ok...the proof is in the pudding...or on my curtain anyway

so just now...just a few moments ago..we hear a clatter , bang, dingaling...whatever anyway..

We knew it was a bat..this time I got some pics of it...Little sucker was chasing me around the house..I guess he did not like the flash..


The cat ripped a hole in its wing when hubby got it off the curtains..

can we say.."calling the Orkin man asap"


dont forget to read my real post below this...You need to read the funniest thing I have ever seen in my whole 30 years of life...and trust me,,these eyes have seen lots;)

toodles

Funniest thing I have seen today ..Thus far

Took the kids to the park. And 3 other kids came along with us..Which is always funny because I love to hear their conversations...

AS the kids were running up and down the hill with the grassy knoll..(the one next to the condom wrapper..That is STILL there)..My oldest spawn says to the other little boy..
"Now pretend you have a pretty lady there...Laying on her side"

I was like what did he just say....
So I holler over " what do you need a pretty lady on her side for?????"

The kids run off and ignore my question...Figures...

I am putting middle spawn to bed in her new clean room...She has been sleeping on the coach the last few nights because her room was "out of sorts"...I tell her come on and I will tuck you in ...I asked if she liked her new floor and her nice clean room..She said.."Yes momma I like it..So when I get grounded I can just come sit and here and think about what I have done ..Right"..

Not sure if she is wanting to get grounded or what...Her brother sure does not make it look glamorous by any means...

Funniest thing Christina has seen today....Maybe even all my life..
I am laying up here in my bed...I turn to hubby and ask him "give me something funny to write about..I am tapped tonight.."

The minute I look at him I say " never mind, I have my material right now..Thank you much"

You will never guess what he was doing...Go ahead and guess......You give up...I am gonna pee my pants just typing it out...But I will try

he was....cross stiching

My family gives me such wonderful material..I swear..You can not make this stuff up...

Toodles

Ok..Here are the pics

Ok first this is the hallway we did last weekend ...
















Here is the room..I am not finished....I noticed there is white paint dried and splattered all over the floor...Ugh




























































I still need to do some fine touch ups..But the hard part is done for now:-)

So that was my little home improvement project..Now we need to get that yucky wallpaper off the walls and paint it..

Toodles

Are you spiritual or religious

Why..Why is what I ask myself a bit. I believe in God I believe that Jesus died for our sins..But I also wonder things..Why would a God who is suppose to love..Let cruel things go on..

Such as war, cancer, starving nations, and violence of other kinds..

Why do we have children in other countries dying of diease and starvation? Why we do have children everywhere who suffer and die painful deaths in the hands of cancer, diease or child killers?

Why do we have war and fighting?...Is killing other people and causing mayhem and destruction in other parts of the world solving any problems?..Or is it making situations worse for the folks who actually live there?...

Why do we have to deal with famine and AIDS?

If I question these things..Does that mean I question GOD?..I don't think so...But maybe it does...I did not grow up in a family where religion or church was important..Not important enough to take us to church anyway..But you still believe..I think there is something greater than us all..Do I think it is GOD?...Yes I do...Do I think GOD sent Jesus to die for all of us..You bet I do....

Do I think if your religion does not believe these things that you are wrong and going to spend eternity in hell...??...No way...I enjoy learning about other religions and cultures..Not that I would ever convert to Muslim or Juddisism...It is just all fascinating to me....That humans on this good Earth have different looks and views in things..And to discriminate against a person because they aren't the same religion as you..Or to kill and torture them is just wrong..This world today frankly scares me to death..

I mean at any point in time our water supply could be tainted, the schools our kids go to everyday could be blown up, a plane could take a nose dive into the building we work in, our food supply could be tainted..

and why?...Not sure why..So many people have hate in them..Maybe it is jealously as we Americans are very fortunate and have many more opportunities that every other counrty out there...Maybe it is because we don't practice their religious practices..Maybe its because you can really be born with the devil in you..

Really who knows the answers? I sure don't...I am not sure I would even want to know the answers if they were brought to me by GOD himself..

Anyway..These were just things on my mind today...Sorry...


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Later today I am going to post some pics of the work I did all weekend..I need to get the floors cleaned up...I got all the carpet out and padding..Now I need to go over it with a good scrubbing...Looks really nice so far..

Well have a happy Monday.Toodles

Gift for gab

I swear, the weekend went by way to fast...Like I went to bed Friday night and woke up Sunday night...I did do a lot though, maybe that is why..We went shopping Saturday morning, came home did some light housework..And I stress "light". Was up till bout 3 am. Not doing what your thinking either..I ws laying here tossing and turning..I really hate insomnia...Ever since the removal of my thyroid some 5 years ago..I have not slept since...Not a fun thing..And I have not found a Dr who can help me..I have to resort to prescription sleep aids..Which I am out of now..And I just do not have the time to go see the Dr to get more..Such as life I guess..

Oldest spawn has been pretty good all weekend..No major meltdowns..Tonight he wanted to call his grandma..(my MIL).. I swear that boy can talk longer than I can..He must of told her everything he has watched on TV and did for the last 2 weeks...I mean he just kept going on..And on...And on...I thinking...Holy crap..He is going to have to fight with his wife in the future over phone use..But at least she wont have to fix him meals...As this kid does not eat...LOL..Fair trade I guess..

haven't had much time to blog around and check what's going on with everyone...Today I spent much of the day finishing the job of ripping out carpet in the girls room...Got that done now..Hip hip hooray!!

