I just want you to know

I MUST BE BORED, RANDOMNESS

Posted on August 18, 2007

Best

1. Male friend: My Hubby (seriously)
2. Female friend: Don’t really believe in BEST Friends as I get older. I think all my friends are awesome and all have a special place in my life.
3. Vacation:  Disney with my husband was my favorite. It was even better than my honeymoon in St. Lucia
1. Time of day: Any time the kids wake before 7:00
2. Day of the Week: None
3. Food: Do we really have worst foods? I mean if you don’t like something you don’t eat it right?
2. Talked to on the phone: My Sister
3. Text: I don’t
4. Message over MySpace: Clarissa
1. What are you doing now: Answering this survey
2. What are you wearing: Clothing, Duh
3. Better than yesterday?: Sure, it’s Sat and my husband will hopefully be home early
Tomorrow:
1. Is: Sunday
2. Got any plans? Nope
3. Dislikes about tomorrow: Too cold for the beach
1. Number: 5
2. Song: Boys of Summer
3. Color: Blue
4. Season: Fall followed by Spring
1. Missing someone: Nope
2. Mood: Content
3. Wanting to tattoo or pierce: Yup
I am a morning person: False/I used to be before the second kid
I am a perfectionist: FALSE/I do my best
I am an only child: FALSE/I have 2 sistersI am currently suffering from a broken heart: False
I enjoy talking on the phone: FALSE
I have a hard time paying attention at school: FALSE/mostly because I am not in school
I have a private piercing: FALSE
I have at least one brother and/or sister: True
I have had my hair cut within the last 2 months: False
I have had the cops called on me: FALSE
I enjoy talking on the phone: FALSE
I have a hard time paying attention at school: FALSE/mostly because I am not in school
I have a private piercing: FALSE
I have at least one brother and/or sister: True
I have had my hair cut within the last 2 months: False
I have had the cops called on me: FALSE
1. Ree- My Family and friends
2. Ria-My Dad and little sister
3. Hun – My husband
4. Jesse’s Mom – Kids in my son’s school
5. Grandma – My girlfriends
1. Shirt
2. Pants
3. Cami
That my daughter needs to stop whinning and crying, it’s too early for a drink
Next to me
My bed
Water
Verizon – who wants to know?
Sure
As the Carpenter’s said, We’ve only just begun
Have you cried recently?
Tears are a waste of energy
Still answering this survey
My daughter talking to the TV
Nope
I hope so
Supposedly going out with friends who might cancel
29 years ago, she died with I was 12
Using it now
I saw friends Saturday
It depends on what the matter is
Definitely
No
Yes a cross and my kids birthstones
11:47 a.m.
Yes
Can you trust people?
Some
Both
Hell yes
No do not have AIM
Yes, I am going out with friends hopefully
Spending time with my husband this weekend
Do not like Jello

Worst

Last

Today

Favorite

Currently

True/False

Name 5 names you go by and who calls you that:

Name 3 things you are wearing right now:

What are you thinking about right now?

Where is your phone?

Where do you sleep?

Where did you get the shirt you’re wearing?My husband’s drawer

What was the last thing you drank?

What kind of cell phone service do you have?

Are you excited?

How’s your day?

What are you doing right now?

Listening to anything?

Are you talking to anyone?

Does anyone like you?

Who’s always there for you?Hard one to answer…friends

What are you doing tonight?

When was the last time you saw your mom?

Do you have a laptop?

When was the last time you saw your best friend?

Do looks matter?

Do you have good memories with old friends?

Have you ever been to Hollywood?

Are you wearing a necklace?

What time is it?

Are you happy right now?

Do you like messages or comments better?

Do you need to get your hair cut?

Are you logged on to AIM?

Any plans for Friday night?

Something you are excited about?

What is your favorite flavor of JELL-O?

Nothing to Do Today; or Do I?

