Hmmmm...

• I absolutely hate it hate it hate it when my children tell me things last minute that they have know about for days sometimes even weeks.
• This is happening alot lately. I dont know if it because they are getting lazy and not remembering or if its the end of the year and more stuff is going on.
• I made a rule about that kind of stuff at the beginning of the year that I have now brought back full force. If I dont know about it the night before its not going to happen. It will have to wait till the next day. This includes lunch money, meetings, and extra things for school (like chips and dip and drinks for parties).
• My son had a math problem that I wasnt sure about last night. That has never happen before.
• I noticed how dark it is outside. I hope we get some of the rain to go with it this time. It has split and just missed us for the past two days.
• Allergies have been recking havoc around here.
• We have a new post master that keeps sending all of mine and my sons mail back. It really pisses me off because we have been getting mail at the same po box for 7 years up until about 2 months ago. I am still getting all the stuff that has to be paid for but not the bills and birthday cards.
• My Grandma mail birthday cards on April 15th and we just got it yesterday. Almost a whole month later.
• My hubby was off early yesterday. He cut tree limbs for me until he broke the chain on the saw.It looks better sorta. He is not so graceful in doing stuff so some of the limbs he cut are really ugly.
• I will be fixing them of the next few days.
• Our neighbors were looking over the fence to see what we were doing as the trees that have grown along the fence line disappeared. A year ago there werent any trees there and now there are a bunch. They are all going. I kinda feel bad because they shade part of their year but I cant stand them (the trees not the neighbors).
• I have an acquaintance is that I have discovered is extremely racist. I have know her for a few years and it is only very recently I have heard any kind of racist remarks. I am not sure what to do. It disturbs me to no end because our children are good friends and play sports together. Her kids are very well behaved and nice kids. :-/
• On that note...I feel that people in general are good. I trust almost everyone until they give me reason not to. I feel very naive.
• We have to make a form of transportation for the Kindergarten Transportation Parade. This is what we do instead of graduation. Basically you start with a box (or something light weight) and make some form of transportation and paint and decorate it. This is supposed to be done as a project with(not for) your child. On the last day of school each child with walk with their transportation in a parade.
• It is very cute and has become very creative. There are army tanks, planes, jeeps, boats, motorcycles, and all kinds of things. My son wants to make a 18 wheeler. I am thinking that he can carry the front and we will put moving wheels on the trailer part so he can just drag it.
• On child has already come to school and said her mom said she wasnt making one because "She is going to have a head ache and her Grandmother wont help." This ercks me. She still has 2 1/2 weeks to do it and she is going to have a head ache the whole time? Sigh. She can ride (walk) with my kiddo. We might just make an extra one for her. :)
• My sons teacher has been really great this year. I would like to get her something to show our appreciation. Anyone have any ideas for a good gift for a great teacher?

Happy Mothers Day!

• Happy Mothers Day to all!
• This weekend has been great.
• I went to a birthday party for a cousin. It was fun.
• Everyone stayed around and had a big people party after.
• I love being with my family.
• They make me happy and I always feel at peace around them :)
• They are good for my heart and soul.
• My Mom and Will sent me some flowers for Mothers Day.
• They are beautiful and smell wonderful. The whole house smells of fresh flowers :)
• My mouse is messed up so I stole the one on the boys computer. I have had it about a week but they really really really want it back :( No more computer for me until I get to the store for another one.
• Happy Mothers Day. I hope you all have a wonder day!

Life....(cant belive I didnt have a title up here)

• We have ordered some ear plugs for my son. (the one that got tubes put in his ears) With baths and swimming over the summer and vacation coming soon I think they will be worth the money. He isnt old enough to do the disposable ones on his own and I am not sure he would notice if they came out anyway.
• One of my 5th graders got Taks results back (for the ones they took in March) but the other one didnt. I wonder if he did and just didnt bring them home.
• How does the school not see a problem with a kid missing one period in the middle of the day? I mean they know if they are signed out and have left. So the attendance has to be wrong, right? I mean my kids are too young to be skipping school.
• I am so glad they didnt have the grades and attendance on the computer when I was in school. I love it as a parent but as a student I am sure I would have hated it.
• The hubby wants to start looking for cars for the oldest one. He will be 13 this year. Option is get one they can work on together or get one that we would drive for a few years first.
• I dont really like either option.
• My hubby never finish any projects around here. Either I have to finish them or they will sit undone.
• Something that I would want my son to drive wouldnt have enough room for the family. I mean the hubby could drive it but I cant see him going from his (big ol') truck during the week to a small car on the weekends.
• I have been up way to long this morning. My little one woke me up just before 3 and with the snoring bear in the bed next to me I couldnt get back to sleep.
• Its Cinco de Mayo! My son said they are learning about Mexico today.
• I went to a band concert last night. The sixth grade band was good. Better than the second band, which made me want some ear plugs of my own...no it wasnt that bad. They did still need a little work on it though. The last band was good. They played a superhero song and had people dress up as the super heroes. It was cute.
• I have been doing laundry like a mad woman. I hate laundry. I think the kids are going to start doing their own. They already know how....
• I wrote this at six in the morning but forgot to post it...silly me. I guess thats what lack of sleep does to you :)

Stuff...

• This weekend was good.
• We had a great day at the zoo on Friday. It was my sons birthday. My mom met us at the zoo so my littlest one could go with us.
• We also met my cousin and her daughter on their field trip. I was nice that they were both the same day.
• We had cupcakes and all the kids , well most of them, scraped the icing off them. Whats wrong with those kids. The adults didnt get one cause there were more than expected with us.
• I never thought keeping up with kids at the zoo would be so much work. I think if it were just ours it wouldnt have been a problem because we could have just threatened to beat them if they didnt mind.
• I had one of the sweetest boys go with me and took lots of pictures of all of them together.
• No soccer this weekend :) I dont know why but it seems like a beating this year.
• I am stressed is an understatement. I am always sleepy, no mater how much sleep I get.
• We kinda just hung out all weekend. Watched the kids ride their bikes in the road. One of them is almost ready for training wheels to come off. :) He is getting so big.
• The grass in the front is looking good. I just hope I continue to remember to water it. I have also been picking stickers out of the yard. I am hoping to get them all before they get a good start. I hate stickers. I like to walk around with out shoes on and I cant even do that in the house cause the kids track so many in.
• Kids say the funniest stuff. Its so random.
• The older ones are picking some stuff up at school that I dont like at all.
• I know its because they are getting older but I still dont like it....Speaking of getting older. Our neighbor has a crush on one of the boys. She was talking about it but not saying who and he was naming the characters in Twilight and she asked him for a last name cause his name is the same. He said "Not me. Ewe gross!" Poor girl. As she rode off she said "I dont like you anyway."
• Every time I see a Police Officer with someone pulled over I think to myself what an ass, but in all the times I have been pulled over not once have any of them been an ass or even just the slightest bit rude.
• I need to get invites out for the boys bday party. We always do it in between the two birthdays. Its just easier to do them together.
• The post office is starting to piss me off. They keep sending some of our mail back. My son and I dont not share the name as the rest of the house. I get half of my mail and they sent all his birthday cards and presents back. It hasnt always been like that. It just started in the past 2 months or so. I am making a special trip to see the post master in the morning. I am not looking forward to it.
• I guess thats it for now....

Blah...

• My friend put this on my face book. Isnt it the sweetest thing? Its Jacob when he was a little over one and that is her daughter.
• We play a computer game called WoW. My husbands account was stolen. He has gotten it back but it will be another week before it is back to the way it was before.
• He blamed the kids for down loading all the stupid little game and going to all the websites they do. Turns out that he is the one with the key logger on his computer.
• The kids won their soccer game this weekend. They havent played the really good teams yet. The games at this age are good. I get excited when they play well.
• I also have some new grass in the front yard! :) The hubby not only brought it home but also laid it out.
• I didnt get to do what I wanted to do this weekend so I didnt do what was wanted of me.
• I also have gotten to speak with some of my old friends. I am surprised at how just speaking with people that I know and love have changed my attitude.
• A friend of ours is having a baby with a girl he has had an on again off again relationship. Most of his friends dont like her. Me I think she is a money grubbin' bleep adee bleep bleep. But really I am happy for them...
• You believe me dont you?

Stuff....

