Wednesday, December 8, 2010

UGH! I know, I know--major blog fail!

OK--so here is my official Mea Culpa!  I'm sorry for abandoning my blog for over 3 months.  It's just that life is moving waaay too fast for my liking lately and time is just slip, slip slipping away....

So much has gone on since August--DD has started the 4th grade--and I'm glad she is so smart so she can teach me how to do her math homework so I can "check" it for her when she is done.  What the hell has happened with Math?  Since when are "estimates" ok when it comes to math?  Math is finite--or at least it used to be.  And Algebra already?  Blah--kill me!

DD is also still doing her horseback riding lessons and loving every minute of it--she is quite good actually.  Inher first competition, she won 2 blue ribbons and a 3rd and a 5th!  Good job kiddo--I'm so glad she has found her "thing".  She is never happier than when she is on a horse.

In outlaw news....

We survived another crazy Thanksgiving with the out-laws.  I'm sure we are on the major shit list because everyone has been informed that we are not buying ANYTHING for the adult bros and siss on his side.  We are taking care of his parents and the nieces and nephew--but we have just removed ourselves all together from the stupidity of the "others".  We are much happier in making this decision--especially after what happened at the "after dinner meeting of the imbeciles" that comes once the Thanksgiving meal is over.

Anyone who has been reading for a while knows about the "lists" that must be provided of things you want for Christmas.  Which is bad enough for the Children, but when the grown adults come with their list of greed, it's sickening.  This year was banner--because no one could really come up with anything they "needed", they just decided to go thru all the ads in the Thanksgiving paper and write down what they thought would be cool to get. 

WTF???????????  That is what we used to do when we were 6 years old and the JC Penny catalog showed up---not what you do as a grown up.  It just makes me sick.  The topper is from the husband of SIL #2.  He basically asked for cash!  They have no money to put clothes on their kid that fit or fix their broken down POS cars, but he wants to buy a gun (because he works in a pawn shop and feels he needs to pack some "good heat").  So he said that his number one & only thing on his list this year was a Visa Gift Card.  WTF! AGAIN! 

SOOO Glad we are not going to the family party this year (hubby has to work and they won't change the date or time) so I will happily send the gifts in the mail to the little kids and not give their crazy another thought!!

and in other news...

A big F-YOU to the idots at Aetna Insurance.  I come home the other day to mail from them addressed to my deceased Step-Father!  They would LOVE to set up a time to discuss his medicare part B needs.  OH REALLY?  What a nice slap in the face to get mail for him on the upcoming anniversary of his death.  Thanks a lot Aetna--it's hard enough around the holidays for us, but you just keep rubbing salt in the wounds!  Hubby says that I should call and set up an appointment and make them feel like shit when they come out and I present them with his death certificate. but I'm not that hateful (or am I?  Hmm...)  What is weird is that Bud never lived with us and the only things I had sent her with his name on them were the life insurance payouts and the death certificates--so how in the hell did Aetna get their hands on his info???  Stupid computers!  Oh--and just for the record--a piece of advice--never have life insurance payouts or "final arrangment" things sent to the home of the deceased--even if that is where the benficiary lives--idiot theiving assholes of the world will "stalk" your mailbox looking for that type of crap--that is why we had it all sent to my house.

Well--since the odds are good that I will have major "fail" when it comes to this blog, I better tell you Merry Chirstmas now--may you have peaceful and blessed times in your homes this holiday season!!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Birfday Prezzie for ME!

OK--so after lusting for one of these babies for a long time--and getting super jealous that my girl Kelley (and her house of Chaos) got one--I decided to give my self a little splurge and use the birthday money I got to buy myself a little piece of heaven known as:  THE MINI KEURIG!!!

I am the SOLE coffee drinker in my house and I refuse to make an entire pot just for me.  I love that this makes Tea and cocoa as well--because, as much as I hate to admit it, cold weather is a coming and I just LOVE me a hot cup of cocoa on a cold winter's night.  Sigh--she's so pretty!  I've named her Katy Keuring and she is all shiny and new on my counter.  Thank you Kohls for gifting me with a 30% peel off KUUPIN to use to buy this little beauty! 

