I'm sorry mom ran away thursday

Its just aint right

2009-12-22T07:13:00.003-06:00

These 2 plus the above 2 + 1 hubby in 1 bed = me ouuta bed at 4:30 am

Run Run Rudolph

2009-12-16T05:42:00.004-06:00

This musical was a riot, Alexis you were wonderful!!

Hello my name is Paula and I am an addict

2009-12-11T08:52:00.007-06:00

Sigh do ya'll see these small innocent bells of heaven? Butterfinger Jingles... A simple name, nothing outlandish or far out, simply chocolate and pieces of a well know candy bar. Its not BIG deal really another Christmas candy that's been on the shelf since 2 weeks before Halloween.

" My name is Paula and I am a butterfingerjingleaddict" it started out slow as I was cruising the seasonal isle at my local HEB (grocery store) I spotted them hmmmm I said to myself., the hubby loves Butterfinger chocolate bars... Ill bet he'd like these for his CHRISTMAS stocking.

Into the cart they went without another thought, they went into the pantry and took up residency until the big day when they would find themselves in a Christmas stocking. *fast forward till last week* I am craving chocolate, this is an all out frontal attack of craving chocolate-the kind where getting into the truck and driving to the store at 11:45 pm craving.

is not only considered but has been done before. *note addiction issues previously noted*

"Wait I said to myself" "chocolate radar buzzing... those butterfinger thingys for the hubby, that might just get it..

Shortly there after...sitting among a pile of colorful Christmas foil wrappings chocolate radar no longer at defcon 6 levels, I realize oops the hubby isn't gonna get all his treats, nothing to be too upset about plenty of time till the big day, pick up another bag.. no harm no foul. Here's where I hit rock bottom ya'll, I bought 2 bags... one for hubby and one for the candy dish at home. I opened the one for home in the truck with the idea of just one... one led to two and before I knew it there I was sitting in the truck in the grocery store parking lot surrounded by foil wrappers and no wet wipes, I looked up into the rear view mirror and the person looking back was unrecognizable, the wild eyes, the chocolate smear on my cheek. the chocolate on the steering column of my new truck,"God Help Me"

So friends this is my first step to butterfinger jingle freedom... admitting that I am powerless over jingles...

A rare moment

2009-12-07T22:34:00.002-06:00

I found this while looking for the previous picture on my blog, this is a rare moment Thanksgiving Day 2009, I dont get to see much of my son, his lifestyle choices are polar opposite of ours, look how happy Alexis is.... I wish .....

My part of the world

2009-12-07T06:22:00.006-06:00

Good Morning ya'll, long time no blog..... just wasn't feeling it....still reading everyone elses though... yes even yours cherkyb,thought I was going to have to revert back to your snowblower review (Texas was in line for some serious snowfall blizzard 2009 an all).

Things have been pretty complicated around here lately-my 19 yr old inherited a good chunk of money when my dad passed in July,he quit his job and literally had it spent by the end of September,so between pawning his newly bought items, selling his truck to us ( to make his rent) and us( his step dad and I trying to get him to understand what he had done to himself its been pretty dang ugly around here) We have been tough lovin it all over the place ( which we all know how popular that makes us) as of today Dec 7 he is working roughly 12 hours a week we own his truck and his pawn slips and eviction is looming... I will not give him a dime, he may come back home to live... but it sure wont be any fun, I will be handling all his money until he can learn to himself....whooohooo Merry Christmas---- not so much- Alexis sat on Santas lap for the first time Saturday, big accomplishment as Santa/the chic-fila cow/ and heaven forbid Chuckie from the cheese pizza joint send her off the deep end runng and screaming for cover as it were.

Medical updates: I spent the first part of November in the hospital the minute they took me off the antibiotics (from my hernia surgery in June) my body said hot damn lets party and the infection was up and running...Best case scenario I live on antibiotics for the next year, and ladies we all know what that entails. or I go for surgery again this will be number 7. Either way hot damn right? They hubby's only comment was..... sigh I'm fixin to get carpal tunnel.

So that's what has been going on in my little part of the world... I love being allowed into ya'lls world.

First Dance performance

2009-11-07T17:47:00.002-06:00

Just give me the damn Happy meal

2009-10-28T10:18:00.005-05:00

You know ya'll I am noticing the older I get the less tolerant I am of things. Things? you ask? yes things for example a simple run through the McDonalds drive thru for a healty dinner of saturated fats empty calories and a toy that will end up deep between the dark crevices of my truck where no man nor woman is willing to go. It becomes quickly a battle of wills between my self and the cashier who only speaks enough English to say boy or girl toy not to answer the world stopping all important question(according to my daughter)do you have the horse because we allready have the teddy bear. The question is greeted with this deer in the headlights look and in a flash the cashier is gone and up pops the manager "can I help you" shit eating grin like the answer will solve world hunger and bring peace to all. Ummm yeah I guess ya can help me just asking about the happy meal toy, but really I have allready spent 25 more in the drive thru than I planned and the 40 or so cars behind me are really starting to get ugly as a matter of fact... I think the 3rd truck back is reaching for some type of weapon of mass destruction so all in all can I just get the damn horse and the damn happy meal cause its now almost morning and Ill be here shortly to order pancakes to go....and if I ask for extra butter ...well we only can imagine the chaos that will create.

2009-10-26T06:27:00.002-05:00

Only in Texas can you enjoy freshly mowed grass and geraniums bloomng like crazy the last week of October

Can you guess how Alexis and I spent our weekend?

2009-10-18T20:32:00.005-05:00

What a weekend our first Brownie camp out... 17 girls, 3 moms and 2 troop leaders thats more hormones than any person male or female should be subject to

The calander says its fall......

2009-10-06T06:57:00.004-05:00

But here in Texas its still in the 90's most days, hard to think about pumpkins and leaves crunching under foot when all you really wanna do is strip butt naked and yell cannon ball as you jump into the coolest pool/lake (well you get the idea) I have managed to get my fall decorations out so here they are in all thier fall glory.
(p.s) the big assed tarnatula is real AND WAS NOT STAGED I like to come unglued when I saw it in tthe camera lens.

Meet a good friend of Alexis's

2009-09-19T10:39:00.007-05:00

This is Madison, (please scroll down to other central texas news)she is a 2nd grader like Alexis as a matter of fact she is much like Alexis, she is a Brownie, loves icarly involved in dance and so on and so on, the only difference is Madison has Downs Syndrome, but look at her what a beautiful child she is featured in this years calendar, and tonight she rides in a Limo to a Gala in honor of her and other children just like her.

OFFER ACCEPTED

2009-09-12T09:45:00.004-05:00

Well this is it... the last chapter almost to an end, my childhood home has an accepted offer on it, theres no going back now. My p.arents are gone, there stuff is gone, I have pictures, memories and a few other things.

