Discipline

I've mentioned before that I have problems disciplining my children. It really bothers me to hear them cry. Logically I know that I'm doing them a dis service by not disciplining them, but it still hurts my soul.

Anyhow, I'm reading a really good book called "The Year of Living Biblically" by A. J. Jacobs. It's a humours book about a guy that tries to live the bible literally for a year.

I enjoy it because I have so many things that are in the bible that I question, but I am taught to go on faith. That's a whole other post.

So here is what the book says:

"I've got to get stricter. Look at the example set by God. The God of the Bible treats his children - the human race - with both justice and mercy. Right now I'm out of wack; I'm 10 percent justice and 90 percent mercy. If I had been in charge of the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve would have gotten three strikes, then a fourth, then a stern warning, then had their bedtime moved up twenty minutes. God, as you know, kicked them out. As a sign of His compassion, he clothed them in animal skins before the eviction, but He still kicked them out."

That fits me to a T. I pray about this regularly. But my daughter prays against me, LOL. She asks that the lord makes me not so angry and to let her do more stuff.

That's what I gotta do...start kicking them out right away. I let them push me too much. They win more often than I do. Dang it.

I want to be the winning team. Because when a parent operating in the best interests of their child wins....everyone wins.

Has anyone researched...

I need some information. I plan on researching it myself. Someday. In my spare moments. When I've read all the good blogs out there, and all my bills are paid, and my house is clean.



Request No. 1.



Antidepressants:

1. Aren't they time released?


2. Is it normal that if you miss 1 pill you turn back into an angry bitch?


3. If #2's answer is yes - how are you ever supposed to get off the dang durn things?

Request No. 2.

Blogs

1. Has anyone found a blog written by a redneck man? I've seen plenty from red neck women, but not men.


2. How often does everyone update their blogroll?


3. How can you find out whose blogroll you are on?


4. How do I post those little buttons at the end of a post so that people can to to TMI Tuesday and Wednesday Weirdness and HNT?

Ok, that's it for now.

Wednesday Weirdness

1.) As an adult, do you do anything for Halloween or is it jut another day?

I like to do things for Halloween, but since having kids its difficult to find time. Right now we just focus on taking the kids trick or treating. In order to please the grandparents we get to take them 3 different days and places.


2.) Do you ever dress up for Halloween? What will be your costume this year?

Liza used to help me dress up, but we haven't in awhile. I wear some pink horns, does that count?


3.) Have you started Christmas shopping yet? When do you usually begin?

Yes, I have. I've been getting started earlier and earlier each year. I'm hoping to eventually get to the point that the shopping is done by November.


4.) Do you look people in the eye when talking? Does it bother you when people don't make eye contact during conversation?

I make eye contact, but I don't stare. I only hate when someone is apologizing and won't look me in the eyes. I make my kids look me in the eyes when they apologize after time out.

5.) What excuse do you usually use when you want to take a day off work for no real reason?

My HPV is acting up. J/K Usually that I have things I have to do. My work is pretty understanding.

6.) How often, on average, do you find yourself thinking about sex per day?

Alot. Probably at least once an hour, maybe twice. Sometimes more, never less. It think about it and don't always get aroused, but I just get these images in my head. I don't really understand it.


7.) What company makes your favorite brand of shoes? What makes them your favorite?

Whoever is cheapest.

8.) Do you ever save alcohol bottles once they are empty?

No, should I? Is there a special use for them?

9.) Do you enjoy musicals?

Love them. Well, only the dramatic ones or romantic ones.

My Monday Confession

I cussed at a 14 year old punk this weekend. If I hadn't missed a dose of my psycho meds I probably would have let his slight pass.

I'll admit it I was in a pissy mood. I had been up most of the night with fevered children. My DH (and I use the D very sarcasticlly today) got up at 6 and went to cut firewood. I had to be at my mom's by 2 for trick or treat.

I thought if the kids were sick then I could get out of it. But to no avail. I have no idea why they were fevered. My son might be cutting teeth, my daughter might be getting an ear infection. I dunno.

