I called it!!!!

Back on Jan 12th (which BTW is also the day I found out I was pregnant with Toot back in 2004) I said we were going to get a boat. Well, hold my beer and watch this shit! Getting ready to go to the lake!He is so happy!Kids loved it too!Nothing like relaxing in the sun!!!! If you told me a year ago that I would be wearing a 2 piece I would have told you that you were insane!!!!!I had to drive it for awhile!

This is what we will be doing ALL weekend, hope yours is as good as ours!!!!

He's not a COMPLETE asshole!

I totally forgot to tell those of you who have been reading for some time the wonderful news my ex husband gave me Friday.

Yes, my ex husband who I was and am still a little pissed at.

If you remember, a while back I talked about the fact that my crazy ex that is in prison would be released on May 31st. I could have written a letter protesting it but decided against it. Didn't really want me on his mind when he walked out the doors. You can read here if you would like to catch up on what I am talking about.

Anyway, haven't really thought about it until last Tuesday when I realized the date was getting pretty close.

Then, Friday, I got a text from my ex husband saying he talked to a 'friend' and got the early release DENIED!!!!! Yes, my ex husband has LOTS of connections.

It won't come up again for another year and he said he would continue to get it denied until his actual release date which is May of 2012.

As shitty as my ex husband is to me, he is a good person and a wonderful father to Little Man. I am blessed in that way.

Also, I gotta add, Little Man got his test results back on the Science portion of the TAKS (the state test) and made a PERFECT score!!!! Yup, he gets it from me! I am so proud of him. On the math portion he only missed one and on the reading portion he only missed one! His reward will be a Wii. He deserves it! Told ya I had a smart kid!

Randomness

Got a few things to say but nothing really good enough or long enough for a whole post so here is just some randomness for ya.

I was bored yesterday and joined Facebook. If we become friends on there, please don't mention my blog. Only my mom and Benny know about it in my family and one of my best friends and I really like it that way. I kinda like being able to vent or talk about them without pissing them all off. Thanks.

Spent the weekend with my in-laws. Without Benny (still working 7/12's). It went really good. We spent the day at the lake Sunday and had a great time. Toot got to go tubing and had a blast. That girl has no fear I tell ya. She kept telling my brother in law to go faster! Oh, and I got to really work on my tan. Been wearing my jeans so much because of working with the horses that my legs were still pretty white. Starting to match my arms better now!

I finally get Little Man back today. This will be the first time I have seen him since the day we went to court. I wonder what all he will say.

Found out that one of the girls my Mom works with is the sister of Little Man's stepmoms best friend. Did ya get all that? Anyway, could make things interesting. Little Man and his dad and stepmom hung out with them this weekend and she told my mom there was mention of the court thing but that she wasn't in the room for the conversation. Which brings me back to wondering what all they told Little Man and what all he will say to me today.

Well, that's about it. I hope everyone had a great weekend!

OK, the real update.

I talked a lot with Little Man before I went to court.
I knew his wishes. He wanted to be with his dad more.
And I agreed to them.
As it stood, me and my ex had joint custody where it was 55/45%. I had Little Man 55% and he had him 45%.
We switched it.
Except for when my ex goes out of town (like he will be doing in 6 weeks for 9 months for the military).
I know it is what Little Man wanted and I know it will all work out fine (probably better) but it still isn't easy on me.
I won't have to pay child support and everything else stays the same (he will still pay 100% medical...).
So there ya have it. After they lied and drug me through the mud, I still did what my Little Man wanted. Wasn't easy to be the bigger person. Never is.

Update, kinda

OK, everything went well. I am just to mentally tired to explain it all. I will tomorrow. I almost just had Carrin explain it for me but I didn't even quite explain it all to her so that wouldn't have worked.
Thank you all so much for your well wishes and prayers and confidence. It really did help.
I will tell you that we did come to an agreement and there will be no more court dates! I promise I will explain tomorrow, I am just too tired right now. Stress sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wish me luck...

Going to court at 9am. Wish me luck. I will let yall know how it goes.

My Girl Totally Rocks

Guess she knew I needed a break. Or help. Or just a good laugh and something for this here blog! Either way, she rocks!

Gonna add some stuff so I can get it out here pretty quick.

I got an award and a tag from Christina. She must really love me! If you haven't checked out her blog, you must! So funny!

The award

And look, NO RULES!

But, I will hand it out. Half the folks she gave it too deserved it from me so I will give it to others that she didn't. But if you were on her list and are a follower of me, I give it to you too.

Gwen

Bethany

TMM (she hasn't been around for a awhile. Decided to get a life I guess, but we have kept up through e-mail and she actually posted today)

Now for the tag, it obviously has rules.

Here are the rules:

1. Mention the person who nominated you.

2. List six unimportant things that make you happy.

3. Tag six blogs, state the rules & notify them with a teeny comment on their blog.

6 things that are unimportant but make me happy. Hmmm, seems to me if they make me happy than they ARE important but whatever.

