Where has November gone????

Today i realized that we are exactly one week away from thanksgiving, It blows my mind and also made me think about what i am thankful for. So i thought i would post it here.

1) I am so thankful to live in America, where we took a positive step towards change by electing the first black president.

2) My family, They are crazy, funny, unique and the glue that holds me together

3) That the recession has not hit me too hard and hopefully it won't

4) That my kids are healthy, smart, funny, beautiful and crazy!!!

5) My husband, he's snarky, dry and more awesome than he knows!!!! and he loves me best of all

6)My smelly dogs, they are the only beings in my house who listen to me or atleast pretend too.

There is so much more that i am thankful for but think that's a good start for today :). What are you thankful for??

pics from the beach

Long time no see....

It's been a long time since i have posted and my sister is getting ancy.... Truth is I have been a little out of it. Halloween was a sucess, No tears @ the sleepover except Arienna did get a particulary nasty cut on her leg and didn't tell me until the next morning. She drove me nuts all weekend texting me telling me how much it hurt. The kids got to go to a Mcain-Palin Rally that weekend and Charlie got to shake hands with Palin & the "first dude". Changed his beliefs and decided Mcain should win. BLEAHHH No more republicans for a while please. I was thrilled to vote and even more thrilled to vote for Obama. To see someone of a mixed heritage, diverse background and a want to do good things is powerful. I only hope he suceeds, but i support him.
I got good news this week, I donot have lupus but have a lingering strep infection in my bloodstream so hopefully this round of antibiotics will kill it. Apparently it's pretty strong because the dr seems to think i have had it a while and a round of zpak for a sinus infection didn't kill it. Hopefully the Keflex will. Also my cholesterol has come down and he suggested niacin to boost my good #'s. The kids brought home their report cards today and Charlie got all b's and a C. Arienna got 5 A's and 2 B's. Those kids are so smart and i am certainly proud of them. So that's all the news on my homefront lately, I will be better about posting in the future :)

beachy was peachy!!

Okay so that title was stupid, lol but it was good. We wnet down to Kill Devil hills on Friday and spent the weekend walking back and forth to the beach, stores,and got to see the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. I walked up all 257 stairs to the top, thought i would i die but i did it. I also have joined facebook recently and am suprised @how many people I know are on there. It's kinda cool to see people i went to high school with. I was never crazy about most of the people there but i have reconnected with some whom i really liked. It's funny how life can be like that. I have a new manager @ work which i like so far and even the general manage complimented one displays he suggested, wasn't sure if it was the actual images he liked or just the fact that we had the poster sizes up on display. It does look really good if i do say so myself. Well enough bragging on me. Good night Folks :)

Sorry bbs..

Hi there!! Long time no blog, sorry kids :) It's been busy lately and my arm has bothering me a lot lately. Turns out the tennis elbow is not getting a whole lot better :( Guess you really need to follow doctor's orders for it to get better lol. I won't go see him again until i have done everything he told me to do. Today is also my fifth wedding anniversary and i can't believe it's been five years already. They have been the happiest times of my life... I have a wonderful husband who is at time blissfully ignornant, silly and antaganizing but loves me completely and he is now feeling under the weather and you ladies out there know how men can be when their sick. UGHHHHH GOd give me strength. So i guess we won't have any big plans today but it's okay we're a pretty low maintence couple. Just getting to spend some time together is a big thing for us between work and the kids. Also next weekend is our weekend @ the beach with the entire family which I am TOTALLY excited about. It's the first all family vacation we have ever had and i have a lot to do to get ready for the trip. Call the kennel and vet and get Athena's shot records. I hate the idea of kennelling them but no beach for the doggies. :(. I think i might skip it and see if doug's mom would come and take them out while we're gone. They have an auto feeder and water dish, so she would just have to take them out and feed the kitties. No auto feeder for them because the fat bastard would eat it all in one day LOL!!! So we shall see and hope for the best. Have a good week bbs and i'll update after our trip!

School Daze....

Well kiddies, the short ones are back in school again and i am soooo relieved!! While i do tend to feel conflicted about it, it's never for long. I realized i have not posted in a while as you can see and to any fiercly devoted readers LMAO I aplogize. Have had a lot on my plate @ work as usual and am getting quite tired of it. When your job causes you either physical pain or injury you might want to think about a career change :) Last week was the mother of all weeks. It started by me going to the Dr for my med check Thursday before last and then going back Saturday for stitches (bitches) and Tuesday for tennis elbow!! I DON'T PLAY TENNIS!!!! And then last night was going to be a good mommy and go for a bike ride w/ Charlie on a bike w/no brakes and pants that kept wanting to slid down and let the moon out. So as i was riding in the cul-de-sac trying to pull up my pants and say hi to the neighbor i ran right into the curb and ate dirt! injuring my elbow all over again and skinning my shin, quite a sight. Charlie has started middle school this year and seems to be adjusting very well, he was nervous and was not sure how he felt about moving up but is enjoying it. He joined band this year and we will know his instrument i think next week. Doug is hoping for the trumpet. Arienna started seventh grade and is enjoying it as well. thriving in art which i am very pleased about. Both kids have inherited their meemaw's talent thank goodness. She is joining the science and ecology club as well. Gosh she is sooo smart, it floors me!!! Now if we can just get her to be a little nicer to everyone in the house we'll be good :)

OHH what would i give for a vacation!!!

