Another year gone

It's new years eve. Wanna know what we are gonna do tonight? Absolutely NOTHING at all. I have started a fire in the fire place, the kids are relaxing in their room and now all we need is Benny to get home from work. We are tired and just want to chill. Smiley asked me where LazyTown was and I told him it was here tonight! My kids don't like fireworks anyway so they wont miss that part of it. Freaks them out.

Anyway, this year has gone by pretty fast. Lots of shit happened. It's pretty cool having this blog because I can go back and remember all the fun times we had.

I guess my resolution is to just be a better person, wife and mother. Can't really go wrong with that one!

Hope everyone has wonderful night and year.

Hey you!

Been gone. Hanging out and babysitting my bro in laws kids since Friday. Get one night home then going to my moms to babysit the dogs, horses and grandparents. Wouldn't trade my life for anything though! Good people take care of their family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you aren't like that, check yourself!!!!

So, no pics (right now cuz I'm tired) and there were are too many crazy stories to tell (would take about 5 post and I'll probably tell ya, just not tonight) so this is all you get. Don't ya hate it when folks tease ya like that? At least I said I will probably tell ya!

Here is a hint:
My MIL acted a DAMN FOOL! I wasn't involved cuz I was too drunk to notice! hehe!
My niece, that I was bragging on last year, acted a DAMN FOOL a couple times...And I was not involved! But I was sober unfortunately!!!!
I was good and kept my mouth shut ALL WEEK!!!!!! And I wasn't involved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a great and naughty (stealing that part from Sage) weekend!!!!!!!

Pics

I have been super busy this week but had to show yall these pics. The first one is of my niece and nephew. It just cracked me up. I think Santa has to be on something in order to just keep on smiling. The second one is of Toot at the Christmas play at church. She is just too cute!

Dear family...

Dear Mom,
Thank you so much for everything you have done for me all my life, but what all you have done this month for me really means the world to me. I don't know what I would do without you. I am the luckiest girl to have you as my mom.
Love,
Your VERY grateful daughter


Dear Toot,
PLEASE quit asking me 50 times a day if it is Christmas yet. I know you are excited but dang girl, you are driving me crazy. I promise I will not let Christmas pass without telling you. I also promise that we will make Santa cookies on Christmas so don't worry. I have everything under control.
Love,
Your pinky promising mama

Dear Smiley,
I love the way you are. You are perfect in your own little way. There is just one thing I need from ya. Now I know most parents would love what you haven't been doing but I need a little help. All you have asked for Christmas is a truck and a REAL train. I'm gonna need a little more to work with babe. So, give it some thought and let me know.
Love,
Your mama that is out of ideas

Dear Little Man,
OK kiddo. It's get that it is almost winter break and you are excited. I get that it's almost Christmas and you are excited. And, I get that you are so excited about going to Boy Scout camp right after Christmas. BUT, do ya think you could tone down the attitude a tad. And when I say tad I mean A TON. This arguing with me over EVERYTHING is getting old real quick. And so is talking to me like I am your child. I don't let adults talk to me like that and I sure as heck am not going to let you. So, just go back to your sweet self and all will be well again.
Love,
Your mama that happens to know where she can get some coal

Dear Benny,
Quit stressing. I have everything under control.
Love,
The woman who hopes you are a gullible as your daughter


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Seriously, just grow up

I have just about decided that women are the meanest people around. Not teenage girls, not bullies at school but grown ass women. Seriously.

For the last 2 weeks I have seen 3 cases where women just acted like complete fools. They were mean, destructive, hateful, aggressive, calling others horrible names and spreading rumors. What the hell? I thought we were suppose to out grow that back in high school, not get worse! It seems men are more mature when it comes to the way you should treat others.

Two of the cases was on the internet. I am sure you have all seen it happen, especially among bloggers. I guess it's just so easy for some to be nasty online because you are hiding behind a screen. Just because it's easy doesn't mean it should be done. And not only is it just one person, once it gets started, tons of women jump in from both sides and get nastier and nastier. It's really sad.

Then there was one case that I got to witness. Women in their 40's throwing drinks, breaking phones and getting into a fist fight. It couldn't end there though. No, they have drug it out for the last two weeks seeing who could piss the other one off more. When I heard about it and then saw some of it, all I could think of was how these women REALLY need to grow up and REALLY need to get a life. If they have nothing better to do than act like this then something is really wrong. That goes for all the women that act like this online too.

So I have an idea. How about everyone just get along seeins how it's the holidays and all. How about we learn to bite our tongue and just walk away or turn off the computer. I know people wont do it for long because some people just crave drama but lets give it a shot for say....the next 3 weeks. Think ya can handle it? Hey, then maybe try and do something nice for someone else. You never know, you might find yourself being a little happier in life.

He's my lobster!!!

Yay!

I have been blogging a little over a year now and I really think the best thing I have gotten from it is some very special friends. Friends who now know me better than most and still love me through all my faults. Friends who don't judge me and are always there for me even though they live states apart.

The other day a really cool chick gave me an award. I love getting these, not because of what the award actually says, but because it means that I have made a friend that thought of me when handing it out.

This is the award Rose gave me. Thank you girl!

Now I gotta tell you 5 things I like to do.

1. I love to go riding backroads with my husband.
2. I love to sit and watch my kids tickle each other.
3. I love to read a good book while snuggled up in my comfy bed.
4. I love hanging out with my parents.
5. And, of course, I love drinking beer. ;)

I am going to give this award to Amanda and Carrin. They are 2 of the best friends I have ever made.

Hmmm...life....

So hey, it didn't snow here. Apparently it did in Houston but not here in Linden, TX which is 5 hours NORTH! Oh well, I was actually looking forward to it because of the kids. We went and did some cool shit though because I just rock like that.

Did have a really shitty Thursday. It happens I guess. I'm just not quite sure how to get over it. Benny and I hardly ever fight but Thursday was our worst ever. It was bad. My heart is pulling me in two different ways. One says to hang on for dear life and never let go of him and the other says to run away as fast as I can. It's not fun. We are going on a 'date' tonight so hopefully that goes well. I hope, I think. I don't really know right now.

I do love him so much and can't imagine life without him but......

I don't know. It's hard. I gotta fix me. I can't fix anyone but me. Is love REALLY enough? Can I forget the hurt? We'll see........

I need more batteries!

OK, most of yall have seen this post but I had to repost it for the few of you that haven't (Rose and Trudy). Carrin reminded me of it yesterday with her post so I just had too. ENJOY! I know I will!!!! I wrote this on May 20th but I added one to it today.



