My last post I talked about trying to stay positive, well, that crap don’t work all the time! You will remember that we were frantically packing and trying to find a rental home. Well, the I talked to Tiffany & Bosco, law firm for our house, and they told me that we still might have a chance to keep our home. That Freddie Mac is now working with this 3rd party company and they were going to come to our house and try to work out a modification with us! Yeah!!! So, we stopped packing (didn’t unpacked, just stoped where we were) and waited to hear from this other company, only to find out 8 days later that Tiffany & Bosco is now telling us that Freddie Mac has changed their mind and the next communication we get will be them telling us about our relocation options. What a crock of crap!! I mean, this is a law firm! How do these people sleep at night? Needless to say we are getting back into the packing mode and resuming our search for a rental. Wish us luck!
Ok, I totally love David Zinczenko! He is the Eat This, Not That writer! I love his articles. I always learn something and since I have been losing weight I am always paying attention to articles like these. I absolutely had to share this one with you though. Scariest New Restaurant Foods Anyone looking to watch what they eat will totally appreciate this link. I also have 2 of the Eat This, Not That books and I recommend those too. I have the Kids guide and the Supermarket Guide. Both well worth it.
Ok, one last thing before I go. I wanted to give the parenting award of the day to…..drumroll please…… 18-year-old Christy A. Smullen!!! Please go here to read the full story, but let me just say, she didn’t sound like she cared a whole lot that her child of 3 years old just shot a shotgun. Thank the Good Lord that no one was hurt!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Weekend Update - Weeks gonna be busy
Spent an awesome weekend at the Colorado River with some of my cousins and their family. It would be nice if we could get the whole family out there (but probably very expensive too!). We just relaxed, spent the day by the river, let the kids play in the water. It was a great Saturday, finished up with BBQing back at the house. I’ll be honest, I was the first to pass out and I was out early! (I was the youngest cousin there does that still count?). Being used to getting up at the crack of dawn really plays havoc on the senses when you’re trying to party it up with the big dawgs. =) I’m used to going to bed early and getting up early. I stayed up late the night before and got up early that morning, then stayed out in the sun all day. By the time we got back to the trailer and ate, I was ready for bed! LOL and when I went and laid down, it only took seconds for me to pass out. Sorry Chris, I tried to get back up and play with the big boys and just almost fell back asleep in the chairs outside. =)
Well, my little one will be 13 in 5 days! Gosh I can’t believe time has passed by so quickly. It seems just like yesterday I was putting her hair in pig tails and buying her Bratz dolls for her birthday. Now it’s new $300 phones she wants and laptops. (I’ll be honest, I’d rather buy the Bratz doll. LOL)
Wednesday is an early release day, so I have to leave work early to get her and Hannah from school. Friday I work from home, but right after school, we leave to California for her Birthday celebration! It’s going to be a busy week! Lots to do!
Hope everyone has a great week!
~Miss
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Well, my little one will be 13 in 5 days! Gosh I can’t believe time has passed by so quickly. It seems just like yesterday I was putting her hair in pig tails and buying her Bratz dolls for her birthday. Now it’s new $300 phones she wants and laptops. (I’ll be honest, I’d rather buy the Bratz doll. LOL)
Wednesday is an early release day, so I have to leave work early to get her and Hannah from school. Friday I work from home, but right after school, we leave to California for her Birthday celebration! It’s going to be a busy week! Lots to do!
Hope everyone has a great week!
~Miss
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Totally Peeved~
As an update to yesterday’s post on going overboard on my daughter’s birthday parties. I have to say… I’m a little annoyed today.
A friend of mine made a few comments to me yesterday, after she read yesterday’s blog. In a round-about way, she was saying that everyone knows that I am a single mother and that I don’t have to keep trying to have these amazingly extravagant parties for my daughter and even went as far as to say that I’m doing her a disservice by doing so. Her daughter wasn’t invited to Kirstyn’s birthday parties the past couple of years (they aren’t the same age and my Kirstyn doesn’t have that much in common with her, so chose other friends to go). She said that it hurts the feelings of others who can’t go and celebrate with us and even makes some of the other kids feel disappointed that they don’t get the same kind of parties. THEN to follow that up. She had the nerve to follow that up with the age old, ‘You don’t have to make up for the fact that her Dad isn’t really in the picture.”
OK.. Now let me get this off my chest, because I know this person will read this blog today and I know you will know I am talking about you. Even though I didn’t have the balls to say it then, because I do count you as a friend, I’m saying it now. You are WAY off course here! I felt completely railroaded with this conversation yesterday. While I generally have no problem sticking up for other people, or something that I full heartedly believe in, I often have a hard time in sticking up for myself, so I walked away, keeping my mouth shut and avoiding the confrontation that I am sure would have ensued. I will be nice and not give out too many personal details about you, so that others also know who you are, because just you knowing is enough.
First… Kirstyn is very bright and works very hard in school every day, even goes to an elite school in the area, to which she had to apply to get into. So I feel that going a little farther for her sometimes, is a good thing, to show that her efforts are rewarded. Second, the fact that we have these parties that are cool and the kids love coming to them, isn’t necessarily due to the amount of money I spend on them. It’s more due to the planning and connections I have in putting them together. I may have a lot of really cool things going on at really cool places, but I do my research and I make sure to get the best deal and most of all, I do have quite a few connections in lots of areas! Including California, which we stay for free with my parents and my best friend is able to get us awesome discounts because she works at Disneyland. Being that we are like family and have known each other since 5th grade, this trip to Disneyland is her birthday gift to Kirstyn.
Lastly, I won’t say that I have never tried to make up for the things her dad has or hasn’t done, because that would be a lie. She didn’t pick him, I did. But I can honestly say that I have never tried to bribe her by giving her extravagant gifts. That’s his game, not mine. I can’t afford that. So the next time you think you have me pegged as the mom who is spoiling her daughter to make up for Daddy issues or because she feels like she needs to make up for something. Think again..
~Aggravated Miss
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A friend of mine made a few comments to me yesterday, after she read yesterday’s blog. In a round-about way, she was saying that everyone knows that I am a single mother and that I don’t have to keep trying to have these amazingly extravagant parties for my daughter and even went as far as to say that I’m doing her a disservice by doing so. Her daughter wasn’t invited to Kirstyn’s birthday parties the past couple of years (they aren’t the same age and my Kirstyn doesn’t have that much in common with her, so chose other friends to go). She said that it hurts the feelings of others who can’t go and celebrate with us and even makes some of the other kids feel disappointed that they don’t get the same kind of parties. THEN to follow that up. She had the nerve to follow that up with the age old, ‘You don’t have to make up for the fact that her Dad isn’t really in the picture.”
