Ivy Tied Up |

1…. I’m Greatful for all the replies to my last post.. Thanks for the encouragement and the support.. Its greatly appreciated..

2… . I’ve decided to go see a professional counselor to see if I cant work past my fear.. I do not know if it will help.. BUT if there is a chance that it will.. I have/need to try..

3… . If you have no idea what i’m talking about.. See last post..

4… . I’ve come to the conclusion that I dont have all the answers when it comes to parenting. Matter of fact. I have very few of them. And my oldest is proving it daily. At 6 1/2 years old she seems to have hit the biggest attitude hse could possibly have.. She has made life very difficult for everyone the last few weeks.. She is currently grounded.

5… . Her grounding.. Is until further notice.. I have no idea how long she will be grounded. I have not found where that line gets drawn with her yet.. She is very difficult and making things worse daily instead of better.. It makes me question myself many many times..

6… .I find myself asking my mother’s advice alot lately when it comes to my oldest..

7… . My mom keeps telling me that my oldest is just like me.. That is really scary.. I dont remember giving my mum this much hell..

8… .I’ve found myself on the couch way too much lately and tuned into the tv way too much lately..That is really rare for me.. As there isnt very much on tv I really like..

9… Its really wed right now but we will pretend its thursday already because the truth is.. I’ll forget to do this tom..

10… .My oldest is out of school on friday.. I wish I could be happy.. But her attitude is punishment for us all lately.

11… .I’m starting to feel better physically with this pregnancy.. Its not always good.. Pregnancy just really sometimes sucks..But its getting better!!!!!!!!!!!! now to just deal with the mental/ emmotional stuff..

12… .I’m trying to figure out what we will do if we are hit by a hurricane this year.. The house is still not fixed.. Its starting to cause me anxiety.. Plus.. What happens if we are hit when i’m due?

13… . Its too much to think about right now. So i keep putting it off but i have to have agame plan.. Someone give me a game plan!

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1…. Its been a LONG week. I’ve been running on zero sleep..
2… .I had bug in the emergancy room last saturday. He had a massive ear infection he wouldnt stop screaming with the pain. The er doctor took one look at his ear and gave him tylenol with codiene as i’d already tried to give him several doses of motrin and tylenol and he was still screaming.
3… .Most of this week has been really boring. I havent done much..
4… .I stayed up cleaning ALL night Tuesday night. I couldnt go to sleep. Just kept cleaning and cleaning and cleaning and when I got up thursday morning and my son had destroyed the living room in a matter of a few mintues I was beyond ticked off..
5… .The morning sickness is better.. It comes every once in a while now. But when it does hit.. Its a doozy.. It hit Tuesday night at 3:45 am and It lasted ALL day yesterday. I co uldnt stomach food until last night some time.
6… .Bug is feeling better but now Diva is sick.. Not so sick hse missed school. But she has a sore throat and a cough that is getting worse instead of better. So tom she wont be going to school. She’ll be going to the dr.. She wont be missing anything at school. Its nothing but a f un play day as they have spring break next week. I couldnt let her miss today as she has a spelling test..
7… .The ladies at Amazingly Woman(message board for women) Have a poll going on about if i’m having a girl or a boy.. boy seems to be the winner right now.. They are also g uessing on how big the baby will be since they cant guess on a due date.. Since it will be a c section (scheduled).. Some are guessing a big baby!! OYE!
8… .If its a boy.. I like the name Aiden.. Each of my family members have a sorted idea that they should get a say so in what I name my child.. LOL Good thing they arent the one having it..
9… .We had a really bad storm this am.. It came on hard.. And stayed and battered the crap otu of us for awhile and then left.. It lasted a few hours.. Was pretty scary. They were calling for strong damaging winds, 3 inches of rain in a few hours, hail, and possible tornadoes.. We had all of it but i think tornados.. But I kept thinking at any time one was going to blow right htrough my house.. This was the worst storm we’ve had in a long while (other than the hurricane).. SO glad its over!
10… .I did about 10 loads of laundry the other day.. Folded AND put them up!! WOW!!!!!! yes I put them up! I finally got the clothes off my chair in my living room that have been sitting there over a week.. See i’m a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE house keeper.. I HATE cleaning house and worst of all.. I HATE folding clothes and putting htem up..
11… .I even dusted!
12… .Dh brought a friend over yesterday that I had never met before. He seems nice.. Bug went to the river fishing with them and he refused to speak to the guy at all.. He was embarrassed.. He isnt so good around new people..
13… .Ultrasound picture! Its blurry and you certainly cant see much..
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1…. MORNING SICKNESS that doesn’t happen in just the mornings. It creeps up when ever it feels like it. It lurks in my body and waits until I want to rest or watch TV or something and then it creeps in and takes over my insides until I feel so sick I cant move. Last night It decided to creep in at 2 am and was still there when I woke up at 7.

