Not that I ever moved out of the country, really. But country is in this kids veins straight through my heart to my brain! (Did I just make a rhyme?) It's that time of year again.....FAIR week(s)! Not that any fair around here is spectacular and awe inspiring, but I do love me some good ol' rip 'em up tear 'em up demo-ing! What could possibly be better than the sound of smashing, crunching, squealing metal with the smells of gas, oil, and anti-freeze swirling in the air. It's either your worst fear (going down the highway 'bout 60 +) or biggest fantasy (stuck in rush hour traffic) to watch cars smash each other to pieces...and sometimes catch fire!!! It's even more fun to have someone to root for! It's something I've always wanted to do but would be terrified to try!
My other love of this time of year....Truck and Tractor pulls....HECK ya!!!! Who doesn't love the deafening roar of the turbo racing down the track OR the sound of a big bad Diesel taking charge! I really love the awesomeness of the smoker tractors...as long as they are the green ones!!! Nothin runs like a Deere!!! Haha and just in case you were wondering, yes my penis and I were separated at birth! lol I've never been good at being a girl! So back to the trucks...I like 'em! I never miss the demo (or at least one night of them) or the truck and tractor pull, end of story!
On a related note I also go for the food!!! Cotton candy AND funnel cakes!!! But most of all the hot steamy un-wholesome goodness of a Denny and Pearl's stromboli!!!!! This deep fried creature is the best thing you will EVER put in your mouth! The line is always a million miles long but sooooo worth it!
That is all!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Shelbie Stories
I could prob write a book on the stories about her. Never in my life did I think that at 2 I could tell that a child would live up to the stereotype of being a blonde. This may sound mean but I don't mean it to be, I love her to death but on a daily basis resort to sighing "Ohhhh Shelbie"! From a very early age it wouldn't matter how many times she got in trouble for something or got hurt doing something, she would still go back and do it again. Most would say "that is just kids" well yes and no. See most kids learn after awhile, this one....not so much! As her mother, and the mother of a child 3 yrs older than her I had some comparison, not that u should compare children no 2 are exactly alike, but at least have an idea at what point these lessons are sinking in or at least starting to.... One day when she was 2, I was getting ready for work and she was sooo quiet, which she was a lot so I didn't think a whole lot about it, I came downstairs to find her covered head to toe in nail polish!!! I was already running late so in frustration cleaned her up as fast as I could. So when I thought I was done I started to get her dressed, I noticed that there was a line of polish going up under her undies....so i pulled them to the side only to find that she had painted her willa inside and out!!! And by inside I mean as far up as the wand would reach, I was horrified!!! What would possess a 2 yr old to do this!? So I sat there for a minute...stunned, and then tried to think of how to resolve this. I thought about taking her to the ER.....and tell them what?! So I decided the quickest and most logical thing to do was use the nail polish remover beside me. It was as traumatic for me as it was for her, I was crying just as hard as her and felt terrible about what I had to do. Some days I'm at my wits end and others she amuses me. I grew up with 3 brothers so the drama and girly activities she wants to embark in are as foreign to me as embarrassment! I really had no idea how to play with a girl, I played outside with my brothers with cars, Tonka trucks, bikes and climbed trees on top of living on a farm and helping out there. So when Shelb would stand and scream and bawl like she was being beat to death because there was a bug on the window all I could do is stare at her with my mouth agape wondering what the heck to I do with this!? Or when she would scale u like a cat does a tree when something loud would come near her or just drive by! Sometimes she's just plain silly an has no idea that she is (kids, yes I know but it's always 100 times the things most kids would do or say at her age) Funny story, Shelb was 4 at the time:
Me: "What do you want for breakfast?"
Shelb: "I want a muffin." (while throwing garbage away)
M: "we don't have muffins"
S: "yes we do, I want a muffin for breakfast!"
M: "honey, I didn't buy any, do u see muffins...." (thoroughly confused at this point)
S: "no"
M: "do u smell muffins?"
S: "no"
M: "then why do u think w have them?"
S: "cuz there is a muffin thing in the garbage....."
M: (all at once the realization hit me and I was in hysterical laughter) "honey, its a coffee filter!!!!"
