Oops, they did it again....

And I'm not talking about anything to do with the Britney.

That group of kids, that keeps hanging on the one corner in my neighborhood, threw a rock or something at another lady's van. I happened to come upon her looking at the side of her van after I slowed down and told them to disperse or I was calling the cops. I did call the cops and had her report the incident. I feel that if we get enough people to do this, maybe they will increase their patrols during that time of day or even put a cruiser there to dissuade any type of loitering. Yes, loitering is the proper word for what these kids are doing. There is no reason for 15-20 kids to hang out on one corner together. I don't care if they just got off the bus. They need to go home, do their homework, and then maybe get part-time jobs to be more productive! I'm so tired of these kids thinking that they have the right to be disrespectful and malevolent. Some of the things they are doing borders on gang activity. I do know that I am going to the next crime watch meeting and I'm going to ask why they don't have a patrol during that time of day. I'm also going to ask that something be done about these kids. I mean since they all scatter when they see a cruiser, why not send an unmarked car to look around? At least then, there would be an officer/deputy that can confirm what's being reported.

Okay, rant over...will update after the meeting...whenever that is!

Stupid M-Fers....

I was driving down the main drag of my neighborhood yesterday and as I was passing a group of HS students ( I know they were in HS because it was at the HS bus stop), one of the boys threw a plastic cup at my van! Guess what I did? I slammed on the brakes and turned around and (because most of the boys ran off when I stopped) I made one of the few people that stayed behind
give me a name and address. I promptly called the police and waited until a deputy got to the scene. I told him about what happened and he put a call in to his supervisor who put a call in to a judge...guess what? No, really, guess. The most that they guy can be charged with is LITTERING! OMFG! Oh, well. If this kid is 17, then he will get a $1087.00 fine. On the bright side, at least now those punks know that they messed with the WRONG woman! I have taught the middle school and younger kids to leave me be, because I don't take any crap from them! I guess it's time for the HS kids to learn! I am just waiting for the call saying when I need to show up for court!

OMG...When will these people learn?

This was written last summer.


I just got home from my parent's house. I had to leave rather abruptly, which didn't do anything for the headache I woke with this morning. I was having a conversation with my dad, when my sister walks up to him and starts to hand him $20 and says that he needs to go to the store to get more meat because her husband and his GIRLFRIEND and staying for dinner! I stopped mid-sentence and said I'll see you later. I'm leaving. I then proceeded to walk out the door. I will not be nice to someone just because they happen to be the father of my nephew. I tried to talk to her about him being over there so much and still not spending any QUALITY time with his son. But hey...that's neither here nor there. I have decided that I am done with him. If they want to allow that cheating, low-down, good for nothing asshole into their house...there is NOTHING I can do about it. The only thing I can do is leave whenever he shows up. And that means if I am in the middle of a meal and he shows up, then I guess I won't be finishing my meal, will I. I will not let this piece of white trash into MY house. Okay...rant over...

So what?!?!?!

I have been holding onto this one because I was trying to be sensitive to the person, but now, I'm just through being Mrs. Nice-Person!!!

This was written last summer.

So you are going through a divorce and have a sucky job that doesn't pay peanuts and doesn't give you the hours you need to support your family. So you have to rely on Mom and Dad to support you and your son because the asshole you married can't be bothered to give you a dime to help out. So you are going to court tomorrow and WANT a new outfit to wear, but don't have the $$$, so you are going to put it on Mom's credit card.

I'm sorry that you don't want to hear my advice. I'm sorry that you think that I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm sorry that you are going through all of this crap. But where do you get off spending $100+ on an outfit you will probably only wear once when Mom and Dad had to borrow $$$ from me to pay their light bill? It's not right.

It's not that you don't deserve a new outfit, you do. But when it costs almost as much as MY light bill...that's too much. If it was something that you would be wearing frequently, or had as separates, that would be an entirely different story. You could have waited until I was there to help you, but you got impatient and didn't want to wait. I'm sorry.

I know that this post will piss you off even more than you already are, but hey...it had to be said. I can no longer sit idly by and watch you break Mom's bank account. Go get a better job and stop bleeding them dry! You have MARKETABLE SKILLS! Use them! Even if it means going through some agency. Do it! Stop complaining and waiting for someone to do something for you, go out and do it for yourself!

Time for Mommy's medication....

Okay, so the children have been driving me up the wall all day. I was a good wife and let Joe go to Savannah with Glen to go to the Bass Pro Shops. I could have told him to stay home because I have to study and my mouth hurts, but no...I was nice to him. I so need a break! I can not wait until Monday when everyone else is gone and I have the entire house to myself!

