Turning Over an Old Leaf

Woo-hoo! I get to retire! What the heck am I talkin' about? I am passing the Mommy Torch, that's what! Still confused? Just call me GRANNY--how's that? That's right, you heard me, GRANNY! Glorie's havin' a baby, Glorie's havin' a baby and I'm doin' the Granny Dance! No more pain and torture for me! I can have babies in the house for another 20 years and I won't gain a pound! How cool is that? Seriously, though, I am very happy for her and intend to support her 100%! So, she moved back home just in time! And she came to the right place, that's for sure! This is Babyland, right? Today is her first official doctor's appointment and she is due approximately January 26. Maybe God is finally sending the BOY I didn't get, huh? Cirroc, much like Glen, has been goin' crazy to have a little brother for a long time. We actually thought he was going to serve as big brother to my niece's baby--also a long awaited boy--who was born on the same day as Karenina. Sadly, though, God called Little Billy DeWayne, Jr. home last week. It has been difficult for me, though not as difficult as for Shannetta. She is such a sweet girl and my favorite of all the nieces I inherited (shhh). My heart is with her. So, maybe God will send us a boy. Glorie has been pouring over "name lists" and praying her morning sickness will end! Me, I am gearing up for granniness! Every time we go somewhere, people say, "Are you two sisters?" And I proudly say that she is my daughter--not proud to be perceived as young, just proud of my Glorie, who will always be my sweet, little girl no matter how big she gets...and, boy, is she about to get BIG! (Just teasin'!) ( ;

What a bunch of Scrap, Honest!

Ok, so my friend Karen sent me this:

The Honest Scrap Award

Now, honestly, I do not consider myself to be scrappy, but OK, at least she got the honest part right! So, I have to tell everyone 10 pieces of honestscrap about myself (get it?)--things nobody knows--ooooh!
#1. I was up past 3 a.m.
#2. I smoke cigars--they're cheaper!
#3. Yesterday, I did someone else's homework (Shhh!)
#4. I LOVE children--like you all didn't know THAT already!
#5. My hair is on fire--just makin' sure you are paying attention!
#6. I am evil, well, not really but I made my husband take the baby to her doctor
appointment cuz I am tired and I told him I had a surprise for him, so I was
gonna be too bizzy!
#7. I am nice--I decided I am honor-bound to come up with some sort of surprise
since I said I was--so I am about to go to the store.(Somebody shoot me,
please!)
#8. I tried to dye my hair again--dark Apple Green, but it didn't work, so I have
just a couple green spots underneath--but Glorie's hair looks adorable
though sorta like a dark raspberry red with a teal green streak.
#9. I really am about to go to the store--oh, I said that already, huh?!
#10. My mom called me a couple minutes ago and I actually CALLED her back!

Ok, so now that I did that, the next thing that needs to be done is

~ You have to tag 10 people with the award (too bad I don't know 10 people!!).

~ Let all the people you've given the award to know that they've gotten it.
Kirsten, looks like you're it!

~ Make sure you link back to the person who awarded it to you.
I have no idea how I'm s'posed to do THAT--and I am waaaay too tired to
figure it out!

New Baby!!

IT'S A GIRL!!
Karenina Anais came this morning at 7:04, finally! She weighed in at 6#13.4 oz and was 19 3/4 inches long! I always say, when I have another girl, I don't know whether to be surprised or not anymore...well, now I say, I was DEFINITELY surprised! But, she is absolutely adorable!!! Talk to y'all soon!
~A

Please translate this into English for me...

Ok, so I am now in a class with people who are in their FIFTH year of college and I often wonder which of them are actually active alcoholics and which ones simply forgot to turn on their spell-checkers! So, in honor of my very studious classmates, I have decided the best way to share these entertaining moments is with "Quote of the Week" which will be located on the lower center of this page.
So, to get the ball rolling, here is a sample of this week's rough draft for our "Intro"--feel free to share your comments on how YOU would word this sentence appropriately...I am dying to see what other people will come up with. Trust me, it wasn't as easy as it may sound...

