2004-11-22 - 8:42 a.m.

Opera Man VS. Wonder Woman

Oh yeah.....LET'S GET READY TO RUMMMMMBLE! So last night I am at my financial peace, let's all be millianaires when we retire, Dave Ramsey class and I am sharing my plight. Well actually, the question asked was "Have you ever had a car stolen?". I started laughing, you know, so I wouldn't cry. I go to a pretty sizeable church, around 1500 in attendence. My friend, assistent pastor's wife, woman who runs the financial peace program at our church, was listening to this story and was like "We are so finding his address for you." After class we are literally running around the church looking for her husband. We caught up with him and asked the question, "Do you know where to find Jarvis?". Holding himself back with a smile he says , "No, I better not say that." (Off the record he was going to say jail....but being a pastor and all, he really is careful about what comes out of his mouth.) So after getting the short version of it all, he has amde this his personal mission to help me out. Seeming as the Hester's are member of our church. It's on Opera Man, it's been brought-e-d.

Feeling a little spunky here lately. I actually said no, which is tough for me to do. Hence having my child before marriage LOL. I have a bunch of things to accomplish in December. I purposely left my calendar open to accomadate this. Over this last week, I have had a lot of people ask me for this and that. Staying true to myself I said no. This may not seem like much to anyone else, but to all the stay at home moms out there, can I get an AMEN. I think people just assume we have nothing but time on our hands. Then we are made to feel guilty when we say no, so we overload ourselves. Well, not this year. Not this year.

Low Point of the Moment: Kids are getting holiday fever as well. Amperage per child has gone up because (let's all say together in our best Will Ferrell voice) Santa is coming!

High Point of the Moment: Having some wonderful God moments of late..turning stuff over.

To help with the holiday spirit...the Turkey I painted on the window. I free-handed this in all my spare time. Mr. Wonderful says he could tell what it was. I am such a perfectionist. I wish I could have done better with that little red jobby under his chin:

2004-11-18 - 8:09 p.m.

Comments suck right now, bear with me. Don't have time to work on them tonight, but will get to them this weekend :)

2004-11-15 - 2:55 p.m.

Square Dancing and Lettuce Wedges

I am going to start typing a diary like Bridget Jones: Day 1- 0 Cigarettes 0 Alcohol Units 170 lbs....yup...170 lbs. I am so depressed I worked so hard to get where I was at. Now I have to do it all over again Ugh. Of course everyone that knows me is like...oh that is muscle. Granted, some is.....but not that much.

This weekend was just chock full of funny things. Most notable: Actual bumper sticker that reads "I Brake for Square Dancing". I am glad to know that because you never know when square dancing is just going to break out on the freeway. Second most notable: Lone Star's FAMOUS lettuce wedge. First off, since when was lettuce famous. Second, since when did Lone Star have the patent on the lettuce wedge. Oh mystery that it is. I'll tell you what the mystery is, that they charge $5.00 for this and people pay it!!

And while I am on a rant....what's with the movies these days. It's like going to an airport. You have to arrive an hour early to get a good seat. Granted, we did. And we did it with kids too, so a medal for us. Getting out of the movie took about just as long. Rude people every where get the memo....IF WE GO EVERY OTHER CAR WHEN TRYING TO MERGE, WE'LL ALL GET THERE FASTER! How come I never see that email come in my spam? In fact, I think I'll notify snopes and start the process of getting that around the net now. The "Every Other" email, one email box at a time.

Low Point of the Moment: Seedless watermelon...good for adults, great big let down for kids. You should have seen their little faces when they realized, no seed fight :(

High Point of the Moment: Realizing no big seed fight to clean up after. Dad is doing well since having the seeding done for the cancer. And , Mr. Wonderful's paychecks are doing nicely for Christmas this year.

2004-11-10 - 11:06 a.m.

Cannot believe I did this...prooves I am insane. Bought Mighty Beanz for John at the Dollar Store. He filled up his sticker page for school. He earned them. We had the talk about no beanz in mouth. So far so good.

Haven't felt very funny or jovial lately. Just very spacey. It has been the kind of morning that when I went to microwave my sausage this morning, I half expected to see my sausage from yesterday sitting in there. I remember heating it up, but don't remember eating it. It's been the kind of week that when I was eating my taco, more of it was falling into my cuff down to my elbow, then was getting into my mouth. Mr. Wonderful was pointing to this wise woman he knew. I looked out the car window looking for her house. Ummm, it was me he was pointing at. The sad thing is...I am growing out the blonde, so that cannot be an excuse anymore. I guess I am just having an airhead week.

I had this whole post ready to upload. But since it had about 26 fu**'s and 28 sh**'s, I decided to let it go. For the children. It was all related to the falling leaves of course. Under the new program at this obcessive compulsive's house, no leaf is left behind. I have been spending every extra minute raking, bagging, and wheelbarrowing all the leaves in the front to the forrest in the back. Not an easy task. Seeming as every Fu**ing neighbor's leaves are blowing into my yard. OK....said I wouldn't cuss. Found myself turning into Billy Bob Thornton from Slingblade out there Umm Hmmm. Didn't want to cuss in front of the kids then either ummm hmmm. I used to love fall. I used to love the changing leaves. All I see now is the enemy.

