WTF and other stuff

OK, I had a funny little text convo Benny and I had that I was going to post about. Then, I read an e-mail I got and it all changed. Let me do some explaining.

I got an e-mail saying I was rude and judgemental for calling Carrin a yankee. First of all, I didn't call her one, I said she sounded like one. Second, SHE IS ONE! WTF!

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of yankee is (I looked it up):
1 a. a native or inhabitant of New England
b. a native or inhabitant of the northern United States

99% of you realized I wasn't being rude but there is always that 1% that suck.

I didn't mean to offend any yankees by calling them yankees. That is what I have heard and said ALL my life. I have friends that are from up north and they have never cared. Hell, one of them is my sis-in-law and she has never cared. I have heard them call themselves that. To me, it's like saying I am a Texan. Yes, I am a born and raised, honky tonk lovin', fried chicken eatin', beer drinkin' Texan that says 'yall'. And, proud of it.

So if you thought I was being rude and judgemental well, all I can say is, LIGHTEN UP!
I'm so tired of all this political correctness bs.

And if ya get bored, go take this little fun test here. I'd love to know your results.

Have a good day YALL!

Ohhh, and just cause I think it's funny and to lighten the mood, I'm still posting the text convo Benny and I had.

Me: Have I told you lately how much I love you? It's more than this! My arms are spread wide open by the way.

Benny: The one thing we do best is say that we love each other AND WE MEAN IT! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART, BODY AND SOUL!!!

Me: I wouldn't say that is the BEST thing we do but we do it better and more than anyone I know.

Benny: You must be thinking with your arms and legs spread wide open them. LOVE YA!

Me: Love you too Baby!

Benny: And soon too!


He's so good to me. I couldn't live without him.

Writing assignment and me being a dumbass and a giveaway

Yep, Mama Kat time. I chose prompt number 5.) What made your childhood bearable? Write about it.

Um, I had a wonderful childhood so I guess my parents made it bearable. Without them it would have sucked. My brothers also played a big part in it. They were always really cool to me.

OK, I'm done.

Now I gotta tell you about being a dumbass yesterday. I couldn't wait until tomorrow to tell yall.

I had my first real life contact with a blogger. Yep, sure did. Not just e-mail and texting but real talking! She is someone that if I never posted again, I know we would still be friends. Hope to do face to face one day but there is still snow at her house so we gotta wait until summer. I don't do cold.

Anyway, I have imagined what it would be like to talk to someone from this here bloggyland and what my first words might be. What I said first was NOT what I had imagined me saying. Call it being excited, call it being nervous, but I call it being a dumbass!

I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.


HA! Just kidding!

I saw her name on my phone and took a deep breath. Show time!

Me: Hello
Carrin: Is this April?
Me: Yep
Carrin: It's good to talk to you finally (I'm guessing she said this because I only heard one thing, her accent)
Me: GOD you sound like a Yankee!
Me: (In my head) SHIT!

Then the laughter started from both of us as I'm saying sorry.

I'm still laughing from me saying that. It's just that, I live in Texas. I have a thick Texan accent. I NEVER talk to anyone that lives farther north than the Red River. And her accent (yes Carrin, you do have one) sounded just like an old friend of mine from up north that we use to rag on.

After that we had a good talk. And by that I mean, I jabbered on and on while she listened.

Now she knows why I have a blog.

Loved our conversation girl and I'm sure the next one will be better. Maybe I can keep my foot out of my mouth!

Now for more important matters. Over at Yaya Stuff she is doing a giveaway. I think it is for the best cause. She is raising money to help her and Josh adopt a child that they deserve so much. So, head on over and enter.

Wordless Wednesday

What's up with everyone wanting us to ram our truck through the gate yesterday? It's a Ford, not a Dodge Ram!

OK, back to Wordless Wednesday!

You knew it would have words so just get over it.

This is Toots first crush. She fell for him the minute she met him. I just pray that she meets a guy as good as him one day because right now, he's a little old for her.

I made her day and yesterday and let her call him. I only heard one side of the convo but what I heard was pretty funny.

Toot: Do you miss me?

Him: I'm assuming he said yes.

Toot: OK, you need to come see me today! I have gymnastics.

I guess she wanted to show off for him.

He lives about 9 hours away so that didn't happen but she is still happy that he misses and loves her.

For more WW go check out A Daily Dose Of Toni and 5 Minutes for Mom.

On a side note, I found a blog (actually, she found me) that you should go check out. She's really funny and new to this whole bloggy thing. So go check out Rant-Rave-Roll!

Blog material

I have had some funny stuff go on lately. I can't believe I forgot to tell you about this.

The other weekend (meaning not this past one) we were looking at campers because Benny is going out of town for 10 weeks for work. Sucks! I know! Anyway, we pulled into his friends place to check out his friends sons camper. Still with me? OK, good.

Anyway, Benny's friend doesn't live there. He will one day, but not yet. Just a shop and a bunch of land with a fence ALL the way around it with a gate at the front.

OK, now Benny has an F150. BUT, it is also a crew cab with 4 wheel drive. Not a small truck by any means.

We pulled up to the camper (right by the front gate) and went in said camper to check it out. Kids were asleep so we left them all of 15 ft away from us. I liked it, got back in the truck, and we turned around to leave.

Problem!

The gate was shut! Benny told me to get out and open it hoping it was just "dummy locked". (For those of you that are lost, that means it just LOOKS locked but really isn't) How the guy didn't see us is what was weird to us.