Theres no winding the clock back.....shes a big girl now

2009-08-25T09:49:00.004-05:00

First day of second grade, you look beautiful Alexis and I am so proud of you!!!

Over the Top

2009-08-22T19:36:00.004-05:00

I suprised Alexis and her best buddy with the Greatest Show on Earth,and what a show it was!! We had the best seats ever and every time the ring master stepped out of the ring he would speak to the girls or grab thier toes as he walked by!!!

Hang on Loosely

2009-08-20T18:49:00.004-05:00

As ya'll know my dad passed away last month, I just spent the last week or so in Wisconsin cleaning out his home and taking care of the business that needs to be taken care of when someone passes away, my mom passed away 10 years ago and I am the only child so the entire task fell to me. I had some incredible help with my husband and one of our employees, and Rhonda and her family-Thank You All. The hardest thing for me to grasp was after I loaded up the things I wanted to bring home, the few things that friends of my dad picked out and the things that sold in the garage sale, there still was a huge dumpster filled to overflowing of the things that my parents accumulated over the 30 years they were married. Now these were the things that were important to my parents-my moms owl collection-her knickknacks ect. I guess what I am trying to say is... the things that are so important to us..really probably wont be that important to our own children. Maybe we should hang on loosely to the material things in life because in the end... they just fill up a dumpster.

5:30 am in the airport

2009-08-11T21:55:00.002-05:00

WHOS WATCHING WHO???

If you are a people watcher, the airport at 5:30 in the morning is the place to be. You see it all, business people,family's, couples who you know are planning to join the mile high club.... you know who they are .

The most moving thing I saw this morning was a young Chinese couple with a 2-3 yr old little boy, this little one was a cute as can be and all over the place as little ones are. I watched him for a few minutes and then looked away...all of a sudden he was crying hysterically, the couple was gone and in their place was a stewardess doing her best to calm him. My first thought was ... what kind of parents would let such a small child fly alone. Turns out this little boy was from a very small poor village in china he was here in the states to have very delicate heart surgery and the young couple were taking care of him while he was in the states, and now he was on his way home to his parents-amazing isn't it? I am back in Wisconsin trying to take care of of my parents estate- what a job 30 years of stuff to decide to keep or not keep.

A huge Thanks to Rhonda/Amy and Mark for all your help I could not have gotten through this without ya'll

Lemonade Stand update

2009-08-07T14:04:00.005-05:00

The girls set up the stand bright and early this am 8:00 am they got up at 5:30 am and wanted to set up then ... but I calmly asked them.... and I quote " ARE YA'LL ON DOPE?" NEEDLESS TO SAY the stand opened up later... they made an additional 16.25 - which brings the grand total to 21.75 now they are considering a garage sale for the next money making adventure.

Now if we do a debit and credit balance sheet it will look something like this...

2 containers of country time pink lemonade 1.78 each

2.00 in change I fronted them

1.69 for package of cups

2 trips to McDonalds for happy meals 3.69 each

1 poster broken off of a 4 poster bed ( jumping for joy on the bed for the above 21.75)

repair estimate 106.95

I have an invested stake of 128.96 - the pure excitement and joy the two girls experienced priceless~!!

Lemonade Stand

2009-08-06T20:22:00.003-05:00

Alexis and her friend are running a lemonade stand they have had 4 customers and one even gave them a 5.00 bill. The excitement on their faces is incredible and it reminds me that even in my time of sadness that life is good and will go on.

I haven't said much about my dad passing away... sadly he and I had not spoke for over 4 years.... we both exchanged some ugly words and they were never taken back or apologized for. This is incredibly hard for me to live with as I am an only child and I loved both of my parents dearly. I moved here to Texas several months after my mom passed away, and luckily my dad did get to see Alexis a couple of times before we had words.My father was a hard man to please but everyone loved him. A thought ya'll please don't let hard feelings and words tear you away from the people you care about, you may find yourself unexpectedly in my shoes.

I do love you dad and am so sorry that we left things the way that we did, I hope you have found mom and are finally at peace.

Sad News

2009-08-02T20:49:00.002-05:00

I havent been blogging, my father passed away last friday night and have been back in Wisconsin, home in Texas now but will have to go back and forth at least 2 more times.

2009-07-21T17:31:00.004-05:00

Have you seen this show yet?

It is a classic brains vs beauty thing, but yet fresh enough to keep your attention.

Update on the job front: I have not received one call from the school district, and a lot of the postings are gone. So I will try not to be too disappointed and keep looking. But I must admit its hard on the self esteem. I truly believe its time to reevaluate my life, how I do things, how I act and react. Seeing the positives in life instead of the negatives, instead of showing the middle finger when someone cuts me off in traffic-maybe just smiling and waving, giving the grocery clerk a little slack when I'm in line with 250.00 worth of food just wanting to pay and get outta there but she would rather flirt with the bag boy-maybe just smile and think to myself man if I was 30 years younger and 50 pounds lighter id be giving her a run for her money.

More patience with my daughter-just living for the moment with her after all it seems it was just yesterday her brother was this age and now look at him hes all grown up and living on his own, and now doesn't have much time for mom. Renew some spark in the marriage being sick the last year hasn't helped much and the hubby has been a real trooper. Re evaluate my relationship with God,see I believe, I have faith but its still pretty shaky-get involved more ,give more of myself.

Get out there and live life again - I have become somewhat of a recluse embarrassed of how I looked with the basketball sized hernia-its fixed now its gone get over myself and get on with living.

ok thats that

see ya'll tommorow

Look at those Legs.....The Rockettes missed out

2009-07-17T15:41:00.008-05:00

Can you figure out who this is??
Those legs and that smile sent many a young boy on his way while we were in school.

Respect your elders-sometimes its impossible

2009-07-13T19:25:00.005-05:00

I know the old adage "respect your elders" but when they act like this...

I pulled into a parking space this morning opened my door and stepped out at the same timeAlexis opened her door. I am standing there holding her door so she and her friend can get out.

This older man (grandpa age ) starts to pull in the space next to me sees both truck doors open hesitates for a nano second and then proceeds to literally gun it and pulls into the space he barely misses both my doors Alexis jumps back as she is half in and half out. I stand there my mouth open to my knees cant believe this is happening. The man jumps out and I say couldn't you have waited a minute? I have 2 small children I am getting out of the truck ,he says no I have three kids inside and that beats your 2 by 1.(at this point its on... you old sob) So I loudly

say.... oops I hit your car with my door so sorry... he comes running back screaming you had better not have. I shrug my shoulders and say oops. Then he says you had better watch your self you never know what could happen to your truck while your in there. Ohhh ok ASSHOLE its on now... I call local pd they will have an officer make contact with me, walk into the pool sit down at a table look up and low and behold guess whos in the pool yeppers mr asshole himself, he glares at me my phone rings it pd... I very very loudly proceed to file a report complete with description of his vehicle, plate number and describe him perfectly and let the officer know that he is glaring at me as we speak, next thing I know he jumps out of pool and disappears officer suggests I follow him and make sure hes not out in parking lot... sure enough hes out there... hes moving his vehicle clear across the parking lot. So as you can today it was very very hard to respect my elders.