• I caved in and got a facebook.
• They should ban those little games on there. I am already addicted to one. :(
• I am not sure I like it. I cant figure out how to stop getting an update every time someone adds a new friend or comments on a picture of someone I dont know. It drives me crazy.
• Other than that I like it. I have gotten to talk to alot of people that I havent in a really long time.
• Soccer got rained out! I was excited. So excited I think it was wrong.
• My kiddo (the first one I had, you know since we have the his, mine, and ours thing going on) turned 11 yesterday. I cried about it on Saturday.
• I made it worse by thinking the oldest one would be 13 this year and the baby would be going to school in August.
• Man I was a mess.
• The kids were really loud and crazy being stuck inside this weekend. I sent them out to play for 30 minutes on Sunday.
• Yes it was still raining. They weren't out there that long.
• Ok long enough that their little hands were cold. And they jumped on the trampoline and there must have been a ton of water on it cause they were soaked. Nothing that a warm bath couldnt take care of :)
• We didnt have birthday cake yesterday :( We had Root beer Floats.
• Its the hubby's birthday today. I always make a dinner on everyone birthday but he doesnt want me to cook for his he wants to eat out. :(
• Dont they know that my fun on their birthday and its the one time I will make whatever they happen to want. Even if its something I hate to make.
• The kids were late to school this morning because I over slept. I dreamt that I had already taken them to school so it was a complete surprise when they came in and asked when we were going. Poor kids.
• Ok off to do some paper work so i can take one to the orothodontist. Anyone know a good cheep one. I think braces on one kid is going to kill me and I know that at least 1 or 2 more are going to need them.

Ok..

• So I cant be as big of a bitch as I think I can.
• I was friendly to someone who I swore to myself I wasnt going to be. All damn weekend. Things arent the same but I was still nicer than I thought I would be.
• I also didnt go get in the car 2 hours after we got to the late family Easter.
• My SIL's kids are soooooo damn cute. I just want to squeeze them:) but one is too little to be squeezed and the other wont let me :(
• The kids came home with too much damn candy.
• We had extras. Cousins kids. They are so sweet...well one of them. The boy can eat. He is 8 I think. Ate half of a large pizza for dinner and then ate 6 donuts for breakfast.
• I would love to have a little girl but I dont want any more kids so I will stick with borrowing them and giving them back.
• The hubby did something I would have never thought of for him. He brushed and fixed hair this morning.
• I finally told my Mom about things that have been going on in my house and why I have been pissed and stressed and well when it comes down to it I guess unhappy. When I started she was ahh my poor baby. But before I finished she was pissed too.
• My Mom is over 50. She is one of the sweetest people I know and loves to help others. She is always busy. And I do mean always. She is getting her teaching license this summer. She will start teaching in the fall.
• Her friends say they need to give her some mean lessons. I agree..sorta. I know my Mom and she can get what she wants :) You know when someone isnt really wrong and you end up doing what they want you to do even though is not what you wanted. She is good at it and does it in the nicest, sweetest way possible.
• Man I love her :)

WOW

Did you see the 18 wheeler on fire? Crazy stuff. Looking for a pic. It was a 18 wheeler, dump truck and a pick up. They were all on fire and the 18 wheeler was hanging off a bridge. Not sure about injuries yet....

Enjoyment...

• I have enjoyed the past day or two. Nothing much special going on just life.
• We have been going to the park everyday while we wait for the bigger kids to get out of school.
• They seem to love it and as long as they leave when its time I think it will be a daily thing for the rest of the school year.
• I had my first snow cone of the year today!
• The oldest is getting braces. Well maybe if we can afford them.
• I really like the orthodontist that we saw today but we are going to try a few others before we pick one.
• Only because I was told the price I was quoted was really high and well with 5 kids we need to save all we can.
• My SIL might be going to Disney with us :) I am excited about it. I really do enjoy myself when I am around them.
• I really need to talk to my uncle about this since he is going too! :)
• I still havent had to speak to that person I was talking about before. I think that may be why the past few days have been good.
• The hubby asked it I was mad at her. I am not. I am over it, its just not going to be the same anymore. I am surprised he even noticed.
• My yard really needs to be mowed. I think that will be tomorrows goal.
• My neighbors dog/cats keep getting in our trash.
• The city tagged all their cars to tow next month if they are still there. He is always working on them and they are never there long so I dont know why they did that.
• I think I am pissed about what they are doing to the street downtown. I dont think it looks very good. I also dont thing the street was bad. I dont recall pot holes in it(maybe a few but not many). I dont know that the streets on the side of town I live on are really really bad and I do mean really bad.
• After the last rain I thought I went around a new pot hole in the road but didnt quit make it around it. It was so bad that I bottomed out on the damn thing and it was a new one. The city's way of fixing the streets over here is to put gravel in them. They put asphalt in the holes sometimes but as soon as it rains it washes right out. They need to be redone completely.
• TAKS test were this week . I hate those damn thing and cant stand that for the last six weeks(at least) that is all that my children have done in math class.
• Ok I have to figure out what I am doing with the pork chops I thawed for dinner. Have a good night!

Its been a while...

• Things at home have been...rough to say the least.
• I am not 100% sure that life I as I know it will survive. I am certain that life will not be the same.
• Easter was ok. We do a family Easter on Saturday. That way everyone can come.
• We didnt stay long. My husband decided he was tired and went to sit in the car.
• Well that was my family Easter. We will have one with his family this coming weekend. I plan on returning the favor.
• All hell broke loose this weekend.
• It really annoys me when I take the time to tell my kids to do something and even go to all the trouble to ask them several times if they did it and they tell me yes, yes I did it but then it turns out they have really done it.
• It happened this weekend with shin guards of all things. They needed to be taken to practice. It didnt happen and then late that night I got a call they would be coming to get them in the morning. (Thats when things got really bad) The kids ended up coming home. When they were getting ready for the game he couldnt find the damn shin guards. The whole reason I asked about them the day before (not to mention practice)
• One of the boys got detention last week. Well then he called yesterday and had 2 more days of detention this week for something else. He got it on Friday.
• As part of all hell breaking loose this weekend the hubby is going to deal with it. His way of dealing with it.....telling him it better not happen again.
• I am not happy about it.
• More talking about this weekend needs to happen. I have been half ass avoiding it because I am not sure what the results will be.
• That being said, I am looking for job and a sitter for my young one.
• I also think that damage to certain relationship is beyond repair. Not that I really care much right now but it could cause major problems later down the road since its within the family. Being civil will only get you so far.

Stuff...

• There is some animal making a really weird noise outside right now. Its driving me nuts.
• Soccer is in full swing now. I really do enjoy watching my kids play (when I actually get to watch them and not constantly look for and keep up with the others and their many little fights).
• One of the boys keeps asking if they can walk to the skate park. They (2 of them anyway) have before but the last time they got in a fight (you know the actual push and hitting kind). The answer is no. no. no.
• I know people think I am harsh with my boys but I cant stand to see kids running around misbehaving. I dont want my boys to be one of them.
• I am having a hard time getting my little one to eat anything but junk food. I dont mean just cookie and cokes and candy. I mean he wants hot dogs and chicken nuggets and fish sticks. He wont eat veggies hardly at all and most meat we have to make him eat. He tells me it disgusting. Thank you Honey. Once he starts eating though he likes it. Grrr...
• I am not ready for Easter this year. It seems weird that its already here.
• I havent talked to my Dad in a while. I have tried to call him the past few days but no answer. I wonder if he went out of town.
• My middle schooler had detention for not bringing his book to class. He says this is only the second time and it doesnt happen often but his idea of often and mine are not the same.
• I started walking this week. The little ones love it because they get to play at the park while I walk. The older ones not so much because I picked them up late yesterday. Opps.
• My hubby wants me to order him some boots "like the ones he had last year or was it the year before?" He has no clue where I ordered them from. Me either hun, me either.
• My mom got me a new camera for my Birthday. The boys said it was like theirs. Kinda but mine is a different brand and alot nicer, so really nothing like theirs. Hehe.
• That damn thing is still making noise.

