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I am so ashamed that I have been away from here so long.  I have no excuse, please forgive me.

 So my 10 day vacation went well.  I did whatever I wanted whenever I wanted to do it.  I neglected kids, pets, home and housework.  I feel no guilt at all from any of it!  I helped a friend with her daughter's graduation party but I told everyone else NO when they asked for anything from me.  I decided that for that week, I would not do anything for anyone who does not appreciate me and thank me for my help.  This included my kids!

 So the kids survived even though Brooke did everything she could for attention.  It was supposed to be her last week of school but she aggravated her teachers so bad, they told her to go home and not come back until the following Monday to take her final exams.  Seriously, I had to pick her up from school on Tuesday and she had her work completed so there was nothing else for her to do the rest of the week.  She was annoying her teachers because she must be the center of attention at all times.  While most of the time she is charming and funny while doing this, she had reached of point of outright rudeness and aggravation....so they sent her home to me...on my vacation....thanks a lot!

I had a nice lunch with my friends that same day and Brooke weaseled her way into joining our "no kids" lunch.  But she is 16 now, so we have been including her in some other things too.  I did make her only eat half of her food, so she could take the rest home to Kellen.  lol  she never eats it all anyway.

 Most days I didn't come home until late so the kids were on their own.  They called me and wanted me to come home and cook for them (I had bought things they could make themselves) because they didn't want to eat what I had left for them.  I told them to eat spaghetti, one of the only foods Brooke knows how to cook.  She made waaaay too much so they ended up eating spaghetti for about 3 days.  It's a good thing they really like it.

My girl, Matea, has been a dog "teenager" lately so it was back to the basics for her. I had a training "boot camp" for her that week.  My mornings went to her training and then after running errands or doing whatever else I wanted to do, we had another session in the afternoon/evening. While I was out, she had lots of scheduled crate time and "place" time and we saw improvements by the end of the week. The biggest thing with her is finding enough activities to allow her to burn off some of that never ending energy she has.  My time with her by the end of the week was fun and I am still working with her every day.

 I know, I know I should feel ashamed and guilty for leaving the my poor children to fend for themselves so often that week.  But, I had a nice carefree week and no guilt at all.  However, karma comes along and bites you on the butt....the next week was not so good.  I'll tell you about that tomorrow (that's where the broken bones come in).

I am NOT DEAD!!

These past two weeks have been crazy!!  I will be back with a full report sometime over the weekend....

 I have a lot of things to write about.....

vacation, dog training, hospital visits, 

Dr. appointments, broken bones, crazy people, 

crazy relatives, redecorating, 

poor neglected children and spaghetti, Karma.... you name it, 

and I'm sure I've forgotten some of it.  It's been fun though!

 :-)

Stupid things we do at home...

Ever since the kids were babies, we have sung silly songs and as they got older we have done other silly things.

 Our favorite song to sing to annoy each other is:

 This is the song that never ends

 It goes on and on my friend

 some people started singing it not knowing what it was

 and they'll continue singing it because..

 This is the song that never ends

 It goes on and on my friend

 .........

 You get the idea.

 Another one I made up when the kids were little

 I guess Sean was about 4 and Brooke was 2, I was trying to do dishes and they were both behind me in the kitchen whining about something or other.  

So I started singing (to the tune of the Oscar Meyer hotdog song):

 My Sean-y has a first name

 It's w-h-i-n-e-r

 My Sean-y has a second name 

 It's b-a-b-y

 And all day long all he does is cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.

Of course, each kids name can be substituted.   HAhahahaha

 I still sing the song to them when they are being unreasonable about something silly.

 The good thing about it, is once one of these songs are started, everyone joins in and we end up sitting in the living room singing all the silly songs we can think of.

 Another goofy thing is from Sean's potty humor when he was younger.  lol  it's so stupid it's embarrassing....

 OK, when anyone passes gas, ok I'll just say it... when anyone FARTS (who says passes gas?), everyone in the room has to spread their fingers, put their thumb to their forehead and the rest of their fingers point upwards.  The last person to do this, "eats" the fart.  This has added years of fun to our daily routine.