Why does the mouth still hurt, you ask? Well...I have a dry socket! I spent time in the dentist chair again yesterday so that a medicated packing could be put into it. I go back on Monday to get it replaced. This really sucks! I have been taking more medicine for pain in the last two or three days than I did when I first got the tooth pulled!

Oh well...such is my life!

Anyway....Joe is home and I'm getting off of here.

KIDS

WHY do all the kids want to be up your ass when you don't feel well??????

Okay, enough whining....

But, Mommy, it HURTS!

Okay...not this mommy, but my mommy. Today was not a good day. I went to the dentist and as much as we both wanted to save my tooth, we were unable. The decay was too deep and even though it was not bothering me, we decided that (since finances won't permt a root canal) to pull the tooth before it became a larger problem. Okay, let me back up a little bit and explain to you WHY I went to the dentist. We (by we, I mean my family and I) were walking around Costco (MY favorite store in the whole wide world) and all of a sudden I feel like something is stuck in my teeth. I thought it was something stuck in between my teeth, but I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and saw that a hunk of tooth was missing. Yep...the tooth just started falling apart. Back to now...the ENTIRE right side of my face is numb (it has been 4 or 5 hours) from this morning. The doc (he's a cutie!) gave a script for Darvocet (YAY!). I promptly got it filled and took 2. I just took 2 more. Hopefully tomorrow I will ba able to resume my eating activities. (OH, did I forget to mention that I am on a SOFT diet today?) I can' t even drink out of a straw...do you know how difficult it is to do ANY eating or drinking when half of your mouth is numb???

Okay...I know that I'm a baby, but hey.............I'll just let you figure that one out!

I know...I know......

I know I've been a little slack. I know that I haven't posted since, like, June. But I have been dealing with my sister and her son and everything she's going through. Oh, and Becky came to town...notice she didn't post the entire time she was here, either. We were too busy hanging out with each other to post.

So, now, here it is September already. I took the last term off from school. I so needed that break. I am currently taking sociology and economic geography. Fun, Fun ,Fun. These are both reading intensive classes. LOVE IT!

My birthday is at the end of the month...

Amanda is probably going to be really really mad at me for a comment I made to her blog, but hey...it's probably going to be the only way I'm going to get her to listen to me on certain things.

I am no longer babysitting! Yep, you read it here....The only kids I watch are related to me!

We are broker than shit, but I don't care.

I should be reading.....

Okay...enough random BS...time for bed!

Night all!

OMG, it's Tuesday, already!

Okay, I know that I have your attention now...lol.

So I went for the MNO (Mom's Night Out) and had a blast! Mandi, was supposed to come with us, but had some trouble (which I am NOT going to mention) and wasn't able to make it. So it was just Kathy, Sherry and myself. We had so much fun, we decided that we were going to do this monthly.

Mandi's birthday is on Friday. She's going to be 28. Just a tad closer to the "magic pop your head out of your butt" age of 30. Goodness, but she worries me. She just left her hubby and is already trying to find a "replacement". She so needs to wait, but won't listen to me. I am older and wiser, but hey, I have never been there before and don't know what she's going through. I know about rejection. I know about loneliness. I know about not wanting to be alone, but sometimes it is better to be alone than to be with someone and unhappy. (Yes, Mandi, I know you are reading this.)

I am tired. I have tried putting up with everything, but to no avail. I just want a good comfortable mattress, a dark room and about 24 hours to do as I please without any interruptions. NOT going to happen. Oh, well. Guess I will just pretend. I have to babysit again in the morning, but don't mind. Jody is such a good boy. It's mine that drive me insane. They think that just because I said no, means they can do it anyway. NOT!!! They are going to learn about boundaries. They are going to learn that this mommy means business. I will no longer let them walk all over me, even if I have a migraine!

Okay, I think that's enough BS for one night!

Lovies!

I made it!!

It's Friday! I am not in some mental institution. I have not committed any crimes. In fact, I am actually pretty calm right now! I have decided that I need to leave all this financial trouble in Joe's hands. I need to trust him to make the right decisions for our family. I am now planning my Mom's Night Out. That's right...I'm getting out of here without any kids or a hubby tonight! Good Lord knows it is much needed and come to think about it, that's what our parent's parents did with going to a "bridge club" or anything like that...lol. Okay...think that's enough for now...lol!

Lovies!

On the verge...

Of a mental breakdown. Yep, that's right folks! I am about to completely lose it!


I bet you're asking, "Why?"


You wanna know?


You really wanna know?


