cougars and perverts

Yes everyone those are my daughters! Since I have had children there are no pictures of me in a swim suit. I do not know why, but there just aren't any.

I was watching the secret lives of women and they had a show about cougars. Cougars are women who date guys who date guys a lot younger then they are.

So last night Rusty and I were talking and I was telling him about this show. I have had guys say to me "When Rusty dies I am going to marry you". I just laugh and say " You don't want me, besides I think I am going to swing the other way". That usually catches them off guard and they do not know what to say other then to say " can I watch".

Back to the cougars, so I told Rusty that I thought it was very interesting.

So Rusty says " Let me get this straight. Women who date much young men are called cougars? Is that because these young men are their prey? i wonder what they call older men who date much younger women?"

I said " they call them perverts! That is why people look at us funny when we go out together. You look older then you are and I look younger then I am".

Rusty just gave me this look of shock, so I had to add to the shock. I said "the next time we go out for ice cream I am going to call you dad, and I am going to keep saying it until everyone in the place hears us and then I am going to start making out with you!"

Rusty said "The sad thing is I know that you would do that"

On another subject. Rusty has lost another 10 pounds and he is down to about 180. For a guy that is 6'2" that is not bad! I am so proud of him. He has needed to lose a few pounds.

For the last few days every time I have tried to at solid food, well lets say that it does not sit well. So I am going to go on a liquid diet for a while and se if I can't get this "bug" out of me.

Nikki called me. I missed her call but she left me a message saying that she was good and that she would be home around 1 am Monday morning. I am so glad that she isdoing good.

Today I am going to do some sewing and just chill out for a while. We have a friend coming in from 29 palms and the marines will be showing up here later on tonight. I hope no one is sick this weekend. I want to party and do something fun.

Check this out! One of Ambers teachers just called me and it is the one who is leading the group to Europe. Anyway, they still have some openings for the trip to Costa Rica! That trip goes between Christmas and new years and it is only $1,800! So Amber and I are going to sit down and talk about what we can fo to help her raise money to go on both trips.

Well, nothing is getting done while I am sitting here, so I better get my ass in gear.

 

my crazy life

The last few days have been so busy. We have not really done anything but it is just the usual crap.

Lets see.... I went to hot topic to price their hair stuff. Nikki want's to dye her very nice blond hair hot pink! LOL I am going to let her. It is just hair.

Amber is still looking for a job. She is starting to get desperate. Amber also got a little taste of success. Amber got a $100 donation! Amber called me and was so happy. That was what she needed to pay her trip off for this month!

Rusty is going on a job interview with a company that makes amtracks. Those are some military things. We will have to really sit down and talk and about it. They are offering him a lot more money, but it is further away, and I do not see Rusty very much as it is.

One of our friends asked me just the other night where Rusty was. It was only 8 p.m. and Rusty was in bed. I told him that I swear I saw Rusty more when he was on active duty. Then my friend put me in my place and said yes but he does not deploy any more. Good point. So no more complaining.

One of Nikkis friends called the other day. I told this young man that Nikki was in Mexico. He just laughed. He said he expected nothing more then for Nikki to be gone. I ended up talking to this young man for about an hour and half. His name is Aaron and him and Nikki were in the church band together until he enlisted and now he is on his way to Iraq. I really enjoyed talking to this young man. He is going to take some leave and come home before he leaves for Iraq. He is going to come by and surprise Nikki. I think I am about to meet Nikiis future husband.

Rusty said that Nikki cannot hook up this young man. I said why is it because he is in the Army. Would you rather her hook up with a marine? Rusty said that he does not want his girls to hook up with any one in the service. I am however making this young man a quilt.

I think that is all that has been going on around here.

Today I am going to mow our little yard and try to clan up the house. I had to take our friend back to the airport last night, so my ass is dragging a lot!

Before I go here are some pictures. You can now see why my husband looks older then what he is! LOL

 

speaking english

So yesterday I had to go register Ryan for school. This should be easy, but wait this is me dealing with the school system.

So I get there and I sit down to start filling out these papers and then a gentlemen walks up to me and starts speaking Spanish to me. I give him the deer in the headlights look. Then he speaks English to me.

I go to turn in all of the papers. The first lady was cool. Then she asks me to wait to speak to the school nurse.

The nurse says to me " your child is mentally retard with autism". I was like well thanks for telling me this. Then she say's "Well what can he do as far as p.e. goes" I very calmly say, "he can do anything that he wants. He will be in a special p.e. class along with all of the other children from the living skills class" The nurse then has the nerve to say to me so he does have limitations. I finally said " Look lady, I am his mom and I know him better then you ever will. His iep is in place and I do not need nor want your concerns."

I walked over to the next station. By now my blood is boiling. the lady at the next station says "You need to fill out this form so that your child can get on the Internet." I told her that I was not going to sign the form. her response was "You must sign the form so that your son can do his reports". Now I lost it. " I understand that the Internet is a wonderful tool to use. However my son does not even know how to turn one on or use a mouse. I know that he will not be writing any papers using the Internet". Then lady, bless her soul says " well what if your son has a break through" I am going to go off on this bitch! I said "lady if my son has a break through I will come back down here and sign all of the damn forms" she finally said to me "Oh one last question what language is spoken in the home?" This chick has no clue? I smiled and said " We speak Korean in our home. Please find a translator, so that we will not have to struggle with our English!" Bitch have I not just been speaking to you in English!

Nikki's councilors were suppose to be in yesterday. So I went up to the high school and the councilors were in but they were in meetings all day. So the secretary gave me an appointment for this morning.