OK.. Now let me get this off my chest, because I know this person will read this blog today and I know you will know I am talking about you. Even though I didn’t have the balls to say it then, because I do count you as a friend, I’m saying it now. You are WAY off course here! I felt completely railroaded with this conversation yesterday. While I generally have no problem sticking up for other people, or something that I full heartedly believe in, I often have a hard time in sticking up for myself, so I walked away, keeping my mouth shut and avoiding the confrontation that I am sure would have ensued. I will be nice and not give out too many personal details about you, so that others also know who you are, because just you knowing is enough.
First… Kirstyn is very bright and works very hard in school every day, even goes to an elite school in the area, to which she had to apply to get into. So I feel that going a little farther for her sometimes, is a good thing, to show that her efforts are rewarded. Second, the fact that we have these parties that are cool and the kids love coming to them, isn’t necessarily due to the amount of money I spend on them. It’s more due to the planning and connections I have in putting them together. I may have a lot of really cool things going on at really cool places, but I do my research and I make sure to get the best deal and most of all, I do have quite a few connections in lots of areas! Including California, which we stay for free with my parents and my best friend is able to get us awesome discounts because she works at Disneyland. Being that we are like family and have known each other since 5th grade, this trip to Disneyland is her birthday gift to Kirstyn.
Lastly, I won’t say that I have never tried to make up for the things her dad has or hasn’t done, because that would be a lie. She didn’t pick him, I did. But I can honestly say that I have never tried to bribe her by giving her extravagant gifts. That’s his game, not mine. I can’t afford that. So the next time you think you have me pegged as the mom who is spoiling her daughter to make up for Daddy issues or because she feels like she needs to make up for something. Think again..
~Aggravated Miss
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Birthday Bash Extravaganza
So.. My daughter’s 13th birthday is next weekend. Labor day weekend.
13 is a big deal! She’s finally a teenager! I’ll be honest, I usually tend to go overboard on her birthday’s anyhow, but this year, especially since it’s her 13th birthday, I feel that I definitely must do something to show it’s a big deal that she’s 13.
A large part of my family lives in Southern California, so we often head that way for her birthday, with a friend or two of hers. For her 11th birthday we took her best friend with us to Cali and made a stop at Disneyland. Last year, we took 2 of her friends to Cali and went to Universal Studios. I keep making these really big deals out of her birthday and it’s going to be hard for me to stop and make her realize that it’s not always going to be a Rock Star party for her. Generally, we head to Cali so we can visit with family and it’s on a holiday weekend, so it just works out that way.
As I said in a previous post, this year, we’ll stay with my parents in Huntington Beach. It’s a 6 hour drive, so not too bad of a drive and much cheaper than flights for 5 people, so we will definitely be driving. They can relax and watch movies, play games, whatever they like. After school Friday, we’ll stop by our house so they can change into comfy clothes for driving and hit the road.
Luckily, my best friend works at Disneyland, so we’ll head to Disneyland with her and 2 of her friends for the day (Thanks again Dona!). We’ll start off the day at Goofy’s kitchen (which she loves). It’s a buffet style breakfast, with lots of fun kids stuff. Not that the average person won’t like it, but it’s definitely geared towards the kids. Next we head to California Disney and get our fastpass for the new Colors of the World attraction (this will be a first for us) and her It’s my birthday tag! I think I might even get the girls all a Mickey/Minnie hat with their names embroidered on it. That will take up all day Saturday.
Sunday we will maybe head to the Bella Terra mall in HB for a movie in the morning and then back to grandma’s for a BBQ in the early afternoon. Complete with cake and ice cream! Monday we’ll head back to California. Probably stopping at Ruby’s diner (that’s her favorite) for lunch and if we didn’t get to do the movie on Sunday, maybe we’ll hit a movie on Monday. She wants to see the Vampire spoof movie, so that’s probably what we’ll see. But not for sure.
Anyhow.. Back to the issue at hand. If I keep doing these outstanding parties, she’s always expect them. I think next year, we’ll have a sleepover with 3 girls and maybe Skateland. LOL.. We’ll see how that works. Especially since it falls on Labor Day weekend. She’ll just have to have her party the week before or after! Darn it!
13 is a big deal! She’s finally a teenager! I’ll be honest, I usually tend to go overboard on her birthday’s anyhow, but this year, especially since it’s her 13th birthday, I feel that I definitely must do something to show it’s a big deal that she’s 13.
A large part of my family lives in Southern California, so we often head that way for her birthday, with a friend or two of hers. For her 11th birthday we took her best friend with us to Cali and made a stop at Disneyland. Last year, we took 2 of her friends to Cali and went to Universal Studios. I keep making these really big deals out of her birthday and it’s going to be hard for me to stop and make her realize that it’s not always going to be a Rock Star party for her. Generally, we head to Cali so we can visit with family and it’s on a holiday weekend, so it just works out that way.
As I said in a previous post, this year, we’ll stay with my parents in Huntington Beach. It’s a 6 hour drive, so not too bad of a drive and much cheaper than flights for 5 people, so we will definitely be driving. They can relax and watch movies, play games, whatever they like. After school Friday, we’ll stop by our house so they can change into comfy clothes for driving and hit the road.
Luckily, my best friend works at Disneyland, so we’ll head to Disneyland with her and 2 of her friends for the day (Thanks again Dona!). We’ll start off the day at Goofy’s kitchen (which she loves). It’s a buffet style breakfast, with lots of fun kids stuff. Not that the average person won’t like it, but it’s definitely geared towards the kids. Next we head to California Disney and get our fastpass for the new Colors of the World attraction (this will be a first for us) and her It’s my birthday tag! I think I might even get the girls all a Mickey/Minnie hat with their names embroidered on it. That will take up all day Saturday.
Sunday we will maybe head to the Bella Terra mall in HB for a movie in the morning and then back to grandma’s for a BBQ in the early afternoon. Complete with cake and ice cream! Monday we’ll head back to California. Probably stopping at Ruby’s diner (that’s her favorite) for lunch and if we didn’t get to do the movie on Sunday, maybe we’ll hit a movie on Monday. She wants to see the Vampire spoof movie, so that’s probably what we’ll see. But not for sure.
Anyhow.. Back to the issue at hand. If I keep doing these outstanding parties, she’s always expect them. I think next year, we’ll have a sleepover with 3 girls and maybe Skateland. LOL.. We’ll see how that works. Especially since it falls on Labor Day weekend. She’ll just have to have her party the week before or after! Darn it!
Schedule Conflicts! Aaargghh...
I remember in school, it was so nice to get out early, or have a day off. Now that I’m a mom, I realize what a pain in the butt that can be on the other end! If you are not a teacher you have to work out a plan to make sure that your kid can get home early that day, or someone is able to keep them for the day off. It can be quite perplexing!
