My Halloween Costume...

Well I can't decide:Choice 1: a box of cheerios and a butcher knife = cereal killerorChoice 2: the Utah mom: drugged out hollow eyes, perfect outfit, hair, makeup and minivan.....Crap, too much work, I have  no idea where to get a minivan at this late ho...

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Hmmmmm

So during one of our soul searching calls tonight, my BFF and I were discussing our fear of heights. And she threw out a comment someone told her about people with a fear of heights:it's not a fear of falling....it's a fear of jumpingHoly crap. Really think about that for a second. Does that mean cause I'm scared of heights, that I'm literally standing on the mental edge? Worrying about jumping off........Geeeeeeezzzzzzzz. Now I can't get that out of my head. Eeeeek.In other news, we got a big blessing today. When we thought Dave's assignment that was ending today would be his last until the new...

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Since I'm On the Subject

Momma,I'm also.... ALMOST sorry that in high school I tackled you in the Jitney Jungle backing you into a display of canned veggies. But I really did want to go to that dance.However, in your shoes I would say no, too.Still, how many good baptist southern girls can say that they had a cat fight in the local grocery store with their momma?None, cause we b one of a kind...

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Wow, lesson learned

 So in July of last year my kid went into surgery, removing her tonsils. It wasn't an unforeseen thing and it was done pretty quickly so we just did what we had to do. Yet another reason why God left me in Utah, my momma was onsite.... really gotta make a plan to get me and my parents in the same area again... but when my mom sent me some pics I dug these out. And damn near cried, more on that later.My baby did great. She came out healthy and everything went smooth. She even felt well enough...

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Long Week

I've had a really long week. It's kick my butt week apparently and everyone was notified except me. Rudeness I tell you, just plain rude.I'll be back in a few days when I don't feel like running someone over with my c...

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Dangerous Combinations

School board and me.Transportation directors and me.Scissors and me.Sigh........ what a long day already. I'm bored to tears and every weekday is starting to bleed together.S...

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I'm A Mess, really

So this blog has for so long been an outlet for me, today it's a very necessary outlet. I was so scared and my tummy is still a mess. But it ends okay, so don't worry.Today was early release cause teachers need to get report cards together. My kids were getting off the bus two hours early. We were going to a movie then on to cheer.They were 3 minutes late, no bus in sight when my phone rang. It was Princess. She said my name and then nothing, but I could hear men in the background. And sirens. Then a paramedic identified himself and told me:My kids were in a bus accident and one's neck was hurting....

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Oh I Suck

So I'm currently learning a very basic beginner piano song:What do you do with a drunken sailorThat is the song name, not revisiting some of our military years, lol. But seriously everytime I look at the title of this song, really obscene things go through my mind.I suck!Back to drunken sailors I ...

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Princess: Rare sighting!

This makes my heart sore.....

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The Eternal Student

I heart school. I really do enjoy going to school. I could become the perpetual college student. Today begins my new set of classes. I'm taking 3. I usually take 2 but since I'm carrying a great GPA I qualify for 3 at a time.So I was giddy when I sat down today with my books. I mapped out all my duedates and deadlines on the family calendar. I went through each week of each class making up my study guides, pulling all the topics I'll have to write discussions on (the better to research ahead of time and write up notes) and posting all my autobib inform. I'm a geek.I'm an unapologetic geek too....

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Fall Colors

Once again, I likey what Mr. Lance and I come up with.... he speaks my language. Dave likes blonde, I like red.... and there you...

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Bringing Sexy Back

After being married for 14 years, can I just say that I'm here to show you what sexy is.....Murphy inspired, scottie dog jammies.(not to be worn to Wal-Mart)I'm bringing sexy back peeps. One set of flannel jammies at a time.....Forget lace and see through crotchless panties, that b nasty and tasteless! This is where it's at. Seriously though, this is where my sweet hubby raises his eyebrows cause he's used to seeing me in mixmatch clothing out of his closet to sleep in.Sigh, I remember when I used...

