Russ and I have been trying to find a new place to rent for a month or so now and so far no luck. We thought we had found a place, but the owners are dragging their feet. They don't seem to actually want to rent the place. Last time I spoke with her, the owner said it would be at least a month (putting us into June) before the house would be ready, and that there were " a lot of interested applicants", so I'm guessing that's out. That leaves me with the unenviable task of having to find something else. This bums me out.
Everything in town is either to small or to expensive. So I decided to look at houses for sale. Well not actually houses, manufactured homes, but still. The problem: (1) down payment and (2) financing. I'm not working and Russ's credit has been screwed by that whore of an ex wife of his. ORS (I'll get to them in a minute) has his child support on his credit record, that could screw us before we even get out the door. But I have to try. The house payment on the one we're interested in would only be $170 a month, so even with utilities, we would only be paying about $400 a month, which would make it easy to pay the bills, even on one income.
All I know is I have to have someplace else to live before June 1st, when my daughter comes home. This trailer is not big enough and well, you've read the rest before.
And in other news:
Got a notice in the mail that ORS has DOUBLED Russ's child support payment, like we aren't barely making it now....so I called and talked to someone, and for the first time, I actually got some real information and some actual help. We'll see how that goes.
Okay, I'm done bitching now.
4.28.2006
4.26.2006
It Takes a Special Kind of Idiot.....(Do Not Watch if you are easily offended)
It takes a special kind of idiot to do something like this to himself. I'm betting he rode the short bus to school.
Special Note to any Shrinking Violets in the audience: Don't Watch This!!!!
Special Note to any Shrinking Violets in the audience: Don't Watch This!!!!
It's a work of FICTION....
I've read The Da Vinci Code twice now. I still don't see what all the hype and outrage is about. It's a book. More over, it's a FICTIONAL book. I know that there are historians and scholars that claim Christ married and had a child, but this book...THIS particular piece of writing is FICTION. If peopel read it and get all confused then they should seriously think about therepy because if you can't seperate reality from fiction in your own mind, well......
I can understand why some people may not have wanted to read the book. They may have seen it as attacking the foundation of the Christian faith. I may not agree, but I respect their feelings. What I can't get behind is this sudden media driven push to stir up a controversy over a piece of FICTION!!!!
When Dan Brown comes out with a book he presents as fact, and then produces something he claims is hard evidence to back it up, then I will agree with people getting a little harried. Until that time, pull your panties out of your buttcheeks and sit down. It's a BOOK...for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!!!!
SHEESH!!!!!!
I can understand why some people may not have wanted to read the book. They may have seen it as attacking the foundation of the Christian faith. I may not agree, but I respect their feelings. What I can't get behind is this sudden media driven push to stir up a controversy over a piece of FICTION!!!!
When Dan Brown comes out with a book he presents as fact, and then produces something he claims is hard evidence to back it up, then I will agree with people getting a little harried. Until that time, pull your panties out of your buttcheeks and sit down. It's a BOOK...for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!!!!
SHEESH!!!!!!
4.25.2006
So yeah......
Well, here it is almost midnight and I'm still awake.....AGAIN. Anyone reading this surprised? No? Didn't think so. Moving on.
The day started out well, got some good news, got excited about that. Then it turns out the good news was falsely delivered....so yeah. I hate when people tell you something before they verify the facts, get your hopes all up and then WHAM!!! All of a sudden you're having a shitty ass day. What's up with that.
Now, as if having the rug YANKED out from under me isn't enough I get told...wait for it....I'm being irrational. So, let's recap shall we? I get told story A then arrive at my destination and am told that no, sorry, Story A was incorrect and you have to wait a week. This throws everything I have just planned for out of whack and puts in serious jeopardy several things. While this may not be said persons fault, it doesn't make the event any less real, or any less traumatic....right?
Then when said person begins to badger me about what's going on and I tell them it's nothing I want to discuss, they tell me I'm being irrational. God love lawyers.
I just want to find a nice quiet place to hunker down with a book and a tall glass of diet pepsi...is that so wrong?
God I need a vacation!!!
The day started out well, got some good news, got excited about that. Then it turns out the good news was falsely delivered....so yeah. I hate when people tell you something before they verify the facts, get your hopes all up and then WHAM!!! All of a sudden you're having a shitty ass day. What's up with that.
Now, as if having the rug YANKED out from under me isn't enough I get told...wait for it....I'm being irrational. So, let's recap shall we? I get told story A then arrive at my destination and am told that no, sorry, Story A was incorrect and you have to wait a week. This throws everything I have just planned for out of whack and puts in serious jeopardy several things. While this may not be said persons fault, it doesn't make the event any less real, or any less traumatic....right?
Then when said person begins to badger me about what's going on and I tell them it's nothing I want to discuss, they tell me I'm being irrational. God love lawyers.
I just want to find a nice quiet place to hunker down with a book and a tall glass of diet pepsi...is that so wrong?
God I need a vacation!!!
Have I ever mentioned?
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate waiting? I'm horrible about it. I want everything to happen right away, and when it doesn't it irritates me. Given that little fact, it's amazing I'm so happy being a mom. LOTS of patience required there.
