Home sweet home

I'm off work today due to the holiday. I love being off and having short work weeks. I have the kids and I am babysitting a neighbors 2 kids. I works out well when they all play together and stay out of trouble.
The girls are being a little adventurous and climbing the trees in the front yard. The boys are playing xbox 360. Pretty quiet around here. Until, the girls decided to make some kind of rope slide from one tree to another. Wow, that is pretty creative. I just don't want any broken bones, ya know?
That's about it so far, I hope nothing crazy will happen today.

Get the back back, Hubby!!

Hubby has been working at the same job, Parts counter person at a car dealership, for 20 yrs. I think I've had that many jobs int that time frame, sad I know. Anyway, he does a lot of bending and walking and lifting heave stuff on a daily basis. Well, time has caught up with him. We were cutting down a tree in the yard and we had to move the stump. I weighed about 250lbs and yes, he lifted it. When he did that he threw his back out and has had severe pain ever since. Well because he's man, he didn't go to the Dr. right away. Finally he went, got xray's done and they said he has 2 bulging disks with separation of the L4 &5. Now, he has lived with this pain for about 2 months and needs to go to the physical therapist to find out how severe the damage. He won't go. What the hell? Now, I keep telling him he's going to need an operation if he doesn't go soon, that's mean, I know. I like teasing him because he's afraid of that kind of stuff. He's finally has an appt. next week to see what's up with it. I hope it's not to bad so we can get down and dirty soon, I'm afraid I'm gonna hurt him more!! hehehe.
Maybe I can get the sleep number bed out of this!!!!

Lipstick is my thing

I haven't had a "show" that I really obsess over, in a long time. Just recently got rid of our cable tv and have to watch local channels in order to get the kids away from tv and to keep our bills down. Anyway, I found that I can watch shows on the internet!! One day while I was going to catch up on some other shows I missed and I found Lipstick Jungle. I totally love this show!!! I is a little raunchy and a little sexy but a lot girly. I love it!! I watched all the previous episodes online so I could get up to date and now I can watch the new season and be all caught up. Check it out and let me know what you think, I would love to know.

I love this artwork

I found this really cool artist's site. Check it out. I was absolutely amazed by his work. I is so real you will be shocked.
Julian Beever is a great artist!

How do I do this??

When my kids started school, I was so happy and proud. They would get up and do their morning routine and get to school, have fun in class, learn some cool stuff. Then, they come home from school and the nightmare begins. Homework is the bane of my existence. I don't k now who decided that kids in kindergarten should be geniuses, before they get to school. Don't get me wrong, I want my kids to be smart and I think they should learn more, earlier. But, I already did my time in school, when I graduated high school, I was so happy to be out of there. Now, I am arguing with the kids to get homework done. Now, keep in mind, Drama queen has adhd and a reading disability so that makes it much more difficult to get her to even sit down to do the homework. We have modifications for her, so that helps a bit.
All I can say is that, I don't have a teaching degree and the way they teach things now a days just racks my brain!! I consider myself a well educated person with college but man this sucks! I can't wait for them to be out of school now!

My latest stuff

So, for some reason I have been really into romance novels. I know, get a life, right? Yeah!! I have not life, that's a problem. I have recently gotten some books from the thrift store, cause I will not pay the high prices for books, I swear I have read about 3 books in the past month. I like the romance and the smut!! I lie the suspense and the drama, it's all good. Not like I don't have enough drama in my own, real life, but it's more fun when I read about someone else's for a change.

Movie man and Drama Queen have made some new friends in the hood. They play all weekend and after homework every day. This is good for me, I get some quiet time! This is really the first time I have let them leave the yard, on bikes, with friends. They are loving it. I met a Mom of the kids and she is really cool to chat with. Maybe I have a friend in the hood too! Yeay!!