For me, my daughter is almost 13 (gosh, she’s making me old) and she is a very mature 13, so being home alone while I am at work for the day is not a problem. However, due to our new home being in a location where the school bus does not run, I now have to find a way to get her home. The other mother, who takes her home in the afternoon also works. (Thanks Amy! You’re a lifesaver!) So she also has the same problem for her daughter. Now I find myself needing to go to my boss to request yet again, to leave work early to go pick up the girls.
While this really shouldn’t be a problem, because I can work from home, without issue, and do work from home on Fridays… I know that it may be an annoyance to this particular boss. Sometimes, I can really relate to that sign that says ‘Bang Head Here’. LOL
Other than that, I am totally loving the new house. The stairs are definitely providing me with some much needed cardio and some help in brain exercises (to remember to grab everything before I go up the stairs). LOL Coco loves running up and down the stairs, and we have yet to bring our cat, Miko over. Which we will do after the weekend. Since we are going out of town, I don’t want to bring her over until we can be there with her for a long period of time, while she gets used to the place. Right now, I think she’s probably in heaven having the old place to herself, and we pay tons of attention to her for a couple hours every day when we go over to get things done/boxed at the old place. Plus she doesn’t have to deal with the dog. =)
Enough for now. It’s time to get some work done. I have a deadline to meet for real work. LOL Maybe one day my writing will pay off and I can consider this my real work. =) Wouldn’t that be nice!
~Miss
For me, my daughter is almost 13 (gosh, she’s making me old) and she is a very mature 13, so being home alone while I am at work for the day is not a problem. However, due to our new home being in a location where the school bus does not run, I now have to find a way to get her home. The other mother, who takes her home in the afternoon also works. (Thanks Amy! You’re a lifesaver!) So she also has the same problem for her daughter. Now I find myself needing to go to my boss to request yet again, to leave work early to go pick up the girls.
While this really shouldn’t be a problem, because I can work from home, without issue, and do work from home on Fridays… I know that it may be an annoyance to this particular boss. Sometimes, I can really relate to that sign that says ‘Bang Head Here’. LOL
Other than that, I am totally loving the new house. The stairs are definitely providing me with some much needed cardio and some help in brain exercises (to remember to grab everything before I go up the stairs). LOL Coco loves running up and down the stairs, and we have yet to bring our cat, Miko over. Which we will do after the weekend. Since we are going out of town, I don’t want to bring her over until we can be there with her for a long period of time, while she gets used to the place. Right now, I think she’s probably in heaven having the old place to herself, and we pay tons of attention to her for a couple hours every day when we go over to get things done/boxed at the old place. Plus she doesn’t have to deal with the dog. =)
Enough for now. It’s time to get some work done. I have a deadline to meet for real work. LOL Maybe one day my writing will pay off and I can consider this my real work. =) Wouldn’t that be nice!
~Miss
Monday, August 23, 2010
Settlin' In
So I moved into our new place this weekend. We still have some stuff to move over, but we got a lot done this weekend. My daughter is loving it. I'm loving it. Our little 5 year old, 5 lb poodle-bichon doggy, Coco is loving it. She loves running up and down the stairs..
We had my Aunt and Uncle, and my cousin Erin and her husband over last night (needed help getting the TV up the stairs. Thanks guys! There's no way I would have been able to get it up those stairs!
I'm happy to say that they even liked the place! My Uncle kept saying that he could totally live there. I just kept telling him that I'd keep my eyes open for another rental in the neighborhood. =) They are looking for a smaller place to rent. The 4 bedroom is just too big for them and my little 2 bedroom plus a den is perfect size!
Last night, even though my daughter has her own room and it was ready for her to sleep in, somehow... I ended up with both her and the dog perched in my bed. LOL. Really I didn't mind. Waking up this morning, however was not so much fun. Someday.. I really do want to be independently wealthy. Seriously. I have been waiting my turn and I'm tired of people cutting in front of the line. LOL.
Hope everyone has a marvelous Monday!
~Miss
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We had my Aunt and Uncle, and my cousin Erin and her husband over last night (needed help getting the TV up the stairs. Thanks guys! There's no way I would have been able to get it up those stairs!
I'm happy to say that they even liked the place! My Uncle kept saying that he could totally live there. I just kept telling him that I'd keep my eyes open for another rental in the neighborhood. =) They are looking for a smaller place to rent. The 4 bedroom is just too big for them and my little 2 bedroom plus a den is perfect size!
Last night, even though my daughter has her own room and it was ready for her to sleep in, somehow... I ended up with both her and the dog perched in my bed. LOL. Really I didn't mind. Waking up this morning, however was not so much fun. Someday.. I really do want to be independently wealthy. Seriously. I have been waiting my turn and I'm tired of people cutting in front of the line. LOL.
Hope everyone has a marvelous Monday!
~Miss
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Things are looking Up!
So to add to Amie's Be Positive..
Things seem to be looking up for me. I have found a place to move. It's a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 3 story town home. My daughter is absolutely ecstatic! She has ALWAYS wanted something with stairs. (I guess it’s a kid thing.) I can’t say that I’m too upset about it either, as I think that with her turning 13 next month, the additional levels will help us to be able to have our own space from one another.
I have finally gotten off my butt and done my taxes. Yay for me. Yes, I mean my 2009 taxes. And yes, I had filed an extension… I am getting back enough to pay the deposit and first month rent on the townhome, so that’s a plus. So far so good.
Next weekend is vacation weekend at Lost Lake with the cousins, for Christopher’s Birthday. Boy is he getting old. Sometimes it’s nice to be the youngest of the older set of cousins. =) We’re taking our families and it will be a great time. Fun in the sun at the resort. Drinking and more fun. Hopefully nobody falls out of the golf cart this time. LOL. Chances are nobody will want to ride with me after they’ve been drinking. Lol
The weekend after that is Labor Day weekend and I’m off to California for my daughter’s 13th Birthday! I can’t believe she’s so old! Ok, well really I’m the old one, but she’s the one making me feel old. She’s invited 2 of her friends to join us at Grandma’s house in Huntington Beach. We’ll spend Saturday at Disneyland with my Best Friend and her family (thanks Dona!) as her present. And BBQ/pool party Sunday with Grandma and Grandpa, where we’ll have cake and ice cream. Then back to good old Arizona.
See. Things are looking up. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that they keep going this way for us. I’m excited and feelin good! =)
Hope everyone’s Thursday is going Terrific!
~Mirthful Melissa
**Seriously I just couldn’t do merry Melissa because it reminded me of santa clause..
Things seem to be looking up for me. I have found a place to move. It's a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 3 story town home. My daughter is absolutely ecstatic! She has ALWAYS wanted something with stairs. (I guess it’s a kid thing.) I can’t say that I’m too upset about it either, as I think that with her turning 13 next month, the additional levels will help us to be able to have our own space from one another.
I have finally gotten off my butt and done my taxes. Yay for me. Yes, I mean my 2009 taxes. And yes, I had filed an extension… I am getting back enough to pay the deposit and first month rent on the townhome, so that’s a plus. So far so good.
