• Home
• About

 >

• She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy

  23May
  Categories: Family, Friends, General Update, Goofy Fun Stuff Comments: 9

  It’s been a while, hasn’t it?

  Life has been moving right along. Shecky is done with school for the year. Summer is here and life is taking on a bit of a different pace. A different tone. Everything is still wonderful but we seem to be, finally, settling into being a family rather than a husband and a wife and a kid all living in the same house. I’m LOVING it.

  The last 2 weekends we’ve had visitors come stay with us. Last weekend my Sister-In-law came in. She rested, relaxed, and re-centered herself a bit. We had a really nice visit. Through the course of the weekend she got me totally addicted to Sex in the City, the TV show. She has the entire show on DVD, every season. Thankfully she left it with me so I can finish watching it. I’m not sure WHY I like the show, and truth to tell, there’s a bit too much sex in their particular city for my comfort levels, but I DO like the show. (Honestly, I think its the secondary characters that draw me in. The women, for the most part, are indefensibly unlikable.)

  This weekend @Cylithria and her boyfriend (and J’s best friend), @thewocket, came in for a weekend visit. We had a blast!!! I swear to GOD those to make me Snort Laugh more often than anyone I know! It was awesome to get some one on one time with them. We played copious amounts of board games. Ate copious amounts of food. Talked about everything from dynamics of relationships to kids getting US in trouble.

  This morning however, this morning was a PERFECT illustration of why I love @Cylithria so damned much. Last night I mentioned something to her about our having bought a riding lawnmower. It was just a passing comment, No. Big. Deal. Right?

  Well, this morning Cy got up and went on the porch to have her morning smoke and coffee while I was starting brunch for everyone. Suddenly, Cy comes flying into the house hollering, “Excuse me, Bitch? You have a tractor and you DIDN’T TELL ME??” **deep breath** “Can I use your tractor and mow your lawn?” I stood there with my jaw hanging open, staring at her like she had 3 breasts, 4 heads, 92 eyes because she had forgone her cigarette and coffee… to ask… if she… could… mow… my… lawn. Once I recovered I just about DIED laughing. I told her that was up to J as it was his “toy”. She zoomed downstairs, batted her eyes at my husband, told her man to move out the way, pressed herself against J’s back and said “I looooove you…” and convinced him to let her use it and mow our lawn.

  

  I swear to you… it’s all true. It’s a perfect example of who she is and why I adore her so. Life. Is. Good.

• Weekly Wrap Up

  10Oct
  Categories: Family, General Update Comments: 1

  This week has been… interesting.

  Monday around 1pm the school called. Shecky was running a fever of 100.7 and had to be picked up from school. Meh. Greeeeeaaaaat. My Darling J went to pick said fever beset child from school only to be greeted by a LINE of children waiting to be picked up. All had fever. What. The. Hell?

  Apparently, HALF of Shecky’s class was sent home that day. Seriously, of 22 kids, HALF were out from about 1pm Monday until Thursday. That’s an insane amount of flu, yo!

  Thursday, after FINALLY being without fever for 24 hours sans meds… he went back to school. FRIDAY, he was back home with an earache. Sigh. I had to find him a doctor, make sure it was a doctor on our insurance, make sure they were taking new patients, make sure they could see him THAT DAY… I got lucky. He was seen at 3:45pm Friday and was diagnosed with an inner ear infection… in … both… ears. Antibiotics were prescribed, filled and taken.

  Of course, Friday was crazy for more than that. Oh… my friends… That Mr. Murphy… and his fucking laws… I am their bitch!

  Thursday night, around 9:30pm, J and I were in the basement playing video games (Don’t judge us! heh) and I had to peeeeeeeeee. Badly. So I dashed off to the bathroom in the basement and… squish. What. The. FUCK? was heard… Twice.

  I hollered for J to come see… the carpet. It was SOAKED. J opened the door to the room the moisture seemed to be coming from… Shecky’s play room… and… WOAH! The carpet was soaked. No puddles of standing water mind you. But when you walked, it squished, loudly, and spit water, a lot.

  We immediately went into “Fix it” mode. We checked the rest of the basement. One other room, which thankfully had a cement floor, had water in it as well. Busted pipe? Water Main? Seepage? CRAAAAAAAAAP

  Turns out the culprit is MOST LIKELY seepage flooding. It rained all day Thursday. It was the first full day of rain since we had bought the house. We bought a wet/dry vac to suck up the water. Then we decided we were going to take that carpet out and toss it. We phear mold.

  Today will be the ripping out stage of our plan. Fortunately, my SIL, henceforth known as Glowie, and her family are coming to help us out! Her hubby, forever more known as BigSexyDaddy, (TY Cylithria for these nicknames. They are stuck in mah head FOREVAH lol) is going to lend us his muscles and his back and his time and his energy. We are so very lucky to have family like this! (They are bringing the chil’runs as well! WOOT! I get to spoooooooil.)

  Time for me to go! I need to Maggie May proof the house as best I can and get the kitchen clean so I can start teh Gumbo that will be tonight’s dinner!

  I hope you all had a good week and have an even better weekend!

• Lungs… It’s What’s For Breakfast

  11Sep
  Categories: Family, Friends, General Update Comments: 2

  I’m sick. It’s just over a week until the wedding and apparently I have the plague.

  Well… not REALLY the plague but a nasty cold that is wreaking havoc on my body and family. Shecky is down with it too.

  I wouldn’t be concerned but I am prone to every cold I catch turning into bronchitis. Shecky gets ear infections more often than not. Neither of us has insurance until AFTER the wedding…. OF COURSE!

  When my chest started itching today and I started hearing the rattle that means the big B is setting in … I freaked.

  I’m calmer now. I have some Amoxicillin in my purse and I’m taking it. Hopefully it’ll bring it to a swift end.

  (GOD I hope so. We have to go back to KC again this weekend for my final dress fitting and hair stuff… I’m going to infect everyone otherwise. Sigh)

  How is YOUR week?