I've had a busy day today! I set up a meeting to go roller skating with Little Man next week, schedule all of the stuff for the Romp and Stomp tonight with his little friend. I started my BBQ ribs and beans in the slow cooker, went to the store to get the stuff to make a Shoo fly pie. We also went to the store and got some socks, undershirts, and a dress shirt for Hubby. I think the dress shirt is going to be too big around the neck, and if it is I'll just return it.
I also got my old cell phones ready to ship off for eBay, which actually involved a lot of work like removing all my pictures off onto an SD card, transferring files, deleting them, printing off labels, all that wondrous stuff.
I called daycare and got an e-mail address to send my request for the tax deduction form. I called the vet to schedule Little Kitty's shots and dewormer, but they were closed. I called and schedule Little Man to get the rest of his shots so that he is update for tomorrow. I looked up his soccer league and decided on his next swim class!
Unfortunately, our friends are going to be able to make it for dinner, which is alright. I will just have some left overs of these delicious ribs and molasses pie! Yum! I sent Hubby a text to tell him that he could invite a few friends over tonight if he wanted.
I called my mom and dad to schedule to come over there and visit them, they weren't home so I left a message. I also sent an e-mail to my indoor gardening class sponsor, and have yet to get a response. I think something might be slim shady here.
Anyways, sorry for my posts being so short the past couple of days, I have been so busy trying to get everything done. Everything will slow down in the next couple of days, and I will be able to carry on with all of my stories.
Tonight should be a lot of fun playing with all the little guys! I am so excited. And the fact that Hubby is going to come and meet up with us makes it even better! Yay!
My patterns from eBay have officially shipped. That means that I am one step closer to my online store. I have also been thinking about my non-profit. I either want to do something where young girls and boys can learn how to cook and sew (they need it, seriously!), or do something related with gardening. It has to be something close to my heart.
Anyways, I got to go to the post office and drop off these eBay packages. I need a new printer, so I have to drive all the way down there to do the shipping deed.
I hope that all my viewers have a great day, and if you read this, please say a little prayer for my family.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A Day Full of Love
Yesterday Little Man and I had a blast playing at our friends house. His little friend, T, was a little grumpy today, but when you're 3 years old sometimes its hard to control your emotions. LM and T had so much fun all day. I stayed there for the majority of the day and just had a ton of fun.
We played the Cootie Game, cars, tossed the ball, went for a little walk, and ate lunch.
Oh no, it was just announced that Elizabeth Taylor just died. She really was a loved woman. It makes me want to watch her old movies, which I don't think that I have seen any. It's amazing that there are so many classics that I have yet to see. I feel happy that now I get the opportunity to watch them all on cable. I did used to wear her perfume, White Diamonds.
Our friends invited us to go with them to a local Rump and Stomp that they have every Wednesday night where little guys are let loose in a gym and they can play with balls and just have a great time! I think that I will go, and invite them over for dinner tonight. I am going to make slow cooked BBQ Ribs and beans tonight with a baked potato, salad, cornbread, and some make a cheese. Bomb. I hope that they will want to come over for some of my bomb dinner.
My Hubby stopped over at his friends house last night, and his wife and I are going to go skating next week. It should be a lot of fun. I can't wait to hang out with her. She really is just a fun person to be around. We are going to take our little boys to preschool skate and then hang out afterwards. LM is going to love it! Oh, I can't wait to tell him (next week, lol.)
I sent an Easter card to my aunt and to Hubby's grandmother. I have yet to call my aunt, which makes it even worse, but maybe I can call her in a week. I really need to call her. Maybe I can just rip off the bandaid and just do it. The longer I wait, the more apprehensive I get about the whole thing.
My parents want me to come out and visit them sometime this week. Maybe I can come over Monday of next week and then hang out with my friend A while our men work late slanging their wares. I have been saving my left over meals for them and freezing them. It's not that they aren't capable of cooking, but in their hoarding habits, they have been officially gone to a class five and no longer have running water in their house. It's crazy, I can't believe that they would want to live that way. The house that they live in isn't worth that much money, but the property that their house is on is worth a small fortune. I think that they should just sell and move into a little ranch house. However, that is bad to say because I could never think of taking there home from them. Their house and all of their junk. I have offered everytime to help them clean up whatever they would want me to help with, but they won't have it. I can't have them watch LM or anything. I don't even like to be in their house for more than 5 minutes.
Anyways I have about a weeks worth of one and two portion frozen meals. I hope that they will actually eat them and not neurotically think that something might be wrong with them because I own cats or something crazy like that. Who knows. They have some crazy thinking patterns sometimes. My mom ate the frozen meals that I gave her last week while my father was away, I hope that this can continue. I will call her on monday and schedule a visit out there and then a visit out there with A. Yay!
I need send an e-mail and confirm that everything is on for my indoor gardening class tomorrow. I also need to go in there and have them set up their systems for me so that I can I demonstrate for everyone. I also need them to pick out some keys products that they recommend work best for everything. I plan on buying my husband a surprise TV with the money! He would be so happy! That's all I ever want to do is make him happy.
I have to call and get my tax info from daycare, set up a tax appointment, package up my eBay items while LM is taking a nap today, leave feedback, visit the post office, and call my parents. We have the playgroup tonight, and hopefully Hubby's friends over for dinner. I also have to get my Hubby some new undershirts, socks, and maybe a new dress shirt. That is a day of blessing right there. I am just so happy that I have so much that I can do today.
These are the things that I am thankful for today:
1. For such a wonderful time yesterday with friends
2. For such a hardworking husband
3. For my class I am teaching on Saturday
4. For the money I have for the errands I have to run
5. For enough food to share with other people.
6. That I get to hang out and roller skate with my friend next week
7. That I can freeze dinners and give them to my parents
8. For a wonderful little boy who amazes me everyday.
9. For the sweetest kitties I get to take care of
10. For a clean house
11. For such a bomb phone
12. That I actually got a couple good sales off of eBay this time
13. For the love of my family and friends
14. For a good car to drive!
15. For all the money that I have to pay the bills with.
16. For the love of life.
17. For all of the kind people I talk to everyday
18. For the music I get to play.
19. For the clothes on my back
20. For a roof over my head.
I hope that if you read this that you have a blessed day. If you read this, please say a little prayer for my family.
We played the Cootie Game, cars, tossed the ball, went for a little walk, and ate lunch.
Oh no, it was just announced that Elizabeth Taylor just died. She really was a loved woman. It makes me want to watch her old movies, which I don't think that I have seen any. It's amazing that there are so many classics that I have yet to see. I feel happy that now I get the opportunity to watch them all on cable. I did used to wear her perfume, White Diamonds.
