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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 37
City: Sarasota
State: Florida
Country: US

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February 16, 2009 - Monday 

Category: Life


'Scuse Me,.... I Don't Know This Guy!




Last
night was interesting. If you follow me on Twitter, you read about
strange visitors coming to our back door last night. LATE last night.
You didn't see it? Oh well, let me tell you....

HHH and I were
snuggling down in bed, watching Psych on USA. It was their Friday the
13th episode and we had been waiting for it to come on. It was awesome
and spooky and all kinds of funny as hell. After it was over we started
watching a rerun of House and suddenly.....

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

There
was a loud urgent knock at the back door. We weren't expecting anyone,
and having just moved into the place on Monday, didn't think any of our
friends had decided to make a late night visit. HHH got up and started
rooting through his top drawer. I didn't know what the hell he was
doing until I saw him come out with his throwing knives. Then, it
clicked. We don't know who is on the opposite side of the door in our
new neighborhood we just moved into. Who ever it is, they decided to
skip the front door that is in view of the road and lit by street
lights, and go all the way around the house to the back door which
isn't in sight of ANYTHING! I grabbed my pirate sword, (The great big
real one that would actually do a great deal of damage!) and back HHH
up in the kitchen. We flip on the back porch light and I look out the
kitchen window to see a strange woman standing on the deck. I tell HHH
this, he palms the knives just in case, opens the door and asks in a
brusque tone what the woman wants. She asks for some guy we have never
heard of. HHH tells her that that person no longer lives at this
address and she almost runs off the porch. I go to the front windows
and see her walk off down the street. This was puzzling, but eh..... we
get back in bed and get all comfy again. Not 10 minutes later.....

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Someone
is AGAIN at the back door! WTF is this hinkey shit? We grab our weapons
of choice yet again and go back to the door. This time it's some guy
looking for the same individual the first woman was searching for. We
tell him the same thing, if a little more forcefully, that the person
he's looking for no longer resides at this address. Please go away!
This guy jogs off to a car parked out front in our driveway and
screeches off as fast as possible.

Now, you tell me..... strange
people, late at night, not wanting to be seen so they come to the back
door, almost running when the guy they are looking for isn't there.....

DRUGGIES!

Apparently,
the people who rented this house before us must have been dealers. It
is the only thing I could think of. All of that happened on Friday
night, so Lord only knows what will happen tonight. I guess I need to
put up a sign that says:

YOUR DEALER NO LONGER LIVES HERE! GO AWAY!


Sheesh!
I wish the land lord had said something. He probably just wanted to get
the place rented. A nice family must be worlds better that a drug
dealer. Still, a little advance notice of, "Oh by the way, a few
strange people may stop by looking for the former tenant, but don't
worry, they will run away like roaches in the light when they find out
he's no longer living here!" Is that too much to ask? Just a little up
front honesty.... that's all I ask for!

Also, we got our
Internet installed today. Verizon had to come out and do this big day
deal so we could get FIOS! Yes, that super spiffy Internet thingy they
have been advertising the hell out of lately. We now have this really
huge white box mounted on the front wall next to the door. It's fast as
they say it is... I am impressed. I am slowly coming out of Internet
withdrawal.

Also, today is Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's
Day to you all. I received candy, a yellow rose, and many hand made
cards from my children. I made them heart shaped pancakes for
breakfast, rustic chicken salad sandwiches for lunch, and roasted hen
for dinner w/ chocolate chip cookies for dessert! That's how I show my
love......... FOOOOOOD!!! yes, I'll make you fat with love.

So anyway, I'll be blogging more often again. I'll also keep everyone updated on what's going on around here.

Now I have to be running. I think I hear a knock at the door. Where's me sword, matey!!!!????

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January 1, 2009 - Thursday 

Category: Life

This Was The Year That Was 2008.


I was going over the year in my mind, revisiting the months one at a time, and I have to say....

2008 CAN BITE MY BIG FAT TUSHY!

It's not like I'm bitter or anything like that, but the highlights of this year sound more like low lights to me. Here's a recap....


