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


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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?