Anyhow - I make it to my moms by 1:45 p.m. My mom lives in a gated community that surrounds a lake. It's where I grew up. The lake front houses have VERY VERY steep driveways and the lake is very large. So everyone that trick-r-treats drives. Some in golf carts, some on four-wheelers, some in cars.

This year my mom borrowed a trailer and threw some hay bales in it for the kids to sit on and hooked it to the old explorer.

Sounds peachy, right? Well it would have been, except my aunt's kids - Daughter is 18 and son is 14 decide they want to go. Not only do they want to go but the son brought a friend and the daughter brought a boyfriend.

On top of that my brother who is 12 is going - as well as my cousin who is 14.

The boyfriend and friend and my girl cousin are riding in the back of the explorer. Doing nothing but sitting on their fat lazy asses. Not helping with the kids in any way, shape or form.

Needless to say my irritation level kicks up a bit. I've already had to put them in check for language and I warned them that I wouldn't hesitate to make them walk.

So about 1/2 way around the other side of the lake I hear my girl cousin say - "Watch your mouths, there are children here and that was inappropriate". At this point two of the smaller kids had joined the fat asses in the back.

So I said - "Ok, everyone shut up"

At that point, the 14 year old punk decides to going into a monologue about how he's always getting in trouble by other people and that he didn't do anything blah blah blah. I said - "You probably wouldn't get in trouble if you would SHUT YOUR MOUTH."

So then the boyfriends starts his monologue and I say "I MEAN EVERYONE."

Lovely silence for about 2 minutes. Then the boyfriend says "Butter, Peanut Butter". So I put the car in park and tell them to get out. They didn't believe me. So I walk around to the back of the explorer and again tell them to GET OUT!! Which they finally do. It's a good few miles up and down steep hills to get back to my moms. But I don't care. They should have had more respect.

So the remaining teenagers helped very nicely with the kids for the rest of trick r treating. Amazing what some discipline will do!

So when we get back my aunt has gone and picked them up so their fat asses didn't have to walk. Then my aunt wanted to hear my side of the story because she had heard theirs. So I shared it with her. She said, ok, let's go talk to them. So we go over there and the 14 year old kept interrupting me, and looking away and rolling his eyes.

So I refused to accept his apology. Then he was like "What's your problem." I said what's my problem? It's that you disrespect me and treat me like a piece of shit in my own family's vehicle and home?? You are a guest here and were welcomed in like one of our family and then you turn around and talk to me like that. GROW UP. You don't act like that when you are a guest.

There was a lot more said, but no more cussing. But I felt bad about saying shit and raising my voice. But I was mad, damnit.

WTF Friday????

I try to learn something new each day. I usually have no problem with that because of the amount of reading I do.

However last night I learned something that actually made my jaw drop.

Ready for this?

ROOSTERS CAN LAY EGGS!!!

Yeah...they are called cock eggs and they are whites only.

WTF??

Saving money is a big fat pain

DH and I made a decision to pay off all of our bills except our mortgage and our jeep payment. This would free us up enough to purchase a home and rent out our tube on 5 acres.

Well, shortly after we made that decision DH purchased the hated CAR. Taking up enough money to pay off 2 credit cards.

Just wanted everyone to remember that and feel bad for me and my sacrifices. That fact really has nothing to do with my story.

Ok, anyhow we have really cut back on our spending in order to save more money. I am bucking against that for one occasion. We are going to Howl at the Moon on November 8th with 100 of our closest friends. I plan on getting blasted. I haven’t been blasted in over 1 year. I’m due.

Anyhow here is how we’ve been saving money.

We only eat out once a week, and only if I ABSOLUTELY refuse to cook. And there aren’t any eggs or hot dogs that DH can cook.

We are making the kids Halloween costumes this year. Or borrowing them. Or something other than buying.

I am making my breakfast at night and making tea before I leave so that I don’t stop at the evil Circle K and spend $3.00 a day on coffee and muffins.

I am making my own lunch to take to work so that I don’t spend $6-7 dollars per day.