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My doctor loves me

I'm a walking ball of medical issues. So I'm Vitamin D and B deficient thanks to my Gluten-Free lifestyle, hello massive amounts of pills (oh god not the shots, please not the shots). Tested negative for Lupas, woohoo. Now I have yet more appointments to get my system straight, I tell you....who knew that blogging my hysterectomy (see archives for that fun reading, seriously it's fun, swear) would still continue a year later. Today is the one year mark, and recovery is still ongoing. Oh the major stuff is all good to go but you're body does take forever to get all the kinks out of the system....blood...

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Hello new week

My goal this week is to be uber productive. I need to get that dang table I bought sanded and prepped for staining. I need to cook during the day and free up my afternoons for the kiddos. I need to finish organizing the closets for cooler weather. I need to dry clean the jackets. I need to ...... verbal vomit. Good grief. I have alot of crap to do.Dave is a happy man after spending all of yesterday hunting up on the Kansas line. Best part about his crew being on this OK job, prime hunting locales for their one day off. So glad that he gets a break to have a fun day in the middle of bursting his...

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Urgh

Who puts wheat into vanilla ice cream? KrogersThe bastards.Spent all weekend sicker than a dog. Not to be gross, but I lost 3 lbs too. Shss...

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Does It Count?

We're not trying to be heathens but between mine and Princess's tummy things going on this morning and a snotty sniffly Duchess... we're thinking of watching church via live online streaming. Instead of driving 42 miles one way.Does it count?Or do we su...

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Latest GF Creation: Blueberry Cobbler

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Do you know someone Gluten-Free?

If you do, please be a big ole sweetie and earn some heaven points...buy them a box of Gluten-Free Bisquick Mix.It's the shit.Seriously.I buy a case at a time. They run about $3.50 a box and each box is about 3 cups but man, the world of cooking really bloomed again for me when I started using this treasure.I've made:peanut butter cookiesblueberry crumblegarlic/cheesy biscuitspizza crustsapple crispapple piechicken and dumplinspie crustsetc.If you're comfortable with baking, there is a million things that you can do to adjust just about any recipe to make it Gluten-Free. No more making my own...

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I Bake

So when I'm having a day where I'm feeling a little lost: I bake. That soothes me and reminds me that I'm good at something (plus the upside is sugar tends to make me less grumpy these days). While I love being with my babies and putting them first constantly, sometimes I get a little lost in the shuffle....moving around my house like Lurch during the times when they are at school and Murphy is napping in the sunshine glow of the front windows. I made an amazing Gluten-free apple crisp the other day. Then made it 3 more times cause it was so good!Today I'm making a GF blueberry crumble. Cross...

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I'm A Bad Person

I left the town pep rally midway. As in not even waiting till the band performed even though they have a show band that is really really good. I'm a bad person.So it began at 5. Free rides on the L-train, facepainting, cake walks, booths of games, bouncys, and slides...it was Homecoming on steriods. Seriously, everyone in this little Texas town is all about high school football. So my little girls were running around in red/blue with their pony's bouncing and face painted. Princess had a friend ride the bus home with her and then I played mean mom and made them study for a social studies test....

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Ordinary

I'm kinda ordinary these days. That's kinda sad actually. I'm used to being so not normal. This stay at home mom thing is kinda weird. I'm not used to having to find something to do. Usually I have a million things on my list that have to be done that I carry my mental checklist around constantly. However, now things are so stinking caught up and ahead of schedule that I'm searching out things to do. Scrub baseboards? Um did them last week....still clean, dang. Laundry? caught up maybe I can wash bath rugs, oh yeah this past Monday...dang. So I've went through winter clothes, bagged up things...

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Good grief....

Homecoming is absolutely crazy. I truly thought that this madness wouldn't magically appear till high school. Pish, I totally forgot the small town football mentality. From Pre-K to the senior citizens, everyone is dressing for school/work/trips to walmart in this week's dress day for team support. I look quite out of place in my black (really got to get back to adding color to my wardrobe).But this morning it became very clear that Princess went to bed with her wet hair in braids. Figured something...

