Last weekend

Started like this

Then some of this
And ended with this! (That's my brother in law)

This weekend wont be so crazy. I am actually at Benny's work helping him out this weekend. Hope you all have a great one though!

Screw being PC!

I am so sick of the political correctness bullshit and it's about to drive me crazy. Oh wait, did I just offend crazy poeple?

I think it is so sad that people have to watch every freakin word that comes out of their mouth because they might offend someone. I personally don't because I really don't give a shit (and everyone I associate myself with agrees with me).

And what makes someone worthy of being offended? If I call my husband an asshole jokingly, am I offending true assholes? If I say 'that stupid rug tripped me', am I offending the stupid people of the world? When I told Benny he was a dork because he sang some cheezy song, did I offend the dorks? What about when I called him a freak? I didn't take offense to it. I mean, come on now.

Now, I'm not for calling people names to be mean because that's just... mean. Ya, sometimes I do because I can be a bitch (did I offend dogs or women on that one?) or I'm just being silly but I don't not do it because it might offend someone. True story, my mom told my son to sit Indian style one day and my sis in law jumped on her saying it was offensive to Indians. The correct wording is cross legged. Are you kidding me? Do the Indians even know that they are suppose to be offended by that? And why would they be? I have a lot of Indian in me and I wasn't offended.

I really think some people just LOOK for reasons to get pissed and cause a commotion. Is their life really that boring? When someone makes blond jokes, I don't get offended and throw a hissy fit. Hell, usually I will tell them one right back that's even funnier. Just because someone has an opinion, that doesn't make it true. Also, when someone says 'All so and so's are ......' obviously their thinking is off so why would I even care what comes out of their mouth?

I just think people need to chill the fuck out.

How do you know when a blond is having a bad day? There is a tampon behind her ear and she can't find her pencil! hehe

One proud mom, right here!!

I just recieved this e-mail this morning and had to share it with yall.

April,

I was just told by one of the teachers that junior high cheerleader tryouts are coming up. There are lots of little girls trying out and one of them is rather chubby. Seems all the boys are making fun of her and calling her fat.

There were two little boys in sixth grade who didn't make ugly remarks and stood up for her...one was your son.

Little Man is a blessing to all of us...he has been taught to be kind and courteous to others, no matter the circumstances. He is a fine young man with huge potential in this life and I am very proud of him.

Love,
*****

Randomness, kinda

I worked my ass off today ripping carpet out of my house just to piss my neighbor off. And because I hated the carpet!! I feel better now. Kinda. Well, I will after I rip out all these ugly ass curtains!!!! And BTW, that was a huge ass room and it took me all day so I was pretty proud of myself!

Ever seen Criminal Minds? I would totally do Dr. Spencer Reid!!! I love him!!! Totally want to steal his innocence!!! hehe! I sooo would. And he would LOVE it! hehe! I'm just that good! hehe!

Ever seen Derrick Morgan (from the same show)? Would totally let him steal my innocence!!! He's fuckin HOT!!!!!

Ummm, had more to say but I seem to have forgotten what it was......

Later taters, gotta get back to my show! ;)

Snow, and lots of it!

Yup, we finally got some snow. About 6 to8 inches of snow! The kids loved it and it was so beautiful. It is all completely gone now but was fun while it lasted.

This is the view from upstairs over looking the pasture.

Of course we had to make a snowman. Our dog was glad Benny made a trail for her cold feet!

We aren't really use to getting snow so the kids have a few pair of socks on their hands so they don't get 'snowbite' (Toots word for frostbite).

Think the snowman was thirsty!

Dear....

Dear Benny's brother and sister-in-law,

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the early birthday present! Yall are so awesome for getting us tickets to the Hank Jr concert on April 9th. I have never had the chance to see him in concert even though he is my favorite singer (besides Benny of course). I am sure we will all have a blast. Also, thanks for the hotel room because I am sure that we will be in no condition to drive when it's over. I am so excited and can't wait until then. I owe ya bigtime!

Forever grateful,
April

Dear Benny,

I am sorry I felt so bad last night but thank you for taking care of me. Really means a lot. Also, I LOVED the card you got me and yes, it was perfect.

I love you,
April

Dear Toot,

Why in the world are you up so early? Go back to sleep!

Love ya baby girl,
Momma

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Seven years ago today, I married the man of my dreams.

I just wish I could quit puking long enough to enjoy tonight.

One week

That's all it took. Really, not even that long.

This was my weekend with Little Man and everything was great. Just a normal weekend but still great. He was in a good mood, no arguing, no fighting, just him being his sweet self. I woke him up this morning at 6:45am to get ready for school and he was great. Usually he is hard to wake up and sooooo slow getting ready. Not today. He got right up (in a good mood), got dressed and finished eating in record time. We actually left about 10 min ahead of time.

