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Monday, January 26th, 2009
9:35 pm	Update on Life! So I haven't been here in forever. Just haven't had time it seems like to even sit at my computer (unless you count balancing your checkbook...ew). Todd is still in school and has a couple of more semesters to go and then he will be working on his masters. Can't wait, because then I get to go back to school in full force! Christina is driving now.....I am officially getting old! I never thought I would be rich enough to have my own chauffer, however I do now and peeps need to stay off the sidewalk or she will mow them down. :) Not much else going on here.....working, coming home, working some more, cleaning house, there hasn't been anything to do here in the city and it is so freakin cold who wants to go out. Not me. Oh well, later. Current Mood: bored (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
7:19 pm	Catch up Finished summer school finally, ended up with an A in Psych. Taking Astronomy in Fall and then I have my Associates at least. Then I can really figure out what i want to be when i grow up. :) Todd, Christina and I went with her dance team this weekend to Branson. We had a great time! Hit the go carts and the bumper boats. Todd got soaked! The girls danced at the Broadway Variety Show and at the Dixie Stampede. They did an awesome job! I will have to post some pics when Todd gets them uploaded. Other than that, missing everyone! Haven't seen my Nancy or Monkey in awhile. This weekend we are going to Oak Grove Park on Saturday night for free hotdogs and to listen to my step dads band. Have to be the supporting step daughter ya know....and to turn down free food....not me. Current Mood: pleased (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 20th, 2008
10:07 pm	Late Birthday Present So I got a late birthday present from a friend. He is a Navy guy stationed in Japan. This is what I got..... I was so excited and she even says "Good Morning, Time to wake up" in japanese. Tooooo cute. Today was Todd's last day at work. He is exhausted and relieved all at the same time I think. He is starting his new job on July 7th. I hope he likes it! It is in the field that he is getting his degree in (Geography). Christina broke her foot on Mothers day in a dance competition and is still out of commission. Kind of sucks, her recital is tomorrow and she can't dance in it. She goes back to the doctor on July 9th to get x-rays to see when she can dance again. I have been working a heck of a lot, so far at the rate I am going, I will have put in an additional 72 hours this month. Too bad I don't get overtime for it. Oh well, I like my job, so it doesn't matter that much. It did kind of suck to have to work on Fathers day though. I will try to be better at writing. Just have been studying a ton and working a lot as well. The summer is going to fly by and I won't even be able to enjoy it at this rate. Current Mood: busy (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
4:51 pm	Been So Long! It has been awhile since I have posted anything. Life has been rediculously crazy around here. Trying to keep up with everything and everybody and not doing a very good job at either. Christina has dance competition this coming weekend and of all days on Mothers Day. Guess I can spend mothers day with one of my children. We are going to go to dinner on Saturday night for the moms. Todd had a tooth extracted yesterday. He can't smoke for 72 hours, so you know the happy person he is right now. We are all restricted to soft mushy food, since he is. Two more weeks and school will be out. I decided not to take a summer class, so that will put graduation at Spring 2009. Oh well, this way the company will pay for the education and that is a good thing. Problem is, I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Almost 42 and 3 kids later and I still have no clue. Oh well gotta run. Just wanted to check in and let everyone know that we haven't fallen off the face of the earth. YET (Comment on this)
Monday, April 7th, 2008
8:40 pm	Weekend Activities So...Christina had dance competition this weekend. Her dance troupe came home with a 1st place trophy, 2 Judges Choice awards, 2 High Gold awards and 6 Gold awards. I was so proud of them! Now I need to rant.....I have decided that not all dance studios are the same. Some of the girls looked like they were wearing pasties and were in training to be strippers the way that they danced. I couldn't believe it. One of the duets from another studio in the 14-15 year old category had a girl and a boy in it. At one point he laid on top of her and she wrapped a leg around him and another she was on his shoulders facing him. Her hoochy was right in his face. WTF! Like hell if my daughter will ever dance or dress like that. I also don't like the competitiveness and hatefulness of the other moms. One of the girls around 13 years old only got a gold award instead of a high gold and her mother was ripping her head off. The little girl was in tears. That is bullshit. Our studio believes in competing and loves to win, however we believe that our girls should go out there and try their best. Have a good time with it. It actually builds self confidence and worth in the kids. If our dance studio believed in anything else, we would have to find another studio. Ok..I am done. Current Mood: aggravated (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
