Happy Halloween to you all! This year has been different. Hubby ended up working late, son had class until 7:00, and I had to run daughter around to her Halloween events. She was invited to eat over at her hockey player friend's house (his mother and I are good friends from my son's hockey playing days) before trick-or-treating so we went over there and she met some of his friends and hung out with all of them for awhile. She was absolutely thrilled when as we were leaving he ran to our car to give her a hug. What is with the hugging these days? Seems all these kids do is hug anymore. If you know the secret behind this, please let me know. Anyways, he is a very cute kid and that gave her a thrill anyways. After that I took her over to one of her best friend's house where she and some of her friends all proceeded to get all decked out for Halloween. She looked so cute. She dressed like a Geisha. Only this was a cool Geisha..she wore Converse Chuck Taylors. Not something you would normally see in Japan..but she looked all cute with chopsticks in her hair which was all spikey and stuff. I tried to do her eyes so they would look a little slanty which ended up looking pretty cool. While we were there getting the girls all dressed and ready, some of the football players showed up to go trick or treating with them which made my daughter smile - BIG! She was so happy tonight. Oh, and did I mention that last night she finally up with the moron that kept a. never talking to her online when she would try to talk to him, b. hardly ever called her, but somehow kept running out of minutes on his cell phone and running out of text messages (but not to her...hmmmm..interesting), and c. basically making her feel miserable about herself because she is a pretty girl and should not have to chase after him..it should be the other way around. I was happy she finally realized she is too good to be treated like crap. Go her! This time I think it will stick. She is pretty much over him now that she had the ephiphany. I am glad she has leaned when enough is enough. Something that really opened her eyes is that she has many friends that are guys and they have been calling her more than her own boyfriend had. I think that may have shed some light on the situation. Also, someone told her she could do so much better, and I think that just made her realize even more that she really could. Thank you person! I sit here waiting for her to come home and get ready for school tomorrow. She is at another friend's house with all her trick-or-treat buds eating cake and ice cream. Just what they all need after a night of solid sugar huh? Hubby is all sacked out in his recliner snoring like a baby. Son is upstairs playing some really loud computer game and it sounds like he might be blowing stuff up. Wheeee!
On a lighter note, my sailor son will be coming home soon. I cannot wait to see him. December 9th-22nd he will be all ours. I wish he could stay for Christmas, but duty calls and he doesn't seem to care just as long as he gets to come home. I plan to take some extra time off work to spend some time with him as it will be at least another year before I will get to see him again. *sniff* Won't be long and he will be home (only, I hope not living at home) for good. He has met a girl out there that he has been talking to for like a year. She graduates with a sports physiology degree in a few months, and I am not sure what is going to happen then. He has been hinting that she might be "the one", but...hmmm. I don't even want to go there yet.
Well my Geisha is home and full of sugar and hyper as heck.
Hope you had a great Halloween!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
The girl can't help it
I know this sounds crazy, but although I just got a new BMW I still want one of those. (Just look up there ^ *drool*)
That sounds like some sort of confession you would read on post secret. Ha! Sorry Skillzy...can't help it. I still want one. I sound like my daughter who just cannot help herself when it comes to looking at cute boys. I think when it comes to the new Mustang, I am going to use the same explanation that she uses, "I can't help it, a girl can look!" I really need to stop looking and making whiny puppy dog sounds when I see one on the road. That may be getting old to those around me. It's gotten to the point that hubby pretends he doesn't even see them anymore. He ignores my puppy dog whining noises where in the past he found it cute. Please don't get me wrong. I love my BMW and it has everything a girl could want and then some. I am very happy with it for a grown up car. It just did not satisfy my Mustang craving. You see, I have a plan. I actually have hubby biting on it too. Next year we get one (a Mustang that is - possibly even a convertible), and it can be daughter's car when she turns 16 in 3 more years!!! Briliant plan huh?. I am actually going to let her pick the color. Since a Mustang was my first car (a 1967), it's only fitting that daughter follow in her mother's footsteps...right? So, what I am thinking is, when daughter gets the Mustang (if I am tired of it by then), hubby can give the BMW back to me, and he can finally get his dream car (a Corvette). See how all of that works out? Awesome. I know...call me crazy. That is my confession for the day.
As the little slutty girls say nowadays (and would never come out of my daughter's mouth)..."kk"? I think that is a sort of sarcastic "okay". It sounds horrible...but whatever. Sounds idiotic. Sorta like me wanting a Mustang when I just got a new BMW. Maybe I will get over it. I doubt it. But I can't help it, a girl can look!
