Update

It's been awhile since I posted a blog. Not a lot has happened. Shi turned 1 in May and is walking like a champ and starting to spit out some words. She's a mess. So is Splasher. They are so funny together. They're getting to the age where they can actually play together. Shi beats up on him now. He beats back...vice versa.... It's crazy at my house. They love each other though. Splasher is really protective. Like he's the only person/thing that can get away with hurting her. Shy is also at the age where she constantly has to be entertained. Splasher is just growing out of that phase. I still get nervous when they both quiet down though.

I've been working like crazy and really liking my job but I'm ready to get back into school. I've decided to go back when my company moves to OKC. Hopefully, I'll be able to go to OSU for environmental science and pre-law. After that maybe Tulsa University for law school. The environment is something I'm passionate about so I think that it will be a really good career choice for me.

Cody got a new job recently. He loves it and it really kind of provides the lifestyle change our family needed. We're getting caught up but as soon as we're caught up we should be able to be comfortable and maybe start saving for some fun things we want to do. His job will afford him the opportunity to go to OSU for Chemical Engineering so in about 3 years or so he will be able to maybe have an even better job with better pay. We'll see. He's really excited and I am very proud of him.

We're both doing "1776" at Gaslight this summer. It's great to be doing a show with my husband and I think he is really enjoying it as well. My mom is also doing it so I'm having a lot of fun being on stage with her again. I'm Abigail Adams, whom I have learned a lot about. She was actually a very interesting woman and the love story of John and Abigail Adams is a very good one. The show is turning out very well. I mean, I expected as much. The director is one of my favorite people to work with when it comes to Gaslight and she always produces wonderful shows.

We're moving soon. Just to another house. It's a three bedroom house on the other side of town. We need it. The kids need their own space. It's a beautiful little house but needs some work. A friend and co-worker of mine is the one who owns it. I'm excited to rent it from her and help them get the house back to how it looked when they lived there. Cody and I really like her and her family so I think it will be a great experience.

Well, thats about all that's up in our little corner of the world.

Hi again!

So I have returned. I hope to be able to post more often from now on. We'll see. I have started two jobs since I last blogged and my kids are still a handfull! A wonderful handfull, but still a handfull to say the least.

I've started working at a local book/movie rental/music/coffee store. It's fun! So far. The Hubster and I have worked our schedules around to where one of us can be with the kids. It gives me a needed break and a few extra dollars in our bank account. I'm also the song leader at my church which gives me a chance to actually keep singing because I really needed to start singing again. It fulfills a great big hole that was in my heart. I'm still teaching voice lessons and I hope to pick up a few more students soon.

Smasher is HUGE! He'll be two in December and is about the size of a three year old! He is all boy. He jumps off couches and porches and ends up black-eyes and bloody lips. He's usually fine a few seconds after the incident, but still, I hate to see him hurt. We're going to start potty-training him soon. I bought the stuff to make his "potty chart" with stickers and all. He seems interested in apparently peed on the floor of his dad's bathroom right next the toilet while visiting him this weekend. I get him back in an hour or so. I missed him this weekend.

BG is five months old today and I can hardly believe it. She is very long and skinny. She still weighs less than 14lbs which is starnge to me since I'm used to the monster-sized baby Smasher was. She's so happy and typically just sits and smiles at you. She loves to be on her stomach and I think she'll be crawling before too long. She also loves to talk. She's so pretty!

Everything is going well. Just hanging in there. We're trying to find a larger house. We've outgrown our two bedroom house and really are looking for a three bedroom. We would like to buy but just aren't at a place where we can right now. We'll probably start saving for a down payment and try to get a place soon. The Hubster's been going to school and working like crazy and I can't wait to get back to school. It's been a little crazy because all of our parents (except my dad) are living in Enid right now. Our kids will be SPOILED!!!!

It's been a while

I've been a little busy.

