While most girls were aspiring to marry musicians I had my heart set on marring an artist. Because who needed a song about them when you can have a nude drawing! Thank you Titanic for inspiring me so. No, I’ve yet to have a nudie drawn up of me. Now I”m not so sure I’d want one after bringing forth two children. Fast forward a bunch of years and it turns out I married an artist. It’s not his day job so all the women with husbands who make music for a living have one up’d me, but alas I am still proud of my man’s artistic ability.

He’d tell you it’s not a big deal, but it is…..

(The piece standing out from all the others….that’s Matthew’s)

A couple years back he submitted that picture onto a forum for people who have a hankering for drawing their favorite heroes. Now it’s on the 2nd page of google images (out of 1,730,000 results 0_0) when you search green lantern. Right up there w/ the big boys. I know someday instead of his artwork just being next to theirs in a Google search it’ll be next to them in a printed comic. This kid’s got talent.

So what kind of mate are you/were you holding out for; musician,artist,writer, evil genius??

Someone burst my blissful bubble of ignorance/denial the other day. When someone tells me that they “feel sorry for me” for whatever reason immediately I begin to feel antagonistic towards anything they’re about to say. My pride gets the better of me instead of hearing what they have to say. The poor unfortunate soul who had to feel sorry for me happened to be my husband. What was he sorry for me for?? Was it that he created two evil monkeys angels? No. Apparently he’s sorry for me that I have no friends. I don’t know about you, but when someone tells you that you have no friends you kinda go a little ballistic on them haha. I think it’s because as humans we measure our self worth by how many friends we have otherwise there would be no social network battles of “I have more “friends” then you :P” or “help me reach 1,000 followers and I’ll give out prizes ” would there? “I do too have friends :P thpppsttt” was I believe my response. Followed by, “according to facebook I have 59 friends, and on twitter I have 64 so nana nana boo boo” . I think he saw where this was headed so he tried to explain himself only sending me further into the abyss of resentment where you pull out the reverse physiology and flip it back on them; “And how many friends do you think you have, huh huh?!”. Apparently he was thinking of me while at work, and was having a pity party for me since I am stuck with our children 24/7. Now normally I would be thrilled that he was rationalizing this, but the dude went about it completely the wrong way. He was busting out craigslist personals showing me that there are tons of people that are out there like me, in same situations that are in need of a friend.  I thought I prided myself on being above stigma’s or stereotypes, but this really incensed me. More or less hurt my feelings. Am I really that friendless that I’d have to resort to craigslist to make friends….this is where I sold all my junk for heavens sake! I didn’t even have a clue that there were places to look for “strictly platonic” friends or that you have to specify that a relationship is platonic when you’re searching “w4w” haha, but alas this is the 21st century. Nor did I have any idea what 420 friendly was….

They say that those close to you know you better than you know yourself, and I believe this to be true. I really examined myself and dwelled on what he was talking about.  After internalizing that in actuality I don’t have the kind of friends he’s suggesting I make I decided to apologize and humbly admit I wouldn’t mind having a close friend again….just not a craigslist friend….nothing against craigslist.

As you leave high school something happens. You go your separate ways sometimes emotional and sometimes physical. When you make the decision to physically part ways you’re forced into long distance friendships. When you are living life i.e. dating, getting married, having children, raising children, or what have you those friendships can get lost amongst the choas of eachothers’ busy lives. Then there are the co-worker friends, but in my case those changed with each job. Then suddenly you find yourself jobless raising children and no place to really make friends. The friend pool seems to get smaller and smaller with each life transition. Which is where I find myself now; in the baby pool…figuratively. My point being I do have friends, just not a partner in crime like I once had.  I think I’d been in denial about that. Maybe I was holding out for that someone special, but that was naive,selfish, and stupid too. Maybe that’s why watching I love you, Man bothered me so much. It’s an uncomfortable thought that you have no best friend.

Well those are my deep thoughts for you. Maybe I’ll post about my awkward leap I’ve decided to make in making friends (although I don’t know when I’ll have the time to do so) haha OR I’ve embarrassed myself enough already….

I’ve dealt with infection after infection w/ the kiddos

I engaged in Hamster Battle; not to be confused with Crab Battle (not a link for the faint hearted).

My husband is officially an old man. He turned 26. He’s like over the knoll…get it….yeah if you don’t a knoll is a small hill. Look it up.

Been selling a LOT of stuff on craigslist.

The girls got new individual beds.

Had to explain to a 3 1/2 year old what a step parent is, and why her Grandpa Wilson isn’t ever around. Yeah that was a fun one. I don’t know about Matthew, but I was TOTALLY not ready for that one -_-.

Hung out with my Dad ^_^.

I cried at the end Toy Story 3. Vera got a black eye from tripping and landing on the cupholder, but that didn’t disaude her from LOVING the movie.

Drove GoKarts with Vera and another friend and her daughter. The lil girls really loved it…..and so did the mommies ^_^.

Was completely bummed after seeing Eclipse. Was it just me or did David Slade hate the Twilight Series? It was the best book, but I left the theater a little let down.

I’m like five chapters away from finishing my rough draft for this book I’m writing and for some reason I just can’t bring myself to finish it. I know how I want it to end. It just feels daunting.

I’ve been dogsitting for the past week. No I’m not sitting on dogs. That’s just cruel. While Olivia and John are on vacation we get to go let their dogs out, eat their food, and watch their movies. It’s been fun so far. One week almost down, and another to go.

I’ve done a lot of other stuff too. That’s just what stands out right now. Let’s not forget all the work I do around the house too ^_~.  What have you guys been up to this summer? Seen any good movies??

I completely embraced my inner ninja. I got some inexpensive $1 white fabric from Walmart to make some nija headbands for the kids to color on w/ some fabric markers. We had orange chicken, egg rolls, fruit kabobs (minus kabob sticks….don’t ask I think we just ended up throw’n the fruit in a bucket. Never realized lil wooden sticks could be such a hazard….) and trail mix. What ninja warrior or special forces ranger wouldn’t love that, right? I had planned a bunch of games, but the kids really enjoyed the Kung Zhu pets so much they never got around to it. Half of them didn’t even color their headbands ;( lol. I think Matt was like the best cousin ever that day. The majority of the children we had over were Vera & Naomi’s 2nd cousins. They’re all right in that age range to really enjoy battery operated hamsters.  The kids got to take home a Kung Zhu hamster and a corresponding battle armor. That really made their day.

Hamster battle has continued on in our household since. Those things make some weird noises….like horse and lion noises. I finally got it all picked up the other day. I was sneaking it away piece by piece so Vera wouldn’t notice. She was REALLY into them. More so I thought then the originals. I found that kind of humorous because the Kung Zhu’s were marketed to little boys. I guess Cepia hasn’t met our warrior princess haha.

