Lucy made me do it....

Lucy was generous bestow upon me the Premiere Meme Award. Thank you Lucy! Though next time you could always give me an easier award. This one was kinda hard! ;-)

The Guidelines

You must divulge Seven Personality Traits about yourself and Pay it Forward to Seven Bloggers.

1. Moody/Emotional - It doesn't take much to make me happy or piss me off. Either way, you will know exactly how I am feeling. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I cry over the dumbest things and will get mad and scream at my own television.

2. Bashful - I am extremely shy around people that I don't know very well. There are people that I have known for years that will come over to visit my husband and I may say 10 words to them. I would much rather just sit and listen. Yep, I am a wallflower.

3. Obsessively Organized - My CD's HAVE to be in alphabetical order or I freak out. My closet is organized by type of clothing and by color. My craft stuff is the same way. You should see the pantry in my kitchen, everything has a place and you better not put it in the wrong place (see #1). My entire life is on Google Calendar and my phone calendar. I also get reminders sent to me by text message just in case I forget to check both calendars. Did I mention there is also one on the fridge?

4. Obnoxious - If I'm not being shy, I can be very loud and obnoxious. I drive down the street hanging Stan out the window. I will yell to my Mom from the other side of the store letting her know that I found the tampons. I throw fake cockroaches at my sons friends in the store and think it's great that I'm embarrassing him. For some reason, I can think of tons of stuff to put on this one.....

5. Kind-Hearted - I will do anything to help someone in need. I hate to see anyone hurting or without and will do whatever I can to make it better. AC broke = I have a window shaker - Homeless = Come stay with me - Broke = Here's my last dollar....

6. Creative - I'm creative in many ways. I love doing crafts, all kinds. I love writing poetry (that I am not gonna share with anyone). I am having a hard time describing how I'm creative but trust me, I am.

7. Thrifty - I am a bargain shopper. I refuse to pay full price for anything. Don't throw that away, we can always find another use for it. Coupons - Nah I don't usually go that far.

Now, I'm supposed to pass this on to 7 bloggers. Some of these are new blogs that I just started reading (and haven't added to my blogroll yet because I totally suck) and some I've been reading for quite some time. Go check them out and tell 'em congrats on their awards :)

1. The Fox Den
2. Show My Face
3. Irrational Dad
4. All In A Mom's Life
5. Just Jingle
6. K..Is Not Your Average Girl
7. A Wonderful Mistake (she's also my sister)

Wordless Wednesday - Meet Stan

Meet Stan: Go ahead and click his name to find out the story. You know you want to.


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Weekend Recap

My sister came to spend the weekend with me us. I LOVE it when she comes because we always act like complete morons have fun! Friday night we she decorated piggy banks for the twins birthday party while I decorated her and took stupid pictures of myself and Sasha.

Saturday we went to the twins birthday party and had a great time. Family, friends, and Food (gyros that we stopped to get on the way there). What more could you ask for? It had been a little over a month since I had seen the girls, and their Daddy informed me that every weekend they ask to come and see us. Awwww :)

Of course, we also had to do a mini photo shoot. Luckily I was wearing a dress and didn't have to climb the tree!

After the party we kidnapped picked up my nieces and nephew and stuffed them in the trunk so that they could spend the night with us. The kids had a great time playing together and it was Kayli's first time staying with us. It all went well except for the fact she would scream at the top of her lungs everytime Sasha went near her.

Sunday we spent the day at Andrew's fathers' house. It was nice seeing Andrew's aunts again, I haven't seen them since I was a teenager. Again, we had family, friends and good food!

I'd say this weekend was a success!

Six Word Saturday - Twin Edition

Twins birthday party at park today.

Writer's Workshop - Why Amber is in time out.

Why is my kid in time out? I'm sure you also want to know why there is duct tape over her mouth.

My 4 year old little "princess" has a BIG mouth just like her daddy and doesn't ever know when to shut it just like her mommy.

Yesterday we had to drop Andrew off for his jail tour. While we were waiting for him to finish we ran over to the new Kohl's to look around. While we were paying for Amber's new shoes, she had the following conversation with the cashier. Keep in mind that Amber does not speak quietly. Ever. She is always at half-yell when she is talking. (My=I and My=my in Amber talk)

Amber: My going to a new school.
Cashier: That's nice. You'll make lots of new friends.
Amber: Yeah, but my will try to be nice to my friends. My won't fight with them like my brother did.
Cashier: That's good. It's not nice to fight with your friends.
Amber: Yeah when you fight you go to jail. My brother's in jail. We are going to go get him now.
Everyone within 20 feet of us has heard this and is now staring at us.
Cashier: Looks at me with her eyes bugging out of her head. Oh my, that's nice. I'm sure he will be happy to see you.
I slink out the door....

Have I mentioned that Amber's newest nickname is Princess Potty Mouth? Yes, this is probably my fault more than anyone else as I tend to cuss like a sailor. But, we have discussed this numerous times and she knows when she is saying a bad word. Usually.

The other day we were cuddling in my bed together. I took a drink of soda and it went down the wrong pipe. I choked, I coughed, I turned bright red, tears streamed down my face.

Amber: Are you ok Mommy?
Me: No sweetie. I'm choking. I think I'm dying.
Amber: Oh no! Does this mean you're going to Hell now?