OHH this week has been rough boys and girls.... Worked seven days!!!! too tired for words tell more later ((( YAWN )))

Your penis is as big as an eggroll Charlie!

This is what my crazy 7y.o nephew said to my son this weekend!!! I reluctently agreed to let my niece and nephew spend saturday night with us since i don't get to see them as much as i would love too, But the boys fight so after about an hour together usually. So they spent the night had a good time and it went well. So on sunday my sister being the cool Aunty that she is took Charlie to spend the day with them. They swam, played in the hot tub, chased the dogs, hunted toads and then we all got together for dinner. As Charlie is changing out of his swimsuit in the evening, KJ proceeds to look and says to Charlie "Your penis is as big as an eggroll". Well Charlie of course has to share this tidbit with everyone and as we all are trying not to fall out of our chairs laughing KJ comes out of the house and says "whatever he said i did is true" well of course that just added fuel to flames and we just laughed and laughed. I love that CRAZY Kid. He always says the funniest things. His insight and intelligence is amazing!!

THAT DAMN ROOSTER!!!!!!

Boys and Girls, Roosters are a bad thing! Especially wicker ones with Ivy intertwined in them. A few years ago i repainted my kitchen and my husband and I were arguing about wallpaper to put up and he suggested roosters. I don't like roosters as decor or anything else. My sister Lillian decided that this was pretty funny and it became a running joke. So for my birthday she, my niece and their roomate took me for brunch @ a dragqueen show which was AWESOME!! But my gift was not AWESOME, It was a wicker rooster w/ugly plastic ivy woven through. Well the rooster made it to my house then made it's way to my mother in law's where he sat in her car for six months. Well after a family reunion he flew into my driver's seat. So then he drove to my sister's house and climbed into her nice soft comfy bed. :) Think the Godfather, horsehead part,LOL. SO She found him after a well texted innuendo and after a few dirty innuendos about having a cock around the house, threesomes and what not and shocking my 11 y.o son who "didn't know we were that inapproriate". That was just TOO DAMN FUNNY!! He covertly made his way back too my house. She sent a cryptic text mess. on Sat and not thinking about it told her to bring it on. She said she had. Didn't get it until Sunday and then was paranoid. I looked for almost two days, with a few hints from her and bigger hints to the kids. Well as i was leaving for work Tuesday afternoon I FOUND HIM!!!! The little bastard was hiding in the trees by the driveway!!!!!! Now I need to find a way to get her back. I'm thinking something to do with gnomes??? Any suggestions boys and girls???

HELP!!! We all need it.

The word of the day is HELP boys and girls :) Why is it when we need help we have such a hard time asking for it? I have a friend whose husband has been out of work for a few months and they have struggled more than she let people know. Today she was venting to me about not having $$ for groceries and just watching the stress pull her down hurts me to watch. I have been in the situation where you cannot feed your kids on your own because you just don't make enough $$ to pay for anything. So me being the pushy person i am decided to help her. No she didn't ask, why would she?? We never ask for the things we need. But because i care about her and i knew my Mom wouldn't mind i went and raided her pantry and freezer and took her some groceries tonight. She tried to argue with me but i wasn't hearing it!!!! I made it about me of course, LOL. I didn't do it for me but for her DUHHH. Because there was something in it for me, It made me feel good, really good. I did it memory of someone who just recently passed that i used to work with who was the nicest, comforting and good hearted people I have ever worked with. Robert Edwards. He suffered a massive stroke in the fall and struggled to try to recover but just couldn't. This man always had a smile on his face and heart, he worked two jobs so he could retire debt free and was always willing to lend a hand to someone in need and so in your memory Robert I will try to live my life like that. I will make an effort to practice random acts of kindness and expect nothing in return. We all love Robert and we will miss you every day. So in conclusion boys and girls, If you think someone you know is struggling give them a hand up, shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen and always pay it forward.

OH THE JOY!!!

Do you remeber being a 12 y.o girl??? I vaguely remember, what an akward age. You are trying to find your place in the world your friends may change as often as your underwear AND your parents get mor e dumb with each passing day!!! This is the wonderful world of my daughter right now and I hope i can help her through it.... She has thrilled me to no end though by asking me to go shopping @ Goodwill though. We were in the car the other day and she asked me if we could shopping this week at the place?? She couldn't remember what it was called and I assumed it would be Hot Topic or Aeropostle but when i said the names she said "No, ya know the place you take all our old stuff". I said "Goodwill"? Yup Goodwill!!! Money is always tight for me and she has a bad shopping gene unfortunely but she is realing "pre-loved" stuff might be the way to go. Good thing for me the way she is growing this summer, lol. By Christmas she might be taller than me but that's not hard to beat as i'm only 5'2 in bare feet.lol

CHHHANGES......

You know about six months ago maybe seven life seemed sooo simple..... I had a nice little routine built for myself ya know maybe a little like yours. Wake up, get kids ready for school, get yourself ready for work think about what to cook for dinner whatever. Now here it is August and I feel like I have lost control of everything. My dear friend's and co worker's husband was battleing cancer since November and i went on vacation in March and he became very ill while i was out. She obviously took FMLA to care for him and He shortly passed away after that. And I feel like I can't get my life back in control from being desperatly short handed since then and cannot my head together lately. I am trying to find my out of this trap and HOPEFULLY shake up things and learn how to have fun again and get back in touch with the real me of who I used to be. So have a seat and enjoy the show!!! :)