Bills, ADD and a tropical beach

Ok, so I made an aggreement with my husband that I would take over doing the bills once I go to part time. Uggg. We have lived here for 5 weeks now and I have put it off. Things are due. I need to pay them. We have the money to pay them, but for some reason I can't get myself to do it. I dont want to. I need to force myself. Every day I say today is the day and then something way more important comes up.

If we have the money to pay them, then what's the problem? Well,... I like to spend. I am afraid that once I look at the account and become aware of my limits, then my shopping will have to stop. I have been buying for the new house (curtains and such) but I have been selective as far as clearance and sale items, but .... you know. Damn girl, you FREAKIN QUIT YOUR JOB!!

Today - AFTER PAYING THE BILLS - I am going to the school to talk to my daughter's teacher. She is behind in her classwork. This is nothing new for her. She likes to day dream and not finish things unless she is hounded. Her last teacher (4th grade) suggested looking into meds - it could possibly be ADD. That's hard to hear. This suggestion came at the end of the year, so my husband and I chose to wait until her 5th grade teacher had a chance to witness her behavior and see what they say.

At home, she is the same way and it drives me crazy. I tell her to go do something, and 10 minutes later she is found doing something else, not even a thought to go do something what she was told. She wonders alot, but doesn't stay focused. Her teacher said that girls with ADD are harder to diagnose because they are wired and hyper alot of the time like boys, just day dreamers. That's for sure with her.

The rain came today - it started last night and it felt good. I love the rain, but I was born and raised in Oregon, I better love the rain. I had the window open and the rain was blowing in onto the bed. I was all snuggled in and sleeping comfortably when my husband pointed out we were getting wet, so I shut the window. So now I need to go for that walk and it's time for it to stop.

I want to go lay on a sunny beach too. One of my co-workers is going to Florida next week. They aren't excited about it, but I am jealous. If I didn't love Oregon, I would certainly be living somewhere tropical. Husband wants to retire in the woods - the cold woods someday, but not me, I want a beach and some Jimmy Buffet. I think I can negotiate both, who knows. I also want to be around the grandkids, assuming my daughter can focus enough to have some :) Listen to me, she's ten. My son... If I can keep the dare devil out of the hospital - then he will be a daddy, I'm sure of it.

ok,... so have I stalled enough? Bills..... Go do the bills lady! damn it.

right after I eat some breakfast....... of course.

gross fuzzy pillow -

Damn Skippin...

This is the freak'n life. I am online.... in my bed (11:40 am) and posting on my blog. Just the way I imagined it. Don't get me wrong... quit thinking that. Just so you know - the dishwasher is going, the washer and the dryer are running (with clothes), I have swept and picked up the house and responded to all my emails. I will get more work done soon, but I had to stop and take a breather.... I got winded with all that work. I guess I need to get my ass in shape, cause the house is still a mess.

Please visit this website www.portlandstarlightstudio.com It's my new neighbor across the street's brand new website. I think it looks great. She does great work. I hope to hire her for some family portraits soon.

So I have alot to say - but not much in the way of nice things - so I will hold off. It's mostly about my spouse. Yesterday we had an awful day and I am still bitter about it. Tomorrow is our anniversary - wowza - THIRTEEN YEARS!! I have been training that man for thirteen years and we still have so far to go! Even though he PISSES me off at times, he is still my best friend and partner. I can't ever imagine my life without him in it. Isn't it amazing how men think so differently than women?

I have a new niece coming into the world in TWO WEEKS. She is a scheduled C-section. Scheduled my ass, she will decide if she wants to come sooner. Gabriella Grace. I am excited to meet her and hold her, love her and smell her. Until she shits her pants then I will be promptly giving her back. They will have three children. Wowza again. Three. I have two, sometimes two too many. Children are messy critters and don't arrive independant or let you sleep in.

