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Wanna see the cutest puppeh ev-ah? My mom got herself a little puppy girl named Sadie. She's part Shar Pei and Basset Hound. Wrinkles on top of wrinkles. Sadie? Is a shit. I forgot how puppies get into EVERYTHING. Thank goodness she likes to cuddle. And give nasty puppy kisses. They almost make up for the shoe chewing and pissing on the carpet.
Yesterday, I snapped at Aaron and made him cry. I am not proud of this. In fact, I do believe it means I will not be receiving my Mother of the Year trophy I was so hoping to get. I'm tired, sore and stretched beyond my means. This makes me grumpy and puts my temper on a short leash. It wasn't anything huge, but lately Aaron has taken to arguing with me (anyone, who frankly has a different idea than he does.) If he says something wrong or has facts messed up, I correct him and show him the right way to say something or give him the correct idea/thought. Aaron will argue back informing me that I am wrong. I find this rude and a bit disrespectful. It is my job as a parent to show my child ways and paths to grow into a capable and respectful adult. He's not going to sound very intelligent when at 30 he pronounces "bullseye" as "bullsguy." Apparently I corrected him a bit too harshly and told him he needed to stop arguing with me or else he can spend some time in his room. Thus the tears began to flow. And I felt like shit. (Although, I guess he also got his name on the board at school for being too "bossy." I guess he's having this problem elsewhere too.)
The old house isn't up for sale yet. Almost everything is done except the kitchen. I have spent all my free time there. My shoulder (even though I thought having rotator cuff surgery was going to help the pain....) is a wreck. I am a wreck. I hurt and stressed that this house is never going to get done. Kevin has been working hideous hours. One of his managerial staff had to leave for emergency surgery and will be out for almost 6 weeks. Guess who has to fill in for many of her shifts? Yep. I am getting some help from my step-dad, but he's also helping to take care of my mom, who had ankle surgery last week. I should just learn to relax, but not much is helping. I need a stiff drink and 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Where the fuck is my fairy godmother when I need her?
This week's Fun Monday is hosted by the lovely Angela@The Lurchers. She's challenging us to:
I'm going to make it a nice and easy Fun Monday this week. All I want you to do is take me on your favourite walk. In words or pictures. Or both of course! Tell me why it's your favourite and point out things of interest on the way.
So.....uh......I didn't got to go on a walk this week. Yeah, I suck. BUT, how about we PRETEND to go on my favorite walk? My ultimate place to go for on a walk would be a beach at sunset.
I'd stop to pick up sea shells along the way and try to skip rocks on the water, even though I can't skip rocks to save my soul.
My beach walk would take place on a Caribbean island where half dressed men with bulging biceps would walk around offering me fruity beverages of the alcoholic sort. They'd also offer to fan me with palm leaves. And feed me grapes.
Of course being my dream walk, I'd also be on the arm of this man,
(sigh) George Clooney.......be still my heart.
Make sure you check out everyone else's walks. Adios.
Glenda: Strawberry Shortcake, can I ask you something?
SS: Sure.
Glenda: Have you ever had that not so fresh feeling?
So tell me....if you give someone multiple gooses, are you geesing them?
Yes, I'm seriously lacking decent blogging material. What's your point?
This is to all the toilets out there; don't even try to piss me off. Or else.
Because? YOU are totally replaceable. (The toilet....er, not you. You, my friend could never be replaced.)
(In truth the old cracked seat wouldn't come off, so I tried using a hammer to gently nudge the bolts loose. Yeah, don't ever try that. Apparently it's easy to crack porcelain bowls on the potty. Who knew?)
I like to cook and I enjoy collecting recipes. I receive the Kraft Family Food Magazine (it's FREE people!) and Everyday Food. Plus, I clip out recipes from the newspaper, various other magazines and random online recipes. This amounts to a crap load of papers and piles upon piles of magazines. When we moved, I found the spot where I was going to put all my cookbooks and got everything organized. Then, when cleaning out the old house's basement I stumbled on another damn box of cookbook stuffs. I didn't have the space for anymore and started to twitch, which wasn't very sexy at all, in case you were wondering. So, Saturday I took it upon my lazy ass to fix the problem. Thus began Operation Organization: Recipe Edition. Yeah, I know you wish you were as cool as me.
The mess I started out with:
I cut out the recipes that I knew I'd like and use. Then, I separated them into three piles. Appetizers/Side dishes, entrees and desserts. (and recycled the rest of the magazines.)