It wasn't dummy locked. It was really locked!

So there we are, locked in this guys property, and we don't have his number. Told ya we were smart!

After about 5 minutes. Ah ha! Number on the camper! Call him, he rescues us, we live happily ever after! After a good laugh and a couple of beers!

Our Little Toot is a Little Shit!

Toot has started this new thing and it has been driving me crazy!!!!!

When we are in the car she asks "Are we there yet?"

Who hasn't lived through this if you have a kid? Exactly!

So I told her to stop asking me the other day because it drives me crazy. It worked!

Until today. :(

She asked me out of the blue, "Mama, can I say here?"

My response, "Of course sweety, that's not a bad word."

Her response, "Are we HERE yet?"

Little Shit!

Karma

So if you do something only because you think it will bring you good karma/luck/whatever is it really the right reason to do it? Or does it not matter as long as you still do the good thing. I get annoyed when I do good things for others and someone tries to spoil my good deed by saying "Karma's on your side now". Ummm, that's not why I did it.


Sometimes Benny gives me weird looks when I tell him to do things. Not because he thinks I'm doing them to get bonus points but because it sometimes just doesn't make sense to him.


Example:

One day we were driving home and we went through a TINY town and their volunteer fire fighters were at the red light (only one in this town) with their boots in their hands. OK, we all know what that means. They would like donations.


I asked Benny if he had any change and he said no. So, I dug in my purse and grabbed all the money I could find. It was probably about a dollar fifty. He waved the guy over and put the money in the boot. The guy said "Thank you, this will help build our new fire station. Every little bit helps." And he is right.


I don't know any one in this town and I have no connections to this town. It didn't benefit me any to give them my dollar fifty. But, it did help them and their town. That is why I did it. Not for good "karma".


I think people can learn from these truly good deeds.


Example:

We went out to eat at a fun restaurant. Oh, I'll go ahead and tell ya, it was Hooters. Our waitress was awesome and never let us down. She chatted with the kids and I think Smiley had a crush on her. Man that kid can flirt! We did a little quick math in our heads and decided we could afford for me to get one of their tank tops. I'm actually wearing it right now. Misti, our waitress, got the shirt and said she would put it on out bill. OK, cool. With food, shirt, and a good tip, we figured around $100. Seems high but we rarely do this and I loved the shirt.

I was gathering the kids to take them outside when the bill came. It was for $64 even. OK, Benny's good but not THAT good with his wife and kids sitting there. I told him "that's not right" and then grabbed the kids and we went outside. Not to fuck Hooters but because Smiley was not a happy camper and I needed to get him out of there.

15 minutes later, Benny comes outside and said it was $100 even. I asked what took so long and this was his explanation.

She didn't charge us for the shirt so he told her and she went and fixed it after thanking him so much. Then, when he was in line to pay, he noticed that she didn't charge us for our drinks. By the way, BEST MARGARITA I HAVE EVER DRANK! So he called her back over to have her fix it. She once again thanked him for saving her ass.

The total came out to like $85 and he just gave them a hundred dollar bill and said "make sure the tip goes to Misti." I hope it all did.

He told me, "I could have paid the first bill and that chick (hostess chick) would have never known."

I just smiled and gave him a kiss. He didn't make sure we paid the right amount to get some good karma. He did it because he is a good person.

I wish more people were like this.

Writing Assignment time

Yep, it's definitely Thursday and Mama Kat is ready for our homework. She threw me off last week but all is forgiven. This week I had time to think about it.

The Prompts:

1.) If you were starring on American Idol TONIGHT and HAD to sing, what song would you choose and why.
Don't sing unless I'm drunk and then it's usually Pat Green. End of story.
2.) Take a picture of yourself right this minute without primping and explain to us why it is you have not washed your hair today.
Uhhhh, no. That was simple.
3.) I just asked Pat to help me with a writing prompt so here's his: "What do you think about the NBA All Star game"...blech.
I agree. Blech.
4.) What's your number one pet peeve? Develop a punishment for anyone caught in the act.
Might have something here. Oh wait, I've done this before kinda.
5.) Write about something mean you did to a sibling growing up.
Here we go. Something I can work with.

My brothers and I always got along. To the point, we didn't get into trouble for being mean, we got into trouble for having too much fun.

Perfect example:
One night me and my youngest brother (4 years older than me) were up late goofing off. I don't know how it started but we started spraying each other with any kind of aerosol can we could find.

I remember hair spray, spray glue, and WD 40 were involved. There were more but I don't remember. We were really smart back then, can't ya tell?

Anyway, I had the spray glue and he had the WD 40 at one point and he was behind his door. He was using his door as a shield while sticking the little WD 40 straw through the crack. Pissed me off because I was a lot smaller and couldn't get the door to budge.

So, I get the bright idea to cover his door knob with the glue and to walk away to lure him out. My plan was that he would come out, I would chase him back to his room, and he would then grab the door knob. Well, like most of my plans, this one didn't play out like I thought it would.

Apparently, through all this, we were laughing really loud and woke Mom up. Not a good thing but what happened next was way worse.

See, my brother didn't fall for my trick and stayed in his room. The first place my mom went was his room you can probably guess what happened next. YEP, she grabbed the door knob and man was she pissed. BUT, not at me.