Have I ever mentioned that I have a secret love of Romance Novels? Not ALL Romance Novels, just certain authors....it's one of my guilty little pleasures. I'm currently indulging that little pleasure, having read six of them in the last three days.
Have I ever mentioned that I hate wearing a bra? I really do, I hate them. If I could get away with it, I would never wear one again. I envy women with small, pert little breasts. They buy bras because they're cute and not because otherwise their boobs hang to their bellybuttons. That's just unfair. *shrug* On the other hand, I look much better in tank top or a strapless dress than they do.
Have I ever mentioned that underneath my ranting, somewhat liberal exterior beats the heart of a conservative? I KNOW. I was shocked too. It seems to only rear its ugly little head when matters involving children pop up. Strange, when I was young I was TOTALLY liberal. This may not bode well for the future.
Have I ever mentioned that sometimes I have a tendency to prattle on about nothing in particular?
Have I ever mentioned that I have a secret love of Romance Novels? Not ALL Romance Novels, just certain authors....it's one of my guilty little pleasures. I'm currently indulging that little pleasure, having read six of them in the last three days.
Have I ever mentioned that I hate wearing a bra? I really do, I hate them. If I could get away with it, I would never wear one again. I envy women with small, pert little breasts. They buy bras because they're cute and not because otherwise their boobs hang to their bellybuttons. That's just unfair. *shrug* On the other hand, I look much better in tank top or a strapless dress than they do.
Have I ever mentioned that underneath my ranting, somewhat liberal exterior beats the heart of a conservative? I KNOW. I was shocked too. It seems to only rear its ugly little head when matters involving children pop up. Strange, when I was young I was TOTALLY liberal. This may not bode well for the future.
Have I ever mentioned that sometimes I have a tendency to prattle on about nothing in particular?
4.23.2006
Bees Wasps and Hornets .....Oh My!!!!
Yesterday is was BEAUTIFUL outside, I mean REALLY GORGEOUS!!! It was one of those nearly perfect days that you just want to spread a blanket out in the yard and lay in the sun soaking up the rays.
Well, I don't have a yard, and I'm in no shape to be laying out....not to mention I don't own anything to lay out in, so we opted for the take the child to the park option.
We took Jareth and went to the city park to play, it was good fun, we stayed for about two hours. He had a blast. After the park we decided to walk downtown and then out to Walmart to do some shopping.
Stopped and bought some summer clothes for the boy. Picked up a couple of DVD's. Stopped and had some lunch. Nothing extraordinary, right? (Well except for the stunning move I made at Subway where I managed to drop a piece of marinara covered meatball RIGHT onto my right breast. Left a HUGE stain. Yeah, that was fun. )
Anyway, we get all the way out to Walmart and we decide to stop in at Gamestop first, check and see what old Playstation games they have.....hang in there I swear this story is going somewhere.....
So we walk into the store, laughing, talking, blah blah blah...I walk over to where the Playstation games are and all of a sudden my arm hurts. I slap at my arm and kind of rub it and I say, " Shit, what the hell is wrong with my arm." Then it hurts again, sort of a sharp little pain, but nothing serious, just kind of weird, you know? I complain again, but pretty soon it goes away so I think nothing of it.
I'm standing there looking at movies and talking to this girl I know when she says, " You had a bee in your shirt." I look at her and say, "I had a what?"
She turns and points as the bee flys off through the store, " I tried to swat at it. It flew out of your shirt."
At this point my brain clicks on and I say, " Oh crap, I wonder if that's why my arm was hurting. I wonder if I got stung."
I lift up my shirt sleeve and sure enough, there it is, a bee sting. Well, not just A bee sting....FOUR beetings. Yeah, so it wasn't a bee, it was probably a wasp or something and it stung me four times, and apparantly I wasn't there enough to notice. How do you like that?
I haven't been stung by a bee since I was nine. I haven't been stung by anything since I was nine. And then WHAM four in one day. Big kicker here, the stings were gone in under two hours, totally vanished. You can't even tell I was stung at all.
What a thing.
It was still a nearly perfect day though.
Well, I don't have a yard, and I'm in no shape to be laying out....not to mention I don't own anything to lay out in, so we opted for the take the child to the park option.
We took Jareth and went to the city park to play, it was good fun, we stayed for about two hours. He had a blast. After the park we decided to walk downtown and then out to Walmart to do some shopping.
Stopped and bought some summer clothes for the boy. Picked up a couple of DVD's. Stopped and had some lunch. Nothing extraordinary, right? (Well except for the stunning move I made at Subway where I managed to drop a piece of marinara covered meatball RIGHT onto my right breast. Left a HUGE stain. Yeah, that was fun. )
Anyway, we get all the way out to Walmart and we decide to stop in at Gamestop first, check and see what old Playstation games they have.....hang in there I swear this story is going somewhere.....
So we walk into the store, laughing, talking, blah blah blah...I walk over to where the Playstation games are and all of a sudden my arm hurts. I slap at my arm and kind of rub it and I say, " Shit, what the hell is wrong with my arm." Then it hurts again, sort of a sharp little pain, but nothing serious, just kind of weird, you know? I complain again, but pretty soon it goes away so I think nothing of it.
