Pirate flag and lobster buoys

(Picture taken in Newport RI April 09)

 

I just never remember life being this crazy!  I am struggling.

meme

Wow it has been a while. Kinda avoiding the computer.. but here i am and Ihave been taggedina meme by Carrie!!  So here goes..

1. Do you like bleu cheese? meh it is okay in dressings

2. Have you ever smoked? Nope – allergic.

3. Do you own a gun? No way, i might hurt someone

4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? Was not allowed kool aid….not a fan

5. Hot Chocolate – with or without marshmallows? With marshmallows, i like to eat the hard ones waiting for the water to boil

6. What do you think of hot dogs? GROSS

7. Favorite Christmas movie? national lampoons

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? what ever is going to get me through the day

9. Can you do push ups? depends how many do i have to do? if you were a sailor of mine you would have to give me 5 pushups for every swear

10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? my 7 diamond ring…

11. Favorite hobby? i love to draw…

12. Do you have A. D. D.? you mean shinny object sydndrome? nah

13. Do you wear glasses/contacts? Glasses, i am already legally blind!

14. Middle name? elizabeth

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
my laundry is not done

i am cold

i have to pee

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly have: Water, ice tea, water

17. Current worry? I worry about a lot, work- am i going to loose my job? home – how much therapy are my kids going to need after me raising them? am i going to die alone?

18. Current hate right now? Hate is such a strong overused word.  there are so few things i hate…

19. Favorite place to be? on the water

20. How did you bring in the new year? With my friend Wayne at foxwoods! it was a great time!

21. Where would you like to go? anywhere, but it is not going away, it is knowing that i do not have to wrry about my boys while i am away, then i will go away

22. Name three people who will complete this: Not sure, YOU! who ever you are reading this!

23. Do you own slippers? YES!! Temperapedic cushion ones from brookstone

24. What color shirt are you wearing? black

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? NOPE but give me high thread count fresh off the clothes line…feather bed…comforter!

26. Can you whistle? kinda, but i have an orange whitsle for practice

27. Where are you now? home

28. Would you be a pirate? Pirate? nah, rule number one, do not draw attention to yourself

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? OOOHHH no singing! i cannot remember words.  i listen to music in the shower

30. Favorite Girl’s Name? Abby, or Olivia

31. Favorite boy’s name? Raymond, nathaniel jordan

32. What is in your pocket right now? no pockets in yoga pants

33. Last thing that made you laugh? raymond

34. What vehicle do you drive? 2005 quest…LOVE IT

35. Worst injury you’ve ever had? i will agree with carrie on this, broken heart…i still have one

36. Do you love where you live? not really, but i am happy

37. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2

 

So there you have it… 37 (more) things about me.

Feel free to tell me these 37 things about you.  I love to know who you are.  People are fascinating (if they’re not frustrating, annoying, mean, … you get the idea.)

“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”

“As we sail thru life, don’t avoid rough waters, sail on because calm waters won’t make a skillful sailor

Okay so work has been a bit turbulant, to say the least.  It feels like we all live on this vessel, very largein the middle of the water….everyone has their jobs.  the work on the ship hasnotbeen going well. our supplies are low. the wind keeps changing directions, there must be a storm ahead….oh yes there is a storm, it has arrived, and it brought a nasty sea monster.  this seamonster reached its tentacles out of the deep ocean and snapped people that had worked onthis vessel for many many years.  one such person was my predecor, gone.  We are landing tomorrow at the dock, we are grouping together to see what damange has been done.  We have lost a few good people, but as a vessel we still can sail. out we go to find the wind is blowing in a new direction.  so we adjust our sails and start working together as a team.  i just hope the sea monster does not come tomorrow as well.

single mom and sick

AAACHOO .. sniff sniff, wake up and you feel like someone has run you over with a truck, your nose is so clogged your lips are dry from breathing through your mouth.  UGH….alls you want to do is lay in bed, sleep it off.  hope some will bring you something to drink, hot tea, chicken soup, anything…

well lets talk about a single mother being sick.  Life just cannot just stop.  granted my parents took my kids friday night, but i think it was for ease, i think my mom just wanted to make sure the kids went to granny’s birthday party all dressed up smelling nice so she could show them off.  They are very cute.