Smasher is getting into his terrible two's and things at our house are in constant disarray. I'm trying to stay clam. I'm trying to keep my patience with him, but it's getting harder and harder. Somedays I feel like selling him to the highest bidder. But...then the night time comes and I put him down to bed and he smiles at me and gives me my hugs and even says "nigh-nigh" sometimes, and I feel on top of the world. Last night was an exception. He cried every thirty minutes ALL night long! It was horrible. He finally chilled when The Hubster brought him into our room when he left for work this morning. We both got about 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep. It was blissful.

BG is doing well. She's growing up so fast and is developing her own little personality. She's so funny and usually a VERY easy going little girl. But when she does want something, she will let you know! She's 14 and a half weeks old now which is so weird that she's already that old. She's going to be such a neat little kid though, I can already tell.

Truth be told, my kids are incredible. My husband is amazing and I'm one lucky girl. Things aren't going so great right now due to some plumbing problems our landlord is not able to fix right now and The Hubster is waiting to hear back about a couple of jobs, but I know that when God does put things into motion, it's going to be incredible!!!

Kid for Rent

Smasher is being a MONSTER this evening! He was great all the rest of the day though. Maybe he's just super tired. I don't know, but it needs to end. NOW!

It's been a busy day around here. There is a six-feet deep trench that stretches the entire length of my front yard and driveway. Or there was until they hastily tried to fill it in so I could at least get over to the car parked across the street without having to drag Smash (who I have to carry for fear he'll run in to the trench) and a car seat down to my neighbors drive way to cross the street and walk back up again. It's an inconvenience but the plumbers (it's a sewer thing) are super nice and very considerate. They even offered to help me carry the kids but it was alright. Smasher is in heaven as there has been a John Deere back-hoe in my yard all day. He thinks it's a tractor, which he's obsessed with, and even said his first sentence today (that I've heard anyway.) He said, "Look, Mama. Tractor!!!" I was impressed and very proud of my little man.

I was trying to put Smasher's new toddler bed together when BG (Shy's new name - Baby Girl, thanks to her daddy) started screaming her lungs out! She screaming, not cried, for 45 minutes straight. It was horrible! Smasher would start crying when she did and then she's chill out and Smash would mess with her causing her to cry again and then for him to cry. Again. The toddler bed is still in pieces. I finally got them chilled except that Smash is being especially cranky. Early to bed for him tonight. Assuming I get the bed put together anyway. How is it that when you get a second hand bed, all the pieces are NEVER there? Oh well, grateful for it anyways!

Oh and the screaming ensues!

Ciao

Playing the waiting game...

The Hubster and I are sitting up at the hospital waiting on the arrival of our friends baby girl. The Hubster thinks he's ready for another. I told him that when he can carry and deliver said baby, I'm ready. Just kidding. I'm sure Smasher and Shy will have another sibling at some point. All I ask is that the other two be out of diapers first. I like babies, I just don't like having them. Especially after having this last one just about ruined my life for 9 months. The passing out all the time and then not healing properly was just about more than I could bear.

This particular friend has been friends with The Hubster for a long long time and I just adore him and his wife. We spent the better part of our pregnancies being pregnant at the same time. And really there is nothing that bonds two women together faster than being pregnant together. She's going to be a great mom and he's going to be a great dad. I'm really excited for them! They're also having a little girl and since Shy and she will be so close in age, I'm hoping that they will be good friends.

So, CONGRATS GUYS!!!

A hard week

It's been a hard week. I miss Smasher. He drives me crazy most of the time when he is here, but the silence of him not being here drives me even crazier. I know that it's good for him to spend time with his dad's side of the family. It's good for everyone. But it's so hard to be away from him. I've seen several pictures of him from them past week and he seems so much older and bigger than the last time I saw him, which was over a week ago. It seems like it's been a year since I have seen him though. I have this vision in my mind of getting him back tomorrow and he's all grown up. In fact, in one picture that his Uncle Scott took of him yesterday he looks like he is four years old and has the most mischievous look on his face while he's splashing through the puddles. He likes splashing through puddles.

