Randon is as Random does:

So the other day I bought the cutest shirt. I love it, I get strange looks but I think it really suits my personality.... Now that being said, I'm sitting here typing this wearing a yellow shirt of mine that I adore even though yellow makes me look like a bird flu victim on crack...but I love it. Let's revisit a Utah memory to see it in "person".... "Country Girls Get Dirty Too" it's my 4x4-ing shirt. And in Utah it was constantly raising eyebrows which is probably why I wore it so often. Cause...

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*Comes with Warning Labels*

I should come with a few warning labels. You know like that bottle of pills. Instead of those beauties, I've been thinking of what my "labels" should be and since I'm attempting to curb my potty mouth let's see how to word these appropriately:WARNING:- highly allergic to stupid people- irritable before noon, speak at your risk- is not couthe: will argue politics, religion, and gas matters at dinner settings- has no uterus but still capable of PMS- is not short just fun sized but will still throw a tall girl fit- has short temper, will throat punch without warning- is Southern so when she says...

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Another "Look" From the Man

So Dave constantly tells me I'm too naive and that I need to be more aware of my surroundings. This from the guy who is more than happy to run me through burglar simulations". Nothing says I love you like teaching you the best home defensive positions in the middle of the night. So yesterday came another moment in my life where he stood with his hands on his hips, lips pursed, worry wrinkles on the forehead and just shook his head, this = the look. To be honest, I don't get this look alot but I hate getting this look.Sigh. So I ran by Sonic before we got home to grab some drinks and some sonic...

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Good Grief

Well it's been an interesting life surviving four months in an rv. Since we are super strict with our kids over what they watch (hey, they can be teen agers when they are actually teen agers so till then nothing PG13 or over for them) that means that since we all share the same 32 inch tv that there is nothing I can watch that they won't also watch.So thank you Lord for the internet. And earphones, and my laptop....The Good Wife: go Alicia, can't believe it took so long to say those two little words!Nurse Jackie: disappointed, gonna stop watching the same as I did with United States of TaraBig...

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Naughty Me

Okay, I just made it worse. Not only did I break my Christian music only streak....I just set up a playlist dedicated to "My Boys" cause honestly I heart heart heart me some Springsteen (even though he be a big ole democratic) and Segar....cause honestly who doesn't love them some of the boys?So if you saw me taking trash to the bins at 0700 this morning in my pjs with my ipod on....yep I was dancing and jamming my way across the parking lot. And if you were wondering why I had a whole lot of hip action going while cleaning out my car....yep ipod jamming. And nothing makes me feel like a rebel...

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I Dream of Bathrooms

What do you dream of? I dream about bathrooms. Big shiny bathrooms with crome fixtures, a very deep tub, gorgeous sinks with hot water that rolls out plenty and plenty of hot water. I have taken complete advantage of the never ending hot water of my past........cause we get 6 gallons at a time. It's freaking tough. But I get to snuggle to my guy every night now so that really makes up for the lack of hot water. But I miss hot water. I now compose ditty songs to hot water in my head.For our 11 year anniversary, Dave drug me (okay okay, I begged and he said yes) to Vegas. I don't travel alot, or...

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Homeschooling: ?

So we homeschool. Yep, we b freaks of nature who people stare at when I parade into Wally World with my peeps at 10 am on a weekday morning....but we like it. I'm surprised to say this. I like homeschooling. (waiting to see if a bus runs me over...nope, I'm good)The one thing I've noticed is how different homeschool is from public school. The whole outcome is completely different. The whole curriculum feels different. Starting out in the middle of the year (Christmas time) when we embarked on our "following my oil field guy around the US, although we've been in Tejas this entire time so far" journey,...

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Double Jeopardy

You know you can't be tried for the same crime in the same jurisdiction after an aquittial or mistrial...the courts basically get one shot at you. Lucky crinimals, Dave got two shots at me. He drug, um took us hiking again yesterday after church. My poor legs are like rocks right now and my arms are noodles and there is an insect bite on the back of my neck that is starting to look like the growth of my second evil head. It was so much fun.I can totally see his point. We got up and ran our errands. Dropped off all our dirty clothes for the laundry lady and then made it to church on time. After...

