My Single Mom Life

Oh my gawd am I tired.
I smell like formula, my skin feels gross and my back is whacked.
I think I want to take a shower but I don't think I can get back up from here yet.
Mom, I got the birthday card today. Thank you. :)

Mark is a natural born salesman.
The FCATS began today and the kids are supposed to bring their own snacks cuz they are stuck in a single classroom most of the day.
Well Mark took a single package, not the whole box, of pop tarts to school today.
At snack, all the kids were hungry and Mark takes out his pop tarts.
Kids start offering him money for them!
The bids got all the way up to $8!
I bought boxes of them on sale last week 2 for $4.
Shit. I need to send him to school tomorrow with a whole box...lol

Ok, need to take some pills and attempt to move.
Later days.

FCAT

Posted by Kat at 6:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tired, stuffy, icky, babysitting.
I'll probably be around later from home.
Just have baby stuff to do here.
Have a great Monday.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 9:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

have failed.
I am stuffed up and fevery and have no taste buds...lol
Seriously, I can't taste anything. That sucks.

Sis didn't get me any fish cuz as usual, the mall pet store sucks ass.
Maybe we'll go to Petsmart this week if I feel better.

It has rained all day and is just now down to a slight drizzle.
You know what this means don't you?
It means we haven't been able to flush all day. Damn septic.
Damn neighbors is more like it.
I heard them flushing theirs all day. Bastards.
Could you dicks just let me flush once? Huh? I mean, hold off on it for a few hours would ya. sheesh.
I know they're diabetic but if it's just piss, you don't need to flush it every time for chrissake.

Ok, need to make dinner for the boys.
Frozen pizza night it is cuz if I have to stand longer than the required 2 minutes to cut the stuff, I may fall down.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Mark went out with George, his big and he's back now. Sebastian is off to the mall with my sis and her bf and the girls to play in the little playground thingy they have inside and get me some fishes for my birthday.
I just want a few more for the tank. Liven the place up a little bit more.
She said she's gonna grab me a few shrimps for it. Some of those little ghost shrimps or whatever they're called and one or two pretty ones.
Yay!
More fishies to look at.

Just been watching movies here all day cuz when the weather is shitty like this, the tv doesn't come in clear and there's like nothing on anyway.

Got some cleaning to do but I'll do it tomorrow. Don't feel like it today. Stuffed up and hot. The weather is really humid so you do anything and you get sticky and I hate that.

It's hard to believe I'm 35 this year and according to the deathclock, I only have 37 more years to live...lol
Better get going on some of those life goals eh? Like see the world and go jumping out of planes and shit...lol

Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tornado watch until 6pm.
Interesting.

Posted by Kat at 10:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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This is what my local weather says for today. Sprinkles.
I got news for ya weatherman, it's raining big fat,hard rain out there and has been since about 5 am.

Last night I forgot my paper plates and fabric softener in my sisters car. I also forgot to remind her about that spare tv again. I have no real place to plug it in so maybe I'll yard sale it when I get all my yard sale stuff together soon here before the rainy season kicks in again.

Not much going on this morning yet. Rain, People sleeping.
Oh well.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

*WARNING*
The following post may be offensive to people who believe in god and the power of prayer. Feel free to skip. I'm just venting.

I hate it when in a debate of any kind having to do with life or death, let's say the terry case for instance, religious people throw something at you like; "I pray you never have to deal with that or I pray that you are never faced with a situation like that. Or I'm praying for you."
Why do they do that?
I don't need prayers.
I don't need them to waste their time praying for my soul to be saved.
Why don't they pray for their own?
How is praying for my soul gonna get your point across?
It just makes me think you've gone over the edge and that you think solely from a religious standpoint rather than a factual one.

Having been raised religious, (don't get upset mom and dad) I know that prayer is a huge part of that life.
I know that at church on Sundays, the preacher reads off names of the congregation members who are sick and asks everyone to go home and pray for them. Pray that god heals them. I know that you pray before meals and pray for this and that.
I know it makes people feel like they are doing something good and worthwhile.
But praying that I never have to live through something like life or death just pisses me off.
A few years ago, my dad was very ill. We almost lost him.
His church prayed for him. My mom prayed, lots of people prayed.
I wished for doctors to fix him.
I didn't pray for it.
I hoped that some doctor would find some new treatment for him and it would help.
And a doctor did.
Now allot of people would say that's because all those people prayed for a cure and I don't begrudge them what they think or feel.
I think to each his own. If you want to believe that your prayers were answered because a new pill was found and given to him, great, think that if it helps you feel ok.
I am happy that a pill was found. My dad is still with us.

But back to praying for me to never have to live through a life or death situation.
Screw you.
Screw you for your sarcasm and that is what it was. It was being sarcastic.
"I pray that you never have to live through something like that. I pray that you never have to face something so horrible."
Screw you.
It wasn't meant in the spirit of good will or prayer. It was meant in a sarcastic way. In a I'm better than you are because I believe that god handles everything and maybe he'll take care of you or maybe he'll let you rot in hell like you deserve bitch.
That's what that shit means.

Instead of praying, do something physical. Send flowers, send a card, send a couple of bucks to an already hurting family facing losing a loved one. Cook a meal if you live close enough. Help them with their housework. Do something that can be seen and used and needed.
Maybe prayers are what the family wants if they are religious but I'm sick of people also saying that when I get my surgery, they will pray my recovery goes smoothly and I recover fast.
Don't fucking pray for me!!!
Send me a card to lift my spirits, send me an email to cheer me up. Ask me how I'm doing. Ask me if I need anything or any help if you live close enough to do something physical.
I live alone with two boys and room mate who works all the time. My sister has two kids of her own now and works all the time. I will need physical help but I will attempt to do it all on my own. You know me, stubborn as hell. I'll push myself till I fall down.
I don't need prayers. I need cheerful emails and cards and jokes and half naked men to look at...lol

Prayer is for people who don't want to get involved.

Posted by Kat at 11:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Why don't you include the RFU adapter with your PS2?
It is far superior to the av cables. Honest to fucking goodness.
I swear, the picture has never ever been this clear since I got the damn PS2. I mean it, it would flash blue screen on some movies, get lines and static. This is so clear, it's like a brand new tv.
Shit.

As you can see, we're home now and completely wiped out.
Sebastian is utterly pooped, we are wiped out from the babies. They both started getting really tired about the time sis was due back so I couldn't put them to bed cuz she would then have to wake them up to put them in the car seats.
It's ok though. They were great all day long.

Well, time to figure out dinner.
Late, I know.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 7:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The baby is still sleeping on her nap, Susan is up playing with toys with Mark and I just finished cleaning up the kitchen. Get paid extra to clean up and momma needs a new pair of shoes in a bad way so clean we shall...lol

not much else going on really. Kind of a boring afternoon here. It's really humid though. Sun is out and hair is frizzy...lol
Well, hope you're all having a good weekend so far.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So the boys are up watching Pee wee again...lol
I knew they'd love it. Tee hee

Let's see, today, need to go to Ebgames and get that RFU cord. Sis just called, she's gonna take me cuz she has some errands to run this morning too and then I'm gonna go and babysit again this afternoon so she and Sebastian can go up to the farm. They haven't been there in awhile so they want to go see how the horses and stuff are doing.

Mikey is gonna sleep over tonight I think. As usual.
When do teens grow out of the sleep over phase?
All they really do is play PS2 and sometimes Mikey brings his game cube and then they pass out around midnight or so, wake up and play all over again.

Check this story out and tell me what you think.
Should they be able to sue?

Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Sis needs a break after a long work week and I need some money because I need a frigging RFU adapter for the PS2. Luckily, they are only $10.
It seems that the new VCR does not like playing dvds through the av cable anymore.
It keeps flashing the blue screen.
It hasn't stopped the boys from thoroughly getting a kick out of Pee Wee.
They absolutely love it!
So my birthday gift is a huge family hit.

I think tonight at sisters house we are gonna watch Troy though. Her bf brought it over and none of us have seen it yet.
So I hope you all have a good night and stuff. We have rain planned for the whole weekend.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 5:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Judge allows Schiavo's feeding tube removed in three weeks.
On March 18th, Terrys feeding tube can be removed. That is if her parents don't get the appeal that they are surely going to place again.
One thing which I'm quite glad about is the the U.S. Supreme Court had declined to become involved in any aspect of the case which means this won't have to become a national waste of time like it is a statewide waste of time.
This battle has been going on for 7 years.
Today is the 15 year anniversary of her collapse when a chemical imbalance caused her heart to stop beating.

"If Mr. Schiavo legally succeeded in provoking the death of his wife, this would not only be tragic in itself, but it would be a serious step toward legally approving euthanasia in the United States," Cardinal Renato Martino, the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told Vatican Radio on Thursday.

And just what would be so wrong with that?

Posted by Kat at 3:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Oh my gawd!! Christine!!! The mail just came and so I go out there into the humid and possibly rain later daylight to get it and let's see, I got a junk mail piece of crap and my rebate from Starkist from when Mark bought Shrek 2 (Widescreen Edition) with his xmas money and there was a box from Amazon. I tear it open cuz I love presents and my birthday is next Wednesday, and in it is Pee-wee's Playhouse #1 - Seasons 1 and 2! Aiieeeyyyeee!!!
I love Pee Wee!! Come on in, and pull yourself up a chair (like Chairry !)
Let the fun begin, it's time to let down your hair !
Pee-wee's SO excited,
'Cause all his friends have been invited (that's you !)
To go wacky, at Pee-wee's Playhouse!

The show ended the year Mark was born so they never got to experience the zany fun of Pee Wee before all that silly kiddie porn charges and crap that tarnished Paul Reubens name.
I do remember though when he got busted for jerking off right here in Sarasota though...lol

I can't wait to show these to them! They are gonna think I'm nuts. I still recall the whole theme song and various episodes and screaming AAAHH!!
I watched it and I was like in high school when it started and a mom when it ended. A little old for a Saturday morning kiddie show but it was just so much fun to watch!
C'mon, how many of you watched it and loved it?
Yay!
Get outta bed, there'll be no more nappin'! (Wake up!)
'Cause you've landed in a place where anything can happen -
Now we've given you fair warnin' !
It's gonna be that kind of mornin' -
For bein' wacky !
For getting nutty !
Golly, it's cuckoo !
At Pee-wee's Playhouse !

Thank you Christine! I was just having one of those days ya know? Starting to feel sick, having various aches and pains cuz of the weather and my back and this just totally brightened my whole attitude right up!
*mwah*!!

Posted by Kat at 11:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (12)

The boys are semi-better. Mark said he really wasn't feeling well this morning but I didn't detect a fever so I sent him and gave him money to get home if the school sends him home.
I'm starting to feel that tickle in the back of my throat and I'm all stuffy.
I just sorta got rid of this didn't I?
Damn.

This little girl is missing.
The circumstances are odd.
It says she went to bed at 10pm but for some reason, her father was out until about 5:30 am. Was she home alone????
Why was she home alone if that's the case.
If you see her, call (352) 726-1121 or 911.
An amber alert has been issued.

Posted by Kat at 7:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Grip-N-Flip, Scoop-N-Strain Set for only $19.95!
I just love that lady and her kitchen gadget commercials.

Posted by Kat at 8:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

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And it's wrong cuz I am so not pumpkin pie. I hate pumpkin pie!!!!

