Okay, just a quickie. Well I gotta get one somewhere!

I have a ton of stuff I have to get done before I leave on Friday. I am taking all of next week off of work. The Headquarters for the company I work for is moving over the weekend and the system is going to be down from 5pm on Friday til sometime on wednesday. So we have to have EVERYTHING uploaded before we leave on friday or else it will be late & I will be on vacation so it will be very late. This is the longest vacation I will have taken at this job. I am kind of worried I will come back to a boat load of work to finish!

I don't think I will be updating while on vacation either. Seeing how the 2 people that read this are going to be with me, why update?

My future sil is having a bridal shower on saturday the 8th. Yep, same day as the one we have planned for Jessica. I was just told about this other shower yesterday. NICE. I'm going to the one that I already said I was going to. Besides, I don't want to witness the possible drama that could happen at the other one. It's dork's brother that is getting married and his step gma is having the shower. I do not get along wi/ one of the step aunts. But that is a different story for a different day.

Gotta go.

I found the most awsome new toliet paper for the "Asshats" of the world. I have ordered a case to give out as presents for Asshat Day. Let me know if you want any. I'll even gift wrap it for you.

Ok, Yahoo is down today and it is driving me crazy. I can't chat w/ Duchess today. I could chat w/ another service but that is on a different computer and I don't like that monitor. Guess I just need to suck it up and use that smaller monitor & crappy mouse so I can chat w/ her.

Hey, we need to get some details worked out for Jess' party. Do you want me to call your mom & get her address & stuff and work out the details on my own? I am calling the consultant now to make sure she is available for Saturday instead of Friday. Okay, done with that call. All is set for Saturday. We just need to nail down a concrete time & I need to get her a location address.

I do want to go to the beach while you are here. Did you have a day for that in your game plan? Dork went to the casino last night w/ $6 & left w/ an extra $100. He just left my office a little while ago and gave me $50! I can get gas now & make it to work for the rest of the week. I was a little worried there. Seriously worried. I'm at a 1/4 tank now and only get 17 mpg. Ya know I drive an SUV so that is pretty good gas mileage. Dork going to the casino was another gripe until he gave me $50. He told me he was going to go visit some friends and he didn't come home last night either. I was a bit ticked at that. He will not be going camping w/ us by the way. He told me he wouldn't go so there would be no problems.

I love this song, it just seems to fit my life right now.

Story of My Life
(S. Harwell, M. Gerrard, R. Nevil)
I get to the party, but I’m too late
and I got stood up on my very first date
I listen to country and everybody goes rock
I get to the dance floor, that’s when the music stops
it doesn’t matter what I do, I just can’t seem to win
but here I go again... and I say
hey that’s the story of my life
I had a good plan but it didn’t go right
oh no I’m overdrawn
I check my account and the money’s all gone
why me i don’t know what to think
I finally get aboard and the whole boat sinks
seems to be the story of my life
I pick a slot machine and lose it all again
but when I walk away, someone else always wins
she finally calls me, I forgot my phone
and when I’m starving, you know the kitchen’s closed
it doesn’t matter what I try, it all ends the same
and here i go again... and I say
hey that’s the story of my life
I had a good plan but it didn’t go right
oh no I’m overdrawn
I check my account and the money’s all gone
why me i don’t know what to think
I finally get aboard and the whole boat sinks
seems to be the story of my life
just when it seems like it’s turnin around for me
there’s always something that ends up happening
I found my car but I can’t find my keys
I get to the party a little too late
and once again the music starts to play

So, Dork said he would be home yesterday. Guess who wasn't home yesterday. Yep, you guessed it. He said he had to be near Detroit at 6am, then coming back to the GR area, then had to go to Buchanan (near IN/MI line) then he would be home & at some point he would stop by my office. Guess who was never seen or heard from yesterday. Right again! What makes me mad is that he told Beanie he would be home yesterday. Lying to me is one thing, but to lie to your child- that is low. He thinks he is hiding stuff from me, like I was born yesterday. I know all of his tricks. I know exactly what he is doing.

I need nail polish remover. My nails are chipping and look horrible today. Of course I didn't notice the chips until I was in the truck on my way to work.