Our friends invited us to go with them to a local Rump and Stomp that they have every Wednesday night where little guys are let loose in a gym and they can play with balls and just have a great time! I think that I will go, and invite them over for dinner tonight. I am going to make slow cooked BBQ Ribs and beans tonight with a baked potato, salad, cornbread, and some make a cheese. Bomb. I hope that they will want to come over for some of my bomb dinner.
My Hubby stopped over at his friends house last night, and his wife and I are going to go skating next week. It should be a lot of fun. I can't wait to hang out with her. She really is just a fun person to be around. We are going to take our little boys to preschool skate and then hang out afterwards. LM is going to love it! Oh, I can't wait to tell him (next week, lol.)
I sent an Easter card to my aunt and to Hubby's grandmother. I have yet to call my aunt, which makes it even worse, but maybe I can call her in a week. I really need to call her. Maybe I can just rip off the bandaid and just do it. The longer I wait, the more apprehensive I get about the whole thing.
My parents want me to come out and visit them sometime this week. Maybe I can come over Monday of next week and then hang out with my friend A while our men work late slanging their wares. I have been saving my left over meals for them and freezing them. It's not that they aren't capable of cooking, but in their hoarding habits, they have been officially gone to a class five and no longer have running water in their house. It's crazy, I can't believe that they would want to live that way. The house that they live in isn't worth that much money, but the property that their house is on is worth a small fortune. I think that they should just sell and move into a little ranch house. However, that is bad to say because I could never think of taking there home from them. Their house and all of their junk. I have offered everytime to help them clean up whatever they would want me to help with, but they won't have it. I can't have them watch LM or anything. I don't even like to be in their house for more than 5 minutes.
Anyways I have about a weeks worth of one and two portion frozen meals. I hope that they will actually eat them and not neurotically think that something might be wrong with them because I own cats or something crazy like that. Who knows. They have some crazy thinking patterns sometimes. My mom ate the frozen meals that I gave her last week while my father was away, I hope that this can continue. I will call her on monday and schedule a visit out there and then a visit out there with A. Yay!
I need send an e-mail and confirm that everything is on for my indoor gardening class tomorrow. I also need to go in there and have them set up their systems for me so that I can I demonstrate for everyone. I also need them to pick out some keys products that they recommend work best for everything. I plan on buying my husband a surprise TV with the money! He would be so happy! That's all I ever want to do is make him happy.
I have to call and get my tax info from daycare, set up a tax appointment, package up my eBay items while LM is taking a nap today, leave feedback, visit the post office, and call my parents. We have the playgroup tonight, and hopefully Hubby's friends over for dinner. I also have to get my Hubby some new undershirts, socks, and maybe a new dress shirt. That is a day of blessing right there. I am just so happy that I have so much that I can do today.
These are the things that I am thankful for today:
1. For such a wonderful time yesterday with friends
2. For such a hardworking husband
3. For my class I am teaching on Saturday
4. For the money I have for the errands I have to run
5. For enough food to share with other people.
6. That I get to hang out and roller skate with my friend next week
7. That I can freeze dinners and give them to my parents
8. For a wonderful little boy who amazes me everyday.
9. For the sweetest kitties I get to take care of
10. For a clean house
11. For such a bomb phone
12. That I actually got a couple good sales off of eBay this time
13. For the love of my family and friends
14. For a good car to drive!
15. For all the money that I have to pay the bills with.
16. For the love of life.
17. For all of the kind people I talk to everyday
18. For the music I get to play.
19. For the clothes on my back
20. For a roof over my head.
I hope that if you read this that you have a blessed day. If you read this, please say a little prayer for my family.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
I'm the New Rock Star in Town
Yesterday was so much. I feel so blessed to have such a sweet Little Man. He (and his daddy) are really what helps make my world so bright. After his nap/rest time we took out the garbage. As we got back to our door from the dumpster, LM asks me if we can "go get a snack." Which really means that he wants to either go get donuts or ice cream. I think about it for a second and decide that it sounds like much more fun than sitting in our house for the next 5 or 6 hours until Hubby come home.
On the way to Dairy Queen to get a ice cream cone, I stopped by the gas station and got two purple Rockstar energy drinks. The purple ones are by far my favorite! I wanted some caffeine so bad! I was so happy and satisfied.
I was so satisfied that I even walked to the Dairy Queen window totting my energy drink can. The girl that worked as cashier did a funny double take. I think she was checking to see if were really a can of something more potent like beer. Either way, I'm sure that I looked kind of trashy walking around with a can of purple Rock Star.Wisteria Lane where I live is just a different kind of pretentious place. Ha ha. I still think its funny.
It was a little too cold to eat outside, so we went back to the Escape and ate our ice cream inside of the car. I didn't get a cone because I was blowing all my calories for the day on those energy drinks. Inside the car I was sharing fairy tales with Little Man like Goldilocks. He loves it when I tell him stories instead of just read them to him. He gets all excited and his eyes get big, especially when I get to the part when the bears come home and notice Goldilocks in Baby Bear's bed.
We went for a walk around the Mill Pond area, and then spent some time playing on the playground.LM loves the tire swing, and this tire swing is really optimally made. With little effort you can have this thing turn into the Matterhorn at Six Flags. He sat there and wanted me to spin him for five minutes, where out of concern for him, I stopped swinging him around.
I met a really nice lady at the park, who had a little boy that was 16 months old. He was so cute, and it reminded me of when my LM was that small. Time really goes by to fast.
I made BBQ pulled pork last night with the pork carnitas recipe I split in half. It was so delicious. It had a little bit of kick to it because I used the infamous Famous Dave's Extra Hot Blue Ribbon BBQ sauce with just some standard hickory flavor, that and I used jalapenos when I made the pork carnitas.
Today we have a play date with little R and his Mama T, who is the nicest lady in the entire world. Honestly, she is one of the most kind people I have ever met and I feel so blessed to be her friend. LM is so excited to go play with little R, who is only three months older. T just had a birthday, so I think I am going to stop at the market and bring her some flowers. Flowers make every day bright!
My eBay items are ending today, I know that I am going to make a least a little bit of money this time. Last time I somehow just broke even after all of the fees from EBay.com and Paypal, seriously. This time, I know that it is going to be much better.
Today should really be a great fun day. We're probably going to play until 2 or so, then come home so LM can rest. Then I can finalize all of my EBay auctions, and package them up and get them on the road for my customers. I am excited about getting all of my patterns and posting them on the web! Initially, it might be a little bit of work, but it is going to be really sweet!
I have to call LM old daycare and get a form for our taxes so that Hubby and I can finally get all of that mess over with. Today is going to be a wonderful day, I just know it!