It’s brilliant. Vampires….blood….yeah. I’m actually kind of bummed that I am throwing a party on Sunday. I won’t be able to go donate to get an Eclipse Blood Drive T-shirt ;( hehe. On-top of that I’m insanely bummed that I won’t be getting the chance to win some movie tickets do something for a good cause. However just because I’m a loser doesn’t mean you have to be. If you live in the San Antonio Area (and some surrounding locations) get out there and DONATE! Come on….they want to suck your blood, how awesome is that?!?!

Here is a list of the locations you can donate at:

San Antonio

Donor Pavilion:6211 IH-10 West

Northeast Donor Room:8527 Village Dr., Suite 106

Southeast Donor Room:3158 SE Military Dr., Suite 104

Westover Hills:10555 Culebra, Suite 107

Shavano Donor Room:4079 N. Loop 1604 West, Suite 102

New Braunfels

The Marketplace: 651 N. IH35, Suite 830

Victoria

1109 Sam Houston Dr.

I’m challenging all of you to go and donate. You may not live here where you can participate in our “Eclipse” blood drive, but you can donate elsewhere. Take a picture of yourself donating (sans pictures of needles otherwise I might just pass out) and share them with me. I may just have a lil twilight prize  up my sleeves for yall if you do. OH and if you do go to the Eclipse blood drive I wear a size M t-shirt…..j/k….sorta.

Do you know what it’s like spending a day with TWO children who wake up way earlier than they should all day?? IF you don’t know let me clue you in….there is weeping and gnashing of teeth all damn day long. I hit a point where I had been pop’n Excedrin Migraine almost every day. Not good. Matthew and I were reeling for a solution. I’m sure there were days he didn’t even want to come home haha.

Well this weekend we went on a crusade to find something to silence our lil pug alarm, and were fortunate enough to have been fruitful. We found just the thing to shut it up. The best part is they were wonderfully inexpensive. AS SOON AS we got home we put  on the tag silencers, and were like “You hear that? That’s the sound of silence!**insert crazy maniacal laughter**”.

This morning I learned the value of silence. Silence is Golden. My children slept until 8:45…just in time to eat breakfast before watching Sesame St. Those were 1 1/2 blissful hours of extra sleep I got. That and there were minimal tantrums so far today. Now I can look at the pug again without wanting to shake her…..just kidding. Wouldn’t want to give her shaken pug syndrome or anything…after-all she’s already retarded enough 0_0.

I went to take Lilo out to go to the bathroom this morning only to step in dog shit….ON MY PATIO. We have a baby gate up to close off the patio too so someone had to go around the gate to get up there. SO It couldn’t have been a stray just take’n a dump.

This is one of the many reasons why I hate living in an apartment complex, and makes me cringe at the thought that I HAVE to resign a lease with them. It makes me leery too because I have children, and they play on that patio….their toys are out there. It just really bugs me. I know they can’t do anything about it, but I called the apartment complex and let them know. They were trying to be sympathetic, but really they were just like “what do you want us to do about it lady?”.

Dude I really hope it was just some kids pulling a prank, but if it was someone who was trying to leave me a message they really messed with the wrong person. If I ever catch them out there I’ll come out there and beat them with my shake weight….only thing heavy we have in our house. I’ve no idea why we don’t have a bat or something for intruders….oh wait I have a mini armory, never mind.

Well I guess I should stop blogging and go clean it all up. My poor flip flops. Thankful I didn’t get any on me otherwise I would have thrown a huge bitch fit.

I don’t remember the books my mother read to me as a young YOUNG child, but she did read to me (and my sister) ALL the time. What I do remember is the books she started reading to me around 5+ years of life, and the books that I would read too. Here’s a list of some of my favorite books as a child:

• Stuart Little
  
• The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
• The Borrowers
  …..if you’re sensing a theme of things that are incredibly small in a world of big things you may be on to something….I was enamored with the idea
• Nancy Drew Books.(Gosh I must have read the entire series…and that is a LOT of books) The Mystery at Lilac Inn is among one of my favorite books
• The Chronicles of Narnia
  
• Little House on the Prairie Books

Right now my girls are lil girls (3 1/2 and 18 months) so I’m reading board books to them and beginner books. I’m really relishing it though. I have two shelves in their room full of books. I think I probably read through their entire library in a week though so we are going to have to make good with the Library (I think I unjustifiably own them some money….they’ve been avoided at all costs lol) so that I don’t have to read the same books over and over and over and over….you get the idea…again.  For right NOW though here is a list of my favorite books that I’m reading to them:

• Guess How Much I Love You (ALL TIME FAVORITE! It’s so adorable, and when I read it Vera plays a long with the book. Like if Little Nutbrown Hare says he loves Big Nutbrown Hare as far as his arms can reach she stretches her arms out real wide ^_^).
• Green Eggs and Ham for some reason she thinks it’s the “Sam I Am” book
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Don’t tell anyone, but I do an awesome hungry caterpillar impression that resembles a starving Furby.
• Dinosaur Train who said Dinosaurs are just for boys?!
• If You Give a Cat a Cupcake it’s from the “If you give a mouse a cookie” series (a book I wish we had), and it just cracks Vera and Naomi up every time I read it so of course it makes me happy as well.