Oh WoW!

That's right, folks. I play World of Warcraft. Not as frequently as I'd like, but I have have two kids so it's to be expected. I've been playing, off and on, for about four years now. I'll play for a while, become bored and ultimately, cancel my monthly subscription. I usually come back to it about three-six months later. My husband and several of my friends play as well.

Well, The Hubster got a new (to him) computer. We got a new computer back in February for both of us to use but the other day he found a great deal on a 17in HP with some pretty awesome specs, so he got it. We were planning on getting another computer when his Pell Grant money came in since we are both planning on returning to school sooner rather than later. We'll I guess he already is, but I am too.

So, what am I doing right now? Loading WoW onto his new laptop. Fun stuff, huh? But it should be fun as we will both be able to play at the same time now and maybe do some dungeons together. Am I a nerd? Yes. But I embrace it.

I just started a new pali so I'm going to go play it on my computer.

And she smiles!

My daughter has the most beautiful smile in the entire world!!! Okay, so does my son, but I'm used to his, even though I still comment about how much I love his smile. But Shy's is NEW! In the last week she's started to smile and I mean really smile! She never really smiled as a newborn even we she did have gas. But I even got a little laugh out of her yesterday. The Hubster got one the day before. I was explaining to him how strange a baby's laugh sounds at first. I assured him that one day it will turn into the laugh that he loves so much from Smasher.

She was laughing at me trying to give her her pacifier. I've been extremely lucky as both of my kids never really seemed to take to the pacifier. Shy will spit it out after about five minutes and so did Smash. I have a strict no pacifier policy after three months anyway. I just don't like them and don't want to have to break my kids of them. So, Shy has one more month to spit them out and then they're all going in the trash!

The weekend should be fun. I kind of wish I was staying in town, but alas, we're going to Muskogee to visit The Hubster's dad. Smash is going to my grandparent's yet again, but they're going to meet up with Smasher's Apple and he'll spend the week with her and his aunt. The Smash Dad will pick him up and then I'll finally get him back next Sunday. I think I may go crazy without my little crazy guy running around here but I know he'll have a good time. It will give me some time to get some serious house stuff done. Like painting. But the next July 4th, he is all mine!

Well, everyone have a safe and fun holiday weekend! Remember while you're at that cookout or drinking at the lake, that men and women have died for the freedom's that we enjoy so appreciate it!

Boys will be boys

I'm afraid people are going to start thinking I abuse my son. Last night he hit a concrete floor, face first and rather hard. He had a busted up lip and a bloody nose. He seems to fine this morning. The swelling in his lip has gone down quite a bit and he seems a little clingy still but not too bad. The clingyness could be because he has what I think is his final tooth coming in. He's only 18 months old. This can't possibly be it, but it appears so.

I have no idea why, but he plays HARD. He runs at full speed and is afraid of nothing. He's always falling and scraping knees or palms. He sprints up and down stairs like he's six-foot tall or something. It's ridiculous. Every time he goes somewhere I worry what people are going to think. I mean, anyone that knows him, knows that he plays really hard so I shouldn't worry about them. But the ones who don't know him are the ones I worry about.

Not a lot to report. Just hanging out. Shy turned 8 weeks old today. She's great! She didn't sleep too well last night and since The Hubster had to work at 4:50 this morning, I was up to bat all night long. Oh well. It's alright. Smash actually let me sleep until almost 9:00. I was astounded!

Well, time to play!

Hush-a-bye Mountain

Well, it's been a few days since I have posted. Not really a whole lot to report.

Smasher closed out the week wonderfully after a rough start. He and I were both sick with sore throats and headaches on Wednesday. But we're both awesome now!

Shy is doing great. She's been wanting to be held all day long so I strapped on my trusty Moby wrap and carried her around in that most of the time.