Next weekend is vacation weekend at Lost Lake with the cousins, for Christopher’s Birthday. Boy is he getting old. Sometimes it’s nice to be the youngest of the older set of cousins. =) We’re taking our families and it will be a great time. Fun in the sun at the resort. Drinking and more fun. Hopefully nobody falls out of the golf cart this time. LOL. Chances are nobody will want to ride with me after they’ve been drinking. Lol
The weekend after that is Labor Day weekend and I’m off to California for my daughter’s 13th Birthday! I can’t believe she’s so old! Ok, well really I’m the old one, but she’s the one making me feel old. She’s invited 2 of her friends to join us at Grandma’s house in Huntington Beach. We’ll spend Saturday at Disneyland with my Best Friend and her family (thanks Dona!) as her present. And BBQ/pool party Sunday with Grandma and Grandpa, where we’ll have cake and ice cream. Then back to good old Arizona.
See. Things are looking up. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that they keep going this way for us. I’m excited and feelin good! =)
Hope everyone’s Thursday is going Terrific!
~Mirthful Melissa
**Seriously I just couldn’t do merry Melissa because it reminded me of santa clause..
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Be Positive!
Sorry for my lack of posting. With trying to pack quickly and find a rental home to move to, there isn't a whole lot of time to get to my blog. I would much rather be on here than doing that other stuff, but I am trying to be positive! Be positive on the fact that we will find a great house to rent and that we will be able to move in before the bank kicks us out of our home. Be positive that this move will not be too hard on my 3 girls. Be positive that this move will not be too hard on me and my hubby. It's really hard to be positive when I just want to crawl into bed and be depressed. We went to look at rentals last night. We saw 2 of them. These are the first ones we have looked at. When we got to the first one, my gut instinct was, NO, and we hadn't even gone inside yet. I asked my hubby and his was NO also. Once my friend (the realtor) got there and we went in, I was just ready to cry. We are being forced out of our wonderful, beautiful, big home and I might have to settle for this little one? OMG, I wanted to stay positive, but this house, there was just no way. After we left, I don't know that I said a word until we got to the second house. This one was still smaller than the one we live in (but not by much), and at least it had a much better floor plan than the first one. It would fit most of our furniture and it is a 4 bedroom so we would have an office. Much better. THe drawback is that it adds about 12 more miles to my drive to work. Oh well, at least the house itself is something I can live with.
Today we will be looking at a couple of more houses. We were trying to stay away from a 2 story but to stay within our price range, we may not be able to do that. We will have to be really careful with the girls in a 2 story, and carting the laundry up and down will be so much fun, but maybe it will allow us to be in a bigger home which will be nice. See, trying to stay positive!
And, on a side note, we had a (according to the weather guy this morning) huge weather event last night! That actually cracked me up when he said it like that. A huge weather event! It was the first storm of our monsoon season and it was a pretty good one. Anyway, it rained really bad and this morning when I was leaving we found that 2 of our bushes in the front of the house had been knocked over from the wind and rain. I laughed when I saw that and it lifted my spirit. That is something we are not going to fix before we leave!
Today we will be looking at a couple of more houses. We were trying to stay away from a 2 story but to stay within our price range, we may not be able to do that. We will have to be really careful with the girls in a 2 story, and carting the laundry up and down will be so much fun, but maybe it will allow us to be in a bigger home which will be nice. See, trying to stay positive!
And, on a side note, we had a (according to the weather guy this morning) huge weather event last night! That actually cracked me up when he said it like that. A huge weather event! It was the first storm of our monsoon season and it was a pretty good one. Anyway, it rained really bad and this morning when I was leaving we found that 2 of our bushes in the front of the house had been knocked over from the wind and rain. I laughed when I saw that and it lifted my spirit. That is something we are not going to fix before we leave!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
When do I get to be the boss?
For so many of us, we grow up and go to college, then we go to work and we work for other people. There is always someone who is our boss..
I just want to know when do I get to be the boss? I go home and I'm a single mom and you would think that I would get to be the boss, but it's really not the way it works. My daughter has many things that need to be done for her and I need to make sure her stuff is done at home and she's fed. So really, I'm not the boss. My world revolves around her. Which I don't mind. I love her to death. Really I do.
At work, I have a boss, who has a boss.. And so on. But today, I was so worried about getting my hand slapped for doing something wrong that I just want to know... When the heck do I get to be the darn boss? I'm just so tired of this crap. One way or another someone else always gets to be the boss.
I honestly fear that if I had a day of me being the boss, I'd love it so much, that I'd want it all the time and I wouldn't be able to give it up. LOL..
Well that's it for my Tuesday Tirade.. Hope everyone else's week is going better than mine!
I just want to know when do I get to be the boss? I go home and I'm a single mom and you would think that I would get to be the boss, but it's really not the way it works. My daughter has many things that need to be done for her and I need to make sure her stuff is done at home and she's fed. So really, I'm not the boss. My world revolves around her. Which I don't mind. I love her to death. Really I do.
At work, I have a boss, who has a boss.. And so on. But today, I was so worried about getting my hand slapped for doing something wrong that I just want to know... When the heck do I get to be the darn boss? I'm just so tired of this crap. One way or another someone else always gets to be the boss.
I honestly fear that if I had a day of me being the boss, I'd love it so much, that I'd want it all the time and I wouldn't be able to give it up. LOL..
Well that's it for my Tuesday Tirade.. Hope everyone else's week is going better than mine!
Monday, August 16, 2010
It's just not right!!! Seriously. It's Wrong.
Why do boys think they need to share their grossness with us? I know that girls can be gross too, but I really don’t think that girls came up with some of the things that boys tend to do, and think is SO funny. Case in point… My brother thinks it’s absolutely hilarious to (ok I was going to write pass gas here, but let’s be honest this post is all about boys, so I’m just going to lay it all out) fart in our dad’s or brother’s trucks, roll up the window and turn on the heater. Apparantly, this helps keep the ‘freshness’ of the smell for the next person who dares to turn on the heater/air conditioner/vent in the vehicle. GROSS!
But he’s not the only offender. I’ve heard other male friends joking with their buddies of how they’ve given their wives/girlfriends the ‘dutchoven’ treatment. This is when you fart under the covers in bed and the pull the covers over their head so that they have to smell it. Charming isn’t it? NOT!
As I said before, it’s not all on the boys. I work in an office building and there are many times where I’m in the bathroom, where there are people in the other stalls who have no idea what a courtesy flush is, and it leaves me wanting to help them out when they are in dire need (you know who I’m talking about). There are groaners, the conversationalists who talk about anyone and everyone while their on the pot, with their friend who’s in the next stall or waiting at the vanity.