• Protection (dudes I own a sword, throwing star (odd I know…), and two guns…all safely stored away of course.) Shelter also falls under protection. Look into one of those tents that fold up really small that only need a rope and some pegs. Something that can fit in a pack.
• Alternate source of power. (They make some really cool lil crank batteries with built in radio’s and cell phone charging). My mom and I talked about how she borrowed a generator from a neighbor while their power was out. However she made a valid point that it requires gas, and since their gas stations were destroyed in the tornado they had to go a considerable distance to even get the gas. That and the generator was expensive (hence why it was borrowed).
• Source of light. While candles are good if you live somewhere HOT like I do chances are if you have to leave your home to make it your candles are going to melt in your pack. So Have some in your home, but think of something else to put in your pack. They make really awesome flash lights that only have to be shaken in order to work. Watch out though because not all of those are created equally. Also have flashlights w/ batteries in your home that work (check them periodically).
• Fire. Learn to make a fire without matches. It saved my butt once while camping when I got lost on a hike. The councilors even saw the smoke and were able to make their way to us. Get a lil fire starter too once you learn how to do it without. They even make some fashionable ones you can wear around your neck. Make sure though you put some tender in your pack so that you have something dry to start the fire with.
• Food. What you have in your house is great…until you’ve got to leave your house. That being said have canned goods in your home at all times….even if you’re like me and like to eat fresh/frozen. There are tons of different types of food you can put in your pack that have 5-10 year shelf lives. Granted they are probably not going to taste the greatest, but you’ll be thankful you packed some. If you have a pet think about them too. They make survival dog food…this surprised me…that has equally long shelf life.
• Water. Store some any way you can. Depending on the original state of the water i.e. purified or tap determines shelf life. Check your supply every 4-6 months. Bottled water I believe has shelf life on the bottle. They also make little packages of water that you can buy for survival packs. My mom has one of those water coolers, and we have an R.O. system. In an emergency she said she’d just use the water from their tank. I know I would personally use our tank in the R.O. system as well, and in the event I’d have to leave my home I’d yank that bad boy out of the counter and take it with me. For something to Pack in a survival pack though they make portable water filtration systems. You can not assume that any water is safe unless you’ve stored it yourself though.
• First Aid. This I hope is pretty self explanatory. Make sure though you have something to clean wounds, bandage, and in the unfortunate event …suture.
• Entertainment If you have children even a few hours sans power will leave you grasping for something to do.
• Storage for all your survival junk. Rubber tubs or waterproof backpacks….anything that is going to protect your stuff. Also put it all in one place and label it. In a disaster you’re not going to want to be digging around trying to find it because every second counts. I plan on getting a waterproof backpack so in the event you have to leave your house, which I imagine I would since I live in an urban jungle, you have a feasible way to carry all your gear. Also think of having storage within storage. I love Altoids tins because you can also use the tin to cook in if you needed too. Think like that. Outside the box.

It’s survival of the fittest most prepared out there. I feel that ultimately knowledge, preparation, and resourcefulness will be the difference between life or death. I’ll keep you posted on the progress of my kit.

This Thursday we’re discussing over at Girl Talk Thursday Do you make time to read? What are your favorite novels?

I  personally don’t make time. Depending on the quality of the book it makes it’s own time because if I can’t put it down then I’ll sit for hours and read vs. playing with the kids. I know I’m a bad mom. If it’s not good then it gets picked up when I go to the shitter. I must state though that I never start  a book and not finish it. No matter how horrible it is. I’ve read some really bad books. HOWEVER Matthew and I make time to read together where I read & he listens. We try to when the girls go to sleep if there isn’t a movie we want to watch together. We’ve kind of created our own lil two person book club. Lame, I know. BUT it really brings us closer together because we’re spending time and sharing thoughts/opinions.

On to My Favorite Novels….well this is a perfect opportunity for a list and they are ordered by favoritism by the way.

1. Identity Crisis If I did not list this as my favorite novel even though it is technically a “graphic novel” I would be lying. Every time I read this I cry like a little baby. When they say pictures say 1,000 words, believe it. The plot and the turn of this story will keep you guessing (and I’ve read a lot of mysteries in my days).  Very hard story to stomach, but touching.
2. Walk Two Moons This may be classified as young adult, but I’ve reread it so many times even as an adult. I even read it to Matthew. When you read this book you are on the journey with the main character, and you feel every emotion imaginable; happiness, sadness, fear….hope. It in my opinion is a classic. I mean blackberry kisses are not something you can easily forget. “Huzza Huzza”
3. The Horse and His Boy while I loved every Novel out of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia
   this was by far my favorite. I mean what is there not to love about a talking Horse, dude? The entire plot of this story is just exciting. You feel like you’re escaping with Shasta (a bad-ass name by the way).  It really stood out to me in the series because it is completely unlike the other books. It’s about finding your true place. “Narnia and the North”!!!
4. Maximum Ice science fiction, in my opinion, at it’s best. This story is WILD. Dude finished it in one day. This puts Star Treck to Shame, to SHAME I tell you! Ok I know Star Trek isn’t a novel, but this….this piece of science fiction….man it’ll freeze you to the core. No pun intended. Oh and did I mention there are cannibals in this book. Something I could have lived without, but none the less impressive.
5. Moonraker This is a recent addition to my list of favorite books. I am enthralled by the way Ian Fleming’s writes. We’ve read all the way up to Russia with Love, and we’re starting Dr. No. Thus far this has been my favorite though. It is NOTHING like the movie. I must admit that after reading the novels I see the appeal that James Bond has. He’s such a stoic character that is easy to fall in love with.

That’s the TOP 5. I have so many other books that I love and cherish as well, and because I’m a fantasy/science fiction genre reader I have a huge list alone of just those types of books. Also if you decide you want to read any off of my list, just so you know, I make a commission off of Amazon when you use that link to purchase it ^_^.

What are your favorite novels guys?

I Know you all read too otherwise you wouldn’t be subscribed to my blog so I better get some feedback yall otherwise I’m gonna whoop some booty! Intimidation is awesome.

What’s even more challenging is when your child does not let you do these things for them. The constant fight to even get Vera to take her medicine alone is wearing me out. I wonder if she is even getting enough of it considering the amount she spits out. It makes me feel bad to physically have to hold her down to wipe her bottom. She has a urinary tract infection. You can teach them everything they need to know, but unfortunately this is a hazard of potty training/letting your child do everything themselves. At the Dr’s office it took three people to hold her down for the Dr to even examine her, and I have to do that by myself all day to make sure she’s clean & apply cream. I’ve tried coaxing and bribing to no avail. I’ve settled for just spraying her down in the shower after each time she goes potty; which is a LOT.

When Vera was 3 months old she got a UTI, and was hospitalized for more than a week. Her urinary tract they discovered after performing an MRI to make sure it didn’t spread into her kidney and bladder is oddly shaped and retains pee-pee to a certain extent if not pushed out all the way. This makes her really prone to UTI’s so we’ve always given her lots of water/cranberry juice to combat the issue. However there is only so much you can do. I do not want the whole hospital fiasco happening again. She went through a lot during that ordeal. I feel kind of hopeless because unless she lets me help her there is not much I can do.

How do I save time Girl Talk Thursday asks? Well, it just so happens I’m the queen of time saving a.k.a. the queen of laziness.

Dear God I hope Matthew does not read this blog post (specifically the above line). Thank You that this is a topic of saving time and not managing it because we both know how badly I suck at that ,sir. That is all God….for now.

Anyways let me count the ways in which I, the queen, save time.