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Good Times Yo
Oh yeah...good times. Today was fun. Today was my off day. I love, love, love my off days. Not that I don't like work, but it sure is a lot better to not get out with the morning traffic crazies. It's so much better to have days like this. Today I got up and made a nice breakfast for everyone before they headed out. My hubby took the day off so he could hang out with me all day. We got my daughter and her friend out the door and I had all these fabulous plans of getting lots of things done around the house early before we headed out to run errands. What did I do instead? I laid down on the couch and feel asleep for two glorious hours! *sigh* I love days like this. Hubby came over and started making noises probably to wake me up. Finally, I did wake up (*grumble*) and got up and got ready to head out to run errands. We started off with a nice lunch at a local Italian restaurant (not a chain). It was delish. Then off we went to knock out our list of errands (anal hubby actually makes a list). Next, we headed to the mall so I could use my $10.00 off Bath and Body Works coupon. Instead of the my normal Cucumber Melon scent, I went absolutely and totally crazy and picked up some Brown Sugar/Fig Body Wash and Body spray. Have you smelt this stuff yet? It smells just like Fall. Hubby wanted some pumpkin hand soap to use at Halloween and Thanksgiving. After that, we headed accross town to Wild Birds Unlimited - the ONLY place to get stuff for your wildlife. We got some thistle and safflower to help get our feathered friends through the hard times this winter. Hubby will use that along with leftover bacon grease to make homemade suet. He is the Marth Stewart of our family, let me tell you. After that, the rest of the afternoon was filled with boring things like picking up contacts and stuff like that. Never in my life would I have thought going to Wild Birds Unlimited was exciting. It's amazing how things change when you get older. No wonder my kids say we are boring.
Oh well..we did do something really fun later though. We went to our local hometown highschool Homecoming Parade. We have done this for many years, but this was the largest one I have ever seen. This parade is one of those real hometowny things you see in the movies. They close down the major street that runs right down the middle of town (and believe me, this pisses many people off). We get to see the local highschool band, all the local community leaders, the homecoming court, the cheerleaders, football players, etc...you get the idea. They throw lots of candy and much fun is had by all. Our daughter started out standing with us, then spotted a group of her friends and asked if she could go over with them. For the first time at the homecoming parade, hubby and I were on our own. I felt a little sad about that. I feel my baby slipping away. I can remember when all of us would go and the boys would push each other out of the way to get to the best candy before a float would run over it. I remember the boys riding in the parade with their boyscout troops while I stood on the side with daughter in a stroller. I remember my daughter dressed in her cheerleading uniform riding in the back of a truck with the pop warner football players and cheerleaders throwing candy to all of her friends. I remember riding with her because I was a cheer coach back then. One day soon she will be marching in the parade with the band. I am not sure that she will ever stand with us again at another homecoming parade. *sigh* Afterwards, we went out to eat and then caught the tail end of the big bon-fire/peprally. Good times I tell ya.
Now for the big letdown.
Work tomorrow.
Bah!
Oh well..we did do something really fun later though. We went to our local hometown highschool Homecoming Parade. We have done this for many years, but this was the largest one I have ever seen. This parade is one of those real hometowny things you see in the movies. They close down the major street that runs right down the middle of town (and believe me, this pisses many people off). We get to see the local highschool band, all the local community leaders, the homecoming court, the cheerleaders, football players, etc...you get the idea. They throw lots of candy and much fun is had by all. Our daughter started out standing with us, then spotted a group of her friends and asked if she could go over with them. For the first time at the homecoming parade, hubby and I were on our own. I felt a little sad about that. I feel my baby slipping away. I can remember when all of us would go and the boys would push each other out of the way to get to the best candy before a float would run over it. I remember the boys riding in the parade with their boyscout troops while I stood on the side with daughter in a stroller. I remember my daughter dressed in her cheerleading uniform riding in the back of a truck with the pop warner football players and cheerleaders throwing candy to all of her friends. I remember riding with her because I was a cheer coach back then. One day soon she will be marching in the parade with the band. I am not sure that she will ever stand with us again at another homecoming parade. *sigh* Afterwards, we went out to eat and then caught the tail end of the big bon-fire/peprally. Good times I tell ya.
Now for the big letdown.
Work tomorrow.
Bah!
