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.