tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889320461819711472024-03-21T21:03:14.367-07:00Things That Happen EverydayThings That Happen Everydayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998076656667233767noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388932046181971147.post-72240781140671169342013-06-28T10:39:00.002-07:002013-06-28T10:39:25.984-07:00It's My Birthday - A Little More About Me
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On a sunny Thursday, June 28, 1979 a baby girl was born at
7:00 AM. Yes me, I’m officially 34 (not that I’ve been looking forward to this
birthday)!! Being that today is my birthday (and I will cry if I want to and I did cause my mid-morning was really shitty; thanks mom for calling me and trying to ruin my day) I thought
I would write down some things about me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Always and forever since 2005 the number one and two on my
top things I’ve accomplished, things I’m proud of, things I would never ever
change in my life will be my two boys. They are my greatest joy and my greatest
pride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From all the boyfriends I’ve had (and no there weren’t that
many) I’ve only been dumped once. I know this is not a great accomplishment but
no one likes to be dumped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In keep with the above theme I’ve also only been fired once.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since I was 21 and with two pregnancies and having two big
babies (older boy 9.3lbs; younger 8.3lbs) I’ve only gained 10 pounds. I’ve been
also trying to lose those 10 extra pounds since 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve never had a major car accident. I only had two minor;
so minor that neither of the cars were damaged both times and my last accident
was 14 years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Despite my awkwardness I’ve managed to maintain a friendship
with 5 girls for the last 20 years. And not just friends really really good
friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Being a good employee. With the couple of jobs I’ve had
(with the exception of the place that fired me; it was them not me) I’ve always
had my bosses tell me that I’m a really good employee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of my best friends had her twins on my birthday. When
she got pregnant and told me her due date (July 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>) I said to her
well if you go early (since they were twins and that can happen sometimes) you
should have them on my birthday. So as the months progressed and her doctor
started suggesting that she might go early I kept telling her it was going to
be on my birthday and sure enough June 28 of last year. I know this has nothing
to do with me but it’s my birthday I get to decided what’s special for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been a smoker for almost 20 years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve gotten drunk (like really drunk) about 10 times. Of
those 10 for one of those times I don’t remember much of the night, 2 times I
crawled on all fours to get to my second floor apartment and ALL OF THOSE TIMES
I’ve thrown up a lot more than I ingested. (This is all before kids.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I never finished college<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yelling at my kids (sometimes more than I should).
Afterwards I fee so guilty that I stay up at night and cry because the funny
thing about kids is that no matter how much you yell at them in the morning
they act like nothing happened. They still love you unconditionally. This of
course makes me feel really shitty. I’m constantly working on being a better mom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Forgiving and making excuses for my mother’s behavior for so
many years. I can’t tell you how many tears I’ve shed tears (like today), how many nerves I’ve
lost because of her. I use to make excuses to my kids why their grandma wasn’t
coming to see them when she said she was. NOT ANYMORE! I’M DONE!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stop smoking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Get a tattoo (or two)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Buy some kind of real estate (for investment purposes)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Move out of my current neighborhood (it’s not a bad
neighborhood; I would just like something better for my kids). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Go on vacation with my friends. Girls only vacation. This
has actually already been talked about and if all goes well for one week in
2017 (yes 4 years from now) me and 5 of my friends will be going on a vacation
just US!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So there you have it. A little more about me. My husband
says he feels big changes coming toward us (good things). Since he’s not a
physic and I don’t believe in those anyway I still hope he’s right; we sure
could use a brake for certain things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Things That Happen Everydayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998076656667233767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388932046181971147.post-27480886689205428102013-06-27T05:11:00.000-07:002013-06-27T05:11:36.097-07:00Road Trip to Florida<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2011. Our first road trip as a family.So there we were my husband, my mom (this was when I still talked to her), me and two kids one which was still in diapers. (Side note: Road trips and diapers go together like two peas in a pod; no really they do…NOT!!)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>From New York to Florida (The beautiful Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort a place I highly recommend) in our trusted Suzuki Grand Vitara XL7 SUV. We were all so excited. I’m personally a summer person so that thought of spending the whole week by the pool/beach in warm weather was heaven on earth. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>When I started packing for our trip my husband suggested that I use a big suitcase to put all our stuff in and we would attached it to the roof<em> BUT I</em> thought I had a better idea of using multiple bags (my thinking was it would be easier to get something if I needed it rather than taking a big suitcase down from the roof) and filling our car to capacity so that my two kids and mom had to sit in the second raw the whole way there. I know, Mother of the Year Award! What the fuck was I thinking? Now don’t get me wrong I did realized my mistake almost immediately after we started stuffing the car but at that point it was too late. We needed to hit the road and get to Florida ASAP to start our vacation. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>I have to say considering that it was our first ever road trip with two small kids and a car filled to capacity with stuff (BTW now that I think about it what the fuck did I pack that it filled the whole car, we were only staying for a week) and my mother the whole road trip went pretty good. I came prepared. We had a DVD player with many DVD's. Coloring books, cards, food and drinks and we made it a point to stop every 3-4 hours. The kids did really well. I think they started complaining the last hour and honestly even we (the adults) were all "Are we there yet"?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>We did have a moment in Virginia where out tired popped. I frantically tried to call every place I could find on my navigation system on a Friday night around 10. Everything was closed. This doesn’t happen in NY and I was completely unprepared. In NY you can always find anything you need with a 10 mile radius. I guess I just assumed that it worked like that in every state. It doesn't. In Virginia everything was closed by 8PM. My husband tried to find all the tools to change the tire himself but we couldn’t find it in our trunk so we had to call someone. We finally found someone who had some kind of an accent and we barley<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>understood him. After the phone call finished I wasn’t sure if he understood what we wanted or where our location was but almost an hour later he did show. During that hour the kids constantly asked what’s going on, can we look? And we were just trying to keep them in the car. You know the whole highway, kids running around like crazy thing. After the guy came he told us the tools were actually under the driver’s seat but don’t say duh yet cause it turns out our tires needed a special key (that Suzuki so graciously did not provide) to get them open so even if we had found the tools we would have to call someone. $200 dollars later and we were off to Georgia where we would buy a new tire (the one we had was a spare). Another $165 and we were off to Florida. See bump $465 spent and we hadn't even started out vacation.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>As a side note we left NY one a nice warm/cool May day (about 65-70). Once we got to a Wal-Mart in Georgia to buy our tire holymotherofsunwhatthefuck it was like 99 and not even noon. This I was not prepared for. Like all the saliva sucked right out of your mouth, can’t breathe, just need water now, feel like a vampire that's about to melt in the sun kind of hot. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>The other bad thing was my driving. I’ve been a driver for almost 16 years. I’ve spent many years and many times driving from my house to my friend’s house in upstate (that’s 4 hours each way). I never had any issues. I just did it. For whatever reason this time I just couldn’t do it. My husband drove the first 4 hours and then I offered to drive so he can rest. I just couldn’t do it. As soon as I started driving I couldn’t keep my eyes open and as soon as my husband took over the driving I was fine. I felt like someone had hypnotized me; I tried everything; loud music; coffee; my husband talking to me to keep me company fuck if anything worked. All I wanted to do was sleep. So hubs took over the wheel and guess motherfucking what I’m up like a baby at midnight. I felt so terrible. I really wanted to help him. As a reward while we were in Florida I drove to most of the place cause wouldn’t you know it when we were coming back the same thing happened. </strong></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana;">If you like this post would you be so kind and leave a comment.</span></em>Things That Happen Everydayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998076656667233767noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388932046181971147.post-73089410429595722492013-05-30T05:48:00.000-07:002013-05-30T05:48:03.360-07:00Not being able to think of a good title for this post is driving me crazy!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OMG I don’t even know where to start with this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you guys have time to read a book? No? Shit ok let me try to make this short. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My older son complaining to do his homework EVERY.FUCKING.NIGHT. Suck it up buttercup you’re only in 2<sup>nd</sup> grade, wait till you get to High School than you can tell me you have A LOT of homework</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My younger son throwing tantrums EVERY.FUCKING.NIGHT for not giving him something sweet, for his brother not playing the games he wants to play, for eating dinner for a million other things. Dude get your shit together you’re almost 5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every time I ask my husband to do something that involves talking to people in English (he knows the language but acts like he doesn’t when I’m around) he gets this panicky look on his face like I’m asking him to find the cure for cancer. You’ve lived in America for over 9 years. Are you fucking kidding me? You too get your shit together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband for waiting for me to do everything and then saying things like ‘you never laugh anymore”, “I never see you in a good mood”. Umm really, let’s see; why don’t you help me around the house more and then maybe I wouldn’t always be in such a shitty mood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So much work at work lately that I have no time for blogging, Facebook or twitter. I know I know job security BUT this sucks, even my boss is complaining about all the work. Nuff said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook for sucking so much. I post something on my page and only like 20 people see it. What’s the point of having hundreds of likes if only a handful will see it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girl that sits in the cubical next to mine. Annoying voice, stank attitude and above all else when her son was 4 months old she was telling another co-worker that he son was so rude. Really at 4 months? Fucking drive me crazy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White girls getting a fake tan and looking orangey. Orange is not a fucking skin color. WTF people?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pimples on my face that have appeared lately. I’ve always had clear skin so I don’t know what the hell is going on. I’m about to take </span><a href="http://www.somethingclever2point0.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something Clever 2.0</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> advice and to </span><a href="http://www.somethingclever2point0.com/2013/05/what-do-i-have-in-common-with-puff.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Proactive</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moms judging other moms. Fuck you. Stop judging. Have you guys read </span><a href="http://hypnoticbard.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Insomniac's Dream</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> lately. This is a mother struggling. She doesn't need us to judge her, I'm so proud of all that she's doing to make ends meat and to be with her boys. That's a real mother. We do anything and everything to be good moms and sometimes it only takes one asshole to judge us to make us rethink our whole strategy. Don't judge, support!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband is in the process of getting a new job. This would mean us moving to a whole new neighborhood. He has a really good chance of getting it BUT we don’t know when this will happen. I’m hoping it will be before the kids start school in September so they can start a new school year in a new school and it’s always better to move in the summer than during the school year. This is completely out our control but it’s still driving me crazy. I feel</span> like we’re in no man’s land. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrities making millions for doing almost nothing. Tom Cruise doesn’t deserve 20 million a movie just because he’s Tom Cruise. Fuck that shit. Millions of people are scraping by EVERY.DAMN.MONTH just to make it and these assholes are making millions just because.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was talking to my husband last night about how tired I was/am all.the.time. He’s like why are you so tired? You’re always tired? You should go see a doctor. This isn't normal. Yes it is normal, I already asked countless doctors and they all say the same thing; you have a full time job, two small kids and when you come home from work you have work at home not to mention a useless husband (<span style="font-size: x-small;">ok they didn't say the last part but I'm sure they were thinking it</span>). So yes, yes I am tired. I work a full time job outside of my home, than I come home to wash dishes, make dinner, clean the house, wash dinner dishes, give the kids a shower and put them to bed. On a really good night they’re both asleep by 10:30 (<span style="font-size: x-small;">this is mostly the little one because he takes afternoon naps in daycare and isn’t tired to sleep at night</span>) and that’s when I can have <span style="font-size: large;">ME TIME</span>. Of course by that time I’m so tired that me time means going to bed. And tomorrow we start all over again. So as I was about to go take a shower ( <span style="font-size: x-small;">a rarity at 8:45</span>) the hubs is like you know once you (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>notice he said you not even suggesting to say me</em></span>) put the kids to bed we can do you know what and I’m like go to sleep?? He says no the other. Hell to the fucking no I’m going off to bed. So of course he’s all mad and about to throw a tantrum and I say to him I would love to have your life for one week. 7 days! That would be my perfect Mother’s Day gift. To live my husband’s life for one week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would love to come home at 5:30 and be done with work. To have coffee without interruptions. To take a nap. To have someone clean the house, wash dishes and make dinner while I watch TV. To be able to eat dinner without having to get up 100 times to get something for the kids. To eat dinner without having to feed myself and one or two additional persons depending on the night. To finish dinner, get up from the table and go on the computer or watch TV while he finishes feeding the kids & cleaning up. To watch as he moves around the house constantly doing something while I lazily lounge on the couch catching up on missed shows. To hear my kids say dad every 2 minutes because they need something. And than ask him why are you so tired?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To sleep in on the weekends while he wakes up early with the kids, makes breakfast, cleans the house, does the laundry, goes food shopping, makes lunch, cleans up the house again, give kids all the things that they’ve constantly wanted since they woke up every 10 minutes (mommy I’m thirsty, mommy I want a snack, mommy he hit me, mommy can I get an apple NO not that one the other one….you get the point). I would love to be able to wake up on a Saturday and/or Sunday and not have a care in the world. I want to go to our friend’s house and have nothing to do but sit on the couch and talk to my friends. I want to see the husbands prepare dinner, feed the kids, clean up and watch the kids so they’re not killing each other. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To truly say I relaxed this weekend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fuck you people on the train. Fuck you for not waiting for me to get out before you decide to get it because God forbid you don’t get a seat to put your big ass on. Fuck you people who walk the wrong way going up and down the stairs. Stay to your right at all times. It’s simple and everyone knows it. You’re not more special than me and I have to get to where ever I’m going just as much as you do. Fuck you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fuck you to my kids school. Fuck you for giving my son one sheet of homework per night and calling it homework. Fuck you for putting my son in a classroom full of kids who are clearly behind. Fuck you for allowing some parents to do their kids homework (<span style="font-size: x-small;">verified by my son and teacher…yes I know, fuck you</span>) and still promoting those kids to the next grade same way as my son whose had to do his own homework since Kindergarten. Fuck you for thinking this is the way to teach kids and think this will make them productive members of society. Fucking you for making me find and print out extra sheets so that my son’s brain can be more developed so that one day he can be something other than a homeless person. Fuck you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fuck you to the tenants in our building (<span style="font-size: x-small;">my husband is a superintendent</span>). Fuck you for knocking at my door at all hours of the day and night thinking that we have no life so of course I want to hear about a tiny problem that you have at 11:30 at night or better yet at 6 in the morning because you can’t do it during the day. That would make life way too easy for us. Fuck you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fuck you to my mom (<span style="font-size: x-small;">yes I said my mom</span>). Fuck you for the last 24 years since we’ve come to America. Fuck you for putting your job first and me last. Fuck you making me do laundry (walking about a mile back and forth to the laundry mat), clean house, make my own breakfast and lunch, make dinner for both of us (<span style="font-size: x-small;">most of the time</span>), paying bills and staying home alone since I was 11. Fuck you for doing all this for the might dollar. Fuck you for making me help you out with your bills & food since I was 19 with my tiny salary because you didn’t want to waste your thousands. Fuck you for making me feel guilty about wanting to move to California to go to college so I stayed. Fuck you for not being there for me when I needed you when my kids were born. Fuck you for leaving the country and moving to another country that you don't know anyone when you decided to retire so that you can relax and not staying to help me out (<span style="font-size: x-small;">NOT FINANCIALLY</span>) like all the other mother’s and father’s that we know. Fuck you for thinking that this is ok. IT’S NOT! Fuck you for wondering why I would not want to talk to you. Let me give you a hint: you haven’t been my mother for the last 24 years. Fuck you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fuck you to my husband. Fucking you for expecting me to do everything with little help from you. Fuck you for making me feel like I’m a single mother with THREE kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fuck you for deciding you’re not going to do something and leaving it for me to do because let’s be honest someone has to do it. Fuck you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fuck you to my kids. Fuck you for driving me crazy because you fight all the time. Fuck you for not listening. Fuck you for not eating your food. Fuck you for not cleaning your room. Fuck you for crying for every tiny thing. Fuck you for making me feel guilty when I yell at you and making me cry <span style="font-size: small;">(they don't make me feel guilty I make myself).</span> Fuck you for making me love you so much that I worry all the time and would love nothing more than to lock you up and never let you out so I can keep you safe. Fuck you</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Fuck you to me. Fuck you for not going to college and having your dream job (<span style="font-size: x-small;">lawyer</span>) and making decent money so you don't have to count every.single.dollar all.the.time. Fuck you for smoking. Fuck you for smoking (<span style="font-size: x-small;">yes I know I put that twice).</span> Fuck you for being a bitch to people who sometimes don't deserve it and not being one to those that do. Fuck you</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditional vs. non-traditional parenting. I’m not sure which my husband and I are. I guess it depends on the person looking at us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we mix a little of both depending what the situation is. I’ve compiled a list of the ways we parent our children and you decide if it’s traditional or non-traditional. This list barley scratches the surface but you get the idea.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have a blog, Facebook page or twitter you’ve come across assholes daily. For whatever reason people think they can be assholes if they don’t agree with something that a blogger/Facebook admin wrote. They like to comment with their snarky comments. This part isn’t so bad the bad part is when they decide to report you to Facebook for “improper behavior”. “Improper behavior” in their opinion. Who gives you the right to be an asshole and report someone? Don’t read that bloggers blog or unlike a Facebook Page. Don’t be an asshole and report. These are the opinions of bloggers/FB page admin and guess what you don’t have to agree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You kind of have to forgive kids when they’re being assholes. In truthfulness they probably don’t realize what they’re doing (until a certain age). They just want what they want when they want it and they don’t care about anyone or anything else. So when they decided they’re had enough sleep at 3 AM even though they went to sleep at 1 AM as a parent you’re like little asshole go to sleep but they just want to play. When they’re at the store and see a toy they just want it. They will throw a tantrum to get it and they don’t care how they look to you and others they just want the toy. In reality they’re being little assholes but to them they just want a toy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Do over. A chance to go back in time (if only we could) and correct a mistake which you made. Many (if not all) people would love to have at least one do over. Sometimes the do over is minor like remembering to buy flowers for your wife on your anniversary so that now you're not sleeping on the couch and other times its more serious. I think we can all say that when we were young we did things that we wish we hadn’t. I know there have been many times when I’ve said shit I can't believe I was so stupid/naive to do that I wish could have a do over to make so so right. Thankfully I’ve never done anything so terrible (except for one) that I’ll have to live with the consequences for the rest of my life. Now don’t get me wrong. I’ve done my share of stupid things (some very stupid things) but overall I don’t have anything major (except for this one thing). Honestly if I had a chance for a do over I wouldn't take it (except in one case). Why not you ask? Well because I’m petrified that if I did have a chance to do something over (like not date a particular guy) that my life would go in a completely different direction & I wouldn’t have my kids today. True I might have other kids & I’m sure I would love them just as much as these but THESE are mine and I can’t imagine having others. I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. It might not be a right reason but all the choices that I’ve made so far have led me to where I am today. And even thought there are times when I wish things were different at the end of the day I have my kids and that’s the greatest wish that came true for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what’s this one thing that I mentioned above? SMOKING. I started smoking when I was a teenager. Back then I never thought I would get addicted (see young and stupid above). It wasn’t peer pressure. I had the type of friends that literally begged me not to smoke. They were a couple of years older than me and were smokers themselves and basically told me that I would get addicted. I was all like “please never gonna happen. I’ll smoke a little and then I’ll stop”. Now almost 20 years later I’m still trying to stop. I’ve tried to stop more times than I care to count. I’ve gone for months not smoking but at the end I’ve always started again. I’m still not giving up because I do want to stop. I don’t want my kids to grow up and smoke “because that’s what mom and dad did so it’s ok”. My husband and I always tell them how stupid & dangerous it is to smoke but then we lite up and so we’re a bunch of hypocrites. There are so many times when I’m so sick and tired of smoking. I don’t even enjoy it most of the time. It’s the nicotine, it’s the drug that makes you do it over and over again even when you don’t want to. If I could go back in time I swear I wouldn’t think of taking a puff of a cigarette let alone smoking a whole one. I’m not giving up on the whole stop smoking thing and I know I’ll be successful at it one day I just hope it won’t be too late.