Kids

Why the hell do kids feel the need to argue with parents about everything!

Been awhile... kids growing up...

OK so writing here sometimes gets lost in the shuffle of day to day life... hmmm not sure that my typical day to day is so normal though.  Starting with homeschooling my 16 y/o son, then off to college myself, with both my daughters in college as well, and home to get dinner on the table, get my homework done, spend a little time with my baby George & oh can't forget checking to make sure my kids did their chores & making sure everyone has clothes for tomorrow (even though I know my kids wouldn't forget to wash a load while I was at school), oh and maybe a little time with my husband. Oh also can't forget to let the dogs out before bed & to lock all the doors... did I turn off the coffee pot?
I love how some woman are all the time how they love their kids & can't get enough of them... home-school them and then tell me how you truly feel. Don't get me wrong, I do love my kids, but I'm not your typical mom... I tell my kids how it is in the real world, and if they do something wrong I will punish them. I don't pat them on the back every time they do their chores, because there are some things you just do because you live there.
Someone once told me that was horrible, that I should show my kids lots of love and let them be kids... so in my head I'm thinking this through... so what she was telling me was that when my son decides he wants to climb on the roof of my garage and ride his bike down a ramp he made with 2x4's that I shouldn't say "Get your butt down right now before you break your neck!" Because he is only being a kid ... Not a chance that I would ever say "You might want to rethink this, but your just being a kid." No!!! Sometimes (most of the time) moms have to be harsh! I want to know that if I died tomorrow that my kids can say my mom taught me this and thank God she was so insistent that we learned how to cook and clean and be honest productive people.... (yes I tell my kids that my job is done when I can send them out into this world to be self sufficient, honest young adults)! Because if they can support themselves, not lie and cheat, keep a fairly clean home & cook their own meals, I did my job as their mother!

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Day to Day

Ok, so I got a little slack, but for good reason. A friend's boyfriend of 3 yrs passed away. Then it was getting, filling out & faxing all the paperwork needed to home school my step-son. Woohoo, we are finally in the system and ready for school! So now just to get everything I need together for school & we are set for another semester. 

Say what you mean

At home I was in the process of making homemade salsa & realized we had less chips than I thought, so off to the store I go. While there I go ahead & get milk for the kids this week. When I get back in the truck I have a text asking if I have enough cash for a tilt, well knowing I don't & knowing there is 1 tilt in the fridge I head back home. I get here and he is drinking MY tilt! WTH?! Ok so I assumed that he wanted one, I had one for me in the fridge since I got him a 12 pack of beer, I was gonna be nice & share mine with him, but he is already drinking the damn thing, again WTH?!
No the text he sent was for me to get ME another one because he had already opened my tilt! It wouldn't piss me off so much except he drinks every damn weekend, & I mean will seach for any liquor or beer in the house, it doesn't matter to him if it was his or not, HE WILL DRINK IT! The only time he doesn't is if there is a physical for work.
I however rarely drink, and occasionally would like a tilt or a glass of wine, & I find it pretty damn crappy that if he doesn't get his beer every weekend he will drink all my wine.

Yeah I was mad, still am upset, yes it caused a fight & ruined what could of been a decent weekend.

So again, please say what you mean when you text me.

The last few days...

Ok so there's been a lot going on & nothing at the same time...

I've been working with Brandon to get him ready for school.

Our newest dog, who was a stray, had 4 puppies today... We had to rush her to the vet today because the last puppy got stuck in the birth canal. Puppy didn't make it, and the vet tried to save her. Momma & other 3 puppies are home and doing well.

I, like so many others, was horrified to hear the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial... I am still trying to figure out how a mother who didn't report her child missing for a month didn't at least get charged with child neglect/abuse.

More later. :)

The last few days...

Ok so there's been a lot going on & nothing at the same time...

I've been working with Brandon to get him ready for school.

Our newest dog, who was a stray, had 4 puppies today... We had to rush her to the vet today because the last puppy got stuck in the birth canal. Puppy didn't make it, and the vet tried to save her. Momma & other 3 puppies are home and doing well.

I, like so many others, was horrified to hear the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial... I am still trying to figure out how a mother who didn't report her child missing for a month didn't at least get charged with child neglect/abuse.

More later. :)

Phones sucks!

Ok... so reading fb posts @ 12:30 AM and reading a post that your cousin has been hit by lightning makes you not want to go to sleep... Finally closed my eyes @ 4AM and was back up @ 5:30.... Well found out today around 10 that she wasn't actually hit by lightning, it hit the tree she was next to, and the force of the blow knocked her to the ground & she is scratched up & doesn't remember any of it, but other than that she seems to be fine...

Another point I would like to make, & she may not find it funny/ironic right now, but yesterday was the 4th of July! 

Serrated edges

So I'm trying to fix my lunch & I'm covering my bowl with Saran wrap and cut my thumb with the serrated edge of the box... ugh!

Today...

So today wasn't all that bad... My daughter Dana, 17, drove me & Ms. Lee around so we could run our errands. Then we went out to lunch, mexican, Dana's treat... wow that was pretty cool!
After spending a little over my budget for groceries, we finally headed home & unloaded the entire back seat of the truck ... not to bad that we bought $60.00 of meat for $34.00 (35lbs.) & we spent $114.00 at Walmart on about $150.00... still under $200.00 for two weeks worth of food & that amount included 5 gallons of oil for my diesel truck & 50lbs. of dog food for our 4 dogs. So since we left at 9 am & didn't return home til after 3... I got to take a break & rest when we got home.
While we were gone this morning & afternoon, 4 loads of clothes were washed, kitchen was cleaned & bed was made ... what a lovely thing to come home too!

Sleep...

Well normally I never get close to 8 hours, but maybe tonight, with a little help from a pill, it may actually happen. Goodnight & please pray I make it through with a full nights sleep.

Pain...

This sucks! I hate being in pain to the point I can't get up by myself... 38 yrs old I should be able to get up & go & not be worried about how much I am going to regret it at the end of the day or suffer the next day. 

Doctors

Why is it that we fill out 15 pages of information every time we go to a new doctor or specialist only for them to not read any of it... Had to have an MRI done & I am allergic to contrast, yet the doctor orders it... ok... so I get to the place for the MRI & the woman gets me in the machine and hands me this bulb, like the ones on a blood pressure cuff, and says squeeze if you have an emergency... so I coughed while they were doing the test & the woman comes back in the room & asks if I'm ok & I said yeah, just have a cough, can I have some water, & she gets upset cause I didn't squeeze the bulb when I was coughing... Since when was coughing an emergency?