Here we are the day before Thanksgiving. Nothing much has been going on around here. The kids have a half day of school today, was suposed to have no school but that was changed about 2 weeks ago. I don't have to work Thursday or Friday either- nice long weekend at home with the kids. Ol'Mans been out of town for the past 3 weeks and he flies in tomorrow night. That is causing much excitement around the house. The kids really miss their dad. The dog has been lost without him, she will be so excited! She will have to have her reunion outside cuz I just know she will be so excited she will piss her pants (if she were wearing any that is) and I don't want it in my carpets!

I broke the news to the kids last night that Santa is only going to bring each of them one present this year. Ya know, due to all of the other deserving kids out there this year he is just needed in other parts of the world so much more this year & cuz they have so much crap already that they don't take care of. I don't think they bought that excuse. I did tell they that they will still get some cloths & stuff from me but Santa is only doing 1 gift this year. Beanie didn't like that idea what so ever. She has been very touchy (cry at the drop of a hat) while her daddy has been gone, and she started crying. Saying something about how Santa won't bring her what she wants or something. She is hard to understand when she is crying. I told her to figure out what it is she really wants and to let me know so I can tell Santa. She is the only one of my 3 that still believes. I've tried every excuse on the other 2 but they don't buy it. Gomer told me that she saw me carrying the presents done the hall one year. They've also figured out that Santa & I have the same wrapping paper. I told them that Santa doesn't wrap the presents, that he brings them over & then I have to wrap them and that is why Santa & I have the same paper & why Gomer saw me carrying them down the hall. That didn't work. I just hope they don't ruin it for Beanie. She will be crushed if she were to find out now.

I think this year for family presents I will be making the gifts. I am too broke to go buy stuff. Plus that gives me an excuse to bake. I love to bake but don't like having all of the goodies at my house cuz I would eat them all.

I am hungry now, so I think I am going to go find a Subway. Or McDee's depending on how bad the roads are!

What is that cold white flakely stuff on my lawn?

Okay, I want to know, Who ordered the snow? It certainly wasn't me! I am perfectly fine with no snow until Christmas and then it melts away shortly afterwards. I wouldn't mind snow at all if it were to stay off of the roads. I just know some crazy driver who thinks his SUV is just the conquerer of all things snowy will lose control and take me out with him! The snow started to fall Wednesday afternoon, after it had rained all morning. So the snow has a nice ice base- doesn't help with the driving what so ever!

When I got home on Wednesday night, after the normal 45 minute drive that turned into an hour & 1/2, I had to get the lawn tractor & bikes into the shed. I've been on the kids for days to get the stuff put away but they don't listen to me about that kind of stuff. So Gomer & I were outside in the cold, snowy weather taking care of stuff. The tractor was froze in place and the key was frozen in it's hidy spot so we had to push it across the yard to the shed. What fun. After we got that taken care of we tackled the garage. I have a 2 1/2 stall garage that up until Wednesday night had only housed the boat & all of the stuff I don't want in the house. I had to re-arrange the stuff to make room for the Durango. I had done this in the summer but the kids decided to play in that extra space and it was full of kid clutter. Now there is stuff (mattress & sheet wood) on top of the boat. Did you know the boat makes a great place to hide christmas presents? The kids aren't allowed to climb on it & they aren't tall enought to see into it. Anyway, back to the story. After we got the space cleared I backed the Durango into the garage. I have to back in cuz the school is directly across the street & the bus route is the street my driveway is connected to. The bus drivers do not stop when they pull out of the parking lot. So backing out of my drive is not an option- unless I want school bus yellow embedded into my Durango and I like it forest green...thank you very much!

Call the Medics we've got a bad wheel!

The poor doggie, she hurt her widdle foot. Sometimes I think she is such a baby! A few nights ago when she was out doing her nightly pooing she hurt her foot. After she is done pooing she does this strange scratch thing, where she scratches at the ground with all four feet at the same time. While she was performing this little ritual she backed up onto the cement and then yelped in pain. The next morning she wouldn’t put any weight on her back foot. Gomer & I had to pin her down to check out what was going on. I held her mouth closed while Gomer checked out the paw. Yep, she sliced her pad. After hopping her up on doggie vicadin she seems to be doing better. Last night she finally walked on all fours again. Then this morning after I got out of the shower I found her on my bed, watching tv! Guess she just likes to veg out too when she’s not feeling well! You can’t see it in the picture very well, but she’s got the remote with her too. Silly doggie! & I thought Gomer was the Remote Queen in my house!