1. Know yourself. For example: I know that if I don’t get something done before lunch time chances are it aint gett’n done. Therefore I super motivate myself (overdoes on caffeine) in the morning to get shit done.
2. Plan Ahead. Google Calendar can be your friend (even shows your tasks at the top of the day 0_0). I promise. When you know what the hell you are suppose to be doing you are saving time. This also can go for meals and shopping trips. Matthew is a tad bit obsessive that if it’s “not on the way” we are aren’t going. Some times I have to explain to him certain places will forever be “not on the way” so he’s just going to have to suck it up and go. BUT I hate to admit he has a good point. If you do all your shopping in the same vicinity it saves you time and gas and gas is m$$la which is time. Need I say more.
3. Make a List. Doesn’t matter what you’re doing make a list & check it twice….just kidding about the last part…yeah cause if you do it twice you’re wasting time. I LOVE LOVE Google tasks. I swear I’m not sponsored by Google in any shape or form. They don’t even pay well with their ads…whole other blog post. You can make a bunch of lists on it and again because Google is awesome it’s FREE. I have it bookmarked on my android phone and it works great. For some reason when it crosses out what I’ve done after I check it I fall in love with it a little bit more.
4. “There is an App for That”. That’s my favorite thing to say when I hear those around me complaining about their fiances, their time, or what not. Basically all the things they think they don’t have time for. I feel bad for all you “iPhone people” because you’ve got to pay for your applications, but if you’re like me and you’ve got an android there are a LOT of FREE applications that can help you save time. A lot of my social networking sites that I use have applications & by using those from my phone it saves me time and allows me to stay in touch even when I’m not stationed at my computer. Also Matthew and I recently started  using a program called Mint (they also have an App). We haven’t been using it to long, but so far so good. It takes a lot of hassle out of taking care of your fiances. It’s saved us time.
5. Distract.                                                                                                                                                                                                           This is mainly for mommies. This saves you time because your sweet little devils angels are not harping you for everything every 60 seconds to “come play with me”, “hold me”, or just the plain ‘ole whining at you for no reason. I recommend finding an activity that does not require supervision i.e. watching a movie (that you’ve already seen and know is appropriate). FORGET all the people who tell you that watching movies/tv is bad for your kiddos. These are all the people who never get anything done. It gives you a little time slot to get the things you need to get done without being harassed which allows you to get it done faster saving you time.

Well that’s how I save time. I think what I should more closely examine is how I manage my time because I really suck at that 0_0. I save all this time so I can sit and play. I want to be more productive.

How do you guys save time? Better yet how do you manage your time so that you’re productive?

I have been a huge fan of Jars of Clay since they started playing in my home state of Illinois…..and believe it or not I never got the opportunity to see them until now. I know, weird.  Anyways when I found out they were going to be playing at Sea World as part of an event called Praise Wave I was all over that! It was really cool because you got in for free with your park’s admission. Just so happens I’m a season pass holder ^_^. It was my Mother’s Day present from Matt to take me to the concert without the kiddos and have dinner together at the park before.  It was a really nice day, not just evening. We went to get our wrist bands to get into the event earlier in the morning, and took the girls to the park with us. We took them around to go look at all the animals, and the park was playing all our favorites from klove. Then Vera was in heaven because they were showing her favorite VeggieTales movie Pistachio was playing at the Sea Star Theater in the park. She was over the moon when before the show two dudes dressed up as Bob (tomato) and Larry (cucumber) came out and danced to a bunch of “silly songs”. After that we headed home for lunch, and for them to take a nap. Then Matthew’s mom and Brian came to babysit for us.

Dinner at the park was surprisingly pretty good too. We caught the end of the opening band for Jars of Clay called The Afters. Here’s a clip from one of my favorite songs they sing.

It’s called a Beautiful Love….at the end, which I wish I had recorded, he jumped up on his keyboard. It was awesome. And who said christian music can’t rock lol?

Jars of Clay was everything I had always thought they would be; Phenomenal. They even played a new song for the crowd off their upcoming album which sounded awesome. For the Life of me I can’t remember what they said it was called though. They played a lot off of their The Long Fall Back to Earth
Album, and they also played some odd tunes.  Here’s a clip from them sing’n Love song to a Savior

You’ll have to excuse my sing’n in the videos. I sang my heart out. Nothing would have made the evening better….except maybe Matthew not acting like an old man. He absolutely did not want to go down to the front so we sat/stood like old people in the back lol.

I started potty training Naomi because she’s showing all the signs of being ready. She is actually doing really good & she likes being in there with her sister; makes her feel like a big girl.  However my damnation has nothing to do with her potty training and everything to do with her knowing how to get past the “child-safe” mechanism that protects  the cuboards from being opened.

She was sitting on her little potty and I was sitting there with her sing’n the ABC’s trying to keep her interested/distracted. With ease she opened the bottom cabinet while sitting there like it was nothing, pulled out a stashed bulb syringe, and began to stick it in her ear. Never-mind that the child was completely putting something in her ear that was once meant for her nose. She opened the cabinet. My life as we know it is over. Vera does not even know how to do this . I thought for sure it was a fluke. I put the bulb syringe back, closing the door, only for her to do it again like it was the simplest thing on earth to do. I called Matthew into the bathroom to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating, and sure enough she did it again for him to witness.

Between the two girls everything is no longer “child-safe”. Why do I even bother having these devices on the doors and cabinets. There is no hesitation….it doesn’t even slow them down. It isn’t even providing the illusion of safty any longer. Maybe I’ll cross my fingers and pray Naomi doesn’t show Vera. Yeah right.

HELP!

Our Topic for this Thursday is interesting to me since it’s the end of the school year for most. For some like my sister it’s the end of 13 years of education. I’m so proud of her, and pretty upset that I’m going to miss seeing her walk across the stage to accept her diploma.

My favorite teacher isn’t an Elementary teacher although I had a lot of good teachers growing up in a small town. Our grade school and Jr. High were all one LONG hallway simply separated by BIG (or they seemed that way as a child) double doors that separated us from the High School’s equally long hallway.I only spent 1 year in that High School.

My favorite teacher isn’t a high school teacher either. I hated high school. My sophomore year when I moved in with my dad I went on to a larger school where much to my surprise High School was a separate building haha. There were teachers there too that stand out in my memory. This school even though I was only there for a year was MY high school. A lot of the friends I still have today were classmates there. Then Junior year when we moved in with my grandma because times were tough. I went on to an even larger high school. I got lost there, but there were a couple teachers who kept me tethered down. I’m especially grateful to my last physical education class teacher. I don’t remember her name, but she saw how psychically and emotionally drained I was. She was lenient with me and made every Friday “Rest & Relaxation Friday” just for me. For this I was eternally grateful. Moving so much made it impossible to enjoy it. Always making up requirement classes for each individual school I feel was the nail in the coffin. My Junior year I had 4 different types of physical education classes and I remember bawling after getting my ass beat by all the psychical work I was doing to an unsympathetic councilor who said she couldn’t do anything about it if I wanted to graduate on time. Why these kids were required to take weight training or aerobics I’ll never know. I said to hell with it, and found a High School online & graduated in September when my fellow seniors were just going back to school.