I watched a show on TLC where they had 16 children. OMG. Just because women are CAPABLE of that crap doesn't mean we need to put out that many. They apparentely have enough money to support all these children because they were building a huge 7000sqft house and had a designer from NY to help them furnish it. So I won't knock on them too hard since they have money to support their army - it's the mothers with 12 kids that live off of welfare that piss me off. Blah blah... they piss everyone off...

ok... so I sit here. I look over on my bed at my little shit dog and think "yuck - she needs a bath and she is sitting on my bed" then I look over at my husband's pillow. OMG YUCK!! YUCK!!! EWW!! He went and got a hair cut (buzz) yesterday and apparently didn't take a shower before he went to bed. There is hair ALL OVER his white pillowcase and on his side of the bed. I wonder how long it will take before he notices and changes it. I am on strike - that's gross. I will keep you informed.

ok, it's officially noon.... the dryer has stopped and my tummy is rumbly. Time for some Joni Mitchell and a PB and banana sandwhich.

Office Supply Agent slash Drug Dealer

Hola My Friends

Just checking in. Not much new to say. I am planning my sister's baby shower for this weekend and next weekend is our block party with our neighbors. We are just the party fools! Not really. But kind of. Tea and coffee at one and BEER at the other. LOTS of BEER.

I can't type long, I have a meeting in a few, but I thought of this blog as I sat at my desk eating my lunch. I am eating a "vegetarian's nightmare" sandwhich from the brew pub across the street. I work with A LOT of vegetarians, so I almost want to hide in the closet while I eat it. I think it has 17 different kinds of meats on it and some tomato with lettuce. Don't forget the fancy mustard that I always forget about and regret as soon as I bite in. You could say I get a cramp in my jaw when I open to take a bite. BIG. My husband would be proud I can open my mouth that big :) NAUGHTY JOKE!

ok, I should go. Must attend a meeting about office supplies. Don't ask. I went from being a drug dealer to ordering office supplies on the side.

It's Been Ordered - GET OFF MY BACK!

Well, I did it- or he did it. "We" ordered internet - but it can't be installed for another two weeks. (Isn't it funny how when he does something, we (ladies) say "WE" did it?)

As it turns out when you live in a new home, new construction that is, everything take longer to get hooked up.

I thought I would have had internet in the house by now, but we have cell phones and didn't want to have to get a land line just to get service so we took a while to shop. We got a rockin deal on some wireless and some serious fast internet shit. OR so they say. I won't know for two weeks. What I am really freakin excited about is laying in bed, watching TV and also surfing the net (or BLOGGING) at the same time.

So that's it. My excuse for setting up this blog and not being faithful to it. I will get better, I promise.

So ..... update on my employment status.... I am the official Purchasing Specialist who works two days a week for the same place I worked for the past 3.5 years. This is exciting for me, but at the same time a tad frustrating. I loved my job until last year when it got to be too much for one person to do. I complained, or whined and nothing happened. Now that I quit, they realized that it may be too much for one person and added a whole new position. I was heard, but it took me quitting first.

I am home all the other days cleaning and sorting through boxes. Yew Haw. The first few days I was so overwhelmed I ran in circles not completing anything. The moment I gave up and sat on my ass in front of the TV to watch some divorce court, my mom came waltzing in. I want her to feel comfortable to waltz - just not to catch me doing anything I am embarrassed of. Should I set some house rules for my mother??? Reminds me of my bedroom door = privacy rule when I was a teenager, but that never stood up either.

Being back in my home town makes me reminisce of high school. I have ran into old school mates, some good memories, some funny and some I hope have been forgotten by all others. I got snubbed by some classmates the other day. They acted like they didn't see me and walked right past me. Screw em. My daughter plays softball with theirs, but MINE IS WAY BETTER! Of course she is, I was her coach - up until now.

That brings me to that.... softball. I am so bummed. I used to coach my daughter's team where we lived before. I love coaching. Now that I work part time I wanted to continue, but it seems the softball situation in our small town is completely taken care of by a guy and his daughters. They don't seem like they have the need for more coaches. I can't tell. I have offered many times, but haven't been taken up on the offer, so I am backing off. I should get back into playing myself, but we (husband and I) don't want to drive into the city all the time just yet. I am thinking of playing on a kickball league.

ok, I need to get to work and go home. I am catching a cold - stuffy head and sore throat. I took some meds this morning that cleared my nose, but also completely CLEARED my head. I felt like a airhead all day. Couldn't focus. As soon as the meds wore off, my throat started to scratch and I sound like I smoke 2 packs a day.

Later Gators..... until next week or sooner. or later. who freakn knows.