Too funny!

Be a dentist

OBGYN appointment $65.00

Cost to deliver (by c-section) first child $3,875.00 I couldn't even tell you how many people were in that room.

Surgery for dog to remove stomach contents. Two days in hospital x-rays, initial visit fee and pain medicine $1,800.

Five (5) cavities filled for one child. 45 minutes start to finish (if that) $1,006. Some cavities were $220 others were $170.

Seriously, what the fuck? The kid has got my husbands teeth. The other two (hopefully) are like me. I thought vets were obnoxious.

Wonder what a dog dentist charges?

I had a post all typed out about how I know "that Joe." Yeah the Joe who is going to speak tonight. Then I thought "who cares that I know Joe" or "what I think about Joe". I just like Joe. My husband likes Joe, (not his politics though, just as a person) and thinks they made a big mistake putting Joe on the ticket. My husband can be a real idiot at times.

I wish we did the church thing in August (we are Sept-June church goers) I'm all about men in dark suits, sunglasses and ear pieces in Church. Something exciting for a change. (yes we need a new priest) I'm so bored that I'm first to volunteer to take "Damien" from the Omen (aka David) out of church to play in the graveyard. All. Over. It. Though he's starting to not be Damien anymore. I guess no more graveyard playing next month.

I have a call into my OBGYN for a thyroid test. I'm in definate need for an increase in my medicine. I just googled symptons of the disease. (hypothyroidism) Now I know where the lightheadness is coming from. There are so many times when I have to crouch on the ground because I'm about to faint. I thought it was from getting up to fast. This also explains my joint back pain, tiredness, general miserableness and host of other stuff.

I'm debating going for runs at 5:30 in the morning. The key word is "debating". There are all sorts of pro's to doing it. No sun, no heat/humidity and what a way to start the day.

5:30 am though....ugh and yeck.

Dog Days

Yesterday I straightened my hair. Then I went outside to walk and push my youngest's bike around the neighborhood (because he is "tired") . 30 minutes later I have wavy, slightly curly hair. Today I have my hair gelled up. I am honestly sick of curly hair. I'm so close to getting it chemically straightened. I need a change.

I also need to have my thyroid rechecked. I took a nap during spongebob yesterday afternoon. Then my son jumped on my head. Yes my life is that fun.

I also need to get a full-time job. I'm done with part-time work. Or maybe I'm done with having my father out our house everyday. I got yelled at yesterday because the dog was missing. The conversation started out with "you people................". The dog was upstairs btw. He also opened my mail. By mistake of course. He seems to do this a lot. Open our mail by mistake. It's always a credit card bill. Then he can go on with "you people............" I think he was a bit disappointed because all credit card bills are paid online. (paperless....for the good of the planet) This time he opened junk credit card stuff. That made him more pissed off.

I think when you reach a certain age you are miserable. You look for faults. You like to complain, nag and correct people and their short-comings.

I am more miserable on the days I am home (2x a week) then on the days I work. I don't dare go for a run because it is not enjoyable. I come home to complaints about something that happened in those 30-45 minutes. (think "you people......")

I have to get David on a two-wheeler this weekend. Then I can run while he rides his bike. Sure I'll be running in a circle in the neighborhood of hell. (think flat surface and blinding sun) At this point anything is better than sitting in that house.

School started today. (yea!)

I went to the gym. (first time in months) I had my workout planned out along with my itunes song selection.

The gym is closed for the week.

Of course it is.

Today's workout is walking the dog and pushing a bike up hills.

Who?

I rarely link posts to other blogs. For that matter I rarely link anything. I figure if you are interested you'll just google it. I'm lazy that way.

I have to link this post.

It really hit a nerve with me. Like her I'm still learning about myself and what I want to be and do with my life. Five minutes before reading the post I decided that I will never be Martha Stewart or that sweet perfect mother. I could try (and I have) but it's not me. I'm not perfect and I don't think I want to be. If I were I would never learn. I have learned a lot in the past 10 years (and the 30 before that) My life experiences, faults, virtues made me who I am today. I know what I can achieve and what I can't. Or should I say what I won't achieve. I can do whatever I set my mind to. There are things I don't want to do. (e.g. make 20 different types of cookies at Christmas time, run a marathon etc...)