My favorite teachers were my mother, and my father. Before I went off to school my mother would come up with all these neat little crafts for us to do, and she would ALWAYS read to me. She even continued reading to me until I was about 10. She nurtured my love for reading so much that eventually I think she came to dislike it when the teachers would send report cards with notes like “It’s great that Brittany loves to read, but it’s not ok when she does it during class time…”. I knew my colors, numbers, and how to write my name before I went to kindergarten. I really reveled in the time my mom would spend with me doing these kind of things. For me it was a window into who she was because I learned at an early age that my mom had a really hard time showing affection or being herself around….well anyone….a lot of my early memories are of her doing these things with me; sitting at my little plastic desk and playing school. Now my dad was the most exciting hands on teacher I’ve ever had. My father is a truck driver, and he would take me EVERYWHERE with him. I bet you I know more about all the 48 states I’ve had the pleasure of going to than some history buffs. We’ve been to some strange beautiful places and he taught me all along the way. You can’t buy an education like that. I feel a little sad that my children won’t ever have an experience like that.

I thought I’d talk about it on here because I’m sure I can’t be the only one having a hard time getting their kids to bed. I feel like I’ve tried everything. Sometimes things work for awhile and then their peaceful effects wear off after time. Lately I’ve been reflecting on the negative effect that bedtime has on our family. Our bedtime diatribe consists of us constantly telling the girls to be quiet, lie down, close your eyes, go to sleep, stop picking at your face…..the list could go on forever. This only ends at us being laughed at by our toddlers, them receiving spankings for mocking us, and then us eventually arguing amongst ourselves about it 2 hours later once they’ve finally tired themselves out. I feel like the arguing that we go through with them too trying to get them to do as we say and just sleep is detrimental. No one wants to be scolded and yelled at right before they go to sleep. They have a routine and we stick to it well. I don’t understand how the fact that you are suppose to go to sleep is not a predictable end to the day lol.

I just want the peace that comes from your children being asleep, and you can actually focus on yourself lol. But more importantly I want them to feel that peace too that comes with laying down and resting.

My dream would be both of them just climbing into their beds closing their eyes and going to sleep WILLFULLY. That is my dream.

I’ve thought about taking out nap-time and putting them down for bed at 7:30 or 8, but then that doesn’t allow them any time to spend with their daddy. That and I NEED nap-time to maintain sanity.

What’s a mom to do?

Simon Malls is hosting an event, which will pay tribute to moms while providing a great social networking opportunity with fun interactive activities, live demonstrations and special discounts, giveaways and more.-Directly from their site

Social networking opportunity….I don’t think so unless you count talking to the person in the front and back of you in all the HUMONGOUS (this is “the word on the streets” from Sesame St. ^_^) lines. There was a line to get into the area blocked off by a handful of vender tables. I’d say there was 6 venders at most & none that were on the site’s sponsor list. You just followed the line around to each table and then that was it you were done. There wasn’t any area to be “social” or even sit down. There were zero interactive activities. Unless you include the one wii fit demo(only live demonstration by the way). If I wanted to see wii fit in action(if I didn’t own one) I’d just go to the nearest Best Buy….come on. There were special discounts in the swag back (if you could call it that), BUT I threw more than 3/4′s away because they expired that day.

I even went to the Mall to Guest services to ask about the event before I invited Tracie to go with me so it was about 3 weeks before the event. They told me the same thing the website said & even said there were going to be refreshments and horderves. UM YEAH…there were four tables in the center of the tabled off area that had Chick-Fil-A ,Those cookie cake people,  some Taco joint, and one of those Pretzel type joints that I guess they were considering as the horderves. I don’t know if I’d call them that. The people at the grocery store giving you samples are more generous.  I waited in another ridiculous line for a tiny…smaller than a quarter…piece of cookie, a lil piece of torn up chicken on a chip they were calling a taco,  and a chicken nugget on a tooth pic.

The only cool thing (even though the wait in the line and the duration kind of cancels out the coolness) was Tracie and I were able to get a 5 minute massage.

LUCKILY I was in good company.THANK YOU TRACIE. I don’t think I even passed out one Fortune teller. Everyone kept to themselves or with the group they came with. I saw a few people who looked just as confused as I was. I wonder if there were other people from momselect there too who were disappointed. Sure would have been nice to meet some of them.

What did I learn from this? If I do this again next year I’ll be finding a party that is in a more private setting. Let’s face it I should have thought about how the location is in the mall.

The evening wasn’t totally unproductive/fun. Tracie and I did chat it up and catch up.That and I spotted one of the comic book dudes from Matthew and I’s old store The Purple Cactus now working as a “Mall Cop”. Yes we had a store. Yes it was indeed called The Purple Cactus. I’ve always been embarrassed to admit I was a “regular” somewhere. It was a sad sad day at the Wilson house when Purple Cactus closed. Kevin even vowed to us he’d open up a store of his own. I felt bad for the guy. He had been there practically since the store had opened 10 years ago and the owner just sold it. Lame! Anyways I tried to lay low and hide. It’s not that I don’t think Kevin was cool/nice guy. It was just that I was embarrassed to actually even be at this event that’s how bad it was. I told Tracie to lay low and kind of avoid eye contact lol and explained who he was. Apparently I was spotted or the other mall security guard that was standing close to where we were in line went over there and told him we were talking about him. I’m assuming the latter because when we tried to escape he followed us nonchalantly to where I couldn’t not say “Hi” to him without being a total asshole.  Our conversation pretty much consisted of him making me vow not to tell Matthew he worked as a “Mall Cop”…he said tell him he works at Starbucks or something. Every other word in our conversation was “This is temporary”. This made me incredibly sad. Made me feel like I was judging him (which I wasn’t…actually happy to see an old familiar face). I’m in no position to judge. Yes being a mall security dude is very 90′s, but then again the dude worked at a comic book shop before….he’s got Mall Rat generation written all over him. Nothing wrong with that. We talked a bit about what some other Purple Cactus peeps were up to. I guess the guy doing the wii fit demo was a regular too haha. NICE. Tried to beef up how cool his job was by pointing out he totally gets to ride a segway. Jealous.I’m going to make a point to send Matt over there to see if he can’t catch him at work and talk to him. He seemed a lil forlorn. I should have asked him when he was opening his store. Maybe not though. May have been a sore issue. Probably the same time I open mine….maybe if I beat him to it I’ll hire him ^_^ .Wishful thinking.

Dreams are beautiful, but HARD to get off the ground.

