I dug 50 holes in my big flower bed across the front of the house today with the kids' help. It's all Augie's fault. If she hadn't been talking about buying annuals for her flower beds, I wouldn't have gone into the gardening department with the Rottens today. And I wouldn't have dug 50 holes. And NO! I'm not exaggerating about those 50 plants. 8 six packs of petunias, marigolds (or something that looks pretty damn similar but didn't have a tag in it), two kinds of Celosia, Salvia, and Begonias plus two larger petunias. And they are all bright colors - pinks, whites, purples and yellows. And a red something...maybe that was the Salvia.
See how mean Augie is!
Sunday, April 30
Saturday, April 29
Redneck Hillbilly Moment
I went to the grocery store this afternoon after I dropped the kids off at their grandparents. Of course, I loaded my buggy (see also: shopping cart, cart) with the usual - bread, milk, chicken breasts, hamburger buns, bananas, pork chops, steak, veggies (frozen and canned), kids' lunch crap, Cokes, ice cream, etc. And on my way to the check out, what did I see? KC Masterpiece BBQ Beef Jerky. I love beef jerky, but hate paying for it. I usually only get beef jerky in the fall/winter and then it's usually venison jerky. I couldn't help it. The display was calling to me. I had to have some. I picked up a bag and put it in the buggy. I put the bag back. I picked it up again.
I ended up with 2 bags of beef jerky - Original and KC Masterpiece BBQ Jerky. Damn, it's good.
I ended up with 2 bags of beef jerky - Original and KC Masterpiece BBQ Jerky. Damn, it's good.
Tuesday, April 25
Minute by minute....- Updated
That pretty well sums up how I'm getting through my days right now. In bullet points, here's my life right now:
* DH is working with the insurance companies and his endo to get an insulin pump. I'm working with our finances to make this work for him. Update: Looks like this could go very well for DH. He is diabetic and has been for about 2 years. Given his career, the shots have not been as easily managable as the pump should be. He will have to have it on him at all times (most of the time).
* I'm looking for a new gyno who is on our insurance. This will not be good. Well, in the end, it will be, but the process of finding and going and dealing will not be good. Update: I have found 3 ob/gyn offices that I will be checking out. I am dreading this.
* Rotten1 got clobbered in the mouth/nose last night at his baseball game while playing 2nd base. He ran up to catch the ball and instead of it rolling, it bounced up and WHAM! He's fine, just has a fat lip.
* Rotten2 has a field trip to a local horse ranch on Thursday. She's quite peeved that I will not be able to go, due to work issues.
* Work. *sigh* I hate it, but I'm showing up and doing my job. Right now, that's about all I can ask out of myself. Update: I received a call today from the hospital next door to the hospital DH works for. They want me in on Monday for TWO interviews!!! Yay! The first interview is with HR, the second is with the Construction Project Manager, who I would be working for. Even if I don't get this job, it's given me hope that there is something else out there. Now. WTF do I wear to an interview?!?
* I actually got a full child support from my ex last week. First time in almost a year. I'm not holding my breath for another one anytime soon. Update: Unfortunatly, after a minor shopping spree for the Rottens, most of the money is going toward daycare. *pout*
* 27 more days of school for the Rottens! Yikes! This is a whole 'nother post in itself.
*I need a nap....like a long bear winter hibernation type nap. Not sure if it's stress or what, but I'm constantly exhausted these days.
* Best of all, I'm trying (and partly succeeding) in keeping a good, happy mood going.
* DH is working with the insurance companies and his endo to get an insulin pump. I'm working with our finances to make this work for him. Update: Looks like this could go very well for DH. He is diabetic and has been for about 2 years. Given his career, the shots have not been as easily managable as the pump should be. He will have to have it on him at all times (most of the time).
* I'm looking for a new gyno who is on our insurance. This will not be good. Well, in the end, it will be, but the process of finding and going and dealing will not be good. Update: I have found 3 ob/gyn offices that I will be checking out. I am dreading this.
* Rotten1 got clobbered in the mouth/nose last night at his baseball game while playing 2nd base. He ran up to catch the ball and instead of it rolling, it bounced up and WHAM! He's fine, just has a fat lip.
* Rotten2 has a field trip to a local horse ranch on Thursday. She's quite peeved that I will not be able to go, due to work issues.
* Work. *sigh* I hate it, but I'm showing up and doing my job. Right now, that's about all I can ask out of myself. Update: I received a call today from the hospital next door to the hospital DH works for. They want me in on Monday for TWO interviews!!! Yay! The first interview is with HR, the second is with the Construction Project Manager, who I would be working for. Even if I don't get this job, it's given me hope that there is something else out there. Now. WTF do I wear to an interview?!?