These are the things that I am thankful for today:
1. Wonderful friends for LM and Mama to play with
2. The sweetest little boy that I have ever met
3. Food on our table
4. Lights, gas, and cable
5. For this blog
6. For the library where I can check out books and learn
7. For not having Facebook- what a waste of time!
8. Such a cool Ford Escape to drive
9. Money to share with friends
10. A full class this weekend so that I can buy my Hubby a TV
11. That I can surprise my Hubby with a new big TV :)
12. For my hardworking Hubby
13. For learning how to cook!
14. For all of my friends
15. For emergency unemployment
16. For all the jobs that are finally opening up
17. For a clean apartment
18. That my father in law is looking for house for us, and will help us get one
19. For a wonderful mother in law
20. For watching Steve Martin's blue grass band last night on Colbert Report
21. For the opportunity to learn a folk instrument
22. For the warm green earth.
23. For the kindness of strangers
24. That I can in return be kind to strangers
25. For all of the love in my life
There you have it! I hope that any viewer has a blessed day, and please say a little prayer for my little family!
On the way to Dairy Queen to get a ice cream cone, I stopped by the gas station and got two purple Rockstar energy drinks. The purple ones are by far my favorite! I wanted some caffeine so bad! I was so happy and satisfied.
I was so satisfied that I even walked to the Dairy Queen window totting my energy drink can. The girl that worked as cashier did a funny double take. I think she was checking to see if were really a can of something more potent like beer. Either way, I'm sure that I looked kind of trashy walking around with a can of purple Rock Star.Wisteria Lane where I live is just a different kind of pretentious place. Ha ha. I still think its funny.
It was a little too cold to eat outside, so we went back to the Escape and ate our ice cream inside of the car. I didn't get a cone because I was blowing all my calories for the day on those energy drinks. Inside the car I was sharing fairy tales with Little Man like Goldilocks. He loves it when I tell him stories instead of just read them to him. He gets all excited and his eyes get big, especially when I get to the part when the bears come home and notice Goldilocks in Baby Bear's bed.
We went for a walk around the Mill Pond area, and then spent some time playing on the playground.LM loves the tire swing, and this tire swing is really optimally made. With little effort you can have this thing turn into the Matterhorn at Six Flags. He sat there and wanted me to spin him for five minutes, where out of concern for him, I stopped swinging him around.
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| On the way to the playground from Dairy Queen |
I made BBQ pulled pork last night with the pork carnitas recipe I split in half. It was so delicious. It had a little bit of kick to it because I used the infamous Famous Dave's Extra Hot Blue Ribbon BBQ sauce with just some standard hickory flavor, that and I used jalapenos when I made the pork carnitas.
Today we have a play date with little R and his Mama T, who is the nicest lady in the entire world. Honestly, she is one of the most kind people I have ever met and I feel so blessed to be her friend. LM is so excited to go play with little R, who is only three months older. T just had a birthday, so I think I am going to stop at the market and bring her some flowers. Flowers make every day bright!
My eBay items are ending today, I know that I am going to make a least a little bit of money this time. Last time I somehow just broke even after all of the fees from EBay.com and Paypal, seriously. This time, I know that it is going to be much better.
Today should really be a great fun day. We're probably going to play until 2 or so, then come home so LM can rest. Then I can finalize all of my EBay auctions, and package them up and get them on the road for my customers. I am excited about getting all of my patterns and posting them on the web! Initially, it might be a little bit of work, but it is going to be really sweet!
I have to call LM old daycare and get a form for our taxes so that Hubby and I can finally get all of that mess over with. Today is going to be a wonderful day, I just know it!
These are the things that I am thankful for today:
1. Wonderful friends for LM and Mama to play with
2. The sweetest little boy that I have ever met
3. Food on our table
4. Lights, gas, and cable
5. For this blog
6. For the library where I can check out books and learn
7. For not having Facebook- what a waste of time!
8. Such a cool Ford Escape to drive
9. Money to share with friends
10. A full class this weekend so that I can buy my Hubby a TV
11. That I can surprise my Hubby with a new big TV :)
12. For my hardworking Hubby
13. For learning how to cook!
14. For all of my friends
15. For emergency unemployment
16. For all the jobs that are finally opening up
17. For a clean apartment
18. That my father in law is looking for house for us, and will help us get one
19. For a wonderful mother in law
20. For watching Steve Martin's blue grass band last night on Colbert Report
21. For the opportunity to learn a folk instrument
22. For the warm green earth.
23. For the kindness of strangers
24. That I can in return be kind to strangers
25. For all of the love in my life
There you have it! I hope that any viewer has a blessed day, and please say a little prayer for my little family!
Monday, March 21, 2011
No Go jalapeno Flo!
I'm dying right now for a nice hot cappuccino. The only thing is that I'm not dying for a Starbucks, or even a local barista made cappuccino- right now I would love one of those cheap gas station vending machine pumpkin spice cappuccinos. Those things are very addictive.
This morning we made it out to Meijer and picked up a few items. They still did not have my jalapeno jelly that I needed for my spicy shrimp fettuccine that I wanted to make for dinner tonight. They only vegetable kind of jellies that were green and red pepper.
I did pick up some heads of garlic on sale 5 for $2. I use about a head and a half of garlic a week, so that should get me through the month almost.
We went to the card store and picked up some cards for my Aunt and my Hubby's Grandma for Easter. My labeled Hallmark card wouldn't scan, and I had to wait for the manager to input the bar code into the computer to complete my purchase. I did have a nice talk with the gentleman cashier about how reading books is an expensive habit. The lady in line in front of me was buying Nicorette gum, and the cashier was talking about how expensive reading has become. It's completely true. A good friend of mine in Lansing, who loves to read, has to budget out her book allowance every month. She told me that first time that she got her Kindle she went way over board in purchasing books (because it was such an easy online transaction) that she had read $300 in books in one month. That's a lot of reading!
I was trying to list some items on Ebay.com after splurging on this lot of 50 patterns from the 60's and 70's. I just couldn't help it, they have some really cool patterns. I would like to scan all of the patterns, and edit them in Corel Draw and start a professional costumer website for these clothes. I would like it were the customer could pick out the fabric, pick out the outfit, send in measurements and three weeks later I could send out the costume! That would be so much fun! I would also have send back tailoring if wanted. It would just be so much fun. I really wouldn't charge much of a premium. I was thinking though that I would probably have to have size restrictions, like maybe 4-6-8? I don't know if that would be discriminative, and I don't know what size that most people wear either. That would be so much fun to do though to do.
I really can't tell at this point if its my Little Man or if it's me being grumpy. I am really trying hard to hold on to my happiness today, but all of my buttons are being pushed. I tried to list a few unwanted things on Ebay.com this morning, but my Little Man would not have it and began taking things apart, and taking the stuff around that I needed and just generally acting up. When I took him to the store he was also acting up. It got worse when I took him to the card shop, he was all out grumpy then. When I got home instead of going ape shit on him, I just made him go to his room and let me settle down for a few minutes. I really think that he just has a lot of energy right now and he needs to go out and run around. Maybe it will stop raining for a little while today so that we can go outside and maybe go for a short walk. I think that is what he might need.
