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Snow day.

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Spots...

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Okay so, It is sufficient to say that Lance and I are both stressed out, and we are taking it out on each other. Shouldn't we be bigger than that - well, perhaps, but the reality is we are not. We are still 12 and 15 at heart. So the other night I was asking him if he wanted to go to a conf with me in Seattle during June/July, and rather than having a pleasant conversation, we got into a fight. A big fight - which still baffles me. *As a rule of thumb, we try not to fight in front of our kids, we also try not to curse in front of them. As a golden rule he is not allowed to be disrespectful to me in front of our children. I don't want Rylan to think he can treat women in a disrespectful manner, and I never want Pyper to think it is okay for a man (boyfriend/husband) to treat her with anything other than respect. Needless to say, we broke all of the rules that night. And I was angry beyond belief. For one, I don't think he was really angry about the conference, he is just ang

Chasing my tail...

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I feel like I am chasing my tail. Like a hamster in a wheel, that just goes around, and around, and around - but never really getting anywhere. But where is it I want to go - I mean really. What do I want to do when I grow up? You would think that being a Director of Fin, would be a good gig and enough.....and at 30+ it is not a bad deal. I am not complaining. I am just a bit frustrated. What next? Where is my plan? Where is the challenge, and really what do I want to do - because I am not sure this is it. Perhaps I just answered part of my question - I know what I don't want to do 1) Live on a farm 2) Mow lawn - damn those push mowers and weed-eaters 3) Shovel horse-crap 4) Clean toilets - I can barely keep my clean (boys are gross!). 5) Clean old people - I can barely clean Pyper's butt, I would hate to have to wipe Lance's. ugh. 6) Work in the cold - What would my dream job be: 1) Beach bum? 2) Wino? - prob not a far stretch these days? 3) blank.....blank...... Does an

New President - and them some.

Well, much to my surprise I actually watched the events of yesterday. It is the first inauguration I have ever watched in my 30+ yrs of life. So why yesterday? Well, it was history in the making, maybe not the book of history I would have personally written. *I voted for McCain (whew it is out there). But history, none the less. I watched the series of events in the detective bureau, with 5 other male detectives. All of them commenting on the level of alert that had been issued for this particular event. Most of them looking for items I would have never thought of - positions, people, objects (etc). They were looking to ensure that the event really did go off without any real crisis. I on the otherhand, was looking at every one's attire. *shallow, maybe - but you know you were looking too. Some of it was hard to miss. ha! This is my point. I have nothing negative to say about yesterday. I think Obama's viewed mistake when taking his oath was refreshing. I think it ma

Dear Mr. Winter

Dear Mr. Winter - Do us all a favor and pick a side. If you are going to be cold enough to make my brain cells freeze then please at least snow, so the kids can play. This way we all feel as if you have accomplished something. Something other than keeping us in our homes, on top of each other, ready to grab the knives and daggers. We can only watch so many movies before we want to gauge our eyeballs out. We really should STOP eating - the chips, the popcorn, the chili, the lamb leg, the wine, the Baily's. This is making us fat. *Find your friend Mr. Sunshine and send him our way - we would like to go outside and get our bodies moving. PLEASE. We have been trying to entertain ourselves with the Wii (from X-mas), but given our competitive spirit - someone ALWAYS ends up mad. For instance, Rylan put the smack down on me the other night while playing Wii baseball. He beat me (much to his pleasure) 24 to 1. Then when I returned the favor when we moved on to bowling. I whopped hi

Blocked?

I feel like I have writers block, which is funny because I am NOT a writer. I am not really feeling very motivated these days, perhaps it is because the winter cold has frozen every living brain cell. I am swamped at work, which is nice, it does not give me time to think about how cold it is or wonder how things are going to proceed with the EEOC. Work has until tomorrow to respond directly to the EEOC then the ball will FOR REAL start rolling. Luckily, my desk is covered in 2009 budget work, year end work, and audit schedules.....color me a dork. All of this work makes me happy, from start to finish, I can see me getting things done - and a sense of accomplishment takes over. The task on my desk seem to be the only items I have control over these days. My kids are testy, Pyper is almost 3 and keeps me guessing everyday. Rylan is almost 8 and getting sassy. Lance is still working for his 'old' company; which is weird, but as long as he is bringing home a check, I won'

New day?

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Bad news bears! Some of the men in my life......you know anytime you walk in a room and see this scene it will be trouble. (Travis, Ronnie, Matthew, Joey and Murphy. ) Whatever was said, I am sure it was funny, and foul. My mother really did have a house-full on x-mas. Just the way I LUV it. Here we have kicked the kids off the couch so the lazy adults could drink & talk. Here 'we' are x-mas eve at my mothers. Left to Rt: Ronnie, Matthew (my brother), Misty (my sister), Me (head tilt?), Murphy. We all have reasons to smile, health, kids, family and drinks! Believe me when I say, if you plan to attend a get-to-gether with us - bring your kids and your favorite drink. We will be all smiles after about 1 hour. attire note:*Do you see that small (okay big) hole in my tights - this was my sisters response to that. 'Oh, you must be a working girl.' classy! *funny, it made me laugh out loud. She really is foul at times, and I luv her for that. Her, and her 'nice&

Pooped....

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I am imagining that all of the holiday hustle and bustle finally up with my entire family. Here is a small snapshot of what we had going on........... Here are the KIDS that were at my mothers for x-mas eve. Yes , there are 13 kids ( think); 9 of them are my mothers grandchildren. We will go from l to r: August, Laci, Rylan, Murphy, Jessie, Jake, Maidson, Grant, Courtney, Pyper, Paige, Payton, Gavin. WHEW. Yes, Pyper ran around like a crazy head. Played her little heart out, and we packed her up and drug her from house to house -weekend after weekend. Sorry dear child - I know it sucks. Welcome to your life; find the silver lining. *it is there somewhere, I promise. This was Pyper last night, she had time out (for like the 900 time), and she fell asleep in her timeout chair. *my mother is reading this and grabbing her chest, shaking her head and dialing my number all at the same time. I can hear her now, 'that poor child - blah,blah, blah'

New Years.

2009, wow it is here - really. *Pinch, squeeze, pinch again. I am ready to wake up any day now. click heels three times, think of a happy place - -envision a happy place. FIND THE DAMN HAPPY PLACE! I will spend the next two months still writing 2008 on every piece of paper I sign off on, because it takes me a while to wrap my head around the new year. I am not one who makes resolutions. Why? Because I know i will never keep them. I know I don't have will power or gumption to lose my lingering 10 lbs, nor will give up chocolate or wine. I won't ask for all the normal mumbo-jumbo - of course I want to be happy, healthy and all that good sh*t. Who doesn't? But that seems like a cop-out resolution list. So once again, why bother. I am SO glad the kids are getting back on their schedule today. They have been horrible! I mean horrible. This morning I spanked Pyper with the hair brush, and last night I swatted Rylan with the fly swatter. I spent 80% of yesterday yelling