I had WD 40 all over my face so I didn't get into trouble even though I was the reason her hand was COVERED in spray glue. She yelled at my brother for almost blinding me while I giggled behind her. And yes, it took forever for her to get the glue off her hand. I recall getting dirty looks over that one.

I don't remember who started this little game but I sure let him take all the blame. That's what little sisters are for, right?


Now head on over and see what everyone else had to say.

THE BEST AWARD

My Wordless Wednesday is under this post.

Carrin is really a really cool chick. I would have said that before she gave me this award too. We have became good friends through our blogs and it carried over to real life. Not face to face real life (she lives so far away, dammit), but other than just comments back and forth. You should really check her blog out if you don't already read it. She is so funny and such a real person. You won't be disappointed.


Anyway, here is what she gave me.

Of course, there are rules. These are pretty easy so I guess I will follow them this time.

Rule #1 - Admit ONE thing you feel awful about involving being a mom. Get it off your shoulders. Once you've written it down, you are NO LONGER allowed to feel bad. It's over with, it's in the past. Remember, you're a great mom!

OK, one thing huh. Ummm, I always feel bad when I want to just get away from the kids. I love them to death but sometimes I just want to get in my car alone and drive away. At least one is with me 24/7. Actually, when we went out of town last week, that was the first time Smiley didn't sleep in the same house with me in about a year. Crazy huh! Sometimes, I just really want to be April instead of Mommy for a night.

Rule #2 - To remind yourself that you ARE a good mom, list SEVEN things you love about your kids, you love doing with your kids, or that your kids love about you. These are the things to remind yourself of EVERY DAY that you rock!

1. I love to hear them laugh. Hearing them laughing will make me laugh EVERY TIME and melt my heart. I think that is the best sound in the world!
2. I love to cuddle with them. Little Man will still cuddle with me. That kids rocks!
3. I love it when they pick me flowers. It's always just because they love me. Not because of a holiday or because someone told them too.
4. I love how forgiving they are with me and each other. They never hold a grudge.
5. I love that Toot will walk up to me and say "You are sooooo beautiful Mom" even if I just woke up and have old pj's on and bed head.
6. I love it that Smiley can come and put me in a good mood instantly by just giving me his sweet little smile. Even though it usually means he did something wrong.
7. I love being with my kids everyday and watching them. A lot of times I will just sit and watch them to the point one of them will usually look up and say "What?". You can really learn a lot from watching kids.

Rule #3 - Send this to other Moms of the Year that deserve forgiveness and a reminder that they, too, are the best moms they can be!!! Remember to send them a note to let them know you've selected them, and add a link to the person who nominated you!

The 3 I pick are:

Bethany at Something To Talk About

C at The Scattered Mind of a Tattooed Minivan Mom

Angie at Keep Believing

Thanks again Carrin. I am so lucky to have been able to get to know you and become friends with you.

Wordless Wednesday w/words

Ya, I should probably do WordFUL Wednesday but I love breaking the rules.

Anyway, remember how I said Benny and I love to ride back roads? Well, for you city folks, I thought I would show you what I meant by "back roads". We live in a tiny town and most of the roads are back roads.

This came to my mind because after Smiley and I dropped Toot off at gymnastics, we went ridin' back roads and jammin' to some Aerosmith and I got lost. Kinda.

Ever go down a road and think to yourself "This looks all wrong. I think I am going the wrong way." Well, that happened to me. I knew I was on the right road but it all seemed backwards. Because it was. Could you tell if you were going the wrong way down these roads? Sorry for the picture quality but I only had my phone and it was cloudy.

The back road I was going the wrong way on. The curve up ahead is where I hit my first deer.

The next back road I was on.Hey look, there is my folks house. I took this from the back road from the pic above.
This is the highway by my folks house. And yes, the speed limit is 70 mph. Here, it's either 70 or 30 mph.
Next back road to get to my destination. Yes, I do know where I am going. I'm headed to town to pick up Toot.

Same back road. They are putting in gas lines everywhere so this is common now. You can't see him but the guy in the truck is HOT!

Another back road. This is a friends house that I would LOVE to buy one day but I know it will NEVER be for sale. (It's a log home his dad built.)

Almost to town. These are rail road tracks, duh. These things always mess up and are down even when no train is coming.

Anyway, so those are some of the roads we ride around on. All the others we ride around on look pretty much the same to someone that isn't use to them but we can tell the difference. I was going to show you my road and my house but it got too dark. Maybe next time.

For more WW go check out A Daily Dose Of Toni and 5 Minutes for Mom.

The BEST big brother

Some times Little Man really cracks me up. He can be so funny at times and it's usually when he doesn't even realize he's being funny.

The other night he woke me up at 3:30am to tell me he just lost a tooth. I think I mumbled something and then went back to sleep. The next day, I looked at him and asked, "Did I dream you lost a tooth or did you really?" He said "Ya, where's my money?"

OK, first of all, he told me at 3:30am. Like I am going to go down and do the tooth fairy thing. Second, he's 10 years old and already knows the ugly truth about Santa. Thing is though, when he found out about Santa, he asked me about the tooth fairy. I should have just told him the truth but all I said was "You really thing we have the money to be putting under your pillow?" Wasn't really a lie, was it?

Anyway, on this morning, I asked him, "Do you still believe in the tooth fairy?" and his reply was so funny. He said, "I haven't for a long time. I just pretend for Toot and Smileys sake but it's only believable if you give me the money." Told ya he was smart.