All this cheer. Woo Hoo. Actually all the sarcasm is coming from the fact that I am getting screwed royally by Opera Man. About a month ago I made a deal with Opera Man to sell him my car. He was to contact me within two weeks to finalize arrangements and close the deal. I haven't heard from him since!! I went to the police, they said it was a civil matter. If I had an address on him I could file a civil suit....but since I don't I AM SCREWED! I have to keep it insured, because if he does anything with the car, I am liable. I have to pay the car tax, because I am liable. AND I HAVE TO PAY THE PARKING TICKET THAT HE INCURRED DOWNTOWN! And the police can't help. I am thinking, I can't help not paying my taxes. Yes, a little bitter. I have made a mistake with zero's on the end and it sucks.

Low Point of the Moment: Having to eat crow about Easley getting re-elected when he is bringing Dell to the Triad. GO Easley!

High Point of the Moment: Trying to find one....there has got to be one.....ummm hmmm.

2004-11-01 - 1:04 p.m.

Forty Pounds of Candy and a Sprite

What was in the pot on the new stove....beans and franks.

The biggest laugh of the week definitely goes to the homeschool group. We were learning about the Solar System. Forty kids laughing about Uranus. You just can't beat that. We even tried to pronounce it differently and they wouldn't go for it. Smart kiddos the whole lot of em.

And here is the lecture of the week...VOTE! I don't care who you vote for. Get out of your house and go vote! Vote for your president, vote for your cat, vote for your Grandfather's dentures.....I don't care. JUST VOTE! :::::::Getting off of soapbox

This weekend's festivities were great. Friday we went to Trunk or Treat at the church. I did a good job with the Spidey Trunk if I do say so myself (and I do). The kids raked in an enormous amount of candy. Out of the 40 or so Spidey's I saw, John's was the best. Out of the 50 or so Cinderella's I saw, Casey's was the best. Saturday we had a birthday party at Celebration Station. My nephew turned 9! Oh where did the time go?????? I got Go-Cart fever, now driving a car just is not the same. And the children received even more candy. Enter in Sunday's Trick-or-Treating and my kids probably weigh in at about 40lbs of candy a piece! This year my son actually went a whole street before pooping out. Maybe it's because he ran from house to house, excited by the growing bounty. My daughter however learned the value of pacing herself. She lasted one half hour longer then my son, and due to that fact scored herself a mini bag of popcorn and Sprite. That house was branded "the good house". Second only to the house that was giving away full size candy bars. You just can't compete with that. Of course, being christians Mr. Wonderful and I are teaching the kids to tithe ten percent. So we took our share of the candy. Just kidding (OK not kidding, but they don't like Almond Joy's anyway).

Low Point of the Moment: While the leaves are gorgeous...I have to many da** trees!!! Thinking about spending our savings on a blower.

High Point of the MOment: On a sugar high myself. Continuing on the cleaning frenzy around the house. Found some pictures of Bethy I thought I had lost.

Pictures to enjoy:
Dueling Spiderman

My Dad and the Kiddos

The Good House

Found this one appeeling (OHHHH)

2004-10-26 - 9:15 a.m.

Pfeffernusse Cookies and Halloween Candy

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After posing the question, "What the hell is a Pfeffernusse?" I had to look it up. Flavored with cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger these cookies are sure to please. Oh yeah, they are a bit nutty. Go figure.

Note to self: I don't care how good a deal it is on candy, do not purchase until the day before handing it out. Yes I got Twenty Dollars worth of candy for Ten Dollars. Whats the point if I eat half of it? Do the math...nothing. Now I have to go out and buy Twenty more Dollars worth of candy. Why Twenty, not Ten? Well let's be honest, by Thursday the other Ten will be gone. I might try to get candy I don't like. But the only candy I don't really like is licorice. And who really likes licorice? I would be the lady who gave out licorice, branded for life. I can't deal with that.

Things have been status quo. The kids have their costumes and are anxiously awaiting Trunk or Treat at the church Friday night. Big surprise coming in 3...2...1....I am decorating our trunk with Spiderman! I figure I had enough I could kind of make an ode to Spidey. Now that I can, will take a picture.

Low Point of the Moment: Thanks to the start of the Holiday season.....gaining weight. So not happy.

High Point of the Moment: Really getting some stuff cleaned up around this house. That always helps the "mood".

2004-10-22 - 9:10 a.m.

Perot Freaks and Pampered Chef

It would take a person with an "I Voted for Perot" sticker on the back of their car to cut me off in the Walmart parking lot like they did. They were mean and calulating, I could sense it. And they almost hit my baby. Yes, my Jeep is my baby now. I don't think Perot would approve.