Me on the other hand, I need a big cup of caffeine. I went to bed at a reasonable time last night, it's just that I feel so out of it today. I think that after I write this that I need sometime to sit down and relax and maybe read a little bit more of my books.
I filled out my paperwork to extend my unemployment benefits under the UIA. It takes a couple weeks for them to go through. I hope that nothing happens to delay this, those benefits really come in handy! I haven't received any calls or e-mails yet today from the applications that I filled out. I am just going to lay low today on the job search and look again on Wednesday. On Saturday while Hubby was at the haunted sanitarium I did a job search only to come with what I had already seen.
I guess for the rest of the day that I am going to take about an hour to myself and drink some green tea. I have to do a little bit of picking up. I have to figure out what I have to do tonight to substitute jalapeno jelly for something. I might just have to add a whole jalapeno. Then I would like to go for a walk with Little Man around our neighborhood, stop get a vending machine cappuccino, and take it easy. Hubby doesn't come home until after 9 pm tonight. This means I got to find a couple extra fun things to do with Little Man tonight to keep him occupied. I think we will work on his new Spongebob puzzle from Target (those $1 bins are awesome!), color a picture, work on our letters and numbers, play with animals and cars, play with a little music today, and weather permitting blow some bubbles!
Tomorrow is library day, I am going to take him to the small group class that he hasn't been to in some time. I hope that he really likes it. I am sure that he will.
I need to call a couple people that I haven't talked to in a while and see how they are doing. I need to send out the Easter Cards, and of course take it easy and look on the bright side. I need to do not too much, not to little, just right :). Woosah Mama. Woosah.
I hope that if you have read this that you have a blessed day. Thank you for stopping by! And also, if you did read this, please say a little prayer for my family.
This morning we made it out to Meijer and picked up a few items. They still did not have my jalapeno jelly that I needed for my spicy shrimp fettuccine that I wanted to make for dinner tonight. They only vegetable kind of jellies that were green and red pepper.
I did pick up some heads of garlic on sale 5 for $2. I use about a head and a half of garlic a week, so that should get me through the month almost.
We went to the card store and picked up some cards for my Aunt and my Hubby's Grandma for Easter. My labeled Hallmark card wouldn't scan, and I had to wait for the manager to input the bar code into the computer to complete my purchase. I did have a nice talk with the gentleman cashier about how reading books is an expensive habit. The lady in line in front of me was buying Nicorette gum, and the cashier was talking about how expensive reading has become. It's completely true. A good friend of mine in Lansing, who loves to read, has to budget out her book allowance every month. She told me that first time that she got her Kindle she went way over board in purchasing books (because it was such an easy online transaction) that she had read $300 in books in one month. That's a lot of reading!
I was trying to list some items on Ebay.com after splurging on this lot of 50 patterns from the 60's and 70's. I just couldn't help it, they have some really cool patterns. I would like to scan all of the patterns, and edit them in Corel Draw and start a professional costumer website for these clothes. I would like it were the customer could pick out the fabric, pick out the outfit, send in measurements and three weeks later I could send out the costume! That would be so much fun! I would also have send back tailoring if wanted. It would just be so much fun. I really wouldn't charge much of a premium. I was thinking though that I would probably have to have size restrictions, like maybe 4-6-8? I don't know if that would be discriminative, and I don't know what size that most people wear either. That would be so much fun to do though to do.
I really can't tell at this point if its my Little Man or if it's me being grumpy. I am really trying hard to hold on to my happiness today, but all of my buttons are being pushed. I tried to list a few unwanted things on Ebay.com this morning, but my Little Man would not have it and began taking things apart, and taking the stuff around that I needed and just generally acting up. When I took him to the store he was also acting up. It got worse when I took him to the card shop, he was all out grumpy then. When I got home instead of going ape shit on him, I just made him go to his room and let me settle down for a few minutes. I really think that he just has a lot of energy right now and he needs to go out and run around. Maybe it will stop raining for a little while today so that we can go outside and maybe go for a short walk. I think that is what he might need.
Me on the other hand, I need a big cup of caffeine. I went to bed at a reasonable time last night, it's just that I feel so out of it today. I think that after I write this that I need sometime to sit down and relax and maybe read a little bit more of my books.
I filled out my paperwork to extend my unemployment benefits under the UIA. It takes a couple weeks for them to go through. I hope that nothing happens to delay this, those benefits really come in handy! I haven't received any calls or e-mails yet today from the applications that I filled out. I am just going to lay low today on the job search and look again on Wednesday. On Saturday while Hubby was at the haunted sanitarium I did a job search only to come with what I had already seen.
I guess for the rest of the day that I am going to take about an hour to myself and drink some green tea. I have to do a little bit of picking up. I have to figure out what I have to do tonight to substitute jalapeno jelly for something. I might just have to add a whole jalapeno. Then I would like to go for a walk with Little Man around our neighborhood, stop get a vending machine cappuccino, and take it easy. Hubby doesn't come home until after 9 pm tonight. This means I got to find a couple extra fun things to do with Little Man tonight to keep him occupied. I think we will work on his new Spongebob puzzle from Target (those $1 bins are awesome!), color a picture, work on our letters and numbers, play with animals and cars, play with a little music today, and weather permitting blow some bubbles!
Tomorrow is library day, I am going to take him to the small group class that he hasn't been to in some time. I hope that he really likes it. I am sure that he will.
I need to call a couple people that I haven't talked to in a while and see how they are doing. I need to send out the Easter Cards, and of course take it easy and look on the bright side. I need to do not too much, not to little, just right :). Woosah Mama. Woosah.
I hope that if you have read this that you have a blessed day. Thank you for stopping by! And also, if you did read this, please say a little prayer for my family.
Leave It to the Rain
Hubby came home surprisingly early yesterday at around 2 or 3 pm. Even though there weren't any ghost sitings at his over night at the haunted sanitarium, he said that there might have been a couple things. He also said that there were probably 30 people there altogether that made knowing for sure if it were ghost or visitor a little more difficult. I am so happy to have him home. I can tell that he had such a great time, and I am very happy that he did.
I had a really hard time sleeping without him. I went to bed around midnight after watching a whole bunch of chick shows On Demand, and my bed was so cold. I stuck my butt out as I always do, and there wasn't another warm butt sticking out to meet it. I was so happy when he came home. I had missed him so much.
On Sunday Morning, we went to the grocery store equipped with my list. It's funny because I really love cooking from scratch which means I always have to make a list. My favorite recipe site of all time is myrecipes.com. I love it because they have the perfect match of light and gourmet recipes. I have learned a few things since I really started cooking full time from scratch about 6 months ago and that is sometimes its hard to find all of the ingredients.
