It's okay, you can say it, I have been a big fat loser on keeping up with my blog this week! I could make a million excuses for why I haven't been keeping up this week but you wouldn't believe me anyway.....
I left off on Monday and I guess I will try and recap what has been going on since then. Tuesday I got up early to get Bella in and then went back to bed as I do every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. When I got up my little ones were all ready manipulating the television. Honestly, I am just not even sure why I pay for cable other than to keep the children and my husband entertained and out of my hair. It's not like I get any enjoyment from it. I can't even tell you when I had the time or enough quiet to plop my astronaut on the couch and watch even one show in it's entirety without interuption. It just isn't happening for for me for at least another 15 years. By then I am sure I will be married to the Captain without a clue as to how to work a television.
Tuesday, Tuesday, I loaded the kids up to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond to get a new pillow for Scott. He claimed his pillow was too flat. Natalie and her kids ended up coming along for the ride. What a ride it was! There is nothing like a car ride with five kids all five and under! I am not sure why the car industry has not tried to market a vehichle geared towards parents. By this I am refering to a great feature you will find in any limo out there - a dividing window! HELLO TOYOTA? You market your minivan as the "swagger wagon" to try and trick parents into thinking its cool to drive a minivan. I'm hear to tell you it's never cool to drive a minivan! Now, I give them credit for having some hysterical advertising ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4 ) but come on!! What we parents want is silence. I say market a vehicle that has a dividing window, velcro straps to make sure they can't escape the seatbelts, a device that can hold duct tape if you need to tape their mouths shut if the diving window feature were to fail and some kind of contraption that would automatically clean up their messes on the floor. This is what parents want!!!!! Can I get an AMEN???????
I get Scott's new pillow and gave it to him when he got home from K9 training. He was excited about his new pillow as he should be because it wasn't cheap. We are a bit spoiled int he pillow department here. I can't have just any pillow, I have to have a Sealy Indulgence side sleeper pillow. I only buy them when I have a coupon but I think if I was desperate I would pay full price. As it turned out, my coupon was expired but luckily Natalie had one. So Scott slept on his pillow that night and I asked him how it was the next morning. His response, "It was too fluffy. It needs broke in!" Nice. lol
Wednesday I took Olivia school clothes shopping. She is so much easier to shop with than the older girls. We got her a couple new dreses because the 47 dresses she all ready has hanging in her closet are apparently not enough to start school with. She also got a new pair of dress shoes. Nothing much else to report on Wednesday.
Thursday was a little more interesting. I was hoping to get to sleep in but that didn't work out since for some reason I woke right up all by myself at 9am. I guess that's kinda sleeping in but when I think of sleeping in, I think 11 or 12 but whatever. I finally got a little bit of energy and got the house straightened up. I am not sure why I even bother though because my kids are like tornados and just ruin all of hard with their toys and such.
The girls' and I had hair appointments at 3 o'clock so we headed over to the hair place around 2:30pm. I am not really sure what I was thinking but I decided to go blonde at this visit. In my mind I was thinking it would be a medium blonde but it ended up being almost white blonde. I am not necessarily hating it but it is a shock to me. I am now going to have to wear make-up to balance it out. I am not against make-up, I just don't have the time or energy to put it on everyday. My only other choice is to nix the make-up idea and stay inside and I don't forsee that happening. Natalie went along too. She got a beachwave perm. Her hair looks great! They use these square rollers for the perming process. I took a picture but Natalie said I can't post it...hmmmpf! What's the fun in that? But out of respect, I'm not going to do it.
After the hair shocking appointment we went to JcPenny's to get a new mattress pad and sheet set for Olivia's bed. Olivia peed the bed and even though I washed the stuff in hot water over and over again, I couldn't get the stain or the smell out of them. TRASH!
Then we went to Cracker Barrell to eat dinner. Let me just tell you this if the world had come to an end right then and there and the only people left were those of us in that resteraunt, the world would never have been repopulated! Not by me or Natalie anyway. I have never in my life seen so many ugly people in one place before, ever! I will refrain from describing them because it would just be plain mean. All you need to know is that they were all scarey ugly and something like a scene from Deliverance. Of course Deliverance seems to be a theme for us when we go places together.