2… .My husband driving MY car after he said he wasn’t going to drive it to work. And now I’m back revolving my life around him and what he wants to do when he wants to do it because I don’t have a ride to go anywhere..

3… . Six year olds who have their own phone in their room and they call my house at 10pm for my six year old daughter on a school night! If you are going to let a 6 year old have a phone in their room (which I would NEVER do) at least monitor their use of it.. And don’t let them call people past bed time.. 7:30 to 8pm seems like a reasonable cut off time. 10pm makes me breathe fire.

4… .People who say,”Oh its just your hormones”. You know. I can be in a bad mood. I can be in a bad mood and it have nothing to do with hormones. It’s not always hormones. It can be JUST A BAD DAY!

5… .Fake People. People who can’t for some reason be themselves and must portray a much better life than they really live when talking to other people. Or for that very same idea.. They must portray a life much worse than they really live. All for attention or making themselves feel better.. I gotta idea.. How about just being YOU?

6… .My nose itching! Its not one of those things you can easily scratch. And if you do.. you just rub it raw..

7… .Having a house full of groceries and nothing to eat.. Not finding what you want to eat.. Is just horrible because then you want to keep eating until you find what it is that is going to satisfy you.. UGH!

8… .Hubby taking my car to work. I know i mentioned this earlier. But there is a reason for it being mentioned a second time. See.. I left groceries in the back of my car yesterday. I was TOO tired to get them out and too sore to carry them(will explain in next few lines). They were all canned stuff but still stuff I needed/wanted.

9… .Being clumsy. I’m never clumsy until pregnant.. And then pregnancy brain takes over and I’m not a safe person to be around. Its happened with each of my pregnancies.. I’ve fallen down.. I fell down 2 days ago and my upper body (chest up) took the hit.. I hurt both my arms.. My left arm much worse than my right.. But I’m all bruised up and hurt like hell. My shoulder hurts so bad I cant move my arm much. I thought i had broken my hand at first but its better now and just incredibly sore.. I feel like someone beat me..

10… .Hubby having my car.. Now there is another good reason this is here.. See my purse is in my car.. And hubby never locks car doors! NEVER.. I called to ask him why he had my car and why he left my purse in there and if he locked the doors.. His answers were as follows: i wanted to, because i didn’t take it out, and no..
He said no one is going to mess with it.. Um yeah okay buddy!

11… .My son thinking he is an animal.. Its really starting to annoy me. He goes from being a bull where he stomps his feet and head butts things to thinking he is a rooster and making racket at the top of his lungs.Lets not forget the dog and the cat.. Where he runs around meowing and barking.. Not only does he do these things outside but inside as well… And its too much noise!!!

12… .Stupidity in people. I just read another article about a kid bringing a gun to school and it sitting in the classroom all day long.. Okay.. HOW DID HE GET THE GUN????????? WHERE was this kids parents??????? They never check his backpack??????????? What they are toob usy to pay attention? Its just giving those who want guns outlawed more ammo.. Peoples stupidity..

13… .My lack of time lately. Lack of time to blog or pay attention to much else other than these kids, house, and being sick..

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1…. I haven’t been sleeping. I’ve been exhausted non stop. Extremely tired but when I lay down I toss and turn NON stop.

2… .My moods have shifted and i’m moody.. VERY

3… .The kids are feeling all better. I took Sugar and Bug to eat yesterday at a restraunt and they were horrible. i couldnt believe how they behaved. They said they were starving but they made it a miserable time and I won’t take them back I dont think..

4… .I’m sad.. Sugar is getting so big.. She isnt the baby anymore. She is still so extremely cute that I can’t help but watch her sleep.

5… .She (Sugar) thinks we are naming the baby monkey for real. And Diva thinks that the baby should be named princess.. I told her i’m not naming the baby princess and we dont know what it is and wont for awhile.. She said.. PLEASE MOMMA!

6… .My mom has started to come around about the baby.. She is already coming up with baby names

7… .My house should start being worked on in the next few weeks. I can’t wait.. My mom and sister are coming to paint Diva’s room as soon as we get a weekend with out rain!

8… .I’ve been looking for a new/used vehicle.. Finding one with bad credit is not easy. I can’t go pay cash for one.. Thats not happening.. But i have a decent down payment.. But no one is wanting to mess with us.. My credit is shot all because dh getting laid off before.. man its going to be hell pulling myself out of this one..

9… .A good many of the vehicles i am finding.. They are over priced with more than 100,000 miles on them..

10… .My oldest.. has been something else yesterday. She showed her b um in the grocery store and I told her when we got home she would be grounded. She would spend the evening in her room.. She told me,”Well, I don’t care!” her attitude sometimes is a bit much!