Posted by Kat at 7:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

When I went to bed last night sometime around 1am, my neighbors car was fine.
I know this because I smoked my last cig out there at that time.
Now, one of side strips of like metal decoration, you know that like line of metally stuff that goes down the length of older cars, is off. On the ground.
Like someone fucking ripped it off.
I swear to fucking god if I get blamed or my kids get blamed for that shit, heads will roll.
I'm not saying I know who did it because I was in bed and I didn't notice it this morning when I sent them off to school, but and just but, if it was someone who lives here or someone who comes here, I will murder them myself.
My neighbor is a big fucking asshole and all he needs his another reason to start yelling about shit to me and the landlord.
This is not cool.
This is not funny.
This is passive fucking aggressive childish fucking behavior.
Yes he's a big dink, yes he's a major pain in the ass to live next door to but you just don't go destroying peoples shit no matter how much of a fucking asshole they are.
I swear, someone may get hurt today.

*Update*
Talked to the younger brother, not the asshole, and he said he heard something in the driveway around 3am so that clears all of us.
Phew.
I really didn't want to have to deal with that shit knowing my kids and I stay far away from their side of the duplex.

Posted by Kat at 12:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

I'm tired, I'm cranky, it's for the best for me to just go get more sleep.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 7:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I am really boring on here lately but if I could, if I would post some of the shit I have been dealing with, you'd find it highly entertaining to read. But I've decided I'm not gonna post that shit publicly anymore.
Personal bitches and gripes about my day to day shit won't be posted here because well, it's just really fucking bitchy.
I can be the biggest, meanest bitch you've ever come across and I'm just not gonna do that here anymore.
Let's just leave it at this;
I will not put up with bullshit again.
I will not be treated like people don't like being treated.
It's that simple.

Posted by Kat at 11:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

they went and got the rice vinegar needed to make it.
It was a little greasier than I would have liked but very tasty.
Recipe is from here.
Very filling. I used the recipe conversion thingy on that site to make it for 6 servings instead of just 4 cuz Mark can eat like it's his last meal.
It was good. Give it a try if you're so inclined and tell me what you think.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 5:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I am just so tired still and can't shake it.
ex-roommates mom is gone now.
She left for the airport about 20 minutes ago and then ex-roommate left too, out with her bf.

The boys are home and playing games and doing homework.
Mark gets to stay home tomorrow because while he was out sick, they had to get a field trip slip signed and returned like the very next day and he didn't and the field trip is all day so he can't go on it.
The kids who don't go on the field trips have to spend the whole day in the library or in a lower grade classroom.
Not fair so home he will be.
That junior cadet program might not work out.
It's Monday nights from 6:30pm to 9pm.
No car and the buses don't run that late and it's downtown.
If his Big wants to take him which the detective said would be ok then he could go. Have to talk to George and see what he says.

ex-roommates mom bought me a little table for outside cuz she was so afraid she was gonna knock my 3 legged one over. It's 3 legged because that's the way it's built but it wobbles a little so she got me a new one.
It's a very nice one too. Nobody better steal it from my yard man.
I've lost a full gas can and a basketball to thieves. They best be leaving that table alone.

I was gonna try out this general Tso recipe tonight but I need some rice vinegar. I have everything else it calls for but that and I don't feel like walking to the store. Blech.

I got a purple Passions loyalty bracelet today. I guess I was one of the 5,000 lucky winners.
I was bored and entered.
I enter every contest really. Ya never know, one of these days, I just might win a million...lol
But hey, they are displaying the names at random of the winners on the shows during February.
My name might be on tv...lmao

Yeah, that was my exciting day. Thrillaminute baby!
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

ex-roommates mom was asleep this morning when they had to leave for school and we all thought her flight was at noon so they wrote her a little goodbye note with a sad face on it.
Won't they be surprised when they get home and she's still here!
They'll get to say goodbye and give hugs in person.
They were so bummed about it that they asked to stay home today to see her off.
No.
Pout.
Stomp.
Pout some more.
Go to school with sad pouty angry faces.
Poor guys...lol

I have done 2 loads of laundry and need to vac the carpets and then I'm done with chores for today.
My carpets look like hell.
I need a rug shampooer back.
I miss being able to just wash them whenever.
Oh well.
It's a lot better outside today. Not as humid but that will change as rain is coming in over the next few days so it will get more humid right before then.

Well, need to find something to eat.
Been up since 5:30 and haven't eaten anything yet. I don't know why I postpone it so long. Supposed to take all those damn meds with food and I wait till half the days over.
*shrug*
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 10:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Saturday Night Fever dance floor for sale.

How cool would that be to have that floor say, in your house?
Yeah, I know, I'm weird but that floor is like a piece of cinematic history.
I remember seeing this movie for the first time and doing one of those what the hell am I watching kinda thing. I didn't like it the first time. But now I love it for the whole cheese factor.
I love the hair and the dancing and the strut. It's a movie I'll probably force the boys to sit through sometime soon just cuz I am a mean mommy like that and make them watch all these old funny movies from the 70's and 80's.

They are both gone to school today. Yay! ex-roommate and her mom are still sleeping, I'm hungry as hell but I don't want to go in the kitchen and make a ton of noise cuz I'm not rude like that.
Her mom leaves today. It was nice having her here. She liked my cooking anyway...lol
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 7:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Well, as soundly as one can with a stuffed up nose and a cough.
ex-roommates at work, her mom is reading a book and I'm goofing off on here.
Doing various stuffs. Message boards, leaving comments, looking at dead things.

One of my neighbors was burning off leaves like one house behind us. Well he must have been burning off the whole damn yard cuz the smoke was all over our street, blowing in our windows and was thick and black and choking.
We all thought someones house was on fire.
So we go look out back and the guy isn't even watching his fire.
It's night time jackass, hello? And it hasn't rained in a few weeks. Double hello.
The flames were like 4 feet high! He comes out and he's all; "oh, I'm sorry. I was just burning off some leaves. Heh. Is the smoke too much?"
No asshole, we just came to see if our neighborhood was going up in flames.
He goes; "Shit, it's getting pretty big huh? Guess I should douse it huh?"
No asshole. Please just go back inside and have another brewski and wait until you notice your curtains glowing.

Sheesh.
My neighborhood is seriously going to shit.
Between the rednecks and the kids drag racing with so much bass my walls shake, it's never really dull around here.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 9:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Emergency stay in Schiavo case.

They need to just stop this bullshit.
These last minute stays are just fucking bullshit.
I really don't care what either side has to say anymore.
Decisions have been made and many judges have said it's the husbands decision and then whammo bammo! Another judge issues a last minute stay and decides to drag this out for how many more years?

I swear to fucking god, if any of member of my family decides to keep me alive after an injury leaves my quality of life as shit, when I finally do die, I will come back and haunt all your asses in the worst possible ways!
Ya hear that family, unplug me. If I can't wipe my own ass or feed myself or speak or even know who the fuck is in the room, let me go.
It's not your life you're trying to save, it would be mine and I don't want that.

Posted by Kat at 5:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Not like that you sickos.
It's very humid out there today and I took it as long as I could and just finally broke down and turned on the AC for a bit. At least until this evening when it cools off again.
It's just sucky sitting in here not moving at all and have sweat pouring off of you and every time you pet the cats, their hair gets up your nose and sticks to you.
It's rather gross actually.

Mark is feeling much better. He'll be able to go to school tomorrow and get caught up on his missed work.

Making sweet n' sour chicken in the crock pot for dinner.
Trying to get things done around here today little bits at a time.
Not much to do actually, just general pick up, some phone calls, stuff like that.

Mark wants to join the junior cadet program from the sheriffs office. It starts on Feb. 28th so we called about that information and asked about the application, they are gonna call back with more info.
He's looking for a career in law when he grows up either as a cop or a lawyer so this is a good program to get started with and would look good on college applications and stuff.
I'm so proud of him.
Being a junior cadet in school isn't gonna be the popular route by far as most kids hate cops ya know.

Ok, that's all for now.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (8)

Mark is down for the count. He is still sick, still fevery and there are these little school laws here that says if your kid has a fever, they can't go near the school which is good for all the rest of the kids but bad for Mark cuz he'll get behind and bad for me cuz he'll be asking my questions all day.
Like;
How come you cut the veggies that way, why do you cook the meat that way, how come you can do a bunch of stuff and talk on the phone at the same time, how come you do that when it bothers you to do that, how come you take so many pills, how many pills do you take a day, how hard is it to swallow so many pills.
Yeah. Fun. Not.
This is basically what he did yesterday. I'm hoping *keeping fingers crossed* that he'll be more quiet today.

Sebastian is going to school much to his disgust. He laid on the waterworks this morning in what I like to call ; fake sympathy tears.
Yup, he cries cuz Mark is sick and has to stay home and he wants to stay home and take care of him.
How do I know this is all an act?
Because simply mention the fun things he can do after school and Mark can't and suddenly, he could give 2 shits that Mark is on his death bed.

In other thrilling household news, I unclogged the tub drain.
Aren't you proud of me?
I unclogged it at 5:30 am which is quite a feat considering I'm in a slight daze usually until around 7 am or so.
I am like sleeping with my eyes open until then.
Stumble out of bed, pee, wake boys, attempt to comprehend emails, remind them to hurry, remind them to eat, write notes in best not awake shitty handwriting, sort pills, swallow pills, try and read emails again, send them off, stumble around until I wake up fully at 7.

In other news, my network is acting funny, my printer will clean print nozzles but not print a test page and what I could do from this pc and I can't do anymore but can now do from that pc. It's fucked up and I didn't touch anything. *wah*
Oh wait, I did have to do that whole printer thingy over the weekend right? Maybe that fucked it. Hrm.

Ok, off to give meds to sicko, find food, smoke my breakfast cig, and attempt to fix printer.
Later days.

P.S. Can someone please go to Shells blog and tell me if it's fucked up?
Like does the main blog overlap the fairy picture? Can you see the fairy picture?
I worked on it and I see it just fine. All lined up good, no overlap, on WinME firefox and IE and WinXP firefox and IE but when she checked it last night, she said it was overlapping big time.
Leave comments for me here or there and tell me what you see.
Thanks mucho much.

Posted by Kat at 6:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Dinner* has been made and eaten and now Mark is going back to bed. He really doesn't feel well.
ex-roommate is gone to work, her mom has had dinner with us and is now reading a book.
Sebastian is playing on line and I'm bored to death.

That's another boring entry from here.
Maybe tomorrow something fun will happen eh?
Later days.

*
chicken breasts cut up and spread on bottom of 9x13 pan.
Covered in 2 cans cream of chicken soup
covered in 1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese
covered in 1 box of stove top stuffing chicken flavor
baked for 45 minutes at 350 degrees
served with a side of green beans.

Posted by Kat at 7:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Both boys have fevers. Both boys are coughing and sniffling and sneezing and achy.
Yippee yay!
It's gonna be a long day and who knows about them going to school tomorrow.
I've been doubling up on my vitamin c tabs and stuff. Must. Not. Catch. It.

ex-roommate and her mom have gone out to run errands and stuff before ex-roommate goes to work.
Basically, another boring day today.
Later.