Michelle, Natalie and I went out for a couple of drinks last night in an effort to release some frustrations. It worked well enough but we are going to try again tonight. My cousin's band is playing so it should be a good time. Tomorrow the girls' come home from camp and things should liven back up around here....All hail the slaves! (At least this is what they claim they are to me!)
Sincerely,
The big fat loser who truly is the Queen of Insanity
Friday, July 30, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Man am I behind......
The last time I actually blogged was Friday...things have been a little bit crazy around here and I am also fighting a summer cold. BOO!!!!
My Grandma is really ill. She has a lot of trouble with her blood pressure and has congestive heart failure to boot. She was in the hospital much of last week and on Friday they moved her to a rehablitation center to help her recover. The truth is she is 90 years old and she probably doesn't have much time on this earth left. I felt like I really needed to go see her, so Saturday my sister, Olivia and I went down to Southern Ohio to visit.
I decided to leave three of the girls at home because I thought my four children in one nursing home was four too many. Olivia was chosen to go because she is a little too much for the older two to handle lately. So three left at home with their sleeping father and one on the road with me. Olivia wasn't really happy about going because she just wanted to stay at home and watch tv. Her act of rebellion was to give us and everyone that we encountered the silent treatment. As you can imagine, it was very sad for me that she choose to be quiet all day!
We went to visit Grandma but it took us forever to find her in that place because neither of us thought to ask someone what room she was in before we left. We finally find her, Olivia didn't want to go in her room but decided to dance and twirl in the hallway. Whatever! Grandma was glad to see us and she was "ok" for the time being.
Now here's the thing, at first I thought my Grandma had a decent room. It was pretty quiet at first but then when I went into the hall to check on dance and twirl, I discovered her room was right next to the entrance to the "secure area" of the nursing home. There was this one lady in a wheel chair that kept trying to escape. I never really saw what exactly she was doing to make the alarm go off over and over and over again but whatever it was apparently was working. They would wheel her back to the other end of the hallway and before you knew it, she was back at the door again. It will be a wonder if our Grandma gets any rest in that place.
After we left there we went and visited two of our aunts. Aunt Janet's and then to Aunt Barbara's. Funny thing, we walk into Aunt Barbara's house and Olivia immediately starts talking. I don't know what brought it on but from then on she was chatty Cathy. We left there and began our trek home. We were both feeling a bit tired so we stopped at the gas station across the street for a Monster coffee to boost the energy levels. Low and behold I came across Mad Dog 20/20. Quite honestly I didn't even know they still made that stuff! They had every variety you can imagine. I took a picture to send to a couple of my friends. My sister and I also surveyed the area for a new man because let me tell you, if you want a man who drives a pick-up, is missing half his teeth, wears overall and a wife beater shirt, this was the place to find him! We didn't find any that we couldn't live with out so we just hit the road.
On Sunday I had to take the twins and drop them off at church camp. My girlfriend's girls were going to so we had a good ride over there. We got to listen, while they watched New Moon. I have to tell you, listening to that movie is a lot different than watching it. I really think it's kinda stupid now. We got there and got them settled and like any self respecting women we hit the outlet mall on the way back. I found a great pair of shoes but I passed them up - what was I thinking? I am a shoe whore and I passed up a pair of awesome shoes!!!!! They were sorta ugly really but very comfortable. Actually I think they were so ugly that they were cute! When I got home Scott and I went to Walmart for school supplies for the girls and then to dinner. On the way home Olivia were making up songs about ghosts, vampires and aliens. Really? Very strange in my book. I am guessing they get this stuff from their older siblings.
Today Scott and I took the two little ones to the zoo along with our nephew. We had a good time looking at the animals. Wearing the kids out so they would all go to bed early was really the plan. I need to keep these little ones occupied this week since according to Emma and Abigail the only reason I am going to miss them is because they are my slaves! Nice girls! Actually I just need to get all these kids back on schedule before school starts.....I can't see my ticker right now or I would tell you exactly how many days that is.