Beanie is a bit upset with me this morning. She just has to have these fuzzy Bratz posters from her school book order. It’s due today. Well, she didn’t tell me until bedtime last night that she needed $4.95 for this poster thing. Let me just tell you, if I can’t use my debit or credit card I don’t buy it. I am not a cash carrying person. I opened a new bank account about 6 months ago & I still have to purchase my checks, so right now it is strictly cash or card. I have a dollar in my purse, that’s it for the moment. She was not happy. I told her to find something in Lil’Man’s book order- his is due next Friday, that would give me time to go get some cash. I could have sent $4.95 in nickels, dime & pennies but I don’t think her teacher would appreciate that too much! Bean was ready to raid the coin jar however. Guess I will have to keep my eyes open for fuzzy Bratz posters in the stores.

Tomorrow we have to go to a funeral. Ol’Man’s step Grandma died on Monday & her service is Saturday. I hate going to funerals. Granted I grew up around them (my family has owned a funeral home for over 100 years) and never really minded them. But after my mom died I really don’t like going to them. It always reminds me of her. Plus this is just a goofy family I don’t know if I want to submit my kids to the drama. One son isn’t even going to be there, he didn’t want to cut his Cobo vacation short- atleast that is the story I’ve been told. She did go relatively quickly, she had been in poor health for a long time but had a stroke on Sunday. That pretty much did her in. I don’t mean to sound cruel, but she is better off now. She was in so much pain, she had lung cancer, kidney problems, heart problems, and was a diabetic.

Just a little background info:

For those who don't know me, let me fill you in a bit. I am no longer going to update my yahoo 360 blog, I'm going to update this one now.

I have 3 children. Gomer is my 12 year old daughter. Lil'Man is my almost 10 year old son. Bean(ie) is my almost 8 year old daughter. Ol'Man is their dad. Ol'Man & I were married for 6 years until he decided just one woman wasn't enough. So I divorced him. But then I took him back (guess I am a sucker). We are together now, working on things. We have been divorced for 3 years now and have been back together for just over 1 year. As with any relationship things can get tough, but as I said we are working on it.

One of my closest friends turned me onto blogging. Now I find it is the easiest way to find out what's going on in her life (even if that means I have to read Diva's blog to find out) as she lives of so far away (like almost 800 miles away). But I guess when you find a man as great as hers you move to be with him. I would too! And that gives me an excuse to go on a road trip. Granted I've made the trip only twice & once they met us half way! Jenn- I will make another trip, I promise!

I don't think much exciting happens in my life but I promise to not bore ya'll to much. If there is anything you want to know, just ask.

Bacon, Anyone?

A friend and I went to Birch Run (an outlet shopping meca in Eastern Michigan). We did a little shopping on Friday night when we arrived, went to a company dinner, then back to our hotel (http://www.zehnders.com/) to get a good nights sleep before we hit the stores. Before we were able to shop til we dropped, we needed breakfast. We went to a local diner called Tony's. I had heard the portions were huge, so we decided to share french toast with bacon. Our eyes about popped out of our heads when the bacon arrived! It had to be about 2 pounds of bacon! We left most of it behind! How can 2 people eat that much bacon? After we had ordered I was looking through the menu, the BLT has a whole pound of bacon on it! That thing must be huge!
After we ate as much breakfast as we could, we headed back to the hotel to check out the indoor waterpark. It was so cool! I think I am going to take Gomer & 2 of her friends there for her 13th birthday! They have 2 slides that weave in & out of the building, they are fast & dark- sometimes you are in complete darkness. When we had played kid enough, we got ready to go shopping. We visited many of the stores but being on a time limit we couldn't get them all. I had to get back to my kiddos, Lil'Man had an end of the season football party at a roller rink @ 4:30 and I was shopping over 3 hours away. So the rush started at 1 and didn't end until 9pm! I was tired. We left Birch Run around 1, arrived in Grand Rapids around 3:15- giving me 1 hour & 15 minutes to get Lil'Man to the roller rink. They were at Grandma's, an hour drive from Grand Rapids, the skating rink is in Howard City- about 20 minutes from Grandma's. We just made it to the rink. Only 1 cop (a state trooper) saw me, he pumped his brakes at me as he was traveling in the opposite direction as I was and I was nearing the expressway and by the time he would have turned around to nab me I would have been gone. Guess going 70 in a 55 isn't a good thing in their eyes, go figure!
After the skating pary ended at 6:30 (yes I skated) we had to drop off a few of the other boys at their Dad's house, then we had to drop off some jewelry to a cousin on the east side of Grant & then go to my brother's house on the west side of Grant to pick up the dog. Couldn't leave the poor thing home alone all night, last time I did that I lost a bathroom door. It was around 7:30 when we got to my brother's. By the time we were done visiting and got home it was 9:30 and bed time. Boy was I tired!
Today is a bit slower. We don't have to start running until 4:30. Bean has a Girl Scout skating party from 5-7, same time as youth group so I am hoping that she can ride with her little friend. We are also cleaning the house today, fun fun. Well gotta get back to work, the little slave laborers has stopped working and are watching a cartoon. Gotta go crack the whip! (just joking!)