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

• I just received some really beautiful flowers :)
• I have had all kinds of phone calls today.
• I love that.
• I get to talk to some family that I dont talk to one a daily (or weekly for that mater) basis.
• I told my littlest one today is my Birthday and he said no he wanted it to be his birthday.
• The hubby told me happy birthday yesterday. I told him it wasnt my birthday and he said "Today is the 23rd right?" Yes honey it was but thats still not my birthday.
• His response was well he told me then so if he forgets today it will be ok.
• Not so much.
• I am going to make my own cake. He is sweet enough that he would go buy me one but I like home made better unless its pie. I cant make pies. I suck at it. Either they burn or the filling gets under the crust.
• My older kids the ones that should remember my birthday since I have been saying for 2 weeks my birthday is this Wednesday, didnt remember this morning :( But thats ok I will remind them again when they get home :)
• I never know what I want for my birthday (or Christmas). It drives people crazy.
• Thats all...today is beautiful!

Its Over....sigh....

• Spring Break was fun. Busy but fun.
• Surprisingly everyone was in bed on time and got up easily this morning.
• We started Spring Break with a trip to see my SIL.
• Then the kids swear they had soccer practice on Monday.
• We rushed around Monday after noon trying to get new soccer cleats and get everything done before practice. There was no practice and I was pissed.
• Tuesday the kids got new shoes. All of them. It was stressful.
• Just taking all the kids into a store all at once by myself is a beating but then trying to find them each something they like that fits is almost impossible.
• Kolby was easy. He found a pair of shoes that came with a comic book. They had his size and he was done. I dont know if he even knew what the shoes looked like before we left the store.
• That caused all kinds of problems with the littlest one because he wanted ones with a comic book too.
• I tried a pair of shoes on him and he hated them and they hurt his feet until he saw the comic book in the box. I tried every other pair of shoes I could find that he might like and he wouldnt have any of it. We ended up getting the pair with the comic book that hurt his feet but they cant hurt to bad cause he wears them all the time (as in never takes the damn things off) and doesnt complain about them hurting.
• You would think the other would be easier because they are older and can pick them out and try them on with out my help. I just needed to check them once they were done, right? HUH. They were the worst ones.
• They couldnt find any they liked and when they did they couldnt find it in their size. The deal was I would pay $50 for them shoes, if they cost more than that they had to pay for the rest. They managed to find shoes for less. I knew they could do it :)
• I hunted shoes and hunted shoes only to find them and they not fit. He was looking for 2 sizes to big.
• The other one kept getting shoes that were to small. He stated with a 5 1/2 and ended up getting a 7. In his defense there wasnt much of a difference in the shoes.
• The other one did ok. He just picked the ugliest shoes in the store. But hey thats my kid for ya.
• The older kids went to spend Wednesday with their other parents.
• Thursday they came back or I picked them up on the way to Chuck E Cheese.
• I ended up trading kids around before I came home. I got one that was scared of the dark. I mean really really scared of the dark. It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be.
• Friday we spent the day at the park with my family. It was fun. When we got home the youngest ones wanted to know why the big kids got to go to the park down the road from us but I wouldnt take them.
• I wanted to yell "because I am worn the fuck out" I didnt I used the because I said so thing.
• I always hated that when I was a kid.
• Damn it I got up to pick up the kids and I forgot what I was rambling about.

Things I noticed on our road trip...

• My kids are pretty good.
• They can even be nice a sweet to each other when they want to.
• There is not much to see between here and Houston. :/ blah.
• The rest stop in Huntsville is one of the nicest I have seen and is always clean.
• It still creeps me out at night.
• No how clean the car is before we start its always a mess before we make it back home.
• Even with a trash bag the kids leave trash all over the car. We went the last half of the trip with no snacks or drinks because of it.
• The kids and hubby can read in the car. I cant. I get car sick.
• The little ones can entertain themselves every easily.
• Driving while watching one dance in the back seat and not get caught doing it is hard.
• I wonder where he got his moves? I hope not from me cause it took everything I had not to laugh. It was a mix of the 70's and 80's.
• When the hubby says he needs to use the bathroom we stop within 5 mins. When the kids tell us we ask them if they can wait. That doesnt sound so fair to me.
• Once we stop once for a bathroom break it seems we have to stop at least every hour for one. Drives me nuts.
• My hubby's idea of half and my idea of half are not the same.
• My car does not handle at 90 as well as 80.
• I need new brakes.
• When you get off 45 on a service road that you would think put you right back on, it doesnt.
• Some people are real asses when driving. I think my hubby is one of them. He also wants me to be when he is in the passenger seat.
• I was almost rear ended by the same guy more than once. One time I am almost certain he was less than 6 inches from me.
• I never knew there was so much traffic on 45. At all hours.

Some things drive me crazy....

• My son hurt his arm last weekend while he was with his mother.
• I wanted to take the insurance card up to the hospital but they were done before I got there and said oh no it will be ok. She will fax it from work on Monday.
• HUH. Yeah right. I knew that wasnt going to happen. I took the card up there today after I called to make sure it was there. I dont want a bunch of unpaid hospital bills.
• It looks bad on credit. Then again it would have been her credit. Still, I would much rather it show up a good credit on ours though.
• All the info on file was hers. Yes she is his mother and yes she has a right to be on it but all his primary info should be our home, our number, the hubbys name and info. That kinda stuff because if they need something they are going to have to call us. Or well they can call her and she call us and then call them back or have us do it.
• I am not saying she shouldnt be on there at all, just that she should have put his dad on there first. He lives with us and we are the ones that deal with all that stuff and we are the ones are going to be paying for it so we are the ones who need the bill.

Oh the joys of being a step parent.

Socks, Socks, and more Socks!

• They are every where and I cant seem to find one damned pair.
• The sock thing was just out of control in my house. I couldnt take it any more.
• I bought new socks for everyone in my house yesterday. OMG who knew that would be so expensive.
• We washed and folded all the socks. Anything that didnt have a match or had a hole went in the trash.
• We threw out about a half a bag of socks.
• After all that we still only matched about 10 pair of socks. 10! thats it. 10! (that doesnt include the ones everyone is already wearing.)
• 10 pair for 7 people, most of which are the hubbys. Well that means either my kids are not wearing matching socks most of the time or I am washing the same 2 pair of socks over and over all week.
• I am going with the second (but we all know it probably the first).
• I have no clue what to do with all the soccer, baseball, and football socks. I dont want to throw them out because we still use them all the time and I never know what color the boys will need the next year.
• I do however think that 12 pair of Texas Ranger blue socks are too damn many.
• All that being said. My sock problem no longer exist. Everyone has new socks. Most importantly though we dont have any extras :)

• I washed my sons phone last night :( It comes on with another ones battery but not with his.
• If its messed up he has to replace it cause I wont.
• My other son lost the camera he got for Christmas. It was a nice one. I am not happy.
• These are just 2 examples of why I dont like my kids to have expensive toys (electronics).
• My kid with the hurt arm really doesnt like me this week. I wont let him run and play and he cant play on the computer or video games. He is bored out of his mind.
• My opinion on this is if his arm is so hurt and sore that he cant participate in school and can practice his horn then its too hurt to do those things too.
• Man I am a mean momma. :( Poor kids.
• I have been avoiding something that I can no longer put off.
• Once it is over with I wont have near as much stress. Stress make me super crazy. By crazy I mean a total Bitch.
• And being a bitch all the time makes me tired.
• I loved diner tonight. It was kinda like a breakfast pie. It was croissant roll with eggs, sausage, and cheese. Yummy. Yummy. Yummy!
• I was playing a game online today and someone tried to have cybersex. This wouldnt have bothered me near as much but it was on Yahoo and my kids play games there sometimes.
• I always want to go through all their crap and then tell them I am some fat hairy guy but I blush just at the thought of describing some sexual act to a stranger much less actually type it out. I think it might kill me.

