Not so much to say and so much time to say it

Good gravy, my life is a bit boring lately. I think the most exciting thing that has happened in the last few weeks is that we got some "new to us" furniture. Some friends of my in-laws are moving back to England so they were getting rid of a lot of their furniture. We got a beautiful solid wood kitchen table with 6 chairs, a full size bed, and a white wicker nightstand.

The bed and nightstand went to Courtney. Of course, that meant we had to get new bedding. She is such a girl or I should say young lady. She wanted a lamp that went with the bedding and even brought her own money to buy it. I couldn't make her pay for it even if it wasn't on my list of things to get. Which meant Mason had to get a new lamp. He got a Cars themed lamp that looks like a stop light. Its very cool. All three got clothes hampers. Maybe their dirty clothes can make it into the hamper instead of the floor. Wishful thinking.

My mom fell again. This time in the bathroom. The good news is that she just bruised her tailbone. I told her that if she had a bigger butt like myself, she wouldn't have gotten hurt. My mother has no boobs, no butt, and is thin. Yep, you guessed it, I took after my dad. Big hips, big boobs, big butt. Thank God it all stopped with the big nose. Serious honkers on my dad's side.

Not much else is new. Need to make a hair appointment this week as we leave for Dallas a week from Thursday. Friday I will be picking up the girls' dresses for the wedding. I can't believe its almost here.

Well, I need to get to bed to start my crazy, yet somehow still boring, week. Until next time...

Sleep over

The kids are, or should I say were, on Spring Break this week. It only took 2 days before the bickering, teasing, whining, crying, etc began. So needless to say, I am looking forward to school resuming on Tuesday.

However, on the bright side, my in-laws are keeping the children tonight for a sleep over. Halleluhah!!!!! Scott and I have a night out w/out worrying about coming home by a certain time! Oh, what to do, what to do!!!! So far, we know we are going out for dinner. After that, its anyone's guess at this point. Woo Hoo!!!!

The last couple of nights Courtney and Mason slept on the pullout couch. I promised them we could do this if they kept their rooms cleaned. They worked together on getting their rooms and Makenna's room cleaned. Very proud of them! I tried to sleep w/ them the first night. Boy that pullout is UNCOMFORTABLE!!!! I could feel every spring in the mattress! If I ever invite you to stay with us, you may want to find a hotel instead or get an airmattress. However, the kids loved it! Go figure.

Not much else is new. Still working on getting to St Louis in July. It pretty much looks like a go for me! Woo Hoo! Also, we leave for Dallas in 4 weeks! Can't wait to see my girls in their beautiful dresses.

Got to get some bills paid. Until next time....

Freaking out my husband....

is so much fun. My sister came in town this past week-end to visit. She had cleaned out her closets and brought down all of the clothes she was going to get rid of to me. The clothes filled a large duffle bag which weighed 47lbs (the bag had to be weighed at the check-in counter). She brought me a TON of clothes. I am so loved. I tried everything on after the kids and I went shopping with my sister. I had the clothes in piles on my bed when Scott came home. Ah, my prime time to get him! I met him at the front door and stated my sister is a bad influence on me as he knew we went shopping that day. He asked me what I meant. I told him to look in our room. He saw the clothing covered bed and looked at me in astonishment! "Did you buy all this?????" I told him that I got a really good deal on them and my sister was very convincing that I needed these. WHAT????? Yes, I paid my sister 40 cents for the clothes. I owed her $21.60 for something she got for me and I gave her $22. Scott told me that I was lucky I didn't really buy all those clothes. Otherwise, he would have all new rods and reels!!!! Sucker!!!!! Hee Hee Hee!

Easter was nice. We had our own egg hunt in the house as it rained all day on Saturday. Very wet outside. We then went to a friend's house for a little gathering. It was a very nice and relaxing day.

Not much else is new here. I know I know - how boring her life is, but I will take an occassional boring period to help out with those completely out of control periods of my life!

I know it was a long time since I posted. I will try my best to get out here more often. Until next time....

Momma said there will be days like this....

I just figured she was trying to make me cry. I am back in my "do I need to be on some type of meds" mode. I get so frustrated with Scott, and the kids just seem to add to it all. After the week-end softball tournament and the week-end in Vegas, Scott was gone last week-end as well. When I said something about being gone 3 week-ends in a row, he said "Well, you are the one who wanted me to play softball so you could bring the kids." UMMM - Those words never left my lips - I assure you! When he mentioned playing softball, he stated that it would be one week-end a month and the sponsor would pay for a room for all of us when they played out of town. Which by the way, they only had one tournament out of town and the guys had to pay for their own hotel room! Why did I agree to him doing this???? Because I am an idiot!!! Other women always tell me that I am far more lenient than they. They would never allow their husbands to do half the stuff mine does. So does that make Scott appreciative of me???? NO! When I bring it to his attention, he states I am looking for a pat on the back. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? Pat on the back??? I KNOW I won't get one of those, but a little acknowledgement would be nice. How about taking the reigns every now and then and plan a night out without any assistance or guidance from your wife? I wanted to go out for my birthday so I had to call the babysitter and the restaurant. We are going to a charity poker tournament this Saturday and I had to arrange the babysitter. Its always up to me. I've told him I want to have a big surprise party for my 40th - I will probably have to arrange that as well. Oh, did I mention that when he comes home from softball, work, or fishing, he sits his butt on the couch and watches tv until he falls asleep. I've gotten to the point now that I don't even wake him to come to bed. More room for me! Now, I don't mean to make Scott out to be a horrible husband because he does have his good/great points, but this just isn't one of them. Why is it so hard sometimes?