Posted by Kat at 11:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (12)

It's a good thing the boys have today off, they are both sick. I awoke to coughs and siffles and sneezes.
Great. So I dosed them up with the right size Nyquil for their ages and weights, a multivitamin, 2 vitamin C tabs, a big glass of water and tossed them back to bed.

ex-roommate and her mom made it back ok around 7pm. Mom bought me a carton of smokes cuz as she put it, I "have to put up with her for 2 days." No I don't. I can just go to my room or put on headphones....lol
Kidding!
Although I'm not very social, or as social as I once was, I can be a good and kind host. Like just this morning, she was making coffee the gross way. You know, tap water, trying to pick the grounds out of the cup.
I'm all "Ma, I have a coffee maker. I just don't drink that stuff. Never could get into the taste but for company, I do have a machine that will make it for you."
She was just gonna drink crappy coffee until ex-roommate decides to get up which could be oh, around 2pm and then go to Manhattan bagel for coffee and bagels.
That girl can sleep I tell ya.
All day.
But she's young so she stays out all night with her boyfriend.

The news on my net friend is slow coming. She is very sick apparently and the road ahead looks long and hard.
My thoughts are with her and her family and her son.

Well, I need to wake up and thaw out tonights dinner. ex-roommates mom will be eating with the boys and I as ex-roommate is scheduled to work.
Maybe that's what she meant by put up with her.
It won't be bad. I can be a good host. I try anyway.
I'm just so bor-ing and don't go many places I have no clue what to do with people when they come to visit. I can get you anywhere you want to go but don't ask me for ideas cuz I just don't know.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

So my house is clean now. Looks great, smells great, wonderfully comfy but in my mad cleaning, I pulled a muscle like I said earlier and man, let me tell ya, it hurts...lol

Worried about a good net friend lately. Can't give many details but she is in the hospital with some stomach problems.
Her family is being super cool and updating those of us who asked and sent an email.
It must be very hard to have a sick loved one and be worried about them and then to go the extra mile and keep all her net friends updated, people they've never had contact with before, is so wonderful. I can't thank her brother enough for his efforts to keep us all updated.

Making shrimp and french fries and salad for dinner tonight and then lots of rest.

ex-roommate and her mom still aren't here yet. Hope the traffic isn't too bad coming back up from Naples.

Well, that's really all from this boring spot on the map.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 4:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Woo hoo!
I just need to mop the floors and clean the top of the stove and then I'm done!
Well, almost. I have a load of laundry in the dryer and one in the washer. Blankets mostly.
Just cleaning them all up to put away and in case ex-roommates mom needs a blanket for the couch.
Not really sure where she's gonna sleep.
This house is so small right Shell?
I dunno, we'll figure something out.
I tried to do too much and got busy on the house before my meds had kicked in and pulled my back muscles.
Ouch.
But I only have a little bit more to do and then I can kick back and rest for the rest of the day.
The boys really helped out this morning and cleaned everything I asked them to and did a good job too.
Ok, gonna take a little break here, heat up some leftovers and catch up with some of you and then get back to the floor and stove top and laundry.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 11:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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I went to babysit expecting her to be home around 11 or so and they just got back at like 9:30.
Didn't feel like going to a movie they said.
Oh well.
The boys and I watched Walking Tall with the Rock.
Ya know, I generally hate him. I hate, hate the eyebrow thing but he was pretty decent in this.
It was an ok movie. Not a bad way to pass the time I guess.

It's another boring Saturday night from here on out now I guess.
Lots of housecleaning to do tomorrow.
ex-roommates mom is on the last leg of her visit and so she will be here tomorrow night and Monday night so I would like to get the house clean at least half way to a mothers standards...lol
You know what I mean, I need to dust the picture frames and shit like that....lmao
My house isn't dirty, far from it but I usually skip over dusting certain things like picture frames and the stuff hanging from my ceiling but the other night, I noticed my moon that hangs from the living room ceiling along with my star and my mom fairy from Karen Rossi Studios, are covered in dust. Maybe even cobwebs. *shudder* The mom one is retired now.
Marks big bro George got it for me for mothers day about 3 years ago.
It's a little dusty up there...lol
So anyway, I got some major cleaning to do tomorrow before they get here in the late afternoon.
My papers need to get cleaned up off the coffee table and stuff like that. Figure out what's on my menu for tomorrow night etc.
General household bullshit stuff.

Well, I guess I'll spend some time coming round to everyone else now. I have been seriously neglecting my blog reads these last few weeks. Just been out of it with various stressors and stuff.
Later days.

Oh and thanks Kim for the link to that alarm script. I love it!

Posted by Kat at 9:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

I have been trying to take a nap all afternoon.
It hasn't worked.
I am probably in all likely hood going to babysit tonight so I was resting.
Or trying to.
The kids bugged me, the tv bugged me, the phone bugged me.
I am not totally against answering the phone but I have been a bit not myself lately and I do NOT feel like talking.
It's not that I don't feel like talking to you or you or even you, it's that I do not feel like talking in general.
I don't want to answer the phone and be short with anyone and believe me, I am short with everyone lately.
I just can only handle so much stuff at once and lately, it's a lot of stuff.
Stuff I'm not posting here because I don't want to. It's the same old run around shit with doctors and crap but it's annoying and heavy subjects and it takes a toll on me.
It mentally drags me down and I am not up and perky like everyone would like me to be.
I am sort of down myself so I avoid the phone when I am down.
I'm not avoiding anyone, just the phone.
It's really hard because I am usually the up girl, the fix it girl, the make it all better girl and I can't make myself better lately so you see what I'm getting at here?
It's not anything personal against anyone. It's me.
I hope those of you who have tried to call understand.
Try emailing me ok?
I just don't want to talk but I'll email you back cuz at least in email, you won't hear how cranky I am.

Posted by Kat at 4:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

It's a little farm and fruit stand owned by the Amish out on fruitville road.
Nice stuff, lots of home made goodies and tons of veggies and fruit.
Took a few pics.
In extended entry.

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This goat decided he was gonna lay in the shade of the baby carriage.

This goat kept following Mark all over the place like a pet dog.

The peacock wanted my breakfast...

and so did this rooster...

and this one hopped right up on the table to get it.
He growled at me. EEEkkk!

And the boys being silly.

The kids all had a good time. The baby slept, Susan played on the slide and fed the animals. Word of warning though, stay away from the emu.
He pecks hard.

Posted by Kat at 12:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

for some family farm fun. I think.
Sis wants to go out to this animal farm so we are going too.
Maybe there'll be some pictures. :)
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 9:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Shell tells me that this hideously painted building is the Old Whaler bar.
It used to be green man. A nice pleasant green not some vomit green. It blended well with the pine trees and stuff.
Our friend Pete used to live upstairs on the 2nd floor and we used to party up there.
It was like rooms for rent and a shared bathroom. That was gross but Petes place was cool. He had an old lobster crate table with a glass top with every single ticket of every single concert he had been too under the glass. He had black lights everywhere, a kick ass stereo system and oodles of weed.

There's a manhole right in front of that building and one night after having visited Pete and being high on acid, my friend Jenny jumped in the open manhole that they were working on. They had orange tape up but she wanted to see what was down there.
Funny huh?
Not.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to convince people that your friend is in a manhole when you're high on acid?
Pretty fucking hard man.
The only people that believed me were other stoners.
I couldn't even get Slinky the cool cop to believe me.
Bastard.
It took like 5 of our stoner friends to get her outta there. Pete was laughing too hard to be of any help. Everyone was really.
She was happy down there too. Laughing and talking about how cool it was down there.
"You guys should come down here!" she yells.
Yeah Jenny, suuuure. Then no one will know we're down there and we'll all be fucked.
Jenny used to do crazy shit like that when tripping.
Me, I just liked to be out and about walking around looking at all the pretty lights from the rides, hopping in cars with friends that passed by cruising the strip, listening to music and going from one persons house to another, hanging at the arcades and getting free games from our friends who worked at them, that kinda shit.
But Jenny, she always found a way to get in trouble and therefore get me in trouble.
I hear she's a born again Christian nowadays.
Her husband won't let her talk to her old friends from the past on the phone when they call. Even from way down here in Florida.
Like I somehow am going to be able to corrupt her through the phone line.
Totally possible ya know. Cuz I am the anti-christ according to the jehovahs.

Posted by Kat at 9:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

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I watched Ellen, very funny.
I started to watch Passions and dozed off for a great 2 hour nap.
Woke up and heard a knock on the door and the movies Jenni promised me were here today.
Thanks Jenni.
The boys are watching the X-Files now.
Shell, sorry I missed your phone call, you too Jenni. I just didn't feel like answering the phone.
I was having a day. Still am. Really don't feel like talking ok?
Ok.
But Shell, you got the thing right. :)

Just got a call from the University of Miami.
They got the fax from Dr. K and are interested but need to know if my insurance will at least cover 1 visit and then we could take it from there depending on whether or not their surgical board is willing to work on me.
I fit the criteria at least with this place.
Will let you know more once my insurance company gets back to me.
Later days.

*Photo credit to Shell who sent me lots of pictures of back home and all the changes being made to my once fun and carefree downtown OOB Maine.
That's the pier where I spent some time working, some time playing and a shit load of time being drunk.

Posted by Kat at 3:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

The spouse went out for a pack of smokes and never came back?
Well, I'm back...lol

Ya know, I've been thinking about this shit all night and I don't know why I did cuz usually I'm pretty good about blowing that kind of shit off.
But here's the thing, I'm not here to be anyones source of news. I may occasionally blog about some news, local stuff mostly, amber alerts, Schiavo updates, news that I find important to me.
I may occasionally blog about politics but that subject always gets so heated and nerve wracking that it's not worth it.
I'm not a sex blogger cuz really, I'm not having any...lol
I'm not a photo blogger cuz my camera sucks.
I'm not a make shit up blogger cuz when you don't know what's true and what's not, how can anyone take you seriously.
I'm not talking about my pets all the time cuz that gets old.
I'm not a knitting blogger cuz I don't knit.
I'm not a sims blogger cuz I want the new one but my pc sucks ass so I can't have it and I got bored with my original sims.

I'm a life blogger. More specifically, MY life.
The ins and outs, the ups and downs, the good, the bad, the exciting and lately, the extremely dull and boring.

The only medical update I can give any of you is this; the doctor who I saw in October who originally said he could help me, has now changed his mind and can't help me. Said it's too risky. Had his nurse leave me a message with a bunch of university doctors numbers and told me to call them.
2 of the 5 they gave me have already called back and they are oh so sorry, but they don't do this particular surgery on adults because it's too risky.
The risks are; I could end up paralyzed or losing the use of my left leg. That my situation is now so complicated that it would be extremely costly and extremely risky to try and fix any of the multiple problems I have.
I'm still waiting on the other 3 to call me back.
Apparently, my MRIs are all over the state now as a case of interest. Doctors already know what my problems are before I even call them. I guess Dr. K. sent info to a bunch of doctors for opinions and now it's up to me to try and convince (beg) one of them to help me.

I could blog about that I suppose.
Every time a doctor says no, I could tell you all, oops, there's another one who won't touch my spine with a 100 foot pole.
But that gets old and depressing really quick.

So instead of bringing you all down to my level of hell with me everyday, I just blog the very boring and mundane shit.
The cat boxes, the lawn, my love of febreeze and my home made recipe for it, cadbury eggs, my oldest sons brutal honesty with how much he loathes me right now. That kind of shit.

