Nervous...

Nervous--viewing the future with anxiety or alarm...

I know I am normally seen as a pretty confident person, some one who knows what she wants and goes for it ( I didn't get married at 18 because I was indecisive), but some times that is not always the case, sometimes I know what I want, but I am not sure how to go for it...sometimes I am just as nervous as everyone else, some times more so...
I have always wanted to come off as a confident person, and sometimes I think that may be to my detriment, yes I know what I want, but do I always know how to get it....nope...are there times when I know how to get it but am to nervous to do what ever it takes...yep...so sometimes I just "lay in wait" for things to come to me....not always the best idea...but I am working on it...so if you are waiting for me to do something and I have not yet done it, it doesn't mean I don't want to it just means I am human and my nerves sometimes get in the way, and sooner or later (hopefully sooner) I will kick my nerves out of the way and do what I want to do but what my nerves keep getting in the way of...

( How's that for not talking about work ;-).... I kept my promise no work talk)

Bucket List...Thanks Jess

(X)Gone on a blind date- Been there done that....it sucked

(X) Skipped school- Only every other day of my senior year...

( ) Been to Canada- nope, but when my best friend moves there I am sure to follow....

(X) Been to Mexico- I actually have been, not sure I would go right now, but definitely... want to go back someday

(X) Been to Florida- nope but want to go to Disney world someday

(X) Been on a plane- yeppers

(X) Been lost- nope in my family we call it going on an adventure, because when Bobbie was little (before I had GPS) I would get lost alot and that would scare Bobbie so we called it going on an Adventure....

( X) Been on the opposite side of the country- NYC Oct. 2004

( ) Gone to Washington , DC- nope...and not really interested...

(X) Swam in the ocean-Dude...Live in So. Cal.

() Cried yourself to sleep- don't think so...normally when I cry I can't sleep so I stay awake all night

(X) Played cops and robbers- I had no Idea the bucket list was x-rated

() Recently colored with crayons-ummmm nope....so not my thing

(X ) Sang Karaoke- it was not pretty, but I had 9 or 10 drinks in me.....

( ) Paid for a meal with coins only?- nope but I have paid for Gas with only coins

(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?- hasn't everyone?

(X ) Made prank phone calls- hehehe

(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose- Just today...Stupid Robert...

(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue- was not all it is cracked up to be...

(X ) Danced and or kissed in the rain- I have a wonderful Husband.....

() Written a letter to Santa Claus- Not for myself...but have helped my kids do it...

(X ) Been kissed under the mistletoe- sort of...

() Watched the sunrise with someone-I have watched it set... but never been awake for the rise...

(X) Blown bubbles- yeppers...its fun to torment the kids when they are little

( X) Gone ice-skating- Not pretty

(X ) Been skinny dipping outdoors- no comment

(X) Gone to the movies- yep...

(X)Own my own house-sittin in it now (well the bank owns most of it)

(X)Try to let myself experience life-I try my best to experience as much as I can ( although a lot of times it gets me in trouble)

()Visit the Grand Canyon-its a hole in the freaking ground...seen one of those before thank you...

(X)Have my breath taken away- was a very good very fun thing...

(X)Travel-have done some would love to do more

(X)Meet awesome friends-I already have the best ones ever, but new ones wouldn't be bad...make new friends but keep the old, one is silver, the other gold...

(X)Fall in love- Fell head first...glad he caught me

(X)Have very few regrets- not sure if I have any...everything I have done has made me the freaking awesome person I am today...

(X)Find happiness-I find it every day in my loved ones eyes....


Now I am going to add some of my own bucket list items:

I want to:


Watch my girls grow up and enjoy what life has to offer...

have my boobs lifted, I want them pointing to the sky as I lay in my coffin...

have a "girls weekend" away from the hubby and the kids...just to chat and gossip and shop...

have my hubby surprise me with a romantic weekend away..that he planned...

give the best Christmas gift ever to those I love, one they will never forget and always look back on and love...

to write a book...

to really be able to be myself 100%, and not care what anyone thinks...

Snow Day!!! Fun Day!!!

So we went to the snow on sunday and we took The Bestest Friend Ever...

and we took the puppy....

Can you tell he had fun running and playing in the snow?

The kids had fun too, even if it doesn't look like it from this picture...

We went we played...we had a blast sooo much fun then Jess fell in a hole...Robert helped her out...after he took a couple of pictures...

well thats not one of them...but we took some I swear...

Then we went shopping up there and got some cute stuff...came down...had lunch...came home...all in all it was a great day...and I hope to do it again soon...

I will always love you, no matter what you do...