I could go on, but jump over to momo and check it out. I hope it brings perspective to your day.

The other duckling died. This time it was eaten by a vulture. Or so she told me. Should I tell her that vultures eat the dead and hawks eat the living? Yeah, why bother. Her children are not good liars. A parent asked about the vulture thing and it was a lot of "uh, uh, yea...sorta, um yes"

I can't even go there.

Looking for a full-time job. Need it in more ways than one.

School starts next week. "Girls on the Run" starts also. Which basically means I need to get my fat butt (ok it's not fat because I have no butt. If I did have a butt it would be fat) out there because I plan on running with child #1.

Animal House Part II

She found a pregnant duck near her beach house.

She and her kids thought it was too hot and panting. They sprayed it with water.

The duck had three (3) babies. One died.

She decided the duck was eaten by a raccoon.

She took the baby ducks home with her.

She told the following tales. Of the two baby ducks a vulture swooped down and ate one. Or! Her Jack Russell dog ate the other one.

She has one baby duck left.

County code does not allow WILD animals to be kept on property in a residential neighborhood in which the properties are under one (1) acre.

I left her a message with the information of the bird rescue unit. (one of the best on the East Coast) Let her know the county code on wild animals.

She has stressed out her hamsters (about 4 or5) to death. This includes excessive handling, bathing (yes bathing!) and letting the dogs eat them. She usually puts down all dogs that bite people. Well, with the exception of one of her last dogs. That dog had to bite 12 people (not including animals) for her to put the bitch down. She has one dog left.

I'm not some crazy animal activist. I eat meat and my husband hunts ducks. I'm smart enough to know that you don't take a wild animal home and keep it as a pet. I once found a baby owl that had fallen from it's nest. It's mother was nearby. I left it there. I called the bird rescue and gave them detailed instructions on where to find the baby.

I'm thinking she would of picked up the baby owl and brought it home as a pet.

What an idiot.

All this before 8 am. Yep it was a "fired-up" morning at the m house.

Animal House

So...this morning while cleaning up my PC of the 1000+ pictures loaded on it I hear screams from the kids (boys). Screams of glee. I yell "what's going on up there!!?" I get yelled back "Felix is trying to kill Rose" Rose is the hamster. I run upstairs and sure enough Felix has knocked Roses' cage down and chased her into the guest room. There they go back and forth. Since Rose is a mean bitch I'm not picking her up. I get Felix and somehow corner the rodent into a planter. I get her back in the cage. Yea me.

A few days back HammiePack959 (the boy's hamster) was thrown in his cage in his exercise ball and the boys forgot to put the top back on the cage. (and take him out of the ball) Felix decided he liked the hamster cage and hung out in there for awhile. I'm just glad he couldn't eat 959.

When we got Mr. J (stray cat) he must of peed in the closet. I found this out and cleaned the closet weeks ago. I did not realize he peed on expensive upholstery fabric I have. (long story there) I'm am currently trying to salvage that fabric. The dog (brandy) tried to eat a stick of butter today. That probably helps the sock move easier out with her bowel movement. The excitement never ends.

Part II:
Our neighbors throw a wild Halloween party every year. Every party is themed. One year it was scary (I went as Medusa) One year it was super hero's. Since the hosts were going as Mr. and Mrs Incredible I went as Edna Mode.

This year it is a toga party. I was pretty excited about putting on a sheet and some olives leaves and being done with it. Well the host was looking for someone to go as Mrs. Wormer. (he's going all out) since it is now an Animal House themed party. I mentioned I had a sequin dress from the 80's. Now I'm going as Dean Wormer's wife (Mrs. Wormer) and my husband is going as Dean Wormer.