Anyway, sorry that I took a leave of absence there..life just got very busy this weekend. I will try and do better.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
My Grandma is really ill. She has a lot of trouble with her blood pressure and has congestive heart failure to boot. She was in the hospital much of last week and on Friday they moved her to a rehablitation center to help her recover. The truth is she is 90 years old and she probably doesn't have much time on this earth left. I felt like I really needed to go see her, so Saturday my sister, Olivia and I went down to Southern Ohio to visit.
I decided to leave three of the girls at home because I thought my four children in one nursing home was four too many. Olivia was chosen to go because she is a little too much for the older two to handle lately. So three left at home with their sleeping father and one on the road with me. Olivia wasn't really happy about going because she just wanted to stay at home and watch tv. Her act of rebellion was to give us and everyone that we encountered the silent treatment. As you can imagine, it was very sad for me that she choose to be quiet all day!
We went to visit Grandma but it took us forever to find her in that place because neither of us thought to ask someone what room she was in before we left. We finally find her, Olivia didn't want to go in her room but decided to dance and twirl in the hallway. Whatever! Grandma was glad to see us and she was "ok" for the time being.
Now here's the thing, at first I thought my Grandma had a decent room. It was pretty quiet at first but then when I went into the hall to check on dance and twirl, I discovered her room was right next to the entrance to the "secure area" of the nursing home. There was this one lady in a wheel chair that kept trying to escape. I never really saw what exactly she was doing to make the alarm go off over and over and over again but whatever it was apparently was working. They would wheel her back to the other end of the hallway and before you knew it, she was back at the door again. It will be a wonder if our Grandma gets any rest in that place.
After we left there we went and visited two of our aunts. Aunt Janet's and then to Aunt Barbara's. Funny thing, we walk into Aunt Barbara's house and Olivia immediately starts talking. I don't know what brought it on but from then on she was chatty Cathy. We left there and began our trek home. We were both feeling a bit tired so we stopped at the gas station across the street for a Monster coffee to boost the energy levels. Low and behold I came across Mad Dog 20/20. Quite honestly I didn't even know they still made that stuff! They had every variety you can imagine. I took a picture to send to a couple of my friends. My sister and I also surveyed the area for a new man because let me tell you, if you want a man who drives a pick-up, is missing half his teeth, wears overall and a wife beater shirt, this was the place to find him! We didn't find any that we couldn't live with out so we just hit the road.
On Sunday I had to take the twins and drop them off at church camp. My girlfriend's girls were going to so we had a good ride over there. We got to listen, while they watched New Moon. I have to tell you, listening to that movie is a lot different than watching it. I really think it's kinda stupid now. We got there and got them settled and like any self respecting women we hit the outlet mall on the way back. I found a great pair of shoes but I passed them up - what was I thinking? I am a shoe whore and I passed up a pair of awesome shoes!!!!! They were sorta ugly really but very comfortable. Actually I think they were so ugly that they were cute! When I got home Scott and I went to Walmart for school supplies for the girls and then to dinner. On the way home Olivia were making up songs about ghosts, vampires and aliens. Really? Very strange in my book. I am guessing they get this stuff from their older siblings.
Today Scott and I took the two little ones to the zoo along with our nephew. We had a good time looking at the animals. Wearing the kids out so they would all go to bed early was really the plan. I need to keep these little ones occupied this week since according to Emma and Abigail the only reason I am going to miss them is because they are my slaves! Nice girls! Actually I just need to get all these kids back on schedule before school starts.....I can't see my ticker right now or I would tell you exactly how many days that is.
Anyway, sorry that I took a leave of absence there..life just got very busy this weekend. I will try and do better.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Yes, I'm a loser...Sorry
Very sorry for not posting for the past couple of days....Been running around like a chicken with it's head cut off this weekend. I am sick to boot with an icky cold. I will get all caught up tomorrow!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Friday, July 23, 2010
I Found The Money Tree
It turns out the money tree extended a branch to my checking account today - courtesy of the federal government. You see I am not lying when I say I am broke, you trying raising four girls and having any money. I am sorry to say, it just doesn't happen people!