That is what daddy told me when ever I did some thing really wrong...."I will always love you, no matter what you do, I just might not be as proud of you as I usually am..." Well I think that fits for how I am feeling right now... I went to play in the snow ( another blog and pictures on that another time I promise) yesterday and while up there the phone reception is really bad and if my phone can not get a signal it turns itself off (a fact I did not know until last night at about 10 pm)...When I went to see why I wasn't getting any calls (thinking I had turned to volume down) I saw it was off, upon turning it on I saw I had 3 messages...one of which was a friend of mine, Daniel telling me that he is truly sorry for my loss and he had just heard the news...he went on to tell me about how the Lions have set a record of the most losses, ever...






So while I am not the proudest I have ever been, I still Love you my Lions!!!

Changes....

I don't know if it is the time of year, or maybe it is just a coincidence, but there have been a lot of changes going on in my life lately, most of them, have been in my head and are not really viewable to the outside world, but they are pretty big, and I have been kind of wrapped up in my head lately, and not getting very much sleep (hence the sleep survey I had on here)...One of the big things is work, The stupid "big boss" fired Daniel...I know crazy right, I knew I would miss him, but I had no idea how much I would miss him (and its not just that we have no one who knows how to fix all the computery type stuff...I miss sharing an office and all the little day to day type stuff) and Dumb and Dumber get away with murder, I have no idea what they say or do to the boss, but they get away with anything and everything, but I have gotten to the point where the stress is going to eat me alive if I don't just let it go, so that is exactly what I am trying to do, I try not to think or talk about work at all once I have walked out of the office door...When I am at work I try to avoid all the drama, and stay out of every ones way, now this doesn't mean that I condone what dumb and dumber have done and it doesn't mean that I am not going to do everything I can possibly think of to make sure they are not gone as soon as possible, They have hurt some of the coolest people I know and have come to love, they have caused me to be grumpy with my family and take work stuff out on my kids and that is not acceptable as well as she has to be the most stupid person I have ever met, she has worked there for almost 6 months and still hangs on on people when she is trying to put them on hold...not to mention all the other numerous things going on...so I have decided to do as Daddy would say "let go and let god." or as Jenn would say "karma is a bigger bitch than I could ever be"... We had our work "Christmas party" yesterday and it was horrible...no body spoke unless the "big boss" asked them a question and then it was as short of an answer as possible...so that's it I am done putting effort into it...this will be my last blog about work, unless someone gets fired...

Now maybe I can put my mind on other things and get done more of the stuff I want to do, and I am going to be able to be nicer to my Family and Friends....

I am so sorry to those of you who have had to listen to me bitch and moan... this was the last time...

Intresting...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28191199/?GT1=43001


what I wanna know, is where/ how he got enough fox pee to fill a squirt gun....sorry, just the way my mind works...

This would so happen to me...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28181033/?GT1=43001


My favorite part...

Sgt. Ray Patrick said the situation was "more of an intimate relationship than an unlawful imprisonment."

How we spent our Thanksgiving 2008

So we did not do the traditional Thanksgiving, we are not fans of turkey, and we are grateful for our friends and family everyday of the year so we decided to go to Sea World for Thanksgiving and we decided to drag along Jessica ( My BFF, Bestie, or what ever the kids are calling best friends now days)...see my Lions Jersey (part of my birthday gift)We did want to make is special since it was a holiday, so we had breakfast with Shamu. The food was awesome, not that Bobbie even noticed ( she sat watching the tank and trainer the whole time, I think she may have taken 2 bites total), Krista on the other hand was chowing down the whole time...From there we went to pet the rays, it was a blast for everyone, we even got to feed them (that was kinda odd feeling) and they splashed everyone (except me and Krista...haha) but it was great a fun time was had by all.... Then Bobbie and Robert ran to see a show that was standing room only, the rest of us opted to sit so we went over to a bench and look at the flamingos, but Krista wanted a better look, so Auntie Jessica went with her...

Then we all met up and went to the Shark encounter, where my lovely oldest daughter decided I needed bunny ears ( I will get even)...

Then we went to the Manatee rescue and Bobbie fell in love....



Then we went to the other part of my birthday gift...we took a DIP....

The water was cold and the Dolphins name was Sandi...she wanted to be pet...

so we pet her her back...


and rubbed her belly...

and Bobbie danced with her...

Then I danced with her...

Then Robert gave her a high 5 , but it was to quick for the camera to catch...

Then we posed for pictures...

We all took pictures alone with Sandi....but Bobbies is the only one that was cute... Robert was jealous that Bobbies picture turned out better than his so he was going to throw her in after we got back dressed...lol...