S: "Oh...."
Hahaha she really makes me laugh sometimes mostly because she so very serious that she knows what shes talking about and is totally off or just completely outrageous like this one night,
she was between 3 and 4 and I had just got down reading a bedtime story to them:
M: "Ohhhhh this bed is soo comfy, I'm gonna just sleep here (her bed)
S: "NO!! That's where my feet have to go!"
M: "Fine, I sleep on this side!"
S: "NO!!! You can't sleep here, I want my dreams to come true!!!
I laid there unable to move from the laughter that ensued!!! And she sat there stewing that I thought it was so funny that her dreams wouldn't come true! Oooooh Shelbie! Sometimes she gives crazy reasoning for why she can or can't do something like when she was 5 and I wad trying to show her how to draw a heart:
M: " draw a heart...like this..."
pause for her attempt
S: "Ahhhh, I can't do it!!! I'm not a heart shaping person!"
Ohhhh Shelbie!! What can u do but laugh even in her serious frustration!
Now that shes a little older its the drama that I makes me just floors me. I don't know what to do to fix it or help her and I'm terrified for teenage years! at 3 she had about 6 boyfriends most of which were her uncles or cousins. But she did have one that was a millionaire that lived in California and he gave Austin $100 just because he liked him so much! My child made that story up...herself....at 3!!! Now at 6 she has 3 loves in her (imaginary) life and they are ages 17-22...and she writes them love notes and makes cards for them...WTH!!! She is so boy crazy now that I think I'll just home school her for high school! And now that her sister has come along, and pushed her to middle child status, she has upped her game! The drama is worse than ever and now " we just don't like her" that is why she isn't allowed to walk like an elephant when her sister is sleeping or eat cookies at 10 o'clock at night!!! Sure THAT'S the reason why!!! Poor Shelbie no one likes her anymore (just ask her) and when shes at a playground she will come pouting over to me saying no one likes her cuz the won't play with her. The problem is they just won't play what SHE wants them to!!!! My favorite is when I tell her she can't do something and this is what she pouts back at me: (in a high pitched voice, that I'm certain that if I wasn't her mother only a dog would hear) "I wanted to have that cookie, but you won't let me, so now I won't" I can't help but laugh and say "yep, u got it" Then she will start to cry and when asked why it's cuz I made her mad!!! Now all of this isn't to say that she isn't smart, she is very smart in fact I have a feeling that quantum physics will be a snap for her, someday. She gets out-standings in nearly every subject in school and is advanced in most subjects, according to her teacher, but its the simple everyday things that seem to elude her. I'm not sure how to help her in this area I do try to make her figure things out on her own when she asks a very obvious question but it can be very frustrating when it seem so simple to me. I can relate though in school I could not grasp addition and subtraction but multiplication and division were a snap for me I just got it. The same with algebra it was so easy for me but the simple stuff was so hard. So I guess that is my theory with helping her maybe it will come easier with practice.... She is also the most generous 6 yr old I've seen, willing to share anything she has, and will give her toys to people as gifts just because she likes to. So to sum it up, I love her very much and wouldn't trade her for the world but sometimes I just don't know what to do! I hope u enjoyed a few of her amusing stories! I'm sure these aren't the last and that I'm sure I forgot a few!
Me: "What do you want for breakfast?"
Shelb: "I want a muffin." (while throwing garbage away)
M: "we don't have muffins"
S: "yes we do, I want a muffin for breakfast!"
M: "honey, I didn't buy any, do u see muffins...." (thoroughly confused at this point)
S: "no"
M: "do u smell muffins?"
S: "no"
M: "then why do u think w have them?"
S: "cuz there is a muffin thing in the garbage....."
M: (all at once the realization hit me and I was in hysterical laughter) "honey, its a coffee filter!!!!"
S: "Oh...."
Hahaha she really makes me laugh sometimes mostly because she so very serious that she knows what shes talking about and is totally off or just completely outrageous like this one night,
she was between 3 and 4 and I had just got down reading a bedtime story to them:
M: "Ohhhhh this bed is soo comfy, I'm gonna just sleep here (her bed)
S: "NO!! That's where my feet have to go!"