Will I regret not getting the bigger one with the water reservoir--most likely not--like I said, I am the ONLY person who drinks coffee--and on the rare occasion that someone pops buy who wants one--how hard is it to pour in some more water really.

I other news, my Whirlwind trip thru Chicago for work and Indy for a wedding was wonderful.  It felt good to stroll down Michigan Avenue again so soon!  I really think I could live there!!  If I could only afford it--ha!

The wedding in Indy was AMAZING.  It was at the Skyline Club in downtown Indianapolis--the Bride was beautiful, the groom was handsome and the party was awesome!  Did you know there was such a thing as a MASHED POTATO BAR????  Well friends, they had one and it was crazy.  The best mashers I ever had and toppings galore to put in Martini glasses to make your own creation--it was so cool.  Food stations were set up all around the club and so many options of things to eat--incredible!!  Even a mini hot-dog bar for the kids who were there.

The best part was the fact that they got all the "weddingy" stuff out of the way right in the beginning and then we just had a big old party.  Cake cut, first dance, toasts--all done within a few minutes at the beginning and the rest of the ight was fun, fun, fun!  Best wedding I'd been to in years and years!

We also had a fun Friday in downtown Indy for the Colts Kick off party at the Circle.  Not being from an area with a Major league sports team, this was quite cool to see! 

Oh well--that's all I've got for now!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

Another year in the books!

So yeah, I turned 42 yesterday.  Big Fat Deal!  I spent the day at a birthday party for a 2 year old--TOTALLY AWESOME!  Seeing a small child really enjoy a party is way better than me sitting at home counting the ever growing crows feet that have set up camp around my eyes right?  My birthday "Twin" who is my cousin's little girl is just so darn cute and I hope she had an awesome birthday too!

Hubby got me a Nook reader that I am TOTALLY in love with.  It's the greatest thing since, well, the invention of the book!  I've downloaded a few purchases and have figured out how to "Borrow" from the library so I'm rolling!  The Nook has awesome features including free internet access (in hot-spots or off your own wireless at home), and the screen can totally be read in direct sunlight--no glare or anything.  It ROCKS!

Also joining our household are 2 little African Dwarf Frogs--Harry and Lloyd.  They are the cutest darn things and are very entertaining to watch.  Dear Daughter fell in love with the ones the out-laws have and I figured, heck, I'm already cleaning/feeding/tending to a child, husband, dog and a fish, why not bring 2 more things home to take care of.  I'm a glutton for punishment.

DD is back to school already--she started on the 19th!  It's been hotter than a hell cat around here, but her modular is air conditioned so I don't have to hear too many complaints just yet.  I cannot believe she is in the 4th grade already--time is just a flying by.  She is still doing her horseback riding lessons and she is quite good.  She is going to be in the schooling show in October which is a surprise because they say you have to have been taking lesson for at least 6 months before the let them in the show--but the instructor says she is very good and is putting her in anyway (I'm so proud!!).  She has a great seat and can already "2-point in trot" without stirrups around the entire ring 1.5 times.  You have to be able to do it 3 times in proper position before you can canter--so she is half way there!!  She is really in her element in the ring and her love of horses is just amazing to me--no fear and I have to drag her out of the stables after lessons.  Perhaps she has found her "thing"--let's hope I can continue to find the money to support it.  I may have to look into plasma donations---hahah!

Off to Chicago for work next week and then down to Indy for a wedding on the weekend.  I need to figure out how to get off the tradeshow floor, to the airport and changed into cocktail attire for a rehearsal dinner that starts at 7:30 when my plane doesn't even land until 8:00.  I'm thinking I'm going to be late! 

Would it seem odd to fly in Cocktail attire?  I COULD change before I get a cab to the airport I suppose, but then I have to haul ass thru O'Hare in heels--not something I am thinking I would enjoy.  Plus, I'm guessing that the "bling" on my dress would set off the alarms.  UGH!  I'm resigned to letting the cabbie in Indy get a free show whilst I change my clothes in the car--they do have a car coming for me--so maybe it will be a limo and I can have a BIT of privacy????  Maybe I'll skip the fab dinner at Moe's Steakhouse and just have the driver go thru McDonalds and drop me off at the hotel for some peace and quiet--that sounds better to me!!!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

ANOTHER Heat Advisory??