M.O.N.E.Y.


That's it. Plain and simple.


Oh, you want details...here goes then.


On Monday morning, after Ariane left for school, I get a knock on the door. It is an officer from the Sheriff's Dept. They ask for Joe. Of course he's not here, he leaves for work at 5:45 in the AM! So they ask me if I can take the papers. Sure, "What's my relationship to Joseph?" "I'm his wife." "Okay, here you go. " "What's your name?" I gave the officer my name and he handed me a packet of papers. Well, guess what folks, my hubby is being sued in civil court for a credit card debt. That's right. This company refused to work with us and harassed and harangued us for a year. Now they are suing Joe because he didn't pay this debt. I don't know what to do about this, but I do know that if I continue to think about it I will get physically ill!


But, wait, folks. That's not all.


Joe got an e-mail from work yesterday. Yes, I know he gets them everyday, but this one yesterday is extremely important. He gets an e-mail stating what his "new" salary is. Guess what, he was hourly until Monday. Now, he has a base salary of $26,000.00 a year. That's right folks. Sounds like a decent number, right? Guess what, it's a pay CUT for us. Not only did they cut him with the base salary, they cut his commission rate as well. It really, really stinks! We made over $40,000.00 last year. With this new pay, we won't even hit $40,000.00. The kicker is that he refuses to let them know that this is a cut. He refuses to try to get them to increase his base, so we don't lose $4000-$5000 dollars this year. He refuses to let them know that I will have to return my car to the finance company because we're losing the entire car payment every month.


There you have it folks. That's been my week and it's only Wednesday. Let's see if I make it to Friday before I completely lose it!


I can already feel the anxiety closing in.

Weekend from H*E*L*L........

Yes, everyone. It has been the weeekend from HELL. We moved my baby sister from her house (which is about 45 mins away) to mom and dad's house. She has left her loser, I mean husband. Let's hope it lasts.

Today I attempted to make Red Rice and Sausage. Let's just say the pizza was delicious. Joe make a cake that literally cooked out of the pan. It rose so much that it came over the sides of the bundt pan. Mandi, well she is just herself. I think that now that she's home, she will be able to sleep better. Hunter. Let's just not go there. Ari has 3 more days of school and then it's summer break!!! I almost can't wait! Joey tested for CD (Child Development, which is like 4K). We will find out in August if he made it into the class.

I just want to curl up into a ball and sleep for a few days, or until I wake up without being woke up.

Night all!

Today's confessional....

Yes, I know it has been a little while since I blogged. All I can say is that it has been a very busy, yet not hectic week for me. I am sitting two of the quietest, greatest kids there are. I'm serious. I have had them at my house since about 11:15 this morning and have had absolutely NO trouble from them. The elder of the two (she's 10), straightened my garage!!! I didn't even ask her to. She just decided to do it! I think I will hire her to clean the house...lol. I have her all next week too...yay! The younger (he's 3) is such a sweetheart. He will just play and play until he...scratch that, he has done nothing but play all day long! Gotta love it! Joey has even been better behaved today! I am so happy! I have gotten to watch what I wanna watch on tv and not argue about mommy's turn...lol. I actually need to go check on Joey, as he was laying down a few minutes ago and I think he's sleeping...yep. He's out...just can't let him sleep more than 20 minutes.

My scar from my surgery is fading fast. Love that. My father-in-law must love me to pieces, because there was a sale on soft drinks at Publix and he bought me 5 12-packs of Pepsi! The deal was buy 4 for $11.00 and get the 5th free. When he called and told me I was thinking that he bought himself 3 or 4 and got me 1 or 2 (12-packs). Nope, I got the entire 5!!! Yay! Now I just need a place to hide them so the kids don't drink them all in one day! I am trying to convince my hubby to buy a key lock for the linen closet and finding somewhere else to put the towels, so I can hide all the snacks and sodas and drinks in there and lock it up so the kids don't go through it all in 2 days. He might be on board, but I still think he needs a little more convincing.

We planted a container garden. Tomatoes and bell peppers. My golden tomato plant already has 4 or 5 baby tomatoes on it! I also have blossoms on my red and yellow bell plants! I am waiting on the green bells and regular tomatoes to catch in maturity. I am so happy about this! I don't have a brown thumb! Yay! Lots of yays this week!

Love to all!

Udate on surgery...

I know that it has been about a week since I had my surgery. I should have updated before now, but it's hard when your face hurts.