FRIENDS, LIFE, SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT ME

Posted on August 21, 2007

This morning I got a call from my girl Sheress and she wanted to know if it was ok for her and 2 of her kids to stop by in 2o minutes. I love these kind of calls. Truly I do. I love when people feel comfortable enough to invite themselves over. 

I cooked breakfast for her and her kids. Not hard to do, eggs, cereal, tea, and biscuits. The  kids played for about 2 hours while she and I caught up. As she was heading home she asked if we wanted to go to her house for lunch. A longer play date? Sounds good to me. We headed to the bank to make a deposit and then headed to her house for lunch. Chicken nuggets for the kids, homemade chili and cucumber salad for us. It was so good.

The kids had a great time playing with her kids and dogs and she and I got to hang out longer.

I busied myself cleaning her air-condition filter and cleaning the air-conditioner. How is that for a lunch guest? Why? I needed something to do while she was doing laundry? I headed home about 3:50 because her son was in dire need of a nap and my two needed to let him sleep.

We got home and the kids played while I sat down to read some blogs and talk on the phone.

Overall it was an awesome day. Love when I wake thinking I have nothing to do and end up having a good time.

Womenhood

BELIEVE, FAMILY, FRIENDS, RANDOMNESS

Posted on November 6, 2007

Time passes. 
Life happens. 
Distance separates. 
Children grow up. 
Jobs come and go. Love waxes and wanes. 
Men don’t do what they’re supposed to do. 
Hearts break. 
Parents die. 
 
Colleagues forget favors. 
Careers end. 

BUT……… 
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. 
 
A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. 
 
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley’s rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the  valley’s end. 
Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you…Or come in and carry you out. 
 
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters , daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and   extended family, all bless our life! 
 
The world wouldn’t be the same without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood , we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. 
 
Nor did we know how much we would need each other. 
 
Every day, we need each other still.

Organization Time

LIFE, MY NAME IS MOMMY, RANDOMNESS, TO DO LISTS

Posted on November 6, 2007

With the holidays around the corner I am getting stressed about clutter. I have been going through the kids toys trying to purge anything that is too young for them, or isn’t necessary anymore because they don’t play with it or it is missing pieces. I have to say that there isn’t a single toy that is in less than new condition (they take very good care of their toys but sometimes when mom is on a purging binge she throws things away when she sees it laying on the floor only to find out later that there was a piece that goes with it).

My to-do-list for today is..

Go to the bank for Teach

Mail out something I sold on EBay

Do a load of laundry

Finish up some Freelance work

Call new mortgage company and find out what the hell is going on

Call about kid’s insurance which I still have not heard about

Dust the living-room, kids rooms and my room 

Along with this little list I receive from getorganizednow  

Ten 10-Minute Organizing Tasks

Got 10 minutes? Here are ten organizing tasks you can do in ten minutes or less:

1. Clean out your medicine cabinet. Get rid of old makeup, expired medicine and toiletries you haven’t used in months.

2. Weed out 10 file folders. Invest just one minute or less per file folder. Get rid of anything outdated or no longer useful.

3. Clear off your desk. Take everything off your desk and clear the surface, even if you have to temporarily put everything on the floor in categorized piles (i.e. paper, supplies, electronic media, etc.). Once you can see your desk, you’ll have a surface on which to begin organizing everything you just removed from it.

4. Delete, delete, delete. For the next 10 minutes, delete as many messages as you can from your email in-box. This includes forwarded jokes, unsolicited messages and email you can simply read and chuck.

5. Organize a drawer. Whether it’s your junk drawer, a drawer in your bedroom dresser or a desk drawer, spend 10 minutes emptying out the junk, and arranging it so that similar items are being stored together.

I love working off lists and this FlyLady get me motivated to do the things that have to be done around here.

Here’s to being holiday ready early this year. 

Happy Three Kings, Little Christmas, National Take Down The Christmas Tree Or Whatever You Call Today.