Our weekend was nice. Smash was at my grandparent's house again. I swear, we only get visitation, but he loves it so much down there that I don't have the heart to say no. The Hubby, Shy and I made a trip to the city to see his mom and my aunt. It was a good trip. Short, but good.

I don't know what has gotten into Smash this week but he has behaved beyond reproach (almost). He has listened when I said no or told him that something would hurt him and just walked away from things without throwing a fit. I'm more lenient with him lately though and I think that is helping both of us. He did kick Shy yesterday though and so he got in trouble for that, but all-in-all - I give his behavior this week a 10!

Shy is starting to hold up her head now! She's growing so fast!

We've been watching "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" lately. And the lullaby that Dick Van Dyke sings to his kids has always been one of my favorites so I finally got all the words down. I sang it to Shy the other day and she conked out pretty fast. If you haven't heard it, go find it and listen to it.

A gentle breeze from Hushabye Mountain

Softly blows o'er Lullaby Bay

It fills the sails of boats that are waiting,

waiting to sail all your worries away.

It isn't far to Hushabye Mountain

And your boat wait down by the key.

The winds of night so softly are sighing

Soon they will fly your troubles to sea.

So close your eyes on Hushabye Mountain.

Wave goodbye to cares of the day.

And watch your boat from Hushabye Mountain

Sail far away from Lullaby Bay.

Well, a hungry kid calls so I must attend to them!

Recital anyone?

I NEED to do a recital. I miss singing so much. I never get a chance to do it anymore and while I love my life of midnight feedings, diaper changing and running after Splash, I need something else. If only for a little bit. I always think that when things slow down, I'll look into it. I've come to realize that things aren't going to slow down for about 20 years or so and by that time I won't want to give recitals. I'll want to watch my children's recitals or games or whatever else they're doing. So maybe I should just dive in and do it. I may not have finished my degree, but for four and a half years of my life I spent probably 75% of my time singing. I completed my performance requirements and feel that I'm wasting all that time I spent in practice rooms and going to lessons and coachings. Now I spend most of my time going to parks and story times.

I would like to do the recital for something. Maybe a benefit recital or something. If it was here in Enid I'm fairly confident I could get a decent audience. Hmmm...I need to get on this while I have the energy to actually complete it maybe.

Big thunderstorm going on right now, so our trip to story time at the library will probably be cancelled for this week. We'll try again later!

Silence is Golden...

Wow. It's Monday afternoon and my house is silent save for the air conditioner and the sound of Shy's swing. This is a momentous occasion. My house is never quite!!! I might even tempt fate and try to fit in a shower! If I could pull that off without one of the kids waking up, I should go buy a lottery ticket.

This morning was pretty eventful. I decided to let Splasher eat in the living room with me this morning since our kitchen needs a makeover. And by makeover I mean cleaned. Breakfast went fantastically. Except for the scrambled egg in the chair. I decided to let him try to feed himself while I tried to feed Shy. Eh. Oh well. I just let him go when he dumped most of it over his head. It seemed that he was having fun doing it, so why not? I'm kind of in a messy mood today so I decided I'd clean it when he took a nap, and I did. We watched Peter and the Wolf and Splasher really seemed to enjoy it. That makes me so happy since the entire point of the show is to teach children to appreciate music while watching something fun. Prokofiev really did a good job! We had some mac and cheese for lunch and the rest of the morning was filled by exploring the case of water that got left by the kitchen door last night. While I have 20 bottles of water floating around my living room now, it was fun to watch Splash look at things through the sides. We had a lesson in refraction.

But now, Spalsher is awake after a two and a half hour nap so I guess I should go. Glad I didn't attempt that shower.

Easy like Sunday morning...

Well, actually all day today was pretty easy. We just hung out all day. No agenda or anything. We did go to church which was all that we had planned to do. We went to lunch and then we came home. Shy and I feel asleep on the bed and we both took about a three hour nap. The Hubby and Splash played until they finally took about a two hour nap. All and all, a very good day! Splash and I went to get some free videos for him to watch over the next couple of days. Another Magic School Bus that I couldn't resist because it's the human body one and that one is my favorite. The other is actually Peter and the Wolf which serves two purposes as I am trying to teach Splasher to appriciate classical music!

