coming down from the sugar rush

A great time was had by all, lots of stuff to keep all the kids happy. A pinata, rubber ducky game, go cart rides, kite flying and lets not forget to mention the egg 'hunting'. I love the picture of Mr passing dozens of eggs to get the one farthest away. Isn't that typical kids? I think each of the kids (including half a dozen of the neighbor kids) ended up with over 20 eggs a piece. Which loosely translates to a buttload of candy. And a certain member of the POB came up with flutes for the kids. 20+ kids running around blowing flutes hyped up on sugar. Yeah, good times. It was a great memory for my kids and it gave me a chance to visit with grown ups.

Saturday night....

The Easter bunny finally got to come and drop off the baskets that he made for my children. They finally fell asleep at 11:45. They are trying to kill me. Munchkin is gone for the weekend again so I was really looking forward to going ot bed when I wanted and sleeping the night through. Yeah well of course those plans got shot. It is my own fault; I agreed to watch my nieces girls Friday night and my other niece tonight. I wouldn't change anything, I love having them here. It is kind of cool to be Aunt Brandy and them tell you you rock!! Maybe it was growing up not knowing most of my family but I want all of my relations to know me and me to know them. My brothers have kids that I don't know even their names. That is just sad to me. My older sister tried to get ahold of the one brother that has disowned the family (well, my mom mostly and the rest of us are just kinda get lumped in) and he wants nothing to do with any of us. As a matter of fact, the saddest thing my mom has ever told me was one day when she was at the casino, this young guy sat down and started chatting with her about it being his birthdya at the neighboring slot machine. She said she knew exactly who he was cuz she had given birth to him but he had no idea who she was. So, she told him happy birthday and left. When I asked her why she didn't tell him who she was she said she didn't want to ruin his day. Can you imagine? I don;t think I could ever have that kind of relationship or lack of with any of my kids no matter what the future holds. They drive me nuts but they are mine and I am their mother whether they like it or not.

my giggle for today

I was talking with my mother about the whole Brittney Spears happenings. The thing that bothered her the most was the pantiless shots. Forget the shaved head, tattoos, partying, rehab, driving with her kids on her lap. Mom was offended by her going out without panties, "that is just tacky" she says. and ya'll wonder where my grasp of the obscure comes from.

Getting ready for spring break. The kids get Friday, Monday, and Tuesday off. That is their whole spring break. When I was in school, you got at least a week. From a mom having the kids home all day, I like the 3 days better :) I love my kids, but with the weather being so chilly, I am not looking forward to them being inside all day for 5 days.

I had to be a meaner last night. Chick wanted to go spend Friday night and Saturday night with her friend. That was fine till we found out they would be traveling to Atlantic to stay with her friends dad. Who has left his daughter with her aunt and uncle while he lived in Texas and moved here (and apparently has been in Iowa for a couple of weeks already without coming to see his daughter). All I know about him is he is willing to let someone else take care of his daughter for months on end. I asked Chick to look at it from my point of view-- you want to go 2 hours away to spend 2 days with someone I have never met and don't know anything about. She said, when you put it that way it sounds bad. Yeah that is my point. She was disappointed but at least she understands we have her safety a top priority. I really like her friend and am glad Chick has someone to hang out with. This little girl also has enough baggage to fill a penske truck and I am not comfortable with Chick getting right in the middle of it.

Ok, on a lighter note, I admit to watching American Idol. And I am totally irritated Sanjaya Malaker is still on there. He can't sing half as well as at least three of the people that have been voted off already. I am starting to wonder if all these people who claim the voting is rigged are right. There is no way America can be so stupid to vote for such a weak winner. Then again........

I am, however, a soccer mom

I was talking ot my mom this morning and she referred to me as a soccer mom. Instantly I replied (kind of offended) I AM NOT!! Then, duh! I got to thinking about it, I most certainly am. I have the minivan, I have to juggle shedules, I even have the kids actually playing soccer. AAhhh I hate reality sometimes. I love my kids, just hate the stereotype. There are worse things, like an inbred braindead hillbilly twit.

Speaking of soccer, Mr and 411 have both opted to play this year. I am looking forward to watching them. 411 is really serious about it, I am encouraging her every way I can think of. Mr I don't think has a clue, but at three, he wouldn't. I am just happy he;s wanting to be around other kids to tell you the truth. $11's 1st game is the 14th and Mr's is the 23. I'll try to get pictures posted.