I am loving my new stove. A clue to what is in the pot.......Something About Mary. The only problem with my new stove is it is level. Which is what you would want from a new stove, except my pots are not. I always knew I owned crapware, I just didn't realize how bad it really was. I mean on the old stove I could adjust a burner (because they were crooked) to "make" it all level. Since all our extra fundages are going into savings right now, I have been coming up with schemes to get some level cookware. My favorite is to have yet another Pampered Chef show. This time instead of not caring whether anyone got anything, beg and plead until they do. You know, attach myself to their leg. Stalk them. Stick twix-it clips all over their car. OK, I won't be that bad. But the pressure would be on. That idea was definitely better then singing in coffee houses/karyoke bars until I raised the money.

Speaking of annoying things. For some unknown reason (I am thinking temporary insanity) I felt the urge to put batteries in this toy. From here on out, this toy shall be named Pumpkin Toy from Hell. While better then the rapping Santa, it has this whiney voice that I really want to strangle. It shakes like an evil Tickle Me Elmo and says "Happy Halloween". It is starting to chase me down in my nightmares. Of course, the kids would be scared for life if they woke up and "someone" had carved their little pumpkin. So I trudge on.

Low Point of the Moment: Going through some pretty emotional stuff right now. Not to mention we haven't seen the sun since CREATION!! Someone tell the solar system, we don't live in Seattle. Also, not happy with Mrs. Ketchup Kerry. Being a mom isn't a real job.....blow me.

High Point of the Moment: Getting a bunch of trash to the dump this weekend. Getting rid of trash always makes me smile.

2004-10-18 - 5:19 p.m.

Resting in Slippers

If you get dressed, but still keep your slippers on all day, is that still considered depressive? I mean, I made an effort here. I have been going strong for like 3 weeks now. I need a break. We did nothing today but school and crafts. We did school in our pajamas, then got dressed. Oh yeah, we brushed our teeth too. That should also count for something. Oh, and while I am patting myself on the back, starting doing the windows this week too. Once a year, in the fall, I spring clean my windows. Why do I spring clean in the Fall? Because I am me and I spend more time inside in the winter. But back to the introspection at hand, I don't feel depressed. I just think I am tired. I am constantly doing something all the time and I knew it would catch up with me sometime. So, sitting here typing....in my pink fluffy slippers...feeling no guilt.

This Saturday Mr. Wonderful installed my "new to me stove". I am in heaven! This was a steal I tell you...ok maybe I am in hell? No, definitely heaven. This lady that is a friend of my mother's run's a storage facility. She had someone who passed away and was trying to get rid of her stuff. This stove was Assey. Beyond dirty and straight into assey. It took me quite some time to clean up. But as you can see, well worth it. Of course, now everything in my 70's kitchen looks even more brown. But I am willing to live with it. Ten Dollars to whoever can guess what's in the pot??

For craft the kids laid down on paper, traced themselves, then painted themselves (those are "trees" behind them. As we get closer to Turkey Day, we will write things we are thankful for on leaves and put them on the trees)Casey sees herself as a purple person...with rainbow feet.

John looks more like Jason from Friday the Thirteenth. Alright, let's not go there.

Now, before you have a hearty laugh, let me just say: It takes a real man, who loves his daughter so much, to let her do this to him. Mr. Wonderful IS a WONDERFUL daddy too! (but just had to share this!)

Low Point of the Moment: Anticipating what Mr. Wonderful will do in return for posting that picture. Hopefully just something silly like Saran Wrapping the toilets.

High Point of the Moment: Starting to make preparations for the holiday's with the kids. I love this time of year:)

2004-10-14 - 8:08 a.m.

The other day I needed to buy a bicycle pump. So I went to Wally (because we all go to Wally) where I found The Judge and The Jury. After getting past the fact that the Judge and the Jury were indeed for sale, I had to pick which one to buy. The Judge was cheaper. But the Jury had more baggage. I ended up with the judge, because he has final say. On a sidebar: tried to Google The Judge and The Jury. If you are ever bored, you would be amazed at the number of stories involving the words Judge and Bicycle Pumps. Some, you just don't want to know. Alright, what kind of coincidence is this? I just finished typing up a bit about the judge, then received a whole brochure in the mail concerning the judges up for election this year.

Casting Call: If anyone has any good sites concerning the electoral college, I would love for you to post them. I'm fixing to really go postal on an outdated system. Not that I voted for Gore......but I would love to feel my vote counts!

Poor Mr. Wonderful is home sick today. Can I get a collective Awwwwww? I think he's just looking for attention. I hate to tell him, but with all that snot pouring out of his nose, he's going to get it! That is NOT attractive. OK, maybe not the attention he wanted. Back to the collective Awwwwwww.

Entering a new blogEra. Pictures!! I'll be chilly and try not to go overboard. But now when I see something that just HAS to be shared, like......

Time to clean the gutters. (yes this is my house!) Mr. Wonderful says what a great idea for growing pot. No one would suspect. The way he is feeling today, pot might help. So, we will call this "Gutter Pot".

Low Point of the Moment: Isn't there always too much to do. It never seems to end.

High Point of the Moment: Finally getting some spring cleaning done around the house. You know it's getting bad when you don't remember decorating for Halloween, yet there's cobweb's everywhere.

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