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Fo Shizzle
Okay...this day WAS perfect. Woke up. It was very coolish outside. Got to use the heated seats...which were awesome once again. Get to work. All is well. Had a great light work load. Then, 11:00 hits. The phone rings. It's my son. He needs his social security card for his new job that he was suppose to start at...ummm...11:00. He didn't have it with him so they sent him home to get it. Of course I start racking my brain trying to figure out where I put it. Soooooooo instead of going to Target to get a lovely salad from the deli and pick up Halloween candy, I get to come home and look for his social security card. Okay, he could have told me about this last night, but he chooses to wait until the very minute he should be learning new things about his new job. I get home, and dig around like a mad woman. I. Look. Everywhere. Did I mention I felt like strangling him? FINALLY, I find it. I give it to him along with a grumble. He hugs me. And just like that..he is gone. Me? Me you ask? I made myself a lovely bowl of soup from a can. Not exactly what I planned.
So...
I go back to work. I sit at my desk. Everything is calm. I go to the bathroom and while I am washing my hands, I look in the mirror to see if the makeup is still looking okay, then I see it. I SEE IT. IT! I almost feel like having some sort of contest here to see if anyone can guess what I see, but I am almost afraid of the answers. I think I will just go ahead and tell ya myself. I see a huge, gigantic, really shiny.....gray hair. On me. Are these incomplete sentences just getting annoying yet or what? Anyways, I have (had) a gray hair. On my head. NOOOOOOOO One thing I have prided myself on is having lovely non-gray hair. I am 42 years old, and I have never had gray hair. Please. I have dark brown hair and gray eyes, now I will have to change that to dark brown hair and gray hair. This is depressing.
I think it must have popped up while I was looking for that dang social security card. Ironically, now that has me thinking about social security period. I guess that is not too far away now.
Gray hair.
Oh so not ready.
So...
I go back to work. I sit at my desk. Everything is calm. I go to the bathroom and while I am washing my hands, I look in the mirror to see if the makeup is still looking okay, then I see it. I SEE IT. IT! I almost feel like having some sort of contest here to see if anyone can guess what I see, but I am almost afraid of the answers. I think I will just go ahead and tell ya myself. I see a huge, gigantic, really shiny.....gray hair. On me. Are these incomplete sentences just getting annoying yet or what? Anyways, I have (had) a gray hair. On my head. NOOOOOOOO One thing I have prided myself on is having lovely non-gray hair. I am 42 years old, and I have never had gray hair. Please. I have dark brown hair and gray eyes, now I will have to change that to dark brown hair and gray hair. This is depressing.
I think it must have popped up while I was looking for that dang social security card. Ironically, now that has me thinking about social security period. I guess that is not too far away now.
Gray hair.
Oh so not ready.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Finally.....OCTOBER!
Wow..the weather is just wonderful here if not a little chilly. I have actually been able to try out the heated seats in the car. The fun thing about heated seats is that you can turn them on, and really not need the heater. Good Times I tell ya.
Today I will be driving out to hubby's work to pick him up since he carpooled with his boss this morning. He plans to only work 1/2 day today. On the way back, we will stop and get pumpkins for carving this weekend. Every year it has been tradition for everyone to pick out a pumpkin and design what they want on it. As the kids have gotten older, they really don't go and pick the pumpkin (not cool anymore), but they do get to pick the design (which luckily is still cool). Hubby and I have made a date for lunch. Seems like I never see him anymore. Not too much more to report. Everything seems very calm. A little drama yesturday since daughter's math workbook and her language arts binder have seemed to jump out of her locker and into outer space somewhere. We had a huge long lecture about responsibility and attitude and such, which ended with her crying. This must be the year where they lose everything including their brain. Ahh..the teenager years. Aren't they fun?
Someone help me.
Today I will be driving out to hubby's work to pick him up since he carpooled with his boss this morning. He plans to only work 1/2 day today. On the way back, we will stop and get pumpkins for carving this weekend. Every year it has been tradition for everyone to pick out a pumpkin and design what they want on it. As the kids have gotten older, they really don't go and pick the pumpkin (not cool anymore), but they do get to pick the design (which luckily is still cool). Hubby and I have made a date for lunch. Seems like I never see him anymore. Not too much more to report. Everything seems very calm. A little drama yesturday since daughter's math workbook and her language arts binder have seemed to jump out of her locker and into outer space somewhere. We had a huge long lecture about responsibility and attitude and such, which ended with her crying. This must be the year where they lose everything including their brain. Ahh..the teenager years. Aren't they fun?
Someone help me.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Nothing like France
Okay...that was sort of random, but I am watching Saturday Night Live and they are doing a skit about a French teacher played by Catherine Zeta Jones. Nevermind.
I am finally going to try to catch up a little bit here. I am trying desperately to catch up on some much needed sleep and some much needed housework. So far, have not been very successful with either. *sigh* Life is just so busy. I am very glad that now that is October, we are finally getting some October weather. It has been so hot that it has felt more like summer. Tonight we actually got down into the 40's. Thank you!!! I love fall. Just please let us have more fall weather.
