Wednesday Whatnots!

No, I didn’t do a Tuesday Ten because you really wouldn’t have wanted those thoughts. I was woken up around 1:00am and couldn’t go back to sleep to save my life. And I didn’t go to bed until 11:30 so, nope, no good thoughts were present yesterday.



Now I will commence with spewing all kinds of crap for your pleasure!


Labor Day weekend was just that. Well, on Sunday it was. Gregg, Andy, and I did some deep cleaning around here. We cooked out some awesome steaks and fresh corn and all kinds of yummy goodness. I bought one of those little watermelons that don’t look like much but WOW the amount I got out of it and it was soooo sweet. I won’t bring up the fact that I have them growing in the garden and SOME male around here didn’t tell me there was one out there that I could have had.


Why is it that I can sweep this house twice a week but I always seem to find a little dog I didn’t know I had each time? Seriously, the hair we sweep up is maddening!! It is no wonder all of our noses used to constantly run and now they don’t!


My car window has been funky since I bought the car but last Thursday it went down and REFUSED to go back up. I have had that issue before as in every time you go to a drive-thru it was a crap shoot as to if it would work or not. I called my handy man, aka Jimmy, to see if he could help as they SAY we will get rain this weekend. He came and got the car, fixed it, just got it back in the driveway and OMG, a quick shower hit!! Guess I had a little good Karma come my way.


I have a semi-mess going on and may need bail money (again). We have these “friends” that bug the hell out of all of us but they keep showing up and we are adults and deal with it but they are just about to blow my gaskets.


When we get together for cookouts and such they do the minimum that they can get by with and then sit around drinking beer. He attempts to help the guys but ends up being more in the way than not. Well, here is the dilemma of the day…the asshats has been on unemployment for almost 2 years after getting fired for sexual harassment. Yes, he goes there a lot and I have had to put him in his place more than I can count.


His 60th birthday is the weekend we go to Brown County and he also has filed for retirement. Yes, he’s retiring from unemployment. Go ahead; shake your head like I am. Anyway, he brings this up E.V.E.R.Y.T.I.M.E. we are together. He has it in his head that we are going to do something for him that weekend. NOOOOOOOO…we are not!!! We will hand him a card and say congrats and go on.


Well, last night, while I am COMPLETELY sleep deprived and had a few cocktails, his wife brings it up. SHE wants one of us to pick up a cake for him. I was not a nice person. She probably got the hint when I said “NO Fucking way, I am doing enough for this weekend and it damn sure ain’t all about him! We are already getting all of the food together that YOU will be getting a bill for your share but this is MY vacation too!” I had more cocktails because I have awesome friends that like to snicker when I bring out my evil twin. So, we will see how shit goes down.

Hot Date!

Ok, so yesterday I did 12 loaves of mf'ing zucchini bread and 5 gallons of salsa. I passed that stuff off to anybody that got within 5 feet of me last night. I have 2 loaves left and a couple of containers of salsa.

And just for the record, yes, I have to do 2 dozen deviled eggs tomorrow for a picnic at the VFW!

THEN.......................

I am going to go jump...I mean see this:

And this:

With 5 of the best wimmin's in my life!!

TTT!

Haven’t done this for a few weeks but now that the house is relatively quiet during the day I can get thoughts in a somewhat order. HA, like you thought that was going to happen.



1. School has been good so far. I am dealing with new teachers that I had not been warned about! This 8th grade teacher and I will probably not make it through the year. I AM NOT the student and will NOT be treated as such. Andy had a small melt down, and for him I do mean small. She calls while I am in the shower, I get the voice mail. Oh shit, English is rough for her…I can’t understand her phone number well at all and haven’t a clue what the name is. Sounded like…ARGLUDISJFFKEL! I get another one yesterday to tell me how WELL he is doing. Ok, I like positive reinforcement but lady, please. He is growing out of a lot of his issues so just let him be, for your sake.


2. I woke up Sunday morning to three of the largest zucchini’s I have seen in awhile. With a recipe for creamy zucchini pie in the bag, on my front porch. Any guesses as to what I am to do with them? I have a few ideas but then they would be inedible.


3. I already have a counter full of tomato’s that I am (was) suppose to have made salsa out of by tonight. Not seeing that in my future today.


4. I think I am having my PMS without the cervix and uterus. Sorry guys had to throw that in there.


5. Why am I breaking out like a teenager when I am in my **cough**cough** 40’s? I didn’t have zits when I was young, why in the Hell now?


6. Like Erin said, where in the Hell is the rain? I hadn’t realized I moved to the desert! Tired of heat, humidity and watering the garden every night. Hey, maybe that is the key, quit watering the damn thing, it will quit growing…..hmmmm….may be onto something here.


7. I think I am going to eat the rest of my T-bone steak very shortly. Steak is good protein for breakfast. Well, it is in my world. Maybe a couple of eggs. Mine haven’t been recalled…I don’t think. If you don’t hear from me, we will know the truth.


