Wooooh!

The craziness is over. Saturday was a blur. So much that I fell asleep watching Napoleon Dynamite Saturday at 9:30. I had to watch it again. It was freakin' hilarious. Hubs did not care for it. It is one of those when you watch it the first time you go.... huh? Then the second time you are laughing your ass off.
I did see Laura Bush and she is just lovely!
Cheetah Girls, well all I can say is 8,000 pre-teen girls screaming Cheetah*licious is a cruel form of punishment.
Bud is so excited for Halloween. I am going to take the afternoon off so that I can take Bud to his school Halloween party. He has already missed the trick-o-treat at school, and I do not want him to miss the party. Then we will go trick-o-treating after dinner. I am trying to decide if we are going to go to the senior center or to the neighborhood. I am sure that the seniors would appreciate him, but it is driving that I am deciding on. That would leave the hubs at home.
Decisions....decisions....decisions!

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What a rip!

I love my Thursday night TV line up. I love Grey's Anatomy. When it says there is a double episode I am excited to see it, knowing that the first episode will be a re-run, but to be robbed out of the second episode is just wrong! Back to back episodes of re-runs. Come on people. Showing the season premier AND the second episode. It is a rip off to die hard GA watchers. Thanks ABC for ruining my Thursday night lineup. Jerkies!

On a crazier note:

Guess what I am doing this Saturday (all before 4:00pm)? Come on guess? Betch'a can't in a million years guess.

First, I am going to the public market. (I am pretty sure that you woulda guessed that)
Second, I am going to see The First Lady Laura Bush! Her hubby may be a dope, but SHE is different. (didn't see that comming did ya?)
Third, I have buds skating lesson.
Fourth, I am working the Cheetah Girls concert.

Now 1 & 3 you might have guessed, but 2&4 completely off of my standard radar.

Once again overloaded, but I have Sunday to recover. That and Saturday night. Since Cheetah Girls will be over by 4:15.

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

Happy Birthday Grandpa. I know that this one is going to be a tough one, but we love you and want you to have a happy birthday.

Halloween is just around the corner, what is really disturbing is the fact that the Christmas decorations are out. That is just wrong! They should not be out until after Halloween. Period. While I am shopping for my Halloween stuff I do not want to be rushed in to Christmas. I understand the deal with Thanksgiving, but Christmas...come on. Wegmans the large grocery store in my area has the trees out already. Some stores will start their piped in muzak as well on November 1. This is craziness. The advertisements for the toys are on the TV as well. This morning during cartoons there must have been 5 commercials for new toys. Most are the power ranger and barbie variety. Now I do not mind the toys, but the target marketing time sucks. I am trying to get dressed for work, and Bud screams at the top of his little lungs "Mommy mommy come here quick!" I run like a lunatic in the room and he says "look mommy.... I want that." My reaction is to tell Santa. Mommy does not buy toys for the sake of buying. Since this is the first year of fully comprehending the Santa and gift bit, I think that we now need to look in to letting him know that He will not get all of the toys that he wants. 29 days till Black Friday!

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Sorry!

First to my hubs....
I am sorry I am sick all of the time. I know when we got married we said in sickness and in health. I did not realize that the sick days would be far greater than the healthy ones. I am sorry that the sickness has been so long. Never once have you complained and I am sorry that you got the raw end of the deal. I am sorry my medical expenses have taken up almost all of what money we had for "fun" stuff, and I am sorry that you have to deal with it all of the time.
Second to Bud.....
I am sorry that mommy is sick all of the time. I am sorry that when you want to go out and play I can't take you all of the time. I am sorry that when you want to ride your bike or rollerblades that you have to do it in the driveway, because I can't go out this time of year. I am sorry that mommy sometimes can't even get up and read you a book because I have a hard time breathing. I am sorry that at the last minute I have to change our plans when I get sick.
Third to my friends......
I am sorry for endlessly detailing how crappy I feel most of the time. I am sorry for being that "friend".

Here is your free pass. All of you. If I have annoyed you enough and you are sick and tired of me being sick and tired all of the time here is your chance. I am not going to be getting better. I have an illness that will never go away. I have to deal with it daily and it sucks. I do not want you to have to deal with it, but part of being around me is knowing that everything I do has a direct impact on my illness. No matter what I eat, drink or the meds I have to take. The activities I can do or not do. Where and when I can be outside.

I have taken some time away from this blog in order to get things in order. In order to figure out what I need to do in my life. So here is it out in the open. Here is your chance. I will not hold any grudges.

This is what I needed to do so that I can now......
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How DO you do it?

No, really how do you do it?

This was asked of me yesterday. This week is another one of those weeks. Yesterday I forgot that there was a luncheon for some of the office staff. Our CEO was nominated for business person of the year. Anyways, I had to run home and change my clothes since I felt that my dress slacks and sweater were too casual for this event. I had a meeting and a dinner Monday, I have a meeting tonight, and I also have Bud's hockey practice. I will be late to the practice. I have our Rotary fundraiser tomorrow night, and have to start planning a 5th birthday party for Bud. So how do I do it? I have a great support system. My parents are awesome at helping us out and the hubs is my biggest fan. He does so much to make things run smooth. That is how. But I can't say that with out it sounding so simple. I fit in my friends here and there. I have lunch planned this Friday with miss ribail and I have not seen her in....well..... gosh... it's been so long that I can't remember. We planned it a month out so that we could keep a clear calendar. That is how nuts it is. I have also decided that we need to get a huge dry erase calendar for our kitchen so that we can keep our life on track.

That is how it's done.

I have not blogged since I have been so busy at work and home. I finally just took a break today. That and I have a mega cold A- freakin' gain!

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Selflessness

So there was this guy who shot up a school house full of children. The families of all of these children agreed to raze the school house and leave a "pasture" there. All of this was done with out a bunch of overpaid jackasses called politicians and wanna be politicians. It was done in a weeks time and at night. The survivors of these children were not looking to place blame, but to move on and in their hearts remember.

Then there was this building where a lot of people died quite a while ago and nothing has been done to the space because everyone is arguing about what should be done with the space. Instead of having a simple park with benches to go and enjoy. There is this issue where tons of dollars are being spent on what is going to be done. Should it be an oversized memorial, should it be a new building, should it be nothing. There are also politicians making a boat load of money off of this.

The difference in my mind is the politicians. They are elected bodies and are afraid to loose a re-election and therefore will not make a decision.

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editors note: I just read an article by the spokesperson on the series of events in PA and this sums it up perfectly ......"We just did what we think we need to do as people of faith. Our actions are more important than our words."

have a great weekend

What the.....

For the past couple of months I have had this issue where I can not sleep. I am tired at 6 or 7pm then when 9:30 comes around I am UP. Wide freakin' awake. The worst part is that I am up until 2am where I then proceed to get 5 hours of sleep. Only to get up and take my sorry ass to work by 8:30. I have yet to figure out how to curb this. If I go to bed I toss and turn so much that the hubs gets annoyed. Taking sleeping pills is out of the question. So I will just deal. It will end soon right?

now.......

The boots you see here are what I call my hooker boots. I know the whole heel thing is off, but that doesn't matter. I have them on today with this little flowy black skirt, and everyone in the office thinks I look cute. I am thirty something and I am still being called cute. I guess I am old enough to get ma'amed and young enough to be cute! Works for me. I think.

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DB has left the building :-(

It is a sad sad sad day!

For those who really know me, know who I mean. I have a smart friend and I mean really smart friend (he used to be a co-worker & friend) now he is just a friend. He is smart in the context that he writes this:
"......He stands, as those few others, a looming presence in my life, offering the possibilities of what could be accomplished to afford the noncompliant environmental solace. He confirmed for me, that genius, like CO2, has a smell that takes your breath, and allows an average man to do spectacular things."
This is his piece of brilliance. He is leaving and I am going to miss him. We do not hang out, nor do we make visits to see each other, but he is a great person nonetheless. He has joined the ranks of Snarky & LaDolce. Me ever loving co-workers who have moved to a better place while I sit here. Afraid to go, or complacent in my life, you decide.
I have expanded my circle of on-line friends and I can not keep in touch with them all, so I had to do some updating here as well. You will find that anyone can post. While this may be a temp thing, for now I want to see how it goes.

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Public market

I have never been to a public market. I have been to farmers markets, but not to a public market. Apparently the city 20 minutes from my town has a HUGE public market. I was told by a co-worker, and I went. Holy freggin' cow! It was amazing! The prices and variety of items is amazing. I bought things I did not intend to buy, but I did buy these snack cakes that look like hockey pucks for Bud. He called them hockey puck goodness. I guess that means that he likes them. I also got him these amish snickerdoodles. He loved those as well. I also picked up 2 mega packs of socks for $7. Since it is so far away it is not something that I can do all of the time, but I think that we will have to make another trip to get our apples for making applesauce. We need to get a bushel. Last year we did not get enough and ran out of applesauce. The only things we make from scratch are strawberry jam and applesauce. Yummmm! So I am a quest to get apples next week. Then I will have to wait on for the next trip. What a find. Have I mentioned that it is simply amazing!

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Just wake up and smell the coffee.