Baby spawn will have a birthday one week from today..My baby is growing much too fast..Gosh before I know it she will be mouthing off and kissing boys...

Middle spawn fell out of a tree Sunday....Why do kids think climbing trees is ok..?...She only got a cut on her pinky..She came in crying and wanted a band aid...Then wanted to go backout and cause more trouble...

I am in desperate need of some alone time..Like a few years with no kids..My kids just run me so ragged that I feel I must be a grandma rather than a young, hip, cool 30 year old young mom..Did I say young??..Hubby says I need to start taking vitamins..So I bought some...Should they have kicked in yet? Cause I still feel like crap...

I need a walker and some ben*gay..And I will be all set..I have the glasses and the gray hair already...LOL..

I am looking forward to my weekend with "much younger than me step mom who I think is the coolest mom on the planet..LOL"...I mean do any of you have a step mom that is younger than you...And wants to waste vacation days at work to come and spend a girls only weekend?...That you think is the greatest pal ever..That your not jealous of....LOL..she is great and I love her bunches...We are going to Mystic Lake casino for one night while she is here...We love to waste money we don't have..heehee...

Oh and I forgot to mention I have a new really great friend...We have never met..Not sure we ever will...But she is super awesome..She calls and we just chat and chat..Trust me..I have lots to talk about..LOL...Hi Tammy..LOL.....I know..You still wont leave a comment...You will call me and ask why I just embarrass you like that..LOL..Luv ya Tam;)..Thanks for being my special bud..I only hope we continue to be closer everyday;)

I know this is about the most dreadful post I have wrote..My gosh..Sorry folks...Not much going on I guess...Bright and early Monday morning I will have something good ...I promise..

Toodles

Funny things my spawn does and thensome

So Saturday we head out for a little more school shopping. The one thing I must not leave without are shoes for the kids,,Christina, do not forget shoes..OK got it. will remember to get shoes...

We also had an appointment to get baby spawns photo taken. For her 2nd birthday which is next Monday. They got some cute shots of her. Then I wanted to get a few with all 3 spawns. That is when toruble began. Baby spawn had sat thro enough smiling and sitting like a little angle bit. In the photos of all 3 of them..Not one turned out good. At lease one kid in every photo was looking a bit , shall I dare say,......ODD...But I got the pic with them all least looking ODD...Only one who looks odd in this one is middle spawn..Looks like she has seen the coming of the Lord with her eyes so big and all...I think this fall we will try to get a better photo..I want to get one taken outside with the falling leaves on the grass...That would be a cool one..

We get done with all the nonsense and head out for lunch before we head home. We go to this place called McCormics...It is Irish..Everything in there is painted green and there are pictures of painted shamrocks all about...
My oldest spawn gets very excited. The waitress comes over and he says to her
OS: " I am Irish you know?"
Waitress: " Oh really?"
OS: " plus my birthday is March 17th."
W: " so I guess this makes you double Irish then huh?"
OS: " yup sure does"

My hubby and I look at eachother wondering where his Irish roots are.

Then a while later he gets acting real weird..He is now putting on a show for us..He turns to hubby and says " so, tell me a little about yourself"
Hubby just looks at him, have you lost your mind..
Then oldest spawn says " My name is Jack, and I am looking for my family"
Then they play around a bit with his act there..Then oldest spawn gets up and sits at a table all by himself..Like he is waiting for someone or something..Then hubby signals him back over..He comes back to the table and asks if we would like to adopt him...

I think the folks sitting at the table behind us thought we were all crazy..Which would not be a stretch my any means..

We get in the van and head for home...Half way home I realize something....I FORGOT SHOES...Crap, I can not believe I forgot the one thing I came for...So today we may have to take another run..

Then we get home and I get the mail and we have a letter from the school..It is a note saying who middle spawn will have for a teacher...And tells when the open house is and the first day of school..

This whole time I was going to send my kids to school on Sept 6th..That is for some reason when I thought they started..Good thing I read the note and not just skimmed thro it..School starts Sept 1st..I have no idea what I was thinking..And who starts school on a Thursday?..So now they go back next week...I am so excited....I am jumping right now...Jumping for joy that is:-)

I guess that is it for now...Have a good Sunday...Toodles

Close call....

It has been a good 2 weeks at least. I think anyway. But this morning at approximately 5:30 am the hubby wakes me and says we have a bat..But he isn't sure where..Normally I am the one who hears it..But I heard nothing...So he goes downstairs..And nothing..No bat...Then as he comes back up to our room he hears squeaking..Which is never a good sign when your looking for a bat...Well the squeaking was coming from the attic door that is in our sitting room..You could hear him in there flapping bout and such..He never came out, I think he must live in there and he was coming in for the night as the sun was peeking through the windows..

But it has come to my attention that I will not be decorating for Halloween and Christmas this year..Or any year for that matter..All my decoratations are in there..And that door will never be opened again..NOT EVER!!..And I have ,made some pretty cool stuff for both holidays that I had wanted to show you...No can do now..Sorry folks..Nothing to see here..

