MY HEAD IS SPINNING....

No, not around in circles like Linda Blair. It's more like I am so super busy that I have no time to really sit here and pour out my every strange and unchained thought. The beginning and end of the month in real estate is HELL! Just today, I dropped off the hubby, went to the store to pick up a b-day card for LM's best friend. Dropped them off at summer camp, have a hellava day of work ahead of me. When I get out I have to grab the kids, pick up the hubby, go to my son's sax lesson, leave them there, pick up a gift for his friend, come back and pick them up and then drive 1/2 an hour to a birthday party that starts at 6:30. Am I busy??? Ummm...yeah. Oh and eventually get something to eat. A regular day is a full schedule but when there are more things thrown in I am beside myself. Wish me luck, it will probably be a few days until I get back to posting....

WOW!...

Y'all are an awesome bunch of positive people. Thank you for being in my world.

Tomorrow starts another week of carpooling with the hubs. We haven't sold the other house and we now live a half hour from where we both work so..... carpooling is a must right now. Save the money where we can and the gas prices suck. Lucky for me I live in Georgia so the gas prices (so I hear) are a little better than some other places (I heard California gas prices are a b!tch, am I right Mel?). Right now I currently pay $2.52 a gallon. My hubby has a full sized OLD beat up pickup, 8 cylinders. Gas hog-sucker (mind you his is more beat up than this one...)! This past week we saved a little over $100.00. I like that!

But paying 3 mortgages rots. We started showing the house again and can only hope that someone comes along and just can't live without it. High hopes are a good thing... Good spirits and good attitude, everything else will just fall in to place. I just know it. Can you tell I'm tired??? I am just sitting here rambling on... and on.... I really need to be in bed, 5:30 comes early! Take care out there and I hope everyone has a stress-free Monday.

I AM SO SELF CENTERED....

I have really been thinking about this thought a lot lately. My best GF who seems to have changed for the worse and is soon NOT going to be my best GF is still here, and hovering with her negativity. I sometimes think about my life and my friends and where I am in life. I guess a lot of us do. I have had a good life so far. I actually like my hubby and kids and I like to be around them. To some people that sounds like something foreign. I have never "been on the outs" with my parents. I don't have time for petty bullshit in my life. I never have. I have learned that there are a lot of really good people out there. I see it every day. I find blog after blog of people that seem fairly "normal" by my standards. I try to see people for their heart and soul, not what their "front" is. As I have said many times, MANY MANY times... I don't care about where you came from, what religion you have, if you have money, if you are GLBT, if you have a disability, what color you are, what your political views are. I really REALLY don't care! What I care about is how you treat me and others. If you are a good person with a good heart and soul, it shows. I frequent many blogs in a day and I enjoy them all for very different reasons. The main reason is that they are not me and they have a unique story to tell. Everyone is so different and lots of times refreshing. I see people that have had horrible childhoods and survived to shout it out to everyone that they are a survivor and the abuse stopped with them. There is one teen boy that I visit that is from an inner-city, he has the odds stacked against him. This sweet kid has his head screwed on straight and will rise above all the people trying to beat him down. I read people who are 1/2 way across the world. I feel like I am traveling when I am sitting here at my computer. I hope you all know, even when I am not commenting, I am still enjoying what you have to say. I am a notorious Blurker*. I am going to list some people that I visit or try to visit daily. They may not update daily but I still check them out anyway.... (no not in any particular order)

Sherri

Shannon

Lbseahag

Gareth

~deb

Cazzie!!!

deadpanann

Lee Ann

NWJR

Jen

CP

Jon

Scott

Cityrag

Jack Scallon

Erin

Christopher

Marz

PK

Oh and that is just the tip of the iceberg. I love what these people have to say, they are interesting and witty. Sometimes sad, sometimes not having a point at all. Makes for a variety of good reading. I would add more but I am getting tired and I am ready to hit the sheets... Stop by some of these people, they are great and unique....and totally worth a visit.

*Blurking- the act of lurking on people's blogs; Blurker-the person that lurks on others blogs...

HERE I SIT....

I said sit, not shit.... LOL!!! I took yesterday off because I was supposed to be going to a concert on Sunday. Of course we all know that the concert was cancelled. I decided that I wanted to just stay home and enjoy my house for once. I didn't unpack any boxes which I really need to do. I played on the computer, watched some tv (there is nothing on tv at all) and just chilled. My son had a friend stay over, I like him but he really got on my nerves yesterday.

Oh and remember when I said that we have buyers for our old house? Well, they are having trouble getting financed. Ummm... does no one do their homework anymore??? We were preapproved and made sure we were ready to go when we went house hunting. You don't find a house then find a lender that will hook you up, DUH! Are people out there really that dumb? I guess so. So wish me luck on finding a buyer for my house soon.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY...

No, I didn't say Happy Farters Day! I love the father of my children, he is a wonderful man, my husband and soul mate. I must be telling the truth because he doesn't even know that I have a blog *heehee*... My father is one of my favorite people ever. He "gets it" on the same level that I do. We share the same odd sense of humor. He is very well read and very intelligent. We can converse about everything. I really admire him. I hope that he lives for a very VERY long time. He is going to be 69 this year (woohoo Pops!!!) and his health could be better.