• This weekend was interesting.....I guess.
• Didnt do too much.
• We were supposed to eat brunch with my parents on Sunday.
• We didnt get to :(
• We got all the way there and got a call about our oldest child being hurt.
• He hurt his arm again. It ended up not being broke but he is in a brace for a week or two.
• Soccer starts today. I am excited and dreadful.
• Its raining again.........
• I am really upset about not getting to eat with my parents. :/
• I think I resent my husband. More so than I realize.
• I gave up alot to be with him and it seems like I keep giving up bits and pieces of myself.
• When I moved I gave up seeing my friends and family everyday. Then it became more and more. Now I dont even talk to my friends from before my husband. My hardly ever see my family now and most of them only live a hour away.
• I no longer work because I take care of our children. It would cost more for child care than I would make a week. He has been saying he doesnt want me to go back to work even when the youngest goes to school.
• My father now lives just a few hours away and we still dont see him but on holidays.
• My sister in law lives about 5-6 hours from us and we have seen her more in the past 4 months (when she moved there) than we have seen my dad in the past 2 years.
• Its not that I dont enjoy it I just think my life needs to be about me and what I want sometimes.
• All this added together makes me a very pissed off unhappy person.
• I love my husband and I dont want a divorce but I want myself back. All of those things were a part of what made me who I am.
• I also think this all distributes to my depression.
• Wow that was more than I intended to let out....

These things are going to be the death of me....

I LOVE them but damn they have soooo much fat.

Sigh....I have been busy..

• Ok so one of the little ones had tubes put in his ears yesterday.
• I got him up at 4am so he could have breakfast because after 4:30 he couldnt eat anything because they scheduled him for 12 o'clock surgery. grrr.
• He had 3 pieces of Cinnamon toast, 2 cookies, a yogurt, and a glass of chocolate milk. Can you say PIG.
• We are supposed to be there by 10:30 so we need to leave by 9:30 with no stops on the way.
• After I get the other boys off to school and give the little his last drinks until after surgery I start getting ready and get the hubby up...sorta.
• The hubby gets up 30 mins. before we leave and ask if he has time to shower. GRRRR.
• As we are getting ready to leave he wants to stop and get a drink to wake him up.
• We stop and he forgot his wallet so we have to go back and get it. Then stop again and he gets himself something to eat too. I have more than one problem with this. He didnt ask if anyone else wanted anything and he was eating in front of a 5 yr old that couldnt have anything to eat or drink.
• The big breakfast at 4 am worked cause the little one didnt ask for anything to eat or drink until after the surgery.
• The other little one that had to go too not so much. He was hungry before we even got to the hospital.
• Thank goodness for moms :) My mom took him to play and grab a bite to eat while we were waiting.
• The MIL came too but she had to leave early cause we still were not in yet the kids were going to need to be picked up from school. Thank goodness for MIL's. She was not happy about this though. She wanted to stay.
• Surgery scheduled for noon didnt happen till after 2. I was starving cause I didnt have breakfast cause I ran out of time :(
• Surgery was quick when it finally got started. He was only away from us for about 20 mins at the most.
• Poor thing. His ears hurt and his leg. I had no clue so I had to ask if they had done something to it. Turns out he got a shot there. Poor thing.
• I may have held back a few tears when he was crying cause his ears hurt.
• He had 2 pop cycles and we got to leave. We were only in recovery for maybe 30 mins.
• We finally got to eat on the way home:) His choice McDonald's, of course.
• He was so good all day :)
• Now we are just hoping that this fixes his hearing problems. They will test it again in a few weeks.

Blah Blah Blah...

• MIL's.. sometimes they are great, sometimes not so much. Well right now I am loving mine. She comes in handy being so close. You know for those times when damn it I have already started diner only to remember I forgot one thing. The kids can run and borrow it for me :) My MIL is really pretty good.
• One of the boys will be getting tubes put in his ears tomorrow. :) and :( We are hoping this will help his hearing. If not we will have to look into something else. I am kinda worried about that.
• He cant eat after 4:30 in the morning. He will be getting up early for breakfast otherwise I think the day will be unbearable for him...and me.
• I pulled over on the side of the road today to talk on the phone because it was the hospital for registration info. A really nice cop stopped to check on me and make sure I wasnt stuck. It was raining. After he walked off I wish I would have gotten his name. As much as I like to complain about when people mess up I really like to complement them to their bosses when they do well :)
• We had some great dentist appointments. Some were last week and some today. Apart from that scheduling mix up (the one where they scheduled us for after the office closed) they really are a great dentist office.
• Only one cavity :( It will be fixed later this month. That was the earliest they could get him in. The rest were all good and the littlest ones brush their teeth the best. Hard to believe. They brush so well the dentist asked if I was still brushing their teeth.
• Sigh. My oldest just came in and said I forgot his math meet this weekend. I didnt forget because I didnt know. He told me they would be having 3 more and he would get a paper telling me about them. Well he got the paper he just didnt give it to me so I didnt know to take him. Now he doesnt get to go to the other ones. I am really irritated at him for this. He got his bag and I found the note inside but he still insist that he gave it to me.
• He watched me take it out of his bag with his other mess of papers. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
• Cheating or Not Cheating? One of the boys had a paper to do. He had the rough draft that the teacher had already looked at and helped him with some but was hard to read and had alot of miss spellings. This is the only child that really struggles with spelling and writing so..... I copied the rough draft but corrected all the misspellings and had him help write the beginning and ending. He then copied it on his own sheet of paper. I see it as I corrected his rough draft before he made his final copy but for some reason I kinda felt like I might be doing something I shouldnt.

Life is a beating me to death....

• Practices are about to start and have started for one.


• My oldest wants to run track and play soccer.
  
• He didnt know they when practices were for track because he only listens to half of what is said.


• This drives me insane. Not just because he never completes anything I want him to but because it also affects his school work and sports. It also isnt very responsible and I think he need to be.


• Dentist and doctors and different doctors and then back to the dentist soon.


• The last time I made appointments for the boys to see the dentist they set the appointment for when the office was closed. I was pissed. They then couldnt see them all at the same time so I get to make 2 trips. Oh happy me.


• Thinking of talking to the doctor about depression.


• Is there a teachers union around here? . How much of students failings are the teachers responsibility and how much the parents and how much the students.


• I think this responsibility changes from parents and teachers to students gradually. I also think that as they get older and are supposed to be responsible for the work and grades and parents are not as much a part of homework and schoolwork it is a teachers responsibility to notice when grades are low and when students are receiving zeros. At that point they should contact the parents. If parents dont know there is a problem until report cards come out then it too late.


• Most of the time when I ask to see my oldest sons papers that I know he has not done so well on he doesnt have them. Either they gave it back and he threw it away or they require them to keep them in a classroom binder. One of his teachers is hard to get a hold of. That same teacher doesnt post grades until the end of the six weeks. This annoys me greatly.


• By the way I love grades being on the internet for parents to access. You can see absents , tardies, and grades (as long as they are posted). If they had that when I was a kid I would have been in trouble. :)

Life

• I saw the donut shop burn today :( I dont like the other one in town and sometimes when we were running late that place was a life saver.
• I hate the weather lately. I wish it would stay like it was today. I had all the windows open and the heat and air off. Yea for the electric bill. I didnt realize that so many people were upset about their bills. It wasnt just me or my MIL.
• There are so many clothes in this house but no ever seems to have something to wear.
• We are finally going to get to see our new niece. The last time we had this planned we didnt get to go cause the hubby was going to have to work but then didnt. I am getting excited about it again.
• This summer we are going to Disney World. My uncle and his family are going too. The kids are excited and I am excited to watch them talk about it.
• My oldest got to miss 3 days of school this week. Tue and Thur for UIL and Wed. the entire grade went to a museum. Well they got to go if they did all their work and didnt get into trouble. That was the condition because sometime ago the school was banned from that museum do to behaivor problems.
• The UIL has some great news and not so great news. He placed 2nd in the test that he took on Thurs. :) Greats little one! The not so great news.....well I kinda want to bitch about so....
• On Tues he went for one test. It is timed. It takes 10 mins. 10 mins. He gets up to go to the bathroom in the middle of it. 10 mins I say. He couldnt wait 10 mins? I could maybe understand if he was sick or something but no he just needed to pee. 10 mins! He was disqualified for it. Sigh 10 mins....
• The littlest one and I had a great convo today as I was trying to figure out why my kids mattress was falling through on one end. (a slat was missing and another moved)
  

Me: What happened to the bed? It wasnt like this yesterday.

Him: I can hold it (the mattress) up with my head.

Me: No thats ok I got it. What the heck how did this get like that?

Him: I dont know.

Me: (as I move a slat down) What happen? Did they break another one? (we have had to replace a few of them do to the kids jumping on the bed)

Him: I know where it is. (he goes and gets it)

Me: Where?

Him: Right here.

