have you ever heard of this thing called fan fiction? I never had, not until I started my umm, extreme like of vampires and Twilight. so, there is a site called fanfiction.net . the whole idea is that anything you are a fan of, be it a book(Twilight), a movie, a TV show, a play...anything, you can write a story that either continues off where the story left off, or change the story around, or do just about whatever your little heart desires as long as you keep at least some of the original characters in it. if you have never looked, do it. there is some amazing writing out there! it can range anywhere form rated "Kiddie" to "Mature". and yes, you know I read the M stuff first;) lol
so, I started a story... ask for the link if you're interested, OK?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
woohooooo, Twilight Momma moment!
I just bought my tickets for the midnight premiere of Twilight! yes, I am one of THOSE people and loving every moment of the madness! woohoooooo! oh, and I've sucked in my niece through bribery and love;) I made her read the book. made her let me download the audiobook onto her ipod. and now, she's coming with me to this premiere. yes, I'm an addict who has forced to her become a co-dependant vampire lover. and I'm not sorry at all...........does that make me a bad Aunt or a good Aunt that I know she will love this and I want to be with her to see it?
I'm going with the second option, it doesn't sound quite so scary.
I'm going with the second option, it doesn't sound quite so scary.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
well, it's been a while....
where has time gone that I have not posted since 10/13? (incidentally, that is the day that I met the man, in 1989) why do I remember this? becasue we were at a wedding and it was Friday the 13th. who in their right mind would PLAN a wedding for Friday the 13th? ehhh, they divirced, she is now on husband #3, not sure about the guy.
anyways, what has been happening to keep me so busy, you ask?
the man is better.
the 2 older kids got their first report cards and both are passing, although the boy needs to improve his math grade, soon.
the baby had his 18 month check up and is doing great, despite 3 shots:(
I have been warunning as much as I can, but not as much as I should be to get ready for the half marathon. must do this more so I do not embarrass my ass.
this week is red ribbon week at school. you know, the say no to drugs/ just say no/ don't smoke week. I am helping to decorate both kids' classroom doors. it's a contest of sorts, but the kids have to do all of the decorating. I am just putting up the white paper and telling them where to put thsi and that. hopefully it ends up looking presentable. daughter's classroom is right in the car pick-up line, so I'm hoping that one at least does not too horrible.
did I mention the man is better? yeah, I think I am wearing him out at night. he is not complaining, and hasn't asked why. let's just say in my already read Twilight 3 times and can't wait for the movie to come out, I've found some other reading material. fanfiction.net . yep, I'm 100% addicted. bringing my friends down into my addiction with me;) but hey, we've got husbands with big smiles:)
anyways, what has been happening to keep me so busy, you ask?
the man is better.
the 2 older kids got their first report cards and both are passing, although the boy needs to improve his math grade, soon.
the baby had his 18 month check up and is doing great, despite 3 shots:(
I have been warunning as much as I can, but not as much as I should be to get ready for the half marathon. must do this more so I do not embarrass my ass.
this week is red ribbon week at school. you know, the say no to drugs/ just say no/ don't smoke week. I am helping to decorate both kids' classroom doors. it's a contest of sorts, but the kids have to do all of the decorating. I am just putting up the white paper and telling them where to put thsi and that. hopefully it ends up looking presentable. daughter's classroom is right in the car pick-up line, so I'm hoping that one at least does not too horrible.
did I mention the man is better? yeah, I think I am wearing him out at night. he is not complaining, and hasn't asked why. let's just say in my already read Twilight 3 times and can't wait for the movie to come out, I've found some other reading material. fanfiction.net . yep, I'm 100% addicted. bringing my friends down into my addiction with me;) but hey, we've got husbands with big smiles:)
Monday, October 13, 2008
the invisible momma
I am having one of those, "I must be invisible and mute, because no one is freaking listening to me when I say anything" moments.
yes I must have accidentally ingested the magic potion that makes me invisible. perhaps the children slipped it into my coffee?
want examples? sure ya do!
"E***, please put these shoes away. They do not belong in the middle of the kitchen floor."
silence
"1"
nothing
"2" I even spoke a bit louder this time.
no movement.
"3. you have just lost your DS for a day."
screaming, crying, pouting, alligator tears....pleads of "please! please! I was gonna do it, Momma".
yeah, the whole theory of "I was gonna do it" just does not fly. that implies that you heard me, chose to ignore me, consciously decided in your mind that yes, you would move your shoes, but only when you were darn well ready to do it and not 1 second before that. that is completely 100% not acceptable!
so, she lost her DS and then continued into a downward spiral of whining that landed her in bed by 7PM. and asleep by 7:15PM. the man thought I was callous and mean. the house was a LOT quieter without her screaming, though. the boys are so much easier...
it's that estrogen vs. estrogen that gets us into trouble.
yes I must have accidentally ingested the magic potion that makes me invisible. perhaps the children slipped it into my coffee?
want examples? sure ya do!
