Busy Beavers

We literally make lists of things we want to accomplish when Dave is home. Being that there are some things we prefer to do together as a unit I'm sure this is understandable even if that sounds very very pervy. So we have run just about all the crazy weird errands, like renewing all his truck tags, getting him a new tire and etc plus we managed to get the whole kids' thing going. One of the main reasons we decided to settle back into regular life was to allow the kids' their activities. Both of my girls seem to be better behaved and get better grades when they are busy beavers. The fuller their...

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So I Threw Up

I have this thing for shoes......I think that is a well documented fact. Another horrible confession is my love of purses. I collect them and unless they are seriously worn I keep them (until Dave sees the full purse box and makes me weed some out). I love purses from expensive designers, I love purses from feed stores, I love purses from the clearance rack at JC Penneys. I'm totally not prejudice from where my purses come from. However, I like a purse that is a little odd, a little distinctive, some might say a little ugly but I have my own style.So this weekend, while my girl was visiting we...

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Do you hear that?

Sounds like a stud in a big arse truck is heading my way......this week is getting better and better. Oh boy! The kids will certainly be surprised when he bursts up in here at midnight but with only 6 days down between his assignments, we'll take what we can get right now.Now I have to go and crack the whip to make sure my 6th grader finishes her AR book tonight. I gave her enough rope and 2 weeks to get to page 56 is not enough. She's finishing the entire book tonight even if she is still awake when her daddy walks in the door. Then she's getting on that bus in the morning if I have to carry...

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What is Wrong With Me?

So I am a glutten for punishment. I have had two calls this past week and I can't say no to anything anymore. Not only am I volunteering to coordinate the picture day at the primary school this week but I'm also attempting to create a Halloween door for Duchess' classroom to be in the competition for homecoming week. If only I were a creative freaking person. What the hell if wrong with me?Good grief. Seriously I have to get a freaking clue. So I have decided to attempt to make a paper mache project for this damn door. Things are going to get really interesting around here.I'm gonna run up and...

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Five years....and counting

It's been five years since we "saw" each other, but this dang girl is seriously my other half. She got off the plane wearing the same exact outfit I had on and we get one another like very few people get us. So yeah, I had a blast with my friend this weekend. Not only did we stay up talking to the wee hours of the morning but she showed me how to retile my coffee table....spent 3 hours taking the crappy grout out that we'd attempted to use and then in 10 minutes had it looking amazing. I wanna be...

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Dancing with the Dork

Every morning when the bus drives away with my babies, I come straight in and crank up my itunes. I'm a music person, a dancing person....just not in front of others. My taste in music drives Dave nuts, I think my dancing does too, so when I have this place all to myself....boogy shoes!This morning though I said a little thank you prayer when I had a flashback to getting into the office way early, before any of the banker hours' people. My ipod was a constant accessory at work so I'd jam away doing all my about office needs, copying my stuff, packing up event boxes, etc....early so I wouldn't...

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In Sight

I have three course periods left to get my degree. Today I signed up for my new 3 classes and although I've been taking 2 at a time, I'm gonna start pumping out 3 at a time to get done. Whew! Although, strangely enough now that my degree major classes have all been taken I'm noticing a pattern....all my professional electives have been criminal/law enforcement classes. Hmmmm...interesting. Anywho, I'm cleaning house and preparing. Tomorrow my BFF military wife girl that I haven't laid eyes on in 5 years is flying in for the weekend. While we got out of the military, they stayed in and are now...

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True Love

I love you more than myself:This is the message I got when I got out of the tub last night after the kids were completely asleep and the house was quiet.Murphy had left his brand new chew bone on my pillow.And was tail wagging and waiting to see what I thought.I love that dang dog!Even if you do have OCD tendencies like having to circle around three times before you go potty, and moving your food bowl away from the wall before you eat, and sleeping with four paws in the air and your face pressed against my leg everynight.Murphy, I love you more than my luggage...that says al...

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My Hero

My mom's facebook post tonight reminded me how much I love me some Madea...Seriously, she's like my #2 hero. So when I get upset or frustrated, I tend to quote Madea alot.I used this one today on the unsuspecting:She don't know about us, We Baptists, We tear this place up....Yep, in case you didn't know....we're Baptists and we'll tear it up, lol.Come to think of it, give my mom a few years and she'll be giving Madea a run for her mon...

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This Should Tell You ALOT About Me....

Yes, I love you too, you control freak....This is an email I got today. It made me smile....cause it's true, I'm a control fre...

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Dear Auto Parts Store Man

You have met your match. Be warned.You took forever to get my part in, then you left it on the shelf instead of calling me, then I chewed your arse, then it was the wrong part stuff.Grrrrrrr......Update: WHO'S YOUR MOMMA?Although my daughter tells me that I swing my attitude around too much, I killed'em with my "so sweet that sugar wouldn't melt in my mouth" personality (#5 of 12 I think) and not only are the parts coming but overnight at no cost to me........Why yes, yes I ...

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Hello Monday

Dear Monday,I kicked your butt! I got the kids on the bus with all their poop on time. I made it to the library, exchanged some jeans for Duchess, bought toliet paper, hit Sonic, signed up as Duchess' room mom (help me), cleaned my house, wrote a paper, cooked a full meal, did 1 hour of reading with Princess, helped make study cards for a 6th grade science test, quizzed a 7 year old on vocab words, spelling words, math timed quizzes and answered several disturbing questions about insects, dealt with doc office, made appt to put car into shop tomorrow, set up a proctor exam for my legal class,...

