Tis Truly Friday….
Posted by ivy | Under Ivy Unleashed Saturday Jan 14, 2006Its Friday.. Everybody say YEAH!!!!!
Okay enough.. Calm down.. I SAID CALM DOWN!!! YOU BETTER LISTEN TO ME!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okay now that everyone is calmed down..
That’s basically how it goes with 3 kids..Only you don’t yell shut up or else you hear,”That’s not a nice word” and being told by a 5 year old that, that’s not nice.. well after a bad day.. That’s just not nice…
Anyhow..
Today was my dads bday.. well IS my dads bday.. Or was because its now 1:35am and now Officially Saturday morning. Unless you are like me.. You consider it still Friday until you go to sleep.. If I go to bed at 6am.. Its still going to be Friday at 6am. Now when I awake at 10 am.. I’ll officially call it Saturday. That’s just me.. I’m weird like that..
Back to dad’s bday. He is 45 today. I had it wrong before. I thought he was going to be 44. But nope its 45. He argued because that’s what we do when we start getting older. He argued that he was indeed 44. But seeing as how he was born in 1961 means that he is officially 45. My mom says that its not that he forgot. Its that he hit 45 and is now going backwards so his 45th birthday is now his 44th birthday. Fine whatever.. I’ll use that one when I’m 44.. Okay? Its a deal!
I felt like a loser today. I try to get my dad something for his birthday every year. I went over there tonight to take the laptop to him so he can install a new hard drive and new memory for me and do something else he wanted to do. He is sweet like that! I brought him a card but couldn’t afford a gift for him because my electric bill is so high this month and due on Monday. My sister.. She brought him a cake and a really nice gift. It shouldn’t matter I know. But it does. It makes me feel horrible. I should have gotten him something. It’s his birthday. Its not about the gift. Its about the thought. I should have gotten him just a little something. He would have been happy with anything. But I just didn’t have the money to give anything at all. I still feel like a loser though. I know its not a competition but my sister has the money to blow and doenst mind blowing it.
My sister has a birthday on the 25th.. We will both be 25 for a week and then I’ll turn 26 on the 31st. People think that’s weird.. But from what I’ve seen.. Its kinda common.. Happens a lot.
I think everyone I know is having financial troubles right now. I’m trying to dig myself out with ours. But since dh hasn’t been getting a full weeks pay its making it hard.. And my electric bill being over 500$.. OUCH!
Dh and my dad are taking my son to the boat show in Houston tomorrow.. Bug is soooooooooo excited. He can’t wait to go. Tracy byrd is suppose to be there at some point(I really could care less about that..sorry), a playboy playmate is suppose to be there on Saturday from 3 to 7. I’m sure they are looking forward to that although my son is a lil/LOT too young to understand what that’s all about.. I’m not too sure why a playboy playmate needs to be at a boat show but yeah okay.. I could go.. And normally I want to. But let the guys go.. I just want to enjoy some peace and quiet. It will be just me and sugar all day because Diva is at her aunts house tonight.. WOO HOO!!! ALONE TIME.. Sugar doesn’t give me any problems.. She is easy.. She enjoys being with just me.. Where as the other 2.. They are slowly outgrowing that..
Hope everyone has a good weekend..
happy birthday to your dad! am sure the fact that you still got him a card means a lot to him. you can make it up to him next year.
here via michele today.
The best bday present for your dad is the fact that you thought of him not only on that day. Yes, it is the thought that counts. Back to you from Michele’s
Hi Ivy…Michele sent me tonight…Yiu know, I’m sure your Dad understands your financial situation…I could be wrong, but …..Maybe you could make him something? You know? Something that money can’t buy, so to speak?
Just an idea….cause it would be very a personal gift that way….
greetings!! my dad’s birthday was “yesterday” but since i still consdier this friday, it was indeed today for me. the 13th. he turned, um, old. he is actually i think 58 today. my number one son’s dad was born in 1961. 45 isnt old.
as for the financial trouble, everyone has it occasionally. i often just print a picture of the kids off the computer, find a frame in a closet, dust it off and wrap it up. he will understand one way or another.
michele sent me today.
My kids are 14, 11, 8. The other day I was very nicely telling the youngest (daughter) that she needed to be quiet because the roads were icy and I was trying to drive. The oldest (daughter) decided she needed to help me out. “That means SHUT UP,” she said. I guess I couldn’t have said it better myself, because it worked for her!