M: "Fine, I sleep on this side!"
S: "NO!!! You can't sleep here, I want my dreams to come true!!!
I laid there unable to move from the laughter that ensued!!! And she sat there stewing that I thought it was so funny that her dreams wouldn't come true! Oooooh Shelbie! Sometimes she gives crazy reasoning for why she can or can't do something like when she was 5 and I wad trying to show her how to draw a heart:
M: " draw a heart...like this..."
pause for her attempt
S: "Ahhhh, I can't do it!!! I'm not a heart shaping person!"
Ohhhh Shelbie!! What can u do but laugh even in her serious frustration!
Now that shes a little older its the drama that I makes me just floors me. I don't know what to do to fix it or help her and I'm terrified for teenage years! at 3 she had about 6 boyfriends most of which were her uncles or cousins. But she did have one that was a millionaire that lived in California and he gave Austin $100 just because he liked him so much! My child made that story up...herself....at 3!!! Now at 6 she has 3 loves in her (imaginary) life and they are ages 17-22...and she writes them love notes and makes cards for them...WTH!!! She is so boy crazy now that I think I'll just home school her for high school! And now that her sister has come along, and pushed her to middle child status, she has upped her game! The drama is worse than ever and now " we just don't like her" that is why she isn't allowed to walk like an elephant when her sister is sleeping or eat cookies at 10 o'clock at night!!! Sure THAT'S the reason why!!! Poor Shelbie no one likes her anymore (just ask her) and when shes at a playground she will come pouting over to me saying no one likes her cuz the won't play with her. The problem is they just won't play what SHE wants them to!!!! My favorite is when I tell her she can't do something and this is what she pouts back at me: (in a high pitched voice, that I'm certain that if I wasn't her mother only a dog would hear) "I wanted to have that cookie, but you won't let me, so now I won't" I can't help but laugh and say "yep, u got it" Then she will start to cry and when asked why it's cuz I made her mad!!! Now all of this isn't to say that she isn't smart, she is very smart in fact I have a feeling that quantum physics will be a snap for her, someday. She gets out-standings in nearly every subject in school and is advanced in most subjects, according to her teacher, but its the simple everyday things that seem to elude her. I'm not sure how to help her in this area I do try to make her figure things out on her own when she asks a very obvious question but it can be very frustrating when it seem so simple to me. I can relate though in school I could not grasp addition and subtraction but multiplication and division were a snap for me I just got it. The same with algebra it was so easy for me but the simple stuff was so hard. So I guess that is my theory with helping her maybe it will come easier with practice.... She is also the most generous 6 yr old I've seen, willing to share anything she has, and will give her toys to people as gifts just because she likes to. So to sum it up, I love her very much and wouldn't trade her for the world but sometimes I just don't know what to do! I hope u enjoyed a few of her amusing stories! I'm sure these aren't the last and that I'm sure I forgot a few!
Capital Punishment
The article in this weeks Leader is what is on my mind today! The owner of the Rt 68 bar being charged w/ 1400 counts of having a sexual or inappropriate relationship w/ a girl from the time she was 8 til after she turned 13! Absolutely appalling!!! Not that this is the first time I've heard of anything like this but REALLY maybe if there was harsher punishments in this country sicko dirt bags like this would think twice! Instead they go to jail....where there is all the comforts of home and no real responsibilities...WTF! If I were the one in charge, any kind of murder would merit automatic death! I mean really, what happened to firing squad, hangings, and even the electric chair!! Heaven forbid we deny these monsters constitutional rights, WHY do they deserve it!? I can only hope that the prisoners "take care" of them when they get to jail! Make sure it isn't quick either! Oooo ooo ooo I have a great idea if they are to live in comfort (since killing them would just be immoral) then maybe they should live w/out their offending member and have a pee bag attached to them for the rest of their lives or if it was a female, she would most likely be using her hands to do the damage, soooo cut them off! How can anyone look at a child as a sexual being, there is nothing womanly or manly about them!!! Or even worse what can possibly be pleasurable about killing a child? The same goes for those that shoot and stab as a method of choice...they can live w/out their arms in jail too! Ok maybe just one arm, u know they would have to eat...psh!