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yep that’s me. A Very Inspiring Blogger at least according to </span><a href="http://an%20inspiring%20blogger/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>My Life In The Nutt House</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> who was very gracious to nominate me for this award. Thanks Angi! Also thanks for being so patient with me and not taking the award back since you nominated me 2 weeks ago. There’s this sucky thing going around and it’s really pissing me off. I have work at work….can you imagine…as if!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wasn’t born in America. I came here when I was 10 so many many years ago. Because I’m from Eastern Europe people who meet me for the first time say I come of a little rough around the edges but once they get to know me I’m funny and lovable!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I recently started working out and even thought I complain about it ALL THE TIME I’m so grateful that someone has volunteered to work out with me so I can finally get my ass in shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have a hernia on my belly button that I’ve had since I had my second son. Until recently (5 months) I didn’t know it was a hernia, I thought my belly button had become all discombobulated due to my pregnancy and the fact that I was HUGE. Happy to report I’m having surgery very soon to remove the hernia. Will blog about it in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was watching House Hunters on TV last night and a couple bought a 3 BR/2Bath house with a huge back yard for $164,000 in Tulsa, OK. In NY I couldn’t buy a studio apartment for that price. One of the many reasons I would love to move out of NY. A back yard for my kids to play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I talk a lot. I talk a lot about my kids. To anyone! I can’t help it nor do I want to. They’re my kids and if you don’t want to hear about them you can leave but I’m not going to stop talking about them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I was younger I loved driving. I couldn’t wait to turn 18 to drive. Now every time I have to drive I feel like I’m being punished for committing a major crime. My husband loves big SUV’s. I’m trying to convince him that “Yes of course you should get one”. I’m about 5’5” I will never drive a big car. Hopefully my plan will work. Don’t be a snitch and rat me out!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s hard to believe that until just a couple of months ago I didn’t even know this whole blogging thing existed and now I absolutely love all the bloggers that I’ve met so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Those were really interesting…right??? Listen I’m so grateful for all the awards I’ve received but truth be told there are only so many things about me before its starts being repetitive shit and no one wants to read that. I’m trying to be C-R-E-A-T-I-V-E.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Times sure have changed. When I was in school summer vacations meant so much to me. No school, no homework, no waking up early, no school cafeteria food. The summers were mine to do as I pleased. I went to the beach, pool, hung out with my friends really late, sleepovers. And because I’m born in the summer I love the hot weather, summer time was my time. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Now things are different. I have a job and my summer vacation consists of if I'm lucky a week off. True that I have 3 weeks off for the whole year but with two small kids I always have to save my days for when they need me. It’s no longer my time it’s my kids’ time. It’s their time for no homework, sleeping in late, no cafeteria lunches and I? Well it’s our time to make sure that they do enjoy their summers like we did. We take them to the parks, beaches, pools, lakes, water parks and theme parks. Since we both have full time jobs we try to make the most of the summer. That means dinner is always a little late cause once I’m home (hubs works from home) we take the kids outside. We try to do this everyday because summer lasts only 2 months and before you know it its over. I want them to enjoy their summer vacations. I know how much I enjoyed mine and I want them to experience it just as much as I did. We try to go away at least for a week during the summer when we can. This year I think we’re going to go visit the in-laws in Europe. And I don’t feel sorry for me. I love my in-laws (probably the only one) but they are great. It’s still too early but we’ll see as the months roll by.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Do I miss my summer vacations? Of course I do. Who wouldn’t want to have the whole summer off to do nothing but lounge on the beach or by the pool? I still do enjoy them but on another lever. But it’s the circle of life. My parents had their time, I had mine, now it’s my kids. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a parent I’m pretty tough when it comes to school. I (we, my husband and I) have always been very vocal with our son about school and homework. We’ve told him and will continue to tell him that school and homework are not just important but SUPER IMPORTANT. I make sure I check my sons homework EVERY NIGHT. When he started kindergarten I made sure I sat with him every night to watch him do his letters and numbers and showing him how to do it the right way. He still has an awful handwriting but at least he’s not a bad speller….he’s only in 2<sup>nd</sup> grade after all. I’m not expecting some great excellence from him when it comes to tests. He has always done well to very well and I’ve always told him how proud I am. I know how bright my child is and know where to push him more and where to back off. With all this in mind I’ve decided to write an open letter to the School Chancellor of New York, Dennis M. Walcott.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me start this letter off by saying how very disappointed I am in the New York school system. I have a son who is currently in the 2<sup>nd</sup> grade. When he entered Kindergarten he had to attend an ESL class due to the fact that my husband and I spoke to him only in our native language. At first school was a confusing and scary place for him as he didn’t understand what the teacher was telling him. As timed passed he become more and more comfortable as he learned the language. While he was in Kindergarten his nightly homework usually consisted of writing one letter and one number multiple times to practice writing, a basic math sheet and reading a small book. I didn’t complain about his homework back than because I thought that since he didn’t understand the English language so well this was more than enough for him. Overall since he was in Kindergarten and he didn’t understand English I was satisfied with his work level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve complained to his teacher who advised me that she’s not allowed to give out more than that per the school rules. She suggested that I on my own give him extra work. So that’s what I’ve done. Every night I give him extra math sheets and writing sheets to do. This is not a problem for me. I take full responsibility for my children. I do believe it is my job to make sure they do well in school. It is my job to make sure they are excelling academically. I’m not one of those parents that put all the work on the teachers and is shocked when their kids fail. I work with my sons teacher to make sure that he is doing what he’s suppose to be doing. The problem is what about all the other kids? Why are kids not being challenged more? Why are we letting them off easily? I know some kids need more help than others but the ones that are doing well why are they being put in the same class room as the ones that are behind. I’m doing all that I can as a parent but the school is failing miserably. My sons school is suppose to be one of the really good ones which makes me wonder what are the bad schools teaching. I’ve spoken with my sons teacher and she doesn’t know the answer. She suggested I talk to the principal for next year but even she says she doesn’t think it will make much of a difference since that is the curriculum the teachers are given and that’s that. When they are young and their brains so fresh is when we should be challenging them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This problem really concerns me because these kids are our future and if they continue at this pace we’re going to be left with some really dumb adults to run our country. Please Mr. Walcott do something about this. Challenge kids more. Trust me they can handle it. We parents are willing to sit with them and make sure the work is done but we need your help and support. Please don't fail our children and us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>So this weeks Theme Thursday is "What would I say to my 16 year old self?" Are you kidding me? I couldn't believe that is the topic. You'll know how great and funny and just fabulous </strong></span><a href="http://www.somethingclever2point0.