Its official

2009-07-11T17:18:00.006-05:00

Well folks its official after the hubby and I talked long and hard about the economy, the future of my business ( I detail used cars for the major Chevy dealership here in Austin) and my health we have decided its best I sell the business and go back to work in an office setting. I have many years experience and to be honest Alexis is 7 and during the school year really doesn't need me during the hours of 8-5 except of course for special things at school. I have decided to follow in my best friends(Rhonda) steps and apply with my local school district, which of course would be the ideal place to get hired, mostly the same days off as Alexis and the entire summer also. Now don't laugh ya'll it took me over a week to tweak my resume and to design a new and hip cover letter (just as I was writing it the yahoo front page had a huge article about the new black in cover letters, said that the key words like team player, goal orientated were not any good) well hell anyways... So its done the application has been filled out and resume and cover letters sent, there was 9 positions within the district I was qualified for and interested in. Pray for me ya'll god only knows if I get 9 rejection letters were my self esteem will fall ( hehehe ) not really funny.. damn scary if ya think about it its been 7 years since I worked out side the home and our 2 business's. Hell ya'll I don't even own appropriate clothing ... unless jean shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes are the new office wear. The fun thing will be if I am blessed to get one of the positions both Alexis and I will be going back to school shopping.

Is it time for to school to start yet??

2009-07-09T11:50:00.003-05:00

Today is the day that Alexis will see her mother turn into a screaming meme right in front of her eyes. I swear the child has found every button and every last nerve. Can I have this, can I eat this, can we go here?? It has been non stop since the butt crack of dawn (5:45 am). Now please don't get me wrong I love this child with all my heart, I'm just not liking her much at this moment, she has an answer for everything, a roll of the eyes and a sigh. And I swear if the child puts her hand on her hip and tells me to get a grip one more time... (there is not a court in the world that would convict me for what I am about to do).

The best things come in the mail (just ask Alexis)

2009-07-07T08:48:00.005-05:00

Remember this? Well it came in the mail the week I was in the hospital, I didnt get to see her open it, but daddy said she screamed and then proceeded to kick him out of the living room so that she could listen to it.

Thank you Jeani for finding the cd and sending it to Alexis!! you are a hero.

2009-07-05T09:21:00.004-05:00

Good Morning

Hope everyone had a nice 4th of July!! Its funny how the each holiday some how means different things to different people. We spent several hours at our local celebration riding rides,eating funnel cakes,lemonade you know all the major food groups. Then went to a wonderful BBQ with good friends,again good food,good conversation and little ones every where. We headed back into town to see the fireworks and meet up with another group of friends and of course more good food (notice a pattern here?) Sadly with the major drought here in Texas and fireworks available fires sprung up every where the last couple of days.

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-07-01T10:11:00.002-05:00

Sigh when he turns it all on, the comforter and the sheet rise at least a foot in the air unless its strategically tucked under ones body.

Shes growing so fast

2009-06-29T09:28:00.003-05:00

Look what Alexis learned how to do this weekend!!!! Only my daughter would pick a weekend of triple heat digits to wanna learn!! But as usual daddy was a trooper and I took the pics. I think I am starting to feel normal again, still on antibiotics 4 times a day for the next month, and infection still draining but every day gets a little better.

House of cards

2009-06-24T19:11:00.002-05:00

This is what my life feels like right now... a carefully constructed house of cards built with time and effort but yet with no substance, the slightest breath will send it toppling down.

Lucy Im home again

2009-06-23T13:22:00.001-05:00

Well I just got back home from another stay in the hospital, infection set in and on Friday my white cell count was 25,000. I'm home and on antibiotics and crossing my fingers the surgery holds. Feels like last summer all over again.

Lucy Im home

2009-06-11T17:11:00.003-05:00

Hello I'm here, been home for a couple of days, miserable beyond belief, I guessing 16 incisions will do that to ya. Please don't think me rude, I have been reading everyone blogs!! I just don't seem to have the energy to write anything.

Here we go again

2009-06-04T04:53:00.001-05:00

Well here we go again, I am off to the hospital for number 4 surgery... if ya'll have a minute say a small prayer to the big guy in the sky that all goes well.

Hot weather fun

2009-06-01T15:02:00.003-05:00

This is how we spent our sunday what more could you ask for, good friends, hot weather,cool water. I havent been bloggin lately getting things ready for me being in the hospital and the fambly fending for them selves.

On a Mission

2009-05-20T22:14:00.003-05:00

Hey Ya'll

I'm on a mission Alexis is collecting the KidzBop Cd's from McDonald's we have exhausted all the local McDonald's no one has cd #3 . If anyone comes across it I would be glad to pay for the Happy Meal and the postage. Now I am very aware it would be just as easy to just go to my local Walmart/Hastings ect... and just buy the KidzBop Cd's but ya'll know how kids are that just wouldn't do.

Thanks everyone!!!

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-05-20T16:46:00.002-05:00

I swear ya'll I dont make these up!!!

Garden Harvest

2009-05-15T17:09:00.001-05:00

First garden harvest of the summer don't these peppers look yumo? *note the jalapenos*

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-05-13T06:49:00.001-05:00

Ya'll know we like our trucks here in TEXAS

Better late than never

2009-05-11T16:45:00.006-05:00

Hello everyone,

Hope Mothers Day was wonderful for ya"ll- hubby cooked chicken on the grill, I made potato salad and all the fixins, hubbys mom and sister came over for dinner, and we just enjoyed each others company( which is very unusual cause usually the sister is pissed off at me or the hubby

Hubby surprised me with a coast trip for next week a little mini vacation before my surgery, wooohooo lots of sun sand and fishing!!! and fresh sea food for every meal. We will take the bay boat so that we can fish for some big stuff, he will wade fish but not I, there is just something not right about wading out in the ocean with a bait bucket, and a stringer of fish around my waist, to me its a shark taking a bite out of my big white hiney just waiting to happen. Whew I started this post on Monday morning and here it is Wednesday evening( can we say distracted?) lol

It seems there is never enough time in the day anymore to accomplish all the things I want to do. I have lists upon lists of things and if I am lucky I may cross off 1 or 2 things. Organization!! you say is the key!! PRIORITIZE !!! yeah right.... I can prioritize shit till I'm blue in the face , and the hubby can throw a wrench in the works at any moment. Most of the time I love the fact that we are self -employed but having him around all day sometimes makes me wanna come unglued. He finds more bullshit things for me to do,plus all these critters he brings home, they are a full days work alone. Now don't let me fool ya'll I like the critters just as much as he does.