Then we headed home, and 3 of the 5 of us fell asleep on the way home, I will give you a hint as too who 2 of the sleepers were...

Thanksgiving

I will post more about my day at a later date, but for now I wanted to tell all of you how thankful I am to have you in my life, each person that reads this blog is very special to me, some I have known for years, some are recent additions to my life, some are VERY dear friends that I had lost touch with and have come back into my life, and one I have known since before I was born, no matter who you are, I wanted to say thank you for being a part of my life. I hope whom ever you were with and what ever you did that you had an awesome day and that when you lay your head down on your pillow tonight, you know that you are a special person and that while I am thankful to have you in my life I am most certainly not alone in that...XOXO

"UNKNOWN" FACTS

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A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
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Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
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The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. I know some people like that!
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A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
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A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2.
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During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.
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On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! That explains it!
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." There was never a recorded Wendy before.
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The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.
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The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
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The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
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The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
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Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
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By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
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Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
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Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
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Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
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Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
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An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
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The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
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The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
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Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. Not to mention the other drawback.
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Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

I want my money back!

So Just to do a quick update before I get into my birthday night...I have been reading the Twilight Saga and have read each book at least 5 times ( i think it might be 6)...so since the movie was coming out the day after my birthday I figured what a way to end my last birthday ever ( now that I am 29 I refuse to get any older, I am calling it a holding pattern) than by going to the midnight showing of the movie that is SUPPOSED to be the on screen version of the first book in this awesome 4 series saga? Well at this point just about anything would have been better, sleep for example, getting my eyebrows wax, hell even getting a bikini wax would have topped how I felt last night. I literally sat through the movie say " That's wrong." or "that isn't supposed to happen here." or the best one, and one that was muttered the most often " that was never in the book!" and the number one most muttered not just by me but by others around me is a tie between " What the hell?" and "What the f^(k?"...I still LOVE the books and will continue to read them over and over, but the movie...well it sucked big hairy toad balls...

Am I glad I saw it?...yes...after reading and loving the books so much I would have always wondered if I would like it or not

Am I glad I went to the midnight showing?...nope...I could have slept last night and been less cranky this morning, and I could have saved 3 bucks ( not a lot of money but it would have paid for half my soda), and my curiosity would have been satisfied...

Will I go see the other movies when they come out?...yes, for one I want to see if they get any better, and two because I love the books so much I would almost feel guilty if I did not go see them.

Will I go to the midnight showing of the next 3?...HELL NO!!!!! I will go to a Monday matinee when everyone is at school or work

When any/all of the movies come out on DVD will I buy them?...Probably...I would love to have a set of movies to put up on the shelf next to the set of the books

Will I watch and of said DVD's?...nah...they will probably remain in the wrapping ( unless they start to get better.


So go see the movie, but don't expect greatness, because you will not get it...

Bobbie has decided to ask religous questions...

So my 8 year old is basically looking for the meaning of life ( I think she is a bit early on this?!?) so while asking me questions about different religions I have tried my hardest to find the answers for her, or at least someone who can answer her questions...she talked to a friend of hers that's is a Jehovah's witness and ruled that out almost immediately because of lack of celebrating birthdays and holidays ( hey, while she is very smart she is still part me...lol...) she asked about Catholicism, and ruled that out because she wants to be able to use birth control ( she wants to adopt babies who need a home instead of making new ones ), she then spoke to my friend Taryn about Mormons ( is that the PC term or is it LDS? I don't want to offend, but I am not sure) and so far besides Southern Baptist ( how I grew up) she seems to think that makes the most sense....so on Sunday she is going to church ( I think they call it temple?) with Taryn and her family....When I was telling one of my friends about what was going on, he told me that I should not let Bobbie choose her own religion, that she should be what I am and that she is too young to pick for herself...personally I believe that if she is old enough to ask the questions then she is old enough to get the answers, and to decide for her self... I think as a parent it is my job to encourage her to ask questions and to seek answers from wise people and to make decisions for herself...I am looking for feed back on your thoughts on this, if you agree with me or if you don't tell me and tell me why....this parenting stuff is tricky and I need some input...

Are we all alike?

A friend of mine posted this blog...and disabled her comments so she would not have to see that we all think she is weird....the problem with her logic is that I don't think she is weird, in fact I was laughing so hard when I read her blog, because I am the same way...I am so bad that I bought a GPS system so that I would stop doing that, but....it didn't work, now not only am I thinking like her, but I also am thinking is the GPS broke? then I push the button to see if I am still on track...So if you are reading this sweet Cherish, you are not alone and not weird...I am right there with you!...I am leaving my comments turned on because I would like to know if Cherish and I are the odd ones or if there are others like us...Please comment on how you think when going someplace...

