No treading..On my treadmill

I am so much addicted to running on my treadmill...I love her dearly(yes it is a woman)..I dust her,shine her up..All those things you do to something you love....Well Friday night..My heart broke in a million pieces..As I turned her on to start my nightly run..I heard a horrible noise..I panicked..I turned her off...And jumped right off..As I looked down to see what was goin on...I noticed that she had acquired a huge tear in the belt...What would cause such an early demise of a young healthy piece of equipment?...Well It is my baby and mostly my hubbys fault....He left something down when I told him it should be put up as the baby likes to throw it around and maybe break something with it...Well indeed the hubby didn't listen..And indeed the baby broke something..She shoved this metal object under the belt of my beloved treadmill..And when I turned the power on..And her motor started to turn...It ripped her to shreds..I am in the process of seeing if my baby can be fixed...
So now I have no good form of exercise that I enjoy...I have my bike but she needs new tires..And my hubby says"yup we'll get ya some new tires asap"..Well that has been 2 months now..And my bike still sits in the garage with bad tires...
I am a wreck..I look and at her..See she is hurting...And I can not fix it...She has been my constant companion nearly everyday since I got her...I tell her things..And she listens..She doesn't judge she just keeps on keeepin on...Now..It seems she will remain motionless forever..I want to ring the hubs neck for the careless and thoughtless wave of destcrtion...He should know by now..That when I say something....He should do it...Because we women know what we are talking about..If we say...Don't run with scissors or your gonna poke your eye out..Chances are...If you don't stop...You will......So now I sit here..Feel as though I am getting fatter by the second..Soon my butt wont be able to fit in this chair..I am gonna go and take a run/walk around the lake today...Mow the lawn(weather permitting) hoping to make my butt smaller for today...I am in deep agony..Not sure if I can even get the strength to shower today....She is there haunting me..Saying"come on...Lets go for a walk"..She doesn't realize she is injured..ya no how sometimes someone can be shot and not even no it....Well that's her...She knows something happen..But I don't think she knows she has been nearly fatally wounded...I am doin my best to get her on the road to recovery...It may be hard and painful road..But we will get thru it together...One step at a time....

What to watch

Now that it is summer...There are re-runs a plentifully to see..But I really cant stand watching the same show more than once...So this summer we viewers can sit and watch crap we already have viewed...Lucky us....Ya no what really gets me?...These "TV stars"..Get months off of work..Get paid (in some cases) 1 million a episode and yet they cant hold down a job all year...They need a summer break..Why is it they are above all the other working folks out there and work all year long?..I mean taking a week vacation is a mighty good idea...But wouldn't it be nice to be paid so much money and only work like 4 months outta of a whole year...!!!..Granted there aren't many shows on now that I even consider watching..But if I had wanted too...I would only get viewing pleasure like less than a half year...
If there are any good shows out there that I am missing I would like to be aware of it please...I don't want to see another crime drama on,cop show,medical show..ect...Isn't there anything original out there?....If there is I have not found it..
And goin to the movies...Why do they re-make movies that have already been done?...Why do we need more than one version "herby the love bug"...Or "the nutty professor"....And what's the deal with taking old TV shows and turning them itno movies..gessh...Where are all the original ideas?...I feel like we are being dumbed down...I feel like a big boob when I find myself in the clutches of a dumb show or paying 12 bucks for a movie that I had already seen the sitcom of...Oh such as life....I guess I need to become a televsion excutive..Come up with a good show idea...Sell it..Make billions of bucks..And in 20 years sell it to become a movie...Sounds like the simple Life if I ever heard it...Who is with me?...

Oh dear...A deer

ok well this is kinda weird....A while ago I was in my kitchen and I happen to glance out my window..And what do my wandering eyes should appear...But no miniature sleigh and one big deer......I saw a deer run right thru my yard...Mind you I live in town not a big town by any means maybe a population of 7,000....And I lve near a busy street.....But I looked and saw this deer and I could not believe my everlovin eyes....Many of the neighbors were mowing their lawns..And not any of them seemed to stop in their tracks ....Maybe I am the only one who saw him...Maybe I was seeing things..I did not have my glasses on...But I quickly picked them up off of the counter and ran to my dining room window..And I saw him running like a mad man across the street and into my neighbor's yard...Wish I would have had my camera close by....Not sure anyone really believes me...Oh drats..!!

