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ok, I'm going to upset some of my LBGT friends by this statement but, I support Don't ask Don't tell, not because I don't support Gay rights, but because I believe if this law is knocked down there are going to be some people get hurt or even killed. regardless of the reason why its in place, I do feel it will keep a gay man or woman safe from idiots. I don't think it should keep anybody out of the military but I do think the military needs to know the sexual orientation of somebody joining in order to keep them safe. not all countries are tolerant and some of them are so far back in the dark ages that they would imprison, torture and/or kill somebody who did not abide by their laws. and not to mention our own countrymen who are not tolerant and would resort to violence just because they can't accept somebody who is different than they are.
If ones sexual orientation is known then they wouldnt be sent to a country that has laws strictly against homosexuality. I read somewhere today that Obama basically said this same thing, and for those of you that know me, you know how it pains me to agree with that man. I support equal rights for EVERYBODY, I also support the right to your own opinion without having to fear backlash for voicing it.
well, thats my opinion on that subject, I sincerely hope that my LGBT friends out there do not get offended , but if that happens then so be it. Just like my friends who are not gay rights supports don't agree with me on that subject. I think any 2 human beings that love each other, and are of consensual age should be able to love each other and be married or not if they want. they shouldnt have to deal with ignorance and hate and judgment, whether you are a gay/lesbian couple who want to marry or you are a heterosexual couple that chooses not to be married but still live together. and ANYBODY who is proven to be a loving, responsible parent should be able to adopt. single, married, gay , straight, liberal or conservative.
and on the subject of bullying, NOBODY should have to fear being themselves. I think any form of bullying should be dealt with strongly, and any parent that allows their child to bully others should have to be taken to a part of the world where they are the odd man out and see how it feels. my children have been the victim of bullies before, I think everybody has at one point. instead of telling my children to retaliate I have always encouraged them to look deeper at that person, show them a little compassion, maybe the reason they are acting that way is because they are hurting inside and they want to hurt somebody else too. for example, when my oldest was in 3rd grade there was a much larger child that would not leave him alone, he would seek my son out so often that even the principal saw it and tried to get the school board to remove the child, but since the boy had an obvious mental problem they refused, said it would set them up for a lawsuit. later on in the year while at a parent/teacher meeting I had the chance to observe this bully and his mother, and I understood where alot of his behavior came from. that woman showed no interest in her child what so ever, she didnt even stay for the entire meeting, only about 5 min of it. instead of being angry at that child I just wanted to give him a hug. I also found out a few mos later that the boys father had been seriously ill for years and had died. I had a long talk with my son about the home life that this little boy had and asked him to show him a little bit of compassion, and try not to be angry at him. the other boy eventually left my son alone because he was no longer to get a reaction out of him.
I know alot of these bullies learn from their parents, they teach their kids to hate what is different instead of being open. and to be honest these people were raised the same way. but it is possible to break that chain of behavior. I was raised in a family where I got made fun of because I was different, my biggest difference in our family? for one thing I was smart and like to read, my aunts, cousins and even uncles made fun of me for this. my body developed early, I got made fun of for that. my mother taught me that I was better than the neighborhood I grew up in and the family I grew up with, so I was dubbed a "snob" and yes, I was waaaaaay better than the family I had, they were drug dealers and users, criminals, wife beaters, child abusers, bigots and racists. I cut all ties with 99% of them, mainly because I NEVER want my children to have to be treated the way I was growing up. even my grandmother refused to accept anybody who was different. now she grew up in a way different time and that was actually the norm, it doesnt excuse it but it does explain alot of it. she wasnt a very happy person therefore that made her a not very nice person. if you were one of her favorites then she was very nice, I was fortunate to be on that list, but if you were not one of her pets, like my mom, then you were talked about horribly, in front of whomever was around, I used to have to force myself not to tell her off when she would say bad things about my mother. but my mom was very strict that we were to ALWAYS show our grandma respect, whether she deserved it or not . so actually out of respect to my mom, I was always nice to her. ironic huh? the reason I was such a sweet granddaughter was because the daughter she didnt like and thought was a horrible parent taught me to be that way.
this blog ended up being way longer than I expected. but they usually do. *LOL*
hope everybody is enjoying fall break from school. I was until about noon the first day and the first fight over the t.v. erupted. this is my punishment for having kids so far apart in age, they never agree on what to watch unless its family guy and I don't agree with allowing them to watch that. that show offends me and thats almost impossible to do! I guess I should do my blog more often so I don't write novels every few weeks huh?
hope everybody who reads this has a great weekend!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
a little of this and that
soooooo, i've neglected my blog lately. SERIOUSLY neglected it. i've posted a couple of notes on FB but then deleted them after a few minutes. here lately I just havent felt comfortable baring my soul like that. I used to have no problem at all saying what I thought on myspace blogs, but on FB while I like it better than myspace, i'm always afraid of offending somebody. some of my relatives with my crass language, my far left and far right friends w/my middle of the road disdain for anybody who can't live and let live. my stepchild with my opinion of her mother, my oldest son with how dealing with him is sometimes too much for me. and of course my relatives and friends that like that other Oklahoma football team. :)
and this is going to worry alot of you reading this, but I've just lost the urge to argue anymore. yeah, I know, me not argue???? I dunno, I guess arguing with my kids on a daily basis has just taken the fun out of it for me.