I laughed and he still didn't get paid. Heck, I don't even think Toot or Smiley knew he lost a tooth since it was at 3:30 in the morning. But, it was worth a try!

Also, the other day, he really showed what a great big brother he is. On the way home from picking him up at school, Toot fell asleep in the car. I asked him if he was going to play outside (it was a beautiful day) and he said yes. I told him I was just going to leave Toot in the car so she could get her nap out since he would be outside. Remember, I live way out in the country.

Anyway, during the time he was playing, I kept sticking my head out my bedroom window to check on her and to make sure he was still outside. I had told him, when he wanted to come in, just tell me and I would get her. The last time I looked out, he was sitting in the car with her.

I went outside and asked him what he was doing (the windows were down). He said he had some homework to do so he was doing it in the car so she could finish sleeping. Isn't that so sweet! I told him he could go in but he wanted to stay because it was quiet. So he stayed and finished right as she was waking up.

He really is so sweet to them. They are really lucky to have such a sweet big brother and I am lucky to have such a sweet son.

Sickly?

OK, the other day the word sickly was used to describe me. It kinda bothered me. Not because she said it but because I got to thinking about it and she was right. Over the last 4 months, my family has been sick A LOT. So, I got to thinking because this is actually weird. We have always been a really healthy family.

Little Man hardly ever gets sick even though he has diabetes. The docs say having diabetes lowers your immune system but it doesn't with him. When he gets strep throat (he's had it 3 times in 10 years), it barely bothers him and I've seen adults cry because strep hurts so bad. When he gets a stomach virus, he usually only pukes once. Sometimes he has allergies, but that's it. He's really healthy.
Then we got Toot. She was 3 years old the very first time she had to take antibiotics. And, she hasn't had to take them since. She NEVER gets sick. Sometimes, she will get a little cold and it last about a day. ANY amount of fever makes her puke so that day or two that she has a cold, I just gotta make sure and keep her fever down with Motrin.
Now to Smiley. He is pretty healthy too. In the winter we have to keep a humidifier in his room because the dry are kills him. So, in the winter, he usually has a runny nose. And, if he gets a stomach virus, he usually doesn't throw up. He just gets the runs. He's only been on antibiotics once for an ear infection.
Benny, never gets sick. With anything.
Then there is me. I will usually get what ever the kids have and usually get it worse. Growing up, I never got sick. Then we moved to east TX. I started getting sick a lot at first. Come to find out, I had allergies to pine trees. My body is use to them now so that's good. Now, every year I get one bad cold that turns to bronchitis and I loose my voice (remember, I smoke). Then, I had Smiley. When I only had 2 kids, I still got out and did all the shopping and what not. With 3 kids, that all changed. It's such a hassle for me so Benny does all the shopping now except on rare occasions. I have gotten sick more in the last 2 years than I think I have in my whole life. I think it is just because I am not exposing myself to much and so my immune system isn't like it use to be.

OK, anyway. The reason I am writing this. Last November, Toot, Smiley, and me all got what we thought was a stomach virus. But, it lasted forever. And, it seemed like when we were about to get over it, it would start back over. Benny never got it at all which seemed weird to me because the stomach virus effect everyone that's near it. And I didn't get it very bad, which is weird because usually a stomach virus gets me BAD. Also, nobody at Toots school or Little Mans school had it. And Toot, had it the worst and longest (I'm talking weeks here people). She would be doing better, eat, and then be so sick again.

Now, I have a theory on this. At that time, I had bought some peanut butter like 2 days before Toot got sick. Toot loves pb&j sandwiches. So before and the whole time she was sick, that's what she ate. Since she ate them, so did Smiley. I think I ate one or two. Benny, didn't eat any. Little Man stayed away so he didn't eat any either. At one point, Toot got real dehydrated and quit eating. When she started eating again, it was very bland. She got better. Smiley always eats what she eats and he got better. Then one day in January, Toot came home from school and started puking. I asked her what she had for a snack and she said crackers and juice. I asked the teacher later and she said it was peanut butter crackers. After she got over being sick, she asks for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with no peanut butter.

Sometime in December, I saw that salmonella poisoning was going around pretty bad. I didn't pay much attention to this. Then, they started talking about how it's in the peanut butter. I immediately threw out all of out peanut butter. I started thinking about how every time they or I were sick, we had eaten peanut butter.

This last weekend, my Mom went to Ft Worth to see my brothers and their families. One of my sis-in-laws is a nurse practitioner. I had talked to my Mom about the peanut butter so she talked to my sis-in-law about it. Told her everything about the symptoms coming and going and everything that happened. My sis-in-law said it sounded exactly like salmonella poisoning. That in a healthy person, that is how it would effect them. We now are staying VERY far away from ANYTHING that has peanut butter in it and I did clean out my pantry of any thing with peanuts in it.

So see, we aren't sickly. I was just poisoning us without knowing it. Insert guilt here! I heard it wasn't in the jars of peanut butter but I am not believing it at all. Not after that month we had.

So, please don't feed your family peanut butter until this is all resolved.

More than you want to know I'm sure

Yesterday, Jordan over at Wide Open Spaces, gave me this awesome award.

Pretty cool huh? I think so. I've always tried to be an honest person. I may not always be funny or even interesting on this here blog but I am always honest. So, thank you very much Jordan.

Of course there are some rules to follow.

1. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. (Huh. That's a lot.)

2. Show the 7 winners' names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing then that they were prized with "Honest Scrap", the nifty icon they can display proudly on their blog. (Duh!)

3. List at least 10 honest things about yourself. (Hmmm..)

OK, 10 things first.

1. I can be a real snotty bitch when I want. People either love me or hate me.
2. I have bleached or dyed my hair since I was 12 years old except when I was pregnant.
3. I would rather pee on the side of the road than in a public restroom. If I do go into a public one, I always go in the stall closest to the door. I heard that one is the cleanest since everyone assumes it's the nastiest and skips it.
4. I do have a favorite child but it changes everyday. It depends how they are acting that day on which one is my favorite at the time.
5. I am very proud of the woman I have become and don't care if someone doesn't like who I am.
6. I grew up in Ft. Worth but have always been a country girl at heart. That's what happens when you have a west Texas country boy raising you.
7. I have lost 41 pounds in the last 6 months as of yesterday. People have asked me how I do it and the answer is simple. I don't consume as many calories as I burn. That is the ONLY way to loose weight. I didn't mean actually doing it was simple, just the concept of how it is done. I think people want a magic cure and there isn't one.
8. I have only had a pedicure once in my whole life. I do not like people touching my feet!
9. I really suck at cooking. It's not that I burn stuff, I just don't cook much of a variety. If it's in a box, I can do it. If I have the exact recipe, I can do it. Other than that, no cooking for me. Thank goodness Benny loves to cook and is really good at it!
10. I am very nosey. Obviously, or I wouldn't read so many blogs.

Ok, that wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Now on to seven blogs. Ya, I'm breaking the rules and only giving it to one person. Not that others don't deserve it, I'm just lazy and the one I picked was the first one that I thought of. She's that cool and honest.

Carrin is who I am giving it to. She tells it like it is and I love that about her. She is also really funny. I've gotten to know her a lot more lately and she really needs to make a trip to Texas or somewhere close! Wink Wink! I guarentee we would have a blast.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Friday the 13th

Anyone superstitious? I am a little but not bad. Today kinda gets to me and I turn around if a black cat crosses my path. Drives Benny CRAZY! Other than that, I'm good.

OK, on to other stuff.

These next 3 days, I always feel sorry for my brother. He always ends up broke after these 3 days. Let me explain.

He is a great guy. We are 13 years apart and didn't live together growing up, but I am closer to him than my other 3 brothers. He started dating his wife when he was 15 and they are still happily married. I was 2 when I met her so I love her like a sister and not just sister-in-law. Now, they have an almost 13 year old daughter.

This is my sister-in-law. Isn't she so pretty. Anyway, part of what makes these three days so expensive for my brother is that today is her birthday. And, he is the kinda guy that goes all out. If your gonna do it, do it right! (That's my Toot in the pic with her.)

Then, of course, tomorrow is Valentines Day. Not a cheap day when you live with 2 females.

And to top it all off, the day after Valentines Day, is his daughters birthday. She'll be 13 on Sunday. I can't believe she is already that old. They also call her 'Toot' so when we are there, it's confusing which 'Toot' anyone is talking about. I love this pic of her because she is better on Guitar Hero than anyone I know. She plays it on the hardest level with out messing up but a couple of times WHILE she carries on a conversation! It's really insane to watch her. I play on the easiest level and if someone even tries to talk to me, I screw up so bad.

So there ya have it. By Monday, my brother will be one broke guy. But hey, at least he doesn't have a hard time remembering when their birthdays are.

Hope everyone has a good Valentines Day whether you celebrate it or not. And, if you want to send me a Valentines gift to show how much you truly love me, here is what I want. Just e-mail me and I'll give you my address. ;)

Also, be careful today. It's Friday the 13th and ya never know what will happen!

One last thing. You have to go check out I'm Not Your Average Soccer Mom! She has an AWESOME giveaway you have to see. So head on over!

Are you F***king kidding me!

I just read an article and it really pissed me off. It's here if you want to read it. I'm throwing in my two cents on this one. I can't help it.

It's about Nadya Suleman. Who's that you ask. She is the woman that thought having 14 kids while you are single AND unemployed was a good idea.

First of all, there really needs to be an investigation. She was on disability because of a bad back BUT she can carry 8 babies at once. I've been pregnant 3 times and it killed my back. I can't even imagine what it feels like to carry 8.

Second, she says she's not on welfare BUT does receive food stamps. Am I missing something? Isn't that the same fucking thing? She stated that she used her disability money to pay for the in vitro. Shouldn't she have used that money to feed the 6 kids she already had? Just my opinion.

Third, they are requesting that Medi-Cal (the state medicaid program) pay for the 8 babies stay in the hospital. Isn't that welfare also? OK, I thought so. Like the working people of California don't have better things to do with their money.

Forth, somebody really needs to take a look at the Dr. that agreed to do in vitro fertilization on a single, unemployed, mother to 6. Maybe he can pay her medical bills. Seems fair to me.

Fifth, I didn't know you could get disability for a child that has ADHD. My niece was diagnosed with it and I know it's not an easy road for her or her parents but, disability? Really? Little Man is not considered disabled and he has diabetes. You know, a disease that can KILL him.

Sixth, she says she is going back to school to get her masters degree in counseling. I thought that was funny because I believe that she needs some serious counseling herself. Also, good for her on trying to further her education but who is going to pay to feed and clothe these children? Student loans my ass! It's the taxpayers paying for it.

