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I'm being tested 2006-02-23 06:08:00 Sometimes I think life takes us down a particular path because we didn’t get it right the first time. I also believe that shit happens for a reason even though we don’t know what the reason might be. We may never know. One thing for sure, I’m being tested
beyond the limits of what I consider reasonable and/or normal. 6 pulled me aside Thursday and said “mom, 8 took a picture of 14 without her shirt on” and I said “okay.” Later I asked 8 about it and she said it was true but “14 wasn’t naked. She had her arms crossed in front of her chest.” I grounded her for the weekend because she should have known better and gave her a good talking too. When we got home that night, she immediately went in and said “thanks for getting me in trouble 14.” The cat was out of the bag and 14 didn’t speak to me the rest of the night. Friday she didn’t speak to me either. She has taken to hanging out in 8’s room watching TV rather than spending time with the rest
Thursday Thirteen 2006-02-10 02:03:00 1…. Coffee, Coca Cola and guacamole. These three small items get me through the rough spots. Coffee for my commute, Coke during the day at work, and guacamole for all my homework needs. 2. TheMan. He has been good lately and I’m hoping we are beyond the bad spot that has consumed us for the past 6 months. And he is pretty hawt too. And handsome. And funny. You just gotta love a guy who can make you laugh. 3. 14 does provide a certain quality entertainment value. When she is good that is. When she is bad, well, that provides me blog content too so I guess we’ll keep her around for a while. 4. 8. She is my blessing from above. While she has her drama moments, for the most part, I can’t say enough about that girl. Of course, I can’t say any of it at home within earshot of her sisters. But we have our own secret ways of communicating. 5. 6. Because well, she is my baby and she does come off with some really good one liners. Like this one: 8: Mom, Johnny De Read more:Thursday
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blog blog bla 2006-02-09 02:02:00 It’s Wednesday. It’s Wednesday. Oh what a wonderful day. It’s Wednesday, it’s Wednesday, two more days of waking up early… Okay, I suck at making up poems and lyrics. Moving on. I could post every three days on the antics of 14, also known as Teenager. She is really not the brightest bulb in the box. That is of course, if she knew what a bulb was…or an avocado for that matter. I made guacamole on Sunday and was eating it with my chips and drinking a coke and doing my homework from hell so I could start my midterm. I was taking a break and 14 asks what it is and can she try some. She tells me that is really good and I hand her the bowl and tell her to finish it if she wants. She ate some and left it. I came back an hour later and there was a little left so of course I was obligated to finish it off. There will be no wasting of such culinary treasures in our home! Fast forward three or four hours and she comes into the computer room and the following conversation
Shaking head 2006-02-08 02:01:00 Oh and this I remembered earlier today: TheMan and I come home a few nights ago. Teenager is in her room making noise with her lamp. I ask what she is doing. She said “I had to switch this lamp with the one in the front room.” TheMan asked why and she said “Because mine wouldn’t turn on.” He said “Did you change the light bulb?” She said “The what? What is that?” I’m not kidding. I couldn’t make this shit up. Read more:Shaking
Shittola 2006-02-07 02:00:00 This is a word cloud. I stumbled across it over at His-Phoenix. Get your own word cloud at snapshirts.com.I’ve been at a loss for good content lately. The kids have been sick. I’m getting sick. I had a shit load of homework this past weekend including my midterm. I worked on that test for 8 hours. There is something wrong with open book tests. I generally spend so much time second guessing myself that I push myself right to the outer limits of my OCD. I have a book review due next week, four chapters to read and the regular assignments. Then I have a huge research paper due in two weeks and my final the week after that. Thank God this is my last class! While reading some of the blogs I frequently lurk around, I stumbled across the word cloud up there. I don’t know why it caught my eye but I thought it was pretty cool. Strange how a series of words can strike a person in a funny way. I saw some of the descriptive words I’ve used this week. The whole group seems
fuck fuck fuckity fuck 2006-02-05 01:58:00 I accidentally dropped the “F” bomb (really, it was an accident). I didn’t know 8 was laying on the couch. She sat right up and said “MOM!” I waived my hands and said “I’m sorry!” Teenager said to 8 “What is wrong with you?” 8 said as she rolled her eyes “What is wrong with Mom’s mouth?”