I'm standing there looking at movies and talking to this girl I know when she says, " You had a bee in your shirt." I look at her and say, "I had a what?"
She turns and points as the bee flys off through the store, " I tried to swat at it. It flew out of your shirt."
At this point my brain clicks on and I say, " Oh crap, I wonder if that's why my arm was hurting. I wonder if I got stung."
I lift up my shirt sleeve and sure enough, there it is, a bee sting. Well, not just A bee sting....FOUR beetings. Yeah, so it wasn't a bee, it was probably a wasp or something and it stung me four times, and apparantly I wasn't there enough to notice. How do you like that?
I haven't been stung by a bee since I was nine. I haven't been stung by anything since I was nine. And then WHAM four in one day. Big kicker here, the stings were gone in under two hours, totally vanished. You can't even tell I was stung at all.
What a thing.
It was still a nearly perfect day though.
4.21.2006
This one is good for a laugh on a Friday, too
You have to wonder who has this kind of time on their hands.
This is Just Wrong.....Funny, But Wrong
Just watch the video.....*shakes her head* So funny, and still so wrong.
4.20.2006
Genius I tell you, sheer Genius!!!!
The geniuses over at the Harvard Medical School have decided that chronic stress could help cause depression. Gee guys, you think???? I thought Harvard was for smart folk. You know, smarter than most....smarter than say, me....
I could have told you that chronic stress would contribute to and even CAUSE depression. How much grant money from the federal government do you suppose these idiots wasted on this brilliant piece of academic work?
Seriously people, I haven't seen something this stunning since the fabulous ketchup flow rate study of the 1980's.
Read the article. Basically, they made mice stressed out ( how hard do you supppose THAT is to do?) and then measured which ones seemed more depressed.
And I quote:
"Compared to the mice with short-term exposure, the mice with chronic exposure took much longer to emerge from a small dark compartment into a brightly lit open field. This is a common behavioral test of anxiety in animals. The results suggest that the mice with chronic exposure were more fearful and less willing to explore their new environment." (they are reffering to a hormone they gave the mice to simulate chronic stress)
And here's the kicker....they actually got PUBLISHED!!!!!!! And not in like Bob's Big Book of Crap We Already Knew. They got published in Behavioral Neuroscience. Must have been a slow month for the scientific community.
I could have told you that chronic stress would contribute to and even CAUSE depression. How much grant money from the federal government do you suppose these idiots wasted on this brilliant piece of academic work?
Seriously people, I haven't seen something this stunning since the fabulous ketchup flow rate study of the 1980's.
Read the article. Basically, they made mice stressed out ( how hard do you supppose THAT is to do?) and then measured which ones seemed more depressed.
And I quote:
"Compared to the mice with short-term exposure, the mice with chronic exposure took much longer to emerge from a small dark compartment into a brightly lit open field. This is a common behavioral test of anxiety in animals. The results suggest that the mice with chronic exposure were more fearful and less willing to explore their new environment." (they are reffering to a hormone they gave the mice to simulate chronic stress)
And here's the kicker....they actually got PUBLISHED!!!!!!! And not in like Bob's Big Book of Crap We Already Knew. They got published in Behavioral Neuroscience. Must have been a slow month for the scientific community.
4.19.2006
The Plight of the Fat Girl
I hope I lose this baby weight quickly because I seriously don't think I'm going to last long as a fat girl again. I've been browsing the "plus size" clothing that's out this summer and OH MY GOD!!! Can you say Ungodly Ugly Batman? I knew that you could. I want my damned jeans and my funky tshirts back....and I want them back now.
I refuse to walk around dressed like my grandmother!! *insert stomping of the foot here*
I will be back in my oh so cute size 12 jeans and my check out my great breasts tshirts by August if I have to go to the stupid gym every freaking day! *stomps foot once more for good measure and dramatic, childlike effect*
Okay, I feel better now.
I refuse to walk around dressed like my grandmother!! *insert stomping of the foot here*
I will be back in my oh so cute size 12 jeans and my check out my great breasts tshirts by August if I have to go to the stupid gym every freaking day! *stomps foot once more for good measure and dramatic, childlike effect*
Okay, I feel better now.
Joe Cartoon
So I'm checking out Steph's blog tonight like I always do and she has a link to Joe Cartoons website posted. (click the title...go on, you know you want to) I haven't been there in ages, it was good fun.
You have to check out the new one, 10 Pump BB Gun and don't miss Live and Let Dive 2. You have to hunt for that one, but it's worth it.
If you've never been to this site before, spend some time, surf around, you'll be glad you did. If you've been before, but it's been awhile, reaquaint yourself...good times to be had by all.
You have to check out the new one, 10 Pump BB Gun and don't miss Live and Let Dive 2. You have to hunt for that one, but it's worth it.
If you've never been to this site before, spend some time, surf around, you'll be glad you did. If you've been before, but it's been awhile, reaquaint yourself...good times to be had by all.