That's when the mood changed. As soon as we got in the car he was a completely different person. He wasn't mean, he was just pissy. I asked what was wrong and got the normal "nothin" answer. Then I remembered last Thursday morning. He was all fine at home and as soon as he got in the car with my mom, pissy. So, I started digging. It actually didn't require much digging.

I asked if something was going on at school and he said no so I asked what was wrong because I KNEW something was. Then he spilled it.

He said, "I just don't want to go over there!". I was a little stunned and asked where but I already knew the answer. He answered very upset, "EMILY'S HOUSE!" (That is his step-mom.) I was shocked because his dad just got back home so I thought he would still he excited about that. Then he said, "I just didn't know it was going to be like this." All I said was "I'm sorry".

I knew it wouldn't be all fun and games like I think he thought it would be but I didn't expect this reaction. I warned him back in June that it took a lot of money and lawyers (and stress!) to get the custody switched and to make sure he was doing what he thought was best for him and that he couldn't keep switching back and forth. He still said that was what he wanted and now I am thinking he is regretting it.

The even sadder part is, last week his dad didn't work so he was with Little Man the whole time but he starts back today. That means that Emily will be the one picking Little Man up from school and his dad wont be home until about 6:30. I bet he is going to be so happy once Wednesday rolls around and he can come back home for the night.

It broke my heart seeing him like that.

So funny but so creepy!

A few years back, I decided that a hamster would be a great pet for Little Man. I had one when I was little and loved it. So, I finally talk Benny into getting one. Benny is the kind of person that goes way overboard so of course this hamster had a freakin MANSION. I'm talking 3 story, very colorful, tubes and little houses everywhere. It was so big it had to stay in the living room on our entertainment center. Benny decided that the cage was so huge that we should get 2 hamsters. THEN, he decided it would be cool to get a boy and girl, breed them and then sell them back to the pet store. This is where everything goes crazy.

We get them home and the little shits are MEAN! They would bite EVERYTIME you tried to touch them. So, basically they just stayed in the cage and I got to clean it all the time. Not much fun. THEN, we had babies. 8 to be exact. Now they were cute! We would take them out and look at them and Little Man loved it. That was until the daddy ate them. What an asshole.

A few weeks later, we had more babies. 11 of them. The daddy like this bunch or was scared of what the mommy would do and he let them live. When I would clean the cage, they would scamper to other parts and so I didn't have to take them out. The tubes were colored and hard to see through so I never really looked for them much less did a head count.

One night, everyone else was sleeping and I was hanging out with Smiley (he was only like a month old) and watching TV. I noticed something long and white stretching from the top of the cage to the bottom. It was the belly side of a FUCKIN SNAKE!!!!! I flipped out!!!!! I stood on the couch and start screaming for Benny while looking all over the floor for more snakes. We lived in a TINY mobile home and no one woke up to my screams.

I grabbed Smiley, RAN on the furniture to my bedroom, jumped on the bed and screamed "There is a fuckin snake in the house!!!!!" That woke him up. FAST! Benny is a tad scared of snakes. He went from sleeping to standing on the bed in less than a second. I told him what was going on and we go investigate.

I take my place back on the couch as he looks in the cage. The snake is now big enough that it can't get out of the cage (it was a metal cage). Benny decides to do a head count of hamsters. There was ONE! The other 12 were gone. Guess that's why the snake was so big. The only survivor was the daddy. Then Benny says he is going to shoot it with his shot gun. Ummm, no. That would put a huge hole in our house. I say we should put a sheet over the cage and carry it out so he can shoot it and he says, "Ummmm, not no but hell no!" He doesn't want to get that close to the snake. We agree on him using Little Man's BB gun.

I get Smiley undercover and Benny goes to shooting. I think he probably shot that damn thing like 50 times. We had BB's bouncing around everywhere and some actually hitting the snake. He wouldn't quit shooting until it was no longer moving. Once it was dead, he got a coat hanger and got the snake out and into a pillow case (that he made me hold). After that, I wanted the last rodent gone so more snakes wouldn't show up. He let the little guy (that was shaking soooo bad) go off into the woods.

Needless to say, we didn't sleep there that night. We loaded up the kids and headed to my moms. After all the drama, I got to thinking. Just how long WAS that snake in there? He was there long enough to eat 12 hamsters and get fat enough he couldn't escape. How many times had I put my hands in a cage where a snake was living? Gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.

We moved very shortly after that. We now both agree, never again will be have a pet that snakes eat as food!