Thursday Thirteen 2006-01-27 01:54:00 Thirteen Lines of Bullshit we heard last night from Teenager 1…. She wasn’t with any boys. She spent the night at “a friend’s house”. What friend? Some girl named Ashley that we’ve never met. Where does Ashley live? She can’t remember. She just started hanging out with her yesterday. Where were Ashley’s parents? They didn’t know she was there because they never came into her room. **coughbullshitcough** 2…. She has to ditch school and stay out all night because we never let her do anything. 3…. There is nothing we can do that is going to make her stop doing whatever she wants to do. We need to accept that this is how she is and live with it. She will change when she is ready. 4…. When she ditches class she is in the girls’ bathroom at school. All. Day. Long. **coughbullshitcough** 5…. She doesn’t need to take her Adderall. Contrary to what we and her doctor say, it doesn’t help her. All it does is make her not want to talk. 6…. There is no rea Read more:Thursday
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she's out 2006-01-26 01:54:00 Teenager didn’t come home last night. We assume she was out with some boy or boys. She knew she was busted because she was coming around the corner in truck with a 17 year old from around the corner just as her Dad was coming around the same corner. They made eye contact and she probably shit her pants right then. He came home and told me he had seen her. I was already home. I came home at noon because I called the school to find out what class she had sluffed the day before and they informed me she wasn’t even at school at all yesterday. The Dean of Students said “she missed 3rd and 4th Monday, absent all day last Friday, and missed 2nd and 3rd last Thursday. And she isn’t here today.” I said “I’m sorry what?” and the guy says “Oh, so that is news to you” and I said “Uh, yea.” I went home to catch her. I was too late. I figured she would be at home since she knew we wouldn’t be home until well into the afternoon. She knows we don’t feel she is old enough
The Fart Game 2006-01-25 01:52:00 Warning: what I’m about to write is so wrong in so many ways. However, it did provide a good 30 or 40 minutes of entertainment on a long road trip once. Sometimes torturing your kids is all the entertainment one needs. Really. Relax. We don’t do it all the time. They are older now – and wiser. We can’t get away with as much anymore. The girls coined this particular game “The Fart Game.” I was driving. TheMan was in the front passenger seat and the girls in the back. They were younger then, 11, 5 and 2 1/2 I believe. My Explorer had the window lock so I could stop 2 from rolling her window up and down, up and down, up and down. This window lock came in quite handy on the drive home this particular time. I see TheMan is sitting on his hand. I didn’t understand why at first. I asked if he was cold and he said no. Then suddenly, he put his hand behind his head and all of the girls, in unison, say “DAADDD!” He starts to giggle. I’m slow to catch on un
One Year Ago Today II 2006-01-23 01:50:00 One year ago today, as I lay on a blow up mattress, wrapped in a sleeping bag with TheMan lying next to me and dogs scattered about the room, I woke up thinking WTF did I just do? An emotional roller coaster of a ride had taken place in the weeks between Thanksgiving and the New Year. I plodded blindly forward trying not to think about much, keeping a really big secret almost from my family and friends. All the while seeing constant reminders of home and comfort. As I woke up that morning, I had nothing of comfort around me. TheMan was there, the dogs were there. My brother was sleeping in the other room. My kids were at grandma’s house. Yet, I felt completely alone. I lay for a long time it seemed before the dogs realized I was awake and begged to go outside. The first thing we did was groggily walk through our new home checking lights, water, where the electrical outlets were. Then we began to unload. We made some coffee and got a start. I don’t remember much f Read more:Today
One Year Ago Today 2006-01-21 17:00:00 One year ago today I lost my dog. I moved my family almost 700 miles away from all they’d ever known and loved. I walked away from a job that paid more than most women make in Utah. I walked away from three weeks paid vacation per year, three weeks paid sick/personal leave. A guaranteed $900 every six month bonus on top of substantial (like, buy nice furniture substantial) bonuses twice yearly. I had said that I would consider a move when I graduated college. I also didn’t think we’d really move. We liked Arizona when we visited. We enjoyed the warmth when Utah was freezing and snowing. We talked of moving much like couples talk of winning the lottery and how they would spend the winnings. We walked and enjoyed the sunsets. We soaked in the sun and warmth like people do any vacation spot. Then we went home. Once home, talk of moving was shelved for the everyday issues that families faced. We also had foster kids in the mix. They were as happy as the dogs to see us come home Read more:Today
