. Usually the week before my period, I have a hard time w/ feeling insecure, paranoid, irritated, and overwhelmed, but after 5 days or so, I'm back to normal. I've talked to my doctor about b/c it was starting to worry me. I think really weird shit that week. It was freaking me out. My doctor didn't want to put me on anything at that time, b/c I'd have to take a pill everyday, for it to be able to help me for 5, and as long as I could keep it in check for those 5 days, shouldn't worry about it. It's been a month now that I've been feeling all weird. I thought that it was time to try something. I don't know if it's the medication that's making me feel better, or if it's just me feeling better. I haven't been taking it very long, and I've heard it can take up to a few weeks to make any changes. I'll let you know. It seems kind of odd to be taking medication. I'm anti meds in general. But, I couldn't pull out of it on my own, and maybe this can help. Life is much too precious to spend it grumpy or pissed about things that do not matter. I'll let you know what happens.
This is the week where I'm suppose to reach my weight loss goal. Booooooo. I'm not there yet. I have a pound and 1/2 to go. I'm going to try a boost thing to see if that will do it. I'm really looking forward to making it to my goal! I'm one of those people who rarely finishes what she starts. The weight no longer matters, i'm not stressed about the 1 1/2 pds, but I want to do what I said I could. Just for me. I'm pleased w/ the outcome. 42 1/2 pds in 4 months, dropping nearly 30 inches, cutting my clothing size in 1/2, and not being grossed out when I look in the mirror anymore. It's a good feeling!
It is hotter than blazes up here right now! With the heat index, it is going to get to 110 today. Ick. We've had heat advisory's for the last few days. The humidity is awful. When you first go outside, it seems like you can't breathe, b/c the air is so heavy and thick. Max has soccer camp all of this week, but I'm not sending him today, too hot! We'll spend the afternoon in the pool :) The laundry will wait for me tonight. Have a good day all!