7:35 pm	Refund policy on kids? You know I am wondering what the return policy is on kids. If I would have had little miss first, I would have definately been an advocate for birth control. Tonight I took her to have her phone looked at and to get a movie since they are out on spring break. On our way home she started baring teeth and growling at me. She even said the dreaded "I hate you". All because I told her that she was responsible for her life, actions and foremost her grades. I am totally frustrated, because she does just enough to get by and could be so much more if she actually applied herself. I think she owes me an apology and maybe she needs to prove that she is responsible enough to handle her own affairs before I do anything else for her. Am I unrealistic? The only thing she has to do around the house is keep her room picked up and load and unload the dishwasher. She needs to get decent grades and that isn't negotiable. In return, I pay for movies, lunches, bowling, dance, and any other excursion she feels she needs to go on. Guess it is time to pull the bitch in me out, but I don't think that ever solved anything when I was a kid. Thoughts? Current Mood: bitchy (4 Comments |Comment on this)
3:26 am	jerks! So I go do some happy st. Pattys celebrating yesterday and got my wallet stolen. Some people distracted me and they totally pulled one over on me. Thank dog I only had my license and my debit card on me. A trip to the bank and the drivers license bureau and all was well again jerks! I was pissed! I m just thankful that I only had those two pieces stolen, I would have been screwed if it was my main wallet. Current Mood: annoyed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
1:31 pm	Oh one more thing..... I just finished my essay for class. It is long winded and going to suck, but we have a sucky teacher. I don't mind teachers that have a great vocabulary, however when I have to look up half of her lecture to see what she means, I think that is a bit much. Maybe I am just not smart. I am starting to feel mentally challenged. Tomorrow night is our Fiction test and essays are due. I am a little nervous as we have to do a comparison essay for our Fiction test. Suppose to be 3 pages or more and hand written. I have no idea how she can read my writing, but somehow she can. I don't do well at writing on the fly. I need to brainstorm and plan, but how in the world can you do that when you don't know which stories you will be comparing. I am getting ready to flunk. Bleh. Current Mood: busy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
1:23 pm	Old Friends come out of the wood work. Feb 26 Gemini: It's always a lark to find out everything there is to know about new friends, but now you'll be satisfied learning something new about an old friend. It's all in the questions you ask. This is just weird. Stephanie godmother found me on myspace. We haven't spoken since she was here from California almost 8 years ago. I had no way to get ahold of her and didn't know where to begin to look. Nice to have old friends come back! Current Mood: cheerful (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
8:09 pm	What's up I was sick as hell on Saturday for some reason. Wasn't as bad as food poisoning but darn close. I wanted to go out with Nancy to a mardi gras party, but couldn't do it. Sunday I went and hung out with Stephanie and Jon and watched the Super Bowl. Todd had a ton of homework to do, so it was just little miss chris and I. I wish I would have had money on the Giants because I would have raked it in. Monday back to work we go. I am running 15 projects and am totally swamped! I am thinking about running away, but don't have the money or the time to right now. Today was a beautimous snowy day. I was going to stay home and work from home, but I couldn't talk Todd into it. It is really hard to tell your boss that you are snowed in when your husband works at the same place and is there. Good thing was skewl was cancelled tonight. That was AWESOME! I don't like this Intro to Lit class at all. I totally suck at it. The teacher is less than engaging as well. Oh well, just thought I would catch up. Must go back to reading for class. L8tr Current Mood: crazy (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