typical 2006-01-19 01:43:00 I’m lying in bed at 3:30 a.m. 6 comes strolling in and wakes me up. She says “Mom, I can’t go to sleep” and I say okay, get up here. She is fully dressed in sweat pants, a tee shirt, the zip up sweat shirt that goes to the pants, and carrying her bunny. She climbs up and says “I brought my fuzzy blanket because I don’t want Dad’s butt to touch me.” I say “well, dad fell asleep on the couch so he isn’t even in here” and she says “good, because I know he will fart.” Apparently these are the things 6 year olds worry about. Just as we fall back asleep, I wake up to hear TheMan yelling “14! Shut that alarm clock off. If I hear it go off at four o’clock again I’m going to take it from you!” I asked her the next day why she has it set for four a.m. and she says “It goes off at four but I don’t get up then” and I say “I know that. Guess what? Me and Dad do” and she says “Why?” and I say “because your alarm wakes us up” and she says
Temptation v. Willpower 2005-12-27 00:03:00 Here we are the day after Christmas. TheMan had to work. I did not. The girls are out of school and Teenager is still in Utah with her mother. My house is quiet. The dogs are hugging and loving and slobbering on their new babies from Santa. Occasionally there is a small squeak let go from one of the babies. Then the dog will lay their head on it as if to say “sorry I hurt you.” The dogs also know which baby belongs to them. They are good about sharing but when it comes time to lay down, they grab their baby and take a little nap. I’m jealous. For the nap part! The girls have kicked me off the PS2 and are currently hogging Hot Shots Golf Fore. Let me just tell you that this game is a blast! We have been known to play for hours at a time when we lived in Utah because my brother had a PS2 and this game. We got some other games also, Sponge Bob, The Simpson’s Road Rage, NHRA Drag Racing, Smack Down v. Raw wrestling. I can’t wait for them to get bored with the game and go ba
traditions 2005-12-21 00:06:00 We have a few in my house that we usually accomplish every year. We ALWAYS make cookies, candy, fudge, etc. and pass it out to the neighbors, family and co-workers. Except of course the year 6 was born. She was born November 16. She couldn’t hear when she was born and was a very insecure baby. I was constantly holding her. Someone was always holding her but only I could make her stop screaming. I finally broke down and bought one of those sling over your shoulder baby holders to free up my hands. Needless to say, it is hard to roll out ginger bread men and stir fudge with a baby hanging off you. We always drive around looking at the houses and the decorations. We do this a couple weekends before Christmas. Stop at the local quickie mart and get some hot chocolate, hop in the car and waste a half a tank of gas. It is fun. We’ve been known to divert from our destination spot to ‘swing by’ a house we see with lights galore. I love it. The kids love. Even The Read more:traditions
Today will be a good day 2005-12-15 00:11:00 Today is going to be a good day. I’ve already decided this. There is nothing that will happen today to change my mood. Okay, that is probably not true. Plenty could happen. I do have so many triggers… Last night 6 met me in the garage and asked if I got the mail yet. I said “No, I thought we were going to get it after dinner and look at the Christmas lights” and she said YES! and then gave me two thumbs up. Few things beat stuff like that. Last night while I was playing around on the computer I stumbled across this website. I’ve seen it before and I still laugh until tears come to my eyes. I must have a really sick sense of humor. Oh well, it is part of my overwhelming charm. All three girls get out of school Friday for Christmas break. They don’t go back until January 9th. They are totally psyched about this. Their parents are not. 14 is leaving Friday to go to Utah to spend two glorious weeks with her mother. I don’t have the words to tell you how happy that makes me. N Read more:Today