Today was a good day

I haven't had a chance to write anything in a while but today was a day off of work. I went as a chaparone, on a field trip with movie man today. We went to the Philips art gallery in Washington DC. It was an interesting trip. I think the kids, who are 3rd graders, had more fun on the bus ride there and back, then in the actual gallery. Those kids didn't really have much fun, that's all I can say. The group of kids in my group that were a little rowdy. I think the teachers see this as an oppurtunity to put the "rowdy" kids in a group with the chaperones!
We had a tour guide who was probably as old as some of the paintings in the place. She was nice but I was ready to fall asleep! During one part of the tour, the boys were laying, on the bench in the center of the room, where people are gazing at the artwork.
It wasn't really that bad and I got a glance at a Van Gogh painting.
The bus ride back WAS more fun! The kids were loud and obnoxious, but that's what we did on the school bus, at that age, right?
Not real exciting but at least Movie Man liked having me there with him.

I must be stupid!

My kids started school a few weeks ago. One's in 4th grade the other in 3rd. Things have changed so much since I was a kid in school. The way they teach all the way to the stuff they have to know, by a certain grade. I understand that our state wants to make the schools look good, but they are really pushing the kids to learn more at a younger age. I hate it! I think my kids are so burned out by the time they get home from school, who wants to do 4 or 5 pages of homework??!! I know I DON'T! Unfortunetly for me and my kids, they hate homework too.
I try to help them, after a huge fight just to get them to sit down and attempt to look at the papers. I have to admit I am dumbfounded when I look at some of this crap. What the HELL are they teaching these kids???? I always said, "Why do I need to lean this, anyway? I'll never use it in the real world!" Well, now I know why. So I can help my kids with their homework. Yeah, well, NO!
As, I was attempting to help my son with some homework the other day, it was plural nouns, which I still know about, thank God. Movie Man, being the smart ass that he is, told me I was doing it wrong.
MM: "Mom!! you just don't know how to do this. That's not how the teacher told me to do it."
ME: "Look, I KNOW how to do it!!"
MM: "No mom, your just not smart anymore!"
Great, now my 8 yr old kid, thinks I'm an idiot! Shit, I was doing so well too.

New people are hard

Have you ever had someone you work with be a total slacker? I can relate to that one. We have a new person in the office who has been there before, left and came back recently, into a new position. I understand that this person doesn't know the same stuff that we other secretaries know, but she was there a week and learned some of the stuff. Like answering the phones, come on man. When you have other people in the office who are totally busy with other stuff, at least answer the f**ing phones!
Can you stay at your desk long enough to help us??? What the hell can she be thinking? I hope the week gets better.

The day is almost over, thank god!

So, I started work last week. The kids hadn't started back at school so Miss Mania watched them all last week. Things went well.
Today was the first day of school for the county that I work in and my kids start tomorrow(we live in a different county). I am soo exhausted, I want to fall asleep right this minute!
I got home a little late today and when I arrived home my kids were there to cheerfully greet me. As soon as I walked in the door, I see it. The living room is completely trashed! The kithcen looks like a tornado went through it and there are clothes everywhere!!!! WTF? I asked Miss Mania what happened. She replied, "I don't know, mom, the kids wouldn't listen and they were being really bad today."
I swear I want to scream and yell and throw a temper tantrum. Against my better judgment, I decided I would clean the shit up. If I want something done rightI do it myself. My kids are lazy and I treat them like babies. I need to stop doing this, I tell myself. I need to be firm and authoritive with them. I still ended up cleaning the shit by myself, while they play xbox 360. I do that so I can get some peace and quite. When they are occupied, they leave me alone!! See, it all works out for the best, in my own warped mind!

WTF is wrong here???

I am a pretty laid back person. I deal with my kids craziness and my husbands lack of discipline in the family.
When my kids were little, it was cute for them to go outside in their diapers and play or naked in the little pool in the backyard. Our house was know affectionately as the "naked baby house" by Miss mania's friends.
But, now that they are getting older and know better, they think it's funny to go outside in their underwear.
Today, they were playing outside, on the trampoline, with the hose. Yes, they were soaked. I told them to come in and eat dinner. They come in, eat, change and go back outside. Hubby and I are sitting out back chatting when we see them come out with a shirt and underwear, towards the front yard.
Our backyard is secluded from the street so if they come out there inappropriately dressed, no big deal. It's when they get the bright idea of riding bikes, in the street, with a shirt and underwear. WTF?? I told them to come in and get some shorts on, but NO they proceeded to ride around in underwear, laughing hysterically riding around.
Where did I go wrong people??? Why do my kids torment me? It's anyone's guess.