"E***, please put these shoes away. They do not belong in the middle of the kitchen floor."
silence
"1"
nothing
"2" I even spoke a bit louder this time.
no movement.
"3. you have just lost your DS for a day."
screaming, crying, pouting, alligator tears....pleads of "please! please! I was gonna do it, Momma".
yeah, the whole theory of "I was gonna do it" just does not fly. that implies that you heard me, chose to ignore me, consciously decided in your mind that yes, you would move your shoes, but only when you were darn well ready to do it and not 1 second before that. that is completely 100% not acceptable!
so, she lost her DS and then continued into a downward spiral of whining that landed her in bed by 7PM. and asleep by 7:15PM. the man thought I was callous and mean. the house was a LOT quieter without her screaming, though. the boys are so much easier...
it's that estrogen vs. estrogen that gets us into trouble.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
why, how much do you want to know?
so, a little background info is needed for this to make sense....
a week ago, the man was complaining of a headache. I asked him if he had taken any meds. his response was no. I gave him Motrin and he took it and said something to the effect of "hey, that helped. thanks." fast forward a few days, head still hurts behind his left eye. he goes to the eye Dr. and they say his eye is fine, but dry. he needs to use wetting drops. does he? not unless I physically tell him to open up his eye and I put the drops in. and his head still hurts. the Motrin helps, but he has some odd aversion to taking medication.
Monday he tells me he has a rash on his scalp.
yesterday(Tuesday) he wakes up and his left eye is almost swollen shut and the rash is now covering half of his forehead.
he calls our family Dr. and since the last time he went there it was 2000, he is considered a new patient again. they can't see him until Thursday. I tell him no way, you are going to CentraCare today. so, I came home form work early and took over baby care and he left.
he calls me about 30 minutes later and tells me he has shingles!
so, he has been back to the eye Dr. no damage has been done to the eye, but he has to go back again tomorrow for another exam. he waited too long before being seen and the 3 day window for antiviral drugs has past, so basically he has to wait it out. Motrin, Benadryl and anti itching cream is what he is using now.
he did call in sick to work today. and he is sleeping right now. but he looks like Hell. not exactly "Happiest Place on Earth" ready right now. I think he'll be behind the scenes for a while. aftre all, he does not work at a scary skin disease factory. perhaps he can transfer to Universal Studios for a bit?
we did have a good laugh last night. I explained to the kids what shingles is and they listened very well. well, I thought they did. daughter then proceeded to ask Daddy how his pringles were feeling? lol
oh, and as of right now...the baby has a fever of 101. very cranky.
not happy. at all.
is this the chicken pox or due to the fact that his lower canine teeth are almost broken through the skin? we shall see. if a rash breaks out, then I guess the vaccine did not work quite 100%. if he gets more teeth and goes back to being his normally pleasant baby self, then the good news is that he'll be done with teething for quite some time. I *think* these are the last ones. little man does not give me much access to his teeth.
a week ago, the man was complaining of a headache. I asked him if he had taken any meds. his response was no. I gave him Motrin and he took it and said something to the effect of "hey, that helped. thanks." fast forward a few days, head still hurts behind his left eye. he goes to the eye Dr. and they say his eye is fine, but dry. he needs to use wetting drops. does he? not unless I physically tell him to open up his eye and I put the drops in. and his head still hurts. the Motrin helps, but he has some odd aversion to taking medication.
Monday he tells me he has a rash on his scalp.
yesterday(Tuesday) he wakes up and his left eye is almost swollen shut and the rash is now covering half of his forehead.
he calls our family Dr. and since the last time he went there it was 2000, he is considered a new patient again. they can't see him until Thursday. I tell him no way, you are going to CentraCare today. so, I came home form work early and took over baby care and he left.
he calls me about 30 minutes later and tells me he has shingles!
so, he has been back to the eye Dr. no damage has been done to the eye, but he has to go back again tomorrow for another exam. he waited too long before being seen and the 3 day window for antiviral drugs has past, so basically he has to wait it out. Motrin, Benadryl and anti itching cream is what he is using now.
he did call in sick to work today. and he is sleeping right now. but he looks like Hell. not exactly "Happiest Place on Earth" ready right now. I think he'll be behind the scenes for a while. aftre all, he does not work at a scary skin disease factory. perhaps he can transfer to Universal Studios for a bit?
