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November 25, 2009
November 24, 2009
Bloggity Blog Blah Blah.....Highly Unlikely
........Yep, I'm sitting here staring at the monitor trying to come up with something to write about. Anything. I've looked for writing prompts and read some of my favorite blogs. Nothing. I've been in a crappy mood for days and it doesn't seem to be getting better. It's the holiday's. I don't normally get like this, but this year things are different.
The thing with Keith's family has still not blown over and this whole thing is now just an awkward mess. I sometimes feel like I should just suck it up and act as if everything is ok, but I have been doing that for years. I don't want to be the bigger person. I want to be immature and rude. I want to scream and yell things that I have been holding back. Will I do these things? Highly unlikely.
A nice Christmas shopping spree would normally pull me out of my slump but money is still tight since the beginning of the year when both Keith & I lost our jobs. Yes, Keith did get a new job and I'm getting unemployment, but we are not making as much as we were. Will I go on a huge shopping spree this year? Highly Unlikely
My kids are driving me crazy. Seriously. Between Amber's recent meltdowns over EVERYTHING and Andrew's attitude, I'm done. I want to tell them both that Santa is NOT coming this year. Will I do this? Highly Unlikely
Yep. This post is as crappy as my mood. Gonna hit send anyway. Will you care? Highly Unlikely
Do YOU get the blues this time of year?
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The thing with Keith's family has still not blown over and this whole thing is now just an awkward mess. I sometimes feel like I should just suck it up and act as if everything is ok, but I have been doing that for years. I don't want to be the bigger person. I want to be immature and rude. I want to scream and yell things that I have been holding back. Will I do these things? Highly unlikely.
A nice Christmas shopping spree would normally pull me out of my slump but money is still tight since the beginning of the year when both Keith & I lost our jobs. Yes, Keith did get a new job and I'm getting unemployment, but we are not making as much as we were. Will I go on a huge shopping spree this year? Highly Unlikely
My kids are driving me crazy. Seriously. Between Amber's recent meltdowns over EVERYTHING and Andrew's attitude, I'm done. I want to tell them both that Santa is NOT coming this year. Will I do this? Highly Unlikely
Yep. This post is as crappy as my mood. Gonna hit send anyway. Will you care? Highly Unlikely
Do YOU get the blues this time of year?
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November 05, 2009
Country Bumpkin? Not quite.....
Moving from the "suburbs" to a more "countryfied" location has been quite an adjustment for me. I am not used to having to drive into "town" for 15 minutes just to get milk. I'm not used to walking outside of my house and hearing goats and horses. I'm not used to a lot of things that Hernando County has brought into my life. BUT, I absolutely love it here. It's so peaceful and a much slower pace than what I'm used to. It has given me the opportunity to really appreciate this beautiful state that I live in!
One of the neat things about living out in the country is that there are farms here. Yes, I'm sure that is pretty basic information but just in case you weren't "in the know" I figured I would share that little bit of information with you. I had the opportunity to spend Halloween morning at Sweetfields Farm in Masarkytown with the kids.
The main attraction at Sweetfields Farm is their 4 acre corn maze. We took a hayride from the front of the farm to the maze. It was quite bumpy and Amber kept complaining about how "pointy" the hay was.
When we arrived at the beginning of the maze we were met by a sweet little lady who explained how the corn maze was made and showed us some aerial shots of the maze.
Amazing!
The maze says "Sweetfields Farm" and there is a tractor and 2 pumpkins with 2009. Here's a drawing that shows it a little clearer;
The lady then handed us a set of questions. We had to answer each of the questions at the different checkpoints along the maze. Whether we would go right or left at each checkpoint depended on our answer to the question. We managed to only make a wrong turn one time and completed the maze pretty quickly. Of course, we had to stop and take some pictures along the way!
The corn had already been harvested and the sunflowers were mostly wilted. We were able to find a couple of small ears of corn still left as well as one beautiful sunflower.
There were different games set up across the farm including a water pump rubber ducky race and also a corncob shooter. Amber claimed that she won EVERY race, and Andrew came very close to winning $20 shooting corncobs but walked away with nothing.
We had fun climbing on the hay bales,
swinging on the swings,
and posing for pictures.
All in all, our day at the farm was a success!