I am so sick of drama at work...

Last night I read my co-worker/friends blog and it upset me alot that it has come to this at my work. I used to enjoy my job. I liked going to work, I liked the people I worked with, I felt good getting up in the morning and going to work, it wasn't much but it made me feel like I was helping my family...Now...well now I hate it I hate getting up I hit the snooze button at least twice before I can drag myself up and out of bed...Well today Daniel didn't show up at work and the ass took that as an opportunity to come in my office and grill me about what was wrong with Daniel and why Daniel was giving him the silent treatment, and while in my brain I was screaming out that it is because between you and your wife, you are sucking the life out of this place and you make us all want to run screaming as far away from you as we can get, but what I actually said was "I don't know, that is between you and Daniel." and yet he kept at it and it made me actually laugh out loud thinking of Daniels blog and the comparison to a yip yip dog, because quite frankly that's exactly what it was like he just kept at it nipping at my sanity (instead of my ankles) the whole time...even the Manager from her office could tell I was getting frustrated ( maybe it was the way I kept repeating "I don't know you'll have to talk to Daniel, it is between the two of you." or maybe it was the way I kept jingling my keys, trying to let him know it was time for me to go home...), she even called my cell to ask if I need saving and I said yep, she said this was her saving me or at least trying to...even then he kept at me until I said " I don't want to be rude, but I have a message I have to give the manager." and walked out on him still nipping at my sanity...so here I am debating...do I call in sick or do I suck it up and go in to work? if I go to work what do I do when he corners me again? which he inevitably will...oh and to top it off the whole time he was in my office he kept staring at my chest, and while I know I am quite large in that area it doesn't give him free reign to ogle....ahhh well I am off to bed, I have to get up in the morning to go to the hell hole I call work...

Fall is here...

I love the fall It is my 2nd favorite season (winter being the first)....I love the cool crisp air, I would say i love the changing colors of nature around me but I live in So Cal so it is always brown with specks of green...I love going out and not having to worry about how hot it is, and if the car seat is going to burn the kids...I love going out and finishing up my christmas shopping....I love it ALL!!!!!!

hmmm...it's time to blog again

Not much has been going on...same old same old...I am in the process of setting up 2 of my friends ( not going to say who, cause they don't know about it yet and they both read my blog) I am pretty excited about it...I think they are going to be perfect for each other...( I kinda already have their wedding planned)... even Bobbie thinks they will be great together ( if I explain why they will figure out it's them)...so that's the big thing I have going on right now...today was picture day at school, and I kind of flipped out a little when I filled out the form and wrote that Bobbie is in 3rd grade...I don't know why this year is such a big deal to me I flipped out at the end of last year too...I guess its cause she is starting to get to an age where I felt more grown up when I was there...I can remember what I was thinking when I was her age more than I can at a younger age (does that make since?) well I guess I am off...wish me luck at my matchmaking, cause who knows it could be you I am setting up ;-)

I wish you could hear the tone of voice I am typing in!

We had a meeting with "The Big Boss" today, at this meeting I found out a couple of things...


1. I am starting all the trouble in the office, it has nothing to do with the new people (who we will call dumb and dumber for now) and their lack of work ethics, the fact that he has yet to do but 2 of his assigned jobs, or the fact that ANY job she has attempted she has failed at...it has nothing to do with the fact that "The Big Boss" has so little trust in her that after nearly 2 months she doesn't trust her to run the office for 2.5 hours ( I worked there for a week and a half and they left me to run the place for 3 hours when my direct supervisor went to a meeting) so Friday we will be closing at Noon.

2. I also found out that they are never going to get fired. I guess "The Big Boss" is too afraid of getting sued that she is going to lose the only decent employees that she has, because the rest of us are going to end up quitting ( I know of at least 1 man, maybe 2 and 1 woman looking for jobs if you know of any...I would be willing to give all a great reference). I tried to quit today and she took it as me wanting to cut my hours so I could spend time with my kids (which would be a great bonus) so at this point I figured OK and went with it...I told her if we were going to transition her to my job and have me be the "project girl" then we should start the transition, that way when I leave at 12:30ish, people would not get uprooted from what they were doing each day and have to cover my job. I figure this might help her to see how this woman really is and how little work she actually does (oh who am I kidding?)

3. I found out that I am now leaving work between 12 and 1 everyday...at my own discretion ( that part I kinda like)

4. I also found out I will be kinda doing my own thing and as long as I am getting her "projects" done I am kinda on my own ( another part that doesn't suck)

5. I found out that loyalty means nothing to "The Big Boss", the Manager, who has been there for 4 years and the head maintenance man who has been there for between 5 and 6 years, both of whom have never had a problem with a co-worker, tried to explain what these people have been up to, and "The Big Boss" took dumb and dumber's word as much as she took the peoples word that have worked with/for her for such a long period of time. So why ( I ask you) should we have any kind of loyalty to her?