Last night while I was in the bathroom (No this is not gross) I took a look in the mirror. OK that may be gross, but anyways I noticed that there are more grey hair then before. This is very disturbing to me. I used to be able to pluck them out in a fashion that would not leave me bald. Now it appears that the brownish color is slowly caving to that of a hue of grey. This is hugely disturbing to me. I do not want to look like my grandma and I do not want to have to spend 150.00 to achieve the look I want every 4 weeks. Thus I have not colored my hair in weeks! Hence the noticeable amounts of grey. I am in the 25-34 age bracket and I do not want this to be my reality. It is bad enough I get ma'amed, and I am getting those lines around my eyes. Polite people call them laugh lines, I do not laugh all that much, so there is no laugh line there. It is old lady wrinkle. Plain and simple. My friend who laughs a lot has laugh lines and they look like that. Mine do not. I guessthe time has come, I have to wake up and smell the coffee.


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It's finally here!

Last night was the first night of hockey practice. I met another hockey mom named SueAnn. She was very nice. Bud was not the biggest, but not the smallest. He was not the best nor the one needing the most assistance. This is all well & good! I asked him if he had a good time, and he said yes! Mental note....bring water bottle and increase inventory of lysol & febreese. The sweat and the stankness that comes from this sport is GROSS! I had to put his gear in the garage last night to air out. He is only 4 how much stink should that produce I mean really. Well now I know and I grossly underestimated him. He sweat more in that hour that I have in my whole life, but he was just so cute!!!!!

Hockey starts tomorrow for the Amerks, We got our season tickets in the mail yesterday. Looking forward to that as well.

Side note we are going to the public market Saturday and I have never been. I have been told it is a great place to shop for stuff. We are going to go before practice.
woo hoo

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Rude or not you decide.

So there is this girl that I have not had any contact with since she left the company pretty much a year ago. Not even the courtesy of an email to say hello from her in the past year. Today I get an email soliciting money for a fundraiser that she is doing.
Hi!
I am raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a participant in their Light The Night Walk. I am walking in honor of my mother-in-law, xxxxxxxx, who has courageously fought the battle against lymphoma and is currently in remission. Each donation helps accelerate cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma and brings hope to the patients and families who are on the front lines of the battle against these diseases.

Now I ask, what would you do? I would never ask her to buy anything nor would I send such an impersonal email to my friends soliciting money. I think it is rude. I am not the queen of etiquette, but I think that I have the basic skills of what is and what is not in good taste. I feel for her mother-in-law. I wil pray for her mother-in-law, but if you want money from me do it right and not like that.

That is it for now more to come!

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Awful Awful Awful

The whole issue with the Amish girls in the school house is very disturbing to me. Any form of violence to others is very disturbing, but this is more bothersome. These girls would have contributed to society in a simple way. They would have assisted families in the agriculture sector and would be mommies some day. They will raise honest, hard working and god fearing children.
So tell me, what is the matter with people? Why would someone hurt such a person.

THEY WERE LITTLE GIRLS! THEY LIVED SIMPLY!

While I'm at it.....why would anyone hurt children. Verbally. The big fat piece of horse patoot in FL is another one. Sending messages to kids working as pages. Until you are 18 you are a kid. I do not care how mature your parents say you are, or how far away from your parents you live. Until you are 18 you are a kid. Adults should know better and if you act on inappropriate behavior you deserve to be punished. Especially where children are concerned.
I do not care what your role in society is. All the more shame on you. Hiding in rehab is no excuse.

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Kinda like herpes (but for a computer)

I took my computer to Mr. LDV for a check up. He basically said that it has a form of herpes. You know kinda like an illness that won't bother you, but also will not go away! The prescription after he gave it the initial dose of computer antibiotics was to keep an eye on it for flare ups and we should be ok. What a great guy!
Now let me fill you in on the cuteness of the LDV children. You walk in and they are both so happy to see you! Not shy or bashful, but genuinely happy to see you. The little round faces of cuteness are all smiles and cheer. My monster goes in to play for a bit. He loves the Thomas the Tank motif in the kids room. Now Mr. LDV says hey don't mind the mess to which I say ummm what mess? I see no mess. I see a house with pictures on the wall that tiny little hands made with love for the LDV family and friends to see. I see happy kids. I see a happy house. Oh yeah, I see Buddha and chica (can't miss them they are so happy to see people too). The cute little round dogs to match the cute little house, with the cute family.
Mrs. LDV has it good! A funny was when the little LDV says to my hubs .Papa Hi Papa. I thought that was hysterical. Only because Bud calls my dad Papa. I guess Hubs is getting old! hee hee hee.
So, by tonight all is going to be well. We will have our computer back and I got a dose of cuteness.
Thanks again Mr. & Mrs. LDV
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There is nothing to say! I am all meeting-ed out. I now have to schedule meetings for the meetings I just had so that I can delegate jobs. The funniest thing is that my dad is on my committee that I am the director of. I get to tell him what to do!

Tonight is Grey's night so there is nothing going on! I have nothing planned! My good friend LDV dropped me a line and my computer is going to Mr. LDV for a serious inspection. It is very ill and a mean old man wants to erase the hard drive to fix it. Not cool!

I attempted to get pre-sale tix for Trace and it did not work. For some reason we can not access the ticket place. major bummer, but Miss.D is going to check in to it from home and we are going to go together! Woo Hoo!

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May I see you in my office.

Talk about making your heart jump.....
I was walking down the hall at work and the HR director comes up to me and says "I need to see you right away" (as she walks in to the conference room) I ask if I should close the door and she says "yes". My heart drops to the pit of my stomach. She says "First I would like to apologize on behalf of the company for overlooking your step-mother-in-laws funeral." "I was under the impression that the receptionist had taken care of flowers for that and an behalf of the company I am sorry". side note our receptionist is a ding bat not for this, but because she really is. Anyways, I said that I did not think that the company did things like that for step-in-laws. I was not expecting anything. A card would have been nice, but again, not expected. She said that the company will be making a donation to the American Heart Society in her name (that was Connie's charity of choice) Someone did read the obit. She said that she had no idea that nothing was done until yesterday, and when she found out, took it to the CEO who said that a donation was necessary.
Sometimes people shock the heck out of me and I am not sure how to react. I am one of the people who really expect nothing from other people, and to be honest it lightens the load.

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Over booked, with cookies

Yesterday I had a Rotary meeting after work.
Tonight I have a meeting at Camp Haccamo (Camp for disabled children)
Tomorrow night I have 2 meetings. One with the Wegmans International (an LPGA tournament that benefits Camp Haccamo) and I have a meeting with Special Olympics. Both are at 6pm. Believe it or not I am going to both. LPGA first and Special Olympics second. Thursday is Grey's.
Friday I have a Pampered Chef party.
Saturday is parent meeting for youth hockey & surprise party for hubs grandma.
Somewhere in there I have to make time for the hubs and Bud.
I also have to sell Pancake Day tickets and posters.
I also got in the mail a pack of cookies that I have to try exclusively for 5 days then I have to give my opinion, then I will get another pack of cookies to give my opinion, then I get a third pack of cookies.

All that and a bag of cookies. Who could ask for more.

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My life....soooo sad

So much happened in such a short period of time I am still trying to figure out everything.
Here it is:

• Amerks kicked off training camp
• I played softball on Saturday. Me the eternal spectator played and I did pretty well
• Have a new babysitter for Bud. She was the cutest thing and she wants to do it again.
• successfully pulled off the surprise party for hubs mom
• Went to Food for breakfast. It was yummmy
• Went to Miss A's house to see Grey's anatomy (makes me realize that my house is a piece of shit next to hers)
• Watched Jets beat the Bills! Woo hoo woo hoo
• Rode the bike with Bud (have not done that in 15 years)
• Took down the vegetable garden
• Found out Trace is coming to town!!!!!!!!
• Megadeath was on the radio as I was going to the grocery store, and instantly I turned in to a teenager. Cranked the volume and rolled down the windows like a fool, but I did not care it was Megadeath.

Whew! My legs are reminding me that I am not meant for two forms of exercise in one weekend and really how outta shape I am.

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Bad mood Friday!

I can not believe that I did not see Grey's. I am so pissed. I asked the hubs to set the recorder for Grey's since I had a dinner to go to, and when we were walking in the door I noticed that it was 5 to ten. I said to the hubs oh, there is 5 minutes left. He looked at me and said no, it's been over with for an hour. I freaked and said ahhh ........NO! It is on from 8-10. He thought it was 8-9 since he did not listen to me when I said 8-10. This is a long standing sore spot when he listens to half of what I say. It happens most of the time. There are not a lot of shows that I really like, but this is one of them. Anyways, I missed it and I am annoyed. It all could have been avoided had he just listened to me. So today is bad mood Friday! Hopefully the weekend will be better!
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40 years from now

When my days lived are longer than the ones I have left I want to be able to do this. I want to be the female version of George Burns. This is what is going to help me make it. I do not want to sit in Barbados, or some exotic place waiting for a cabana boy to show up. Just plop me down on a curb with some fun clothes and a gar. Could you imagine how much fun this would be? The real simple life. People might even give me money. Wouldn't that be a hoot.

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This is me. This is the mess I have to deal with at work. Now don't let me confuse you in to thinking that I am in the IT department. I am not. I am just dealing with a bunch of shit and everytime I try to fix something there is another component attached that begins and ends like this.
Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results? Yeah I am pretty sure that I am there.

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How could I forget bun number 3

My sister in law called me on Friday night, I was out with the hubs and some friends at a bonfire. It was a load of fun. We also looked at their slides from their 2 week trip to Alaska and it was truly amazing! It makes me want to go. Well she called me again on Saturday morning and my niece needed to talk to me. My 5 year old niece proceeded to tell me that she was going to be a big sister again. My asset brother is once again pro-creating. I have let most of the Sh*& between us go, but I am still holding out for an apology. So there is a "bun in the oven". My brother is actually the last of the C family. It is not like he is a Jr or anything like that. He is the fifth. My dad is CRC the IV my brother is CRC V. If this child is not a boy then he is the last. I really could care less. I love my nieces and just hope for healthy. They will now have to move to a bigger house and get a mini-van. hee hee hee.