Yesterday I realized I don’t have a business card for my blog or anything and that this would be the perfect type of event to hand one out. One day before the event is a little late to order something like that (not that I even have the funds to do so anyways) so I had to brainstorm for something I could make at home. First I tried designing my own card, and then it kinda came to me out of nowhere. Do you remember the cootie catchers or fortune tellers that were really fun to make when you were little? Well That’s what I made lol. It’s a lil thrown together, but it was a last minute idea. The ones I even printed out (I did 20 0_0) are riddled with typos. As most of you’ve learned I can’t spell worth a shit. I can’t reprint them either haha because I used all my printer ink so I fixed them with a pen; c’est la vie. I left a space blank too for people to write their own fortunes.

At first glance it’s a really shitty business card, but then open it up…

And you’ve got your paper fortune teller or better known cootie catcher. Although I’m not sure what cootie’s you’ll be catching 0_0

Most of the fortune’s tell you to follow me on twitter or my blog in some shape or form & then others are just weird.

I loved playing this game in grade school with my friends. We’d write in there corny stuff like “You’ll marry____”, “You’ll live in a mansion”, or “You’ll own a limousine”  (because apparently that was a cool ride back then haha). One of my childhood friends, Scherie, and I even got real creative in Jr. High and Freshman year by passing notes to each other using them. Very inconspicuous lol.

Hopefully some of the moms I meet enjoy this paper fortune teller as much as I enjoyed making it (and overlook my horrible spelling…although they’ll probably be like “This girl can’t spell and she writes a blog?!”…hope not lol).

Click on the picture to pull up the full sized image so you can make your own and spread the word about my blog haha. Because you know it’s SO awesome! Don’t forget to watch out for Vampires too. No worries either I fixed the typos on the file so you don’t look like a douche like me. If you are a blogger too and you want to use this idea for your own blog by all means go ahead; it’s a great ice breaker. BUT just don’t use it if I’m attending the same event as you…..PLEASE. It’d seriously make us both look bad lol.

Over at Girl Talk Thursday we are talking about what we wanted to be when we grew up. I could make a list of things I told everyone growing up, but it’d be excruciating long. Therefore I’m not even answering the topic question lol. Feel free to stop reading right here if you’d like.

My mom never really pestered me too much with that question, but I think it would always exasperate my dad because he’d ask and was like “that’s not what you said last week…”. AND then to his dismay I didn’t go to college and now I don’t work (for those of you don’t consider raising two children as work). He finally stopped asking, but now it’s turned into “Your sister is doing this….you know if you wanted to go back to school I’d take care of it….”. I appreciate this too. The only problem is I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. I think maybe I just haven’t grown up. I could chalk it up to that.

The truth is though I’ve had BIG dreams about what I wanted to do in my life and the whole “What do you want to be when you grow up” never really factored into those dreams so I always played it cool and gave an awesome answer like “a teacher” ect… There were a few things I really aspired to be, but then came to the realization they weren’t for me. I’ve also had an awesome career that paid DAMN good & I up and left it because I couldn’t stand the thought of elderly people like my grandma being ripped off by their government(I was an insurance agent who specialized in medicare) and I couldn’t stand the thought of someone else taking care of my child every day. Didn’t seem rational. I never looked back. Tells you had BADLY I wanted that career huh? Or any career for that matter.

A particular memory comes to my mind when this topic comes up too. I remember very clearly like it was yesterday and I wonder if they do too. We were over swimming at one of my friend’s aunt’s house and I was floating around in a giant inflatable pirate ship….don’t ask. It was me, Sarah, and Veronica (I think V babysat for them too). I think Sarah was graduating that year if I remember correctly and we were all floating around talking about what we wanted to do when we grow up. They were gushing about their dreams and I was really excited for them because they knew what they wanted to do(In fact one already is a Lawyer and the other is in school) and then it was my turn……I could have easily spouted off some of the bullshit I’d been feeding everyone for years, but I thought about Matthew (my then boyfriend at the time) and my desire to just walk through this life with him and I thought about how good of friends they are and if I was ever going to tell someone what I truly wanted it might as well be them. I walked off the plank so to say and told them prophetically that I kinda just wanted to get married and stay at home with my children (I never thought I actually could just do that either…). They both kinda looked at me and then each other and were like….that’s nice, but…WELL what do you want to do after that….which is the crossroad I’m coming close to now that Vera is close to going to school. My answer is still the same as it was then. I have no fucking idea. I’ve been thinking about it a LOT lately though.

I had a deep and profound thought while contemplating what I want to be when I grow up….because remember I haven’t done that yet lol (I’m 23 give me a break…)….and I’ve realized all these people are focused on WHAT you want to be and I’ve realized this path I’ve chosen is leading me to discover WHO I want to be and who I am. I’m thinking that the WHAT part is going to be vast and varied, but at least I’ve found out WHO I am. That’s half the battle of being “grown up” right? Knowing your place and who you are?

I think this is a wonderful event for moms. It allows us to be among other women who have something in common with us (motherhood), and not have to worry about preparing dinner,dirty diapers, or cleaning for a couple hours and even gets us home before/around bedtime (event I’m attending is from 6 to 8). Also we get the opportunity to check out a lot of the sponsor’s products to see what other moms are using around the house and for their children.

The event was started because the founder felt that a lot of moms on mother’s day were thinking about the other mothers in her life and really just wanted a day off. I know that’s all I really want.

There is a lot of ways you can celebrate too. You can join some of the twitter parties going on online or just drink a glass of wine while taking a bubble bath at home with the doors locked so the children & hubby won’t disturb you lol. I plan on joining the celebration by attending the event at one of my local Simon Malls. I’m dragging Tracie along with me too. I’m still a little shy about going to events where I know no one. That and Tracie is a mommy so who better to ask to go with me than her. ALL moms could use a night out.

Most of the other bloggers who are moms that I read & tweet it up with are states away so there won’t really be any familiar faces at this event. However that’s not necessarily a bad thing as it’ll provide an opportunity to meet new friends, and a mom needs all the friends she can get lol. SOOOO I encourage you to do the same even if you can’t get someone to go with you or know someone there GOOOOO enjoy yourself. YOU DESERVE IT! I want to hear back from you guys if you are celebrating and how! If it weren’t for the spam I don’t think I’d feel loved…..comment…don’t lurk PLEASE lol. Also I’m contemplating if I should print up some kinda bussiness card thingy w/ my blog address & online id’s. What do ya think?

As I sit here and type right now something is being neglected; the laundry, the dishes, & the dust bunnies. This blog has been BIG TIME neglected. I have like five plugins that need updated. I very rarely write.

