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.

Unhappy....

Why are all the blogs that I really like going to private? What is going on? Does anyone know how to contact someone and get them to invite you to read their blog once it has been set to private?

Yummy....

Beefy nacho Crescent Bake

1 lb lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed nacho cheese soup, undiluted
1 cup milk
1 package (8 count) refrigerated crescent roll dough
1/4 cup (1 ounce) shredded Cheddar cheese

optional: Chopped fresh cilantro, salsa

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Cook beef and onion in large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring to break up meat; drain. Stir in salt, black pepper, chili powder, cumin, and oregano (the next 5 ingredients). Combine soup and milk in 13x9 inch baking dish lightly coated with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Separate crescent dough into 4 rectangles; roll out to 8x4 inches. Cut to from 8 (4in) squares.

3. Spoon about 1/4 cup beef mixture into center of each square. Pull corners of dough over filling; pinch firmly to seal. Place in prepared dish. Bake 20-25 mins or until golden brown. Sprinkle cheese over squares; melt in oven. Serve with cilantro and salsa, if desired.
Makes about 4 servings.

****edit**** The soup goes into the bottom of the pan that you are baking it in. Some get absorbed and the rest thickens up some.


This has been my favorite so far. I dont think I put enough beef mixture in them though because I had alot left over. I sprinkled it on top before I put it in the oven. This is supper good and I will try to get the picture up here in the next day or so.

Ok Here we go....

• We have been busy and its been a while....
• First of all football has started :)
• The oldest one has had one game and they lost :(
• The next 2 have had 2 games and they have won them both :)
• They all have played really well. I am a proud football momma!
• Then there is one more playing soccer. He had his first game on sat. They won :) He didnt really play much. He was kinda just standing on the field taking up space. About five minutes before the game he said he was bored and wanted to go home.

• We had company this weekend. It was fun.
• I drank way too much.
• Egg is not fun to clean up. (this is part of the drinking to much)
• I shouldnt spout out ideas that I dont really want to do. It almost got me into trouble.
• It is good to have friends that can make fun of you and not actually hurt your feelings. :)

• I found this really great book that has a bunch of recipes for ground beef.
• We eat alot of ground beef so this book was a great find and one that I just happened by. :)
• We have tried about 4 of them so far and 3 have been great and one was just ok but I think that I may have messed up with the amount of something so it didnt turn out quite right. I will try again.
• This book is great because it all is pretty east stuff to do and there is a picture of everything in it with the recipe on the back.
• I am going to try to put up some of my favorites very soon!

Sigh...

My computer got a nasty virus. :( Yuck. I am so used to having it that I am not sure what to do without it. I am going crazy. I even started a list of stuff to post on here. When it gets fixed we'll see how much I actually post.

Just bitching....

I managed to piss of my MiL and my husband yesterday. It is carring over to today and started the day off bad. Our oldest son asked my MiL for a pair of shorts that she had at her house and I got on to him about it(well grounded him, had he not been watching tv he would have been ungrounded before we went to football practice). The main reason is he shouldnt be asking someone else (I dont care who) for something he needs for school before he even tells us that he needs it. (they are for athletics, he has some at home but wanted a certain pair). When they are grounded they can not go to my MiL cause she doesnt deal with it. (not because she is being mean just because she doesnt want to. she likes to spoil her grandkids and give them whatever they want) It has now become a big deal, even though he has the shorts (the hubby brought them home for him) and is was wearing them this morning. Just let it go its a Freaking Pair of Shorts. Its not worth a fight.

Of course there is more to this story but do I really need to list the all the things that piss me off about it.

School....

• The kids went back to school yesterday. :) :( *I am happy and sad at the same time*


• I had one start Kindergarten. I cried big tears when I got home, and told everyone I talked to I was fine.


• He did really really well and was ready. I had a hard time getting him to talk to me enough to even tell me bye.


• When I picked him up he was excited to tell me all about the gingerbread man that ran away when they left the classroom. They looked all over the school for him. Someone caught him and they baked him. He got to eat the whole mouth and it was two colors not just one.


• The teacher made my day. She said he did really well and he was very good and very polite.


• The 5th graders were dropped off in the morning at the curb.


• When I picked them up I didnt pull all the way up because I was 20 mins early and wanted to park in the shade. A bunch of people honked at me but there was plenty of room for them to go around and pull up there. It is hot and didnt want to sit in the sun. I had to wait and extra 5 mins because one of them was busy talking to his friend.


• I got the "Fine." and "Good." one word answers to the How was your day question.


• I never did get much more than that from them.


• Now the 7th grader (OMG he is in the 7th grade!) Well he wouldnt shut up when he go into the car. Drove me crazy telling me about all the stuff that happen yesterday, including a schedule change because they didnt put him in his preAP science.

**I will try to get a pic up here later of them one the first day of school but my camera is having problems. :(

SPORTS

FootBall-

• My kids coach from last year asked me if they were going to play. Made sure I knew that they had to be signed up and wanted to be sure I knew to put the head coach on the sign up.
• They ended up on someone elses team. I was somewhat surprised. He (the new coach) coached my oldest son last year. I like him. I am not sure how I felt though because I really really liked the other guy.
• I the old coach yesterday and asked him what happen. He said they were one of the first to go in the draft for their grade. It didnt help him that he and his assistant coaches all have kids in their grade so he had to sit out the first 4 or 5 rounds for that grade.
• The boys missed a few practices when they stayed with my Dad. I was worried but they jumped right back in there and are doing ok.
• One of their teammates broke his arm on Saturdays practice. :( Poor kid. I wonder if his parents are going to get their money back ? We havent played one game.
• I am really excited to see how the team does this year.

