Pack your bags

We are going on a guilt trip!! 

I am mid 40's and unfortunately work for my parents. My mother is the damn travel agent of guilt trips. To this day I don't know why I let her get to me the way she does. In her eyes I'm lucky to know how to tie my own damn shoes. Holy shit how did I get to be this age and raise 3 kids on my own. God forbid I don't do something the way she thinks or demands it be done. For fucks sake. Take a damn chill pill!!  

I wonder if she can book me a one way out west??

Say it ain't so

Spring break has come and gone, and summer is almost here! 8 weeks of school left, that's 40 days folks!!  Where is the heck does the time go? Wasn't it just Christmas? Weren't they just in elementary school? Hell feels like they were just born, and I can remember high school like it was yesterday.
I really really try to stay on top of this bloggin' business, but geesh, everything happens too fast.  I even tried to journal at home to help with my memories for the kids and their kids down the line, I was doing good on that on a weekly basis about a month ago...guess I'd better catch that up to!
So here goes, the short version...
Highschool baseball is in full swing, club volleyball is winding down we are in the last month I think our last tournament is this coming weekend at Disney Wide World of Sports (not the happiest place for a central Florida resident), Barrel racing is a blast and we are having the time of our lives, my daughter is doing awesome chasing those cans!! and Summer travel baseball will be here before I know it!
The NBHA State barrel race is in June, as well as a baseball tournament in Nashville! I guess I get a little vacay!!!
So that's what's happening in our little corner of the world!

Life gets in the way

Man, seems like yesterday that I posted on here, but in reality it's been months. I'm sitting in the orthodontist office right now as I make this realization....life seems to get in the way!! Everything happens so fast, my kids have grown into teens, and one adult...how does this happen I still think I'm only in my 20s! Well, the 2nd time around 20s!!   It seems like it was a couple weeks ago my kid was just getting her braces on, and here we sit a little over 2 yrs, and she's getting them off!  Life sure does go by quicker than you think, I never believed it as a kid.  I'm sure to her it has been the longest 2 years of her life!

From my front porch

It's November and I believe every state except Florida knows this.  It's still in the 80s here. Today there is a nice breeze and it could almost feel like fall.  I took most of the day off and spent it at home with my kids. 

I'm sitting on my front porch enjoying the beautiful day and fixin' to go on a trail ride with all the kids!

Thank you to all the Vets! I love my Freedom!

Full of Fanciness

Today has just been a typical day in my routine.  After making three stops on my way to work, I look in the mirror to make sure I'm somewhat presentable and what's hanging out on my lip? Oh just some pieces of hay that blew back on me when I was slinging it out for the horses!!  I'm fancy like that!!!

If anyone ever dared to call me high maintenance I'm going to stab them with a pitchfork!  

How many other folks do y'all know that jb weld their sunglasses back together?  

Yep. I'm fancy like that!

The all in one parent

I really think I'm destined to be a single parent for the rest of my kids childhood.  I truly hope it's not my reality for the rest of my life. Yes I'm sure I made poor choices as to the other dna donors. But damn, I'm not that bad of a person. Let's compare just for shits and giggles. All names will be withheld to protect the guilty. 

I've never cheated on a boyfriend or husband, Ya hear.  Ever!!!

I work my ass off and use my brain trying to be a successful businesswoman. I don't use men just to see what I can get out of them. 

I am a homeowner, yes mine.  Not mine and the mortgage company! 

I am one hell of a mom, I try to provide my kids with the best life possible. They work hard in school and in sports. They will be in college and busy with their own adult lives before too long. I want to make everyday count with them. 

So tell me how is it that I cannot find a decent partner. Yes partner. My equal to share with. Not to do 100% for me and vice versa. 

When I know people who continually lie and cheat on each other. Leave their spouses for others and do the same thing again.  I know men who take on women who have no aspirations to become better, unwilling to work, no education to speak of, but they are stellar in shopping and spending money.  These folks sure seem happy and carefree. And seem to take a lot of vacations. 

I wouldn't know how to act if I had someone doing for me what I've always done for us and the shitty choices I made ( men who I've supported)

I'm not saying my little family of 3, since one of my kids is out on his own, does horribly bad, but I will be honest and say there is a lot of month left after the money hits the bank. That $$ would be from wages, not child support, I don't receive any of that stuff....although I hear some peeps get that!

So please tell me where one looks, and how the hell they have time to look. Cause I'm pretty busy being the mom, dad, breadwinner, yard girl, chef, cheerleader, scorekeeper, and all kinds of other shit. 

My friends tell me to be patient that I will get the man I deserve when the time is right. Well I sure hope he has his running shoes on cause I don't have time to wait on his ass!  

Shhhh...it's happening

Got good news, my barn is being delivered this week!  Can finally officially move the horses to our house, and give them a real roof over their head!
Lotsa stuff been going on in our neck of the woods.  The baseball kid has been gone most of the summer playing all over Fl and Georgia.  He is having himself a grand ol' time.  Been getting a lot of looks from different colleges! Makes me a proud mamma!  He's going to be a sophomore this year so he has a couple more years...this might be a good sign!
The barrel racer is doing great improving each and every day, this is showing in her racing!
She won her very first check a couple weeks ago, she was grinning from ear to ear! I couldn't be more proud of her! This kid amazes me, carries a 4.0 thru middle school, taking all advanced classes, playing varsity sports, and picked up barrel racing like it's easy or something!  She's going into her freshman year next month with a heavy course load, and still planning on all her sports and horses! No wonder her little butt is skinny!!
I definitely keep the roads hot with these kids chasing baseball tournaments and cans!  But truthfully, I wouldn't have it any other way! They make me proud to say...That's my kid!