Thursday Thirteen!

Thirteen Things I Do/Say/Feel That Piss People Off

1. Make plans then cancel.
2. Make middle of the night phone calls....I can't help it if a few beers helps me remember something I wanted to tell them
3. Leave 5 pairs of shoes lying around the house (GARY!!)
4. Think that MY plans are the best
5. Park in handicap parking. (I'm handicap...I have 2 teenagers and a pre-teen!)
6. Say, "Andy, it's time to get off the phone", "Andy, it's time to get up for school", "Andy, wash your face", "Andy, brush your teeth"
7. Refuse to commit to time and place on St. Patricks Day...I want to be able to "go with the flow"
8. Talk to Amy (Danny and Mom)
9. Tell Molly "no" to ANYTHING!
10. Very non-committal....you never know when something better will come along!! :)
11. Stay out way past 2:30am when out with friends (Gary, AGAIN!)
12. At the grocery checkout say "oh crap, I forgot one more thing, I'll be right back".
13. Feel that people should accept me for who I am and adore me anyway!!!

To all those I have ever pissed off, just remember....
"IT'S BETTER TO BE PISSED OFF THAN PISSED ON!!"

Have a great weekend, everyone!



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Old Flames

As much as I really wanted to get atleast one good snowfall this year, I'll admit I'm ready for it to go away now! It's beautiful on day one and the kids were gone for hours snowboarding, and sledding, and playing snow football. But ok, the thrill is gone. After the initial excitement, it's really not worth anything if you can't atleast get a day off school! If only it had held off for one more night. Oh well...
Not much new. Went to a fundraiser at my sons' school on Saturday. It was Ladies Night Bunko...ever played that? It's a simple dice game, but you rotate tables and end up meeting a lot of new people and reconnecting with some you haven't seen in years. It was a blast. $25 covered beer (bottled, I might add), wine, and cosmopolitans! What a deal. BUT....the servers were all men and who brought me my first drink? Only the first love of my life!!! Ooh boy, did I have a crush on him! I still get nervous when I think about it....and I got all giggly seeing him again..geez! Granted, time has not been especially kind to him...big belly, some balding and greying... but that personality was still there...what a charmer! Needless to say, I kept ordering drinks just so he could deliver them to me. Met his wife...not cute, very butch, that'll teach him!
But the B*^&# was friendly! Hard as I tried, I couldn't hate her! I can't wait to go back next year...hopefully he'll be serving again. I'm going to make sure I lose weight by then, and brush up on my vocabulary, and have some unbelievably exciting stories to tell him...he'll wonder why he ever looked twice at Ms. Butch Friendly!! I don't want him....I just want him to want me!!!

Peace out, my friends!

In A Year

This week is the anniversary of the death of Michael. It was one year ago that Michael went to bed and never woke up. It seems like only yesterday. I still can hear his voice over the phone when calling for Molly. It was always the same "Hello, this is Michael, is Molly there?" The memory of the two of them together is embellished in my brain. I'm sure those visions will wean themselves and not be as vivid...another loss in itself. I see how much Molly has grown in the last year. Taller, thinner, experimenting with makeup, becoming a little more girly..I enjoy watching the transformation. I can't help wondering where Michael would have fit into the picture....but something tells me he would have gone along for the ride, teasing her and all the while being her confidante. They just had that special "thing". Will this loss effect who she becomes as an adult? She still misses him terribly... that's a whole separate entity for which I grieve.
A year has passed and life has gone on, just as I suspected. An earthly life has ended and paths have been altered. It happens every day. There is no disrespect intended in that. But this week in January will forever remind me of how fragile life is. I will think of Michael and remember his face. I will remember the sadness that week brought and I will struggle to find the right words to say to his parents. I will laugh with Molly over the same stories I have heard again and again. I will honor that fact that Michaels leaving us has left us all so much to think about.

What the F*&#^

Okay, so a 6 yr old called me a "F'n B" today! A 6 year old who refused to give up his coloring and begin his reading assignment. I picked his skinny little butt up and put him right out of the room..his pants were drooping and showing off his Buzz Lightyear boxers. He then went on to tell me that he was going to call his Dad up to come shoot everybody, to which I professionally responded "bring it on!" He also threatened to cut off my electricity so that my TV would go off and my food would get warm AND to call to Rent-A-Center to come get "all your stuff"! You think maybe he's had some personal experience in this area? He also informed me that he wasnt afraid to go to jail because his mom would come down with some money and get him out. Again, something familiar, ya think? Now as amusing as this all sounds, and as amusing as it was at the time, there is some sadness to it. It's sad that a 6 yr old has had those experiences. It's not right that a young child of his age is able to muster up such language. Sad and pitiful and heartbreaking. I look at him and I wonder what his world is like outside of school....his behaviors give me a small clue. So we try to teach him new behaviors, and new words, and try to set him up for success....but there's only so much that these 6 hours a day can impress upon him. There's only so much we can do. Sad.

Thirteen Things about SHARON1. I love my kids 2. I am a gemini, so sometimes it is hard for me to make a decision 3. I want to sing and dance on Broadway 4. I LOVE JACK BAUER! 5. I have been married 17 years. 6. I love to use the "F" word when I'm on the back of my husbands Harley 7. I love the beach 8. I like sitting at a local bar with my girlfriends drinking beer, laughing, and singing country songs on the jukebox. 9. I appreciate that I have the kind of husband who doesn't mind when I get the urge to do #8. 10. I love my sisters and feel sad for my daughter that she doesn't have one. 11. I like poetry. 12. I am aware of my faults. 13. I know I am loved. …. Start your list here! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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S.

Happy 2007!

Happy 2007! The Holidays are over and it's back to reality for me. Working in the school system is great if for no other reason than the breaks! Two weeks off can do a body and mind good. Christmas was great. Santa Gary did another fine job at Christmas shopping. I've come to realize how lucky I am with his gift giving skills. He loves to buy jewelry....which I am very thankful for!! Gary and the kids were all happy with their treasures from under the tree. Gary looks especially "harley hot" in his new hat and scarf I got him for when he rides in the cold months. My Molly-girl got a digital camera/video....she had a blast with that on Christmas Day, capturing pictures and video of our company. It was quite funny to watch it all the next day....especially the late night games around the dining room table! Andy and Collin both got new MP3 players which are constantly hooked up to their ears. Andy turned 16 on Christmas Day....amazing! New Years Eve was nice. This was the first year we didn't spend it as a family...there was something sad in that. Andy went to his girlfriends house. Collin was invited to a friends house. We have always spent it with other families but things have changed a little bit, the teenagers are getting older. Between us all, Molly was the only young one left. We decided to go out for dinner and drinks at our friends bar...a local establishment. Molly opted to stay at the neighbors house....she was really missing her buddy Michael, whom she has spent every New Years Eve with. She called me at 11:15 feeling a little blue...so I went to pick her up and brought her to the bar to spend New Years with us....the only 11 year old in the place!! Of course she brought her video camera with her. She ended up having a good time and I am so glad she was with us at midnight to ring in the new year.
So onto another year... I am filled with hope that it will hold peace and laughter and I am filled with faith that God will help me persevere if it is anything less than that. That whole faith thing really came in handy this past year...I'm hoping I don't have to call on it so much in 2007!!

S.