Okay, so I went in and the first thing the doc says to me is that we needed to talk about his since I'm only 30 and already in there with skin cancer. I'm like whatever dude, since I HATE going outside in the sun since all I do is burn and get hot and yucky feeling all over! They numbed up my face and got the cancer in one layer! That's right folks, they only had to cut on my face one time! YAY! What bothered me the most was the cauterizing they did to stop the bleeding. I'm one of those people that can't even brown hamburger without adding the seasonings to it since the smell makes me ill. Imagine smelling burnt flesh while they work on your face! I nearly lost it (my cookies, that is)! So while they burned, I held my breath! I go in tomorrow to have the stiches out. I know, sounds like fun, right? I hope they numb it then too, since it's still really tender.

Now I go back to the dermatologist on the 19th of June so she can do a whole body check.

PS~(this has nothing to do with me, but read it anyway!)

Keep my sister in your prayers, as she is going through a hard time right now and needs all the help she can get!

Mohs Surgery...

Well folks, I am having surgery on my pretty little face on Thursday. Yep, the doc is gonna slice and dice my face to get rid of all that icky wittle skin cancer. I am supposed to have someone come sit with me, but the only person available is my mom, aka: the D.E.V.I.L. She's disabled and has trouble sitting for long periods of time, but thinks that she needs to be there for me. How do I convince her that it would be better for me to go alone, even though I want (read: need) someone there with me? I am scared witless about this and want to know it is going to be alright, but everything in my heart tells me that it's not. I want to cry about it, but Joe would only laugh at me and tell me I am being silly. Almost everyone has told me that it will be okay, but what about the people that tell me I could have a hole in my face the size of a quarter? Please someone tell me I will just be fine and this is all my anxiety kicking in! I need the reassurance right now!

I figured it out...

All by my lonesome! I didn't know why the comments were turned off on one of my posts, but I fixed it! And I didn't have any help from anybody...lol!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my mom. I hope it is good to you!

My husband and I are taking her out to dinner at Yokoso's Japanese Steakhouse. I hope she enjoys it!

On a sour note...Joe insisted that we come over here at 6:30 PM when I said we wouldn't be there until 7:15 PM. Now why does he want to be so early?? He has also been highly reactive today. If anything catched him as wrong he starts screaming and cursing! Gotta love them days...(I think he's PMSing!)

Sickness...ugh!

I hate when my kids get sick! Ariane has been running a low-grade fever for two days now, and I sent her to school anyway. Now, she's still got that fever and I am thinking I probably should take her to the doctor or something. I guess I just don't want to hear that she has to stay home for any length of time because she would drive me even crazier than she already does!

I have been getting tension migraines. Guess who's going to get her meds filled? Last week it floored me. Yesterday, it snuck up and gently eased into my head...lol. I know not a laughing matter. My head still hurts, so I'm going to get off of this machine.

UGH!

OMG...I've been spotlighted!!

Check it out...just click the button below to see my sister Becky's blog...



So a little more about me...

Yes, I am a full-time student. I do everything online. I have not set foot in a classroom since I started over a year ago.

I have two kiddos. No more for me! I will not ever have another child, if I do get preggers again, then I will be one very, very, very, did I mention very rich pregnant lady!

I tutor my friend's son. He's in the first grade and would probably be in first grade again next year if I weren't tutoring him.

I am a whiner. I whine about everything. I think I need a little cheese to go with my whine. Wanna add to it?

Okay, yes our mom can be the D.E.V.I.L, but I love her and think that I need to do for her as much as I can, especially since I live the closest.

There. You all now know all of my deepest darkest secrets!

PS~Thanks for the button, Toni! I love it!

Chinese Freeze Tag

Toni tagged me so...

I’ll write 10 (hopefully) interesting facts about me and/or habits of mine.
- I’ll tag 10 people.
- If you’ve been tagged, you do your own list and tag 10 more people. (”No tag backs.”)

So here we go….

1) I do too much for everyone else and not enough for my own family.

2) I LOVE fresh fruit and veggies!

3) I do all of my college courses online, and have done so for the last year and a half.

4) I think my husband hates me!

5) My house is a tee-total disaster area!

6) I spend entirely too much time on here (ie: the computer)!

7) I love video games and am currently saving for a Nintendo DS Lite!

8) Toni is the only person that reads my blog! Well, the only person that's not related to me!

9) I have no self-control when it comes to anything that is tasty and decadent.

10) I am the fattest person I know!

Since I know NO ONE besides Toni and Becky, I guess there's no one that I can tag!

Bed-time musings...