"The factors that contribute to the issues and problems society have been plagued with are the social context of the area and crime, the intellectual context and local crime, the areas that surround these cities;urban and suburbs the use of land and it's value how people get around, and the zones of transition and hot spot crime areas in the states, cities, and communities American's live in."

I hope you all enjoy this week's quote, too!
~A

My moldy mother's day!

Ok, so what a wonderful day it turned out to be-hahaha! The kids did straighten up the diningroom a bit after dinner so I didn't have to, that was cool! Mostly, it was Q-boy who did it, so that was REALLY a nice surprise! Tejani opted to abandon me and spend the night at the neighbor girl's house, but it was less work for church the next morning! So, the pastor, he gave the same sermon as last year--there are high rates of young people with STD's in Omaha, gangs are rampant, etc etc--so, good job, Mom's--and happy mother's day! It was all good, though, cuz the message was, if your mom honors God, you really should honor your mom! I'm not all mushy about mother's day, really, though! But, I know the kids get joy from giving me the little flowers they planted in Sunday school and the pictures they made in class, so I like that. Then, there's my husband. He gave me a shirt that actually fits and I can even still wear it after I have the baby--and it's a good color on me--then he gave me a little knick-knack--and gave his mom the exact same one--how quaint, ahem! Then, he gave me my card, no little note written inside or none of that jazz--and I swear he gave me her card! It said thank you for making me who I am or something like that. Now, I guess I can say I have been a positive influence on him, but I really think he just got the cards mixed up! It's nice to know he thinks his 85 year old mother is beautiful, though--mhm, sorta twisted if you ask me! So, then I got my cake. All the frosting had slid off! He hid it in the curio cabinet in the livingroom--since APRIL!! I think it was my birthday cake that I asked for and he forgot to give it to me cuz it said sell by April 15th on the side and my b-day was April 11th, so he tried to pass it off--how sweet! Cept, when I cut into it, it was GREEN! Lemon cake is not GREEN! I was taking no chances on trying to figure out if the sourness was supposed to be there or not!! Then, he went to work on his day off and came home three hours after he was done cuz he was helping his nephew move or some ridiculous thing he failed to mention before he left! What a wonderful day I had with all the kids running in circles around me while I tried to do homework in spite of my anger!! Needless to say, I didn't get very far! So, happy moldy mother's day to me! I really hope everyone else had a good day, though!

Stop the Planet! I need off!!

Ok, so the Earth is spinning WAY too fast, and in 4 days, I will not be 40 anymore! I did not celebrate the big 40--at least not on the inside--but this is even WORSE!! I told God a long time ago that 30 was my limit, but for whatever reason--I'm Sill Here! I was still technically 24 the first time somebody made me feel old--a 23 year old if you can believe that! So, I think I have used all my "old years" already!!
My husband, on the other hand, LIKES being old! He's 47 and already has his eye on a power chair, a set of partials, some diabetes testing supplies and a senior discount baseball hat--so they won't forget! I think he's crazy! If I can't walk out my front door and go somewhere without a motorized chair--SHOOT ME! In Native American camps, when somebody got old, they purposely went outside the camp and waited to die. That's me!! If my quality of life declines that much, I'll be calling Kevorkian!!
I don't have a problem with elderly people, I just don't have any desire to actually become one of them!! Maybe I'm picky. Maybe I'm vain. Maybe I like being strong. Who knows, but I refuse to be "in my forties"!! So, just in case anyone forgot--this year, I will be 25 for the 3rd time!!
Yesterday, I took my mother-in-law to run errands and had to drive like 40 freakin' miles to get her phone bill paid cuz she had the address wrong! (And, she was a schoolteacher!) Then, she didn't want to go to one store cuz it was too expensive and had me take her to a MORE expensive store instead! Then, come to find out, it isn't even her phone and she is paying it!! Please, Lord, do not let me get that way!!
So, I am no longer hoping I will get to live a full life before Jesus returns! I say, tomorrow works for me!! ( ;