Well, Benny is leaving for 7 weeks on Monday and we will only get to see him on weekends. He will be working those days too but we will at least get to eat supper with him. I could write a long and depressing post about it but I opted not to. Instead, I thought I would share with you all the male celebrities I think are really good looking in no particular order. Sounds like a lot more fun to me.


Johnny Depp - I've always had a thing for him and think it all started with Edward Scissorhands.Matthew McConehey - He is so yummy and he is from Texas.

David Boreanaz - You already know why if you read yesterdays post.

Will Smith - Can you name a movie he doesn't run in? I can only think of one (The Legend of Bagger Vance) and he is in a ton of movies. I love his smirks, so cute.

Colin Farrell - I could just look at him all day. And listen to him talk. I love his accent.

Brad Pitt - Not one I normally would have picked but he did look so good in Troy.
Mel Gibson - I love Mel. We have all the Lethal Weapons and watch them all the time. We also have Mad Max which I think is totally stupid but agree to watch it just to watch him. That's one sexy man.

Kevin Costner - Have you ever seen him as Robin Hood? Another extremely sexy man. I love his smirks too. I have Mr Brooks and it was so weird seeing him as a psycho. Good movie though. My favorite is Tin Cup.

Russell Crowe - He looked real good in Gladiator. I love his voice too. I actually have a very old movie that he made in Australia and didn't know it was the same guy for the longest time.
James Dean - Rebel Without A Cause. Nuff said! I fell for him a long time ago. Funny thing, Benny's grandpa looked JUST like James Dean when he was younger.

Tom Selleck - He was sexy enough to be Monica's boyfriend on Friends. Also, my dog Zues was named after his dogs on Magnum P.I. His dogs names were Zeus and Apollo.
Richard Gere - I'd be his hooker ANY day.

Sean Connery - Have you heard him talk? Nuff said.

George Clooney - I watched ER just to watch him. We also have all of the Oceans movies just because he is in them.

Mark Harmon - I do think he is very good looking but my Mom thinks he's HOT. This is how she remembers him. He is pretty hot there.

This is how I know him. I watch NCIS all the time. Still very good looking.

And Mom, when I was looking for pictures of him, I ran across this. I know where you can get a copy. ;)

Wasn't that fun? Anyway, hope everyone has a good weekend.

I had to add a new one. (It's not Benny BTW)

Later taters. Hope you enjoyed the show!

Global Warming?

Today is Dec 2nd. It was snowing this morning in Dallas, TEXAS! It is suppose to snow here Friday and they (the news) said the snow could make it all the way to Houston! WTF! Usually IF we get snow it is in Jan or Feb. So, where is this global warming I keep hearing about. I haven't seen it.

I didn't see it this summer either. Our hottest month was JUNE! We only had a few days in the 100's over the whole summer. Usually August is one 100 degree day after another but not this year at all.

I don't really mind the snow, its the ice I don't like. It is suppose to snow AND rain Friday and then get into the 20's that night. Glad I don't have to go anywhere Saturday morning but Benny does leave for work at 5:30am and doesn't have his 4X4 truck anymore. Sucks to be him. He is starting a new shut down that day and will be in a metal building all day. He is going to FREEZE!

So, once again, I am a little worried we will have another ice storm this year. Ugghhhh.

Everyone is healthy and happy and that is really all that matters. And the kids will be so happy about the snow so I guess it's not that bad. I'm just not quite ready for it yet. I don't even know where my winter coat is or if I even still have one!!!! Man, my head is gonna get COLD!!!!

Im back and different

I'm back and got a few questions to ask. I did something that pretty much goes against society's norm here. I have done it before and loved it and did it again. Benny was on board with it and even did it for me. He likes it, I like it, folks hate it just as much as they did the first time.
I went and shaved my head. I kinda look at hair as in it's just hair, it will grow back. No big deal, right? But, I have had two comments made to me that bothered me.

First one was from my dad. He said that I was not a very good role model to my kids. That one pissed me off and hurt because he would not have said that the day before. Did I really change that much because of a hair cut? I don't think so.

The second comment was from my mom. She said because of my hair, Benny doesn't have to worry about any guys hitting on me now. Did she just tell me I was ugly? Not attractive? Not sexy?

Here is my question to yall. What makes a woman sexy/attractive? Is it really inner beauty that counts or is it what is on the outside?

I need a break...

Things are crazy around here. We are still sick but getting better. Benny drove through flood waters last week and we found out yesterday that the insurance company totalled out his truck. Plus, there is a lot of other stuff going on. Then we have the holidays coming up. I am just overwhelmed and I need a break.
So, I have decided that something in my life has to give and I chose for it to be this. I have just been spread too thin lately and that is not fair to me and especially my family. It only makes sense for me to take a break from blogging because I wasn't enjoying writing anymore. I felt like I needed to instead of wanted to. I'm not leaving for good, just taking a break until I feel like I have the time and the want to to do it again.
Feel free to e-mail anytime. I will still be checking it just not as much as I use to.

Update

Well, It seems Little Man just had a bad cold but then he also got an ear infection. Went to the doc today and got all his meds. Hopefully he will feel better soon but it doesn't look like he will not make it to school at all this week. When a diabetic gets an infection (or has high blood sugar levels very long) his body makes this stuff called ketones. Then that makes him build up acid in his body. VERY bad thing. It could actually put him in a coma if not watched closely and treated. This morning he had moderate amounts of ketones and now we have it down to small amounts. The goal is to get it down to negative. So now I have to make sure his sugar levels stay down and he has to drink 24 oz of water every hour.

To top it all off, Toot and Smiley are now sick too. Seems they caught Little Mans cold. Toot woke up at 5am with 101.1 fever. Smileys was only 99.5. I feel so bad for my babies. I hate it when they are sick.

So now I feel like a nurse with all the meds and scheduling of meds going on. Here is how it goes. Little Man gets ear drops every 4 hours, checks his ketones and blood sugar every 2 hours, antibiotics every 12 hours, water every hour and Tylenol every 6 hours.
Toot gets her meds every 6 hours and Smiley gets his every 4 hours.
And of course none of those fall at the same time.

Hope everyone is having a better week than me and my family. I probably wont be around much because it seems that I have my hands full. Time for Toots meds right now!

DAMMIT!

As much as we try, we can't always protect our kiddos. That is a lesson we have all learned. When anyone is sick in this house, I do my hardest to keep Little Man from getting sick. I have had to go a week before without him to try and protect him.