I got some gas!!

No, not "gas", like pass gas, but gas for my vehicle! That's just gross people, stop it, stop laughing!
I am a little anal, no pun intended, about finding low priced gas. I will totally drive around and look to see who has the cheapest gas prices and memorize which place it is. No, I don't actually drive around, I only check out the places on the route that I drive to work and home. I finally found a place, near my house, that has the cheapest, it's only $3.59 a gallon. That is cheap around here in the beautiful, smog filled Maryland. I love cheap gas, especially since I drive a half hour to work eand home every day! How about you? What's the cheapest gas around you?

I survived

I survived my first day back to work, after being off the entire summer. I like my job, it's never a dull moment working in a High school office. We have so much stuff to do before the kids come back and I am getting ready to deal with the chaos that is the first day of school. I missed that fun part last year because I stared in Oct. It should be interesting to say the least.

I have to say, this summer really sucked ass. That's ok, at least I spend some quality time with the kids. Movie man learned to ride his two wheeler, finally. It took me 3 days to get him to get on the bike, then another 2 days to get him to ride it without falling over. Once, he got the hang of it that was it, he was gone, riding all over the place. It was awesome. He was so proud if himself, which made it even better.

I feel like shit and other stuff

I have been off work the entire summer. It has sucked really bad. We have been soooo poor, I have wondered how we were gonna make it day to day. Because I work for the county schools, I didn't get paid this summer, I will, next summer though, thank goodness.
So, I am starting work tomorrow! Man, I am really happy to start getting paid, but I can't help but feel sick to my stomach, anxious and paniky to go back. Apparently, I don't like change very much. I suffer from panic attacks and anxiety anyway but have basically controlled it. Today, I'm just feeling ill. You would think I would be happy to get away from the screaming kids, crazy dog, sick cat and whiny hubby! But, not so much!
So, here I sit, trying to feel ok. it sucks.
Meanwhile, the kids are asking me all these questions and want me to play baseball, barbie's etc. Can I just scream??? It will get better.
Thanks for listening, people! You all rock, all one of you! Like I always say "If I don't laugh, I'll cry!" So, I'm laughing!

this just rocks...

I have been searching the internet for some really cool graphics for my blog header. I found so much, I just can't decide. I am no graphic artist but I think I did a pretty good job with this one. I found the graphic online and just added my title etc to it.
I am totally into abstract designs and swirls right now. I love color and I love change but I don't always have the means to envoke change the way I want. My kids and hubby, not so much! Oh well they gotta live with me!

Sleeping with a 10 yr old

Not like that you sickos!!! Get your minds out of the gutter and hang up the phone( I know you were calling CPS on me). My daughter, Drama princess, is almost 10 yrs old and STILL tries to sleep in my bed. Now, when she was little, I rocker her to sleep with soothing songs and her bottle. Then I put her to bed in her crib. Normal, right?? Then, what the hell happened??? Since we moved into this house (7 years ago, people!!) she has been afraid to sleep alone. My husband and I have a queen size bed, just big enough for us. DQ is almost as tall as me and it's like having another freakin' adult in the bed!! She also sleeps sideways, kicking, rolling, punching and snoring!!!
DQ actually hit Hubby in the face, while he was sleeping! He was soooo pissed, he got up and slept on the couch, not just for the night but for months!! Ok, then DQ went to grandpa's house and had to sleep on her own, G-pa doesn't play that shit, and she cried herself to sleep. Poor baby. DQ comes home from G-Pa's and started sleeping in her own room, in her won bed. OH HAPPY DAY!!! Hubby and I actually were able to...ya know... in or bed!! Now, DQ is falling asleep on the couch, I wake her up, take her to her room and she comes in my bed in the middle of the night. I wake up with her and not Hubby. WTF???? I think I have babied her for to long and now I'm screwed, and not by Hubby. Damn, this really sucks.

