Feelin' the love!

Yesterday on the way to the JV Football game I was so feeling the love from my 12 yr old, Gomer. She had 2 friends with her and we were all in the truck. She told me I sucked! Can you believe that! I. suck. Gee & I thought I was a cool mom. Atleast some of her friends think I'm cool. Then later when we were heading to one of the friend's house to get her some cloths (she spent the night), Gomer called me by my given name instead of Mom. I thought I'd have a few years before I felt that kind of love from her!

Yesterday was a very stressful day. When they say breaking up is hard to do, they were not lying. But I'm not going to go into that here.

Have a nice day! Mine is going to be busy again. I got barely nothing done yesterday at work. People keep calling and stopping in, what do they think I am? An insurance gal? Oh yeah! I am!

Y M C A

It's fun to stay at my YMCA
Cuz everything is fun to me
It's fun to stay at my YMCA

Mom, watch my hand language,

It's fun to stay at my YMCA

That was what I got to listen to for the past 20 minutes. Lucky me. OH, now it is continuing!!! I guess that is what being stuck in the waiting room at the local emergency room for 4 hours does to an 8 year old. We went to a birthday party this afternoon for the kids' cousins. It was at a roller rink. Beanie was trying to connect to the "train" her sister was involved in. Another kid grapped hold of Beanie & they went down. Gomer ended up going down too, & she rolled over Beanie's elbow. I ended up carrying Beanie off the floor. She couldn't/wouldn't move her elbow. So I decided to play it safe & take her to the ER for X-rays. After an hour she was finally able to move her elbow, only after they took the X-rays. I think it might have been out of place and it popped back in when they moved it for the X-rays. But we are home now, nothing is broken, everything is fine.

I'm out for the night. Need to eat something (okay, Gomer made spaghetti & she is mad that I am now calling her food "something") and head for bed.

My 100th Post!~

Guess I could be syndicated now, how exciting! But really. Hey Jenn, know how you are always asking me about gossip from back home? Well I've got some for you. Guess who has cancer? Oh come now, guess? IT'S ME! Yep, my dad's girlfriend was at a shower today and a local salon owner was there and asked her how I was doing. She is so concerned about me. I am way to young to have cancer! Man, I don't even have to go to the doctor to find out I have cancer, just send someone to a shower to find out my health status. I wonder how long I have and what treatment I will be undergoing? Wonder what I have to go to to find that out? Maybe a wedding reception? Or maybe a tailgate party? How about a PTO meeting? My poor Dad. He called me today and asked me if I had heard the latest rumor about myself. All kinds of things were running through my head, wondering what he had heard and if any of it were true. Then he tells me I have cancer. Let me tell you, I was relieved. Honestly I was. I started laughing I was so relieved. I had to tell Gomer & Lil'Man cuz they go to school with said salon owners kids. The last thing I want is for my kids to hear something like that at school and freak out on everyone. I do wonder who would have told her such a thing though. Wonder if I am going to have to run an ad in the local paper to let everyone know that I DO NOT have cancer. Or I could try to milk it for all it's worth. Maybe I could get some free stuff out of it. Nah, that would just be wrong on so many levels. Okay, gotta go & get my cancered butt in to the shower. I am going to a toy party with Darcey to night. Should be lots of fun! TTYL!!

Okay, I am in need of suggestions. I think the format/template of this blog is BORING!! I really want to change it but I am having a hard time finding layouts for it. I can find new layouts for myspace or bebo with no problem. Just to let you know, I have let Gomer design my Bebo page, so everything on that page is her design. So if anyone has any suggestions I am open to anything.

I am so glad it is Friday. This week has seemed long. I so want to sleep in tomorrow. However, a local church in Bailey is having a Back to School BBQ from 9-noon and they are giving away free backpacks and school supplies, so I really want to take the kids to that in the morning. The sooner we get there the more likely we are to get the free stuff.

I will admit, when it comes to driving I have a bit of a lead foot. Luckily I only have 1 ticket on my record right now & my insurance company hasn't found it yet (knock on wood!). I firmly believe if they are going to ticket you for going 5 over the limit, then they should really ticket those that are going 5 under the limit. I got stuck behind a truck this morning that was going 45 in a 55, so to me that was going 15 under the limit. (I know, really it was only 10 but when most of the driving population drives 5 over the limit and this clown was driving 10 under, in all reality he was driving 15 under!) Or at the very least he could have pulled over and allowed the line of 6 vehicles that were stuck behind him around. But no! He continued to drive 45 mph (down hill only) and made everyone behind him late for work. What kind of special is it to drive that slow during commuter traffic time? Then when I finally was able to pass, the new clown that had also passed decided that he was going to drive 55 & 55 only! Thank you God he did not take my route to work, I was able to turn.

