Seriously........

Alright I need to a grip here. Depression doesn't just have teeth - that sucker has FANGS and it's sooooo hard to fight off. But I'm trying to shake it off.

I've been blog trawling and finding new and interesting things to read. I've heard all along about "Mommie bloggers" and some people love em and some people hate em. I suppose it all depends on whether you find reading about what someone else's kids do amusing. Personally I like those stories and some of these women are genuinely gifted writers (and comediennes lol). Not to say that there aren't a few that I've read where I got past three posts and got a little tired of "omg little jonny is such a perfect angel blah blah blah". I'm far more interested in the real people who admit that their kids drive them mental and they have plotted their escape many times lol. Since I only had the two kids and I come from a small family myself, I'm fascinated with really big families and how they cope with things. There are three that have had me really interested lately - The Rocking Pony
very funny lady with four kids. Next is The More the Messier - this way busy lady has SIX kids and is still sane (well mostly) - she has moody teenager problems and a wicked sense of humour. Last but certainly not least is Wendster's Blog She has four kids ranging from 18 to 4. Maybe I'm most impressed by her real bravery with her blog. She made New Year's Resolutions at, well, New Year's (duh lol) and she has kept them! One of her resolutions was to lose weight and *ahem* POST HER WEIGHT ON HER BLOG EVERY DAY!!!! There should be some kind of medal for that kind of bravery.

So that's what I've been doing lately - reading other people's blog archives lol. It has helped though to break that blogger block I had, I really am inspired now BUT I don't think I'll be posting my weight every day LOL

Hmmmm

I'm starting to wonder why I'm bothering to keep this blog going - self therapy maybe LOL.
Nothing much going on around here - got new migraine medication that makes me feel worse, getting new glasses so I can read things again. The house is still a sty, my ex is still...well, himself and I'm bored outta my friggin tree.

All growed up

Yes indeed that is my "baby" in the pictures below all gussied up for Prom. It seems like it was just yesterday that she looked like this -




Or even like this -



But I've always been amazed that my girl was so beautiful.

Her Prom was last week and even though it was expensive (oh god my wallet may NEVER recover) it was a once in a lifetime thing. And well, I got one hell of a deal on that dress !!! So even though she went "stag" with her girlfriends because the boys there aren't smart enough to want to date her OR she's too smart to date the boys from the shallow end of the gene pool (lol of course I could be the tiniest bit biased here lol), she had a good time and I'm glad she didn't miss it.

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

I don't care what anyone else thinks - she is in MY world anyways.

Vacation Snaps

So I was on vacation with my friend Siouxie and Dan up in the cold cold north only it wasn't so cold. First night was kind of nippy but after that the weather got better and better and you really start to appreciate the beauty of spring, well, springing into being all around you. lol.

There being only a dodgy radio and no television, animal watching became our main amusement.
The first animals around (other than the birds) were the chipmunks.




Then there were the squirrels. There were the loud fearless and fairly obnoxious red squirrels and the much larger and quieter black squirrels. The red squirrels pretty much had the cabin staked out waiting for food but one black squirrel would sneak up and eat whatever he could get before getting attacked by the red squirrels. Then there was a coup. The black squirrel gathered all his friends and the black squirrel gang invaded. the red squirrels were not amused LOL.



There was one red squirrel who was very very ambitious. I caught a picture of him taking a whole doughnut. He took that doughnut and took it about three branches down from the top of a very high tree and stashed it. It was covered in chocolate so he must have been one very hyperactive squirrel that night LOL.



There were lots and lots and lots of chickadees, funny little things that they are. They have almost no fear of humans and are so fun to watch. One poor little one flew into the cabin window and stunned himself so he sat on the edge of the porch for a good ten minutes before flying away. He let me get sooooo close to him.




And then there were the blue jays, so beautiful but oh so noisy. They are the juvenile delinquents up there honestly lol. They are also incredibly camera shy lol, it took me nearly an hour to get this picture.



There was a fox but he was too quick for me and there were raccoons but really at 4 am I was thinking more about getting to the outhouse than getting a picture LOL

Break out the grease paint