I'm gettin' good

Ok, so as I told you, I was trying to learn some stuff about web design and HTML. Well, I have gotten a little better at the whole blog title thing! As you can see from my new blog banner, I made this all by myself!! I used photoshop and that was a bitch to figure out. I still don't know 3/4 of the shit there is to do on there. One day at a time.
I am learning the HTML by trial and error and doing A LOT of research on the net.
There are so many different sites that have tutorials, I can't keep up with what the hell I'm doing anymore! I have a ton of bookmarks for all those sites and most of them I already forgot why I bookmarked them. Man, I am so obsessive about things. Oh well, knowledge is power, right?

Democrat or Republican? What's you choice this time around?

I am a democrat but I really think this time I'm gonna vote Republican. I think we need some of the "old boys club" and old fashion values put back into theis county.
This world has gotta so pathetic. From power, abortion, gay rights, war, and so much more. I can't even think about all this shit, it's giving me a headache.
You know, I don't even watch the news because I am so tired of hearing about the demise of our country. It really gets me depressed. Hubby watches CNN religiously and tells me what's up when I ask, which is hardly ever! It's all bullshit!! What kind of world are our kids growing up in? I live very clise to DC and I want to move sooooo badly, to a farm, or an island somewhere far, far away, kinda like Shrek and the swamp thing! Oh, yeah, I can't even sell my damn house now because the fucking mortage companies are not making it easy for people to get approved. Bastards!
I live in a suburb and I see MS13 grafetti around my area. Don't get me wrong I live in a great, safe, clean, middle class to upper middle class hood but once outside of the hood, about 2 miles in either direction, GHETTO!!! I hate this shit.
Ok, I'm done on my soapbox. I don't mean to offend anyone with anything I have written hear and if I did, get the fuck over yourself!

Sugar Skulls and some tats

WWWOOOOO HHHHOOOO! I found my next tattoo! I am sooo totally obsessed with these things, sugar skulls. Have you ever seen them? Here's a picture:
These are someone else's tattoos but I love the colors and designs. What? You love them too, but it would be really painful? Yeah, that's what I'm scared of. I would have to wait to get the nerve (and the money!) up for this one. So, do you have any tattoos? When did you get them and do you regret it? I just got my first one about 3 months ago and they are addicting. I am ready for the next one.

Miss Mania and her crazy ways

Wow, things have been a little hectic around here. Miss Mania moved to a new place over the weekend. Yeah, I know, she's still 17 but if you knew that bullshit I have gone through with that kid over the past 5 yrs, you would agree with me about letting her ass move out of the house early!! Miss Mania is bipolar, hormonal and all around not a very easy person to get along with. I think she is idiot savant. Have you ever encountered a bipolar person? In any way, family member or friend? Man, it is sooo crazy to try to raise a bipolar child. All I can say is "LIVING HELL, PEOPLE!!" Only by the grace of god, did I survive the past 5 yrs with this one!
She has her own agenda and thoughts about life, you ever here of the saying "live and learn"? That is the story of her life. If she gets an idea in her head, no matter how stupid it is or you just know it's not right, she will argue until you get it, do it, or agree with it.
I swear, if she gets a job and keeps it for more then a month, I will die! Don't get me wrong, I love her, she's my first born, from my first husband, she is beautiful and can be the sweetest, funniest person around but she is the Demon seed!!!
I love my child, I love my child, I love my child........... I feel the panic setting in!~!! Not really!

Movie Man takes a jump

This summer has been pretty boring so far, we really haven't done much because we are so poor I can't even pay attention! DQ went to grandpa's and Movie Man got to stay home with boring MOM, poor kid.
Well, then to make his life more miserable, I sold our swingset. I know, mom's a witch.
Swingset rocked but it was time for it to go, it took up almost half the yard and they kids really didn't play on it anymore. Don't worry, I'm not that mean, I did replace it with something I knew they would like.It took him a while to get the hang of it but once he did, he almost launched into space!! Good times.

Those Bastards!

