You go through being a parent thinking you have taught your kids right from wrong, until the day you get notified that your kid has a potty mouth. I have always known that this day would come, I just didn't think it would be this soon. The Boy is getting older and will soon be an official TEEN Boy, but I would have never thought I would SEE the day he used D!CK in a text. Now granted he wasn't calling his friend a d!ck, but it was just disturbing none the less. I of course over reacted and immediately took away his cell. But after The Hubby and I talked to The Boy we determined that it wasn't as bad as I had made it out to be.
I know kids will be kids. I also know that they will use inappropriate language out of ear shot of adults. The whole text would have been fine had he left out the D-bomb. I as a preteen did the same thing. I just knew better than to get caught! I went for YEARS without any adult in my life knowing that when I was with my friends I cussed like a sailor! I think I was maybe 15 when I let Sh!t slip out in front of my SIL.
So we let him know that we were not happy with his word choice, and I was even less happy about finding out from my BF. Also had to let him know that whatever you put out there you better be prepared for the WHOLE world to see, be it words or pictures. I ended up giving him his phone back this morning, with the whole, "You better not let me hear about you using that kind of language again" speech.
-Junk Talk
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Drifting
So this past week has been really depressing. My friend Red lost her mom to Cancer, an another friend's (M) lil' bro is dying from a secondary infection from his Leukemia. It is a real faith tester. I know that I should be thankful that Red's mom is not in pain anymore, and that J is almost there as well. But the thing is, J is only 17. There is so much that he hasn't been able to experience and it just seems like such a rip off. M's family has already suffered the loss of their father to a brain tumor, and now this beast is back taking yet another family member from them.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sadness
Today one of my close friends, Red, is having to make the most difficult choice that any child ever has to make. She has to turn off the ventilator that is supporting her mom's life. This brings back some very hard memories for me of my dad. While we didn't have to turn off his vent it was still hard hearing from over 900miles away that my dad had passed. He fought for over 8yrs to stay with us. He was alive to see my nieces and nephews be born, to see me graduate from high school, and to see me get married and have a baby of my own. He was in and out of the hospital so much of my life that I became numb to it and just accepted it as how things were. I cherish those years with him. The last time I saw him was a week before he passed. He was put in the hospital for the last time and never came out. I told him when I had to fly back to bring my son home because he was getting sick and the hubby was ETSing out of the military(so we also had to pack up), and that I would see him in a week when I moved back home and he could get to see his grandson anytime he wanted. Little did I know that would be the last conversation that I would have with him. I got the call a few days later that he had taken a turn for the worse and his organs had began to shut down on him and he just went to sleep and never woke back up. He had changed his orders to a DNR and was ready to begin his journey with God. He knew that it was his last time in that hospital.
20 months later I had to watch my mother die from cancer. I got to sit with her during the day at the hospital in her last few days. The morphine pretty much kept her out of it and she would talk to other relatives that had long since passed. But the hardest part was standing there with all our family watching her take her last breathe. With my dad it was one of those expected things since he had been sick for so many years, but with my mom it took all of a month for her Cancer to come back and the chemo to rip through her body and take her life.
Red's mom, Kitty, has esophageal cancer. Kitty was the funniest little Irish woman I have ever known. She will be sadly missed. I'm glad that I was able hang out with her a little over a year ago when they had to run from Hurricane Ike. She could make us all laugh no matter what was going on. It's comforting that Kitty will be surrounded by loved ones as she passes from this life to the next. God Speed Kitty! We will miss you!
20 months later I had to watch my mother die from cancer. I got to sit with her during the day at the hospital in her last few days. The morphine pretty much kept her out of it and she would talk to other relatives that had long since passed. But the hardest part was standing there with all our family watching her take her last breathe. With my dad it was one of those expected things since he had been sick for so many years, but with my mom it took all of a month for her Cancer to come back and the chemo to rip through her body and take her life.
Red's mom, Kitty, has esophageal cancer. Kitty was the funniest little Irish woman I have ever known. She will be sadly missed. I'm glad that I was able hang out with her a little over a year ago when they had to run from Hurricane Ike. She could make us all laugh no matter what was going on. It's comforting that Kitty will be surrounded by loved ones as she passes from this life to the next. God Speed Kitty! We will miss you!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Jerkalicious
OK, so I would like to pose a question for you all....if several of you called me on my birthday, and I didn't call you back...would I then be a douche?
So I have this friend Big Daddy..that on his birthday, my hubby called him on our road trip to wish him a Happy Birthday. We hadn't heard from him in a while(mainly because they moved a little further north), so we thought it would be nice to talk to him. So of course, like many other phone calls to him it goes to voice mail. Now we have been friends with Big Daddy for years and yeah this is typical behavior for day to day calls, since we saw him on a nearly day to day basis. So no biggie right. A week goes by and the hubby finally gets a text message from him on his Xbox saying "Thanks for the Birthday Wishes, Hope all is well on your end." This guy is supposed to have been my husbands best friend. Ironically, he is married to Franny, so yeah they are a match made in heaven.