need some sleep 2005-09-09 00:09:00 Is it too much to ask for a little sleep around here? I haven’t had a decent night sleep in years. Before kids it was because The Man and I owned a towing business and the phone rang all night. Then we had kids and I’ll spare ya’ll the horrid nightmare that is the infant stage through…I don’t know because they still cause me to lose sleep! Now he works nights and gets home around 2 a.m. I wake up for that. And for the girls at the butt crack of dawn. Each in her own special way. 14 finds it necessary to get up at 4:30 a.m. to perform whatever godforsaken beauty ritual it is that takes her 2 hours to get ready for school. In the meantime, she drops shit in the bathroom, wakes up the dogs, microwaves food, slams the refrigerator, turns on the dryer, slams the dryer door, tells me she is leaving, wakes dogs for a second time, then slams the front door. That is my queue that it is 6:45 a.m. 8 wakes up when 14 leaves. She gets in 15 minutes of stretching and pickin
cool 2005-08-04 00:01:00 I saw the coolest thing last night - my first Monsoon. I had heard conflicting opinions that they either weren’t anything exciting other than a lot of dust and rain or that they were really a spectacular sight. I agree with the latter. I swear it was like a scene from the movie “The Perfect Storm“. There was a strobe light flashing in my back yard. I thought “what the?” Then I went to the door and saw it was lightning flashing about every 2 to 3 seconds. The rain was coming down sideways due to the wind. My wind chimes were blowing like crazy and it sounded so awesome in my backyard. My dogs were standing there looking outside, heads cocked to one side, wearing “what the?” looks on their faces. I got my oldest daughter to come look too. She wasn’t impressed. She was perplexed by the sideways rain but otherwise, no biggie. I only wish my hubby was home to watch too… This morning, my yard is a swamp, there are downed trees everywhere, tiles blown off the homes und
amother meme 2007-03-21 22:53:00 I saw this over at Avitable's place. My answers aren't nearly as clever or laugh out loud as his are. But, you know me. I'm a follower and I cannot turn down a sex meme. Especially when I'm too pissed to blog about the real issues in my life. Smooches!1. HAVE YOU GOTTEN LAID IN 2007? Like, laid out on the floor after one too many? No. 2. EVER HAD SEX IN A PUBLIC PLACE? Yep3. EVER LAUGH DURING SEX? IF SO WHY? Actually, yes and you can read about it here.4. EVER CRY DURING SEX? IF SO WHY? After a time or two but never during. 5. DO YOU LIKE TO CUDDLE AFTER SEX? No, I really want him to role over and leave me the alone but he wants to talk and shit. I just want to sleep. 6. EVER REGRET SEX WITH SOMEONE? Regret? No. Laugh about it later? Yep. 7. EVER FAKED AN ORGASM? There are people who haven't? 8. DIRTY TALK, OR SHUT THE FUCK UP? See the laughing answer above. 9. EVER HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX? Yes, once I was like, outside, and like, it like, started to rain and stuff.1
Celebrate! 2007-03-21 18:46:00 Today is International Disadvantaged People's Day.Please send an encouraging message to a retarded friend...just as I've done. I don't care if you lick windows, screw farm animals, take the short bus or occasionally shit on yourself...You hang in there sunshine, you're fucking special. Read more:Celebrate
Thursday Thirteen of unknown number 2007-02-02 00:51:00 Thirteen Things about Nothing1….I actually forgot that I was going to remember to do this today.2…. I am really tired. Probably because of working such crazy hours but really, I’m always tired. I think it is just me.3…. The new house is coming together. One thing about tile floors and vaulted ceilings, great acoustics.4…. However, those great acoustics cause the water fountain in the family room to echo allthefuckingway to my bedroom. Yeah.5…. I want a pitcher of margaritas and a scantly clad cabanna boy to serve them to me. Is that too much to ask? Really?6…. I am not getting good sleep. I wake up remembering weird dreams but I can’t remember the details. That bugs me..7…. I am not even interested in the super bowl this year. And that makes me sad. Because I love boxing.8…. Last year I taped it because The Man had to work and couldn’t be home. It was the first time in 13 years we didn’t watch together. We didn’t watch the taped on either. By the ti Read more:Thursday