My hubby and I planted a small garden in our backyard this summer. We planted only a few different veggies because we weren't sure if they would last. I say "last" because we have a major Deer problem in our neighborhood. This is the time of year where the bastards are eating EVERYTHING! They have had their babies and now it's time to chow down.
These deer are not picky eaters either, those fuckers have eaten every damn thing they could find in my yard. We planted flowers and stuff in the front garden, they ate them! We planted a bush on the site yard, they ate it!
Now, this really pisses Hubby off to no end. He was ready to get a shotgun, yes, I mean a gun, sit outside and shoot the suckers, right between the eyes. He has a vendetta against them because they ate all his tomato plants a few years ago.

Evidence: Eaten zucchini!

So, our new garden is in the backyard. We have tomatoes, zucchini, squash and cucumbers. We planted some strawberry plants but they are not producing a lot. We took all the precautions we could to keep them out including putting a net over the entire garden. The cats get stuck in it all the time.
The next day we come out to check on the garden and they had gotten in and eaten ALL the tops off the tomato plants and one whole zuccini plant!! "Those Bastards!" Hubby was really mad now!! He decided to pull and Indiana Jones move and puts up all these sticks and bamboo and shovels, up at the entrance, see the picture above, in the hopes that they will not be able to get in. Whatever!!
Somehow, they came in and ate my cucumbers, leaving part of it, then taking a big shit in the yard, just to let us know who did it!
One night, a few weeks ago, hubby was sitting out back, chillin, when he saw it, in the garden! He gets up slowly, trying to be silent and starts throwing rocks at the deer! I don't know if you have ever seen the video where the deer beats the shit out of a guy but that would have been hubby if that thing got pissed and decided to come and kick his ass! Hubby said the deer just walked slowly, like it wasn't seen yet, out of the yard. We decided to put some Shotgun deer spray on the rest of the veggies. We haven't seen and shit in the backyard after that. Here's the veggies we grew so far,

The Airport

So, Saturday I picked up Drama queen from the airport, which went smoother then I thought it would. We went to the line, got the escort pass, went through security, which was not bad at all. The one thing I really didn't like was taking off my shoes, I was wearing flip flops so I wouldn't have to do that, to go through the security gate. As I stood there watching others walk through with no shoes on, most people had on flip flops too, all I could think of was, "What if someone has fungus or plantar warts or something gross like that?" EWWWW! I think they should have wipes, you know like they do at the grocery stores to wipe off the cart handle, at the security gate so that you can wipe the floor or your feel or something! That would have made me feel better about the whole thing. There really is no way around having to take off your shoes and SOCKS too! I have an issue with feet. I don't like other people touching me with their feet, even family members! So, as I watched the other people ahead of me walk through, barefoot, I prepared myself to go through. If I get some kind of funk on my feet I will totally sue that airport!!! LOL So, if your a germaphob, which I am a little bit, bring your wipes even thought they may get confiscated!

Picking up the drama princess!

So, tomorrow morning I have to go to the airport and pick up my youngest daughter. She went to grampa's house, in New Hampshire, for a week. This is the first time she has EVER been away from home. This kid will not even spend the night at a friend's house! I usually have to go pick her up in the middle of the night, IF I even said yes to begin with. Drama Princess was calling me the first few nights, crying, telling me she wants to come home, which obviously she is not going to do because I'm not driving 9 hours to get her!! She also made it a point to tell me that she cried herself to sleep the night before. OH MAN, that was a heart wrencher! I wanted to tell my dad to change her flight and send her home! But I did well, I just kept our conversations upbeat and didn't let her know I was missing her too!

After about the 3rd night she was fine. No more crying and she was going to sleep on her own without crying. I was praising her beyond necessary.

Anyway now my next anxiety inucing thing is her flying home, with her 10 yr old cousin. Now, when I was a kid, and the was a LONG time ago, my brother and I flew to Florida to stay with my dad for the summer. It really wasn't a big deal back then. Not to mention it was a short flight. I am totally freaking out about her doing this!!! I know, maybe I may be overeacting a bit but with 911, oh I don't even want to think about it. Ok, she will be fine and I am going to be there probably and hour before her flight even gets in, at the gate. I will have my camera too. I gotta catch the scrapbooking moments, ya know? Sick, I know.

Learning something new....

