Nad

Don't you hate when you type to fast and the word "and" comes out "nad" all the time. Damn coffee buzz...

A Toast to Tuesdays!

My new bloggy friend, Becky, over at My Crazy Beautiful Life, did a post Toasting Tuesday. A great idea because the Tuesday 10 was getting old. So here you go, today's assignment!

These are the reason's why I "Toast" to Tuesday!

• The sun is out today. It's not hot out, so I don't need the air on!
• My children are healthy and happy
• My husband loves me and we are happy
• Alex's room is cleaned, and rearranged super cute!
• I am getting a hold of the laundry situation
• I am healthy and happy
• It's Holiday season!!

So what do you have to toast to Tuesday? If you don't do it for Tuesday (Jen) then why not Toast to Thursdays? Thanks, Becky, this brought my mood up. Just remember... it's little things that makes the day better!

Frozen tag? T.V. tag?

Thanks to Becky over at My Crazy Beautiful Life thought it would be fun to tag me for 7 random or weird things about myself, and to tag 7 random people. Read here, and be sure to check and see if your tagged!

1. Random - I am attending the New Kids On The Block concert this Saturday, with not one but two of my dear gradeschool friends. This is our 20 concert reunion. Yes I just freaked out... 20 years since I have been to my first concert...


2. Weird - I love to cover most foods with applesauce, and I like to mix everything together with the apple sauce on top...yummy. I giggle at people who can't have there foods touch.


3. Random - I am wearing my blue flannel monkey pants, sneaker slippers, and Drew Davis Band t-shirt. (scratch the t-shirt, I was barfed on. Now its a Mickey Mouse Rockstar t-shirt from Wally World)


4. Weird - I think the only way I keep my weight from going up, is I forget to eat all the time... it's 2:40 pm and I ate around 8 this morning...


5. Random - My arms go numb when I sleep... carpel tunnel is awesome.
6. Random - I think I think to much... I think...
7. Weird - I am addicted to adhesives (yes scotch tape, tape runners, duct tape...) notebooks (all sizes, shapes, colors... journals too) chip board (scrapbooking supply, google it)

I don't wanna tag no body, and leave someone out that wanted to be tagged, or tag the wrong person. So TAG your all it! Do it if you wanna... lemme know...

Sunday Survey

So I was poking around over at Sunshine and Lemonade, and came across her Friday Follies well since it's into Sunday, lets have Sundays Survey! (be sure to read her post on the gas by her!)


It is time for our weekly dialogue:
Roller coaster or Merry-go-round?

Roller coaster, hands down every time. Now I will ride a Merry-go-round, but not for long... whoolahhh...
Have you ever purchased something from a telemarketer? How about from an infomercial?

Yes and Yes. My Internet and Cable company called wanting to sell me there phone service too. I was interested so I told the girl to sell it to me. She did.

Yes I bought some damn Pilates videos... very dusty right now... don't wanna talk about it...
Are you more likely to avoid conflict or engage in it head on?

Funny thing about me. I seem fiesty. But I usuallytry to avoid it as much as I can. But lately I will not take shit, and I will put you in your place if need be.
What is the most recent compliment you have received?

Ed's Uncle Tony raving about the Ribs, broccoli casserole, salad, mashed potatoes, and chicken dinner. I know. I exceed at cooking, and blow at laundry.
Do you collect anything? What?

Archie comics. Have them from back in the early 80's. My mom has hers from when she was a kid too.

Dean Koontz books. All are great. Love them. Will reread them too.

Stamps. Been doing Stampin' Up! (see link on right) for 4 years now, and stamping for 18 years.

Scrapbooking supplies. A wee bit of a collection.
What are you currently reading?
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz

Silence or background noise?
Not saying as a mom I don't love me some pure silence. But background noise is easy to handle.

Pick one: hang glide, sky dive, bungee jump, hot air balloon, or fly a kite?
Hot air balloon. Not quite as crazy as the others (I told Ed I would sky dive with him though) but not as sissy as just flying a kite.
What is your favorite spectator sport?
FOOTBALL. Awesome, good seats make it better. I saw Michigan beat Penn State at there homecoming years ago. We were on the 50 about 30 rows up. A.maz.ing.

You just won $50,000. But you have to spend it all in one place. Where are you spending it?
The car dealership. One for Ed, and one for me.
or
Menards. That is an easy one too. Oh the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, landscaping I could do...
or
I would just walk it to the bank and pay a big ass chunk into the el Mortgage!

Play along if you wanna... that was fun...

Kitty say what?