I'm not here to be anyones source of news or entertainment. I'm here because I spend 90% of my time alone.
My kids are at school all day. My room mate is either asleep or at work or out with her boyfriend.
I babysit my nieces because it gives me something to do and a few bucks to buy smokes and toilet paper with and I love them. I love them to pieces and I can't believe I get to spend time with babies again.
It's wonderful. It makes me happy.
I watch a shit load of movies to occupy my time and I read a ton of books.
I do my dishes and vac my floors and do countless loads of laundry because that is all I can do right now.
That's it.
That's my life right now.
It's a sit down and wait type of life. Wait for denial phone calls. Wait for lawyer phone calls. Wait for doctors appointments.
It's not entertaining nor is it newsworthy but it's all I got right now.
I'm here because other bloggers are my only contact with other regular folks.

If it's too boring for you, click the fucking X up there and leave.
No one asked you to come here and critique my life. No one cares what you think of my life.
You should be happy that my life isn't yours.
You should be thrilled that your life is so much better than mine.
You should also have a bit of class and not criticize what you don't know, what you don't understand and what could be you someday.
Being young and able bodied is a gift. Take care of yourselves and hopefully, this kind of shit, this kind of life, will never be yours.

Oh, and about me using the F word, we've been over that a million times. You aren't talking about anything that people don't already know. My parents do read my blog everyday because they live in Maine and if you were to ask them about my cursing, they'd probably say they don't like it but that they would defend my right to say whatever I want and they love me whether I swear or not. They love me and accept me for who I am.
I'm not asking you to accept me or love me, I'm asking you to have some class and don't talk shit about things which you know nothing about because you only read 5 entries so you could get your stinking 30 second credit on one of the blog exchange links.

Posted by Kat at 9:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (15)

I'm going to the store for smokes.
Anyone need anything?

Posted by Kat at 9:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Don't ya just hate it when your life just takes a turn for the boring?
I mean, I wish I had fabulous tales to tell you about co-workers or that I cared enough about the Bush administration to write scathing posts about it all day long. But, I don't.
My life is at a standstill and there isn't much I can do about it.
I'd like to say that I don't care what people say about me but at times, it does bother me.
Not tonight though.
I mean, I read this persons blog that showed up in my stats, and was just like well of course they think I'm blabbering, I am.
I am the first one to admit that my life is as dull as shit right now.
No big fucking news there.
What's kinda funny is that this blogspot blogger who only accepts comments from blogger users, hates Lessig too so I'm in good company as we both got slammed for being non-important and *yawn* boring.
As much as this person was probably hoping for a post like this one with a link to their blog, ain't gonna happen darlin.
I refuse to give you the hits you may be craving and were hoping to get by linking to Lessig and myself, counting on us to get mad and post your link so that our readers can come say shit to you but it ain't gonna happen.
I left this person a comment thanking them and respecting them for their opinion but they only read like 5-6 posts and of course those were boring and like I said, I'm the first one to tell all of you that my life sucks major ass right now.
So in closing, sometimes mean spirited shit stings and other times, like this one, it's old fucking news.

Posted by Kat at 9:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (10)

The other night, we had drag racers on my little 2 lane street at like 10:30 and just now, we had a guy beating the shit out of his wife/girlfriend in the car.
We heard the tires squeal and we ran outside thinking they hit someone cuz we have no sidewalks ya know, and this guy in the driver seat is beating the crap out of her and there is vomit all over the drivers side window. He dragged her across the front seat and threw her out of the car and she's screaming for the keys and my neighbor and I are trying to help her. A whole line of traffic is stopped behind them and not 1 single person got out of their vehicle to help. Not one.
There's vomit all over her, all over him, he's covered in red marks on hs shirtless body like he had been in a fight.
She wanted the keys cuz he was drunk and I got the tag number and as soon as my neighbor said the police were coming, he pulled her back into the car and said let's go.
She hollars at us all, "Thanks for helping a women who's getting beat up!"
We were trying to help her without getting hurt ourselves ya know.
So the cops show up, get all the info, little gold ford, tag number p25 8bk, descriptions and all that shit and then they go off looking for them.
Hopefully, he didn't beat the shit out of her more.

Posted by Kat at 4:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

I took a great nap and probably would have stayed asleep if I hadn't of started sweating my ass off.
It's quite warm here today. I don't know the actual temp at my house cuz I broke my thermometer but it's warm. Take my word for it.

I did 99% of the dishes but than I had to come sit down again. Frigging back is acting up today.
I have to make dinner a bit early today cuz I'm going back to babysit tonight cuz sis has some business meeting or something. The babies will be sleeping soon after I get there so no big deal. I'll just sit there and watch movies...lol

Shell, sorry I missed your calls. I fell fast asleep.
I can try to help you out with the blogrolling thing later on. I have stuffes to do and then babysit and I can't call you from her house. No long distance.

The boys are attempting to watch Sky Captain again. maybe it will be more clear the second time watching.

Well that's all for now.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 3:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Susan was so good and funny this morning. She was all giggly and very excited when her day care bus showed up.
I said you ready to ride the bus to school? And she said yeah and nodded her head so much I thought it was gonna fall off.

I borrowed a few movies, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition). It looks pretty decent but I haven't been paying attention so I have no idea what the hell is going on.

Darkness Falls (Special Edition) which I'll watch later and Full Metal Jacket cuz I just really like war movies when I'm in the mood for a war movie that is.

Ok, gonna eat some breakfast, watch some movies, do my laundry, vac the floors and stuff like that.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 9:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

To watch Susan for about an hour or so cuz she needs to leave for work early today.
Gives me a chance to play with her for a bit.
Then I'm gonna come home and do more laundry and stuff.
Marks not feeling well so he's staying home, Sebastian is headed to school cuz he has reviews for 2 major tests today and they are tomorrow and then there's like no school Monday.
It's gonna be a long weekend.

I need to wake up and get dressed. I keep sitting here yawning and wanting to go back to bed but I need to get up.
Wake up Kat, wake up.
Need to take back the movies I borrowed and maybe borrow 2 more while I'm there.
Her bf has such a kick ass movie collection. I love it.

Ok, need to get moving a bit here. Get dressed, feed the cats and the fish, give the cats some water too, swallow all my damn pills.

Have a good day, I'll be back around.
Later days.

P.S. For those of you who aren't pinging blogrolling for whatever reason be it you turned it off because of spammers or you are new and don't know how to ping, could you please go here and ping please?
I read recently updated blogs first and then attempt to make my way through the list on my roll. It's just very helpful when my blogroll shows up as pinged. Then I can come visit you and say Hi! How are ya? Such a lovely day. Ya know what I mean? And it just seems like hardly anyone is pinging lately. Like only a few blogs are actually coming up with the little stars ** next to them recently.
Thanks.

Posted by Kat at 5:56 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Well at least now we know his name is James.
He shot the wrong guy! Gah! No wonder he's still so pissy all the time.

Charlie and Claire are too cute for words and Kate just makes me want to beat her up.
I loathe her. She is just playing both Jack and Sawyer. It's like whoever may bite first is the one she'll keep but for now, she enjoys teasing the crap outta of them.
Hate her.
I was very disappointed though that Sawyer didn't' tell Jack about his chat at the bar with Jacks dad. That could have set things sorta right for both of them.
I think Sawyer is going to use that info for something later on.

Just waiting on Law and Order now. I'm not so sure about West Wing this year.
Not a big Jimmy Smits fan at all.
Gimme Alan Alda as the winning president in the elections and I may just tune in again next year.
Smits, I'll have to like go read for an hour every Wednesday instead cuss I sure as hell ain't watching Alias with that nasty Garner chick.
I can't figure out why guys like her. She's not that pretty and just a bit to angular in jaw. Chop her hair off and flatten her chest and you have a guy. But really, not a fan of her acting. I tried to get into that show. Everyone kept saying how awesome it was but I just couldn't get past her voice and the open mouth the pouty thing.
You know what I'm talking about. It's just not how most women hold their mouths. It's like quit paying attention to what I'm saying and look at my lips.

Ok, enough bitching about tv. I have other things I could be doing.

Posted by Kat at 9:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Sebastian is doing his homework and then has cat box duty today.
Mark is changing into shorts so he can do the lawn and all will be well. It was out of gas and the gas can was empty do I had to send him up to buy some. You should have seen the look on his face...lol. Oh he hates me so much now...lol

Got a letter today that my doc needs to sign in regards to my disability when I go see him on the 2nd.
Been putzing around today. Not doing much of anything. Just reading my book and stuff.

Need to print out a picture of Asia for Sebastian so I'm gonna go now.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I have cadbury eggs and you don't so there. ;P
Just had to have some yesterday when I saw them on the shelves. I really wish they'd just sell them year round. It's so unfair to make me wait all year for the creamy goodness inside.

Oh, hey, could you all stop by Petes Ebay page and see if you can use any of the stuff he's selling. Thanks a ton. His wife Suz is selling off some of her old clothes. She lost 40 pounds! Way to go Suz, keep up the good work. :)

Ok, time for lunch and some eggy goodness.
Later.

Posted by Kat at 12:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

I have no fucking clue what that means but I had to uninstall and then reinstall my printer and now everythings fucking peachy again.

I went back to sleep as soon as the boys left.
Just overly exhausted. I wish I could shake it and be able to not be so damn tired but I can't.
I over did things yesterday and now I am paying for it in spades today.

ex-roommate bought me some new socks yesterday when she and her mom went to Sams club. This is a very cool gift cuz the boys are constantly stealing mine straight from the drier. I should say Mark is stealing them. He prefers footie socks to tube socks so he keeps taking my footies.
He takes these and I may have to kill him or send him to find more lawn jobs to pay for all my socks he ruins or loses.

There isn't much of anything going on here today at all. Just tired and trying to rest.
I suppose at some point I should take a shower and shave my legs but that would require actually standing for a period of time and I'm just not up to that today.
So everyone is just gonna have to deal with my stubble.

I think it's time for the couch again.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 11:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Kali is my pretty pretty princess.
She rules this house.
She is 7 years old in people years so I don't even know what that makes her really but she's the queen cat around here.
She is gorgeous and fluffy and the friendliest pet me cat on the planet.
Loves to be on your lap or on the blue couch blanket with me at nap time.
She also loves to escape and do a few laps around the house.
She is also declawed.
She got out just a bit ago cuz Mark didn't close the screen tight enough.
She runs out, goes directly to the right and makes her way around the house slowly.
Stopping to do whatever it is she finds so fascinating in a lap around.
She makes her way back to the front door from the left but stops in my evil duplex sharing neighbors bushes to watch me beg her to come back.
I tempt her with kitty treats. Call her by clinking a fork on a tuna can. Tell her it's blanket time. Anything to get her back.
I can see her golden eyes twinkling in the porch lights glow but yet she still won't budge.
She stares at me.
I stare at her.
I say one final time; "Kali, I'm tired. I'm going to BED so either you get your fat furry ass back here for a treat now or you can stay out all night. With the possums."
I shake the bag one time for good measure and she casually strolls to me with her usual quiet "mew".
I get her in the house and she's covered in those stupid hitch hiker weeds. All over her fur. Pine needles. Grass.
Damn bitch goes outside to roll around in crap that sticks to her.
It once took me an entire weekend to brush all the hitch hikers out of her fur.
Damn bitch can get 'em out herself this time.