I located the sequin dress and I'm pretty stoked that it still fits.

I can be nice and it's a shame

Today Tommy's friend was over yet again. Some other kids came over after I got back from work also. So I'm handing out cookies. (because I am nice and why wouldn't you give your food away willy-nilly in a recession?) I let the "guests" have the first one. My kids go last. Andrew was the very last and I said to him "you're one of the family so you're last." He took the cookie, turned around and said "mrs. m that was so nice, cool!" Yep. I'm the nicest, bestest mom in the whole wide world. No more juice boxes though kid.

Vent.

Awhile back (last year) I wrote about my good friend and neighbor whose asshole husband dumped her one day, was screwing the young thing at the office, had no time for the kids, stalked her, forced her out of the house, blah, blah, blah. I was there for her. As were other close friends. So, she meets a great guy. They fall in love and she is now married. (yeah I know kind of quick, but I'm happy that she's happy) Here's my vent. She has dumped all of us. I was the last. Email replies are one sentence long. Yesterday I texted that we would be in her new area and could the kids and I stop by and say hi. 36+ hours and no response.

This just really pisses me off. I cherish my friends and the friendships I have. I would never ever dump a friend. It's all about her new husband. There is no time for small get togethers. We tried to get her to come up for 2 hours for a hot tub, wine and cheese dip. She couldn't because she didn't want to bother her parents to watch the kids because they did it for two days the previous weekend. I think it was more like "I don't want to be away from the new man for 2 hours." (oh and no her asshole x can't be bothered with children during the weeknights)

It's a shame. I never pictured her for the girl that has to HAVE a man. Remember in high school the girls that would get the boyfriend and you were ignored? I hated those girls. I guess I did dump them as friends.

I actually find thopse type of women to be on the pathetic side. Really pathetic. So NOT a strong woman.

My friend fooled me. I am glad she's happy and came out on top of this mess. She deserved that much.

Dropping good friends. Her loss, mine also.

It's a shame.

olympics part two

Last year when Julia tried out for winter swimming there were 4 kids swimming for placement on the team. My son decided he wanted to winter swim this year. There were at least 30 kids trying out for team placement. I guess everyone wants to be an olympian.

T made the silver team! Yeah. Now he and Julia can swim at the same practice. Or so I thought. My daughter wants to try out for the gold team. I'm letting her. She might make it, but I don't see myself driving out to the Y 4 days a week. She also is starting to get a bit competitive. She was talking some competitive "trash" on the car ride after T's swim. Which makes me smile. Maybe some of my dna made it into her body. She might end up being more of a runner than a swimmer. She is so small compared to other children her age and younger. At the swim meets this summer she looked like she was "aged-up" to the older girls events.

olympics

The swimming.
It rocks!

China.
Awesome divers. Amazing divers.
No way in hell some of those gymnasts are 16. NO WAY. Nice cheating.
Enjoy your gold medal.

Diving.
Will someone please shut the announcers up. Please. We have turned off the volume during the diving. Shut up, shut up, SHUTUP!

Beach Volleyball
The girls are awesome. But, (or should I say butt) what's with the outfit. When they first came on I thought to myself, just put a thong on and be done with it. Then I felt old-fashioned like my Mother-in-law. I realized if I had that body I would be wearing the same thing. (not a thong, because it's not me) So....I'm thinking the men will play in speedo's. Uh....no. The men wear shorts. Shorts that come down to their knees. AND get this ....... they wear SHIRTS also. Seriously people, WTF?

Softball
I'm a new fan.

Soccer
I'm sorry, but I'm really bored.

Basketball
Actually watched the China vs. US game. Not sure why, but enjoyed it.

Fencing
Love it. Probably would have better ratings if they wore the girls beach volleyball outfit.

Badmitton
Looking forward to it. Seriously. I think it's fascinating.