Sometimes the kids and I lay on the floor in the living room and play. The other day we were doing this and Amber was "beating up" Andrew. She likes to pretend she is doing karate to him and then run and hide behind me. She gave Andrew a good karate chop and laid down on the floor behind me so that he couldn't see her. Well, she laid down with her face in my butt. Andrew being the "funny" teenager that he is asked her how it smelled. Her response: I'm not smelling Mom's ass you idiot. I'm hiding from you. Yes, my sweet little girl said this.


Please excuse me, I think I deserve to be sitting in time out with her and the duct tape.

Want to see why everyone else has their kids in time out? Mama Kat from Mama's Losin It has suggested the following topics for this weeks Writer's Workshop. Head on over to her site to join in the fun and to see what everyone else has written about.....

1.) Your trip to the ER...spill it.
(inspired by Stephanie from This Blessed Life).
2.) "Why are American's obsessed with weight? Why are we always fighting or complaining about what is natural for our bodies?"
(inspired by Jenn from Jenny Says What?)
3.) Describe one of your 'God Moments'.
(inspired by Jordan from Wide Open Spaces).
4.) List ten things you would say to ten different people in your life...if you had the hutzpah.
(inspired by Cassandra from Cassagram)
5.) Why is your kid in time out?
(inspired by Sera from Laughing Through The Chaos)

Wordless Wednesday - On Thursday

I got back late last night and Keith had taken over the computer so I was unable to post this on time. Oh well, here it is anyway.



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Please excuse me while I let off a little steam...

There are certain people HOLY SHIT A SPIDER JUST CRAWLED ACROSS MY HAND that claim to care about my children and want to know how they are doing. Normally this would not bother me at all and I would be happy to share what was going on in their lives. But, this is after almost 6 months of ZERO contact with them. Why bother asking now? Do they really think that it makes us think they care? If they gave a rat's ass about my children, they would know what is going on in their lives. They would not NEED to ask. Shit, there are complete strangers that know what is going on in my kids lives. It's not like it's a big secret or anything. No matter what "our" relationship is, my children should have never been involved. Be mad at me all you want to, but take it out on MY children and you have crossed the line. What really p'd me off was that my husband actually told them what was going on 24 hours after I asked him not to mention anything important that was going on. He could have said the kids are fine, but nooooooo he had to go into "everything". And believe me, a LOT has gone on in the last 6 months! If you can't tell, I'm still mad.

Now back to our regularly scheduled blogcast..... 

Not Me Monday - Take 2

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

As for me, these are the things that I have NOT been up to....

I did NOT grill a 14oz. ribeye at 10:00 tonight, along with sauteed onions and mushrooms. I did NOT eat every last bite by myself. As the lid to the grill closed, I did NOT hear a big bang. The bottom of the grill did NOT totally fall out. This is NOT the 3rd grill that we have gone through in 7 years. We do NOT grill way too much.

I did NOT sit at Taco Bell for 2 hours tonight with Amber and a few library books. We were NOT there because Andrew was serving his first jury duty.

I did NOT get a call from Keith letting me know that we get to keep our house. They did NOT finally call us and work out a deal after months of struggling. This news would NOT cause me to do a happy dance in the middle of Taco Bell.

I did NOT get super excited because I received a notification that "Bill" was following me on My Blog Log. I was NOT completely disappointed after logging in to see that "Bill" was no longer following me. I do NOT NOT know who "Bill" is.

I did NOT almost forget to post a NOT me Monday post tonight. It is NOT so late that it is almost Tuesday.

I do NOT have over 500 blog posts to try to catch up on. I would NOT ever get that far behind on my blog reading. I am NOT off to read them now.....

Six Word Saturday - Thank God!

Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words.
My six words:

Two days with no internet sucks.



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Wordless Wednesday - Where did that come from?

This is what happens when you have too much to drink.

And you thought I wasn't going to make it in time.... 1 minute to spare!

Not Me Monday - Take 1

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. This is my first Not Me Monday. I have NOT been watching JannaBee participate in this for months and have NOT finally decided to jump on board.

On to my post....

I did NOT have a nightmare dream that everything in my phone was deleted and wake up in a complete panic. I would never do that because I do NOT care that much about my phone. Upon my panicked awakening, I did NOT try to jump out of bed only to find that my legs were NOT yet awake and fall completely on my face.

I did NOT have so much to drink on Saturday that the thought of alcohol does NOT instantly make me want to vomit. I did NOT wake up on Sunday and NOT remember much about the night before. I did NOT spend most of Sunday in bed recovering.

I did NOT get into an argument with Keith on the phone about NOTHING. I did NOT hang up on him and then text him to NOT call me for the rest of the day. I would NOT do that. It would be so immature and we all know that I'm NOT ever immature.

I did NOT have to take my teenage son to court today. He did NOT get charged with battery for punching another kid in the face. He did NOT get sentenced to 30 hours of community service, attitude adjustment classes, a jail tour,a bunch of essay's and jury duty. He did NOT deserve his punishment. (Actually, I thought this was a little much) He did NOT stand up in front of the courtroom and apologize to me. I did NOT cry.

I did NOT eat 2 slices of pizza, 2 garlic stix, and a whole plate of appetizers for dinner tonight. I did NOT then drive home with my pants unzipped because they were too tight. My belly does NOT still hurt.

I did NOT find out today that another one of my friends is hooked on roxies. I am NOT worried about her and her children. I do NOT wish that this drug would disappear.

I am NOT about to shut down the computer for a couple of hours to watch The Haunting in Connecticut.

I am NOT hoping that you will leave me lots of comments. I do NOT ever think of silly little things like that.

Six Word Saturday

Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words.
My six words:

Gonna get drunk with friends tonight.


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