And the last thing, NOW, she has up a website asking for donations to help her raise her 14 children. WTF! If you feel the need to go online and beg people for money to help you PROVIDE for your children, ummmm, you shouldn't have had that last litter. I'm sorry, calling them a litter was mean. It's not those children's fault that their mother is COMPLETELY INSANE! I really feel sorry for all of these children.

I don't get why someone would want so many kids but if you can support them and provide the love and attention they deserve, have at it. But if you can't, stay away from ANY and ALL sperm!

OK, my rant is over. I feel a little better now, don't you? If you disagree with me on this, I would be really interested to know why? If I'm missing something, please enlighten me.

The Uninspired Monday Meme

I am so glad TMM came up with her meme game thingy because I am stealing one for today. I turned in my homework early so now today was open. I am stealing Brandy's for today.

Here we go.

1. Are you a morning person or a night owl?

A night owl all the way. I have never been a morning person. When Little Man was first diagnosed with diabetes, he was on a very strict schedule. Even on weekends we had to get up at 7am to start his day of shots. About 3 years ago, we changed his insulin and now there is no schedule. Now we can sleep as long as we want! I love it.

2. Do you have any food hangups?

I don't eat green veggies that are cooked. AT ALL! I can do broccoli if it's raw with some ranch and a salad but that's it.

3. Who was your favorite singer when you were 13?

When I was 13, my favorite bands were NOFX and the Toadies. I was in love with the singer of NOFX. I still love both those bands to this day.

4. Do you remove your makeup every night?

Never. I only wear makeup on rare occasions and then I am just too lazy to take it off. But now I have Bare Minerals and it says it's ok to not take it off. So I'm good.

5. When was the last time you cried and why?

The other night when I was talking about my Great Grandad to Benny. He really misses my Great Grandmother and would love to be by her side in heaven. I know he would be happier but I would sure miss him.

6. What are your Valentine's day plans?

Our anniversary is Feb 10th so we make Valentine's day all about the kids. We get them cheesy gifts and they love it.

7. What are you most looking forward to this month?

For it to be over. I am sick of cold weather and March is when it really starts warming up around here.

8. What's your favorite reality TV show?

I guess the Bachelor because that is the only one I watch. Oh, and Kitchen Nightmares. I love that one. It makes me never want to go out to eat again but I just gotta see what these people are doing.

9. When was the last time you were called beautiful?

About 15 min ago. Benny sent me a text that said "Good morning Beautiful". He is really sweet and sends me stuff like that every morning.

10. Finally, how hard was it to come up with these answers?

Not hard at all. I'm glad Brandy came up with these or I may have not had a post for today.
If you haven't read her answers, go check them out.

Isn't today Wednesday?

OK, I thought we did the writing assignments on Thursday but Mama Kat has hers up today. I will follow her lead (since she's the one handing out the homework) and do mine today. I was bad last week and didn't do my homework so I am doubling up today.

I choose prompts #3 (5 most recent favorite things) and #4 (favorite recipe). My favorite recipe is one of my favorite things so it all fits together rather nicely.

Here we go!

1. We love movies. We never go to the movies for 2 reasons. One, it's too damn expensive, and two, I'm not taking two kids under the age of 5 to the movies. We also don't rent movies because I ALWAYS take them back late and get charged a billion dollars. So, we buy movies. We buy movies all the time. We check out the cheap ones at Wal-Mart, the ones the local video store is selling, and the Dollar Store. The Dollar Store always has pretty good movies for 6 bucks. I bet we have over 1000 movies. And we do watch them over and over so it's money well spent. Anyway, my favorite movie right now is one I bought Monday. It's called Definitely, Maybe. I love it! You have to check it out. Ryan Reynolds is so cute one of the main characters is named April. Can't go wrong there.

2. My favorite recipe is chicken and dumplings. It's pretty easy too, it just takes a while. These are the only chick-n-dumplings I will eat and I LOVE them.

First, boil a chicken for a hour while you have a beer. You can change this to just breast but I think the whole chicken makes it taste better. Oh ya, don't use a pot with Teflon or it won't thicken up later.

Put chicken in strainer to drain and cool. Leave chicken water in pot.

Get 4 things of the cheapest biscuits from the store, some news paper (the paper is important) and a bunch of flour.

Lay out newspaper, dump a bunch of flour on it and open cans of biscuits.

Cover each biscuit with flour and roll out flat. You can use a rolling pin but I just use a glass. Stack them, then cut the stacks to make 9 sections.

Go get the bones out of the chicken and tear chicken into bite size pieces. Then put back into water. Bring water to a boil and start adding your dumplings. OK, here is the tricky part. Don't stir or they will go flat. I just move the ones I already put in to the side to add more. But make sure to scrape the bottom of pan so they don't stick to the bottom.

Add a splash of milk, salt and pepper to taste and once you get the final dumpling in, they are done. Wrap up newpaper that's covered in flour and through in trash.

See, easy peasy. If I can do it, I know you can. And they are so worth the time it takes to make them. Toot loves helping with the flour so kids are encouraged to help if you don't mind a mess.

3. My pajama pants from Wal-Mart. They are fuzzy like my robe and so soft. I wear them all the time and bought the shorts for when it's warm.