To Purchase

I love everything about our Christmas decorations. There is something homey about the house when it is all decorated. We all seem to spend more time together in the living room than any other time during the year. BUT today....being Little Christmas as my family called it growing up meant Take Down the Christmas Tree Day. It is planned to happen tonight. Since my husband isn't home yet and probably has homework I am going to ask him to wait until the weekend. "Come on honey, you must be tired. Let's wait until Saturday."

We still use my kids Fisher Price Nativity Set under the tree. I love it! One day I will have the perfect set but until then this is perfect!

Does your family observe the holiday? Do you do gifts from the Three Kings? Hay leading to the gifts? A special cake? Mass? Take down your tree? or is it just another day to you?

How to Observe

There are various ways to celebrate Epiphany:

• take down your Christmas decorations (today also happens to be National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day too)
• participate in a house chalking or house blessing
• go winter swimming
• attend a church service
• make a three kings cake
• do some star singing
• listen to the two cantatas that Johann Sebastian Bach composed for Epiphany
• sing or listen to carols such as "As with Gladness, Men of Old" or "We Three Kings of Orient Are"

Oh My Head Hurts

MY KIDS, MY NAME IS MOMMY, PARENTING

Posted on July 18, 2007

I love, adore, and respect my children for the spirit and enthusiasm each of them show me on a daily basis.

I love my son’s questions, unsolicitated hugs, desire to practice his writing (he writes all the letters of the alaphabet), ability to exhibit boundless energy that I wish I could bottle and drink this elixir daily from a chalice garnished with a lemon wedge.

I love my daughter’s little singing voice, clown faces, and mothering she shows her brother when she offers him all of his loveys all day long.

What I can’t stand is the constant fighting over the same damn toy, the jumping on the furniture, the slamming of their hands against the TV, the endless questions such as “what are u doing mommy” when they know damn well what I am doing and said such just moments before. The arguments over who will go first down the stairs, who will sit in Daddy’s chair, or who wants to watch what.

Grrr…..arrgghhh…my head aches.

Sample minute of my day……

Kid – Mom what are they doing?

Me – I don’t know, what are they doing?

Kid – They are playing.

Me – Right, they are playing.

Kid – Mom, what u doing?

Me – What am I doing?

Kid – You making breakfast.

Me – That’s right I am making breakfast

Kid – Mom I want to put on this shirt

Me – Ok, put on that shirt

Kid – This shirt mom, I want to put on this one

Me – Ok, honey put on that shirt

Kid – This one mom

Me – Yes, ok, put it on baby

Kid – Mom I want to put on…

Me – PUT IT ON Jeez

Kid – Ok

Why?…I am so tired of hearing my own voice. Why do they ask the same damn questions? Why do I have to feed into it everytime? Jesus Christ, now I sound like the damn kids with all the questions. But seriously….why??????????? Super Nanny Help!

Too Much Info

TMI

Posted on August 6, 2007

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:00 a.m.

2.Diamonds or Pearls? Either

3. What was the last film you saw at the movie house? Almost Married (I think that was the title) Ashton Kutcher & Brittney Murphy

4. What is your favorite TV show?  House, Lost, Ghost Whisper

5. What did you have for breakfast? Scrambled Eggs

6. What is your middle name? Grace

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Any but I love Japanese

8. What foods do you dislike? Unfortunately not many

9. Your favorite Potato chip? BBQ or Hot any brand10. Favorite CD you’ve been listening to lately? Alanis Jagged Little Pill and Pearl Jam Ten

11. What kind of automobile do you drive? Corolla

12. Favorite sandwich? Roast Beef, lettuce and tom

13. What characteristics do you despise? People who are rude, use hatred as a way to make themselves feel better or just plain suck

