Rockin The World of a Preacher Man

Okay, this is totally blog worthy!!

At work a gentleman was in BossLady's office preaching something about the Bible. Something clicked with what he said and she let him know that she got it. He came around the corner looking all proud about himself and the fact that she understood.

Then he met me.

As he came back around the corner again he started preaching about Born and Raised Catholics and confession. Being a Born and Raised Catholic I popped my head around the corner. BossLady found out earlier that day that I am a Catholic girl. He started on the fact that Catholics are forced to sit in a room for hours at a time and confess to all of their sins. Not true. I last made my confession when I was 11 years old and have not been to confession since. I did let him know that as many people still believe that there are many of the younger generation Catholics that are like me and have not been back to Confession in a while. He went on and on about how we do not have to report to a priest, father, etc. to confess our sins that we only need to report to God. I agreed with that. Then came the whammy.

He said that it is not necessary as the church was built on Peter. Me being me, I just had to do it. It was there and begging to be done.

I said "No it was not, the church was built on the ground."

I think I need to go to Confession to confess that sin.

My OCD is kicking in!!!

B has a homework assignment. Yes, a 3-year-old has a homework assignment. It was given last week. It is a family collage to be created. They gave us a piece of construction paper to use for it. That will be returned as it is NOT acid free and if I am going to scrapbook this in the end it will be acid free!!!

Went to Michael's to get the replacement paper and came back. I checked one more time for a specific date that it had to be in by. It only said next week. That does not work for my OCD. Asked E to get the exact date yesterday morning. He could not.

I went to pick up B and saw his teacher. Asked her for an exact date. Was told that it was anytime this week. I told her that I need a deadline. This woman probably thinks that I am crazy. Just was told by this week.

We printed pictures last night and will put the collage together tonight. Our deadline? Wednesday.

My OCD can't handle this!!!!

For love of Cherry Sours and M&M's

Flew back to Texas on Saturday morning and was greeted by B and E at the airport. B looked excited to see me. As I expected for him to start running towards me as he had always done with E, he screamed "Mommy!!!" and then proceeded to go into E's pocket. Once he got out what he wanted, he turned to me and said "Look Mommy, I got you M&M's!!" It was such a sweet gesture from him. I could see him pestering E until he bought them for me.

We proceeded to the baggage claim and got my baggage in a record time of three minutes. Headed out and went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Food was good and we had a nice meal together. Went for a small drive, wound down and had a nice night together. I brought home Cherry Sours which both the boys had never had and they helped to polish them off for me. B went down to bed in record time and gave E and I a chance to reconnect......

Sunday was another wind down day. Had a headache, took a nap and went out for a drive to Marshall's to see what they had. Found a pair of work pants for E for $5 and a pair of shorts for E for $7. He is a difficult size to buy for and we lucked out.

Can we say "Viva La Bargain Shopping!!"

What Texas Needs - Part 1 (as there may be many parts to this)

After a week in Ohio I remembered two major things that I loved here and needs to come to Texas. I know that I will find a bunch more but until then, here are two:

MJR Sales - it is the place where there is 90% off of Express clothes. I adored this store before I moved down and would happily fly back just to shop there. When I have an unlimited budget. I went last night and purchased two skirts, a shirt and a swimsuit for the whopping price of $19.22 for EVERYTHING!!! God I miss this place.

O'Charley's Restaurant - I know for a fact that there are none in Texas and it breaks my heart. They have wonderful food including my Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad which KaylaT ate most of my chicken last night out of it. Plus, the dinner rolls are the best I have ever eaten in my life!!!

And one more thing that can come to Texas while it is at it. The Miss America Pageant. They have been released from their contract in Atlantic City and are looking for a new home. Austin would be a nice home for the pageant. And very close to me so The Others had a place to stay FREE OF CHARGE!!!!!

I have a feeling their home will be Nashville or somewhere in Florida. But hey, a girl can dream....