January- HHH loses his job due to a fickle bitch's complaint that he "sexually harassed" her. What he actually did was report her cat and estranged husband that were living with her illegally and weren't on the lease. You know, his job. The Complex didn't want to stand behind him, so they just fired him instead. Way to show that you care about your employees! We had one month to settle up and move out. Guess it wasn't all bad. (sarcasm)


February- Due to HHH not being able to find a job, what with the lousy economy and all, (nah.... we weren't headed to a recession!), we had to put our entire home in a 10x20 storage unit and move to Wauchula, FL and in with my BIL and his family. Our entire family lived in a 10x10 room, and were basically oppressed by my BIL's in-laws who lived there with them. Had we known they lived there at the time, we would have found anywhere else to have gone. They ran a "church" in the back of their home. Yep.... their own little Branch Davidian compound! I didn't see the allure of tithing 10% of one's income to a church that had no real philanthropy, congregation, or ordained minister. WEIRD!


March- BIL's in-laws kick us out....AFTER we had given BIL money and merchandise to let us stay there with them. Seems BIL didn't tell us that it wasn't him that had the lease on the place, but BIL's in-laws. Fucking assholes! Oh and BIL didn't give us back any of our money or stuff we gave him. Family can be such bastards.


April- Having been kicked out of BIL's house, we moved 3 miles down the road to Bowling Green Florida, where chickens abound and banjo twangs can be heard in the distance! HHH went to work for the landlord who we later found out was as crooked as crooked can be! Things evened out for a little while. There were still problems, like electric companies that didn't record deposits, neighbors that let their chickens run wild and the foul fowls kept dying in our yard, etc.... The kids were in school, I was keeping house, HHH had semi steady work......


May- Mother's day rolled around and we went to Universal a few times. Things started looking up. HHH was steadily putting out resumes' trying to find a better job so we could move out of hickville.


June- It was Anniversary time! HHH and I celebrated 4 years of marriage and 8 years of being together! There was no celebration or gifts to exchange, but we were just glad we were still together! I also started doing cakes again. The kids passed school with flying colors and we started the summer in style!


July- It was my birthday! And to top it all off... HHH got a real job in Sarasota! It was with a temporary agency, but it was a job for $14 and hour! On a bad note... the crooked landlord decided to get pissed off that HHH was no longer under his thumb and started trying to screw us for rent and money for a car we were trying to buy through his car lot. We had stopped paying rent until he fixed things that were wrong with the house we were renting, like termites, holes in the floor, ant infestation, and faulty plumbing. Crooked Landlord wasn't fixing anything.


August- HHH was hired on permanently at the job he had been working for! To make that even better, we found out the complex wanted us to come and live at their place for free! FREE! We packed up and moved out at the end of the month, but not before crooked landlord came and repossessed the car we were trying to buy. Seems he took the money we had been giving him for the car and applying it to the rent we were withholding. He made it look like we hadn't paid anything for the car at all! What a Fucker! We gave him back the car and packed up and left that hell hole for good!


September- We began our new life in Sarasota. The schools were lovely! The shopping great. Everything was within walking distance for us! (Great, since we were car less again.) HHH was really liking his new job, and I even made a few friends here.


October- HHH was promoted! He is heading up maintenance at the sister property right next door! On a crappier note, BIL kept asking HHH to borrow money and HHH was soft enough to give it to him. That's $300 we'll never see again. Halloween was good as well.


November- Was the bomb! I had the best Thanksgiving ever thanks in part to friends I had made coming over. Some people might think that having a dinner party for 20 is a chore... but I love it! I am in my element cooking and serving and making sure everyone is having a good time! It was one of the few holidays I have enjoyed in a long time! I was even civil to BIL and his family when they came to eat with us.