I got onto my online banking to try and figure out where in the hello kitty I had misplaced $35.00. I look at my balance and notice that it is a lot more than I had written down in my checkbook. I notice it says in the memo area "FED GOVT". I am thinking to myself, "Why are the feds putting money into my account and how did they get my account number!?!" I call the bank and ask them if they can tell me more about this deposit and they tell me it was deposited by the FED GOVT - but the best part was she spelled it out for me, G.....O.....V.....T.... WOW! You are a rocket scientists! That is exactly what the online page says, thanks for your help. They then asked if there was anything else they could assist me with. I replied, "Yeah, don't take that money out of my account!"
In the meantime, I am telling Emma to get her stuff together for a birthday sleep over she was going to. I go to put Torros (scott's k9 work companion) in his room before I leave and discover that he had thrown up all over said room. Seriously Emma? You didn't notice this when you let him out earlier? The child is terminally lazy! I was not about to clean it up. Cleaning up dog vomit is just not in my list of household responsibilities. I put him back outside and drove over to our land to talk to Torros' father about this latest discovery. We get to the land and I tell Scott about the dog barf and he got all irritated that I didn't clean it up. Seriously? Has this man just moved in with me or what? I don't deal with our children's vomit let alone his dogs. After he got over me being a horrible dog Mom I asked him about the money. I really didn't want to tell him how much it was, why? I don't know - may be I wanted to buy some new shoes instead of paying bills - don't judge me! Of course, once I said there was some money deposited in our account from the FED GOVT (I didn't bother spelling it out for him) the very first words out of his mouth were, "How much?" It's none of your business mister! No, I begrudgingly told him the amount and he said it was a stop-loss payment from the Army. Case solved - The money is ours! WOOT WOOT! However, he all the sudden starts dreaming about what HE is going to spend this pot of gold on. The worst part is he said it out loud! Wood chipper, chain saw....Really? I think not. I hate to sound crass but we are broke and I am thinking bills, bills, beach trip in September with the girls. Just to be specific not "my" girls as in children but my sister, niece and girlfriends are going for a Labor Day beach trip and I have no money set aside. I gently informed him that he must be smoking crack if he thinks he's buying a wood chipper. A WOOD CHIPPER? It's beyond me! In the end, it was decided (by me) that I would get $300 for the beach, he would get $300 for whatever he wanted and the rest was going to bills. A wood chipper...I just can't get past it.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
I got onto my online banking to try and figure out where in the hello kitty I had misplaced $35.00. I look at my balance and notice that it is a lot more than I had written down in my checkbook. I notice it says in the memo area "FED GOVT". I am thinking to myself, "Why are the feds putting money into my account and how did they get my account number!?!" I call the bank and ask them if they can tell me more about this deposit and they tell me it was deposited by the FED GOVT - but the best part was she spelled it out for me, G.....O.....V.....T.... WOW! You are a rocket scientists! That is exactly what the online page says, thanks for your help. They then asked if there was anything else they could assist me with. I replied, "Yeah, don't take that money out of my account!"
In the meantime, I am telling Emma to get her stuff together for a birthday sleep over she was going to. I go to put Torros (scott's k9 work companion) in his room before I leave and discover that he had thrown up all over said room. Seriously Emma? You didn't notice this when you let him out earlier? The child is terminally lazy! I was not about to clean it up. Cleaning up dog vomit is just not in my list of household responsibilities. I put him back outside and drove over to our land to talk to Torros' father about this latest discovery. We get to the land and I tell Scott about the dog barf and he got all irritated that I didn't clean it up. Seriously? Has this man just moved in with me or what? I don't deal with our children's vomit let alone his dogs. After he got over me being a horrible dog Mom I asked him about the money. I really didn't want to tell him how much it was, why? I don't know - may be I wanted to buy some new shoes instead of paying bills - don't judge me! Of course, once I said there was some money deposited in our account from the FED GOVT (I didn't bother spelling it out for him) the very first words out of his mouth were, "How much?" It's none of your business mister! No, I begrudgingly told him the amount and he said it was a stop-loss payment from the Army. Case solved - The money is ours! WOOT WOOT! However, he all the sudden starts dreaming about what HE is going to spend this pot of gold on. The worst part is he said it out loud! Wood chipper, chain saw....Really? I think not. I hate to sound crass but we are broke and I am thinking bills, bills, beach trip in September with the girls. Just to be specific not "my" girls as in children but my sister, niece and girlfriends are going for a Labor Day beach trip and I have no money set aside. I gently informed him that he must be smoking crack if he thinks he's buying a wood chipper. A WOOD CHIPPER? It's beyond me! In the end, it was decided (by me) that I would get $300 for the beach, he would get $300 for whatever he wanted and the rest was going to bills. A wood chipper...I just can't get past it.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
It's Hot.....