4. My phone. It's a Palm Treo and I love that I can check my e-mail on it and that my texts are in chat form.5. The DVR at my folks house. We don't have sat tv and we are dog sitting this weekend so she is recording a bunch of stuff for me to watch. Yep, she's cool like that.

So there ya go. Now head on over to Mama Kats cause she's already got it up and check out what everyone else had to say.

TMM's Slightly Inappropriate And Fully Nosey MeMe

I was suppose to make up a meme but I was out of town all weekend and I'm tired so I am just stealing TMM's. I'll post about the trip tomorrow. It was CRAZY!! Of course there was a lot of drama cause we went to my mil's and my niece has turned into an idiot lately.

Anyway, back to the meme TMM made up.

1. Have you ever skipped school?
Yep. As long as I made straight A's, my Mom was usually cool with it.

2. What is your favorite naughty word?
The one I say the most is Dammit but actual favorite is Fucktard.

3. Have you ever been arrested?
Yep. DWI. Charges were dropped because it was totally bogus. I had a couple of beers like 3 hours earlier and the cop wouldn't tell me what my BAC levels were. This was 7 years ago.

4. Do you and your spouse have a code that you use when you want sex?
Ya, it's called going to bed.

5. Do you have special names for....ahem...you know, either cute ones that you have your kids use or nasty ones that you and your spouse use?
Benny's has a name, but I didn't name it. I don't know who did.
The kids say hiney and and Little Man calls his stuff peanuts. Always has.

6. How many drinks does it take to get you sloshed?
Beer, at least 6. Shots, umm, Sat night I think I has 3 shots and I don't know how many beers but it did the job.

7. Do you always wash your hands after you go potty or are you one of those gross people who comes out of the toilet in a public restroom and fixes their hair then leaves without washing?
Always wash even though I don't piss on myself. In public restrooms I don't even flush with my hands, I use my foot, but I still always wash.

8. When was the last time you played the clitar, dialed 9 on a rotary phone or spanked your monkey?
We celebrated our anniversary Sat night so then with Benny's help.

9. What's your favorite smell that others would consider weird?
Gasoline, but I'm sensing that's not to weird now. I dated a guy once that loved the smell of my hair right after I bleached it. That's weird to me.

10. What's your favorite adult beverage?
Busch Light. Also, tequila, but I only drink it on RARE occasions because I always get naked. Doesn't really matter where I am or who is around.

11. Favorite old school cartoon?
Tom and Jerry. I LOVE THEM. My dad actually has a Tom and Jerry comic from way back in the day that will be mine one day.

12. If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would do with the money? (If you say donate to charity you're a fucken liar. I said the FIRST thing you'd do.)
Build a log cabin and buy all the toys we want.

13. Have you ever fed a dog peanut butter just to see what would happen?
Yep. Also, my brother once gave our dog a jalapeno and that was pretty funny too. He licked the carpet for a while. And don't tell me how mean that is. We were kids and it was funny as hell.

14. Favorite blond joke?
How do you know when a blond is having a bad day? She has a tampon behind her ear and can't find her pencil.

15. Have you ever undressed Barbie and Ken and made them do it?
Yep. Really, who didn't?

16. Did you know gullible isn't in the dictionary?
Glad you answered that one or I would have looked myself.

17. Shittiest car you've ever had?
A green mit. mirage. The alternator was put in crooked so the belt always came off. I was a master at putting it back on. You would have thought that I would just have the alternator fixed but I didn't.

18. Most risque place you've ever done it?
While Benny was driving down the road. We are smart like that.

19. Most old embarrassing ass song that you just LOVE no matter what anyone thinks?
I'm not embarrassed but I love Green Day. The Dookie album.

20. Ever puked out a car window?
I've been told I have but I don't remember doing it. It was a tequila night.

21. Should I let D get an alpaca?
Isn't that awesome that D wants my permission. I say go for it! But you really should just worry about getting C's permission.

Ok, that was fun. Now head on over to TMM's place to read her answers and to see other peoples meme's. BTW, what the hell does that stand for? Meme?

Daddy's NOT happy!

Wednesday when I was cleaning, ummm, I mean reading blogs, Toot was making castles out of paper for me. Of course, she HAD to use scissors to do this. I figured since she uses them at school, she would be alright.

She walked up to give me one and I noticed she now had bangs. I got on to her and told her we NEVER EVER cut our own hair. Only Mommy can cut her hair. She handed over the scissors and said she was sorry. I told her to get me a brush so I could fix her new bangs and make them look better.

She turned around to get the brush and I about had a heart attack. She had cut a big chunk out of the back too! First thing out of my mouth was "TOOT! YOU CUT THE BACK!" Like she didn't already know this. Then I said "Daddy's going to be so sad and cry!" That's when I think it hit her what she had done. Then, she was worried.

I had to cut about 6 inches off her hair to fix what she had done.

Before (but it was a little longer because this was the first day of school)

After (She looks really pale because she just did her make-up)

I have to say, it is really cute. That didn't seem to help when her Daddy came home and saw it though. She was worried all day about what he was going to say to her.

I told him she had punished herself by worrying all day and to please say something nice. He gave her that look of disappointment, told her to not do it again, and then gave her a big hug and told her how pretty she looked.

He's a pretty good Daddy. I guess we'll keep him.

Hope everyone has a good weekend. We are heading out to west Texas to go visit my mother-in-law. Wish me luck!