Me: How did you know that was there?

Him: Cause I'm a genius.

Did I mention that he is only 4.

Why???

• Why do I do this to myself? I am so stressed out over stuff that I can not change.
• My Valentines Day wasnt great.
• In fact non of my weekend was great or even good.
• The only good thing that happen was my little one got to go to a bday party and had a great time.
• I let my children play in the snow for a while. We went out in it twice. The next day it was melting and a muddy mess.
• Some children came and asked if my older ones could go out and play. Nope we had already been and just finished drying everyone and everything. I felt bad cause they came from a good 6 blocks but they just headed to the next kids house.
• We bundled up and we didnt stay out for more than and hour or so each time but one of my kidos has an ear ache this morning and didnt go to school. Poor thing.
• I was so ready for the kids to go to school this morning. My house has been extremely loud lately.
• I am worried however about the kids grades since the last 2 days of the sixweeks they were not at school so all the late work I made them do might not be accepted, not that I would blame the teachers.

Life...

• I have always thought my kids are pretty well behaved. Well I had a few surprises.
• First the one of my brats flipped off his teacher!!!!! I couldn't believe it. She didn't see it but the other students did. I thought I was going to beat him. I spank my children but I couldn't this time due to I didn't know if I would stop....How unbelievably disrespectful. He knows better. That boy will be working his butt off the next few weeks along with being grounded.
• Next one of the boys calls to ask (he was with his other parent) if he can be dropped off at the park to play with his friends. The answer was sure that will be fine. Out of all the kids who would be doing what he was supposed to I thought it would be him. I was going out but he said not to drive by he was calling him so I don't go next to the park just close enough so I could see. There was not one kid at the park. I was pissed and as I was going back home to see if he had talked to him I see him walking up the street. Turns out he was heading where he was supposed to end up but because he wasn't were he was supposed to be it wasn't the street I expected to see him on. Boy was he in trouble....
• The other boy is just going to be beat. He never seems to listen to what he is told. Well half of it anyway. Either its not done properly or only half done. He has a trash can in his room that was so full he had another bag of trash sitting next to it. I told him for a week to take it out but he kept forgetting. He only took it out when I yelled and screamed and threw a fit and grounded him. Then he said he put it all together so he only had to make one trip. Great it was done, I checked didn't see any more trash. The little shit had the same freaking bag sitting next to his trash can yesterday.
• All of my bigger boys have gotten lazy about doing homework and getting it in on time. I know that they are getting to the age where school work isn't as important to them and they want to hang out with their friends more now but that just doesn't work for me and the whole boys will be boys thing can fly right out the window because that isn't happening either.
• These are the biggest things I have had to deal with so far as a parent so I guess I am lucky but damn they are stressing me out and I know that more is to come.

Stuff...

• Friday we took one of the boys to see and ENT doctor for his hearing loss. I liked him. He was hard for the hubby to understand though. He was great with the little on that decided not to say one word to him. He did giggle once when the doctor acted surprised that a monkey came out of his ear when he looked in.
• His hearing loss is not from nerve damage so it can be fixed. Right now he has a lot of fluid in his ears that could be causing the problem, if not its the little ear bones.
• He may have to get tubes if the fluid doesn't clear up on its own but not yet because this is the first time the doctor has seen fluid in his ears.
• He says that he doesn't even consider it a surgery and for adults he does it in his office but they wont let him do children there.
• We are getting our taxes done this week :) Super excited about it cause we always get money back because we have so much with held.
• Anyone know a place that accepts used toys? I will be cleaning out my young ones room this weekend because there just isn't enough room for all their toys. They are still in good shape though.
• My kids are pretty good. Most everyone tell me they are well behaved and well mannered. The oldest one is pushing my limits.
• When my hubby was talking the my MIL about punishing him she told him to remember that he will be old enough to chose to live with his mother in a year. I went crazy pissed off when he told me about it.
• First I wont play the game of I am mad at you so I am going to live with my other parent game. If he leaves he will stay with her until he finishes school.
• Second there are some other issues that would have to be addressed and she would have to take us to court.
• Our kids have cores to do they are set every week and they usually have to help out with other stuff too. They are lucky and have a lot and get to do a lot. I don't think they know that and it drives me nuts.
• I feel like i am just floating through life right now.

Meet...

my new niece, Emily! She was born Jan 19th 2010. She is so beautiful.
And this is just the cutiest little pic of her and her brother! There was another one that was sweeter where he was looking at her and patting her feet but you cant beat the looks on their faces!

What to do?

My kid brought me a progress report this morning. Said he drew on it and scribbled it out. It was on the signature line and just below. It was my initials. I could still see it through the scribbles. :( He says its not. YOU CAN SEE IT!!!!!!!! Grr. I am so mad. Its stupid cause all of his grades are good. 90+ His average is 99. There is a dance tonight and his friend is supposed to come over. I dont want to tell his friend he cant come now because he wont have a chance to make other plans for the dance and his parents may have plans now that he isnt going to be home. Any ideas for a creative punishment? For trying to sign the paper and for the lie.....I dont want to go over board but I want him to know this is not acceptable.

Something happen...

at the school today. A kid was hurt at BIS at the end of the day. I am not sure what happen but the child was going to be transported by ambulance. They blocked off the front of the school and traffic was backed up everywhere. Thats 2 accidents in as many months. Major ones. I am concerned.


****edit**** This wasnt an accident. It had to do with a child with a pace maker and it stopping.

Stuff...

• The kids are stressing me out.
• Hell life in general is stressing me out.
• I forgot to send my kids homework with him last week and now I cant find it. :( He is going to have to redo the whole thing.
• We got a new TV last week. Its nice but I thought it was LCD when I bought it. Its not its plasma.
• That means it uses more electricity and easier for the kids to rune.
• Its huge. The hubby loves it.
• That also means we had to upgrade the dish because we didnt have HD. We do now! We also had them fix our bedroom satellite so we get tv in there too now. :)
• The guy who installed the new Satellite took forever and did a crappy job. He even unplugged my dvd player and used the cable instead of just using one of the HDMI cables. I didnt notice cause well I was just ready for him to get out of my house. The hubby was pissed. At the guy that did it and me for not checking. Oh well we fixed it and I called and complained.
• Our old tv was in a built in so we had a big hole with nothing in it since we hung the TV on the wall. We Fixed it this weekend. It looks nice and now we have more room for our DVD's.
• My hubbys computer is in our bedroom now since the boys have a computer. I hate it. I cant sleep when he is playing because he pounds on the damn keys. I can handle the talking and the light from the monitor but damn it the click click click just pisses me off.
• Did i mention that the kids are stressing me out? I mean really really really stressing me out.
• I am going to be an aunt again on Wednesday :) The first girl :) I am super excited.

Crap I forgot...

A note from the nurse was sent home with my kindergartner letting me know I need to have his hearing checked. My thoughts were whatever he doesn't show any signs of having trouble. He talks well and is doing well with sounds and reading (well with school altogether). But I took him to the doc anyway cause they asked for the note to be sent back with the follow up info. Turns out he does have hearing loss. It is in the moderate range. I asked how much and its 50 decibels. Well how much is that compared to normal. About half. To me that is not moderate at all. That is a big problem. I have all kinds of questions but I am only getting general answers. I wasnt really too satisfied with them. But we did get some nasal spray and a allergy medicine. There was a little bit of water in his ear that may be causing a problem. We want it cleared up before he sees the specialist on the 29th. I am not real excited about this. I am nervous. I am making the hubby go with me to this appointment. I hope that this is not permanent loss of his hearing and that it is not progressive. Since the first appointment I have noticed that he ask what alot but that could just be me being paranoid.

NO F'in Way...

First off today was a bad weather day for my kids. Why? There may have been a little ice first thing this morning but by 9 the roads were clear. The weather people keep telling me its not getting out of the teens for the next day or so but it was below freezing when I was out this afternoon.

I cant believe they lost. I am not a Texas fan but damn. I got really excited and then was let down. They got so close and then just let it fall apart. I feel so bad for them. It was almost as if I could see the life drain out of them. Oh well better luck next time....Maybe more tomorrow.

I have something else to talk about but it needs a special post all to itself so it will have to wait.

I forgot...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's my long list....maybe made short!