I can’t remember what else…but it’s a good start at least. Oh yeah and DH is working his dump truck and bringing in a few hundred dollars each week or so….


That’s about it. Not sure how much that will save us, but we will see.

Just a little advice for my male readers...

If your sex life is going really well.

Just the way you want it.

You are getting all of your needs met on a daily basis.

Do. Not. Criticise. Your. Womans. Housekeeping. Skills.

My Monday Confession

I don’t wash my new clothes before I wear them.

There, I said it out loud. I’m letting the world know. I rip the tags off of stuff and throw them on my children, on myself, on my spouse. I’m not worried about the chemicals from new clothes or anything like that. All I can think of is a way to save myself on doing laundry. I’m so excited to have something new that I don’t even want to take the time to wash them, I want to wear them right away.

Anyone else want to confess something clean today? You can confess dirty stuff on my other blog.

A few changes

I really screwed up. I opened my big mouth and now my sister knows about this blog. Well, sortof knows. She knows I have 2 private blogs.

She is pissed. She feels she should have access to these blogs. But I KNOW there will be MAJOR issues if she reads my other blog. It's very difficult for my family to imagine that I have parts of my life I would like to KEEP from them.

So I guess I'm going to have to create a completely vanilla blog, under a different name than Countess and share that with my family to satisfy their thirst for knowledge.

Dang it I barely have time to write in these. Where will I find time for a third?

Ok, enough of that. Last night we had dinner with some people we know from church. They are in our small group. It was nice. I didn't have to cook and my kids ate like pigs. All and all a successful night. Except for the acid indigestion that I was throwing up at 3 am. Yeah that sucks.

DH is all pissy this morning because I didn't go to bed at the same time of him. Ummm...I didn't have to get up at 3 a.m. He did. Why should I lose out on my "no kids" time? He is such a baby sometimes.

Wednesday Weirdness

Just so I can keep up with the rest of the gang:

1. If you could only eat one fruit for an entire year and that fruit would magically be in season and ripe that full year, which fruit would you choose and why? Mango. It's filling and delicious...and banannas sometimes make me gag.

2. What is something that makes you sad? Animal cruelty

3. What would you do if you came home from an extended vacation and found that someone else was living in your house?I would be whippin someone's ass. With a quickness.

4. What US President, alive or otherwise, would you like to have dinner with? They are all the same to me.

5. What is your opinion on multitasking while driving? (Reading a book or work documents, changing clothes, fixing hair, applying make up, shaving your face, et cetera) I've only seen Liza do it, and she's pretty good at it, so I can't bitch to much. I don't really have much road rage.

6. Do you ever multitask while driving? I will sometimes text while driving or hand stuff to my kids, or eat. If so, how often would you say you are guilty of it? At least 3 times a week.

7. Do you tend to be early, on time, fashionably late or LATE to work and work related events? I prefer to be at least 15 minutes early.Do you tend to be more or less punctual for non-work related events? Less punctual. Mostly because I am taking my kids and they can take FOREVER to get ready.

8. What is a quirk your significant other has that you would define as "cute"? I haven't noticed any "cute" quirks. I really need to look for that. Now if you ask me what quirks irritate the hell out of me.....

Be sure to check out more Wednesday Weirdness.

Wednesday Weirdness

Wednesday Weirdness #24
1.) Do you think you're approachable? I think I am totally approachable. However, I have been told by, well most everyone that knows me, that I am NOT approachable. That I throw off this "stay the eff away from me" vibe.

2.) Out of the two, would you rather be able to predict things before they happened or be able to read minds whenever you wanted to? Predict things before they happen. Why? Avoid catastrophe, win the lottery, bet on sports teams " Why would I not want to read minds? I didn't say I didn't want to read people's minds, I just want to predict things more than read people's minds.

3.) Have you ever kissed, fooled around or slept with an ex significant other AFTER you were already broken up? No, No and a thousand times No. Broke up means just that. Usually the reason we broke up was because I finally figured out what a loser he was.

4.) Do you believe dreams are your imagination running wild as you sleep, your subconscious showing you what's really on your mind or something else entirely? A little of both. Sometimes I dream of sex with a Matt Hughes. That's both my imagination runnin wild AND what's really on my mind.