Have a good weekend...Toodles

SPF...Oh yeah;)

It is SPF day and the category,s are...Something you made or built yourself,tools of your hobby, and something you would like to give away..

If you want to play stop by and see Kristine at www.randomandodd.blogspot.com and tell her you played;)

Ok first off..Something I made or built. Well I am no builder but I do paint..Here are some things I have painted..Most of my cool stuff I give away...This is just things I made for my kids..














ok next is tools of your hobby..Well lately my hobby is blogging, and the tools for that are very simple...LOL














ok last we have something you want to give away..This was hard for me because I get rid of stuff when I don't want it...But if you have ever read me site before..You will no I have had trouble with this...














my former flea bag of a dog..My Lahsa Apso Ellen..Paid $600.00 for her..But you can have her for nothing...She is a pedigree ya no..LOL
She will be one on Sept 11. You can throw her a big birthday bash if you want..LOL...She is all yours...Enjoy...

Toodles....That was fun;)

Funny thing said to me at work

I have been having a dry spell lately..A dry spell from funnies at work..Until tonigt.Tonight Christina hit the mother load...

Let me set the scene for you..Shall I..

I am doing what we in the business call " sensory stimulation."

It is just before their bedtime and I am doing hand massages..Something to not get them to stimulated and alert before bed..Calming if you will.

This one particular man is very demented..Talk gibberish a lot and even likes to curse for no reason...Hence..For those of you who do not like to hear curse words..You may want to move on..LOL

ME : " how ya doing?..Do you want a hand rub?"
OLD GUY: " yes, that would be nice, then you can help me get downstairs and see Jim."
ME: " yeah.....Ok...Whatever" and I rub his hand with some lotion.
OG: " that feels good , where is Jim?"
ME: " I don't know where Jim is, sorry"
OG:" what, don't you touch me you son of a bitch"..(must be popular thing to say because I have been called that more than once there..
ME: " let me see your other hand, and I will do that one and then you can go to bed."
OG: " I don't want that shit on me, you come any closer and I am gonna throw your shit ass out the door G...Damn you"
ME: " well, are we cranky tonight?"
OG:" get your fuc*ing a%$ away from me before I throw you sh*t a%$ out the front door, I mean it, I don't care who you work for..You can tell Jim I said that too..G..Damn him anyway,that son of a bitch is useless..DID YOU HEAR ME..GET THE SHIT AWAY BEFORE I THROW YOUR SHIT A5$ OUT MY FRONT FUC*ING DOOR"
ME: " Ok, I will leave you alone..Looks like you need some alone time"

and I start to walk away..And then he yells back at me.." Someone stop that bitch, she wont tell me where is..That son of a bitch owes me money."

Ok I am trying my hardest not to laugh..It would only make him mad..And at this point I can see he is upset...And I don't want him having a heart attack or something..

Then the nurse says to me.."Who is Jim?"
I say.." You got me!!"

On a side note here....It is really very sad seeing what can happen to you when you get old...I know what they say and do can be very funny..But really..It is sad..I have them asking where there family is..One that is always trying to leave because she thinks her family doesn't know where she is...Can you imagine starting to lose a little bit of your memory, not remembering you kids , spouses and grandchildren?..How awful would that be..Then to be dumped in a strange place and worrying about your family..Wondering where they are..And if they are ok..

Such a shame our bodies can do that too us....The thought that someday or minds and the person we always were can be wiped out ..Just like that..You are nothing but a shell of your former self...Just a body..Your face and mind and body are not the same. You look in the mirror and do not recognize your own face. You have no memory of the person who is talking to you..They say its your granddaughter..But you don't know her..You just smile and be polite..But scared inside because you have no idea who it is...Or who they are talking about..

You need help dressing, bathing, eating, going to the bathroom..
It is true what they say.." once a man, twice a child"...

Anyway...That was my funny run in tonight..Keep it real..Toodels

Oh I will be playing Stuff portriate Friday..I will post it this afternoon sometime....;)

Excuses..Excuses

All kids get in trouble...Right?...No kid is perfect..Well I might of been...But other than that, not really much hope for it...Am I right??.

Now when oldest spawn gets in trouble...He has a new line now...This one actually is pretty funny...He still has his staple lines.."Just trying to live a life"...Or " I wish people in this house loved me"...yadda yadda yadda..

His new one now is " I never got in trouble before my haircut...It must be from my haircut"...

Ok, I am not sure if he realizes he did get into trouble 4 weeks ago..Even longer back...Heck since March 17th 1997 this poor kid has got into some form of trouble or another, and he has had more than that one haircut..But in his mind it is as good as an excuse as any..Go figure..

Are any of you members of classmates.com?...Well last summer I was browsing the cyberspace and all...Really for the first time..I know..Lame..
And I came across it...And stupid me I joined it...They actually got me to pay money so I could read all my former classmates "profiles"...I am a sucker..I pay money every 3 months..I am a gold member ya no..I totally have no idea why..And the thing is I wish I hadn't paid the darn money...Because really..I could care less what anyone is doing..Or where they live...I must say I have got in touch with one or two old friends thro it...So it is handy if you really want to find someone..But only if they are a member...And I have become friends with a few people I was not close to in school and some I frankly don't remember well...But that is beside the point..I went to a small highschool..Geese we may have had 100 kids in my class..Maybe not that many..Maybe more like 60...Anyway..Point I am trying to make is....Well I have no point..Rather a complaint about it..They send me emails telling me there is a new member that has joined from my class..The wonderful class of 1993...So I click the link to see who I may be reunited with next..LOL...Half the time it is a person I have never heard of...And why?...because it is a person who graduated 4 years after I did..Hello...or else I will click on the link where they tell me a new member from the class of 93 has joined..I click it..And it tells me " no new members...WTF??...Please...Classmates.com...dont Send me anymore emails unless the folks actually graduated in 1993 or unless there really are new members...do you want Christina to cancel her membership?...I didn't think so..probably the only person who actually paid for the darn service...Man..To go back in time..LOL...But I am glad for the connections I have made...But I could of done that without paying...Again..Can we say loser...