I am sitting here in my PJs trying to get everything organized for tomorrow. I have decided that I am no longer going to work every weekend. I will instead only be available to work every other weekend. This will give me that much needed family time. And the hubster will stop whining about me not being home when he is. I also think that this will make me happier. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but I miss my family on the weekends!!! Family is very important to me. If it weren't for family, I would probably be 30 and still living with my parents (sorry to anyone that feels this is okay!) I will not sacrifice my family just to have a few extra dollars to spend (which I love having money to spend)!

I have NOT been sleeping well. I think this has to do with the dermatologist calling me, as it has only been since Wednesday that I've been having the problem.

I work 12 to 4 tomorrow, so not too bad...lol.

love, me.

So the phone rang...

And it was my dermatologist. She was call to tell me that she got the biopsy results back. Guess what? I have skin cancer. Of all of the skin cancers I could get, this is the one that I want, or at least that's what my doc said. Now, why would anyone in their right mind want skin cancer?? Please tell me. I am now awaiting a call from the dermatological surgeon, to schedule when he/she can take the rest of the affected skin off. I am guessing that they need to use a special scope for this? I have no clue. I thought she got it all with that office visit, but I guessed wrong. I also have to make another appointment to have my entire body checked out, since she only looked at my face. I guess now I have a reason to stay indoors...lol. Not, that I like going outside anyway, it's too darn hot!

Now everyone knows what my parents were doing on January 5, 1976!

I "borrowed" this from my sis, so you can thank her for the plethora of information today!


http://www.paulsadowski.org/BirthDay.asp

check it out!

Birthday Calculator

27 September 1976

Your date of conception was on or about 5 January 1976 which was a Monday.

You were born on a Monday
under the astrological sign Libra.
Your Life path number is 5.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443048.5.
The golden number for 1976 is 1.
The epact number for 1976 is -1.
The year 1976 was a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/31/1976 and ending 2/17/1977.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Raven; your plant is Ivy.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Choiach, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 3 Tishri 5737.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 4 Tishri 5737.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.3.4.4 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 3 tun 4 uinal 4 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, 3 Shavval 1396 (1396-10-3).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 18 April 1976.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 25 April 1976.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 3 March 1976.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 6 June 1976.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 13 June 1976.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 25 September 1976.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 15 April 1976.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 2 March 1976.

As of 4/26/2007 10:03:30 AM EDT
You are 30 years old.
You are 367 months old.
You are 1,595 weeks old.
You are 11,168 days old.
You are 268,042 hours old.
You are 16,082,523 minutes old.
You are 964,951,410 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Avril Lavigne (1984)	Stephan Jenkins (1964)	Shaun Cassidy (1958)
Mike Schmidt (1949)	Meat Loaf (1947)	Wilford Brimley (1934)
Greg Morris (1934)	Jayne Meadows (1926)	Arthur Penn (1922)
William Conrad (1920)

Top songs of 1976

Tonight's the Night by Rod Stewart	Silly Love Songs by Wings
Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee	Disco Lady by Johnnie Taylor
Play The Funky Music by Wild Cherry	December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) by Four Seasons
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon	Kiss and Say Goodbye by Manhattans
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago	Love Hangover by Diana Ross

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.37103718199609 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

There are 154 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 31 candles.

Those 31 candles produce 31 BTUs,
or 7,812 calories of heat (that's only 7.8120 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.54 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1976 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1976 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1976 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1976 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1976 the population of Australia was approximately 14,110,107.
In 1976 there were approximately 227,810 births in Australia.
In 1976 in Australia there were approximately 109,973 marriages and 63,230 divorces.
In 1976 in Australia there were approximately 112,662 deaths.


Your birthstone is Sapphire

The Mystical properties of Sapphire

Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Sapphire is used for clear thinking.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Agate, Moonstone, Lapis Lazuli

Your birth tree is

Hazelnut Tree, the Extraordinary

Charming, undemanding, very understanding, knows how to make an impression, active fighter for social cause, popular, moody and capricious lover, honest and tolerant partner, precise sense of judgement.

There are 243 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 256 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waxing crescent.