Then end of meeting we all had our jobs threatened, had to lie and say we would all get along from here on out and shake hands (I used so much hand sanitizer after touching him it took half of one of the trial size bottles...YUCK)

WOW....Free Disneyland Tickets

I just signed up my whole family check out my friend Taryn's blog it has all the detail's and the link to the site of where to sign up...

WOW...

speaking of co-workers and how I strongly dislike 2 of mine I just found out her hubby is up to some serious no goodness check out Daniel's last blog...intresting huh...did you click on the 2 links he put!? I belive one is Jackass and the other is very sleepy wife...all this on a day when I went home early because of this stupid head cold I have...from now on I don't care who I infect I am not leaving early ( all the good stuff happens when I do) the last time I left early the old cow fell asleep at her desk, this time we find out the old cow and the donkey ( looks like we got a farm going here) are scamming the boss...

I'm sick and pissed!!!

I came to work damn near on time today, I am tired of getting to work an hour or more early and working twice as hard as the moron who is now supposed to be one of my bosses and not getting any credit for it, in fact in a staff meeting on friday I was berated for my lack of work, turns out the new bitch has been taking credit for the work I have done all the while she was comming late and leaving early and taking naps the times she was here, so I have decided to play like a 5 year old again and let her fall on her old wrinkly ass. I am going to get to work by 9 maybe right at 9 maybe 5 min. till but no earlier than that! I am going to do the work in my job duties ONLY, if her shit doesn't get done then let it look bad on her, not on me...I am sick and tired of people using me for what I have or what I can do, The stuff I have, I have because my husband works 7 days a week, to care for his family, it's not my fault yours won't get off his lazy ass and do something, and the stuff I can do at work is because I took the time to learn what I was doing, I did not nap at my desk, I did not leave early and come in late, I did not call off 2 times in my first 2 weeks...Infact the first time I missed work here EVER was on monday Sept. 15th and that was because I never work on that day i always end up to sad and crying at my desk and going home early, so it is just not worth it....so here I am at 9:51 am with nothing on my job duties list that needs to be done ( except filing, but we will get to that in a later blog) so I thought I would post a blog...now that I am done I am off to either myspace or webkinz....Have a good day all

4 years...

I woke up this morning with a feeling of dread and it took me a minute to remember why...it's September 15th...the day daddy died...I knew it was coming, I told my boss I would not be at work today, i told Bobbies school she would not be there today, while I know I can't just hide out every year on Sept. 15th Its hard to function with people when you are just so darn sad. I do try to go to the beach every year, since he was cremated and scattered at sea its as close as I can get to visiting his grave site...I think next year I will send Bobbie to school, its not healthy for her to see me this sad. I miss him everyday but the toughest day of the year is today, on his birthday I can celebrate his life, on Fathers day I can celebrate what a wonderful daddy he was, not to mention celebrating Robert with the girls ( cause lets face it he learned a lot from my daddy) and he is a pretty terrific daddy himself!...but today is hard, there was nothing wonderful that happened today to celebrate, its a big day but not in a good way...All I can think about was how I found out, and how I felt and the next few days that followed and...well I think I need to be done, the crying has started again and I was trying to be done for the day so I will close with I miss you daddy RIP

2 blogs in one day...CRAZY I KNOW!!!

I just found out that Twilight the movie will be comming out on November 21st now instead of in december so for my 29th birthday the party will be ending at 11:00 pm and I will be taking off for the movies to go to the midnight showing with what I assume will be a theatre full of teenage girls, and if they talk throw popcorn or in any other way annoy me I will have to kill them, just so you know! It is going to be the best birthday gift EVER!!!

In case you couldn't tell from my earlier post and this post I have learned how to link to other sites just by clicking on words that I choose to type...for instance...

Bobbie...haha

Krista...that was fun

Robert...and so on and so forth...


hmmmm so what else is going on...not much... The Lions started out the season with a loss, but hey I guess that means they can only go uphill from here right?

Ok I guess thats enought for the second blog of the day...

Catch up time again...