We colored Easter eggs last night. It was so funny, Chick is trying to be cool about it cuz seh got it in her head that she shouldn't be doing it cuz she is too old vs she REALLY wanted to do it. I never seem to take a good picture of 411, I finally got one but it looks like she needs a bra. At 7. Heaven help me.





And this last one is of Mr, I know it is all weird but I loved it.

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I'm not a nice person sometimes

and you know what? I am okay with that. I took great delight in waking someone up this morning and making sure that all her children were even more wide awake too before I left. It is a petty, childish reaction but I don't deal well with stupid and it gave me a smile.

I have to share one of my favorite quotes, it pretty much sums up my outlook on housework....

Don't cook. Don't clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum - "My God, the floor's immaculate. Lie down, you hot bitch." ~Joan Rivers

lil update

Of course, as soon as I posted yesterday, I got the rest of the info.. my nephew ended up raising $6700 from the raffle. The guy that won it was one of the last ones to buy a ticket, how lucky is that? The bad thing was after the first hit, the transmission went out. Jake was really upset about it but the guy that won it said he had fun and stuff happens. With so many people out there ready to be jackasses at the drop of a hat, I thought that was a way cool attitude. The man ended up winning $75 for coming in last place (cuz he only got to hit one time) and he donated that back to Kynnedi too. What a neat man.

Getting ready for Easter. Every year we have a huge get together, last year it was at my house and this year it is at Chelle's. It is great to have a huge celebration like this, it makes it feel more like a special day. The only down side is filling the eggs: we have a black trash bag full of eggs plus some odds and ends and we have to fill all of them. It takes 5 of us about 2 hours to get them all done. Even that isn't so bad because at least we get a chance to visit and catch up on our weeks (what isn't covered in the phone calls and visits).

A couple of notes and rants

My great niece, Kynnedi, had double cochlear implant surgery last year. Her parents had to pay something like $45,000 after the insurance because it would only pay for one. The surgery went well and she can hear now (found out she does NOT like the car wash, too much noise)and is doing great. What I didn't realize is that they had to borrow the last $12,000 and have been paying it back as quickly as they can. They are a young couple and mom had to quit her job to stay at home with Kynnedi because of all the doctors visits (and for awhile the lil thing wasn't allowed outside)so it is taking awhile. Anyway, yesterday, I got to help at a derby raffle for her. I didn't understand exactly what that was until I got there so I will explain... Kynnedi's dad makes demolition derby cars, usually for himself to wreck :). He does a damn fine job: usually when he competes he takes first or second place, these cars are strong. Yesterday, in Lincoln, Ne, they had a HUGE demo derby called Husker Havoc. We are talking like 80+ cars. Jake built a car to be raffled off to run in the main event. For those unfamiliar, you usually run in a heat and then if you get through that you can go to the main. most drivers never make it out of the first heat so starting in the main is a Very big deal. So we were selling the raffle tickets for $10 a piece for a chance to drive this car. I will admit, I was skeptical mainly because I didn't realize what a HUGE following derbys have. I was quickly shown the light when there were at least three people that dropped a hundred dollar bill to get 10 tickets a piece. One guy even wanted 13. and there were 2 that had driven down from Rock Springs Wyoming to come to this thing. And there were 3 very sweet ladies that just donated money to help out. I had a lot of fun, and I got a cool shirt. :) I will have to update later because I have no idea how much they ended up with but I am guessing it was a damn good fundraiser for them.

ok, now the rant. STUPID SHOULD HURT. I am learning whole new levels of patience with idiocy. I got a call last night telling me I HAVE to do something from someone I don't particularly like. Now see that is the one way to guarantee that I won't do something. If it had been phrased as a question it would be a totally different thing. But this woman is too stupid to realize if you want something, you have to use tact. AARRGGHHH

I want to comment on the new style for teens looking like maternity shirts. YUCKO!! I can only hope that this fad fades soon.

I am looking forward to the next sister breakfast, and not just cuz it's mine , I really enjoy the time out to spend with other grown women. Even if it is for a couple of hours (although it very rarely is that), it is nice to not hear MOOMMMMM and to eat somewhere without a drivethru. And I love the gifts, giving and getting. I don't really have that opportunity to shop for someone who appreciates the thought behind the gift very often. It is so cool when you make or buy something and the person you are doing it for is truly appreciative. My kids and husband don't really get that whole thing so it is nice for my ego. I always feel guilty when it comes time to send my list out because it seems 3 times longer then anyone elses. But to be fair, alot of my list is dvds, I am a movie freak. And I seem to be more of a pack rat then the others.