Another night of interupted sleep. Some parents need to enforce curfews on their children. There is NOTHING to do in my town for anyone under the age of 21 after midnight except cause trouble. There were 4 teens over at the school playground last night at 12:45am. The playground closes at dusk. Not a problem if they were not screaming and squealing. It was 3 guys and a girl & the girl was squealing and screaming. This drives my dog nuts! She was barking and trying to go through the window to go save this girl from whatever horrible fate she was squealing from. This caused the nasty neighbor's dog to start barking too, which caused two other dogs on the other side of the block to start barking. The city police office showed up and escorted the girl home in the back of the squad car, the boys drove away. When they were walking back to their cars I could hear them saying something about the house across the street. Hey, that would be my house! My good neighbors had called the police on someone at the playground once and a few days later their garage was set on fire. I don't need my garage set on fire! I laid there awake for quite a while, listening to every noise. I ended up going upstairs and letting the dog out of Gomer's room so she could listen to the noises and wake me up if she heard anything bark-worthy. So now today I have a headache. That's what I get when I don't get enough sleep.

I am so ready for a vacation. I want to relax and veg for a while. I can't wait for Jenn & crew to get here! It's going to be so nice to see everyone again. Beanie is so excited, Gomer is excited, Lil'Man isn't as excited cuz he doesn't want to clean his room for ANYONE!

Okay, I will update but I might have to do it in sections. Still at work and pretty busy.

Gomer is having Niki spend the night again tonight. Gomer just called & asked if Lil'Man was going anywhere tonight. According to Gomer, Lil'Man stares at Niki and goes "boing" when he is around her. Can 10 year olds do that? I don't think he does that. But hey, I'm the mom and think my kids are perfect. They are model citizens. Yeah, citizens of San Quentin!

So yesterday all 3 kids came to my work. Their Gma dropped them off at 2:30 & they stayed with me until 5. That was the mosted stressed out 2 1/2 hours of my entire week! My office is small, like 300 square feet small. That's less than 100 square feet for each kid & I need atleast another 100 square feet of buffer space between them and me. They are loud and it makes it hard to hear the people on the other end of the phone. I so admire those that can work with children (other people's children) on a daily basis and remain sane. I know that isn't the job for me and I totally admire those that have the talent and ability to perform that job and that do it well.

Gomer got a new bra & panty set. I haven't seen it yet, but she told me it is black and pink. Those are her current favorite colors. She wants to redo her bedroom to those colors. I just might do it too. We'll see. Anyway, she was trying to tell me what they looked like and she used the word hooker in her discription. I then told her I had to see these panties before she would be allowed to wear them, that I just might have to exchange them for some grannie drawers!

Okay, got to go get food. am getting weak. can't even use the shift key. so weak.

As Promised, Pictures from Friday Night!



(picture to the left)
This is Beanie (in pink) and the leader's daughter Lindsay. Beanie couldn't find her sash.

Here is Beanie and Morgan(pictured below) they are close friends as you can tell! Neither of them are as evil as the red eyes would lead you to believe.

Here are Gomer, Niki (gf#2), and Kayla (gf#1). Niki has been in Girl Scouts for 8 years.

& here is Lil'Man. He wasn't too thrilled to be spending his Friday night at a Girl Scout cermony. He was looking forward to the desserts!

Okay, just to let ya know the bad mood lifted as soon as I left work. By the time I got home I was in a great mood. I had just enough time to change my cloths and get ready to go to Beanie's Girl Scout Bridging Cermony. They had a Movie Star theme, it was pretty nice. I did take some pictures and as soon as I get back to work I will post some. I would download the stuff to post now but I only have 20 minutes before we have to leave for a surprise graduation party. After the cermony we came home, Gomer had 2 girlfriends spending the night and while we were waiting for one of them to come over we were outside playing volleyball. Beanie ended up going to one of her friends for the night and Mel called & wanted me to go out w/ her. So while we waited for gf#2 & Mel to get there, the rest of us (Lil'Man, Gomer, gf#1 & I) played volleyball in the yard and turned cartwheels. Yes, I was able to get my old body to do cartwheels. I was pretty impressed! So it turned into a "Hey look what I can still do!" event, which of course I had to show Mel & her daughter when they got there. Mel & I had to take her daughter to her dad's house before we went out and then we didnt' stay out very long. I was home by 11ish. The girls had put the tent up to sleep in and shortly after I got home they came in. They said there were to many noises outside that they didn't want to hear. Apparently one of the neighbors were having loud sex. It must have been really loud cuz the closest neighbor is like 80 years old! I think it was the nasty neighbors across the street. So the girls decided to move their camp out to Gomer's room. I don't blame them, I would have too!

Okay, gotta get the kids in & cleaned so we can go.

Just in a really bad mood today!