I just came across this and almost screamed out loud at my computer screen: "Amnesty International believes that the death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state in the name of justice. It violates the right to life...It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. There can never be any justification for torture or for cruel treatment" So to them it is better that they live out the remainder of their lives in the comfort of a modern day jail cell on our tax dollar than to rid society of its evil. Honest to God, what is wrong w/ people....bet they would feel that way if a heinous crime was committed to them or their family especially a child! Or how bout these animals that are trying to feed our nation to the Taliban or some other terrorist group, yes lets let them live serve a few years in jail and get deported to the country in which they are deemed a hero!! Wow what a good bunch of thinkers! I was reading a con of capital punishment and it said the cost of carrying out the act was 2 to 5 time s more because of the appeal processes and that it isn't uncommon for the inmate to be on death row for 10-15 yrs, here's a thought carry out the sentence the next day at dawn like it used to be and voila cost is cut down! Now I realize there have been incidences where and innocent person has been jailed and put to death but w/ today's technologies this issue is surely becoming extinct. This would also solve the problem w/ clogged court systems and over populated jails!
Ok well I could go on and on forever about this but really what good will it do! It was just something on my mind after reading that horrible article in the paper. So in case u missed it I am FOR capital punishment!
I just came across this and almost screamed out loud at my computer screen: "Amnesty International believes that the death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state in the name of justice. It violates the right to life...It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. There can never be any justification for torture or for cruel treatment" So to them it is better that they live out the remainder of their lives in the comfort of a modern day jail cell on our tax dollar than to rid society of its evil. Honest to God, what is wrong w/ people....bet they would feel that way if a heinous crime was committed to them or their family especially a child! Or how bout these animals that are trying to feed our nation to the Taliban or some other terrorist group, yes lets let them live serve a few years in jail and get deported to the country in which they are deemed a hero!! Wow what a good bunch of thinkers! I was reading a con of capital punishment and it said the cost of carrying out the act was 2 to 5 time s more because of the appeal processes and that it isn't uncommon for the inmate to be on death row for 10-15 yrs, here's a thought carry out the sentence the next day at dawn like it used to be and voila cost is cut down! Now I realize there have been incidences where and innocent person has been jailed and put to death but w/ today's technologies this issue is surely becoming extinct. This would also solve the problem w/ clogged court systems and over populated jails!
Ok well I could go on and on forever about this but really what good will it do! It was just something on my mind after reading that horrible article in the paper. So in case u missed it I am FOR capital punishment!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
When I grow up.....
It's the one question we are all asked as a child! But how 'bout when we're adults, just becuz we're an adult doesn't mean we have it figured out yet either. Or that we HAVE to have it figured out.
I clearly haven't figured this out yet. I thought I did a few times and not to say I'm not still interested in those things. I would love to be a landscape architect or interior designer but in this area where I reside it really isn't practical and would end up wasting all that money and still work where I do today! I would love to be a police officer but the time for that has come and gone. What I would really love most of all is to work in the forensics field. Science has always been my favorite and strongest subject. Yes I'm fully aware that it is nothing like CSI but the theory of solving crimes/ cases and/or problems w/ science is fascinating! My other problem w/ these fields is the schooling it would take.....I've never had any ambition to go to college. I hated school and everything about it except friends and sports. I blame this mostly on not being held back when all the teachers wanted me to be.....had I only had the chance to do better I might have felt differently. But that isn't the direction I'm headed here sooo... Maybe someday I will want to go to school but really I can't see that happening. Call me lazy or unambitious (if that's a word) but I don't think I've done too badly for no college education.
I have also considered how fun it would be to have a shop of my own or partnered (just fantasies of course) but I know how much Dawna would love to have her own catering business and I think it would be fun to have a cake/cupcake business ( I watch too much Food network and TLC I think I could be just as creative as those people)! With our powers combined I don't see how we could lose! We would have the best tasting fun to look at cakes in a tri-county area and dare I say the state! I have also daydreamed about my own chocolatier shop....hahaha again stemming from the Chocolatier game and Chocolat (the movie that I love so much)! These crazy ideas that are super successful in my head but I have no intention of starting such and operation or even to know where to begin!