But my alltime favorites are the cellphone users! Seriously, put down the phone! At least have the decency to text instead of talk. Nobody needs to know that you are going number 2. You can’t tell me that your conversation couldn’t wait a mere 2 minutes until you went to the bathroom. Now you might not mind doing your business and chatting on the phone, but others (like me) find it very uncomfortable. Have some class, wait until you are done going to the bathroom and have washed your hands until you start touching the phone that you put your mouth on/near to make your call. It may save you from having to explain to your doctor how you got ecoli, in the future.
There’s my rant for the day.. Hope everyone’s day is going better than mine.
But he’s not the only offender. I’ve heard other male friends joking with their buddies of how they’ve given their wives/girlfriends the ‘dutchoven’ treatment. This is when you fart under the covers in bed and the pull the covers over their head so that they have to smell it. Charming isn’t it? NOT!
As I said before, it’s not all on the boys. I work in an office building and there are many times where I’m in the bathroom, where there are people in the other stalls who have no idea what a courtesy flush is, and it leaves me wanting to help them out when they are in dire need (you know who I’m talking about). There are groaners, the conversationalists who talk about anyone and everyone while their on the pot, with their friend who’s in the next stall or waiting at the vanity.
But my alltime favorites are the cellphone users! Seriously, put down the phone! At least have the decency to text instead of talk. Nobody needs to know that you are going number 2. You can’t tell me that your conversation couldn’t wait a mere 2 minutes until you went to the bathroom. Now you might not mind doing your business and chatting on the phone, but others (like me) find it very uncomfortable. Have some class, wait until you are done going to the bathroom and have washed your hands until you start touching the phone that you put your mouth on/near to make your call. It may save you from having to explain to your doctor how you got ecoli, in the future.
There’s my rant for the day.. Hope everyone’s day is going better than mine.
Banks Suck - Polish Blunder
I can really relate to Amie’s story about the house. I’ve been dealing with US Bank for the last year trying to work out a trial modification to bring my payments down to where I can afford them, since losing my job about 2 years ago now. It’s insane. They really don’t have much incentive to work with the common person to keep them in their houses. It’s the run around for several months and then if you do work and you are trying, you usually end up out on your arse!
We aren’t the only ones. I know so many people struggling right now and even more who got into mortgages that didn’t have fixed APRs and are now dealing with a climbing payment that they can’t afford. The banks just don’t seem to care and I guess they’d rather have the house sit empty than give someone a break. It’s just ridiculous! On my street alone, there are 3 houses that have already been foreclosed on and in this market, they are going for $55k less than what I owe. The bank would rather auction my house for $80k less than I owe (and they might not even get that) than try to work something out with me, so that I can afford the payments. Go figure!
Anyhow.. On to a lighter note… I decided to paint my toe nails last night.. All by myself. For anyone who knows me, you know this is a large feat for me. Usually I go to have my pedicure done once a month and they do all the scrubbing and pampering and then they paint my nails a pretty shade of red or wine or sometimes burgundy. This time I went all out. First, I picked a teal color nail polish (for those of you who tease me because I never use colors that aren’t what I consider normal nail polish colors). I made sure I started with the base coat, applied two coats of the teal nail polish and then a top coat. I only had to fully remove the polish and start over twice on two different nails.
But let’s be honest here. It looks like I had a seizure while painting most of my nails and the other ones it looks like I sneezed while I was applying the polish! LOL. I cleaned it up ok, I guess, but now I have teal nail polish under my finger nails. =) To be honest, I probably could have done a better job by pouring the nail polish onto my toes and using the nail polish remover to get it off of my skin. LOL. Maybe next time I’ll stick to painting my daughter’s nails and teach her to paint mine?
Hope everyone has a great week. It’s only Monday and I’m already dreading the week!
We aren’t the only ones. I know so many people struggling right now and even more who got into mortgages that didn’t have fixed APRs and are now dealing with a climbing payment that they can’t afford. The banks just don’t seem to care and I guess they’d rather have the house sit empty than give someone a break. It’s just ridiculous! On my street alone, there are 3 houses that have already been foreclosed on and in this market, they are going for $55k less than what I owe. The bank would rather auction my house for $80k less than I owe (and they might not even get that) than try to work something out with me, so that I can afford the payments. Go figure!
Anyhow.. On to a lighter note… I decided to paint my toe nails last night.. All by myself. For anyone who knows me, you know this is a large feat for me. Usually I go to have my pedicure done once a month and they do all the scrubbing and pampering and then they paint my nails a pretty shade of red or wine or sometimes burgundy. This time I went all out. First, I picked a teal color nail polish (for those of you who tease me because I never use colors that aren’t what I consider normal nail polish colors). I made sure I started with the base coat, applied two coats of the teal nail polish and then a top coat. I only had to fully remove the polish and start over twice on two different nails.
But let’s be honest here. It looks like I had a seizure while painting most of my nails and the other ones it looks like I sneezed while I was applying the polish! LOL. I cleaned it up ok, I guess, but now I have teal nail polish under my finger nails. =) To be honest, I probably could have done a better job by pouring the nail polish onto my toes and using the nail polish remover to get it off of my skin. LOL. Maybe next time I’ll stick to painting my daughter’s nails and teach her to paint mine?
Hope everyone has a great week. It’s only Monday and I’m already dreading the week!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Crap Day So Far
I have been in a struggle with Wells Fargo for about 16 months now trying to get them to give me a modification on my home. Well, as I write this right now my home is being auctioned. I am very sad and just don't know what my next move will be. Obviously moving is in the near future, but to where I have no idea. I gues in my heart I never really thought it would come to this. I was trying to be optimistic that everything would work out and we would keep the house.
Well, let me just say for the record that Wells Fargo SUCKS the big one. We have had 2 full trial modifications and comleted both of them and they still wouldn't work with us. What is that all about. We have too much outgoing and not enough incoming. Ok, so we filed bankruptcy to get rid of debt. That still wasn't good enough.
So again, what do we do now. I am going to have to move my girls from the only home they have known. Find something else to rent and then have to move again in another year or two and maybe again after that. This is just so stressful. The banks got all of the bailout money, why don't we see any of it??? I just don't understand.
Well, let me just say for the record that Wells Fargo SUCKS the big one. We have had 2 full trial modifications and comleted both of them and they still wouldn't work with us. What is that all about. We have too much outgoing and not enough incoming. Ok, so we filed bankruptcy to get rid of debt. That still wasn't good enough.
So again, what do we do now. I am going to have to move my girls from the only home they have known. Find something else to rent and then have to move again in another year or two and maybe again after that. This is just so stressful. The banks got all of the bailout money, why don't we see any of it??? I just don't understand.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Gadget Geekdom...