OK well I have had a LOT going on at work, both the manager and myself are ready to quit, why we haven't I am not sure yet...The "Big Boss" hired some new people ( a couple) and neither one know their head from a whole in the ground. She has had several people try to show her how to do her job, and has yet to figure it out...he has yet to figure out how to pull his head out of his ass and do his flippin job, instead he is busy staring at my boobs and making comments such as " you have made a good man very happy, he will in turn make you very happy" now I ask you what the hell does that mean... Its not all bad Daniel ( Its hard to tell but you can click on Daniels name) seems to entertain on a regular basis he even found me a pet bat named Bob... ( you can click on Bob's name too)
I was going to quit on Friday so my plan for the weekend was to do the things I am not supposed to do when working at the front desk...so Friday I went and got my tongue pierced ( again...it is the third time) and was going to shave my head on Saturday afternoon, but Robert convinced me to stay for at least another week before giving up, so alas I still have all my hair dag nab it...

Its almost time...

for school to start again WOOOOHOOOO!!!! While I will miss the extra 1 and a half hours of sleep I get during the summer, it will be nice to have some sort of schedule back in our lives...and I always feel bad when i don't make Bobbie work in work books over the summer, I know I should and I always start out with good intentions but it never seems to make it past the first week or 2. This year it didn't even make it that far. I am very blessed that we got a new principal this year and he made sure if a parent cared enough to request a teacher then the child would have that teacher, so this year Bobbie will have her first male teacher Mr. Dillon, I am so glad she is going to have him, he is very sweet but will not be walked on, I think they will be a perfect fit, he is fair, but won't put up with her whining.
I was also elected treasurer of the PTA this year, that should be interesting all on its own, but I am glad, I love being involved with Bobbie's school. I like having a say in what happens with her education, and there is nothing like seeing her face light up when I show up to surprise her and eat lunch with her, because I was on campus anyway. Well I guess I have gone on long
enough, but I just can't wait for Monday!!!

Readers Digest Verison

I haven't posted in a while so I will give a readers digest verison of whats been up in the wonderful land called the Rivers House...

1. sister-in-law (roberts sister) got in a huge fight with her mother in law ( with whom they were living) and got kicked out, so now My sister-in-law (Shanna), her Husband (James) and their 2 kids (Kristy, 16 and Justin,12) are staying with us for a while until they can get back on their feet.

2. Broke my little toe and part of my foot ( I was getting Krista out of the bath and tripped over one of her toys), and since it was either my foot or her head, my foot now has big owies...

3. My stupid father-in-law was playing with a rattle snake ( I told you he was stupid) got bit and ended up in the hospital for a total of 10 days...he is now going to showcase his stupidity on tv ( the DR. they sent him to at Loma Linda has a show called Venom 911, or Venom ER, or something like that)

4. My tempoary job that started in late febuary and was supposed to go for no longer than 6 weeks is still going strong...can't seem to get out of here...luckly I like MOST of the people I work with, so I guess thats a blessing.

5. Bobbie is sprouting little booblets and at 8 years old and going into 3rd grade she will be wearing training bras...on that subject, what are they in training for? The booby relay?


ok I think thats it for now, I hopw as things calm down I will be able to post more...

Just over 4 days

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I can't wait I will be at wal-mart on 11:30 pm on friday night, to buy it at 12:01 am on saturday morning....WOO HOO

My Baby Turned 1 on saturday

So last year at this time I was trying to talk the Doctor into letting me go home a day early, it worked and of course we did the same thing as when we left with Bobbie, we went out to lunch on the way home...well this year I am looking at my little angel walking, talking and just being in general a really cute kid ( but hey I think I am biased) Saturday we had her birthday party and she had a blast with everyone. She also had a blast eating her cake and sharing it with her Big sissy...



But, before that getting her to eat her cake instead of playing with the wrapping on her gifts was very difficult...she enjoyed the boxes and the tissue paper the most...

until the next day when we were able to put the toys together and she could play with them...more pictures of that to come soon...

Summer Time

We have been having such a heat wave here in So. Cal. Last week on thursday Bobbie had softball practice at 5:15 pm and it was still 109 outside...this week it has been cooling down yesterday it was a cool 99...so far I have been lucky that my work has AC and my home's AC was broken for a short time but we were able to get it fixed fairly cheap...I really feel for the people that have to work outside in the heat of the day, and it makes me think of our troops and the heat they deal with on a day to day basis, not to mention the fact that they are putting their lives on the line...Thank you to our Troops!!! and Lord can you please turn on the AC?

She Walked...and I missed it....

I just got a call at work that Krista took about 15 steps with out holding on to anything...she has been walking while holding on for awhile now and taking 1-3 steps here and there...but I missed the big one...my guess is that we will not be able to keep her down now...I guess this weekend I will be baby proffing the house, while she was crawling a baby gate was enough but my guess is that it won't do an more...I hope to take pictures and video this weekend to add soon!!!

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N...it's vacation time!!!