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Get it...got it...good! Let's go!

• H.E.C.C approved helmet w/ full face shield, chin strap & ear pieces.....check
• colored Internal mouth guard.....check
• neck guard....check
• Shoulder pads....check...check (there is 2)
• Elbow pads....check...check
• gloves....check...check
• Hockey pants....check
• shin guards...check...check
• hockey skates....check....check
• cup w/ supporter...check (not a mommyrox thing)
• ice hockey stick....check (side note wrapped accordingly)

This is how I spent my Saturday. Bud, Papa ad I went to the two area sports stores that sell hockey gear and we bought everything we needed. Even things we did not need. It is going to be great to see him out there in his glory. It was just so much fun seeing him get all dressed in it all. It did hit a stimulation overload at about 6pm Saturday evening. We packed up the hockey bag and he is so ready for his first game/practice. If it is not going to work I will know for sure this year. If it is something that he loves then this is the first step in a long ride.

This is what I learned. When one salesman says "oh yeah it is always a bit snug, if you just cut it here at the top it will come off easier" go to another store. When a child says "no mommy the blue ones fit better than the black ones" and they are the same size clearly fit has not even entered the mind. And lastly...... drum roll please.......when it comes to hockey Bud knows everything and I know nothing. So I have been told.

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Nooo not Dog!

This is Dog and dogs family.

He and his two sons Leland and Tim have been arrested. They really look like they should have been arrested by the fashion police instead of the real police.
Now I really have no idea why he has been arrested for kidnapping. My hubs loves to watch this show. Why, once again I have no idea. They are these way freakish bounty hunters from Hawaii who pray ("protect us Jesus as we go to get the bad guy") and say they are doing society a favor by "getting the bad guys off the streets". I cannot dispute this. I just think that they are so bizarre. I mean really, I understand tradition and heritage, but yikes people. If I were a criminal I would turn myself in before these folks were to come and get me. I would not run because I did not want to go to jail, I would run to get away from them.
lesson here... stay out of trouble unless you like this guy to touch you. eewww!
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Damn that bug!

Take a good look at this bug. They move slower than a snail and they fly like any regular beetle does. They are called many things such as stink bug, assassin bug (beetle), grasshopper bug. Well these lovely things are infesting our office, and they make me nuts! We call the exterminator and he says sorry not much I can do, because they live in the vents and in the drains. Anywhere it is moist and some what warm. We have had this problem for almost 2 years, and each time I see one it makes me jump. I am not afraid of bugs, but these are quiet and it is like someone sneaking up on you. I go to reach for a paper on my desk and there one is. Just sitting there. I did not hear it buzz like a flying bug should, it just appeared. Damn those bugs. I think they got the name assassin from the freakin' heart attack that you get when they sneak up on you and your heart is beating 1000 times a minute to recover from the shock of seeing them.

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Let there be snot!

The snot is rollin now! I am feeling better. Thank you to the makers of Sudafed, Puffs plus with lotion and Halls. Oh I can not forget Tim Hortons. That smooth throat coating tripple tripple goodness that has helped me get through this. mmmmmm. I love you man.

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Still in the midst of crappe'.

I feel like all of the garbage in the previous post only it has been tossed in to the blender and well that is it.

I am eating my processed chicken soup for lunch in all of it's goldfish noodle goodness. Sounds good huh? Betcha wish you had some of this. I will top it off with some OJ. Now that's as american as apple pie. Right?

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I feel like arse!

You see that big pile of garbage? See the people walking around it as if it is no big deal? That is me, the garbage. Healthy people are milling around as if I do not feel like shit and expecting too much from me today.

Oh yeah that Bucky got caught. Would you believe that it was such news that the local grocery store announced it on the PA while I was shopping.

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Damn that Phillips guy

That piece of shit bucky that is running from the cops is all over the national news now. I went to CNN and there is was main news, I went to Fox and there is was main news, and the AP has a main tag line for him. This asshat (thanks miss lis for the verbiage) has disrupted lives all over the state. There are troopers that have missed their kids first day of school and vacations have been cancelled. There are schools and businesses in lockdown. Children in the smallest of small communities that are told not to go out because of a gun toting crazy man. Now before you get in to a huff I know that it is the job of the troopers to be flexible, but this is crazy. He has been on the run since April, and the man power needed for this remote area far outweighs the manpower available. As of this morning he is on the FBI top 10 list. Dead or alive he will be caught now. I know that this asshat has not earned the right to take up two days of my post, but I feel for the multitude of folks that are in disarray as well as the lives that are shattered because a loved one is injured. One of the guys I work with has just received a call that his wife "Mrs. Engineer" the NYS Trooper is going to assist in this manhunt. All my best to her for her safe return!
Here is my message to the world. Take care of your children. Raise them right, and teach them to respect the law!

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Hold it in..... no more!

Since mid June there has been this guy names Ralph "Bucky" Phillips who has been on the run from the New York State Troopers. You see the one thing that he did was he escaped from a prison in Erie. Now items that the police think that he is in connection with are: shooting 3 troopers. With great sadness one of the three passed away (Trooper Longobardo), one is clinging to life in a hospital (Trooper Baker) and the third is recovering from wounds. The first two were shot in the back which is cowardly no matter who did it. What gets my goat is that he is Indian (Native American to those of you who are PC). I am an Indian and I am disgusted with the behavior that he is displaying. He is also wanted in connection with multiple home and business invasions and car thefts. He is running from the law and with the help of his family he has been succeeding. There is even a restaurant that has me so enraged they are offering "Bucky burgers" they are regular burgers that are served in a to go container "in case you need to run out fast". People need to wake up and smell the coffee. How can this be funny. How can you make money out of so much tragedy?
He is now on the US Marshals 15 most wanted list. I hope they find him soon, and I pray that the rumors that say Indians on the reservation are protecting him are not true, and that the $250,000 reward money goes to the troopers bereavement fund.

sadly I will say
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Just stuff

First, Out of curiosity I watched Miss Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News. I am not a fan by any means and I do not think I ever will be, but I am now even more put off by her tilting of the head when she talks to the camera. You know that look that your 3rd grade teacher gave you when she wanted to make sure you understood her. She did that by tilting her head to the side and repeating her question. I do it to Bud when I want to make sure he understands me. So when Miss Katie tilts her head and opens her flapper I get annoyed and have to change the channel. So back I go to ABC World News Tonight.

Next, I have been a bad friend to Pearlie. You see Pearlie used to work at the hockey arena as a hot dog cook. She was a retired school bus driver for the inner city. She loved Bud. She would give Bud little trinkets when he was at the game. This past February she go in to a car accident and really never recovered fully. She has moved to Texas to be with her daughter and I have been slacking on writing her letters. Well to be honest I have not written any! When she got in to her accident Bud sent her a cookie basket and we sent her letters, but since she has sent me 7 or 8 letters and I have sent none. My grandma would be so disappointed in me. Well last night I sat and wrote her a 3 page letter. I hope that helps in making up for the fact that I have not written all summer. I think that she is a great lady, and I wish her all the best. I will miss her this year as she has been a fixture at the arena for the past few years.

Next, It was a full moon which would provide some sort of explanation about the leg thing the other night.

Next, Football starts tonight. NY Jets lets go!

lastly, enjoy life

While I was sleeping.....funky calf rubbing....

I went to bed earlier than usual last night and fell in to a rare deep sleep.

Well, in the middle of this really good sleep my husband wakes me up by fiercely rubbing his hand up and down my left calf. This shocks the heck out of me. I am thinking he has lost all of his marbles. My first thought is well jeesh I know that I need to shave my legs, but this is crazy! Then I told him to stop, and he got out of bed and went to the kitchen, then came back to bed and went back to sleep.

This morning when my hubs gets up I asked him what it was last night that made him rub my leg. He said that he did no such thing. I said you woke me out of a really good sleep and made me talk to you. That is how I know that is was true. He insists that I am making the entire thing up. I am so not crazy! Not only that he is not going to pin this silly act on me with out a good reason, he is not going to win this one. He was laughing about it this morning, but it is still very strange.
Could there be something funky in the stars? There is no full moon. I am perplexed.

enjoy life.

p.s.
Congrats to Mrs. Kate and Mr. Bill on the arrival of Lauren Claire

Again with the hair.

I had a weekend. Nothing fancy, nothing out of the ordinary, I was asked to work the ball game and I did on Friday, Sunday & Monday. On Saturday since the ball game was rained out We took Bud to Friendly's for dinner and ice cream. It was a great night out. While eating I realized that Bud needed a hair cut. This child has more hair than a child should. Not only is it thick there is a lot of it. He gets that from me. Well we stopped by this hair place in the mall to get a kid cut. I said short. She said OK I'll give him a 2 in the back and we'll work with the top. I say OK. So there I sit watching. When all is done I looked at him thought great much cleaner. Then I took another look and realized that my cute little guy looks like he should be in an old beat up truck with a confederate flag in the back window with white power tattoed on his arm. NO WAY NOT MY KID! This had to change right away. So as soon as we get home I grab that bottle of gel in the cabinet and I spike up the hair. Now that is cute! He is a slight variation of the Jerry McGuire kid. You know who I mean the one who says "Did you know the human head weighs 8 pounds?" So now I am obsessed with making sure that the hair is spiky. First, I have my own hair issues and now I am giving Bud hair issues. When will the madness end!