BUT, I can't always protect him from the world. Apparently the flu is going around his school pretty bad. My ex mother in law called me yesterday to tell me that and to tell Little Man to wash his hands a lot. Too late.

He started coughing yesterday but I didn't think much about it. Then last night, he started feeling bad. This morning, he is SICK! Fever, dry cough, aches, headache, and very tired. Sounds like the flu to me dammit. I pray he doesn't start throwing up because if he does, most likely he will end up in the hospital. When you are a diabetic, illness's that others can handle aren't handled so well.

If ya are the praying type, could ya say a little prayer for my Little Man? I hope we can get through this without a trip to the hospital.

Who will he be today?

I was watching a comedian last night and he was talking about what it is like to be married. He said once you are married, you never know who your wife is gonna be when you wake up. She may be happy, sad, bitchy.... You get the point. It got me thinking about Little Man.

I always know what kid is going to wake up. It's always the same. Slow, grumpy and tired. He is not a morning person. I'm pretty sure he got that from me. It is when I pick him up from school that I never know what kid I will get. This has been going on for a few months and it's getting old. I'm sure it will be like this for years to come and probably get worse seeins how he is only 11.

Some days I pick him up and he is just flat out pissy. Pissy with me, pissy with the little ones and pissy with the rest of the world. This kid is hard to deal with. He argues with me over everything and is a smart ass. I don't do well with this kid. When he is like this, he usually just goes to him room when we get home which is usually best.

Other days, he jumps in the car just as happy as can be. This kid is talkative, sweet, tells me he loves me over and over and plays with the little ones. He passes out hugs and kisses and actually interacts with us all. He hardly goes in his room and is agreeable to everything. This is my favorite kid. I wish he would stick around all the time.

Then we have days like yesterday. These days are weird. He got in the car all happy like he has the last few days. Toot and him were joking around and he called her crazy. Then he said he wasn't crazy, just weird. Toot said, "That's a good one. You are so funny Bubba. HAHAHAHAHA!". Then, a switch flipped and he said, "BE QUIET TOOT! I HAVE A HEADACHE!" WTH?! Where did that come from. I told him to quit being pissy and that if his head hurt so bad then he needed to lay down when we got home. This made him even more pissy. And with that, he went to him room and hid out.

An hour later, he comes out of his room and starts tickling Toot. She looked confused but went with it. She jumps at any chance to play with him. He was in a great mood the rest of the night.

I don't know if it's hormones or what but we just try and deal with it and I try and keep him in line as much as possible. I don't care what his hormones are doing, he is not going to be disrespectful to anyone. I'm kinda scared as to what it will be like when he is actually a teenager. It's like he doesn't know if he should be a little boy or a teen and feels pulled in both directions. And I thought girls were suppose to be the moody ones? Ha!

On a side note, I guess the school handled the bully situation because it has stopped completely. I'm glad he didn't have to actually fight anyone to get it to stop.

Dear Me

Dear my 10 year old self,
Hey, right now life is good but it wont always be. You will go through some hard times but I have some advice to help you through it.

First of all, quit blaming Dad for PA moving out. PA wanted to and it would have happened anyway. Also, you know that deep dark secret you hold inside, go to mom right now and tell her. She will believe you no matter how it seems.

Now on to the next 18 years. When you are in Jr High and want to seem grown up, realize that you are not and what you want to do is soooo not worth it. Trust me, the right time will come soon enough.

When you are in high school, you will get the guy you want but it will cause lots a problems. Don't fret the small stuff and just enjoy the time yall have together. He is a real blast but always stay true to yourself. No matter how much you try to be the girl he wants, he will still walk away. Don't worry though, you get him back when you are 18 and quit trying to be the girl he wants.

Then there is going to be a time when Mom and Dad do something that you don't understand and don't like but it really is the best thing ever. It works out great so just go with it. You and Mom end up being best friends and she really is just trying to do what is best.

Just always remember to follow your gut. It hardly ever steers you wrong when you really listen to it. Your life turns out to be what you truly wanted and you will love it.

Your 28 year old self,
Me

P.S. Don't get that perm you want so badly. Your hair wont curl and it turns out bad. Very very bad!


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Just a reminder

No one in real life knows about my blog except my mom and Benny and I would LOVE to keep it that way so if we are friends on Facebook, PLEASE don't mention it. If they knew about it I would have to censor it and I really don't want to have to do that. I like being able to bitch about who I want, when I want. It's nice to be able to get shit off my chest without hurting anyone. Thanks.

Today has sucked! It has rain ALL day long without stopping. We have pretty much just laid in the dark watching movies all day. I sure hope the sun makes an appearance soon. They even let Benny get off work early because of all the flooding.

If Toot rides a sheep this weekend, I will deffinately take pics to show yall. Benny has to work so he will miss it so I have been told to take video and pics. I can't wait and just hope it doesn't get rained out again!

Off to cook supper. Hope everyone had a great Tuesday!

And it just keeps coming

It is raining. Still. We have had soooo much rain this year. Oh ya, and it was confirmed that we did get tornados the other day.

I am really getting tired of the rain and it needs to stop before winter gets here. We never get snow. Well, hardly ever that is. It has only snowed ONE day since Toot has even been alive. What we usually get is ice. We haven't had a bad ice storm in about 7 or 8 years. On the last one, people didn't have electricity anywhere from 2 weeks to a month. Yes, you read that right! One whole month without electricity!!!!

If it continues to rain like this, I am sure we will have another bad one this year. I am not looking forward to that!

Because of the storms and tornados and rain, the rodeo we went to got rained out and rescheduled for next sat. That's ok though because I really wanted Toot to compete in the mutton bustin (ride a sheep as long as possible). I know she would love it. So now, I have 6 days to convince her. I know if she sees other kids doing it, she will. She never backs down from a challange.

Have you ever,,,,

Got in a fight with your brothers because they are shitty? I have! Did tonight.

They are assholes and Mom, you shouldn't go! But that is just my opinion! You know how I feel about it.

I love you and am ALWAYS here for ya!

This sucks!

We had a bad storm go threw a minute ago and now we have no electricity. Really bad straight line wind which is never good with all the trees we have. I went out for a second and only saw small limbs everywhere. So, I called my folks to check on them.

They have shit down everywhere. They have these tent carport things because they have so many cars (6) and she said one of them blew away. They have a corvette they are rebuilding and a 50 pound sack of deer corn was on the hood of it and the hood blew off of it and landed one of their trucks. A pine tree fell on their boat. And then a bunch of limbs down everywhere including on their power line. Ya, they don't have electricity either.

