Gina's Ramblings

One of the reasons kids are so damn cool. They say and do things to just crack you up!

My oldest comes to me the other day and says
Him "Mom do guppies go on Maury?
Me(laughing) "no"
Him "darn well I know that these fish are going to want to know 'who my baby daddy'"
Me (almost in hysterics) "that is funny kid"
Him "thank you I will be here all week"

Truth is that I had six male guppies. I got them for free from someone with a guppy population explosion. I then got a black male guppy and a tequila sunrise guppy a frog, a sucker fish and 2 female guppies. The two females were literally swarmed by the males in the tank. I know shortly we will have plenty of baby guppies and the big question 'who my Baby Daddy?' LMAO

Well the husband is home. He is peacefully snoring away ... he will get used to the time change soo . I kept him up a bit late though Anyway I am off to sleep lots todo in the morning

Weird dreams, man I swear I have some doozies!! I won't get into this one but dang I am still thinking about it and trying to analyze it here hours later.

Well good news for the day I got an email from my husband saying he was packing up the laptop and off to get some paperwork then OFF to the airport!!!! He is headed home...yeah baby!
TThe kids are going to be so spun up tonight!
The oldest has to get sleep he has a concert tomorrow. Funny enough he has the concert at the middle sons school.
Ahhhh time there isn't enough.. this after a couple of months that there was too much hahah

OK i love to be busy, honestly. It gives me less time to think and less time to be anxious about anything. But I hate to feel rushed. What is the difference? Hmm preparedness? hectic nature of things getting done maybe??
DH Is coming home VERY soon. I am doing the things around here I have been putting off. Now get this, I feel as if I have to impress him or something. To make the house look so good he has no doubt I didn't just sit on my arse and do nothing. Now has he EVER said anything to make me think this is all I do? No never. I can be in sweats and glasses and my hair all over the plac he tells me I am beautiful. The house can look like a tornado came through.....twice he will say don't worry about it and pitch in on whatever even after working a full day. Am I lucky? HELL YES! Do I still worry he will think bad about my housekeeping etc? Yup
Are we newlyweds? hell no I don't have to 'impress' the man or anything... we have seen each other I think at our worst. But I still like to keep him happy. Be it happy with the house or the kids or the way I look.
I swear these times away just add to the excitement of a relationship, just like when it was new. Those little butterflies. Ahhh I am living up to my ramblings... enough of a break it is lunch time around here I really should eat something.
No Prozac and Pepsi don't count as a meal :p

The final weekend before my handsome and brilliant husband comes home. Down to mere days here. Now the thing I do to myself no matter how long he is gone the leave all of the real cleaning until the last minute thing!
So this weekend I will be on some sort of chemical induced high from cleaning the boys bathroom! Laundry laundry and laundry and of course getting dh's side of the bed ready for him again...poor pups got the boot.

Just giving a public atta boy to Tylenol (McNeil company). I wrote their customer service last week. I explained my dislike for this new trend of FLAVORED tylenol now. It makes me shudder even writing about it lol. Anyway I wrote to them and just explained this was not a good move in my opionion and I hoped they didn't make all of their products flavored. Well in the mail today I get $13 in coupons for new products. Two $6 coupons and a couple of others. Plus a nice letter. So again two thumbs up to Tylenol and McNeil for excellent customer relations!

You know with all of the little improvements I have done around here. before I start the painting downstairs (LeSigh) I would so love to run the home theatre system to be 'cordless'. Running all of those cables and such though what a pain. Plus you run the risk of losing some signal strenth. You would of course need good wiring. Heck I never knew what a HDMI switch switch was until I read that. You learn something new everyday!!