December- Was a month I was happy to see. Christmas was good. The kids had gifts a plenty and we even got HHH something secretly when he had no idea! Ha ha, I win!!! After the year we had been having.... it was a welcome sight to see the end of the year approaching. It was a hard year. Living in Bowling Green and Wauchula was just awful. The small towns and the inbred insanity that comes with them wasn't my cup of tea. The bugs, animals, crappy people, and shitty houses we had to live in totally sucked. The fact that it took HHH 7 months to find a real job in his field sucked major ass as well. Now that the future is looking up for us, I am hopeful that Lady Karma will still keep us in her sights and allow us to prosper in the new year. It is my firmest wish that 2009 be a good year for all my readers and blog friends as well. Through all our problems this year past, the kind words, encouragement, and great comments have kept me going. When I say "kept me going" I really mean that, because there were a few times where I thought the family could do without me.


So, here's to 2009! May your light shine brightly as you arrive hand in hand with Lady Karma. Bring us all good fortune and better times. We could all use them!
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December 24, 2008 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  happy
Category: Life

You're A Naughty One........ Mrs. Wetherington!

Oh yes! I was!

When we were at Grinchmas, we had stopped at one of the food courts called Circus McGurkus. The line was crazy! (They had decided to put one of the stupidest people I had ever seen on the register!) So while HHH and Mr. Bill stood in line for the next 45 minutes, I decided to keep a certain promise I made to a certain little boy.

See.... I promised Junior that I would take him to the book store in Whooville, ...All The Books You Could Read! He wanted a book, but not just any book. He wanted an Official copy of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". Nothing else would do. So as his daddy was in line, and the kids were waiting at the table with Ms. M, I took Junior over to the bookstore and there he spotted it. Shiny and bright, in metallic red and green, it was the one thing that he wanted the most out of everything he could have in the park! We picked out a copy for him, took it up to the register, and made our purchases. Then, wonder of wonders...... I had an idea. A wonderful idea..... Blondefabulous had a super, amazing, wonderful idea!!!! The Grinch was coming to take photos at that very same bookstore in 10 minutes! Why not stand in line and ask the Grinch to sign Juniors new book! Oh yes! Junior was ecstatic. We got in line and were the 3rd group. Then 10 minutes later..... there he was..... the Grinch himself! The people in front of us took regular old boring photos, their kids cringed and cried at the sight of the big green furry guy. Then, it was our turn. Junior runs in with his book, looks up at the Grinch, and soon they are chatting away. The Grinch was being Grinchy, Junior was being Junior- y, and the Grinch got out a pen and signed Junior's book. Then, just because we were there, we took a photo with His Grinchiness.

As you can see above.... I decided to have some fun! The Grinch decided to tell me, "Hey Lady! Don't squeeze the charmin!" And I laughed!

So there you go. The last photo from Grinchmas, the one with my son and his prized possesion!
Currently watching:
A Charlie Brown Christmas (Remastered Deluxe Edition)
Release date: 2008-10-07
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September 8, 2008 - Monday 

Ahem....... We Won.


That is all I am saying. Now, out of respect for HHH, I will move on to a new subject.



BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!


That is all.
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August 22, 2008 - Friday 

Category: Quiz/Survey

What Kind Of Cook Are You?



You Are an Excellent Cook
You're a top cook, but you weren't born that way. It's taken a lot of practice, a lot of experimenting, and a lot of learning.It's likely that you have what it takes to be a top chef, should you have the desire...
I took this quiz on a lark, and wouldn't ya know it....it said I was an excellent cook! Go figure. If you want to take the quiz, just go to Blogthings....... http://...com/mwwrr
I guess I am still a little down from yesterday's conversation with my parents. That's the reason for this cop out post. I'm sure I'll fell better over the weekend. I'll have HHH home with me and it'll all be OK.
Now,.....did any of you doubt that I was a good cook?
Currently watching:
21 (Single-Disc Edition)
Release date: 2008-07-22
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August 19, 2008 - Tuesday 

Category: Life

Hurricane Woes, And Tuesday Photo's.