Thank goodness I have a laptop with a battery or it would be very boring and dark in here but no coffee dammit! Last time we had a storm like this (last year), it took 18 hours to get our electricity back. Hope it doesn't take that long this time!

Dear....

Dear Dad,

Happy birthday. You really are the best dad I could have ever asked for. Hope you enjoy your banana pudding.

A daddy's girl forever,

April

Dear kids,

Yall have been really good lately. Lets keep that way, ok. Also, if you keep washing the dishes for me, I will buy you and awesome toy this weekend. I promise.

A very grateful woman,

Mama

Dear Sage,

Thank you so much for the award. You are really a great guy and I am glad we have become friends. Love all of our conversations.

Can't wait to talk again,

April tx

Dear Carrin, Amanda, Brandy and Rose,

I am passing this award on to yall. No matter what, yall always leave me a comment and I appreciate it. There are no rules so do what ya want with it.

A grateful blogger,

April

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Better picture

This is after a second shower and a little make up. Yup, still pink. I'm just gonna say I did it for breast cancer awareness month!

Requested pic and a problem

So there ya go, I took a pic with my pink hair. Not a great pic because I just woke up and it's kinda dark in here. Either way, there ya go.
OK, we have a problem and I need some help with it. Little Man has these 3 kids that have been bullying him forever. Lately they are getting physical. Like shoving him around and yesterday, one of them grabbed his throat. Until yesterday, my advise was to ignore them and not give them the satisfaction of pissing him off. Well, Little Man can't do that. I guess it's just not in him. He always lets them see him pissed.
I have called the school but they kinda just blew me off. I have talked to the ring leaders mom (she works with my ex mother in law)a ton of times and she doesn't do anything about it. So what is Little Man to do to get this to stop? A few men I have talked to said that Little Man needs to get scrappy with them. I am scared he would get his ass kicked. One of the kids is HUGE! Benny tried to explain to me that boys are different than girls and unless Little Man stands up to these guys, it will go on forever. Even if he does get his ass kicked.
I really don't know what is best. I did tell him though that if the kid grabs his throat again, to reach up and pull his ear down as hard as possible. I may have been really pissed at the kid when I said that. I just don't know what else he can do.
Bullies suck!

Miss Pinky Lee

We had a great weekend even though we didn't do much. We did go to the festival but the teeth that they were sealing on the kids haven't grown in yet on Toot so that didn't get done. Oh well. The festival was actually pretty boring and so we left and went to the dollar store to pick up some cheap toys.
They already have the Halloween stuff out so I picked up a can of hot pink hair spray stuff. Toot loves it but we have pink EVERY WHERE now.

And I might have pink hair too. Not as easy to get out as I originally thought.

Yesterday, we spent the day laying around and watching football. A disappointment with the Cowboys but oh well. I love it though what the NFL is doing for Breast Cancer Awareness month. All the pink gloves and shoes made me smile. I always try to support Breast Cancer Awareness when I can so if you are a woman, don't forget to feel yourself up this month (and every other month to follow)!

Random randomness

So I have some stuff to say but not enough for a whole post so here is some randomness for ya.

A little back ground. My dads best friend was a school teacher for 30+ years. Over that time, he became good friends with the school nurse that is an RN. He just retired recently after his quadruple bypass. OK, now he has a B-12 deficiency and has to get a shot everyday for 5 days at home. His wife wont do it so you would think he would have his nurse friend do the shots. NOOOOO, he wants my mom to drive over there every morning and do them since Little Man gets shots everyday. He said he wants someone that knows what they are doing. Don't nurses know how to give shots? Thought so. He is just a big whiney butt.

Little Man's step mom is stuck in Germany. She went to see her hubby (my ex hubby) for a 3 day weekend 2 weeks ago and can't get back home. Is it bad that I think this is funny. She flew on a military plane to get there and is now just waiting for one she can get on to get back home. They are hoping she is home by Thursday. This made me giggle to know she is stuck alone in a different country. (Yup, sometimes I am a bitch) Don't worry though, she knows German so she should be fine. And they actually want to take Little Man over there this December. This is not the way to convince me it is a good idea!

This weekend we have a festival going on and the dental community will be there giving fluoride treatments and sealing the kids teeth for free. That is a $170 dollar treatment for free. I will be there with Toot. I had my teeth sealed when I was little and never had a cavity until I was pregnant with Little Man. Definitely worth it.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I plan on it.

Dear Family

Dear Little Man,
I am so glad you finally got to come home. I hope you enjoyed your week with Grandma but now it's time to go back to normal. I do my best to keep you from getting sick because of your diabetes and sometimes that means shipping you off when we are all sick. It's all for you babe. I hope we don't have to go through that again for a long time.
The woman who missed you dearly,
Mama

Dear Toot,
I know you love your harmonica and all but it is driving me crazy! How about you only play it outside or in your room with your door closed? I don't mind if you do it in the living room as long as I am NOT watching my favorite shows. I hope we can come to an agreement on this little annoyance. And yes, I do believe you will be a superstar one day.
The woman with the ringing ears,
Mama

Dear Mom,
Thanks a ton for giving Toot a harmonica for her birthday. She absolutely loves to play it ALL THE TIME! Appreciate it.
The woman who still has ringing ears,
April

Dear Benny,
I understand that you do this every year but when it is the last weekend you are gonna have for 2 months, don't ask me if I am excited about it. You wont like the answer. I promise. Lets just not talk about it and just let me get through it. I love you and have never bitched about it so lets not mess that up this year. I will miss you and really hope you have fun so lets just leave it at that. OK?
The woman who will miss you while you party it up at squirrel camp,
April

Dear Smiley,
DUDE! Seriously! What is wrong with you?! You have already poured out 3 pounds of sugar, 5 pounds of coffee, God knows how much salt and a few boxes of cereal. Was it REALLY necessary to crack open a dozen eggs on MY bedroom carpet?!!!! I don't get it. You KNOW you are going to get into big trouble when you do it but don't seem to care, why? Can you PLEASE stop? I am really sick of cleaning up your messes while you hide from me. I am begging you know. This is getting so old!
The woman who is SOOOOO tired of the extra cleaning,
Mama

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New baby!!

Arena, our pregnant horse, is no longer pregnant! She had this cute litte girl the other day. SOOOOO cute and soooooo soft. The kids are so excited!

My new job

You may have read a while back when I said I didn't know what I wanted to do when I grew up. If you didn't read it, I said I didn't know what I want to do when I grow up. OK, everyone is caught up.