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I'm a big kid now

The hubs calls me at work and the conversation goes something like this:

Hubs "where is the camera?"
Mommyrox "It's in my purse, Why do you ask?"
H " Bud is riding his bike"
M "And you need the camera for that?"
H " The two wheel bike!"
M "NO WAY!"

I had the camera in my purse because on Wednesday he was jumping off the diving board in to the deep end of the pool. I went on my lunch to watch him jump. Now he is riding a "big kid bike" My baby is not a baby anymore. He is officially a big kid. (tear rolling down my cheek). I am amazed at his level of confidence and how much pride he has with this accomplishment.

At least I have one more year before he starts school. Time goes by so fast that I will once again send my love out to all of my peeps. Since it is Labor Day weekend I will not be back until Tuesday, and with that it should be a wet one! Thank you hurricane Ernesto!

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Are you the singee or singer?

I pulled a late night last night due to the afore mentioned software program, and as I was driving home I had a deep thought. Are you ready for this? When you were a kid listening to the radio (sorry we did not have ipods) did you envision yourself at the person singing the song to someone? or someone singing the song to you? I must say I pondered this longer than necessary on my 10 minute commute home. I was the one who envisioned myself singing this to someone, where as a guy that I had an un-recipical mad crush on (in 8th grade) envisioned that someone singing it to him. What was amazing is that I put a lot of thought in to this. I never ever thought about it before. I had just thought everyone thought the same way about certain songs the way I did.

So that is my pondering thought and I needed to share.

signed the singer

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Office Software & Hockey you decide

We have a software in our office called timberfuck. It kicks me out almost daily and if I am lucky twice a day. Today instead of having the luxury of being kicked out, it is shut down. So here I am. My position in this company does not allow me to do anything but work in the various programs with in this piece of shi$ software.

So the decision has been made and we are enrolling Bud in the Pony league to play hockey. Bud has no idea yet, as we have not told him. This will involve reaching deep in to the pockets and forking up almost $400 for the time. Thank goodness Papa and Mama (my parents) are going to foot the bill for equipment. It won't be too bad since he already has the skates & helmet. It runs from October to March 2 days a week of 1 hour ice time. Now one might say why would you pay that much for a child to play hockey. Well here are the reasons.

1. The first time he rolled over the hockey highlights were on ESPN and he was watching it when I went to check on him.
2. For Christmas when he turned 2 he was given a hockey stick from Santa and since then he has had one in his possession all the time.
3. He learned to skate from the recreation program that is offered for the town and has been going every Wednesday since he was allowed on the public rink.
4. All summer he has been on his roller blades playing hockey in the driveway
5. When he won my office NCAA pool he wanted a hockey helmet. Not toys, or McDonald's, but a hockey helmet. So he got one. (Note: The pictures below are pre-helmet purchase)

Need I say more. Look how much fun he is having.

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Big Sissy!

I have decided that in my not so old age that I have become a big sissy!
Hubs, Bud & I went to the Carnival at the local church. It is an annual event that always draws a huge crowd. They have rides for kids & adults, carnival games and food. Well we set a limit on the rides for Bud and he wants to ride the paratooper. It is a big umbrella like ride that you sit in and it goes forwards and backwards. Since the hubs hates heights that leaves me to go. Now back in my day I would ride every ride in the park. I would go upsidedown and backwards. Never bothered me. So here I am sitting next to Bud and we are on the ride. He is rocking the seat back and forth and I am FREAKING out. I said to him hey Bud don't do that. He could care less. He keeps on rocking. Me on the other hand I am as pale as a ghost. I want to get off. Then we start to go backwards. Bud looks at me after we get off and he says want to go again? I said no. He says big sissy. Where in the heck does that come from.
No matter it is true I am a big sissy.
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July 13 Part V

Ok I am going to bullet this:

• Meet with funeral director make plans and slut tries to change them in front of the funeral director she does not succeed.
• Go to florist and get flowers slut tries to pick them out for us again does not succeed(contemplating changing her name to bitch)
• Call Church and make arrangements for reception and start to plan menu
• Ask for help in getting food for 50 folks, get minimal.
• Work on eulogy (very hard)
• Work on collages for service
• Take care of guest and my child

Now we are done with the service and we spend lots of time with the FIL. The slut tries to take items out of the house and demand that certain things are hers. No the case since the lawyer told her no, but she managed to steal about a suitcase and a half of the items that were my SMIL's. If I ever see that thieving ungrateful slut again it will be too soon.

Oh yeah.... brother-in-laws wife calls (who is in CA) to speak with brother in law (who is in NY for funeral) and says I am leaving you. I am calling a lawyer and I want a divorce.

The insanity will never end. So that is my story and I am tired. This week has been all about getting this out and venting about the craziness. I needed to do it and I am not sorry if it bugged you. This is my space and I can write what I want to.

I missed all of Rockstar and Big Brother so I am grouchy about that too.

Side note: since July 4, 2006 to August 21, 2006 I have had 6 deaths around me. I am done. No more. Enough.

Enjoy life!

July 13 Part V

Here we go!
On Monday I go to work. What the hell was I thinking????? I get a call from my hubs sister and she has told me that slut is calling the lawyer stating there is a will making all kinds of a fuss. We are planning to meet the funeral director at 3:00 so my plan of working a half day goes down the tube. I go home. Make more phone calls and more phone calls and more freakin phone calls. Then we meet for lunch to make sure that FIL is eating. Slut is late as usual and on the phone with her friends. Only cries when others are around to gain sympathy. We go to the funeral home and talk about the details and how the obit should read. Slut provides a piece of paper written the way she wants to be in the paper and the funeral director says no! She also tries to make changes to the date and time that we have already decided on. Every so offen the room would get quiet and we would look at her like she was an idiot. Once Thursday was firm we made the arrangements with the church and the reception after the service. I was in charge of all of it to make sure that it went smoothly. I did a lot of cooking and salad making. It was ok. Slut did everything to try to ruin it. She moved the special flower that FIL put near the picture at the alter for the service, she took a bunch of the flowers from the service and wanted to take them to a nursing home. When FIL said he wanted the ones he picked for his wife that said "Wife" she said no, I paid for them. They go to the nursing home. Just little things like that made us hate her. The last straw was when she stole items from the house and demanded that all of the SMIL rings and pearls go to her. Umm NO! She crammed her suitcases full of stuff that she could smuggle out and went back to Florida. Thank god! Karma hit her though. Her luggage was lost and the had the runs the entire flight.
If I ever see her again it will be too soon. Would you believe there is still no will! She was so insistent that there was. Lesson learned. Get a will, health care proxy and make all of your funeral wishes known.

I have had 6 deaths in my life since July 4th. I think that I have hit my quota!


I can now enjoy life. Albeit a bit sadder now, but I am going to enjoy life.

July 13 Part IV

So here I am at 2:30 calling all of the SMIL's family members who live out of the state to let them now what has happened. Once I make those calls Bud wakes up with dreams of monsters. It was creepy! At this time I was contemplating when and how to tell Bud that his gramma whom he say just a couple of weeks ago has passed. I wait. I do nothing. I sit and then contemplate weather or not we should take our scheduled day trip to the local amusement park. I decide to go, and not tell Bud so will have a good time. Honestly, as I look back that part of the day was a blur. I decide that I need to leave Bud at my parents house after the trip so that I can take care of business with the hubs family. What I find out is that the sister to SMIL is on her way and wil be arriving sometime in the late afternoon. Now the family is at the house cleaning and throwing away all sorts of garbage so that the house will be prepared for the company that is about to arrive in the next few days. Now here is a very vital part. She had no will. She was married to FIL for 19 years (not days or months, but years) and they had been together for 26 years. This is important for later. At 4pm I meet the deceased sister at a gas station. I'll call slut for the benefit of FIL. I have her follow me to FIL's house and she is all weepy. When we arrive the house looks to be in pretty good shape. Now slut takes it upon herself to go through the house as if SMIL was single and lived alone. FIL was pissed and right away knew where this was going. So here we are at 5pm on Sunday looking for a will or any sort of important documentation. There was none, but slut insisted that she had one at her house in FL from 1977. That was a lie. Then we all sit down and get to talking about the service. Slut wants it on Friday. FIL's kids say Thursday since Wednesday would have been SMIL's 64th birthday, and why drag it out. End result it was agreed SMIL was to be cremated and buried on Thurs 8/17. I make the call to the funeral home and get all of the arrangements started. First meeting is Monday with the funeral director. I also contact the church and make all of the arrangements for the reception after the service. FIL also asked me to give a eulogy. As if my plate is not full enough. Hub's sister takes on all of the finances (big mess).

Part V tomorrow (please bear with me, this is very therapeutic for me)
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July 13 Part III

Another couple of days of my father in law and the PA trying to help care for the step mother in law and on August 6 she falls to the ground and just the FIL is there. He calls his son who has a fantastic nurse wife and they get her up and go straight to the car. While she is sitting in the car the nurse calls the PA and says she is in the car and we are coming to you. So off they go to the non-surgical hospital. Once she gets there she is placed in to ICU. Her leg is infected and there is a spot on her incision that is going to rupture and she could bleed to death. They dope her up on meds and keep her stable. That is all they can do. The doctors have a request to get her to Strong Memorial Hospital where she needs critical care, and they are waiting for a bed there for her. On August 11 the spot ruptures and she has a surgical Dr. stop the bleed and rush her to Strong. Once there after the initial run through of the charts and the doctors rounds they call at 5:00 am and tell us that they need to amputate just below the knee. The infection was that bad. So she goes under the knife not knowing what is happening. Once they get out of the surgery they have informed us that the entire leg was amputated and that the infection was really bad. She is in Surgical intensive care with a nurse 24/7. She passes away on 8/13 one month to the day of the original routine procedure at 2:22 am. I get the call from the hospital. Yes, I got that call, which leaves me to call all of the family members and relay the news. The Hubs, his dad, his sister and his brother all rush to the hospital. Hubs gets there first and says a prayer with her and waits for the rest of the family.