Like it narrows it down in this house. Number two son told me this afternoon that his teacher asked him if he wanted more of a challenge since he has the third grade work down pat . He of course said yes. So he will be getting extra instruction and will be doing higher grade level work. I think we have ourselves a smart one hehehe My husband would laugh and say the best in German engineering ;P

A website that I frequent, a message board predomimately visited by military spouses, a post today dealt with someones utter disbelief that you had to specifiy about care of your children or while your spouse is deployed if something would happen to you, your kids would become wards of the state until your spouse was brought back to the states. www.itsmylife.com I cannot stress to people expecially in our lifestyle how important having a last will and testament is! We all know it isn't easy but death is inevitable. "No one here gets out Alive" I sure as heck do not want the government tying up any lose ends I may have however they please. We know they would not have my familys best interest at heart. Providing for our children and your surviving spouse is so important. Get a will. Get an alternate care plan for your children. Be prepared for the worst. One day we will all need it, why not prepare now? You have to choose a guardian for your kids. Who would do the best job? who would raise them closest to how you would? Is that a burden you want to leave to your parents?
I swear it is not morbid it is smart to prepare for the future

People rely on looks and impressions more than they will let you believe. Today I was told I was nice..... even though I look intimidating and independent. How do you LOOK independent?
So apparently I look like a bitch and people are frightened to speak to me...gee I envision a big green ogre or something. I guess being near 6 feet tall and confident rather than petite and meek makes me mean.
I actually did get a laugh out of it. But you know it makes me wonder how many people feel that way?

One day I will get my wish. I would love to have a MATCHING bedroom set. You know one of those furniture sets that make your room feel like paradise. You know sort of an oasis from the daily hectic grind. I swear it always seems like when we have the money we have something that NEEDS it more than I want my bedroom set. Now the boys even have matching sets. Beautiful hardwood sets.. If DH and I could agree on the color. I would like to go for a darker set he wants a lighter color. I did see some beautiful furniture here. maybe dh and I could browse what they have and then come to some sort of middle ground



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I know there are rules for this game that Heather tagged me with. But Lets face it all I am LAME and most of the blogs I read have already done this. And wouldn't all of my readers be sorely disappointed if I actually followed RULES???

THE RULES: Each player of this game starts with the 6 weird things about you. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says you are tagged in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

1. I smell food. Like stuff before I cook it. If the meat ever smells even a little "off" I HAVE to toss it. I cringe at how much I have thrown out over the years

2. I love to cuddle. But not with my husband. For some reason he makes me itchy!! Not bitchy- ITCHY! So I have a big body pillow he refers to as the great divide.

3. I have to smell a cup before I use it. I swear plastic especially cheap cups hang onto the smell of whatever was in it last EWWW

4. I LOVE The Counts number of the day song. I find myself singing it all day long!!

5. the sound of people dragging their feet is like nails on a chalkboard to me!!

6. I always use a straw when I drink. Sensitive teeth.... But can or bottle it doesn't matter. The only thing I don't use a straw with? wine

I am carnivore hear me ROAR

Well late start wednesday. The middle son is off to school. the eldest is home "sick" I do allow what we refer to as 'mental' health days. He is having a hard time and needs a day to just chill and relax. He gets to do that. The deal is no getting out of bed. and try to rest as much as possible. Heck I DO have things that have to be done and his mental health day shouldn't infringe on my day hahaha.
But LOTS to do in preparation of the husband coming home.

I know what a weird thing to post about. But with my oldest son having a tooth that has NO adult tooth to replace it when it falls out, it is a topic of conversation that comes up all too often here. The way we are looking at it, it may be a little bit of an investment but with the way Dental Implants are they are so real looking and feeling it will be the best think to do for him. If one day that tooth falls out he will have no choise. so why not do it now on OUR terms you know? Now to figure out the whole affording it thing!

To keep this G rated @^%()*@#^)*#$^)@*$%)@*$&%^)*$%^&_(!^$)%*$#@)%^&*#)$%*&)#*^&#)*&)#*%&)%#*^&)%$*&)$%*^ is what I have been mumbling under my breath the last couple of days. 16 more hours no power, two days without internet, MORE snow, MORE ice MORE cold Hello Bahamas here I come!! (OK I wish!)
I can do great holed up in the house and not leaving with the weather etc as long as I have power and internet. Hell you never realize how much you DO on the internet. Hell for me communication with my husband and family, school, work etc. OK my vent is over. and you know that meeting I have this afternoon? Yeah I am not going. Either have it without me send me the minutes or reschedule.
UPS delieverd yesterday though. I got my birthday present of a rotissiere! Yes I get giddy over kitchen gadgets ;P
I also got this jet plunger thing I ordered. Yeah I won't get into boys and why I needed one. EWWW. But Big thumbs up to it. The thing works like a charm!