Girl's Night Out

Last night was a fun night of food and shopping. Met up with Martini and Princess at my old sitters house and caught up with them for a bit. Went to the house and saw Cosmo, the kitty du jour. He is so cute and so small. Princess gave him a run for his money last night.

Headed out to Applebee's for some half price appetizers and dessert. Yay for half price appetizers. Way to dine cheap. Headed out for Once Upon A Child (AGAIN!!!) to buy TheDaughter some jeans and other school clothes. Had to break down and buy Princess a summer outfit. It was too cute to pass up. Then headed to Wal-Mart to stock up on Buckeye gear. Picked up some shirts for E, a shirt and combo shirt/short set for B and an OSU flag and shirt for Dad. He really wanted the OSU flag for the front porch.

All in all, a nice relaxing evening filled with girl talk and girl fun. It is great to have that every once in a while.

But I can't wait to get back to see my B. He keeps asking about when I am coming home. I think I am missed!!!

Hooray for Once Upon A Child!!!

Went to Once Upon A Child during lunch today to purchase some clothes for B for school and for play and picked up the following:

1 pair dress pants
1 nice shirt to go along with it (tags still on)
2 pairs of jeans
1 pair of jean shorts
3 shorts outfits
2 shirts

What was the cost for the whole whopping amount of clothing? $32.50

Viva la Once Upon A Child!!!!!

Dining - non Chef Ramsey style

A small dedication to Chef Ramsey of Hell's Kitchen. And you will see why in a minute.

Last night, I took Flexigirl, ALF and KaylaT to a restaurant in Mansfield to meet my parents, brother and niece. I knew that my parents wanted to see me more this week and the only way we could do it was to meet halfway between Columbus and Bedford. After taking a while to get a table for eight we finally sat down, looked over the menu and started to order. It was almost 7 PM by the time that we ordered and the kids were starving. Enough to the point that KaylaT was doing the sign for eating in sign language. And to get her to eat is very difficult. We get our food and my dad points out the plate to me.

He then says "You can tell the difference from a classy restaurant and a not-so-classy restaurant by the plates. Can you guess which this is?" I looked at the plate and there was gravy around the lip of the bowl. All I though to myself was "Boy, would Chef Ramsey be mad!!" With my addition to reality TV, I took a liking to Hell's Kitchen. And I remembered how he would yell at the chefs about "Clean Plates!!!"

As you guessed it, we were in the not-so-classy restaurant.

Which was good for us as my niece had thrown two fits in the restaurant and gave my brother a run for his money. At least ALF and KaylaT were awesome in the restaurant. Guess we starved them enough to behave and eat.

Better news of my night was that my dad looked a lot better. He was on Niacin and the medication was causing symptoms that were warning signs for a heart attack. Profuse sweating, heartburn in throat and stomach, tiredness. All in which he should not have had on the medication. My mom told him not to take it and contacted his doctors who agreed. They want him to try it again in five days. I will support my mom on this with a big HECK NO!!!!

Oh, and to add to highlights of my night. Spoke with E and B last night. B stayed on with me for a good three minutes and was serenaded to "Where is Thumbkin". He learned it in school yesterday and shared it with me.

Talk about a way to touch my heart.

The Best Wife I Have Never Had

I will have to say, Flexigirl is the best wife I have never had. I am staying with her while I am working in Ohio this week. Not only did she give me a morning alarm clock via her cell phone she made sure that I ate breakfast yesterday and sent me along my way with a "Have a great day at work!". I arrive back at her house after a busy day at the office and she had dinner ready for me. Made me some beef enchiladas and they were yummy!!

To thank her for allowing me to crash at her place this week I told her to go work out at the Fitness Center while I watched her two daughters. Her husband, CoachMan, is in the beginning of high school football season so she doesn't always get the luxury to get up and go work out at night. She took off after 6 PM and I had the kid patrol.