Part IV later

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July 13 Part II

So on to Part II
Discharge happened on 7/18 in the afternoon. She was released with an infection in her leg and with oral meds to treat. She went to her primary care physician two days later. Primary doc says to father in law you should be ok to care for her. Just keep the bandages clean and make sure she takes her meds. FIL says Ok if you say so. He does the best he can not realizing how hard it is to take care of her. He calls the Dr the next Monday 6 days after release from hospital and says I need help. I can't do this. Dr. says bring her in Thursday. Once again they go in to the office and finally he gets the assistance he needs to care for his wife. A Physicans Assistant from a non-surgical hospital. She comes every other day to see her and make sure that all is well. After a week the leg is not healing, and the wound where the incision is just happens to be getting worse even after being on antibiotics for the leg infection. The PA says she needs to go back to the hospital 7/27 . So in she goes to the Emergency Department. Released the next day. Just an infection we will up the antibiotics that are clearly not working. You see they had her records and how she behaved and did not want her back in the hospital. Bastards. That was their second mistake. The PA still came every other day and did the best she could to help.

Tomorrow Part III

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It started July 13 Part I

On July 13 in the early morning my husbands step mother (or my step-mother-in-law) asked me to send emails to her friends and family to keep them updated on the progress of a routine surgery scheduled for July 13. They needed to do some work on an either an artery or vein in her leg. I did this. It was a favor and was only going to last a few days. Well, we went to see her in the hospital after the surgery on July 15. She had a violent episode due to being on prozac (about 1 month prior to surgery) and vicodin for the pain of the surgery. Because of this security had be outside her room 24/7. No staff was allowed in her room by themselves. If her blood pressure was to be taken the staff had to use a manual cuff not the automatic one. She got violent when the automatic was used (the lazy staff never looked at her chart to check this out). Despite her not feeling well and the episodes of violence, she was discharged from the hospital on July 18. Clearly a difficult patient, but due the special mixture of meds.
My father in law called constantly to get follow up care since SMIL was discharged with out it. Eventually she was assigned a physicians assistant out of another non-surgical hospital. No one bothered to see what was making her a difficult patient, they just thought she was a mean person.

Part II next time.....

Wet and Wild Wednesday

I had to use a vacation day yesterday since my steady Wednesday sitter (my dad) has to go and work at his retirement gig at the ball park. There was an afternoon game and those pesky press box guys needed him there. So I say hey Bud it's going to be the best Bud and mommy day. Let's go someplace. I pack up the family funster and off we go to the waterpark. The sun was deceiving. It was a cool day, but that sun was hotter than a mother. I now have sun burn like nobody's business. Bud, on the other hand has a little pink around the face, but that is all.
We did have an awesome time. We were there from 11-4. That was long enough for him, and to be honest long enough for me. So back to this hot thing. I have decided that when you go to a place like that no matter how much sunblock you have it is never enough. My lips are even a little krispy. In reality none of that matters since we had such a great day. Surprisingly we did not even get over charged on the food bit. I spent few dollars, and had a lot of fun. If you get the chance to go I would recommend http://www.roselandwaterpark.com
There are things that I would recommend for the select few. If a bikini comes in your size, but you have that little extra summin' summin' around your mid section DO NOT BUY! It is offensive to those all around you. Most moms got the knack of what is reasonable. To the ladies who are childless special note. This is a kids park in the middle of the week, you are not going to meet your future husband here unless he is the janitor and that is what you have set your goal on. For the teenage girls, standing in front of the cute lifeguard will not get his attention. You are annoying him to the extent that he has asked you to move so he can do his job. Then when he goes on break he is not allowed to "socialize" with the patrons that is the rule. You should read them when you walk in. It is clearly stated on the board.
Kids for the most part are well behaved to my extreme pleasure. It is a happy place for all.
I suppose I really needed that on a Wednesday!

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Good Food Karma

Today must be my lucky day for food.
I came in to the office and a co-worker whom I have given some of bud's newborn clothes that are too small offered to take me out to lunch. I said sure. He is just a nice guy. The co-worker that is. Then upon return from lunch there are these delicious cupcakes sitting in the break room for all.
Then at 3pm one of the guys that is in my cube farm got an extra coffee by mistake and offered it to me. It is just the way I like it, and I needed a coffee too. Yummm! All of this to me is good food karma.

Took the kids to the carnival this weekend and had a blast! I actually rode a ride with the kids. Bud and Sarah were having a blast and I was a bit of a nervous nelly about it. It has been years since I rode any ride, and this was a good way to get re-acquainted with it. I forgot how much I enjoy it. They wanted to go again and we did not have enough time. That is ok though we will go to another carnival in a couple weeks. Then that is it summer will officially be gone. Where does the time go.

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Birthdays

Last night we celebrated the birthday of Papa. Bud was so excited to give him his present he wanted to open it for him too. My dad being the ever tolerant man (where was that tolerance when I was a kid?) says sure Bud. We can all open the present. Three children and one adult opening 1 gift. Here is a guy who loves the grandchildren more than just about anything else in the world and lets them get away with anything. The home of my parents has become the land of the free. Kids can do what ever they want, eat what ever they want, stay up as late as they want. Where was this when I was a kid? I had strict bed time and I was not allowed to eat 3 popsicles in 15 minutes, and if I had the cartoons on all night I would be grounded from the TV.
I guess this is what makes my parents happy. My dad has said that this was the best birthday ever. In all there was my spineless brother, his wife, and their two kids, my hubs, mom, and Bud. That did make for a nice dinner and with the children being so young it thankfully took all of the potential for conversation out of the event. Since it took all of my energy not to lunge over the table and rip my brothers eyes out, pour some common sense in the holes and then put them back in. It felt pretty good to say that if I must say so.
So anyways it was a lovely dinner and as always Mr. Cerame has out done himself.

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Where do bridges come from?

Finally a break in the weather. It has cooled down. There is no longer the scorching 100 plus humidity!
Here is a statement I am throwing out there. In my world death happens in 3's. I have been informed that two of my friends have had their grandmothers pass. One on Saturday and one on Monday. I am sorry for the loss, but I do not want to know who is next! I am tired of death this year. There have been too many already.
Now the pleasure of realization. While taking Bud to my parents house he was talking about bridges. I think that is what was on his mind at the time. We talked about what bridges do, what the opposite of bridges are (tunnels??), what kinds of bridges there are(ones that go up and ones that do nothing). Keeping in mind once again this is a 4 year old. I never realized how many bridges we go over to get to my parents until he informed me of every single one.
So as we are talking he is learning things and is very excited about it. I could actually see and feel his energy from learning these things. I am not the bad parent!

I am still waiting on an update from the director at the school from yesterday.

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Confessions of a 4 year old

So the pint sized monster that is living in my house is becoming "that kid". You know the one that when he walks in the room no matter how funny he can be he is already perceived as the naughty one. Yup that's my kid.
Preschool is two days a week.
For the last 2 1/2 weeks we have been told by the teachers that he is having thumbs down days. In complete frustration of taking away certain toys and no dessert I finally sat him down and asked what is happening at school to make a thumbs down day.
I promised that I would not be mad no matter what he told me. Would you believe that worked?
He proceeds to tell me ALL of the things that he does at pre-k that are "naughty" and even what the teachers do not see him do.
He has become (gulp) the kid that I tell my kid to stay away from. I have become that kids mom. The one I never wanted to become. I wanted to be the cool mom. Looks like that is not going to happen.
So what is a supermom to do???
Tail between my legs, I called the school to schedule a parent teacher conference.
Stay tuned for part II

side note:
AMERKS season schedule comes out today at 4:00. woo hoo woo hoo hoo.

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Checking in

Hey how are ya?
Oh yeah?
No not too much going on here.
Yeah I know it's been a while. You know that addiction to Big Brother I mentioned and well rockstar supernova. It's nuts!
Oh did I tell you I had this monster blood infection in my foot. It was awful. I could not walk on it. There is no feeling worse than standing in your kitchen, you hear the phone ring, and if you are like us with the digital cable I can look at the TV to see the caller ID. Well it was my work. I was right then and there trying to figure how to get from the kitchen to the living room on a foot that I could not walk on. It is amazing how your mind will not let your body just fall. I stood there just trying to will myself to the ground so I could get across the floor on my ass. That process was a real eye opener. I had to let my one good leg just collapse which was such an unnatural act that I will not go into detail. Let's just say I made it down, and got to the phone. Now I have since been feeling better, but that was just an experience.
Bud is well. He has picked up the swiming thing which is great. He loves to jump in the pool and play.
My dad had a bitrthday. We will be celebrating this Thursday. I will look forward to that. Aside of that all is well in my small corner of the world.
Take care.
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Where does the time go?