Is it September yet?

don't get me wrong..I like being around my chitlins...But I swear a week of summer vacation has made me realize how much I think school should go all year long..:-)...They fight,they call eachother names,they tattle,oh and the list goes on and on my friend...I am sure all siblings fight..I know my sister and I did...

Soon our summer will be filled with long car rides(to go on "vacation")..Which I do not call driving 16 hours back to Michigan a vaction.I mean we lived there our whole lives and while we were there wanted to take vacations to get away from there..Now we find ourselves goin there for vacation..Not expectable at all...I keep tryin to find ways of getting out of it...But none of worked as of yet...We are mainly going so the kids can see their old friends...We were just there in April..So I would think that is all well and good...I guess I do have a few friends I would like to see...But my hubby says this will be our last trip there for a few years..And take a real vacation next year...yippie...(I wont hold my breath on that one)
Anyhoo...By the time my day here at home is done after listening to kids yell and whine for 12 hours..I am ready for a shot of anything..A bottle of anything..Whatever ya got I will take it....But what can ya do?...Kids will be kids..They will fight,cry,whine,at times play nice and not fight,then back to fighting again...Yup...That's the way it goes....I just sit back and wait...I know summer vacation will be over at some point in time...Then I will be lonely wishing they were here...I guess you cant have it both ways can ya?....I better go enjoy the bickering and nonsense while I can...I mean while my earplugs are still out....:-)

It is true what they say.....

Ok...So I just moved to a new town recently..(new state actually)...And since we moved here in the winter..I have not walked around the town much..Well last night I decided to take a meander around the perimeter of the town..I was walking back from my tanning appt..When I decided I would take a different way(hoping I wouldn't get lost or mugged)...And I happened across the railroad tracks..In my previous town (where I was born and raised)..There were no tracks..So I never knew what the "wrong side of the tracks" looked like..I mean..We had messy neighborhoods..And run down homes..But they were spread throughout the town..
So on my walk...I could tell I was getting into a bad spot..First I saw a mini van..With a missing window..And it had cardboard and tape covering the big hole..I saw a house missing a door...Yes a door....I saw windows with NO screens...Kids bouncing on a trampoline..In their long pajamas..And a hose spraying on them..I kid you not..!!...Lets see what else did I see...Lawns that were as tall as the windows..Yet they took the time to pant flowers..But you cant see them cause the grass is too long!!
So I quickly made a b line for the mainstreet..Hoping to find my way home..I was a little scared...The folks was starring at me..Good thing I did not have my purse..Or I think I would have been a goner...Geesh....It was quite an ordeal let me tell you...Thank goodness I made it home..And I will never wander about aimlessly again..No mam I wont..:-)

My attempts have proved frutile

well..I have spotted ants in my home again...I guess my killing machine was no match for the mighty wit of a red ant.....As I walked thro my kitchen ealrier..Headed down here to my basement, I saw what apperared to be a spot of dirt that was moving...At a second glance...And a move to get my glasses on..I could see very clearly that it was no dirt..But indeed...An ANT....I do not recall haveing a for rent sign out front...Or a welcome mat....Now I am gonna have to find another remedy..I must go out and find there hiding places...I may have to tape shut every crevesis of my home...Not allow anyone in..Or anyone out...I know it is a drastic measure...But this is what I have been reduced too...I am gonna go out there later...And fire up another cocktail to douse on tier happy little ant mounds....I may have to start a few fires..Not sure yet...But I will be damned if I will allow these invaders....An overnight stay is one thing..But when you pack your bags and invite your posse...That's where I draw the line....Toodles..Please don't forget to put your mark on my map if you have not already..Take care..:-)

Dental floss on my sink

I have had this fight many a time..My hubby gets out the dental floss..Uses it(of course) then leaves his used floss on my sink....Everytime I see itI wanna vomit..how gross is that...Can you please throw it in the trash or even flush it down the toilet?...Sometimes I think I must speak in a foreign tongue or something...Because it keeps happinging...Over and over and over....Well finally last night I hit breaking point....And he finally threw it away hope anyway)...Men...Sometimes you just wanna shake them till their heads pop off...grrrrr!!!!!