We had a blast as we played outside, put puzzles together and made some arts & crafts. The littlest was so exhausted by 7:45 PM that I got her ready for bed. CoachMan came home shortly before they went to bed and helped me put the littlest to bed while I got the oldest one to bed. Not bad for a night. To let Coachman wind down and enjoy his dinner I took off in search of some scrapbooking stuff. Found a bunch at Big Lots and purchased them.

Came back to Flexigirl at home. We cleared off the kitchen table and went about scrapbooking and card making. I made an awesom card for my friends baby shower and some other "Just In Case" cards. Went to bed, talked with E for a bit and read a book before I finally crashed.

Tonight we are supposed to be meeting with my family in Mansfield for dinner. That is if Dad is up to is. Still concerned about his health and I do not want him further away from a hospital if he should need it. Has had to take Nitro the past few days and that is not good. Especially when he argues about it. It is hard for him to accept that he is not doing so hot.

My thing is: Taking Nitro for him right now is similar to a woman getting her cycle. You don't want to have to deal with the aggravation but are pleased that there are resources out there to make you feel better.

A very up and down weekend

This weekend was a very emotional and a roller coaster of a weekend for me.

I will start with Friday night. Got an e-mail from E saying to be dressed nicely and ready to go by 6:15 PM. Asked about how to dress B. Was told that he would be fine with what he is wearing. My guess, we were going someplace nice and E ahd arranged for a babysitter. So I am starting to get excited for a romantic evening ahead of us.

I get home and open the mail. In the mail was an attorney letter for E offering to represent him for a traffic ticket or a minor misdemeanor. I am ticked at this point. At first I am thinking "He didn't get a ticket or a minor violation, I would have known about it". Guess again. I get E on the phone and asked him about it. Seems that he got a ticket two days ago and did not want me to know about it. He was going to take the Defensive Dirving Course that would eliminate the ticket and the raise of cost on auto insurance. I was mad at that point. All it did was add extra dollars to what we already do not have. And we were expected to go out to eat. I don't think so.

E pushed again about us going out. I told him that it was a no. He insisted that we go b/c he has reservations. My reservations about the evening were much higher and I again said no. He kept persisting and I agreed to go but was not comfortable about it. I am a person that needs to feel comfortable when going out. Otherwise I am a mess.

We arrive at a Japanese steakhouse restaurant that E had been to before. We walked in and I immediately was uncomfortable. To the right of me a live band was setting up. I have a really hard time with listening to live music and concentrating on eating. Especially while I am upset. We were seated at a table and I was still uncomfortable. Looked at the menu and the prices and got even more uncomfortable. Asked E how it was going to be taken care of. He told me to not worry about it. I panicked then. I handle all finances and he was taking away the last piece of control that I had. Then at that time B had dropped a bowl and a spoon. The waiters swept right in and picked it up before I had a chance to and took it away. He was playing with them and when they took them away he started crying. I was then begging E to let us leave, I couldn't handle it any longer!! He said that we were fine, that B would calm down. B did calm down but I was long gone by that point. I was ready to go.

I insisted that we either leave all together or I leave on my own and come back to pick him up. E got the hint and asked the waitress that we just be charged for the drinks. She then started giving us some song and dance about the sushi appetizers that we ordered and that she could not cancel the order. As I was ready to tell her where the sushi could go and how it could go there, E stopped me and just said whatever needed to be done had to be done. Then we could not leave without having the manager come over, the chef making a comment and the person at the front commenting. I am proud of myself for not exploding but felt bad for B. He was confused on why we had to leave and started crying. So here we are, B crying, me shook up and E blaming himself for always screwing up. So as E was talking himself down for the next three minutes I finally lost my cool. I started screaming at him to quit putting himself down. I was tired of it and this would not have happened if he would have listened to me in the first place and let me know where the money was coming from for the dinner and understood that the place was making me thoroughly uncomfortable. He finally stopped, B stopped and I calmed down. We then went to Chick-Fil-A for dinner b/c it had a play area and I owed it to B for rocking his evening as bad as I did.

Lesson here: Don't try to hide anything from your wife. When she finds out, the end result is not good.