I show up this morning and the secretary just looks at me, and then says "oh I forgot you had an appointment this morning, I did not look at their schedules, and your daughter councilor will be out all day."

Lady you better be speaking to someone else or you better tell me that the school system did not pay the phone bill.

I have to go back tomorrow.

Later on today I have to take a copy of Ryans iep down to the district office because it seems that they are not going to bus him this year. Well I have news for them. It is in his iep and they are going to bus him.

I hate dealing with the schools. The sad thing is I still have two more children to register for school!

 

gone again

Nikki arrived home from San Francisco Friday night. It was so good to see her walk in the door. I just wanted to hug her.

Nikki said that she had a blast and then we went to start packing for her trip to Mexico.

Today I took Nikki almost down to the boarder. It was so nice to just sit and talk with her.

Nikki is growing up so fast and I swear everytime she comes back, she is a little bit more grown up.

On the drive Nikki asked me how I find balance in my life. What? I am 37 years old and I do not think I have found complete balance. I did tell her what I do when I start to get stressed out. I also suggested that she talk to help leaders because they take a lot of trips and I thought they might be able to help her find some balance.

There is a saying that goes something like this.. Marines never wonder if they have made a difference in the world. That is true for Nikki as well.

I just hope that one day I will be able to change the world like the marines and Nikki do.

Amber made $120 dollars this weekend. Amber is happy that she made that money but she is also very discouraged. I know that Amber can do it. Amber just needs a taste of success.

I had a few heart to heart with some of the marines this weekend. I find my self giving advice and then I wonder where the words have come from. I know that they come from my past experiences, but man I never realized how much I have gone through and how much I have learned.

This weekend has been a blur to me. Rusty and I went in different directions this weekend. I swear the man keeps worse hours then he did when he was on active duty.

So, tonight we went out to dinner. Just the two of us. I wantedto sit down and tell him everything that went on around here. I sometimes wonder if Rusty feels like he is missing out on some stuff. I know that he missed a lot while he was on active duty, but I have never asked him how he feels now.

OH! I go three pumpkins! I picked them yesterday. I was so happy! I think I am going to plant some more and see if I can't get them to come up closer to Halloween.

That was my weekend in a nut shell. Not very exciting, but that is good.

I want....

I so want this car. I told Rusty that I want this for my 40th birthday. Rusty said that I could have it next year.

You know what else I want? I want my damn child support.

I am so sick of my ex not paying his support. He is only ordered $94 a month two children! I think he should be put in jail. Hell if he is not working then let his ass sit in jail and rot.

You know what I hate? I hate it when we were promised a profit sharing check and then it never comes in.

You know why I hate it? Because we took a pay cut because the profit sharing checks were suppose to more then make up for it.

We had some major stuff that we wanted to do with that money. Like buy my car, pay for our children's trips, get new floors.....

I so hate it when people say one thing and they do not do it. Someone should have just said " screw you guys we are not going to pay profit sharing checks" At least that would have been honest.

For those of you who do not know Rusty sells arms ammunition, and gear to the military and police departments. HMMMM no shortage of work there.

O.K. I am off my soap box and pity party. The lesson I have learned from all of this Money talks and bullshit walks. So show me the money or shut up.

why do we have children?

So tell me why again we have children? Yesterday Manny and I went to pick Amber up from her girlfriends house. A cop pulls up right behind me. Great. He asks me to turn the car off. There is also an officer on the other side of the car. I am asked the usual questions, and then I am told that I need to put the plate on the front of the car. Great I can see another ticket coming. Amber comes walking out and walks right past the officer and throws her stuff in the car. The officer asks her who I was. Amber said " oh she is my aunt and she is kidnapping me". While the officer on my side of the car asked me who Amber was. I said that she was my daughter. The officer asked me if my licence is current and if I have any outstanding tickets. I told a white lay. o.k. it was a big fat lie, and I said no. Amber is on the other side of the car asking the officer if I am going to get another ticket! The officer finally lets me go.

So just to get Amber back, her actual licence came in the mail yesterday, but I have not told her yet. Pay back is a bitch.

Today I am going to go to the beach. The beach is free and it is better then any therapy! I so cant wait to stick my feet in the sand and to let the sun bake my body.

When I get home from the beach I will have to help Amber get ready for her yard sale. People around here start very early!

I had a request for shepherds pie. So I think I am going to make that before I head out to the beach. I still to this day have never tried my own shepherds pie, but everyone else loves it.

Rusty said that he had to go to San Diego today. That bums me out. Rusty told me to call him when I got to the beach. He said that if he was back from San Diego that we could go have lunch. I am telling you I think Rusty keeps worse hours then he did while he was on active duty.

As for yesterday's entry about how clean is your house. I just cannot believe that people let their houses get that far out of hand. I am always cleaning something. I am also a Lysol freak. I spray and wipe everything down, then I go back and do it again.

I need to get busy and get moving. My day is calling me.

how clean is your home?

I have gotten hooked on this show called "how clean is your home" I watch it on the bbc channel. I swear to you guys even after a long weekend my house looks better then these houses!

I went up to the airport today and got Manny. It was nice to see him again.

Tomorrow i am going to pack everyone up and we are going to head to the beach. Before we get there we are going to swing by Rusty's work and make a delivery for him. I have not helped Rusty out in a while, so I hope this will help him out.

Amber is going to have another yard sale on Friday and Saturday. I do hope that she does well on the sale. Last month she came up short $20. That is o.k. because I just know that she will make it up. What Amber does not know is that we will give her whatever money she does not make, but we are not going to tell her that.

Today is a very slow and uneventful day. I am going to take advantage of it!

I am going to go finish doing nothing, and later I will make tacos everyone.