St. Patrick's Week

No, this is not some lingering Catholic ritual. I've recovered from Catholicism!! I think what I have is early on-set Alzheimer's-- maybe I caught it from my husband--anyway, Little Miss Lucky's birthday is the day before St. Patrick's day, and her party was the day before her birthday, so I have been a day off all week! Sunday, we had a St. Patrick's theme birthday party where we all wore green, then, Monday, I thought it was St. Patrick's day cuz it was the day after we celebrated her birthday. So, we all wore green. Now, today, is St. Patrick's day--I haven't had any beer, I swear, green or otherwise, but it has been St. Patrick's day for 3 days already at our house!! School pictures day was listed as being on St. Patrick's Day, as well as Read and Feed--where you have lunch with your child and then find a quiet corner--in an elementary school??--and read a book together. So, yesterday, I dressed the kids up and did their hair before school. I called to say I had to go get exact change and what time did I need to have the money at the school? The secretary, Lori, said--picture day is tomorrow, so, I thought, Oh, OK, no scheduling conflict--I can make the read and feed at my other daughter's school (she goes to a special school for International Studies/Foreign Language). So, I drive clear across town. I walk into the school and inform some nosy woman who caught me at the door that I'm there for Read and Feed, and she tells me it is tomorrow! Instead of realizing my error when the first lady told me the next day was picture day and saying OK St. Patrick's day must be tomorrow, I spent half the day driving in circles!! So, now today IS St. Patrick's Day, and we don't have many green clothes that we haven't already worn, but I made it happen, mostly cuz my husband is a conformist and insists we must! Now is when I need that beer!
So, now about the party--I came up with the coolest idea I just have to share--it was a party for a baby, right? So, I was at the store (which was having a power outage), and as I am shopping in the dark, it hit me--BABY FOOD! I bought a bunch of baby food items that would be suitable for all ages, i.e. Gerber Twisted Fruit Snacks, Gerber Cheese Snack Crackers, Gerber Fruit Bits, Gerber Fruit Puffs, Little baby-size bottles of juice and those baby hot dogs that look like Vienna Sausages. And, in addition to the normal food, I served the guests BABY FOOD!! It was so funny! We also had lots of "green" food--broccoli with ranch, pickles, dill chips--I even put green food coloring in the Sprite. The decos were green--with a splash of pink to signify a baby girl--and it turned out great!! (Though I spent a bit too much!) Anyway! She had a fun day and the adults DID eat the baby food!! So, if you are in need of planning a baby party, go baby all the way!!

Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby!

Hey! Well, Twinkle Toes will be one year old on the 16th! So, this is in honor of Twinkle Toes aka Danica!
She is getting bigger by the day! She has recently started standing up without holding on and even getting into a standing position without any help! She loves to dance or bop her head to the music and yells "Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah!" She is starting to repeat sounds/simple words after she hears them. She is just adorable and has so much personality! She is always smiling and loves to "tackle" the older kids and follow them around. She can go pretty much anywhere--and, since Damira can now open the kitchen door for her, she has access to areas of the house the other children never did! Isn't SHE lucky?! She isn't feeling too well this past couple days--I think she may have RSV--no emergency symptoms so far, which is a relief, but she has a bit of a fever, diarrhea and a bad cough and wheezing--but she is still happy and playful, despite not getting sound sleep, even! She doesn't much care for her breathing treatments, but we just sing her "Twinkle Twinkle Little Toes" song and she quiets right down! She loves to be sang to--by anyone--and really gets goin' when the other kids dance around and sing! Her hair is really growin' fast all the sudden, too and she is getting those darling little corkscrew curls like Crazy Nut has! She is just so cute and funny and cuddly! Last night, she fell asleep in my arms, just like when she was a tiny baby! So, we are gearing up to go off formula and give the soy milk a try--and turn her car seat around--yay! Her dad insists that she will learn to walk in the next 9 days! Normally, I would laugh this off, but he made the same prediction about 2 weeks before Damira's first birthday, and I'll be darned if she didn't do it, so, we'll have to wait and see! We've been havin' a bit of warm weather--well, until today, that is--but she loves to stand at the screen door and watch the big kids outside! She is just a very happy, bright charming, adorable little baby with a big, giant smile, but around here, that's too be expected! Happy Birthday, Twinkle Toes!!
Love, Mommy

Two year olds and other people who want to rule the world!