Well, time for bed!

Our venture to the Splashpad...take 2!

So, Splasher and I ventured back to the Splashpad today with The Hubby and Shy in tow. They sat in the shade while I accompanied Splash to, well, the Splashpad. Today went even worse than the other day. He stuck to the edges and only ventured in to stick his hands in. As soon as the water hit him anywhere else, he ran away. Not only that, but there was another with the same name as my son and it caused confusion for both of the kiddos. Strangely enough, they were both about the same age and it's not an incredibly common name. Oh well. He didn't seem too upset about anything until I told him he couldn't play at the park part because we forgot shoes. Eh, not a big deal. I just wish he would explore a little more. But we're going to start Mommy and Me swim classes in July so maybe he'll be a little bit more comfortable with the water then. I also sat up his inflatable pool in the front yard since it's in the shade the entire day. He seems to be excited about that but we didn't spend any time in there today.

Splasher has not been the ideal kiddo since we got home but then again, I don't expect him to be. He does his best for the most part. The Hubby's sociology teacher told him the other day that it is our job, as parents, to set boundaries for them and it's their job, as children, to overstep those boundaries. Then we of course, teach them to get back in them. It's a vicious cycle for a few years. Splasher is comprehending more and more every day and is doing more and more. Today for instance, we learned three new words - "tree," "rock," and "grass." We also learned where our knees are and I got him to say "knee" once. We're working on "yes" and nodding our head "yes" but we're still working on that. He's also becoming more of a lovebug which is great. He'll bring me a book and sit in my lap while I read it and when we're sitting on the couch he'll actually give me kisses. I love my little boy so much. I can't wait until Shy is more interactive although I know I'll miss her newborn days.

However, she has been the fussiest that she's ever been today! I'm tired of it! She has hit a growth spurt though and so she wants to eat every hour or so and gets mad if we put her in her swing or if she gets put down in her bassinet. Oh well, I still love her!

Life is good. I complain too much and I think that's because I let too much get to me. I know I let the little things that Splasher does get to me and I get too upset when Shy cries a lot. So even though I will still get upset with Splasher sometimes and have to tell him "no," I will try to do so less severely and less often. Shy will cry. That's what babies do. I just have to remind myself that she will not always be that way. I feel like I don't take the time to actually enjoy my kids most days. So my new goal will be to just chill out and relax, let Splash get away with more especially if it's not harmful or destructive and just enjoy my kiddos while they're this young. I'm their world right now. It will never be that way again.

My kids are amazing me...

So I had the fortunate opportunity to blog about Splasher's accomplishment yesterday and now it's Shy's turn...

She slept for more than 3 hours at a time last night!!! I woke up at 4:00 this morning a little concerned at the lack of commotion coming from the other room during the night. I came and checked on her and she was fine. The Hubby's alarm went off and then she finally woke up at about 4:15. She went down at about 11:30 last night. That equals 4 hours and 45 minutes of uninterrupted sleep!!! I was so happy. I put her back down at 4:45 and she was back up at 8:30, so that was not a horrible stretch of time either.

I'm so proud of my kiddos!!!

Ready for the next step?

Splasher has been acting rather strange lately. Don't know what to make of it all.

We bought him a training potty a few months ago with the idea that if we put it in the bathroom, he would get used to it being there and knowing that that is where it belongs. It has worked so far. Sometimes he'll follow us in there and sit down on his "potty" even when he has no one to model after, like when I'm doing my makeup or hair. The other day he put both of his feet in the bowl part though and I thought "Wow. We're really getting nowhere." But, today we went into the bathroom and he pulled at the tabs of his diaper and patted the top of his toilet. I said, "Okay, [Splash.] Let's go." So he did. I am so excited. I think this is going to be a logn process and who even knows if he'll do it again for some time but I think it's a step in the right direction. I would be thrilled if he was potty trained by 20 months or so!!! But no pressure!