11… . Whats scary about Diva’s attitude. Is people say,”It doesnt get better”. Well then what the heck do you do? You can’t beat them!

12… .I wonder if I gave my parents this much trouble.. She is only 6 1/2.. I dont think I did.. But my mom says she acts just like me.. Thats scary!

13… .The weather here.. Has been something.. EVERY weekend we have rain and a cold front. During the week its hot.. Its been really pretty out just horrible wind..

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Thirteen Things about Ivy

1…. I’m so tired. So tired its not even f unny. All I can do lately is sleep and sleep some more.
2… . I thought I had found a contractor to come give me a bid on our damages from hurricane rita so I can get some much needed things taken care of. But apparently not as he hasnt called or came by. GRRRRRRR…
3… . My nose is itching and it wont stop! Its starting to drive me crazy..And I think scratching it is a really stupid thing because i’m starting to rub the skin off..
4… . My sisters birthday was yesterday. I had talked to her that morning and forgot to wish her a happy birthday so I emailed her because she was at work and couldnt talk on the phone anymore and wished her a happy birthday. She is 25 now.. She emailed me back laughing and said.. “you’re next! Atleast we are the same age for a week huh!” I replied with ,”Yeah i’m next.. I’ll skip righ tover that day please”
5… . Found out my hubby has to work tom.. This is great as in overtime will be wonderful. BUT I needed the truck and he will probably have to work ALL weekend now.
6… . I havent been able to get around to many blogs this week. And I feel bad about that! I really do! Not only that but I miss reading them. Sometimes i’m surprised. I really like blog hopping. I’ve just been too tired lately to get up or even sit at the computer.
7… . The biggest obstacle has been these stupid Eye spasms. My left eye has been spasming for a few weeks now and its gotten worse and worse every day. To the point of where I c ouldnt sit at the computer. I tried wearing my glasses and resting my eyes more but the spasms were still there and are still there. But since i’ve been resting more this week they arent as bad. I probably need to go see the eye dr but thats not an option until dh gets paid again and bills get caught up more..
8… . I think I should have us pulled out of our financial hole in Feb. Maybe by 2nd week i’ll have that hole filled in. I’m hoping. Money has been so tight I havent been able to buy many groceries but we are getting by. It helps that I don’t have to buy meat at the store…
9… . About not buying meat at the store.. I don’t know how many of you know this.. But we don’t buy our meat at the store. The only thing I do buy at the store meat wise is lunch meat. Everything else.. Well my husband kills our meat. He hunts. We eat well.. They (hubby and the kids) deer meat and pork. me? I tend to eat alot of veggies instead because well.. I dont like pork for the most part and I dont like any meat fried at all. It makes me sick and thats how dh likes his meat.. Fried so that it clogs your arteries and will one day kill you.
10… . I’ve started to worry about what I eat and put into my body and how I feel. Hubby on the other hand.. Is still shoveling hwatever he wants or thinks he needs into his body with no restraint. Know whats funny though. He gets stick to his stomach ALOT. As in daily. Its what he puts into his body but he wont listen to me.. All that grease.. Do you really think its good for you? Little debbie after little debbie..Do you think thats good for you? He says he can eat what he wants and not gain weight.. Um yeah buddy.. That belly you got.. didnt just grow there over night and for no reason. Now he isnt exactly over weight. He is over weigh tcompared to what he use to be.. But he is no where near OVER weight. he will be if he keeps eating like he does.
11… . Apparently I pissed of a guy who calls himself Fred. He left a nasty comment on my blog.. Good thing all my comments have to be approved. Seems he was coming here looking for porn and didnt find any so he left a nasty lil comment calling me names and what have you. He is probably a pedophile who didnt like what he found when he got here..
12… . My closest friend found out her dad has prostate cancer. The survival rate is good. And the stats are encouraging but I’m so scared for her and her family. I know she is hurting inside. She is always so strong. So put together but I know this has her really frightened and i can’t help but hurt for her.
13… . Its almost the weekend. I of course don’t have anything planned because once again i’ll be stuck at home with out a ride.. GRR.. There is so much I need to do..

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1…. I’m so sleepy.. Everytime I doze off for the last few nights somethign wakes me up. Bad dreams, cars, kids. something..

2… . The cops came to my house last night..Woke me up at 3am..

3… . I have a horse named Buck. He was hurt really bad a year ago. He got his leg caught in barbed wire and we are just now able to ride him again. he is a really friendly horse. The only horse I will stand next to. He likes me. He has bitten me once. I can’t wear perfume or jewelry around him. He tries to take the jewelry off of me. Everyone says its because he likes me.. Yeah okay!