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One of the neat things about living out in the country is that there are farms here. Yes, I'm sure that is pretty basic information but just in case you weren't "in the know" I figured I would share that little bit of information with you. I had the opportunity to spend Halloween morning at Sweetfields Farm in Masarkytown with the kids.
The main attraction at Sweetfields Farm is their 4 acre corn maze. We took a hayride from the front of the farm to the maze. It was quite bumpy and Amber kept complaining about how "pointy" the hay was.
When we arrived at the beginning of the maze we were met by a sweet little lady who explained how the corn maze was made and showed us some aerial shots of the maze.
Amazing!
The maze says "Sweetfields Farm" and there is a tractor and 2 pumpkins with 2009. Here's a drawing that shows it a little clearer;
The lady then handed us a set of questions. We had to answer each of the questions at the different checkpoints along the maze. Whether we would go right or left at each checkpoint depended on our answer to the question. We managed to only make a wrong turn one time and completed the maze pretty quickly. Of course, we had to stop and take some pictures along the way!
The corn had already been harvested and the sunflowers were mostly wilted. We were able to find a couple of small ears of corn still left as well as one beautiful sunflower.
There were different games set up across the farm including a water pump rubber ducky race and also a corncob shooter. Amber claimed that she won EVERY race, and Andrew came very close to winning $20 shooting corncobs but walked away with nothing.
We had fun climbing on the hay bales,
swinging on the swings,
and posing for pictures.
All in all, our day at the farm was a success!
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September 19, 2009
That's what she said...Or did she?
I don't know if this is a common problem, or if everyone I know just has hearing issues. Lately, I've noticed quite a few conversations that have made me LOL. Here are a couple of them:
~I was trying to explain to Keith (who was on his way home from work)
that the garbage can was still in front of the house. He had been upset
with Andrew for leaving it out there all the time, and Andrew stayed
after school so he wasn't home to bring it around back yet. I didn't
want him to get all mad when he pulled up and saw it~
Me: The garbage is still in front of the house
Keith: Oh my GOD! Who's in the hospital?
Me: *Laughs*
Keith: It's not funny. WHO IS IN THE HOSPITAL?
~Talking to my sister about where we should go school shopping for the kids~
Kelly: Skip Kohl's
Me: Did you just call me a shithole?
~My sister randomly makes a face at my mom~
Kelly: That's my pretty face
Mom: That's your briefcase?
Kelly & Me: *Laughs*
Mom: What's so funny? I don't get it.
Now that I typed that up, it doesn't seem as funny. Guess it was one of those "you had to be there" funnies. Oh well.
Remember when Amber was in time out for her potty mouth? She's been doing ok as far as using cuss words go, but sometimes she just says the most hilarious things.
***I'm using the bathroom and Amber comes in and starts doing these weird lunges.
Amber: Look. I'm exercising. You need to do that so your fat belly will go away.
Me: Excuse me? I don't have a fat belly.
Amber: Oh yeah. I forgot, you have a fat butt.
She then turns around and wiggles her rear right at me.
***Amber is feeding the dogs and I am eating lunch on the other side of the kitchen.
Amber: Mom, I farted and it didn't work
Me: What do you mean it didn't work? You tried to fart and it didn't come out?
Amber: No, it just didn't work.
Me: Do you have to poop?
Amber: No, but it feels funny.
She proceeds to waddle over to me so I can check it out. Yep, she didn't fart. She SHARTED. You know, shit/farted.
***Amber has some sort of rash on her face
Me: What are all these red bumps on your face?
Amber: They're nipples just like Andrews. (she meant pimples)
***Out of nowhere
Amber: Today is a Special Day!
Keith: It is? What's so special about today?
Amber: I'm going to be good today. Isn't that special Daddy?
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~I was trying to explain to Keith (who was on his way home from work)
that the garbage can was still in front of the house. He had been upset
with Andrew for leaving it out there all the time, and Andrew stayed
after school so he wasn't home to bring it around back yet. I didn't
want him to get all mad when he pulled up and saw it~
Me: The garbage is still in front of the house
Keith: Oh my GOD! Who's in the hospital?
Me: *Laughs*
Keith: It's not funny. WHO IS IN THE HOSPITAL?