on to other things, our lives are extremely busy these days, Caden is in football, Bobby is showing goats every weekend, Christian is a senior this year . it seems like i'm always needing to be several places at once, and almost daily i'm paying a new fee , dues, or something monetary to do with school or activities.
as we are rolling into fall i'm seeing a case of be careful what you wish for, i've been looking forward to fall since well, last fall ended. now its upon me and there is so much going on.
have you started your christmas shopping yet? i've only got a few things and i'm usually halfway done by now, I usually have my christmas cards done in August, this year I havent even picked out the cards yet. my house is cleaner than it normally is, not all the way clean, but much cleaner than normal. not sure how that has happened, I think I just got sick of not being able to find stuff and realized I can't do it all myself so i've actually started to release control a little bit, starting to delegate. I'm even going to have Bryan pick up gift bags for the gifts we got for 2 bday parties we are attending this weekend, *GASP* I never let anybody pick out the gift bags!!! whats next? I let somebody else pick out the christmas wrapping paper??? no, I don't think I can do that. yes, i'm a OCD control freak. I know its wrong to expect other people to do things the exact way I would, (they don't by the way), so I usually do it myself, and if I don't have time to do it or feel like doing it, it goes forever not being done.
you would never guess it looking at my house, but I have to have things perfect, it stresses me out if they arent, so I have learned to block out the fact that something is out of order until I can put it that way. our pantry has to be organized a certain way, baking items go in one section, breakfast items go together, boxed side items go together, canned goods all go together. the storage cabinet in our bathroom is organized as well, i have storage baskets w/medicines separated into groups- stomach meds- pain relievers- allergy and cold/flu meds- and first aid.
ok, thats enough of my OCD for today. :)
and yeah, its 5:30am, my husband is about to get up for work, if he stops hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock. I havent been alseep yet, I actually read 2 books tonite, i've started reserving books I want to read on the library's website (using my moms library card ) and having my mom pick them up for me. a new batch of reserves are ready to be picked up so I have to get these to her so she can return them. just read all of Tess Gerrittson, now i'm about to start the Sookie Stackhouse books.
anyways, not sure if I will post this on FB, so unless you follow my blog you may not ever read this. unless you stumble onto it by accident. you really should follow it, someday I may blog about YOU! :)
til next time (hopefully wont' be as long)
A.
and this is going to worry alot of you reading this, but I've just lost the urge to argue anymore. yeah, I know, me not argue???? I dunno, I guess arguing with my kids on a daily basis has just taken the fun out of it for me.
on to other things, our lives are extremely busy these days, Caden is in football, Bobby is showing goats every weekend, Christian is a senior this year . it seems like i'm always needing to be several places at once, and almost daily i'm paying a new fee , dues, or something monetary to do with school or activities.
as we are rolling into fall i'm seeing a case of be careful what you wish for, i've been looking forward to fall since well, last fall ended. now its upon me and there is so much going on.
have you started your christmas shopping yet? i've only got a few things and i'm usually halfway done by now, I usually have my christmas cards done in August, this year I havent even picked out the cards yet. my house is cleaner than it normally is, not all the way clean, but much cleaner than normal. not sure how that has happened, I think I just got sick of not being able to find stuff and realized I can't do it all myself so i've actually started to release control a little bit, starting to delegate. I'm even going to have Bryan pick up gift bags for the gifts we got for 2 bday parties we are attending this weekend, *GASP* I never let anybody pick out the gift bags!!! whats next? I let somebody else pick out the christmas wrapping paper??? no, I don't think I can do that. yes, i'm a OCD control freak. I know its wrong to expect other people to do things the exact way I would, (they don't by the way), so I usually do it myself, and if I don't have time to do it or feel like doing it, it goes forever not being done.
you would never guess it looking at my house, but I have to have things perfect, it stresses me out if they arent, so I have learned to block out the fact that something is out of order until I can put it that way. our pantry has to be organized a certain way, baking items go in one section, breakfast items go together, boxed side items go together, canned goods all go together. the storage cabinet in our bathroom is organized as well, i have storage baskets w/medicines separated into groups- stomach meds- pain relievers- allergy and cold/flu meds- and first aid.
ok, thats enough of my OCD for today. :)
and yeah, its 5:30am, my husband is about to get up for work, if he stops hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock. I havent been alseep yet, I actually read 2 books tonite, i've started reserving books I want to read on the library's website (using my moms library card ) and having my mom pick them up for me. a new batch of reserves are ready to be picked up so I have to get these to her so she can return them. just read all of Tess Gerrittson, now i'm about to start the Sookie Stackhouse books.
anyways, not sure if I will post this on FB, so unless you follow my blog you may not ever read this. unless you stumble onto it by accident. you really should follow it, someday I may blog about YOU! :)
til next time (hopefully wont' be as long)
A.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Can't sleep, guess I'll write a blog
ya know, this Insomnia thing was cute at first, I enjoyed it a little bit, getting to be awake when everybody else is asleep, enjoying the quiet house. alone with my thoughts, I have waves where I sleep all night on a regular basis, but here lately this is my routine. I'm sooooooooooo exausted, can barely stay awake til 10pm, finally go to bed, wake up with a start at what I think is hours later, but it is actually like 45 min, and i'm wide awake for the rest of the night. sleeping aids don't work, wine doesnt work, then around 9am, I can't stay awake. I've always been nocturnal, but I have a family now and that just doesnt work out so well for any of us.