4.18.2006
UnSexy Men
Apparently two men wrote this list. Hmmmm.....now did they ask women or did they just decide they thought these men weren't sexy? Because I disagree with several of their choices, but then we've already established that I have slightly weird taste in men.
I actually had to look up several of the men on the list, most of them sports related...or politically affiliated. And I have to admit, I agree with the whole Brad Pitt thing. I really don't find him all that attractive. (Please reference weird taste in men comment)
Here's the list, see if you agree with it:(wuth occassional commentary by yours truly)
Complete List
001. Gilbert Gottfried (Come on, I think he's kind of cute...seriously)
002. Randy Johnson
003. Roger Ebert
004. Dr. Phil McGraw (Not what I would call *sexy* but not *unsexy* either)
005. Alan Colmes
006. Chad Kroeger (Sooooo do not agree with this one!!)
007. Mike Mills
008. Osama Bin Laden (Unsexy? How about Fucking EVIL???)
009. Jay Leno ( A sense of humor and great hair....)
010. Don Imus
011. Michael Jackson (Shivers...)
012. Wallace Shawn
013. Mike D. of the Beastie Boys
014. Richard Simmons (One of the gayest gay men ever)
015. Jon Lovitz ( Again, I think he's got something kind of cute goin on)
016. Carrot Top ( Two words Ick Y)
017. Jerry Seinfeld
018. Malcolm Gladwell (WHO?)
019. Chevy Chase (Totally shouldn't be on the list)
020. Raffi
021. Ron Howard (not really unsexy, just hard to get past the whole Richie Cunningham thing)
022. Clint Howard (Horror movie level not sexy)
023. Bill Gates ( There is a difference between seriously nerdy and not sexy...although Bill has BOTH)
024. Paul Shaffer
025. Axl Rose (Drugs will do that to you)
026. Tim Burton (Wierd, but kind of hot)
027. Edward James Olmos
028. Gerard Way
029. Don Zimmer
030. Tony Kornheiser
031. Chris Kattan
032. Otis Nixon
033. Julian Tavarez
034. Christopher Lloyd ( LOVE HIM)
035. Willie McGee
036. Pat Cummings
037. Scottie Pippen
038. Larry David
039. Michael Moore
040. Al Franken
041. Paris Latsis
042. Rush Limbaugh (Any one that finds this man sexy should seek immediate professional help)
043. David Gest
044. Gary Busey
045. Nick Nolte ( Have you seen the mugshot????)
046. Leif Garrett (One of my first loves, but honestly has gotten crusty in the old age)
047. Andy Dick (Just creepy)
048. Scott Stapp
049. Lyle Lovett
050. Ric Ocasek
051. Bill Wyman
052. Danny DeVito
053. Peter Jackson
054. Drew Carey ( Now this man is an example of Nerdy SEXY....)
055. Newt Gingrich
056. Rob Schneider
057. Ed O'Neil
058. Bill O'Reilly
059. Clay Aiken ( Santa's elf unsexy)
060. Joe Lieberman
061. Jim Gaffigan
062. Bill Maher
063. John Popper
064. Dennis Miller
065. John Madden
066. Robert Englund
067. Robert Patrick (Disagree...I'd do him)
068. John Ashcroft
069. Joe Gannascolli
070. Kevin James
071. George Steinbrenner
072. Grady Little
073. Harvey Pekar
074. DJ Qualls
075. Joey Buttafuoco
076. Garry Shandling
077. Meat Loaf Aday
078. Joe Walsh
079. Tom from Myspace
080. Art Garfunkel
081. Brian Posehn
082. Howie Mandel ( Definatly sexy since he went bald)
083. Barry Bonds
084. Dick Vitale
085. Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg
086. Jeff Van Gundy
087. Jimmy Johnson
088. John Clayton
089. Don Vito
090. Lemmy Kilmister
091. Jose Canseco
092. Bill Parcells
093. Ric Flair
094. Ralph Nader
095. Dennis Kacinich
096. Horatio Sanz
097. Dom DeLuise
098. Emeril Lagasse
099. Kevin Federline (white trash nasty unsexy)
100. Brad Pitt ( had his moments, but not sexy....Fight Club, I could see it...but not on my top ten list)
I actually had to look up several of the men on the list, most of them sports related...or politically affiliated. And I have to admit, I agree with the whole Brad Pitt thing. I really don't find him all that attractive. (Please reference weird taste in men comment)
Here's the list, see if you agree with it:(wuth occassional commentary by yours truly)