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What Your Name Means

You entered: Jennifer Irene Fortson There are 20 letters in your name. Those 20 letters total to 113 There are 8 vowels and 12 consonants in your name. What your first name means: Welsh Female Fair one. Variant of Guinevere. In Arthurian Mythology Guinevere was Arthur's queen. English Female Fair one. Variant of Guinevere. In Arthurian Mythology Guinevere was Arthur's queen. Cornish Female Fair and yielding. Variant of Guinevere. Celtic Female White wave. Arthurian Legend Female Variant of Guinevere: Fair one. Guinevere was King Arthur's mythological queen. Your number is: 5 The characteristics of #5 are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom. The expression or destiny for #5: The number 5 Expression endows with the wonderful characteristic of multi-talents and versatility. You can do so many things well. The tone of the number 5 is constructive freedom, and in your drive to attain this freedom, you will likely be the master of adaptability and change. You are good at presenting ideas and knowing how to approach people to get what you want. Naturally, this gives you an edge in any sort of selling game and spells easy success when it comes to working with people in most jobs. Your popularity may lead you toward some form of entertainment or amusement. Whatever you do, you are clever, analytical, and a very quick thinker. If there is too much of the 5 energy in your makeup, you may express some the negative attitudes of the number. Your restless and impatient attitude may keep you from staying with any project for too long. Sometimes you can be rather erratic and scatter yourself and your energies. You have a hard time keeping regular office hours and maintaining any sort of a routine. You tend to react strongly if you sense that your freedom of speech or action is being impaired or restricted in any way. As clever as you are, you may have a tendency to make the same mistakes over and over again because much of your response is glib reaction rather that thoughtful application. You are in a continuous state of flux brought by constantly changing interests. Your Soul Urge number is: 5 A Soul Urge number of 5 means: The 5 soul urge or motivation would like to follow a life of freedom, excitement, adventure and unexpected happening. The idea of travel and freedom to roam intrigues you. You are very much the adventurer at heart. Not particularly concerned about your future or about getting ahead, you can seem superficial and unmotivated. In a positive sense, the energies of the number 5 make you very adaptable and versatile. You have a natural resourcefulness and enthusiasm that may mark you as a progressive with a good mind and active imagination. You seem to have a natural inclination to be a pace-setter. You are attracted to the unusual and the fast paced. You may be overly restless and impatient at times. You may dislike the routine work that you are engaged in, and tend to jump from activity to activity, without ever finishing anything. You may have difficulty with responsibility. You don't want to be tied down to a relationship, and it may be hard to commit to one person. Your Inner Dream number is: 9 An Inner Dream number of 9 means: You dream of being creative, intellectual, and universal; the selfless humanitarian. You understand the needy and what to help them. You would love to be a person people count on for support and advice.

What do you get when...

you don't empty your pockets before you wash AND dry your clothes? Blue ink on everything!

Yep. That's right, folks! My husband washed a load of OUR clothes and didn't take the pen out of his shorts pocket. He washed not one, but two of my good shirts in that load. Needless to say, I now have blue INK all over both of those shirts! It is also all over the drum of my dryer!

Now how am I supposed to get that out of the clothes and the dryer? I have no clue, but my mom told me to use hairspray. Wish me luck, as if it doesn't come out, he's on indefinite punishment!

It makes me so mad when he does something stupid like this!

"Mommy, you broke my heart!"

That's what Ariane has been yelling out her bedroom door for the last few minutes. And the reason she's so upset is because she is grounded to her bedroom all weekend long. No TV, no books, no friends, no pillows or blankets during the day, nothing! She has to sit on her bed and think about why she's in there. I am tired of fighting her to take her medicine. She has wasted 4 pills just this week! I sent her to school without being medicated. I also sent a note to the teacher stating that if she had any problems with her, to call my cell phone right away and I would come deal with her. I am at my wits end with this child. I no longer know if I can handle her moodiness and petulance without cracking. Please someone tell me that it is going to get better! I need some reassurance that I'm not losing my mind!

Lit class...

I couldn't do it! I'm so mad at myself for not being able to complete this class. I sent a note to the professor this morning stating that I am taking full responsibility for not completing this course. I blame it on my inability to manage my time properly.

I guess I will be taking a different Lit class, one that is not as long.

Who wants my kids?

I am about done with them, so unless someone wants them, they are gonna go...I don't care where, but the have got to get away from me!

Okay, that was a joke, but hey...some days they can just grate the nerves!

Today, I am tired and just want to wrap up in the blanket and go to sleep...but noooooo, Joey wants to jump on me and pretend he's practicing 'arate. (Karate, for those of you that don't know.) No, he's not taking lessons anywhere, but he thinks he can 'arate whomever he pleases.

I know kids have peculiar vocabularies, but one of MY favorite words of Joey's is erections. Yep, my 4 year old son talks about following erections all the time. (This is how he says DIRECTIONS). Anyway, just thought I'd share one of his fave words!

Can you hear me?

That's what I'm listening to on my cd walkman that I got for Christmas! Today I burned 3 mixed cds! All for me! I'm learning just what this machine is capable of and I love it!