I figured it out!

Have you ever seen those reality shows where an animal mauls a person? I have and it bugs me the way they commentator (is that what he is?) describes it. I could do SOOOOO much better.

Example:
'Anne' was just walking threw the woods (probably on the rag) and all the sudden she felt a sharp stabbing pain on her face. There was a mountain lion ripping her face off and then ripping her from head to toe and she couldn't stop it. The pussy she was with thought it would be a good idea to throw a rock at the vicious lion. Apparently, this mountain lion was a pussy too so it ran away leaving Anne bleeding from every where. It must have just been mean and not hungry so lets go kill the first mountain lion we see and say it was the big bad lion! That will make the scared people around here happy!

See, I would be so good at the job!!!!

Oh, and then there is the other show I watched tonight. It's called "Mate Check". They should rename it "I am pimping put my daughters to try and prove your man is cheating". WTF!

I am ashamed to admit I use to watch reality tv but I have seen the way. This is the stupidest shit I have ever seen in my life. Ya, it's ok at 3 am in the morning when it's that or infomercials but seriously, are people REALLY this stupid? I would never qualify for a reality show because I actually have a brain. I know some of you love reality tv but it is getting a little out of hand. Don't ya agree?

Dear White Truck,

(I am reposting this for my letter post because it happened again yesterday but it was a red truck this time.)

Please do not stop in front of my house anymore.

I understand we live way out in the country and there is not a store for 10 whole minutes but please, just keep driving.

I know that sometimes children can not help themselves but the person that got out of you was no child.

My daughter was really concerned you had broke down until you then drove off. Then she was just wondering why you chose our driveway as a good "spot". She is 5 and already knows what is and isn't a good "spot" in a time of need. If you can see a house anywhere, it is not a good "spot" much less at the end of someones driveway.

In the future, about 10 seconds up the road is a good "spot". I suggest you try that one next time.

I hope you choose to take my advise because I fear next time, my dog just might show your passengers the same courtesy that she showed us. He has often thought a leg was a good "spot".

Sincerely,
The house where you stopped so that woman could pee

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Wordless Wednesday

Future welder?

I just want to breath!

Seems a lot of folks have gotten sick lately.
You can now add me to the list.
Can't breath, smell, gotta sore throat, and fever.
It sucks.
Benny and Toot got it too.
Me and Toot plan on laying around feeling sorry for ourselves but poor Benny still has to go to work.
That's about all. Hope everyone else feels better.

Why blog?

Here is what I want to know. Why do you blog?

Is it just to get things out? Just to converse with others in your situation? To write (to yourself), to write (to others)....

What is it that makes you come back to it everyday and type.

I will tell you why I do (kinda).

When I started, it was totally to connect with people in the same situation as me. As a stay at home mom, I felt VERY alone. I started this hoping to connect with people like me but what I found was so much better. Way better!

Because of this here blog, I got a best friend that lives states apart and is a lot different than me. A lot a like me but also a lot different. Our similarities are so close but our differences are so apart. She is really someone I can see being my friend for many years even though we live so far apart. I can go to her with things I can't go to my mom or Benny with and she can come to me with stuff that she can't with her family. It does suck though when your BFF lives 1000 miles away!

Another great friend I have made is so different than the one above but also alike in ways. We are so alike it's almost scary. Our husbands are almost like twins and so are we (except she doesn't drink beer!). She is always there for me when I need her and I am always there for her. We just really GET each other. I am so blessesd to have 'met' her. One day we will meet IRL.

Two life long best friends just because I was ME.



I can talk to these two chicks about any and every thing. They don't judge me or look down on me. They just understand where I am coming from and accept it and love me for it.

I started this blog to find people like me but what I found was people that are so different and yet so alike that we just clicked. How cool is that?! Two life long friends.

So now the question is, 'Why do I still blog now that I have made two best friends'?

And the answer is "just because!". It's not to make someone laugh or make them like me, but, just because I want to. I don't do it to make money or get the most followers or anything like that. I still blog for the same reason I did when I started. To connect with people in my situation but, I know I wont find friends better than Carrin and Amanda.

How many of you still blog for the same reason as when you started?

It bugs me when I am following a blog and they 'sell out'. What I mean by that is they start saying what people think they should say and do reviews every other day. I am sure they didn't start this to do that. If so, I wouldn't have followed them in the first place. A blog shouldn't be work. It should be whatever you wanted it to be when you started (if you wanted it to be work you shouldn't be reading my blog)..

If you want to 'please everybody', then by all means, try. But, if you want to be real and not a commercial, then stick around because that is what you will find here. And, if that is what you are, I will most likely read yours and keep reading yours.

Dear....

Dear Doc,

Thank you so much for all your help. Since you put me back on the Lexapro, I am feeling more and more like myself. It feels good to be me again. Also, thanks for pain pills. My neck already feels better and I know it will help with the headaches. Now I will be able to actually sleep all night and my body and kids appreciate that.

The woman who NEEDS some sleep,
April


Dear Verizon,

You really need to get all the kinks worked out soon. Also, why in the world did it take me being on the phone for a HOUR just to fix one tiny problem? I don't know how switching from Alltel to Verizon could cause so many problems, but it did. PLEASE get these fixed soon. I am still tired of my calls getting dropped on EVERY phone call I make.

The woman who would like to finish at least ONE conversation on the phone,
April


Dear Mom and Dad,

Yall have such a wonderful marriage. I am so happy I grew up in a home where the parents really love each other. I hope my marriage is always as happy as yalls. I really hope yall have a wonderful weekend celebrating your 30th anniversary. Congrats on making it 30 years and I know yall will make it forever.

Your daughter that is so lucky to have yall as parents,
April


For more letters, go visit Shortmama.

Wordless Wednesday

BIRTHDAY GIRL

Today is Toot's 5th birthday! She is really growing up on me. We had her party Saturday at my mom's house and it was a blast.

4 Generations

Her Tinkerbell cake
Her Daddy got her a beautiful princess dress

And her Grandma and Grandpa got her her very first gun. It's a 22.

She hit the target 3 out of 5 times! That's my girl!!!

I can't believe that she is already 5. I am so blessed to be her mom. She is the most perfect daughter I could have ever dreamed of. I love her so much and it is so fun watching her grow everyday. I just wish it didn't happen so dang fast.

What are you watching?