I saw this when I was walking to the school yesterday morning. It seemed like the best representation of the start of school.....and empty tire swing, still and abandoned, waiting to be flung skyward once more to the lyrical music of children's laughter!
Yeah.....sometimes I can be deep like that.
I'll update you on the weather in my neck of the woods as it happens. Even if the power goes out, I still have text to Twitter!
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August 13, 2008 - Wednesday 

Category: Life

Hi! Long Time No See!

Hello all! yes it is another bright and shiny day here at Casa de Blondefabulocity! Well, it's a day anyway. I am watching the Olympics again, watching Phelps kick major ass, and I saw his little back story that they run on the racers between races. It got me to thinking.... what's my back story? You all know that I am debating about whether or not to go to the Kick Off Party in Land O Lakes because I just don't know if I want to tell my back story to anyone. Yeah I can be myself....that's not the problem. It's the inevitable, "So what have you been doing since college?" question that I am dreading most.
What have I been doing? Hmmm..... well I was a dumbass and got pregnant, then married the daddy when I knew in my heart that it wasn't right.(That's what I get for listening to my mother!) I got several menial jobs because my husband at that time was convinced that AMWAY was the way to invest any of our hard earned money we had extra. I basically supported our family and eventually had two more "birth control babies". I divorced 1 and started dating HHH who was patient enough to wait 4 years until I was ready to marry again, and in those years had not one but two children be diagnosed with type one diabetes, learned to be a cook and chef, and dealt with living in a state I came to despise! During all of this my health, both mental and physical, had been constantly up and down, till finally I found out I had Celiac's as well as my daughter having Celiac's. That took out entire food groups for us! I am a bread eater! A lovely roasted garlic loaf tempts me more than a dessert! Nope. Gotta give it up now. Bah! And then that leads me to moving back to Florida, HHH losing his job because of a trifling bitch, and us becoming homeless. Oh yeah....I so want to share that!

I want to take a moment to say, as I am watching the Women's Gymnastics Finals, that the Chinese girls they have there look like they are 10 years old! WTF??? I thought that you had to be at least 16 to compete? Is China cheating? I don't know.....

OK, back to the matter at hand.....where was I? Oh yeah, my back story. Anyway, there is no way I can go there and tell these people that. OK, yeah you all are saying, "Well, just don't tell them the cruddy parts!" But then there would be HUGE holes in my past......eh, I don't know. Maybe it is the thing about going out on my own and interacting with people that is getting to me. I don't have friends. Due to the nature of HHH's jobs, (apartment community maintenance) we move quite a bit compared to most people. You have to go where the jobs are, and with the kids constantly needing me at school or at home, I never really made friends. I read all the blogs and envy those that say, "Oh I went out with the girls last night!" or "Went to see a movie with my friend." Yeah, I don't get that. I pack my entire existence into my family. Sitters are few and hard to come by and expensive as hell if I can't get family to sit for me. (two diabetics require someone who is schooled in needles and care.) This party would be me, on my own, no HHH or kids to direct the conversation to. And we only have 1 car that HHH takes to work every morning and doesn't get home with until 6:30 at night. Am I interesting enough to keep up a conversation with? Can I hold my own with other people? I just don't know. HHH says I can. He was kind of angry with me Tuesday after he read my post. He was saying, "Hell, you watch CNN, surf the web, and talk with people on the net all the damn time! Of course you can make good conversation." Le sigh........ I am still up in the air, which is why I have put a poll on my blog. Vote me on or off the island, so to speak. So far everyone is telling me to go, go, go! Someone even voted for the "Lie your ass off!" choice! Ha ha, don't think I will be doing that, but I have till Saturday to figure out what to do. How the hell am I nervous to go and meet up with people I have known before, but was a-okay with going to meet Brendan??? Bah... whatever....just go and vote for what ever you think I should do. Maybe I should go just for the blog fodder it would give me. But I have decided I will abide with whatever is voted on, so go and vote away! I am at your mercy!

Damn those Chinese girls look underage! They just showed the Chinese women's team next to the American Women's team and the difference was startling!