~Talking to my sister about where we should go school shopping for the kids~
Kelly: Skip Kohl's
Me: Did you just call me a shithole?
~My sister randomly makes a face at my mom~
Kelly: That's my pretty face
Mom: That's your briefcase?
Kelly & Me: *Laughs*
Mom: What's so funny? I don't get it.
Now that I typed that up, it doesn't seem as funny. Guess it was one of those "you had to be there" funnies. Oh well.
Remember when Amber was in time out for her potty mouth? She's been doing ok as far as using cuss words go, but sometimes she just says the most hilarious things.
***I'm using the bathroom and Amber comes in and starts doing these weird lunges.
Amber: Look. I'm exercising. You need to do that so your fat belly will go away.
Me: Excuse me? I don't have a fat belly.
Amber: Oh yeah. I forgot, you have a fat butt.
She then turns around and wiggles her rear right at me.
***Amber is feeding the dogs and I am eating lunch on the other side of the kitchen.
Amber: Mom, I farted and it didn't work
Me: What do you mean it didn't work? You tried to fart and it didn't come out?
Amber: No, it just didn't work.
Me: Do you have to poop?
Amber: No, but it feels funny.
She proceeds to waddle over to me so I can check it out. Yep, she didn't fart. She SHARTED. You know, shit/farted.
***Amber has some sort of rash on her face
Me: What are all these red bumps on your face?
Amber: They're nipples just like Andrews. (she meant pimples)
***Out of nowhere
Amber: Today is a Special Day!
Keith: It is? What's so special about today?
Amber: I'm going to be good today. Isn't that special Daddy?
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September 13, 2009
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
It's raining, it's pouring, and I HATE it! Yes, rain can be fun at times. But it usually puts me in a rotten mood. And if you know me, you know that I am in a rotten mood plenty enough that I don't need any rain to help me with that.
See that^ It's a camping picture from 2007 when just the four of us went to Ocala to go camping. We spent manyhours days in. our. van. Well, I did at least.
The kids & Keith, they were a little braver than me and ventured out into the nastiness. I did manage to get some cute pics of them though!
I love how they were trying to start a fire.... In.the.rain. You can even see that Andrew is hiding newspapers under his shirt so they don't get wet. In.the.rain. FYI - the fire never stayed lit until the last day when the sun finally came out.
See that^ It's a camping picture from 2007 when just the four of us went to Ocala to go camping. We spent many
The kids & Keith, they were a little braver than me and ventured out into the nastiness. I did manage to get some cute pics of them though!
I love how they were trying to start a fire.... In.the.rain. You can even see that Andrew is hiding newspapers under his shirt so they don't get wet. In.the.rain. FYI - the fire never stayed lit until the last day when the sun finally came out.September 11, 2009
Puking, Painting & Parties.....
It's been a while since I've been on here, life has taken me on another roller coaster ride. There's been ups and downs, twists and turns and plenty of excitement. At least I can say there's been no vomit!
It's been a few days since I started this post and now I have to take back the "no vomit" statement. I'll get to an explanation of that in a bit. If you are my facebook friend, I apologize for the repeat vomit updates.
The kids started school on the 24th. Well, Andrew only went for one day and then had to finish up his OSS. He is almost completely finished with his sentence, all he has left to do is his last jury duty on the 21st and then they will rip up the documents and throw them all away leaving him with NO record. He returned to school on Wednesday only to be sent home halfway through the day. (This is due to the vomit that I will get to later). Other than having 2 weeks of homework to catch up on and a couple of honors classes, I think that he is pretty excited to be back in school. This year he plans on playing football, basketball, and track so it looks like I will be spending a lot of time at the middle school.
Amber is absolutely loving school. She's in the VPK program and attends school for 3 hours a day. Itotally wish it was longer miss her so much while she is gone. It's quite lonely around here with both of them gone, but I have been able to get much more done around the house without them here.
Keith brought me home a new friend and her name is Freckles. She is so stinkin' cute but is driving me crazy with the whole house training thing. I have no patience... But at least Sasha now has a cuddle buddy!
We've been doing lots of painting on the house and someday soon I hope to have it finished so that we can do another home video tour. Don't worry, I will be here to film this one so it won't be solame dorky quick.
I Stan got back.
