Long time, no see

Wow I haven't blogged since September of last year. Wtf have I been doing?? 

Mostly the usual, working my ass off, running kids everywhere, sports, school functions, sports, to the barn, sports...are you seeing a pattern here?  The joys of being a parent are abundant over here. 

It's spring round here and you know what that means, new babies!! Yeah like I need something else to take care of.  But we gotta have peeps, and eggs some 20 weeks from now!  

Oh yeah and these girls got a rockin new pad!!!

Changes are a comin'

There are some big changes coming for my lil family unit...
Big professional and personal ones.
I am happy!

When your family sucks

I happen to work for family.  I have done so since I was 16 years old.  That is a looonggg time.  I know what I am doing, I know how to do my job...isn't that why I am in the position I'm in?  Why now at this point almost 30 years later do these family members decide they need to micro manage me?  Are you fucking kidding me? I make you a lot of money. I do my job well, isn't that why you've kept me around so long?  And now you want to be involved and try to run my shit? Really????
Rant over....carry on!

Country Life

I am a country girl, I have country kids, I'm dating a country boy, and he has country kids...see a pattern here?  We just returned from one of the best weekends I've had in many many years!  We spent the weekend at his camp, in the woods, in the middle of nowhere!  It was heaven on earth.  We took the atv's and we played in the woods, and the mud the entire time.  Nothing makes this girl happier than being in the woods and playing in the mud.  Well, getting my toes done upon our return is right up there (for me, maybe not the person digging the mud outta my toenails). 
Ya, know I just did a trip to Az, Utah, and Nv...saw some beautiful sights, but it did not compare to this short lil weekend. 
Gimme the woods, the atv, and awesome company any day of the week!
I am loving life, especially our country life!

One of those 2 weeks....

Ever had one of those days? Well, I've had one of those for 2 dang weeks.  Lordy, I need a vacation, oh wait, I just had one of those, and that's what started all this shit!
I'm so thankful that this is a holiday week.  We are closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday ( we are always closed on Sunday), and I'm thinking about heading out of town with a great family we are friends with.  If I choose to stay home, it will be a long weekend filled with getting our pool up and running, I got a pump yesterday from another awesome friend!  And, repainting my daughters room, while at baseball a few weeks ago, my latest regret and she picked out a bright ass color of turquoise for her room, and halfway finished it...yeah, thanks...So I need to prime it, and repaint it a nice normal neutral color!! 
So, what to do, what to do, paint and work my muscles and stretch in places I didn't know I had, then chill in the pool...or say to hell with it, and go with friends to the beach on the west coast of Fl?? Decisions, decisions...

Can I get a break?

You know the saying, if it's not one thing it's another...no truer words have been spoken.
A couple weeks ago while I was out of town my middle one ended up in the ER with a fishing lure thru his thumb...yes he was trying to get it down from a tree.  I thought I raised him smarter than that, you don't jump up and grab sharp things  (he's blonde, he can't help it).  Thanks mom and dad for handling that, and my awesome friends for keeping him and his sis the rest of the time I was gone.
Well....yesterday while I was trying to rest and relax, the oldest called, "Mom, I think I broke my ankle, I will be home in a few, can you take me to the Er?"   WTF, really...not where I want to be on a Tuesday night, not any night, the ER's around here completely suck...busy, busy, busy.
So off we went, him hopping along, me grumbling, and the two younger ones along for the ride. I think they just wanted to see what I was going to say to him...they love it when someone other than them is catching it!
Well, we were in and out, my apologies for my above ER reference.  Xrays revealed a bad sprain, and an unknown BB in the right leg...whaddya know, that's what that little bump is?!? So he's on crutches and supposed to be resting it.  We will see how long that lasts.
They say these type of things come in 3's...that leaves the youngest,  Lord help me!

Are you fracking kidding me?!

Man, I just love social media and teens...NOT!  I have facebook, yes I will admit that I do enjoy keeping up with friends from my past, and some of the new ones.  I was sucked into the FB craze because I had kids who have it.  I became their self appointed FB police.  I was diligent with checking their pages, their messages, and even their cell phones.  That was/is the rule in my home, I will have access to your info, pages, texts etc.  Yes I know that teens are slick and they know where the delete button is. 
Well sometimes life gets in the way, we get busy, we get lazy, we trust them to not make poor decisions.  With that being said, I decided to get nosey today, and boy what a f'n eye opener it was.  I learned that my middle kid was planning a party, and decided to post my address all over his page and in messages.  I guess he wanted a bonfire, which has been done in the past.  But those have been put on hold due to taking advantage of moms funness (is that a word?).  Also, I learned he was messaging random girlies and trying to get them to talk to him by pulling on their so called heart strings ( snarky teen girls don't have these)  but alas he tried a sob story...poor kid his mom was killed in a car accident, t-boned by a drunk driver...REALLY, are you fricking kidding me?  I am alive and well...actually made a nice lil embarrassing post on his page masquerading as him, calling him out!!
Shabam!!! Mom was here!
And to top it off he claims he has to live with his grandparents, because his dad is in the Army protecting our country...SERIOUSLY??? He doesn't even know that sorry ass that gave up rights to him and his sister when he was almost 3 and she was 1.  He doesn't even know what work is, much less working for the government, that may actually require and expenditure of energy.   Not his thing!
Sooooo, cant wait to leave work today and go handle this...fun fun fun!!