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Duchess takes a tumble

So Duchess finally agreed to do something physical. She is taking tumbling. And she is a HOOT. The kid is so not cool with exercise these days but man oh man it's so funny to watch her just not quit. She may have been red faced running those laps around the mats, but she ran hard. She may have moaned and grumbled aloud about doing the stretches that will make tumbling easier, but she did it.The best part....when the instructor asked the kids if they were tired, everyone raised their hands including Duchess. He then send them on laps. He flat out told them in drill instructor voice that cheerleaders...

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Argh

Pretending like I know how to play the piano soothes me in the weirdest of ways. Seriously though, I'm ready to knot Duchess into a ball and toss her out the window (embarrassed the crap out of me in the grocery!) and yet pounding away at the piano makes me happy. Until I remember that I can't play. Working on my studying, gotta figure this thing out.Now I'm gonna send her to her room where I am not tempted to yank her lips off her face and finish up the red beans and rice dinner I have going.Then I'm taking a bath, with my ipod. An praying that I don't drop it in there with me and electrocute...

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Homecoming Door...almost done

So I put my best foot (the non-creative one) forward today. This morning, after realizing that I still can't sew worth a crap.....(yes, Mrs. Loftin would be oh so surprised, NOT....was this bad in home ec back in the old days too) so I made my very own solution to the jersey issue......poster board and ducttape. A girl's best friend.The door itself is almost done. I have to redo the title to match the bottom and then hang the school mascot picture and add the check marks as well as the class...

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I need chocolate....

I'm trying to put together this stupid classroom door for Homecoming and it's killing me. I've sliced and diced a football and then Murphy grabbed it and we've been playing chase with the damn thing. What a mess. I grabbed it and now I'm listening to hear whine and cry cause it's out of his reach. Mental note: the dog needs a football for Christm...

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I'm Grounded

So if I haven't called you, it's cause I'm grounded....Dave theatened to take away my phone. Apparently I'm using ALL of our plan minutes and was like 650 texts over my limit. So in answer.....I got creative. Since we be on the big conglomerate discount of his previous employer and we don't want to mess with our plan and pay more....I have taken extreme measures.I upped myself to the super duper teen text plan.....hello 5k texts a month. Since they backdated this, it saved us about ohhhh $300....What I text alot. I live, I text. Period.Then I actually added people to my friends/family list.Then...

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I'm SOOOO not creative

So I did my hair, skipped the makeup and dressed appropriately so I could be in the school today prepping for my Homecoming door. Fun times, especially since I got there and the class across the hall had a similar door setup....the bleeping bleepers! So I had to start from scratch. On to the next idea....I hit Walmart and got a football and some fabric and tomorrow hopefully this door will work out. I'll post a picture of my shame, I mean door cause I'm open and honest like that but trust me, we won't be winning shite around here. Oh mercy me.Now I have to shift my focus to cleaning my house,...

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Sobfest

The roar of his disel has faded. I sat on the steps and after I lost sight of his truck, I could still hear it till about 3 blocks away. He's off to his next assignment, on his way for a day of driving. Travel mercies for my man today please.We had such an amazing week. The kids are just thriving here and it's nice for him to see that part of our lives. I also love having him 24/7 when he is home. We get so much more time together. Although that does mean that I have one extremely filthy house to clean right now though, Mr. Distraction is very good at pulling my focus away from cleaning for fun...

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Toe The Line

So the other morning I began my volunteer efforts for my youngests' school. I was the coordinator for picture day. Imagine a school full of kids, 2 photographers and alot of lost teachers. Each kid had a little card with their name on it and depending on whether they were ordering pics too, a money envelope filled out. We had to put all "yearbook" kids up front (they weren't ordering) and it was madness.I was the "toe my line" people, person. I had my half of the gym shipshape and rocking right through super fast. Checking their money envelopes against their super secret spy cards and...

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