Finally took a family portrait today! Thanks so much to our friend Leslie who came over to take it so we didn't have to mess with the auto-timer.
Merry Christmas to all!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Facebook and divorce
Hi, My name is Beth. (Waits for you all to say "Hi, Beth.")
I'm a busy gal. But lately, I'm working time into my day to Farm, play Bingo, catch up with people I haven't talked to since the early 90's, and apparently have cyber-pillow and -snowball fights. Facebook, you devilish fiend, thou hast reeled me in. MySpace had no hold over me. I deleted that account easily and regretlessly.
In other news, my faithful followers (lol... as if) will be happy to know that I draw a conclusion legally to the past few years of marital termoil on January 7th. I got screwed, of course. But you all knew I would. At least it's over. Legally.
I did have a bit of an epiphany going over divorce papers lately. My life will again be my own. I've used what happened to me as an excuse for so long now, I'm going to have to pick myself up and own my life, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.
I'm looking forward to that chance.
:-)
I'm a busy gal. But lately, I'm working time into my day to Farm, play Bingo, catch up with people I haven't talked to since the early 90's, and apparently have cyber-pillow and -snowball fights. Facebook, you devilish fiend, thou hast reeled me in. MySpace had no hold over me. I deleted that account easily and regretlessly.
In other news, my faithful followers (lol... as if) will be happy to know that I draw a conclusion legally to the past few years of marital termoil on January 7th. I got screwed, of course. But you all knew I would. At least it's over. Legally.
I did have a bit of an epiphany going over divorce papers lately. My life will again be my own. I've used what happened to me as an excuse for so long now, I'm going to have to pick myself up and own my life, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.
I'm looking forward to that chance.
:-)
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Garage Cleaning and MarioKart
Today we spent the day breaking in our new MarioKart game for the Wii and cleaning out our garage. My body is very sore now, and I honestly couldn't tell you which activity did the most damage.
This weekend flew by altogether too quickly. And with my jam-packed May fast approaching, I'm ill-prepared for all the forthcoming activity.
That said, time for bed.
This weekend flew by altogether too quickly. And with my jam-packed May fast approaching, I'm ill-prepared for all the forthcoming activity.
That said, time for bed.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Parenting is not a spectator sport
Okay, I'm speaking for all here, and I'm going to sound a bit like Jeff Foxworthy now:
If you're more interested in your beer than the 15 10 year-olds tearing up Woodys... you might need to be sterilized.
If you think it's appropriate to have 15 10 year-olds in a bar after 10 o'clock on a Saturday... you might need to be sterilized.
If you don't even check your kids tearing up the pool room dumping food on the floor and dropping pool cues... you might need to be sterilized.
If you let your kids tear through the pizza buffet leaving NO pizza for other people in the restaurant for 2 solid hours... you might need to be sterilized.
If you let your kids literally run through a restaurant and make everyone else on edge... you might need to be sterilized.
Finally, and most importantly:
If you think it's okay to spend an evening with your friends drinking heavily enough to let all of the above happen and then put your ill-raised spawn in the back seat and drive them home... you might need to be publicly flogged and shot.
If you're more interested in your beer than the 15 10 year-olds tearing up Woodys... you might need to be sterilized.
If you think it's appropriate to have 15 10 year-olds in a bar after 10 o'clock on a Saturday... you might need to be sterilized.
If you don't even check your kids tearing up the pool room dumping food on the floor and dropping pool cues... you might need to be sterilized.
If you let your kids tear through the pizza buffet leaving NO pizza for other people in the restaurant for 2 solid hours... you might need to be sterilized.
If you let your kids literally run through a restaurant and make everyone else on edge... you might need to be sterilized.
Finally, and most importantly:
If you think it's okay to spend an evening with your friends drinking heavily enough to let all of the above happen and then put your ill-raised spawn in the back seat and drive them home... you might need to be publicly flogged and shot.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Money sucks
I'm no real genius, and I don't always have my fingers on the pulse of what's hot in fashion, and I may not even always know which celebrity is dating whom. That having been said, I do know this: this country is in big financial trouble.
Do I own stocks? Nope. Do I own a house? Nope. Have I lost my job? Thankfully, nope. But my 401(k) is showing it. And I used to own a house. And my company has done two rounds of layoffs in the past six months. Everyone I know is brokity broke broke broke.
My side job of doing trivia in bars around town exposes me to another element of the fair market system, as well. Many bars aren't seeing the kind of customer numbers they're used to, so the fluff like paid entertainment gets cut.
I may not be privvy to vast amounts of information, Mr. President. But even a lowly uneducated simpleton can recognize this: We are all in trouble financially.
We *literally* owe it all to you.
Do I own stocks? Nope. Do I own a house? Nope. Have I lost my job? Thankfully, nope. But my 401(k) is showing it. And I used to own a house. And my company has done two rounds of layoffs in the past six months. Everyone I know is brokity broke broke broke.
My side job of doing trivia in bars around town exposes me to another element of the fair market system, as well. Many bars aren't seeing the kind of customer numbers they're used to, so the fluff like paid entertainment gets cut.
I may not be privvy to vast amounts of information, Mr. President. But even a lowly uneducated simpleton can recognize this: We are all in trouble financially.
We *literally* owe it all to you.
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