Is such a challenge, especially when you want to know it, like, yesterday. I have decided to learn more about web design including how to make blog headers etc. One thing about me is that when I want to learn something, I get obsessive about it. I will research for HOURS about it and find websites with information on the subject. So, with that said, I have ignored my kids and hubby for about 4 days just being on the computer, learning. I know, bad mom. Don't worry, they are fed, bathed and have clean clothes so I haven't been neglecting them completely. I will show you some of the new banners, headers whatever you want to call them, when I get some made.

It's been a while

Hey there! Sorry it's been so long since I have been on here to update. I have actually been busy!
My youngest daughter, Drama Queen, just left on Saturday to her g-pa's house, she has never been able to sleep away from home, so this is the first trip away from the family!! Of course, I got the call last night, fairly early, that she wanted to come home. Uh, not happening. She is in New Hampshire, which is about an 8 hr car ride from us. I hope she will have so much fun she will get over the homesickness. My poor baby, maybe that's the problem, I baby her to much!
My son, who didn't go to g-pa's this trip, is home complaining that he's bored. We went and got a trampoline yesterday. It's been fun so far. Hubby has even gone on it, it was so funny to see him doing some kind of activity with our son. When he got off, he said his legs felt giggley! Yes, I jumped too. I am going to get on that thing a lot, I gotta lose some weight and I tell ya, that things makes me tired very quickly!

Weekend in review

I was bored yesterday so I thought I would get out and use my camera a bit. I took some pictures of the flowers in the backyard. I am not, by any means, a photographer so taking nature photos is kinda cool. Here are just a few. The one up top is my kitty, Sunshine. She is so sweet. She likes to lick my legs for some odd reason. The birdhouse is very old, obviously. The flowers are one bush that has 2 different colors on it. Cool.

The family and I were supposed to go to see fireworks in Laurel, with my friend and her family plus a bunch of other families that we know, but I didn't feel like it, so we stayed home. I layed in bed, I am PMSing, and watched "deadliest catch" for about 3 hours. That show is just insane! I did feel a bit better and thought that my life could be worse, check out those guys.

We decided to sell our Little Tikes playground. When I say playground, it is huge, with swings. I had to go out and pressure wash it to clean it up for the people coming tomorrow to look at it. I think it probably took about an hour to get all the crude off of it. We've had it for about 7 yrs, but it looks new. That rocks! I want to get a trampoline for the kids, and for me too. It will be so awesome for us to get out there and just have fun. I can't wait. Hubby thinks someone is going to break a bone in the first 2 days, he's a party pooper!!

So, I ended up pressure washing the entire house!! I love doing that! I like that I can clean just about anything with that machine. Sididng, gutters, windows and I even cleaned the patio in the backyard. Good times. I am really tired and soaking wet but it was all good.

My brother and niece came over and stayed all weekend. It's cool to have my niece over, she's that same age as my daughter, Drama Princess. The kids went in the basement and proceeded to trash it, with polly pockets, barbies, race cars and some other misc. items. At about 11pm my bro says he's gonna leave and leaves me with a big mess to clean up. No, my kids don't clean up after themselves, whatever. My whole thing is "if you want something done right do it yourself." I know it's a pain in the ass but my kids a lazy and I don't want them just throwing the toys wherever.

So, that was my boring weekend.

Blast from the Past

Have you been sitting around and wondering what ever happened to your best friend from middle school or the guy you used to be great friends with in high school? I have been doing that for the past year. Well, I found 2 people to whom I was very good friends with back in the day. I found myy friend John, who was a very close friend, we lost touch for about 15 years, and a woman that I was very good friends with , Lisa. It is so funny how you find out that these people have grown up and have their own families just like you. It seems like time stands still and they should not have all these great things, not that I wish that on anyone. Both are married with great jobs, marriages, and kids. I am so glad that they are happy and made a great life for themselves. It's also great to reminese(?) about the past with people who were "there" in your crazy past. So, I talk to John just about every day, catching up on life and Lisa I have been emailing. Lisa sent me a picture of a group of us girls at homecoming, in 1985!!! It was a good laugh! I miss the old days but don't want to go back!
Happy Fourth of July.

Ebay is Evil!!