Ok..I am done with my rant...And I cant even blame it on a haircut..I haven't had one is like 5 months..Which reminds me..I really need a trim..Hair is getting a little out of control and getting a little too long..Need to giver her a trim...;)
Have a good one..Toodles

A couple updates...And a bunch of crap

So something I had forgot to mention..Remember my troubles with the "Spanish kid"?...Well turns out one night they up and moved...They are gone..No sign of them...I am hoping they are headed back to the home land..And I don't mean Spain..LOL..I am bad..Really I don't mean it...But I do think they might have been here illegally...For crying out loud..The kids barely spoke a lick of English and they were litter bugs..And I have heard Mexico is dirty...Hubby went there for work once...Never wants to go back either..

I am gonna make a complaint of sorts..I know I have lots of them.
My hubby..Who I have been married to for 10 years now..Is a bit, shall we say, annoying..He does things, little things that burn my britches..You no ladies, I think everyone has a hubby that has some minor flaws..Maybe major flaws..But flaws none the less..
I am gonna list a few in no order..Just randomly..

1. Why after 3 weeks of asking you to put air in my bike tire..Is it still laying there with a flat tire?

2. Why do you often have a hard tome keeping track of your nail clippers?..Then asking me where I put them..When I don't use them

3.why when I ask you to put baby spawn in her jammies and lay her down, do I go in her room and she be in her clothes still?...Why??

4. Why do your kids crap outside?

5.why do you like watching the Sci Fi channel for 4 hours straight on Friday nights?

6.why are you so big on saving the planet when you can not save it alone?

7. Why do you like counrty music and why must you listen to the prairie Home Companion ever Saturday night..are you like 70???

8.why do you feel the need to watch old episodes of Seinfeld and friends..When I hate both shows?

9.why must you think that you need to volunteer for everything anyone asks you to do....You don't think I spend enough alone time with the spawns???

10. Why cant you put your dental floss in the trash..Instead of on the sink?

There...Trust me I have plenty for about 5 posts..But I will end it there..

He gets on my nerves a lot...Makes me want to pull my hair out..Sometimes whines and complains like another child...But what can ya do?...Someone has to take care of him I guess...He may starve or something without me:-)

He has his good points...
1.he lets me control the TV
2 lets me sleep in on weekends
3.makes pancakes every Sunday
4.takes days off of work so I can go to Virginia beach , Michigan and Chicago
5.lets me travel alone to Virginia beach, Michigan and Chicago..And doesn't really complain...
6. Cleans up..Sometimes
7. Cleans the kitty litter box...Wait scratch that...I have to do that now..
8. Takes the dog out to go potty at 4am when she is my dog
9. Gets up if he hears the baby spawn cry
10. Lets me have the air condtioner on even though it is bad for the environment and even when it isn't even that hot out..But because I sleep better with it on...It is ok..

Not really such a bad guy after all huh?..LOL

Oldest spawns idea of cleaning his room...Put all dirty and or clean clothes in the bottom of your closet and shut the door....
When told you need to clean the closet....His idea of cleaning it...Throwing all the clothes , blankets and or toys that were in said closet down the laundry shoot...

Have a good one..Toodles

Ok..Here is the scoop on the box

Ok..Here is the scoop on the box..It is by know means a funny story or a humorous one...But I will tell you anyway..Only because you are the best folks out there..LOL

I keep some , what you might call, mementos in this box..Nothing fancy, nothing frilly, just stuff...Maybe it is a form of torturing myself..Not sure..But this is the only day I look at it..August 17..This very day..Although I have not opened it today, maybe I wont..Maybe just knowing it is there if I ever want to is good enough..Maybe I have move past it..

Today August 17th would have been the 6th birthday of a spawn. And yes I am sure this one would of been a bad spawn too..LOL..Seems to be the only ones I make..heehee

So in this box are items..Little things..Hospital bracelets, cards, and other odds and ends...Not a big box, so not a lot of stuff fits in there..But that is the way I want it...

There you have it..The story of my box..Not a pleasant one..But a story none the less;)

So now I will end on a funny note..I told the two older spawns to clean their rooms today...To which this conversation proceeded..