Ok, so I have had this blog rollin' around in my head for a couple days cuz I am mad, mad, mad! So, I frequently find myself tellin' my five year old that she will never win an argument with a two-year-old, namely Damira--the Crazy Nut girl! And, while I risk further spoiling her, it is quite true! Two year olds do not lose arguments because they do not give up or back down or any other prepositional phrase you can come up with--they have chosen to be the rulers of their own world and no five year old is going to take THAT away from them! Whoever came up with the idea that "taking candy from babies" was easy clearly did not have children!
Ok, so, on to what has me sooo mad--I am currently at the mercy of someone who also wants to rule the world--namely, "the Humane Society guy"!! And, I am certainly trying to see the humaneness in this guy! Not to mention the humanity! As everyone who knows me knows, my husband is out of town and will definitely be back in a week. Meanwhile, I have been caring for HIS dog while he is gone. HIS dog from before we got married. So, sick pregnant me who fell down the stairs recently has been traipsing my not-too-happy little self out there every dang day to feed and water this dog, not to mention making numerous trips to the store to BUY the food, when I would much rather be recovering and staying out of the snow so this dang pneumonia will actually go AWAY before it kills me! So, now my battered, bruised and barely able to breathe self is being accused of being CRUEL to the dog because I can't prevent water from freezing in the winter-time?? Last nite, it was ten below and Lo and Behold--his water froze AGAIN!! Well, I just don't KNOW why I didn't prevent THAT from happening! Clearly, I should have went to the store and bought one of them electrical water buckets that plugs in to the exterior electrical outlet which ALL dog pens come equipped with so that his bucket can be a constant source of heat to keep the water from freezing and miraculously NOT getting hot or evaporating! Obviously, I must be a cheap skate because EVERYONE else in Omaha has a heated dog bucket for their dog, right?? So, simply going out there and pouring HOT water on top of the ice to melt it down for him IS NOT acceptable! No, I think we should write me up for cruelty and take the dog and euthanize him so he will no longer have to ENDURE such things!! That is the decent thing to do, obviously!! Yes, Humane Society Guy--you are exactly right!! Let's go over Angie's house and pound on all her doors for half an hour at least, once or twice each day for close to a week, and otherwise harrass and terrorize her for these EXTREME acts of cruelty to animals!! A decent woman would NOT allow water to freeze just because it is below zero! We just cannot allow this to continue for another 7 days!!

Stupid Blogger!

So, this is for Kirsten concerning her plea for advice in the Great Diaper Dilemma--since your page won't let me post any comments right now and I am seriously too tired to wait, here ya go:
Wow--diapers--first you are quite right about Huggies--and they leave that weird film on their skin and make 'em smell funny, plus, if they sleep all nite, you'll find that the gel stuff from inside has worked it's way out--so, yeah! I think Luv's are better than both Huggies and Pampers, but I usually go with Walgreen's or Wal-mart brands, honestly! And, sizes, hmmm, yes they are weird. Just like there is a huge difference between N and 1, there is almost no difference between 2 and 3 and usually, you will find the kids out-pee the diapers before they actually outgrow them, so they will be waking up wet and you will be forced to go up a size--so that too-big-diaper thing is something we just kinda gotta deal with. All I can suggest is that the store-brand diapers sometimes run a bit smaller--but not always--and they are store-brand! Another trick is to fold the top of the diaper down inside--not out, definitely NOT out!
And, I gotta also say--I thought I was the last surviving Shaggy fan! (That is one of my husband's songs to me!) Well, good luck on the diaper dilemma!
~A