So Amber wants to know what we are watching this Fall for Friend Makin' Monday. Funny thing is, I had just gone threw all the shows this week and set my DVR for all my favorites to record then checked her blog. So, it is all very fresh in my mind. I'm suppose to be cleaning so this will be pretty short. Benny's coming home early!

• Bones - I have seen EVERY SINGLE EPISODE and that wont change this season. I have written a few things about this show. I LOVE it. If I could only watch one show, this would be it. Benny doesn't care for it but knows how much I love it so he deals with it.
• NCIS - I also love this show. I watch it all the time on USA. I have seen most of them but every once in a while I will see one I missed back in the day. This is Benny's favorite TV show so he is cool about actually sitting down and watching it. He loves Abby.
• Criminal Minds - This just facinates me. I think being a profiler would be cool. Benny likes one character on the show so he will watch it with me.
• Ghost Whisperer - I love this show and Benny doesn't. This one has to be recorded so I can watch it when he is not home. I have also watched this one from the begining. Don't really like what the writers have been doing lately but still watch. I hope this season is better than last.

Anyway, that is what I recorded. Oh ya, I also recorded 2 1/2 Men. Benny and Little Man love it. Others I watch that I don't record are all of the Law and Orders. I really like SVU.

I noticed I kind have a theme with my shows. Mainly cop shows. So what all do yall watch?

Booster what?

Little Man has totally impressed me. I can't sing (just ask Carrin) and I sure as hell can't play any instrument (after 2 years of guitar lessons, nothing) so when he said he was going into band, I was shocked! And SCARED!

But he is really freaking good!!!! After what, 2 weeks, he can do a really good job and I am so proud. I would have never thought it. I am one proud mama right here!

Then, they had their first pep rally today and I didn't go. I showed up at the JR HIGH today to pick him up and cars were EVERYWHERE and covered in LK (our school) shoe polish!!! Was I suppose too?

I asked him if parents showed and he said that they did. BUT, he was SOOOOO glad I didn't. Yup, he is my son!

I never dated a football player and I was never a cheerleader and so I was never all into 'school spirit' to the extremes. I didn't paint my cars or my face. I forget how Texas can get about football.

So, I guess I gotta learn it. And learn it before October 9th because I am apparently in the band booster (what is that btw?) and I have to work the game that night.

Wish me luck!!! And any pointers would be nice!!!!

Dear Carrin, From the Family

Dear Carrin,
Thank you so much for being friends with April and coming down for the weekend. It takes a lot for her to become good enough friends with someone to actually open up our home to them. I had a blast and so did she. The tequila rose was pretty good, huh?! I am glad you got to see what all we do in this little town of ours. Also, sorry about smacking you on the ass. Force of habit!

The man that knows all the backroads,

Benny

Dear Carrin,

Thank you so much for my awesome glasses, purse and make up. I love them so much. Also, thank you for listening to me babble on and on. Can't wait to see you again.

The chick with the rockin sun glasses,

Toot

Dear Carrin,

Thank you so much for my book and markers even though my sister keeps stealing them. I really do love them and got to color a lot with them yesterday. I almost finished the book which is good because I have lost even more lids. Thanks for also playing ball with me. I don't get to do that a lot inside and had a blast! I had fun tickling you in the truck and can't wait to do it again.

The ball throwing boy,

Smiley

Dear Carrin,

Thanks for making the trip down here. I really had a lot of fun. From the time that we picked you up at the airport until we dropped you back off was a blast. Next time you visit, we will get you in the water (if it's warm). My kids loved you and Benny thought you were one cool chick. I really hope you had as much fun as we did and enjoyed our little corner of Texas. Also, Little Man said he wished he had got to meet you and told me to tell you THANK YOU for the awesome helicopter. They put it together last night and it only took 3 hours!!! He has it set up on his dresser now.

The woman who will always be a friend,

April

For more letters, go visit ShortMama and see what everyone else had to say.

What a weekend!!!!

Last weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in a long time. Carrin came down to visit and we had such a blast. It stayed sunny and nice the whole time also so thank you, God. I really appreciated it.

First thing Benny did when we got to the airport was make her a special sign. It said "SHORT YANKEE WOMAN". Everyone at the airport got a kick out of it including Carrin.


Before she arrived, Benny made a trip to the beer store and had decided he was going to get us all drunk that night. He succeeded. We took her riding backroads and showed her what all that entails.

The next day, we headed over to my folks house to go pick up the kids and then head to the river. Right before we left, my dad said that they never go to the lake or river on Labor day weekend because something always goes wrong with the boat. Of course, something then did go wrong with ours after he said that. The battery went dead but luckily Benny's brother was there and towed us back to the boat dock. That did not put a cramp in anything because we still had a good time. At one point, Toot decide to teach Carrin how to talk Texan. Toot informed her it was ARE house, not OUR house. That cracked me up.


The next day, Benny decided to try it again and we headed out to the lake. Everything went smoothly (except when he was hauling ass across the rough water) and we had a good ride. Didn't have time to get her in the water but that's ok. There is always next time.

We had such a good time and I can't wait until we can do it again. The best thing I have gotten out of blogging is the great friends I have made and I know Carrin will be a life long friend.

Dear...

Dear Toot and Smiley,
I understand that watching me clean must be the fun to watch but can you do me one tiny favor? We have company coming tomorrow so if you could just lay off on messing everything up for the next 30 hours, I would be so grateful. It's not that I don't enjoy cleaning up after you, I just have a lot of other stuff to do right now. If you do this for me, I might just go buy you something at the store. But, if that is not good enough, could ya at least pick up your messes yourself?

The woman who is tired of picking up after you,
Mama

Dear God,
If you read the above letter you will see that I have company coming tomorrow. I know you get lots of requests for things but what I want is really just something small. I see in the forecast that it is suppose to rain all weekend (just like it is right now). I had plans to go to the lake this Saturday and would LOVE it if you could just hold off the rain on that day. I'm not asking for all the days to be sunny, just Saturday. We have had tons of rain lately so I don't see where it would hurt anything. If you wont make this happen, I totally understand but it would be nice for Carrin to get to see what all we do down here without the rain.

The woman praying for a little sun,
April

Dear Benny,
Thank you so much for being you. I really love you more than I thought humanly possible. Thank you for running all my errands this week (without bitching) so I could stay home and get the house ready. You really are the best husband I could have asked for.