Posted by Kat at 9:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

I love Febreeze.
I love it.
It makes the house smell so good. Mmm, I just love it.
What I don't love is the price.
$5.00 for one bottle of the stuff.
So, I figured I could make my own.
I bought a container of concentrated fabric softener for like $2.59 at KNK when I went to pick up things I forgot this morning even with a list. (doh)
I mixed one cup of the fabric softener and filled the rest of the bottle with water. I found a recipe that said to add baking soda but the baking soda didn't break down enough and clogged up the spray nozzle so I made another batch with just fabric softener and water. Works just like febreeze.
The house smells so good!
I had been smoking in here because it was cold and then I got lazy but today I went back outdoors for my bad habit but the house smelled like smoke. So I took my home made febreeze and sprayed around on the curtains and the one fabric chair and the couch blankets and voila', no more smoke smell at all. Gone. Love it!

I decided to make cupcakes instead of a sheet cake.
I made them with a marble mix but instead of swirling, I just plopped the chocolate part down in the centers so when you bite in, you get a huge taste of it and not just small swirls.
I let Sebastian frost them.
Remind me not to do that again.
Thanks.
Frosting everywhere. Gah.
They still taste the same but oh so messy...lol

Well, that's my afternoon in a nutshell.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

here are some movies I watched recently.
Anacondas - The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.
It was ok. The annoying spanish bitch should have been eaten first but noooo.
Good snake graphics. Very big snakes. Hot boat captain, big snakes. Good times baby.

Godsend was ok. Not great but ok. I don't really have much to say about it. I was a little bit confused by the whole Zachary/Adam brain thing. But whatever.

The Village. I was hoping for something much scarier. I was hoping for more jump moments but no. None of those at all. I already knew what the ending was. Someone told me but it still coulda done a whole lot better. I think Kevin shoulda hopped the damn wall and joined her...lol

The Stepford Wives. Meh.

So there ya have it. Reviews by Kat.
Don't I just tell you lots?
No? Well that's cuz even though you may have already seen the movies, some might not have and I personally hate it when people ruin the endings for me.
Unless of course I ask them to. *wink*

Posted by Kat at 3:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

ex-roommate and her mom took me to the store so I took full advantage of a ride and stocked up big time. Got everything on my menus. Woo hoo!
I did good too, no bags of 50% off vday candy. So proud of myself...lol
I did get a cake mix though cuz the boys have been asking for cake. I haven't made cake in ages cuz I spend so much time alone here that I get tempted too easily.

It's hot here today. See what I mean? Cold then really hot. So ex-roommates mom should be able to enjoy it here cuz it's snowing back in Seattle where she's from...lol From what I saw on the news this morning, it's snowing back in Maine too. It's a glorious mid-70 today here. Perfect weather actually.
She's spending 5 days at a hotel, then 5 days with relatives and her last 2 days here will be spent with us.
She's really cool and all but this house is way too small for a 12 day visit. We'd be killing each other by day 5...lol
ex-roommate and her mom are off to run errands and see sites and stuff today.

I am gonna come visit some of you all that show up as pinged and then I'm gonna rest and watch a movie and get something for lunch.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 10:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I did not want to get up this morning. I'm still not really up. I'm more or less just functioning.
I need to wake the hell up and though and pretty quickly here. I need to get my menu and list ready cuz I guess her mom is coming at like 9:30-10am.
I need to get a grasp on what I need to do and then when it's all over, I can come home and pass out for the rest of the day right?
Right.

Later days.

Diane + Shell + Jenni + girl

*Title provided by radio alarm clock.

Posted by Kat at 6:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I ate, got some semi-rest watching a stupid movie, Anaconda, hunt for the blood red orchid. I like snake movies what can I say?
I sucked down some caffeine, took a few pain pills and muscle relaxers cuz I was stiff as a board and answered a few emails.

Please though, no phone calls. I just can't talk tonight. Brain not capable of chatting. Sorry.

I never did get to make my menus or shopping list so in the morning I have to do that. ex-roommates mom is here and she can take me so I'll have a ride which is way cool. No walking and cabbing it back.
So in the morning, make menu, make list, clean out old crap from fridge, feed fish, feed cats, send boys to school, pick up my own house, go shopping, come home and collapse.

Happy Valentines day a little late. I forgot what the hell day it was. Not that it matters to me cuz I think if someone loves you, they should show you year round and not just on some organized day.

Oh, go say hi to Shell.
She started a blog! Yay! And her hubby remembered valentines day which is a first for him cuz he forgets birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas etc...lol

I'd start working on my menus but I'm so beat and now I'm so high that I don't think i can move from this chair.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 9:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

By order of her majesty, the queen bitch on high, it is here by decreed that you stay the fuck out of my way for the rest of the night.
Noise will not be tolerated.
Phone calls will go unanswered.
Messes will be picked up as soon as they are made.
If you miss this royal proclamation and get on my already bad side tonight, be prepared to have a new asshole torn.

I am tired, cranky and very much in pain.
I will not be answering the phone. Period.
I do not want to be disturbed tonight.
I have had a very long weekend of noise and messes and lack of sleep.
Later.

Posted by Kat at 7:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

So I'm babysitting and cleaning her house cuz I'm helpful like that.
Anyway, I started a few loads of laundry and the first 2 went great but the 3rd one, it like broke the washer or something.
There's water everywhere! ACCCKK!
I call her cuz I'm freaking out and she's like oh, I shoulda told you, that happens all the time.
Wha? I thought I broke it.
At least I know I didn't.
The boys came over and helped me with her trash and the back porch and Sebastian cleaned Susan's room and vacuumed for me.
Mark swept all the water off the back porch and cleaned that all up for me.
Now they are gone to the corner store to get a few snacks.
They earned it.
But her house looks good.
Dishes are done, floors are swept, mopped and vacuumed and most of the laundry is done.
And now I'm pooped.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

The baby is napping so I thought I'd grab a minute on here.
Called about the water bill. It was a mistake that they sent it.
The doc is is still working on things.
Watched The Village.
Interesting but just weird.
Gonna watch the Stepford Wives now. I'm bored...lol
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 10:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Hi, it's Kat down here in sunny Florida. You know, the vacation spot of thousands of tourists?
Yeah well, it's not that nice out this year.
It's a beautiful, warm day one day and then the next you screw me over with cold temps.
You promise us warm weather and then send us a cold front throwing the weathermen completely off guard.
You're wreaking havoc with our bodies.
The constant changes in weather, hot, cold, hot, cold, are not good. We all keep getting sick not to mention the problem it's causing us with what to wear.
Start off dressed in layers and by noon we need to run open the the windows and turn on the fans.
ex-roommates mom is visiting and we told her to leave her winter jacket behind because this is Florida, beautiful, sunny Florida. February is perfect, you don't need no stinkin jacket.
Well thanks. Thanks for making liars out of us.
We totally appreciate that.
You did ok when Shell came to visit. You only gave us 2 days of so so weather. You made it rainy and slightly chilly. We can handle 2 days but this every other day shit is starting to wear on our last nerves.
I want you to know that warm during the day and then cold at night is not helping my arthritis one little bit. I was good until the overnight temps. Then this morning, I'm stiff as a board. It's gonna take me half the day to be able to move properly and not look like a dying 95 year old.

So weather gods, do you think you could just pick one? Either hot or cold?
Thanks a ton.
Sincerely,
The residents of Florida, namely me.

Posted by Kat at 6:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Make shopping list.
Call water company and ask why they sent a disconnect notice when I just paid them last week in full.
Call docs and check to see what the hell is going on.
Make weekly menu.
Go through coupons.

Hrm. I know there was more but I'm drawing a blank.
At least I won't forget these ones.
I'm off to bed, later days.

Posted by Kat at 10:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I watched my girls all day and they wore me out.
I am so pooped! Pooped I tell ya!
Man, babies suck the energy right outta ya.
Susan had a field day smacking me around and giggling. She kept climbing up on me while I was laying on the couch just trying to get a little back rest. She would climb up, giggle, smack me, hop up and down and then climb down and run away giggling hysterically.
The baby just cooed and smiled all day but man, they just wipe you out.

Sis renewed my hosting for me cuz my text ad payment hasn't come through yet and I needed to have it paid by like midnight tonight cuz it takes 48 hours to process. I'm hosted for another year now. Yay!
She also got me a skull decoration for my fishtank and some of that water conditioner stuff that I didn't have. Fishies are loving life now.
Thanks sis!

And if you're looking for hosting, you can't go wrong with ICDsoft at all.
It's $60 a year, 333mb of space and 5 gb of transfer every month. After your first year, the price lowers to $40 per year or once you become a customer, $40 for each additional package. Just take a look at the 333mb package to see all it offers. I have had no down time at all in the whole year since I began hosting with them. None. Not one single second of downtime.
They rock.
And they take several forms of payments now. They take credit card, western union and for those of you with paypal only, they take paypal now! That is so awesome! I love icdsoft!

I think I'm gonna go take a shower and try to loosen up my muscles. I'm slightly stiff from one position all day but I do love the babies.
I have always loved rocking them and cuddling.
My girls are beautiful.
I'm gonna babysit Skye again all day tomorrow.
She's such a good baby.

Ok, will answer emails and stuff in a bit.
Later days people.

Posted by Kat at 6:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I got up and just did what I normally do and stuff but for got to post.
I'm over at my sisters, been here since like 10 am I think, watching my girls.
The baby is down for a nap and Susan is playing with Sebastian.
Watched Shark Tales.
I don't see why people thought it promoted the gay agenda. I think people see things that they want to see. I saw a shark who liked to eat veggies instead of meat and was a good, kind, gentle creature. I guess others who saw this film saw a vegan homosexual.
Ok, time to find something else to watch.
Be around off and on. Busy with my babes. :)
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 1:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

The boys left to go sleep over Mikeys tonight and I went off to babysit. The babies went right to sleep and I had such a quiet evening. It was nice.
I'm home now and after fighting with the aquarium light to go off, I'm gonna head to bed soon.
Very tired.
I was gonna watch Shark Tales while I was there but I got sucked in to Law and Order repeats on NBC. I've seen every episode but I get sucked in anyway.

Ok, tired. Must sleep.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 12:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

So my one niece Susan is gonna spend a few hours with me this afternoon and then I'll be going over there to babysit tonight or tomorrow night and then Monday all day for some extra cash for some bills I have to take care of this week, so I went to the corner store now so I didn't have to walk with her up my dangerous no sidewalk street.
On my way back, a car of gray hairs almost ran me over and so I moved a little too quick and pulled a muscle in my right calf.
Ooouuch!
Thank god I already take muscle relaxers or I'd be up at the docs begging for help. It hurts and it's tight and yup, I sure am whining again...lol

Mark, Mikey and Sebastian just walked up to the corner store now that I'm back for junk food. All they've done lats night and today is play video games and talk about video games.
I have silence even if for only a few minutes.

Not a whole lot going on here. I need to work on some dishes as soon as I can stand up again...lol
Man, if there is a way for me to get hurt, I'll find it.
Need to fold the laundry that I washed this morning too.

Basically a boring Saturday here. Typical same old same old ya know?
Hope you're all having a good one.
I'm gonna go put my feet up and rest for a bit before things get busy here.
Later days.

Mikey bought me a Hershey bar at the store. He's such a good kid and I put up with so much video games and hooting and hollaring while they are here not to mention all the food they eat. :)

Posted by Kat at 1:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Woke up stuffed up and coughing. No wonder I was so tired. Was getting sick.
Bah.
I have Nyquil and vit c tabs. I'll be good.

Jenni has some more stuff up for auction. "Here are my current eBay auctions. Notice that there are a ton of VHS films, the 1990 Led Zep box set (on cassette) and a 1987 Casio Casiotone CT-360 Keyboard Synthesizer with a ton of accessories."