Not too much to report on lately. Things have been pretty calm around here. Thankfully there has not been any middle school drama since the boyfriend break up thing. Oh wait..they are back together now. I guess boyfriend gets a point there. This is where I throw up my hands and say "whatever". I guess girls have to learn stuff the hard way. With these middle schoolers there is going to be heartbreak and drama all the time I guess. They will get tired of it eventually..I hope *fingers crossed*.
The good news is that my younger son has finally decided what he wants to major in in college. Did I mention he is already IN college? Great time to decide huh? At least he is only in his first year and therefore, we won't lose any money due to him changing majors in like his last year like many kids do. Who knows..that may happen too. I am beginning to think that whatever lovely dreams I have for a content and peaceful life are just not going to happen.
Keeps life interesting I guess. Sometimes I think I just need one of these to guide me:
I can't even get a decent answer on that thing. Grrrr!
Oh well, at least on the job front things seem to be going terrific. Friday after getting to work and getting some disturbing news (basically my work load is going to increase quite a bit), my boss calls me in her office and closes the door. Then she says this, "I think you know what this is about". That's it, I was going to get fired. I have no clue what I did or what I could have done. Then she laughs and tells me that its time for my 3 month review. I had a very good review and it made me feel much better about the work load increasing. It was so good I almost did not get my big head out of her office. I felt really appreciated when I left on Friday and I guess that made up for the larger workload thing. Actually, I think she was afraid I might quit and was just stroking my ego so I wouldn't. Unfortunately I did not get more money. *sigh*
Well..I guess its off to accomplish my goal of getting some sleep. All this cooler weather makes me want to hybernate.
Ciao!
I am finally going to try to catch up a little bit here. I am trying desperately to catch up on some much needed sleep and some much needed housework. So far, have not been very successful with either. *sigh* Life is just so busy. I am very glad that now that is October, we are finally getting some October weather. It has been so hot that it has felt more like summer. Tonight we actually got down into the 40's. Thank you!!! I love fall. Just please let us have more fall weather.
Not too much to report on lately. Things have been pretty calm around here. Thankfully there has not been any middle school drama since the boyfriend break up thing. Oh wait..they are back together now. I guess boyfriend gets a point there. This is where I throw up my hands and say "whatever". I guess girls have to learn stuff the hard way. With these middle schoolers there is going to be heartbreak and drama all the time I guess. They will get tired of it eventually..I hope *fingers crossed*.
The good news is that my younger son has finally decided what he wants to major in in college. Did I mention he is already IN college? Great time to decide huh? At least he is only in his first year and therefore, we won't lose any money due to him changing majors in like his last year like many kids do. Who knows..that may happen too. I am beginning to think that whatever lovely dreams I have for a content and peaceful life are just not going to happen.
Keeps life interesting I guess. Sometimes I think I just need one of these to guide me:
I can't even get a decent answer on that thing. Grrrr!
Oh well, at least on the job front things seem to be going terrific. Friday after getting to work and getting some disturbing news (basically my work load is going to increase quite a bit), my boss calls me in her office and closes the door. Then she says this, "I think you know what this is about". That's it, I was going to get fired. I have no clue what I did or what I could have done. Then she laughs and tells me that its time for my 3 month review. I had a very good review and it made me feel much better about the work load increasing. It was so good I almost did not get my big head out of her office. I felt really appreciated when I left on Friday and I guess that made up for the larger workload thing. Actually, I think she was afraid I might quit and was just stroking my ego so I wouldn't. Unfortunately I did not get more money. *sigh*
Well..I guess its off to accomplish my goal of getting some sleep. All this cooler weather makes me want to hybernate.
Ciao!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
You have no power here! Now begone, before somebody drops a house on you!
Some memorable movie quotes that pertain to the last month of my life:
From the Wizard of Oz:
Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain...only straw.
Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
Scarecrow: I don't know...But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking...don't they?
Dorothy: Yes, I guess you are right!
Wizard of Oz: As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are to not have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
Tin Woodsman: I still want one.
From Raising Arizona (one of my favorite movies):
H.I.: There's right and there's right and never the t'wain shall meet.
H.I.: Sometimes it's a hard world for small things.
From American Beauty:
Lester Burnham: [narrating] That's my wife, Carolyn. See the way the handle on her pruning shears matches her gardening clogs? That's not an accident.
Colonel Frank Fitts: You need structure... and discipline.
Ricky Fitts: Thank you for trying to teach me, sir. Don't give up on me, Dad.