Summer Summer Summer Summertime

Well folks, it's Summer. Now, Summer doesn't mean as much to me as it used to due to me not being a student nor having kids that are old enough to experience Summer vacation yet. We've been having fun so far though. The Hubby has been working a lot the past week and a half because he's covering for someone. That has caused him to have to work every morning at 4:45 during the week. He usually only does that on Mondays and Fridays. And to add to the mix, he also started school this week. It's only one class but it's for two and a half hours every day and it seems as though he'll have paper due every day. In fact he had a test this morning on the third day of class. This is in addition to the rock wall schedule that he works as well. I miss my husband.

Smasher and I have been keeping semi-busy though. I think for the summer I shall change his name to Splasher! We went to the new splash pad that opened recently in our neighborhood. It was packed and I ran into several friends! We first sat next to our friend that was parked under a tree and finished our second snocone of the season. Splasher loved it! Then we bravely entered the fenced in area filled with "big kids". I didn't want to push Splasher since he seemed a little apprehensive about the whole thing. Eventually he ventured into the throng of children with me trailing close behind. I tried to stay back a ways, only intervening when he seemed confused that I was not right there. Once he saw me he was fine though and continued playing. He seemed to stick to the edges for the most part, only venturing to the middle of the pad when I held his hand. After about 20 minutes, he decided he was done. That was fine with me. He gets so hot playing outside. Hopefully we can start going a couple of days a week and he'll get more interested in it.

I'm also having the Hubby look into Mommy and Me swimming lessons. I want Splasher to feel comfortable around water and I would also feel more comfortable knowing that he knows the basics. Especially after an incident we had a friends pool last week. Splasher was fine. Just fell in the pool. The Hubby was in before I was even out of my seat and Splasher came up wide eyed and coughing a little but not crying or anything so I'm pretty sure he was fine. I had a mini-heart attack, but he was fine.

I don't let Splasher watch a lot of tv. In fact, we don't even have cable and typically just rent DVDs or watch things online. However, I have decided that a few minutes of a show here and there, really help me out a lot. Luckily, the local video rental store offers free DVDs of kids shows to rent. So the other day I sent the Hubby to find a couple of videos. He returned with The Magic School Bus and Schoolhouse Rock. Now, these are great shows! They're just a little over a 17 month-old's head. Good try anyway, Honey!

Shy is doing well. Growing like crazy although I didn't really notice it until other people were holding her. We took her to the doctor last week and she has gained two pounds in a four weeks. She's up to 9lbs. 10oz. She's starting to become more expressive and developing a personality. She makes the funniest faces and has started kind of grinning at us a little bit. She's still not sleeping too well, which is really hard considering I'm the one that has to take care of her since The Hubby has to be at work so early. I don't mind though. He takes her when he's home so I can get a nap sometimes. Splasher is an amazing big brother! He just watches her and actually whispers "shhhh" when she starts crying, which is not very often.

Well, I am going to find some more fun summer activities to keep my Splasher busy!

No catchy title this time folks...

I'm kind of beside myself right now. Certain members of my family have been less than thrilled about Shy's arrival. But I told myself that once she was here things would change. They've gotten worse.

Smasher went for a visit to my grandparent's on Thursday and the rest of us joined him on Saturday. Now, my grandparent's and Smash are extremely close. I understand that and don't want them to feel like they have to ignore Smash. I certainly don't. I feel like I divide my time pretty evenly. But since we arrived the other night my grandmother has spent a total of five minutes with Shy. My granddad has even held her longer than that and he's terrified of babies. He acknowledges she's there at least. My grandmother doesn't even do that. She just continues to play with Smash (which is great) and ignores the rest of us. I've tried to spend a lot of time with Smash while we're here but when you're trying to hang out with him and he's with someone who won't even talk to you, it's awkward, so I've retreated back to the back bedroom and decided to camp here until The Hubby and my granddad come back from the farm.

