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...