The kids have been driving me crazy lately. They aren't listening at all. They are arguing back at times, and I am getting to my boiling point. Their rooms are complete disasters. When I tell them to clean them up, I get "its too much". Well, buddy, I didn't play with the toys so maybe you should have put them away when you are done. The whining and crying start and after about 30 minutes of asking, telling, yelling, and then screaming, I give up and just close the door. My house looked horrible the other day. It was so bad, I would have been embarrassed if a burglar broke in. The cops would take one look and say they really ransacked the place. I would then have to explain - no, it looked like this before it happened. Its just so damn frustrating.

On a somewhat of a good note, PartyLite's National Conference is in my hometown - St Louis this July. I really want to go. Partly because it will really be motivating and educational, but mostly because it would be a get-a-way for me. The bad part is the timing. July is extremely time for Scott and I would need to have a sitter watch the kids for a couple of days, but with what I've been earning, I should be able to afford it. It will be just a matter of convincing Scott.

Well, I better get the kids off to bed (stepping over all the toys to get to their beds!). Until next time....

Home Alone

As I stated before, Scott is gone this week-end. He is in Vegas with some of the guys. I am very jealous as I LOVE Vegas!!! I wish we could go back there again. He left very early yesterday morning. I ran errands yesterday. I finally broke down and got Microsoft Office upgrade for the computer. I currently have Microsoft Works which has word processing, excel, etc. The problem was that I could never open any attachments people sent me unless they were a pdf file. I finally decided that I couldn't keep sending documents to my friends and asking them to copy and paste it into an e-mail. I bit the bullet. Now I just have to install it.

After my trip to Best Buy and dealing with the not so friendly Geek Squad. (You would think that if they were geeks they would be a bit friendlier!) Anyway, I took Makenna into the Barnes and Nobles that is next door. Makenna had a blast looking at all the books. If I had the money, I would have bought 10 books!!! But, I bought a couple of books to read to Mason and Makenna and a chapter book for Courtney. I love buying books for the kids. I love to read to them. Its funny because every now and then Courtney will read a book to the kids and she does her voice fluctuations just like I do them. And wouldn't you know it, Mason brought home a couple Scholastic book order forms!!!! Well, I will just have to get a few more books!!!!

Scott called last night to tell us that he got to Vegas safely, but lost his phone at the Atlanta airport. Now, most of you know, this isn't the first phone Scott has lost or the second. I believe we are on number 5 now. At least, this time he didn't drop it in the lake while fishing! I don't know about that man and his phones!

Well, I have another load of laundry to do and some other household chores to attend to. Until next time....

Just what I needed

Last night, some of the girls - Cindy, Lori, Annie, and Michelle came over with their kids to hang out. Scott and the guys are out of town at a softball tournament so I asked the ladies to come over. I REALLY needed to have them around. They are my saving grace. I was seriously wondering if I needed to be on some type of medication for depression, anxiety, or whatever. Let me fill you in on the latest.

Scott plays softball on Tuesdays and Thursdays so the kids stay home with me. On Wednesdays, Courtney has bible classes so the kids go with me. Scott lately has been fishing in a local tournament that is held every Wednesday so even when we get home, he isn't there. Thus I am alone with the kids. He fishes in a tournament at least 2 Sundays a month which of course, means he has to pre-fish for the tournament either the week-end or the Friday before the tournament. He plays in softball tournaments at least one week-end a month - sometimes 2. He has his own lawn business so he works everyday. Right now its a bit slow as the grass isn't growing so there are times he doesn't work on Fridays. Of course, those are the days he is fishing. During the summer, he is working from dawn to dusk during the week to get his work done. To recap, Scott is gone a lot!!! Oh, did I mention that he is going to Vegas next week-end with the guys?!?!?!

Scott asked me yesterday, what I needed him to do before he left for the tournament. My response was "Stay here, and let me go away for the week-end." He laughed - I was serious. I stated that I love my children very much and truly enjoy being a SAHM, but I also need a break. He said I get a break when I do my shows. So I get a break when I am working? Scott claimed that my shows isn't work. I stand up, do a presentation, take orders, and then leave. His idea of work is physical work. So the 9 years at the insurance company wasn't work???? His response "This isn't going the way I thought". You think!?!?!?!? Scott claims he understands my need to get out, but I don't think he "gets it".

Top all that off with my mother not coming home today, but getting transferred to a nursing home while she recovers from her fractured pelvic. She still can't walk so she can't come home. The issue with this is that I have never met or heard of anyone going into a nursing home and coming out. So fear has really set in. I don't show this around my parents or my kids, but my insides are falling apart.

So kids 24/7, husband MIA, and mother in nursing home. Seriously, anyone have anything for this!!!!!
PS. thank you ladies for coming over!

Today is my birthday!

I am 39 today and I must say I am not feeling old! Turning 30 was rough for me, but I am actually looking forward to 40. Weird, I know! Scott and I are going out to dinner tonight. We got some gift certificates from some of his clients for Christmas so we are going to use a couple of them for dinner tonight. We got a babysitter for tonight so it will be just the two of us. I am really looking forward to spending some alone time with my hubby. I wanted to see a movie tonight as well, but we may pass on it. We will see.

Speaking of spending some one on one time, Mason has been very attached lately. On Monday, he pitched a crying fit when I dropped him off at school. He hasn't done this since school started so I wasn't sure what brought this on. After discussing the situation with his teacher, it appears he misses me when I go to do my shows. I talked to Mason about it, and he just wants some one on one time with Mommy. So, now we make sure we have some alone time almost everyday. Sometimes its just reading a book to him while he is in bed. Honestly, his reaction to my doing shows made me feel so loved. It is really sweet. Of course, in a few weeks, I may be back to wanting to wring his neck, but for now, he is my little loving man!

Well, I better get going. We having our yard fenced in today, and Mason wants to show me what they are doing. Until next time....