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What A Blessing:

Today has just rocked from the ground up!After trying a couple of local churches in our new small Texas hometown, we finally threw our hands in the air and drove the 45 miles one way to the church that had captured our hearts when we were RV-ing down here before summer. It was like coming home. I learned so much from the sermon and during praise and worship while swaying to the beat, I was digging through my bible to mark the verses we'd use in the upcoming sermon, I was literally hit upside the head by a verse that really hammered home everything I'd been strugging with this week. It was def...

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Rethink...

I'm really excited. I got renewed yesterday after a good talk with the husband. He always knows what I need to hear. Since I'm in the middle of a very rural area where I'm apparently over qualified for just about everything per the few interviewees I've spoke with....I'm gonna focus on my babies. I signed up to be a homeroom mom for the 6th grade. Oh boy! That should keep my arse busy. I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing....being there when my babies get off the bus with a snack and spending the rest of my day with their homework, dinner, and just hanging together.Sometimes I think when I get...

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It Don't Take Much

I'm apparently extremely easy. To please that is (get your mind out of the gutter Mary).After my crazy week, I am finding myself with a huge ole smile and a light heart this morning.Dave is working nights up in Yankee country so once I put the babies on the bus we have a chance to catch up...he had me on speaker talking while he was strumming his guitar.Yep, don't tell him but I'm apparently extremely easy to please when it comes to him.Now I'm gonna go mop my floor and sing a little song of my o...

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All It Takes...

My kids. They solve all problems. They lift my heart up and make me dissolve into a puddle of giggles. I'd put my kids up against anybody, they are a handful....Duchess is in the AR reading program for 2nd grade and every other day is bringing home new books to read then takes them to do her AR tests. She is turning into a reader like her mom. Except, she has her daddy's tastes in book materials. Every book so far has been a non-fiction about an animal. We've read 40 pages about each of the following: chipmunks, horses, frogs, hummingbirds, and etc....except last night we had to read about rattlesnakes....

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What Won't Kill You...

Will slowly drive you insane....you can quote me on that if you need to.....So this week as been a handful. Duchess made her first "F" cause turns out she gets really anxious and freaky when there is a timed math test. Bang head on wall! So mom has been doing math drills and trying to help her get past this sudden fear. I'm such a showoff, I love tests and timed stuff cause it's just another way of showing my stuff so I'm working hard to relate to this, my poor kiddo.The brand new floor in my new house is buckling. Started a month ago, so my sweet landlord has been keeping an eye on it. Well yesterday...

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An Interview...I swear

so when you start getting bored during the day, you occassionally stroll through the want ads looking at jobs and when you see a cool one, you apply. And occassionally they call you and give you one hour notice that they would like to meet you for an interview. And occassionally you'll throw on clothes and go forth to said interview...These are (seriously* hand to the Lord) a FEW of the many many questions I was asked by a six panel board.*can you deal with blood, urine, or possible feces soaked materials?Ummmmmmm yes if there are hazmat clothing nearby*are you comfortable debating with someone...

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Like the First Time

This past week has been such a joy. After 14 years the guy still melts me. We danced in my kitchen, he danced with our girls...we had lunch, he had lunch at the school with the girls. We laughed, oh how we laughed. And he's on the road today heading up to his next assignment. Travel mercies for my baby.I love how it never gets old......

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Sigh

Booo...he got a work call and he has to leave tomorrow to report Sunday for his next assignment way the hell up north. Losing a whole day with him. Dang. But it'll be fine it always is. Just will miss him being home. So blessed to have him 24/7 when he's at home though. Totally makes up for his working weeks at a time away.Rocking my new "librarian" hair do, figured out a few ways to style it up rather than ponytails....see I'm capable of personal growth. ha!Princess has now graduated up to mowing my yard as part of her weekly chores which is great news for my back and Duchess inherited some more...

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I'm Getting Old

For crying out loud, I'm a mess. This damn back is trying me nuts. And oh boy the muscle relaxer the doc gave me is still making me so damn loopy. Good grief, I'm a noodle. And since I didn't take anything to help me sleep, I was reading and staring at the ceiling for hours last night....just hours. Crap. So when Dave had to run back for a checkin with the doc this morning for his blood pressure meds apparently they discussed my non sleeping and such. Cause when he got home and I was passed out trying to capture some of that sweet sleep I've been going without, he made me get up. Cause doc says...

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He Made Me....

So I finally went back to fabulous Lance my hairdresser and got rid of the hooker blonde hair...and I love my new do, as I work on growing out my hair. That was a highlight from my day. Then it was blown to hell, as Dave made me go to the doc. I hate docs. So the new doc is my second attempt at a regular doc since I moved here. I tried one at the beginning of the summer but he wouldn't look me in the face, instead staring at my breasts the entire visit. Then told me I was 14 lbs overweight. Bastard.So...

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Having Fun with My Guy...

homecoming with my guy rocks......

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Yum

There is nothing in the world better than coming home from a Wal-mart to see a handsome man sitting on your couch.I'll be back in a week.........I'm gonna be busy till then pee...

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Hmmm

Looks like the cowboy is coming back to to...

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Simple Pleasures

When it comes down to it, I'm kinda a simple person. I don't need fancy anything. Don't get me wrong, I drool over expensive shoes but own only one pair that actually sit on my bookshelf to make me smile verses wearing them often. I don't own alot of jewelry. Dave has bought all my near and dear nice jewelry...my pearls included...the man has great taste. The jewelry I bought comes from local feed or western stores that have funky, unique homemade stuff from locals on display. I buy all my clothes at nice stores but on the clearance rack or with a coupon. I'm thrifty, simple.Today I was wondering...

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