From As Good As It Gets:
Carol: Come on in, and try not to ruin everything by being you.
From The Godfather:
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
There ya go...my last month as relived in movie quotes.
From the Wizard of Oz:
Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain...only straw.
Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
Scarecrow: I don't know...But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking...don't they?
Dorothy: Yes, I guess you are right!
Wizard of Oz: As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are to not have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
Tin Woodsman: I still want one.
From Raising Arizona (one of my favorite movies):
H.I.: There's right and there's right and never the t'wain shall meet.
H.I.: Sometimes it's a hard world for small things.
From American Beauty:
Lester Burnham: [narrating] That's my wife, Carolyn. See the way the handle on her pruning shears matches her gardening clogs? That's not an accident.
Colonel Frank Fitts: You need structure... and discipline.
Ricky Fitts: Thank you for trying to teach me, sir. Don't give up on me, Dad.
From As Good As It Gets:
Carol: Come on in, and try not to ruin everything by being you.
From The Godfather:
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
There ya go...my last month as relived in movie quotes.
5 Questions
From MommaK
I’ll ask 5, you answer. Then you ask 5 and I’ll answer. Get it?
Here we go…
1. Would you use your online messenger to spy on an ex? No, I really don't care what he is doing now...it's been too many years and he put on like 60 pounds since we split...so no. If I knew what he was doing now it might gross me out.
2. Would you wear a Hawaiian shirt to a dinner party in which you had to r.s.v.p. and choose your entree (chicken or steak)? Hmm...this one is a hard one because sometimes I like nonconformity. But no. And I would choose steak.
3. Will you have a glass of wine with dinner and then drive home? What is your limit? I might would drink one glass if I had dinner also. If I drank it on an empty stomach I would not drive. I am a little paranoid of drinking and driving at all.
4. Can you change a tire? Yes. It's been a long time, but I could if I had to.
5. What is the worst prank you pulled in high school? TP a house? (We used to do that. Our trademark was one of these on the front door. ) Oh gosh. I was such a wild child in high school. We did actually egg someones house and cars. I can't believe I did that. We should have stuck with just toilet paper, but this was someone that really did something bad to us and me and my best friend.
I’ll ask 5, you answer. Then you ask 5 and I’ll answer. Get it?
Here we go…
1. Would you use your online messenger to spy on an ex? No, I really don't care what he is doing now...it's been too many years and he put on like 60 pounds since we split...so no. If I knew what he was doing now it might gross me out.
2. Would you wear a Hawaiian shirt to a dinner party in which you had to r.s.v.p. and choose your entree (chicken or steak)? Hmm...this one is a hard one because sometimes I like nonconformity. But no. And I would choose steak.
3. Will you have a glass of wine with dinner and then drive home? What is your limit? I might would drink one glass if I had dinner also. If I drank it on an empty stomach I would not drive. I am a little paranoid of drinking and driving at all.
4. Can you change a tire? Yes. It's been a long time, but I could if I had to.
5. What is the worst prank you pulled in high school? TP a house? (We used to do that. Our trademark was one of these on the front door. ) Oh gosh. I was such a wild child in high school. We did actually egg someones house and cars. I can't believe I did that. We should have stuck with just toilet paper, but this was someone that really did something bad to us and me and my best friend.
Monday, October 17, 2005
This is how I roll
Someone please stop the drama. I am so tired of the 7th grade dramatics. I heard 7th grade was a hard year, but this is rediculous. Last night...daughter's little boyfriend (and I guess I should use that term loosely) decided it would be cute to impersonate his older brother online and interrogate her about their relationship. Keep in mind he was pretending to be his own brother (who is high school). Well...it ended up really hurting her feelings because she really did care about him, and I was doing my best to think he was a good kid although red flags were screaming everywhere. My poor daughter tries to see the best in everyone and to her everything is rainbows and sunflowers up until last night. He ended up turning this information around on her when he was back to his screen name and bullied her into breaking up with him (just an excuse to break up I say). Today she woke up a little tougher. I hate that she got her heart broken because after he did that, she knew it was over. She actually wanted it to be over. Anyone that would use and make a fool out of her like that does not deserve her - her exact words (and yay her for saying that). I worried about her all day because she was sort of a mess this morning when she got up because I do not think she got much sleep. I told her to get up, look her best, hold her head up, and march in there like it didn't bother her at all. According to her friends....that is exactly what she did. She already has some guy meeting up with her and her friends at their rival football game tomorrow. Good for her I say...good recovery. At this age they do not need the drama and the worry of someone making a fool out of them. Life is hard enough. At this age she just needs to have fun and seems to be very relieved to be out of it. The funny thing is, I was sitting there during the whole conversation (the breaking up part) and when she said they could go back to being friends...you know what this little idiot said? "We could be friends with "benefits" - We could be really "close". Okay..this kid is like 12. Where the hell do they come up with this stuff at the age of 12? Of course I laughed and told her she needed to tell him to get his benefits somewhere else. I think she was in shock. Right. At any rate, he is gone and will probably turn out to be a major loser in life and/or end up with one of his benefit girls (and I am sure he has more than one) giving him some wonderful venereal disease and he can live his life scratching his crotch (or what may be left of it) wishing he had been a lot nicer to a nice, beautiful girl that truly cared for him and not for his benefits...for himself.