OS: " why, why, why cant you just let me be a kid, why am I always having to do work?"
ME:" well you are being a kid..And kids keep messy rooms..And yours needs to be cleaned a bit..So please do it."
OS:" well I wish that people in this house would show me respect and loved me."
ME: " everyone in this house loves you..Go clean your room"
OS: " I wish I could be adopted into a family where the mom and dad loves their kids and doesn't make them clean anything"
ME: " well when you find them, I would love to see what the house looks like"
OS: " I bet they live in a mansion."
ME: " ok. I will help you pack."

enjoy..Toodles

Ok, for goodness sake..You really cant make this up.....And THE BOX

First off I just want to show a picture...This picture is of a box..A box I only open once a year..And today is the day...That is all I can say about it..But I just wanted to share it with you...Thank you:)


















ok...Now today the kids came inside and said there was a baby squirrel outside and that it lost its mom and wanted to know if we could keep it...Um...Yeah right...



















it was a cute little guy..I was stupid and picked it up..I just can not resist a baby animal...I know, I could of got rabies..LOL. He or she hung around the yard for a long time...It tried getting in our basement door..Thank goodness it was fast enough..That would of been a nightmare;)


Ok, the story I am about to tell is dreadfully embarrassing..I mean no normal person would ever tell anyone let alone a bunch of strangers...So we went to the park again tonight...With same said child from yesterday..This time ...I learned a shocking and most horrifying thing a mother could hear....My middle spawn had to go potty a while after we got there ..So hubby was walking her home...
I told the boys and baby spawn that we should head back too as it was starting to get dark...Oldest spawns friend asks where middle spawn was going..I said she had to go potty and her daddy was walking her home.

OSF(oldest spawns friend): "why doesn't she just go behind a bush?"
ME: " why would she do that..that isn't what you do when you have to go potty"
OSF: "um, well she does it all the time outside"
ME: " WHAT..SHE DOES NOT"
OSP: " yes, she does...And oldest spawn has crapped outside"

so now I am horrified..I want to kill both of them..Oldest spawn for doing it and friend because he told me..This is not what I wanted to hear..Not one bit..

OS: " huh what. No..No...I never did that"
with a smile on his face..
OSF:" yes you did, I saw you..Behind the bush in the neighbors yard"

ok, by this time I am running ramped with rage in my veins..I want to get this kid home and get mine home so I can kill him..

OS: " no..It was just a harmless deer..I never did that"
OSF:" yes you did..Don't lie about it.."

By the look on oldest spawns face and the look on my face...He knew this ment trouble...
We get home and I inform hubby of the new developments I had learned on our walk home..As I am telling him, I can not tell it with a straight face,I am really quite befuddled..I am not sure if this is horribly funny..Or awfully disgusting and weird..

At this point hubby is asking what is wrong with the 2 of them to make them think that going to the bathroom outside is ok...They both now go into tales of what they do outside...
Then oldest spawn goes into his famous lines..
" I wish I was in the graveyard"....To which I replied.." You go to the bathroom outside one more time, and you will be there buddy"

His next line was.."I don't know why everyone in this house hates me..I wish I was at school"

hmm...That must mean he is having a bad day...LOL

Anyhoo..This is my dilemma for the day....Go ahead..Have a good laugh at my expense....I know...I am the worst mother and I have the oddest kids... nuf said;)
Toodles

Now I have to keep an eye out for middle spawn...Getting to know me

So I take the kids to the park Monday night. And on the way down we walked by their pal Noah's house. So of course they asked him if he could come along..Which I did not mind...The kids got dirty...I mean dirty..As I was chasing baby spawn around the park I had noticed something very disturbing in the grass next to the grassy knoll of a hill inside said park...First I saw a condom wrapper...uck and double uck..I paid it no never mind...Then as I am turning corner of said grassy knoll I spot the item that belonged in above wrapper....And it was USED...I about died as I stood there..How did it get in the park...Are hoodlums walking around have nukky in the park my kids play in??..Oh my gosh...Rewind my life back to the summer I was 13 years old...Hot summer nights, sneaking out..Heading to the park...Yup it happens and I am living proof of it...So I had to block it all out of my mind...

On the way home my beautiful middle spawn asks Noah if she can hold his hand on the walk home!! Ok..I am really dyeing now...My baby girl is 5..Come on now...Please..Slow down here..I have a hard enough time dealing with the 8 year old and girl kissing and what not...Please Lord..My heart cant take it...I swear..

I thought it would be fun and wise to list some things about me that you may not know..Probably don't really care...But I like to get to know the people...ya no...so here are 10 things you might not know..But will soon now..
1. I am addicted to Dt. Dr pepper, yes I know diet soda is bad for you and will likely cause cancer and kill me....But I wont be getting a fat rear from drinking it;)

2.I am an 80,s girl..Most music I listen to is from that decade..And no..I have no leg warmers..

3. I love club sandwiches...With no tomato...Oh yes..Good stuff

4.I started dating said hubby the summer before my senior year in highschool...And married 3 years later..

5.I never wanted kids....I mean 10 years ago...LOL

6.I gained 110 pounds with my first born...And only have lost about 60 of it..Plus have had 2 kids after that.....

7.I love working out..The treadmill and me are best buds..She knows me well..;)

8. If you are my friend..I will more than like be the truest most honest and loyal pal you would have...I take friendship very seriously..

