cold? what is cold?

its supposed to get cold this weekend.

I don't like cold.

I'm more of a sunshine and sand and OCEAN type of girl

I miss the ocean

the smell of it

the taste of the salty air

the sand that gets EVERYWHERE

 

mmmm....

really really want to fly away right now

and go to the ocean

 

its been one of those,

"am I crabby? or not crabby?"

kind of weeks

and its hump day

so I'm hoping that is all behind me

 

our anniversary is coming up

17 yrs???

weird.

I'm way too young to be celebrating my 17th wedding anniversary

 

I took pics of the Brat Pack this week

it was...

interesting

I only got one. yes ONE.

pic of all of them together.

I need to take some more I think

 

its supposed to get cold this weekend.

oops.

already mentioned that didnt I.

its on my mind.

a lot

anywho

HH put a sign on the radio this morning,

"Get the yard cleaned up, and stuff put away.

Its gonna get cold this weekend"

cuz I needed a reminder.

 

I keep telling everyone,

"Its only for the weekend.

then its gonna warm up again."

come'on people!!!
its only October!

 

I have high hopes.

cuz I'm more of a sunshine and sand and OCEAN type of girl.

 

well I will leave you with the ONE pic I got of the Pack...

 

 

 

its been one of those....

its been another one of those days.

weeks?

yeah. I'll go with another one of those weeks.

It wasnt all bad.

 

the oldest 4 of my Pack went to the kickoff of yg :)
Baby Sister started her Wed night program again :)

I am actually working with the 2nd graders this year.

so much fun :)

and kinda funny when they look at me and say,

"Hey!!! You're Mouth's mom arent you?!?!"

and then when I answer the affirmative they smile and

I am deemed 'one of the cool moms'

cuz I am Mouth's mom,

and she is "super cool and so much FUN!!!"

lol!!!

I have a lot to live up to I think ;)

 

my allergies have flared up

again

I am miserable

no other way to put it

mis.er.able.

I look like I went 10 rounds with Mohamed Ali

mis.er.able.

 

Little Brother has been working with HH all week

 

HH has decided to quit drinking pop

cuz he hurts

his bones, muscles, joints, ect

everything hurts

and his head bobbles sometimes

thinking it may have something to do with the

copious amounts of Dt Dew he drinks

everyday

so he's quiting.

 

Little Brother has brought home reports of a cranky HH

caffeine withdrawl

not fun

 

 we have been avoiding each other

he comes home at night and I find something to keep myself

out of his way.

its best that way.

he knows he crabby and itching for a fight

I know he's crabby and everything I say or do

WILL be held against me and used to fuel a fight.

So I avoid.

its working so far ;)

hoping this withdrawl goes by quickly...

 

its another working weekend for HH.

which means another boring weekend for me :P

its probably a good thing tho.

too much time together would probably result in us fighting...

not a good thing

 

I am wondering if I should start another Pinterest acct.

using a fake, ahem, nickname.

It seems my humor could be seen as inappropriate.

I can just hear them now,

"she used to be such a nice girl. I wonder what happened to her."

bwhahahahaha!!!

how do ya like me now???

 

 



A little Corny

Anyone who has me on FB may be getting a little annoyed with my corny jokes this weekend, but after a 5 day funk, I was reading one of my favorite blogs and she had posted a few of her favorite corny jokes, I busted up laughing, and it broke my 5 day funk :) and now I keep finding more corny jokes and I bust up laughing, and HH and The Brat Pack just roll their eyes and sigh.

 

Here's one of my favorites.

It has 2 parts,

so its more like 2 of my favorites...

 

What did the fish say when it

ran into a concrete wall??

DAM!!!

 

bwhahahahaha!!!!!

 

ok ok, now for pt2...

 

What did the dam say when

the fish ran into it?

DUMB BASS!!!!

 

HAHAHA!!!!

I know.

I am easily amused ;)

 

Got up this morning

packed lunches for HH and 4 of the Pack.

threw bread in the toaster

then threw toast at the kids

and sent them out the door

they are helping HH shingle a house today.

He wants to get the whole thing done

to.day.

tore off, picked up.

AND

shingled.

whew!!!

hope they are ready for it!

 

Beans stayed home with me

(she has to work at her reg job tonight)

and we got "the cutest baby in the world"

for the day :)

 

So I had every floor in the house swept and mopped

before, yes, BEFORE, 7 o'clock this morning :)

(she's crawling everywhere, and we have 2 dogs and

2 cats in the house, yuck!, and I am anal like that)

 

so since all the floors were mopped

I decided that all the windows should be washed too...