So I went out to get some lunch and, just, DAMN!

Monday, July 26, 2010

The sounds of Crickets Chirping....

Yeah, sorry.  I suck.  That is all.  I have no other excuse--just life on fast forward and no time to blog.


To recap:


Chicago was AWEsome!  Had a great time, cannot wait to go back in September (but that is for work so it won't be AS great)  American Girl madness, killer food, a dinosaur named SUE and me in front of the Buckingham Fountain--it doesn't get any better.  Pics to come eventually--but seriously, don't hold your breath--I think they are still in the camera--haven't even had time to download them.


Horseback riding camp for the DD--she loved it and now we have been rooked into weekly lessons--yikes!  Thank Allah that the grandparents are all chipping in to pay for it because otherwise--yeah, no, not in the budget darlin'


The Fourth of July--good fireworks, nice weather laid back and relaxed!  Woot Woot.


DD spent all of last week and all of this coming week at the Outlaw's--this is the most time they have spent with her oh....EVER!  I didn't think she would make it to be honest with you.  I can hear in her voice when I talk to her that she is "over it", but she is a trouper and is hanging in there.  They have been running her around and she has been playing with her cousins so this should be good for her.  I will need to rent a U-haul to bring her crap home next weekend when we pick her up because the "SPOILING OF 2010" has gone on and the kid tells us everyday that she got something new.  UGH! She was playing Guitar Hero at their house last night--and I KNOW FOR A FACT that they did not have it prior to my kid arriving--so I hope that is staying up there.


Work has been kicking my ass!  Which is kinda good because this is normally our slow season, so I hope this means that things are turning around for us.  Been training a new guy and my boss just found out she is pregnant--so let the "crazy" begin there--oh the hormones!


Upcoming events--Hubby's 25th HighSchool reunion this weekend.  Should be "interesting" to see the folks he grew up with.  Headed up to Bum-Fuck Michigan for the event and then off to get my girl on Sunday. 


We are on the count down to back to school as well--where in the hell did summer go!!!!  3 more weeks is all that is left until the 1st day of 4th grade--yikes!  I do feel proud that I have all the school supplies bought already--now it's just the clothes and shoes--ugh!  I vote for uniforms!!!


OK--this set of mindless rambling brought to you by the letter "C"--as in "C" if I can update any less frequently!  HAHA!


Peace out!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

And we're off!!



Look out Chicago--here we come!!  A fun filled weekend of shopping and site-seeing await me and my girl.  The American Girl store is our first stop on Thursday--with a luncheon in the store's dining room!  Then let the tearing up of WaterPlace begin!

There are so many fun things we want to do--the weather is going to be good--but it's going to be freaking HOT~  Navy Pier and 95 degrees?  Whew--better pack some extra deoderant!!!

My sister and I have been planning this trip for ages and I'm SO excited that it's finally here!!

We are taking the train--a first for me!  I've never traveled that way and I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes.  It was SUPER cheap and I don't have the headaches of driving or dealing with idiots on the road--woohoo!!!

I'll be back with updates later!!!!  You all have a safe weekend!!!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Rough Night in my "neck of the woods"

With all apologies to Al Roker--man what night!!!

Rain, wind and Tornados--Oh my!!!  While all the major damage was about 15 miles to the North East of us, we had a wild and crazy night around here with 2 major storm systems rolling thru in about 4 hours.




I have never been in this kind of stuff in the middle of the night beofre and it's pretty scary!  Daytime storms are bad enough around here, but when you cannot see what is coming at you, it gets your heart racing.  We pray for the lives that were lost and thank goodness all we lost was the power for a while.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

REALLY ?????????????

Still nothing too exciting going on in my world, but I do have to share a little bit o'the crazy from the in-law front.


We have been sent an announcement for a GRADUATION!!!!  Whose graduation you ask?  Well, I'll be happy to tell you......it's for my just turned 5 year old niece-in-law (you know, daughter of crazy sister-in-law).