My son, who is 8, is obsessed with ebay. He surf's through all the toys he wants and then tells me he needs some money so he can buy them. He doesn't understand how auctions work yet, but he does know about Buy it Now! Well, today, he saw a Ben 10 alien force jacket, yes I know who this is and all the characters from the show, along with their special powers!! It's crazy, I bid on the jacket, I was outbid by someone else, then I bid again, my husband raised the stakes, I was still outbid. So, I had to explain to Son that I was not going to bid any higher then I already did. Then comes the crying. That is the saddest thing ever, him crying tears my heart out. You will be glad to know that I held my ground and told him he will have to deal with the disappointment because I am not bidding any more. He now has moved on to the action figures. Here we go again with the bidding, but at least it's MUCH cheaper then the jacket. Oh to be a kid. He is soooo cute!!

Boring day

Well, the weather is nice, not to humid today. The kids and I have been pretty bored for the past couple of days. They have been watching every movie we own, which is quite a few. There really isn't much to go and do around here that doesn't cost a ton of money. I guess I could take them to the park, but I don't feel motivated to go out anywhere. I got my new scrapbooking stuff in the mail yesterday, really cute stuff. Now, I have to get some ink and paper for my photo printer to print some pictures to scrap. Blah, Blah, Blah.

Scrapbooking

I love scrapbooking. I have scrapped for about 7 years. I haven't scrapbooked, so far, the past year. I have lost my desire to scrap, but now, I am getting it back. I got a new camera, which is awesome, and have been taking lots of pictures recently. I ordered some new scrapbooking stuff from CM, I am soooo excited to get it! That will motivate me to get started. I have a sick obsession with pretty paper and stickers, that is sad! LOL. I think I'll scrap tomorrow.

My Phone, Best Friend

I have a very good friend, Kim H., who I talk to just about everyday. I believe we are kindred spirits. I met Kim about 5 years ago at a Creative Memories party that I did for her. Ever since then we have been the best of friends. We never really "hang out" together much but we talk on the phone ALL the time. I know my hubby thinks the phone is growing from my ear.

Kim is 10 yrs older then me and is very much like me. We have switched lives in the past year. I was a SAHM and Kim worked. Now I work and Kim stays at home with her Granddaughter. Kim moved to NC in January, with her family. She has been a great friend and someone I can always talk to about anything. I love her like a sister.
Kim is one of the kindest, caring, selfless, and dedicated people I have ever met in my life. I know we will be friends for a long time to come.

My Latest Adventure

I have been talking about getting a tattoo for years. I have even been looking for the perfect one to get. I know, it's for life and yada, yada, but one thing you should know about me is that I love art. I think that tattoos are a form of art. I love them and the meanings behind them. I think they are sexy, on the right person, and beautiful. I like girly tattoos, hearts, flowers, fairies, not skulls or morbid things with blood, at least not for myself.


Tattoos are much more mainstream now and are not just a "biker" or "trashy" thing to have. I decided to just go for it! I went to a great place in MD to have it done and the tattoo artist was great. I love it and I am not ashamed of it. It is one of those things I needed to do in my lifetime. I think I am ready for another one, I already have a couple of ideas of what to get. Now, just were do I put it?

Summer has begun!

Well, here we are, the 4th day of me being off work for the summer and it's raining, cool ( I can turn the air off in the house), and my daughter has the flu! What a way to start the week.

Don't bet me wrong, it's just stuff you go through when you have kids. I am excited that I work for the school system. I get summer's off with the kids, I can take them to the pool and read my books while they swim. I don't really have "neighborhood mom friends" so I don't really chat with the mom's at the pool. I think this summer I will try to meet more people, step out of the box!



I will also spend more time with my old friends, Kim and Chrissy. I really miss them. Since I started working full time I haven't seen them much in the past year. We used to scrap together, every Tuesday night. We sort of got burnt out with it and each other, I think, and stopped. We did have some drama with another person in our group and she stopped scrapping with us. That left the three of us. You know how it is when you have three friends, someone is always feeling slighted in some way. But, in any case I love them both.

So, I will be scrapping in my little scrap area, downstairs, away from the kids and trying to catch up, since I am a year behind. I love to scrap my families memories. I will post some of my newest pages when I get started.