so tonite i've gotten caught up on my meaningless web browsing, I found out that I have a oval face, which surprised me because I always thought it was round, nope, my forehead is bigger than my chin, they arent the same width, so that makes me a oval face. I need to throw out 95% of my makeup due to it being ancient, my favorite perfume (J'Dore) is now one of the most expensive on the market, which would explain why I havent gotten a bottle as a gift in a really long time. and first aid kits have a lot of crap in them that you wind up throwing out before using. my first aid kit has these items: band aids, hand santizer, kleenex, migraine pills, pepto tablets, and tweezers, and it used to have tampons and midol but I no longer need those so I havent restocked. and I don't have a fancy lil case, I have a ziploc bag with the stuff in it, I used to have the cute lil case but it got lost somewhere along the way.
ziploc bags are really underrated ya know? I use them for EVERYTHING, not one day goes by that I don't use one.
lets see what else is going on with me.... oh yeah, I think i'm going thru my midlife crisis, i'm wearing makeup more and doing my hair just to pick up the kids at school and go to the store. i'm the ultimate ponytail girl so thats a big deal, and I actually paid $10 for eyeshadow!!!! I never knew there was a difference! I always just bought the cheapest there was, usually what came with the makeup bag, but I wanted to try that new silk eye shadow, and i'm amazed!!! all this time i've been dealing with eyemakeup that would not stay on and would smudge if I so much as blinked!!! so now i'm thinking I should get some decent makeup brushes and not the crappy dollar tree ones that I think i've owned since high school.
AND, i've started a 2 year plan on getting in shape, I turned 38 this week, so my goal is by the time i'm 40 in two short years, i'm going to be able to wear a bikini again!! AND for my 40th bday Bryan and I are going on a trip to the beach! I don't care if its a beach in Texas, we are going! so i've cut out the soda, been doing a bit of yoga each morning, and i'm going to join a gym in a couple of mos when school is out. and i'm not going to do it the way the trainers tell me, i'm not going to go every day in the beginning because thats how i get burned out, i'm going once a week for the 1st month, if that goes well then I will increase after that. and even if I only go and sit in the sauna for an hour, i'm going to feel good that I got out of the house and made it there! I always feel guilty if I don't do the entire workout routine each time and quit going out of guilt! so my plan is to gradually build up my getting healthy goal, now that i'm on the thyroid meds my metabolism has sped up drastically, now I can't blame the weight on my hormones, its all up to me now.
hmmm, well guess I will go back to surfing the web, i'm bidding on a Chi hair straightner and a bottle of the afore mentioned perfume for .99 each, wouldnt it be great if they stayed at that???? *L*
g'nite all!!!
so tonite i've gotten caught up on my meaningless web browsing, I found out that I have a oval face, which surprised me because I always thought it was round, nope, my forehead is bigger than my chin, they arent the same width, so that makes me a oval face. I need to throw out 95% of my makeup due to it being ancient, my favorite perfume (J'Dore) is now one of the most expensive on the market, which would explain why I havent gotten a bottle as a gift in a really long time. and first aid kits have a lot of crap in them that you wind up throwing out before using. my first aid kit has these items: band aids, hand santizer, kleenex, migraine pills, pepto tablets, and tweezers, and it used to have tampons and midol but I no longer need those so I havent restocked. and I don't have a fancy lil case, I have a ziploc bag with the stuff in it, I used to have the cute lil case but it got lost somewhere along the way.
ziploc bags are really underrated ya know? I use them for EVERYTHING, not one day goes by that I don't use one.
lets see what else is going on with me.... oh yeah, I think i'm going thru my midlife crisis, i'm wearing makeup more and doing my hair just to pick up the kids at school and go to the store. i'm the ultimate ponytail girl so thats a big deal, and I actually paid $10 for eyeshadow!!!! I never knew there was a difference! I always just bought the cheapest there was, usually what came with the makeup bag, but I wanted to try that new silk eye shadow, and i'm amazed!!! all this time i've been dealing with eyemakeup that would not stay on and would smudge if I so much as blinked!!! so now i'm thinking I should get some decent makeup brushes and not the crappy dollar tree ones that I think i've owned since high school.
AND, i've started a 2 year plan on getting in shape, I turned 38 this week, so my goal is by the time i'm 40 in two short years, i'm going to be able to wear a bikini again!! AND for my 40th bday Bryan and I are going on a trip to the beach! I don't care if its a beach in Texas, we are going! so i've cut out the soda, been doing a bit of yoga each morning, and i'm going to join a gym in a couple of mos when school is out. and i'm not going to do it the way the trainers tell me, i'm not going to go every day in the beginning because thats how i get burned out, i'm going once a week for the 1st month, if that goes well then I will increase after that. and even if I only go and sit in the sauna for an hour, i'm going to feel good that I got out of the house and made it there! I always feel guilty if I don't do the entire workout routine each time and quit going out of guilt! so my plan is to gradually build up my getting healthy goal, now that i'm on the thyroid meds my metabolism has sped up drastically, now I can't blame the weight on my hormones, its all up to me now.