4… . I have a birthday coming up. I’m not really looking forward to it. Yes I’m still young. But this birthday will put me officially closer to 30 than to 20. The big deal with this is me looking back at everything I haven’t accomplished. Weight, life, job, ect…

5… . The cops came to my house because someone called in and reported horses running around loose somewhere.. Lucky for me.. I didnt have to go check to see if my horse was pinned still.. My MIL did it for me.. The car woke me up but the police talked to her.. It wasn’t our horse that was loose..Thankfully..

6… . I’m not really an animal person. I stopped being an animal person when my cat died when I was young. I can’t let myself get close to an animal now. They come and go so easily..

7… . I crave silence. I stay up late at night just so I can have some alone time. With out the TV on, kids yelling, kids fighting, husband being a pain in my rump, ect. I need that silence. With out it I’ll blow a fuse.

8… .I’m hard headed. When I get something in my head its very hard to change my mind.. I think my friends will/would agree with that.

9… . Along with my hard headedness.. I’ve got a bad temper. I can control it.. But its a short fuse and its fast..

10… . Right now.. the one thing I want.. is PIZZA.. I will make home made pizza this weekend.. I’ve wanted pizza for a month now.. This weekend I WILL Have pizza..

11… . I don’t know why I pay for dish network. There is never anything on. NEVER.. Not that i watch that much tv but when I want to. There is nothing on! We can’t get cable where I live. Its not available. So you have two choices.. To get a dish or to use an antenna to pick up the main channels. We can’t even get channels with an antenna.. And we went over a month with out anything. I won’t do that again. Because occassionally i do nee dsomething for the kids to do while i’m doing something else. Mainly when its raining and they can’t go outside or its to late to go outside and i’m trying to fix dinner.

12… .I’ve got a stack of books calling my name that I need to read. Just havent had the chance to sit down and read. Everytime I want to read one of the kids yell MOM…

13. Hubby didnt like the dinner I made last night.. It infuriated me. BIG TIME.. I didnt have to cook dinner. I could have told him to go get McDonalds which is something he wont do. The kids liked it but hubby didnt.. He had the nerve to pitch a fit that he didnt like it.. He can fend for himself next time.. UGH!

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1… . Jan 1..Starts a new year. Means we’ve made it another year and this year has to be better than the last..

2…. Jan 3..School starts back for the kiddos

3… . Jan 13 My dads birthday.. He is so easy to buy for. He likes candy..LOL Its the simple gifts he loves.

4… . Jan 25 My sisters birthday. Where we will be the same age for a week..

5… . Jan 31 My birthday….Nothing really great about it.

6… . Jan 31. Last day for employers to send out W2s. Which means we should have them all in no time and we
can file our income tax real soon!

7… . Our cold weather usually sets in. December is normally a lil chilly but Jan is where our coldest weather comes from. Normally though.. Nothing has been normal about this winter though. So we shall see!

8…. . no more december. No more Christmas. Holiday season is over. Not that I dont like the holidays (yeah okay..) Its just they are really exhausting..

9… . Stores here start putting their winter clothes on clearance or sale. Since we dont have much of a winter here by the time Jan hits they start putting out new stock and start marking down the winter stock.

10… . Tax time is ALMOST here.. (yes i actually look forward to it)

11… . A good many stores have stuff marked down from christmas season.. (Imagine my surprise last week when I went in and saw about 4 items I had bought my kids for christmas had been marked down a good bit!! I wasn’t exactly happy!)

12… . From a kids calendar:January 21 — Squirrel Appreciation Day
January 22 — Answer Your Cat’s Question Day… Now who wouldnt want to answer their cat’s questions? or appreciate a squirrel.

13… .
Jan is national mentoring Month. (Click pic for full image)
January ‘06 Campaign Challenges Baby Boomers: “Share What You Know. Mentor a Child!”
To learn about programs in your community that need volunteers, visit the website of MENTOR.

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1…. First celebrate with a bang. I deserve to get toasted once in awhile
2…. Start repairing hurricane Rita’s damage to my house
3…. Spend more time with my sister to repair our relationship that we broke ourselves.
4…. Start planning our menus so I’m not wasting money at the grocery store
5…. Finish my website so my store will finally be open to the public and not hidden on some server
6…. Stop planning and start doing
7…. Find something nice to say about my FIL (oh yeah right sorry had to go there..ROFLMAO)
8…. Decide if i’m going to keep the dog or give her away to a lady who is begging me for her..
9…. Finish painting Diva’s room that I started over 6 months ago.
10… Finish plastering my kitchen that I started over 6 months ago.
11… Start going to bed at a decent hour (yeah yeah yeah.. its not the new year yet!)
12… Find a vehicle so I can stop driving the inlaws hunk of junk. If dh wants to drive it thats fine..
13… Start spending more time with my friends and less time being angry over being stuck at home with out a ride.

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