Let me tell you. Sometime last fall I was called on a referral to help out at a concert for the Spirit of America concert that was in town. Since then I have not been called to work any other shows or concerts. No big deal. Well all of that changed when I get the call to work the American Idols concert. It was one step above stewing in my own vomit, but I survived it. Then Saturday morning I get a call to work the local soccer game. I said ok. I can be an usher at a soccer game. Since it was an expo game, there was no one in the nose bleed section that I was working. Made my job easy! Then there was a call on Sunday asking me to work the local AAA baseball game. I said sure. I enjoyed both of those events. Getting these calls will make it easy for me to save some more cash so that I will not have to work a second job at Christmas time. :-) That and I just found out that our company is getting a CASH bonus this year instead of stock options.

I had an earlier post of a missing friend. I had not heard from her in a while. I was one step before sitting outside her house watching for movement. Turns out like the rest of the world she is so busy with her two adorable boys and husband. I have a small group of friends and I treasure each and every one of them. So here is the heads up that I will look for you from time to time to make sure all is ok.

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Short note

This is a short note, since I am way busy at work, and I have so much to fill you in on, and not a lot of time to do so.

On our way to pre-K today there was a huge accident. It blocked traffic in one lane, and you could look over and see that there were two cars all crumpled up with the doors pried off by the rescue units (no one inside either vehicle). Bud saw it from the back seat and said "Mommy are those people dead?" I answered calmly with a complete look of surprise that he would say such a thing "I think they are going to the hospital. They need to see a doctor". He accepted that and said "Can we pray for them" As tears welled up in my eyes I said sure Bud. We said a short prayer of "Dear Lord please watch over the people in the car acident, and may they be safe. Amen".
Once again he shocks me with his compassion.

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Freaky things happening

Yesterday I had a post all ready to go and for some reason it got lost in internet oblivion. I know.... save draft then post, but I did not. So here is what has been happening.
I went to a spiritual advisor with my mother Tuesday night. I was not planning on going, but her friend backed out last minute and she really needed someone to go. I had Bud so he of course had to come. Daddy was at volleyball. Anyways, said advisor, who is a big believer in devine intervention, is 80 years old and has red hair that is really beautiful. I can not explain how beautiful it is, so you will just have to trust me. Ok we knock on the door and walk in. Bud being ever so bold walks in loudly saying hello.... hello where are you? She is in her kitchen and since she has polio she is in a wheel chair and Bud can not see her in the kitchen. He waits and she rolls out and says "You are the hockey player I dreamed about last night" My jaw drops to the floor since she has never met him. Has no idea that he plays hockey. With out missing a beat Bud says "I am not on the team yet, when I am 5 I will be on the team". So we small talk a bit and I get Bud set up with his DVD player and we go to the adjoining room and sit. Without getting in to details we (mom, advisor, and me) talk about life, jobs, and spouses. She has told me some things I am not sure that I wanted to know, but I am glad I do. Does that sound strange? My son will go to college, He will have children. My work environment will change dramatically, and I was told to stay put. Most of the visit was about my mom, which is ok with me. I won't go in to her details. I will leave it at my genuine satisfaction.
My new boss starts on 8/21. I am excited. Looking forward to the change.
Until then I will do as I wish you to.....
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Behavior

We all have behavior issues. Some people do not know how to get along with others and some do. Some tolerate others and some don't. Teaching behavior is another issue.
I would like to think that I am a tolerant person, where if you (not you the reader) are a complete asshat I will still tolerate your dumb ass for the sake of others. There are many in my life that I tolerate. They are all family. Not all mine, but family none the less.
Clearly there is something wrong with your behavior when people specifically do not want to see you or avoid you. I have a family member (through marriage) who went to visit another and when she arrived she was told to go away. Get the clue that some serious repair work is needed. The best part is that she was eavesdropping in on a conversation prior to going in to the room, and heard some pieces of information that were specifically relating to her behavior. She then had to call one of the people in the room out to see if she was ok to go in.

There is also something wrong when you (again not you the reader) the supposed adult is in charge of watching a child and when the child gets out of control instead of normal means of punishment you take what ever toy is in front of you and you hit the child. Where is the lesson?
Both my husband & I place Bud in his room and he must stay there until he is ready to say he is sorry and specify what he did to deserve time out. This is a universal practice I believe. Well that is unless you are the afore mentioned "adult".
It bothers me to no end. I do not know for sure how to deal with this "adult", but I know for sure that it is not going to last much longer.

So my high strung son is all about testing the limits and needing to be put in his place. He is not an angel and I never put him on that pedestal, but some how my mother does. She also is aware of the whole time out thing, but she also does not know how to say no and she spoils Bud all the time.

I love my family and my friends (congrats grad! David enjoy Clarkson U) and I hope that if I were to be so stupid or do something so stupid that you would not want to be in the same room with me I would know so I can make it right. Clearly my family has no clue on apologies and consideration.

enjoy life

Whoo wee it's a hot one!

It is really hot out. I like the heat and not the humidity. So what the schnikes am I doing in NY the humidity capital? Your guess is a good as mine.
On days like today I would leave my office and walk over to Borders and get myself a cafe' freeze. But noooo, Borders had to switch to Seattles best coffee and no longer carries the original. Well they sold me this pitch that a javacooler was the same thing. I'll let you in on a secret. It is not the same! It is like comparing apples to oranges. Not.... the..... same. So I went in there last week to let them know that there was no similarity. Not one. It is missing the espresso. She said for an extra $1.00 she can add a shot. I looked at her like she was out of her freaking mind. That would make my drink almost $7. Not only did they raise the prices they took out the key ingredient to this drink experience. I am not happy and I am coffee less. There is nowhere that I can take a breather and go to get a good cafe' freeze. Change sucks and especially so when it is right in the middle of the summer and my coffee drink has passed on to another life.
I am not happy!

enjoy life

p.s LDV where are you? you seem to be mia and I am worried.

Addicted to Rockstar TV

I can not believe that I am in love with Rockstar Supernova. I caught on to the last part of Rockstar Inxs last season, and not totally in love with it, but being a mild Inxs fan in the day I had to see what would happen. Well this season is THE water cooler talk. I grew up listening to Motley Crue, Gun's n Roses, Metallica and anything sounding like them. Not to be confused as that being my only music experience.
In my opinion Jason was the shit for Metallica and to see him on this is interesting. He looks like crap now, and does not have too many intelligent things to say, so why I am still fixated I don't know. Tommy Lee is a loud mouth schmuck, but not bad on the eyes and Gilby is a doll. So why you ask do I like this so much? I have no freaking idea. I think I am hoping for some sort of heavy metal come back and I do not want to miss the boat. I love that music.
Call me bananas, but that is me. Now if I only I could figure out how to cheaply get in to that studio so I could drool over them I would.

Much ado about cat poo!

On Monday as Bud and I were leaving for pre-k, I opened the door to the great beautiful sun. As I step down to walk to my car really enjoying the sunshine a over whelming amount of flies are in my way. Before I even had a chance to swat at them to get them out of my personal space I get a HUGE wiff of poo. Bud is complete oblivious I mean after all he is going to school. He loves school. His teachers are really nice there. He just graduated to the pre-k room. Ok so back to the poo. I see right on top of my violet bed that there is a pile of kitty crap. Now I am a kitty owner and Miss Kitty stays indoors all of the time. She likes it that way and quite frankly so do I. Well I can only assume that it is the neighbors cats. One a very sweet (looking) tiger cat. I have never come face to face with the cat and therefore do not know the temperament, however s/he must be pretty good since I have noticed that s/he trollops the neighborhood with the other cat that looks just like my Miss Kitty, pure white with all pink accents and a heck of a lot smaller.
So here I am standing, looking at poo. My blood pressure is boiling and now I see why my violets keep getting dug up. All this time I thought that is was Bud playing in the dirt. Now I never yelled at him for this, but you can bet your bippy I will freak out on the cats. I was so irritated and being in my work clothes I did nothing but sulk to my car.
Upon my return home from work as I turn down the street my blood is starting to boil. The weather is pretty sucky so I run in the house and see the hubs and ask him if he saw what I saw in the morning. He says "yes, I threw it back in the neighbors yard" My thought is woo hoo way to go hubs! So I am trying to decide the best way to keep this from happening since my grammie always had this problem and she put moth balls down. I am like umm no. I do not want to accidentally poison my son. So I start searching the web to see what my options were. One said shoot the cat. Not a bas idea, but not a great one either. Another said spicy red pepper, or buy scat. I do not want to spend $10 bucks to keep shitty kitty out of my flowers, so I am still looking.
It has been raining so much lately that I have not had a chance to remove the rest of the poo that has been there for what appears to be days or even weeks. How I did not notice is beyond me. Must be the burying thing that they do (or doo and the case may be). With all of the recent rain the dirt that we placed in the flower box is settling and I am seeing so much more fecal matter.
The force is with me and I will be the winner. I just need to figure out how. Ideas welcome!

enjoy life

Lightning to truly rock your world!

As I was driving home from my Rotary meeting last night there was this most amazing thunder storm with massive lightning. Seriously folks, this was no run of the mill storm. This was the kind that made me pray in my car that a lightning strike would not hit a tree and the tree lands on my car killing me. The rain was bad and the thunder was the worst I've ever heard and it lasted for hours. Really, like 2.5 hours. When I got home I felt like I was living the apocalypse. If you looked out my back window of my home you could see sun shining through the clouds just over the trees, but if you looked out the front it was so pitch black that you could not see the trees hovering over the houses. Only with the many strobes of lightening could you see the outline of trees for a brief second. It was like that for a long time before the real darkness set in. I am still amazed by it.
Well after my extreme white knuckle driving I ran in to the house and went in to Bud's room and gave him a big hug and a kiss. Truly thankful that I was home. I am not a freak about that sort of thing, but really that was the most bizzaro driving I have ever done.