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The Griswalds take to Hiking

So we spent all day on a hiking adventure. Before we even left the house I dropped the poker case (shiny steel) on my foot and did the hop around and punching the wall thing to which Duchess drops her shoes, runs to get a bandaid and is chasing me around in my hopping circle trying to put it on my boo boo. Dave announces that he found the circus and we were worth the entrance price. Turd. Then we all got new hiking shoes and after lunch at Jason's Deli where I had a REAL TUNA SANDWICH on their new yummy, awesome gluten free bread, I damn near cried. I forced myself to eat the entire thing after...

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Rain Rain

make up your mind, either rain or not....the sprinkle sprinkle stuff is driving me insane....taking the kids out rollerblading, which means it'll probably come a flood when we are about a mile from our "hou...

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Silly Sentences

Part of Duchess's spelling work each week is one day where she uses her words in silly sentences. It aimed at helping her learn her words while getting better at putting together sentence structures. It's also hysterical where her brain goes: this week....1. I will pray to God. (pray)2. The ship went running on the grass. (ship)3. Mother will serve dinner at 6 oclock. (Mother, serve)4. The goat will not eat snow. (snow)5. I want a horse but we live in an rv. (horse)Oh dear.......that last sentence is sca...

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Wow...Google

Just realized when glancing through my visit stats that somehow I'm getting google popped. Just about every post is pulling some random stranger from google. And my perserve nature must to this now:baby gator ate truck houston texas rv roadtrip from hell life with my kids 24/7 how to survive a long marriage why rednecks are still alive do republicans go to hell where is my mother do mardi gras beads all taste the same can you get a virus from the gulf water why does the canadian flag fly lower at my rv park than the american flag why do old people get up at 4 am to take all the hot water at the...

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Opps

Well I broke my all Christian music streak this morning, not even thinking I logged in to watch Glee and then put the new songs on my ipod and rocked out while doing my morning run with the kids. Dang I just really love music!!!!!!!!!!!! So I'm having a major guilt trip this morning over really enjoying that.In other news, I got my kids up and decided today was the perfect day to start our morning runs. I technically can't run due to my knees but what do doctors know? So I wog, which is walk a lot, jog a little. Princess has this jogging thing down, she jogs ahead and walks back to me, jogs ahead...you...

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Yes!

Last night we sold our other rv. Cause it's a little redneck to have not one rv but two rvs. So I feel a whole lot better about life with that done. It was the original rv that Dave bought and lived in before the fam joined him. It was his "good enough for me but not my family" rv, and last week we finally got around to making the time to list it and we sold to the second person who called about it.Cause the first person was a typical craigslist conartist. If you've sold on craigslist than you know what I mean.....the sob story, the low ball offer, the "can I wire money to your bank account to...

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Are you wondering what we've been up 2?

We've went on science field trips learning all about populations and the use of statistics in just about everything. We've studied Ancient Times, going over Egypt and then taking a field trip to see a real dead mummy. We took a playday in Houston, leaving Murphy at the doggie daycare after which he needed his own Rt 44 ice water. We went to Narnia after reading the book together. Took forever to get Narnia "snow" out of my hair. We took in the sites of Houston, realizing that we DO NOT MISS urban...

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Oh the Blessings Just Pile Up

My goal this year is to become a prayer warrior. That is what I want most for my family and friends, to be able to pray for them and bring good things to each one through prayer. That said, prayer can not be the only weapon in your fight against the world. I'm coming to realize that giving is just as important. And boy do I know that people get funny where money is concerned but lately I've noticed something amazing happens whenever I faithfully give: the blessings just pile up.Oh I haven't won the lottery and I didn't stumble upon a bag of money. But peeps, the Lord provides more than enough...

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Merry Go Round of Llife

I love the ride we're on.....ups and downs, this life is truly what you make of it. I am so thankful for the stage my life is in right now. I love my 30's. I learned from the lessons of youth, I have become comfortable with "me" and frankly I like myself. Although I tell myself all the time that I need to do something about those eyebrows all the time!Times aren't always roses. There are times when I get cabin fever living in such a small space. There are times when I go outside and do meditation to get over aggravation. There are times that the sheer amount of errands drive me nutso crazy.But...

