An odd thing to remember

Once upon a midnight dreary I was a thin young lass.

Toooo thin.

5'7" and about 110 lbs.

Scary thin.

And then I met hubby, got married and put on weight as people do. It took a while though before I really noticed the fat cells around my belly. I remember quite clearly the day that I did realize it though, which is an odd clarity in more normally fuzzy cell banks that reside in the brain. I was at work, the job before the airline, and went to the restroom. As I sat down I felt skin fold over and touch that I had never felt before, it was kind of an odd sensation and I spent quite a few fascinated minutes staring in the mirror figuring out that my chest and my tummy had somehow managed to reach out and shake hands. Not a happy day.

Truly an oddly clear memory that came to me tonight out of nowhere.

Now I need to reverse 8 years and go back to the time before skin could touch!

Yay

Christmas comes early when you can see the end of the summer of hell. And it is super awesome when you find out that the summer of hell is ending earlier than expected.

YAY!

Bruised

I fell on my arse today... literally. Crazy slippery slope at the creek got the best of me. I sat in the slime that I slipped on for a while catching my breathe and assessing the damage. E walked over to me and told me I should be more careful, quite perceptive for a 5 year old.

My bum is bruised, luckily (other than the kids) there were no witnesses.

MMM hubby is doing laundry. He has a little addiction to downy, our laundry smells good. He uses so much downy that the entire room is filled with the smell when he brings the hot laundry in.

Old Friends

It is weird running into old friends, even if its only on the internet. Some friendships last forever and the conversation flows so easily. oddities those are.

I need to sleep, I am babysitting tomorrow... but that is a conversation for later. My plan is to wear the kids down until they are just too tired to fight and fuss. If all else fails we can go searching for the alligators that I know are somewhere at the creek.

Erghhh

I think a spider bit my foot.

I don't feel well today, more allergies than spider bite, but that bugger is itching like CRAZY. Hurts when you scratch it so there is no relief. Maybe some ice will help.

Watched four French films this weekend, Little A was out of town so we didn't have to stick with the G rated selection. It was very nice and relaxing. I wish I felt rested but I don't, up all night sneezing and wheezing. Maybe a nap will help, and I must go searching for some keys!

A Wild Hair

I want to learn French, along with little A and J, save up money and go live in Paris for a few months. Nothing permanent, just a furnished apartment that we can live in while we absorb the city and practice our newly learned French.

Little A has to start school next year so the timing is perfect.

Just need passports, visas, permission, some sort of job so we can buy food and pay rent, and a lot of money.

Oh were is that fairy godmother of ours?

Burned burned burned

We stayed at splashtown FAR too long today. Little A rubbed off all the sunscreen under eyes because she kept going "under the sea". Her little cheeks are burned to a crisp... much fun this evening chasing her down with the aloe vera every hour!

Next time we go we are not staying as long! Plus I need to get a babysitter so J and I can go and enjoy the rides!!

Damn

I can't write about it, but things happened this week that have permanently altered my perception of people. And not in a good way.

It's like becoming paralyzed. You wake up one day, walk to the bathroom, sit down and never stand up again. If I had known that I would never again stand up off the toilet I think I would have grabbed a brownie before I went in.

I am not stuck on the toilet, but I can't write about what IT is due to the sensitive nature of the issue, the people involved, and the publicity of this forum, but my future self that will one day read this will know.

Last Thursday was a day that will alter a lifetime.

Rat Pix

Scary books and funny movies.

I am trying to read House of Leaves... I think I made it all the way to page 19 before I freaked out and threw it in the freezer. Jay has taken over the reading of it for now and I have been working on 3 other books. I really shouldn't read this many at once but I think it is a defense mechanism to keep me away from HOL. That sh** is scary, and I am hard to scare!

I watched "He's just not that into you" tonight, that was funny stuff. Very quirky and humerous, it was kind of like a horoscope in that it was vague enough to be relatable to everyone, but smart enough to keep you interested.

I also watched "My Bloody Valentine", not scary at all, lots of gore, almost everything one looks for in a cheesy horror movie. Me likes me slasher movies and this one is in 3D... bonus if you can tolerate the headache the glasses cause.

Oh Rats

Today I was walking out to go water the garden when I noticed the plants by the house wiggling. I didn't investigate as I had little A with me and didn't really want to get chased down by a snake. After picking two large cucumbers out of the garden we were bringing them inside when this big freaking rat showed up and stood staring at us on the front porch. I swear he gave us the finger before slowly moving down the path and hiding in some leafy plants. He looked a little mangled, his throat looked cut open and one of his front paws looked gimp. I think he had a fight with the cat. I haven't seen the cat since I let him out earlier, makes me wonder if this big freakin rat got him.

Ok, I exaggerated, he didn't give us the finger, he just banged his two fists together at us (like Ross in Friends).

I will post the pictures I took of him (from the safety of the house) later.

Where has the time gone?

My little girl is now 4... where did the time go? I am so happy that I am at home now to enjoy this a lot more. She is changing so fast and there is no way to hold on to her.

We have been doing crazy amounts of construction around the house, it is looking so nice. The rats are not enjoying it as much as we have, they have declared war against us and have been waging nightly raids the likes of which I haven't seen since the baboon nazi's march across Europe.

Pests are embarrasing, probably shouldn't mention them but there is just not much else to talk about these days.

Nerdish

Sunday night Phil came over and we knocked out Rock Band. 84 songs in a row (over the span of 2 days). It was oddly satisfying to finish it. Bit peeved that we didn't get more than just a different looking icon though. Oh well, at least we didn't get called Fags. (south park reference)

We are gearing up for Little A's birthday party. These things are expensive. But worth it, it will be 2 hours of lotsa fun.

I am going to make her birthday cake... or birthday cupcakes. I got a cute little pan with butterflies on it that I need to start practicing with. Gotta master the fine art of cupcake making.

I have reached my limit

on being sick...

Allergies, sinus infection, strep throat, it just never seems to stop.

I would

like to see Cuba and Egypt, not sure that it will happen in this lifetime.