I had made it clear I was done with adverse weather?? Flooding, wind storms, snow, ice and now?!?!?! Tsunami's?? Well technically it is a Tsunami "advisory" and not a watch or warning as of yet but damn. Dare I ask...What next?

I am a fan of his comedy. Smart, witty etc. Now seeing him OUT of drag in these movies It is almost weird. He doesn't seem like the same person! Is it bad that I like him better in drag doing his stand-up comedy?? lol
He was in My Super Ex-girlfriend and he is in a new show coming up on FX (DH let me know) The Riches I cannot wait to see the show.

To my mother in law and to my aunt in law!

Also happy birthday to my cataract ridden, arthritis afflicted faithful sidekick who is 9 years old today!

Now It is a long standing joke that dh and I got married because "we had nothing better to do that weekend". I also once told him that I married him because he wasn't stupid. I know that in itself sounds stupid. But at the time I couldn't think of the words. The "not stupid' encompases not just being smart but how well he treats me, how well we get along, how good of a father he is etc.

Anyway onto the dream. My husband and I were on a gameshow. He was competing against some of my ex's!! HAHAHA It was sort of an odd mix of the dating game, fear factor and jeopardy.

The sucky part is that I cannot remember enough details to make this a really good blog post! I would love to spill the juicy details too dangit!!

And again back to the fact I am glad my husband isn't stupid. I told him about the dream he only asked How much did win by??? heheh

Got to love a man who is secure enough to know even in my dreams he wins . Well that is unless I have the dream where he literally kicks my butt to the curb lol. But that persona is asshole husband....his alter ego or something.
OK I nee some sleep and sanity. I am hoping BOTH will find me tonight

OK I have been upstairs here cleaning minimans room and doing laundry and catching up on some of my DVR shows. I have been up here a couple of hours. DS#1 was about 30 minutes late coming home on the bus so I call the bus line. Hoping he didn't go to the library and not get on the bus or something. They automated message goes into while they are not on snow routes they are delayed because they have to chain up the busses etc. I sat here and though DARN it must have really snowed in the next town over where DS goes to school. We hadn't had ANY snow that stuck here. OK no problem. Then I glance out the hall window... oh gee look SNOW! lol about 2 inches of it! OOOPS
DS#1 called on a friends cell phone and told me they are running really late and that he would be home in about 30 minutes. #2 is due to be home in 10 minutes...... since it is the same bus that picks up at both of their schools.... I may not see the middle man until after 5pm

Finally I made the call to our builder. There are still a few things that need fixes around here and painting on the patch jobs they did. We have a dalmation effect all throughout the downstairs haha. I told him to ask the painters to consider painting rooms for me for a good price if I buy the paint and all. So hoping that works out since I am CONFUZZELD as to how to paint an accent wall and room and where and how to 'stop' since three rooms run together.

I swear they see me coming and do a happy dance. I left there after close to $500.00. No I didn't buy a TV or anything it was a restock papergoods soaps etc. Holy crapamoly! People look at me one of two ways, an understanding nod, or a look of pity.
Grady had me cracking up. I got some Kleenex. HE started to pretend to blow his nose LOUDLY. This woman in the aisle was laughing so hard. That is Grady's thing lately. If he cannot use sign language to get accross what he wants and the word is not in his vocabulary he makes the sound. He wants his stuffed elephant... he trumpets like an elephant. He wants a drink he signs drink and then says AHHHHH (you know like you just drank something after crossing the desert haha). It is a fun, interesting stage.
#1 comes in to tell me he needs more lunch money... Ummm NOT I just sent him with $40 he thinks I forgot?
#2 has been going through a stage where he doesn't do his chores and it is grating on my last nerve. I may be a stay at home mom but I am NOT a stay at home SLAVE or maid though I do have the outfit...but ahem that is something else all together.
My husband seems blah I hadn't talked to him in a few days so I called him today. I think he came close to dying when he heard the Costco total. I also talked to him about where he thought the best place to install the carbon monoxide detector was.
Which brings me to another thing. Are we becoming paranoid? Prepared? overprepared or somewhere happily in the middle? We have one large fire extinguisher MOUNTED to the wall. and 3 other Fire extinguishers here and there in the house. Smoke detectors in every bedroom and two others, a first responder first aid kit, carbon monoxide detector..... ugh I seem a touch paranoid don't I?
I have been doing great with my blood pressure getting it down by keeping my stress down. Today... not so great. Really not good.
The dentist cleaning went well. I ave to go back to get these stupid decalcifications taken care of GRRRR but the boys all had no cavities YEAAAAA!!
OK well Blues Clues is over, it is bedtime for miniman and time for me to hit the hay too. Smooches HAHAHA