So what do I want to be when I grow up? No idea but in the mean time I like being mom and working part time, I def like the paycheck that suffering thru work brings!! I don't think it makes us any better in life worrying about how student loans are going to get paid and if I'm going to have a job when I'm done suffering through college, only it does (sometimes) come w/ a bigger paycheck! I do salute and marvel at those that have figured out what they want to be now that they have grown up! I think its fabulous and I do sometimes envy them! But for now have no intention to join them.
Will I encourage my children to go to school? Of course I do and always will! Even thou for now Shelb is convinced that she wants to work at Wal-mart, I tell her that I hope she aims higher than that, but what can u do her mom works there and for the most part all is ok! She mostly tells me she wants to be a nurse and help people like the ones that helped Pappy at the hospital! Good girl! Health care is always the best option. Bub on the other hand thinks he has it made as a race car driver, nothing will convince him otherwise! He may but I will not encourage go cart racing at 9! Its out of the question! So as they grow and learn new things in school and explore new avenues in life I will never pressure them to do what I didn't if they don't want to. But I will warn them that it is the longer road in life not that college is easy but most times it is the faster road to becoming successful. The long and the short of this No I don't know what I want to be when I grow up and I'm ok w/ it!
I clearly haven't figured this out yet. I thought I did a few times and not to say I'm not still interested in those things. I would love to be a landscape architect or interior designer but in this area where I reside it really isn't practical and would end up wasting all that money and still work where I do today! I would love to be a police officer but the time for that has come and gone. What I would really love most of all is to work in the forensics field. Science has always been my favorite and strongest subject. Yes I'm fully aware that it is nothing like CSI but the theory of solving crimes/ cases and/or problems w/ science is fascinating! My other problem w/ these fields is the schooling it would take.....I've never had any ambition to go to college. I hated school and everything about it except friends and sports. I blame this mostly on not being held back when all the teachers wanted me to be.....had I only had the chance to do better I might have felt differently. But that isn't the direction I'm headed here sooo... Maybe someday I will want to go to school but really I can't see that happening. Call me lazy or unambitious (if that's a word) but I don't think I've done too badly for no college education.
I have also considered how fun it would be to have a shop of my own or partnered (just fantasies of course) but I know how much Dawna would love to have her own catering business and I think it would be fun to have a cake/cupcake business ( I watch too much Food network and TLC I think I could be just as creative as those people)! With our powers combined I don't see how we could lose! We would have the best tasting fun to look at cakes in a tri-county area and dare I say the state! I have also daydreamed about my own chocolatier shop....hahaha again stemming from the Chocolatier game and Chocolat (the movie that I love so much)! These crazy ideas that are super successful in my head but I have no intention of starting such and operation or even to know where to begin!
So what do I want to be when I grow up? No idea but in the mean time I like being mom and working part time, I def like the paycheck that suffering thru work brings!! I don't think it makes us any better in life worrying about how student loans are going to get paid and if I'm going to have a job when I'm done suffering through college, only it does (sometimes) come w/ a bigger paycheck! I do salute and marvel at those that have figured out what they want to be now that they have grown up! I think its fabulous and I do sometimes envy them! But for now have no intention to join them.
Will I encourage my children to go to school? Of course I do and always will! Even thou for now Shelb is convinced that she wants to work at Wal-mart, I tell her that I hope she aims higher than that, but what can u do her mom works there and for the most part all is ok! She mostly tells me she wants to be a nurse and help people like the ones that helped Pappy at the hospital! Good girl! Health care is always the best option. Bub on the other hand thinks he has it made as a race car driver, nothing will convince him otherwise! He may but I will not encourage go cart racing at 9! Its out of the question! So as they grow and learn new things in school and explore new avenues in life I will never pressure them to do what I didn't if they don't want to. But I will warn them that it is the longer road in life not that college is easy but most times it is the faster road to becoming successful. The long and the short of this No I don't know what I want to be when I grow up and I'm ok w/ it!