That is a line from a song I used to sing with my daddy, every time we would walk out the door to start a vacation, and with today being the last day of school for the 2007/2008 school year I felt it was appropriate to sing....My little Bobbie is growing up so fast, at 12:40 she will officially be in 3rd grade...I was thinking back the other day about when I was in 3rd grade, it was the first time I cussed, the first time I kissed a boy at school, the first time I went on a diet...I was trying to remember how I "felt" and what things I thought about and the things my friends and I talked about...I am so conflicted as I am sure most moms are in that I don't want my kids to grow up, Sometimes I would love to freeze time and keep them just as they are....but other times I can't wait for them to grow up and to go through different "stages" with them....as they grow it makes me miss my daddy more and more, I think of the things he is missing and that my girls are missing with their Papa...Bobbie got a district award and a trophy and a gold medal for school stuff this week and then while playing softball she slid into home to score a run...that's all stuff daddy would have eating up...ah well, time goes on and I can't freeze it or go back in time, so I should get used to things changing....*stomps feet and throws temper tantrum* I don't want things to change...Life is perfect NOW!!!!!


I guess I got a little off topic since I meant to have a lite airy post about sleeping in this summer...oh well....

Pictures of Bobbie's birthday

I have not ordered them yet but you can see pictures from Bobbie throwing out the first pitch at the storms game here


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A word about me...

Body: USE ONLY ONE WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


1. Where is your cell phone? ............. desk
2. Your significant other?................ handsome
3. Your hair? ................................up
4. Your mother? ................................ work
5. Your father?........................................ heaven
6. Your favorite thing?........................... sleep
7. Your dream last night?.................... none
8. Your favorite drink? .........................soda
9. Your dream/goal?............................rich
10. The room you're in?.......................office
11. Your shoes?...........................................heals
12. Your fear?........................................ drowning
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?..........here
14. Where were you last night?................. softball
15. What you're not?.........................drunk
16. Muffins?.............................. blueberry
17. One of your wish list items?.............money
18. Where you grew up?...................... Cali.
19. The last thing you did?..................... type
20. What are you wearing?.....................clothes
21. Your TV?.........................big
22. Your pet?............................. furry
23. Your computer? ............................ laptop
24. Your life?.................................... perfect
25. Your mood?.......................... irritated
26. Missing someone?..................yep
27. Your car?.....................dirty
28. Something you're not wearing?.........panties ( normally I wear them, but I REALLY need to do laundry)
29. Favorite Store?.....................target
30. Your summer?.................... active
31. Like someone?................... lots
32. Your favorite color?.................. blue
33. Last time you laughed.............. now
34. Last time you cried?.................. 5-30-08

Sometimes I feel like I might be doing an Ok job raising my kids...

So today is Bobbie's 8th Birthday and lately she has been really into softball and baseball and of course the closest team is the Lake Elsinore Storm's (minor league for the San Deigo Padre's) so for her birthday on Sunday we will be heading out to Storm stadium where my oldest daughter will be throwing out the first Pitch...then we have some pretty awesome seats ( thanks to my hubby) and after the game the kids get to run around the bases....now I know I make mistakes and I am not perfect....buuuuutttttttt I think this time I did pretty darn good....Now how am I going to top this next year?....

Rain Drops Keep fallin on my Head...They Keep fallin

I Love this time of year, June Gloom always makes me happy. I don't know why... maybe it's because it cools us off between the Hot spring and the Hot summer...maybe because I have always loved the rain (thanks to my daddy)...what ever the reason I love it...I get more house work done this time of year than anyother time...I get more "to-do" stuff done and i always have more energy...I want to be outside more esspically if it is raining...I LOVE going swimming this time of year...I know I sound crazy but I am just an all round happier person...

I am sitting in my office right now watching the rain beat down on the pool, and I am soooo very tempted to run out there and jump in in all my clothes, but alas I think it may get me in trouble, so at my desk I stay...looking at the rain hitting the pool...I don't know if you can tell it from the picture, but it looks awesome....

4 things

1. Four jobs I have had in my life: Stock person, telemarketer ( don't hate me), Cashier, and the best of them all MOMMY


2. Four Places I have lived: Hemet CA, Santa Ana CA, Homeland CA, Costa Mesa CA

Four Shows that I watch: The Hills, Law and Order SVU, Rachael Ray, Gilmore Girls (yes I watch the reruns on ABC family every weekday)


4. Four Places I Have Been: NYC, Vegas, Michigan, TJ

5.Four Blogs I Read Regularly: Cherish, Taryn, Maddie, Idina Menzel


6. Four of MY Favorite Foods: Almost anything cooked on the BBQ ( but no BBQ sauce), Chips, Strawberries, Tacos cooked by my Brother-in-law JAMES!!!