9.I was a mean girl in highschool..I would make fun of others....I would make fun of all sorts of folks..I am reformed..And feel awful about anyone I was ever mean too..No wonder I didn't have many friends..LOL..Really though..I was nasty..Especially if it was over a guy..Oh man...The devil came out then;)

10. I don't drink..(well rarely) and have never smoked a day in my life..But I am convinced I will die of lung cancer..I grew up in second hand smoke...Plus all the pollutants we breathe in the air...Not looking good for me;)

There...Now you no...The rest of the story..
that's all I have for now...Keep it real...Toodles

Negativity...Yeah whatever

Yesterday the kids went outside to play with their friends after church..So it was about 10:30 am....They came in for brief periods to get popsciles and beverages...Finally around 6:45 we tell them it is time to come in.

Afterall they had not eaten dinner yet, and they both needed baths and whatnot..Oldest spawn needed to get his homework for summer school done..(yes it is Sunday and I am just NOW having him do it..)
this is the point at which everything went way wrong...

On the second we told him it was time to get his homework done this is the situation that proceeded..

OS: " why does everyone in this house hate me?"
HUBBY: "noone hates you, its just time to get your work done"
OS:I hate school and I wish homework was a bad word"
HUBBY: " son it is very important you do your best and get all your homework done"
OS:" I am just sick of all the negativity in this house, I am just trying it live a life"
HUBBY:" son you have been outside all day and now it is time for baths and homework"
OS:" Ihate this, stop ...This house is just filled with negativity, I cant take it"

at this point he is crying and screaming...

then he says he is going to the basement to do the work because no one is talking to him down there and I guess there is no negativity down there..I tell the hubby you better go down and make sure he isn't watching TV..

Well to make a long story short...HE WAS..

HUBBY:" ok, you need to come upstairs and do your work"
OS:" I wish I could just be alone, I hate all the negativity"

So now hubs comes over to me and says he thinks this kid may need some counseling..To which I agree...When you ask this child to do something he has a screaming panic attach of sorts..Not sure why..He is basically a good kid....When he gets to do what he wants..

OS: " I am just trying to live a life..Just trying to get by..Trying to have fun..And you guys always wreck it..I don't know why you hate me"
HUBBY (says to me) " ok, now if they said he needed medication would we give it to me?"

ME " your kidding right"
HUBBY:" well would we..."
ME:" um...dah!!"

This kid really needs prozac...I know , I know what your thinking...Tom Cruise knows best and there is no reason anyone needs meds and there are no such things as chemical imbalances or whacked out kids....But seriously...This kid needs some therapy....Tom cruise may think he knows pyscology but he needs therapy himself...I am not wanting my kid to turn out as crazy as he is...So if he needs prozak or a lobotomy...He will get it..LOL

Nuf said..;)
Toodles

Ok....What is going on

So I hear my son outside playing..He starts calling for me...Wants something....The only problem is I didn't know he was calling for me...

OS: "hey mom"
OS:"mom"
OS:"MOM"

ok so where am I going with this..Right??...Well my kids NEVER call me mom...It is always "momma"...Yes my kids call me momma.

So when I hear my oldest spawn calling mom..I truly have no idea he is talking to me....
Later when he comes in to use the bathroom he says "momma"
A-ha...I have figured it out....He is too cool to say "momma" in front of his buds....Has to be cool and say"mom" or "ma"....

We got most of the girls bedroom done ....Well not really...We got the door way done.....But the hall is all done...I am just too tired to continue on with the project anymore today....So I have retired for the evening..

My hubby was a true plumber today....We have had this plumbing problem for 7 months...Everyday he says he is calling a plumber...Everyday goes by...And no plumber....Finally today he think he can fix it...uh-huh right...

Well My God he did....I no longer have to deal with the problems I was having in my laundry room....I told him as he was bent over fixing away.."You are a true plumber , because I can see your as$ crack.."

I don't think he thought I was all that funny...But it was true;)

well guess that is all for now.....Have a good Sunday and I will be get back to ya'll Monday
Toodles

oh yes and check out the pics below....I have one of a box of brownies you MUST try...and the greenist grass in the world...although today the grass didnt look nearly as green as it did the other day...But it is still greener that mine;)

ok...got this at the heath food store.....no fat brownies...all you add is fat free vanilla yougurt...no kidding...and it is so yummy...just wanted to share..;)
my kiddies

kids playing.....what no fighting???
my kiddies

another shot of my not so green grass...my van..lol..oh yeah and the hubs looking like he may be going to do something important
my kiddies

my grass...combo of brown and green...nothing lush about this right??
my kiddies

ok....this is the greenist grass Christina has ever seen....do you agree???
my kiddies

first of all...notice the grass color...this is my lawn, being over taken by dinosaurs...lol
my kiddies

The girl and the oldest spawn

So yesterday I did get one of my big jobs done..I pulled the carpet up from the hallway..The floor look so good...I had to put in a little elbow grease to get the job done..But I did it..I will post a pic later on..Along with the greenest grass Christina has ever seen..LOL

So last night at around 8pm we started a little fire in our new out of doors fireplace...Yeah....And the kids had a few friends over to make smores...And guess who the oldest spawn wanted to come...Yes the girl who kissed him...He got out a chair , set it beside him, and told her "you can sit here"...I am gagging over here.Truely I thought I was gonna lose my cookies....But I kept it all in....It was getting a little chilly out and middle spawn was getting cold...So the girl said to her." you can wear my jacket"..So what does oldest spawn do.."Oh, I can go in and get one of my jackets so you can wear it"...Ugh!!!....No tell me it isn't happening..Tell me my oldest and first born is not offering to go inside and get a jacket for her to wear....!!!