1. Beer. This always works.
2. My baseball cap. Makes me real happy when I don't feel like fixing/washing my hair.
3. My new Hoover Floormate. It's a vacuum moppy thing. Whoever invented that is a GENIUS!
4. Cool Water (for men). I LOVE the smell of it.
5. My belt. It's nice to have my pants stay up.
6. Whatever this new candle is that I bought yesterday. The chick at Bed, Bath and Beyond said it was only .99 cents, an oder eater, and you didn't even have to lite it. I said SOLD! And, it actually works.

That wasn't as easy as it sounds. So since that wasn't, I will make the rest easy for me. I tag the 3 folks I gave the award to!

HE HAS LOST HIS FUCKIN MIND!!!!

I got served with papers today. From my ex husband. Little Mans dad. At Little Mans school.

He says I am a danger to Little Man and he wants 100% custody right now.

What the fuck is he thinking!!!

Gotta go to court this Thursday.

What the fuck!

You fuck with my family and you are in a world of hurt. I PROMISE THAT!

I just wanted to add, I have NEVER had to take Little Man to the hospital or the doctor for injuries. The last time (and only time) I have ever had to take him to the hospital was when he was diagnosed with diabetes. Can't say the same thing about his dad and stepmother!

Arena

Friday we went and got the kids their own horse. She is so gentle and use to basically only kids riding her. Perfect horse for them.

Toot named her Arena which I thought was perfect for a horse.Oh ya, see that big ole belly she has on her? Yup, she is VERY pregnant! 2 for the price of one!

I remember when...

walking up some steps would wear me out. When trying on clothes at the store was torture to me. When I always avoided mirrors. When I got heartburn all the time and wasn't pregnant. When I avoided cameras as best as I could. When I weighed 50 pounds more than I do now.That was only a year ago. Now, I feel so much healthier and look so much better. Now, I can cruise up the stairs with no problem. If we had built that fence last year, there is no way in hell I could have helped. I would have just been the fat chick sitting on the side watching. I think that is why I enjoyed the hard work so much, because I COULD do it. Now, I don't mind having my picture taken.Benny was the best husband the whole time. He never complained or put me down. He loved me no matter what I looked like. He does act different now that I am small again though. Can't keep the guy off of me! Talk about some major encouragement to keep me from ever going there again!

It is weird to me that I let myself get that way. I have always been on the smaller side. I got to the point where I just didn't care. Why? I have know idea.

Luckily, my mom was there to knock some sense into me. Again.

If there is ever a next time Mom, don't wait so long!!!

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Flushing money

In Texas, if you are above the age of 21, you don't have to wear a helmet while on a motorcycle. And you know what, any person that chooses to ride their motorcycle without their helmet, knows what can happen but still chooses to take that chance. Seems to me, that person should have that choice as a free American.

But, that same adult has to wear his seat belt in a car. I think the seat belt law for adults is ridiculous! I can drive a motorcycle without a helmet but can't drive my car without my seat belt. Shouldn't that also be my choice? Now, I do think it should be a law for minors to have to wear it because lets face it, a lot of adults wouldn't buckle their kids.

Anyway, that law has always bugged me.

Especially today.

Benny got a ticket for not wearing his seat belt this morning.

UGGGHHHHHH!

Well that sucks!

I went and got some gas today and guess what, gas has gone up 50 cents in the last week here!!!!
That really sucks. Was not near as much fun filling it today as it was 2 weeks ago. It went up 20 cents yesterday alone. Guess I should have filled up yesterday.

Also, I gotta add this. I have the news on right now. I usually don't watch the news but I lost the remote and I'm just too lazy to get up and change it. I'm actually not really watching as much as it's just on. About every 15 or 20 minutes they show the local stuff. I say local even though it's not local to me. I live about 30 minutes from Louisiana so I get Shreveport news.

Anyways, people are stupid. I'm starting to think most people are. We have had A LOT of rain lately and everything is flooded. They have shown 4 times that I have noticed a woman that drove threw basically a river going across the road and her car got stuck. Who would have seen that coming?! But here is the kicker. SHE HAD HER NEWBORN BABY WITH HER!

What an idiot.

Meet Bentley

We basically got the fence done. We still lack some top boards but it's OK. Mom got her horse Sunday morning. Benny spent a while working with her to figure out what all she would and wouldn't do. She is a 14 year old rescue horse so there are some slight issues that needed to be worked out. She did REALLY good.
Then, at 2pm we went and picked up my Mothers Day gift. Meet Bentley. He is a 4 year old registered quarter horse. Such a sweety. He hasn't been ridden much at all so we will be working on that. He also did REALLY good. I now call Benny the Horse Whisperer! He is so amazing with them. I did ride Bentley by myself with the saddle on but noone bothered to take a good picture. Maybe next time.





It was such a wonderful Mother's Day. I don't know how Benny will top this next year.

I feel naked!

I finally took my wedding ring in to get fixed and I feel totally naked without it. I hope it gets fixed soon. Benny's suggestion for me to not feel so naked was to actually GET naked and then I would feel better about feeling naked or something like that. He thinks he is sneaky but he is not at all. Still worked though! ;)

It's Friday and that means it is time for me to get off my lazy butt and go finish the fence today. It is suppose to be 90 degrees today and humid so wish me luck! Usually this is a beer drinking time but I bet A LOT of water is consumed today. Little Man is with us this weekend so I will be putting him to work. That should help some.