* I actually got a full child support from my ex last week. First time in almost a year. I'm not holding my breath for another one anytime soon. Update: Unfortunatly, after a minor shopping spree for the Rottens, most of the money is going toward daycare. *pout*
* 27 more days of school for the Rottens! Yikes! This is a whole 'nother post in itself.
*I need a nap....like a long bear winter hibernation type nap. Not sure if it's stress or what, but I'm constantly exhausted these days.
* Best of all, I'm trying (and partly succeeding) in keeping a good, happy mood going.
Thursday, April 20
Wednesday, April 19
The Job Search is ON!
OMG OMG OMG.....I've gone and done it. I put in my resume to several different companies tonight. Only two are local. The other 6-8 are about an hour away, in what I lovingly refer to as my hometown. Tyler is the only place I've lived that I'd gladly move back to. It's big enough that I could be in town and still small enough that there is land and trees to be had.
Larry is currently working about 15 minutes north of Tyler, so finding a job for him is irrelevant. But...we own the house we are in, the kids' family is here. What the fuck am I thinking? I know, it's not like I was offered a job or anything. Hell, all I did was put in my resume. But, Larry and I have been talking about this off and on. He's never lived in Tyler, but he has really come to appreciate the area and made several friends in the 6 months he's been working down there. The kids' grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins go camping down around Tyler about once a month, so they'd still see them regularly - just not daily like they do now.
Cross your fingers for me. It's definitely time for a change - I just don't know how big of a change yet.
Larry is currently working about 15 minutes north of Tyler, so finding a job for him is irrelevant. But...we own the house we are in, the kids' family is here. What the fuck am I thinking? I know, it's not like I was offered a job or anything. Hell, all I did was put in my resume. But, Larry and I have been talking about this off and on. He's never lived in Tyler, but he has really come to appreciate the area and made several friends in the 6 months he's been working down there. The kids' grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins go camping down around Tyler about once a month, so they'd still see them regularly - just not daily like they do now.
Cross your fingers for me. It's definitely time for a change - I just don't know how big of a change yet.
Tuesday, April 18
Tagged: Six Weird Things
Here are the rules-
1. Reveal six weird facts/things/habits about yourself and then tag six people
2. Leave a "You're Tagged!" comment to let the people you have tagged know they have to reveal six things (or the entire blogosphere will explode and it will be their fault)
3. Leave a comment HERE to let me know when you have completed your mission
SIX THINGS
1. I have worked at the same company for almost 7 years. I have had 6 offices (one, I've had twice) in that time, all but one within the same general subsidy in three different capacities.
2. I rarely watch TV. Maybe a total of 3 hours every week.
3. When I was pregnant with Rotten2, I knew it within days - with no symptoms or missed moments.
4. I have not finished college. I am one hour shy of my Associate of Arts degree. That one hour? was a PE class I dropped when I was 6 months pregnant with Rotten1.
5. I kept my middle name through both marriages and dropped my maiden name totally. The kids only recently learned what my maiden name was.
6. My high school class had 642 kids in it. I was #228.
TAGGING:
1. Bob
2. Boo
3. Arkie
4. Iggy
5. Seana
6. Zombie
1. Reveal six weird facts/things/habits about yourself and then tag six people
2. Leave a "You're Tagged!" comment to let the people you have tagged know they have to reveal six things (or the entire blogosphere will explode and it will be their fault)
3. Leave a comment HERE to let me know when you have completed your mission
SIX THINGS
1. I have worked at the same company for almost 7 years. I have had 6 offices (one, I've had twice) in that time, all but one within the same general subsidy in three different capacities.
2. I rarely watch TV. Maybe a total of 3 hours every week.
3. When I was pregnant with Rotten2, I knew it within days - with no symptoms or missed moments.
4. I have not finished college. I am one hour shy of my Associate of Arts degree. That one hour? was a PE class I dropped when I was 6 months pregnant with Rotten1.
5. I kept my middle name through both marriages and dropped my maiden name totally. The kids only recently learned what my maiden name was.
6. My high school class had 642 kids in it. I was #228.
TAGGING:
1. Bob
2. Boo
3. Arkie
4. Iggy
5. Seana
6. Zombie
Monday, April 17
Update, as promised
This may not be as exciting as you all hoped.