I hope this link works... this is a Hilarious card that my friend Piper sent to my mom... laughed my ass off!

Kitty say what?!?

Guess who!

Can you guess this person? It was my mom's 50th surprise birthday party, themed Hawaiin. This person and I spent the week before making these fun masks from paper mache.



That was 5 years ago next month! It was an awesome fun night, thanks for making the party such a great success!



Leave a comment guessing this person!

80 years ago I would have not been a good wife

5 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

I personally find this to be a compliment. It was bull.shit. back then, my ass I will wear shoes, and a dress around the house. And yes I love to be vulgar and tell dirty stories. I gossip, lie and swear. P.J.s are a staple uniform of todays SAHM, I attempt to shower and or brush my teeth before the day is over.

Bah, I have blogging, art work, and kids to attend to!

Who reads you?

I am asking all the bloggers out there... or those that want to blog can answer too...

Who do you have read your blog? Do you randomly just tell people? Is it a secret to those closest to you? Why do let people read or not read your blog?

I know blogging is just like a diary or a journal. Some of us see it as a scrapbook to keep memories for generations after us to learn of our life. Some of us need it just to get through a day of kids, work, life, the assholes on the road.

My inspiration for this post was from "Ravings of a Mad Housewife" she posted about her daughters preschool being Natzi like, and I guess the teacher read it and got her knickers all bunched up.

If you remember my blog from when I started, the phrase under my title, was something about my opinion, my blog, and if you don't like it, stop reading. Yes it's my little corner of the Internet. And yes I do like to have random peoples opinions, whether I like them or not. Feedback is good.

Not too excited about the stalker, or when "friends" get pissed about my religious views, or when people read here. And go and talk to my mom about it, like she doesn't already read it.

Otherwise, I really don't care. I find it relaxing, and entertaining. I jump in and out of fads online, I was on Huggies mom board, for a good year, I was almost a monitor for True Mom Confessions forum, I joined Cafemom about 6 months ago, and don't visit but maybe once a month. I am member of Shelfari and don't need to visit often, but I do notice that is a whole nother world too.

I love it here. Because I don't need to chat, or be something to fit into a certain genre of mom's. This is it. You get what you get here. Sass, honest, feisty, Jacki.

Most people know of my blog, I talk about it to everyone. If someone reads me and is offended, well then at least you know how I feel. I hate hiding how I feel. And this blog is perfect for me. I don't see me falling out of this "fad" anytime soon, I am excited that I am about 14 post away from my 1000th post!

So back to the question. Who reads you?

Mia and Alex talk about squash and leatherface...

I had a very eventful evening. I have again decided to try and feed Alex food. Mia chooses Butternut Squash. As I am feeding Alex, she is supervising from the footstool. And what do you know, just a few days before little man is 5 months, he eats 2.5 oz of food! (afterwards hungry man chooses to eat a whole bottle with rice!) So while Mia is curiously peering over the arm of the highchair, she keeps saying "Look at me, I am yeverface" translated to "Look at me, I am leatherface" now I have never seen the movies, but I did see Idle Hands, with Devon Sawa, Jessica Alba, and Seth Green. There is a scene where Seth Green says' "Look at me, I am leatherface" and it is just too damn funny. So the when Mia said the other day... " Look at me" I in return said "I am leatherface" and well it just stuck. I think it's just freaking hill-air-ious! (go rent the movie, it's a scary funny movie)

So as I am preparing the above mentioned bottle, Mia is sitting at the table eating her waffles for dinner, with Alex in his highchair watching her. I can hear Mia say "hello" and he says "gerbergahahhhh haha eeeeee" Mia says "ok" Alex again says "gerbergahahhhhh haha eeeee" Mia laughs and looks at me (I was watching from across the kitchen) my heart just melted. Not only was I super excited that my big boy just ate his first food today. But this was Mia and his first ever conversation together. Gibberish it was. But it was music to my ears.

I quickly call Ed at the video store, they start up there conversation again, and he got to hear it! I need to make a mental note of how cute it was, and remember that when they are threatening each others lives in a few short years...

Need to know from Sara and the Goon Squad

Sarah over at Sara and the Goon Squad asked these questions, this is what I had to say...

1) Do I really need to get a Facebook page or is this just going to be like MySpace all over again?
Yes I have both a Facebook and a MySpace page. Facebook is a naked MySpace page. Same thing, just seems to be yuppier people there. MySpace has blinkies, widgets, and more crap to waste your time on. And Facebook is so bland I just feel asleep thinking about it.

I have both because I have blinkie widget friends, and yuppie bland friends too.