we did have a good laugh last night. I explained to the kids what shingles is and they listened very well. well, I thought they did. daughter then proceeded to ask Daddy how his pringles were feeling? lol
oh, and as of right now...the baby has a fever of 101. very cranky.
not happy. at all.
is this the chicken pox or due to the fact that his lower canine teeth are almost broken through the skin? we shall see. if a rash breaks out, then I guess the vaccine did not work quite 100%. if he gets more teeth and goes back to being his normally pleasant baby self, then the good news is that he'll be done with teething for quite some time. I *think* these are the last ones. little man does not give me much access to his teeth.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
multi-age fun
I have mentioned I stop in at the school now and then. I have a volunteer position/job that I do that usually takes about 45 minutes every other week to complete. I have learned that if I go into the office at about 1:30, I can do my job and then have the last few minutes to go over to my daughter's classroom to help out and make sure everyone has all of their belongings in the correct backpacks and such.
so yesterday, I did just this. and when I went into daughter's class, it was somewhat typical chaos. a group of kids(K) were at a table with the teacher's daughter(high school senior)learning about money. a group of 1st graders were doing something with glue, string and popsicle sticks. and the 2nd graders were reading with the teacher at a table. I walked in and said I just stopped by to help, and she sent me to the glue fiasco/project.
"so, what are we making?" we're making a rainbow. or so they said.
OK.
let me explain the scene..... brown yarn, school glue, and wooden sticks. a rainbow, you say? ahhh, yes, I see it! (no, not really, but they were very excited and proud of themselves, so I nodded and smiled a lot)
so then they tell me the rest of the plan. they were constructing a rainbow and were then going to paint it. umm, yeah, you have like 5 minutes of school left for the day. no painting happening right now. disappointment fell over each face.
quick! think!
I look in the art closet and find a bazillion coloring pages of rainbows. I hand 1 out to each child and tell them their homework is to make the most beautiful rainbow they have ever seen. I told them to use any art supply at their house to help make it. they were happy. can't wait to see what they come up with!
after the first bell rang, I de-glued and de-sticked and de-yarned the table.
so then the teacher tells me that she wanted to talk to me about daughter for just a minute. instant panic set in...was she in trouble?
my son got there and I told them to sit down for a minute with their little brother so I could talk and then we'd go home.
seems that my daughter is doing really well in K so far. so well that the teacher is assuming she'll be ready for 1st grade material after the Christmas holidays.
thunk.
that was me, falling over.
"uhhh, really?"
"yes!"
so yesterday, I did just this. and when I went into daughter's class, it was somewhat typical chaos. a group of kids(K) were at a table with the teacher's daughter(high school senior)learning about money. a group of 1st graders were doing something with glue, string and popsicle sticks. and the 2nd graders were reading with the teacher at a table. I walked in and said I just stopped by to help, and she sent me to the glue fiasco/project.
"so, what are we making?" we're making a rainbow. or so they said.
OK.
let me explain the scene..... brown yarn, school glue, and wooden sticks. a rainbow, you say? ahhh, yes, I see it! (no, not really, but they were very excited and proud of themselves, so I nodded and smiled a lot)
so then they tell me the rest of the plan. they were constructing a rainbow and were then going to paint it. umm, yeah, you have like 5 minutes of school left for the day. no painting happening right now. disappointment fell over each face.
quick! think!
I look in the art closet and find a bazillion coloring pages of rainbows. I hand 1 out to each child and tell them their homework is to make the most beautiful rainbow they have ever seen. I told them to use any art supply at their house to help make it. they were happy. can't wait to see what they come up with!
after the first bell rang, I de-glued and de-sticked and de-yarned the table.
so then the teacher tells me that she wanted to talk to me about daughter for just a minute. instant panic set in...was she in trouble?
my son got there and I told them to sit down for a minute with their little brother so I could talk and then we'd go home.
seems that my daughter is doing really well in K so far. so well that the teacher is assuming she'll be ready for 1st grade material after the Christmas holidays.
thunk.
that was me, falling over.
"uhhh, really?"
"yes!"
Friday, October 3, 2008
damn! he got my logic gene!!!!!
so, next week is school picture day. son #1 needs a haircut, desperately. his hair is not the kind of hair that looks good longish. it grows "out" and at all different angles because he has about 10 cowlicks scattered across his skull. however, he does not want to get his hair cut. is being rather opinionated about the whole subject.
I say, I am the Momma and if I say you are getting a haircut, you're getting a haircut. end of statement.
so what does he tell me this morning? he tells me if he gets his hair cut, he won't be able to have messy hair like the vampire on the computer.
I can't argue with that logic.