So alas 9pm rolled around and both the other kids left...The kids stayed outside looking at the stars and getting ate by all kind of bugs..I came in the house..(I hate being chilly..And I hate bugs..) I watched a little TLC took my bath...And yes I used my citrus stuff...heehee....Then I headed to bed...

Today I am gonna try and get the girls room all cleaned out and get their carpet removed....There room is a frightful mess...

Oh and my wonderful cat..The one who catches bats and has never done wrong a day in her life....Well guess what she is doing now...Something she has not ever once did....She has peed on my rug I have under my table....The rug I paid about $100 for last year when we re-did our old house...I cleaned it...I even got out steam cleaner out and tried to get the smell out....I think she is still peeing there because it smells even worse..Now I have to toss it out...And I really hate doing it...The table and chairs scrapes all over my wood floors...Man I want to ring that cats neck..I don't know why she is doing this....But she better stop..Or she will be on the fast track outta here..I tell you what;)

Oh and the friend I broke up with...She emailed me yesterday...Not looking good....I don't want to take her back......But it is just looking like I may..Please someone shoot me.....

I will post some pics later....I know how much ya'll look forward to that...Tee hee

Toodles

Sorry, but I am over it now..;)

Ok...About my last post...Don't mind me..I am crazy:) Thank you though for your comments..LOL

Why don't kids flush the toilet when they are done?..I swear sometimes when I walk into the bathroom it smells like a freaking porta potty..Which is not a good thing. I take the time to scrub my toilets once a week so the kids have a clean tank to piss in...Yet they cant do me the favor and flush it when they are done..Kids, I think they are missing some very important features in their brains..Called common sense.

I have figured out something I want...You ready for this??? I want an Irish or Scottish accent..How are you going to get one of those Christina when you are from the Midwest of the USA??..Well that is a very good question..I may start pretedening I have one..Not many people around here no me..So they would never no..Right??..Only thing is.I suck at doing accents..I can do a pretty good Australian one..But I don't want to be an aussie...I know what your thinking...The blue wiggle is an aussie..I would move there for him..Not in the outback though...Nope..

last night I got absolutely no sleep..So what I am doing today?..Nap?..Nope..Ripping up carpet in the girls bedroom and the hallway...Then mow my grass...

The hubby for some reason decided it was a wise move to buy a little fireplace for the outside...Have you ever heard of such a thing?..They sell em though...Last night while he was putting it together oldest spawn and baby spawn and I went for a walk to the park..Middle spawn was over running and giggling with her 2 little girlfriends...Anyhoo, we were at the park for bout 15 minutes then baby spawn was wanting to run away..So we decided to head back home..Well on the way home I decide we are going to try and walk a different way home..BIG MISTAKE..We ended up walking for close to 30 minutes trying to find the way back home..My oldest spawn kept saying.."Mom, thought you said we was going on a short walk..I am definantly not going to be home in time to go play with the girls"....hmm..Playing with the girls huh?..So I decide to walk another block out of the way..No son of mine needs to be wasting time with the girls...
We get home and hubs is sitting on the deck with his Bible and his little fireplace in front of him with all the mosquito candles going..It was going on 8:30 so I put baby spawn to bed..Then sat out there for a brief period..I do not enjoy the out of doors when I am being eaten alive by the biggest most frightfully looking skeeters...Him and the kids sat out till past 10pm..What freaks.

Oh..Also on our walk I spotted this lawn...I was thinking in my head..Not out loud.."Holy crap that is the darkest greenest grass I have ever seen..Wonder what kind of chemicals are polluting my water line from that grass"....And my oldest spawn says out loud.."Look at that grass..I have never seen grass so green"...Great minds do think alike...I am going to go do a drive by and take a pic...Show you what I mean..Really it is quite amazing..LOL

Well gots to get moving..Toodles

Caution : you may want to skip this post;)

I know what you may be thinking, what crap does she have to tell us now..Problem is, I have none..But I do just want to vent and maybe spill my guts for a few minutes..This is basically a post for my own benefit and I do not expect anyone to make it through the whole bit..

Today was not a bad day..Really nothing much to complain about, kids didn't fight..(much anyway) the baby spawn did not get into too much trouble..All and all not much..

Do you ever wonder why anyone reads your blog?..Like why do they keep coming back?..What is it you did today that you may not do tomorrow? Does anyone really enjoy it?...The blogs I read, are mostly mommy blogs..Which I find very entertaining and funny..I like to read what I know about and can relate too..There are some I read because they are wonderful writers and spark something in me..Some just make me laugh..Heaven knows by the end of the day I need a good laugh...

I feel very close to most of my blogger friends..I even comunicate with them in others ways than blogging..And I like that..Feels more personal and more friend like...And we all know how badly Christina needs friends..lol...I think most of you have site meters on your blogs..Do you ever look at them?...I never really did till recently...And lots of folks stop by..Only a very few number ever leave comments..So does that mean they weren't interested in what you had to say...They are too shy...WHY NOT LEAVE A COMMENT??.. If you read my blog frequently..You no I need to have feed back...wether you tell me you think I suck or just want to say Hi...I don't care..Really I don't...I have this one from San Jose Calf who comes everyday....Sometimes more than once a day...Why I have no idea...Makes me wonder who they are...I know where most of you live..I have one buddy from Calf...That I know of...So who are you and why don't you leave me a comment...I am the most insecure person you will ever come across...Why?...No idea..I never use to be...Only recently..Last maybe 6 months..I don't even try to explain it to myself..Because not much I can do about it...Just something on my mind...I love feedback..I love connecting with folks...Weather by blog, by phone, by email, by real mail...Whatever...I love having friends and I really miss that...