A Stranger in the Family

So, today, I went to my step-grandfather's funeral. It was an odd experience--like bein' on the outside looking in, watching a family be a family. I haven't seen any of these people since I can't remember when! It has been at least 15 years. I went in support of my sister, mostly, as she is the "black sheep" of the family. It was just really strange. Seeing how one man can, in a few generations, spawn over 100 people! And, seeing various family characteristics played out from one generation to the next--children who are now parents and I am looking at these kids wondering where I could possibly have seen them before. I saw them in their parents so long ago! It is the embodiment of 'history repeating itself.' I saw my step-grandma, my step-step cousins and my step-step-step sister. How many people have one of those? Talk about a family tree! My step-step grandma has already passed, so she wasn't there, but her children were. I always thought it was strange to have a step-step grandma, but I have grown into a down-home cultural view on this and I have come to see that your brother's sister is your sister, too, no matter who her parents were. So many people in today's world, as well as many people who were in that church today, do not see it as such, and it is a shame. All the talk of who was welcome and who wasn't and who's presence would merit police presence! How petty is that? If a man and woman divorce, and the wife takes the children; the husband remarries a woman who has HER children, to whom is this man closer? The children he fathered or the children he raised? And if you call a stranger Grandpa for years, does he become your grandpa? Why can't everyone just get along and realize that we are all sisters and brothers in God and ought to try a little harder to relate to one another as such. Especially in times like this. It is a time for divisions to be overcome. It makes it bittersweet, really, but it should be bittersweet. It should not be for drama or for show, it should be for real. One should not talk trash about a person one minute and hug them the next--unless it is genuine. It needs to become genuine and a lot more frequent for people to learn to forgive--not only for a day, but for a lifetime! Look what Jesus did to get our Father's forgiveness for us?? Who are we to deny forgiveness to someone we once called brother? Or sister, mom, dad, grandma or friend? We are called to love, so let's get to it already! (If my MOM can figure it out, certainly the rest of the world can!!)

Chinese for one...

Ok, this is really the last one for tonight and then I am going to bed--energy drink or not! So, ok, so my husband's still gone and I sorta miss the little dweeb! Which is basically what I told HIM--I think I kinda miss ya, Twinkie Boy. Ok, so I guess this is where I have to tell ya how he came to be Twinkie Boy. Well, one day, right after Danica was born, he kinda gives me the once over and says, "I think you need to get on that stair stepper." And, so I said, "I just had a baby, what'd YOU have? Some twinkies??" And, you know, just to be funny, I even bought him a box, and my mom came by one day while I was at work and he had the twinkies out and she says she really wanted one, but he hid the box behind the tv trunk!
So, you can see why it would be very easy NOT to miss him! Except that I had to eat egg rolls, crab rangoon and cream cheese wontons all by my little self tonight, which is really no fun! Not to mention everything else I get to do without help! Now was definitely NOT the time to come down with pneumonia! Or to have my vacuum go out on me! Damira is a two-year-old tornado and Danica's favorite hobby is pulling herself up on the couch and pulling the clean, folded laundry down onto the floor the instant I finish! It is amazing how you can do all this stuff by yourself with no problem, but spend a few years with a helper and you forget everything! But, I'm gettin' the hang of it back and once I get it down, I'm sure he'll be back. Ain't that special?!
So, I'm just prayin' for strength--and a power outage--to get me off the hook from cookin,' laundry and dishes! So, I can't wait for my husband to get home--so he can eat the other half of the Chinese food--and do the other half of the housework! (Ain't I just so mean??)

Have you hugged a "black guy" today??