They are proud to announce her graduation from PRE KINDERGARTEN and will be having a party at their house for the historic event that we were ALL invited to. 

Ummmm yeah....Graduation from PRE-Kindergarten??  Really?  and not to be a total bitch, but she never really went to Pre-K at a real school, it was at the day care center.

If they are throwing a big backyard barbeque for this, what the hell are they going to do for the kid when she really does something important?  Like graduate from KINDERGARTEN???  Throw a parade????  I wonder what the gift registration will be for that event?

Oh--did I mention that we got this announcement with the party invitation on Sat the 29th??  When is the party you ask?  It was for the next day!  Guess we were an afterthought. 

OH!  I actually do have an announcement of my own!!  DD got an award from school for making Honor Roll for the entire year!  Yeah Child!!  She is so smart--it's scary sometimes.

I'm so proud of her--but I guess I should feel like a failure as a parent since I didn't rent out a skywriter plane to announce it publicly.  I should be ashamed for saying that we would go out for Ice Cream to celebrate her awesome grades.  Bad Mommy!!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Nothing Special...

Hello all!


After feeling like I have been living in Seattle with all the rain we have had here over the last 2 weeks, I am SO excited that the SUN has come out and will be staying the weekend!  Yeah!!


Not much going on in my world so thus the lack of posting.  But I have been wondering why the hell people leave SPAM comments on people's blogs?/  It's so annoying and I really don't read Chinese or want to click on your links about the best deals on shoes or Viagra--so please don't even bother leaving that crap--I just delete it. 


For the new people who stop by and leave nice comments--thank you so much--it makes my day!!


I don't watch American Idol, but since Crystal Bowersox has made the top 3, Toledo is being inundated with Crystal fever!!  The American Idol crew showed up here last night and every radio station, news station, newspaper--all of it--that's all they have to talk about.  I'm happy she is doing so well and I hope she wins, but really, not everyone gives a crap and wants to hear about it all day.


The BROKE City of Toledo is having a parade and a concert for her downtown today--do you think American Idol is footing the bill for all of that so they can get footage?  I certainly hope so, because we cannot even afford to pay our cops to protect citizens on a daily basis--how can they afford the cost of all the hoopala that is surrounding her visit??  She will be singing at the Toledo MudHens game tonight too--I bet the MudHens are thrilled that they will be making the bucks off of her.  Oh well--good Luck Crystal, I've never heard you sing, but I wish you the best.


Heard back from the radiologist--my boobs show no signs of cancer--so yeah me!!!  I have, however, been sick as a dog for the last 2 freaking weeks coughing and hacking--blech, I'm tired of being sick.


That's all for now I guess--I got nothing!  Seacrest out!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Pain and Suffering--it's sucks being a woman

OK--I'm all for the Save the Tatas campaign and such, but there is NO WAY IN HELL that I am willingly having another mammogram!  That shit hurts!!!!!!!!

It was quick and I guess the tech was good, but seeing as I have been "blessed" in the boobage department, there was no way I way getting out of there pain free. 

It's SO not fair!  We women birth the children, take the birth control (which involves yearly invasion of our lady bits) and now I have to get my boobs smashed in the torture chamber?  Men invented ALL of this crap I tell you. 

Why don't they have to do anything?????  Yeah, they are SUPPOSED to go get check ups--but no one MAKES them--no one threatens to withhold their birth control prescription if they don't come in and get checked out.  (hmmmmm, could I threaten to close up "the cookie shop" if he won't go to the dr?--well, that would only hurt me too I guess).  It's just not right!  Maybe they should have to have a "turn and cough" check up of their own every year to get a BEER license or a GOLF license--that would get them wouldn't it.

The tech showed me my boob shots--kind of interesting, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, but then again, who am I?  She did say--"Oh, don't worry, but now that we have gone all digital, the majority of people get called back after their baseline to get additional screening--just because we don't know what your boobs are supposed to look like"  W.T.F.??????????????  This is supposed to give you a BASELINE of what my boobs look like--if you don't see anything out of whack--then leave me the fuck alone until next time--if something changes, we'll worry about it then. 

I am just so sick off all this Dr/hospital/testing stuff--I'M OVER IT!  Blech!