So that's where I am. Debating parties, looking for open house dates for school, and getting sleepy because it is 11:15 pm Tuesday night and I am trying to keep to my "Write your post the night before" promise I made to myself. Oh, and if you get the chance, check out http://www.avitable.com/2008/08/12/huge-announcement/ and see what he has going on for his Halloween party!

And Nirvana STILL needs vacuuming. I hate ants.
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August 11, 2008 - Monday 

Category: Life

But How Will I Know What To Do?


This is what my son said to me tonight. He was already in bed, but about 20 minutes later he got up, wandered into my bedroom, and plopped down next to HHH. He had a worried look on his small face and his little brow was furrowed in heavy thought.


"But what if I don't know anything?" Now the eyes are looking cloudy.


"But baby, that is why you go to school, to learn about things you don't know." I give him my best reassuring mom voice.


"Yeah, but I have never been in first grade. What if I don't remember anything?" The concern in his tiny voice has grown a bit more.


"Honey, I will help you with everything. You bring home any work from school, and Mommy will always help you learn it! I promise!" HHH is nodding in approval and seconding everything I am saying.


Then we get to the crux of the situation.......


"But Mom, what if there is no recess in first grade?"


My little man, my curly, little, fluffy headed man........ was worried that there was no playgrounds or recess in first grade. My heart melted as I looked into his eyes and saw he was really serious. Then I remembered how I felt when I was small and starting a new school year. The nervousness, the trepidation, the wonder about who was going to be in my class, what we were going to learn and who was going to be my teacher. It all came flooding back as I looked in my little boys eyes and saw that he was really anxious about it all.
So what do you do when your six year old looks up into your eyes and tells you he's worried about the new school year? Well, if you're me, you gather him up in your arms, hug him really tight, and kiss him on the head while promising him that if he needs you, you will be right there in a heartbeat at the school, after school with homework, and any other time he needs me. Just have the school call and I'll be there in a flash! Now that he was suitably satisfied that the school year would be OK and that there WOULD be recess, he carried on back to bed and drifted off to dreamland.
And this was all because I told my eldest daughter that school started a week from tomorrow. I guess I should save my "OMG, the kids are back in school" dance for when they can't see me, huh? !
Remember babies..... Mommy loves you!
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August 9, 2008 - Saturday 

Category: Life

Is There A Sign On My Head?

And does it say "Hit Me!"?

I swear to God I must have! Tonight we were going to the Wall to Wall Mart again to pick up some snacks for the weekend. As I am carefully rolling down one of the parking aisles, I see headlights whipping through in between two parked cars! I freak, slam on my brakes, and honk my horn to let the other driver know where I am, AND IT WAS A COP! Yep. One of Bowling Green's finest was cutting through the parked cars, trying to get a close spot because it was raining and he didn't want to get wet. And once again, even thought I was in the right, and the guy scared the holy crap outta me, he still fussed back at me like I was the one who was wrong. Ah.... America.

Now for the meme that Lady Jaye tagged me with......

Attached or Single? Wonderfully attached to HHH!
Best Friend? HHH
Cake or Pie? Cake, of which I make really excellent ones at a huge discount!
Day of Choice? The day I married my best friend!
Essential Item? My laptop.
Favorite Color? Red!
Gummy Bears or Worms? Bears....all the way!
Hometown? Okeechobee, Florida.
Indulgence? Starbucks Venti Mocha Frappuccino.
January or July? July baby..... it's my birth month!
Kids? 3. Rebecca, Morgan, and Junior.
Life isn't complete without..... my family.
Marriage Date? June 16th, 2004.
Number of Siblings? 1, a sister who is 42.
Oranges or Apples? Oranges...... I grew up around Groves.
Phobias? Spiders!
Quote? "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have 1/2 a tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it!"
Reason to Smile? HHH and the kids, my dog and cat, and my blogging friends!
Season of Choice? Gator Football Season!
Tag Someone! Christina LMT, Putz, Dads Who Mock, KVegas, I gotta get more friends....
Unknown Fact? In high school, I wanted to be a writer, but went to school for Music ed.
Vegetable? Summer Squash.
Worst Habit? I get frustrated really easily.
Xray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound because that was how I first saw my children.
Your Favorite Food? White chocolate raspberry cheesecake!
Zodiac? Cancer..... no wonder I am so crabby!