Ok, so that sounds horribly racist, I'm sure, but some African Americans do prefer the term "black." So, it's African American history month, so go ahead--I'm sure your husbands won't mind! Though, I can't speak for the African American man you should happen to chose! So, I had an instructor in college and she was super-cool. She always had a way of sorta bouncing into class with her dred-locks and she had a way of making you laugh while you learned something important. She was not an African American studies teacher, she was a communications teacher. And she was a no-bones kinda person...she called it like she saw it--black, white or otherwise. African American history month was one thing she did not like. From her position, why did we need a month? Can't we learn about it all year long? And, she had a point. We don't have "White History" month in our grade schools--it's all the time! Here we are, still stuck in our Darwinistic ways! You know Darwin--the we came from monkeys guy?? His big theory was Natural Selection, which is that we slowly--veeerrry slooowly--evolve based on the survival of the fittest (another theory). So, a few days before Feb. 1, the first day of the history month that should not be, I came across this article. It was actually about fleas. So, I'm sure you are wondering just what in the world that has to do with anything and WHY in the world Angie was actually READING it??! Well, because the fleas had helmets, of course! Huh?? Some of these fleas were born with this hard exoskeletal crust on their heads--except there were no actual genes for this. All of these fleas were genetically identical. But, the fleas with helmets were born to mothers who had been in dangerous environments--whatever dangerous might be to a flea, I'm not sure. Anyway! The big question is HOW can this happen? They didn't EVOLVE these helmets? No. There wasn't any genetic pre-disposition for being crust-melons? No. Well, so, apparently, these mama fleas used their magic powers and saved their babies from future flea danger by willing these things on their babies heads cuz we all know fleas are simply abounding in maternal instinct and all, right? Apparently, studies on mice and humans have also recently showed some odd, anti-Darwinistic findings as well. Which flies in the face of modern genetic science and brings into question a whole slew of other theories--the monkey thing, the Big Bang, etc.
So, what does this have to do with African America history month? Well, not only can Darwin's theories not be used as a basis for racism, they don't seem to be worth the paper they were written on! I have often said that, if we came from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys? Wasn't it like, an evolve or die kinda thing? But, if we did, then, why aren't those monkeys STILL evolving? Or is Tarzan the missing link? The way it was phrased by one reader, Why haven't sharks ever grown legs and walked out of the ocean yet?? He is quite right! The missing link has never been found because there isn't one! Though, my first husband was a strong candidate in the running for awhile!! The truth is, we did not evolve--we have always been people! If anything, we have DE-evolved! Have you ever read the Bible? Those people were not one step up from cavepeople--they were extremely intelligent. Now, go read some of the posts on my student Web site! Some of these people can't manage to put 3 words together in the appropriate order to form a sentence!! Unless it's maybe, "I want beer" or something, cuz I swear some of them are drunk when they do their homework! Heck, I might be, too, judging by some of the stuff I come up with--but at least I spell everything right (usually) and I follow the adjective-noun-verb-adverb pattern pretty accurately! Truth is, the people who wrote the Bible were WAAY smarter than us. So, if you move on down through history, and take a look at some of the historical writings from colonial America, you start to wonder what happened. Every author had his own personal spelling for every word!
So, how did all of us de-evolving grammatically challenged non-monkeys get here? Check the Bible again. Mold did not come alive and slither onto a beach somewhere trailing green goo and get struck by lightning! I promise! And, we are not the offspring or design of some aliens who escaped an exploding planet somewhere! I promise that, too, and hopefully, I will not become the target of a band of half-crazed Trekkies for saying so! GOD put us here, fleas and all! And yes, God created differing races. Not as being unequal in any way, though. Genesis 11:6 says we were building the Tower of Babel and so God scattered us and confounded our languages so we couldn't work together. There were apparently some forefathers in the Bible who had wives from Africa and this was not a sin. Christianity actually originated in Africa--not Europe. I believe it is coming back around and the "races" are coming together, here in America, once again. And, just think of what we can accomplish if we are united?? But, no towers, please!
So, now the only question I have is, why are there so many cavemen in today's world? Until we re-evolve--or whatever you want to call it, we will never get to where we are supposed to be!
So, here's my poem about it I wrote many years ago (1995 I believe)
The Tower
Flakes gently settling to the ground.
A blanket of snow,
To warm the heart,
And embrace the soul.
Softly,
Quietly,
The spirit of love.
The joy brought by an infant's smile,
The tenderness held in a parent's arms,
The hope found in a child's eyes,
The peace of knowing we're all one.
Brightly,
Truly,
The signs of love.
Antiquity woven with ribbon and lace,
Hand-in-hand, brothers in grace...

So, now, about that hug...

Do we really HAVE to reach for the stars??