So, I got a new phone yesterday. I was really excited about it. It has so many cool features. It's red like Dorothy's Slippers (yes, the guy sold me on that one LOL). I can get on the internet, take pictures, text and it has a keyboard to make texting much faster... You name it this phone can do it. It's one of the new Android phones, so it has an app for just about everything.
Bring me to today. I’ve been ‘playing’ with my phone for a good portion of the day. Going on facebook and checking my email (yes I can do that from my computer, but it’s more exciting from my phone, and it beeps when I get a new one!). I managed to somehow turn on my music player (it was very loud) and couldn’t get it to go off. Had to enlist the aid of one of the guys in the office to pry off the back cover of the phone to remove the battery to shut the darn thing off. At this point, not only was my pretty little phone red like Dorothy’s slippers, but so was my face! Apparently I am not as tech savvy as I had thought. This must be how my grandmother feels when she calls me asking questions about her computer. =)
Now I’m at the end of the day. About the only thing I know how to do on my phone is send text messages (which takes me a minute or 2 to get to the right screen first), make calls, get on the internet/facebook. Which were all things I could actually do on my previous phone. I’m wondering at the intelligence of my decision to upgrade to this new Android phone and if I will ever learn how to use it properly.
Oh yeah.. and the darn thing keeps beeping because the battery is now dead because I have ‘played’ with it all day.. AArrgghhh
Bring me to today. I’ve been ‘playing’ with my phone for a good portion of the day. Going on facebook and checking my email (yes I can do that from my computer, but it’s more exciting from my phone, and it beeps when I get a new one!). I managed to somehow turn on my music player (it was very loud) and couldn’t get it to go off. Had to enlist the aid of one of the guys in the office to pry off the back cover of the phone to remove the battery to shut the darn thing off. At this point, not only was my pretty little phone red like Dorothy’s slippers, but so was my face! Apparently I am not as tech savvy as I had thought. This must be how my grandmother feels when she calls me asking questions about her computer. =)
Now I’m at the end of the day. About the only thing I know how to do on my phone is send text messages (which takes me a minute or 2 to get to the right screen first), make calls, get on the internet/facebook. Which were all things I could actually do on my previous phone. I’m wondering at the intelligence of my decision to upgrade to this new Android phone and if I will ever learn how to use it properly.
Oh yeah.. and the darn thing keeps beeping because the battery is now dead because I have ‘played’ with it all day.. AArrgghhh
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
School of Rocks..
Way to go Amie! I am so proud of you! Hitting your weight loss goals at such an amazing pace! It sucks that everything else is going so crappy. At least it’s one thing to look forward to!
In reference to the hard economic times, I hate to say it, but I feel that it’s only going to get worse in the coming days. At my daughter’s school, the teachers are being made to work so many unpaid days this year and they have also implemented 30 minute early release Wednesdays. This coming from a school that is set up for advanced students, and made it known that there would be longer school days, etc. I find it a little irritating, to say the least. To be honest, I think that instead of starting a 30 minute early release schedule, they should just add less days to the school year. In a nut shell, that’s what they are doing. If you figure it out throughout the year, I’m sure it would cover at least a few of the days that the teachers are being made to work unpaid and probably keep everyone happy in the end.
Today is the first day of school for our city. With budget cuts and other changes, school closures, and everything else hitting us financially (that the government says is getting better), I don’t see a positive change yet for our kids’ education. While I believe we do have a lot of options educationally speaking, I also believe it has been proven that most of our children in America are behind the bar so to speak when it comes to education.
What are the differences? Where does America’s education lack? Many other countries teach their students many different languages, etc. Which I think is a definite positive, but not a necessity. But when it comes to the everyday knowledge that is needed in life, are American kids lacking? Personally, I don’t have that answer. I think every kid is different and learns at different levels and speeds. Being that I don’t have much knowledge of the education systems in these other countries, I can’t really say. I wonder if these other countries have programs in place to take care of the students who need extra help, such as our ‘no child left behind’? Are the children that can’t meet the expectations ostracized? Who knows? I’m just glad that my daughter is getting the best education available to her and taking advantage of the programs she is eligible for (educationally speaking).
Let’s just hope the funding doesn’t run out and in order to send our kids to school we have to pay for it. Because I don’t know that I would be able to afford the type of education that she deserves or gets now.
In reference to the hard economic times, I hate to say it, but I feel that it’s only going to get worse in the coming days. At my daughter’s school, the teachers are being made to work so many unpaid days this year and they have also implemented 30 minute early release Wednesdays. This coming from a school that is set up for advanced students, and made it known that there would be longer school days, etc. I find it a little irritating, to say the least. To be honest, I think that instead of starting a 30 minute early release schedule, they should just add less days to the school year. In a nut shell, that’s what they are doing. If you figure it out throughout the year, I’m sure it would cover at least a few of the days that the teachers are being made to work unpaid and probably keep everyone happy in the end.
Today is the first day of school for our city. With budget cuts and other changes, school closures, and everything else hitting us financially (that the government says is getting better), I don’t see a positive change yet for our kids’ education. While I believe we do have a lot of options educationally speaking, I also believe it has been proven that most of our children in America are behind the bar so to speak when it comes to education.
What are the differences? Where does America’s education lack? Many other countries teach their students many different languages, etc. Which I think is a definite positive, but not a necessity. But when it comes to the everyday knowledge that is needed in life, are American kids lacking? Personally, I don’t have that answer. I think every kid is different and learns at different levels and speeds. Being that I don’t have much knowledge of the education systems in these other countries, I can’t really say. I wonder if these other countries have programs in place to take care of the students who need extra help, such as our ‘no child left behind’? Are the children that can’t meet the expectations ostracized? Who knows? I’m just glad that my daughter is getting the best education available to her and taking advantage of the programs she is eligible for (educationally speaking).
Let’s just hope the funding doesn’t run out and in order to send our kids to school we have to pay for it. Because I don’t know that I would be able to afford the type of education that she deserves or gets now.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Dating Game
So I have gone on 2 dates since this whole dating thing has started. Honestly one of them was a guy I knew from before (so that’s kinda cheating, I know…).
We’ll call guy 1 Bob. Bob is a nice guy, and we have been on 2 dates. The second date, he got, because I felt kinda bad for him and because everyone keeps telling me that I don’t give guys a chance. So in fairness I decided that maybe on the first date, I didn’t allow him a fair shot, because I had went out with a guy from around the block which I really had my sights set on (which I totally bailed on and is a story for another time). Anyhow, Bob and I went out to dinner this time. It was nice, he’s a nice guy. There just aren’t any sparks on my end. He’s a guy that I wouldn’t mind having for a friend, but nothing more. Sorry Bob! I feel even worse, because he keeps texting me and I can tell even he knows it but he’s trying real hard to deny it. I’m such a sissy and don’t want to hurt his feelings that I can’t just be honest and tell him the truth that I’m really not interested in a relationship with him. =( ARGGHH.