I simply do what it takes to get through my day. I have no energy or desire to do ANYTHING.

I am not depressed.

In fact I’m very content and couldn’t possibly be any happier with my life besides for my lack of energy (and maybe a few things I want you could throw at me and I’d light up lol….but everyone wants something).

I don’t know if I’m just lazy…. that may be lol.

I WANT to get up and do everything on my list to do, but at the same time I rather just sit down and read or sit and play with the kids. When you have two children (make that three if you’re including the husband lol) and a pug it’s not feasible to do that though. I have mountains of everything around the house now, and tasks have become even more daunting. I feel stuck in this routine of nothingness, and if I don’t get anything done by noon the entire day is shot. Today was shot. I spent my entire morning watching Sesame St. then onto Clifford and so forth. I see my laziness rubbing off on the girls too. When you ask your three year old if they want to go and play and their response is “I’m tooo tiiiiirrrrrrred” in that whiny sing song voice (You know what I’m talking about) then I figure I’m doing something wrong lol. The girl gets 12 + hours of sleep so that definitely is not it. It was like my own lack of enthusiasm and laziness had just been regurgitated to me.

I don’t know how to get out of this fog and do something. I’m very good at talking myself out of doing things. Something I highly dislike about myself. I developed it though when I had mono. This is kinda what this funk feels like. If you’ve never had mono imagine about three to six months of your life just vanishing and that is mono. I feel tired too, and I haven’t done anything exerting. Status updates aren’t exerting…..

When I go to put the girls down for naptime I use to relish that time and spend it writing or picking up around here, but now I find myself straight up passing out. Dead to the world passing out lol.

I take vitamins. I get plenty of exercise. I get sleep. Lately it feels like to much sleep.

I guess it’s time to pick myself up by my boot straps and do a little pep talking.

What do you do when you’re doing nothing, and you’ve got to motivate yourself to change that?

The dark lil pin prick is a small reminder of how serious that hole could have been. The hole was virtually unbeknown to me until the optimist saw it. You can’t see it. You’d never even know if you had one until your retina detaches.
However, now I have a visual reminder that there was a hole there. They told me that I’d have a scar from the procedure, and I knew to expect it. It’s kinda funny because at first I kept thinking that there was a gnat or something buzzing around my head…..yes….I was swatting at air. After I realized that it was moving as my eye was moving and if I closed my left eye it was gone a little reality sunk in. It’s like if a pixel in your TV goes black. Part of the picture is missing. It was a little sad, but at the same time I’m thanking God that the big picture isn’t desolate like that little spot. I can see.

When I was signing the consent form before having the laser eye surgery I was questioning if the benefit outweighed the risk. I’m still not sure. That consent form was a doozie. Somewhere in the midst of all the worse case scenarios was even death. That caught me off guard. Was being able to see worth my life? No question…NO. I about got up and left, but I was assured that was if there was equipment failure or I suffered an aneurysm or something…..odd, but I guess Dr’s these days have to cover their tails. STILL It was still pretty frightening sitting in the dark room waiting for the numbing drops and my eye dilation to take affect pondering that death could be an outcome of something as simple as a 5 minute procedure would I be ok with that? Not a very nice thing to spring onto someone who is about to be looking into a laser. Anyways I’m here and well. I go back for a check-up in 3 weeks.

The procedure was exactly how the Dr. described it. Very uncomfortable and nerve racking (especially after signing my life away lol). Painful? Depends on your definition of pain. The lens that they put on your eyeball to keep it open and protected kind of reminded me of what Jewelers use to examine their diamonds lol. I was worried they’d go all A Clockwork Orange on me and have my eye held open with metal contraptions. That was the most painful part though. Staring into something that is also causing you discomfort takes a lot of willpower, and you have to be strong otherwise it’ll take the doctor even longer. Five minutes can feel like an eternity when you are looking into a laser while an assistant is making sure your head is pressed into the chin straps and head rest. I must admit though in my mind the laser itself I thought would be more menacing, but it was no bigger than one of the devices your eye dr. uses at a regular appointment. I guess I was expecting the Keck telescope or something lol.

After the procedure I came home, took more Tylenol, and slept it off (how I deal with a majority of things lol). I had a headache for these past couple of days, and the first day I was sensitive to light. The sensitivity wore off later into the evening too. However my eyeball felt warm for a couple of days. An extremely odd sensation that I’m glad to say has subsided. Recovery was pretty easy all in all.

I am glad that I can see. Do I think if another hole appeared in my eye would I do it again? I don’t know….

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I wish I had more. Easter went really well, and we had a pleasant time with our family. My mind has lately been preoccupied with the laser eye surgery that I will be going in for tomorrow. Feeling a little uninspired on the blog front.

The nice people over at Momselect sent me e-mail letting me know that BLOCKBUSTER has a dvd kiosk rental system very similar to Redbox and it’s only $1 rentals per night. Not to shabby. You can rent it online and then go and pick it up just like Redbox too.I think they have a better selection of new releases then redbox though. They also sent me a rent one get one coupon that unfortunately I’m unable to use. (MAKE SURE YOU FIND A KIOSK NEAR YOU FIRST) The closest kiosk to me is like out in New Braunfels (a good 50 to 60 mile drive). That and I’m a satisfied netflix user so it’s kinda lost on me. However that doesn’t mean that you guys aren’t looking for an easy way to rent a movie.
I can pass along the code as well so I thought I would go ahead and share it with all of you. It expires on the 31st of this month so hurry up and use it! I highly recommend New Moon too or Princess and the Frog (that’s going in Vera’s Easter basket ^_^…she loved watching it in theater).

*Code is valid thru 3/31/2010. When you rent a movie at the regular price, you’ll receive the first night’s rental on the second movie FREE. Extra night charges and taxes apply. Limit one per customer. May not be combined with any other offer. Rental terms and conditions apply. Not valid at Blockbuster store locations.

On to the hole in my eye.

Apparently because the shape of my eyes, VERY long (weird, I know), and because I am SEVERELY nearsighted (if the world were to face doomsday tomorrow and my glasses or contacts were destroyed I may as well give up and die that’s how bad my vision is….I’d never survive) I am prone to develop HOLES in my eye’s retina. Also I’m prone to retina detachment. Yes it is as scary as it sounds. Just the word detachment in the same sentence as a part of my eye makes me what to throw up what I ate for dinner.