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Something Clever 2.0</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> is but to me she's totally awesomely awesome...why?? Because I already did a post about what I would say to my 16 year old self like 4 months ago and that means I get a free pass this week and also I can work on other posts. Guys I have so many new ideas all I need is like 5 hours of no interruptions and I'm good (which will never come so be patient and I'll post them one at a time) oh and NO I'm not doing another list. I barely came up with those 16. So click </strong></span><a href="http://thingsthathappeneverydaytome.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-i-would-say-to-my-16-year-old-self.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>here</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> and enjoy.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>When I die one day I hope my sons and my husband (if he’s still alive) have the good sense to have a closed casket or have me cremated. At that point I’ll be dead and I won’t care. I never understand people that have all these demands on how they want their funeral to be, which casket they want, food to be served after the funeral, the kind of stone they want at their grave. Who cares…you’re dead; stop wasting living people’s money. Funerals cost a fortune and I’m sure even though loved ones feel obligated to give the best funereal they can in reality they would have preferred to do something very small or nothing at all to save money. Once you’re dead do you really need the $10,000 casket….NO! You’re dead, you’re going to rotten any way you look at it so don’t spend money on unnecessary things. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I want my funeral to be simple; simple casket (unless they cremate me) & a small spot at a grave. Please no big stones or strobe lights that say…HEY LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY MY FAMILY SPENT ON ME (<span style="font-size: x-small;">and now they're bankrupt</span>), THEY MUST HAVE REALLY LOVED ME!!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below is her story & <a href="http://julescam.com/2013/03/15/can-you-help-me/">here</a> is a link to her page and orginal post</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>I have been to the Houston courts 3 different times to ask to have my records opened. Even after all adoption records were made available, the judge would not give me mine. She advised me that there was nothing in the record that could help me in any way. Why she didn’t let me figure that out for myself, I have no clue. The last time I went to court, I was pregnant with Little Man. I was 31 years old. I had a letter from my adoptive parents, a letter from my doctor, and was VERY curious about my biological medical history. It’s been another 8 years and I was told yet again NO. It’s VERY frustrating!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>So here’s the deal. If anyone knows of a woman that was 15 years old in 1973 and had a kid whom I’m guessing her parents made her give up for adoption (or maybe she wanted to, who knows) and lived in the Houston area in 1973 please help me. I am not trying to get another parent, but wouldn’t you like to know who gave birth to you? In the records that I received from DePelchin (and I have NO clue where they are now – my parents shared them with me as a teen), my biological mother had red hair and green eyes. I don’t remember what it said about her height and weight. My supposed father was American Indian and was over 6 feet tall with brown hair and brown eyes. I don’t know if that is true or a fabrication to protect the actual father or if she was raped. It doesn’t matter to me, I would just like to know her. I would just REALLY like to know my biological mother. It’s almost been 40 years so she would be in her 50′s now. I would have no idea where she lives but I know when I was born, it was in Houston, TX.</strong></span> </div>
Things That Happen Everydayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998076656667233767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388932046181971147.post-26854340186560634062013-03-20T11:58:00.004-07:002013-03-20T12:00:58.100-07:00Once Upon A Time....their was vomit and banana stains on my couch<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A couple of weeks ago </span><a href="http://www.mylifeaslucille.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Life As Lucille</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> asked me to guest post for </span><a href="http://theepistolarians.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Epistolarians</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. I was honored, this was the first time anyone asked me to guest post. You know what it means to guest post...I'm officially famous (& completely delusional). Anyway I wrote what I'm most familiar with...kids and vomit and Viola! its been published. Click </span><a href="http://theepistolarians.blogspot.com/2013/03/guest-post-once-upon-timetheir-was.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to read my post. </span>Things That Happen Everydayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998076656667233767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388932046181971147.post-52096934618605007462013-03-18T12:22:00.003-07:002013-03-18T12:22:57.190-07:00Double Award, Double The Fun!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the last week I was given TWO great awards. The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers from Meara from <a href="http://bodlefamilyadventures.blogspot.com/">My Home Is With You</a> and The Liebster from <a href="http://mylifeinthenutthouse.blogspot.com/">My Life In The Nuthouse</a>. Honestly I don’t even know what’s going on here. Don’t get me wrong I’ve always know I was super cool (not), awesome (not), fantastic (not) but this, this is GREAT! Although not that great cause to be honest I’m not that interesting and these awards require you to list like 100 greatest things about me. Never one to give up here I go and hopefully you’ll stay awake for most of this. I'll like to thank both of these ladies for the nominations. I honestly do feel honored to get them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank You Meara from My Home Is With You. I wasn’t even in the know about this wonderful woman. The obstacles she’s had to endure in the last couple of months would break anyone and she’s had to do it while caring for her two small kids. She really is an inspiration to all of us and I wish her and her family many years of happiness and joy. Even thought I didn’t know about her before I am so glad that she found me and I look forward to reading her blog for a long time. Thank you again Meara.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I love reading about celebrities. I’m a totally celebrity junky and probably know about their lives a lot more than I should</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I love doing people’s hair even thought I never wanted to be a hairstylist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I hate science. No matter how hard I try to understand the whole thing it just doesn’t seep in. I barely passed all my science classes in high school</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I met my husband in Europe and brought him here to America. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I have a unique (read: to me ugly) name and vowed to never give my kids weird names that would be hard for them here in America. I’ve succeeded with my second kid but my older boy has already asked to have his name changed cause people have a hard time pronouncing it. Seriously how hard can it be to pronounce a 5 letter word even if it did have any xyz in it (BTW it doesn’t)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. I have a crazy obsession with Chap Stick. Like I will not go anywhere if I don’t have it and if it happens that one is not within my hand reach I go into full blown panic attack. Its so bad that even my husband makes sure that there is plenty of Chap Stick supply in our home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the part where I nominated 7 awesome bloggers. Here’s the problem. I haven’t had a chance to explore many new bloggers lately and all the ones that I do read have already been nominated like 100 times and I’m sure they would kill me if I put their name down. Don’t misunderstand. We are all grateful and love the attention of getting these awards but a person has only so many 7 random facts to come up with. So here’s what I propose; if you’re reading this post and you have a blog and you have 7 more random, significant, insignificant, interesting, boring things that you would like to share with us…..YOU WIN, I’M AWARDING YOU THE SISTERHOOD OF THE WORLD BLOGGERS! Also let me know that you’ve done a post because I would love to meet some new bloggers or read more things about the bloggers I already know.