14. What are your favorite clothes? Anything comfy  

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Disney with my family

16. Favorite brand of clothing? Whatever

17. Where would you want to retire? Here

18. Favorite time of day? Bed Time sort of

19. Where were you born? Queens, NY

20. What is your favorite sport to watch?  Hockey

21. Are you a morning person or night owl?  Neither these days though I used to be a morning person

22. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? NOPE

23. What did you want to be when you were little?  A  nurse

24. What is your best childhood memory? Summer with my sisters

25. Favorite restaurant? Any that my husband will enjoy

26. Favorite flower? Lilac

27. Favorite ice cream? Coffee

28. Favorite fast food restaurant? Wendys.

29. How many times did you fail your drivers test? 0

30. Which stores would you choose to max out your credit card? Best Buy

31. Last person you went to dinner with? I don’t remember it was waaaaayyy too long ago

32. How many tattoos do you have? 0

33. Favorite magazine? Parents (boring I know, but true)

34. If you could meet any famous person, Who would it be? Honestly there is no one that I care to meet that is famous. Did I ever answer this question before? I wonder who I put down in the past. To meet someone just to have them be a real shit seem ridiculous. Ok…ok…twist my arm I want to meet Oprah, Josh Holloway, Maya Angelou, Leo DiCaprio, George Clooney, and Ellen

35. If you could choose another first name, what would it be? i love my first name

36. If you could change your profession right now, what would you be doing? Nope…don’t care to change right now

Oh, so random post

I MUST BE BORED, RANDOMNESS, SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT ME

Posted on August 15, 2007

– Camera (my 3rd child) gets sent out tomorrow for repairs, I pray for a speedy return

– The Goddess was very nausous tonight. Hopefully we get through the night without vomit.

– Niece went home on Saturday and I miss her terribly.

– Husband has been working so much, I forgot what he looks like.

– Bek and Munch were here for my birthday the other day and brought flowers so beautiful they make my kitchen look pretty.

– My girlfriend Sheress and her little ones stopped by with a birthday cake clomplete with candles and sang happy birthday when I opened the door. Such a nice surprise.

– My son finished his summer services and I am so happy.

– Goddess calls a forehead a 2-head. Hahahahaha

– Handsome has been exhibiting some awesome pretend play.

– Handsome writes all his letters (learned them in 3 days), and is writing numbers up to 15 (self taught).

– Still addicted to Big Brother but can’t stand any of them.

My Top Albums List From 2008

This was posted in 2008. Hmmm I should redo this list! How about you. What are your favorite albums? 

Top 5 Albums

Top 5 albums in your music collection right now

Wow this is hard because picking favorites when it comes to music is very complicated, I guess my all time favorites are.

1-Pearl Jam – Ten
2-Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
3-Melissa Etheridge – Brave and Crazy
4- Metallica – The Black Album
5 – Stevie Nicks – The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks

Happy New Year From My Family To Yours

I hope everyone has had a great start to 2020. My family and I had a quiet night at home. We don't do anything big. For the past few years my family has requested Chinese take out and that is about it. Hopefully next year I will add some hats, noise makers and more. I always feel bad that I have never made New Year's a big thing. It is. My parents went out often leaving us home. In the morning there would be noise makers, hats and a cocktail umbrella for my sisters and me on the kitchen table. It wasn't a big deal for us but obviously for them.

Being with my little family is my favorite thing in the whole world. Knowing we are all under one roof and safe makes me happy. One day my kids will have lives of their own and not be here. Why would they be? Nothing happens here. I don't feel bad about it, it just is the way it is. My husband sits on his computer and I sit on my iPad. We watch the countdown and the kids come out of their rooms as we get closer to midnight. Anyone else?

I did sit and think about how I want 2020 to look for me.

I want to spend more time with my family outside the house. If not all of us at least me and my daughter. She is always up for something.

I plan on getting outside to walk at least 3 days a week.

We plan on taking a trip to Disney and thankfully with my sister-in-laws help we have a nice financial start. We need to continue saving.

Hopefully I can read more than just the review books I receive in the mail.

I hope to stay more on top of my organizer and journal so I can write posts ahead of schedule. I didn't start a review blog but it has become that. It is time to follow through with this. It is on my list every year.

Hopefully I can do at least a You Tube video a week. I love looking at old ones so I do it for me as well as hoping someone else gets something from it.