New Day
I never thought I'd start one of these...I didn't think it was really "my thing". As it is here I am and I'm wondering where I should start or where this should go, but I've always known that writing things and feelings down is good therapy. As a child I always kept a diary and even on into teenage years then as an adult. Although it has been a long time since that I "got stuff off my chest" it is never to late to "get rid of things" or just simply tell a story from ur life.
I'll start w/ the recent realization of how fast everything is really moving. Having my 3rd child after my last baby turned 6 and the first being 9, has made me really sit up and take notice to the fact that the days that seemed to drag on in my teenage years are truly a thing of the past. I remember thinking that 1 week took 1 year to complete and now 1 year seems to only take 1 week to come to and end! Craziness!! Now that my baby is 1 month old already I feel it like 1 month only took a blink of the eye! Where did it go....even in the sleep deprivation stage (which is still going on), where everything seems slow motion, even that has hit fast forward. Now that my maternity leave is drawing to a close, I sometimes feel panicky that I will miss something, a laugh, a smile, or even a goofy face, I hate this feeling! If only I could stay at home, but in this day and age it just isn't possible! So if I could just freeze time to enjoy the newborn stage for awhile, that would be great! Even though I forgot how HARD this particular stage is I have a new appreciation for it! It was a big part of why I had decided to NOT have a 3rd child(beside the female issues) but God had a better plan for us and I am SO glad he did! I can't imagine life w/out her now! I feel the appreciation also stems from the fact that I know I'm done. Even though I'm not sure we will even be able to handle 3, financially, I am sad in knowing this is it! Oddly enough my main reason I wanted another after #2 is the curiosity of what another would look like...I know I'm a nut case! hehe! If money were no object and Dave could have the next 3 I'd do it again in a heart beat! 3 c-sections was enough for me (let alone the fact that I HATE being pregnant) I feel it would be fair for Dave to share the load. I believe he would fully agree to it too he is very feminine at times. But that is a different story, another time perhaps. So in closing I just would like to say, I now understand the full reality of what the adults were saying when I was growing up about how fast time goes and how fast kids grow up! This is crazy and not really fair that the older u get the faster time goes it's like life is rushing u to the end w/ each passing year. But then again who ever said life was fair!
I'll start w/ the recent realization of how fast everything is really moving. Having my 3rd child after my last baby turned 6 and the first being 9, has made me really sit up and take notice to the fact that the days that seemed to drag on in my teenage years are truly a thing of the past. I remember thinking that 1 week took 1 year to complete and now 1 year seems to only take 1 week to come to and end! Craziness!! Now that my baby is 1 month old already I feel it like 1 month only took a blink of the eye! Where did it go....even in the sleep deprivation stage (which is still going on), where everything seems slow motion, even that has hit fast forward. Now that my maternity leave is drawing to a close, I sometimes feel panicky that I will miss something, a laugh, a smile, or even a goofy face, I hate this feeling! If only I could stay at home, but in this day and age it just isn't possible! So if I could just freeze time to enjoy the newborn stage for awhile, that would be great! Even though I forgot how HARD this particular stage is I have a new appreciation for it! It was a big part of why I had decided to NOT have a 3rd child(beside the female issues) but God had a better plan for us and I am SO glad he did! I can't imagine life w/out her now! I feel the appreciation also stems from the fact that I know I'm done. Even though I'm not sure we will even be able to handle 3, financially, I am sad in knowing this is it! Oddly enough my main reason I wanted another after #2 is the curiosity of what another would look like...I know I'm a nut case! hehe! If money were no object and Dave could have the next 3 I'd do it again in a heart beat! 3 c-sections was enough for me (let alone the fact that I HATE being pregnant) I feel it would be fair for Dave to share the load. I believe he would fully agree to it too he is very feminine at times. But that is a different story, another time perhaps. So in closing I just would like to say, I now understand the full reality of what the adults were saying when I was growing up about how fast time goes and how fast kids grow up! This is crazy and not really fair that the older u get the faster time goes it's like life is rushing u to the end w/ each passing year. But then again who ever said life was fair!
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