Robert Pattinson's Messy Hair
I say, I am the Momma and if I say you are getting a haircut, you're getting a haircut. end of statement.
so what does he tell me this morning? he tells me if he gets his hair cut, he won't be able to have messy hair like the vampire on the computer.
I can't argue with that logic.
Robert Pattinson's Messy Hair
Thursday, October 2, 2008
one of THOSE moments
I know you've had a moment like this. every woman has them at some point or another. OK, maybe Bella has never had a moment like this with Edward. but well, he's a vampire, so I'm not sure if I can include them in my discussion.
but he is very nice to look at.
and Emmett, I like Emmett.
OK, back to topic....
so last night after dinner, we(meaning I) decided we would go for a family walk. I needed to get in at least 30 minutes or so of good walking and I decided the whole family should come along. the weather was nice, it was still daylight...why not, right?
so, I walk/run with baby in stroller.
the man walks, in flip flops.(don't ask...he told me halfway through the walk that he thought we were just going for a leisurely stroll, not sweat walking)
son #1 is on roller blades.
daughter is on bike.
the walk went well. I ran a bit, got a honk and a "woohoo" from a truck(which I could not respond to...because I was running and slowly dying at this point, but it did give me a bit of a lift that apparently some man out there in this world enjoyed seeing me run. with a stroller. and 2 other kids about 20 feet in front of me. and my husband about 20 feet behind me. but, whatever. thank you truck man for giving me that split second thought of, "oh, really? you like?".
then we turned around and went back. we got to the point where the trail crosses the road near our subdivision. a really BUSY road. stupid planning. so, the kids got there and waited for us. we have a drink of water and wait for our chance to cross the road. a time comes, and the man yells "go across!" and son #1 roller blades across while the man jogs across. daughter is at a dead stop on her bike and cannot just start riding across the street with no help/push. I'm behind her with the stroller. man and son #1 are now across the street and daughter is starting to roll. except now a car is coming. I scream at her to stop and then proceed to call my husband a few choice names and scream at him across the street. a Mom stopped and blocked traffic with her car so we could cross.(thank you, fellow Momma)
he tells me he was trying to help. yes.....seeing my child mowed down by a car right in front of me and the rest of the family would be ever so helpful. I told him(and I said this in front of the kids, which I now feel badly about)that that was the effing most irresponsible father moment of his life thus far. and if another such moment should happen, he'd better pray that I was not there to see it.
yeah, so, one of those moments where you question your life choices. a normally intelligent, good man does a really stupid thing. and you get to watch it all happen in front of you.
as my daughter would say..."ahhh, good times. good times."
but he is very nice to look at.
and Emmett, I like Emmett.
OK, back to topic....
so last night after dinner, we(meaning I) decided we would go for a family walk. I needed to get in at least 30 minutes or so of good walking and I decided the whole family should come along. the weather was nice, it was still daylight...why not, right?
so, I walk/run with baby in stroller.
the man walks, in flip flops.(don't ask...he told me halfway through the walk that he thought we were just going for a leisurely stroll, not sweat walking)
son #1 is on roller blades.
daughter is on bike.
the walk went well. I ran a bit, got a honk and a "woohoo" from a truck(which I could not respond to...because I was running and slowly dying at this point, but it did give me a bit of a lift that apparently some man out there in this world enjoyed seeing me run. with a stroller. and 2 other kids about 20 feet in front of me. and my husband about 20 feet behind me. but, whatever. thank you truck man for giving me that split second thought of, "oh, really? you like?".
then we turned around and went back. we got to the point where the trail crosses the road near our subdivision. a really BUSY road. stupid planning. so, the kids got there and waited for us. we have a drink of water and wait for our chance to cross the road. a time comes, and the man yells "go across!" and son #1 roller blades across while the man jogs across. daughter is at a dead stop on her bike and cannot just start riding across the street with no help/push. I'm behind her with the stroller. man and son #1 are now across the street and daughter is starting to roll. except now a car is coming. I scream at her to stop and then proceed to call my husband a few choice names and scream at him across the street. a Mom stopped and blocked traffic with her car so we could cross.(thank you, fellow Momma)
he tells me he was trying to help. yes.....seeing my child mowed down by a car right in front of me and the rest of the family would be ever so helpful. I told him(and I said this in front of the kids, which I now feel badly about)that that was the effing most irresponsible father moment of his life thus far. and if another such moment should happen, he'd better pray that I was not there to see it.
yeah, so, one of those moments where you question your life choices. a normally intelligent, good man does a really stupid thing. and you get to watch it all happen in front of you.
as my daughter would say..."ahhh, good times. good times."
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