Fun facts

I just showed my father-in-law the current picture of Charles Manson, his response was "awe f-k it looks like me!". I had not made that connection but after he said it now I can't stop making it. Does that mean that hubby will someday look like Manson as well? At least he doesn't have the swastika on his head.

I no longer have flight benefits, I am officially confined to the traveling distance of a car, it is not a good feeling. My passport expired at the first of March so I was already confined to this country, but now the cage has truly dropped on me.

We made our last trip to Vegas last weekend. Took little A with us and showed her the sights. Got stuck at the airport and had to spend the night there 1 last time. It wasn't the best trip ever but it was the last one and it was sad. I nearly cried at the Bellaggio showing little A the fountains... remembering the endless amount of coins I threw in that fountain wishing for a baby and then finally being able to show my baby the fountain.

Look at the Baboons!

No wait don't look!! R and I had the distinct honor of watching our 3 year olds see their first monkey lovin experience. They didn't even notice anything unusual whilst R and I were horrified at the Baboons makin the nooky right in front of us.

Just another day at the zoo!

XMAS IN NYC

Nothing says Christmas festivities like Shrek?
We spent far too much time at Toys R Us on Times Square. Umm, yeah it was cold! In-laws are fans of night at the museum.
Little A was having a tantrum, so no Imagine picture for her! She wanted to roll around in the yellow snow.
Tavern on the green was AMAZING (and expensive!) our waiter knew we did not belong there and treated us as such. Falala lala laa

Blog break over

Didn't really mean to take a break, just been so darn busy!

We spent Christmas in New York, it was fantabulous!! I would do it again in a New York minute!

Spent New Years eve at my parents celebrating Christmas, kind of weird celebrating a week late but totally worth New York!

Drove with my mom up to Kansas, suffered through staying at my aunts house as much as I could, flew home, flew back and went and stayed with Shanell and the kids. Met her fiance, super nice guy. Aubrey had a blast and is going through withdrawal from not having kids around. Drove home on Monday through the ice storm in Oklahome, freakin crazy weather!

I came down with a stomach virus, fever on Sunday, bad stomach since then. I am looking forward to feeling like a human being at some point. Niece is in the hospital with the flu, poor thing!

Lets see, what else is of interest? My aunt lives with an illegal immigrant who is raising roosters for cock fighting in my grandpa's airplane hangar, he likes to sit out there and snort coke while poking his chickens.. I kid you not. Hopefully she has seen the error of her ways and thrown him out, but loneliness makes people accept bad things.

Little A had a good visit with her big sister and little brother, she followed her sister around like a shadow, and griped about her brother doing the same haha! Shanell's fiance has a daughter the same age as Little A's big sister so she had 2 to follow around.

On friday we saw snow flurries, J got out the fire pit and space heater for the garage. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows out there in the cold, I think it was the best thing I have ever eaten! I love that family so much.

Little A is in the playhouse closet trying to fashion diapers for her babies, I am so glad that I am at home with her and am able to watch her daily changes, she is amazing.

Anyway, I think that is all I have to update. Hubby finally joined facebook, maybe someday he will get around to reading this!

The day it snowed in Houston

Hard to get Hubby to pose for 1 good shot

Once, twice, three times a fracture

On november 2nd I tripped on a pumpkin and crashed to the floor. My foot still hurt so I went to the Dr. today. 3 fractures my friends. I now have a lovely black boot on my foot and orders to stop walking so much for a couple of weeks. Good times, good times!

Little A's Bike

She fell as I was taking the picture, but got up and rode again.

Tonights meal

Tomotoe and mozzarella salad

Chicken Marsala

Cheesecake

it has been a cooking extravaganza!

Foodie week

I made up a menu for the week and bought all the groceries. Tonight we had Tortellini with asparagus salad, Reuben sandwiches and Trifle. I am stuffed! Tomorrow is Ratatouille and Salmon.. mmmm. These are all recipes I haven't tried before, I am having FUN!

Hubby's pictures of NY aka the dirtiest pretzel ever

No car sucks

We got to have 2 outings this week, that is right left the house 2 whole times. I peed my pants a little.

Friday R got fed up and just came over and kidnapped us, took us to the park by force I tell ya! It was the best day ever!

We are going to have to get the car fixed, my spending splurges are going to spike on amazon just so I can have the company of the fed ex dude for 30 seconds.

Post New York

Pretty sure there was a tantrum going on here in Central Park




The view from our room.



We decided on New York Friday morning after Priceline gave us a good rate on a hotel. Go Priceline! We had a great time between tantrums, NYC did not quite cater to our little spoiled child as much as she would like. She loved the taxi's, the toy stores, and the playgrounds. She did not love top of the rock, hubby and I did though. Our hotel was directly across the street from the WTC site, our room looked down into the construction. It was horribly depressing. We walked across Brooklyn Bridge and wandered around Brooklyn to buy a stroller. THAT was an experience! Little A was an angel on the flights both to and from. Oh and Century 21 is my new favorite shopping spot. I saw Maggie from Extras there, stalked her a bit. My feet and legs are terribly sore from all that walking, no wonder everyone is skinny there!

Travelling dilemma

Hubby has a couple of extra days off this weekend. He wants to go to New York or Las Vegas. All is good with that but I am the one that has to make all the plans and figure the shit out. For instance, do you have to have a car seat to ride in a taxi in NY and LAX? How much easier would it be to just get a decent stroller and leave the car seat at home, we could travel by bus and subway with no car seat. Why drag the dullard along if he is only falling in the might be handy section. I HATE dragging around carseats and we are not doing this enough to justify the 5 in 1 monster craption that is out ther. Even doing this much thinking about it makes me want to just stay home and unload some more boxes. Have a garage sale and call it a day. We don't needs to see nuttin. Not to mention when we get our stressed out asses to the place we are going then we have to pay an assload to sleep there.

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New layout ooopsies

I was inspired by the blogging royal family.. you know who you are.. to change my blogs layout. I should have just left well enough alone!

2 hours later I have gotten most of the pieces put back together from the explosion that occured in my poor blog.

I lost my link of blogs that I follow, I have gotten a few back up but I am going to have to go on a seek and find mission tomorrow.

