Common Sense Y'all

 As if this entry needed an opening, am I right folks?  Common sense.  Just not enough of it to go around these days.  I know I have it.  I know I am instilling it in my children.  The rest of the world?  Not so sure.  This girl makes my brain ache.  She is endearing and sweet, but painful to watch.  I recall being behind a gal in the post office a couple  years ago...she wanted  to send a package to Africa.  The postal worker explained the over-seas charge.  The girl looked at the woman with a straight face and said, "Africa is NOT over seas!"  Really Einstein?

 She was IN COLLEGE!!!  ENROLLED and taking classes!!!  Are you kidding me?  Sad to say at the least.  Another PRIME example is someone that has a great job...yet decides to air his frustrations about his job ON LINE!  For lack of a better word...DUH!!!  Have some common sense enough to know that your co-workers see it therefore your boss will see it.  I would say poor sap, but he should have known better.  I suppose what I am getting at is the simple fact that everyone is so focused on making sure their kids are the brightest of the bunch when it comes to

 book smarts, they completely negate street smarts.  And let's face it, in this day and age you HAVE to have street smarts.  Street smarts=common sense.  There are so many more dangers around every corner these days.  Common sense it what saves lives every day!  Go to get in your car,  have a little trouble with the groceries and unlocking the car...stranger offers to help...what do you do?  Ignore them! Same premise, if you park somewhere open...then come back outside to walk to your car to find a van parked close by...what do you do?  You look from afar under the van, and NEVER open your car door from the side the van is parked on...and STAY AWARE!!  If you have kids...you ALWAYS keep them with you until the groceries

are unloaded.  NEVER put them in the car first...no matter how cold it is outside.  Unless you have the option of holding your keys in hand while locking the doors and loading things in the back.  Common sense.  Two words that could throw off the most experienced of predators.  I don't think they put enough emphasis on common sense in schools anymore...it is all technical learning.  Phonics, check.  Addition, check.  Not enough, I guess most would call it scare tactics.  But think about it.  Wouldn't you rather your child know the dangers of the outside world?  I would.  I make sure they know.

Maybe all too well in some eyes.  A child goes missing, they watch the news cast.  A child has an accident of any kind, they watch the news cast.  I want my babies to know and UNDERSTAND the consequences of things.  How many years have people been preaching about the dangers of the internet and talking to strangers?  Yet there are so many teenagers and kids that still do it!  Without their parents knowledge!!!  Parents:  STEP UP!!!  BE AWARE!!!  And make your kids aware!!  Be present in what they are saying and doing!  We can only be there so much as parents...but I am begging you...be there.  Not to the point of annoyance, but be there ALWAYS.  Look out for them.  Don't spy on them, don't allow it to get to that point.  Teach your children early the greatness that comes from having common sense and the greatness that can come from having an open relationship with their parents.  The reward is greater than you may think!  Especially when you have the privilege of tucking in your baby every night unlike so many others that no longer have the option.  I am in NO way saying it is some parents fault their babies are no longer within arms reach, it is not...that would be the low life predator I am preaching to y'all to avoid...but I am advocating that we as parents instill as firmly as possible the repercussions of our child's actions.  All the while keeping them close at home and safe.

Mothers Day..as I see it...

It is no shock to y'all that I miss my walkers.  And in all honesty I have not watched one single episode in over a month.  Conveniently it was replaced by Dexter, however, I am caught up on that show now.  Left in limbo for both to start again in the fall.  Great way to lead into a Mothers Day post huh?  Well, I will say this...I have the most amazing mother that anyone could ask for!  I even attempted to get us tickets to Ellen's Mothers Day show by submitting a video.  But apparently we didn't make the cut.  Oh well.  I still love Ellen and more importantly, I love my mama!!!  I am still at a loss as to what to do for her for the day.  Flowers seem a bit over played.  Nothing like waiting til the last minute!!  What is worse is that she is more than likely going to read this and know what a slacker I am!  But I do want the world to know what an amazing mother I have been blessed with!  And I strive to be everything morally and personally that she is.  I pray every day that each of my girls regard me in the way I do my mom.  There could not be a better fit if God tried!  Obviously He got it right the first time around!  I love you mom!!!!  There is not a way to put in words how much I love my mama!

Since we are on the topic of moms, before I get to my own issues.  I just wanna give a shout out to a few amazing moms out there...this could be a long list.  My Aunt Mar...you are always there no matter what...and so selfless!  Love you so much and you deserve the best!  Mama Sandy...you are a constant and inspiring and so amazing!  Love you bunches!  My amazing friends that I vent with, learn with and more importantly grow with:  Cara, Angie, Dani, Krista...I hope you know now and always just how much I love and adore and respect all of you!  I could not get through this life without you!!  My AMAZING mother in law who cares for my babies everyday, I love you and there is no way I would be where I am without you!!  Nor would I even want to!!  Love you Connie!!  My sister from another mother Ricki...my girl.  You know how much you mean to me! I love you!!  You are always there...no matter if he is your brother or not...you listen and more importantly take my side! lol  My "hood posse" Kathi and Tricia, I hope you gals know how much I love you!  I thank you for the countless days of "drama filled" conversations...and "bitch fests" about things...love you girls so very much!  I think you girls daily see me at my best and worst and still wanna hang with me...BIG kuddos there!  Love you!  Lindsey and Leigh...wow, I don't even pretend to know how to get through this life without you now!  I love you gals!!   I do.  You both let me vent and vice versa...I think we have learned so much from one another!!  And last but not least, Kelli...my online soulmate...love you girl and thank you so much for all of your sound advice and our talks...you are an amazing mom and friend!!