FYI I have a really sucky lunch today. Being the adult that I claim to be I do make my own lunches, but todays really sucks!

enjoy life!

When no news is not good news.

I have not written because.......

My 4th was clouded by the sudden passing of a fellow Rotarian early in the morning. Charlie Fischer was our club photographer and just a great guy. He had a massive coronary just before he was to run a race for the 4th of July. I wish his family strength to help get through this. I know he will be missed by many.

My boss is leaving which I may have mentioned, but my work load is out of control. I can not keep up and the project controller is leaving to have a baby next Friday. I am not sure how I will function. I am not the wealth of information, but I do know that I don't know enough. My boss is not one to teach anything so I am screwed!

While I was on vacation my boss told my counter part not to do my work to leave it. I have been doing all of my work from my vacation and all of the work that I do on a regular basis. I have been staying late and stressing over not getting the work done. I am still not caught up yet. It has been 2 weeks and an end is not near.

Now for a funny story.

While walking to the rides at a carnival Bud was not paying attention to where he was going and BAM! walked right in to the side mirror of a car. He screamed then got really quiet. I I laughed at him and he was looking at me and said in a scream kinda laughing yell "it's not funny mommy....hahahahah" Apparently it was funny. What a nut!
Oh yeah.... the current price of a Star Wars ARC fighter thingie.... a hundred million dollars. Guess we will not be buying that anytime soon.

Two very dear friends have birthdays that I am not getting cards to in time. So Snarky & LaDolce HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I promise a card will be in the mail!

Enjoy life

This Monday to some should be a holiday.

OK Here is the deal. Today is a scheduled work day for my office. One guy is so disgruntled that he came to work in a pair of Bermuda shorts and flip flops. That went with his Hawaiian shirt. It is so funny to see this since it is not normal attire for the office. There are only 7 people in the office out of 35. One being our CEO. Everyone else took vacation or called in sick from their pool. I decided to work today and not take one of the three floating holidays that our company offers for such instances like this. The rest are miserable, thinking that in the back of their mind that the office would close early. Not happening. Never has. Never will. I am not sure what planet they are on, but they have been with this company long enough that if it is a scheduled work day you work. All I want to say is don't be haten'. It's not my fault. I am getting a lot of work done. I am liking it. I will not be liking it if it is rainy tomorrow for the 4th, but that is the way the cookie crumbles.

Since I will not be writing on the 4th here is my entry.

God Bless America. Land that I love.
I love the fact that I can get in my car and drive where ever I choose. I can go to the store, I can go to the water park, I can go to my congressmans office and protest if I so choose. That is my right as an American. I do not care if you are Native-American, Polish-American or Latin-American. The common tie is American. If you are here legally you have that right and I am here legally and I have that right. I am thankful for that right. I am thankful that my grandfather fought to bring and maintain freedoms for this country and for other countries.

I love America and what old glory stands for. if you do not know what old glory is go back to school and learn some American History. A few may know that I love History and more specifically American History. I am not talking about anything in the past 30 years I am talking about Washington, Lincoln, Madison, Monroe, and Grant and Taft. The Louisiana Purchase and Betsy Ross. The man on the Moon and the Depression. These make America what it is and I am proud to be an American.

That said, Happy 4th of July and take a moment to thank those who sacrificed for our freedoms. Even if you do not agree with the leadership behind it, they are making a sacrifice so that we can be free.

OH HAIR NO!

I have these things called standing appointments. On certain days of certain months I am scheduled to be places to get things done. Well, yesterday I had my standing appointment with my hairdresser to get my frizzy mop head under control.
I show up at 5:00pm right on the smacker. I say to the front desk "I am here to see Julie for a 5:00 appointment". The gal looks in the computer and says "Oh don't you mean 5:15". I politely say "no I have a 5:00. I come right from work". She said that Julie was out for a minute and will be right back. Ok so there was a slight lag. I am ok. I wait. Now my appointments are not a quickie cut, style & go. Nooooo I am much too freakish for that. I have to have the color, caramalizing and highlight. A hair dressers dream. Right? Not with my nightmare hair. Ok, back to the salon. Julie walks in and says Hi in a way that implies that she is puzzled to see me. She says " Are you here for a cut?" I was like aahh no. I am here for my 8 week color. She says ok, and proceeds to go to the counter. Comes back and says there has been a mistake. I clear my throat and say ummm a mistake? She senses my bit of edginess, and says yes you see my booking column is next to Changs and you were booked with Chang. I start to melt in to a mode of what the f$#& and clearly did not hear a word of what she said other than blah blah booked blah blah Chang blah blah OK? Shaking my self back to reality I, like that kid in 10th grade who was sleeping in American History when the teacher called him to answer a question.... goes What? So she repeated herself in the condensed version with a lot of sincerity. I am booked. Chang can do your hair, or we can reschedule. Ok Reschedule is not an option. I am too anal. Chang? Is she any good. Reassured that she is a master stylist I think well gosh. I can't walk out. I have a 2 hour slot and she would loose money. It is not Changs fault. It's not Julies fault. So I say OK. That was my BIGGEST MISTAKE!
It is now 5:30 and we are 1/2 hour behind schedule. She looks at my hair and says what'chu want to do? I say the same as last time. She said OK. So she mixes her stuff and gets going. Note to any hair dressers: DO NOT WEAR CHARM BRACELETS WHEN YOU CUT HAIR. As lovely and sentimental as they may be to you they are annoying to me (and it's all about me) the customer sitting in your chair with my ear next to it for 2 hours! Sorry.... I'll keep going. She does her thing and proceeds to carry on about the inept receptionist and asking how I want it styled. I say just a trim. So now the coloring is done and I am in the sink getting caramalized (which is not a yummy as it sounds) and her next appointment is in. The next girl is 1/2 hour early she is a new mom out with out child looking to relax in the salon. My thought..... been there done that I understand. Not Chang she is in a hurry so that darn bracelet is clanging faster in my ear and she is rinsing my hair as if there is a prize for being the fastest and the hardest on my skull. OUCH! I get to the chair and here it comes the scissors and the bracelet. Cling clang cling clang. I am thinking that this will never end. I am in hair hell. What have I done to deserve this? Then I hear the hair dryer. All the noise is getting louder because in the world of Chang's hair dressing you con not have anything louder than her charm bracelet. My eyes are closed and my brain is doing an internal scream AAARRRRHHHH! Then.... it is quiet. She says "I done. Open your eye" I pause for a minute. Open my eyes and take a deep breath in. Umm Ok Not excited, but it is done I am all set. I walk out to the desk to find the part-time asshat that screwed up my appointment in the first place just arriving for her shift. She gets the billing sheet and I was given some free shampoo and conditioner. Thanks a lot (can you hear the scarcasim) She rings me up I noticed that once again she screwed up. She did not bill me for the caramalizing that is $50. You see their bill sheets have 2 sides and she missed one side. I say OK pay my bill and schedule my next appointment. Before I leave I say I am with Julie next time right? She says yes. Then muttering something again about the columns being next to each other. I became the Devil in Parada when I said I don't care about the columns I care that I am with Julie. She just said yes.
So this morning I get up shower and go to work with slightly damp hair. After all it is Friday and 1/2 the office will be out. Since my hair is dark to begin with, when it is wet is traditionally dark. Well I went to the ladies room and by chance took a look in the mirror before going to the ladies sanctuary, and came to a complete halt. My hair was about 10 shades darker than normal and the highlights were more of a tiger color than caramel. SHIT. I AM STILL IN HAIR HELL.
What have I done to deserve this? I eat my vegetables, I go to bed on time, Am I being punished for not telling the girl she forgot to charge me. Well with hair like this who would pay for it? So here I sit a week behind in my work with horrible hair.

p.s. who is the idiot that came up with the industrial strength glue for the snack pack puddings. I took one of Buds for lunch today, and I could not open it without using a knife. How is my child supposed to open that?

I think I need to go to bed and start all over.

Blessings

Blessing #1
The weather last week for the golf tournament was absolutely beautiful. This week it it has been raining non stop. Severe flooding all over the place. I am really so thankful for the great weather last week. and the great tan I have from all of that sunshine.
Blessing #2
Yesterday Bud stayed at Mama & Papa's house. When I went to pick him up he said that he was a good boy. I asked him what he did that made him a good boy. Beaming with pride he said "I shared Bear Bear with Lauren Marie." That is unheard of. Bear bear is this teddy bear head that sewn in the middle to a 48" square blue blanket. He has had it since he was born and is very attached to it. Twice he left it at pre-school and the world almost came to an end, an until yesterday it would take an act of congress to let another child look at it let alone share it.
I was so happy with this that I praised him upside down, inside out, and backwards. Did I go overboard? you betcha'. I even let him stay up later than the norm, to show what a great thing sharing YOUR special something means. Since he will forever be an only child I am guessing that the sharing thing really needs to be pushed in my house. I have a fear of OCS (Only Child Syndrome).

Another note:
I am almost done reading The Davinci Code. Not quite sure what to think. So I am looking for another book to read. I tend to read pretty quickly as the TV doesn't really hold my attention over the summer. Well except for big Brother 7 and that has not started yet.

the goings and comings....