Here in the Great White North, its sometimes hard for me to find herbs like fresh basil or coriander. It's not just the herbs though its other small things like jalapeno jelly and special noodles. I guess there are other options for me finding the correct ingredients. I go to Kroger which is a medium sized market here in Wisteria Lane. There are several specialty grocery stores such as fresh and organic markets. However, these places have a premium on all of their products (which makes sense because they probably only sell 10 jars of jalapeno jelly a year if they are lucky :) .) I try to improvise whenever I can, like for example instead of buying a $6.50 five ounce jar of sun dried tomato pesto, I decided to use sun dried tomato vinaigrette and the pesto I already had. It works just the same, if it doesn't then maybe I can learn how to make different kinds of pesto. There is a Meijer just a couple minutes down the street, but I don't like going there because the store is so big. It gets really frustrating going through all of the shelves and aisles and masses of people to try to find what I'm looking for. I think my search for jalapeno jelly might actually take me Meijer today, and then the Fresh Market as a last resort.
I love cooking spicy food and the majority of my weekly menu consists of Mexican, Caribbean, Central and South American recipes. I would look to learn how to cook Brazilian food. However, if I were to open a restaurant, I would open up a Southern Cuisine, then maybe I could mix some Tex Mex in there too :). I would have blue grass and folk musicians come in and play several times a week, and it would just be a laid back fun environment- with real sweet tea! I know that Justin Timberlake has a similar restaurant, Southern Hospitality, which I would love to visit one day. I think the closest one is in New York, or maybe Atlanta. I might be equidistant to both of them.
My Little Man has a favorite pair of Curious George pajamas where the bottoms still fit but the top is too large. I cut out the sleeves and am making a snake. I sewed the two sleeves together and sewed on a brown ribbon tongue and two button eyes. It's so cute. I need to get some more dried beans to fill him up, but every time I look at it, I think how incredibly cute he is! The two little slightly mis-match button eyes are what really does it for me. I will post a picture when I complete the project.
The other day I was wondering where I get my vocabulary (the big word part, not the swearing.) Then I finally figured it out. It's my father. I was talking to him about his recent cruise to Mexico, and he described the decor of the ship as ostentatious. I don't even know that means, but I'm assuming that means really nice. ha ha. My father did go to seminary, maybe vocabulary was a large part of that back in the 70's? I have no idea.
After our trip to the grocery store yesterday, Little Man and came home and did a little cleaning up before Hubby came home. I started my pork roast for carnitas, and cleaned some of our windows. After my Hubby came home, we watched the movie Air Heads, which was funny. It was fun to see so many famous actors and actresses before they were famous like- Adam Sandler. I really enjoyed watching the movie.
I have decided to let the whole thing go about Hubby not telling me why one of his best friends got a divorce. He probably didn't tell me because he was embarrassed, and I don't want to further yell and embarrass him about it.
Today is going to be a great day. We are watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, then I have to go back out and find those few things that I couldn't find on my shopping list before. I want to stop by the fabric store too and get a pattern for an apron I wanted to make. Better yet, I should check on Ebay.com for it, I hate spending $15 on a pattern. I can wait a week and half for a pattern. I have the fabric already, cute little cartoon lobsters with matching red and white gingham. It's so cute together. I will be so happy when I get everything put together. It is raining out today which puts a damper on things, but I would still like to find some kind of fun craft project for us to do today.Then reinforcing our letters and counting up to 30. I think that is a good schedule. It would also be nice to go to the Red Box and see if there is a family movie that Little Man and I would like to watch together.
I sent my resume out to 5 or 6 places that I would actually love to work at on Friday. I will see if I get any call/e-mail backs. I would love to work at any of these places. This would mean that my domestic lifestyle would soon come to an end, but I am have enjoyed it so much that the memory alone will make me happy. I have been dragged through the trenches and made it through the other side. Hoorah! Speaking of applying for jobs, I received a letter saying that I have to call and extend my unemployment into the emergency fund. I will make a point of doing that today.
I am so happy for this sunny week! The weather will be beautiful. Thank God.
These are the things that I am thankful for today:
1. The wonderful time I had at the skating party
2. The wonderful time I had hanging out with my mother in law
3. That my father returned back to Mexico safe and had a great time
4. That my mom had a great time relaxing without my father
5. That my kitties are so cute and lovable
6. For all of the food in my kitchen.
7. For all of the money that I have in the bank
8. That soon the sun will come out for good
9. That its almost time to start visiting all of the state parks
10. For all of my wonderful friends including C and A.
11. That I have the ability to cook, which I love.
12. For lights, heat, and running water
13. That the sunshine brightens my mood
14. That I am blessed with such a wonderful family
15. That my five year goals are obtainable
16. That I can really do anything I put my mind too
17. That I have been so blessed with loving people around me.
18. For my Aunt who has always been there for me ( I will send her a card today)
19. For my wonderful Ford Escape that I love to drive!
20. For everyone that I talk to that blesses my life
I hope that everyone has a wonderful day, and if you are reading this that you say a prayer for my family and I.
I had a really hard time sleeping without him. I went to bed around midnight after watching a whole bunch of chick shows On Demand, and my bed was so cold. I stuck my butt out as I always do, and there wasn't another warm butt sticking out to meet it. I was so happy when he came home. I had missed him so much.
On Sunday Morning, we went to the grocery store equipped with my list. It's funny because I really love cooking from scratch which means I always have to make a list. My favorite recipe site of all time is myrecipes.com. I love it because they have the perfect match of light and gourmet recipes. I have learned a few things since I really started cooking full time from scratch about 6 months ago and that is sometimes its hard to find all of the ingredients.
Here in the Great White North, its sometimes hard for me to find herbs like fresh basil or coriander. It's not just the herbs though its other small things like jalapeno jelly and special noodles. I guess there are other options for me finding the correct ingredients. I go to Kroger which is a medium sized market here in Wisteria Lane. There are several specialty grocery stores such as fresh and organic markets. However, these places have a premium on all of their products (which makes sense because they probably only sell 10 jars of jalapeno jelly a year if they are lucky :) .) I try to improvise whenever I can, like for example instead of buying a $6.50 five ounce jar of sun dried tomato pesto, I decided to use sun dried tomato vinaigrette and the pesto I already had. It works just the same, if it doesn't then maybe I can learn how to make different kinds of pesto. There is a Meijer just a couple minutes down the street, but I don't like going there because the store is so big. It gets really frustrating going through all of the shelves and aisles and masses of people to try to find what I'm looking for. I think my search for jalapeno jelly might actually take me Meijer today, and then the Fresh Market as a last resort.
