This morning we have been watching all the shows Nick Jr has lined up for us!! Now I'm not saying that my mind is always in the gutter!! But seriously....what are they thinking when they come up with names for characters? For instance Dora has baby Winkie on with her today. Am I the only one who thinks of a penis when I hear winkie? Chances are I'm not.
There was a show earlier and it sounded like they kept saying boobies. They didn't, I think the word was moobies.....but thats close enough! I'm starting to think that dirty old men are coming up with these names. Probably laughing at the stations for not picking up on it.
As an adult, I think it's funny....sometimes. The funniness ends as I hear my 3yo repeating what she thought she heard!! I think I'm going to start paying more attention to these shows! If nothing else it will be fun to share!
Convo with a 3yo!
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Warning...this is a potty training post!!
Madison is almost completely potty trained! We are very excited, but it tends to lead to some strange conversations. Most recently:
Madison: Mom i need to poop.
Me: Well lets go poop then.
Madison: Look mommy I pooped big ones! (this is very importatnt to her, she likes to report size!)
Me: good honey
Madison: Looks like daddy and kids.
Me: ok honey.......good
Madison: Looks like a daddy and kids.....looks like daddy's poop.......mom I pooed daddy and kids....like daddy!
Me: *speechless*.....how do i respond to that!!
Madison is almost completely potty trained! We are very excited, but it tends to lead to some strange conversations. Most recently:
Madison: Mom i need to poop.
Me: Well lets go poop then.
Madison: Look mommy I pooped big ones! (this is very importatnt to her, she likes to report size!)
Me: good honey
Madison: Looks like daddy and kids.
Me: ok honey.......good
Madison: Looks like a daddy and kids.....looks like daddy's poop.......mom I pooed daddy and kids....like daddy!
Me: *speechless*.....how do i respond to that!!
At Just the Right Moment
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My mom was always there for me. No matter what.
(this is my favorite picture of the two of us)
I was going through a box of recipes that I have collected over the years. It had been packed away in storage and not found until recently. Buried in this recipe I found a sandwich bag full of newspaper clippings and cards with quotes on them. Once I open it up and started going through it...it made me smile....and cry.
Once I grew up and was out on my own....things weren't always easy. My mom was not always one for words, but she always let me know she was thinking about me. She would cut articles out of the paper she knew I would enjoy. She would slip those quote cards into my purse for me to find on a random day. She was always thinking about me.
I wanted to share one of these quotes with you all....I think it's just what I needed today!
Daily Guide to Happiness
PRAY:
It is the greatest power on earth.
LOVE:
It is a God-given privilege.
READ:
It is the fountain of wisdom.
THINK:
It is the source of power.
BE FRIENDLY:
It is the road to happiness.
GIVE:
It is too short a day to be selfish.
PLAY:
It is the secret of perpetual youth.
LAUGH:
It is the music of the soul.
WORK:
It is the price of success.
SAVE:
It is the secret of security.
I'm not sure where this came from there is no author on the card. It spoke to me today. It helped me remember that she will always be with me, watching over me and my family.
My mom and dad on Taylor's christening day.
My mom as a child, one of my favorite pictures of her.
My Light
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Let me start by saying, my girls mean the world to me. I love each and everyone one in ways I could never put into words. Even when they get on my nerves, I love that they are their own little people with their own personalities. Even if they rarely get along because of it!!
Abigail, the youngest has this power of me...I'm going to try and describe it!
She's not quite 1 yet, (< 2 weeks!!!) but she seems to know what I need. If I'm sad and depressed she cheers me up with her giggles and quick snuggles. When I'm mad and upset, she talks to me in her beautiful sing song voice. The way she says "Hi" is the cutest thing ever. I can't explain it, but I'm trying desperately to get a recording of it before she stops saying it like that.
I call her my light, my sunshine on a cloudy day. Things in this house can get stressful quickly. She is such a happy baby(except for at THIS moment!) She doesn't let much bother her and she tolerates her sisters quite nicely!!
She is growing up so quickly. She is already very independent. She likes to try and do everything herself. And when I say quick snuggles...thats all I get (but at least I get them!) She has never been a big snuggler...but she likes to lay her head down on my chest..it last about 5 sec then she is ready to move on. I enjoy those 5 secs and know that they won't be around long!