hmmm, well guess I will go back to surfing the web, i'm bidding on a Chi hair straightner and a bottle of the afore mentioned perfume for .99 each, wouldnt it be great if they stayed at that???? *L*
g'nite all!!!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
"Jeffrey"
from the time I was in 6th grade til I married my first husband at age 21 I have been plagued with meeting and falling for guys named "Jeff", my first Jeff was a 6th grade crush that lasted for about a year, the next one was 9th grade, lasted about the same amount of time, then my first love at 17, followed by a series of Jeffs that some I was only involved with briefly, others for years. I think the grand total is 10. It finally got to the point that if I met a guy named Jeff I found a way to not be around them for long. *L* too dangerous with my history. It was a long running joke with my family and circle of friends, if the phone rang and it was for me and the caller said his name was Jeff, my little brother asked "which one?" my boyfriends were referred to by their last name instead of Jeff. and about half of my Jeffs are probably reading this right now. if you are then I love all of you guys, but my fond memories of you have nothing to do with this blog. my youngest son inspired this one.
In the car yesterday my husband Bryan and I hear from the backseat our 6 year old son Caden playing with his Lego Minifigs, and he is saying Jeffrey this, Jeffrey that like he is talking to somebody. My husband asked who was Jeffrey? we thought it might be a school friend, he replied "He's a guy I made up that I play with sometimes" OMG!!!! my son has an imaginary playmate named Jeffrey!!!!!!!!!! *LOL*
so even though I thought I was finally free of Jeffs, I'm not. and then my ex sister in law sent me a msg telling me that her ex husband who is my ex husbands brother is now on FB, guess what his name is? yep, you guessed it!!!
I love irony. *LOL*
In the car yesterday my husband Bryan and I hear from the backseat our 6 year old son Caden playing with his Lego Minifigs, and he is saying Jeffrey this, Jeffrey that like he is talking to somebody. My husband asked who was Jeffrey? we thought it might be a school friend, he replied "He's a guy I made up that I play with sometimes" OMG!!!! my son has an imaginary playmate named Jeffrey!!!!!!!!!! *LOL*
so even though I thought I was finally free of Jeffs, I'm not. and then my ex sister in law sent me a msg telling me that her ex husband who is my ex husbands brother is now on FB, guess what his name is? yep, you guessed it!!!
I love irony. *LOL*
Saturday, January 23, 2010
insomnia part 4,908,145,999
here it is 2am and of course I can't sleep, I took 3 sleeping pills last night and was awake all night, then woke the kids up for school and couldnt stay awake long enough to get them out the door. I need to find a good paying job that entails me being on my computer late and night and won't wake up my family. I would have it made then!!!
so tomorrow night I am meeting some friends that I havent seen in 20 years!! seriously, I can remember a time when I couldnt even say I had known somebody for 20 years! back when I was around 18 years old, ok I actually was 18 years old, my mom owned a live band club and it was a pretty popular place, I made some awesome friends that summer, I can honestly say that was the funnest summer of my life! I met my first serious boyfriend, got to go to some at what I thought at the time were grown up parties, I was an adult by law , I didnt have a curfew, it was great! we would stay out til dawn. now we all had lives during the week, but on weekends we were always together as a group. then we all just drifted apart. My first serious boyfriend broke my heart for the first time, so I started seeing those friends less and less since he was a part of the group too, until finally I couldnt remember the last time I saw any of them.
I tried to stay in touch by phone, thats all we had in those days, but to be honest I think my feelings were a little bit hurt that "the gang" chose my ex over me, they stopped inviting me to their get togethers, and eventually they stopped telling me when the next band show would be. so after a short time, I quit trying to stay in touch and moved on to other friends. I would bump into some of them from time to time, ironically I bumped into that ex boyfriend more than I did any of the others. And I guess they all lost touch with each other as well. we all grew up, got married, had kids, went thru divorces, some of our friends passed away. then thru the miracle of the internet, we started finding each other online again, just a few at a time. it started on myspace, then most of us migrated to Facebook and found other old friends. Then we started posting pics of the good old days. all of us are in are late 30's to early 40's now, and its weird looking at the pictures of all these young, beautiful people having fun, and then the pics of us now, our hair is not as big as it used to be, some of us have lost alot of hair, most of us have put on a bit of weight, some of us have put on alot of weight. we look tired and the lives we have lived show on our faces. some have had harder lives than others. I don't think I would recognize most of my old friends if I bumped into them at the mall or in a restaraunt. and they probably wouldnt recognize me either.
If I could relive any time in my life, the summer of 1990 would be one of the top contenders. almost everything reminds me of that time. for those of you reading that were a part of that year then I don't have to explain why these things make me smile at fun memories....... A trampoline, pina colada scented smoke from a fog machine, red shag carpet, little hole in the wall places that were packed to the rafters with big haired teenagers, a neon spray painted sign, hanging out in a open field by the lake, assless chaps, jeans with so many holes they couldnt really be called clothing, and there are so many others. but those were all I can come up with right now. *LOL*
so i'm looking forward to this get together tonite, I was kind of nervous because the last time I saw most of these people I was a size 3 not a size what I am now. *L* I didnt have gray in my hair, my cheekbones were much higher on my face, (other things were higher on my body as well) I only had one chin, I could drink more than guys that were 3x my size, I liked beer, I could stay out all night AND stay awake the next day.
