stir crazy

Yesterday, I had laproscopic surgery. I was diagnosed with stage 1-2 endometriosis. I have some pictures, and may add them to the blog. My sister is a little bitter about it because I recovered well, and was walking around Walgreens on my way home, and was able to eat. I also remember the conversation I had with the dr. afterwards. I then also unloaded/loaded my parents dishwasher.

This morning I woke up in pain. However, it just feels stiff, like I've done a ton of sit-ups. I took a long shower waiting for my meds to kick in, and now I am stir crazy again, as the pain pills seem like crack. Only today, I can feel more pain. But I've got to do something, so we'll see... I'm trying not to do anything that requires too much (like blogging, except the spelling may be a little off, sorry!).

My biggest fear with this is that I got a shot of Lupron that will send me into menopause for the next 3 months!!! I also got some sort of menopause meds that are supposed to help me not become so crazy!! I'm not as worried about the moodiness as I am about maybe growing a beard, and the acne that supposedly will accompany it!

yesterday's highlight

When I went to the pre-op "physical" yesterday, I was measured at 5'9". HOORAY!!! It appears that I am still growing, and that I have grown 3 inches in two months, as I was measured at 5'6" in early December. And by the way, this is tall, not around...

new addition to blog list

I found another coupon blog!! Printable coupons has tons of, you guessed it, printable coupons!! This site is catogorized and has not only grocery, but clothing, restaurant, and many more types!! Enjoy!

hillbilly deluxe!!!

Just a little glance at the girls' mouth... can you see my grimace???

kids and parents professions...

Since the dental industry is my goal, the girl won't let me touch her teeth! She finally pulled the grossest loose one on Friday at school! But rest assured, there are several more lined up to take it's place. Yesterday, she was eating a piece of pizza, and the least loose tooth came out into the pizza. She thought she has swallowed it at first, but was happy to see it stuck in the cheese! I told her the tooth fairy doesn't pay for teeth that get swallowed, as I'm not hunting through poop to retrieve it, and she won't either. The girl now has one dangly, graying, barely hanging on tooth up top, with huge holes on either side. On the bottom, the loosest tooth can wiggle both front, back, right, and left! And she can feel her heart beeping in the bottom tooth. However, she won't allow me to touch it! Just please don't think I'm not doing anything about her teeth!!!!! I've tried bribery, begging, sitting on her, and threats (you're going to swallow those teeth, they are so loose!), but nothing can get her to let me help!!!!! As goes the theory with kids and parent's professions...

pie day!!!

Today is national pie day!! The girl tells me I'm to make a chocolate pie (french silk). I'm thinking I'm feeling lazy, so I may be going to the store and buy a pie. The boy wants his pie... white chocolate and cheesecake pudding pie. I'm feeling more of a cherry or apple with icecream... we'll see how the day plays out!

On another note, the girl FINALLY pulled the dead tooth! It was so loose, it was disgusting. It was so loose, it was dead. She has two other teeth that are begging to be pulled, but as is her stubborn ways, she is waiting for them to come out slowly. Fighting me as I wrestle her down to try and take them out, as the air she breathes out as she talks moves the teeth!

mmmmm...

Somehow, in my procrastinista ways, I missed McRib season at McDonalds! I know the boy was SUPER excited about it, but his dad took him to MCD's, as all weekend dads do, and so I never got around to getting one. That is until today!!! It was rib-on-bun day at school! And I was able to make it!! And they also had tater tots and a snickerdoodle!! The only thing that could have made it better was a tri-tater instead of the tots. I have had my fix, and am good to go until next fall, unless I forget how far one "rib" sandwich gets me, and go again later this month.

Eating with the girl, I realized how much her tooth needs to come out. She can't even eat anything soft with her front teeth! I wrestled her down earlier this month, but I just couldn't get it out. She has a standing bribe of 2 Dove nuggets (with the white ice cream) if she can pull it out at school, but she hasn't yet! That offer will most likely expire this weekend, as the PMS has kicked in, and my sanity has gone further out the window!

I think I'm too old for this...

But, I want to go see the Notorious Big movie this weekend. I want to see how his life is protrayed, and how Diddy is presented, as I believe he is all that is wrong with hip/hop/gangsta culture today. I read a book years ago about how we can pretty much thank Diddy for all that is wrong with the culture, and the glorification of being a thug. I also want to see how Tupac is portrayed. I want to see the demographic that is going to see this movie... is it people my age who lived through the original, or is it going to be full of wankstas that I want to beat down? I need someone to go see this with me, Kate????? (I went and saw that Twilight movie with you, and I know you kinda want to see it too!)

2 o'clocks...

I woke up for my case of the 2 o'clocks last night. I never thought I'd be happy with 2am, but it really beats the 4 and 5 o'clocks I've been having. At least with 2am, you can go back to sleep! So, I was awake, waiting for the sleep to come, and the girl wakes up. Then, the boy. We all piled back into my bed, and they both fell back to sleep shortly. The girl the starts laughing in her sleep! I think it may be even cuter than a baby laughing in its sleep!

girl quotes

A few things my most fabulous girl has said over the last few days...