9:56 pm	Catching up Life is ok here. This weekend I don't have kids! Wahooo, hot date nite with the hubby on Friday night and then Saturday night we are going to Balancas to see Glen play. Christina is going to go hang out with Stephanie this weekend. She is all in bridal mode and planning mode. I finally told her to slow down, she isn't getting married until 2010. It is really busy at work and I got a raise. Normal year end stuff, but hopefully it won't throw me into another tax bracket and uncle sam will come rob me. I didn't get that much of a raise, but it would be my luck. School is getting ready to start. 3 more classes and I am at least done with my associates degree. The counselor has talked me into walking at graduation. I thought it was kind of dumb, but she said I would probably regret it if I didn't. I have only been working on my associates for years now. So December 2009, I will walk at graduation. I can't take more than 1 class a semester, otherwise it doesn't fit in our budget, plus Todd is in school full time (Mr. Deans list) and I need to hang around for christina. She is definately at a vulnerable age. I forgot how much high school sucked. I will have company in school though. Stephanie and Monkey are going to join me this semester. My phone is on the fritz, so if I haven't called or text anyone back, it is acting stupid. I had to reset all of my blackberry features to get it up and running again. Hopefully the software patch that I downloaded will take care of my problem. We will see tomorrow, when it is charged again. Oh well, I am off to bed. Hope everyone is doing well! I am missing everyone! Current Mood: cheerful (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
6:17 pm	Crazy life! Ok, so my life is on the complete crazy side. I took the last 3 days off to finish xmas stuff and what does it do....have all kinds of crazy a$$ weather. So needless to say, I wasted 3 vacation days to get nothing accomplished. UGHGHGH! I finished my final last night and I think I did well on it. As you get older, I am thinking the memory is fading. :) Mike was really sick last night, but he was a trooper and pulled through it. He has a kidney stone and thought he was going to die. He wasn't able to afford his meds to get it fixed, so being the mom, I chipped in and assisted with the cause. It wasn't going to break itself up without the meds and he would end up in the hospital with an even large medical bill than just the meds. Sometimes I don't think that boy thinks quite right. He is so darn proud, that he won't ever ask for help. I have received my 2nd call from the principals office in recent weeks. Apparently Christina broke up with her boyfriend and the boyfriend thought she was going to kill herself for some reason. So her friends got scared and went to the counselors who in turn sent her to the principal. He is really a nice guy. I asked if she was ok and if she could make it through the last 45 minutes of school. He said he was concerned because she wasn't visably upset. Her words were "Mom, it is just a boy". I thought it was kind of funny. Her and I had a long talk when I got home and then low and behold the boy calls and apologizes for being such a jerk to her. Now they are talking again. Teenage drama sucks! I told her that I am not so sure her principal and I being on a first name basis already the first semester of her freshman year is such a good thing. Oh well, I guess I will try and catch up with the xmas stuff this weekend. Current Mood: busy (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
8:49 pm	Weekend Update Friday...Christina and I went to see her school musical "All Shook Up" the kids did a great job! Someone pulled the fire alarm before the play started and it really pissed Ms. Blay the Theater teacher off! I don't think I have ever seen her that angry! :) Saturday... I took christina to get her hair cut in Smithville. While she was getting her hair cut, Stephanie and her friend Sara walked around the square. We walked into this cute little dog bakery and i bought some treats for Kiko. They had a kitty adoption in the back and we checked out the kittens. Needless to say, Stephanie is the proud owner of two new black kittens named "Bear" and "Chief". They are brothers and are both nuetered already. I told her Merry Christmas. Monkey and Carmine came over to visit. It was really nice. Carmine cracks me up....he was jumping on the couch and missed the back in the loft. Have you ever seen the cartoons where someone is running in the air and realizes that there is nothing below them before the fall? That is exactly how it looked. We could have made a fortune on Americas Funniest Home Videos. Sunday... Doing laundry today and making earrings. Mom needed a ton more to take to St. Lukes Hospital to sell. She handed me $150 on Friday and she has another $75 for me Monday night. Eventually the market will run out, but until it does, I am excited to get the extra cash. Todd's mom came over tonight for dinner and we ran to the Hallmark store. They were having their friends and family, 30% off everything sale. It was awesome, so I bought a few xmas gifts tonight. Need to get ready for another busy week. If I don't talk to any of you soon.....HAPPY TURKEY DAY! Current Mood: cheerful (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