Saturday was a lot less stressful. We got up to take me to the airport for my flight for Cleveland. It was the first time I have ever flown all by myself. No kid, no husband, no parent, no friend. All me. The flights were good and made my connection in just enough time. Got into Cleveland and went to the rental car area. It went bad from there.

I decided to rent from Thrifty. Was told the amount I needed and I was prepared. Then they started giving me sass about not renting me a car because I did not sign the back of my credit card. I always put See ID Please because I want to avoid ID fraud. It was idiotic. Got a manager over and they said the same thing. So I sign my card and am ready. Then they tell me they are charging me an additional deposit. No dice. I told them that I was not renting with them and walked right to Avis. I got my car and a discount on gas and an additional discount because I am an insurance agent. Extra bonus. Triple bonus miles on my Frequent Flyer Miles. Nice!!

Got to my parents house and had an enjoyable weekend with my mom, dad, brother and niece. It was nice to spend additional time with my dad but I kept thinking "Please God, don't let this be my last time with my dad". That is all that keeps going through my head. I am so scared to lose him but understand that it is a possibility. Left there after a small family clambake and headed to Columbus to stay with Flexigirl. Was greeted by her daughters this morning and they were immediately looking for B. So was my niece this weekend. That was a little hard.

But now on to a week of work in Ohio.

Those with no brains...

It really amazes me about people who have a healthy brain and do not use it. Or lack the common sense to use it.

For instance. We have a person through Corporate. She is a specialist in our group. I have received countless e-mails from her and as much as they annoy me I will read them. She has in most of them been negative and condesending. After about the third one like that I had had it. I approached BossLady and voiced my concerns. Was given her blessing to write a response and let her know how I feel. I told E that I had permission and he said "Oh no, that is dangerous.". Giving me free reign to say as I please. I did have a good laugh over that.

I sent the e-mail and let her know what I thought. I CC'ed it to BossLady and the Specialists boss. I received an e-mail back later and she was hot under the collar. We just let it go at that point. But the Specialist wanted to continue it on. She called BossLady and asked to set up a meeting with me. BossLady scheduled it and let her know what she thought about the e-mails also. At that point, my give a damn was busted.

Specialist came in to meet with me and I just laid it out there. She apologized profusely for the first two minutes and then looked like she was finally getting it. We continued with the meeting and wrapped it up about 10 minutes later.

Well, I thought sh ehad it until this morning. BossLady got an e-mail from her and it was stating that even though a program was rolled out for the "A" agents, they may be interested in including three other agents in the area. Pretty much indicating that they were not in the "A" group.

My commentary. Here is a quarter. Go buy a new brain.

So much to do, so little time

I am shocked with how time has flown by me this week. I had intended to blog yesterday and the day flew by.

B has fully adjusted to pre-school now. I picked him up last night and he dawdled on leaving. Finally we got out of there and headed home. This morning I had to drop him off becasue E had an early morning meeting. I was nervous because he would cling to me before. This morning he went to the room, hung his backpack up and sat down for breakfast. I had to remind him that I wanted a hug and a kiss. I barely got a peck on the cheek! Yeah, I will have to say he is adjusted.

E is thoroughly loving us down here. He has been chipping in a lot more and is great with getting B up in the mornings. It is a huge help as I am not a morning person. For those who can say "I can't wait for the morning!" they can go away!!!

And I will admit, I am adjusting to the Texas life. I have been doing well with the new job and have had the chance to do some relationship marketing. I have wanted to do that for a while and have been unable to. It is nice to have the chance to try some new things. Hopefully, it will boost our production.

Life insurance anyone? Bank loan or accounts anyone? Hey, it is worth a try!!!

Catching Up...

I know that it is Tuesday and I have some serious catching up to do. I can't believe the past few days went by so quickly.