I think I am just a bad bloggerer. I should stick to pen and paper!

What day is it?

I ask this question a lot lately. They all run together with no real schedule to rule the world.

I put a calendar on the computer so I can stop asking everyone and getting that look.

Cooked dinner last night, due to allergies my taste buds are not what they should be and it didn't tast right to me, everyone else either loved it or were being uber nice about it.

I really have to get this sinus thing sorted out, I think I am allergic to the cat and dog... so while we are living with the in laws I am going to be sneezing my balls off. Not that I have any left to sneeze off anymore.

On a side note, Charlie and Lola is growing a little less annoying as each episode goes by.

Ren Fest 2008

Hubby, Little A, and I had a great time!

100 posts

Little A came home from the grandparents with an art project for us to do. We had so much fun and her tiny little fingers were very handy in punching out eyes for the tiny skulls. There is just something very not right with that last sentence.

Allergies?

I don't think a day has gone by since Sept 12th that I have not spent the day sneezing. It seems I am allergic to everything these days. I have tried pills, snorting nasty medicine up my nose, antibiotics, all to no avail. I think I am going to google voodoo and see if they offer any good remedies.

I want to cut my hair.. run off to the salon and whack it all off. This is the perfect moment as hubby is at work and Little A is with her grandparents. But I can't seem to muster the energy to get out of my squishy new bed. Maybe cable wasn't such a bright idea, I keep getting sucked into watching movies when I should be moving.

I am off to wrestle my procrastination demon.

Sneakin in

I had to sneak onto the internet. They were supposed to install it yesterday but failed to accomplish their task. Rescheduled to do it tomorrow so I am sneaking on today. SHHHH don't tell!

I haven't been on a computer in 3 weeks. I feel like a smoker sneaking a cigarette. It's so good that I can't just have one, I want the whole pack!

I have been asses to elbows in boxes and kleenex. Unpacking, cleaning, sorting, and sneezing are how I have been spending my days. Moved in with the in-laws temporarily until we figure out what is going to happen to hubby's job. They are sweet and great to live with, it is an adjustment though. I must say that having extra hands to watch Little A is awesome. Having someone else around to entertain is a great joy... it takes a village I tell ya. I think if it were just the two of us all day I would go bonkers.

OK, speaking of Little A my sneaking onto the internet must end.

Uncruel I heard you were in town, hope you had a good time and wish we could have seen ya! Sub, glad you are having fun but all that afterglow is a little sickening. :)

Last hour

and I am officially retired. I have been given assurances by people who make a lot more money than me that if I need a job I have one, I feel much better given the current state of unknowingness going on.

Not sure if that is even a word.

I am so happy!

Not making any more plans

Every plan I make falls through, so I give up.

1 day to retirement and we find out that Chase bought WAMU.

There is already a Chase branch in hubby's parking lot next to WAMU.

Uh oh

All you need is love

2 days till I am unemployed

Already homeless

And our 1 source of income works for WAMU



Add sense is mocking me with their hurricane damage add.

Working during the hurricane

Slowly but surely people are getting their power back and have shared their pictures of our work environment during the hurricane. I was awake for 48 hours, no naps just lots of caffeine, and I worked a 25 hour shift. We were delirious and slap happy to say the least (must also add annoyed, excited, hungry, cranky, and angry).. the seven dwarfs were all in attendance.


Bus ride to the hotel after working 25 hours.


Close quarters, no personal space!


Where we watched the hurricane without getting wet.


The picture isn't blurry, we were after the sleep deprivation

My house after Ike

Homeless

Sub was kind enough to take us in. He has power and we were able to finally do our laundry last night... SCORE!! We are extremely grateful to have such kind friends and family to help us out during our homeless stint.

Little A was crying last night that she wanted to go home, all I could do was hold her.

5 days of work left, yes even in the midst of Ike induced fatigue I am still counting down.

Stay safe, Stay dry, and for those without power I hope it comes on soon!

edit....... alright, f-it it's my blog and I am tired of being nice, the ungrateful b**** emerges eventually. Nice is running rampant in Houston and I think it has made me edgy. 2-3 other people in my office, besides myself, also have been unable to return home due to house damage. We are having to sit here and hear stories about food grilling block parties, neighborhood get-togethers etc.

People are whining and complaining about not having electricity, not being able to do this do that blah blah blah. Personally I really wish that no electricity was my biggest issue right now. I would happily trade with someone. No, we did not get hurt, yes I am grateful for that... but I am still pissed about not being able to go home. Annoyed that I have lost my VERY comfortable bed and have been put at the mercy of hotels and friends for a place to sleep, shower, and try to maintain a normal routine for my child.

Awe, the kids are driving you crazy b/c your babysitter (the tv) doesn't work right now?? Mine is crying in my arms that she wants to go home and I am tryin to muster a sympathetic face for the poor power outters. GO READ A BOOK.

OK, rant over, smile back.

Scratch that, rant on. I logged into FEMA's website to check the status of our claim that I made to try and get some assistance for our current homeless state... now keep in mind that I spoke with the insurance company (renters insurance) and they are not going to be out to assess the damage until next week.

Denied-FEMA has determined that you have insurance on your home and FEMA cannot provide assistance where there is adequate insurance coverage. Please provide a copy of your insurance settlement or denial letter in order to be considered for further assistance.

ASSCLOWNS

After Ike

It is a different city.

No power, no street lights, you can actually see the stars.

We are all fine, homeless but fine. Had a tree go into the roof, which caused the house to flood. My bedroom is currently covered in pink fluffy insulation. Well its all wet and not really fluffy right now, still it looks like cotton candy.

The storm itself was pretty amazing. The bunker we were located at created a few good spots where we could go outside and watch. We were in the same place that Fema, Harris county emergency Manag., and the Houston Chronicle were. It was really pretty cool, exhausting but interesting.

I am tired, sore from hauling trees, stuffy with allergies, but thankful that our only loss is our stuff, our family is all safe.

Panic

I am excited about staying home but now I am starting to panic. As my days draw to an end here the panic is rising.

