Start your engines.....

Tomorrow my class opens up. Even though it's not officially starting till Saturday, tomorrow I get a peek inside......I'm scared crapless.My book is due to arrive any day now. I'm so freaking happy, you'd think they were paying me to go back to school again instead of the other way around. Mental note: need a raise, school is expensive........damn.......And because I'm not the only student in the house, The Man just informed me that his next class is English.....buckle your seatbelts, this is gonna get interesting. I'm going right now to hide all my A+ papers....he's on his own......cause it's...

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I'm Getting Old

Look how very fast they are growing........s...

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Yeah I'm Slow

So since I have no tv and all, and live in the boonies, I missed the Presidential Debate. So I'm listening to it now, at work. Now I've tried really hard to keep my politics to myself, but I had a total ephiphany........it's my freaking blog......So on that note, I am loving how presidential and take charge McCain is looking during this debate. Obama strikes me as nervous and trying to remember memorized phrases......huh.So when is the next o...

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It soothes me......

Today we went visiting a local waterfall. I tell you, water just soothes me. I think of every movie where the characters swam in a pool at the bottom of a waterfall and I just wanta strip and jump in...... Then I notice the rocks and think again. So I just took some pictures...... Okay alot of pictures........ Until The Man commented on this being a continuation of my obsession with bathtubs and long soaking baths where I read, sip a cold Dr. Pepper and continually add hot water.......Then he brought...

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Parenting is Tough

And honestly I love it. Except I've started a list of non-appropriate things that I stay on my kids about.....1. barking spiders......Duchess has a fixation with them.2. Not wearing leggings under your dress and then showing your panties, no way Jose3. the F word, I hate the word "fart"4. Speaking of being beat in public, like they have ever got a beating5. Kicking other kids at school who are mean6. Hitting other kids at school who are mean.......with objects7. Saying Oh My God, unless it's a prayer, no way8. Teasing each other without mercy9. Ignoring their parents, at all times10. Dressing...

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Oh no Baby!

Sooo....drum roll.......my schedule came through.....and the winner of my first class this semester is.......Accounting 1001.Farge!How utterly appropriate.......cause I so dislike me some math.Here we go baby. As of Oct 2nd, feel free to abandon my blog as I'l be working and griping and all that such as I drag my arse through Accounting 1001.Good lord.....

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Wobbling......

I hate wobbling. Yet here I am. I'm not on steady ground lately, and I noticed that I've avoided posting about it, so I'm addressing my cowardly side and hey, life is too short. And I can't afford therapy so here you go.......mental purging to commence.1. I'm a nervous wreck about school. I was accepted into my new program, but I'm still awaiting my new schedule. School starts back on Oct 2nd. They better hurry. I've called my advisor so often, I think he is screening now. He obviously doesn't like OCD students assigned to him.2. I'm a nervous wreck about school. I petitioned to change my major...

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My Brave Girl

Today was Princess' first karate tournament. We got up at 530, got there for registration at 730. It didn't start till 10. Shoot me. I'm exhausted. 2 months in karate and her first tournament presenting her form. This was about the moment that she noticed that the three other contestants were all colored belts. This was suppose to be novice, 1 year and under division for traditional forms. I'm thinking, NOT. Then she noticed that she was the ONLY WHITE BELT in the entire event. Then she got up there...

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Burn Baby Burn

The Man decided to build our fire pit today. We had originally planned to have one in our deck/upper grassy area, but since that idea was scrapped and the log came into play, he just built it in a corner of our yard. So I came home to this beauty. Doesn't it look really sharp. He does good work. And his vision to to create a starburst of pavers around the outside, about 3 feet out to have a place for our benches and planters. Ohhhh purty. Eventually. You gotta start somewhere.And surprise, it works!And...

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Wordless Wednesday

(taken last week, before the HOA letter went out.....hm...

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How Does This Come Across?

I fired this email off today....how does this sound?Dear "HOA IDIOT (insert proper stupid name here)"I received a letter regarding a rear yard violation today dated Sept 12, out of your office. My concern is that we are still within our allotted time frame for completing our rear yard landscaping. Not to mention, it's obvious from the fresh dirt and equipment in our rear yard that we are already in the process of completing this task. The violation/letter also noted that we needed to maintain our weeds. There are no weeds or any violations in our backyard so I'm puzzled as to why we received this...