I just don't get how someone that you were really good friends with can suddenly just turn off that friendship. Now I know a lot of you are saying well maybe he is a busy man. Well no... that is why they moved an hour away, so that he could be closer to his job and be at home more with his family. So when 5 O'clock hits...he's on the road for his 15 min trek to the casa. And he is always off on weekends.
The hubby isn't broken up over it, but it really pisses me off. For the last few months we have had to say "It is what it is" to deal with how dead that friendship has gotten. But really how freaking hard is it to call back and say "Hey man I missed your call the other night, because (insert douchey reason here) but I just wanted to call ya back and say thanks for remembering. How have you guys been?" Then find some lame excuse to let him go, and be done with it.
I have a problem with inconsiderate people. But really when the chips are down and all the bridges are burned he will find himself all alone with his just as inconsiderate wife.
-Match made in Jerkalicious Heaven
So I have this friend Big Daddy..that on his birthday, my hubby called him on our road trip to wish him a Happy Birthday. We hadn't heard from him in a while(mainly because they moved a little further north), so we thought it would be nice to talk to him. So of course, like many other phone calls to him it goes to voice mail. Now we have been friends with Big Daddy for years and yeah this is typical behavior for day to day calls, since we saw him on a nearly day to day basis. So no biggie right. A week goes by and the hubby finally gets a text message from him on his Xbox saying "Thanks for the Birthday Wishes, Hope all is well on your end." This guy is supposed to have been my husbands best friend. Ironically, he is married to Franny, so yeah they are a match made in heaven.
I just don't get how someone that you were really good friends with can suddenly just turn off that friendship. Now I know a lot of you are saying well maybe he is a busy man. Well no... that is why they moved an hour away, so that he could be closer to his job and be at home more with his family. So when 5 O'clock hits...he's on the road for his 15 min trek to the casa. And he is always off on weekends.
The hubby isn't broken up over it, but it really pisses me off. For the last few months we have had to say "It is what it is" to deal with how dead that friendship has gotten. But really how freaking hard is it to call back and say "Hey man I missed your call the other night, because (insert douchey reason here) but I just wanted to call ya back and say thanks for remembering. How have you guys been?" Then find some lame excuse to let him go, and be done with it.
I have a problem with inconsiderate people. But really when the chips are down and all the bridges are burned he will find himself all alone with his just as inconsiderate wife.
-Match made in Jerkalicious Heaven
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Blockbuster...You suck!
So tonight we found ourselves without a flick to watch, so I thought I'd run down to Blockbuster an grab a movie for me an the hubby. We have turned into a Netflix family since Blockbuster changed their rental policies to the rent for a day or rent for 5days.
So here's the deal...if you are a member of their Rewards Program...which doesn't amount to much lately, then you can rent a movie for 1 night for merely 99cents. BUT if you Rewards membership has expired you have to pay 3.23 for one night. The cute little girl tried to sell me on renewing my membership by telling me if I renewed for another year at 14.95 then tonights rental would be FREE. Ya following me? Lets do the math here....14.95 membership minus 3.23 = 11.72 uhhh yeah I think I will pass on that great offer. So when I told the cute little girl behind the register that I wouldn't like to renew my membership and would just like to rent this one movie for one night, she looked at me like I was smoking crack for turning down said great offer!
I didn't used to like the idea of Netflix (why I have no idea), but we have been loyal Netflix users for about a year now and LOVE IT. We always have a new movie waiting in the mailbox for us without having to go down to the video store and search the shelf for one decent movie that we want to see, and we don't have to worry about late fees or as BB likes to call it re-shelving fees.
While grabbing a movie for us I let the boy run around to see if there was anything that struck his fancy in BB....of course he came up empty handed. So we ran to the store to grab the BBQ necessities and found another great gem REDBOX. I love this little invention as well. For 1.08 I grabbed a movie for him and was disappointed when I saw that they also had the same flick that I just spent 3.23 to rent for a mere 1.08 as well! To bad you can't return a movie and get your money back! So needless to say I will be frequenting the Redbox when I find that we are in need of a quick flix!
-in need of a quick flick!
So here's the deal...if you are a member of their Rewards Program...which doesn't amount to much lately, then you can rent a movie for 1 night for merely 99cents. BUT if you Rewards membership has expired you have to pay 3.23 for one night. The cute little girl tried to sell me on renewing my membership by telling me if I renewed for another year at 14.95 then tonights rental would be FREE. Ya following me? Lets do the math here....14.95 membership minus 3.23 = 11.72 uhhh yeah I think I will pass on that great offer. So when I told the cute little girl behind the register that I wouldn't like to renew my membership and would just like to rent this one movie for one night, she looked at me like I was smoking crack for turning down said great offer!