Ok, so, yesterday, I read about the lives of no less than 20 people--and not one of them was named Brangelina or TomKat--or should I say not two of them?! Though there was one kid who said he was in Drum Line. And, they had some interesting stories to tell, about their children, their lives, jobs, education, plans and goals. Why are we all so fascinated to hear about these "famous" people while we ignore all the great people around us? I opened up my home page--MSN--the other day, and there was a featured article about Sleep Secrets of the Stars...give me a break! First, we gotta hear about who's screwin' who and who's divorcin' who to marry who and what kind of ridiculous names they are givin' their kids--or the ones they illegally adopted from Africa. Now, we can't even figure out how to SLEEP without consulting the stars? And I don't mean Sagittarius or Orion or even taking the time to figure out if the moon is in the sky to figure out how and when to go to bed, no we gotta ask J.Lo?! The media is pulling a fast one on us and has been for years! We are all brainwashed, I swear! Remember Anna Nicole Smith? Not to knock the dead or anything, but nobody could STAND her--she was a gold-digger and a ho and her seriously old husband died and she got a bunch of money. So?? Then, one day, somebody decided to call her "America's Sweetheart" and for whatever reason, we bought it! Next thing I know, my mom's callin' me hourly givin' me updates on her health situation or the latest decision on which one of about 27 guys is the father of her baby! Do I care? She wasn't MY sweetheart--maybe everybody else's--and their brother's, uncle's and dad's too, but not mine! If you really want to know how all those famous people fall asleep, I'll tell you--they only smoke enough crack or sniff enough coke to last them 'til about noon the next day and then they crash hard--but it's Ok, cuz they got NANNY'S!! Oooh! I wanna be just like 'em, don't you?? How DID what's her name get her figure back after the twins?? She left the kids with that same nanny and hit the gym with her personal trainer--both of which she probably has in her basement. Guess how I got mine back? I chased my OWN kids around instead of payin' somebody else to do it!! It is way more fun than a treadmill, I promise! I absolutely refuse to model myself after somebody who has no morals or scruples just because they know how to laugh on cue! Shoot, I can do that! Give me a million dollars and I will gladly write a book on how to eat, sleep and diet! C'mon everybody--c'mon MOM--let's get some clues here!
Rumor has it that NBC is in sorta dire straits. The satellite companies have started signin' contracts with the cable companies to ban local stations from their broadcasting. Meanwhile, if you don't have satellite, you can't get local tv anyway ('cept with an overpriced converter). Wonder who George Bush has been sleepin' with to get him to pass THAT ridiculous law! I say we kick 'em while they're down! Let's make NBC do what WE want instead of the other way around! I am tired of other people deciding what I watch on tv, deciding whether or not I CAN watch tv--and trying to decide who my "sweetheart" might be! So, if you got any opinions about any of the programming, tell them! Did you notice they brought Medium back?? It's cuz people actually LIKED that show. Normally, they wouldn't care about something like that, but they are losing money and losing viewers and are beginning to cater to us consumers for once, so we should tell them what we want, it might not make any difference at all, but it sure might be a fun way to vent--and you can tell 'em Anna Nicole told you to do it, cuz that carries a lot more weight, you know! (And, when you're ALL done, go outside and start askin' your neighbors how they get to sleep--I'm sure the answers you get will be much more sound!)

Bienvenidos

Ok, so this is my first blog, technically...though I've never had any problem forcing my opinions on others in other formats! So, now what? Well, not much new here really--just this unshakable pneumonia and I'm sure you don't want to hear about that! Um, well, I am in my last week of class number two. It's goin' great! Um, new baby is due in May now. They changed it again. Um, Ronnie's still not back, so I am havin' fun bein' sick with all these kids--who also keep takin' turns gettin' sick--and tryin' to keep up with the housework and homework! I've been out several times to run errands, which is nothing short of a miracle--but each time I force myself to get up and get out in this weather, I end up sicker! Sometimes, you can only procrastinate to a point, though, ya know? And even though I am the ultimate procrastinator and darn proud of it, even I have to go pay bills and get food, diapers and smokes once in awhile! Ok, well, I'd really like to say something profound and witty here, but I'm just really too tired to even get started! So, well, check with me tomorrow (after the kids go to bed) and maybe there'll be something! Have a great nite!
Love ya,
~A