I say good riddance. Life lesson learned. Thank you loser boyfriend. Thanks for proving me right! YAY! Mom - 1 Loser boyfriend - 0 I win!
I know I won't win everytime, and I know she will get her heart broken more than once in life (hopefully not by the same person). But it is my job to protect her and bring her up right. I did this with my two boys and they are awesome, strong kids.
I guess this makes me think back to last year. She had a sweet little boyfriend that was mature in a good way (they had a nice breakup with them both agreeing since they didn't see each other much over the summer, they would go their separate ways..and be friends. No benefits other than just talking online and laughing at silly jokes. They sit online and play word games to this day). He does not like drama. He does not have a huge ego. Very good looking boy. Extremely intelligent. Treated her how a girl is suppose to be treated. Very quiet. At one point I thought he was ignoring her this year until he met up with her recently at one of the football games at a nearby private school (I think he is just so shy). They sat near us and he never left her side the whole night. Nope, not once did he disappear and her worry about where he was. He was with her. They laughed and had head banging contests (like rockers). They smiled the whole night. They are just good friends now, but I hope that shows her that there are actually good guys in the world and if you can get through the losers like we experienced here lately, maybe you might eventually meet one of these good guys somewhere along the line. But not when you are 12 or 13. She needs to have fun in her life and focus on school and making sure she gets into a good college. She needs to follow her dreams of being a marine biologist as she has wanted since she could walk and talk. Those things come first. There is much time for boys and those kinds of relationships.
So, this ends one chapter of her little teenage life. She got her heart broke. She learned. Hopefully, she will remember this and take this lesson with her to the next relationship (hopefully that will be awhile). There are people in this world that are not what you think they are. They can hurt you and some of these sickos like it because it feeds their egos. You need to learn their "secrets". Read the signals and act accordingly. And...actions speak louder than words. As I told her after the football game on Friday night when he was acting weird and disappearing and she wasn't able to find him. Learn when to punt. Then do it quick. Some people aren't worth going into overtime for (whoa...football lingo here!).
I am a good mom.
I care
I won.
This is how I roll.
I say good riddance. Life lesson learned. Thank you loser boyfriend. Thanks for proving me right! YAY! Mom - 1 Loser boyfriend - 0 I win!
I know I won't win everytime, and I know she will get her heart broken more than once in life (hopefully not by the same person). But it is my job to protect her and bring her up right. I did this with my two boys and they are awesome, strong kids.
I guess this makes me think back to last year. She had a sweet little boyfriend that was mature in a good way (they had a nice breakup with them both agreeing since they didn't see each other much over the summer, they would go their separate ways..and be friends. No benefits other than just talking online and laughing at silly jokes. They sit online and play word games to this day). He does not like drama. He does not have a huge ego. Very good looking boy. Extremely intelligent. Treated her how a girl is suppose to be treated. Very quiet. At one point I thought he was ignoring her this year until he met up with her recently at one of the football games at a nearby private school (I think he is just so shy). They sat near us and he never left her side the whole night. Nope, not once did he disappear and her worry about where he was. He was with her. They laughed and had head banging contests (like rockers). They smiled the whole night. They are just good friends now, but I hope that shows her that there are actually good guys in the world and if you can get through the losers like we experienced here lately, maybe you might eventually meet one of these good guys somewhere along the line. But not when you are 12 or 13. She needs to have fun in her life and focus on school and making sure she gets into a good college. She needs to follow her dreams of being a marine biologist as she has wanted since she could walk and talk. Those things come first. There is much time for boys and those kinds of relationships.
So, this ends one chapter of her little teenage life. She got her heart broke. She learned. Hopefully, she will remember this and take this lesson with her to the next relationship (hopefully that will be awhile). There are people in this world that are not what you think they are. They can hurt you and some of these sickos like it because it feeds their egos. You need to learn their "secrets". Read the signals and act accordingly. And...actions speak louder than words. As I told her after the football game on Friday night when he was acting weird and disappearing and she wasn't able to find him. Learn when to punt. Then do it quick. Some people aren't worth going into overtime for (whoa...football lingo here!).