Yes, he came back to me in a package of socks for Amber. Isn't that nice? Thanks MOM! I was able to get rid of him again though when my Sister came over for Labor Day.
We celebrated my brother Patrick's 25th birthday on Saturday. I am really starting to feel old now. He's a half a century and I'm almost 30. EEEEEK!
Kelly Me Patrick Katelyn
^Just a few of my siblings! I saw my Dad for the first time since the "incident" which was kinda awkward. Not much was said other than some "I Love You's" but, I guess that's a start?
I spent quite a few hours in the ER on Sunday with Amber because the cold that she had developed on Friday had gotten much worse and I was scared that she may have developed pink eye. Her eyes were all red and gunky.
This picture doesn't even begin to explain what her eyes really looked like. Diagnosis = Upper Respiratory Infection + No Pink Eye. Whew! So, Nichole and the twins came to spend the night (as we had previously planned before the ER visit). The next day we had a small get together for Labor Day. Good times!
On to the vomitus.....I told you I would get to it. ***Possibly TMI below***BEWARE***
Tuesday morning, Keith woke up to go to work and found that he was incredibly sick. Whatever it was, it waspouring coming out of his body like water but from both ends.... At lunchtime I got a call telling me to come and pick up Andrew as he had been throwing up in school. He ended up having the same problems as Keith and this lasted all night long. According to my favorite website (facebook) I noticed that Nichole also started having these problems Tuesday night. Then, on Wednesday my sister joined the vomiting crew. At first we thought it might be food poisoning because everyone that was sick had been at my house on Monday. Then, my sister-in-law got it too (and she wasn't at the party). Whatever it was, it was BAD! I made Keith & Andrew take shots of apple cider vinegar which seemed to help calm their stomachs. Andrew was able to return to school yesterday and Keith returned to work today. As far as I know, everyone is back to normal now. I am so happy that I didn't catch this one!
It's been a few days since I started this post and now I have to take back the "no vomit" statement. I'll get to an explanation of that in a bit. If you are my facebook friend, I apologize for the repeat vomit updates.
The kids started school on the 24th. Well, Andrew only went for one day and then had to finish up his OSS. He is almost completely finished with his sentence, all he has left to do is his last jury duty on the 21st and then they will rip up the documents and throw them all away leaving him with NO record. He returned to school on Wednesday only to be sent home halfway through the day. (This is due to the vomit that I will get to later). Other than having 2 weeks of homework to catch up on and a couple of honors classes, I think that he is pretty excited to be back in school. This year he plans on playing football, basketball, and track so it looks like I will be spending a lot of time at the middle school.
Amber is absolutely loving school. She's in the VPK program and attends school for 3 hours a day. I
Keith brought me home a new friend and her name is Freckles. She is so stinkin' cute but is driving me crazy with the whole house training thing. I have no patience... But at least Sasha now has a cuddle buddy!
We've been doing lots of painting on the house and someday soon I hope to have it finished so that we can do another home video tour. Don't worry, I will be here to film this one so it won't be so
I Stan got back.
Yes, he came back to me in a package of socks for Amber. Isn't that nice? Thanks MOM! I was able to get rid of him again though when my Sister came over for Labor Day.
We celebrated my brother Patrick's 25th birthday on Saturday. I am really starting to feel old now. He's a half a century and I'm almost 30. EEEEEK!
Kelly Me Patrick Katelyn
^Just a few of my siblings! I saw my Dad for the first time since the "incident" which was kinda awkward. Not much was said other than some "I Love You's" but, I guess that's a start?
I spent quite a few hours in the ER on Sunday with Amber because the cold that she had developed on Friday had gotten much worse and I was scared that she may have developed pink eye. Her eyes were all red and gunky.
This picture doesn't even begin to explain what her eyes really looked like. Diagnosis = Upper Respiratory Infection + No Pink Eye. Whew! So, Nichole and the twins came to spend the night (as we had previously planned before the ER visit). The next day we had a small get together for Labor Day. Good times!
On to the vomitus.....I told you I would get to it. ***Possibly TMI below***BEWARE***
Tuesday morning, Keith woke up to go to work and found that he was incredibly sick. Whatever it was, it was
September 02, 2009
Wordless Wednesday - Little Amber
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August 18, 2009
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 wekidnapped 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!
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
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!
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