 

I have come to the conclusion that

I would much rather wash toddler kisses

and sticky finger prints off my windows and patio doors

than doggy nose art. yuck.

 

Remi now knows how to open the patio door AND the front screen door...

urgh.

got back from the little town over yonder the other day.

and Rem was sitting on the deck to greet us.

of course he somehow had the time to go for a swim in the river too...

yuck.

now we need to teach him how to SHUT the patio door

so the cats don't get out....

 

its feeling like fall around here.

sweatshirts and shorts are being worn

socks and tennis shoes instead of flip flops

allergy season is in full swing

( I look like I have been beat up in my sleep

every morning when I wake up :P )

candles are burning

we are actually using the oven

 

yep

definantly fall

 

I am NOT looking forward to winter

I am more of a sunshine, sand and warmth type of girl

not a clouds, snow and cold type of girl

in case you forgot.

 

well, I better get some more stuff done around here

so when HH and the Pack get home it looks like I

worked almost as hard as them today ;)

lol!!

why do I love you?

Sometimes, I just sit and look at my man

(he's very sexy)

and I'll *sigh* and say,

I love you.

which he undoubtedly will respond with

"why??"

so here,

my dear.

  is why....

1~ you always let me have the last bite of your ice cream cone.

well. unless you're mad at me.

but usually you give me that last bite.

it's my favorite part of a cone.

I can do without having a cone

as long as you give me that last bite of yours ;)

2~ you still take me for drives on country roads.

those back roads that are twisty and hilly

and easy to get lost in

and you still try to get me all turned around

then you look at me,

smile

and say,

"get us home"

:)

(when we were kids I would never have a clue on how to get us home,

but we have those neat little direction thingys now.

you know,

the N, S, E, W thingy on the dash?

yep, that is the only way I can get us home :)

3~ you shave your head.

cuz you knows I love it :)

4~ you makes fun of my allergies

but yet,

when you see a bee

you get me out of the way quick

or if we are eating somewhere, you ask if

there are nuts in anything.

you are my protector :)

you remember to bring my pillow and

usually a blanket with when we are staying

overnight somewhere.

(its never fun to spend time away from home

covered in an itchy rash)

5~ you can tell, when you walk in the house after work, if

I am having a headache day. 

 you kick the Pack out

and make supper

you put dark blankets over the windows

and make sure things are kept to a dull roar

until I am feeling myself again

6~ you never complained when I would stay up all night

reading a good book

even when I had the lamp on the enitre night.

you bought me a kindle :)

now you get your sleep

and I get my books:)

7~ thru 5 babies,

then toddlers,

me working nights

you working days

you never complained about the

dirty dishes in the sink

dirty laundry piled up in the bathroom.

you would get home,

send me to bed

(so I could maybe get an hr or 2 of sleep b4 I went back to work)

and you would make supper, get the house cleaned up

kids bathed and ready for bed.

then you would wake me up in time for me to head to work.

8~ when we see a really nice old car

you look at me and grin

and ask me the make and model.

I usually can get it right,

within a yr or 2 at least.

then you smile at me :)

and I smile back

:)

9~ when we go to the fair,

you find a bench for just the two of us

right by the band shell

and we cuddle together

and you hold my hand

and you sing the songs to me.

very quiety

in my ear.

and my heart goes boom boom

10~ whenever we get soda pop

you always give me the ice thats left

in the bottom of your cup.

cuz I always chew ice.

(how do you not get annoyed about that???)

the list goes on and on....

I will keep adding to it.

cuz I gotta say.

I think I fall more and more in love with you.

everyday :)

given enough coffee, I can rule the world!!!

or not.

after a full pot of coffee by 9 am, you'd think I would be a little more awake.

nope. not at all.

I'm blaming it on my allergies.

I am miserable with allergies the last couple weeks.

watched the news last night,

was informed that the pollen, ragweed, ect allergies will be getting worse

kill.

me.

now.

I have a houseful of little kids

I am not used to a houseful of little kids

who knew?

my big girls took the little ones to the new park

its nice having big girls :)

lets see, whats happened in the last 2 months???

ummmm...

nothing?

yep.

really not much has happened...