Tonite I will only be able to stay for a short while, I have 3 kids at home doing who knows what, we have to drive an hour to get home because we aren't really the crash at a friends house types anymore. years ago I would have been one of if not the last person to leave the party.
so look for the next blog about our reunion, and to my FB friends I will be posting pics.
until then,
Love you all!
A.
so tomorrow night I am meeting some friends that I havent seen in 20 years!! seriously, I can remember a time when I couldnt even say I had known somebody for 20 years! back when I was around 18 years old, ok I actually was 18 years old, my mom owned a live band club and it was a pretty popular place, I made some awesome friends that summer, I can honestly say that was the funnest summer of my life! I met my first serious boyfriend, got to go to some at what I thought at the time were grown up parties, I was an adult by law , I didnt have a curfew, it was great! we would stay out til dawn. now we all had lives during the week, but on weekends we were always together as a group. then we all just drifted apart. My first serious boyfriend broke my heart for the first time, so I started seeing those friends less and less since he was a part of the group too, until finally I couldnt remember the last time I saw any of them.
I tried to stay in touch by phone, thats all we had in those days, but to be honest I think my feelings were a little bit hurt that "the gang" chose my ex over me, they stopped inviting me to their get togethers, and eventually they stopped telling me when the next band show would be. so after a short time, I quit trying to stay in touch and moved on to other friends. I would bump into some of them from time to time, ironically I bumped into that ex boyfriend more than I did any of the others. And I guess they all lost touch with each other as well. we all grew up, got married, had kids, went thru divorces, some of our friends passed away. then thru the miracle of the internet, we started finding each other online again, just a few at a time. it started on myspace, then most of us migrated to Facebook and found other old friends. Then we started posting pics of the good old days. all of us are in are late 30's to early 40's now, and its weird looking at the pictures of all these young, beautiful people having fun, and then the pics of us now, our hair is not as big as it used to be, some of us have lost alot of hair, most of us have put on a bit of weight, some of us have put on alot of weight. we look tired and the lives we have lived show on our faces. some have had harder lives than others. I don't think I would recognize most of my old friends if I bumped into them at the mall or in a restaraunt. and they probably wouldnt recognize me either.
If I could relive any time in my life, the summer of 1990 would be one of the top contenders. almost everything reminds me of that time. for those of you reading that were a part of that year then I don't have to explain why these things make me smile at fun memories....... A trampoline, pina colada scented smoke from a fog machine, red shag carpet, little hole in the wall places that were packed to the rafters with big haired teenagers, a neon spray painted sign, hanging out in a open field by the lake, assless chaps, jeans with so many holes they couldnt really be called clothing, and there are so many others. but those were all I can come up with right now. *LOL*
so i'm looking forward to this get together tonite, I was kind of nervous because the last time I saw most of these people I was a size 3 not a size what I am now. *L* I didnt have gray in my hair, my cheekbones were much higher on my face, (other things were higher on my body as well) I only had one chin, I could drink more than guys that were 3x my size, I liked beer, I could stay out all night AND stay awake the next day.
Tonite I will only be able to stay for a short while, I have 3 kids at home doing who knows what, we have to drive an hour to get home because we aren't really the crash at a friends house types anymore. years ago I would have been one of if not the last person to leave the party.
so look for the next blog about our reunion, and to my FB friends I will be posting pics.
until then,
Love you all!
A.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Warm Weather at last! (or at least not below freezing anymore)
Happy Humpday to everybody!!! we are in the high 50's temp wise in oklahoma, after last week I will take it!!
We went out to dinner on monday for Bryan's bday w/the kids and his parents, his actual bday was the 4th but due to the really cold temps we opted to wait a week. anyways, we went to The Hamburger King in Shawnee, its on Main street west of Harrison. its been there since like 1927 and prob hasnt been redecorated since the 50's, its a really neat place and the burgers are awesome!!! they have the booths with the phones that you pick up and give your order on. Of course we had to go to the grocery store afterwards and surprisingly nothing weird happened, didnt see any crazy people this time, of course the day that my last blog was about I realized later that it was full moon that week, so that explains alot of it!!!
I'm trying really hard to get organized lately, although my kids do everything in the world to prevent that! and the washing machine broke, so we are doing laundry at my mother in laws which is great that she is nearby, but its a pain to have to wait for your laundry to be done, i'm used to throwing it in and then doing other things around the house. so our options are to either buy a cheap one now, or wait a couple of weeks til we have saved more money and buy a better one, we decided to wait and save up.
have any of you ever gotten locked inside your own bathroom at home? of course I have!!! *L* luckily my kids were here and my oldest son passed me my cell phone under the door, my husband was just a few miles away so I wasnt in there for long. I passed the time by updating my FB status and changed the lightbulb, refolded the towels. An OCD person can ALWAYS find a way to pass time! *LOL*
every now and then I find a recipe that I am able to actually make taste pretty good when I try it , last night was one of those. I made a roasted chicken w/orange juice sauce and rosemary potatos. YUM!!! there wasnt anything left of that poor chicken after my kids and husband were thru with it. I will post the recipe on here since a few of my FB friends have requested it.