I recently broke up with a friend I have had for some 17 years..We became friends way back when..Her brother dated my mom for a long while when I was like 13..And her and I have been friends ever since..She knows things about me no one else on this planet knows..And I about her as well...But I can only take so much...Long story..But the point is I am done with the lies and the bullcrap..I really should of broke it off years ago..Now that I am away from her..It is easier to let go because for some reason she could always suck me back in with her lame excuses..Not anymore..I can not waste what time I have left on Earth on a friend who doesn't respect the special bond friends are suppose to have...I am done..nuf said:)

And now my hubby complains about my blogging...Says I should be talking to him about these things..Well crap I write about stuff that goes on under his nose..Its not a secret..I have only been doing this blog thing for like 3 months...I am still a newbie...And I consider this a hobby.. I use to paint and what not..Now with a 2 year old its hard to do such things..Plus I had a bad experience with my painting and it just kind of turned me off of it..I wont even get into that one..LOL

anyway I guess I have said enough for now..Sorry for the boring crap..This is what a mother who stays home all day with 3 kids and has no outlet to vent says...I also suffer form a pretty severe sleeping disorder that prevents me from sleeping nearly every night..That is also another story all in itself..LOL...So I am tired, cranky, feeling like I am just about as useful as a rock caught under my lawn mower..

I will try to end on a funny note..Oh forget it...I got nothing tonight..Toodles

This and that and tags

I was tagged by Melissa to do this one...This is gonna be a fun one...I will be laughed all the way out of blog land over this one..LOL

List ten songs that you are currently digging... It doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're no good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. Then tag five other random people to see what they're listening to.

so here are my songs that I am digging, in no particular order..

1. Hotel California by the Eagles..need I say more on that one..

2.Life of the Party by Prince...Of course

3.Just cant get you outta my head by Kylie Manoge..Good one to work out too..

4.Benny and the Jets By Sir Elton John ..Oh yeah

5.Unwell by Matchbox 20...hmm..Dreamy

6.Look away by Chicago...Not sure why on that one

7.The Logical Song by Supertramp...Not sure on that one either

8.Flowers are red By Harry Chapin....Love him

9.Juke Box Hero by foreigner.....Rock on dude

10.Get the party started by Pink...Really I hate this song...But I can never get it out of my head:)

There, I hope no one has wet themselves reading it....Now for the 5 I am gonna tag....Firehotgranny, Angie D, Beth, Mommaof2, and, Marel..

Cant wait to see your answers...If anyone else wants to play..Please do..Just let me know you did so I can come check it out..

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Question.....What does it mean when your female dog is constantly licking her nether regions?......It is really starting to gross me out..LOL

Well gotta go get some work done...Yeah right...toodles

Future mommies

The girls were playing with their dolls today and fighting who got to push the stroller...ahh..Those were the days...When the babies didn't cry, didn't eat..(unless you wanted to feed them) didn't poop, (unless you had one of those dolls that pooped..And I did..LOL)..And the babies slept all night and never needed a darn thing !!











Baby spawn and I were coloring tonight... Can you tell what page she colored??...LOL ..

Why does Blogger make it so darn difficult to post pictures and words at the same time...It wont even let me move the photos over now..My words and pics don't look right...crap anyway..Toodles

Mouthy little sucka

So I picked up my oldest spawn from his day at summer school..We are in the car and this is the conversation that proceeded

OS: "this is just the best day I have ever had"

ME: "oh really , why is that?"

OS: "if you cant tell I was being pacific"

ME: " pacific?...Huh"

OS: " you no, when you say something you don't really mean..Don't you no anything mom ?"

Me: " seriously kid, I have no clue what you are talking about..Pacific is an ocean my dear"

OS:.." Oh, I mean sarcastic...You no what that means don't you..Like when I say your the nicest mom in the world"

ME: " You keep it up and you will be in your room all day..And I am NOT being sarcastic"

OS: " nuf said mom"

I don't think she likes her new haircut..Just my guess

Ever since poor Ellen has come home from the groomers, she has been laying in spots she has never laid in before..Not sure why, but she is just not herself....I found her laying in a baby cradle full of old stuff toys in the basement play area...Then this morning I found her laying in my dirty clothes basket under the laundry shoot in the laundry room..I think she may be mad at me..LOL...









I am sure she will get over it...I think she is embarrassed cause she is bald..:)

that's all I have time for now...Maybe more later,,Toodles

The cost of life

Flea bath, skin medication and haircut: $ 64.00


Frontline plus flea stopper : $ 63.00

Powerful spray for house and bedding : $ 25.00

Have a flea free dog and cat..........:priceless:)

This is what is one the back of my Frontline box..
" this product is safe to use on pregnant and lactating bitches.."

don't know why that cracked me up..LOL

If you want a good hoot, be sure to check out my last post..A guaranteed smile to all:)

Toodles