2) Are you coming to the BlogHer Reach Out Tour in DC?
Nope. But thanks for the invite.
3) How often do you buy new sheets for your bed? Also - how many sets of sheets do you think you own for your main bed?
I don't think I have ever bought sheets for our bed. All have been gifts from my mom. (thanks mom) I think we have 4 sets of sheets... and we just discussed decorating our bedroom for Christmas (no not in Christmas theme, but as our gift to ourselves) since it is still "primer white" and tan carpet. Old ass comforter. I think it would make it a nice retreat for us.

4) Are you watching True Blood? Did anybody read the books?
No. No. I am reading "Odd Hours" by Dean Koontz. Anybody else?

5) Have you ever been arrested? If so, for what?
No but I was just telling Ed today, that if I were to get arrested I want a mug shot with my mohawk in it. I would also like to get arrested for kicking the current Gov. in the nuts. I would smile for that mug shot, and possibly a thumbs up too!

Lifes choices...

Two Choices.....Life decisions that people have to make are never simple.

The importance of the initial decision should always be examined over the long run.

Memories made and cherished are sure to be tempered along the way.

Consider the following two choices...

Should I get a dog...

Or have Children...

Note that neither of these pictures belong to me. I would have just had one picture, of a tore up couch and a painted dog... (grin)

Saturday's Secret

I think on Saturday's I will post a secret, or just something I don't think you know about me... either a thought, or something I like, or something I do...

(Dr. Otto Scratchansniff from Warner Brothers "Animaniacs")

All through High School, I really thought about becoming a Psychiatrist. But then I found out that you needed to practically be a doctor for it... damn, I just thought it was really good listening skills and giving my opinion... I am good at that...

Maybe it was the love and obsession for all thing Animaniacs... but then I would secretly want to be Wacko Warner, with a lovely dash of Slappy Squirrel.

And if you have no idea who Dr. Otto Scratchansniff are, or Wacko Warner, or Slappy Squirrel, you must stop everything, and go watch the Animaniacs...

I am going on YouTube to get some videos... I am in a Warner mood... I wish there was a Warner land just like Disney land... don't give me that 6 flags crap either, I want DISNEY size... sorry rambling...

Friday's Featured Blogger! Captain Porkchops

Captain Porkchops!

That is this weeks Friday's Featured Blogger! Yes I know I should probably feature the featured blogger before Friday is almost over (I still have 33 minutes!) So you get to see the feature on Saturday for all you weenies that go to bed before midnight, and stop checking blogs for the day!

Anywho, back to the center of attention...

Danielle over at "Captain Porkchops" has some qualities I find in myself, be sure to read her profile. I took this from it...

"I tend to exaggerate. A lot. I get it from my mother. I have no real reason to believe the earth is round, other than a fading horizon. I have no boundaries when discussing my personal life. Really. None. I think it makes my husband crazy. Let me tell you about it... I have an unhealthy addiction to: surfing the Internet, potatoes, office supplies"

Let me just tell you I SO exaggerate, not from my mom though, but my mom doesn't really believe the earth is round! I SO don't have boundaries when discussing my personal life either!! Nope, none at all! I know it drives Ed crazy! And I too have an unhealthy addiction to surfing the Internet, potatoes and office supplies!!

The blog name "Captain Porkchops" got my attention right away, but then when I read a profile that was all me, but at the same time she has so many different things too. Like she is surrounded by all boys. Now besides Ed and Alex. Mia, myself, and all 4 furry children are girls.

I hope you enjoy Danielle's page as much as I do. Be sure to comment, but let me tell you she is very busy lately, new job and all. Well I am not going to tell you anymore, you just take your butt over there and read it!

Let me know what you think! And stop the damn lurking... it's creepy...

Random questions I found at Jen's

Jen over at "A Day in the Life Of..." has some fun questions... so I stole them...

Who deceased would you want to see just one more time and what would you say?


Gramma Alice, I would want her to meet Alex. She was able to see Mia for just the first 6 months, and I would also like her to see how big Mia is since.

Gramma Wanda too. I am sure she had a ton of great stories to tell about her life, before kids. I would love to know it.

Ed's friend Matt. I never met him, and he passed away suddenly. I would have him come back so Ed could say goodbye... and so he could see Ed's kids. Oh and of coarse so he could meet his nephew, Mason.



Who would you like to knock out or verbally smack down from your past?

I would love to just knock out a few people. But I am small and violence really doesn't play well with my size and all. And since I never really fought anyone, I don't really see the need to start at the ripe old age of 30.