How much am I really going to enjoy this? Usually I am not one to shy from change but this realm of stay at home momhood is completely foreign to me.

What am I really going to do?? What motivation will there be to get dressed and face the day? And seriously how do you entertain a 3 year old EVERY single day, day in and day out, all the days look like they are going to run together. No more TGIF, it will be a perpetual Saturday.

I am probably panicking over nothing, but I can't seem to quiet the nag in my head.

What have I gotten myself into?

I thought that "retiring" from the airline would create such an abundance of time on my hands that I would go a bit crazy. People have taken it upon themselves to assign me "tasks" to accomplish with all my time off. Everything from packing, moving, selling, dog sitting, kid sitting, book clubs, mothers groups, craft fairs... you name it and someone is trying to get me to do it.

I draw the line at the kid and dog sitting. I don't mind helping someone in a bind, every blue moon or so.. but I am not... I repeat NOT...a child/animal dumping ground. In fact I think I am going to get a bill board for the front yard that says that.

Little A wakes up every morning and asks if I am finished working yet. Almost love, almost.

Birthday blowout bash

I hear Little A had a ball at Austins party. I hear jumping and swimming and lots of giggles were had. I am sure that Little A is going to give me an earful when she wakes up in the morning about how much fun she had. Wish I could have been there, I can't believe how fast our little rascals are growing. Can't wait to see the pictures!!

I am truly looking forward to being home all the time and watching the day by day growth instead of catching glimpses in the mornings 4 days a week.

5 more weeks at work...well, at the "paycheck" kind of work. 5 LONG weeks.

Mamma Mia

Went and saw this on Sunday for hubby's birthday. Little A thought it was great, she has been listening to the sound track with her Grandma for a while now. I ended up buying the soundtrack too since she liked it so much. Now as we are riding around she is in the backseat just singing along.

Truly one of the funniest things I have heard, she knows ALL of the songs!

Now I am on the lookout for more musicals that we would both enjoy. Suggestions welcomed!!

Twighlight Series

Have you read the Stephanie Meyer series?

No? Really, hmm maybe because your an adult and don't shop in the Teen section of the bookstore. I bought the first one a few weeks ago at a used bookstore. In my defense I didn't know it was a "Teen" series. I was a bit shocked when I went to buy the second one and couldn't find it in the fiction section. I had to wander around a bit and found it on the teen aisle. I don't know why I was shocked given the content, the "g" rating of it... but the bestseller status of it threw me off. Never see Christopher Pike on that list.

Anyway, these books have become a guilty pleasure. I keep finishing them in 1 or 2 sittings, a difficult feat with a toddler, husband, and more than full time job. The size of the book is an illusion though, the type is large and the words fall in the 10 cent category so it really is a fast read.

I am torn between love and hate with these books. I love the characters, the plot, and the flow of the story. I hate the writing! Seriously I do not need to be reminded every 5 pages that it is about a vampire, a werewolf, or a rehash of what happened in the last chapter. Is the generation that it is geared to so brain damaged that it is assumed they will not retain information they have read? I know part of it is so that someone not reading the series in order isn't completely in the dark, but every 5 pages is overkill! Another thing, why are the vampires in high school? I personally would go insane if I kept repeating high school, really not sure why the vampires would do that. But really other than a couple of quirks I have really enjoyed the series. I am on the last book now, and I hear they are making a movie of the first. I doubt that they will do it justice.

Don't let my rant put you off, I really do recommend the series.. go sneak into the teens section and do a grab and run.

28 Days

I quit.. ok maybe not so much as quit as opted for early retirement. I couldn't resist the severance package.

I am scheduled to work for exactly 28 more days.. throw in weekends and it's really a lot longer. They have given me a tentative end day of September 30th.

I can't believe it.

I have been peeking into the world of the stay at home mom as that is what I intend to do till Little A starts kindergarten. It's exciting and scary at the same time. It will be an interesting transition to say the least.

Girls night

Austin was faboo. We did a whole lot of nothing and it couldn't have been more perfect. We ate, laughed, talked, and had full blow relaxation. R and I have been friends for going on 19 years now, yet we can still fill a solid 24 hours with great conversation. I am truly blessed!

Now, how soon is too soon to plot next years escape?

If you ask the magic eight ball...

Will hubby buy groceries today? "Better not tell you now"
Will Austin be a blast? "Concentrate and ask again"
Will Austin be a blast? "It is certain"
Will I enjoy unemployment? "Outlook good"
Will the Texans go to the Superbowl? "Reply hazy try again"
Will the Texans go to the Superbowl? "Cannot predict now"
Will I go crazy at home? "Yes Definately"
Will I ever go to Vegas again? "Outlook good"
Will I ever make it to New York City? "As I see it yes"
Will we be moving soon? "Without a doubt"

Anyone else have a question for the magic 8 ball?

FINALLY

My blog has been a mess for a long time due to my inability at work to ever update it properly. The stars are aligned today and I actually managed to fix it. Happiness for everyone!

Work is a mess, the ship is sinking and there are not enough life boats. I threw in my bid for one of the life boats, we shall see if I get one.

Little A has learned a new word. Not one we wanted her to learn. A couple of days ago I fell down on the front entry tiles, landed full weight on both knees, and in the moment of extreme pain I yelled a naughty word. She has not incorporated it into her own use of the word, but if you ask her about the accident she will tell you Mommy said "Oh Sh**".

Lovely, now I am going to have to brain wash that out of her head. Any good soap recommendations for a 3 year olds brain?

the toothless wonder

An employee called because she has a trip tomorrow, her front tooth fell out, and she doesn't know if she will be allowed to work.

Consulted the manual and the magic 8 ball, nope, no guidance there for the toothless wonder.

She called out sick.

The email to her bosses was the greatest one I have written all week.

Book store and nonsense

So far working in a book store has topped my list of desirable jobs. I haven't figured out an angle where working at one would cause undue stress, outside maybe the salary. What do book store clerks make these days?

Probably not enough, I would end up having to work at 5 of them and balancing the schedules would drive me mad and cause enough stress that I would wish I had my old job back. HA!