I am a good mom.
I care
I won.
This is how I roll.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Back
Okay..dang..it's been a long time. I haven't meant to ignore my little blog, but things have just been busy. Last week we had a huge 13th Birthday party for my daughter. Okay, maybe not huge, but the biggest one we have ever had. 30 kids showed up and to me that was a lot. 30 of them. 12 and 13 year olds with their hormones raging. What fun! The next day I had to get ready for yet another party at my house on Monday night, then early Tuesday morning we got up and headed to Atlanta for a little vacation. We came back home late Thursday night, then it I had work on Friday and a football game that night. Whew! I am finally getting to sit down and catch my breath.
Now we are going to go rent movies.
More later.
Stay tuned. :0)
Now we are going to go rent movies.
More later.
Stay tuned. :0)
Friday, October 07, 2005
On throwing up and things like that...
Yesturday my daughter comes home and tells me that in Biology, they have started learning about the reproductive system. Evidently they had some textbook diagram thingy of a male uhhh...part. She said she almost threw up.
Also...she brought home an order form for class rings. Okay. She is in MIDDLE SCHOOL! When did they start doing class rings for middle school? Grrrr!!!!!!!!!
Also...she brought home an order form for class rings. Okay. She is in MIDDLE SCHOOL! When did they start doing class rings for middle school? Grrrr!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Who's Your Daddy?
Your Daddy Is Darth Vader |
 What You Call Him: Daddy-o Why You Love Him: He's the Mack Daddy |
Status
Okay....here is the status: Our house officially and totally looks like hell. Since this is my day off, it's my job to get it into some sort of order today. For some reason, our house always looks like a bomb went off in it before it looks better. Boxes everywhere. Disorgainization. I am not sure why I am so worried about this since it's just going to be a bunch of kids, but I have horrible visions of these kids telling the whole school things like this, "Wow, their house was pretty on the outside, but there was dust an inch thick on their baseboards." Will they really care? Just in case...I will be scrubbing baseboards today. I have 4 bathrooms to clean. Argh. One of them is my teenage son's bathroom and I NEVER go in there for any reason (unless we are having a party). See...we have an understanding. If he wants to live like that, then so be it, but I do not clean their bathroom. Boys are disgusting. He promised me that he would be cleaning it today so that I would not have to. We will see. He promised. When he moves out, I will pull down the wallpaper and turn it into a glamorous guest bathroom. It will be splendid.
On the job front, it has been very busy. I think the new person shine is off of me and now they are pouring it on. Monday was actually stressful. I haven't had a day like that in a long time. I came home totally wiped out. My boss seems to think I am some sort of superwoman. She had me catching up reports that she had been putting off since before I started working there. Argh. I got them all done yesturday thankfully. I have decided no matter where you go, what you do, there is going to be stress. I hate stress. Luckily I only work 5-6 hours a day so I have limited stress. I am still waiting for them to ask me to work more hours, and I am not sure what I will say to that. The girl that works Tuesdays and Thursdays doesn't like working during the summer and may come in for a few hours a week if that. The other day I mentioned to my boss that I did not intend to work for her next summer and she gave me a panicked look. I meant that though. I am not sure why I am the one that has to take up all the slack. I told her it was probably best if we did not talk about that right now and changed the subject quickly. We shall see.
Back to the party though. I am trying to decide how cool a mom I should be. I plan for hubby and I stay with the kids throughout the party - I am not that cool. My daughter has some friends spending the night after the other kids leave, and they want retaliation for the rolling we got last Friday night. They have asked me to be their getaway car. Will I be that cool? Should I be that cool? I mean, it's just toilet paper. It's not eggs or spray paint for gosh sakes! Give me feedback here. If I am their getaway car...is that contributing to the deliquency of minors? Is it just good, clean fun?
This is hard!
Oh yeah, and wake me up already, September is over.
On the job front, it has been very busy. I think the new person shine is off of me and now they are pouring it on. Monday was actually stressful. I haven't had a day like that in a long time. I came home totally wiped out. My boss seems to think I am some sort of superwoman. She had me catching up reports that she had been putting off since before I started working there. Argh. I got them all done yesturday thankfully. I have decided no matter where you go, what you do, there is going to be stress. I hate stress. Luckily I only work 5-6 hours a day so I have limited stress. I am still waiting for them to ask me to work more hours, and I am not sure what I will say to that. The girl that works Tuesdays and Thursdays doesn't like working during the summer and may come in for a few hours a week if that. The other day I mentioned to my boss that I did not intend to work for her next summer and she gave me a panicked look. I meant that though. I am not sure why I am the one that has to take up all the slack. I told her it was probably best if we did not talk about that right now and changed the subject quickly. We shall see.