I have been e-mailed a thing to write 10 things you don't know about me...Well I am sure none of you really cares...But here it goes
1.I hate dental floss left on my sink
2.I love prince,even have his symbol tattooed on my back(along with some purple rain drops)..Oh la la
3.My kids make me happy..And mad all at the same time
4.I do not smoke..Never have...Never will
5.I have seen one two many dead people
6.I had one medicated and 2 natural deliveries
7.Green..any shadeof green makes me smile
8.I love pajamas that you can wear outside..ya no in moments of laziness
9.All my friends are special..The 2 I have(hee hee)
10.I was a very permuscoius teenager...Now a lame ole stay at home mom who has no social life...:-)

See told ya I was a bore.....Well have a great day...Toodles

Ants or no ants...I must kill all

as I was mowing my lawn over the weekend...I noticed lots of those small red ants mingling around the sidewalk.like it was some kind of social hour or something..I have noticed a few now and then on my kitchen floor..So I would step on them(a quick painless death)..And sweep up the dead carcass...
well after doing some work around my yard..I noticed where they congregate...Under every rock in my yard...For some reason there are big boulders in different parts of my yard...After rolling over a few..I noticed millions of them..And there little maggot friends...I nealry died of the heebie jebbies..So being the mass murderer that I am...I made up a cocktail of dishwater and cayenne pepper...Poured it under every rock...Then took my salt shaker..And shook salt under it...Well needless to say there are a few surviors among the dead...Not sure when the funeral arrangements will be made...But my yard is now a bloody battleground....Any pest or creature with more than 4 legs..Antenna..Or live in the dirt and or webs...Will be killed on the spot..No questions asked.....The rabbits...The rabbits can live...For now anyway..:-)

Flowers,dirt,and sun oh my

well today has so far turned out way better than expected..It is sunny and pleasant...I finally got off my tookess and planted some flowers..I do not have a green thumb at all...I enjoy the planting and pulling of the weeds...I am just no Mrs.Greenthumbs...
I have a feeling everything I have took all the time to plant..Will be eaten by very mean,super bad bunnies .They frolic in my yard thinking they own the damn joint...And I tell you..There are armies of them....There is the leader..And some followers..Then...Then..They always have reinforcement and back up...It seems the squirrels and the rabbits have some sort of silent treaty..They make it seem as though they are working against eachother,when indeed...They are one big army of destruction and flower eating nonsense....The squirrels lead the rabbits to the flowers and the rabbits lead the squirrels to the freshly planted seeds...They work together..Real team work they have...Really they need to start a union..Needless to say...I will enjoy my flowers till the bunnies and the squirrels join forces in my yard....Anyhoo...That's what is goin today...Hope you keep the bunnies in your neck of the woods well fed as well:-).......also..please find on the lower right side..my guestmap..please put a pin where your from..kinda fun way to see where we all are from..thanks....Toodles

All alone in min-ee-soda

As i am looking around outside this weekend...I notice all my neighbors with family over for picnics and bbq,s....Looks like everyone is having soo much fun...But us...We just sit in our yard..Alone..Although the kids are busy with all the neighborhood kids..They don't realize much...I always use to hate having people over..Such a chore..Making sure everyone is alright..Checking to see if they need refills on drinks..Seconds on food..Oh such a pain..
Now that we have no family to come over..EVER..Seems kinda weird...It is nice,not having to entertain..I am not much for that kinda thing...But it seems kinda pointless to have a big shindig for just the 5 of us(really 3 and a half..My son wont eat that stuff..And the baby don't eat much:-).....So we tend to have everything low key....But seeing all the fun the neighbors are having..Makes me wish I could have a barby.....Oh such as life....
So far this weekend I have mowed the lawn..rearranged some rooms..Moved my computer to the basement(which was a chore getting it hooked up and running again)...Oh well...Had to just complain....Hope everyone is having a good time this weekend..And don't forget to thank VET....(not vetenarian)...I will call me gramps tomorrow..Who is 86..And was in WW2..God bless em..:-)

does this..or does this not look like nick noltes mugshot from a few years back...:-)
my kiddies

dirty picture

I just wanted to share a messy photo of my little one...She has dried yogurt,jelly and whatever else you can think of in her hair....I kinda thought it looked like Nick Noltes mugshot..maybe I am wrong....but she still looks as messed up as ever...Have a good Holiday weekend.....