Complete List
001. Gilbert Gottfried (Come on, I think he's kind of cute...seriously)
002. Randy Johnson
003. Roger Ebert
004. Dr. Phil McGraw (Not what I would call *sexy* but not *unsexy* either)
005. Alan Colmes
006. Chad Kroeger (Sooooo do not agree with this one!!)
007. Mike Mills
008. Osama Bin Laden (Unsexy? How about Fucking EVIL???)
009. Jay Leno ( A sense of humor and great hair....)
010. Don Imus
011. Michael Jackson (Shivers...)
012. Wallace Shawn
013. Mike D. of the Beastie Boys
014. Richard Simmons (One of the gayest gay men ever)
015. Jon Lovitz ( Again, I think he's got something kind of cute goin on)
016. Carrot Top ( Two words Ick Y)
017. Jerry Seinfeld
018. Malcolm Gladwell (WHO?)
019. Chevy Chase (Totally shouldn't be on the list)
020. Raffi
021. Ron Howard (not really unsexy, just hard to get past the whole Richie Cunningham thing)
022. Clint Howard (Horror movie level not sexy)
023. Bill Gates ( There is a difference between seriously nerdy and not sexy...although Bill has BOTH)
024. Paul Shaffer
025. Axl Rose (Drugs will do that to you)
026. Tim Burton (Wierd, but kind of hot)
027. Edward James Olmos
028. Gerard Way
029. Don Zimmer
030. Tony Kornheiser
031. Chris Kattan
032. Otis Nixon
033. Julian Tavarez
034. Christopher Lloyd ( LOVE HIM)
035. Willie McGee
036. Pat Cummings
037. Scottie Pippen
038. Larry David
039. Michael Moore
040. Al Franken
041. Paris Latsis
042. Rush Limbaugh (Any one that finds this man sexy should seek immediate professional help)
043. David Gest
044. Gary Busey
045. Nick Nolte ( Have you seen the mugshot????)
046. Leif Garrett (One of my first loves, but honestly has gotten crusty in the old age)
047. Andy Dick (Just creepy)
048. Scott Stapp
049. Lyle Lovett
050. Ric Ocasek
051. Bill Wyman
052. Danny DeVito
053. Peter Jackson
054. Drew Carey ( Now this man is an example of Nerdy SEXY....)
055. Newt Gingrich
056. Rob Schneider
057. Ed O'Neil
058. Bill O'Reilly
059. Clay Aiken ( Santa's elf unsexy)
060. Joe Lieberman
061. Jim Gaffigan
062. Bill Maher
063. John Popper
064. Dennis Miller
065. John Madden
066. Robert Englund
067. Robert Patrick (Disagree...I'd do him)
068. John Ashcroft
069. Joe Gannascolli
070. Kevin James
071. George Steinbrenner
072. Grady Little
073. Harvey Pekar
074. DJ Qualls
075. Joey Buttafuoco
076. Garry Shandling
077. Meat Loaf Aday
078. Joe Walsh
079. Tom from Myspace
080. Art Garfunkel
081. Brian Posehn
082. Howie Mandel ( Definatly sexy since he went bald)
083. Barry Bonds
084. Dick Vitale
085. Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg
086. Jeff Van Gundy
087. Jimmy Johnson
088. John Clayton
089. Don Vito
090. Lemmy Kilmister
091. Jose Canseco
092. Bill Parcells
093. Ric Flair
094. Ralph Nader
095. Dennis Kacinich
096. Horatio Sanz
097. Dom DeLuise
098. Emeril Lagasse
099. Kevin Federline (white trash nasty unsexy)
100. Brad Pitt ( had his moments, but not sexy....Fight Club, I could see it...but not on my top ten list)
The Boobie Fairy
The Boobie Fairy arrived sometime last night. I was hoping to avoid that particular side effect of pregnancy this time, I'm not sure why I was deliusional, but there you have it. Now I have boobs twice their normal size and I get to milk myself like a cow every day for the next week or so.
To much information???? *shrug* Ahh well, as uncomfortable as I am right now, I feel the need to spread it around, even if it is only intellectually in the form of unsettling images. HonestlY? If it wouldn't border on pornographic I would probably post before and after images. *laughs* (Those of you who know me know I'm kidding now)
I called the local gym today to find out if they have a trainer on staff who can keep me from killing myself when I start working out to lose the MASSIVE amount of weight I gained....I am going to post before and after shots of that, because it will be worth it. I mean for the love of Bob...I have FAT FEET!!!!!! Do you know how depressing that is? Fat feet, I never even knew my feet could gain weight. I'm a little disgusted and at the same time fascinated.
I have a feeling that a lot of time will be devoted to talking about my body and it's radical and sometimes disgusting shifts over the next months.....look away now if you have a weak stomach.
Fair warning has been given.
To much information???? *shrug* Ahh well, as uncomfortable as I am right now, I feel the need to spread it around, even if it is only intellectually in the form of unsettling images. HonestlY? If it wouldn't border on pornographic I would probably post before and after images. *laughs* (Those of you who know me know I'm kidding now)
I called the local gym today to find out if they have a trainer on staff who can keep me from killing myself when I start working out to lose the MASSIVE amount of weight I gained....I am going to post before and after shots of that, because it will be worth it. I mean for the love of Bob...I have FAT FEET!!!!!! Do you know how depressing that is? Fat feet, I never even knew my feet could gain weight. I'm a little disgusted and at the same time fascinated.
I have a feeling that a lot of time will be devoted to talking about my body and it's radical and sometimes disgusting shifts over the next months.....look away now if you have a weak stomach.
Fair warning has been given.
4.17.2006
New Baby!
I had the baby on Friday, April 14th, at 3:09 p.m. I tried to post pictures to this posting, but for some reason, they wouldn't come up. Sooooo, I have linked this post to the post on Stephanie's Blog that contains pictures of Genevive, James and Judy.