9:00 pm	Insanely Busy!! Friday Christina turned 15. Everyone get off the sidewalks, she has been bugging me to take her and get her drivers permit. I took her and 8 of her friends to galactic bowling Saturday night. Those girls are all a bunch of hoochy mamas. :) They were trying to dirty dance with the ball return. Just craziness. Sunday, Stephanie and Mike came over and we did the family celebration. I made lasagna, salad and garlic bread. She wanted cheesecake, so I ended up buying that. I was wayyyyy too worn out to try and do a cheese cake as well. Saturday night I had to go get Todd from Balancas after I dropped off all of the munchkins. He didn't seem that drunk but when he got home the room wouldn't stop spinning and he ended up sleeping on the bathroom floor. I actually thought I was going to get some. Ya right. Monday night was my midterm in school. I absolutely bombed it! I don't do really well on essay questions so needless to say half of the test was essay. I couldn't even BS my way through it. Really bad. Tuesday night is always dance night for miss Chris. Tomorrow night is parent teacher conferences Thursday is dance class and it is the long one. Friday is Holiday mart and we have to go photograph for the Womens Junior league Saturday is my friends Divorce party and I have to pick mom up at the airport. Sunday......I may just fall over dead from all of the running Monday...... Start all over again. The only night I have free anymore is Sundays and Wednesdays. I am missing my friends. I haven't seen monkey or nancy in FOREVER! I need some cooking and drinking going on. Current Mood: hyper (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
4:10 pm	Craziness Christina went to a football game with a couple of friends last night and spent the night at a their house. Apparently at 4 am this morning the parents got the dreaded call that any parent is in fear of getting. Their son had been shot and was not expected to make it. Apparently him and a friend were going hunting this morning and were cleaning their guns. The buddy didn't know that his was loaded and he accidently shot this little girls brother. He was on life support and they are keeping him that way until his organs can be donated. Christina called me at 9 am and told me they had a tragedy last night. I am thinking 3 girls together usually means drama, but they actually did have a tragedy. Her brother was only 21. Just makes you realize how mortal we all are and how life just kind of slips away if we let it. Really sad! Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
8:34 pm	Class tonight So I took Christina to dance class tonight and I got rooked into a hip hop class. I didn't know I could move like that...hahahaha! I had a blast and if I keep it up, I am bound to lose some poundage. This weekend, I grilled out for my sister. Then she didn't even show up because she had spent all day at worlds of fun and got sun poisoning. The kids came over and hung out with us and Todds mom and sister came over. We haven't seen his sister in forever it seems like. It was really good to see her! Rearranged the house some. Organized some stuff and moved Todd to the back and set him up an office. That way he will have some place to study and we can still watch TV without disrupting him. Friday night I have no idea what is going on and Saturday is Balancas! I can't wait to go dance! Todd's birthday is Friday, so we are going to go celebrate and c lots of peeps that I have been missing! I am trying to catch up. I haven't been able to hang out with anyone. Everytime I make plans, something happens and screws them up. WTF! OHHHHHHH! My boss pulled me into a conference room on Friday before I left. I think bad things especially at 4 pm on a Friday before you leave for the day. But all is well, she wanted to thank me for doing a great job. I got a promotion and a raise effective October 1st. YEAHHHHH! I have the most awesome boss on this earth! Well, I need to get ready to crash. 4:45 am comes really early. Current Mood: good (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