• Crap. Crap. Crap. I hit the back button by accident.
• My computer is still f'ed. I thought is was going to be simple but the one problem caused a few more.
• Where to start....
• The last of school I was going to Christmas parties at school. They are so cute when they are little and my littlest one got to join in most of the fun. He was really excited about it.
• When I pulled up to the next school there were EMT's caring someone out on a stretcher. I panicked. It was awful.
• I get in and get the boys and talk to a teacher who wouldnt tell me who was hurt (but another parent did). I cant believe that a locker fell on a student. One of my children got to see it happen. It scared him. I hope that they reinforced all the braces for them over the holiday.
• The kids were pretty good over the holiday. That is they all survived :)
• I finished all of my shopping about 4 days earlier than I have any other year. Sorta.
• Can you believe all the snow on Christmas Eve? It was so beautiful. It sucked to drive in though. We were at a family Christmas when the snow blew in. Good thing we were just going Moms after cause it took about an hour longer than it should have just to get there and it took my MIL more than 3 hrs to get from Azle to Bridgeport.
• We let the boys have a snow ball fight that night but it didnt work to well because the snow was dry and wouldnt stick together.
• Mom took a bunch of pictures only to come in and notice she didnt have the memory card in :(
• They tried again but it wasnt the same because the boys had run through everything.
• I managed to piss my hubby off and to get any sleep I slept on the couch on Christmas Eve....grrr him. He put the kids in bed with him.
• Everything was smooth going and we made it to another family Christmas for lunch, and one for diner, and then one in Houston a few days later. While we were gone it snowed again so we came home to snow :)
• While we were in Houston it was getting cold and we didnt do much which was fine with me because I was already worn out.
• MIL wasnt happy about it. Her and the SIL were kinda fighting but kinda not. I think the MIL was getting her feelings hurt. She had alot planned that we didnt do.
• All the kids have a cough. I think we gave it to my nephew. :( The SIL got really sick though and after we had left she had to go to the hospital. She is doing better now though. She is also off her meds to keep her from going into labor. She thinks she will still make it to her due date. I said no way.
• We had another family Christmas on Sunday. I am going to kill my step mother. She got the loudest toy gun ever.
• I just took down my Christmas tree yesterday. I made the kids help. We are missing an ornament that I know we had when it was put up. I think one of the kids may have broken it and thrown it away without telling me.
• All the kids are back at school now :) I am enjoying the quite. Well Alex is still here but he is quite (for now anyway).
• Yesterday I was talking to the hubby and he said he was glad to be back at work instead of sitting at the house doing nothing. ....I dont think we did nothing even one day of Christmas break. Crazy man.

Stuff the kids got for Christmas:

• Computer to share
• Cell phones -big boys
• leapster 2
• ipod docking station
• cameras - all of them
• wii games
• movies
• rocking horse -one of Alex's favorites
• toys
• clothes
• games -rock-n-sock em robots and others we have played them all now. I like them.
• itunes and money.
• I am sure I am forget some but you get the idea.

Still alive

I havent forgot you but my computer broke and I am just now getting it fixed. I have lots of updates. Should be up and running on Monday!

• I need ideas. Ideas for someone that is high class and has everything. Ideas that wont cost me an arm and a leg.
• Just when I thought I was almost done Christmas shopping. I am not. I just remembered that I have some more to buy for and one of the things I bought looks cheaper and cheaper and like crap every time I look at it, but it looked great in the store. Sigh, I hate making returns.
• I am not doing Christmas with my Dad and that side of my family until Jan 3rd. I am not sure if I like it or not. It makes my life easier because it less to do on Christmas day but its so late.
• I am starting to worry about some of the things I got my boys.
• I felt bad last night. The hubby actually made one of our boys try on one of his Christmas presents to make sure it wouldn't be to big. It was really long but looked good on him. We told him we were going to take it back. He was upset and was trying to hide it but couldn't. He cried. I felt horrible because the whole time I was thinking it looked just fine.
• We told him we were taking it back, but it will be under the tree next week. :)
• My hubby stresses me out to much.

Stuff...

• I have gotten about half of my Christmas shopping completed.
• I know what I am getting of of the other half.
• One that should have been easy I cant think of a thing to get.
• I think my hubby is wanting to get me a new wedding ring. I think he thinks I dont like the one I have because I dont wear it.
• I am just not a jewelry person. When I dont wear something for a while I end up losing it. :(
• I dont want a new ring. I think it would be a waste of money and feel that it will hurt his feelings if I dont wear it.
• There were only 2 things on my Christmas list: Camera and a Video Camera.
• I dont think I am getting either one.
• I was in Wal mart today..Yuck...When I was leaving there was a little girl about 4 looking up and down the aisle calling "Momma, Momma, Momma" I stopped and watched for a min then went to talk to her. One other lady came over just after I did. We looked for about 5 mins (at least) for her mother but couldnt find her. We stopped and asked an employee to page her mother he said he couldnt but we could go to the service desk and they would. When we finally went to have her paged the mother was walking up (I knew because of the way the girl described her) I was pissed and she seemed like it was no big deal.
• Man there were a few people on Sili's blog that really let her have it for no damn reason. I want to slap a few of them.
• I am waiting for her to get back to her usual blogging though, so I am glad she is going back to work and out in the world :)
• I had another post but I am debating if I should post it or not because it is sad and emotional. If you know me you know I am good at hiding both.

Sigh...Life...

• I hate paying bills.
• Its so depressing to see the checking account afterwards.
• I do much better when I spend cash instead of using the check book or debit card.
• I like to hang on to it.
• I dont understand how my hubby can think he can spend his whole paycheck on Christmas, like we dont have bills to pay just because its December.
• I think we are not doing too bad though. We had some money put away. Think he and I had different ideas about it though.
• He wants to get a new car this year too. I dont. I kinda like my van and I dont want to drive something as big as what he wants to buy. Since I have to drive it shouldnt I get a choice?
• I do need to have some work done on my van though. The check engine light is on. I had to checked out and it can wait without cause any other problems but not to long because it effect the gas mileage.
• I am excited about the season but I am never sure what we are going ot be doing.

Let it Snow....

Let it snow, let it snow. :-)

I am super excited about the snow. Oh the kids are too! They wanted to go out and play in it this morning. I said no. I let the little one throw a few snow balls off the car window when we got back from dropping the others off at school.

Wonderful big snow flakes were falling everywhere! They will be melting soon :(

Thanksgiving...

• was nice.


• We went to my SIL's. So it was her family, and our family and their parents.


• The drive was still long though. The kids were great though.


• The little one had to pee every 30 mins on the way back though. We finally just started stopping on the side of the road and letting him go. I figured what cop would give me a ticket for a 4 yr old peeing? right?


• Man it always seems like my MIL is fighting with one of her children. Well this weekend I got to hear both ends of the fight. Man she is just crazy about somethings but I understand her point. I just dont agree with it or the reasoning behind it.


• My SIL's new house is nice. Not too big (or small) and has a great lay out. Online it looked like it had a huge back yard. Its not.


• We took the little dog with us. He played with their dogs really well for not usually being around other dogs.


• I think I am going to give him away soon :( I dont think that we should have any more animals.


• I am really pissed at my husband. Not only did he build a fence this weekend and finish it (and he never finished mine) but he also hung up Christmas lights. Why can he do everything for other people but cant manage to do them for his own family?


• He also does his mothers breaks and oil when his father calls and ask. Along with other things, like fixing a water line for them after work one day (the same day it messed up) but it took him 2 months for him to fix ours when someone ran over it. I just dont get him.


• I sometimes wonder .............
• I was ready for the kids to go back to school and the hubby to get back to work.

Stuff..

• I took the dog to the groomer today. She did a great job.
• He got to pick the kids up with me today to. They all loved it and so did he.
• While we wait my little one and I went to the park and then visited my Grandmother.
• My uncle fell yesterday and broke the ball of his hip joint off. He is having hip replacement surgery. This is his second bike accident. He was hit by a car a few years ago. I think its time he put his bike up.
• My SIL is pregnant. She is due in mid(?) Jan. She went into labor early yesterday morning. It was not good. They kept her all day yesterday waiting on a high risk doc. He never showed. She was told to call and make an appointment today. She did and they havent gotten the referral. Sigh. I would say she needs to find a new OBGYN and a new high risk doc.
• I am worried about her. So is the hubby.
• I am not sure what we are going to do for Thanksgiving yet. There are so many places that we can go. It gives me a head ache thinking about it all. And well Christmas is even more to deal with.
• My aunt is getting married to a man that no one in our family has ever met. I didnt even know she was seeing anyone and I am not sure she was. I wonder if it is a marriage of convenience.
• We need to do homework now.