Friday did turn out to be a Good Friday, after all. After sending the kids to take a nap at 9:15 am, they straightened up within a few minutes and all was right with the world. We straightened up the house, played outside quite a bit, went to the grocery store, and just hung out. We (the kids and I, Larry was at work) ended up staying up until midnight watching movies and cartoons.
Saturday was busy. We had an Easter Egg Hunt at the church from 11-12, a baseball game from 12:30-2 something, then we came home and boiled eggs to color. Of course, it was another 80+ degree day, so we hung out outside most of the afternoon and the kids rode bikes and played baseball and drew a million pictures with sidewalk chalk.
Sunday was Easter! Yay! After Rotten2 woke up twice in the middle of the night to "check to see if the Easter Bunny had come" and walked past their filled baskets in the dark, that is. The Easter Bunny brought the both of the kids several different workbooks - word searches and mazes and such, a puzzle, a chocolate bunny, some Hershey's Kissables, a jumbo pen, a small toy, a paddle ball, some Rocket Balloons, and some other stuff that I've forgotten now. After opening their baskets, Rotten1 asked me if the Easter Bunny was real because one of the boys on the bus said that your parents are the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. I didn't have the heart to tell him and Rotten2, who was sitting on the floor in the living room, that they aren't real. Not to mention, I'm not really ready to let go of that piece of their childhoods. So I got out of giving him a real answer by saying that he'd asked me if we could go out to eat Saturday night and I told him I only had $20 in my wallet so we would be eating at home, and asking if he thought $20 could buy all of the stuff in their baskets. He answered No. And it was left at that. We went to church Sunday morning, too. That was....wow. I haven't been in years, even though the kids regularly go to Wed night activities with the ex-in-laws. I grew up in the Methodist Church, while the ex-in-laws are Baptist. In most cases, it is the same beliefs, just a bit of difference in the practices. So, anyway, the kids and I head off to the local Methodist Church. Wow. It was definitely a sermon I could relate to and the members were extremely friendly and welcoming for it being our first visit on a day when they had many, many visitors. Sunday afternoon was filled with a small nap, lots of playtime outdoors, screaming whistling rocket balloons, bike rides for the kids and just general goofing off.
Today......*sigh* I so did not want to go back to work. But I did, and I managed to make it through the day with only one nasty remark to my boss, who is a complete imbicile. Baseball practice tonight and a quick spaghetti dinner and homework. Oh, and did I mention that we hit a record high temperature? 100 degrees! Yep. It's going to be one hot ass summer.
ETA: I was wrong. Channel 5 Meteorologist says that it was 101 today, the hottest day ever this early in the year. Also, it is 10 pm and it's still 91 degrees outside.
Friday did turn out to be a Good Friday, after all. After sending the kids to take a nap at 9:15 am, they straightened up within a few minutes and all was right with the world. We straightened up the house, played outside quite a bit, went to the grocery store, and just hung out. We (the kids and I, Larry was at work) ended up staying up until midnight watching movies and cartoons.
Saturday was busy. We had an Easter Egg Hunt at the church from 11-12, a baseball game from 12:30-2 something, then we came home and boiled eggs to color. Of course, it was another 80+ degree day, so we hung out outside most of the afternoon and the kids rode bikes and played baseball and drew a million pictures with sidewalk chalk.
Sunday was Easter! Yay! After Rotten2 woke up twice in the middle of the night to "check to see if the Easter Bunny had come" and walked past their filled baskets in the dark, that is. The Easter Bunny brought the both of the kids several different workbooks - word searches and mazes and such, a puzzle, a chocolate bunny, some Hershey's Kissables, a jumbo pen, a small toy, a paddle ball, some Rocket Balloons, and some other stuff that I've forgotten now. After opening their baskets, Rotten1 asked me if the Easter Bunny was real because one of the boys on the bus said that your parents are the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. I didn't have the heart to tell him and Rotten2, who was sitting on the floor in the living room, that they aren't real. Not to mention, I'm not really ready to let go of that piece of their childhoods. So I got out of giving him a real answer by saying that he'd asked me if we could go out to eat Saturday night and I told him I only had $20 in my wallet so we would be eating at home, and asking if he thought $20 could buy all of the stuff in their baskets. He answered No. And it was left at that. We went to church Sunday morning, too. That was....wow. I haven't been in years, even though the kids regularly go to Wed night activities with the ex-in-laws. I grew up in the Methodist Church, while the ex-in-laws are Baptist. In most cases, it is the same beliefs, just a bit of difference in the practices. So, anyway, the kids and I head off to the local Methodist Church. Wow. It was definitely a sermon I could relate to and the members were extremely friendly and welcoming for it being our first visit on a day when they had many, many visitors. Sunday afternoon was filled with a small nap, lots of playtime outdoors, screaming whistling rocket balloons, bike rides for the kids and just general goofing off.