8. That brings me to a controversial topic. And I hope to not piss anybody off but this is my blog and my thoughts and you have been warned. When I was a kid, damn sounding old, we played in dirt, we ATE dirt, we were not bombarded with Mom’s constantly wanting to rub us down with anti-bacterial crap. Are we still alive? Hell yes. IN MY OPINION, it is the keeping germs off of the kids that are causing them to constantly be sick if a germ gets within a foot of them. Now, I do know some kids are just born with a low immune system, I KNOW THIS and am not saying all Mom’s do this. But with school starting it is totally being shoved down our throat. All three of my kids have made it without ever being touched with the stuff. I WAS LUCKY that my kids did have GREAT immune systems and we didn’t have too many of the ear nose, and throat issues so I am blessed in that department. But when people act like I am a bad Mother because I won’t insist that he carry a bottle of that stuff in his pocket, it sends me to a dark, dark place.


9. Only three more weeks until a mini-cation. For those of you that asked, every year a bunch of us go to Brown County, Indiana for a three day weekend. It is a small town in the hills that has a bunch of little shops of handmade crap that you have to buy and then dust for the rest of your life. Lots of little restaurants to eat weird stuff in. We do a cookout at the hotel on Friday night, walk around the whole town on Saturday which includes a stop at a little winery where you can get a bottle of wine, cheese, and crackers and sit on the covered patio and just enjoy. Then we have a DD that drives us around for a couple of hours and then back to the little bar behind the hotel. There are 18 of going this year. ALWAYS a great time.


10. And that will be Gregg’s last vacation of the year!! I love him home but he gets too restless if he doesn’t have something to do which sends me crazy and it just turns into Crazy town around here.


11. Why does his company insist that they make the vacation schedule in December? Do you have any idea how hard it is to schedule 5 weeks of vacation a year in advance? There are 2 weeks we know for sure then it is a crap shoot. Do you know what you are going to want to do a year from now?


12. OK, so there ya have it sports fans! I am off to….dunno…but it will not involve any vegetables!

Hello!!

hello there........................

Thought For The Day GOOD looks catch the eye but a GOOD personality catches the heart. You're blessed with both!' Flattered??? Don't be, this message was sent to ME!! I just wanted YOU to read it :) Send it on.... it'll make someone else's day!!

Tee Hee!

MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian Medical Association researchers have found that patients needing blood transfusions may benefit from receiving chicken blood rather than human blood. It tends to make the men cocky and the women lay better.... Just thought you'd like to know. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE CRACKED, FOR THEY ARE THE ONES WHO LET IN THE LIGHT! OK, I'll be going to my room now.

**************************************************************************************************

Monday Musings!

I’M SO EXCITED!



You do know what tomorrow is, dontcha’?


My kid goes back to school. Hallelujah pass the wine!


My two days, well, one and half, were fantabulous. Connie came on Thursday and we just sort of chilled out at the VFW for a little bit and then back here. On Friday, we did some retail therapy, got pedicures and then commenced with the “Chill the fuck out day” at her house! We sat, talked, drank, ate fajitas (See Marty, told ya, EVERY TIME!) I can’t tell you how much I needed that.


On Wednesday night, a friend texted me asking and I quote, “A big batch of my mostest delicious deviled eggs for a friend’s bachelor party on Saturday”. I am sure someone heard the big “Fuck me running, I don’t wanna”. But we KNOW I would never say that to friend so of course I texted her back, Yes Dear.


So on Friday morning before we get moving I decided to go ahead and cook the eggs and then Saturday when I get home I will finish and deliver them. I know, there is no end to my brilliance.


Friday night while sitting on the Tiki Bar back porch, I hear my phone beep telling me I have a text message.


“Don’t so the eggs we already have some”….Fuck me again!


So now I have 2 ½ dozen cooked eggs in my fridge. Eggs salad anyone?


All is good and I will throw one or two at her tomorrow when I see here.


Yesterday was FOOTBALL!! Yes, Colts lost but that was to be expected in preseason.


I made THE MOST TASTIEST pork tenderloin, a big ole pan of fresh green beans straight out of my garden and mac&cheese. El Yummo!


I got to tell you the recipe the guy gave me after I had tasted his….his exact words were...


“First you fork your pork to death!!!” “Really fork it good!”


“Then you rub your pork very liberally with Mrs. Dash, garlic salt and then worchestershire sauce. Wrap that rascal and let sit for at least 6 hours. “


Now, if you knew this guy, you would have lost it because he didn’t really realize what he was saying and when he did, his face was all shades of red and the entire places lost it.


So I forked the pork! Really good!


Any who, today we have a couple of meetings this afternoon, laundry to get done and tomorrow at 6:45 I will be one the most happiest Momma’s…well along with probably 5000 other Mothers in this township!


I figure since I have done just the minimum of house cleaning in the last three weeks, I should do something this week. My computer room would be condemned if anyone saw it. I did get Andy to do his bathroom. Not totally up to my standards but, meh, I didn’t have to do it!


Trying to catch up with everyone slowly as some of you have been busy too! If I miss anybody, please forgive me. Now that school is back, I will have my free time back and won’t get so far behind…unless I get busy with life again.

Thursday Confessions

1. I confess that I woke up this morning not knowing what day it was until I went out and got the paper!

2. I confess that I is tired!

3. I confess that my BFF is coming in town tonight to spend the night with me.

4. I confess I will NOT be sober tonight and possibly not tomorrow.

5. I confess my house is a mess and I am okay with that....for today and tomorrow.

6. Ii confess that I am making my 13 year old clean the bathroom, including the toilet.

There, I have confessed and now I must go run eleventy billion errands I haven't been able to do. Including a stop at the liquor store. Oh hush...I deserve this one. I have been so good lately it's about to make ME puke.