this is kind of a boring blog today, I can't think of anything funny my kids did or said, and (knocking on wood) I havent fallen down today or gotten locked in a room by accident. although when it was snowy and icky outside I did fall 3x in one day. I usually fall on the way to the car so my kids are in a good mood when we have to do a road trip. and as much as I would like to take credit for it, it isnt on purpose. and I fall down alot!!! and about half the time its in public! once me and my friends Jenn and Abby went to Chelino's in Bricktown and our table was elevated up one step, when we got up I forgot about that step and just stepped onto the floor, since i'm a short person that didnt go very well and I fell on my face in front of about 50 people. I don't even get embarrassed anymore because it happens so often. *L* it has taught me to look for wet spots in wal mart, in parking lots, for rugs placed in stupid places in furniture stores. and hidden steps!!!
ok, guess I better do some housecleaning (picking up the kids stuff) look below if you want last nights recipe! hope everybody is having a great week so far!
Love you all!
A.
Roasted Rosemary Chicken and vegetables
1- 3 lb roasting chicken
1 tbsp butter
4 medium baby red potatos cut into quarters
2 cups fresh carrots
2 stalks celery chopped
1 1/2 tbsp rosemary
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup orange juice
Brush chicken with butter, Place chicken and vegetables in roasting pan. season with rosemary. Stir broth and orange juice into a bowl and pour half onto chicken and vegatables.
Roast at 375 for 45 min in oven. stir veggies and add remaining juice/broth mixture and roast for 30 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
serves 4, I used about 10 potatos and 3 cups carrots. it was enough for my family of 5.
We went out to dinner on monday for Bryan's bday w/the kids and his parents, his actual bday was the 4th but due to the really cold temps we opted to wait a week. anyways, we went to The Hamburger King in Shawnee, its on Main street west of Harrison. its been there since like 1927 and prob hasnt been redecorated since the 50's, its a really neat place and the burgers are awesome!!! they have the booths with the phones that you pick up and give your order on. Of course we had to go to the grocery store afterwards and surprisingly nothing weird happened, didnt see any crazy people this time, of course the day that my last blog was about I realized later that it was full moon that week, so that explains alot of it!!!
I'm trying really hard to get organized lately, although my kids do everything in the world to prevent that! and the washing machine broke, so we are doing laundry at my mother in laws which is great that she is nearby, but its a pain to have to wait for your laundry to be done, i'm used to throwing it in and then doing other things around the house. so our options are to either buy a cheap one now, or wait a couple of weeks til we have saved more money and buy a better one, we decided to wait and save up.
have any of you ever gotten locked inside your own bathroom at home? of course I have!!! *L* luckily my kids were here and my oldest son passed me my cell phone under the door, my husband was just a few miles away so I wasnt in there for long. I passed the time by updating my FB status and changed the lightbulb, refolded the towels. An OCD person can ALWAYS find a way to pass time! *LOL*
every now and then I find a recipe that I am able to actually make taste pretty good when I try it , last night was one of those. I made a roasted chicken w/orange juice sauce and rosemary potatos. YUM!!! there wasnt anything left of that poor chicken after my kids and husband were thru with it. I will post the recipe on here since a few of my FB friends have requested it.
this is kind of a boring blog today, I can't think of anything funny my kids did or said, and (knocking on wood) I havent fallen down today or gotten locked in a room by accident. although when it was snowy and icky outside I did fall 3x in one day. I usually fall on the way to the car so my kids are in a good mood when we have to do a road trip. and as much as I would like to take credit for it, it isnt on purpose. and I fall down alot!!! and about half the time its in public! once me and my friends Jenn and Abby went to Chelino's in Bricktown and our table was elevated up one step, when we got up I forgot about that step and just stepped onto the floor, since i'm a short person that didnt go very well and I fell on my face in front of about 50 people. I don't even get embarrassed anymore because it happens so often. *L* it has taught me to look for wet spots in wal mart, in parking lots, for rugs placed in stupid places in furniture stores. and hidden steps!!!
ok, guess I better do some housecleaning (picking up the kids stuff) look below if you want last nights recipe! hope everybody is having a great week so far!
Love you all!
A.
Roasted Rosemary Chicken and vegetables
1- 3 lb roasting chicken
1 tbsp butter
4 medium baby red potatos cut into quarters
2 cups fresh carrots
2 stalks celery chopped
1 1/2 tbsp rosemary
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup orange juice
Brush chicken with butter, Place chicken and vegetables in roasting pan. season with rosemary. Stir broth and orange juice into a bowl and pour half onto chicken and vegatables.
Roast at 375 for 45 min in oven. stir veggies and add remaining juice/broth mixture and roast for 30 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
serves 4, I used about 10 potatos and 3 cups carrots. it was enough for my family of 5.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Funny People
Soooooo, today we went to OKC to see the Lego display of OKC, which was pretty darn neat!!! Caden was facinated, and it made me realize I havent taken him to see any of the landmarks that were replicated in the display, so New Years resolution #1, take my kids to see more of the state they live in!!