I am so ready for today to be over and it's not even noon yet! I started my morning frosting cookies I stayed up late making. Beanie has her Girl Scout Bridging thing tonight and we have to bring a dessert to pass. I decided to make Peanut Butter Cup cookies. (They are just PB cookies made in a mini muffin tin so they are cups and then I pipe in chocolate frosting, but they are yummy.) I had a 9am appointment coming in and I got to work at 9:01! We walked in together. Then during this appointment the computer system goes down (they said it would be down for 10 minutes- 30 later I was able to get back on). So now I have to call the guy back and give him the rest of the information on his home. Then I get phone call after phone call of cranky people wanting to know if they really have to pay the bill they just got in the mail. Well yeah, if you want car insurance you do! One of them had given me their credit card info & I forgot to process the payment, oops. It's done now, but they were the wrong people to do that to. I then had to explain to them what I still needed on one of their antique autos and why, I think he finally understood cuz I finally have everything. I did find out that I sent in the wrong picture with the stuff (he has 2 antiques and I had them confused). He showed me a picture when he was here writing one of them so I just figured he was showing me a picture of the one we were writing. How was I to know? I'm not a car expert! I know what I drive and that is good enough for me.

~Last night Dork showed up at Lil'Man's baseball game. Everyone was surprised. Lil'Man's team won by 9. They did a great job, much better than Monday's game. They didn't even play like the same team. It was amazing. Anyway, back to Dork. After the game he came back to the house. He just hung around for a little while in the bedroom, the rest of us were in the kitchen and dining room. No one really paid much attention to him. I did send him to the store to get some stuff for the cookies. At one point he came into the kitchen and said he was going to go, that he didn't feel like he belonged there. Gee go figure, what does he expect? Does he expect us to stop our lives just because he has graced us with his presence? I don’t think so. Gomer was cleaning her room, Lil'Man was looking for his report card, Beanie was looking for her GS sash (still can't find it) and I was making dinner & cookies at the same time. And besides, I listened to everything he had to say during 6 innings of baseball, that was plenty. Duchess, get in touch with me & I will fill you in on what was said during the game. Can't blog about it however. He ended up leaving around 10 or so, he had to drive to Toledo yet. Don't believe that he was doing that drive last night but oh well. The drive there is like 2, 2.5 hours and the guy he was to meet said he is usually up till 11 or so. I don't think he was meeting with him last night. I need to just sit down with him and say, "listen this isn't working- here's what's going to happen- either deal with it or not but here it is." Okay, I've got to get back to work. I really want to go home, or at least get out of here for the day!

I am so ready for today to be over and it's not even noon yet! I started my morning frosting cookies I stayed up late making. Beanie has her Girl Scout Bridging thing tonight and we have to bring a dessert to pass. I decided to make Peanut Butter Cup cookies. (They are just PB cookies made in a mini muffin tin so they are cups and then I pipe in chocolate frosting, but they are yummy.) I had a 9am appointment coming in and I got to work at 9:01! We walked in together. Then during this appointment the computer system goes down (they said it would be down for 10 minutes- 30 later I was able to get back on). So now I have to call the guy back and give him the rest of the information on his home. Then I get phone call after phone call of cranky people wanting to know if they really have to pay the bill they just got in the mail. Well yeah, if you want car insurance you do! One of them had given me their credit card info & I forgot to process the payment, oops. It's done now, but they were the wrong people to do that to. I then had to explain to them what I still needed on one of their antique autos and why, I think he finally understood cuz I finally have everything. I did find out that I sent in the wrong picture with the stuff (he has 2 antiques and I had them confused). He showed me a picture when he was here writing one of them so I just figured he was showing me a picture of the one we were writing. How was I to know? I'm not a car expert! I know what I drive and that is good enough for me.

Last night Dork showed up at Lil'Man's baseball game. Everyone was surprised. Lil'Man's team won by 9. They did a great job, much better than Monday's game. They didn't even play like the same team. It was amazing. Anyway, back to Dork. After the game he came back to the house. He just hung around for a little while in the bedroom, the rest of us were in the kitchen and dining room. No one really paid much attention to him. I did send him to the store to get some stuff for the cookies. At one point he came into the kitchen and said he was going to go, that he didn't feel like he belonged there. Gee go figure, what does he expect? Does he expect us to stop our lives just because he has graced us with his presence? I dont' think so. Gomer was cleaning her room, Lil'Man was looking for his report card, Beanie was looking for her GS sash (still can't find it) and I was making dinner & cookies at the same time. And besides, I listened to everything he had to say during 6 innings of baseball, that was plenty. Duchess, get in touch with me & I will fill you in on what was said during the game. Can't blog about it however. He ended up leaving around 10 or so, he had to drive to Toledo yet. Don't believe that he was doing that drive last night but oh well. The drive there is like 2, 2.5 hours and the guy he was to meet said he is usually up till 11 or so. I don't think he was meeting with him last night. I need to just sit down with him and say, "listen this isn't working- here's what's going to happen- either deal with it or not but here it is."