Buuuut... I can verbally woop some ass. So let's start the list...

Lau*r3n St@l3y - Loser. Slut. And TOTAL bitch. You wanna see the queen B of them all? She is up there for the crown folks. Nothing like making fun of you for not developing as fast as the rest of the girls in your class. But a topper to do it in front of the boy you really like. Nice. She TOTALLY dissed out my best friend in grade school behind her back, and talked more shit. I know some poor sap married her. I just hope if they ever breed, that she raises her children to be ABSOLUTELY NOTHING like her.

Lila and Rich - They just get one category to share, lets not rehash Pompous Bitch, and Captain Hypocrite. Long story short, they suck. There nicknames tell it all. And they are mean to my mom. Not cool.

Crystal and Jackie - From Harrah's.

Yes, Crystal. FREAK! You freaked out, claimed I stole your $12 throw away camera, that then turned into a $200 digital camera. Grow up! You left your piece of shit disposable at my house with 3 pictures on it. I used the rest and kept it. Get over it.

Jackie. Ah yes, I truly learned the meaning of "throw me under the bus" you were being fired for force balancing and you tried to say that I was doing it too, so I should be fired. Thanks for trying to take me down with you. I thought we were cool. Oh but a few months after, you starting asking about me, like we were friends again. Riiight.

And well all know the last one right? The faux cousin? The no name coward? Hmmm... well you just got your verbal beating. Enjoy!

See this is why I have just a few tight friends. I want to stay drama free, and enjoy this life of mine. So keep your drama, I don't want any, I get all the drama I need from Reality T.V., thanks though.



What is your best feature and why?

My ass and my blue eyes. As big as my ass is, I have to say I like it. I do not have your typical white girl butt, that is flat. I got me a badonka donk, and I am proud of it. And my eyes are blue, and they are pretty.



What is your worst feature and why?

Right now my fat tummy and stretch marks, but I know those are proud baby stripes. I would be more proud if they were just like, one little one... or none at all and still be proud? But other then that my teeth. I had buck teeth growing up, and since I was a genius and lost my retainer about a week after my braces came off, my bottom teeth are all moved all over.



If you could come back as any animal what would you be? I like the monkey idea Jen! I would have to go with a Tamerian if I did. But I would have to say a Tiger. Bengel to be exact, I love them, they are huge, fight for what they want, and I have always wanted to be a cat!

A short story on short hair...

Lets start at the beginning. See this little creature I am holding. Well because of her I took this perfectly normal blonde hair...

Had some crazy post partum adventure, and dyed my hair "chocolate velvet" see below...

This has been in my head ever since P!nk came out in 2000. Her hair was pixie short, and hot pink. I liked it, but as the years went by, she got a mohawk, in many colors, and different lengths. When Alex was born, I was living out my mohawk dream through him. Well fuck it, I just went ahead and cut it all off. I mean I obviously wasn't happy with this safe mom hair cut I was rockin'... do I look happy to you?

So yes, I paid the nice girl, Jessica, at Fantastic S*ams to cut my hair like this. She was great and even pulled up a picture of P!nk online right there in the store.

Ed just shakes his head, knows that I have a lot of feisty in me, and if a mohawk is what I want, there is no holding back! Mia just keeps pointing at me saying "Silly Mommy, silly" even Alex just keeps looking at it.

I think it's fun, different, and well as we all know I crave attention like the best of us attention craving monkeys do! So what better way to get the attention of every normal haired person in the hick town I live in, then to cut off all my hair, and stand what ever is left on my head straight up.

Here are a few pointers in case you are interested in getting a fashionable mohawk yourself...

• You need WAY less shampoo! Yikes, I kinda forgot the first time, and lets just say I need to remember Mrs. Erdman's (my first grade teacher) rule of thumb. A little dab will do ya!



• This also goes for conditioner



• I have been wanting to go back to my natural color, and with out realizing it until yesterday, I just cut off all the dye... now to see what blonde is left of the real color...



• You may forget that you have a mohawk, and wonder why everyone is staring at you. Especially weird when your driving and people just stare.



• Buy this fun stuff called "Hard Up" for your mohawk.



• Yes you can actually have a bad mohawk day.



• I look best with make-up done and mohawk styled (otherwise it's dark circles, and a fuzzy strip of hair)



• Be sure to have witty responses for all the ones you will get from others.



• Be sure to be prepared for "Britney Spears shaved her head and went crazy, are you going crazy?" or "did you pay for that?" and my favorite "Are you a dyke now" nice. real nice. No I am not crazy, well not shave my head crazy, just mohawk crazy. Yes I paid for this, and no I am not a dyke. Thanks for being politically correct on that last one though.