Take a minute to go have a look and see if anything grabs your interest. That Led Zep box set looks like a great deal. Cassettes for those of you who still don't have cd players in your cars, and a ton of VHS movies.

Doing laundry as always. Telling 3 boys to shut up, it's too early for all that noise, feeling like crawling back to bed, stressing over money that should have been here by now and money I need to pay to various things by Wednesday.
All in all, a typical Saturday here.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:55 AM | Permalink | Comments (14)

I got 2 things in the mail.
One yesterday from the lovely Diane. A little baggie full of those mint kit=kats I love and a bowling dice game for the boys. Thank you hun.

And today I got a 64 drawer storage chest for my beads that I have been wanting for ages. It's from Groovymom.

So I just wanted to say thank you for the gifties. I love surprise presents. I am organizing my beads now and eating kit-kats. Mmm, kit-kats.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

But I keep getting the voice mail. Been trying since last week and I keep leaving messages and no one is calling me back so I marked it urgent and hope it works this time.
It's for the spine surgeon so I gotta get an appointment. Grr.

Been sleeping almost all day. I'm just so tired. I can barely do anything.
I cleaned the computer but feel asleep while it was doing it...lol
I'm glad i don't have to get up early tomorrow.
I can sleep in and maybe that will help because I wake up so early and am just exhausted so maybe a day to just sleep late all at once instead of interrupted will help.

Gonna answer emails and try to keep my eyelids open.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 1:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I mean that too. I cannot wait to not have to get up so early tomorrow.
I am just so drained and lethargic. I swear I could sleep all day if no one bothered me.
I was having this bizarro dream too. I hate them but I like them. They are interesting which is more than I can say for my waking life.

It's cold out there today too.
Brr. The wind chill is in the 30's.
I hate how the weather here does that. Hot, cold, hot cold, really hot, really cold, all in the same week.

My cousin should be coming home from Iraq in 3 weeks.
He's currently in Kuwait but was told just 3 more weeks.
This is good news.
Keep him in your thoughts please for a fast, safe 3 weeks.
He's got a very young son to go home to.

Need to run a complete scan disk on this today. It has some unexpected errors that I want to nip in the bud. All the virus and spy scans came back clean so I'm gonna check everything else before I panic.

Well that's about all from here this morning.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 5:58 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

That was easy. A split ring and my needle nose pliers. Piece of cake.
Now if I could just get rid of this migraine.
I want to be able to stay up and watch ER tonight because it's the episode where Carrie Weaver meets her bio mom for the first time.
The story is that her bio left her at the hospital when she was born and never saw her again.
That's sorta my story so I know I'll be sitting up bawling my eyes out at it.
The information surrounding my bios is sketchy at best. All I know is I spent the first 6 weeks of my life in the hospital and then went to a foster home which turned out to later be my adopt-gram. My adopt parents became my fosters and then adopted me.
I once tried to find my bios. Called everyone in the tri-state area around Maine with my birth last name.
I gave up when I reached an old man who said that if I had a good childhood and a family who loved me, then I need to just let it go and be happy.
Part of me though always wonders the whys and where are they and what were the real reasons and to go see, I am still alive and you have grandkids.
Fostering is a great thing to do. Kids need loving homes and my parents did that for many kids and I am greatful and I know in my heart that every kid who stayed with us whether it be for a week or years, remembers those times and the happiness and love they had while with us.
But I often still wonder. I often see women much older than myself who look sorta like me and wonder if this is where they ran away to. Wonder if they know the date 3-1-70 and think about me, wonder about me, wonder if they see the resemblance.
I wonder if she died. I wonder if she's as physically messed up as me. I wonder if this is all her fault.
Sometimes, it hurts.
It hurts because I was tossed aside for whatever reason whether it was the medical problems at birth or just because maybe she was too young, but it hurts still the same.
I had a great childhood. I still have a loving family but it hurts and I wonder what exactly would I say if we ever did meet face to face.

Posted by Kat at 8:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

some food.
The basics and stuff.
Marks starting to not feel well. He has a slight fever. Gave him some Advil and told him to lay down.
He broke the zipper on his jeans while at the store.
Gonna see if I can fix 'em in a bit here.
The zipper pull broke, that should be easy enough to fix with a split ring and some pliers.

Making burgers for dinner and then I think I really have nothing else to do or go anywhere again. At least I hope not. I'm just so run down.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 4:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

my other prescription is ready at Wal*greens.
And I'm out of soda.
Have lack of caffeine headache.
Those suck don't they?
I'll wait for the boys to come home and go with me cuz I really am slothlike today.
I can barely keep my eyes open.
So I'm gonna nap before the boys get home and then attempt to wake myself up so I can go get those. I need those ones or I'd hold off. The 3 pill combo works the best and I can totally tell when I am missing even one.
Left you a meme in the extended entry stolen from Kim.
Later days.

P.S. Here's a really smart bird.

High School Meme

What year was it?
I graduated in '88

What were your three favorite bands (performers)?
Motley Crue, Queensryche, Metallica

What was your favorite outfit?
Levis, long black sweater, some rock t-shirt underneath. I was such a fashion slave. *eye roll*

What was up with your hair?
My hair has been compared to Jon Bon Jovis by my fellow classmates. Usually very long, curly and fluctuated between colors.

Who were your best friends?
Jenny, Michelle and the other Michelle from the beach. (Hi Shell)

What did you do after school?
The beach, the arcades, the wall, the park.

Where did you work?
Shaw's supermarket

Did you take the bus?
Nope. I walked through 10 feet of snow and blistering cold and I liked it!

Who did you have a crush on?
John Gagne. Yup. He was hot. I think I even told him once.

Did you fight with your parents?
sometimes

Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
James Hetfield

Did you smoke cigarettes?
Yeah

Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
I hit my locker between every class

Did you have a clique?
The stoners and smokers

Did you have "The Max" like Zach, Kelly, and Slater?
The wall in the beach square.

Admit it, were you popular?
No. I hated the populars. They sucked and were a bunch of dope smoking hypocrites who played sports but acted all angelic.

Who did you want to be just like?
Nobody.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Radio dj

Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?
In some major city with my own radio show. feh.

Posted by Kat at 12:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (2)

Today is Jennis' birthday! Go wish her a good one.
Jenni is a great friend and even when her life has been up and down and taken turns for the worse, she has been there for me 110% and I do my best to be there for her. (I have NOT been avoiding you silly. Been sick and toothaches and stuff)
Her life is going through major changes due to a divorce and I know what that is like and I wish it didn't have to be that way cuz divorce sucks but she's hanging in there and being strong and it will get better.
She hit the big 3-0 today and you should go wish her a fabulous happy birthday day. :)

Posted by Kat at 6:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

I didn't feel like eating leftover spaghetti and I couldn't find anything I wanted to eat. Had no desire for anything I have in the house so I made some toast and put cinnamon and sugar on it.
Yum.
It's like a favorite comfort food of mine.

Watching Lost. I love this show I just wish they wouldn't show so many repeats. It's a new show for gods sake. One new episode then two weeks of repeats. Gah.
I am gonna go finish watching it and then play around on here again for awhile.
Nothing to do tomorrow, I think, so I should be around.
Every time I say that though, something comes up.
Oh well.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

made a few stops.
We stopped at Sarasotas new Whole Foods store.
Man is that nice.
It's big and just so full of yummy looking foods and stuff.
Didn't have much time to shop but maybe next week I will.
Then we went back to the fish store and ex-roommate got a new tank for her beta and got me 4 tiger barbs. They were on sale for.99 cents so I threw them in the tank.
They seem to be happy.
Came home, threw in a load of laundry ate lunch and just now catching up on emails and stuff.
Will be around to visit in a bit.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Don't know when we'll be back but we'll be back later on.
Hope you have a good day.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

That ever happen?
Like suddenly, your life is so boring to even yourself that you just can't come up with anything to write about.
I seriously have been living a very dull life for the last few weeks. Even before the whole verizon fiasco.
I just don't have much to write about.
I could make shit up, I could write short stories, I could tell cute stories about when my kids were younger, I could talk about the old days when I was young and stupid, I could post cat pictures.
I don't know.
I just have this mental block preventing me from writing anything halfway decent.
Believe me, I know how boring my blog is lately, I don't blame anyone for not posting comments but I'm not about to beg for comments.
I hate that.
I could rant about shit I hate but that would piss people off more than I already do right?
Like I hate comment whores and I hate it when people say they are closing their blogs down or taking a break and then they are right back at it again the next day but with promises that they really are leaving. Hate it.
Leave or not but knock that shit off.
I hate my addiction to diet soda.
I hate that the cat boxes are in my room cuz it's the biggest room and no one else ever goes in there.
I hate that two of my guppies died.
I hate being woken up by religious freaks who don't want to hear that praying for Satan might just work cuz then they'd like have to get jobs cuz there'd be no sin and shit.
I hate that they pound on my door. Like that's gonna make me want to invite them in. Bang bang bang! God loves you!
Yeah? and you're gonna get hit you bang on my door one more time like that.
I hate that my pharmacies auto caller is broken today and keeps calling me telling me to pick up my scripts when I already did and the other one isn't gonna be ready until Thursday.
I hate that my multi-vitamin makes me nauseous within 20 minutes of taking it.
I hate that it takes me a week to get readjusted to my pain meds making me tired and stupid and even more bitchy.
I hate that my life is boring and dull and all I want is to be able to go back to work and live a normal life again.
I hate hating things.

Posted by Kat at 10:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

Haven't done much. Did some of the dishes, made spaghetti for dinner, surfed, scooped out another dead guppy. Dammit.
I think they were sick.
Oh well.
I would like to get a lot more fish. It's fun to watch them but I need to get the tank right if it isn't. The temp seems to be ok, they have the right food, the water is testing ok.
I dunno. I'm much better with cats. Feed 'em, pet 'em, they're happy.

Heading out tomorrow with ex-roommate so she can go to the docs. It sucks going out there alone.
I'm slightly out of it still, getting re-acclimated to my pain meds. I am loopy for about a week or so after having been off of them for a month.
I'm so tired still too. Just completely drained. Been this way for awhile now and can't shake it off.
I have more dishes to do and then I'm gonna fold the laundry and rest for the night.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 7:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It must be warm out today because they came pounding on my door like my house was on fire.
I jumped from my slumber on my couch and yelled "fucking christ!"
My windows are open.
I fling the door open and the church lady says "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said."
"I said, fucking christ! Because you pounded on my door and I was SLEEP-ING! and I just knew it was you people.
"Oh."
"You here about god right? You hear to tell me he'll make my life better right? You here to spread the happy joyous news right?!"
"Well, yes ma'am."
"Well, I have no fucking interest in that shit now get the fuck out of my yard!"
SLAM went the door.

I hate those people with a passion.
I need a big sign on my front door that says the title of this post. Or sacrificed. Or carved up and fed to the dogs behind me. Or BBQ-ed.
I hate them. Hate them. Hate them.
I was sleeping dammit.

Posted by Kat at 10:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (13)

My brain is a jumble this morning.
I am so tired and just useless right now.
I am gonna lay back down on the couch after the kids go to school and try to watch medium that I taped last night but I'm sure I'll fall asleep.
So tired.