I have a rough topic for my paper, but haven't decided which direction I'm going to take it. I do know that it is going to be a criticism about the violence in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Other than that, I have nothing...wish me luck, as this is due in two days!

That's what they tell me...

Okay, so I went to the dermatologist today and she took a good look at the blemishes on my face. I have, no had, three blemishes on my face, I'm not talking pimples here. There was one that looked like a mole, another that looked like a white head, and a third spot that looked kinda slick and was kinda weird. She removed all three spots and told me that the third spot was most likely skin cancer, not the bad kind, the good kind. Like there really is a good kind?? What she meant was that it wasn't the kind that spread to other organs and stuff like that. I really liked her. She told me that the results would take about a week. If there was something, then she would call me. If there was nothing, then I would receive a letter. If I don't hear anything in 3 weeks, then I am to call her. Now, I wish I could take off the band-aids, as they are itchy, but I'm gonna leave them on until tomorrow and then I can see what is going on...

PS~Please keep my baby sister in your prayers as her husband is a really really really bad person...(I wanted to use a bad word, but opted not to!)

MRI results...

So after tracking down the results....I can now breathe a lot easier! Joey's MRI showed nothing. He's a perfectly normal little boy with serious allergies! God love him!

What is his problem????

So I am sitting here at the computer for only the second time today...which is a record for me....and he is slamming through the cabinets, and refrigerator, and freezers looking for his dinner...I didn't cook because his kids got themselves sandwiches at 4:30....well I asked him what his problem is and tell him that I will cook whatever it is he wants to eat...he tells me to find him something and cook it...well I told him that I wasn't going to look for something for him to eat because I don't read minds!

I think he and I are both suffering from PMS! It sucks, but I do believe that men have hormonal fluctuations, just like women do. Oh, well! I guess I'm going to go fix him a PB&J.....

Now, I'm starting to get mad...

So Joey's MRI was an entire week ago today! I have yet to get a call from anyone regarding his results! I'm like come on people, all I want to hear is that everything is fine and that I won't have to worry about it, except to keep him on the allergy medicine and give him motrin as needed. I have called that darn peds office twice, and have yet to get a call back. Guess, what. Tomorrow, I am going to the peds office and saying, look here, it has been an entire week and I want to know what is wrong with my baby! And if you won't tell me, then I'm going to call MUSC radiology and speak to whoever it is I need to speak to to get these results! This really, really sucks! I love my kids' doctors, but this is bull crap!

PS--I still haven't started writing my research paper!

Still nothing...

I am trying to be patient about the MRI results! It is not working. I want to know what's going on with my son, and I want to know like yesterday! I know, it takes time for all the bureaucratic BS between all of the different facilities, but hey...I'm the mom and have to deal with all of this!

On a different note...I should be doing research for a 7-8 page critical essay..............

MRI....

We don't have any results yet, but we do know that when Joey wakes up from anesthesia, he wakes up smiling, which is highly unusual.

Here's the run-down on yesterday.

I woke Joey up at 4:30 AM and took him to Waffle House to eat, since he couldn't eat past 5:20 AM. He did pretty well for it being so dosh-darned early in the morning. When we got back home, daddy was leaving for work and said goodbye to us. We went back to bed. When we got up again, he had some water and said his head hurt :(. I wanted to give him motrin, but couldn't. He went back to sleep and pretty much slept off and on until we got to the hospital. When they called him back for the anesthesia, he got to play with some bubbles and they gave him another "game" to play. He was told to try to blow the "balloon" up big enough to pop it. He tried, but was unsuccessful...lol. Off to nighty-night land. And then there was the wait. I could not sit still. I was very anxious about the whole procedure. But hey...my boy came through this like a trooper! God, love him!

Today is the day!

Today is the day that Joey has his MRI! I think that I'm more anxious about it than he is! I woke him up at 4:30 AM just to take him out to breakfast, since he isn't allowed to have anything after 5:20 AM. He is allowed water up until 11:20 AM. His appointment isn't until 2:20 PM, but we have to be there at 1:20 for anesthesia. They are going to put my baby to sleep so he doesn't move during this procedure. I will give my anxiety level a 9 out of 10...it's pretty much up there. Okay, off to shower...

What?!?!

So this morning, I called the radiologist to get location information. They informed me that there was no appointment...I was like what do you mean, no appointment? Turns out those people cannot spell! The spelled my son's (which also happens to be mine) last name WRONG! Good grief! I hope that they have it right now, because I spent lunch time at the peds office trying to get this figured out...lol.