Friday night was Ladies Night!! Yes, I actually had a Ladies Night. With a built in babysitter. I don't know what to do!! Went out with E's Office Manager who will be known as Hollaback Girl and KelsAngel, E's bosses wife. It was my chance to get to know KelsAngel better and I was looking forward to the opportunity. We headed into Downtown Austin where I got to see the State Capital at night (it is beautiful) and go to the Roaring Fork restaurant. The food was fabulous and a tax write off which is even better. We had a wonderful time getting to know each other and offering the babysitting exchange with our children. Nice!

Saturday was a fun time of driving around Austin a little more. Had to go to E's office for a little bit to catch up on some work for him. B and I watched Monsters Inc. while that was going on. Found a designer discount shop for ladies clothes. I am ecstatic. But B was asleep in the backseat and we didn't want to disturb him. So we drove around Hill Country. It is a beautiful area of Austin where the richer folk live. Once B woke up we went to Hobby Lobby. Found a cool candle maker and a ton of scrapbooking stuff. But I still miss JoAnn Etc. Sigh!!! Went home to watch a movie and have some private time with E. Pure bliss~

Sunday I was completely spent. Had no energy to do anything productive. Just lounged around and watched TV and read a book all day long. B was pretty good most of the day until dinner then he was just nasty. Wanted everything his way and was having a fit if it did not go his way. Our last battle was dinner. He didn't want to eat what we made so I told him he could stay at the table until he finished his dinner and excused myself. Kept calling into him every few minutes. Finally got up and checked on him and he was fast asleep at the table. Had a good laugh on that one and took him straight to bed. It was only 6 PM!! He slept until 6:30 AM!!! How crazy!!!

Monday was busy at work with lots of learning and looking to save people some money. It was overall a successful day. Came home to a letter from the Witch-In-Law AKA E's mom. Waiting to see how much of a guilt trip was in the letter and it was not that much. About 20% worth and that is little compared to what it could have been. Ate dinner at home then went out to look at homes in Round Rock. Not looking to purchase right away but wanted to know what was out there. Then went grocery shopping and returned home. B was getting tired and being a pain in the store. Got home and put him to bed. Then talked with Mom regarding my Dad and he is not doing well health wise. He is on a watch and wait. He has three of his arteries collapsing and that is not good. Found out that he has had two mild heart attacks and both were when I was still in Ohio. Not good. We are now on constant alert.

Between Martini's mom and Dad's health, this is not a good year for parents!!!

Only 4 more days and I am in Ohio for a week. I know that my parents and Flexigirl are really looking forward to it! And I can't wait to see them too. Now to find a rental car!

Protest against bad chinese food and FX show Starved

Last night left a little to be desired. Got home from work and found a menu for a Chinese restaurant that claims to be listed as the Best Chinese Restaurant in Round Rock. So we decide to order. Place our order at 6:30PM and was told that it would be 45 mintues to an hour wait. That was fine so we had some snacks to tide us over. We still did not have our food by 7:45PM so we called. They informed us that the food was sent out and the delivery guy should be there soon. We finally get our food at 8:30PM and it was delivered by a guy that used to work there but since they were short staffed he was called in. That is not reassuring. Get into the food to find that they were missing my Sweet & Sour sauce for the Sweet & Sour Shrimp. Really not good when that is the main part of the meal!! The rest of the food was cold, hard or just disgusting.

We called to complain and ask them to remove the charges as we were dissatisfied with the whole experience. The "Manager" did not even sound 16 years of age and was really rude to E. We contacted the credit card company to stop the charges and they are going to keep a close eye on it.

I would personally like to meet the writer of the Round Rock newspapaer that claimed that they were the best and give them the crap we had last night. A different tune would be sung.

And one last thing. Got an e-mail from The Natioanl Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) in regards to the new show on FX called Starved. I am a Media Watchdog for NEDA and am alerted if there is a show or ad that it truly disturbing in regards to Eating Disorders. I took the time to watch this show and was completely appalled. In the first episode it taught 3 new ways that I was unaware of to dispose of food or purge it. And in last nights episode I saw another 2 ways. I am sickened and appalled that this was happening. I am in fear that if someone is watching this show that is currently dealing with an Eating Disorder it will feed into what to do next and can be potentially fatal for a person.