I didn't used to like the idea of Netflix (why I have no idea), but we have been loyal Netflix users for about a year now and LOVE IT. We always have a new movie waiting in the mailbox for us without having to go down to the video store and search the shelf for one decent movie that we want to see, and we don't have to worry about late fees or as BB likes to call it re-shelving fees.
While grabbing a movie for us I let the boy run around to see if there was anything that struck his fancy in BB....of course he came up empty handed. So we ran to the store to grab the BBQ necessities and found another great gem REDBOX. I love this little invention as well. For 1.08 I grabbed a movie for him and was disappointed when I saw that they also had the same flick that I just spent 3.23 to rent for a mere 1.08 as well! To bad you can't return a movie and get your money back! So needless to say I will be frequenting the Redbox when I find that we are in need of a quick flix!
-in need of a quick flick!
Friday, September 4, 2009
I would rather be a Duggar!
E! put out this article "The Duggars Are Worse Than the Gosselins!" by Joal Ryan
Reasons 1-11 are just crap, they say the Duggars are worse because they have 11 more kids than the Gosselins. Let's see the Duggars have all been products of nature, while the Gosselins have all been products of fertility clinics. While I am not against fertility Dr's, I just think you can't fault someone for having more kids because it just naturally happened!
12. The Duggars are worse for the environment than the Gosselins! OH freaking please! They built their own house and I have to say it has to be one of the most energy efficient works of art I have ever seen! What about the energy guzzling Mansions and McMansions all over the US?
13. The Duggars are worse parents than the Gosselins! Just because she gets her kids names mixed up. Hell I do that with my one kid and 3 Dogs!
14. The Duggars are worse at baby names than the Gosselins! Ok so I kinda agree with this one. I come from a family of 5 who all had R first names (not to mention the boys all had the same middle name as my dad and I had the same middle name as my mom) Then my brother's wives went on and name their kids with the same letter. One went with J's the other with K's. I chose the lower end of the alphabet and went with B (just one kid, just one B)
15. The Duggars are worse showoffs than the Gosselins! This one is just ridiculus.......because they are debt free...We could all learn a thing or two from them. I personally am trying to become debt free one bill at a time!
16. The Duggars are worse neighbors than the Gosselins! This makes me laugh.....they chose to put because they go everywhere together...like the movie theater! Really cause I have been stuck behind a single person who couldn't work the automated machine to buy tickets for probably longer than it would take the Duggar's to buy their tickets (all 18 of them) and enter the theater!
17. The Duggars are worse for the economy than the Gosselins! They actually contradict themselves with this one saying how Jon an Kate's problems have put more money in the economy with dirt mags than the Duggar's because they live a quiet little life that is drama free!
18. The Duggars are worse for the Gosselins than the Gosselins! THIS one I agree with whole heartedly! The Gosselin's say that marriage is hard and even harder raising 8 kids, while the Duggar's can go on live television with all their children smiling and happy!
The last 2 reasons, I think the writer of the article was really stretching to make all 18 of her bullets (which only amount to about 5, since the first 11 and last 2 don't count!)
-Just consider me Duggar #20
Reasons 1-11 are just crap, they say the Duggars are worse because they have 11 more kids than the Gosselins. Let's see the Duggars have all been products of nature, while the Gosselins have all been products of fertility clinics. While I am not against fertility Dr's, I just think you can't fault someone for having more kids because it just naturally happened!
12. The Duggars are worse for the environment than the Gosselins! OH freaking please! They built their own house and I have to say it has to be one of the most energy efficient works of art I have ever seen! What about the energy guzzling Mansions and McMansions all over the US?
13. The Duggars are worse parents than the Gosselins! Just because she gets her kids names mixed up. Hell I do that with my one kid and 3 Dogs!
14. The Duggars are worse at baby names than the Gosselins! Ok so I kinda agree with this one. I come from a family of 5 who all had R first names (not to mention the boys all had the same middle name as my dad and I had the same middle name as my mom) Then my brother's wives went on and name their kids with the same letter. One went with J's the other with K's. I chose the lower end of the alphabet and went with B (just one kid, just one B)
15. The Duggars are worse showoffs than the Gosselins! This one is just ridiculus.......because they are debt free...We could all learn a thing or two from them. I personally am trying to become debt free one bill at a time!
16. The Duggars are worse neighbors than the Gosselins! This makes me laugh.....they chose to put because they go everywhere together...like the movie theater! Really cause I have been stuck behind a single person who couldn't work the automated machine to buy tickets for probably longer than it would take the Duggar's to buy their tickets (all 18 of them) and enter the theater!