She's growing up so fast. There are days I wish time would stop or at least slow down so I can enjoy this time with her a little longer!!
I know I'm selfish...she deserves to grow up...but I guess that part of me that knows she is going to be our last baby...just wants to enjoy it a little longer!
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I have been on vacation from work for almost a week. I figured that I would have ample time to catch up on my blogging....and I have, but my mind is blank. It's not there there is nothing there, but there is too much. And I'm having issues compartmentalizing. There is so much I want to say and do.... I'm off for another week...I'm going to work on this...or at least try!!
BBQ Bake
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Here is a new recipe that I threw together the other night!! It was pretty yummy, and not pasta! So I decided to share!! Hope you enjoy!
1 lb ground beef
1/2 chopped onion
1 pkg smoked sausage (I used turkey)
1 can black eyed peas
1 cup frozen corn kernels
Sauce:
1 can cream of celery soup
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
garlic powder
Mesquite seasoning
1 bad frozen tater tots
shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
Pre-heat oven to 350*. Brown the ground beef and onion with a little garlic powder and mesquite seasonings. Drain well and mix with sausage, peas, and corn. Put mixture in a 13x8 baking dish. Mix sauce ingredients, season to your taste. I added a little extra garlic powder and mesquite seasonings. Top with tots, no need to thaw they will cook through in oven. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese let cook and additional 15 min. I would let stand 5-10 min before serving!
That's it! It's easy and delicious!!
1 lb ground beef
1/2 chopped onion
1 pkg smoked sausage (I used turkey)
1 can black eyed peas
1 cup frozen corn kernels
Sauce:
1 can cream of celery soup
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
garlic powder
Mesquite seasoning
1 bad frozen tater tots
shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
Pre-heat oven to 350*. Brown the ground beef and onion with a little garlic powder and mesquite seasonings. Drain well and mix with sausage, peas, and corn. Put mixture in a 13x8 baking dish. Mix sauce ingredients, season to your taste. I added a little extra garlic powder and mesquite seasonings. Top with tots, no need to thaw they will cook through in oven. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese let cook and additional 15 min. I would let stand 5-10 min before serving!
That's it! It's easy and delicious!!
We are all Misunderstood?
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As many of you all know, I am the sole person responsible for my grandmother. This is quite an addition to my already hectic life. I acquired the responsibility after my mother passed away in 2003. I was never given a choice. I am all she has left besides some nephews that are out of state.
I know some will judge me for saying this, but I resent her at times for being a burden to me. I know she doesn't mean to be, but she makes my life so much more stressful than it COULD be! And I know the people at her facility judge me. I don't visit as often as I should, I don't get her exactly what she wants when she wants, and I'm often late on payments, because managing my own finances is hard enough.
It upsets me to know that they judge me without knowing the details. And I know they do. As a nurse we judge families everyday. You try not to, but it can be hard. We don't know the stories, we don't know why a family hasn't spoken for 20+ years. It's not our job to know it's our job to take care of those who need us.
Granny and I have a lot of baggage from the past. Fortunately for her, she doesn't remember most of it and if she does, she pretends not to. I however remember it all. I remember how she took my uncle in after my grandfather died. How she paid for everything for him, even the company that he tried to start that bombed. She babied him, and let him do whatever he wanted. She gave him control of her money and her life. In the end he had moved her away from her friends, exiled her from her family, kept her drunk 24/7, and drank himself to death (in 1998). During his last 2-3 years she has little to no recollection of what happened. To this day he still walks on water... she thinks he was taking care of her. During those years my mother tried to go through the court system to have them both declared incompetent so she could at least save my granny's money. He paid people to speak on their behalf.... the courts decided they didn't need to intervene, my grandmother is now almost penniless and has no clue.
Guess who got to go pick up the pieces after my uncle died.... You guessed it... me! She wanted to go back to Florida, so I was in charge of her while my parents got her business settled in TN.
Granted I was in my early 20's, but I had a life all my own. She hadn't wanted anything to do with us for several years and I was supposed to swoop in like nothing had happened.