It's extremely hot out today. I can't even deny that I am melting everytime I walk outside. I tried to work in the yard but worked up such a sweat. I decided it would be better to come inside and blab on here about absolutely nothing!
I do have an update about the rental property issue. Scott went over with our insurance information and she had a change in tune. She decided that she just wanted him to cut the stupid tree down. So I guess that's good news since he seems to think that he can do it with the help of his Dad. The upside of this is that I will have more wood for my firepit! Actually the arrowhead is quite lonely out there in the yard lately....just sitting there getting the bricks knocked out of it.
Here's the thing about the arrowhead, this is what we loving call the firepit. You see I decided to build a firepit last spring. I had told my friend Michelle and she thoughtfully told my brother about my crazy plan. He came over and helped me build it, in the dark. It turned out perfectully but it is in the shape of a triangle, hence the arrowhead. There have been lots of good times around the arrowhead. When I, my friends and/or family are bored or too broke to go out and drink in public establishments we like to sit around the fire. I am thinking tonight since it's so hot I might just stick the little girls' beachball sprinkler in it. I could even take my lounge chair down there and just enjoy. May be pretend like it's mist from an exotic beach or something. I am thinking if my neighbor's don't all ready think I am crazy they would after that sort of display.
On another note, does anyone know where I can get a money tree? I have been looking high and low for one to no avail. I am flat broke this week. I don't know where all the money has gone because I have been trying my darndest (it's not a word, I know!) to use cash. Cash goes so fast. Where does it go? I mean theres the Smoothie Brew coffee addiction, there's the smoking addiction, the car needs gas, the kids need, need, need. I just don't know. I just know that I need a money tree and apparently they are extremely hard to come by. Hmmmmpf
Done with random whining and babble....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
I do have an update about the rental property issue. Scott went over with our insurance information and she had a change in tune. She decided that she just wanted him to cut the stupid tree down. So I guess that's good news since he seems to think that he can do it with the help of his Dad. The upside of this is that I will have more wood for my firepit! Actually the arrowhead is quite lonely out there in the yard lately....just sitting there getting the bricks knocked out of it.
Here's the thing about the arrowhead, this is what we loving call the firepit. You see I decided to build a firepit last spring. I had told my friend Michelle and she thoughtfully told my brother about my crazy plan. He came over and helped me build it, in the dark. It turned out perfectully but it is in the shape of a triangle, hence the arrowhead. There have been lots of good times around the arrowhead. When I, my friends and/or family are bored or too broke to go out and drink in public establishments we like to sit around the fire. I am thinking tonight since it's so hot I might just stick the little girls' beachball sprinkler in it. I could even take my lounge chair down there and just enjoy. May be pretend like it's mist from an exotic beach or something. I am thinking if my neighbor's don't all ready think I am crazy they would after that sort of display.
On another note, does anyone know where I can get a money tree? I have been looking high and low for one to no avail. I am flat broke this week. I don't know where all the money has gone because I have been trying my darndest (it's not a word, I know!) to use cash. Cash goes so fast. Where does it go? I mean theres the Smoothie Brew coffee addiction, there's the smoking addiction, the car needs gas, the kids need, need, need. I just don't know. I just know that I need a money tree and apparently they are extremely hard to come by. Hmmmmpf
Done with random whining and babble....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Stamps, Rentals and Songs...OH MY!
Last night I was loading up my new dishwasher and happy as a lark to be doing so when Olivia exclaimed, "WHO SPILLED RED JUICE ALL OVER THESE PRETTY STICKERS!". Now my first thought was that they would be some of their sparkly princess stickers but no, they were actually postage stamps. Not a half used pack of stamps but a brand new sheet! So in an effort to save these stamps I hung them up with a clip so they could dry out. If you think I am going to waste $8.80 you are crazy. Speaking of crazy......