Goings
LPGA
My boss is leaving
A co-worker is going on leave
A friends uncle passed :-(
Star Jones leaving The View (nahh not too sad about that, I don't even watch the show)
Charlie Gibson left Good Morning America ( I do watch that)
My mind


Comings
Babies, they are popping up all over the place (3 have made their arrival and 4 more to come)
Graduation for Mr. David
Many 4th of July parties
Christmas (only 6 months away) $$$$
Birthdays for Snarky & La Dolce Vita
Haircut (that should probably be a going)
Big Brother 7

I just can't figure out how to keep everything on track. My calendar is so full that I need another month to get it all straight.

It's Wednesday and I have so much work to do to catch up on from vacation, and my boss wants to close the month this Friday before he leaves the company next Friday.

Need I say more??????

Honey, I'm home.
Did you miss me?

I feel so out of the loop. I have not been in contact with the world in a whole week. I have been getting up before the sun and getting in the door just as it was going down. I really could use a vacation to re-coup from my vacation. In all honesty all of the time I have given to the LPGA is to benefit the disabled children of Camp Haccamo. Such a worth while cause that I will not complain anymore.
It was a beautiful week. The sun was shining and I have mass amounts of sunburn. I put on the sunscreen, but it did not ward off the sun from my exposed limbs.
My mother in law (who watched Bud) is a great person, but.....she spends way too much money on my son! She was the baby sitter for the week and everyday she went shopping with Bud and everyday she bought him mass amounts of something. Here is the list in no paticular order. Cars cereal, apple cereal bars, trix yogurt, squirt gun (6-pack), large squirt gun, Power Panger sneakers, 2 Happy meals, lunch at target, lacrosse sticks, superman movie, they went to see the movie Cars, football pasta, and that is what I know about. She does give him things that we do not know about, and we find some other time. Now Let me remind you that we are not poor people, we do have food in our house for everyone, and she chooses not to eat it. I know that it is food she likes, but she likes to go out. We do leave her money to do things so we are not ungreatful thugs, but Jeesh. She spolied the heck out of him. She on the other hand does not have all that much money to shop. I am not complaining, Bud and grandma had a great 5 days and we told her after the first day that she was grounded from spending money on Bud. Do you think she listened? No way. So what is a mommyrox to do?
We say thank you and Bud will do something special for her. What, it is we do not know.
.....and how was your week?

I am on Vacation.
I will be at the golf course each and every day bustin' my ass for the LPGA, but enjoyin' every minute of it because I will not be at work.
:-)

Are people really crazy, is it that silly ear thingie, or do you need to get a new device?

I work in an office of about 35 people. There are an additional 20 that work outside of this office. So we have officially hit the small to mid-size office. Anyways, where I am going with this is that this office has been moving along with the communications technology swing. I think that we are still a bit behind the times, but that is neither here nor there. It seems that everyone in this company with a corporate cell phone has these thingies attached to their ear. It is not those little ear buds that are discrete. NOOOOOOO it is this big bug like device that is wireless that attaches to your ear and lets you walk and talk with ease while looking like a bat is ready to eat your head. One of the guys that sits next to us at the hockey games has one of those. Oh yeah where I was going, is that people think that it is ok to YELL IN THESE THINGS SO THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD CAN HEAR YOUR HALF OF THE CONVERSATION no matter where you are. You know THOSE people. The ones that yell in to their cell phone while you are trying to have a peaceful meal at a restaurant. Well, they now have these crazy ear thingies. I already pinpointed these folks with the earbuds to be the crazy walking and talking to nobody, while eating, drinking to themselves people. Well now they feel the need to yell with these new ear thingies too.
Now my version of common sense says if you think that you can not be heard then... get a new device. If you can not hear the other person then ... get a new device. How hard of a concept is this? There are people in my office that are walking around talking to the space around them. It is most annoying when they walk by cubie space, in addition to being loud and annoying, the cubie people think that the talking ear bug person is talking to them. It causes disruption and distraction. Now a majority of these ear people have offices. Why do they have offices? So that they can have conversations in private with out being annoying. Well they have officially crossed in to annoying by walking in to my space with the bug like device hanging on to their ear. Are you talking to me or to the person on the phone? (that my friend is another topic for another day)
My solution. If you do not think that your voice will carry up to your ear to transmit your half of the conversation go find a land line to continue your conversation or...(let's all say it together) get a new device.
thankyouverymuch!

Backfire! Busted!

In going with the whole manners thing I try to remind James of his manners. For instance if I sneeze I expect him to say "bless you". If he forgets I say loud enough for him to hear me "bless you mommy.... thank you mommy" Then he quickly says bless you. Well this morning as he was getting his shoes on for school and he sneezes, and I heard it from the top of the stairs (he was at the bottom) and he did not hear me say bless you so he says very loudly "BLESS YOU BUD.....THANK YOU BUD" Yikes! I got caught in my own trap. I am slowly realizing these things now. So I quickly say bless you and he says that's ok I blessed myself. Jeesh I think I am creating a monster.
The hardest thing is that his memory is better than mine. That really bugs me and it is not an old age thing. It is a side effect of the years of medication I was on. But nonetheless, I will no longer forget to say bless you.
And here is one "Bless you" incase you needed it while reading this.

Some things are just so darn cute.......
such as........

• 15 five year old children dancing in a recital(my niece especially). Not really remembering the words or the motions, but doing the best they can.
• Little boys in pink polo shirts.
• My other niece who is just 2 saying my name and when I look at her she smiles as big as she can.
• A teen age boy in my neighborhood walking a little foofie dog.

I do not have a lot of cuteness in my world. I am in a house will all males right down to miss kitty (that is another story). So I soak up all of the cuteness that I can. Being cute in my house is not the norm. I guess that when you turn 4 cute is not cool.

Here comes the sun...doo de doo doo Here comes the sun, and I say it's all right.....

No not another song that my precious child has picked up. It is the thoughts I am trying to channel for this weekend. I was informed that it may get to a chilly 40 degrees and rain this weekend which is a major bummer for my tomato plants that are just barely cracking the ground. That and I do not want to be cooped up inside all weekend watching reruns of lord only knows what on TV. Currently it is raining and thundering. YUCK! On another note I do have a dance recital to go to for my niece on Sunday, but that is it.
I do want to mention that Bud has learned some of the lyrics to the Beastie Boys fight for your right to party. I was amused when I heard that come from him. I almost wanted to tell him not to sing that as it really is not age appropriate, but what is it gonna hurt? He is not using profanity or anything like that so I let it go.

I have to get my season hockey tickets today! Woo Hoo can we say opening day in 4 months.

Have a great weekend!

Life with out bear bear.

Did you have an animal or a blankie when you were a kid? I had a pooh bear that to this day looks like it should be 100 years old. Bud has a bear that in reality is a small teddy bear head sewn on to a blanket. It is not very big, but it is his. It has been to more places than I care to mention. Well bear bear (yes, he does go by a double name) was left as pre-school and the world came to an abrupt halt. No other animal in the kingdom of his room would do. Not mickey, popsicle, funky ugly green monkey, or teddy. So it made me really sad to hear him cry himself to sleep. I do not believe that I had an attachment like that when I was a kid. Who knows.....anyways, he was what appeared to me to be depressed about this. I felt horrible. When I went to pick up bear bear at preschool yesterday morning I knew that I would not get home from work until after he went to bed. He woke up kind of groggy this morning and did not have any motivation. I did put bear bear in his bed when I came home, but still I think that he was sad. Life is better after a few minutes bear bear time, but I think we need to work on the separation issues with him and bear bear. The older he gets the worse this becomes. This was not the first instance of leaving him behind. I just think it was the worst.

Don't go breakin' my..don't go breakin' my ...don't go breakin' my heart.

Do you remember that song.? I think it was really big in the 70's or early 80's. Elton John sang it with some other artist that I can not recall. Well imaging my surprise when Bud is singing this in the back seat as we are driving to school. I was amused and actually pleased that he had the correct tone and tempo, as I am completely tone deaf and can't carry a tune even if it were in a bucket with handles. Another one in his repetoire is the lime in the coconut song. I really do like to listen to him sing, and tell made up stories. Last night I was not feeling so great and usually I tell Bud a story where he makes up the names and we ad-lib it. Well he really wanted a story and my head was pounding. I said that I really could not tell him the story. He said Ok I will tell you a story. I loved it. He talked about a girl who liked to play hockey and had many friends that played with her in the neighborhood. It was so neat to listen to his little voice carry on and come up with the story. Start to finish. I suppose this is an instance of take in as many of these days as possible before they are gone.

Where in the h-e double hockey sticks does the time go.

Every once in a while two really great people get together with me and we just hang out. Talk about life as if we see each other every day and we really only see each other every 5-6 months or so. We cover things like dirty percy (thomas the tank), honkey tonk ba donk a donk ....ohh we shut my mouth ...slap your grandma(odd country music lyrics) and great acoustics in the Tim Horton's bathrooms. Now to the regular person I may seem crazy, but really I am ok. That's what the voices in my head keep telling me. At one point in my life I had the pleasure to work with them. Now we are so close and so far away that if it were not for email and blogs we loose touch. Now there are a few others with out getting too personal in my life that are like that and ribail you know who you are. Anyways, we drank a boat load of coffee and ate some really good food. We also took a very chilly visit to Sonnenberg gardens. Had it not been for the company it would have been just an ok building with a lot of greenery. As La Dolce Vita pointed out "look at that tree" They were all green and quite lovely. I am sure it will be BEAUTIFUL in July when the flowers are all full. Note to self.... go back in July or August.....
Anyways, A note to my budettes "how awesome it is to see you and I can't wait till the next time" We travel to snarkies house next!