• "Momma, you look weird without makeup on. After you put makeup on, you look beautiful!" (I guess she has noticed the yamma jamma going on!)
• "Your glasses don't make you look so weird without your makeup. You look cute!" (Maybe my glasses hide the two-face eyes?)
• "Are you divorced yet?" (No! Someone has to keep taking his time getting back to his lawyer, but I just said things have to get worked out)
• "Can I be a bridesmaid when I'm 6?" (Maybe, but the divorce has to be final, and then I have to find new daddy bohunk, so probably won't happen in the next 6 months)

She just cracks me up at her questions... I'm not surprised that her pregnancy was the worst as far as my mouth filter and evil eyes were concerned!

She also declared Sunday to be leopard skirt Sunday. Then, we had to have similar makeup, shoes, and the SAME hair- big and happy with matching headbands! I was told we needed pictures, but our twinliness happens many days, and when it doesn't, she usually picks my outfits!!

really??

As I'm pretending to pick up my house, I hear one of my wonderful neighbors mowing their lawn... I didn't realize it was that season yet! Better get on my shorts and tank top, and get out there too!!!

book of the day

The book reviews should wind down soon... I start school next week and won't have as much time. The thing with the YA books is that they only take a couple of hours. I spent a few hours at the doctors today, so I multi tasked! A major thing I have noticed with these books is that they are lacking good editing. Mainly with the wrong character names. This happened in today's book. This name problem I've also noticed in books written by more than one author, as this one was. Today's book was called Unraveling. I don't know what to think of it. I don't really like it, but not because it is overly stupid. I can't really figure out why I don't like it, I need a second opinion. It's about a girl's relationship with her mom (who has problems of her own). It's just weird. I have to pass it on to my sister or mom for a second opinion, a discussion why this book is weird.

happy bday!!!

Happy Elvis Birthday everyone!!!!! Celebrate it as best as you can!! Jelly donuts, peanut butter banana sandwiches, and fried foods galore!!!

My most favoritest pix of the king!

another book...

I forgot to list a book that I read that was not YA. Schooled was a decent read, about teaching at Manhatten private schools. Much like the Nanny Diaries, but more about the main character's personal development.

Over the last couple of days, I've read Audrey, Wait! I would put this book in the same category as the Megan McCafferty (I've only read the first two of her Jessica Darling series, but have the next ones on hold), Susan Juby (Alice series) books. It tells of the fallout after Audrey breaks up with her boyfriend and he writes a song about it.

Hopefully these two decent reads will try to counter balance that previous list of (mostly) yuck!

bunch of (mostly) lame books

I was told to blog about this, so here's to you, Kate! I was asked to join the librarians reading challenge this year. It is something about reading young adult novels, with the library reading the most pages getting a trophy or something. Since my co-workers know of my taste in bad teenage books, I was a good selection. So far I have read the following:

books 1-3 of The Show series. Much like the A-List or the Nannies, pure California teenage angst. Only this time in a badly cast CW wannabe drama.

Diva: a Novel. This one was pretty good, and was a Gateway award nominee. It is the follow up to Breathing Underwater, which was also a pretty good book (I have previously read this one). I wouldn't consider either of these fluffy, as they deal with teenage relationships and domestic violence and family issues. I would recommend these as decent reads.

Zeta or Omega? The first in a southern fluff sorority series. I'm putting the the same category as the first books. However, I can't wait for the series to show up on TV. But as with Gossip Girl and Privileged, will just disappoint me.

It's All About Us. This one is along the same fluff lines, except it has a Christian twist. I wouldn't recommend these for being Christian fiction, as it is really bad. Although I'm going through with the rest of the series to see if it can stay "Christian." Stick with the Melody Carlson for uplifting.

Almost Famous. Written by the same author as the A-List. Only more poorly written. This is going to be a drag of a series...

A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life. This book made me cry. It is also a Gateway award Nominee. I would choose this one over Diva. It is the best YA book I've read in a long time.

I may have more reviews later on this growing list for competition...

waxing my hands

I come out from waxing my hands, and for the second day, the news ladies on channel 9 are wearing matching tops!!!!! Yesterday they were wearing red matching shirts, and today they are wearing pink and black matching shirts. It drives me crazy!!! They aren't supposed to do that!!

I love you like I love waxing my hands,
The girl

somebody watched too much Elf!

The girl comes back from her dad's, declaring how he is on the naughty list, even though he tried to convince her otherwise. Her evidence is:

1. Santa doesn't wrap presents! He always has to put them together, just take them out of his sack, and with so many toys, he really doesn't have time to wrap them all.


2. Santa has excellent handwriting! He doesn't have scribbly handwriting, it is pretty and curly-qish.


3. Her dad makes bad choices and hasn't decided to choose his family like that Walter.

All I have to say is MEOW! in training. And that she is super-smart!! I'm not going to try and pull anything over on her soon!

getting the girl happy

I've been told that the way to make the girl happy is make her hair happy. She has been watching too many commercials. I taught her the way of the backcomb today, but her hair is too fine to hold it. That girl needs some damage to her hair to hold it, or better hairspray than the aeorsol Suave (couldn't find Aqua Net that day). She swears that it is at Walgreens, but they have never heard of it. BB&B says they should have it soon... we can't wait!!! We even have a song, "we're gonna have big, happie, hair... we're gonna have big, happie, hair."

I have discovered that the infomercials are on qubo (a faith-based cartoon network, available through the dTV convertor box... thanks government!!!). This after the boy keeps introducing himself, "Billy Mayes here."