A side effect to this is when Sean was little he used to try to make himself fart and pooped his pants.

 OMG, I am soooo embarrassed to admit all of this stuff!  hehehehehehehehehe

My life as a real bee-otch... (yes I know that isn't how you spell it)

I have been in a mood lately.... Not really a bad mood just a "free myself from negativity and bad connections" mood.  I have decided that there are a few people in my life that take and take and I give and give only to be treated like crap.  Well, guess what????

I WILL NO LONGER STAND IN LINE FOR THE ABUSE!!!!

 I'm not yelling at you, but I had to get that out....aaahhhh...I feel better.  I'm telling you, I have better relationships with my penpals and online friends than here in my tangible world.  BUT, since I started with this new mood...I have been having some fun with it.

 So far, at least 4 people are mad at me and are not currently speaking to me.  And it's because I told them exactly what I think.  I laugh out loud when I think about it because I really do not care that they are mad!  I can't explain the feeling...it's a freeing, weight-lifting, happy feeling.  And I don't feel selfish or guilty AT ALL.  How's that for my new fabulous mood?!

So, if you have that kind of person or people in YOUR life...Jump on my  bandwagon baby cuz it's a FREE RIDE!!  You'll LOVE it!

I am alive!!!!

Sorry to disappear but I have been sick, sick, sick.  I don't know what is going on, I usually don't get sick this often but the past couple of months it seems I am sick every weekend.

 Maybe I am just trying to get attention or sympathy or something.  lol

 Let's see...what's new...

 Brooke is still driving me nuts with the car but I make her work for it.  I haven't had to clean the house or do dishes in a month.  hehehe  If she wants to drive I make her do chores to earn the privilege to drive. 

Hey, you mothers know you do it too... why else have kids if you can't use them as little slaves once in a while.  Besides, it's teaching her that she has to work for what she wants....see...that is a very good life lesson. :)

 I finally had to break down and buy a new laptop, mine is going to go and I think the next time it goes will be the last...no coming back from that one.  I haven't gotten  the new one yet but it is one the way from Dell.

 I read a book the other night that everyone is reading and talking about... The Art of Racing in the Rain.  I LOVED IT!!  I want to get another dog just so I can name it Enzo. :))  If you haven't read it...buy it, borrow it, or check it out at your library...It really is a great book.

 I guess that is all I have time for today.  My boss was nice enough to leave 3 days of work sitting on my desk from when I was off being sick.  It wouldn't be so bad if I got some paid sick days but my boss is so tight you can squeeze quarters out of his ass.  oops...did I just say a curse word??  sorry ;) hehehe

I'm here!

I'm tired and grumpy and trust me, you don't want a post from me right now.

 I'm at work and haven't had any coffee yet today.  I'm about to leave and go get some.

 It's Friday but I feel like it is a Monday.  *sigh* 6 more hours and then I am going home.

 Brooke is driving me nuts with the car.  She drives to the store at least 3 times a day.  I sent her out the other day and told her not to come back for at least an hour.  Her and Kellen went driving around.  She is funny about it though, watching her think up reasons to drive the car can be slightly entertaining.

 OK, enough griping... I told you, you wouldn't want a post from me right now...

 I'll be back when I am in a better mood.

Vacation planning...

Sean finally got his dates for his vacation time.  He gets a couple of weeks off this summer so we are going to stay in a cabin in Gatlinburg, TN in the Great Smokey Mountains.  I love it there, it is so pretty and clean and peaceful.  I found a nice cabin in the woods with a creek running right through the front yard.  (not a very good picture but...)

I have to take the boy away when he comes or I will hardly see him.  He has a lot of friends he visits and a couple of other family members.  Mostly he comes home to go have fun and enjoy his time off.  He usually takes Kellen and does something with him and we all do something as a family at least once, but since he is home longer this time, I'm taking him away so I'll have him all to myself for a few days.   He can run around when we get back.

We love the little go-cart race track there.  And they have lots of other stuff for the kids to do so it will be fun for all of us.  I'm sure I will take lots of pictures and have a nice blog post when I get back, I can't wait to go (in July)!