Girls weekend is rapidly approaching and while the bag isn't packed it is peaking out of my closet ready to go!

Google game

Totally swiped from someone else.. type your name followed by the word on the list and find out what it says. Boredom at its finest.

Heather needs.. men now
Heather looks like.. dired toothpaste in an old dead hillbillies mouth after 3 years
Heather does.. her best thinking for her project outside in the safe confienes of nature
Heather hates.. You
Heather goes.. to hollywood
Heather loves.. her penis
Heather eats.. a goldfish
Heather has.. two mommies
Heather did.. not agree
Heather will.. let you know it

No need for words

Teeth and Splashtown

The dentist finally managed to install the new bridge. I must say the new chompers are nice, and I am beyond ecstatic to not have that temporary bridge in my mouth anymore! Now I am going to go through the process of going back to see my old TMJD doctor. After 119 days of hell I can finally start back on the road of fixing my jaw. I will be going back to see the same Dr. that fixed it 9 years ago, hopefully he can work his magic again. The best part? I never have to go to that horrible dentist again! I am on the lookout for a new one, so if anyone has a recommendation, anything is better than the pig owner from Snatch.

Did you know that when you have a bridge you have to floss on top of it? The dental assistant filled me in while giving me a general lecture on flossing and showing me how to do it. Apparently if you don't food gets caught betweent the appliance and the gum and rots and stinks. GROSSED ME OUT!

Little A called me a while ago to tell me about riding the "adult" slide at Splashtown. Her daddy took her today and talked the attendant into letting her ride with him. She was beside herself with excitement. Yesterday I took her there and we spent then entire time in the lazy river, daddy has raised the bar on ride expectations today ...uggh I see a lot of ladder climbing in my future!

Extended vacations...

Are a wonderful thing! My plans to return to work on Wednesday were foiled by the rents impromptu excursion to the Indy 500. No babysitter= 3 extra days of vacation. BONUS!

It was a truly grand vacation, friends from Canada, Philly, new friend from St Louis all came down for a romp. And it was a grand romp, kid in tow and all. Little A had a little too much fun and is insisting on an immediate trip to Canada. She can even locate it on a map!

Little A had her 3rd birthday, I got to say Terrible Two's have NOTHING on the Three's. Good times, I say, good times!

Girls night out is in the planning stage, and honestly I cannot WAIT for the great escape! The yearly girl trip has become a true highlight of my mothering existence.

Went to the dentist again last week, the permanent bridge did not fit right..AGAIN. The temp bridge managed a whole week before it fell out, new all time high. Currently I am having to take pain killers every 4 hours or the Charley Horse that has been squatting on my face starts to hurt more than I can bear. Yes..charley horse. You know that high pitched stinging pain you get when you calf muscle tweaks out and bunches up in a knot. I have that pain on my face, specifically the right side on my jaw. Fucking hurts... yes I cursed it's THAT bad!

Happy Mothers Day

I am starting my vacation this moment.. yes this MOMENT! So Happy Mother's day to all and I will be back later.

Off to play with the Canadian kids (as they have been so lovingly dubbed), the philly kid, R I will call you so we can play too!!!

*happy dance*

OUT

Business casual shorts?

Our office has a business casual policy, it's pretty casual as jeans are acceptable attire. The question of Bermuda pants came up today. For those unfamiliar think shorts that cover the knee, or capri's that come up high.

So the policy says no shorts. Do Bermuda shorts count? Or are they really Bermuda pants? They are kind of the mini skirt of the capri world. To me they are just long shorts, they push the envelope a bit in an office environment and I wouldn't wear them.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't send someone home for wearing them, I just personally don't think they are appropriate for work. To others they are acceptable wardrobe options for the office.. but I must point out that the V.P.'s don't wear them to work.. and you are supposed to dress for the job you want right?

BTW I am not talking about the ladies suits you can buy with that style pants, these are bright pink with a swirly black pattern on them.

Too much consumerism

The rents took their empty big screen box and made a house for Little A. It's a very cool cardboard house so this weekend Little A and I painted it to look a bit more homely (beige walls, blue roof with painted on shingles), she added some throw rugs for her "floor", a small table and chair, we rolled her kitchen up to the side, pasted some "wallpaper" on and she has herself a full fledged house!

Only problem is it's in MY house, which has become quite crowded with too many toys! She has her own play room, bedroom, art room, and yet her toys are still overflowing into the dining room! I have been boxing up old toys for the garage sale that I can't have in my neighborhood; yet I can't seem to downsize fast enough.

And now her 3rd birthday is looming with the prospect of even MORE toys... we are going to have to rent the house next door to store all of our stuff! Soon Hubby and I will be sleeping in the backyard.

Of course if you ask her Little A will tell you she needs more toys, in fact Mommy's sole purpose of working is to make more money to buy her shoes.

Call a taxi

Driving home last night I looked in my rearview and noticed someone tailgating me. There was not much traffic on the road so it was really unnecesary and annoying. He moved over into the right lane, drove a ways and then changed back into my lane to tailgate some more. At this point I figured the guy was drunk but there was a car beside me so I couldn't ease out of his way. He finally ended up going back into the right lane, I slowed up a bit so he would pass.

After passing me he swerved onto the shoulder of the freeway, got almost to the grass and then over corrected going past his lane and halfway into mine. I kept slowing and putting distance between us. He managed to stay in his own lane for about 30 seconds before he started drifting onto the shoulder again. But this time as he went onto the shoulder we were going under an overpass and instead of going into the grass he slammed into the wall. His SUV went up on two wheels after hitting the wall, he landed on all 4 and sped away. At the point of impact he was going at least 70, a few seconds later and I couldn't see his tail lates so I can't even imagine how fast he was going.

No, I didn't call the police, I didn't get his license plate and he sped away so fast there was no point. Hopefully he made it home safe and sound without harming anyone. If so I am sure he got up today, saw his car, and is having to put out some cash to fix it. Worst case scenario, someone else didn't make it home because of him. It infuriates me that there is even a possibility of a worst case scenario. If you drink don't drive, it is not rocket science. The money he would have spent on a cab is far less than what he is going to spend fixing his car... and that is if it was a best case scenario. The money he spent on a cab would be far less than the money he would spend in legal fees and so on if he hit someone.