Pissed the hell off at this store.
I ordered some 9mm split rings on January 20th for Marsha and some other knit stitchers I wanted to make and they are still not here.
I emailed them with my order number on February 3rd and they sent me a tracking number through the USPS. It said they mailed them on February 2nd. Hello? I ordered those thing son January 20th?!?!?
They are still not here either.
I know it was a small order, under $5, but I always make a small first time order to check quality and speed of shipping.
I will never order from them again.
This is beyond ridiculously late shipping now in my opinion.
I would have gotten them from my regular supplier but they didn't have the size I needed. They stopped at 6mm.
I am beyond pissed because I've tried to get these locally and can't, looked all over other websites and no one has that size, this was the only one and they are slow as fucking hell on shipping if I get them at all.
I hate shitty customer service.
So beaders, don't buy from them. That's right, I have a website and I'm not afraid to use it.
Now I have to try and find those rings again somewhere else because this is far too long to make one of my customers wait.
Really, really mad.
Marsha, sorry hun. Will try and find them somewhere else and get them to you ASAP.
Sleep first, then hunt for split rings.

Ok, later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

It's been 11 years since I had a baby and man did I forget how hard it is and how draining it is.
But I had a good day. The baby finally went out for a few hours around 3pm and slept until my sister got home at 6pm. I was finally able to put the recliner back and rest. I almost fell asleep but I don't trust myself to wake up so I watched a movie.

Sis took me to wal*greens for my anti-inflams and then she went into Publix for formula and grabbed me some soda.
Yay for caffeine!
I have a gazillion dishes to do but I think I'll postpone those until tomorrow because I am so damn tired.
But my baby niece is great. She didn't fuss much at all. She looks at you and smiles and giggles. Loves to sit on your lap all day so that's why I didn't get online much. Surfing one handed is hard man...lol

Ok, need to like chill out and catch up with stuff, emails and make sure the boys are fed and stuff.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

She took a 30 minute nap. That's ok. I'm sure she'll sleep later right?
Right now she's laying on her boppy pillow looking at herself in the mirror.
She loves to do that. She talks to herself...lol

Not much to talk about today. I'm tired and stuff and not being in my own house, I'm thrown off ya know?
Ok, time to feed her again and see if she'll get more sleep.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 9:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I slept bad. Just tossed and turned most of the night and when the alarm went off I just sort of stared at the clock like you have got to be kidding me? It can't be 5:30 yet???
But it's time to get up and get dressed and when the boys leave, I'm heading up to my sisters for the day to watch Skye.
One baby should be a whole lot easier than yesterday.
She's spoiled though. She loves to be cuddled and rocked for hours.
I don't mind but she doesn't know how to fall asleep on her own.
I'll get on line when I can from over there. I'm sure she'll nap at some point during the day so I can at least check emails and stuff.

There will be new ads here at some point this week.
These will be much different than the blog ads or the text ads in the sidebar.
These will be called advertorials so I'm assuming from that description that these will be posts of some kind.
I know people hate ads on blogs. They think the blogger has sold out.
Whatever I say.
I need that money that they are offering and if it helps me pay some of my bills, then I'm taking it.
They will be in their own category and you are free to pass over them just as you would anything that I write. Click the x, browse away from the page etc.
I don't know why people get so up in arms over blog ads. It helps pay for hosting and a slew of other bills in my case.
I've asked for help a few times and people have always helped me. I've seen other blogers ask for help and people send it. I've seen bloggers ask for donations to buy cars, ipods and a whole slew of other things. Think of this as help but without having to donate it yourself.
These will hopefully pay more than the current text ads I have on here if they are going to be actual posts.
If it's less money, I may say no, that for taking up a full post, I should be compensated better but if it pays what I hope it does, then fine, I'll post them.
I think advertising is ok on blogs. It helps pay for hosting for most people who have them.
With the money from my current ads, I am able to pay hosting and my monthly ISP bill. If these new ads pay what I hope they will, I can pay for my hosting, my ISP and probably a little extra on the water, elec and phone bill every month. How can I say no to that?
I can't.
I'm not getting rich making jewelery and I'm not getting paid in cash from amazon. I get gift certs from them so I can buy presents for the boys at birthdays and xmas. Some of the ads I have on here are for friends sites or my own groups that I belong to.
If and when Leslie gets her soap shop back up and running, I am going to post a link to her shop because her soaps are simply wonderful and I think if you like home made soaps, you should buy from her. I love her Jasmine/grapefruit soap and her pain cream is great too. I hear she makes bath bombs and at some point, I'm gonna get a few of those to try out.
I believe that if you have a blogging friend with a product you love, you should link to it or advertise it if you have that ability.
I try to spread it around.
I link to peoples ebay shops etc.
Ads are good. They help people. Not just the company that has the ad but the person running the ad who may need the money which I do.
Long rant huh?
Well I felt like I had to explain myself because I don't want any hate mail for having these upcoming ads on here which I know I'll get anyway.
I haven't sold out. I only endorse products that I believe in and those are ads I have placed or links to people that are trying to make some money on ebay. But when a company offers me a nice chunk of change to run an ad and I need that money, you can bet your ass I'm gonna take it.
And that's not selling out. That's smart.

Posted by Kat at 6:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

And it wasn't so much the babies as it was having 2 bored teens with me which made taking care of 2 babies hard.
By the end of the day, I had both babies sound asleep in my lap. That was the only place they were happy.
Must be the fluffy mid-section and the squishy milk pillows I have because within minutes of both babies being on my lap, they were zonked out cold but if I moved they stirred and wanted me to stay still.
The only acceptable movement was the back and forth of the rocking chair.
It was good though. Reminds me of when my babies were young and we'd lay on the couch everyday at noon and nap watching Nick Jr. with the lights down low and the volume down low.

Tomorrow will be easier. The boys will be at school, Susan will be at daycare and it will be just me and Skye.
Aunty alone time.

I am utterly wiped out now...lol
I mean it, I need a big comfy blanket and some dim lights.

Making dinner and white choc/chocolate chip cookies.
The mix tastes good so they should be good.
It was a mason jar pre-mix my sis got for xmas and she doesn't eat too many sweets so she let me take it home to make for me and the boys.
Sis can make a bag of hersheys kisses last a month. I'm lucky if they last 3 days in this house.

Ok, time to catch up and bake and all that stuff.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So I watched part of the Grudge last night. I need to finish it this morning before I have to take it back. What's so funny Kat?
The noise the dead creepy things make....lmao
It's my noise that baby Susan and I make to each other! Bwahahaha! Oh my god, that is hysterical.
I heard it and just started cracking up and the boys were like terrified. Mom don't ever make that noise again! Oh hahahah! So funny.
Want to see Aunty Kat? [insert noise] oh my fucking god, funny.
I wonder if my sis even caught that when she was watching it.
I'm gonna tell her today when I go back to baby sit.
Going back at noon to watch them for a few hours.

Did I tell you there are 2 babies now? There are.
They are blood sisters too so it's ultra cool.
They are both wonderful.
Susan and Skye. Not sure on Skyes spelling yet but that's how I have seen it.
They are gorgeous and they have so many cute dresses and stuff.
I got the boys, she got the girls so I'm happy.
I get kids who fart and think poop is hysterical and she's got darlings to dress up.
I couldn't post about baby number 2 for awhile for comfort reasons. We had to make sure it was really real ya know? But it is now and we all couldn't be happier.
On Mondays, every Monday from now on, I am going to be at my sisters house all day taking care of Skye so sis can do her contract job. The rest of the week she can taker her with her.
It's totally cool. I have a baby to cuddle with and rock and stuff.
So much fun.

Ok, gonna go finish The Grudge now.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

The babies were adorable as always. I loves my nieces to pieces. My sis got the most adorable dresses and stuff for them. Girls get the cutest stuff. I always felt kinda jipped with boys, not getting to dress them up all pretty but now I have nieces to see all dolled up and pretty.

We watched the Grudge while over there. Well, the boys did mostly. I was busy with the babies and stuff. Feeding them and rocking them to sleep.
I brought it home with me so I could watch it again cuz it looked pretty good from what I did see of it.
We also brought home Paparazzi and watched that a bit ago. That was pretty decent too.
Good action, good story, makes me hate the photog scum even more though.
I love seeing the pics of Keanu and Orlando and stuff but knowing that they get stalked basically to get those pics, makes me ill. I have never bought any of those trash rags at the checkout counter and I don't even buy people mag cuss most of the pics are taken by those scum.

ex-roommate came home and we all decided to split the 555 deal at Dominoes and watch the Grudge again.
Pizza and a movie. Good times.

Well, later days people.

Posted by Kat at 11:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Leaving in about a half hour to babysit my cuties.
Not for long though, sis is tired and doesn't think she'll be out that late so no biggie.
Will have some new movies to watch. I guess she has Troy, Paparazzi, The village and something else I can't recall. Maybe I'll borrow one or two so I can avoid the super bowl tomorrow night.
I really hate sports.
I check in for scores and maybe the halftime show but that's about it. I just fall asleep watching them run back and forth down the field.
I know, so un-American kat. ;)

Ok, later days.

Posted by Kat at 5:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Just need to vac but Mikey is still here and the boys are all playing so I am being cool mom and not making them stop so I can clean. I can do it anytime really. Not like the queen is coming for tea today.

Going to go babysit my nieces tonight for a bit and give my sister a break. She's got a few new movies too so I will have stuff to watch plus the laptop so when they go to sleep, I can play.

Hoping to go to the store here soon. She needs to go out she said but that was hours ago.
Oh well.

Tired and out of it still.
My jaw is still swollen. Don't you think that's a long time for that?
My lower gum is swollen and achy and the tooth he pulled was on top.
Hrm.
Sympathy gum pain...lol

Not much else going on.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

To do list:
dishes
laundry-started
sweep
vac
mop
dust
organize under bed storage and throw crap away from closets that are no longer needed. Wasn't as bad as I thought.

The house just seriously needs a good thorough cleaning and ridding of crap.
Must do this today.

Have a great saturday everyone.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

They are happy fishies now.
The cats are laying on my raised up bed watching them. They like it.
It's very soothing to watch fish.
The water filter noise in the night I could do without though.
I always have to pee anyway and this is just making it worse.
The sound of running water all night.
Gah.

Mikey is sleeping over and they are playing Silent Hill 2 and being scared..lol
I have it set to easy and there are barely any monsters yet everytime one shows up, they all scream like little girls...lmao
Too funny.

Ok, gonna go watch them play and stuff, put dinner leftovers away and relax for the night.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 8:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

He said it went well and no one teased him today which was what he wanted. I'm glad to hear that but after he got done saying all that, he says "I want it back."
Sorry dude, we can't glue it back on.

My bed risers finally showed up.
I ordered them on the 22nd of January from organize everything, part of amazons marketplace sellers.
That is such a long time to wait for stuff and especially seeing as the box weighed like nothing and they charged like $8 for shipping. Outrageous.
So there ya go, don't buy anything from organize everything.com unless you feel like paying for fast shipping or you enjoy waiting for a long time.
It's nice though. Nice and high. I can feel like the princess and the pea and I have under bed storage now which is why I bought them. My closet is just jam packed with stuff and I needed space for more storage.

I want to go out and get that heater but it's cold man. I just don't know if I could tolerate the cold long enough to do it. My bones just throb on days like this.

Later days.

Posted by Kat at 2:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I went back to bed after the boys left and woke up about an hour or so ago.
I'm just so tired. I think the cold is playing a part in that. It's about 48 degrees here right now after we had beautiful 70 degree temps yesterday. I hate the way the temps change so fast around here.