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Rustic

I'm feeling quite like a old timey pioneer woman lately. It could be the very limited contact with anyone not in my immediate family, or the spider I killed off my neck, or the cabin-ish feel of our rv....who knows.Thank goodness for my friends who actually know and use my cell number. They are my sanity checks during my day. Shout out time: Mom, Mae, Case, Nic, and Mary...you keep me going! You guys listen to my Griswald experiences, understand my strange humor and keep me posted on big events, cause really there was a big earthquake in Cali on Easter weekend?I like our rv, it's small and contained...

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mommy's boy...

So this morning was a late one for my homeschoolers, since Dave is wrapping up his assignment here in Beaumont he is working 16 hour days. Poor guy, so I let the pe-pods stay up till he gets home to spend a few minutes with their daddy. Late night...But as they are up and moving about, Princess doing study hall, which is my affectionate term for "you have an hour to get homework and projects like your book reports done" and Duchess wrapped in a quilt staring at the wall, sleeping with her eyes open, Murphy is all over in the mix. He and Princess wrestle every morning, which is hysterical cause...

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The Music In Me:

My life is like one big musical. I blame West Side Story and Grease for setting my life to music. Both were seen at an early age when I was learning that I had to keep everything on the inside because the outside had to meet expectations. So I bottled and I bottled well. So music was my outlet. It wsn't until I burst free from expectations and became "me" that I realized how much music meant to me.So I go through stages. Hard rock, classical, christian, oldies, punk, alternative, country...you name it, I go through it each year. But since I'm trying to let the Lord run my life I'm working on listening...

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This Is What I Sing in the Shower:

My life has changed so much in the past 3 months. We have now been traveling with Dave's job, and Dave for 3 months. And I love the way my life has changed so much in that short time. I have absolutely no "me" time but it's okay. I have an amazing insight into my girls and I have never been so stress-free and happy. Even if I do sing along to things like the above in the shower. Our tv time is seriously limited since we refuse to allow our kids to watch anything PG-13 or above. There will be time enough to grow up in the future, for now, I want them to be carefree happy kids. Hence my life as...

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What R U Leaving Behind?

I had to remind myself that this is MY blog hence I get to say what I want, cause frankly.... I am not a fan of President Obama, I'm not a fan of his big ole happy health plan. And since I'm sure I'll now incur a file with the FBI, please be sure to spell my name correct, cause it's a toughy!Parts are long needed things: insurance for those with pre-existing conditions....long overdue for EVERYONE. But most of the rest, oh boy......That said, I've always been really open about being a Republican, mainly because I'm very free in my opinions as most people know. I try to live my life by a few simple...

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Languages

We all speak different "languages". Seriously if you think about it each person has a unique way of communicating. Last night during a very long chat with a good friend of mine (who is always the one I call on long road drives as it's our catch up time, cause we can't seem to talk for 20 minutes, nope we be the 2 hour peeps) it occured to me that I speak "guy".Me - guy speak: let me explainMe - I'll call you back (click)Guy speak - not today but sometime this week, cause I get preoccupiedMe - that looks fineGuy speak - there is no way I'm telling you that it doesn't fit all that well unless you...

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Personality

One of the things I enjoy most about homeschooling my kids is the freedom it gives me to oversee their curriculm. I have found little ways to tweek what they are learning and when they are learning it to suit it best to my kids for instance: Duchess is now doing 2nd grade math in the 1st grade as it's the challenge she needs and MOMMY IT'S FUN! Princess had a month of straight math review as her Utah curriculm was behind in what the A Beka curriculm considered 5th grade math.However, here is another one of those proud mommy moments for me. Princess has been a poor speller for ages. Honestly she...

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Taco Hell......

The third day after eating some wheat, I'm a miserable bloated grumpy bastard-ess.And it's the third day after the kids begged for a quick lunch at Taco Hell....I'm sucking big ole nasty .... stuff.Oh my lord am I so regretting eating those corn tacos, there was some contamination in there!And this is why I'm totally not even tempted to knowingly eat wheat.Gluten is the dev...

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