Our big splurge...

Okay, so most of our furniture predates the personal computer.... or my husband's birth. Yes, we could use a new couch... I'm not even sure where the one we have came from. And I have to keep in stock my sofa covers cause the things is really questionable. Anyways... it's old. We need a new one. But why buy one when our kids are just gonna funk it up anyhow. We need a bedroom set. I'd at least like to have a new dresser, seeing as the one we have came from DI and cost us $2. It is missing a drawer and we have to shove the drawers shut to fit all our stuff inside, and we still have plastic shelving in the bedroom covered in clothes. Short of it... I would LOVE a bed with an actual headboard and footboard and a place to put my clothes. But we'll get to that eventually, in fact I fell in love with a real rustic looking set at the place we went and bought our first BIG purchase in a very long time. But it'll have to wait, cause for now.... *drumroll* we bought the boys a bunk bed! They love it! I love it! We just haven't gotten a full size mattress for the bottom bunk yet so Ike Ike is on his crib mattress still, surrounded by blankets and animals. They have been on it since we got it put together. Even Sammy has mounted it a few times. Yikes. We haven't got the safety boards on the tops yet though, so let's all hope David doesn't fall out. It didn't have any predrilled holes for them and our drill takes a day to charge and some dummy (points at self) left it unplugged so it was dead. He sure is a mover in his sleep so I'm a little worried. Oh well, what's a broken arm, right? Oi... *goes to gather more blankets for a soft landing*...

Christmas

So rather than make the longest post of pictures ever, I made a slideshow... hopefully it'll work in the right order. *shrugs*



If you click on the 4 little arrows in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, it'll make it bigger. And if you click on "show info" at the top right of the big screen, it'll give you captions. ((hugs))

Heehee!

Happy Holidays!!!!!

Eeeeep....

And I live in a place where this probably won't show in theatres! Argh!!!!!!!! This looks really good... and I love Viggo, Jason, and Mark! Eeep!!!

A day...

There's something... macabre?... morbid?... depressing.... about getting 9 holiday cards in the mail... and a large yellow envelope containing your mother's death certificate.

I felt all at once loved, cared about, and like I wanted to break something...

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Thanks for all the virtual hugs last week. Needed them! Am doing better now.... ((hugs)) to my friends!!!

Here goes...

I'm sure you've all been wondering when I would finally break down and type THE RANT. I have been doing okay. Not great, but okay. I feel like I am going through this alone right now, as regards to ... I should stop. I wouldn't want anyone here to think me an ungrateful friend. It would just be nice to have a shoulder to cry on... But I don't want pity friendship either. Why is that all the people who seem to care either don't know me very well, or are too far away to get an actual hug from...

THIS IS HARD!!!! I might let on that it is fine, but inside I wanna SCREAM and break something!!!!!!!

So here goes my day/week in a nutshell...


Why do I have to have my breakdowns in public? Well, I think I figured it out. I'm okay on my own, but apparently I am surrounded by people who have no thought for others at all.

Went to the post office last week and had a breakdown there... told them they were full of shit and etc etc... effing etc etc... It was lovely, one of my more graceful moments... long story I won't go into detail...

And then I had a minor breakdown at the commissary last week when the 'go to that line there' person told me to go to the Express lane and I had more than 20 items. I went there but I got some nasty looks from people, hence the breakdown...

And today... Today Seals It.

I never thought I didn't like living here, always seemed like a nice place, but I am officially over it. I went to the commissary with my 2 smallest this morning, just got back actually, couldn't contain it anymore, have to vent... anyways... Sammy is a bit of a handful. Sweet as anything, but he lives up to his 21 months. We call him Sammity Calamity or The DestructiKon around the house. Anyways, the whole time we were there he's doing this high pitched thing where he does the indian call with his hand on his mouth only instead of doing it in a regular voice, he's doing it kind of shrill. I am TRYING to make him stop. I can ignore it, I'm used to it, but I am still concerned about other people's hearing, so I am trying to make him stop even going so far as to give him the binky to make him stop, candy, whatever, he doesn't want to stop, he's having fun. I even put my hands over his mouth and tried to get him to stop... doesn't help that it's nap time.

Anywho, we are in line to be told which line to go to, and this "woman" behind me bellows... BELLOWS "KNOCK IT OFF!!!" I was stunned, I turned around to look at her, to see if she had ACTUALLY just yelled at my son. I just looked at her, gobsmacked. She says "Don't look at me, lady. He's in my space too." I murmured, still gobsmacked, "He's just a baby."

Her: "I shouldn't have to listen to it!!"

Me: "You don't yell at other people's children!"

Her: "Well, then control your child!!"

That was it. THAT WAS IT!!! I "said", "I have been trying to since I got in this damn place!!!"

She rolled her eyes and waved her hand dismissing me.

Me: "Don't yell at my child!!!" And cue the tears...

You just don't know what's going on in other peoples lives. If everyone could just stop, slow down, and think about the other person first, this world would be a happier place.

Today my friend across the street had her visiting teachers come over. They don't visit me, but they still brought me a beautiful cookie jar filled with Christmas cookies... so people aren't complete s**ts... just the ones who...

*stopping*

Update:

And you know, I realize my children aren't perfect. I'm not blind! I DO try to discipline them...

And maybe that woman was having a crummy week herself... *grumbles* still shoulda handled it better...

Anyways... I don't have a problem with other people telling my kids to be quiet or whatever, sometimes it's nice to have reinforcements... but don't yell at them and then tell me I'm not doing my job.

Argh.

Anyone have any old Shark Boy and Lava Girl McDonalds Happy Meal toys buried somewhere in a box? I can't seem to win them on Ebay... I was SO close!!! (And no, I don't really want to spend over $20.00 for someone's old MCDs toys...)

Apparently the only SB and LG figures made were for happy meals...

Hence my building of SB and LG puppets for Christmas... (Shhhhh, don't tell David). Thank goodness for hair... otherwise they'd both look like the kermit the frog with elephantitis...

I'll post pics when SB is done. LG is done and she's... uh... smokin'.

:D

I know it's tacky...

But when has that stopped me? LOL

NOOO!!! NOT SANTA!!!!! :D

Another Cake...

I made one like this for the same lady last spring. But this one has a christmas theme! :)

I really would like to do this more... oh well, maybe after we move, I can get down to bidness...

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