Got definite word on my surgery it will be June 4th and a 6 hour deal ( of course I wont be aware how long it is cause they will have be knocked way the hell out) poor Alexis another summer shot to hell as I wont be able to swim, or do anything that demands any exertion or weighs over 2 pounds. Well thats about it for the last couple of days.. now I can cross off post to my blog on my list Woooooohooooo

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-05-06T16:48:00.000-05:00

Home Sweet Home

2009-05-05T09:25:00.003-05:00

Well I must say.... living with another grown man (my 19 yr old son) in my home again sure makes for interesting times. I had gotten used to not shutting the door while in the bathroom/showering/changing. I now have to really remember to check things out before I sit down to use the guest bath, as normally I am the only one to use it. Food and drink disappears before my eyes. Strange people ringing the door bell, calling my cell phone because hes not answering his. Sadly ya'll he didn't learn a thing while out on his own, he may be 19 but hes still thinking like a 15 yr old. He came home with nothing but his bed and a bag of clothes, everything else was lost/stolen or pawned.

Well he did come home also about 1500 in debt and a 10 hour a week fast food job. (sigh) The saddest part is this...... there is no drug or alcohol issues its just pure laziness and thinking the world owes him. Now dont get me wrong ya'll I love my first born and he has a heart of gold and the soul of an angel.

We just cant seem to learn him any common sense or street sense. He wants to go into the military which to be honest I think would be the best thing for him!!!! He needs to lose some inches to make the requirements, and just wont take it seriously.

Alexis loves having him home!! His step dad and I well the jury's still out (laughing).

Random things

2009-05-01T17:02:00.003-05:00

We are hitting the 90's all ready here in Texas
My 19 yr old has moved back home
My surgery has been scheduled for June 4 at a different hospital almost an hour away from home
While I was in the grocery store yesterday my husband moved my truck from where I had parked it and I came unglued because I thought it had been stolen
We have saved over 700 box tops worth 10 cents each for Alexis school
There are 30 more days left of school
My newest favorite TV shows are 2 1/2 men and house
I have found the best recipe for chicken empenadas
I have almost convinced myself that I need to have my eyes checked and glasses are gonna happen no matter how much I deny it
Alexis can sing LOWLIFE/ALLSUMMER LONG BY KID ROCK WORD FOR WORD

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-04-29T12:04:00.005-05:00

The Big Texan a must see and do when ya'll visit Texas!!

An act of kindness

2009-04-24T16:33:00.005-05:00

I received a card and pictures and a

personal note from TANYETTA recently along with some gorgeous pictures of the one and only DJ!! This was quite a surprise as I did not realize she had my snail mail addy, and to be honest she knows I read her religiously but I didn't realize she read me often enough to see that I was hurting, what a pick me up!!!!!!!! So thank you Madam Gorgeous your act of kindness was received with great happiness and surprise!!!

with love

paula

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-04-22T19:09:00.001-05:00

Quiet

2009-04-20T16:11:00.006-05:00

Ok so its obvious I havent had much to say lately, things are pretty mundane and quiet, we have some new additions here at the ranch two baby chicks and our cat has presented us with 2 new kittens. This is the month that my mom lost her battle with lung cancer 10 years ago,we were extremly close and even though it has been 10 years sometimes the hurt is as raw as the day she passed. As most of ya'll know I spent most of last summer in the hospital trying to get my basketball sized hernia repaired, between the infections, and my body rejecting the mesh it was a horrible/painful miserable time, but at least I didnt appear to be 9 months pregnant anymore. I still have a 3 by 5 inch area that is not healed that has to be bandaged at all times, well about 3 months ago my surgeon and I noticed I was starting to grow again ( the repair has become un repaired and even bigger) I am in constant pain, and even walking is becomming no fun at all. So the doc has decided to try and repair again which means hospitable/surgery/recovery 6 weeks and god forbid any complications like last time. So I have been very reclusive and to be totally honest on a pity party to end all pity parties, I AM WORKING ON PULLING MY HEAD OUT OF MY ASS AND PUTTING ON MY BIG GIRL PANTIES AND GETTING OVER IT!!!!! thats what hopefully this post will help me

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-04-15T06:46:00.002-05:00

Well it does get hot here

Happy Politically correct Spring(um er Easter)

2009-04-10T17:26:00.004-05:00

I won I won

2009-04-08T17:50:00.004-05:00

Remember this

Well the prize arrived today and its beautiful!!

Thank you Tanyetta for this contest!!

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-04-08T05:48:00.000-05:00

Nothing to say

2009-04-06T22:17:00.001-05:00

Sometimes when you have nothing good to say................................Its best to say nothing at all

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-04-01T10:37:00.001-05:00

welcome to the Texas state fair thats what Big Tex says to all who visit

Meet Dottie

2009-03-30T06:33:00.004-05:00

WEll ya'll knew it was bound to happen it has been a while since we have had any new additions to the ranch .......... meet Dottie she is a 6 day old Dorper lamb she was born 2 weeks premature and her twin brother did not make it, she weighs less than a pound and needs to be fed every 2 hours by bottle. As ususal my loving husband was sure I do not have enough to do around here and was convinced that I would welcome here with open arms and barely open eyes as the around the clock feedings commenced, yes you are reading correctly just like a new born human child every 2 hours does mean every 2 hours.

WHAT the loving hubby did forget was....... I am having major surgery again next month and the task of feeding all the critters he brings home will fall on him even the 2 hour feedings..... hehehehe.

Writing on the wall

2009-03-27T17:13:00.004-05:00

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our own shit, that we fail to see even our closest friends hurting. We call or email just to say hello and how are you, and before we know it we are off on our own tangents about what the hubby did/did not do-kids and bosses that don't appreciate us ect. We laugh at our own follies and expect the friend to do the same. They leave clues and signs that something isn't right but still we miss them or dismiss them.

I have a friend that is hurting and now in retrospect I see the writing on the wall, but again was so caught up in my own shit that I failed to see it.

Dear friend please forgive me my carelessness and selfishness and please know my heart/eyes and ears are cleared and here for you.