When I was growing up he was my main caregiver. My mom is a wonderful woman who has always worked very hard. But I had two brothers before me. She was a busy lady. Her gall bladder exploded when I was a newborn and Pop was forced to take care of me. We have had a tight bond ever since. He showed me the finer points of driving a standard, he drove me to school on the days that I missed the bus. I worked where he did for years. He has always been my pal. Someone that I can confide in. Mom hates the fact that we have TONS of inside jokes. She thinks we are laughing at her. We're not (most of the time). We even have a Christmas shopping day, just he and I to get my mother something for the holidays. We both love word games and useless trivia. I always wanted to marry someone like my Pops because I admire him so much. I married the Hubs although he won't ever measure up to Pops, my Pops loves him and approves of him whole heartedly. I guess I couldn't have asked for better than that. In fact he refers to the Hubs as his "long lost son". I love my Pops and I feel like a very lucky/blessed person because he is still here. My parents are still married to each other & very much in love. They don't have affairs or children with other people. I hope everyone that reads this takes a minute to think about the man that made it possible for you to exist. And if you are lucky like me you two have a wonderful relationship. If you didn't, I hope you think about burying the axe that the both of you grind and forgive each other for any hurt that you have caused each other.

Life is not a dress rehearsal, you only get this go around once, make it count.

BUMMER...

I am supposed to be going to a concert this weekend to see The New Cars and Blondie. The show was cancelled. That bums me out...

The New Cars & Blondie

This show has been canceled.

Ticket refunds available at point of purchase.
North Charleston Coliseum

Event Times:
June 18th - 7:00pm

I opened up the website and this is the messege that I got... *sigh*

OMG!!!

LOL!!!

HEY I'M STILL HERE.....

I bet you all thought I went by the blog-wayside like a lot of others have. Nope, just trying to get the house all settled. It's really hard to do when I have been putting 2 extra hours a day of overtime in. I worked last Sunday and I went to James baptism yesterday so I officially haven't spent an entire weekend here yet. We are officially UNDER CONTRACT with the sale of our house and you guessed it we are going with the guy who is paying full price for it. That was a no brainer. Oh and speaking of James baptism....

Doesn't he look happy? He was so content the whole time. He didn't fuss or cry, he was just wide eyed and taking it all in. We had a low country boil at their house after the ceremony and he stayed awake and entertained the crowd the whole time. He was passed from person to person all afternoon and in to the evening without a cry or fuss. I really like that kid!!! I took Little Man with me and he was awesome. He picked blueberries off their blueberry bush and we made pancakes with them this morning. They were awesome. Babygirl stayed home with papa and learned how to drive the Beavis and Butthead mobile. I am suppose to be unpacking the MANY boxes right now, but decided an update was of utmost importance right now.

Let me just add, I am SO glad to see Mel up and running again. Sorry to hear that your mom has been going through a rough time, my thoughts are with you. You have always been one of my favorite people out here in the blogsphere.

O.K. HERE'S THE DEAL....

My little house that I am selling is a sweet little place, many people compliment how well we took care of it and it's location. BUT it has been on the market now for two months. I wasn't getting worried because of the traffic this house has seen. We got an offer the other day from some idiot (I know him from working in the biz so I can say that without a problem). He wanted us to knock $3,000.00 off the price, ok I can see that... $3,500.00 toward closing, then he wanted us to replace a perfectly good door, um no. Then he wanted us to replace the bathroom ceilings, um FUCK no. Then they wanted us to give them a $2,500.00 paint allowance, WTF!!! NO!!! What idiots! Can you believe the nerve of them?!?! First of all, we built the house 8 years ago. All the paint in the house is less than 6 months old. They didn't like the color of the paint. Well, when you buy a house you make it your own, you paint it, don't expect the sellers to paint it. Dumbass! The ceilings in the bathrooms have that popcorn ceiling. I don't like it either but I lived there 8 years with it and it was just fine, ugly but just fine.

Got another offer yesterday for the full price. They want us to clean the garage and leave 1/2 gallons of every color paint used in the house (which is already there). And put $3,000.00 toward closing. Ummm YEAH! Looks like we got ourselves a winner! So today we are ironing out the details and should have the house sold before the month is up...

Looks like everyone who crossed their fingers and toes can uncross them now, we are doing well because of all your thoughts and Karma that came this way...

Thanks!

STILL UNSETTLED....

Yep, that's us. It has been really busy here at work. Ya think! I work in an attorney's office in real estate....the end of the month....first month of summer...in a military town. Yeah I am terribly busy. I put in 2 hours a day of overtime every day this week and even put in 5 hours on Sunday. So needless to say I haven't had time to get my house settled. I think once it slows down I am going to take a couple of days to just get things together. On that note I am going to get to work (well, I'm already here but I have yet to work). Hope everyone has a great Monday...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Yep, I'm embarking on the last year in my 30s. I'm good with it. I love my birthday, I always have. Probably because I am the youngest child in my family. I have been hoping and I hope every year that maybe (just maybe) this year people will start taking me seriously, LOL! Oh yeeeaaahhhh like that's going to happen anytime soon... But anyway I am going to force myself to get out of work an hour early, go home and enjoy the solitude until the hubby and son get there.