7. Four Places I'd Rather be right now: Asleep, Playing with my girls, Asleep, Sea World



8. Four things I look forward to in the next year: forget year in the next month I am looking foward to Bobbie's first softball game, James B-day Party, Sea World, school getting out for the summer...

Lets catch up...

On Friday we went to a Lake Elsinore Storms Game, with Our Brother-in-law and nephew and some of their friends ( My niece and sister-in-law couldn't make it, because my niece was in a fashion show in San Diego)...we all had a blast, it was some awesome family time..... Then the next day we went to opening day because Bobbie started playing softball this year, she thought it looked like fun when we went to my friend's daughter's game...so we went to her opening day on Saturday...she got to run the bases with her team while they called her name over the PA system...I might be biased, but I think Bobbie might just be the cutest Kid to ever play softball....
Even Krista was wearing the team colors ( they are the Lady Vols, named after some university in Tennessee)

Then on Tuesday the Second Graders sang in a patriotic program at school, it was very moving to hear all the little voices singing all of those songs....for one of the songs there was not a dry eye in the house...it made my heart swell..... My brother-in-law, James (who's 37th or 38th birthday was the next day) had to go play on the swings after the show so of course the kids had to play on them too...then Shanna ( my sister-in-law) didn't want Krista to feel left out so she took her on the swings....Fun Stuff!!!!!

I love my job, but....

I really love my job, I like the hours I don't miss anytime with Bobbie and with Krista all I miss is breakfast and a nap...but I am soooo used to being able to be at Bobbie's school when ever and having time to do chores and errands during the day, that it is really Kickin my butt...Last night while I was at Bobbie's softball practice ( we still don't have schedule's, but alas I will get into that another time) I remembered I still had to plan something and go to the store to get the stuff for my day for Teacher week....I think I did pretty good, I made a poster board that said "Thank you for raisin to the challenge of teaching our kids." ( I put a bunch of Raisins next to that) and it said " We are nuts about the staff at Romona." ( guess what was next to that....yep...NUTS) and it said " You guys are a bunch of smarties." ( you know the smarties candies rolls...yummmm) and the last thing was " You deserve an extra PAY-DAY" ( I personally don't like that kind of candy, but that sounded better than you deserve an extra Butterfinger..LOL...I crack my self up)...So I then went home to my 2 sick kids and my hubby with a migraine and made the poster, did the dishes only to fall in bed and fall asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow and wake up extra early so I could go set it all up this morning....I don't mean to complain, I guess I just needed to vent a little....I want my old life back...I love the extra money, but I miss all the things I used to do....

I should be working...

I have had a "Day", so I am cheating and taking a break from working...

Today is a 5 o'clock day so that makes it a long day to begin with, and to top it off

1. I typed up the paper work for a buy/lease signing and about 5 min. after I got done they called and backed out.

2. One of our residents called and was very rude for more than a half hour about something I had nothing to do with, but as my boss was in a meeting I asked if I could take a message and got a looooonnnnngggggg gripe fest.

3. Another resident moved out, tried to move her neice in and got mad at me when I told her that wasn't allowed and we would have to do a credit check on her neice and that could take up to 15 days.

4. I was comming out of the bathroom and I guess I didn't open the door far enough and it riped off one of my toenails.

Its not even 1 o'clock yet....come one people give me a break...


On the upside,

Bobbie has softball practice today and is really looking foward to it, she should (cross your fingers) get her uniform today, and opening day is Saturday...I hope you all have a great day, as mine seems to be getting better...the bleeding has stoped!!!!

I love my family...

The other night I had to give Krista a bath, and Bobbie needed one as well, so I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone and put them in the tub together and after I got Krista out I had Robert get her dressed and ready for bed while I got Bobbie out and got her Jammies out for her after I got Bobbie settled I went to check on Krista and daddy and I found this.....

and then I go to check on Bobbie and I find this....

I am a happy, happy mommy and wife!!!

Ok pretend that the top picture right after the part where I check on Bobbie!!!!!

Ooookkkkk...that was weird

Yesterday I got on here to post about something that had happened the night before last ( which would have been last night...) but it was shut down because they thought I was a spammer...I find that very funny...anyways I will post what I was going to later, but truth be told I just came on here this morning to find out if I was still shut down...TTFN

Wow...I'm blogging!!!!

I have decided to start blogging, who knows if I will stick with it...A couple of my friends blog and I always look forward to reading new blogs from them, so I am going to give it a shot...I am not very good with figuring stuff out on the computer, so give me time to make it all pretty and learn how to post pictures and stuff....