First we met my mom at Wal Greens, she got a digital camera for christmas and wanted me to show her how to use the photo kiosk there, so i'm going thru all the options with her and showing her how to use it, several people came to the photo center , these people make me want to get a job at wal greens just so I can people watch! the first lady came in to pick up a vhs converted to dvd that she ordered, inside was her vhs tape and a notice that it was a copy righted item and could not be copied to dvd, the tape was a Disney title and the lady just could not understand why they would advertise that they did this service if they could not, the clerk explained that it had to be something she owned the rights to, like a home video. the lady demands to speak to the manager, the manager explains the same thing to her, lady leave the store in a huff grumbling that its false advertisment. my advice to her, buy the DVD!!!!
2nd customer that caught my attention, a man in his 50's brings in a plastic ziplok back w/about 20 cartridges of 35 mm film to drop off to be developed, his jaw drops to the floor when he finds out its gonna be over $200 to get it developed. clerk explains that the processing is more involved than digital, man demands to speak to manager, manager explains same thing, man leaves store in huff complaining about the unfair price.
3rd customer to come to photo center was a lady in her 50's as well, had a memory card from her digital camera and had a cow when she found out the price for having 600 photos printed. the cashier even showed her how much she was saving since she was only paying 9 cents a print. lady demands to speak to manager to complain about prices. leaves store complaining about them. *LOL*
After all this both photo lab clerks decide they need a break!!! and go into the back room, can't say I blame them. by this time my mom has finished her photo order so we leave.
we go to Penn Square for the Lego exhibit, afterwards there was an area set up w/Legos that the kids could play with, the boys wanted to play so we let them and we just stood inside the door and watched them and waited, while we are waiting a lady comes up to Bryan and asks "Sir, are you from around here???" Bryan opens his mouth to answer and she says "where in this mall is the Dipping Dots cart?" Bryan tries to say "This is the first time i've been in this mall in over a year", but as far as he got was "this is the first time i've been in this mall......" before she cuts him off and says "Oh, this is the first time you've been in a mall????" and turns around and leaves. *LOL*
So next stop was Dollar Tree, Caden's teacher told me before the break that he needs new crayons, and since they HAVE to have the 8 count boxes I get them from Dollar Tree 3 for $1 and I try to make sure he has enough to give him 1 box a week for the quarter, we pull up, and since I was only getting that one thing only I get out of the car, I walk up to the door and the guy inside sees me walking towards the door and runs like heck to get to the door , AND LOCKS IT!!!! what a jerk!!! I told him I only had to get 1 thing and he said "sorry"
So no biggie, we just stopped at Target in MWC on our way to pick up Christian, I get the crayons and a couple of other things , pay for them and am out of there in record time. well, I noticed a large group of special needs adults in the store shopping. no biggie, they have the right to shop too don't they? the ones in the group that were finished shopping were waiting by the door for the others and one especially cheerful lady with a sweet smile had struck up a conversation with an elderly lady that was leaving, the lady was delighted to talk to her for a few min. , she was a very sweet and nice lady prob in her mid 20's, the elderly lady told her goodbye and the young lady told her to button her coat up because it was really cold out there!! and the elderly lady said "yes it is!" and she went thru the door, as she passed the threshold the young lady yelled very loudly " I don't want you to freeze your tits off!!!!!!!", the elderly lady stopped and turned and smiled in shock and then went out the door. this made me chuckle to myself and at the same time be worried about what she was going to tell me not to freeze off??? *L*
ok, so I made it out w/out attracting her notice. Bryan and the boys were wishing/shopping at Best Buy a few stores down so I walked down there rather than meet them, on the sidewalk there were a group of teenagers I assume were from MWC High due to the lettermans jackets some of the boys were wearing, as i'm approaching one of the boys spits all over the arm of the coat of one of the girls, who I assume is a cheerleader from what happened next, that girl did a high kick and kicked that boy in his crotch sooooooooooooo hard!! (which he deserved) as I passed them the boy was curled in a fetal posistion whimpering. I looked at the girl and said "well done!!!"
so Bryan and the boys had left Best Buy unknown to me and were sitting in the car in front of Target, so I called and they picked me up, we went and picked up Christian from her moms, then we hit Shawnee and Bryan decides he needs to get gas now, the price was 3 cents cheaper than yesterday, ok, I remembered something I needed to get in the grocery department so we went inside, and of course 1 thing turns into more, so we are waiting in the 10 items or less lane and I guess I must mention Caden was being veeeeeeeeeery bad!!! Bryan was getting really frustrated with him to say the least, while we are waiting I notice Caden is not grabbing things off the shelves and he is not hitting his brother, but he is yelling, I look around and then down, he is laying on the floor of Wal Mart and Bryan has him in a headlock, w/his ankles!!! I of course tell Bryan to stop because that kind of stuff will get us thrown in jail for sure!!! Bryan explained that Caden got on the floor and put his head between his ankles and he merely squeezed them together trapping him. jeesh!!!! i'm too aggravated to be embarrassed so I told him to go get the car and take Caden with him!!!
and then we mercifully made it home without anymore encounters with the general public and no brushes with child protective services.
Don't know about you but that makes me want to stay at home more than I already do!!!!
ok, done with this blog, it was just too long for a FB status update!
Hope everybody who reads this had a Happy Holiday season and has a Wonderful New Year!!!!