We have some rental properties or as I like to call them nightmares. In my opinion they are nothing but a headache. I have lots of stories about my dealings with our rental properties but here is the most current tale. Yesterday my husband's phone rang and I heard him talking but I was busy with Abigail and her clothing dilemna. I couldn't really focus on his conversation and Abigail at the same time so I chose Abigail. A couple hours later while I am shopping for camp clothes my cell phone rings. It is Scott calling to ask me who our insurance for this particular house is. I had no clue but I told him I'd check when I got home and give him a call but hold the bus......WHY? A few years back (I use the word "few" loosely because I know it has been at least that many years) a tree limb from our rental property fell onto the neighbor's roof. Now all of the sudden her roof is leaking and she claims that her insurance won't pay for the roof/leaking or whatever and her insurance company says it's our problem. Ummmmmm, WHAT THE HELLO KITTY??? This house was built in the 60's and I can almost guarantee that the roof has NEVER been replaced. This lady is seriously looking for a payday and she is looking the wrong direction - you can't get blood from a turnip and we are all ready being sued by some psychopath my husband had a run in on the job with. Get in line bitch! Sorry that was totally called for but totally inappropriate in my effort not to cuss on here. Here's the best part though, I had an epiphany this morning! We took pictures of this incident when it happened for this very reason. Now if I can just locate them.....
Today was our pool day with my bfff Michelle and her kids. The kids had a blast swimming and playing in the pool. There were playing some game called "The Charmed One". Apparently this game consisted of one of them being "The Charmed One" and the rest of them were servants. Michelle tried and tried to convince them that we were in fact "The Charmed One". They weren't having it, little brats! Anyway, the pool is a really nice above ground 4ft pool. Sarah absolutely refuses to get in. Week after week we try and and try to get her in this pool to no avail. It's the same ole thing every time, "It tooooo big!" A couple weeks ago I just made her get in the pool with me. You see I am not very sympathetic about these kind of things. I have also never had a child afraid of water. This is a big deal for me - I love water and I seriously can not have a child who doesn't love water too. I got her in the water and she held onto me for dear life. I really thought I was going to pass out from the choke hold she had on me. Well ever since that time not only does she tell us, "It tooooo big!" she promptly throws her pointer finger into position and says really snotty, "AND don't you trooo me in eider!"Shoot Michelle who by all accounts is completely innocent tried to hug her on the deck of the pool and she got the pointer finger thrown at her! Seriously, she has some attitude and I have no flippin idea where she gets it.
We come home from the pool and are getting cleaned up. Sarah and Olivia are in the tub singing away and I am in the shower - listening to them sing. But what are they singing? It sounds to me like Olivia is singing, "Crazy is the Lord" and when she finishes Sarah yells out "Hallelujia"( i hope spell checker fixes that...lol if it does this will make no sense). They are reall belting it out. Now they went to VBS all last week so I was trying to think back to my younger days and figure out what Olivia was really saying...turns out to be "Praise Ye The Lord" after a quick check with Emma and my Mom. I swear that had to have been the funniest thing I heard all day. "Crazy is the Lord!" Nice, Olivia...I hope the Lord takes your speech impediment into consideration when your time on this earth is done!
After that, I went to my friend Jennifer's and from there we went on a pussy willow expedition at her childhood home. Long story short we did not find the pussy willow we were looking for. But we did have a funny walk down memory lane where we grew up. We went to our elementary school and peeked in the windows and don't you know we could actually smell the schoolish smells from the window! We also felt that the new owner's in our old neighborhood could step it up a bit. I mean who in their right mind would put four lighthouses (two on each side of the driveway), a wishing well and a water wheel all out in front of their house? It was a specktical! Jennifer and I decided that the street must have some kind of themed yard ordeal because a few houses down there was a house that had a wagon wheel deal going on.