The woman that loves you with all her heart,
Me

Dear Carrin,
I am so excited for you to come down this weekend. I know you have been so busy and have a lot on your plate so I am glad you can get away from it all to visit me. I am sure even if the kids keep messing up the house and God wont stop the rain, we will still have a blast. As with everything else in my life, we will just play it all by ear and just do whatever comes up. I just hope it doesn't rain so bad that we are stuck at the house. I would love to be able to show you how great Texas is. Also, if you get delayed in Dallas, there is a TGIF close to the gates that fly out to Longview and their cranberry margaritas are awesome. Hope your flights go good.

The woman that is so ready for tomorrow,
April


For more letters go visit Shortmama. It is always funny to read what people have to say to others.

Amazing

I am a Christian but on here and in real life I do not push my beliefs on others. As with a lot of things in my life, my relationship with God is a private one. Not a secret at all, just something between me and Him. That is why I have never talked about it here. Today is a new day though and I have to tell you what happened to a friend of mine Friday night.

I know a few people who have actually heard the word of God straight from the man himself. Benny is one and my mom is another. He has also come to Little Man more than once. When my mom talked to Him, He told her to do things that didn't make sense but because of her faith in him, she listened and it all made sense in the end. It was life changing things that ended up being the best thing in the world for her at the time. A lot of people thought she was crazy but she didn't care. When He tells you to do something, you listen.


Anyway, my dads best friend that was also my biology teacher in high school had a heart attack a week ago Friday. That Sunday he had a quadruple bypass and all went well. He was sent home last Friday. He is 63 and has been a teacher for 30 years. His son came up to help take care of them and they had put a baby monitor in his room so they could hear if Gerald (my dads friend) was having problems.

Let me just say something real quick. Gerald and his wife are not religious. We actually wondered if they even believed in God but it was never brought up. Ok, back to what happened.


God came to Gerald and had a long talk with him. At one point, Gerald's son heard talking on the baby monitor and got up to go check it out. Before he got to his bedroom door, God told him to go back to bed, that He was talking to Gerald and had it all under control. So, he went back to bed.
My parents went over yesterday and Gerald sat them down and told them what God said.
God told him to retire from teaching. That it was time for him to do something else in life. God wants him to start talking to the youth of America about Him. God outlined the whole plan for him and told him exactly how to do it. God even told him what to call this mission. Youth of America.

Gerald told my parents that he was saved Friday night and that this would be the new path in his life. He has already talked to a local preacher about getting it started. Isn't that AMAZING!
Gerald was a little worried that my parents would think he was crazy. They explained that they totally understood and my mom told him about the times God talked to her and to Little Man. Gerald then said that he has always felt some presence around Little Man and that he now KNOWS that Little Man is destined for greatness and that God gave him to me at such a young age (16) and that I didn't abort him for a great reason. A lot of people have said that about my Little Man.


After Gerald told the preacher what happened, he told his church about it Sunday morning and two teens gave their life to the Lord that morning. His mission is already starting.

I am not asking you to believe anything I am saying, I just wanted to share with you the amazing thing that has happened to a dear friend of mine.

Friend Makin Monday

They have this thing called Friend Makin' Mondays and I thought I would join in this week. It is hosted by Amber so hop on over when you are done with mine. This week we are playing 20 questions. Easy huh?!

1. Do you cook every night?
We cook every night but it is usually Benny that cooks. He really likes to cook and is way better at it than me. I do cook a lot but its usually simple stuff. He does all the grilling which is what we do mostly in the summer.

2. What kind of laundry detergent do you use & why?
I always use Tide. My mom always has and so when I moved out that is what I bought. This has never changed (unless I was really broke at the moment).

3. Do you do laundry every day or loads at a time?
I usually do it when we need clothes. Which means we have a lot of clothes laying around. I should really do better at this.

4. How often do you eat out per week?
At some times, we never eat out. Other times we eat out a lot. Not really eat out but get take out. Right now we are on a never eat out time.

5. Where do you usually eat out?
If we do get take out it is either Taco Bell or pizza from the gas station. They make really good pizzas and it's pretty cheap.

6. What is your favorite retail store?
Don't really have one. We do WalMart a lot. But, I do love to go to Old Navy and Cavenders when I have money to spare.

7. What's your favorite thing to drink?
I love sweet tea, fountain cokes, Busch Light and water. That is all I drink. Oh ya, and gatorade.

8. Do you take vitamins? What kind?
Nope. Probably should but I don't.

9. What percentage of the household chores to you do?
I pretty much do all the inside stuff and Benny takes care of all the outside stuff. This has always worked out pretty good for us.

10. Do your children do chores? {Or will they, did they, etc}
When I am cleaning, the little kids will help by picking up their toys and putting them up. Sometimes. Little Man has the job of picking up the yard so Benny can mow and sometimes he gets to actually mow.

11. Do you go to church?
Nope.

12. Do you have a housework schedule?
The housework gets done when I get off my ass and do it. I try to do a room a day. With 5 people living here, it can get messy.

13. Do you keep a working budget?
No. This I know we REALLY should do, we just haven't yet. We pay the bills and then live off what is left.

14. What do you do at night as a family?
A typical night for us is just lounging around, watching TV and eating supper. Then it is getting everyone ready for bed and taking care of all that. Pretty relaxed.

15. How do you prepare yourself for a new week?
Gonna go with Shortmama's answer and say "I wake up". We don't plan ahead, just go with the flow. I do make sure that Little Man has enough school clothes clean for the week.

16. What do your mornings look like?
School mornings are always the same. I wake up, go wake up Little Man and get him all set up. After he is basically ready, I go get the little ones and we all load up and take Little Man to school. When we get back home I fix breakfast for the little ones. Then it is time to get on the computer and do everything I do on it.
On weekends, we get up when the kids wake us up and do whatever it is we plan on doing for the day.

17. What time do you get up in the mornings?
Weekdays, I get up around 6:45am. On the weekends it's closer to 9am.

18. What time do you go to bed at night?
During the week, we all go to bed at 10pm. On the weekends, just whenever we all fall into bed. It all depends on what we did that day. Sometimes it's 8pm and other times its midnight.

19. How do you manage all of the paperwork that floods into your household? {bills, school work, magazines, ads, etc}
That's easy. Trash. Not really worried about someone stealing our identity because we burn our trash.

20. How do you keep your household organized? {calendars, charts, etc}
All in my head. Sometimes I tell my mom so she can remind me. We are NOT organized people if you couldn't tell. ;)

Dear Family

My good friend ShortMama is starting a new thing and I thought I would join in. It is to write letters to whoever you feel needs them to get get out what you want to say. This week (a day late) I will be writing them to my family.