MS Football-

• My oldest son is going ot be playing football for the school now. Damn he is getting older.
• We got his pads last night. Well they gave them to him and he put them in his locker. I didnt even get to check them :( Whats a Mom to do?
• This is the first year that he hasnt been in a BYA sport. A few of the moms wanted to know if a woman needed to organize it to make it go faster. :) That is so true. When the moms were doing it, it never took that long.
• He is going to have early practice before school. Damn I have to get up earlier. Sigh.
• I cant wait to see his games though.

Soccer-

• I only have one playing soccer this year.
• I havent heard from his coach yet.
• I think he is going to be in the next age group this year. I am supper excited about it :)
• So is he.
• The youngest one didnt want to play this year. Surprise. Surprise. He never wanted to play in the game last year. Maybe he will grow out of it, or into another sport.

Thats all I got for now. We have one more meet the teacher to night then I will tell you all about them. I am not ready for it. Sigh.

OK For Real now...

• I havent been too busy, just not in the mood to blog lately.
• We did get one of those blue pools. Its great. The kids love it. Hell I love it. Its really nice just to be able to get in and cool off a little.
• We went school clothes shopping a few weeks ago. I am glad because now I dont have to fight the crowds and there was more to choose from. Last year waited for the tax free weekend. It was a mess and I couldnt find anything.
• I bought all of my younger sons' (?) clothes from JCPenny's. I love that place at school time. They have great sells and their kids clothes are super cute.
• The older 3 boys and I went to the mall to go shopping. Sigh. It took forever. They are not quite big enough to go to the specialty/named stores. So we went to every department store there. Man I remember finding alot of stuff at sears last year but man that store looked really run down and didnt have hardly any clothes.
• I didnt buy all the school supplies until this week and of course there are some things that we cant find. My opinion about this is o' F'in well. I think the list is....well...BULL SHIT.
• Why are we asked to supply the teachers supplies? What I mean by this is the 10 red pens, the dry erase markers, the card stock, rolls of tape for their tape dispensers, ect..
• If 20 students bring 10 red pens that is 200 red pens. They are only in school for 169 days. Really teachers need more than one red pen a day? I know they need them for grading but damn thats alot.
• The school should be providing the teachers with teaching supplies. I dont mind supplying all the scissors and glue or even the 3 packs of 24 and the 3 packs of 8 crayons. I know they will us them and go through them. I draw the line at rolls of tape. I am not doing it!
• My kids were gone for 5 days. Well they left on a Thursday and came home the next Tuesday. They stayed with my Dad and Step Mom.
• It was PEACEFUL! The house stayed clean. I got to have a date with the hubby. We went out with friends. I got to sleep in without having to be woke up a million and one times. It was really really nice......for the first few days.
• By Sunday we missed the kids. I needed some little guy kisses and hugs. It made it so much worse that the hubby wouldnt shut up about it and was in a bad mood. He wanted me to pick them up early. Ok so I wanted to, too but I wasnt having any of it because I knew they had plans.
• They got to go do some things that I had planned to take them to but found out later that it would be to expensive. I was really sad that I missed it but glad they go to do it.
• On the too expensive note we are saving for a trip to disney world next year. We havent told the kids about it yet because I have looked up the prices and man they are high. For the seven of us to go we are looking at around $8000. This is hard for me to swallow, because I know there are alot of things we could do with that much money.
• We are looking for cheaper means of going.
• I am already thinking about Christmas. We have a large family and I would like to be done shopping except for the kids big presents before November. I know this sounds crazy, but life will be easier and less stressful for me.

Update

Ok this is an update because I am told that I need to up date this.


Is that a good enough update for you Michele?

We went to Las Vegas!

• We went 4th of July weekend. The World Series of Porker was starting.
• I cant believe how many players were there for it, but then again I couldnt stand to lose $10,000 in one day.
• We saw a few of the big pros there.
• Man the room where they were play was crazy. You could hear people talking outside but when you walked in everyone seemed to be much quieter. The only sound you heard were chips clicking together. It was neat.
• We had a great time, but we missed the fireworks on the 4th and I really missed my kids.
• We lost way too much money :(
• My favorite part was Down Town. It has all the old casinos. Its not nearly as flashy as the strip though.
• Most of the women are fully clothed, too!
• The whole street has a theme. It was back to the 70's.
• There is a screen over the street that is great shade during the day and at night they have a light show on it.
• Everything is cheaper Downtown, food, souvenirs, and even the gambling.
• The strip is cool too. It is flashy and most of the casinos have something special to see.
• I would have liked to see more of them but it was so damn hot! The heat wore me out, not to mention the hotels/casinos were like a mile long each.
• We didnt see any shows while we were there. I wish we would have gone to see at least one while we were there.
• The only other thing I really wanted to see but didnt was the aquarium in one of the casinos.

Pool

You know those little blue pools that have the ring around the top that you blow up and you just put water in and it raises the sides. We have a small one. I think the smallest one that is made (8' x 30"). I paid $20 for it a year or 2 ago. We never used. I decided to get it out this summer and the kids love it. It is the perfect size for just the 2 little ones but when all 5 boys get in it, its a way to crowded. It also doesnt have a pump so we keep having to empty it and refill it so they dont get to play in it as often as they want to.

We are thinking of getting a slightly bigger one. One that is only a few inches deeper but several feet wider. I have always said that these look so ugly and I didnt want one but they are the perfect depth for the kids to play in. The little ones can touch and the older ones can swim (in the bigger one).