I love cooking spicy food and the majority of my weekly menu consists of Mexican, Caribbean, Central and South American recipes. I would look to learn how to cook Brazilian food. However, if I were to open a restaurant, I would open up a Southern Cuisine, then maybe I could mix some Tex Mex in there too :). I would have blue grass and folk musicians come in and play several times a week, and it would just be a laid back fun environment- with real sweet tea! I know that Justin Timberlake has a similar restaurant, Southern Hospitality, which I would love to visit one day. I think the closest one is in New York, or maybe Atlanta. I might be equidistant to both of them.
My Little Man has a favorite pair of Curious George pajamas where the bottoms still fit but the top is too large. I cut out the sleeves and am making a snake. I sewed the two sleeves together and sewed on a brown ribbon tongue and two button eyes. It's so cute. I need to get some more dried beans to fill him up, but every time I look at it, I think how incredibly cute he is! The two little slightly mis-match button eyes are what really does it for me. I will post a picture when I complete the project.
The other day I was wondering where I get my vocabulary (the big word part, not the swearing.) Then I finally figured it out. It's my father. I was talking to him about his recent cruise to Mexico, and he described the decor of the ship as ostentatious. I don't even know that means, but I'm assuming that means really nice. ha ha. My father did go to seminary, maybe vocabulary was a large part of that back in the 70's? I have no idea.
After our trip to the grocery store yesterday, Little Man and came home and did a little cleaning up before Hubby came home. I started my pork roast for carnitas, and cleaned some of our windows. After my Hubby came home, we watched the movie Air Heads, which was funny. It was fun to see so many famous actors and actresses before they were famous like- Adam Sandler. I really enjoyed watching the movie.
I have decided to let the whole thing go about Hubby not telling me why one of his best friends got a divorce. He probably didn't tell me because he was embarrassed, and I don't want to further yell and embarrass him about it.
Today is going to be a great day. We are watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, then I have to go back out and find those few things that I couldn't find on my shopping list before. I want to stop by the fabric store too and get a pattern for an apron I wanted to make. Better yet, I should check on Ebay.com for it, I hate spending $15 on a pattern. I can wait a week and half for a pattern. I have the fabric already, cute little cartoon lobsters with matching red and white gingham. It's so cute together. I will be so happy when I get everything put together. It is raining out today which puts a damper on things, but I would still like to find some kind of fun craft project for us to do today.Then reinforcing our letters and counting up to 30. I think that is a good schedule. It would also be nice to go to the Red Box and see if there is a family movie that Little Man and I would like to watch together.
I sent my resume out to 5 or 6 places that I would actually love to work at on Friday. I will see if I get any call/e-mail backs. I would love to work at any of these places. This would mean that my domestic lifestyle would soon come to an end, but I am have enjoyed it so much that the memory alone will make me happy. I have been dragged through the trenches and made it through the other side. Hoorah! Speaking of applying for jobs, I received a letter saying that I have to call and extend my unemployment into the emergency fund. I will make a point of doing that today.
I am so happy for this sunny week! The weather will be beautiful. Thank God.
These are the things that I am thankful for today:
1. The wonderful time I had at the skating party
2. The wonderful time I had hanging out with my mother in law
3. That my father returned back to Mexico safe and had a great time
4. That my mom had a great time relaxing without my father
5. That my kitties are so cute and lovable
6. For all of the food in my kitchen.
7. For all of the money that I have in the bank
8. That soon the sun will come out for good
9. That its almost time to start visiting all of the state parks
10. For all of my wonderful friends including C and A.
11. That I have the ability to cook, which I love.
12. For lights, heat, and running water
13. That the sunshine brightens my mood
14. That I am blessed with such a wonderful family
15. That my five year goals are obtainable
16. That I can really do anything I put my mind too
17. That I have been so blessed with loving people around me.
18. For my Aunt who has always been there for me ( I will send her a card today)
19. For my wonderful Ford Escape that I love to drive!
20. For everyone that I talk to that blesses my life
I hope that everyone has a wonderful day, and if you are reading this that you say a prayer for my family and I.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Refreshed.
I had so much fun today! I truly feel loved right now. This morning Little Man and I went to McDonald's for breakfast. I ordered hot cakes and oatmeal, and the cashier girl forgot to ring up my oatmeal, but all was well. I wasn't really hungry, I was just really ordering to eat something. LM had a ton of fun playing on the slides. The indoor play structure at our local McDonald's is wonderful. At first LM didn't want to play, but after I joined in by sitting at the end of the plastic slide and calling his name he was all for it. The last time I did this, I hid by the side of the slide and pop out at him. He thought that was so hilarious. Soon after that a couple little boys came and started playing with him. I think that LM is now the age that other little kids want to come and play with him now. I think this maybe due to the fact that he now looks more like a little boy (and talks so well) instead of a baby.
After McDonald's I stopped by the bank and deposited my hubby's checks into the bank. My new bank has such incredibly nice tellers comparing to where I was banking at before. The last thing that I want is a surely teller when I deposit my money into my account.
We had to make a stop by the dollar store and pick up some wrapping paper for my little niece's presents. We also got a hula hoop and some bows.
When we got home we wrapped my little nieces presents and ate some left over pizza from last night. I tried to spot clean my apartment just in case someone wanted to stop over after the party. We got redressed and did our hairs, and walked out the door. That's when it occurred to me that I didn't have a card. So, back to the dollar store we went to. I seriously have a problem spending more than a dollar on a card for a four year old, this makes me truly grateful for this store.
We stopped back by the dollar store and we ran in and got a card for our little niece. We ran out. The man that works at the dollar store is really nice. His accent makes him sound like he is from Georgia, but I didn't have the courage to ask him. Primarily, because sometimes people sound like they have accents and they don't. Next time I am in there I will ask him. Anyways, he such a nice older man and really takes pride in his work. That is really refreshing to see in Wisteria Lane where I live. I think that it might be an unsaid rule that if you don't make over 40k here that you can not take pride in your work. True, but sad. Very very sad.
I got to the roller skating rink, but initially I didn't know if it was the right place to go because the invitation said rolleramma 2 and the sign said rolleramma 1. I went inside just to check, and it was the correct place. I ran back to the car with LM and got our perfectly wrapper presents out to bring in. I had to pay for my skates because only children are covered in the skating parties. LM had so much fun visiting his grandma, papa, uncles and aunts, all of his little friends. Everyone that had skates took him for a spin around the rink. It was so beautiful. I skated around the rink holding LM and my little niece's and hands. I felt so happy. Papa brought a gift for a little man, a bag full of new clothes and toys. Grandma brought him a new little monster truck. He was so happy.
I think that I am a pretty good roller bladder. In fact this young woman came up and asked me if I wanted to race. I would have, but I had to look after my boy. I told her I would have loved to, but I couldn't. This was actually a smart move, because when they did have the race she smoked on the rink. She would have been done while I was half way through.
We played a racing game and the candy grab claw game, and skating around the practice rink a few times.