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Holy shit she posted! 2007-02-01 00:40:00 Finally an update. With our new house this month came a new school for the dramas. They were excited about it and so far so good. The only real issue we’ve had is that 7 became convinced that she will never again have a friend or be student of the day. Oh, and we have to get up 30 minutes earlier. I haven’t adjusted so well (probably because I stay up so late). I had to adjust 7’s bedtime and she still cannot drag her ass out of bed. However, this is nothing new. She is much like her mother and NOT a morning person. This morning was no different. She finally rolled out of bed at 8:05. We have to leave the house at 8:05 to catch the bus. We have to leave by 8:40 in order for me to drive them. So this morning I was driving. Fine with me because it slows down the morning and we aren’t so hurried. Anyway, I get her going and after she ate, I said to get a bigger coat because it was supposed to rain most of today and it would probably be cold. Rather t
A couple things, two or three. 2007-01-05 07:23:00 First, was today “let a retard drive” day? Because honestly, I swear on all that is holy, every 5th car was being driving by a person of some degree of retard. They were swerving in and out of lanes. They were speeding up on the car in front of them and then slamming on their brakes. They were making me anxious and pissy. As I continued to scream at the idiots in the cars racing past me and next to me at lights, through my windows with a voice barely audible as it is, I found myself feeling better with each rude thing. Call it therapy. What the fuck? ASS! You quivering pussy lip, MERGE!Pick a fucking lane.It is the big pedal! Jesus H Christ on a stick could you just fucking drive already? (at the car who stopped for the red light long before it was ever red) We could have made it! GAH! You big sissy! In other news. The Man’s grandmother is turning 91 tomorrow so we are going to her party when I get home. I must buy her a gift before then. 9 and I ju Read more:couple
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Year end reveiw 2007-01-03 06:31:00 Christmas morning I woke up with a sore throat. Don’t know why. The kids aren’t sick. Family isn’t sick. Just a sore throat. Like I needed a drink. Christmas day was fine. Tuesday we closed on our new house. Wednesday I lost my voice. Thursday I couldn’t speak at all. Friday was a waste and I came home from work early unable to speak. The dramas were in heaven. I missed the online New Year’s festivities. I hope ya’ll had a good time. The Man and I went out. We went to dinner, sans children, which was wonderful in and of itself. Then we drove around and talked and chatted and wasted gas, and ya know what? It was absolutely wonderful. We drove around for near three hours. Talking and chatting and wondering about the city. Then we came home, went to bed (after a quickie of course) and slept hard. We must have really needed the break. Or the quickie. The Man spent the weekend at the new house painting. Vaulted ceilings apparently reall
Thursday Thirteen 2006-12-14 20:35:00 It is that time again. I’m diving into the ThursdayThirteen
. I haven’t done one in a while and I am ripe for the picking. My list today will be “Thirteen Things That are Making me Crazy.” Lucky you oh sweet reader… 1…. Incosiderate assholes. They piss me off. 2…. Selfish assholes. They piss me off. 3…. Drivers in Arizona. Now, I’ve been to many states. Some have horrible drivers. Some are just shitty drivers. Here, they are horrible, shitty, inconsiderate, drive with their brights on, cannot figure out the proper rules for a four way stop and mostly, they are just plain fucks. They piss me off. Daily. 4…. Cute little bleach blond bimbo’s in big tall SUVs who think they own the road and can drive wherever they want too and make right hand turns into parking lots from the middle lane simply because they are in a bigger vehicle. They piss me off. 5…. Receptionists who don’t have brains. They really, really piss me off. 6…. In-la
More senseless crap 2006-11-29 08:23:00 I got nuthin for ya’ll really. I stayed home sick with the dramas yesterday. I’m sick too but when you’re the mom you don’t get to really be “sick.” The Man stayed home sick today. 9 was sent home from school sick. She will probably stay home tomorrow too. Lucky for us her uncle will be here tomorrow so I don’t have to miss another day of work. Not that I couldn’t’ use the rest, I just don’t have time to be sick. Maybe next week. The Man keeps asking me weird things. Casually walking up to me and whispering in my ear, “excuse me miss, would you like to see me take this garbage out” or “uh, hey sexy, wanna watch me make some coffee” while he lifts his eyebrows up and down. He must be worried about my jerk-off offer. Otherwise, it is work and work and nurse and nurse. Christmas is coming and I’m not even close to ready. The lights are up on the house but with all of us sick last week, we didn’t get the tree put up just yet. Maybe t