I'm just trying to figure out what happened. She didn't act this way when Smasher was a newborn. She won't say anything to me except to tell me what I should do with Smash and she's hardly said two words to The Hubby and won't even look at him. I guess it just really hurts because we used to be really close. I've been so close to tears this entire weekend because I know that one day I'm going to have to explain to one of my kids why the other one gets so much more attention from her than she does. I know Shy won't remember this weekend but I will. Shy didn't do anything wrong. She was just born. If my grandmother is so disappointed in me or ashamed of Shy, I wish she would have just told me or at the very least say they were busy this weekend. Then I wouldn't have wasted the gas money to get down here. Silly me, I thought she'd want to meet her great-granddaughter. I guess I was wrong. I won't make that mistake again. And honestly, if this is the way things are going to be, then maybe Smash doesn't need to come visit anymore either. I hate to say that because he loves it down here and he is really close to my grandmother and I know my granddad would miss him and he hasn't done anything wrong but I'm not going to let any of my family play favorites with my kids. You either love them both or neither of them.

Mother/Daughter Tea

Today Shy and I are spending our afternoon together at the local coffee shop/bookstore. To my surprise, I just looked at the clock to discover we've been here for over 4 hours. The Hubby is at work and Smasher is at my grandparents, so I've really been enjoying my day out with my little girl. I know I'll have to return home soon to start laundry so I can pack for our trip to my grandparent's to join Smash, but for now I'll enjoy the peacefulness that comes with being surrounded by people but to just hang out with the girly. She got tired of sleeping in her car seat so I took her out and laid her on the couch beside me. She looks content to just be lounging around while I get some much needed "out of the house" time.

I love days like today. I know this weekend will be a little stressful as we go to my grandparent's, because A - it's a three hour drive and B - I've not sure how they'll respond to her. They are so close to Smasher and I'm just worried that they'll have a hard time treating her the same. Considering my mom was an only child and I was an only child, they were pretty excited about a boy. But anyway, I'm sure it will be fine. I'm sure my grandmother will take her shopping as she gets older. That was our way of bonding so maybe it will be their's as well. Only time will tell.

Have a wonderful and safe weekend!!!

Seriously!?!

Some people have got A LOT of nerve!!! I'm pissed to say the very least.

So, The Hubby works at the rock wall of a certain physical fitness mecca. He loves his job. He works most of the shifts. Today he was working at the front desk of same fitness mecca. When he was done he went to the wall to climb just a couple of routes. A guy who USED to be a mutual friend of both of us was working. This guy is the "supervisor" at the rock wall even though he only works down there a few hours a week. So, The Hubby goes to climb after he gets off and the Idiot (as he shall now be known) ignores him completely. Even the other climbers are pointing out that he wants to climb but The Idiot won't pay him any attention! Finally The Hubby says that another guy can belay him instead. The Idiot then gets upset and says, "How would like it if I just made it to where you don't work at the wall anymore?" I mean, REALLY!?! This is a guy who sent me a text on Mother's Day wishing me a Happy Mother's Day. This is a guy who has been a complete jerk to both my husband and I since he found out we were dating. Well he and The Hubby have some apparent beef but his issue with me began with when we started dating. We were great friends before that. He was also the guy who decided that he could no longer talk to me pretty much when I got pregnant with Smasher. I could deal with all of that crap, but threatening to do something that could mess with our finances...well, that PISSES ME OFF!!!! I mean, we just had another child. I'm not working and we're both planning on going back to school. I mean, what the crap!?! I know that I should let it go. I know that I should turn the other cheek. But I just don't know how I can actually do that! I'm more mad than I have been in a long time. Who does he think he is? I understand that he is in a supervisory position over The Hubby but I honestly have no idea why he thinks that going on a power trip is necessary.

Okay, Rant over.

In other news...my family is perfect and that makes me smile!