Okay, I had a very strange dream last night/this morning. It was a normal morning, I was leaving for work. For some reason I was driving a conversion van (this is strange cuz I HATE those vans!) and it was parked in my garage. As I was backing it out of the garage I noticed a strange man was in the van. He kidnapped me! Turns out he was my internet stalker! (is this a combination of watching too much One Live to Live & the conversation I had with Jennifer last night?) He had a video tape that showed all of our IM conversations and also of him talking about what he was going to do. How freaky! He took me to some breakfast joint & I was able to get away. Right after I got away and he was arrested my phone rang. It showed up as a stored number but it wasn't the person I thought it was. When I told him what had happened he was going to come & get me, but not until the next morning. WTF? Even my dreams are messed up! Oh well, maybe my dreams are still better than my reality.

Does anyone know, at what age does your child's head stop growing? Lil'Man has outgrown his football helmet. I did get 3 years out of the same helmet that I was able to purchase for under $15 (guess I shouldn't complain). When he started playing football I went to a consignment store & was able to get his shoulder pads, helmet, cleats, and pants (with pads) all for $15. We are now onto the 3rd pair of shoulder pads and second pair of pants & helmet. Not too bad I would say. The cleats I do have to get new ones each year, his feet won't stop growing either. This year the league even has a website.

Okay, my allergies are driving me crazy. According to weather.com, the weed pollen count is moderate. So I wonder what has me all stuffed up, itchy, sneezey, and whistling when I breath?

Okay, more later. Work is getting busy.

Rah Rah!!

Beanie is going to be a Rah Rah this year. Now I do believe that competitive cheer is a sport, but pee wee/rocket/youth league football cheerleading is not a sport. It's little girls in short skirts yelling at a crowd that is not listening to them that they are going to run over the other team like a Kawasaki. S0metimes they are even telling the team to tackle that ball when they are playing offense. Yeah, that's right. I think I would be more supportive of this cheer thing if they had actual cheerleaders from the High School there on occasion to teach the girls some real cheers and some formations or something. The moms that are coaching either have never been cheerleaders or it's been 15 years since they wore a lolly and waved their pom poms. Oh, wait, some of them might still do that for their husbands!

Anyway, the Coorindator called me this morning to let me know when her first practice is & what time. I called Beanie at her gma's to let her know. She was so excited. I don't think I have ever heard her that excited! Her little voice got real high & excited, she was gasping for breath. I just started laughing & asked her "Are you so excited you're gonna pee your pants?" I was joking. Her reply "Yes, here talk to Grandma cuz I gotta go use the bathroom!" I was joking! She apparently was not. Her grandma & I laughed about that one while she was gone.

Now I just have to wait to hear from the Football coach to see when Lil'Man's practice is. I'm sure it is on Monday- same day as Beanie's. Last I knew they had 30 kids signed up for his age group. They needed 33 to split the team. I really hope they got the needed 3 kids, one big team is good in some aspects but I would prefer more play time for my son. Guess I am just selfish that way. Did I ever tell you he is a Tackling God?

This fall is going to be busy. Atleast Saturdays are. That is when the football games are. Beanie's games will be first, followed by Lil'Man's games. The problem is that they will not always be at the same fields. So I will end up missing some of one of their games almost every week. I'll keep you posted on how they do and post pictures of both of them.

Have you ever just had a day when you really didn't feel like being at work? Well that is today. I am just in some sort of funk today & don't really know why. Okay, maybe I do know why, sort-of. I need about $300 more every month, at a minimum.

Got my haircut last night. All of us got atleast a trim. I now have longer layers & some framing around my face. Problem is my hair is on the thin side so the framing isn't quite like I wanted but that is not the fault of the hair gal. That would be the fault of my genes.

Lil'Man & I went for a walk last night & took the dog. It was nice to spend that time with just my son. I think he liked it too. I was going to go by myself but he wanted to go too. I really enjoy walking down by the river, it is so pretty & peaceful. I told Lil'Man that my next place was going to be on the water, either a lake or have a creek run through it. He agreed. So according to everything I have told my kids about my next house, it will be in the country w/ acrage, have a pool, a dishwasher w/ disposal built in, atleast 2 bathrooms and a basement that is finished and have some sort of body of water on it that is not a mud puddle.