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Each blogger should post 11 random facts about themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* The job that I have now is the longest held job ever (over 5 years). I’ve always been employed more or less but between traveling to Europe for a couple of years when the hubs and I first started dating & having a child and staying home with him I pretty much jumped from job to job for some years<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* For many many reason I no longer speak with my mom (maybe a post one day). This does break my heart and it’s the hardest thing I ever had to do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* I am really great with directions. I can go somewhere once and know how to get there next time without directions. However I work in Downtown Manhattan and I cannot for the life of me go anywhere around here. I get lost all the time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* I’m a very picky eater which should mean I’m skinny but I’m not<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* My kids who are 7 & 4 have only been to McDonald’s a handful of times. Never to Burger King or Wendy’s. My dream is to say my kids who are 20 & 17 have only been to McDonald’s less than 10 times and they hate their food<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Even thought I’ve lived in NY for more than 20 years if I had an opportunity to move to another state I would do it today<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* I still have 95% of all my teeth. Considering that both of my parents and grandparents lost their teeth before they were 30 I’m doing really good<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* I once tried Shrimp Chips (yes it’s exactly what it sounds like, it’s an Asian thing)….it was the most disgusting thing I ever ever tried<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Even thought I’m as white as it gets (pale skin, blue eyes, light hair) I’m confused for being Colombian all the time simply because I have full lips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* My tickets for the FUN. concert have finally arrived (I had to throw that bit in)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Waking up late and not having time for coffee on top of which my kids are all over me when all I’m trying to do is get ready and go to work. My husband has to take care of their needs Monday-Friday mornings. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don’t get embarrassed easily. The only thing I could think that would maybe embarrass me is I was in the supermarket with my little boy and he was sitting in the cart. I turned around to get something from a shelf and he yells “mom, mom here” so without looking I ask “what?” and he yells “bugger, I took it out and I don’t know what to do with it”? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing yet, this is because my kids/hubs throw their clothes all over the house most of the time and I put it in the laundry basket. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Staying at home with my first son for the first 2 years. I so wish I had this with my second boy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I worked in a sweat shop factory when I was very young (yes in America). I’ll never forget the smell of the people or their food. I know it’s not their fault but OMG it’s a smell that stays with you for life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve reached a point where I take as long as I want. This however means that I have to turn off my shower at least 3 times and say “yes honey” (listen to what they say) and than say “ok, I’m taking a shower now can you tell your dad”. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really?? Ummm let’s see….there’s a reason why I prefer a man over a woman<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week’s topic for ThemeThursday is to write about something controversial. I’ve been thinking about this since last Thursday and wasn’t really sure if I would participate. There are many controversial topics to choose from but I just didn’t “feel” any of them plus I had just done 2 controversial topics like a week before and thought I had caused enough controversy in my blog for one lifetime but as usual I never walk away from a challenge. You can read about those topics <a href="http://thingsthathappeneverydaytome.blogspot.com/2013/03/i-cant-handle-being-homeless-but-not.html"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://thingsthathappeneverydaytome.blogspot.com/2013/03/parenting.html"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So as it usually happens to me I get ideas either late at night right before I’m about to fall asleep (which causes me to forget a lot of important info) or when I’m on the train (don’t ask I have no clue). This time it happened as I was walking up the stairs from the train….abortion (*and the room goes silent*). Ok are you still here</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every since I’ve been old enough to think for myself I never understood why it is a controversial subject. My opinion is that it’s my body and my choice what I choose to do with it. Plain and simple. The government, those protesters standing in front of abortion clinics, my family, my boyfriend and going as far as even my husband cannot and should not have a right to tell me what to do with my body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why do other people (especially strangers) think they have a right to tell me weather I should have a baby? Are they going to help me raise it? Chances are NO. So who give them the right to dictate how I’m going to live my life. Why is this even a debate??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now a little bit on a side note. I know some will say that abortion is killing a baby. Well I say no I’m not, it’s not a baby yet. If a woman chooses to have an abortion before 12 weeks of pregnancy it’s only a fetus. It’s not a real baby. It’s tiny…the size of a kidney bean. It hasn’t developed into anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I “love" the people that are of opinion that YOU MUST HAVE THE BABY and than so many times these woman know they don’t want to keep the baby so they give it up for adoption. The lucky ones get adopted but what happens to the unlucky ones….or worst yet what about those really poor countries, kids die in those orphanages…so you going to sit there and tell me it’s better for me to have a baby, give it up for adoption, have it maybe die because there are no funds to take care of it rather than have an abortion when its not even a baby yet, its just a fetus….GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes I really am a douche bag. I mean here’s an awesome blogger </span><a href="http://www.mylifeaslucille.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Life As Lucille</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> awarding me with the Epically Awesome Award of Epic Awesomeness and what do I do…..I wait for like 3 weeks to accept it…I am in a way a bloghole but more of an asshole. So without waiting even more and having her take it away here it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I am a clean freak. I have been one since I was about 16. When I was younger my mom was the clean freak and all I kept thinking about was the day that I could move out and live in my own filth without anyone telling me to clean up. Of course by the time I got old enough to move out I had already gotten the disease and I actually couldn’t wait to move out cause my mom was no longer clean to my standards. She’s a clean woman don’t get me wrong but I went thru this phase of my life where I would be down on all fours cleaning square by square of our kitchen floor first with Alex, than Mr. Clean and at the end with Windex to give it a shine. Of course now that I have kids they don't allow me to be a clean freak and that drives me crazy...a lot of times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I graduated High School on time. I know this doesn’t seem like a big achievement and if my kids put this one day as an achievement I will kick they little sh*t butts cause HELLO ass you’re suppose to graduate on time. But I’m proud of this because (even though my High School wasn’t bad it is/was average) out of the 5 girls that I hung with I’m the only one that graduated on time. So there I’m proud of that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I’ve been published just like </span><a href="http://www.mylifeaslucille.