Please help to stop this show from continuing to show ways to become Anorexic, Bulimic, Compulsive Overeater or any of the other Eating Disorders that are out there. Go to www.nationaleatingdisorders.org and click on to protest against Starved!!!

I feel like such a hippie chick!!

You're Pizzatetic!!!

Another B classic.

Yesterday was an okay day at home. Got some marketing stuff done. Tried to get on to the laptop from home and found that it does not agree with a digital phone line, just an analog phone line. I thought that I would be completely restricted but I was still able to get some work done.

B was being a classic pain yesterday and getting into all of my marketing supplies. He is a good kid. I am just a little OCD when it comes to stuff that I am working on and the order that it is in. He would not take a nap for me also. No matter what I tried. Made for making phone calls extremely difficult.

E brought home dinner yesterday because we had both been craving Jack In The Box. And they are on Weight Watchers so it was good. Played with puzzles a little bit last night and just hung out. B and E were playing where B started whining about something that E did. E told him that he was pathetic. B then giggled and retorted that E was pizzatetic. We asked him to repeath that again. B started giggling again and called E pizzatetic. Then we all lost it. It was hysterical.

Off to get ready for my day at work. Can't wait to see what is awaiting me.

"Mommy, there is a pickle on your shirt!" and Strep Butt

Only in my life can there be such interesting drama.

Over the past few weeks my son has bleed whenever he has had a bowel movement. Quite disgusting to be discussing but you need to know the story before I continue. Spoke with someone at his old doctors office and they have informed me that he may just have a few tears due to the size of the bowel movement. Have not noticed anymore so I let it go with all the drama of moving. Then on Monday night, it came back again and with a vengence. Then I noticed small bumps across his tummy. Spoke with E about them and he thought that maybe he was bit by either some fire ants or mosquito bites. But it did not look right to me.

Called a new doctors office here in town and got him scheduled for an appointment. Brought him in to see the Nurse Practitioner who ended up bringing in the doctor on his case. Seems that somehow he got strep. They gave a bunch of fancy doctors words for it but in regular human terminology, he has strep butt. The strep virus somehow got to his bottom. I guess you can say that he really gets to the bottom of things. LOL!!!

Prescribed three medications for him and warned us to look for signs in strep for us too. Has to be away from pre school for 24 hours. Great. Just starting the job and have no sick time accrued and now I have to stay home. That is good for the paycheck. Thank God for BossLady. She is in training in Dallas and just told me to take my work laptop home and work from there as we do not wish for HB to bring any type of contact with strep home to her son. We went over a lengthy list of things I can do from home today so I won't lose pay. Now if I can log on to my laptop we will be good.....

Went to the drugstore to get his prescription filled and he was a holy terror. But I guess you would be if your butt hurt. Had a delay on his prescription so they sent us home to return later. Had three more battles with B and was just completely drained and exhausted. We had so many fights on everything you could imagine. Main one being dinner. Finally agreed to what dinner would be, made it and sat down to eat as a family.

E and I finished our meals as he was taking his precious time. We were getting frustrated with correcting his table manners and explaining that there were two places for corn, on his plate or in his mouth. Then his 3 year old logic kicked in. He looks at a shirt I am wearing from an appearance I did last year at the Obetz Zucchinifest and something clicks. He says "Mommy, there is a pickle on your shirt!" True, the zucchini on the shirt looks like a pickle but the fact that it clicked at that time was hilarious. I finally lost it and started laughing.

I guess that you could say my day yesterday was one for the books.

A night of wonder...

First, let me welcome CatWoman and her blog. When I figure out how to post her Blog info I will share.

Congratulations to Allie LaForce, Miss Ohio Teen USA who is the new MISS TEEN USA!!! That is amazing for the state of Ohio and she very well deserved it. I was thrilled for her when she won. Her mom was a former Miss Ohio Teen USA in 1977. How cool is that?

