Thinking Out Loud.....

I bought a bag of chocolate eggs, that was a mistake, can't keep my hands off them, YUM.

Sweet dreams and chocolate easter eggs.....

It's c-o-l-d here...just feels that way...

It headed West!

We got to 80° yesterday.  It is supposed to be close to that today.  Where we are heading for the dinner is supposed to be even warmer.

Spring arrives on Wednesday and we are supposed to get some rain!

What a dilemma, Chris!  So very sorry.  You are in such a tough spot!  If you stop bugging her she may never pass, and never go anywhere in life.  In that case you could be stuck with her under your roof indefinitely. Let's just hope you get her set on her way without too much damage to your mental health!

good luck Meece, I am sure you are shy, but you know you will do it because that is who you are....

Chris rant away, it is a  tough time with kids, but I am different I stopped pushing cause I figured the knew what they had to do and if they didn't feel it was important enough, and I wasn't going to be around for the rest of their life that they needed to figure it out....that sounds harsh, but, they need to take responsibility sometime for their choices....

Good morning...am trying to unscramble my brain today.  Slept late - that's the patter lately...work long days during the week, get little sleep, recover on week end.  I'm too old for this.  I like to see the sun rise at a time when I'm not just driving to work.
Yesterday's trip to CT to grandson's classroom got canceled because he had fever and stomach thing.  I am soooo glad...after babysitting in NJ Thursday night, I was so tired I don't think I could have been ready on time to drive to his school...I had 100 rocks in the back seat not organized...wanted to give a goody bag to each kid.  Rescheduling so now I have lots of time to do it.  Whew! 
Impulsively stopped at a car dealer on the way home and got tangled with a dear man who is the salesman...he was slow and kept me there for hours...I found 2 cars i loved and DH now says no - now I feel stupidly guilty for stopping there.  DUH no room in my brain for this stuff.  My car has 221,000 miles now.
Going for a walk soon....even tho it's cold

Every day I look up to the sky and say Lord be honest with me.......is there really a Brady Bunch somewhere in this land...........Please take me back to when all they bitched about was who was getting their bath first.......won't get into it, but I'm so tired of it all........does the bullshit ever end.......

Oh that is what the good Lord meant when he answered back "in time dear one, in time.......lol.............

OK my day went like this...

Our local CVS had a free glucose and cholesterol health day and i was little worried about my sugar levels.....because amount of weight gain and my feet was tingling........

So I had it checked it's normal.....And if you spoke to the nurse they were giving $5 coupons on everything in the store so i'm a very wealthy woman now

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalaa

I went couple of stores got my happy leafy vegetables and everything else

Got a chicken......Will make soup...I even got big bunch of escarole

And it doesn't really mean much but lost about 2.5 pounds....now the scale starts with 179.2

That was my exciting day...but I like coming home and find the house exactly the same way I left...That is priceless

OOOPS..Sorry mothers with young children...this will happen to you too one day

Deep Breaths

(((TOL)))

Sheila - the microwave?  You know I have a memory for about 30 minutes  

Chris - being older and in a different phase of life, I just hope you don't feel like you are the only one.  Living where I live instead of where I'm from, nobody in the PNW ever said their kids were a pain in the axx, or that their husbands were imperfect or that we as wives and mothers have constant doubts.  My DH used to ask why my phone calls were so long and expensive - it was because I felt like I was the only one and had to talk to someone real!!!. 

Today DH and I had a barkathon - it reminded me of years past.  I realize that the reason the barkathons had diminished was that I had given up on asking him to do too much around the house (he's tired, he works, etc.) and I took it all on myself or I hired someone to get the freaking job done.  I had been asking him to change a faucet handle in my daughter's bath for 3 weeks and a light bulb above the kitchen eating area and he wanted "props" because he changed my daughter's faucet handle.  I showed him that he had put the wrong handle back on because I had the contractor change to the right handle yesterday and it cost us $60. Perhaps I am impatient and unreasonable, probably.   I was behaving and reacting and feeling as I did 20 years ago and it made me think of you and how frustrated you must feel sometimes.  I hope I'm not out of line but when you have kids and parents to manage along with a husband, life is really intense.

I've kind of stopped the barkathons - I've given up. I try really hard to avoid him - for some reason I feel compelled to talk to him - him being my husband and all - and talking gets me nowhere except wanting to drink myself into a stupor (which just makes me get hungover, susceptible to a migraine and then a follow-up with a sinus infection (that was last weekend-only I hadn't even talked to him-just the thought of it made me get out the rum)).  I don't drink often - it makes me feel like crap - so no worries about me becoming an alcoholic.

 lol - he wanted props after doing it wrong - I don't know why I think that's so funny - good for you hiring someone to do it right.  I'd hire someone to do all the stuff that needs to be done around this house - but I have to wait for my kids to flunk out of college first before I can use the money on the house - lol.  Nah- I'm just kidding. this house is so far gone, I don't want to waste money fixing it.  I want to move out into my own one-room apartment.  But I have to start work first...Monday.  I'm so scared.  My brain is broken - I'm afraid I won't be able to absorb anything they say.  I was looking through the paperwork - there's going to be a scavenger hunt in the store.  Oh, goody.  And there will be problem solving scenarios - I have no sense - I won't know what to do...  I'm going to flunk training. 

And I have people wanting to plan vacations- my friend wants to come here for 4th of July and my parents need to know if we can go with them on their annual vaca - I haven't even started the job yet and I have to ask for vacation...ugh. 

I should not be unloading all my crap on you sweet ladies - especially when you've been there, done that or are in the thick of it yourselves...

Good for you Sheila losing the weight! 

Hope you are feeling better today, Sandy.

Sheila, the worst thing is mine are all grown, married,and out of the house...trust me, even then it doesn't end.......55 down to 44....petty bullshit......i could not even begin to tell you all the shit.....I would bore you to death......just stupid shit........never had problems with them as kids...once they got girlfriends, then married......they all reached genius status.......again bullshit.....and i am the go betweeen trying to keep the peace, and ready to tell them all to STFU....and I already have..........oh well shit happens........lalalalalalalalalalalalalala.....lthink I will go eat my homemade vegetable soup....



My 2 grandcildren that I watch after school gave me a gift card for a mani, pedi, and a 1 hour facial..........are they trying to tell me something........nah they are only 14, and 12........well maybe the 12 year old......she sure has her opi'nions....to the point she is hysterically funny......want the truth, ask a kid........lol

Ah yes - I am done with the microwave Sheila!  I will get rechecked on Monday.

Chris - I have decided not to have any alcohol just to see if I get less snuffly.  At conclusion of barkathon, I was regretting that I had made that commitment.  Probably I could have been nicer - we are still being less than kind to each other today.

Ducky - sorry I don't keep up very welll - have you taken the f/n flight?  Mani/pedi sounds great right now.

Joan -  Sorry about the car BS.  At least you read fine print before you got there - I bet that exists at a lot of places now.  You will impress your students using "props" - Urban dictionary: 

Joan, are you a Costco member? They have a discount worked out with auto dealerships and get you the best price. Have purchsed two cars this way and very satisfied.

Sweet dreams ladies!