*sits but doesn’t shut up and sticks her tongue out!*
hehehe never fear about commenting on my site… I am just happy to get them! Right now I am feeling realllyyyyyyy old because I am older than your dad! Yikes where did the time go? Oh well, time marches on!
I understand the alone time… majorly. Hope you enjoyed yours!
Hi Ivy,
As a parent I can tell you, it really is the thought that counts. The fact you remembered your dad’s birthday, that he gets to spend time with his grandkids & that you’re taking good care of them is all that any parent could ever ask for.
A gift isn’t always wrapped in a box.
Hi, Ivy! Michele sent me!
Happy Birthday to your dad. I’m an irish twin, too. We’re 13 days apart. What was my mother thinking?
Michele sent me.
I like your blog!
Michele sent me.
Don’t knock yourself. Your heart is so very much in the right place. You’re giving your Dad your time…and that’s more important than any gift that would soon be forgotten anyway.
Your site is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Michele sent me!
I love the “not a nice word” part. Same thing around here, and yet - there really isn’t another word with the same … cachet as shutup, is there? I haven’t found one.
And speaking as a dad - with a recent birthday *and* grown daughters - I know their hearts. Gifts, regardless of cost or even presence/absence (ha, presence of presents) don’t affect what I know.
I bet Your dad knows too, and all’s well.
Oops, almost forgot. Michele sent me.
hi, here from michele!!!!!
i was told today that crap was a bad word by my 6 yr old… ok.. it’s not BAD… but it’s not good…
DH and I struck up a dea with the kids… 3 boys, aged 2, 4 & 6… whenver they catch mommy and/or daddy saying bad words, we have to give them a quarter for their bank…
it works cause that little quarter fairy in the back of my head will stop me right before I wail out a big @#$%@$%Y&@!Q#$@ at them for making such a @#$%$%^@ mess in the house!!!!!!!
nice to meet ya… I’m going to bookmark you to my faves… seems like we have a bit in common!
Great blog! How have I not found you before? Michele sent me tonight, but I’ll be back!
Enjoy that alone time!! It is precious and rare with kids. I had some yesterday and started a book I’ve been wanting to read.
Ivy,
Happy Birthday to your Dad. Just being there and remembering his birthday means alot. Just think about how you feel when someone remembers your birthday….congrats for some quiet time….how rare and wonderful.
I loved Dallas - the Cotton Bowl was amazing. Out of 21 bands, our band was named Grand Champions in Concert Competition, 2nd Place Jazz Band and 3rd place Field Show competition. The kids marched during the half-time show with all bands combined. I’m sure they will never forget that…..
We had our New Years Party at South Fork Ranch. That was truly a delight. We were all exhausted but loved every minute.
I want to go back with Hubby and really get to see the sights.
I haven’t gotten all the pics developed but will as soon as I get my act together. Then I’ll post them for all to see.
$500 for your electric bill?!?!?! OMG that is unbelievable.
I hope you had a great weekend!!! I have to work today and nobody else does. Sucks. At least traffic was light.
My hubby and I are the same age for 10 days. It’s kinda fun.
Happy late birthday to your dad!
I know what it’s like to not afford presents for people. even though iknow they understand why, i still feel bad when i can’t really give them much. i always tell myself i’ll shop way ahead of time and then i wont have to worry about it, but it never works out that way!!
good luck with your electric bill. im blessed enough to have my utilities included into my rent so i dont have to worry about that, but soon enough i will! we start house hunting in may and after that then i have to pay for everything, ugh!!!
Ivy,
I’m a dad. I have two daughters. He doesn’t CARE about a gift, or no gift. He’d much rather do something for YOU on his birthday than have you do something for him. Trust me on this!
But a $500 electric bill!!?? OMG! Surely something can be done about that? I live in a 3-bedroom house and never see a bill over maybe $200, even in the middle of summer when the A/C runs round the clock. Sounds like something’s wrong somewhere.
John
We call our kids “the vocab police”! Everything we say is a “bad” word… even if it is not a bad word!
What is alone time?
in response to andrea… alone time does not exist as long as there are kids in the house… can’t take a shower, go to the bathroom or sleep without kids interferring!