I did end up at granny’s 90th party…did you know they play games at these things? OMG we played “over the hill bingo” There were words on there like, viagra, stool softener, depends, support hose….OMG, the three boys were playing too. Now mind you i took cold medicine, so every time i blew my nose the room started to spin for a few seconds…Raymond was asking what those words were…AWKWARD!

Anyway boys came home around 6 pm.  The boys had been gone a couple of nights, the twins ended up in my bed.  We all slept in there.  I woke to raymond laying across the bottom of the bed, nathaniel with his feet in my back.  Alls i wanted to do was roll over with the covers over my head.  But that did not work as i had laundry to do, the house to pick up, water the new grass outside, and meals to make.  Man these kids like to eat!

Well you will be happy to know the house is picked up.  MY LAST LOAD of LAUNDRY is in the dryer!  YUP! everything else is folded and PUT AWAY!! (i have found i do not have enough room in linen closet!! YIKES) grass watered, kids fed, plant re-potted,and kitchen is cleaned up!  phew!

Tomorrow, back to the war zone i mean work, and we are suppose to sail!  The weather does not look promising, but fingers crossed, if work is going to be bad tomorrow, sailing in some rain will not be that bad!

Night all!  Being sick cannot slow me down….who has time to rest????

Happy Birthday JORDAN!!

What, a blog, did someone say i had one? I do! OMG!  Thank god the password is saved i am not sure i would have remembered it!  Hehehe…life has been crazy, i could tell you about work, life, stress, death, friends, sailing team but NO its about JORDAN!!I have a meme to do as well. I promise i will try to do better! Life seems to swirl sometimes!! as many of you know!

Jordan turned 11 yesterday!! YUP!! I am old enough to have an 11 year old! Shocking I know!!! I remember the first day he came to me, he was 13 months old…he had a ruptured ear drum, he could not walk, crawl, or talk. Hell he could nto hear anything, his doctor explained it as if he lived underwater all the time.  That is how he heard.  He was a lost soul…being one of 10 children (at the time he is 1 of 16) he was lost.  He found me.   Here is a picture of the first few hours with us….

Who knew?  Yesterday we celbrated his 11th birthday.  It is had to think where he might have been or what might have happened to him. Now look at my birthday boy!  As my dad said, he fills many roles so well, he is a great grandson, a grandson,a nephew,  a son,  a brother and a friend.  He is my peace maker and he is stubborn.  I think he acts more and more like me every day!  Here are the pictures from our celebration last night…

Phew craziness

What it is April 5th! and i have not written in so long…sorry i can explain.

As everyone knows, the ecomomy sucks! and well that effects everyones job!  I mean i have had friends loose their jobs and some who they are told they might be on the chopping block as well! It is stressful to hear, but i must say, work for me has been S T R E S S F U L!!! OMG kinda like we are all in the zoo, the animal keeper is starving us, tricking us, trying to get us to jump through hoops and then dangling food.  We all seem to be turning on each other.  It sucks!  NO FUN!

To make work more fun, one of friends and coworkers who took the early retirment in December, passed away this week.  We all knew she was sick and has had cancer for years!  She is a strong woman!  She put up one hell of a fight!  I hope she is at peace now, she will be missed.

This kid thing is tough.  I really think i need friends that are single parents.  I found out there is a single parents group here in town, the last thursday of the month.  So i think i am going to go.  Now, i told my mom about this.  YOu know trying to do something positive for me.  She told me, “go, but you might find you have a lot more support than everyone else”  For FUCK SAKE!  let me just go.  She has no idea what it is like to be a solo parent.  She had my dad, we had opairs for years, she has had house cleaners and babysitters!  SO she HAS NO IDEA!!  I guess i was hurt when she said that, instead of supporting me she shot me down.  UGH

I spent my who sunday helping jordan work on his project, honestly, i worked on it while i pushed him along!  Then i was inside all day trying to push him and i was cleaning.  I really wanted to go outside and take a walk in this wonderful weather.

So some other random things, i found out about this site… thescramble.com it is awesome!  It makes a HEALTHY menu and then creates a list for you to go grocery shopping!! OMG sooooo cool!!!!  check it out and let me know what you think!!

lastly there is this website that keeps coming to my site, condron.us weird, it is like blogs for people with ADD! check it out!