I asked my mother in law if she would like to come over after the party, and she came over and we visited awhile. All three of went out to dinner at Red Robin. I really enjoyed talking to her. I finally found out the reason for my hubby's friends divorce. My hubby wouldn't tell me, all he said was that he might have hit a few times. My mother in law told me the real reason was because my hubby's best friend was cheating on his wife in a long relationship. I don't know but isn't that highly suspect that he wouldn't tell me that. Why wouldn't he tell me that. While my mother in law was telling me this Hubby called. I had Alex pick up the phone, and when he handed it to me, I just hung up. I had not yet heard everything that my mother in law was telling me. I tried to call back several times after dinner was over, and hubby didn't call back. He has yet to call back. Something is seriously highly suspect here.
One person that did call was my father in law. He called just to say that it was nice to see me, and that he was sorry that he didn't get to see me on his rounds when he was saying good bye. I chatted with him for a few minutes, and then drove home for a couple of minutes.
As soon as I got home, I felt a certain kind of restlessness. I was not yet ready to settle down for the day, so I took my son to get ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. He really enjoyed watching the girl make his ice cream. He keep on saying, "wooooooowwww." Too cute.
I called my friend Amy because her birthday is coming up, and I hadn't spoken to her in awhile. She is doing great. Her autism support group is doing really well, and she is making money under the table. I told her one of my favorite expressions mind f*ck, which means to be so mentally bothered that you are almost incapacitated. This usually happens when someone else does it to you. She thought that was the funniest thing she had every heard, and she promised that the word would be forever added to her vocabulary. On the way home, I picked up a the latest Zac Brown Band CD.
Then it was homeward bound. Little man and I took a shower, and then finished watch the movie, UP that we had started about a week ago. Then it was tuck in time and bed for my sweetie.
Now I am sitting here watching the final episode of Sex and the City. I am going to sit down and finish reading The Secret before bed.
I just feel so incredibly blessed today. I couldn't have asked for a better day. I haven't had such a good day since the fun weekends that Little Man and I used to have when my hubby and I were separated. I felt truly refreshed.
After McDonald's I stopped by the bank and deposited my hubby's checks into the bank. My new bank has such incredibly nice tellers comparing to where I was banking at before. The last thing that I want is a surely teller when I deposit my money into my account.
We had to make a stop by the dollar store and pick up some wrapping paper for my little niece's presents. We also got a hula hoop and some bows.
When we got home we wrapped my little nieces presents and ate some left over pizza from last night. I tried to spot clean my apartment just in case someone wanted to stop over after the party. We got redressed and did our hairs, and walked out the door. That's when it occurred to me that I didn't have a card. So, back to the dollar store we went to. I seriously have a problem spending more than a dollar on a card for a four year old, this makes me truly grateful for this store.
We stopped back by the dollar store and we ran in and got a card for our little niece. We ran out. The man that works at the dollar store is really nice. His accent makes him sound like he is from Georgia, but I didn't have the courage to ask him. Primarily, because sometimes people sound like they have accents and they don't. Next time I am in there I will ask him. Anyways, he such a nice older man and really takes pride in his work. That is really refreshing to see in Wisteria Lane where I live. I think that it might be an unsaid rule that if you don't make over 40k here that you can not take pride in your work. True, but sad. Very very sad.
I got to the roller skating rink, but initially I didn't know if it was the right place to go because the invitation said rolleramma 2 and the sign said rolleramma 1. I went inside just to check, and it was the correct place. I ran back to the car with LM and got our perfectly wrapper presents out to bring in. I had to pay for my skates because only children are covered in the skating parties. LM had so much fun visiting his grandma, papa, uncles and aunts, all of his little friends. Everyone that had skates took him for a spin around the rink. It was so beautiful. I skated around the rink holding LM and my little niece's and hands. I felt so happy. Papa brought a gift for a little man, a bag full of new clothes and toys. Grandma brought him a new little monster truck. He was so happy.
I think that I am a pretty good roller bladder. In fact this young woman came up and asked me if I wanted to race. I would have, but I had to look after my boy. I told her I would have loved to, but I couldn't. This was actually a smart move, because when they did have the race she smoked on the rink. She would have been done while I was half way through.
We played a racing game and the candy grab claw game, and skating around the practice rink a few times.
I asked my mother in law if she would like to come over after the party, and she came over and we visited awhile. All three of went out to dinner at Red Robin. I really enjoyed talking to her. I finally found out the reason for my hubby's friends divorce. My hubby wouldn't tell me, all he said was that he might have hit a few times. My mother in law told me the real reason was because my hubby's best friend was cheating on his wife in a long relationship. I don't know but isn't that highly suspect that he wouldn't tell me that. Why wouldn't he tell me that. While my mother in law was telling me this Hubby called. I had Alex pick up the phone, and when he handed it to me, I just hung up. I had not yet heard everything that my mother in law was telling me. I tried to call back several times after dinner was over, and hubby didn't call back. He has yet to call back. Something is seriously highly suspect here.
One person that did call was my father in law. He called just to say that it was nice to see me, and that he was sorry that he didn't get to see me on his rounds when he was saying good bye. I chatted with him for a few minutes, and then drove home for a couple of minutes.
As soon as I got home, I felt a certain kind of restlessness. I was not yet ready to settle down for the day, so I took my son to get ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. He really enjoyed watching the girl make his ice cream. He keep on saying, "wooooooowwww." Too cute.
I called my friend Amy because her birthday is coming up, and I hadn't spoken to her in awhile. She is doing great. Her autism support group is doing really well, and she is making money under the table. I told her one of my favorite expressions mind f*ck, which means to be so mentally bothered that you are almost incapacitated. This usually happens when someone else does it to you. She thought that was the funniest thing she had every heard, and she promised that the word would be forever added to her vocabulary. On the way home, I picked up a the latest Zac Brown Band CD.
Then it was homeward bound. Little man and I took a shower, and then finished watch the movie, UP that we had started about a week ago. Then it was tuck in time and bed for my sweetie.
Now I am sitting here watching the final episode of Sex and the City. I am going to sit down and finish reading The Secret before bed.
I just feel so incredibly blessed today. I couldn't have asked for a better day. I haven't had such a good day since the fun weekends that Little Man and I used to have when my hubby and I were separated. I felt truly refreshed.
Mohawks, Plaid, and Closet-gate
Yesterday something almost bad happened. I had set my little man on the potty and I was pulling out the vacuum from the storage closet in the bathroom, and guess what- his little fingers got caught in the closet door. I didn't shut the closet all of the way, I noticed about half way that the door wasn't closing correctly. Then I heard this wail- WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. His little fingers were stuck in the closet door. Automatically I started a code red freak out. "Oh my God! Oh my God! I'm so sorry! Are you OK (shaking him in my arms)? Are you okay", I was then crying harder than he was. I took a look at his sweet little hand, and it had the impression of the door jam stuck in it. WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. "It's okay little man, let me see your little hand" I wailed even harder. I flipped over and checked it out. He had a little tiny cut on the inside of his finger.