I hope everybody has a great weekend and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the moms out there and if you are a dad that has to do the mom role too, then happy mother's day to you too.

My Mom

I haven't written a post about my mom and I think it is because there are really no words that can describe how wonderful of a person and mother she is. She really is the best. I could not have asked for a better person to raise me. I know I wont do her justice but I will try.

Well obviously, without her, I wouldn't be here. She had a pretty fast labor and before she knew it, I was here. Her life would NEVER be the same.

She would get down and play with me in the floor and mold the person I am today.

But more importantly, she was and is ALWAYS there for me. No matter what was going on with me, I knew I could go to her and I did/do. She has been there for every big thing I have gone through.

When I was 16 and found out I was pregnant, she was the first person I told. She was so understanding and supported me all the way. She even told my dad for me!

When I was in labor with all three of my kids, she was in the room with me helping me all the way. With the first one, I don't know how I would have got through it without her.When I left my first husband, she let me move back in with her. She really taught me how to be a mom and not just any mom, but a great mom. Also, when I had to go to a wedding and pretend to be the happy wife of the man I just left, she was right there with me helping me through it.

Not only has she been there for me through tough times but also for fun times.

She actually paid for my first tattoo. Of course it was to cover up a stupid homemade one but still, she paid for it. And she gave me that kick ass shirt I am wearing. ;)

She was there when I celebrated my 21st birthday.And she was there when I met Benny and when I married him.

She is the kind of person people wish to be like. She taught me to always stand for something. To not let others get me down. To be the kind of person I would want my kids to be. To always love my family. That your family should always be your #1 priority. That you have to have the bad times to appreciate the good times. To know that it could always be worse and that it will get better. To be a great mom. To be a great wife. That you can't change anyone but yourself. To always try harder. That if you want something done right, it's usually easier to do it yourself and to do it logically the first time. To really enjoy life and not sweat the small stuff. And so much more.

She is my very best friend along with Benny. I talk to her every single day and wouldn't change that for anything. I truly am the luckiest person because I get to have her as my mom.

I love you Mom. Thank you for being the person you are.

Wordless Wednesday sorta

Award is under this post.

Smiley decided to sleep under the table.

While we were playing in his bed.

I think we got too loud because he gave us a dirty look and then climbed in my bed.

Award time

I got an award from ShortMama. Thank you so much!!! I learned of this Monday and what a way to start the week. Pretty cool huh?!

Rules:

List 7 things that make you Awe-Summ and then pass the award on to 7 bloggers you love. Make sure to tag your recipients and let them know they have won! Also link back to the Queen that tagged you.

7 things that make me Awe-Summ (not as easy as it sounds)

I am really honest about my feelings on things or people.

I am a great mom, daughter, and wife.

I have common sense and I am smart.

I am a country girl.

I am a Texan.

I love Benny so much and love hanging out with him (I know a few folks that don't like hanging out with their spouce)

I am the kind of person that if I am your friend, I would do anything for you.

OK, seven bloggers. I'm only doing 5.

Dina

Carrin

Brandy

Christina

Melissa

Have a great day everyone!

Fence building

Here are some pics of our fence building.

Mapping it all out.

This was the easy part.

See, easy peasy.

Now the work begins.

I think he had the hardest job but he didn't care. He likes drilling holes.

Sometimes it didn't want to come back out.

Getting the extra loose dirt out. Toot wanted to be like her Daddy.

It didn't take him long to give me that job.

Then this shit started. This part SUCKED!!!

So we took turns.

Now it's his turn.

Then he did a little of this. He had worked Thursday night and then worked with us all day Friday. He needed a nap.

I believe he is saying he is DONE for the day.
Looks great!

All this for this beauty.


I can't wait until we are done because this is not very easy for this stay at home mom.

A true REDNECK

Benny hasn't had much time to work outside without his shirt on this year so this is what he looked like at the beginning of Friday.

We spent the weekend building a fence for my folks. Let me tell ya, that is HARD FREAKING WORK! I'm not just talking about a barb wire and t-post fence or a chain length fence. I'm talking about every post being a 4 inch wooden post and tons of holes to be dug and all that goes with it. I'll get more pics up when my Mom gets them to me so you can see what I am talking about.

As hard as it was, I am very proud of all of us. We got most of it done and it looks AWESOME! We will be finishing it this weekend. I know it will be Mothers Day Weekend but that is what I want to be doing more than anything so we can get it finished and they can get their horse. Also, we will be going to see the new X-Men movie so it wont be all work.

Gotta question

Raise your hand if you are against the death penalty.
OK, you can put them down now.

Raise your hand if you are pro-choice.
OK, put them down.

If you raised your hand to both then this question is for you.

Why are you against killing the guilty but for killing the innocent?

Benny asked me how someone could think like that and I couldn't answer him because I just have NO FREAKING CLUE.