I started a bullet journal after wanting to do so for years. Hopefully I can keep up with that.

I plan on learning how to do book binding so that I can make some junk journals.

I hope to pray way more. I do so every night but I want to get more involved in my own personal journey with God.

I hope to get closer to my husband as well as friends and family that I don't see often enough. We have all just kinda co-existed at times this past year and I want to change that.

Hopefully you guys are all excited about the prospect of the New Year and have plans for yourself. I would love to hear them. Please leave a comment below telling me what you have planned. 

 

A Long Walk Down a Winding Road by Sam Farmer - Review

The 411:

As the mother of a child on the Autism Spectrum I was excited to read this and hoped to be able to share tips and wisdom with my son who will be 17. I was thrilled that the author has a job, a wife, family and has obviously triumphed. While the story was good I was hoping for more. Maybe it is because the author had no idea he was on the spectrum until he was 40 but it would have been helpful to read more in-depth stories from his childhood. I believe many adults are on the spectrum and have no idea. In fact I believe my husband is on the spectrum as well as three co-workers and it hasn't stopped them all from having a wonderful life as has Sam.

Some children do not have good people in their corner as Sam had. He was very fortunate. I have been very fortunate to have wonderful people in my son's younger years.

I do however think my son will appreciate some of the tips Sam shares when he is finally in the working environment like be aware of the personalities of the people you work with and how you shouldn't expect to be respected which is very big in my son's world. He is all about feeling respected.

My prayer is that my son has as wonderful a future as Sam Farmer. I would have liked a lot more on how Sam dealt with relationships in his life and how he was able to have a lasting, loving, mutual respecting relationship with a woman but maybe he felt it was too personal. I wish Sam the best and hope he keeps writing. He has a lot of good information but I would have liked more!

Happy Halloween 2007

MY KIDS, MY NAME IS MOMMY, PHOTOS

Happy Halloween

Posted on November 1, 2007

Last night we headed into town to partake in the early treating being done by the merchants in our sleepy little town. Any store that wanted to participate placed a picture of a pumpkin in their store front to let everyone know that there was candy.

 Holly Hobbie NOT Laura Ingells or a Little Prairie Girl!!!!

We had a blast. It was the most relaxing trick o’ treating yet. It was very quiet and the kids were able to be independent and as I watched from the doorways as they approached the store fronts on their own. There were no steps or long lines of bigger kids trembling over them to get to the candy. We went to every store who had a sign and it was great practice for the kids to practice their “trick or treat,” “Happy Halloween” and “thank you” before tonight. 

 This guys was just plain creepy. My son was very interested in this mannequin. BTW…there is the sign.

I was so proud of them. I really enjoyed myself with them. They were polite, well behaved and all around fun to be with.

That’s my babies.

Tonight my husband was able to join us on our excursion through the neighborhood. I hope he got to see how well behaved, polite, and independent they have become. They had no problem going up to any house, saying what they were taught to say and coming right back to us.  They didn’t ask for candy while we walked around and when we said it was time to go, it was time to go. Much different than last year when Handsome had one of the worst meltdowns ever. It must have really drained and traumatize me because I didn’t even blog about it.

Currently I am sitting up watching Ghost Hunters on Sci Fi.   The are at Waverly Hill  until 3:00 a.m (6 hours). I am on my 3rd cup of tea hoping that I can hold out. The husband fell out about 10:15 so I am on my own. It’s almost 12:00, as long as I don’t lie down I will be ok.

 There is Holly and Sportacus from Lazy Town getting treats from my neighbor. If only I had gotten more pictures and Sportacus wouldn’t stop for a picture at all. Damn it! I want more pictures.

Nursing 2005

These were posted on my Maria Space when I had Wordpress. I want everything in one place so sharing them here. If you want to see the posts about nursing they are linked below.

I waited a long time to have kids and wanted in the worst way to nurse them. For more on why these pictures were taken in the first place, go here or here.