First we met my mom at Wal Greens, she got a digital camera for christmas and wanted me to show her how to use the photo kiosk there, so i'm going thru all the options with her and showing her how to use it, several people came to the photo center , these people make me want to get a job at wal greens just so I can people watch! the first lady came in to pick up a vhs converted to dvd that she ordered, inside was her vhs tape and a notice that it was a copy righted item and could not be copied to dvd, the tape was a Disney title and the lady just could not understand why they would advertise that they did this service if they could not, the clerk explained that it had to be something she owned the rights to, like a home video. the lady demands to speak to the manager, the manager explains the same thing to her, lady leave the store in a huff grumbling that its false advertisment. my advice to her, buy the DVD!!!!
2nd customer that caught my attention, a man in his 50's brings in a plastic ziplok back w/about 20 cartridges of 35 mm film to drop off to be developed, his jaw drops to the floor when he finds out its gonna be over $200 to get it developed. clerk explains that the processing is more involved than digital, man demands to speak to manager, manager explains same thing, man leaves store in huff complaining about the unfair price.
3rd customer to come to photo center was a lady in her 50's as well, had a memory card from her digital camera and had a cow when she found out the price for having 600 photos printed. the cashier even showed her how much she was saving since she was only paying 9 cents a print. lady demands to speak to manager to complain about prices. leaves store complaining about them. *LOL*
After all this both photo lab clerks decide they need a break!!! and go into the back room, can't say I blame them. by this time my mom has finished her photo order so we leave.
we go to Penn Square for the Lego exhibit, afterwards there was an area set up w/Legos that the kids could play with, the boys wanted to play so we let them and we just stood inside the door and watched them and waited, while we are waiting a lady comes up to Bryan and asks "Sir, are you from around here???" Bryan opens his mouth to answer and she says "where in this mall is the Dipping Dots cart?" Bryan tries to say "This is the first time i've been in this mall in over a year", but as far as he got was "this is the first time i've been in this mall......" before she cuts him off and says "Oh, this is the first time you've been in a mall????" and turns around and leaves. *LOL*
So next stop was Dollar Tree, Caden's teacher told me before the break that he needs new crayons, and since they HAVE to have the 8 count boxes I get them from Dollar Tree 3 for $1 and I try to make sure he has enough to give him 1 box a week for the quarter, we pull up, and since I was only getting that one thing only I get out of the car, I walk up to the door and the guy inside sees me walking towards the door and runs like heck to get to the door , AND LOCKS IT!!!! what a jerk!!! I told him I only had to get 1 thing and he said "sorry"
So no biggie, we just stopped at Target in MWC on our way to pick up Christian, I get the crayons and a couple of other things , pay for them and am out of there in record time. well, I noticed a large group of special needs adults in the store shopping. no biggie, they have the right to shop too don't they? the ones in the group that were finished shopping were waiting by the door for the others and one especially cheerful lady with a sweet smile had struck up a conversation with an elderly lady that was leaving, the lady was delighted to talk to her for a few min. , she was a very sweet and nice lady prob in her mid 20's, the elderly lady told her goodbye and the young lady told her to button her coat up because it was really cold out there!! and the elderly lady said "yes it is!" and she went thru the door, as she passed the threshold the young lady yelled very loudly " I don't want you to freeze your tits off!!!!!!!", the elderly lady stopped and turned and smiled in shock and then went out the door. this made me chuckle to myself and at the same time be worried about what she was going to tell me not to freeze off??? *L*
ok, so I made it out w/out attracting her notice. Bryan and the boys were wishing/shopping at Best Buy a few stores down so I walked down there rather than meet them, on the sidewalk there were a group of teenagers I assume were from MWC High due to the lettermans jackets some of the boys were wearing, as i'm approaching one of the boys spits all over the arm of the coat of one of the girls, who I assume is a cheerleader from what happened next, that girl did a high kick and kicked that boy in his crotch sooooooooooooo hard!! (which he deserved) as I passed them the boy was curled in a fetal posistion whimpering. I looked at the girl and said "well done!!!"
so Bryan and the boys had left Best Buy unknown to me and were sitting in the car in front of Target, so I called and they picked me up, we went and picked up Christian from her moms, then we hit Shawnee and Bryan decides he needs to get gas now, the price was 3 cents cheaper than yesterday, ok, I remembered something I needed to get in the grocery department so we went inside, and of course 1 thing turns into more, so we are waiting in the 10 items or less lane and I guess I must mention Caden was being veeeeeeeeeery bad!!! Bryan was getting really frustrated with him to say the least, while we are waiting I notice Caden is not grabbing things off the shelves and he is not hitting his brother, but he is yelling, I look around and then down, he is laying on the floor of Wal Mart and Bryan has him in a headlock, w/his ankles!!! I of course tell Bryan to stop because that kind of stuff will get us thrown in jail for sure!!! Bryan explained that Caden got on the floor and put his head between his ankles and he merely squeezed them together trapping him. jeesh!!!! i'm too aggravated to be embarrassed so I told him to go get the car and take Caden with him!!!
and then we mercifully made it home without anymore encounters with the general public and no brushes with child protective services.
Don't know about you but that makes me want to stay at home more than I already do!!!!
ok, done with this blog, it was just too long for a FB status update!
Hope everybody who reads this had a Happy Holiday season and has a Wonderful New Year!!!!
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