We had a car totaled once because someone chose to drive drunk. Hubby was sitting at a stop light when he got rear ended by someone going 60. She could have called a cab or her husband but instead decided to drive and put my hubby in the hospital. So not worth it, and you can't blame the young, she was in her 30's... the guy last night looked around the same.

Don't do it!

I really do hate my dentist

Got tortured again by the evil, evil dentist. After jerking around on my poor mouth they assertained that the permanent bridge was not going to work and smacked yet a 4th temp on my poor teeth.

Later that day Little A and I went and met Mud and her 2 kiddoodles for a play date. The kids played together very well and loved the place we met at. At one point Little A was chasing down "Austin" to teach him how to play ring around the rosie. He was having none of it, just wait Little A, soon enough it will be the boys chasing you!

We went camping in Galveston this weekend. Can't say we really roughed it as we did not cook anything, there were bathrooms and showers, and a pool, hot tub, and splash pad. We slept on an air mattress, but we were outside and there were billions of love bugs. I think that is about as rough as I can go!

Houston, we have a problem

Little A and I were getting ready to go out to lunch yesterday, standing in the driveway she informed me that Little A had blown away and wasn't there anymore. I asked her what her name was, she said "Houston Hallow". I asked her where her parents where, she said they were at work. They work for the same company that I do and that she was spending the day with me since they weren't home. I asked if she went to the same school as Little A, she said no, she was in high school. I got HH into Little A's carseat and as we were driving out of the neighborhood she pointed at a house and told me that was where she lived.

Her personality didn't change through the day, she was still same old Little A, just calling herself a new name with a whole new backstory. At one point during the day she told me her name was Charlie Chaplan. Finally last night she wanted her blankie, I told her that was Aubrey's blankie. She looked at me and told me she was Aubrey again and asked me if I missed her.

Little A is very imaginative 2 year old, I told hubby that I was going to google Houston Hallow and if an obit showed up I was calling the Dr!

1 day off

yep, 1 day off since last Monday. Sucks. Haven't seen Little A since Sunday morning. Sucks. I have tomorrow off before going back to work Wednesday. Sucks. Oh well, such is the life in the airline, price you pay for pass benefits. Oh wait I haven't used those in forever. Sucks.

Yeah this week has sucked.

On a lighter note I have joined the Chessatwork.com cult. Far too much fun to be had there. Still dusting off the cobwebs, it's been a VERY long time since I have played but it's so much fun!

I have a long weekend coming up, maybe we can get out that camping gear?

Sundays

Little A got to go to the baseball game with her daddy today...I got to go to work, so not fair!

Brain malfunction

I was in a training meeting on Monday and Tuesday and I swear that there was a guy there on Monday that wasn't there on Tuesday. Sub swears he was never there. I have gone retarded.

Beaten twice playing chess today. I kicked over the internet board and threw a tantrum. So much for being graceful.

It is a beautiful day and I want to go fly a kite, but alas I am stuck here in the office behind glass watching the beautiful day fade.

Ouchy arse

Last week while carrying Little A down the stairs I went kerplunk. It was only the last 3 steps and I took the brunt of the fall on my left cheek, Little A sustained no harm. As I sat on the floor at the bottom of the stairs assessing how bad the damage was she told me I needed new socks.. smart bugger.

Yesterday Hubby, Little A, and I went out for pizza and games. We discovered on Wednesdays the local pizza place turns on almost all of their games for free, including the bowling. So I started a game of bowling on my own lane, and it automatically starts with 5 players. So by myself I played for 5 people, after 10 frames each I noticed that the muscles around the left leg were a bit sore.

Got into work today and the combination of the majorly bruised left arse cheek along with overused muscles has created a painful, numb, weak leg. I am gimping it around the office today. It is almost the 1 year anniversary of the day I sprained my hip.

Seriously why do I fall down so much? I am F-d when I get old!

Fix it already

I am on my third temporary bridge. I hate my dentist and he hates me. He looks like the guy that owns the pigs from Snatch. His assistant hates me more than he does, there is no other way to explain the horrors they are inflicting... horrors that I have paid for.

Hmm, I have a dental recommendation for Hannah.

Craft show?

I have been making these mixed media collages for friends and family lately. I have a blast doing them and they look awesome. My mother mentioned that I should make a bunch and sell them, she suggested doing so at a craft fair.

For some reason the first thought that popped in my head was a booth with a little old lady selling things that she crocheted.

Hmmmmm, it's definately a consideration...we shall see.

Work blows

Ready to go home.... tired of it!

Karma

Someone that I worked with decided last Friday to leave her badge in her file and send an email to the director that she quit... I was here but she didn't have the courtesy to tell me what she was doing or put in a 2 weeks notice. So Saturday we are trying to figure out why she no-showed b/c that email didn't go to everyone...we got it sorted and figured out she bailed on us.

On Monday someone from another department called to let us know that they wanted to hire her in their department, it would have been a pay raise and a better schedule but since she burned her bridges....no new job for her.

HAHA

The world is small, and Karma knows your name.

Question

If you quit your job, and on your last day of work everyone brings lots of food to celebrate does it cross your mind that they might be happy your leaving?

Well I am happy, and the food is good... it took all my will power not to buy champagne glasses to celebrate the departure of the coworker.

Now just a few more select people..hmm maybe I should post their resumes on Monster?

Vacation Friday

One of the best days of the year, the Friday before vacation... and after this hell week at work I need the break.

I think Sub needs a break too since he is wanting to punch people in their VJJ's.

Little A was cute as a button this morning insisting that it was time that I got up and had breakfast because it was light outside. She is such an angel.

Anyway, hope everyone has a great week!

oh, on the broken tooth.. 2 grand and 2 trips to the Dr should get it all replaced. Pliers would be so much cheaper but the Dr has gas so that is a bonus!

I broke my F-n tooth

On the way home last night from work half my tooth fell off along with the filling. Fillings are surprisingly heavy I discovered.