Guy #2, we’ll call Bill. Now he’s another story. Bill is a couple years younger than I am (I know, I’m a cougar! j/k). Honestly, it’s less than 2 years difference. He’s funny, we have LOTS in common, we like the same kind of things/activities, he’s cute in a teddy bear kind of way; he’s tall (and I like tall guys)… There are a lot of things that click with Bill. We have lots to talk about and even enjoy talking to each other. It seems to be mutual because we are evenly contacting one another. It doesn’t feel forced and I don’t feel that annoyance of having to respond only so I don’t hurt his feelings. Again, I’m not putting all of my eggs in one basket! I’m just feeling that there may be some potential here. There’s definitely some room for a couple more dates to get to know each other more. This is where being a single mom is a little tricky. I refuse to leave my daughter home alone at night, and school just started back up… So not dates on week nights. He usually works weekends. So this may be over before it starts…
See, the dating thing is no fun. No wonder I married my high school boyfriend. It was a no-brainer! LOL.. Which is what brought me to present day; 32 years old, single mom and dating. I wouldn’t really say again, because in high school, I don’t really think what we did would be considered dating? It was SO much easier than this! Argghh..
We’ll call guy 1 Bob. Bob is a nice guy, and we have been on 2 dates. The second date, he got, because I felt kinda bad for him and because everyone keeps telling me that I don’t give guys a chance. So in fairness I decided that maybe on the first date, I didn’t allow him a fair shot, because I had went out with a guy from around the block which I really had my sights set on (which I totally bailed on and is a story for another time). Anyhow, Bob and I went out to dinner this time. It was nice, he’s a nice guy. There just aren’t any sparks on my end. He’s a guy that I wouldn’t mind having for a friend, but nothing more. Sorry Bob! I feel even worse, because he keeps texting me and I can tell even he knows it but he’s trying real hard to deny it. I’m such a sissy and don’t want to hurt his feelings that I can’t just be honest and tell him the truth that I’m really not interested in a relationship with him. =( ARGGHH.
Guy #2, we’ll call Bill. Now he’s another story. Bill is a couple years younger than I am (I know, I’m a cougar! j/k). Honestly, it’s less than 2 years difference. He’s funny, we have LOTS in common, we like the same kind of things/activities, he’s cute in a teddy bear kind of way; he’s tall (and I like tall guys)… There are a lot of things that click with Bill. We have lots to talk about and even enjoy talking to each other. It seems to be mutual because we are evenly contacting one another. It doesn’t feel forced and I don’t feel that annoyance of having to respond only so I don’t hurt his feelings. Again, I’m not putting all of my eggs in one basket! I’m just feeling that there may be some potential here. There’s definitely some room for a couple more dates to get to know each other more. This is where being a single mom is a little tricky. I refuse to leave my daughter home alone at night, and school just started back up… So not dates on week nights. He usually works weekends. So this may be over before it starts…
See, the dating thing is no fun. No wonder I married my high school boyfriend. It was a no-brainer! LOL.. Which is what brought me to present day; 32 years old, single mom and dating. I wouldn’t really say again, because in high school, I don’t really think what we did would be considered dating? It was SO much easier than this! Argghh..
Monday, August 9, 2010
Tired but Triumphant
There are days that I absolutely don’t want to do anything. Today is one of them. I want to leave work, go back home, and crawl back into bed. I feel so tired and worn down. I wish I could take some B12 or something that would give me some energy, but I can’t right now because of the diet I’m on.
Moving onto a happy note. I got a Nook this weekend! Yeah!! Just in case you don’t know what a Nook is, it’s an e-book reader. I really like it. It is very easy on the eyes (not like looking at a computer for a long time). I am overall impressed with it. I got it on Friday and played with it all weekend. If you enjoy reading, I would recommend it. I mean, this thing holds like 1500 books! And, each Friday you can get a free book. It’s a book of Barnes and Nobles choosing, but hey, free is free!
On another happy note, I just got back from my doctor and I have gotten rid of 100 pounds!!! Notice I say, gotten rid of instead of lost. I was told about 4 months ago that lost implies that it can be found again. I sure as hell do NOT want to find this weight again, therefore, it has been gotten rid of! Yay me! So, I now have between 60 and 70 to get rid of and then I will be done. I can’t wait! I’m hoping to be done by Christmas, but if that doesn’t happen then it will be shortly after that. Hey, I can see the finish line and it isn’t a mirage!
So, here’s my political thing for today. I copied this right out of the article from the Associated Press on Yahoo. I will put the link below. “ Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,000 people around Norfolk, Va., and begin to eliminate other jobs throughout the military.” Isn’t it the government that keeps telling us the recession is getting better? That they are creating more jobs? That we just need to be patient? That everything is going to be OK? Well, it doesn’t look like it’s getting better, not if the defense secretary is getting ready to cut approximately 5200 (after reading the article and counting the numbers) jobs. Hey, look at the bright side, at least the government extended the unemployment insurance benefits! (Please note: that last line was my attempt at a “dripping with sarcasm” sentence.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_pentagon_budget_cuts
Moving onto a happy note. I got a Nook this weekend! Yeah!! Just in case you don’t know what a Nook is, it’s an e-book reader. I really like it. It is very easy on the eyes (not like looking at a computer for a long time). I am overall impressed with it. I got it on Friday and played with it all weekend. If you enjoy reading, I would recommend it. I mean, this thing holds like 1500 books! And, each Friday you can get a free book. It’s a book of Barnes and Nobles choosing, but hey, free is free!
On another happy note, I just got back from my doctor and I have gotten rid of 100 pounds!!! Notice I say, gotten rid of instead of lost. I was told about 4 months ago that lost implies that it can be found again. I sure as hell do NOT want to find this weight again, therefore, it has been gotten rid of! Yay me! So, I now have between 60 and 70 to get rid of and then I will be done. I can’t wait! I’m hoping to be done by Christmas, but if that doesn’t happen then it will be shortly after that. Hey, I can see the finish line and it isn’t a mirage!
So, here’s my political thing for today. I copied this right out of the article from the Associated Press on Yahoo. I will put the link below. “ Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,000 people around Norfolk, Va., and begin to eliminate other jobs throughout the military.” Isn’t it the government that keeps telling us the recession is getting better? That they are creating more jobs? That we just need to be patient? That everything is going to be OK? Well, it doesn’t look like it’s getting better, not if the defense secretary is getting ready to cut approximately 5200 (after reading the article and counting the numbers) jobs. Hey, look at the bright side, at least the government extended the unemployment insurance benefits! (Please note: that last line was my attempt at a “dripping with sarcasm” sentence.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_pentagon_budget_cuts
Seriously Crazy..
Ok… So I'm not sure this online thing is for me. While I have met one guy, who I think may have some potential... (Let's be honest, I'm not putting all of my ‘monkey's’ into one barrel here!) There seem to be some nice guys out there, but there are a whole lot to weed out of.