• You can use it to make someone not stand so close to you, by rubbing your mohawk in there face.



• It's SO easy to take care of!

Well that about covers the mohawk, it's here to stay for a while, I like it, for now... man how fun will this NOT be to grow out...

A meme for me!

I was reading over at Putting the Fun in DysFUNctional, and saw that she didn't tag anyone for this meme, it was kinda one of those tag yourself kinda games! Wee, tag, I'm it! Enjoy!

1. Where were you 10 years ago?
Lets see its September 2008... so September 1998... that is a fun year! I was just 5 months into my new job as a Cage Cashier at Empress Casino, I was on grave yard, and I enjoyed working with this red head named Jen! (October of 1998 was when Ed started grave yard shift with us!!)

2. What is on today's To Do List?
Well since today is just about over. The list is short, finish blogging, lock up the house, OCD style, and off to bed. More exciting for ya, tomorrow, is a day of cleaning, and tending to the little monkey spawn, oh I mean my loving and adorable children!

3. What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Buy a house. Not ginormous, just big and comfy and FUN! On a HUGE lot, so my parents will have a house, Susie will have a little house by my parents, and Diane and Joe will have a house there too!
Cars! Oh a nice pimped out van! A Plymouth Prowler is my dream car, a pimped out pink PT cruiser for my mom, with pink interior, and crowns embroidered on the seats with "The Queen" on them. A pimped out old school VW Bug for Diane, not sure on the color yet. And whatever my Ed, my dad and Joe want. Oh and a kick ass purple golf cart for Susie to drive from her house to mom and dads, and to me and Eds!
Also I would have vacation homes, one for sure in Arizona, to visit my scuzonian family, one in Hawaii for my mom! One in Oregon, it's amazing there! (And we can say hi to Tony, Carrie and Colin whenever!) and money saved to travel, relax, and for the kids to be educated with!
Then off to Kanab, Utah for my big fat donation to Best Friends Animal Society!
And don't forget the dream of me and my mom owning our own house, so we can sell art supplies, craft supplies, candles, and home decor, with a big wrap around porch to sit and visit on. A big garden to walk through and enjoy. A big garage redone so I can hold card making, scrapbooking classes there. Oh and Jen could have her "Jeni" line of clothes there too!
I think for now that is how I would spend my Billions...
4. Name 5 places you have lived
Marble Street (parents), Richmond Street (parents), Buell Avenue (Ed and me, first condo!), Tallgrass Trail (Ed and me first house!). Sorry that is not 5, just 4!
5. Name 3 of your bad habits
I swear all the time. I jump into EVERYONES conversation, I have no mouth filter. (that may or may not be a bad habit. Some people just need to hear the truth, not my fault they cant handle it)
6. What are your favorite snacks?
Nacho cheese, and tortilla chips, squeeze cheese and crackers, Cheetos, I guess I like cheese...
7. Who will you tag for this meme?
Eh, tag yourself. If you wanna play along, just let me know you did!

Go Away!

Good god not you readers. Me. I keep walking away from the computer to do stuff, but somehow I gravitate right back here...I just can't get away... the pull is to strong... must clean... must organize... just can't leave the blogosphere...gah!!

Well here's hoping I go away from my computer for the rest of the day! Good bye...I will miss you...

Judging a book by it's cover.

Don't worry, I posted your every so polite email here for all to see. Yours is in red, my response will be in black. Pain in the ass to read it. So if you want the full effect, read all the red to see the email. And then read the black to see what I had to say.


Had to sent this way would not accept my email
This being in reference to the fact that I blocked your retarded attempt at faking my cousins email. So you made up a new one through Robbie. That is why you were not accepted.