Now I am home, tired and more than ready for bed...it's 11:30pm, my husband and kids are watching cartoons and I am sitting here wondering why I wasn't in bed two hours ago....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity (who can't get spell check to work)
We have some rental properties or as I like to call them nightmares. In my opinion they are nothing but a headache. I have lots of stories about my dealings with our rental properties but here is the most current tale. Yesterday my husband's phone rang and I heard him talking but I was busy with Abigail and her clothing dilemna. I couldn't really focus on his conversation and Abigail at the same time so I chose Abigail. A couple hours later while I am shopping for camp clothes my cell phone rings. It is Scott calling to ask me who our insurance for this particular house is. I had no clue but I told him I'd check when I got home and give him a call but hold the bus......WHY? A few years back (I use the word "few" loosely because I know it has been at least that many years) a tree limb from our rental property fell onto the neighbor's roof. Now all of the sudden her roof is leaking and she claims that her insurance won't pay for the roof/leaking or whatever and her insurance company says it's our problem. Ummmmmm, WHAT THE HELLO KITTY??? This house was built in the 60's and I can almost guarantee that the roof has NEVER been replaced. This lady is seriously looking for a payday and she is looking the wrong direction - you can't get blood from a turnip and we are all ready being sued by some psychopath my husband had a run in on the job with. Get in line bitch! Sorry that was totally called for but totally inappropriate in my effort not to cuss on here. Here's the best part though, I had an epiphany this morning! We took pictures of this incident when it happened for this very reason. Now if I can just locate them.....
Today was our pool day with my bfff Michelle and her kids. The kids had a blast swimming and playing in the pool. There were playing some game called "The Charmed One". Apparently this game consisted of one of them being "The Charmed One" and the rest of them were servants. Michelle tried and tried to convince them that we were in fact "The Charmed One". They weren't having it, little brats! Anyway, the pool is a really nice above ground 4ft pool. Sarah absolutely refuses to get in. Week after week we try and and try to get her in this pool to no avail. It's the same ole thing every time, "It tooooo big!" A couple weeks ago I just made her get in the pool with me. You see I am not very sympathetic about these kind of things. I have also never had a child afraid of water. This is a big deal for me - I love water and I seriously can not have a child who doesn't love water too. I got her in the water and she held onto me for dear life. I really thought I was going to pass out from the choke hold she had on me. Well ever since that time not only does she tell us, "It tooooo big!" she promptly throws her pointer finger into position and says really snotty, "AND don't you trooo me in eider!"Shoot Michelle who by all accounts is completely innocent tried to hug her on the deck of the pool and she got the pointer finger thrown at her! Seriously, she has some attitude and I have no flippin idea where she gets it.
We come home from the pool and are getting cleaned up. Sarah and Olivia are in the tub singing away and I am in the shower - listening to them sing. But what are they singing? It sounds to me like Olivia is singing, "Crazy is the Lord" and when she finishes Sarah yells out "Hallelujia"( i hope spell checker fixes that...lol if it does this will make no sense). They are reall belting it out. Now they went to VBS all last week so I was trying to think back to my younger days and figure out what Olivia was really saying...turns out to be "Praise Ye The Lord" after a quick check with Emma and my Mom. I swear that had to have been the funniest thing I heard all day. "Crazy is the Lord!" Nice, Olivia...I hope the Lord takes your speech impediment into consideration when your time on this earth is done!
After that, I went to my friend Jennifer's and from there we went on a pussy willow expedition at her childhood home. Long story short we did not find the pussy willow we were looking for. But we did have a funny walk down memory lane where we grew up. We went to our elementary school and peeked in the windows and don't you know we could actually smell the schoolish smells from the window! We also felt that the new owner's in our old neighborhood could step it up a bit. I mean who in their right mind would put four lighthouses (two on each side of the driveway), a wishing well and a water wheel all out in front of their house? It was a specktical! Jennifer and I decided that the street must have some kind of themed yard ordeal because a few houses down there was a house that had a wagon wheel deal going on.