Today......*sigh* I so did not want to go back to work. But I did, and I managed to make it through the day with only one nasty remark to my boss, who is a complete imbicile. Baseball practice tonight and a quick spaghetti dinner and homework. Oh, and did I mention that we hit a record high temperature? 100 degrees! Yep. It's going to be one hot ass summer.
ETA: I was wrong. Channel 5 Meteorologist says that it was 101 today, the hottest day ever this early in the year. Also, it is 10 pm and it's still 91 degrees outside.
I have an update....
Really, I do. I just don't have time to type it all out. The weekend did get better, MUCH better, in fact. So, until I have time....I'll leave you with a bumper sticker that I saw on my way to work this morning.
If Ignorance is Bliss, why aren't more people happy?
Think it was a sign telling me how my day would be? *grin*
If Ignorance is Bliss, why aren't more people happy?
Think it was a sign telling me how my day would be? *grin*
Friday, April 14
Good Friday?!?!
*snort*
Not in this house. The kids went to bed at about 8:30 last night and were up around 7:30 this morning. We've had breakfast, they've played, and I've already refereed about 85 arguements. It's 9:13 am and I've sent them both to take a nap. I cannot handle an entire day today of arguing and whining.
Somebody help!
Not in this house. The kids went to bed at about 8:30 last night and were up around 7:30 this morning. We've had breakfast, they've played, and I've already refereed about 85 arguements. It's 9:13 am and I've sent them both to take a nap. I cannot handle an entire day today of arguing and whining.
Somebody help!
Tuesday, April 11
New Club
I think we need to start a new club. Monsty tried to break her thumb and did tendon damage. Zombie played in the flowers and got a blister. I raked a billion gazillion leaves, got a blister (or two) and popped the blister on my thumb while raking.
Anyone else with severe thumb damage?
In other news, I have nothing to say. You?
Anyone else with severe thumb damage?
In other news, I have nothing to say. You?
Monday, April 10
Rotten1's T-Shirt Collection
In the last month or two, Rotten1 has discovered T-Shirts with sayings on them. While at Target this weekend, I bought him three new ones. His favorites are:
A black t-shirt with a white stick figure tripping that says "I Do All My Own Stunts"
A red t-shirt that says, in black and white lettering, "Do I Annoy You?"
A navy t-shirt that says, in white letters, something about his mouth overruling his mind. I can't remember the exact phrase right now. I found it quite amusing and truthful considering how much he has been getting in trouble at school for talking.
A navy t-shirt with light blue big letters that says, "Blame My Sister."
And a gray t-shirt with a huge baseball on it that says "Baseball is My Favorite Subject."
Guess which one he wore to school today.......And tell me about your favorite t-shirt sayings. Or just your favorite sayings.
A black t-shirt with a white stick figure tripping that says "I Do All My Own Stunts"
A red t-shirt that says, in black and white lettering, "Do I Annoy You?"
A navy t-shirt that says, in white letters, something about his mouth overruling his mind. I can't remember the exact phrase right now. I found it quite amusing and truthful considering how much he has been getting in trouble at school for talking.
A navy t-shirt with light blue big letters that says, "Blame My Sister."
And a gray t-shirt with a huge baseball on it that says "Baseball is My Favorite Subject."
Guess which one he wore to school today.......And tell me about your favorite t-shirt sayings. Or just your favorite sayings.
Saturday, April 8
Question #2
Did Monsty really break her thumb?
Bonus: Since she's never admitted to how it happened, what do you think caused the possible break? Remember, Mr Monstah did buy gummy vitamins the other day......
Bonus: Since she's never admitted to how it happened, what do you think caused the possible break? Remember, Mr Monstah did buy gummy vitamins the other day......
Wednesday, April 5
Tuesday, April 4
Argh!
Did ya'll see what Monsty's Red Sox did to our Texas Rangers on Opening Day?!?! Did you see it? Argh! This does not bode well.
In other news, Rotten1 scored a run in his game last night. And one on Saturday during their Opening Day game! And? the backs of my thighs are very sore from all of the squatting and standing I did Saturday during our Year End Inventory for 10 hours.
In other news, Rotten1 scored a run in his game last night. And one on Saturday during their Opening Day game! And? the backs of my thighs are very sore from all of the squatting and standing I did Saturday during our Year End Inventory for 10 hours.
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