Lets fast forward to fall of 1999. I was pregnant, my parents didn't know yet. I went to visit for the weekend with the intentions of telling them the news. (I was unmarried at the time and knew it would be difficult for my parents at first). I end up in a meeting with my parents and my mom's therapist. It seems that for several years during high school, my mom was sexually assaulted by one of her teachers...a female teacher. My mom went to a boarding school and was looking forward to summer so she could be away from her attacker. Then she discovered that her parents had invited her into their home for the summer. She was assaulted in her own home, the one place she thought she would be safe. (Needless to say I didn't share my news that weekend.)
I was there when my mother confronted my grandmother... my grandmother's response... we thought something was wrong, thats why we invited her to spend that summer.... they wanted to "figure out" what was going on. I mean seriously what kind of parents do that. My grandmother brushed it off like it was no big deal. My mother was severely depressed for most of her life over this and other stupid lacks in judgement by her parents.
There is so much more.... I could go on and on, but I won't. I hate that even in granny's demented state, her stories sound plausible..... people believe her even though they know they shouldn't.... There's no telling what she says about me when I'm not around.... I try not to worry about it, but I'm only human.
We are all human and we all judge..... just try to remember, we don't know the stories that aren't told.
I know some will judge me for saying this, but I resent her at times for being a burden to me. I know she doesn't mean to be, but she makes my life so much more stressful than it COULD be! And I know the people at her facility judge me. I don't visit as often as I should, I don't get her exactly what she wants when she wants, and I'm often late on payments, because managing my own finances is hard enough.
It upsets me to know that they judge me without knowing the details. And I know they do. As a nurse we judge families everyday. You try not to, but it can be hard. We don't know the stories, we don't know why a family hasn't spoken for 20+ years. It's not our job to know it's our job to take care of those who need us.
Granny and I have a lot of baggage from the past. Fortunately for her, she doesn't remember most of it and if she does, she pretends not to. I however remember it all. I remember how she took my uncle in after my grandfather died. How she paid for everything for him, even the company that he tried to start that bombed. She babied him, and let him do whatever he wanted. She gave him control of her money and her life. In the end he had moved her away from her friends, exiled her from her family, kept her drunk 24/7, and drank himself to death (in 1998). During his last 2-3 years she has little to no recollection of what happened. To this day he still walks on water... she thinks he was taking care of her. During those years my mother tried to go through the court system to have them both declared incompetent so she could at least save my granny's money. He paid people to speak on their behalf.... the courts decided they didn't need to intervene, my grandmother is now almost penniless and has no clue.
Guess who got to go pick up the pieces after my uncle died.... You guessed it... me! She wanted to go back to Florida, so I was in charge of her while my parents got her business settled in TN.
Granted I was in my early 20's, but I had a life all my own. She hadn't wanted anything to do with us for several years and I was supposed to swoop in like nothing had happened.
Lets fast forward to fall of 1999. I was pregnant, my parents didn't know yet. I went to visit for the weekend with the intentions of telling them the news. (I was unmarried at the time and knew it would be difficult for my parents at first). I end up in a meeting with my parents and my mom's therapist. It seems that for several years during high school, my mom was sexually assaulted by one of her teachers...a female teacher. My mom went to a boarding school and was looking forward to summer so she could be away from her attacker. Then she discovered that her parents had invited her into their home for the summer. She was assaulted in her own home, the one place she thought she would be safe. (Needless to say I didn't share my news that weekend.)
I was there when my mother confronted my grandmother... my grandmother's response... we thought something was wrong, thats why we invited her to spend that summer.... they wanted to "figure out" what was going on. I mean seriously what kind of parents do that. My grandmother brushed it off like it was no big deal. My mother was severely depressed for most of her life over this and other stupid lacks in judgement by her parents.
There is so much more.... I could go on and on, but I won't. I hate that even in granny's demented state, her stories sound plausible..... people believe her even though they know they shouldn't.... There's no telling what she says about me when I'm not around.... I try not to worry about it, but I'm only human.
We are all human and we all judge..... just try to remember, we don't know the stories that aren't told.
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