I need to go out again.
I need a heater for the fish tank if this weather keeps up and it's a good idea to have one anyway. they are fine without it but if it gets colder tonight, the floor heater will have to stay in my room where the fish tank is to keep them warm.
Petsmart has one for like $8. I hate petsmart but they are cheaper than the aquarium store by about $10.

The boys will be home in a few minutes so I'll see how his day without his hair was. I hope it went ok.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 1:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I think I have nothing to do today.
I think it's all clear, no errands, no shopping, no bill paying.
I think I can just get some much needed rest and play catch up today.
I need to do the dishes, fold the laundry that's in the dryer, catch up with all of you.

Sebastian comes to me this morning with big tears in his eyes.
He came and sat right next to me here at the computer and says "If a kid wanted his tail cut off cuz kids are making fun of him and even though he loves his hair very much, would you help him?"
Of course.
At which point he starts crying big fat tears.
We get up and get an elastic band and the scissors.
We did a big family hug and even Mark was teary eyed.
I gave him a huge hug and told him how brave and grown up he was and that I loved him and he's still him with or without the long hair.
I snipped off the long pony tail and evened out the back.
We carried his hair to my room to put in the box with his last tail we cut off 6 years ago and his teeth. I save all that stuff mainly because they wanted me too but they each have a tiny little box on my shelves with their things in it.
I gave him another huge hug and said he was growing up so fast and what a brave decision this was and that if wants to start growing his hair out long again at any time, that is up to him because it's his hair and his life and I'll support him no matter what he wants to do.
He wiped away some tears and finished getting ready for school.

I guess being an individual is really hard in middle school these days and it's better to just look like everybody else so that you just blend in to the crowd.
I told him he could grow out to a mohawk in high school if he wants cuz Riverview high school lets kids do whatever they want to their hair. I've seen them. Mohawks, blue, pink, green , spikes, balds, flips, shags, you name it, I've seen a kid with it Riverview HS.

So anyway, that's my morning so far.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (12)

The errands are all finally done.
Just got back from grocery shopping, went with my sis cuz she had to go anyway. Poor baby is sick. :(
So we got it all over and done with so everyone can relax for the rest of the night now.
Got a lot done today including getting a couple of cheap fishies on sale at the pet store for my tank which has been sitting ready for 2 weeks now. Just a few cheap tetras. 5 for $2.00 and one pocatumus (sp?) and 2 cheapo guppies. I put them in my tank which I decorated with my little mermaid stuff.
It looks cute. I have Ariel and Ursula and Flounder and Sebastian the crab in there. I love that movie.
I just need like some plants and a cave type thingy for them and they'll be thrilled.
The cats are happy now as they have fish to look at instead of just an empty tank...lol

Making bbq wings for dinner cuz it's easy and I'm wiped out now.
Will try to catch up with everyone over the next day or 2. I miss so much when I have crazy days and it seems like it's been crazy everyday for a long time now or something crazy happens that throws the whole week off.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 5:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I need to go to the dreadful 7-11 and get money out of the ATM from my ebt card.
Go to the dollar store and see if they have cat litter, mouthwash, broom, mop, conditioner, and paper plates.
Go to the post office and mail off a money order for my electric bill and stuff for Jenni. Thanks so much sweetie. Sending it priority. :)
Get a money order for the phone bill. Screw going down and paying in person after all the shit they put me through. They can wait for payment. Get a money order for the water bill as well.
Go to the grocery store and get some actual groceries and then come home and wait for the landman to come over.
I wasn't here to give him the rent yesterday because of the messy day I had. I called and apologized to him and he understood so we have an appointment to be here after noon.
Then I can relax.
I'm waiting to get started on this until the dollar store opens because I don't want to do more walking then I need to even though I have pain meds again.

I have 5 months of refills, not 4 like I thought. That's awesome.
I don't have to worry about meds for basically 6 months.
The ones i picked up yesterday for this month and then 5 more.
Ahh. That is so good.

Ok, gonna eat cuz the meds make it easier, get dressed and wait for stuff to open.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 6:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

My medi bus driver was late. So he got me there late. 15 minutes too late. So, because I was 15 minutes late for my appointment, I had to wait for them to fit me in.
3 hours.
Then, a med student comes in to help me.
Asking all kinds of oddball questions and she can't write my scripts anyway.
She leaves in a huff and goes to get doctor.
20 minutes later, doctor arrives, goes over almost my entire medical history and tells me that I have a referral for a surgeon. When did that go through? December 9th.
Excuse me? Did you say December 9th? Why the hell didn't anyone call me? I don't know, they were supposed to. Sorry.
Sorry? Eat me asshole.
So what kinds of meds are you taking and how often? I tell him, hydros 7.5 750 mgs 4 times a day, methocarbamol 750 mgs 4 times a day, nebumetone 750 mgs 2 times a day.
Oh, well here you go.
New scripts for all 3 meds and refills for 4 more times.
Must go back in 4 weeks.
In the meantime, my medi bus has left.
I call them.
Sorry, were were there twice for you. There is no more transportation today.
Shit. Have exactly 50 cents to get home when it costs $1.
Crap. Fuck.
Call kids from docs office. Will be home late. Semi-stranded. Headed to main depot at the library. Call for help.
Ride bus all the way to the library and try to walk up 3 small stairs to go inside and use the bathroom and attempt to beg for 50 cents from someone so I can go home. Rip the sole off of my right sneaker climbing the stairs.
Fucking great.
Some guy gives me 50 cents but says I should use it to call my kids because they will be worried. Another hour has passed since my last phone call to them and it's now almost 5pm.
Call the house where the boys tell me my sister is done working and come get me but needs to know where I am. I give the boys the pay phone number and tell them to call her and have her call me.
Guard the phone with my life because everyone suddenly wants to use it.
Now remember, I am in pain from both back and tooth. Have a migraine coming on too. I am in hell.
Sister calls right back and says she is 25 minutes away but to stay there.
So I go outside and wait for her and get hit on by a really nice but homeless old man.
He complimented me a gazillion times.
Gave him smokes to shut him up.
Didn't work.
He kept on talking so I told him how I hate people in the south especially men because they seem to think that all women should be Donna fucking Reed.
He laughs and tells me he admires a strong woman.
Fabulous. /sarcasm
Sister comes to get me, happy to have a ride home.
Baby Susan is sick and we have to go get her from daycare. Sister is sick too. Thinks they all are getting the flu as sisters boyfriend has it too.
Yay.
*happy for ride happy for ride happy for ride please don't get sick please don't get sick*
Get home and landman has already come and gone but now I must walk to pharmacy to get meds. Sister is sick, she needs to go home with babies.
ex-roommate left the rent and water bill money for me so I took water bill money with me for shoe goo.
The boys and I walk down to wal*greens and wait not long thankfully for my pain meds which I opened and chewed like pez. *Thankyoujeezus*
Find shoe goo for shoes.
Go to Publix and get some cheap fried chicken. Starvin Marvin must eat! Disregard pain! Must have solid food stat!
Walk all the way back home in the dark.
Inhale with much difficulty I might add, piece of chicken.
Oh yum. Oh blessed solid food.
Pudding just doesn't cut it all day.
Tooth socket hurts now but tummy feels so much better.
Glued shoes together. Please hold. Can't afford new shoes this month and these are still in great shape except for ripping that sole off.
Oh and I'm spotty.
Can we say fabulous fucking day? Can we? Yuh.
Whose fucking cheerios did I piss in because I got nothing but bad shit going on for a long time now.

Going to try and answer some emails, catch up on my message boards and probably collapse half dead in my bed at the speechy thing tonight at 9.
Oh and ex-roommate, thank you for all the housework (not the dishes...lol) you did.
I truly appreciate your help especially after the last few days I've had. Totally appreciated more than you know.
Thank you.

Posted by Kat at 7:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (13)

And he's way late.
If I miss this appointment, I will hurt someone.
And I'm starving!

Posted by Kat at 12:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Going to the doctors in about an hour, whenever the ride shows up.
I'm like out of it today.

Nothing going on here at all. It's like super boring so I've been reading and sleeping off and on all morning.
Are all your pingers broke or are you just not writing anymore? I swear, I look at my blogroll and like no one has the updated mark**.

Kali cat has gone nuts. She keeps attacking the shelf of the boys pc desk. I don't know why.
Little freak.
Ok, I'm boring myself.
Later days.

Posted by Kat at 10:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Karen + Kate + Robyn

I feel like hell still.
My face is swollen on the left side, it still aches and throbs and oh my frigging god am I hungry...lol
I have a regular doc appointment today to meet the new doc who wouldn't refill my meds till he met me.
Well, he's gonna meet me alright and I am so not in the mood to deal with idiots today.

Yesterday when I went to the clinic, had to get a clinic card first. You can't just walk in, you have to be approved to be a walk in.
The intake worker woke up on the wrong side of the world I guess cuz she started in on me right away.

She's all you have insurance, you can't be here.
I have insurance and THEY told me to come here for emergencies.
No, you can't.
Yes I can, call them or better yet, call your own dental clinic tech.
She calls over there, they tell her yup, patient CAN be here.
Then she starts in on me about my income. Look it up, they told me you could look it up based on my SS#. I ain't looking nothing up. You need to show me.
Look. It. Up. Like your supervisor told me yesterday when I called.
I am not in the mood lady. I am in severe agony here and have been dealing with shoddy customer service reps for over a month now and if one more person in customer service tries to excuse themselves from doing the job of customer service they get paid for, I may start yelling.
*pause*
She looks it all up and starts telling me I can only come once every 30 days for emergency dental stuff, blah blah blah. Hands me the clinic card.
I get up and start to leave her little office where she left the door open and a whole room full of people heard our back and forth, I tell her, Have a nice day Ms. James. It can only get better from here on out if you want it to.
Well things didn't get better for Ms. James.
Ms. James yelled at a Vietnam vet and told him he couldn't be treated there. The vet started yelling and security and a supervisor were called.
They got his clinic card. Ms. James got a talking to. I don't suppose her day got any better at all but what Ms. James fails to accept is that she is a lucky woman to have a job to go to. She could be one of the countless hundreds who have to come get clinic cards and beg for medical treatment. She fails to realize that people are people no matter their income and if she can't treat people like people and not shit, she should quit and leave the job to someone who can look shit up and type without a stick up their ass.

Posted by Kat at 6:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

I'm absolutely starving and I can only eat soft foods for a couple of days. I have no soup or anything like that in the house and all I have are some frozen fries. So can I like suck on french fries?
I have got to eat something...lol

Posted by Kat at 8:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

The dentist didn't want to do it but I begged and pleaded and signed a waiver. When it's a molar, they have to be really careful because it attaches to the sinuses and stuff. I just don't have $300 for an oral surgeon and I admit, I cried while begging. It simply had to come out.
4 shots of novacaine and a whole lot of pulling and twisting and retching, it came out. No pain killers to take at home. He did it against his best judgment.
No eating, no smoking, very small drinking and no excessive talking.
Jenni, I will call you when I can move my jaw without twitching. No worries on waking me up, I was in pain anyway
Just gonna rest and take it easy. No stitches so it has to close on it's own which is why no eating, no drinking, no smoking.
I have a headache and my whole jaw is throbbing.
Maybe be around later if I can sit up without wanting to throw up.

Posted by Kat at 1:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (18)