17. The Duggars are worse for the economy than the Gosselins! They actually contradict themselves with this one saying how Jon an Kate's problems have put more money in the economy with dirt mags than the Duggar's because they live a quiet little life that is drama free!
18. The Duggars are worse for the Gosselins than the Gosselins! THIS one I agree with whole heartedly! The Gosselin's say that marriage is hard and even harder raising 8 kids, while the Duggar's can go on live television with all their children smiling and happy!
The last 2 reasons, I think the writer of the article was really stretching to make all 18 of her bullets (which only amount to about 5, since the first 11 and last 2 don't count!)
-Just consider me Duggar #20
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The Young and Impressionable
Ok so this morning I was let in on a little fact that the President is highly recommending that our schools across American MAKE our children watch his address to them. I really have a hard time with this. I mean if you have something to say to my child, I want you to say it with me present. Yes,I know they are saying that we can watch the "live" feed from the White House website, but really I don't think so. And yes some people will choose not to watch it and not let their children watch it at home, but that is our Right as American's! We normally try to watch these things anyway, to see where his head is at and what he is proposing.
While I have not had anyone come out and say that they disagree, I know I may have pissed off some of my Obama supporting friends, but I just get a bad feeling about this. Someone told me that it reminds then of WW2 Germany. I'm not old enough to know if that is true, but I get what she is saying.
-standing for my Rights
While I have not had anyone come out and say that they disagree, I know I may have pissed off some of my Obama supporting friends, but I just get a bad feeling about this. Someone told me that it reminds then of WW2 Germany. I'm not old enough to know if that is true, but I get what she is saying.
-standing for my Rights
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Judgemental a bit?
This is from Franny's post "...I can barely handle two pre-teen girls, I can't fathom what the hell she (Dugar) is thinking..."
First off the Lady that she is talking about is Michelle Duggar.
So here is my problem with her (Franny, not Mrs Duggar). Her and her friends bash this lady about having so many kids. Ummm really I didn't know it was against the law to have children. If you are able to have them and can afford to take care of them and not live off the government, then why the hell not! Their family unit seems to be one of the best that I have ever seen portrayed on reality television. And they aren't trying to be John and Kate plus 8 either. This is a honest to goodness Christian family. So what if the older ones take care of the younger ones. I was the youngest of 3 children and my older brothers took care of me while my parents worked. If you have a problem raising your children then maybe you should write to her and ask her for advice. Maybe you could learn a bit from her.
I truly admire Jim and Michelle Duggar for their family values! They are just living proof of how it all depends on where your priorities lie. Their priority is their family!
I hate it when people think down on others because they do not understand.
-judgmental people suck
Let's get this Blog started!
So here I sit with my first blog entry. I needed a spot that I could say all those nasty mean things that I want to say to and about a few people in my life, but sense they're all "friends" on my other pages I'm resorting to blogging.
You know who they are and I'm sure you have a few of them in your life. The best friend who decided she didn't want to be BFF's anymore because you have an opinion of your own and it didn't come from her. So now she calls this other woman her "bestie"...really I just threw up a little in my mouth. Really how f-ing old are you? And when they call each other "Rockstars" you just want to write "Really you guys need to get a room"
I know, I know....bitter party of one right. But honestly since (hmm lets call her Franny) so since Franny has moved I have found out what it means to have true friends. You know the ones that love you no matter what and will give you the bra off their boobs if you needed it. I do still keep in touch with Franny, and have been out to her house a few times. A few of my good friends ask me why I do that, but truth is I am either a sucker for punishment or I'm the most true friend a girl could have.
I am one of those friends that accepts you with all your faults and flaws, because lets face it that is who you really are. The friendship with me and Franny has always been a weird one though, and trust me you will here a lot more about her in the future. Maybe I will dedicate a blog just to her!
You know who they are and I'm sure you have a few of them in your life. The best friend who decided she didn't want to be BFF's anymore because you have an opinion of your own and it didn't come from her. So now she calls this other woman her "bestie"...really I just threw up a little in my mouth. Really how f-ing old are you? And when they call each other "Rockstars" you just want to write "Really you guys need to get a room"
I know, I know....bitter party of one right. But honestly since (hmm lets call her Franny) so since Franny has moved I have found out what it means to have true friends. You know the ones that love you no matter what and will give you the bra off their boobs if you needed it. I do still keep in touch with Franny, and have been out to her house a few times. A few of my good friends ask me why I do that, but truth is I am either a sucker for punishment or I'm the most true friend a girl could have.
I am one of those friends that accepts you with all your faults and flaws, because lets face it that is who you really are. The friendship with me and Franny has always been a weird one though, and trust me you will here a lot more about her in the future. Maybe I will dedicate a blog just to her!
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