Crappy dryer..(literally)

So your never gonna guess what misadveture my life took me yesterday!!...It first started Wednesday night...At about 8:30 pm...My hubby asks me if I would start some laundry..I told him..Are you nuts?...I did all the laundry today!!...Well apparently he had a stash of his clothes laying on the bathroom floor in our room...(I had not paid much attention when I was in there)...He stated he did not have any pants to wear for work the next day.(typical man...Waiting till the last minute..Then not even doing it himself!!)...So I made the treck all the way down to the basement...Grabbed some other dark clothes that had been thrown down the laundry shoot that night,as he didn't have enough for a whole load...Any hoo....I start the wash...And he put them in the dryer when he woke up the next morning...When my hubby came upstairs to shave and brush the teeth...I could tell he kept smelling his pants...But I didn't not question anything..Because at 6am..I did not care....I heard him leave bout 10 minutes later...Then bout 5 minutes later..I heard the front door open and him trek upstairs to the bedroom...He say"I cant wear these pants..They smell like sh*t"..I said no they don't....He's like "yeah they do smell them"..So he threw his droors at me..I took a wife...And I nearly dropped dead...I said"..Well I wonder why they smell so weird"..But he changed his pants(he had to wear his suit pants)...And left...
Well after I had awoken and got the kids ready for school..I went down to start some more laundry...I took those clothes out of the dryer...But as I opened up the dryer door..I was hit with a smell I had never smelled in a dryer before..It was.it was....ohh..It was awful.....I held my breath and peeked my head inside of the dryer...And melted on the side of MY dryer..Was a big ole turd:-0
I know your thinking how could that happen...Well I do not know...None of the kids will fess up to it....But I do have a feeling..As a trick of somekind..Whether by God or someone else...I think somehow cat crap was put in there...My laundry shoot basket is right next to her litter box...Maybe when my kitty was doing her scratching a lump of her kitty crap landed in the pants I was about to wash..Not sure though..But that is the case of my mysterious dryer crap...It is all a big mystery...Needless to say....My new dryer will be here in a few days...I have to hang my clothes on my clothes line in the laundry room now..So it takes about 10 days for a load to dry..!!Oh..Such as life...:-(

Not on my watch

Being the last day of school is Friday,and as I am getting the kids ready for the last days of the year.Something funny had come to my mind...One day bout 2 years ago(my son was in kindergarten).I was having some minor surgery in the morning so I had my hubby get his clothes ready for me so I could get myself ready..My son come downstairs and looks good..Other than the fact it looked like his pants were getting a tad bit short..I told him "man you have really grown..Your pants barley fit you anymore"..He said proudly"mom I grow everyday you no"...Not thinking much of it..And not having enough time to get his pants switched I just let him go that way...afterall...He was only in kindergarten..And they were just a tad short..That's all...

Well after he came home from school I could see he was in distress..I asked what was wrong...He told me I shoulda put some different pants on him..I asked why..They are just short...He said no..I couldn't button them all day..They kept falling down...So I had him come closer so I could examine the situation...
Well turns out my hubby got out a pair of our daughters pants..Who at the time was 3..So my poor son who wore a size 5...Was wearing his sister size 3..The band around his waist did not even meet up...Big gap..I asked him why he did not inform me before he left...He said.."Well you told me they will do for today"..And he said he cried on the bus to school..Told his friends I made him wear his baby sisters pants today....My bad...That was a very bad mom moment..And trust me..There are many...