On a different note, I want to say that people that do things that are petty are not people worth knowing! I feel that if you have a beef (i.e.; problem) with someone, you should confront that person and not let others get involved, especially if it is something of a sensitive nature!

My poor baby!!!

Well, I know I haven't told anyone, but Joey is getting an MRI of his brain done on Thursday. He's been complaining of headaches for the last couple of weeks and 3 (almost 4 at the time, now 4) year olds do NOT complain of headaches. His ped and I think it might be allergies, but because of family history, we aren't taking any chances. I just hope we're right. There is a long history of migraines on both sides of the family and on daddy's side, there is that cousin that had a tumor when she was a baby...need I say anymore?? I will update with more info when I get it, until then, please pray!

Way too many commitments...

I have decided that I have way too many commitments. There are too many people that depend on me for physical help! I'm conflicted. I have to miss my daughter's field trip today because I forgot about it and my MIL needs me to help her pack today. This is the only time I can help her, because I work on the weekends and she works all week. I had also told a friend that I could babysit her daughter today, but when she asked me yesterday, uh-oh...forgot about that too. She's okay with it. Not even mad at me. For that, I am greatful. Mom called me yesterday because I need to get some boxes in the mail to my sister that lives overseas. She wants me to do it today. Does anyone else see a pattern here? I have overextended myself once again! I am going to have to say no to people next week, as it's Spring Break and I will be watching kids all day nearly everyday. I think that I should have them send some food or something so it's not so hard on the pocketbook.

Anyway...that's just today, let's see what tomorrow will bring.

Just for kicks...

Let's assume that I am feeling good. (Big stretch, as my back is killing me!) And let's assume that because I'm feeling fine that I can do just about whatever I want to. Now, what do I do? Do I go outside and play with the kids? (Who are, by the way, driving me INSANE!) Do I send them outside and hide from them? Or do I just sit here on the computer and pretend to be deaf? All of these options are very much a viable thing. So, WHAT would you do? Please don't everyone answer at once...

Just another day...not.

Okay, so I should have posted this when it happened, but I am getting it done now.

I got a call from a collections company and the guy was soooo mean (yes, mean, not rude). First, he called asking for my mom or dad. When I called back, it was actually me this guy was looking for. So he asked me if I knew how to get in touch with "Jen," and I said that it was me. And he then proceeded to get very mean and rude and all that. I hung up on him and he called me back. When I didn't answer the phone when he called me back, he left a message and then hung up and called back, getting the answering machine everytime, about 6 times in less than 2 minutes. After that, I picked it up and asked him for his company's information. He refused. All I could get from him was the spelling of his last name. I hung up and he called back, I answered and he said to me, and I quote, "Get a job, Jenny, and stop mooching off your husband!" That really got to me. I told him that he didn't know me to talk to me that way. I also asked him if he thought I was below him, to which he answered, yes. The conversation ended with him hanging up on me. I didn't call back.

I have since written letters to the company this guy is with, the company that placed the account with them, and the Attorney General's Office. I hope this guy gets the help he needs and gets fired for talking to me the way he did.

Okay, that's off my chest. I am thinking that I need to contact a lawyer to sue him for speaking to me like that. I will never get over this.

Birthdays!!!

So it was Joe's 43rd birthday on Monday and today is my neice, Erin's 12th birthday, and this coming Monday will be Joey's 4th! and that's just this week...lol. We are going to got to Medievil Times for Joe's birthday. We are going to stay overnight, sans kiddos! We all know what that means...lol. I get to sleep in the same bed as my hubby! Go me! I'm not sure which weekend this will be, so will update when it happens...

On a different note, I am about 6 weeks behind in my literature class. I know, I'm bad. But I do have everything written out so I can catch up without being hooked up to this machine. (A laptop would make this so much easier...hint hint)

For Joey's birthday, we will most likely be going to Chuck E. Cheese's. I need to go call my neice and wish her a "Happy Birthday!"

Busy, busy, busy me....

Okay. I know I'm a very busy person. So, what? Does that mean that I need to slow down? Do I have to quit doing the things I love? No. It just means that if you need to contact me, you will have to do it on my terms, when it is convenient for me. Selfish? No. I'm not selfish. I am the most giving person that I know. If I am accused of being selfish, then that is their opinion. I will be selfish with the little free time that I have. No one will tell me how to spend what little time I have for myself. Yes, I know. This has nothing to do with being a mommy, but hey, now everyone knows what's going on.

Anyway. I just wanted to say, I'm a busy person!

I sooo want this!

I want the entire series of Charmed on DVD!!! I'm so addicted to it! I don't want it, I NEED it! anyway...that's all I wanted to say!