The shaft

Yep. Shafted. My husband told me that today. Our daughter got shafted again. Then I started to think about it and (like a girl) I have overthought it and now I think me and him have been shafted also. I honestly didn't care that we were being shafted. Well, maybe a little. Once my daughter got shafted (or until it was pointed out to me by a man who could care less about the "shaft") I'm starting to get really pissed off about it. Not to pissed off about the adult shaft. Just the kid shaft. My daughter has to get new friends (as do I). Friends who don't take advantage of her and of us.

Too bad this shaft didn't happen on a cloudy fall day because I'm pretty sure I could whip out a 5k in under 27 minutes easily. Very easily.

Damn that shaft.

Rain.

Everytime I see a dark cloud in the sky I get excited. I check the weather on the internet and watch the storm(s) head to our house. It always breaks up before it gets to us. Sometimes one rain cell will break in two and pass each side of our neighborhood. Sometimes there is a big yellow/red cell coming. It misses us by miles. At times we've heard thunder claps and the dark clouds are all around. 10 minutes later the sun is shinning and the humidity rises.

I wonder when it will rain again. Not a 5 minute shower. A deluge of 12-24 hours.

I guess I could wash my car. That usually guarantees a rain storm.

I have a feeling it wouldn't work this month.

Gotta love it

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My life, lately

Unprepared or Late for an Exam

Exams signify being tested and rated by others. Dreams of taking an exam but not being prepared for it, or turning up late and missing it entirely, indicate a lack of self-confidence about how you are socially perceived and rated. You may feel that you are not getting a chance to properly show people what you are really all about. Or you may be concerned that people have formed unfair or wrong judgments about you without any basis. Depending on your situation, the dream could indicate your view of how a particular person has perceived you or how you may have been judged by a whole group of people (your co-workers or classmates). These dreams can often follow situations in which you may have acted unlike yourself, or in a way different from how you would have liked to behave, leaving you anxious or upset about what people must have thought about you as a person based on that one incident.

I have had the same damn dream every night for the past week (or so it seems). The test dream. In the dream I've missed every Friday class. I've missed mostly all of my classes and I won't graduate unless I pass the test(s). I have no books to study from. I think they are in my locker which of course I can't remember the combination. I don't even know where the classrooms are. I don't know what my schedule is. Which class is what day? I don't know any of the students, but I have a feeling my friends go to the same school. I am in college. Last night I realized that it was a dream (while in the dream). I tried changing the dream around (I can do this) but it was so hard. I might of changed one thing around, but it was no help. The description above regarding the meaning of the dream......it doesn't fit. The only word in there that works is "Anxious". I am anxious. Anxious about money. Who isn't these days?

I got my period this morning. I'm hoping that's the end of the nightmare. Maybe tonight I'll dream of flying. Hopefully I won't have the swimming down the street dream. I just don't get that one at all.

The greening

I've noticed more small cars than SUV's on the road. Seeing an SUV is almost a rariety. (I have an SUV and a small car btw)

On my normal drives home I've noticed more people with vegetable gardens. Some vegetable gardens are bigger than years past. We started our first veggie garden this year. Next year it will be larger and there will be two. One for me and one for my children to cultivate and grow.

Yesterday on my drive home I noticed two homes that had put out laundry lines. May they enjoy fresh smelling sheets. There is nothing better than getting into a bed with clean, crisp sheets.

While grocery shopping I am guaranteed to see at least one (usually more) person with cloth bags. Some day I will post my pet peeve with baggers and cloth bags.

Today I realized I had finally used up all my chemical cleaners. With the exception of "Bar Keepers Friend". I love that cleaner. Anyhow I cleaned an entire bathroom and our kitchen floor with A&H baking soda, vinegar, and some water . My daughter came into the kitchen and asked what smelled so clean.

Today I am taking my children to the coffee house and getting used coffee grounds for our compost. Today the will learn how the compost bins work. Currently they just throw greens and browns in there for me. Now it's time to get them to "turn" the bins for me.

It's been a good week.

Except on the running front. The heat wave(S) are not conductive to running. It looks like I'm back to the Y on the dreadmill and the pool. Better than nothing.