and there we go! All about me from A to Z!!! I would have done it yesterday, but I had to write about the crazy driving lady. Now on to eating my pita chips, drinking my Frappuccino, and watch Harold & Kumar Go To Guantanamo Bay! Go NPH!!!!
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August 9, 2008 - Saturday 

Category: Life

I Gotta Learn.......




.....to not let myself get angry. Yep. Me. I have to try to learn to let other people be other people and not get pissed off at the stupidity of others. That was always all well and good until I started driving again.




I re upped my license and we bought a new car and I actually wanted to start driving more. For the last few years, I had HHH chauffeur me around like some kind of D list movie star and I was perfectly fine with that. On family trips we were a veritable Lewis and Clark, with him doing the driving and me navigating with directions. I also took care of the kids in the car. My first husband was a shitty driver and almost killed us on more than one occasion with his lack luster attempts at handling a car. (How he isn't dead yet from inept driving I'll never know!) He scared me into not wanting to drive for quite a while. Then I turned 36. I felt like a gramma all of a sudden, letting other's cart me around. So I went and renewed my DL with a gusto. I got done up for my new photo (which turned out to be awful anyway.), I put my freshly minted DL in my Dooney & Bourke, and I got behind the wheel after what seemed like forever........... and I saw for the first time how shitty other people drive!




Or I should say, don't drive! People do not drive anymore. They multi-task. They are texting, eating, adjusting their undies, and driving all at the same time! They are chatting on the phone, changing CD's, doing work on their wi-fi enabled laptops, and tying their shoes all at once! They are TRYING TO KILL ME!!!!! Take yesterday for example.....




The fam and I were driving over to Wauchula, a mere 3 miles from our home, (remember, most accidents occur within 5 miles of home.). I am in the slower lane, but I am doing the speed limit which is 65. There is an auto parts tractor/ trailer coming up on my left in the left hand lane to pass me probably going about 70. I look ahead and a white Ford Expedition pulls out in front of me about 300 yards up the road. No problem, until I see that the vehicle is only doing 40 mph! Yes this woman pulls out in front of me going 40 in a 65, and DOESN'T BOTHER TO SPEED UP! Nope, and of course I am boxed in now. I have to slam my brakes and slow down enough to whip in behind the tractor/trailer and pass her before I end up stuffed in her back seat! Then, when I do pass her I see what the problem is....... the woman is chatting away on her cell phone, totally unaware of her surroundings, not even touching the steering wheel and making all kinds of gesture with her hands at the phone! WTF????? Who are these people and how did you EVER get a license??? As I pass her, I beeped my horn to possibly bring her back to matters at hand and perhaps get her to concentrate on the road. Wrong move. Now this bitch is trying to catch up with me. What is it about Americans that we think we can do no wrong and it is all everyone else's fault? Well, I get to my turn off at Wall to Wall Mart and the woman decides she has to get the last word or what ever in and she cuts across 3 lanes to whip in behind me and as I am turning into Wall to Wall's parking lots she says some choice words out her window and shakes a fist at me....but keeps on going. Yep, chicken shit never stopped, just wanted to let me know I was a fucking bitch for honking at her when she almost made me wreck. Oh and to top it off, she was still on her cell phone! Never put it down. Now I said some things as well, like "Come over here and say that you *&^% *&^%$ &*^%$!" Probably not my best, but at least I was already parked and my car was stopped. (Sorry Kids... Mommy gets upset when crazy, no driving people almost make us crash.)




So you see, I need to just let it go. I need to try and take the examples of Ghandi, Mother Theresa, and the Dali Llama and be more at peace with the world and all its inhabitants great and small, ......




.....and people need to FUCKING HANG UP AND DRIVE!
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