Genevive weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She's got beautiful, alert blue eyes and a full head of soft brown hair. In short, she's perfect. James and Judy are the picture of new parents, always watching her, checking her toes and looking at her fingers, it's very sweet.
Judy is going to be THE mom. You know the one. She was the ultimate...you would go over to that particular friends house for sleepover and there was always something cool to do...a craft project, cookies to bake, a new game they had invented...something GREAT!!! Yeah, that will sooo be Judy!
And James...well, James is going to be that dad we all envied our friends for having. The one they all pretended to be embarrassed about, but you knew they were proud to have them. The dad that chaperones the dances, but manages not to get in the way. The dad that takes time out of his Saturday to drive his preteen daughter and five of her giggly friends to the mall...all by himself. The dad that threatens to break the legs of the first boyfriend that makes her cry...he never really does it, but just knowing he would makes her feel better. Yeah, that's James.
Genevive is one very lucky little girl. Her life will be filled with art and color and love and she will grow up knowing that the world can be a special wonderful place.
Russ and I will miss her each day, but knowing where she is and all that she is blessed with, we will smile everytime we think of her and her family.
Genevive weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She's got beautiful, alert blue eyes and a full head of soft brown hair. In short, she's perfect. James and Judy are the picture of new parents, always watching her, checking her toes and looking at her fingers, it's very sweet.
Judy is going to be THE mom. You know the one. She was the ultimate...you would go over to that particular friends house for sleepover and there was always something cool to do...a craft project, cookies to bake, a new game they had invented...something GREAT!!! Yeah, that will sooo be Judy!
And James...well, James is going to be that dad we all envied our friends for having. The one they all pretended to be embarrassed about, but you knew they were proud to have them. The dad that chaperones the dances, but manages not to get in the way. The dad that takes time out of his Saturday to drive his preteen daughter and five of her giggly friends to the mall...all by himself. The dad that threatens to break the legs of the first boyfriend that makes her cry...he never really does it, but just knowing he would makes her feel better. Yeah, that's James.
Genevive is one very lucky little girl. Her life will be filled with art and color and love and she will grow up knowing that the world can be a special wonderful place.
Russ and I will miss her each day, but knowing where she is and all that she is blessed with, we will smile everytime we think of her and her family.
4.04.2006
My son had a nightmare tonight. He woke up crying and scared and he wanted me to snuggle him. I can't even explain what that feeling is like, to have this tiny, precious little person look at me with such trust and love.
It's humbling.
So I snuggled him. We sat in the Big Comfy Chair and watched a movie until he fell asleep, and then I just watched him sleep for a little while.
When I was young I thought the world was about getting a job that paid a lot, about having tons of people like you....and then I had children. Now I know that life is about making sure the people you love are safe and secure. God entrusted me with these two precious lives, made them mine to care for and I couldn't have asked for a better job.
I'm a mommy. No matter what else I accomplish in my life time, nothing will ever match the importance or the accomplishment of that.
If you have children, and you read this...take time tonight to just watch them sleep, it's a miracle right there in your own home.
It's humbling.
So I snuggled him. We sat in the Big Comfy Chair and watched a movie until he fell asleep, and then I just watched him sleep for a little while.
When I was young I thought the world was about getting a job that paid a lot, about having tons of people like you....and then I had children. Now I know that life is about making sure the people you love are safe and secure. God entrusted me with these two precious lives, made them mine to care for and I couldn't have asked for a better job.
I'm a mommy. No matter what else I accomplish in my life time, nothing will ever match the importance or the accomplishment of that.
If you have children, and you read this...take time tonight to just watch them sleep, it's a miracle right there in your own home.
This is all Stephanie's fault...I just want everyone to know that.*smile*
All right, I'm posting this here so that maybe, just maybe one or two of you, and I think that's all there are, will answer it....just so I don't feel like more of a geek than I already am.
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Okay, seriously, I'm only doing this because I can't sleep.
Two Names You Go by
1. Serena
2. Mommy
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Greek
2. Norwegian (don't even ask)
Two Things That Scare You
1. My children being hurt
2. My house catching on fire.
Two Fears You Overcame
1.Being alone
2. Trusting a person I didn't give birth too.
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. Diet Soda
2. BOOKS
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Underwear
2. t-shirt
Two Things You Wore Too Much This Year
1. track pants ( give me a break, I'm pregnant)
2. white tshirts (see above)
This Year's Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. Beth Hart
2. Sarah McLachlan
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. DURAN DURAN
2. Counting Crows
Two Things You Want in a Relationship
1. Honesty
2. Communication
Two Physical Things That Appeal To You
1. strong hands
2. Smile
Two of Your Favorite Movies of the Year
1.A History of Violence
2. Walk the Line
Best Movies of All Time
1. The Road Home ( Chinese)
2. Star Wars
Two Things You Hate
1. Lying
2.fake concern
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. writing
2. reading
Two Things You Learned Last Year
1. I can let go of the past
2. Money really isn't that important
Two Accomplishments You Are Proud Of
1. My children
2. Not hiding my mental illness
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. To take my daughter on vacation