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-03-25T17:41:00.003-05:00

Its hard to tell but at the stop light there are 2 ford pick ups and both have dogs in the back very common here in Texas

YEAH RIGHT

2009-03-24T07:20:00.003-05:00

I'VE TRIED IT NOT EVEN CLOSE FRIENDS NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!! (CLICK ON THE PHOTO)

200 Home Depot card Giveaway

2009-03-23T09:00:00.004-05:00

Who couldnt use a 200 gift card from Home Depot? I know that here in the Dieckman household there are plenty of projects that could use Home Improvement Advice. Also, I dont know about ya'll but it seems the hubby never has the exact tool he needs so this is an extra bonus that Home Depot offers The Home Depot Rental Center this way he can rent exactly what he needs to get the job done!!

Go check i t out for yourself here

The first tool would rent would be the tiller!!

Spring Break 2009

2009-03-21T06:04:00.007-05:00

So its been spring break here in Texas this week, we didn't go anywhere on vacation but we sure did allot of family stuff 4 wheeling in the mud,daddy's birthday,a visit to the Zoo, a playdate with 2 favorite friends, and (wooohooo a break for mom a sleepover weekend with Grandma and Aunt Danny) Its been a long but fun week, and I'm glad the weekends here to catch up on housework/blogging/SLEEP ect.

I thought it was supposed to mud on the tires not on the girl

Wednesdays only in texas

2009-03-18T07:06:00.003-05:00

Come on do it! I promise it will be fun

2009-03-15T08:12:00.003-05:00

Ok I got this from Rhonda. It sounds like a ton of fun and Im hoping I have 5 friends out there in blog world.

The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made/bought by me exclusively Texas by me for you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations: I make no guarantees that you will like what I make/choose,

What I make/choose will be just for you and just from Texas

It will be done this year.

You have no clue what it will be.

It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a mask.

I may bake you something and mail it to you.

Who knows? Not you,thats for sure!

I reserve the right to do something extremly strange.

The catch? oh the catch, is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first

five people who do the same on your blog. If you dont have a blog, I dont want to exclude you.

Heres what you must do: 5 random acts of kindness, and then leave a comment on my blog telling me what you did! You know that acts of kindness are so important,that even if you have a blog you can still do the acts of kindness.

Oh and if you do have a blog, be sure to post a picture of what you win from me when you get it!

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-03-11T08:37:00.003-05:00

This is what you see this time of year throughtout Texas massive fields of Blue Bonnets our state flower, people line the highways/dirt roads/to take pictures of the fields and of loved ones inthe fields

Ok I get it!!! Im not getting any younger

2009-03-08T09:59:00.004-05:00

I look at elastic waist band pants and actually don't shudder with revulsion and wonder out loud " Ill bet these would be comfortable"

Actually wear my pj's to take childrens to school and have no worries of being arrested for indecent exposure

Don't own a pair of shoes anymore, that the heel is over 1 inch tall

I get up to pee in the middle of the night numerous times

While out to dinner last night watched a table of 10 young men and women celebrate a birthday by getting 3 sheets to wind and wanted to walk over and make sure there was a designated driver.

The hair color isle is my best friend

No matter how strong the under wire is I am still tripping over the ladies.

I am calling the girls, ladies

My shorts are now called Capri's

I no longer want to sit on the floor if there are no chairs available I look around for the tallest/hardest chair in the room

When the highlight of my day is getting a buy one get one free feminine hygiene products rather than happy hour at Zigs

It now takes a week to recover from a hangover and my favorite refrain is I sure cant drink like I used too, instead of I cant belive I drank that much

Dilema

2009-03-07T14:40:00.004-06:00

Heres my question ya'll-right after school started this year, the son of my next door neighbor divorced from his wife and he and his 7yr old son moved back in. He and the grandmother walked over one day and asked if I would be willing to watch the boy for about an hour everyday after the kids got off the school bus. I said yes, but Alexis (my daughter) doesnt ride the bus I pick her up every day.Well thats ok the son can just ride the bus.. ok.... decided...what would you charge?I thought about it and said how about 25.oo a week? ok perfect. Well the first couple of weeks went just fine get off the bus, have a snack. homework play a bit and dads here. Then the hour starts turning into an hour 10 min-15 you get the idea. Dad gets laid off for a week or so, still sends son over each day dont want to disrupt the schedule. In the mean time son gets kicked off bus... dad says can you pick son up also, ill pay extra .... ok no problem.This week pick up both childrens at school at 300 sharp-bring home, snack, homework play time...400 comes and goes 500 comes and goes 530 comes and goes 615 arrives and so does grandma. Im worried no phone call. no nothing Im thinking something has happened. So I say to grandma.... everything ok? she looks at me all crazy and says yeah why? well it 615 I thought maybe dad forgot kiddo (insert nervous laugh)
no no no she says he got a new job hes working 2nd shift. WTF?? since when and noone told me? grandma says he wont be picked up untill 600 every night... well hell thats 3 hours a night times 5 this is no longer im helping a guy out .. this is now a J O B....and mind you we have soccer practice on tue at 600 and church on Wed at 515. So all week I figure dad will come over during the day and visit with me about the new schedule /new phone numbers for emergency/and to be honest raise in pay. Never once did the man walk over. Last night good ole grandma picks kiddo up 615 and hands me 25.oo I look at it and say as nicely as I can this wont do. I have watched son for 15 hours this week, fed said son dinner all week / did homework all week/snack all week... this just isnt enough. She gets all up in her self and says well he just got this new job..... he used to pick son up at 530 right???? noooo >>Well from now on just send him home at 530 then???WTF again its still 2 1/2 hours
so she walks away all huffy/its now 300 in the afternoon on sat and dad still hasn't walked over to talk with me. I feel used/disrespected and down right pissed off. Am I justified or am I out of line??
help me out ya'll

Wednesdays only in texas

2009-03-04T12:38:00.001-06:00

Can you imagine the size of the pecker......

2009-03-03T21:53:00.002-06:00

wood pecker that is........ jeezzzz peoples get your minds outta the streets..... he he ,hubby was getting the BBQ pit (thats grill for ya'll northern folks) ready when he noticed sawdust floating down around him like snowflakes in Wisconsin. We haven't seen the actual resident of this but it appears to be like most things in Texas BIG BIG

Fine arts night First Grade Style

2009-03-02T20:52:00.005-06:00

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-02-25T16:33:00.002-06:00

be verrryyyy verrryyyy quiet Im hunting wabbit

2009-02-24T22:25:00.005-06:00

Remember these guys? Well they are now big enough to go outside in the big pen with the other rabbit and goats. Apparently the furnishings didn't measure up for two of the three, because this morning they had escaped . The hubby and I armed with fishing nets set out on safari in the back 40 to round up the rascally wabbits and return them to hence where they had come from. So picture if ya'll can 2 grown folk running all over with fishing nets flung over their shoulders, what started out slightly humorous quickly turned ugly something like this only 10 times worse as we were battling bunnies in huge overgrown cedar trees.cacti,and other various Texas native plants and insects that tend to bite and sting when pissed off/knee led on/or other wise disturbed. The light hearted banter between the hubby and I went something like this.