Hello Jacki (BITCH),
I guess you know me right? Because Bitch is a pretty strong word from someone who doesn't know me. I guess because I stand up for myself gives me the title Bitch? So be it. And since you started the name calling I guess we are on that level of conversation, so Bitch, I guess it's only fair for me to respond back right? That's what you want. A response?
This will be the last email you will receive from me.
What ever shall I do with out your ignorant threatening emails?
Since you will post this because you thrive the attention.
That is what we all get from you that you need to be NUMBER ONE. It is all about JACKI.
El numero uno. Yep, hence the fact that it's my blog, my guess is that it's going to be all about me. You must not know me to make that out to be a bad thing. I do love attention, like you love your drugs!
Just to let you know your cousin is not at stupid as you think.
Again you seem to know what I think too... amazing from a coward who won't come forward with there name...
She tells you she only has the Internet every so often when she emails me quite often. So she thought if I emailed you maybe you would react. She told me to try it so maybe you would really help. She knows you just talk about caring and thought if you got an email maybe you would actually help her.
So I would help Lori through you? Kinda confused when your first email was posing to be an angry, irate Lori. And now I am supposed to help her? Through you? Yes anger and ignorance are a real inspiration to help needy family members.
You do care what I think otherwise you would not post it.
Nope wrong again. Your opinion means shit, I am just curious to know who has the spare time to type out fake hate mail, then after you got busted out, oh by the way Robbie is tired of the stupid fake emails too, you get all uptight and pissy. But you still don't have the balls to come forward and just say who you are. That is what I care about right now. Not the fact that Lori is sponging off her brother, but I am very interested in who you are.
Lori says that you and your family say they care but you do not help them at all. You say they are all druggies and are all a mess. But yet you write how you care for them but will not give her money because she needs it so badly. With all of her court issues and drug issues.
OK we are going to cover all your gibberish here. Yes we care. Last time I checked from Lori's dad's side of the family, me and my family is all that still gives a shit about Lori and her family, Lila the Pompous bitch, Rich and Lin nosey and ignorant, and well the other cousins just don't want to get involved, well who could blame them. Its kinda fucked up with people like you getting all in the family business and all.

No they are not all druggies, Lori is doing better, and is trying to be less of a mess. Thanks to whomever called DCFS on her, she has too. Her court and drug issues are NOT my issues. Why should I clean up her mess? So she can go repeat them? Lori needs tough love, she know I am there for her. But money won't fix her. Sure she will spend it on groceries, but I am damn sure some will go towards cigarettes, and I don't endorse smoking. Plus since you know so much about me. You must know that I have SHIT for money right now.

Have you read any of my blog or MySpace page? Last I checked two kids, two dogs, two cats, a house to tend to. Oh and that big lavish pool I have out back. Plus I need to keep up with my expensive coffee habit. So I am not seeing Lori's issue fitting into my budget anytime soon. Lori can go take herself right on over to McDonald's, Taco Bell, whatever is closest. Get a job, and maker her own money. By the way if your so damn concerned why don't you go shake the money tree in your back yard. And send some of it Lori's way?

The point of the emails you stupid bitch again with the ignorant name calling. is that she needs the money to help feed her baby that you claim to care about but will not help with. She can only feed the baby yogurt, bread, crackers and milk because she does not have money for better things.
Nice. I am glad you think that calling me names, makes you look less intelligent, but we already covered your degree of smarts right?

Now this is not nice of you to assume that I don't care about Lori's baby. I do, very much so. But again I have two of my own to take care of. And my first priority is here at home. By they way, if you have priced yogurt lately it's a little pricey to be feeding a baby. And no that is not all he is getting. Robbie and Gregg are taking very good care of Lori and the baby.

Ah but you must know that my children are eating the very expensive Aldi's 33 cent mac and cheese, eggs, oatmeal, and I spring for a $1 t.v. dinner! Otherwise they just eat the fillet and lobster that me and Ed eat each night.
I am not high right at this moment so I have my thoughts together.
Well I am so glad you thought to collect your thoughts while sober. Maybe if you stay that way, you'll realize that your shrinking what brain cells you have left. Drugs are bad, put them down. I am sure they are not cheep either, so save up all your drug money and send it to Lori.
So Maybe bitch Not nice. if you got off your high horse and just quit typing and spent more time on real issues.
I own a horse? On top of my lavish swimming pool and mansion in the sticks? Good for me! A horsey!! And a high one at that! Aren't you jealous!

What real issues are those? I, unlike yourself, mind my business. I care about Lori, but if I got myself into every damn drama filled issue that involved friends and family, I would have no time to sit and type about them. So I just talk about myself, my family and my friends from here. (again since I am such an attention craving monkey, I must do this, but I am sure you know that already. Your so smart!)

We see if you post this now.
Here you go! You must crave attention with the best of us. Since you want to be published so bad!
By the way how is my grammar and writing skills. Up to your standards. Did you ever learn no to judge a book by its cover??????
Yes spell check works for all of us. Writing skills, not so great. Name calling is rude, and tacky, and hiding behind made up emails and using some bull shit excuse that I don't need to know is just an embarrassment to yourself.

I must ask you then if you learned not to judge a book by it's cover?