Rock and Roll Forever- How it all began

• That was the name of the school play I just watched.
• My fifth graders were in it. One of them was a dancer and the other sang in the choir.
• It was great!
• Up beat and of course the music helped keep the interest of the little ones.
• I didnt hear one baby/kid scream (well that wasnt part of the play) the whole time.
• The kids were great. It made me laugh and knowing more kids than just my own made it even better. We picked out the kids we knew and checked them out during the show.
• My favorite part was watching the kids that were really into the dances. I cant believe that they learned them all so well. They only had 2 or 3 practices and one dress rehearsal.
• The big surprise was that both sets of other parents came to watch. Grandparents too. It was good to see them so interested.
• One of the boys even got to out with them. He is supposed to be home by 9:30. (that wasnt my doing)
• Great Play, I am proud of my boys!

Stressed....

• I am extremely stressed out. So much that I couldnt sleep last night.
• I have a husband that doesnt understand that if you spend money constantly that you will not have any savings. It drives me nuts.
• The boys lost their last football game. They played really really badly. It was like they worked so hard all season to just give up for the play off games. I dont think this one bothered them as much as the last one did.
• On the bright side of Saturday, my other kido won his last soccer game.
• His coach did show up though. There was supposed to be someone else there to take his place but they didnt show up either and no one else knew anything about it.
• One of the moms took over and did a pretty good job.
• The kids played really really well too! I think it might have something to do with the fact that no one was yelling like crazy at them from the sideline. It was nice and I enjoyed the game for the first time this season.
• I thought last season was bad but this one was worst. It has discouraged my son so much that he has already told me he doesnt want to play again next year. I think I might try basketball with him or maybe even baseball.
• I dont know what my other children will play in the spring. I know that one wanted to play basketball but he never brought home the form for me so he isnt playing. When we asked him why is wasnt playing he said he wanted to.
• We are teaching our kids how to play Texas Hold'em. I am kinda iffy about it, because we are teaching them how to gamble but at the same time we are having a great time as a family. Well the older ones anyway.
• We are playing Gold fish with the little ones along with a few other card games. Kolby has really taken to it and loves it. Alex not so much. He is still a little young and loses interest quickly.
• I am really pissed at 2 of my boys. They made the A/B honor roll because they cant manage to do their homework and turn it in on time. The worst part is that on all the stuff I know about that was late they had it done just didnt turn it in. I mean how stupid is it to get and 89. Thats the only one that is a B and because he has been turning in his work late the teacher (not that I blame him) will not bump it up to a 90. GG son.
• Frustrated...really really frustrated with them.
• I have been shopping online for Christmas. My father in law , who doesnt even know how to turn on a computer, has instructed my MIL to start hers and do it all online instead of going to the store.
• I like going to the store to look for something as long as I know what I am looking for. I hate to go and just search for something that looks good to buy.

Yummy..

I ate Cap'n Crunch Crunch Berries for lunch :) (dry too) Why? Because they are yummy and if I dont eat them now I wont get any cause the kids love them too!

Blah Blah Blah

• We lost the football game last weekend :( I was disappointed. Not with the boys but just in general. You know when you really want something and then it doesnt happen? That kind of disappointment.
• The whole team was really really upset. Nothing like watching 10-12 year old boys cry.
• There were no TD's until the last quarter. They played their hearts out, but it wasnt the best that they have played.
• I felt really really bad for them. They have worked hard this season.
• We also had a soccer game this weekend. We lost it too :( I am used to that though and he doesnt really care win or lose. We only have one more game and then its done. :) I am ready.
• I wanted to be done with my Christmas shopping by the end of this month. I wont be. :(
• We have started though. The problem is we ordered it online and we havent gotten it yet. I have been on the phone to all the stupid people trying to find out what is going on.
• When they say they are going to deliver it FedEx or UPS then I expect it to come to my house not the post office, SO I put my house address on the stupid delivery. Well they both now have services that they drop the package at the local post office and they deliver it. The problem is since I dont have a mail box in front of my home they will not deliver anything to the house (even if it wouldnt fit in a mail box anyway). Its really annoying. I dont know how much more I can take.
• The hubby called yesterday and let me know they were firing people at his work (ON A MONDAY). I freaked out cause I thought he meant they were laying off again. They did last year about this time.
• It turns out that some people in the company were having an affair. The lady's husband came in looking for a fight on Friday. Both people involved are married. The owner was there and was pissed.
• There are rumors that she was involved with more than just one man in the company and one of them talked to the husband to calm him down about the one he knew about and was looking for. That man has some balls if it is true.
• They were to both be fired, but things calmed down and she may be allowed to return and he got to stay.
• The company does (did) business with the husband.
• This situation is nota good.
• I have more football team talk but thats for later.

Little Different...

These are ideas for the cheerleaders on the boys football team....

The first two are from Bath and Body works.

This one is $20.00 but only come in 2 different Japanese Cherry Blossom and Warm Vanilla Sugar. These are full size bottles.


This one is $15.00 and comes in 4 scents (scroll down and it shows the other scents in the recommended area) but the bottles are small.

These are from Bed Bath & Beyond.

I thought this was a cute idea and maybe we could get pics from Tammy if she has any of the cheerleaders and if not we could get her to take some the last few games. The bag itself was only $5.00. I would want to go look at these to make sure they dont look really cheep.

These last two were $20.00 each and from Bed Bath & Beyond. They are both cute and there were 4 that had the same stuff in them but the bag/box they are in are completely different, so they would have to be exactly the same or completely different (2 of them doubled).

Halloween...

• wasnt great for me.
• We stayed in Bridgeport. There werent as many houses with lights on this year.
• When we had finished the boys were not even tired yet. :(
• One of them asked if we were done. When the answer was yes he pouted and said next year he wanted to do what we usually do. (That would be trick or treating with our family in Saginaw)
• I felt bad for him.
• We saved the MIL for last. She filled the buckets the rest of the way up.
• They got a bunch of crappy candy. Very little of the good stuff.
• After we had gotten home and eaten a very late dinner our porch light was on (we leave it on over night). We got trick or treader's at 9:30.
• I was surprised and a little put off. That is really to late for trick or treating. We had candy and still opened the door. It was 5 kids and a Mom that looked very tired and still in her work clothes. They got extra candy in hopes they would fill up fast and get home.
• I threatened not to take them at all because they fought all damn day !!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrr.
• We got a late start because the hubby and one of the boys went to a football game. It was a great game so I hear. It went into double over time. I didnt care because I was to busy being pissy about not getting a head start on the Trick or Treating. (and not getting to do what i wanted)
• They boys were very cute and getting way to big. I didnt get a picture of them because I need a new camera still :(

I love this Crazy Girl...

This was Katy Perry's 25th Birthday Party. She does some really crazy ass shit that sometime seems really stupid but it usually makes me laugh. She doesnt mind in the least to make a fool of herself. This looks like fun! Oh yeah, I like her music too.

** I stole this link from Boston Legal's Ass.

Life...

• We lost the soccer game.
• I am wondering if one of the kids has quit the team. I havent seen her in about 2 weeks, maybe a little more. She is also in my son's class at school. I havent really seen here there either but that could be just be her being gone before I get there.
• I have come to the conclusion that I really dont like the coach that much. At practice they only kick the ball around trying to score and then at the end they run. They havent really learned any skills for playing the game.
• The coach yells a whole lot at the games. Not always at a certain kid but in general always yelling.
• The boys won their football game on Saturday. They really ran over the other team. 37-0.
• That was the last regular season game. They go to the play offs. :)
• All the other teams still have one more game to play. The first 4 teams have only lost one game each. That will have to change this weekend because 2 of them play each other. We are going to watch this weekend before we go Trick or Treating!
• We are only going to have 2 of the boys this year for Halloween :( The others are going to be with their other parents. One doesnt want to :/
• I didnt buy them costumes for the ones I am not going to have. I am worried that they wont get a costume or get to trick or treat. I will be pissed.
• The other 2 are a Ninja and Optimus Prime (a transformer). I have had their costumes for a few weeks. They played in them all the time until they started messing them up, so they got put up until after Halloween and then they can do what they want with them.
• Great fun watching a 4 yr old in a ninja costume scream as he drop kicks his older brother :)
• We usually trick or treat with my family. I love this. We (as in the adults) call this beer or treating because we take a wagon with snacks and drinks for the kids and well beer for the adults. Good times. Good times.