Moments of clarity are few and far between

So now I have a moment of piece and clarity toddler is down for a nap.I hardly know what to do with myself..It is pouring outside(I think I see Noah in the distance).And I am chilly and it is dark in my house.I have a hard time justifying the use of elcerticty when it is day light out..I am just trying to save the planet..Using babysteps of course.

My kitty sits on top of the computer and I can hear her purs..There is just something about quiet that I rarely get to expericne.My 5 year old is down in the basement playing(that is what she said she was gonna do anyway).I look around my humble abode and see many things I could be doing..The bedding needs to washed,dishes need to be loaded in dishwasher.I can not find the motivation to disrupt this quiet I am sitting through.

At some point my toddler will awaken,holler"momma"..I will say you wanna get up''and she will say"no"..As that is her answer for everything...I will pick her up.put her in her highchair..Make her lunch,and when I give it to her..She will say "tank choo"..(that is thank you in baby Arabic..That is the her native language because she sure as heck don't speak a lick of English)..Then she will eat..I will get her down..And the chaos will begin once again...But I wouldn't have it any other way...Then bout 3pm..My eldest will come home..And the fighting begins..For him and his sister(5 year old) can rarely see eye to eye on anything..So sometime I will have to remove both their eyesockets.(trust me it will be for the best)..Well I should go enjoy what time I have left.When summer vacation starts next week..I will no longer have these moments of clarity and peaceful silence...Enjoy your momnets of peace..For they are few and far between:-D

Brown bagged it

As I was making my sons lunch this morning(only 2 more morning and I am done for the year)..It reminded me of taking my lunch...I loved to brown bag it..My mom would make my lunch the night before..Always had bolonga sandwich with miracle whip and ketchup...Some kind of fruit...And a dessert thing of some kind..But It got me wondering how come I never came down with an awful stomach virus,as I would put my lunch in my locker and it would sit there for 4 and half hours..In a hot steamy locker...Warm miracle Whip is just not good for you I do not believe.....Of cousre on pizza day I would bring money for a lunch..But there was always a divide...The hot lunchers did not sit with the brown baggers..As they thought us brown baggers were just too cool for school...And it makes me smile when I see my son walking out the door with a cold lunch..A lunch I made just for him...Not in a brown bad though...In Hulk lunch box of course...Brown baggers will one day take over the world..So beware...And they will be more wealthy,because they don't have to spend money buying an overpriced lunch they may or not have health violations attached to it...Happy Eating:-)

Reality...I think not

I find myself consumed by American Idol! I am not proud of this fact..Although I must admit it is better than watching half of the crap they call programming today..But it has got me thinking...I can remember spending Saturday nights with my grandparents,and watching Hee-Haw,Golden Girls,Empty Nest,and sometimes the Grand Ole Opery..Now mind you...I puke in the face of country music(hate it..Despise its presents in my wonderful world)..But I did rather enjoy Hee-Haw..I can remember someone always getting whacked in the rear with the board from the fence..Rolling in the hay..And mindless dumb humor..
Sitting on the couch in the living room with a little Dixie cup full of peanuts(with the skins)..Root beer..Our own TV tray..And a night of Hee haw and other crappy shows...I loved every minute of it.....Now that was a moment of reminiscing if I ever had one...Holy crap...
These days are filled with children's programs,showerless days,sleepless nights,and hair loss..(not sure why that is..Maybe I am pulling it out in my fits of rage)...My kids keep me running...And for punishment...I wish I could come across some old re-runs of Hee Haw...That would straighten them up..And ion a hurry I might add....For they have inherited my total dislike for country music..I am always thinking of ways to torture them:-)

Theater bug..I don't think so

My son who is 8,had a class play today...I must admit he nor his sister like being the focus of attention....The play was cute and short...The best kind when you have a squirmy 21 month old who keeps calling out her brothers name while he is doing his ravishing performance.......What a day.......I have posted some photos I took today as well....For the fam...ya no...They miss all the good stuff now :-(

here is my little theater performer..he looks ever so happy doesnt he?....
my kiddies

here is my angel...who likes all things little boys do....excpet the cutting off weiner part:-)
my kiddies