You assume because I own a home, have two cars, a swimming pool, and stay home all day I live the BIG American dream right? I must have tons of money to give away to my poor cousin who is a single mom, did drugs and got herself pregnant.

Well let's look under the cover of the suburban mom who has it all, so you have all the right information to judge me with. I do own my own home, your right, because I did things in this order. My order, what I thought would be best for my life.

1. I dated Ed.
2. I was engaged to Ed
3. I married Ed
4. Ed and I saved money living in our little condo. We NEVER went out.
5. With money saved we bought a house in BFE.
6. We bought pets. 4 of them.
7. 5 years later we made baby #1
8. 2 years later we made baby #2

Ed and I both paid off our cars and they are both over 10 years old, we pay taxes, and he works 3 jobs to keep us eating and living here. I stay home because daycare is expensive and I would rather be home to teach my babies then someone else doing it for me.

Yes I have a pool. Money again was saved, a word many people don't understand. That is my pool. Just like Lori struggles with the big pool in her back yard.

Yes I drink Starbucks, because that is my BIG treat. A fucking $4.87 cup of god damn coffee. Right you are, what a lavish life this is.

Yes my kids are fed. With Aldi's and Super Walmart brand. Nothing wrong with it. Yes my kids have clothes, again Walmart, Target and the fact that I have the BEST mom and dad and the BEST Mother and Father in law ever. So my kids are spoiled by people that love them.

I have A, one, uno, credit card for our home, and we pay it off each month. We live inside of our means. So if because I have a budget, and I pay my bills, I feed my kids, and I am saving towards my retirement gets your knickers all in a bunch, you are really a hypocrite to say that I shouldn't judge, when all you've been doing is judging me. Making me out to be the rich bitch cousin that doesn't care. Well here's a jugement on you.. you seem like a broke ass druggie, that has some big issue with people like me who have there shit together. So be a angry bitter judgemental douche bag that hides behind a fake email, and guilt trips me on poor Lori? Did I get you right?

Well wizard, I am so glad that I was able to lay my life out in front of you. Now judge. I see that you hate on me because I have that "perfect life" well I didn't make Lori get pregnant did I? I didn't make Lori do drugs, and I don't keep her from getting a job. I didn't make Lori have asshole friends that pretend to listen to her, and just turn it around and throw it back in the face of the few family members that still give two shits about her.

Pretend that you have a brain, and realize you just judged me by my cover.

You like to sound so rough and tough " DON'T MESS WITH ME I AM A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH" BUT YET YOU RAN TO MOMMY AND DADDY. SOME FORCE TO RECKON WITH!!!!! HA,HA..........TALK IS CHEAP!

Well since you are quoting me from my original email yes I say I am a force to be reckoned with. What were you expecting? A fight? A knock on your door? Well then you really don't know me at all. I don't fight, I don't see the point. Your not worth it. And I like my face the way it is. So physical violence is not for me.

Now words are my way. And this is what you get. Me responding back, not backing down and standing up for myself. That is my big reckoning back. Yes I run to my mommy and daddy, and my friends. Because I talk to my parent daily. They are my best friends. Not sure where you stand with your parents, but maybe your jealous because I wanted there opinion? Because this is a family issue and they should know about it? Just like I went right to Lori and Rob to find out what was up. So I guess because I got the facts straight. You call me out like I am a baby? I guess having the support of family and friends isn't something your familiar with.

WELL SIGNING OFF.

. I need not answer to you my name. You are not going to do anything anyway.
Me doing nothing, has nothing to do with your bitch ass name.
We all see that you care. If you did not want to give money how about groceries???
Right, because driving those groceries that I can't afford from BFE all the way to Lori in Chicago is gas money that I don't have, retard. For fucks sake, you go drive her your drug money or buy her groceries with it. Or are you just here to judge me, and do nothing yourself? I am sure being there for Lori and giving her drugs to smoke is really helping her out. What a loser.

I am changing email address and will not bother with you anyway.
Not sure if you caught on when you sent this via lori.beatz@yahoo.com you were sent back the email because I blocked you. So you made up an email with Rob's name so it would get to me. Your a quick one!
You are not worth it.
Well if I'm not worth it then stop emailing me. I won't miss you.
Talk is cheap and that is what you are CHEAP
Just to be sure I understand that you call me CHEAP because that is your judgement call of my lavish lifestyle and your broke ass is sad because I won't share? Just checking because I have $29 in my saving right now.