The Mr.-throw a rock at him so he will run this way

Me:I am not throwing a rock at the bunny what if I hit it?

The Mr: that's the idea-scare the motherf(bleep bleep)

Me: Ohhhhh that makes a whole lot of f(bleep bleep) sense

The Mr. there he goes run get him!!!!!

Me:looking at the Mr. telling me to run? have you lost your f(bleeping) mind?

I don't run!!

The Mr. Godamn it Paula run!!!

Me: I cant run I'm to damn fat

The Mr.These motherf(bleeping) rabbits are gone when I catch em

Me: wasn't my idea to get em

The Mr. (BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP

and so the conversation and the safari continued for another hour

the end result: rabbits caught-PAULA mad at Mr. for yelling and not saying your not fat ect...

Mr sitting in living room at 10:45 pm watching pass time.... hope hes comfortable on that couch cause that's were hes sleeping tonight.

Open letter to the religious zealot who is spamming me

2009-02-18T15:43:00.002-06:00

Dear Religious person who keeps filling up my comment section with your holy rolling agenda.

I am not now, nor will I ever be following your type of religion. I am from Texas a link on the bible belt of America, If I am worthy of being saved I am most certain your are not my saviour.

Basically you.....biblebeatingsonofabitch can kiss my A$$

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-02-18T13:42:00.001-06:00

This gator was caught in Trinity Texas 880 pounds true story

The show your love day-by how much cash you spend day

2009-02-14T11:46:00.005-06:00

So this is what I asked for for Valentines Day. Should have been a no brainer.... right? I mean truly? what man doesnt feel the areas down south waking up the minute they step through those hallowed doors.

*didnt happen*

For a huge laugh

2009-02-11T21:01:00.004-06:00

GO HERE

make sure you click on the read more at the end-this is a good one

all credit goes to sandee at comedyplus

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-02-11T12:28:00.001-06:00

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............Duh?????????

heres your sign

Daddy Daughter Dance 2009

2009-02-08T18:04:00.012-06:00

Remember this That pic was from last years dance ,heres this years.

and just so ya'll don't think I am whinning when I say the mans not right.........

remember this

Its a good thing he cleans up well, and is such a good dad and husband

remember this

Some big girl panties are much bigger and harder to fill than others

2009-02-07T16:29:00.005-06:00

This came in my email bright and early this morning

I got this picture along with the words- The New Motto for 2009 start it early!!

underneath it was a poem that went like this................

For the girls

Someone will always be prettier

Someone will always be smarter

Some of their houses will be bigger

Some will drive a better car

Their children will do better in school

And their husband will fix more things around the house

So let it go,and love you and your circumstances

Think about it!

The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart

The most highly favored woman on your job may not be able to have children

The richest woman you know,shes got the house, the car the clothes ~ may be lonely

And the word says,"If I have not Love, I am nothing"So, again, love you

Love who you are

Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say, " I am to blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed"

"Winners make things happen~~Losers let things happen"

Be "Blessed" Ladies and pass this on to encourage another woman

"To the world you may just be one person, to me you are special

Thank you Rhonda!!!

You always know what I need to hear and when

Wednesday's only in Texas

2009-02-04T10:44:00.002-06:00

Flu Flu go away dont come back any day!!!

2009-02-03T16:43:00.005-06:00

My baby girl is sick, not just sick but type A flu sick, it started Sunday night at 300 am (like all good sickness does) the poor child had headache so bad she was shaking!! It reminded me of a migraine that adults get, by morning she was weak and sore, I kept her home and on the couch all day.Last evening she began to run a temp, between 102.7 and 103.6 even with cool baths/cool compresses and Tylenol alternating with Motrin I could only get the temp down to an even 100, we were at the pediatrician by 9.45 am and at 10.00 am they did they strep swab and then the flu swab, at 10:02 she was throwing up all over me/the floor/the table but worst of all her new flip flops. Diagnosis type A flu . Doc said she will down for the count for at least 7 days,prescribed Tami-flu (50.00 after co-pay) poor baby is like a limp noodle, nothing stays in or down. Seems this nasty stuff is running amok coast to coast even they had it

Please ya'll if anyone in your fambly starts not to feel right get to the Doc, this stuff is miserable way contagious and going to the Dentist and getting 4 teeth worked on would be more fun.

Seems to be a bad strain also that the flu shot wont touch.

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-01-28T14:17:00.002-06:00

Texas now? or then?

Ice Storm 2009 and other totally unrelated things

2009-01-27T18:48:00.010-06:00

Look out central Texas ice storm 2009 is almost here!! Only in Texas can it be 80 degrees and sunny one day and 28 and ice covered the next. One good thing is, we wont be needing to invest in one of these. I went to the grocery store because like all smart icees....we just had to have at least 3 gallons of milk,4 loaves of bread and 2 mumbo jumbo jars of peanut butter..... just in case ya know.

On a totally unrelated subject it was award day at Ms.Alexis's school she received ribbons for red hot reader/making strides/ and no tardys ( which by the way really should have been awarded to me because really what did she do to get her self there every day anyways?) just kidding.

We are very proud of her.

In the Mood deal breakers

2009-01-23T09:14:00.004-06:00

Ok all you ladies, I don't know about ya'll, but here in the Dieckman household.... sometimes getting a little chicka chicka waaant waaa gets as difficult as climbing Mt. Everest. Between children, work,stress,and just plain old life it just doesn't happen as often as it should. But I refuse to take all the blame for the lack of action in our bedroom. Believe me I am not asking for candle light, rose petals and soft music to get things going every single time. Understanding that ya'll men tend to be very visual, I understand that the faded flannel jammies aren't exactly libido revving material, so when you reach over to hug and kiss good night and low and behold you feel something silky and slick, its a pretty certain deal your fixin to get ya some......... So why in your wildest imagination would you pull the covers over our head fart like you have never farted before giggle like a godamn school girl and dare to look so surprised when we punch you dead ass on in your stomach, jump out of bed and look at you like you have 3 heads, green skin and a weeny from something out of a science fiction movie. sigh......end result..... no chicka chick want waa for you Mr.fartpullthecoversovermyheadbuttheadDieckman.

My first tag a MEME

2009-01-22T07:48:00.003-06:00

This is my first tag I believe Katie started it and Sheliza tagged me it seems fairly easy and for (get it for 4x4)fun so here are the rules:
1.Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer.
2.Select the 4th picture in the folder.
3.Explain the picture.
4. Tag 4 other people to do the same.