7:51 pm	My dad found my aunt on the floor and called me on my way home from work. Apparently they don't know if she had the flu so bad that she lost her strength and fell or if she actually had a stroke. I had to sidebar my plans for the evening to go make sure she was ok and see if I needed to be in the rotation to help take care of her. Fortunately I don't have to do anything. The lady is like 80 years old and lives alone, so I am definately going to have to check on her a little more often I think. Just makes me realize that we are all mortal. They won't know for a couple of days which it was. They are running test on her. At work we have what we call customer service week. It is a week of them feeding us and telling us that we are appreciated. More like bribery. Anyways, there are over 1500 people that participate in this little adventure. I was in a conference room today with about 20 other people loading bags with candy and tying ribbons around the little baggies and tomorrow we are loading them into beer cuzzies that will be distributed that week. I would have been happy with a bud light in there. :) It is also kind of ironic that it is the week before we do our quality of life study for human resources to gauge how well the employees like their jobs. Again bribery. Oh well, I need to go be social with Christina, since she is the only one I can talk to without getting my head ripped off. Later. Current Mood: busy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
9:27 pm	Pulling my hair out Ok, so i am mom, dad, friend, confidant, tutor, teacher, caregiver, maid, chef, taxi driver and then I get to go to my job.....I am getting tired with all of the titles and roles I am having to fill. I may not get to finish school this next semester because of it. ONE of us has to be a parent and it isn't going to be Todd. Do ya think I am a little pissed? Current Mood: pissed off (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
9:42 pm	Quick Update Christina is having the same ole anxiety thing she has had since she was 3. School started last week and she missed 4 days with strep throat. She had to go back this Monday and she cries. I called the counselor at the school and she is going to help her out. I feel really bad for her, but on the other hand, I can't let her just run away from everything just because I didn't teach her how to cope with life. I keep telling her, that she is a strong, bright, young woman and that as long as she stays focused and takes one step at a time, that she will be fine. I even gave her my hello kitty pen to carry around with her. I am hoping as school gets farther into the year, she will become more comfortable. Only time will tell I guess. Todd is convinced that it is because she isn't getting enough attention. My answer to that is ..... "Whatever". I had a major migraine yesterday. I went to bed Sunday and was up all night with it. I felt like crap yesterday. Today is a little better. My head is just numb now. After a good nights sleep, I should be fine. Tomorrow night is Christina's open house for school. That should be interesting. I already don't care for her Algebra and World History teacher. Neither one of them have responded to my emails or my phone calls. Starting to tick me off a little. Stephanie starts at DST on September 10th. I hope she doesn't get a crappy boss. She is at least out of retail now and going to school. Ok...so much for short. My pillow is calling. :) Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
8:31 pm	Eventful week so far So Friday I was sick as hell with a headache. My nose was all stuffy and my throat hurt. Saturday helped Stephanie move into her first apartment. I took her out and bought her birthday present a little early. She needed some things for the new place. Sunday didn't do much but laundry. I still felt like crap, so I just hung out most of the day. Todd came home from the lake and now that we have this new found space in our house (since Stephanie has moved her stuff), we ran the network cable to the back room to set up a small office area. Me, grace as usual, was trying to get the network cable off of the porch light and fell of the step. I sprained my left ankle again. The doctor that looked at it last time, laughed at me and asked me what my excuse was this time. There wasn't any ice. Monday was the first day of school for all of us. Went and had a yummy breakfast at perkins and took Miss Chris to school. Got about halfway through the day and Todd calls to say we have to leave early because he lost a crown in his tooth. That cost a small fortune. Went to school with Mike and found out that we really do need a book for it. It is only $50 for 3 of them thank dog, but still. Tuesday we were running late and Christina missed the bus. Todd and I were late to work. At about 8 am I get a phone call from the school nurse saying that Christina is running a temp and feels sick to her stomach. Starting off great for the 2nd day of school. I had to drive all the way north and pick her up and take her home and then drive all the way back downtown. The nurse said they had already reported 8 cases of Mono, 12 cases of strep throat and 2 people had arms or legs already. I took her and I to the urgent care this evening and we both have strep throat. Isn't that lovely. We have 10 days worth of drugs now. Wednesday...Has got to be better! Time for a nice hot shower and to go to bed. Current Mood: sick (1 Comment |Comment on this)