Okay, I've got to get back to work. I really want to go home, or at least get out of here for the day!

My cat has a new friend. Remember I evicted him last week. Well last night he was running around with a gray tiger cat. Friendly little thing. I think it's a she. I don't think 2 male cats would hang together like that. But my boy cat had his "friends" removed about 3 years ago so I don't have to worry about him repopulating the neighborhood. I had to get him fixed, he has no thumbs to put his condom on with, and well, he's a cat. They are much like human men as they don't think with the head to the extreme north end of their body. Besides, it took one time that he pointed that little thing at me & 2 days later he was fixed! He was lying on his back on my lap & I was scratching his belly. I look down at him and about dumped him on the floor from shock. Dork thought it was the funniest thing ever. He about wet himself from laughing so hard. I was mortified! After I recovered from the shock, I though about the 2 cats that had woken me up a few nights earlier. For being so tiny, those boys must really know what they are doing cuz that female was making so much noise! But anyway but to my cat & his new friend. I made the mistake of making a comment last night in the ear shot of my 2 youngest kids. I said, "Oh Carley must be trying to get some tonight." Lil'Man looks at me and asks "Some what?" "Umm. Nothing." Oops guess I had better look & see how is in the room before I open my big ol mouth next time!

Okay Jenn. At this late date we are going to have a hard time finding a camp ground with openings. Here is what I found out last night. The parade is at noon on Saturday July 1. The fireworks are the same day around 10ish, dusk whatever. The best viewing spot is out on the water in a boat. I don't have a big enough boat to fit everyone & their kids. To get a good spot on the ground we would have to be there early. So the camping can take place whatever night you would like it to. Sherry is going to get back with me about Dan's schedule. Jen A has her daughter that weekend, she is working on Monday (Kae is w/ her dad that day) then she has Kae on Tuesday and is back to work for the rest of the week and can't take any time off. & I have yet to know Jen to leave her daughter w/ a sitter while she has her for the weekend.
I think our best bet is going to be camping in some back 40 for the night. We can be close to a lake still and we wouldn't have to pay for a site. But we won't have any electric or potties either. I can't remember where I went w/ Darcey & she can't remember how to get there either. Neither of us want to or have the number to call the guy we went with either.
So just let me know what day you want to camp & I will work on the rest.

Just have to pass on a sighting from today. On our way to Fremont (we went through Bridgeton this time as we were in Grant before we headed to Fremont) we saw the scariest sight. The children were afraid, very afraid! Just before we turned to go across the bridge we saw a woman on an atv bounding down a small sandy hill. Now normally this isn't scary, but seeing how her size EEE boobs were bouncing as all get out (surprised she didn't put an eye out with those things!). That in itself still isn't scary. The scary part was the fat roll under her size EEE boobs, the roll was the SAME size as the EEE boobs! Oh yeah, did I mention she was wearing a thin strapped tank top? Ya know that kind that has it's own bra built in that you can buy at WalMart. It was very scary! Gomer says to me, after she recovered enough to speak again, "Gee Mom, compared to her- you're a supermodel."

I was so rudely awoken last night by the cat, ya know the one I evicted on Sunday. He thought it was due time for him to be let back into the house. Just before I sent the kids to bed, he was hanging out around the slider trying to meow his way back into the house. At 3 am he took different measures. He would jump up and attach himself to the screen on my window. There was just enough light that I could make out his black body spread eagle against my window screen. He still has his claws so I was worried about him ripping the screen. He kept jumping onto the screen on 2 out of 3 windows in my room. He finally quit around 5 am. I am so getting a squirt gun and shooting his ass the next time he does that! I'm not too friendly when I am woken up in the middle of the night. I did discover that the school across the street gets the food delivery at 5am though. And the garbage is picked up around the same time. They are not very nice to the neighbors that are still sleeping at that time. I am so looking forward to the weekend! I wanna be around adults that don't make me work or ask me insurance questions!

Ok Duchess, here's my input on your poll. 1.) I think Nick Lachey is a hottie & I would do him. I do think he & Jessica should try to work things out. It's too bad the media makes it so hard for famous couples to stay together. 2.) so does this body need to be a replacement for mine or one to have trapped in my bedroom for my pleasure? If it's a replacement for mine, then I would want Emmanuelle Vaugier's body. If it is a body for my pleasure then I would want Keith Anderson. But a girl can only dream! I don't think diet & excerise alone will get me Emmanuelle's body! And only dreaming will get me Keith's!