2. To finish my college degree
Two Places You Went Last Year
1. Wendover ( with Steph)
2. North Dakota
Two Places You Want to Go on Vacation
1. China
2. New York
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Sky Dive
2. visit the Smitsonian
Two Ways That You Are a Stereotypical Example of Your Gender
1. I get angry at stupid crap
2. I think men are pigs
Two Things That Make You Stand Out
1. My breasts
2. My laugh
Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit
1. I actually like one Brittany Spears song
2. I have worn pink in public before.
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. Finishing the paper work for the adoption
2. How to finish the poem I started last night
Two Favorite Web Sites
1.jorgelives.blogspot.com (nepotism lives!!! I have to admit, I'm biased)
2. Barnes and Noble.com
Two Favorite Sports (to watch and/or play)
1. Sports??? What?? Ughhh
2.
Two People Who Will Fill This Out
1. If I post it? Russ and ummm...maybe Matt
2.
Two Things You Did Last Night
1.Worked on homework
2. stayed up to damn late
Two Shows You Like To Watch
1. Numbers
2. House.
Two Places You Like To Go To
1.The Bookstore
2. Amywhere with Steph
Two Favorite Subjects In School
1. English
2. History
Two Favorite Places To Eat
1. Truckstops
2. anywhere else I can get good fries ( I'm easy to please)
Two Things You Like About Yourself (physically)
1. lips
2. skin
Two Things You Ate Today
1. Stouffer's French Bread Pizza
2. Shredded Wheat
Two People You Last Talked To
1. My attorney
2. Russ
Two Things You're Doing Tomorrow
1. Getting Jareth's Picture taken
2. Maling paperwork
Two Goals for the New Year
1. lose the baby weight
2. Start school again
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Okay, seriously, I'm only doing this because I can't sleep.
Two Names You Go by
1. Serena
2. Mommy
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Greek
2. Norwegian (don't even ask)
Two Things That Scare You
1. My children being hurt
2. My house catching on fire.
Two Fears You Overcame
1.Being alone
2. Trusting a person I didn't give birth too.
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. Diet Soda
2. BOOKS
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Underwear
2. t-shirt
Two Things You Wore Too Much This Year
1. track pants ( give me a break, I'm pregnant)
2. white tshirts (see above)
This Year's Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. Beth Hart
2. Sarah McLachlan
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. DURAN DURAN
2. Counting Crows
Two Things You Want in a Relationship
1. Honesty
2. Communication
Two Physical Things That Appeal To You
1. strong hands
2. Smile
Two of Your Favorite Movies of the Year
1.A History of Violence
2. Walk the Line
Best Movies of All Time
1. The Road Home ( Chinese)
2. Star Wars
Two Things You Hate
1. Lying
2.fake concern
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. writing
2. reading
Two Things You Learned Last Year
1. I can let go of the past
2. Money really isn't that important
Two Accomplishments You Are Proud Of
1. My children
2. Not hiding my mental illness
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. To take my daughter on vacation
2. To finish my college degree
Two Places You Went Last Year
1. Wendover ( with Steph)
2. North Dakota
Two Places You Want to Go on Vacation
1. China
2. New York
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Sky Dive
2. visit the Smitsonian
Two Ways That You Are a Stereotypical Example of Your Gender
1. I get angry at stupid crap
2. I think men are pigs
Two Things That Make You Stand Out
1. My breasts
2. My laugh
Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit
1. I actually like one Brittany Spears song
2. I have worn pink in public before.
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. Finishing the paper work for the adoption
2. How to finish the poem I started last night
Two Favorite Web Sites
1.jorgelives.blogspot.com (nepotism lives!!! I have to admit, I'm biased)
2. Barnes and Noble.com
Two Favorite Sports (to watch and/or play)
1. Sports??? What?? Ughhh
2.
Two People Who Will Fill This Out
1. If I post it? Russ and ummm...maybe Matt
2.
Two Things You Did Last Night
1.Worked on homework
2. stayed up to damn late
Two Shows You Like To Watch
1. Numbers
2. House.
Two Places You Like To Go To
1.The Bookstore
2. Amywhere with Steph
Two Favorite Subjects In School
1. English
2. History
Two Favorite Places To Eat
1. Truckstops
2. anywhere else I can get good fries ( I'm easy to please)
Two Things You Like About Yourself (physically)
1. lips
2. skin
Two Things You Ate Today
1. Stouffer's French Bread Pizza
2. Shredded Wheat
Two People You Last Talked To
1. My attorney
2. Russ
Two Things You're Doing Tomorrow
1. Getting Jareth's Picture taken
2. Maling paperwork
Two Goals for the New Year
1. lose the baby weight
2. Start school again
Work in Progress
i am the silence in the hallway
that thing you whisper to yourself
promises you never kept
i know you
i am your guilty secret
slick like rain water on a greasy drive
dirty and polluted
i am every angry moment
all the shivers in your spine
i am the judgement that waits for you
every blow you landed
every ugly word you threw
i caught them
tight inside my skin
Started working on this the other night....inside my head....wanted to get it written out and see how it felt. Comments appreciated.
that thing you whisper to yourself
promises you never kept
i know you
i am your guilty secret
slick like rain water on a greasy drive
dirty and polluted
i am every angry moment
all the shivers in your spine
i am the judgement that waits for you
every blow you landed
every ugly word you threw
i caught them
tight inside my skin
Started working on this the other night....inside my head....wanted to get it written out and see how it felt. Comments appreciated.