This picture is Alexis first day of soccer practice 2 years ago.... notice the shin guards and the bobby socks? A poor excuse for a soccer mom I was I had no clue about the long ass socks that go over the shin guards...... lol I do now though..... and no I do not drive a mini van... I drive a souped up Dodge Pick up with dual exhaust and its blue and silver Dallas Cowboys colors.... I know I know redneck all over my forehead.

so heres my 4 people

1.rhonda-ledbesidestillwaters

2.jeani-jeanisblog

3.amy-4everflowers

4.jen-J-online

I sure wish I knew how to link each person blog sorry ya'll puter savy Im not

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-01-21T15:07:00.002-06:00

This coffe shop just opened in our local strip mall. Havent tried it yet.

*apologies on the no posting ya'll been in real funk lately*

Extreme cold experiments

2009-01-16T17:05:00.005-06:00

Ok ya'll my goofy ass hubby is way fascinated with the extreme cold some of ya'll are dealing with, he has several experiments he would like someone to try.

1.If you blow a soap bubble will it freeze in mid air?

2.If you pee outside, will it freeze mid stream?

I told ya'll he aint right!!

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-01-14T13:50:00.001-06:00

Where else can you see a long horn walking down the main drag

Officially addicted

2009-01-13T14:27:00.002-06:00

I am officially addicted:Route 44 diet vanilla cokes.

Regularly priced 2.16 except between the hours of 2-4 they are 1/2 price and if you bring your cup back you pay.........38 cents!!!! can you believe it?? sigh I can and do and can and do at least 3x a day.

My hubby the last of the great dieters

2009-01-08T10:46:00.008-06:00

World famous Round Rock Donuts Our first christmas
slim trim and a major leaning tree

The good food i bought

Right before Christmas we had a party to attend, here in Texas dressing up is a starched pair of wranglers,a starched long sleeve shirt, tie, your best black or brown hat and your dress lace up ropers. So the hubby goes to put his wranglers on.... no matter what he does they wont button...

better yet, even his lace up boots all of a sudden are to tight....(hehehehe) welcome to my world on a regular basis sucka!!! So the comment is made first of the year hes going to lose 25 lbs... wooohooo I say finally I will get some help with my life and death struggle with cookies/cakes/and everything that's good in life war of wars. So far all is going ok in the Dieckman house of diet.... until the asshole (yes I said it asshole) brings this shit home after work last night. Now mind you I spent an extra 50 dollars at HEB yesterday buying healthy food/sugar free food. I made low calorie chicken wraps for dinner and believe me they were good. And this is what he does brings home this.

So I pulled out this photo of our first Christmas together, now understand I know I have packed on the pounds, but he didn't realize how much he had.

I am not a white trailer trash hoochie momma

2009-01-07T15:53:00.007-06:00

Ever since I posted the other day about our new additions I have felt this need to let ya'll know, we are truly not some sort of hillbilly-redneck-livestock living in our home type of people.We have indoor plumbing, cable, and electricity from a pole. I was watching an episode of wife swap and this poor woman was dropped into a place with critters running amok in and out of the house, dog doo every where and even a dead rat under the coffee table. We do have critters but please know its safe to drink out of our glasses and that you can sit anywhere with the blackest of black pants/skirt and you wont get up looking like a wooly mamoth. Whew Im really glad I told ya'll this was making me crazy wondering if ya'll were muttering under your breath, them threes some serious rednecks in that household.

Heres some pics to back me up

Wednesdays only in Texas

2009-01-07T09:03:00.002-06:00

Proof anyone can be friends

2009-01-06T19:20:00.002-06:00

New Additions to the ranch

2009-01-04T19:58:00.001-06:00

Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton Tail

What would you have done?

2009-01-02T22:36:00.003-06:00

We are at the local McDonald's, Alexis and her friend are playing.... the girls come over to get a drink, and another little girl starts to cry hysterically another little boy has hit her, the dad of the little boy pulls him aside and does the standard we dont hit other people and puts the child in a time out, the little girls mom glares at him grabs up the daughter and stomps away ,the dad says again ma am I'm sorry. I feel bad for the dad we all have had moments that our children act a fool so I laugh and say well hes for certain all boy. Dad gives me a grateful look and all is well. Not more than 5 min later this same boy pushes Alexis friend and they both come running I ask them both are ya'll ok? yes we are, ok then go play..... The next thing I see is this same boy biting Alexis ,yes you read correctly bites her!!!! Whooooaaa ok this is a game I DO NOT PLAY!!!!! She screams I jump and run to her like an Olympian hurdle person (you know leaping small children in a single bound type thing) This bite has broke the skin and is bleeding. I run for ice, the dad swoops up the boy and starts to scream and yell and beat the child, he takes the child to the truck throws him in the car seat beating him the whole time. He comes back says to us Im sorry little girl are you all right? Well hell no shes not all right and Im so mad I wanna kick his sorry butt clear to Burger King. But with the way hes beating this little boy I sure don't wanna piss him off anymore. They leave we gather our stuff up and head to the pediatrician, we are on antibiotics and all is well. I got his license plate number and make and model of vehicle called the police and pressed charges and told the police officer how badly this man was beating his child. Did I do the right thing? or did I make a bad situation worse??? you tell me

2009 its here whether were ready or not

2009-01-01T11:02:00.008-06:00

Happy New Year Ya'll- How are those resolutions going for ya? Me? you ask? well lets just say that if I had verbalized any of the ones I had pondered..... they all would have been done did broke. I know what I need to do to find that happy place in my life..... without making resolutions and setting my self up to fail,its just a matter of finding that starting place and making sure I am always moving towards that and not getting bogged down in the quick sand that life throws at us. I must say as much as I love the holidays its nice to get back to the routine of life. Monday is back to school for Alexis, and as much as I love being with her ..... she wears me out. I hope that the New Year for all of us brings us what we strive for , whether its good bad or ugly.

Wednesday's only in Texas

2008-12-31T09:50:00.001-06:00

Christmas Past

2008-12-29T17:27:00.005-06:00

The calm before the storm

The Wii with all the other junk in the background ( notice its pitch dark out)

Happy Monday Ya'll

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Santa was awesome and we were evidently well behaved enough to make the good list. I'm guessing he looked the other way that day I yelled *^&&* out the window at the blue hair club in the parking lot of the grocery.

Santa arrived some where between the hours of 1-3 am and Alexis was opening presents at 412 in the am. Just so ya'll know.....Santa has a sense of humor besides all the goodies he dropped off he also brought us a case of the chicken pox.......thank you, you jolly ole (son of a bitch) sigh. All sign of Christmas have been cleared, now like Sheliza from mom files we are in the cleaning / organizing mode. The New Year is just right around the corner and like everyone I have a lot of resolutions I am pondering...

Just want to make sure whatever i resolute, I don't set myself up for failure.