FYI

I'm skipping school today and not doing my writing assignment for Mama Kat. I got nothing interesting you care to read about if I had done it, so consider yourself lucky that I am not doing it.

Instead, I got some advice. If you are one that doesn't like getting advice you didn't ask for, then head on over to the next blog you read. Don't worry, you wont hurt my feelings.

What I am going to tell you is the little things that kinda bug me when I am reading someones blog. If may not apply to everyone so you are allowed to just dismiss it if you would like. There will be no finger pointing but after reading this, you will know who you are.

OK, here we go.

• When I want to leave a comment, I would really like it if it is in a pop up window. When it is not, I very seldom go back to your page to read other post I have missed (unless I really love your blog). So, I either read them all and post on the one I like most or just read the first one, comment, them move on. (BTW, I just had 5, 2 letter words that start with an I back to back. That will mess with your eyes!)
• When I go to a blog that has the "BlogHer" ad thingy on it, half the time it wont show me the post. Maybe it is just my computer (though I highly doubt it) but it drives me crazy. I gotta x out and try again. Sometimes multiple times. I gotta really know what you said to do that!
• Last thing. I understand that you may not want the world to have your e-mail address but I hate it when I want to reply to your comment and the e-mail address is noreply-comment.... I have gotten to know some really cool chicks by replying to their comments via e-mail and I can't do it if you don't let me. Thank you to the cool chicks that do the "noreply" thing but then later sent me their e-mail address. It helped. I hate replying to a comment you left me on your blog because then everyone is confused. Sometimes even me.
• Oh ya, one more thing. I can't stand typing in that message so you know I am not a computer. I get why you do it but it still bugs me.

So there ya have it. My complaints. Take them or leave them, but that's how I feel. BTW, I'm not the only one that feels that way.

And if you got some advice for me, I'm all ears.

Later Taters!

Wordless Wednesday with words of course

My little glow worm.

This is Little Man's first day home. He had jaundice so he had to wear that contraption for a couple of days.

10 years later and he still sleeps like that.

For more WW go check out A Daily Dose Of Toni and 5 Minutes for Mom.

Born on date

Last week we went to the river with my folks. They have a really nice pontoon boat and we can go out and just enjoy ourselves. We go down to Caddo State Park and go down the Big Cypress river. It is really beautiful. Of course, we always have some adult beverages to go along with all the juice for the kids. Our beverage of choice is Busch Light. It doesn't matter how much money Hubby and I have, that's the beer we buy.

Anyway, on the way there, I called my mom and asked if she had enough beer for everyone. We were passing a beer store and needed to know before we passed it. She told me they had plenty of theirs (Michelob Ultra) and had actually found some Busch light in their fridge. Cool! No need to stop.

We get there and jump in the boat. After getting the kids into their life jackets, I reached in the ice chest to grab a beer. The Busch had dirt all over the top so I grabbed on of the Ultras. Hubby went ahead and drank the Busch. While we were there, I continued with the Ultra and he drank 2 Busch's. I later grabbed a Busch, cleaned it as best I could, and took a drink.

OH MY GOD! It was nasty. I looked at Hubby kinda surprised and took one more drink to make sure I wasn't imagining things. Nope, it was bad. I looked at him again and he said "Kinda taste funny, doesn't it?" "Ummm ya! What the hell is wrong with it?"

I looked at my folks and asked where they found it. My dad told me he found it in the truck behind the seat.

Me: "Red or white truck?"
Dad: "Red. I guess Hubby left them last time he borrowed it."
Hubby: "That was when I worked for MSI 2 YEARS AGO!"

So I looked at the Born on Date on the bottom of the can. Yep, it was 2 year old beer. I couldn't believe Hubby had actually drank 2 of them. YUCK! So I poured it out and got a much younger beer.

Fast forward to yesterday. My Grany said she had some 16 oz bottled cokes and wanted to know if I wanted them. She drinks diet coke so she wont drink them. I said sure and mom brought them over.

I opened one last night and took a drink. I really should have known by the dust on the bottles but I wasn't thinking. UGGHHHH! I had to spit it out. It tasted like a coke would after it has been sitting open for about 2 days. So I grab the bottle and look at the date.

Of course, it says AUG2007 right there on the side.

2 times in a week in a half. You would think I would have learned after the first time to check the dates on drinks people give me. You can bet your ass I will next time!

The Answer

If you read Friday's post, then you probably want to know what was wrong with my Mom.
Nobody got it right but TMM did guess something I forgot to say they tested twice for and that was Lyme Disease.

Is what she had was mercury poisoning.

About 3 weeks before she got sick, she had gone to the dentist to have a cavity filled. The dentist used an Amalgam (silver) filling. It doesn't cause problems with everyone but does happen to a lot. After doing a lot of research, she learned this is really a problem and that is why so many dentist's don't use them anymore.

The doctor appointment I made for her was with a dentist to have that tooth pulled. Now her body is really sensitive to mercury. That is why she has to watch what she eats kinda. She can't eat tuna anymore because of the mercury in it and had to limit herself when she eats fish. She doesn't really care for fish that much so it isn't really hard for her.

She also has to check all the medicine a doctor prescribes her because there is a lot of medicine out there that has mercury in it. Because she doesn't have a spleen, she was getting a flu and pneumonia shot every year. She can no longer get the pneumonia shot anymore because it has mercury in it.

If you or your children get a cavity filled, please make sure they don't get the silver filling. It is really not worth the risk.