We had a pretty quiet night last night. Due to the rain and thunderstorms we stayed in and I ran across a lot of things that made me wonder while I continued to unpack..

I wondered:

How did I accumulate this many shoes?
How did I acquire this many purses?
How was I able to pack everything and nothing got broken?
How can B be so whiny when he had a good day at school?
How is housework considered exercise by WeightWatchers?

Plus, I had an enjoyable conversation with Martini. I love talking to her. It is always a blast.

The Austin Experience

This weekend we experienced the Austin Experince. Doing things in Austin that really stand out.

Here are just a few:

1) Going to the mall during tax free weekend. It is where the State of Texas does not charge sales tax on any clothing or shoes for the weekend to allow for Back to School shopping. I believe they do one of these in the spring also. It stunk for me as when we went shopping I was having a bad body day and EVERYTHING looked horrible. And I was hoping to get some skirts!!! I left the mall in tears.

2) Got a massage for $12. It was a 15 minutes massage in the mall and well worth it.

3) Had a breakfast taco. I tried them last week and they were disgusting for me. E thinks they are the most wonderful food creation. It is pretty much a tortilla wrapped around eggs, cheese, and whatever filling you want in it. I tried one on Friday at work when HB got one for me. That one was good. Then the place we went on Saturday did nothing for me. So I introduced E to the place we got ours on Friday. He has found a new place to fall in love with for breakfast tacos.

4) Cruising 6th Street on a Saturday night. Granted, we were down early in the evening but it was still good. Found out that we have a Hard Rock Cafe. Cool!! There was some live music and just a relaxed atmosphere.

That is the basics. We spent the rest of the weekend unpacking some more and letting B play in his pool that was purchased especially for the house in Texas.

Overall, not bad for a weekend. Now off to work!!!

Expanded details of why this is a robbery. Continuation of yesterdays saga

I have been relaying the story along with E about what happened with my brother. Most people may say "Good, he should be paying.". But there is much more to this that you should know:

1) When she walked out on him, she went to the safety of mommy and daddy in Grandma's house. Yes, her mommy and daddy are even not adult enough to make it on their own. Why should she be any different?

2) To my knowledge, my niece still does not have her own bed in that house or her own room. She is either sleeping in the bed with her grandparents or her uncle's bed. I do not know about you but I am truly not comfortable with a 3 year old girl sleeping in a grown man's bed. Sends the wrong messages.

3) She delibertely did not file her taxes with my brother b/c she wanted the money all to herself. Granted, they had a bill together that they needed to pay toward the house. She stuck him with all of the mortgage payment, all of the bills for the house and the large bill for the upgrades that needed to be done in the home.

4) She works at Wendy's for crying out loud!! GET A REAL BIG GIRL JOB!! You are not in high school anymore.

5) She owns no car in her name and claimed on her financials that she does. Has no true lease agreement with a landlord and claims that she pays rent. The house is a revolving door of people telling everyone else to watch my niece. She claims to have extra money to pay for clothes and entertainment but he doesn't. Do you see the frustration?

And the best of all. On the signed NOTARIZED financial documents which are perjured, SHE PUT DOWN HER NET MONTHLY INCOME AS HER GROSS MONTHLY INCOME!!! She claims that after taxes she has $520 to spend. They have shared parenting and he is expected to pay her more when they share the costs of having her. I DO NOT THINK SO!!!!

Someone please send the greedy bitch to jail!!!!!

The robbery of a good man

Ladies and gentleman, a crime has been committed. A good man has been robbed. The story may sound the same to those of you out there but it is still a crime in the highest power.

The man who was robbed? My brother.

His soon to be psychotic ex-wife has gone ot the magistrate and filed for child support and alimony. It has been awarded on a temporary basis. His check is now being robbed of $80 per week.

My brother, who will be known as MagicBoy, had his psycho wife leave in December and she took their kid with her. Would not let him see her without being in the presence of her family the entire time for a month and FINALLY his lawyer was able to get him some visitation. This divorce has been ugly from the get go. And every once in a while, when you think it is safe, another thing comes up!!