what does it all mean? 2006-11-08 07:25:00 So here is what is going on in my life: Billing. My own personal hell. We’ve been looking at new houses. Don’t ask me why. Because we are really into self-inflicted pain and stress, because we don't have enough to do with work and kids and studying for the LSAT and the holidays, and we apparently have so much free time that we can just pack up and set up shop in another home and we're apparently so rich that we can run out and paint it and hang pictures and decorate it and buy more furniture for it, that’s why. Friends in town this weekend for NASCAR. TheMan’s best friend, who is also bringing a friend from church. His church. I hope we don’t scare him off. I hope the dog doesn't eat him. In a sick way, I hope he is cute. Otherwise, I had the weirdest dream last night about a fellow blogger. A blogger whom I have never meet, nor spoken to, in person. This blogger and I don’t chat online. We’ve only exchanged a few emails of support when we
What we did last night 2006-11-02 06:15:00 Well, I made it home in time to chat with the fam while they finished eating dinner and then it was time to get set up. We bought dry ice for the river beds and they were all fogged up. Then we set out the pumpkins and hid the CD player behind a bush with the scary music on a permanent repeat loop. The dramas got their costumes on and we hit the road.9 was an inflatable ballerina.6 was an inflatable sumo wrestler.These were adult costumes that have a built in fan that keeps them inflated.Now, when 6 would walk, it was much more like a waddle and the neighbors laughed and laughed and thought the dramas had by far, the best costume of all. As their mother, naturally, I agreed.On the last road we came to there was a “haunted garage.” Strobe lights, scary music, creaking doors, the whole nine yards. I ran up before 6 could enter and said “now, there isn’t anything that will jump out at her right?” because, much to her dismay, she is afraid of her own shadow. The lady said
Some shit. 2006-10-30 06:09:00 The end of the month is here and that means I enter the seventh circle of hell and start billing again. Oh, and I have four interviews set up for monday. I hope I find someone soon so I can concentrate on being the boss of the whole wide world.And Halloween is my my least favorite holiday of all time, yet I’m coming home early to get a jump start on those festivities. Yay me. The things we do for our kids.My mom finally went home. Not because she wanted to but being the martyr she sets herself up to be, she went home with her husband when he showed up unannounced on Thursday. She wanted to be here to go trick-or-treating with the dramas. Then she planned to fly home the following weekend. Instead, he swung through and picked her up much to her dismay. TheMan told her she didn’t have to go if she didn’t want too. Even TheBoy told her to stay if that is what she really wanted to do. I told her the same thing Thursday night. She sighed heavily and said “No. I’ll go.
I love my job! 2006-10-26 00:41:00 I placed an ad for a part time receptionist. I’ve spent the last two days reviewing resumes. My hell there are some truly lazy people out there.Ya know, I am not a grammar nazi. I’m no Avitable after all. I cannot proof read my own work product to save my life. I read what I think it says. As such, I understand that it is a little harsh of me to exclude potential receptionists because their cover letters, resumes and/or e-mails are riddled with errors, misspellings, or completely wrong words.However,an objective line shouldn’t read like any of these:“To obtain a reasonable and challenging position In the business field were education and work experience would have valuable.” Valuable what? And "business field were"?“To work in customer service or animal health.” Great since you are applying for a legal firm.“To work in the medical field”“To obtain a full time position with the University of XXX” It is good to have a goal I guess.Further, if your resume is comp
a whole lotta nuthin 2007-03-27 02:25:00 I got nuthin’ for ya people. My life is boring. B O R I N GHowever, I did finally purchase my domain and now I need to find hosting and get some software. I hear WordPress is easily hackable. I heard ExpressEngine is easy but I’ve never tried it and I don’t know shit about Moveable Type. I don’t know what else is out there. GoDaddy offers a free blog with your domain purchase, but the templates were limited and I don’t have time to figure it all out. Lots of work to do this week so I’m not sure I’ll be around much. Play nice until I get back.
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