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Back in the Saddle Again

The happy-paper-writer is strapping on her spurs.I'm off sabbatical and going back into school. Except I'm awaiting word, as I've requested a change in major. Little extra work on my end for this new degree program but honestly....I'm worried that if I stick with my business administration degree that I'll just end up as a degree carrying admin. I'm already an admin with 14 years in the saddle.I wanta be something else when I grow up.Cross your fingers, I should know by the end of this week if I'm accepted into the new program.Oh I hope so, harder classes mean more challenge.And a degree in a...

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The Fruits of Their Efforts

As parents who had exhausted every means of trying to constantly keep our girls on the right track to responsiblity and growth (i.e. Why do I have to tell you to pick up your clothes, I've asked you four times to do your reading...blah blah blah), We recently instigated a chore/reward chart my friend Jac mentioned.That crap works.Yesterday was the two week end to the first trial run. They completed more than enough stars (predetermed amounts by my calculator weilding husband) to attend a local fun zone/party central mind boggling kind of place where there are rides, games and food.We started at...

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She Gets It From Me

Did I mention that Princess is rocking in karate? Leading the other white belts in class......Paying attention and noting exactly what her instructor wants to see from her........ Then kicking some major arse.......as she preps for Sept 20th when she'll participate in her first tourney! That kid roc...

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Did you know?

That three months ago if you were to .... oh say....be shampoo-ing the carpet of your soon to be old house when you noticed that your shampoo-er was clogged up at the intake with gunk, and you were to ......say....borrow your husband's drill and tear it down to bare basics to clean it up and then put it back together........And then it didn't work, as in the rollers refused to roll.......On the machine you'd spent 200 bucks on three months earlier.......And you needed to shampoo your new house cause your new doggie had an accident on your carpet.......That if you were desparate enough to think,...

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What we really do without TV

Since we've forsaken cable/satelite in our home, after the girls go to bed, it gets really quiet. So have to come up with something to keep us entertained.(forgive me for not knowing how to upload video without it appearing in duplicate screens. Someone should tutor me......

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I am I am I am.......really I am

I am a good parent, Yes, I am.....really. Truly......This is what I get for leaving Duchess to do her homework alone, unsupervised while I do laundry....what was I thinking?Just a parent who should pay more attention to the songs that she blares in her car, on repeat no less.....(Notice the high heels she's wearing.......mental note: put my heels u...

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Thank you

(seems to be the season for open letters!)Dear Pastor,Thank you for the moving sermon on Sunday. I needed that.I had a horrible morning, spent chasing wild little pissy dogs all over my neighborhood before finally getting him back in his harness.I argued with my children repeatily over their inability to do something when asked or told once, instead of fourteen times.The Man who sleeps days, yelled at me cause I let sunlight into our bedroom when I came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel fresh from the shower. So I went to church in jeans, a t-shirt, flip flops, wet hair and no makeup. Nobody...

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Google

Dear Google,I heart you. Seriously, today alone you won my heart.1. You taught me how to use a weedeater.2. You then taught me that the grass will grow back after I scalped the edges of the yard. Opps.3. You taught me to make a really good loaf of gluten free bread, unlike the miserable, poisonous previous attempts I have tried.For this alone, you have my eternal devotion.LoveHope4Gr...

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opps

Conversation held exactly 4.3 minutes ago....."You gotta teach this dog how to use the potty pad, he piddling all over my house.""He's pouting over that harness""I don't care, this is nuts""Well short on me getting on all fours and showing him how to piss on the pad....""Daddy!""opps, sorry honey, didn't see you there, I'll pay for your thera...

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Word to the Warning

This sits in the middle of the hallway to my office......

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Don't Laugh

I'm sharing, cause that is what friends do.....so don't laugh......Since I'm trying to get more intouch with my female, housewife side (rather than my give directions and crack the whip work side) I decided to MAKE decorations for the girls' rooms.Stop laughing.... So this is Princess' comforter. She loves this thing. The breezy pink curtains in her room just pop and work so well with this thing. So I decided to do the obvious. Use the comforter and make matching paintings for above her bed. Scared...

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Labor Day

In celebration of Labor Day, I made them labor.We have sorted laundry, done laundry, pulled out winter clothes/fall clothes, cleaned all shoes (baby powder, wipes girlfriend), scrubbed room, made a chore/reward chart that has my children running in fear of the words (I'll take back a star!), cleaned out my bedroom completely, dug out my record player and records, organized my closet by color and texture (OCD much?), finished four canvas paintings for my girls' rooms (cause I'm cheap like that baby) and hung one of my prized mirrors in the hall beside the girls' rooms, low so they can do their...

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