I know for a fact that she has committed a perjury on a notarized document that she signed. His lawyer has even requested all documents showing all financials. Before they were able to submit all of that, she went to the magistrate. Guess that is what happens when you hire a slimy divorce lawyer for $800. And as a notary, I am officially steamed!!!!

God help she cross me. I am officially torked.

And one more thing. BossMan accused my son of ruining a keyboard that Flexigirl was using at her computer in the Ohio office. My kid is not allowed anywhere around a computer keyboard as he is still too young and I can't trust his sticky little hands. IF my kid would have ruined something and I was aware of it I would have offered to pay.

One again, I am officially torked!!!!

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!

Just got back from a rewards lunch for the agents staff in Texas. It was at Dave and Busters. Food was okay but way too much dill!! Have been informed that we needed to get our passports in order. Reason being? Our office and the other offices there are on track to go on a cruise to the Caribbean!!! All agent staff and one guest will take off on a 5 day 4 night cruise!!! I have never been on a cruise and this may actually happen for E and I. Too cool!!

They also showed us our new promotions for August and September. All of them included, you guessed it, MONEY!!! They are handing over money on top of money on top of money!!! I may not need to get a second job!

Don't get me wrong. I am not greedy. I am just highly impressed with the fact that I have the chance to bring in extra income. That can go a long way to help us catch up from the move.

Bring on the challenge. Life insurance anyone?

Getting to know you.....

The past few days have been very different from what I am used to, but tge adjusting has been coming along slowly but surely.

Dropped B off at school yesterday morning and he had separatino anxiety. Did not want to go to the first classroom of the day. In fact, he held on to me the tightest he has ever held on to me asking me not to leave. We finally got him detangled and in the classroom and me leaving with a broken heart. I even called E from the road and told him that if he is not adjusted well after a month, we are out of here. He can stay in Texas and we will go back to Ohio. I am sure someone would take us in.

Spent the better part of yesterday learning more about the client base and getting to know my staff. We divided the tasks of the day and I got everything I wanted. YEAH!! BossLady had some good appointments that took her away from the office and that gave me a better chance to get to know my co-worker HB. We chatted about children and careers and the whole insurance system. It was good.

Received tickets to go to a Round Rock Express game. They are our minor league team. Ate dinner with the family and headed to Dell Diamond. Met up with BossLady and her nephews and got to know her better. It was very relaxing and very fun. RR Express won so all was good.

Went to bed feeling okay. Got some good rest. I have been under so much stress lately it has not been fun. Both emotionally and financially. It will soon smooth over but until then it is one day at a time......

A day of firsts and new beginnings

Today was a day unlike any other. So many ups and downs I don't think I could keep up.

First and foremost, my heart and prayers are with Martini and her family. Momma Sue had her EEG and there was no brain activity. Momma Sue did not wish to be living on life support if there was no activity so her family has made the hard decision to remove her from life support and let her go with God. She is having surgery to remove her liver and corneas and they already have people lined up for the transplant. Read Martini's blog for more info. www.greygoosecosmo.com/blog as they have a memorial fund set up in her honor.

I too am very saddened by this news. Momma Sue has had a very large impact on the lives of our family members. My heart breaks for Martini as it is not easy to lose a parent. Especially with how close she was to her mother.

Another first. I started my new job today with BossLady in Texas. I really like her. I am happy as I was a little apprehensive. We will be going over more job details tomorrow. Today was a basic orientation of "Here is where everything is, now go to town." That was fine by me. Just a little nerve-wracking as the screens here and the screen in Ohio are extremely different. Got over that and will have to work through it a little bit at a time.

B had a good day in school. I think that I was more nervous for him going in but he must have done well. So well that he ended up taking two naps today. One during school and one on the ride home. He woke up cranky and once he was fed he was a ball of energy. He didn't tell us a bunch about his day but I will get the skinny on it tomorrow.

Off to bed as I have a full day tomorrow. Sweet dreams!!!