Friday, August 29, 2008

What To Do?

So the hubs and I are meeting my BFF (and one of his pals) at a sporting event this weekend. We are tailgating and staying the night without kids...YIPEE! I love to cook so I am excited to make some sausages with dipping sauces, grilled chicken with my own spice blend and various other delicious and naughty delights. We got a huge cooler and planning on having some serious unwind time since normally we have our kiddos and responsibilities. Not this weekend though!

We are all excited to go and then I remember (dun dun duuuuuun) that my SIL and flavor of month are coming too. Grrreat. First of all they haven't paid us for the tickets that we got which is a total of $125.00 that I am sure we will get stiffed for. Next, his sister is a (fake) vegetarian. I swear she still eats meat. So, she would tell you that it's because she thinks that nothing should die to become food and because meat is so unhealthy! But since she smokes Marlboro Reds and drinks practically every night, and lives off Jack in the Box tacos so how concerned is she with her health. And animal rights? She once left her dog here for 6 months, never called about it, never sent money for food-NOTHING. Whew. That felt good.


Anyway....here's my question:

Knowing that she is a vegetarian, do I have to make something different for her??? Would you? Why or why not? Thanks, C's.

oh and PS: she won't eat fish.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Three things...

...that I am looking forward to are....

1. going shopping alone later
2. a mini vacay with the hubs and my bff this weekend
3. when the day comes that i change my last diaper

How about you?

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Pet Peeve Post

I was driving the other day and got stuck on our local talk radio show. He was talking about pet peeves and interviewing people (local "celebrities") about what their top five pet peeves are. Here are mine:

1. People (especially young people) who don't have common decency and courtesy. People who don't hold open doors for others, or people who are rude to servers and clerks or servers and clerks who are rude to patrons. It freaking makes me want to scream. How hard is it to be nice? Really? It's not hard. It's a lot harder to be a jerk. I honestly can say that I will always let someone merge, or cut in front of me at the grocery store if all they have is a few things when my cart is full. And the only reason that I do it is to be nice and I get a kick out seeing people be shocked at such a teeny tiny gesture. (And in case you were wondering, it does have a certain pay it forward factor that is nice too!)

2. People who say things like "When I used to work at the BBV of the BFD it was so hard." I have a theory that when people use acronyms casually to talk about things that you don't know about. I think that they are merely trying to sound intelligent and looking to reel you into asking them what "BBV of the BFD" means. Ughhh! I hate it! It's so annoying!

3. Customer service reps, servers and other people who I give money to who are JERKS. If you hate your job so much that you can't be bothered to be courteous or crack a smile, then you need to get a new job.

4. Woe is me/Chip on the shoulder/Energy sucker syndrome. Lately I have heard so many stories about people who think that there is a cosmic plan to attack them and make them fail. Yet these same people are doing NOTHING to change their situation. These people will blame society, their parents, the ex that broke their heart, their boss, the economy, the President, anyone but themselves for whatever is wrong with their life. I know people who have had HORRIBLE lives who have done nothing but turn it around and learn from it and grow and change and as a result they are happy, successful people. People like this are so suffering from their own stupidity. I want to scream at them: It's not always about you!

5. Ok, I know it's crazy, but I have to have my sheets smooth with no abominations. An abomination is when one corner of the fitted sheet is not on tight enough causing wrinkles. I know, I am a freak.

(Here's a few more)
  • Picky eaters, and I am not talking about kids.
  • Skinny Jeans.
  • Teenage boys who look like they need a major haircut.
  • Non-fat half caff soy mochachino latte drinkers.
  • People who think that MySpace is real or who use it to gage their friendships.
  • People who stop at green lights when turning right or people who stop at green arrows.
  • Tweekers.
  • Stupid bitches and we all know the type of broad that I am talking about.
How about you? What are some of your pet peeves?

Friday, August 15, 2008

4 years

Today is our 4 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe that it's been 4 years. I have to say that it's truly been amazing and wonderful. It hasn't been scary and hard. It's been easy and complicated but in a good way.

It's been a joy and can only hope that the next 4 and the 4 after that and the 4 after that and so on are just as good.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Three things...

...that made me happy today were:

1. Going shopping for several hours alone!!
2. Finding a great set of Stilla Eyeshadow, brushes and mascara at Costco for 16.00.
3. Discovering that my younegst baby girl actually does look like me when she smiles.

How about you?

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Happy Thoughts

I've been reading a lot of posts lately about how hard it is to be mother. To be responsible for shaping another human being into a responsible, creative, nurtured, smart, and loving little person. It's a big confusing conundrum. I feel like so many other parents who feel confused, overwhelmed and under appreciated. (This is not to say that my husband is not appreciative. He is. Very much so and he frequently shows it.) But a 2 an almost 1 year old can't thank for you cleaning their poop out of the bathtub, or changing their diaper for the 12,097th time.

Whenever I start feeling this, I just try to tell myself that with each year, it will get easier and easier....right? At least they will understand crime and punishment? Right??? Someone please re-assure me. And lets not talk teenage years.

And I try to scoop up a kid and love on them for a few to remind myself that never again are they going to be this amazing age.

And, I also thank goodness I am not Kate. Then I try to picture what it would be like with 6 more children and I suddenly love life exactly how it is.

Friday, August 1, 2008

I Pity the Fool(s)

So I suppose that it's safe to say that the Hubs and his friend/former employee will not be making up anytime soon. My husband doesn't care that much and attributes his pals lack of drive, and testicles to be a result of being with Brunhilda. Because when he lived here before they were not together and he was a TOTALLY different person. That being said, can I just tell you MySpace is such an interesting place. She is still posting stupid status updates, and changed some wedding picture titles to name my Husband as the "A$&hole" and "Worlds Worst Best Man." As the wife, it makes me mad because if you knew my husband you would know what a kind, generous person he is. I want Brunhilda to know the truth, but I realize that people like her and her husband are their own demise, and will never escape it because they are too stupid to realize it. It's way too easy for them to blame people around them instead.