The Retina specialist that I saw was extremely nice, and it felt like I sat through a science class learning about my hole and what not. I had to go through an excoriating test where I had to have an additional numbing eye drop besides the one to dilate my eyes and they used an extremely bright light to look into my eyes to see the hole better. The Dr. said it’s not an emergency, but eventually if left alone the hole would indeed detach my retina. He said we could either see each other every six months and chance me experiencing a “bright light” and then being blind which then would require a surgery I don’t even want to re-explain it scared me so bad OR I could have laser surgery to weld the hole shut. Yeah…I think I’ll go with option B. Right now I’m in a statistic of 1 out of 10 experiencing a retinal detachment(hate using that term) to a 1 out of a 1,000. I think I like the later odds better.

I’m not to sure about laser surgery though. Everything was explained to be and it all sounds unbearable extremely safe. When a Dr. tells you, “I’m not going to sugar coat it and act like it’s not painful…” you know you are in for a heck of a ride. He described it as the worst brain freeze ever. Not sure how I’m feeling about that. It doesn’t sound to bad it just sounds really trippy. Since it’s not an emergency even though I feel like it kind of is they scheduled my surgery for the 6th. I almost wish they had done it then because now I have time to think about it and worry wither I’ll see the “flash of light” informing me the retina detached before the surgery.

I could use a “hole” lot of support on this post. If you’ve never commented now is the time lol.

She was born on Elvis’s birthday, and was almost named Presley. We decided it wasn’t a very feminine name so we let Vera pick out the name. She chose a name from one of her favorite Disney Movies, Lilo and Stitch.

After realizing our return was not enough to get a house AND all the things we had been putting off during the year we made a decision to forgo getting a house and work on getting a car for me since our family only has one tiny lil Yaris. Well long story short that hasn’t really worked out for us. People are asking to much for POSs . I don”t want to buy something that is going to fall apart in 3 months like the previous car I got -_- **cough** POS Saturn **cough**. Which leaves me empty handed for another year which in return puts my career like ( like I had one lmao) on hold.  Both of which made me really angry, REALLY. SORRY I JUST FELT LIKE SHOUTING AT YOU. That and it:s hard to type with a dog resting in one’s crook of their arm.

She’s definitely a cutey, but she’s a lot of work. There have already been some sleepless nights. This one included. Anyways because I’ve been grouchy I guess Matthew thought it a good idea that I got one thing that I wanted even if it was further down on the totem pole.

This bitch, moi,  is letting it ALLLLL out for Girl Talk Thursday today. It’s a good thing that this was the topic because I’ve been having one of those days months . We’re making a list of all the things that have pissed us off in the past 24 to 48 hours month giving me an opportunity to complain about everything that I couldn’t fit into 140 characters. A good majority of the shit that’s been getting to me lately is caused by those around me so we’re going to leave those things out because that is a whole can of worms I do NOT want to open. Some of it is stupid too that shouldn’t set me off, but it has/is. You know how much I love making lists too so maybe this will be good therapy and cheer me up.

1. That season 2 of True Blood is not out yet, and that Netflix made me look like a fool tell’n everyone that I couldn’t wait to watch it because it was in my queue. Maybe they should put in caps that the availability of this series is UNKNOWN so then my dumb-ass could see it. Just a random thought.
2. That Vera named the goldfish (Dorthy….she watches Sesame St. religiously) my MIL brought over for us to feed because Matthew’s  step-sister is not capable of taking care of it for her son (if she can’t take care of a fish, why is she allowed to have a child? Hope she doesn’t read the blog…..no wait I hope she does) until she got a tank for them.  By her naming it I am therefore obligated to keep it and therefore this ugly 25¢ fish is F-cking up the Zen that’s going on in my tank.  That and I somewhat think that was Bianca’s plan all along lol. I love her…I really do…and I only say this because we think a lot alike and that is what I would have done haha. “If I take the fish over there I don’t have to keep it, and they’ll keep it because Vera will become attached to it”.  For the record I’m not irritated at her….It’s this ugly fish and it’s ORIGINAL owner.
3. That I did all the laundry Sat-Sun and that it’s now Thursday and my three hampers are OVERFLOWING.
4. No one told me that potty training a child is like potty training a dog. You still have to clean pee and poop off your carpets,furniture, and walls. The fact that I”m actually considering buying Urine Be Gone is on a whole other level of desperation.
5. That I got peed on right in front of a toilet at Burger King the other night. Did not think that the diaper bag needed a change of clothes for ME.
6. Five minutes after dressing Vera (3yrold) for the day she’s taken her clothes off. That and she wants to go stand and look out the sliding glass door. We live in an apt. complex. Freaks me out that some creep could be watching/pisses me off too that I have to worry about that. I worry that this is a sign of her personality and fear that I’ll have a very promiscuous teenager to deal with lol.
7. That people have the audacity to have you drive clear across town in order to use you to sell their car incidentally selling the vehicle right from under YOU.  He’s a lucky bastard that I’m not some psychopath. Although I did consider rehashing some of my hooligan ways and saran wrapping his car, forking his yard, and playing mail-box baseball.
8. What was once a $1,000 car is now a POS $2,500 car…..thank you cash for clunkers for making it IMPOSSIBLE for me to find a vehicle within my budget. Government never thinks of the repercussions of this idiotic laws. God gave us 10 and we can’t even keep those….isn’t that enough?!
9. America is no longer founded on the constitution. Wonder if this is how the Romans felt.
10. I’ve been on a  PMS rampage for an entire month. Watch out.
11. That I don’t feel any better after making this list

It just feels sometimes like there is not enough time in the day to do everything that needs to be done and the stuff that I want to do so to me getting that item listed was quite an accomplishment.

I really enjoyed sewing that. I hope someone enjoys it as much as we did (and if so I’ll make more).

Yesterday I was snapping at Matthew when he came home because we had a lot to do, and he had sat around and vegged out. I was being rude, and I was wrong. Just thought I’d get that out of the way lol. Apparently as I stomped off to go make the childrens’ beds Vera gave him one of her inquisitive looks (she doesn’t say too much) and he answered her with “You’re mom’s just being a retard”. Harmless right? Well she came up to me after that while I was changing her sister’s diaper and informed me “You’re retarded MOM!”. Never had a three year old hurt my feelings before, but I guess there is a 1st time for everything. I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last time either. I explained to her that we don’t say that to people because it’s not nice & asked her where she heard such a thing at which point she eagerly gave up her dad as the offender haha. He confessed to his crime, but I think I’ve been guilty a few times too of saying something about him too when he’s getting irritating lol. Like “You’re dad’s so slow” , “Your dad is taking such a long time because he’s slow….” (something to the effect or slowness), or “You’re dad’s just being silly(or you can replace that with annoying haha)”. I guess we don’t put to much thought into explaining the other parents behaviors which our “big kid” is so eager to understand, but we’ll have to from now on because she’s like a sponge soaking everything we say and do up.