5.) How often do you use cuss words? Does your use of cuss words vary on your moods or situations? I use them way to much. They are the common language here at work, but it's a bad example for my children. Yes, if I'm angry I can't control it.

6.) Do you ever purposely lead people on so you can get what you want?
Never ever ever. That is just mean and selfish and greedy.

7.) When was the last time you did something you told yourself you wouldn't do? What was it?
Yesterday. I told myself that I wouldn't confide in the other admin, and then went ahead and told her what should have stayed to myself.

8.) If you could meet one musician who is no longer alive, who would it be?
I can't really think of any dead musicians that I would like to meet or spend time with....is that sad?

I just keep running face first into the same wall.....

I just can't seem to get ahead. At all. In anything.

Ok, I'll admit it, I'm feeling down. In the dumps.

I WANNA HOUSE!! A REAL HOUSE. Not a tube. Not a double tube. A real honest to Pete house.

I want it now!! Right now. Just call me Veruca.

I'm checking into that. Looking to see if it's even remotely possible for us. If our credit is good enough. If our debt to income ratio is low enough (it's not). If the blood of our first born satisfies the Bank Vampires etc....

I just want to forget about wanting a house and focus on something else, but I can't.

It's times like this I wish I had ADD.

Come one, come all.........

Last night, at ten till nine, DH suddenly decides that my Livvie needs a bath. Now I think I've talked about Livvie before. She's my amstaff that we rescued from New York.

Note to self, think of a better name for DH than DH

Anyhow, he jumps up and chases her to the back. The heathens children ran quickly behind them. My spidey senses advised me that this would be a good time to catch up on some reading as the children would be occupied for AT LEAST 10 minutes.

Shortly into the first chapter I had to put my book down. The conversations in the back were classic. It went something like this:



The daughter (Here after known as PD for this story)"Dad, can I sit here and watch you? Dad, why is Livvie getting a bath? (giggling) Dad, giving Livvie a bath is sooo fun."

DH "Because she is dirty. Don't you get dirty when you play outside"

PD "Yeah....Dad, what did she do to get dirty? Did she roll in the dirt?"

DH *Sigh* "Probably PD - Livvie was running through the woods and so she was in the dirt and the mud"

Silence with the sound of water running in the background.

DH "SON!!! GET OFF THE HOT WATER RIGHT NOW. YOU CANNOT BE ON THE HOT WATER YOU COULD BURN YOURSELF OR LIVVIE."

I'm not really sure how my son was on the hot water as it's a tub/shower combo and the faucets are on the wall. Maybe he was in the sink. Whatever, I'm sure the son got the point.

PD "Dad, why is she standing like that?"

DH "Because I'm washin..."

PD "DAD DAD - WHY IS SHE PUTTING HER LEG UP LIKE THAT?"

DH - Total exasperation in his voice - "PD Livvie doesn't like to get a bath - do YOU like to get a bath?"

PD Yeah, I do...

DH - Sigh - "Ok, well you know how YOUR BROTHER doesn't like getting a bath - well neither does Livvie"

PD "Oh, ok"

DH "Now go get Daddy a......SON...YOU CANNOT CLIMB ON THE WASHER LIKE THAT!!! OMG YOUR MOM IS GOING TO KILL ME. GET DOWN NOW. THAT IS NOT A TOY, PUT THAT DOWN. YOU CAN DO LAUNDRY WITH MOMMY TOMORROW YOU DON'T NEED THE LAUNDRY SOAP. BOY!!! I'M NOT KIDDING. YOU ARE SO LUCKY THAT I CAN'T COME OVER TO YOU RIGHT NOW. DAUGHTER!! WHERE ARE THE TOWELS? DAMNIT - LIVVIE DO NOT SHAKE! SIT... I SAID SIT!!

PD "Dad, why are you so mad?

It actually went even further as he cleaned Livvies ears...but I don't have time to type that. I'm grinning from ear to ear just thinking about it....

I love my family.