So now I am left with a hole (the outside of the tooth is still there so no gap when I smile..yet). I haven't had a hole in my mouth since I was a kid, it's surprisingly familiar though. I know that I spent many a year sticking my tongue in the holes left by my baby teeth... funny thing to take you back to childhood.

I have a bit of a lisp from this hole, I don't think it is noticable but I can hear it when I am speaking.

I wonder if the tooth fairy pays off on partial tooth loss?

Hot pink to copper

I am working on getting the hair to blonde, but between all of the weekends events there was no way to get to the hair place.. so yet again I dared to do my own. Yes I am glutten for punishment. Yesterday I tried out dark blonde, which seemed to lift out some of the pink and kind of tone down the hair. Maybe if I keep dying it every week it will tone down to a more natural color....either that or my hair will fall out and I will just have to let my freak flag fly.

:(

Pink hair creates a lot of amusement at funerals.

We are having a funeral marathon, went to one on Friday and now we have a wake on Sunday and another funeral on Monday... bad week all round.

Sad sad sad

Cancer is bad.. family and friends of family have passed or are passing this week and I am just sad.

Hug the ones you love.

I stayed home and pinked myself

I had a fight with Clairol and I lost…. First I turned my hair yellow/orange… it was a train wreck. Then I tried using a dark red… I had two theories, either A I would have dark red hair and be rid of the horrible blonde accident, or B when you mix red and yellow you get brown which would just put me back at my normal hair color.

I was wrong on my theory and it turned a hot pink with orange highlights.

I had to go to work like this today, everyone is having a grand old time at my expense. I can do nothing but laugh with them because this is all my fault.

Moral of the story… don’t use 3 year old boxes of hair dye, pay a professional!!!

Hopefully after my scalp stops hurting I can get this fixed!!!

... oddly enough the feedback from co-workers has been quite positive. Apparently I work with a bunch of closet freaks and dirty old men. Today I have been compared to Jean Gray, Strawberry shortcake, some Telemundo chick, the chick from Fifth element, Gwen Stefani... now if I only had their bodies too!

Bye bye fingers

Today Little A was soaking in the tub.

She looked up and said "This is relaxing mom"

The she took her hands and slowly dipped them under the water and said bye bye fingers, as she raised them out of the water she said hello fingers... she did the same with her toes.

I envy her, to be able to lay in the tub and just relax and focus on how the water feels on your body. I don't think I have done that since my trip to London last year.

Holy Burnt tongue

Still coughing, sneezing, blowing, croaking.. and I am VERY thirsty. I made myself a cup of hot chocolate today and managed to burn the holy hell out of my tongue. Now it is raw and sore, just fabulous I tell ya.

So Cool

To wake up in the morning with 2 crusty red eyes. Oh yeah baby Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me... I can give her pink eye for ya!

I think I picked it up at Little A's Dr's office. This is the second time in about a year, ridiculous I tell ya.

yuck

Little A got her first ear infection this week. And her first case of strep throat. I would rather her not experience these firsts but at least she is old enough to tell me what hurts.

This weekend she declared that she was a "guy" and walked up to me, shook my hand and said "nice to meet you."

Cause that is what guys do...

Swag is fun

I got to give out a bunch of freebie stuff today, pens and junk with our company name on it. Always fun times to give away junk.. I always wonder what happens to it, more stuff to clutter up peoples houses and get thrown away in 6 weeks when spring cleaning occurs. Oh well, made for a fun night.

Another lovely day

work work work

Got to see Little J today, after he left everyone commented on how polite he was.. of course he is (I am thinking in my head), he doesn't want his head shaved!!

Baby Loves Disco is tomorrow, we can't make this one but plan on making the one in February... I wish we could go tomorrow though, it really looks like fun.

The blog is pretty boring these days, just not in the mood to formulate thoughts for the masses.

Drowning

I am drowning internally.. I hate being sick.

Hubby scheduled his shoulder surgery during my vacation. Hopefully that will fix the glitch.

Not much else to say, time to go cough some more.

Get out of my nose!

The hamster that was scratching up my nasal cavity has left the building... I am just dealing with the left over mess he left in my face... argh.

I have the dreaded sinus infection that is making the rounds, Yuck Yuck and double Yuck I must say.

So far Little A has dodged the bullet, but today she has a runny nose, so we must watch and see if it is bacteria multiplying in her sinus cavity or if it's just a reaction to the fact that the weather can't make up it's mind. 2 days ago I was running the A/C, yesterday the heater, it really is ridiculous.

NOOO

My throat hurts, my head is stuffy... I think I have gotten the dreaded illness that I almost managed to dodge.

Bitch Bastards with their germs, no sharing!

Stuck sucker

On the way to drop her off today Little A was eating a sucker... I hear "MOMMY" in a panic from the back seat, turn around and the sucker is stuck to her cheek. She said that it hurt to pull it off so I told her to leave it there until we got to Grandma's and then we could get it of with some water. This was a good 10 minutes away from my parents house that she had to sit there with a sucker on her face.

It was wrong to laugh but I did (quietly).. It was wrong to take pictures, but I did... and then I called my mom who met us at the car with a camera.

We finally got the sucker off her face, it was very much like the tongue on a Christmas story :)

Money

Need it, don't got it, may not make me happy but I would damn sure like to have it and find that out for myself!

10 years and 1 day ago

I got married... good decision!

Too much Holly Jolly

Little A had enough Holly Jolly, wrapper ripping good times to last her all year.

She was an angel, she gave out hugs and kisses and thanked everyone. She also yelled and screamed, threw her share of the tantrums, and fussed about sharing toys.. typical kid stuff, but she sprinkled in her good manners between the tantrums so it created a tolerable balance.

The holidays fell on my days off so I really don't feel like I had a weekend. I am tired, tired, tired. Tomorrow is our 10 year anniversary! YAY... we are both working, BOO

So Lame

I was looking through the newspaper and saw pictures of the manufactured snow at a shopping area by our house....

Call me a grinch but it's so lame that we have to make our own snow.. why is it 80 degrees outside, or 30, nope back to 80... make up your mind!