I feel like this this afternoon...

P.S. This is not me just some random pic I found on the internet.....

Monday Night Football!!!!!!!!!!

• Ok so we had a game rained out and they scheduled it for a Monday night...Grrrr.
• It was hectic getting everything together, the kids homework and fed, not to mention with all the kids here last weekend they drank the drinks I had bought for the game tonight, but man IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
• It was a beautiful night and the game was great!
• We played Alvord and they were undefeated. They boys were a little nervous this afternoon.
• At the start of the game Alvord fumbled and Bridgeport recovered! We made the first touch down (but not the extra points) and things were good.
• The Alvord scored and got the 2 extra points :( We fumbled and turned over the ball. They score again but this time they stop the extra points. In this they have a few really good plays and one or two run away plays. We went into the second half 6-14 Alvord.
• First possession they tie it up though. The boys went back out onto the field fired up and ready to win.
• Alvord get the ball and catch a pass to move them close to a touch down but the Bulls manage to hold them receiving the ball on downs at the one yard line.
• Alvord get a touch back and 2 points and the ball back. Man I was pissed at this. I was sure they were going to get the 2 points and a touch down but they didnt the bulls held them then recovered a fumble (i think, it may have been on downs).
• The Bulls score!!!!!!!!!!
• The score is now 20-16 and Alvord has the ball. They are pushing their way through yard by yard and there was almost 5 mins left in the game. I thought they would get it but the Bulls held 'em.
• With two major sacks Bulls get the ball back and the game is over!
• Great game, both teams played very well.
• Grats to the Bulls Black with the win 20-16!

This Weekends Craziness

• Friday was Clown Day at school for my littlest one. Isnt he so cute!?
• Football and soccer were at the same time this weekend. :( I hate that. I went to the soccer game and the hubby went to football.
• The soccer game was ok. I missed a goal though so I am not really sure who won. I thought it was a tie but at the end they didnt have a shoot out they shook hands.
• The little one tells everyone its my fault he doesnt know if they won or not. Lol. I guess.
• My Mom was there. It was really good to see her. I was really excited when she said she was coming.
• The football game was good so I hear. They won 24-0. One of my children made 2, yep thats right I said 2, touch downs. His first ever and I didnt get to see them : ...(
• Then my wonderful husband and I had talked about 2 boys coming home with us to stay the night. They were going to play paint ball in the back yard again.
• Before I could get back from the soccer game there were 4 extra not including my children coming and before it even got started there were 6 extra children.
• The house was Crazy loud. That was 9 children between the ages 10-12, my littlest 2, and the hubby.
• The neighbors house got shot twice, and their car once. I was worried when they came in and told me about the car but all was ok they cleaned it right about and when they were done they cleaned both houses, mine and the neighbors.
• The good news is they didnt shoot any over the back fence, so the cops didnt show up. I still cant believe that they called the cops last time.....
• Three of the boys didnt stay the night and the little ones when to the MIL's for the rest of the night.
• The rest of the night all the others cracked me up. They played with the young ones toys, this includes a police helmets, bumble bee and optimis prime helmets, a chest armor made for a 4 or 5 yr old on a big 10 yr old, batman wings the open up, and many many others. I had to leave the room when they started pantsing each other cause I was afraid I was going to see more than I wanted to.
• They had a great time. Or so it seemed. I wish I would have had a camera. Its top on my Christmas list this year.
• The past few weekends the hubby has gotten up and made breakfast :) I really like this.

Stuff....

• We rented a CO2 tank so we could fill the tanks for the boys paintball guns. It will pay for itself for the year with 2 fills.
• The kids did really well on their report cards. This makes me happy :)
• My little one got 2 Ns. :( They either get a check or an N. Thats not really fair. They both had to do with working quietly and listening quietly. He had never had to move his Clipord (a clip that looks like Clifford the big red Dog that they have to move if they get into trouble) and she always says he is so good. :(
• For the good grades they get a box of paint balls :)
• It was hell trying to get my oldest to get his make up work and turn it in. I finally had to call his teacher. She said he never asked for the worksheet that he didnt get and the work he did on Monday was still in his bag on Thursday. :(
• The other 2 didnt do their reading logs...well they did them they just lost them so they received a 0. I am notta happy about it.
• I got a note about conference (everyone has to have them in the younger grades). The first one was the very next day after the note was returned. One isnt until the 21st but they set aside an afternoon and the kids get out early on this day. The other I still havent heard anything back. I am begining to think that he just lost the note from his teacher about it.... humm.. sneaky little kids.....
• They canceled Football last weekend.....but not soccer. How can they cancel football and still play soccer? GRRR...we are going to make up the game on Monday. I cant decided if I like this or not.
• They also moved one of our games from 5:30 to 12:30. I dont like this at all. We have plans that weekend. :( We are going to have to change them.
• The plans are... my step sister is coming down. I am super excited. I have not gotten to see her boys yet. :( They are almost a year old. I am thinking of getting their birthday and Christmas presents all at the same time, but I dont know if they are going to be having Christmas at their house because my BIL's religion doesnt believe in Christmas. I dont know how they are going to raise the boys. :?
• I have been really bitchy lately. I think I need a good dose of family and beer. :) I always feel better after I spend some time with my family. I dont know if it because they let me bitch about everything or if its because I am genuinely happy to see them and when I am with them.
• Ok I feel beat down after that last one so thats all I got.

Places I want to go...

I havent done one of these post in a really long time....

I have actually seen Big Ben before. More than once but I would love to see it again and to have the chance to share it with my children. I love the castles and old Churches in London. :)

When I was younger my family went to England to visit family. My cousin came along. At the time there recently been a bomb (I think on a bus, I was young and really did keep up with things like that). We were going up the escalator in the airport and my cousin's shoe was untied and the lace got caught when she was walking off and she tripped. It made a really loud bang and guards came running. Lots of guards. :)


I think the idea of the romance of Paris is what draws me here. I am certain that I will go to England again one day. I hope that when I do we can make the time for a train ride to here.

Much Better...

• I am feeling much better now. I am still coughing and stuff but I am feeling much better.
• The kids are much better too. :)
• Humm I cant remember the last time I posted about the kids and their sports.
• Soccer is the same. He doesnt really play a whole lot. The game was good last week though. It ended in a double shoot out. They lost. I am not sure the ref knew what to do and I dont think that it was done correctly. But at the same time I think the ref was a high school student so how much can one complain about it.
• Football...did I post that they lost the Jacksboro game? It was a good game for the first half and then they just couldnt move the ball. :( They won last weekends game though. I thought it was a good game.
• One of the boys is playing quarterback part time now. He loves it. He is so proud of himself.
• I think the kids and their school work, or their lack of wanting to do it, is going to kill me. I wanted to beat one of them yesterday.
• I am missing another football game today. I hate that but its really too far to go and I would have to get the other kids out of school early.
• The thunder today scared my little out of his skin. I felt bad that I laughed.

Flu..........

omg I am sick. I have been sick since Sunday. I thought I was getting better but nope, I just had to go out and sit in the damn wind for about an hour. I hate being sick.

All but one of my children have been sick this week. 3 of them have missed at least 2 days of school.

The Doctor was nice enough to prescribe everyone in the house something but I think we may need to go back for more. :(

The hubby got sick today. He pisses me off. When I told him I was sick and didnt want to move and could hardly be up with out being sick he nagged me and still wanted all the house hold stuff done and wanted me to take care of the kids. Today he was not happy with me when I wasnt babying him and getting everything he might need. I thought his head was going to pop off when I told him to run to the store and get something for himself. :) Next time maybe he will remember that if he doesnt help me out while I am sick then I will be damned if I am doing it for him.

Thats all I got for now will update football, soccer, school, and family stuff and anything else when I feel better.