So just so everyone is clear. Your definition of be being cheap should be known as I am a hard working American, that pays her taxes, doesn't live of the government, knows what birth control is, keeps my legs closed, got married, got a job, saved money, didn't do drugs to escape the real world, grew up, takes responsibility for her actions, and doesn't expect a handout like some people do? Well then. Let me be the first to be called cheap because I handle my own.
Signed,
FOR LORI, SOME WHO CARES ABOUT HER
Bull shit you care. Get her a job, stop doing drugs with her, buy her some groceries, but the best thing you could show you cared would be to leave me the fuck alone, and even better, stay out of Lori's life. Your not a good friend. Your a coward that insults people because your angery and bitter.
YOU WOULD NOT KNOW ME ANYWAY
Right because again you will not say who you are. So here are my guesses... let me know if I am right!

1. Rich and Lin/Carol = A small possibility. But who knows maybe if they all put there tiny judgemental brains together they could attempt and email! Maybe with the help of the "neighbors!"
2. Lila = The pompous queen of Florida! What a piece of work that one is. I assume she has better things to do then to bother with this petty crap. But you never know. Nah, she's more of the creepy lurker type, that read here, and just judge away. Probably wearing the pretty yellow dress! (you know which one! The one you wore back in November of 1990?) Freak!
3. One of Lori's hoodrat friends = I think we may have a winner here! Let's see, Lori did tell me she went to her friends house... possibly to get away and just vent. Friend poses to pretend like she cares, but is just pumping information from Lori to make judgements on her family... send stalker like emails, and creep everyone out. Ah and I call this "friend" a "hoodrat" only because that is where Lori spent most of her early days, and if this is a friend from the "hood" and you seem to be quite the "rat" I can only call it, like it seems!

There you have it folks. The response, and mine back. Hope you enjoy. Now that we all have a better understanding of me. I hope you use those drug free brain cells you have left before you judge me again. Hope you feel better, I sure do! Have a shitty day.

Signed,

Lori's cousin that give a shit, but believes in tought love and Lori needs to fend for herself just like the rest of us. So please move on, and find another Bitch to annoy.

Mia-ism Perfect huggin' buttsie cheekies

Haven't done one of these in a while, here you go...

Mia folds her hands around each other. Looks at me and smiles. I ask "whatcha doin' Mi?" she replies "my hands are huggin, mom"

Now when Mia has a dirty butt, she goes around saying "Mia's got dirty butsie cheekies" and a usual butt shaking is in order, plus the ever so adorable, turn around 4 times, because she is trying to see her butt shake.

When I cook for Mia, she asks that I "make it perfect" for her. And when I serve the princess. I usually get a "IT'S PERFECT MOM!!" yes yelled at me. But at least I got it right.

That is all for now... hope you enjoyed!

Dancing in the rain

I have always enjoyed this. Not the sideways rain, and heavy winds, kinda rain. But the straight downpour kind.

The kind where it's still warm outside, but the rain makes it feel good. I remember doing this as a kid. But then not again until right after my daughter was born. Mia was just a few weeks old, and it was one of those days where it's sunny, then rainy. So while Mia slept. I went out to the back yard, into the pouring rain, threw out my hands and embraced the rain.

It reminds me to stay grounded. To remember that it's the simple things in life, like the rain, that are good basic reminders to be happy about what you have. Enjoy the sun, and rain. Even if the sun is to damn hot. And the rain just won't go away. I know snow is a pain. But I love it when it has that dazzling diamond effect over it, after a snowfall.

I know that rain doesn't hurt, and we won't melt either. So today, as the downpour hit. I asked my sister, Susie, if she wanted to go dance in the rain. Since her Dystonia keeps her from speaking she couldn't fight me off, besides a good head shake no. And since Susie, is about 80 lbs soaking wet, I just scooped up my wee sister, and off we went out the back deck doors, into the pouring rain, I had to get her far enough away from the door, so I carried her to the garden steps, set her down. And she just looked at me. I said "you won't melt. This is fun right?" A warm smile came across my sisters face, and we scampered down into the rain soaked garden.

My mom yelled out "what are you two doing?!" I of coarse respond with "duh, where dancing in the rain. Wanna join?" Mom says a "no, but thanks. And don't drag Mia out there, she will get all wet"

As my 2 year old daughter, peers out onto the deck. I instantly run up to the doors, scoop her up, and whisk her out to the garden too. She is laughing, throws her head back and enjoys the rain as if she had done this a thousand times.

Maybe it was just seeing her mommy and Aunt Susie enjoy the rain. But it was what made me so happy today. To see her enjoy something so simple, and make a memory from it. I hope there are many more days to dance in the rain with my Mi and Susie.