Next, I placed them all in page protector/ three holed punched sheets. Perfect for when I get a little messy while cooking. You can just wipe the plastic off. I purchased 3 binders and placed the recipes inside.
(shut-up about my clip art pictures. I'm a dork, I know this already.)
These are some of my Grandma's recipes. We found piles of them written on random pieces of scrap paper. She'd always keep a pile of paper by the phone just in case you needed it. Every scrap of paper was saved. Just like the little bits of soap that were left after you used a bar of soap. She'd save them and mush them together with other little bits of soap, as not to waste anything. God, I miss that woman. I may not be able to read her hand writing on most of her recipes, but they were a part of her and she was such an amazing cook. I only hope to one day be as good of a cook as she once was.
What are some of your favorite recipes? I need more to add to my binder! (Obsessed much?)
This week is hosted by a Southern Doll. Apparently, she has many tales to tell. Our challenge, should we choose to accept is:
What have you done in your life that was worth doing? I want to know the moments in your life that you hope will be the ones to pass through your mind when your time comes. I hope that doesn't sound too morbid. This doesn't necessarily have to be items you have checked off your Bucket List, it can be those small moments that made you smile, or the time you got that huge promotion you deserved, or the first time your baby smiled at you out of pure joy. I want to know all the moments, big and small, that make life sweet! If you don't already have a running list of these in your mind, you should! These moments help you remember how much your life is worth living, and we all deserve to enjoy it.
Hmmmmmm.....I could give the standard answer of having my son was something that made my life worth living, something I will always be proud of. Aaron gives my life meaning. BUT, there's another event in my life that I think about often. It's about a time in my life when I made one of the hardest decisions ever, despite the fact that my choice would severely hurt another. I was engaged to my high school sweetheart shortly after high school graduation. He went to college 2 states away and we spent two years doing the long distance thing. He was the uh....man....I...for the first time....you get the picture (blush.) My life revolved around him and I thought at the time we were madly in love. He went to study abroad in England for 5 months and in that time I found a life outside of him. I hung out with my friends and did what most 20 year old kids did. I started to realize that I wasn't ready to settle down. I wasn't ready to become a wife. I was just starting to live. I had adventures left to take and I didn't want to do them married. During this 5 months while he was gone, my engagement ring broke in a weird way (the band split from the diamond) and the place I purchased my wedding dress from went bankrupt and closed, taking my $1000 and dress with it. It seemed that fate was trying to tell me something. Ending that relationship was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I had fallen out of love, but he hadn't. By ending my relationship, little did I know I was setting myself up for real love. If I hadn't broken up with my high school sweetheart, I wouldn't be where I am today. I couldn't picture myself anywhere else. Every choice you take, every decision that is made, can alter the path of life you are on. And I wouldn't want to walk down my path with anyone else. (Kevin, thanks for hopping on that plane ride to Vegas with me almost 5 years ago. Just think about how boring your life would be without me.)
Wow, that was about the corniest thing I have ever written........[insert gagging here.]
Make sure you check out everyone else's life altering moments.
First off, check out my new find from Kohls. $12 baby (well, free for me because I used a gift card.)
(close up)
(ignore my funky ass toes behind the shoe.)
Stop drooling on your computer screen. No, you cannot have them.
Yesterday, I began the tedious task of preparing birthday party invitations. I still can't believe that he used to be this small.
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Forgive me if you've seen this already. It brought me to tears tonight. I can't believe it's been almost 4 years since we were blessed with his wonderful life.
Now, he's doing the jumping jacks. And yes, my kid still wears pull ups to bed. He hasn't master night time yet.
Yep, the video is still sideways. I will get it right one day. Or maybe I won't. Tough tookies either way.
Aaron says have a good weekend. Peace out all you gorgeous people.
1. Trying to upload videos to YouTube to share, but it's not wanting to behave.
2. Fucker.
3. Look! Flower! Pretty!
4. Sunset in woods! Also pretty. It seems my vocabulary is very limited today.
5. More people are interested in Idol chat. Next week? Do you want to? Lemme know.
6. Why does my nose like to produce mass quantities of boogers? I have lots and am willing to share. It's a gift, I guess.
7. Aaron lately is overly impressed with the words "butt". "poop" and "underwear." He likes to insert them into every sentence and songs.
"Twinkle, twinkle little underwear.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in my butt......."
8. Speaking of the singer, enjoy his big boy moves. The kid's cuteness cracks me the hell up.
(sorry about the sideways video. But. The. Cuteness. Is. Unbearable. Don't ask why he is panting like a dog. Coming soon, Aaron does the jumping jacks.)