Now, this in no way negates the positive influence all of my mama friends have on me.  I have a slue of friends and family that are just as worthy of praise.  I just only have so much time this evening, so if I did not mention you personally...please know that I love and value you all!  All of the moms out there.  There is no job more thankless yet rewarding than being a mom.

Now, being selfish...back to me.  Am I a horrible person for thinking that Mothers Day should be about mom?  Meaning a break from the kids?  I must be.  My dream Mothers Day weekend would include the following, not necessarily in this order:

Coming home on Friday to an EMPTY house with dinner from Fiesta Charra in tow.
Immediately laying on the couch and eating, watching whatever I want...The Walking Dead perhaps for the 900th time.
Sleeping.
Waking up on Saturday to an empty house around noon.
Leaving long enough to get Jolly's for lunch and a Richards Steak Sandwich for dinner.
Continue lying on couch and watching TV, maybe The Walking Dead.
Fall asleep around 9.
Sleep til noon.
Clean the house.
My husband and babies come home to me in a good mood for once and we have a nice family dinner!

Dream on I know.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ALL!!

til next time

xoxo

A homage and final farewell to the Dude...

 He was an amazing gift from my wonderful mother. It apparently was a secret for over a month or so that he would be given to me on Christmas.  It was the best Christmas since I got my Barbie house a long time ago.  I had such high hopes for Dude and his life with us...unfortunately that was short lived.  Him in combination with the other five in the house I take care of proved too much and it was not doing him any favors by having so little attention.  He is a beautiful boy...and I have no reservations that his new home will be so much better for him.  He now has a daddy that wants to work with him, a stay at home mom, twin six year old girls and an eight year old boy that will give him all the attention he deserves.  I miss him though.  And I will for awhile.  It is going to take a long time to get used to only calling for Zobert to go outside for potty time.  I still think twice about leaving the bedroom doors open so he can't get in them.  The cat seems a little lost without him.  I will miss him keeping me warm and snuggling on the couch late at night when he was being a good lazy dog.  I will miss watching him and Abigail wrestling and playing...as will she as she informed me this evening.  But...bright side is we can easily go visit him from time to time.  No more washing out his cage every two days.  No more pacing the floors above my head while trying to relax.  No more whining.  No more bellowing, not barking...bellowing while I am trying to get Sophia to sleep.  No more using the house or my flower bed as a bathroom.  No more throwing toys away because he ate an arm or leg off of something.  No more caging Abigail between chairs to eat dinner to keep him from snatching food from her...and only her.  Now Sophia can crawl all over without the risk of going through a puddle I didn't see.  (NO, that never happened but so easily could have.)  Back to spending $8 dollars a month on dog food versus $20 a week.  The cons definitely out weigh the pros.  I love my mom so much for doing this for me...and he is great.  We tried as long as we could to keep him.  I know some will miss the bitching about the damn dog Dude...but we did what we had to do.  At least he went to a good family.  So this one's for you Dude...love you buddy!!  You are where you need to be with a family that has the time and attention to give you!

til next time

xoxo

Allow me to annoy you...

I realized this evening how annoying I am.  You know how you have certain people in your life that say the same things over and over?  I am one of those people.  My life could be a drinking game...but um, anyway.  How many times in my daily life, or emails, or Facebook posts or blog entries do I suddenly sound like a vinyl record skipping?  Seriously?  Zombies. For real?  The Walking Dead. Are you kidding me?  TV.  Fuck!  Beer.  Fuck!  Alcohol.  Rob Zombie.  Wine. No problem!  Shit!  Dude!!!  Really??  Fuck...I honestly do not understand how anyone can stand me.  I am annoying myself.  What the fuck is wrong with me?  Ironically enough, any explanation I could muster up would lead right back to the aforementioned cliche's.  So I guess there is no answer for my annoying habitual phrases or topics of conversation.  I know my F-bombs annoy my best friend.  I keep fucking doing that one to aggravate her though.  You know who you are dude!  There I go again!  Seriously?  Again!!  It is an epidemic with me.  There is no magical pill to make it stop either.  The alcohol makes it worse.  Speaking of alcohol, drink every time you read the word annoying.  Apparently this is going to be the not so secret word of the day!

We all have annoying traits.  I don't think any one of us realizes it either.  We all do it all the time.  It is so annoying to come to the realization just to how annoying you yourself are though.  I could easily sit here and say, I own it...I am going to try to stop.  Sadly, there is no rehab for this affliction.

I also realized this evening what a hypocrite I am when it comes to punctuation.  Incomplete and run on sentences.  Grammatical inconsistencies.  Wow.  The entire beginning to this paragraph is an English teachers worst nightmare.  I am terrible!  I am owning up to all of this shit after reviewing my previous posts on this here blog.  I honestly cannot even remember what constitutes a paragraph.  I am almost positive it has to be a certain amount of sentences and contain at least a semblance of succinct content, to which this one does not qualify.

I was watching video clips of the kids tonight, attempting a decision on which ones to post.  I opted away from a few due to the fact that my voice over was SO INCREDIBLY annoying.

My friend tells me that I am such an eloquent(actually she was really proud of coming up with another word for it all on her own but I can't remember it right now so we are using eloquent)writer, that I could get my point across just as easily by omitting the curse words.  She doesn't understand that if I were to do that, it would take all the fun out of it for me.  Me.  There is the reason, excuse, what have you.  Love me, like me or back the fuck off me damn it!  I am what I am.

Obviously y'all are bearing witness to a slight mental rambling of my own creation...if you think this is bad, try being in my brain daily.  Hope this was at least a little more lighthearted and more of an enjoyable read than the previous two.  Also, I think I have FINALLY figured out how to not have 90 kinds of font in a single post.  I will get there...

til next time

xoxo