I think I am going to have to look past the lameness and take the little A to play in the snow tomorrow before I go to work, it's all about the experiences for HER. And she and I shared the same experience of fearing Santa this week, he was flippin scary! The lady offered to take a picture with both of us since little A didn't want to go near him.. we would have both been screaming and crying, looking back it would have been a great photo though... but no, I ran out the door with my baby and we went to the toy store instead.

Santa scares me, I have no shame anymore.

I got A's

I took 2 classes this semester, A's in both, yay Momma.

No celebratory happy dance as I blew up the car engine on the drive home. boo Mama.

All Christmas presents are bought, now I just need magical fairies to come and clean my house and cook lots of food.

Anyone have any spare fairies hanging around? Maybe I should steal my friends Nanny, I hear she cleans like a champ.

Happy Holidays to all!

Where is the notebook when you need it

I had a great idea for a story at an obscene hour this morning as I hit snooze, the idea stayed with me all the way to the point of driving to work... and now.. gone. Poof.. lost in the breeze.

Darn this old lady brain. I need to implant post it notes and a pencil into my forehead. I would forget they were there though. ARGH. I blame menopause.

The weekend is fast approaching, the hour hand is creeping slowly but surely to my release. Plans... the park, swimming, trying not to melt in the 100+ degree heat. Nothing too exciting just a nice relaxing work free couple of days.

Back to school

What do you want to be when you grow up?

No clue, but I do know that I need a degree to do it! Time to bite the bullet and go back to school.

I have an appointment next week and I am going to try and take 1 class this upcoming semester. Between work and home I wonder how long it will take to get a degree doing 1 class per semester... someday I will be walking down the aisle to get my hard earned diploma; walker, gray hair and a row full of cheering great-grandkids!

Don't leave me Mommy!

Kiddoodle knows how to break your heart! I was just going to run to the store and grab some diapers and did not want to take her, it was getting to be pretty late, she needed to go to bed and being in the mood she was in I was not up for the "I don't want to sit in the shopping cart" meltdown that is inevitable when the stars are not aligned. She yells "don't leave me Mommy" so I brought kiddoodle along with hubby to sit in the car with her while I ran inside.

While I was out of her site she proceeded to throw the biggest crying fit, the meltdown that would have happened in the store happened in the confines of the car, saving the public from the eardrum splitting screams but rattling the hubby's nerves to the point I thought he was going to join her. I, on the other hand, had a nice albeit short, run through the grocery store kid free.

A new do

I am succumbing to the urge to write. I want to write a book, a novel, a short story, a play.. ok not really, the blog will do.

Currently reading Harry Potter, trying not to read it too fast, savoring it as much as possible. Which is quite easy with a very active 2 year old. I manged to sneak in a page here and there over my weekend but the story is just taking off. I had to put my other books on hold as Harry takes precedence.

Work is the same, sort of. The crazy busy has settled to a hum, mostly because we have adjusted to the crazy busy.

Moved to a new house in the Woodlands. The area just makes me laugh and laugh. We have a path behind our yard which you can follow through the woods to the park down the road, complete with a soccer field, skate park, tennis courts, small pond, and swimming pool. AG spends most of her days telling us she wants to go to the park, the girl is not happy unless she is outside. On Monday I was greeted at my door by the welcoming commitee. They gave me lots of coupons and maps to the area, literally a bag of stuff to go through. Our neighborhood kids have a lemonade stand where a cup of koolaid costs 50 cents. Too cute for words. The house itself has its quirks, flipping photos, flying candle holders and such but it is friendly enough maybe just a bit starved for attention.

Really nothing overly interesting going on, I have more down time now so hopefully I can keep this up.

Been a while...

Just haven't been much in the mood to write, not to mention that work has been to slammed to do so. 19 hour days = low writing libido.

Notable mentions since I last wrote..

Went to London for a few days with my girlfriend. We had a great girls weekend, I love that city.

Starting to plan daughters birthday party.

Birthmother has tentative plans to come and visit for my girls 2nd birthday, we are hoping that it works out..it's been too long since we have seen her.

Going to be moving soon, can't afford the place alone especially with the insance electric bill so we have to start house shopping again.

Other than that not much has changed, work is crazy busy, child is crazy busy, hubby is crazy busy.. story of my life.

Snake on a bike

I went to drop off movies yesterday. As I stepped up on the curb a young boy (probably 13ish) was coming down the sidewalk with an interesting scarf. A closer look at the scarf and I realized it was a HUGE snake wrapped around his shoulders.

I stopped walking and let him pass in front of me, the snake smiled as they rode by.

Seriously though what if the snake attacks you while your riding! WTF? What if you hit a bump and it falls off... there are an endless amounts of what if's that would make a normal person realize that maybe that is not the best idea. Snake lovers are an odd crowd.

My daughter was in the car but hubby pointed out the snake to her. She was freaked out and talked about it for quite a while. Blew her mind that someone had a snake on his arms!

David Lynch

A friend sent me a link to an article about Inland Empire. Of course there are no showings of the film in Houston, yes I checked even the "off the beaten path" theatres.. nothing. Going to have to wait for video..grr it's not the same as seeing it in a theatre though.

Oh and Lynch is having an exhibit in Paris!!! HELLOOO Paris!

Brains....

Craving for brains, red sticky eyes.. hmmm must be pink eye.. where is topical ointment?

Turn 30 and get pink eye, absolutely ridiculous. Next I will get chicken pox and mono. Seriously outside of elementary schoolers who gets pink eye??

I missed work, the baby had to go stay with the grandparents. I got to crochet and watch a ****load of Alias. Almost finished with season 4 b/c of the pink eye. It's really not that pink. It was red and bloody looking with lots of oozing like my eye was sad and just decided to cry non-stop. Now the bloody look is gone, the oozing has stopped but the eye still feels raw. Eye number 2 decided that it was sad for eye number one and started crying too, but I started the eye drops early and it got over it's depression quite quickly.

And let me tell ya, nothing says loving like waking up with a crusty eye. Happy Valentines Day!