I hurt my neck this morning. You know one of those overextended overstretched strains. Flippin' hurts like the Dickens.
A couple of weeks and I will have a husband again. Can I tell you how happy that makes me? But at the same time I want to pick up my bags leave and take a week off. It seems everything weather wise that could have happened has happened. I am done. Here we are now gearing up for a huge temperature drop, rain (like that is new), wind and possibly more snow. As long as we do not lose power though I will be fine.
Tomorrow I an headed to the dentist. The boys and I have a scheduled cleaning. Dropping the boys at school then a trip to Costco. I know the pure excitement of a stay at home Mom.
Got lots of other stuff going on too. Things I won't even talk about here (gasp). I am dandy just dealing is all.
Well I have got to take a shower and get some sleep we have to be out of here way too early.
Take care all

dh the most for the little things. This may sound silly- I have a cold right now, and my body is trying to fight it with a fever...natural enough. But In the middle of the night I ALWAYS kick off my covers expecially when I am feverish. Then I wake up freezing put the covers back on and then do it all over again. Vicious sleep depriving cycle. When dh is home he always covers me back up :) I miss that.

#1 Got a student award at school!!! One of his teachers nominated him for improved behavior ;) It was quite the ego boost for him. I am very proud and it shows that the fear of Mom DOES work!


Oh and. OK two last things then LOL #2 finally brought home a report card. That boy is kicking some major butt! His grades are the reason we stopped paying for A's or improved grades and double if they improved for an A. He got one C, in music, He "showed no real interest of effort". He says he doesn't see the need for music. How is he my kid???? No appreciation for the finer things in life like barreling down the highway belting out some song at the top of your lungs....off key but having a blast.

I am so damn done with power outtages. Seriously I am D-O-N-E. Days at a time or hours and hours at a time. We do not really live in the sticks. It doesn't take PUD parachuting in, a train, a jeep then 20 miles by dog sled to get here or anything and yet we are at the bottom of the list when it comes to getting power back. Our little island is the red headed step-child of the PUD.
Oh and get this. One billing cycle, we were without power for about one week total. And get this, my bill was HIGHER than normal. What is the locigal explination there?? I have a balanced payment plan thing set up so I pay the exact amount every time but the actual cost was still higher (I think that made sense)
Anyway I am done I like the amenities I have. I like my laptop, my tv and cable, lights and heat and damnit I am tired of it going out!

Think that the bathroom is some sort of vortex that activates as soon as the door is closed? I swear I cannot go into my bathroom and close the door or at least 2 of the 3 if not all three dogs are on the other side of the door in a panic trying to get through the door. You can see their little paws trying to open the door then their little noses sniffing under the door. Hey maybe they smell the mystery danger that mystery vortex they fear LOL
Aww well I guess I could take heart in knowing they want to protect me. But damn I would like to pee by myself once in awhile ;p

Sit on down while I weave my tale... my tale of woe (insert melancholy violin playing here). OK maybe I don't have any tales of woe, I am not some single mom living in my car with my 12 kids I am no candidate for any talk shows or anything. I am just me. So why would I like an HP camera and photo printer? Easy. I love digital photography. I am snapping pictures on a daily basis. Right now we have three very handsome and photogenic hams, er I mean boys. Snapping pictures and taking videos is the only way most of our family gets to see the boys. We live in another state, away from our family, I guess a mixed blessing ;) We are also going therough the porcess to become foster and adoptive parents. Those children will greatly benefit from having a photo story of their lives. I want a camera because I would use the heck out of. Maybe my husband would even take a camera to all of the neat places he visits around the world. That would make it easier for the kids to feel connected to Dad no matter where he happens to be. So I guess my big argument as to why I deserve to be picked isn't too much of a plea at all, but heck just keep our little family in mind :)


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