I ran into the kitchen and pulled out the 10 lb bag of ice cubes that had half way solidified into a solid block. " Come on ice!", I said as I began banging the bag as hard as I could on the counter, "Come on!"
I ran to him still sitting on the potty crying and gave him a ziplock bag of ice.
All I could think about is how I broke the sweet little fingers on his hand, and how he was going to grow up with developemental problems in his poor little right hand. I scooped him up, tossed off the old faithfull sweatpants and threw on some jeans." It's okay baby its ok!" At this point I was obviously crying harder than he was.
I was getting our coats on so that we could take a trip to the local urgent care. I asked him if he could bend his fingers, and he could. I put his coat on and grab a old bleach rag out of the linen closet so that I could wrap the ice around his hand. I rushed us out in the car.
I called my husband to tell him what had just happened. Sobbing on the phone, " Hubby, (my crying) I caught his sweet little hand in the door. I don't think its broken, oh wahhhhhh.." After I hung up the phone and was rushing away to the urgent care, Little Man says to me, "Mama, please stop crying. It's ok. I'm ok Mama." He had stopped crying and was I obviously more upset at this point than he was. I rushed him in urgent care and they got us right in and took x-ray of his little hand.
The doctor came in right away and read the x-ray. He was fine. At this point when I looked down at his hand and it didn't even look like it had been injured at all. Dr. Patel looks at me and says, " I think Mama has more pain that the little one does." I did have more pain. I had cause pain to my sweetest little angel.
I had just moved to this city about 6 months ago, and there are a little bit of cultural difference. I had lived in a city the Capital City, where it was a much slower way of life, and people just liked to sit down and be friendly and talk to stranger. This city of live in now is a strict upper middle class/ upper class society, where the sense of humor is quite different, to say the least.
When the nurse lead me back to the doctors examination room, I had told her what happened, and added a bit of my own Midwest dark sense of humor, " I know Mama just beat you up, huh." The nurse looked at me and got real serious. For a moment I was terrified. "No, I'm just joking. I have a really bad sense of humor." She smiled this weak smile back at me. Now, I know that joking about beating your kids is really taboo, but if I were in the Capital City they would have thought that was hilarious. I guess now I can add that to my list of things that are taboo when you live in upper middle class suburbia.
It was really difficult moving here last summer. It was a culture shock. I had moved from an area that was racial heterogeneous, and I really loved it that way. My son got to live with people of all ethnicity and lifestyles. I thought it was a wonderful way to live. People were friendly. Sure, you might have to wait a little bit longer in line at the market, but when it was your turn you also got to have that five minute conversation with the cashier. Maybe that is what made everything so wonderful there. Capital City was really like Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. I had become completely color blind living there for almost ten years. I had also become accepting of every kind of lifestyle, because people in the Capital City did not live in fear, but were proud of the way the chose to live there life.
This town is completely different. It is almost as if there is a dress code. There isn't any diversity here. It is just a white landscape. Truthfully, when I see people of other ethnicity here in White Suburbia, I am so happy. Also, all these white dudes really like to wear plaid and wear mohawks. I don't understand. I guess that I just have to give this new culture some more time.
Yesterday before closet-gate, Little Man strung a whole string of little beads all by himself. I was so proud that he had the patience and that his fine motor control was so great. I was so happy. I didn't want to help him, because I wanted the necklace to be all of him.
I ran into the kitchen and pulled out the 10 lb bag of ice cubes that had half way solidified into a solid block. " Come on ice!", I said as I began banging the bag as hard as I could on the counter, "Come on!"
I ran to him still sitting on the potty crying and gave him a ziplock bag of ice.
All I could think about is how I broke the sweet little fingers on his hand, and how he was going to grow up with developemental problems in his poor little right hand. I scooped him up, tossed off the old faithfull sweatpants and threw on some jeans." It's okay baby its ok!" At this point I was obviously crying harder than he was.
I was getting our coats on so that we could take a trip to the local urgent care. I asked him if he could bend his fingers, and he could. I put his coat on and grab a old bleach rag out of the linen closet so that I could wrap the ice around his hand. I rushed us out in the car.
I called my husband to tell him what had just happened. Sobbing on the phone, " Hubby, (my crying) I caught his sweet little hand in the door. I don't think its broken, oh wahhhhhh.." After I hung up the phone and was rushing away to the urgent care, Little Man says to me, "Mama, please stop crying. It's ok. I'm ok Mama." He had stopped crying and was I obviously more upset at this point than he was. I rushed him in urgent care and they got us right in and took x-ray of his little hand.
The doctor came in right away and read the x-ray. He was fine. At this point when I looked down at his hand and it didn't even look like it had been injured at all. Dr. Patel looks at me and says, " I think Mama has more pain that the little one does." I did have more pain. I had cause pain to my sweetest little angel.
I had just moved to this city about 6 months ago, and there are a little bit of cultural difference. I had lived in a city the Capital City, where it was a much slower way of life, and people just liked to sit down and be friendly and talk to stranger. This city of live in now is a strict upper middle class/ upper class society, where the sense of humor is quite different, to say the least.
When the nurse lead me back to the doctors examination room, I had told her what happened, and added a bit of my own Midwest dark sense of humor, " I know Mama just beat you up, huh." The nurse looked at me and got real serious. For a moment I was terrified. "No, I'm just joking. I have a really bad sense of humor." She smiled this weak smile back at me. Now, I know that joking about beating your kids is really taboo, but if I were in the Capital City they would have thought that was hilarious. I guess now I can add that to my list of things that are taboo when you live in upper middle class suburbia.
It was really difficult moving here last summer. It was a culture shock. I had moved from an area that was racial heterogeneous, and I really loved it that way. My son got to live with people of all ethnicity and lifestyles. I thought it was a wonderful way to live. People were friendly. Sure, you might have to wait a little bit longer in line at the market, but when it was your turn you also got to have that five minute conversation with the cashier. Maybe that is what made everything so wonderful there. Capital City was really like Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. I had become completely color blind living there for almost ten years. I had also become accepting of every kind of lifestyle, because people in the Capital City did not live in fear, but were proud of the way the chose to live there life.
This town is completely different. It is almost as if there is a dress code. There isn't any diversity here. It is just a white landscape. Truthfully, when I see people of other ethnicity here in White Suburbia, I am so happy. Also, all these white dudes really like to wear plaid and wear mohawks. I don't understand. I guess that I just have to give this new culture some more time.
Yesterday before closet-gate, Little Man strung a whole string of little beads all by himself. I was so proud that he had the patience and that his fine motor control was so great. I was so happy. I didn't want to help him, because I wanted the necklace to be all of him.
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