Almost forgot Santa brought a Wii way way fun!!!! does anyone have the Wii fit? and is it good?

2008-12-24T13:05:00.002-06:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS YA'LL

May all your Christmas dreams come true. Thank you all for sharing your lives with me and peeking into mine. I was very hesitant about blogging I really didn't think anyone would be interested in what I had to say. I know I am not very eloquent and my sentences go on for ever but I am who I am and it is what it is. Stay with me hopefully like fine wine and good chocolate I'll get better at this blogging stuff.

Christmas Decorations Texas Style

2008-12-22T10:07:00.007-06:00

Welcome to our ranch the entrance

The foyer

Great Room wall

Banister going down stairs

The train around the tree

The tree

Picnic in the park.....Prosac before dark

2008-12-20T15:44:00.008-06:00

Whew we are home ,we left at 10 this am for the park beautiful day here in Texas 70 degrees, sunny skies, 5 days before Christmas two best friends should be a no brainer good time......

Yeah Right from the get go the fighting whining started they both wanted to sit in the same spot, one wanted to listen to Christmas music one wanted to sing Christmas music, one got a different my my little pony in thier McDonald's happy meal ( even though I very nicely requested that each meal contain the exact same toy)obviously at MacDonald's they do it there way and not my way.The Park we went to is a city park and is a badass park it has 15 different play areas(we hit each one) a place to feed the ducks, a rodeo arena where there is always someone riding horses and they always are obliging in letting kiddos pet and kiss and even ride em.

Nothing made these 2 ahemm...she devils happy, I interacted I pushed on the swings, I played tag hell I even played in the sand. I gave them there space and tried to meet my happy but up with a bench and read or play on the computer. NOTHING I SAY MADE THEM HAPPY

So here we are at home with 2 hours to go before the friend gets picked up they can and will sit in front of the TV hope Drake and Josh or Hannah doesn't mind babysitting cause I give up.

Armadillo class

2008-12-19T08:32:00.005-06:00

Its official I have no sense of style/class and or culture, the fambly and I attended an Austin original http://www.armadillobazaar.com/ now this is a event that is 32 years running in Austin featured in many a magazine and news story. Its a must see and do type thing. The entry fee was reasonable $6.00 per person little ones free.From the minute we stepped foot inside I knew I wasn't on the ranch toto. Austin motto is keep Austin weird/music capitol of the world. And weird this bazaar was ...... women dressed in fur coats, high heels, jewelry that did not come from the Walmart. The vendors them selves ranged from urban hippies,to full blown freaky, to downright amazing. The truly blow your mind thing was how proud of their doodads they were ,three digit price tags was the norm.Now mind you when I start paying three digits for something it better make my life more easy.productive, more interested in sex and less interested in that snicker bar, something I tell ya.

So here we are on the verge of the last weekend of shopping before Christmas, are ya'll planning on being brave,resourceful,bargain hunting and hitting the stores?

Ummmm not me...... Sat were hitting the park (again) this time with a little friend

so at least moms big ole happy butt can maybe meet up with a bench somewhere and hold your breath ya'll maybe look at a book and gasp actually read a page or four. We pause this rambling to ask.... what did ya'll get for the hubby's I am truly at a loss this year, for all my complaining that he aint right, he really was awesome through all my surgeries this summer and doctoring me, he still is changing the bandages twice daily for me, hmmmm should i get him a doctors kit hehehehe think he will see the humor in it?or maybe since I caught him cutting a board in half with a chain saw maybe I should buy him one of them there circular saws? and men bitch when we use there 50 dollar cordless screwdrivers to hammer in a nail.(SHAKING OF THE HEAD-SHRUGGING OF THE SHOULDERS) who knew you couldn't use it right?

Wednesdays only in Texas

2008-12-17T08:16:00.002-06:00

Any other state would dress there dog or cat like Santa here in Texas as usual we go big

Bits and pieces

2008-12-15T22:09:00.007-06:00

Got a call from my son Friday afternoon, hes frantic mom I'm changing banks, wait till you hear what they did to me. Sigh I am almost scared to hear what "they have done to him" his paycheck is direct deposited and when he went to use his debit card low and behold there was no money- his whole paycheck went to the bank in over draft fees. Son I said did you not write down every transaction? no I kept a running balance in my head and I called the bank every day to check my balance. basically happened was..... some debits did not debit the same day or even the next, so when he checked his balance it showed the same amount so he thought he had more money. sigh.... he will learn. My first instinct was to offer him some money,but what I did make a pot of sloppy joes,buy some buns a gallon of milk and take them over to him. I must say for the first time in a while he acted like he really needed me again.

I received some very much needed alone time sat, Alexis spent the the day with grandma and hubby worked. Yahoooooo I cleaned house, and did a little last minute Christmas shopping.
I cannot begin to explain how nice it was to have the day to myself.

Sunday it was 80 degrees here in Texas, Alexis and I took a picnic and spent the day at the park.
I had all the windows open all day and night, somewhere between midnight and 600 am
a cold front came in,and when I woke up the high temp was 30 and never got higher than 34 go figure only in Texas at least in Wisconsin where I am originally from, we knew when it was winter/summer ect. none of this hot to cold bullshit in 15 min flat. I have found myself rethinking the last year and how incredibly fast it went by, between rediscovering a best friend and blogging, struggling every day not to smoke and spending a good part of the year in the hospital it sure doesn't feel like I accomplished a whole lot this year. Believe me I had extremely high ambitions for the year, un fortunately ambitions need allot of sweat and equity to reach them
high hopes I had,an over abundance of sweat and equity fell far short.

Kick butt and take names later

2008-12-11T11:30:00.003-06:00

So I get this frantic call last night from my 18 yr old..... mom the toilet wont stop running!!!! what do I do? did you clog it with tissue? (while living at home this was a major issue)no ma honest I didn't, ok did your try to plunge it? no ma the water is running from the inside of the tank what do i do? CALL MAINTENANCE right now...lol. about an hour later he calls its fixed mom, good I say, ma can I come over and do laundry tomorrow? yes son you can.. lol

I strongly feel the need to hubby bash this evening ( now know it aint right to bash em publicly )but dang the man has gotten on my very last nerve lately. I swear he has his own version of pms or something. Normally hes a happy go lucky type of guy but man the last couple of days hes been just down right ugly, (and yes he is gettin his share of loving) SO IT HAS NOTHING to do with that.

Example: Paula how long have you been driving with your tags out? ummmm I didnt know they were expired. Damn paula do you pay any attention at all?ummm actually no I don't but since you drive my truck as much as I do.....do you pay any attention at all?

Example:Did my work clothes make it in to the washer? yes Chris they did! Did they make it into the dryer? No Chris they didn't I forgot to pay attention.

grrrrrr