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Life As Lucille</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> except on a smaller scale. Back when I was in my early 20’s I had notice for a couple of years (and it still happens today) that the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Plaza is taken down on the 6<sup>th</sup> of January every year. The 6<sup>th</sup> of January happens to be Christmas Eve for my religion (Greek Orthodox, no I’m not Greek that is just my religion) so it got me thinking were the organizers of The Christmas Tree doing this on purpose (I found our later no they aren’t, there’s an actual reason for this but I forgot what it is and I’m too lazy to Google now). Anyway the local newspaper had a page dedicated to “Voice of the People” and it was basically a page that printed almost anything and everything an individual wanted to write about either a complaint or compliment for New York. Well I wrote something like “Why is the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Plaza taken down every year on January 6<sup>th</sup>? Last time I checked Catholicism is not the only religion in New York or the world?” and they published it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I gave birth to a 9.3oz baby. NO NOT NATURALLY…CAN YOU IMAGINE. Why is this epic…well because 1. I say so and 2. because I’m 5’5” and was (notice was) 115lbs and after my 7<sup>th</sup> month people who saw me on the street either thought I was carrying twins (no just one baby), was due any day now (no I had two more months to go) and when the last two would be said to them they would look at me like “OMG this girl is going to explode” and they would get this look of pure horror in their eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I was prom queen in High School. No I wasn’t chosen by the people it was one of those things where before you entered prom you had to put your name on a piece of paper and if they pulled out your name YOU WIN! Well there I was sitting at my table and they start calling names and they get to queen and said a name that sounded like mine but there was another girl there that had a similar name so I thought they were calling her name. So I just sit there. Than they say the name again and my friend is like that’s you and I’m like no it’s not and than I notice the whole senior glass is staring at me and the lights are on me and I was OH SHIT I WON….BTW this is the only thing I’ve won EVER in my life….I’ll take winning the lottery over winning this…I’ll trade whoever is in charge (not really….yes really)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I am one of the most sarcastic people EVER. Family & friends have been telling me this for years, my older son started noticing this recently and doesn’t appreciate it much but he’ll come around….they all do. It’s contagious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also I make people laugh ALL THE TIME.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. I’m an awesome cook. I know this because my husband used to be skinny and now he’s not. I know this because the last time my friends came over and I was feeling lazy and decided to order pizza my son and my friend’s son both complain and demanded that I must cook next time because my cooking is awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. I am a great friend. I’ve maintained a friendship with 4 girls for the last 19 years (for those counting since we were 15). We made it thru teenage years and early 20’s and we’re close as can be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. I’m a great (a little obsessed) fan of </span><a href="http://www.thingsthathappeneverydaytome.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-lovefun.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FUN</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I know this has nothing to do with the award but I couldn’t think of anything else and I’ll use any excuse to talk about them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was in the bathroom on Friday cause the bitch Lady Flo was here and as I was doing my business I started thinking about all the homeless woman. Don’t ask, I have no idea and all of sudden I became petrified of becoming homeless. I know some people have no choice and most of us are probably a pay check away from becoming but being homeless scares the shit out of me and not for the reasons you think. And before you get all judgy McJudgster and say things like people don’t choose to be homeless, you should be grateful that you do have a home, there are kids who are homeless and are dying everyday….I know all these things and I’m very grateful for the things that I have and I wish homelessness on no one and I hope that I am never put in a situation that I am homeless, this post is expressing my vainness and even thought I like to think I’m tough and can handle anything (which I probably could if put in a situation that calls for that) I’ve also realized I’m vain when it comes to certain things that a lot of people consider luxuries. With that said here are 7 things that scare me to no end about becoming homeless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I’M COLD. I’m almost always cold (I'm cold sitting in my office now)..…summer, fall, spring or winter. I usually have a swear or a jacket with me. People look at me like I’m crazy carrying a jacket in the summer but who cares I’m cold and one of the worst feelings for me is to be cold. I was born in the summer so I LOVE the hot weather. I really should move to Hawaii. Anyway I’m getting sidetracked. I know (cause I’ve seen) homeless people wear layers of clothes….BUT when its like -10 F and it's 2 in the morning I’m sure they’re also cold. During the winter months I go outside only when I have to (work, food shopping, visiting people). You will NEVER catch me just “taking a walk” unless it’s June, July or August. Imagine being outside ALL THE TIME when it’s COLD…bbbbbrrrrrr just thinking about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Now first let me tell what I’m talking about. A couple of weeks ago I went to my personal FB page. I didn’t have much time so I just looked at a couple of post on my news feed and one of the news feeds was from a friend that said something along the lines of “Lets all keep so and so (also a friend of mine on FB) in our hears and minds today as her child died”. Anytime I hear a child has died I just can’t handle this. I’m not big on religion but when a child does die and a fucking psychopath lives and kills and lives to be 100 I just don’t understand and wonder how GOD or whoever could allow this to happen. After I read her post one my kids/husband or something needed something so I logged off and went about my day but I just kept thinking about this woman and how she must be feeling today. My heart broke for her and her family and I hoped that she had a good support system that would get her thru this terrible TERRIBLE tragedy. Later in the day I had time to go back on FB and saw another post from another friend also saying how sad it was that so and so lost her child and if we could keep her and her family in our prayers. So than I went on her (the woman who lost her child) page because honestly I didn’t remember her ever posting that her child was sick in anyway or anything like that and my heart was breaking for her and her loss. I did know that her son was young (still an infant) and I had seen some pictures of him but since we weren’t close friends we didn’t have much contact on FB except for her reading my posts and me hers AND by going to her page I found out how other friends knew of her tragedy and the reason for my post today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When I went on her page one of the first posts that I saw was from her stating something like “I am so sad. Our beloved child died last night. I am so heart broken. We didn’t expect this, it was so sudden. We’re not even sure what he died from, there are tests that have to be done to see if it was from SIDS or something else”. She posted this sometime that morning. One of my first thoughts was WHAT THE FUCK, I MUST BE READING THIS WRONG???? I had to read her post over and over again and I still couldn’t believe what I was reading. Her child had died just some hours ago (probably less than 12) and she was posting this on FB. I hate to judge people and I know people grieve in different ways but this THIS I just, this was unbelievable. What kind of a society have we become? When did FB become out lifeline to everyone and everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I have never claimed to love my kids more than any other parent. I think sometimes you can tell that a parent doesn’t like their child by the way he/she is treated and sometimes you hear adults telling stories of how their parents treated them and you can’t help but think they really weren’t care for/loved as much as they should have. With that said if my child had died unexpectedly or from an illness or anything else I doubt it that I would have the will to live and probably the only thing that would keep me going is that I have another child to care for. You would absolutely NOT catch me on FB or twitter posting the death of my child less than 24 hours after it happened. I can't even imagine being able to do anything eat/drink/talk or anything else for a long time. Whenever something bad has happened to me (thankfully nothing ever major) my first instinct was NEVER and NEVER WILL BE “I’ll post this on FB”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Am I the only one seeing the wrong in this? Her child had died and she was posting this on FB hours after it happened. I have some friends on FB that definitely post very personal stuff. Sometimes reading their posts I feel ashamed like I shouldn’t know this info, like I’m invading their private thoughts and than I wonder why they would post it for practically the whole world to see. Why have people started putting everything on FB? Why has FB become a place where anything and everything is posted? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This woman who lost her child broke my heart. I felt so terrible for her and her loss. I can’t even imagine what it feels like to lose a child. I had hoped that she would be able to get thru this with help from family and friends but honestly after I found out that she posted the death of her child on FB hours after it happened a part of me didn’t feel sorry for her. I still felt terrible for the child. A boy who would never get to experience his first day of school, first kiss (from a girl or boy which ever he chose), get married, have a job. I felt sorry that he was never given that chance. And I wondered why he was never given that chance. Why does GOD or whoever decided that some kids are never give a chance at these things? But as far as the mother…I just didn’t feel much for her. In a way I felt that she was a bad mother. I don’t know what kind of a mother she was when her child was alive, maybe the best there is BUT and this is my whole point HOW COULD SHE POST THE DEATH OF HER CHILD ON FB LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER HE HAD DIED UNEXPECTEDLY….HOW??????</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tonight is THE NIGHT. We’ve waited SOOO long to be together but something has always </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">stood in our way. Just us and no one else. We haven’t been together just us in </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">years…..YEARS! Tonight has been very carefully planned for months, weeks and days. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We’ve covered everything that could go wrong. We don’t want to cancel tonight. We just </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">want to be together. WE NEED TO BE TOGETHER! WE MISS BEING WITH EACH </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">OTHER, JUST US, WE NEVER GET THAT ANYMORE! For a couple of sweet hours I will forget that I am married and that I have kids. I know I will feel guilty for this. Will my kids feel anything different when they get home today from school? Will they wonder where mommy is when 5:30 rolls around and I don’t come home? Will they miss me?? Will my husband remember to feed them? Who will put them to sleep? Will they cry when it’s very late and I’m still not home…will they honestly feel anything? The Truth….Tonight I don’t care (ok semi-don’t care). We just really need to see each other, its been too long!!! I sit now at work all jittery and excited like a little school girl. I’ve already started counting down the hours, minutes and seconds that we are finally together. My stomach is in knots…what if something goes wrong and we have to cancel?? Ohhpleasedon'tletanythinggowrong my heart will break. The restaurant has been picked…I’ve looked at the menu 20 times. I haven’t look at a menu in years! I did my hair and will apply fresh makeup so that I look just perfect tonight. This is all so exciting my hands are shaking just thinking about tonight. And why shouldn’t they be….TONIGHT AFTER YEARS OF BEING PULLED APART BY OUR KIDS AND HUSBANDS WE ARE FINALLY HAVING A GIRLS NIGHT OUT!!! There will be eating, drinking, laughing, trash talking. The words husband, kids and job will not be allowed. Tonight we will eat whatever we want, when we want and no one will interrupt us. We will not pick up anyone's fork, spoon, spilled juice, thrown food. Tonight we will not feed anyone, we will not beg anyone to eat. Tonight is ALL about just US!! Me and my wonderful friends!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So the reason I wasn’t going to do a post was the topic…what do you love?? What the hell does she mean? Love as in my kids, husband, family & friends or love like chocolate, ice cream, days off from work….this woman needs to be more specific (she was I just didn't pay attention at first). Then I went back to read her #ThemeThursday page (I needed more insight) and read where she specifically said no love for people in my life….shit this is going to be hard. Now I have to think about what to write. I can’t just write meaningless shit, after all it’s about LOVE….think think think….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">**Now that I've promoted the shit out of them I would like something in return. Nothing big...all I want is to meet Nate. So if any members or managers of Fun. are reading this please contact me!! I promise I'm not some lunatic fan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You probably guessed by the picture above that me and Valentine’s Day are not friends. If you are & are looking for mushy things for me to say about it now is probably a good time to stop reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate Valentine’s Day cause I’m single and I don’t have anyone to buy me anything or anyone to go out with or cuddle with. Even if I was all of the above I wouldn’t dislike V-Day for those reasons. No, no, no. I’m married and for most of the years that I’ve been married my husband has always bought something, even thought I’ve told him a millions times not too, it just seems like a total waste of money. The reason I hate Valentine’s Day is because </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">* A dozen of roses $100, on a regular day $12….holyasswhatthefuck!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">* A box of chocolates $20, on a regular day $5….say it with me….jeezusmotherofgawd is the economy not bad enough…this is why people are filing for bankruptcy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">* Everything is red and rosy and heartsy for like 3 weeks in ALL THE STORES. I swear after V-Day is over I can’t stand the color red until May. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">* We made the mistake of going out one year for V-Day. We waited for like 45 min to be seated only to be given a “Fixed Menu”, translation: crappy menu; about 5 things to get; all crappy below average meals, I think McD’s had better choices than this place not to mention our bill was outrages!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Don't misunderstand, I am romantic. I love romantic things but I don't need a "day" in a year to do it & I don't need someone to tell me when to do it. My husband and I do it when we have time, we show each other that we love each other everyday (unless we're mad at each other...no love than).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I just never understand what’s all the hype about it? Shouldn’t you show your partner you love them everyday? Why does spending $200 on roses and candy show me my husband loves me? Let me tell you what tells me that he loves me; cleaning the dishes, taking the kids sometimes so that I can have some “me time”, a hug and kiss in between a hectic day. Being a shitting person all year long & than doing something for V-Day doesn’t make for a good relationship. I know how much my husband loves me & I know where we have issues. Nothing he or I can do on V-Day that will change that. The only thing V-Day does is boost the economy & frankly with two kids I’m in no mood to boost the economy with a box of Rose Chocolates. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to read some other sweet and maybe not so sweet things others have to say about Theme Thursday "Valentine's Day" click on the link below.</span> </strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><a href="http://www.somethingclever2point0.com/p/theme-thursday.html" target="_blank"><img height="100" src="http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b599/mountaindew711/TTLogomwhrso_zps101c9d2f.jpg" width="200" /></a>Things That Happen Everydayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998076656667233767noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388932046181971147.post-85902064240916590972013-01-29T09:33:00.002-08:002013-01-29T09:33:47.919-08:00The Liebster Award!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I went on my daily read of all my favorite bloggers and what do I come up on??? </span><a href="http://hypnoticbard.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The Insomniac’s Dream</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> was awarded not 1 not 2 but 3 awards, of course I’m not surprised she’s a great lady. I love reading her posts but what I was surprised….she awarded me a Liebster award…ME!!!! I was floored and so honored until I re-read the rules….I hadn’t bothered to do this before. I just went to reading her stuff and thought she was just sharing a lot without realizing that she had to….rules!!!! Ugh I’m not a fan of rules….is anyone? As kids we hated rules but we had to follow them but I’m an adult, we make our own rules that's the whole point and now this!!!! But I’m thankful for the award so here goes nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">This award is given to new or up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. The award is then passed along to other bloggers in the same category to help spread the word and support one another.<br /><br />1. Each blogger should post 11 random facts about themselves.<br />2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you, then create 11 new questions for the bloggers you pass the award to. <br />3. Choose 11 new bloggers (with less than 200 followers) to pass the award to and link them in your post.<br />4. Go back to their page and tell them about the award.<br />5. No tag backs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">What do you want it to say on your tombstone?</span></span></h1>
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