Blue Eyes crashed and burned on her bike.

separated her shoulder

and was in a sling for a few weeks

Mouth is now 14!!!!!!

that was,

for some reason??

a really big deal.

then she texts me

this was the text,

"hey, if any guy asks dad if he can

go out with me tell them I don't want to

date till in I'm 15, or 16.

okay."

lol!!! Love that girl!!!!

she got her own phone

she loves it

Baby Sister is revolting

she does not want to be considered "little"

my opinion?
tough

you are little.  ;)

Little Brother is always on the go

fishing

biking

jumping

working with HH

he never wears a shirt,

ever.

we find ourselves having to remind him

to put a shirt on for church

weird

Beans is working working working

and when she's not working at her reg job

she's working with her dad

or helping me with daycare kids

I kinda sorta love that girl.

me

the girl who does not like animals

(ok, I probably would like them if I wasn't allergic to them)

has seemed to be left with this menagerie of pets on a daily basis

daily

poop patrol

feeding

watering

brushing

refereeing

have I mentioned that I do not like animals???

yeah

kids are all out of the house

I should probably get something done around here

while I can ;)

time to crank the music!

later dudes



knee surgery and the mean mom

Not much going on around here lately... lets see

HH goes in for knee surgery Friday. he messed it up a month ago and we finally got approval from the insurance to go ahead with the surgery. It will be amazing around here while he recovers I'm sure.

Beans got a kitten, cuz we need another animal in this house

Blue Eyes still has her little rat dog, Boo. even the ppl at the vet office didn't know if he was really really cute? or just so ugly, that he's cute.

Mouth is still growing. 5'9". seriously???

Little Brother finally started growing!!!! after 4 seasons of wearing the same clothes I finally got to buy him bigger sizes!

Baby Sister is, well, she's 10. and she's trying to find her own "thing" with 3 older sisters, it isn't easy.

life is always busy around here. always have a house full of kids. today I sent them all away. sometimes I need to reclaim my house and get some breathing room.  

we put some summer rules into place a month ago, needless to say, 3 of the pack have been grounded in the last month. hoping they learn and this wont be an ongoing pattern for the summer :P 

thinking I may have to implement a few other things soon.... like, no friends till noon. mandatory reading time. and chores HAVE to get done BY noon or no friends for the day. 

I hate being the 'mean mom' all the time.

I start round 2 of my diet next week... here's hoping for another 40 lbs!

I have a feeling we will be doing a lot of yard work in the coming month. a few days ago we had a storm come thru and we had a mess to clean up, it got HH in the mood to get the yard looking good. we have heard the chainsaw going in the evenings around here. Little Brother does most the mowing, and we finally got a good weed whip, so he's loving that new toy. yesterday he asked me if I could show him how to run the chainsaw.... I told him, "uh,no. that won't be happening."  I'm sure he will be cutting down trees and splitting wood for the winter soon tho. man they grow up fast.  *tear*

A May post

*conversation with Beans this morning*

"mom, how does this look for work???"
like you just rolled out of bed, put a Zorbaz shirt on and called it good....
"oh. I'll take the white shirt off... how does it look now?"
perfect. lol.

*conversation with Mouth this morning*

"hey mom. did you know that people are jealous of our life?"
why would people be jealous of OUR life?!?!?
"cuz we have a pretty amazing life, mom. pretty fricken amazin'."

I love her. and yes, I think we have a pretty amazing life too.
when the house is clean.
when the bills are paid.
when the kids are healthy.
when HH isn't hurting.
and everyone is on a good mood!!! lol

I banned the skateboard to the outside.
cutest baby in the world is now rolling
and she spends a lot of time on the floor playing.
the skateboard was scary to have wizzing around
the house when she was playing on the floor.
so it got banned to the outside.

I finally finished my school/craft room cabinets!!!
sanded, painted, painted some more, hardware on
and up on the walls!!! today I will be cleaning out
my craft supplies and getting everything organized!!
     "I love it when a plan comes together!!"
*anyone know what movie that line is from??*

ok. I have been on this diet. its a hard diet. not for the faint
of heart. not for someone without determination. not for
someone going it alone. (you have to have support on this one!!!)
its a crazy, sometimes stupid!!, diet. and sometimes I hate it and
I cheat and I EAT some real food ;)  but the results cannot be
argued. I started this diet the first week of May. and I have
now lost 34 pounds!!! :) 

I told the Pack that I would be crabby.
I havent been crabby :) super hyper? yes. have energy comin out
of my ears? yes!  sleeping good? yes! crabby? NOPE!!! :) 
ok. I have had my moments. when I want to EAT food.
real food. not lettuce. but those moments pass pretty quickly :)

my reward for losing the first 30?
I got my hair cut :)
and my cartilage pierced :)
and no, I am NOT being a rebel!!!
and I am not a freak (auntie!!!)
I am being the me that I have always
been, but have never allowed others to see.

if only you guys knew who I would like to be!!
I think you would be surprised. lol

but thats for another post  ;)