Dear Benny,

I totally understand that there is a tube leak at one of the plants and that it is your job to fix it BUT, do you think you could still do some of the stuff on my 'honey do' list? It usually takes only one, sometimes two, days to fix those leaks so if you could just do some of it Sunday, I would love you long time. The two most important things are to mow they yards and burn the trash. Then if you feel up to it, I would also love for you to get the trampoline out of the tree. That would be great!

Your wife that desperately wants this done,
Me

Dear Little Man,

I get that Toot can be a, well, a little toot sometimes but do ya think you could go a whole day with out coming to me every 5 minutes about it. 99% of the stuff she does you can handle yourself and the other 1%, just ignore her. She knows how easy it is to bug you and if you just calm down about it, I am sure she will stop. She really does love you and just wants to play with you. It is starting to drive me crazy when my biggest tattle tale is a 11 year old boy.

The woman who is tired of all the tattling,
Mama

Dear Toot,

As funny as it is sometimes (OK, most of the time to you) driving Little Man crazy is in turn driving me crazy. Do ya think ya could slack up a little bit? I know that it is your main job right now as a little sister but come on, it's really getting old. Besides, if you quit pissing him off, he might play with you more. Just a thought.

The woman who is still tired of all the tattling,
Mama

Dear Smiley,

If only one person actually pays attention to these letters, I hope it is you. Could you PLEASE stop pouring out the sugar, salt, pepper, coffee..... every time you get your hands on it?! It really makes a HUGE mess and I really don't like cleaning. That just really puts me in a bad mood and I don't want to be in a bad mood. While we are at it, do you think you could just stay out of the cabinets all together. I already had to put a lock on the fridge because of you feeding the cats all our ham and hot dogs (a bunch of times). I don't have enough locks to lock all the cabinets. Picking up a whole box of cereal AND mac and cheese was NO fun at all yesterday.

The woman who doesn't like all the extra cleaning I have had to do,
Mama


I love my family but if they could just do these small things for me, it would help out my life so much. I don't think I am asking for a lot so this shouldn't be hard, right?

It happens to the best of us.

I don't know if you could tell lately by my post but I have been in a funk for a while. I don't post as often as I use to and when I did they were not as 'feel good' or upbeat as usual. It got to the point that my mom called and asked if I was OK because I use to post every day. Well, here is the deal.

I have dealt with depression all my life. Well, not all my life but most of it. I have used drugs and alcohol to hide it in the past but that doesn't work real good. I was/am really good at putting on a 'mask' to hide it from others. If you didn't know the real me than you would never know anything was going on.

So, I felt it was going to far the other day and made an appointment. Went and talked to my doc and he agreed it was time for me to get back on my meds. Lexapro. I have been on it before and it worked really good. It doesn't make me a different person, just gets me back to the real me. I started taking them Friday and can already feel the difference.

People shouldn't be scared to say they have a problem and I know that. For some reason, I let it go farther than I should of but I did do something to take care of it, finally. It's easy to be 'who you want' on your blog but I am always me. Whether if its the happy go lucky chick or the chick that is battling depression. I am always still the same chick, you either love me or hate me.

Leave me ALONE!!!

How many of you have neighbors you just can't stand? I know I do. At our old house, our nearest neighbor was a little over a mile away. It was great. I loved the privacy. The house I lived in before that, my only neighbor was my parents and they were still 100 yards away. They were great neighbors because they respected my privacy.

In the house we live in now, horrible neighbor. She is also about 100 yards away and there if a chain length fence between us. This does not stop her from bugging the shit out of me.
She is the woman we bought the house from. NEVER buy a house from someone that will live next door to you! Trust me.

After we moved in, she would still just walk in to the house on her own. OK, I am a very private person and don't like people in my house or even on my property unless I invite them so someone just walking in is a big no no. The first time she did it I had just had surgery and was doped up on pain pills. I just kind of stood there in shock and didn't say anything. The door she would just walk into was the door that comes in from our garage and then you have to walk through Little Mans room. We don't even use that door! So, we put a note on the door that says "Please use front door".

After that she started using the front door but she would barge in when I opened the door. By this time I REALLY don't like her and definitely don't want her in my house. So then I would open the screen door as I was shutting the wooden door behind me and that seemed to work.

Then the other day she really pissed me off. I was in the dining room doing school with the little ones and all the sudden I hear someone yelling my name. I get up and walk into the kitchen and she is at the back door, with it open and her head hanging in my house. To get to that door you have to walk through my gate and across my back yard. She told me she lost her phone in my yard and would be looking for it. I just said "ok, whatever" and shut the door in her face. How in the hell she lost her phone in my yard I will never know. But that's not the part that really pissed me off.

An HOUR later, I go outside to load up and go pick Little Man up from school. Her and another man are in my yard looking at something over by Benny's shop. I loaded up the kids as my blood is now boiling and walk over there to see what the hell they are doing. She then proceeds to tell me that there is a busted water pipe. I just look at her and said "I know, that's why I have the water to outside turned off. Benny is planning on fixing it this weekend. Did you find your phone?" I didn't say it in the nicest voice. She just looked at me and said "Oh, yes I did." And with that I turned on my heels and just walked off.

Do you think she got the hint or am I going to have to actually tell her "Listen, I don't like you and I don't want you over here. We bought the house from you. We are not renting it so it is no longer yours. STAY AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"

I bet she wouldn't listen even if I told her that. I love my house and love our place but I don't know if I can deal with her much longer.

I'm back!

Did ya notice I was gone? Thought so. My cat broke my data card thingy so I couldn't get online for a few days. Wasn't fun. I ended up doing a lot of cleaning. That can't be good!
Anyway, Monday was Little Mans first day of school and I didn't get to take him. Oh well, shit happens. But, I did get to pick him up.
He said he had a great day. I got to looking at him and then asked him who dressed him. He didn't look bad, just not like him. He had on a button up shirt that was black and white plaid and brown cargo shorts. Hmmmm. Also, they have to have their shirts tucked in. He said he did but that he looked like a dork. I couldn't even lie. I just laughed. He then thanked me for buying him cool clothes. Ya, I'm a cool mom that knows how to do it!
So, we took a pic this morning and we are going to pretend today was the first day of school. (Yes, he is wearing a long sleeve shirt in August in Texas. He said the school was very cold!)
So handsome.
On another note, the other day I got to play on this. No, Benny didn't get a bike. It's his friends but he sure wants it. Pretty, huh?! (Not me, the bike. We had been at the lake all day.)

So, now that I am back I have some catching up to do.

Wordless Wednesday with a few words!

So fuckin hot!!