Back to the party though. I am trying to decide how cool a mom I should be. I plan for hubby and I stay with the kids throughout the party - I am not that cool. My daughter has some friends spending the night after the other kids leave, and they want retaliation for the rolling we got last Friday night. They have asked me to be their getaway car. Will I be that cool? Should I be that cool? I mean, it's just toilet paper. It's not eggs or spray paint for gosh sakes! Give me feedback here. If I am their getaway car...is that contributing to the deliquency of minors? Is it just good, clean fun?
This is hard!
Oh yeah, and wake me up already, September is over.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Heck Yeah!
Hubby came home yesturday with some of these:
Guess what we been doing since they made their appearance into our house? Oh yeah....listening to lots of music. Isn't it amazing how great speakers can make the world a better place? We just plug in the iBook and pull up the iTunes..and there ya go - music!
What are we listening to?
Turn the Page - Metallica (I love their version)
Killer Queen (Queen)
My Sharona (The Knack)
Rollercoaster (Red Hot Chili Peppers - I love me some Chili Peppers)
Everyday I Write the Book (Elvis Costello)
Doin the Cockroach (Modest Mouse)
Here for the Party (Gretchen Wilson)
Back in Black (AC/DC)
And many more. Of course, my daughter has all her dance tunes ready.
Meanwhile, it is my off day and I have a list of things to do a mile long. So here I sit blogging. My daughter is having a boy/girl party this weekend for her thirteenth birthday. She has invited all sorts of kids. From the shy, mousy little girl my daughter has been friends with since she was a baby, to the most popular girl at school, football players and of course, her little boyfriend (whom I will be keeping an eye on btw). She is the type that tends to have friends from all ends of the spectrum, so this will at least be interesting. I have so much to do I need to make a list of all the things I need to accomplish today and Thursday before all hell breaks loose and I get all panicky. We spent last night pulling all of our Halloween stuff out and are busy getting it put up so that the house will look all Halloweeny. I plan to serve regular party fare: pizza, chips, dip, candy, cake, sodas, bottled water, etc. I plan to serve myself a valium. *laugh* I have no idea what I have gotten myself into here. According to daughter, everyone at school is talking about the party. There are several kids that I thought she would invite but did not, which may explain the major toilet paper job that was done on our house Friday night. Oh, and not only did we get major toilet papering, we also got the door bell ringing thing that went on of and on throughout the night. Fun stuff. Good times.
Thank goodness this is my last teenager.
Guess what we been doing since they made their appearance into our house? Oh yeah....listening to lots of music. Isn't it amazing how great speakers can make the world a better place? We just plug in the iBook and pull up the iTunes..and there ya go - music!
What are we listening to?
Turn the Page - Metallica (I love their version)
Killer Queen (Queen)
My Sharona (The Knack)
Rollercoaster (Red Hot Chili Peppers - I love me some Chili Peppers)
Everyday I Write the Book (Elvis Costello)
Doin the Cockroach (Modest Mouse)
Here for the Party (Gretchen Wilson)
Back in Black (AC/DC)
And many more. Of course, my daughter has all her dance tunes ready.
Meanwhile, it is my off day and I have a list of things to do a mile long. So here I sit blogging. My daughter is having a boy/girl party this weekend for her thirteenth birthday. She has invited all sorts of kids. From the shy, mousy little girl my daughter has been friends with since she was a baby, to the most popular girl at school, football players and of course, her little boyfriend (whom I will be keeping an eye on btw). She is the type that tends to have friends from all ends of the spectrum, so this will at least be interesting. I have so much to do I need to make a list of all the things I need to accomplish today and Thursday before all hell breaks loose and I get all panicky. We spent last night pulling all of our Halloween stuff out and are busy getting it put up so that the house will look all Halloweeny. I plan to serve regular party fare: pizza, chips, dip, candy, cake, sodas, bottled water, etc. I plan to serve myself a valium. *laugh* I have no idea what I have gotten myself into here. According to daughter, everyone at school is talking about the party. There are several kids that I thought she would invite but did not, which may explain the major toilet paper job that was done on our house Friday night. Oh, and not only did we get major toilet papering, we also got the door bell ringing thing that went on of and on throughout the night. Fun stuff. Good times.
Thank goodness this is my last teenager.
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