4.02.2006
Let's Not Forget
While we in this country sit and scream at each other about whether people who enter our borders illegally should be given special treatment, let's not forget that the world continues to go on.
Let's remember a few things that might put what we are squabbling over in perspective:
People are dying of starvation in all parts of the world, including the United States. Statistics from a recent article:
"Food has never before existed in such abundance. The U.S. alone produces enough to feed half the world—even though one in eight Americans suffers from hunger. In Brazil, one in five people in cities is overweight, while 40 percent can’t afford to buy quality food. India, nearly self-sufficient in food production, has twice the number of underweight children as sub-Saharan Africa. If there’s plenty to eat, why are 852 million people around the world—mainly women and children—on the verge of starvation?"
"Why?" is a good question, don't you think?
Wars in the third world and the middle east continue to tear families apart and kill innocent men, women and children. Imagine having to worry about sending your child to school in the morning because you are afraid they might not make it home alive, or worse still, having no school to send your child to. Imagine living somewhere like Afghanistan where when winter comes you have no means to build adequate shelter or provide adequate food and you know that by the end, you will have seen one or more of your children die of cold or starvation.
The next time you prepare to open your mouth to begina diatribe about how horrible things are here, about how the government isn't doing what it needs to do, look around. Do you have a roof over your head? Did your children go to bed with full stomaches last night? If the answer is yes, I would suggest you take ten seconds and think about what it would be like to have to answer no.....kind of places things in a different light, doesn't it?
Let's remember a few things that might put what we are squabbling over in perspective:
People are dying of starvation in all parts of the world, including the United States. Statistics from a recent article:
"Food has never before existed in such abundance. The U.S. alone produces enough to feed half the world—even though one in eight Americans suffers from hunger. In Brazil, one in five people in cities is overweight, while 40 percent can’t afford to buy quality food. India, nearly self-sufficient in food production, has twice the number of underweight children as sub-Saharan Africa. If there’s plenty to eat, why are 852 million people around the world—mainly women and children—on the verge of starvation?"
"Why?" is a good question, don't you think?
Wars in the third world and the middle east continue to tear families apart and kill innocent men, women and children. Imagine having to worry about sending your child to school in the morning because you are afraid they might not make it home alive, or worse still, having no school to send your child to. Imagine living somewhere like Afghanistan where when winter comes you have no means to build adequate shelter or provide adequate food and you know that by the end, you will have seen one or more of your children die of cold or starvation.
The next time you prepare to open your mouth to begina diatribe about how horrible things are here, about how the government isn't doing what it needs to do, look around. Do you have a roof over your head? Did your children go to bed with full stomaches last night? If the answer is yes, I would suggest you take ten seconds and think about what it would be like to have to answer no.....kind of places things in a different light, doesn't it?
4.01.2006
Where there's smoke, there's fire.....somewhere
Getting ready for bed last night and all of a sudden the entire back half of my house smells like something is burning.
Okay...breathe deep, don't panic. RIGHT!
I promptly begin to freak out, because dear reader, I am scared to damn death of having my house catch on fire.
It's midnight, it's cold outside, the wind is blowing and we have no flashlight...but I make Russ go outside and check under the trailer (yes, I live in a little redneck box)I want to know if there is a reason for me to continue to panic or not.
Russ, being a man, doesn't think before he answers the following question, " Do you see anything under there?"
He answers, " Yeah, I see something." He doesn't bother to eleaborate.
This answer sends me scurrying into the house to grab the phone and begin the frantic dialing of 911. Luckily he catches me in time and adds this, " I don't think it's fire though." My heart rate goes down a bit.
After about ten minutes, we locate the source of the smell. Our neighbors are burning some particuallarly nasty smelling wood and because of the wind and lack of proper insulation at my home, the smoke is getting blown inside.
I don't sleep well all night....and I've had enough excitement to last me all weekend, thank you very much.
Okay...breathe deep, don't panic. RIGHT!
I promptly begin to freak out, because dear reader, I am scared to damn death of having my house catch on fire.
It's midnight, it's cold outside, the wind is blowing and we have no flashlight...but I make Russ go outside and check under the trailer (yes, I live in a little redneck box)I want to know if there is a reason for me to continue to panic or not.
Russ, being a man, doesn't think before he answers the following question, " Do you see anything under there?"
He answers, " Yeah, I see something." He doesn't bother to eleaborate.
This answer sends me scurrying into the house to grab the phone and begin the frantic dialing of 911. Luckily he catches me in time and adds this, " I don't think it's fire though." My heart rate goes down a bit.
After about ten minutes, we locate the source of the smell. Our neighbors are burning some particuallarly nasty smelling wood and because of the wind and lack of proper insulation at my home, the smoke is getting blown inside.
I don't sleep well all night....and I've had enough excitement to last me all weekend, thank you very much.
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