While I look through these guys, they range from the normal guy to one’s sleeping on mom’s couch. Who know’s which one you are getting! And are they going to tell the truth about themselves anyhow? I’m reading through the profiles and a lot of the guys say, “The women on here have all the power”. Really? So basically they are saying they aren’t going to make the first move and send the first communication. Argghh…
I have gotten quite a few guys contact me first though. One guy even looks like Borat! (HONESTLY!) And he keeps inviting me to come visit him at his store! LOL.. Seriously, I think it’s just too much with some of these guys! I get offers of ‘intimate encounters’ even though my profile says I’m not interested in that. I get married guys who are telling me they are bored and ready to leave their wives.. Seriously.. No lie!
So where do I go to meet normal guys? I’m a single mom who spends most of my time working or doing stuff with my daughter. So most of the guys I meet are married, or much older!
I don’t want to meet a guy who’s an alcoholic, and to be honest, the bar really isn’t my scene, unless you count team trivia night, but often we go to a local bar/grill where we take our kids. I’m not a huge church goer, but I’d even be willing to start going, but then I wouldn’t want to meet someone who expected to meet someone that was going to be a total holy roller. I just don’t know anymore. Frusterating is what it is, I tell ya!
~Manic Miss
While I look through these guys, they range from the normal guy to one’s sleeping on mom’s couch. Who know’s which one you are getting! And are they going to tell the truth about themselves anyhow? I’m reading through the profiles and a lot of the guys say, “The women on here have all the power”. Really? So basically they are saying they aren’t going to make the first move and send the first communication. Argghh…
I have gotten quite a few guys contact me first though. One guy even looks like Borat! (HONESTLY!) And he keeps inviting me to come visit him at his store! LOL.. Seriously, I think it’s just too much with some of these guys! I get offers of ‘intimate encounters’ even though my profile says I’m not interested in that. I get married guys who are telling me they are bored and ready to leave their wives.. Seriously.. No lie!
So where do I go to meet normal guys? I’m a single mom who spends most of my time working or doing stuff with my daughter. So most of the guys I meet are married, or much older!
I don’t want to meet a guy who’s an alcoholic, and to be honest, the bar really isn’t my scene, unless you count team trivia night, but often we go to a local bar/grill where we take our kids. I’m not a huge church goer, but I’d even be willing to start going, but then I wouldn’t want to meet someone who expected to meet someone that was going to be a total holy roller. I just don’t know anymore. Frusterating is what it is, I tell ya!
~Manic Miss
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Online Dating Craze...
Ok.. as I've said before, I'm a single mom. So needless to say, I don't have much time to get out. But with technology today, that doesn't stop people from being able to date... There's the internet! LOL. People have been meeting online for years. Over the years, I have dabbled in the online dating market, but nothing really serious. To be honest, I usually start talking to guys and don't get much further than that. I could count the number of guys I have met online on one hand. (I think.)
Well... With my new found confidence (my weight loss). Has me exploring new avenues of dating. So I have decided to start taking an active approach to dating. But again, being a single mom, I don't have the advantage of going out often to meet guys the 'normal' way. But even with that, I don't know if going out is the 'normal' way any longer. The online avenue seems to be a very popular approach to meeting people now.
So here I am in the first stages of wanting to pursue a possible relationship and trying to decide where to go to find said man.. I am woman.. hear me roar.. Hahahaha. There are so many websites out there!!! At first, you think of the ones that are advertised on TV, match.com and eharmony were the first two that came to my mind. These things are like $30 a month. Now if I was going to find the love of my life, I wouldn't mind paying the $30 bucks.. But lets be honest, I'm new to this and not ready to start at that level. I want to check out how this works first. So I found a site that is free to start off with. Plentyoffish. Which I have used once before, a while back. And it's FREE.. So we'll see how it goes.. I'll keep you posted. So far it's been interesting.
~Mystified Miss
Well... With my new found confidence (my weight loss). Has me exploring new avenues of dating. So I have decided to start taking an active approach to dating. But again, being a single mom, I don't have the advantage of going out often to meet guys the 'normal' way. But even with that, I don't know if going out is the 'normal' way any longer. The online avenue seems to be a very popular approach to meeting people now.
So here I am in the first stages of wanting to pursue a possible relationship and trying to decide where to go to find said man.. I am woman.. hear me roar.. Hahahaha. There are so many websites out there!!! At first, you think of the ones that are advertised on TV, match.com and eharmony were the first two that came to my mind. These things are like $30 a month. Now if I was going to find the love of my life, I wouldn't mind paying the $30 bucks.. But lets be honest, I'm new to this and not ready to start at that level. I want to check out how this works first. So I found a site that is free to start off with. Plentyoffish. Which I have used once before, a while back. And it's FREE.. So we'll see how it goes.. I'll keep you posted. So far it's been interesting.
~Mystified Miss
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Weddings, Funerals or Family Reunions
I drove out to California this weekend for my cousins wedding. It was a beautiful wedding. She looked beautiful, everything seemed to go perfectly and I'm sure it was a night she'll never forget. She'll have pictures and memorabilia that will last a lifetime. I was able to see family and friends I hadn't seen in years.
The event took place on a 4 floor yacht in Newport Harbor, with the sunset as a backdrop, and lasted 5 hours. Once the boat left the dock, we were on for the duration, but let me tell you, 5 hours went by like nothing and then it was time for everyone to head home. While many headed to a local bar to hang out longer, many of us headed back to our hotels/homes and places we were staying at while we were down for the wedding.
All in all it was a magical evening and the bride and groom couldn't have asked for a better send off as husband and wife.
It's sad when the only time we get to see each other is at a wedding or a funeral. We sometimes have Family Reunions, but it seems that each year the amount of people who seem to make it down each year are less and less.
At funerals it's a time for grieving, but yet we are glad that we are getting to see each other when it has been so long since we last saw each other.
Life is so short.. It's sad that we don't get to see each other but for these few times a year even though we are family.
The event took place on a 4 floor yacht in Newport Harbor, with the sunset as a backdrop, and lasted 5 hours. Once the boat left the dock, we were on for the duration, but let me tell you, 5 hours went by like nothing and then it was time for everyone to head home. While many headed to a local bar to hang out longer, many of us headed back to our hotels/homes and places we were staying at while we were down for the wedding.
All in all it was a magical evening and the bride and groom couldn't have asked for a better send off as husband and wife.
It's sad when the only time we get to see each other is at a wedding or a funeral. We sometimes have Family Reunions, but it seems that each year the amount of people who seem to make it down each year are less and less.
At funerals it's a time for grieving, but yet we are glad that we are getting to see each other when it has been so long since we last saw each other.
Life is so short.. It's sad that we don't get to see each other but for these few times a year even though we are family.
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