Now I am home, tired and more than ready for bed...it's 11:30pm, my husband and kids are watching cartoons and I am sitting here wondering why I wasn't in bed two hours ago....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity (who can't get spell check to work)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
The Uneventful Day
I left the house and headed to the endodontist's office. The whole way there I was hoping I would get into a minor car accident. Yeah, no such luck, it was smooth sailing the entire way. In the office I went for my torture. Funny thing is, my tooth must have know we were going there because it started hurting earlier today. I got my shots and then let the poking begin. I sat in that flippin' chair for an hour and a half - bored out of my mind. On the bright side, when it was over and the Novocaine wore off I wasn't in that much pain. The good news, I think I am going to be chipmunk cheek free this time. I will let you know tomorrow. After the torture was over and I handed them $278.80 for the fun times I headed back home.
When I walked in the door I immediately noticed that Sarah was sitting on the couch, watching Noggin and wearing nothing but her undies. I could have sworn I dressed her this morning! Olivia was playing with Hailey for the last time since today was Hailey's last day here, Emma was watching tv and texting her friends and Abigail was, yeah I don't know where she was. Scott was fussing with the trimmer that never works and I interrupted him and asked him to get the suitcases down from the attack. The girls' are going to church camp Sunday and need to start getting their stuff packed. The suitcases are down and the girls' get all excited to start packing. When low and behold Abigail comes over to where I am sitting and tells me she only has two pair of shorts she can wear to camp. Just so you know, at church camp all shorts must come down to the knees and they are only allowed to wear one piece swimsuits (this one cracks me up because the don't allow the boys and girls to swim together so whey they have to be completely covered it beyond my comprehension). Like I said, they leave for camp Sunday. You couldn't haven't mentioned you had no long shorts and that your one piece swimsuit had gone missing to me sooner!
After dinner Abigail and I got in the car and headed to Kohls. The anticipation of shopping with her was almost as nerve wracking as driving to my dental appointment. She is the pickiest child and not only that she loves to shop, buy things and never wear them. I kid you not this child has items hanging in her closet from the beginning of last school year that still have tags on them. I decided to use a new tactic in shopping with her because I just really didn't feel like getting mad, yelling and risk getting chipmunk cheeks again. I just followed her around the store and ignored her. I made no suggestions on anything...I just let her shop and of course stay in our budget. It turned out not to be as bad as I had anticipated. Hopefully she will wear these clothes, if not, I have the receipt and I am not afraid to use it!
Home from shopping and not much else going on. Hopefully tomorrow will be more entertaining! Oh and just wanted to let you all know that today is Cat Steven's birthday! Happy Birthday Cat!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
When I walked in the door I immediately noticed that Sarah was sitting on the couch, watching Noggin and wearing nothing but her undies. I could have sworn I dressed her this morning! Olivia was playing with Hailey for the last time since today was Hailey's last day here, Emma was watching tv and texting her friends and Abigail was, yeah I don't know where she was. Scott was fussing with the trimmer that never works and I interrupted him and asked him to get the suitcases down from the attack. The girls' are going to church camp Sunday and need to start getting their stuff packed. The suitcases are down and the girls' get all excited to start packing. When low and behold Abigail comes over to where I am sitting and tells me she only has two pair of shorts she can wear to camp. Just so you know, at church camp all shorts must come down to the knees and they are only allowed to wear one piece swimsuits (this one cracks me up because the don't allow the boys and girls to swim together so whey they have to be completely covered it beyond my comprehension). Like I said, they leave for camp Sunday. You couldn't haven't mentioned you had no long shorts and that your one piece swimsuit had gone missing to me sooner!
After dinner Abigail and I got in the car and headed to Kohls. The anticipation of shopping with her was almost as nerve wracking as driving to my dental appointment. She is the pickiest child and not only that she loves to shop, buy things and never wear them. I kid you not this child has items hanging in her closet from the beginning of last school year that still have tags on them. I decided to use a new tactic in shopping with her because I just really didn't feel like getting mad, yelling and risk getting chipmunk cheeks again. I just followed her around the store and ignored her. I made no suggestions on anything...I just let her shop and of course stay in our budget. It turned out not to be as bad as I had anticipated. Hopefully she will wear these clothes, if not, I have the receipt and I am not afraid to use it!
Home from shopping and not much else going on. Hopefully tomorrow will be more entertaining! Oh and just wanted to let you all know that today is Cat Steven's birthday! Happy Birthday Cat!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
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