Toodles for today :)
Saturday, March 17, 2012
My new love!
Holy mother of everything that is holy... I have found my new summer love! For the past five months I have been on a very restrictive carb diet... More of a lifestyle change, most days it's a breeze, but every now and then it's a pain, a HUGE pain, because everything on the face of the earth these days is full of carbs! And I'm only allowed 35 grams each day! Try it.. It's hard!! But today the gods smiled on me and introduced me to SUGAR FREE, CARB FREE, ZERO CALORIE daiquiri mixer! Just add ice, rum, water and mixer and ta-da... You are good to go ( or if you make a entire blender full as I did then good to stay home!) either way.. I am having my FIRST alcohol drink in FIVE months, thanks to this wonderful find! I also scored some low carb piña colada mixer ( just 3 carbs per serving) at our local Specs, but if I can go zero carb and still enjoy then I have found my drink of the summer! Plus... Are you ready!?!?... It tastes WONDERFUL!!!! Apparently they have a full line of these mixers and as the summer progresses I will keep you updated!
Toodles for today :)
Toodles for today :)
And the crazy returns...
Just when I think all is right and good I get a text message that goes like this:
Dawson: mom come get me.
Me: why? ( I'm at the liquor store excited about my first night with no kids)
Me: what happened? You have been waiting for this night forever!?
Dawson: I think I broke my thumb
Me: what? How?
Dawson: a kid sat on it and it hurts.. A lot .
Me: I'm sure your fine
Dawson: please? I'm in crying and in pain
Me: Well stop crying, I will come look at it.
Dawson: ok
The pictures tell the rest of the story! X-rays did not show a break... Yet... But due to severe swelling they couldn't be sure, splinted, and will redo X-rays in ten days, gave him some pain mess, and as the smile returned and the tears disappeared he asked to go back to the teen lock in at the church! ( bless those meds!)
I get home feeling to disgusted with myself for doubting his pain to make my special treat from the store, just crawl in bed and enjoy the quiet, because I realized, we are home, meaning the crazy days have returned with a vengeance so I better rest up, because I'm going to need my strength!(and possibly a bigger bottle of vodka.)
Toodles for today.
Dawson: mom come get me.
Me: why? ( I'm at the liquor store excited about my first night with no kids)
Me: what happened? You have been waiting for this night forever!?
Dawson: I think I broke my thumb
Me: what? How?
Dawson: a kid sat on it and it hurts.. A lot .
Me: I'm sure your fine
Dawson: please? I'm in crying and in pain
Me: Well stop crying, I will come look at it.
Dawson: ok
The pictures tell the rest of the story! X-rays did not show a break... Yet... But due to severe swelling they couldn't be sure, splinted, and will redo X-rays in ten days, gave him some pain mess, and as the smile returned and the tears disappeared he asked to go back to the teen lock in at the church! ( bless those meds!)
I get home feeling to disgusted with myself for doubting his pain to make my special treat from the store, just crawl in bed and enjoy the quiet, because I realized, we are home, meaning the crazy days have returned with a vengeance so I better rest up, because I'm going to need my strength!(and possibly a bigger bottle of vodka.)
Toodles for today.
Friday, March 16, 2012
If I hear....
Honestly if I hear Ma'am , or Mom, one more time I'm going to scream, or cry, or both!!! I DON'T want to be a teen again, or even in my twenties, but my thirties were pretty good, still young enough to fit in,and crazy enough to want to, but now...at 45... I just don't seem to fit anywhere. If you have hung out with a group of teenagers lately, you get this. The days of common sense, and common manners are gone, they wear me out fast trying to live so fast, they have no regard to time, or anything other than themselves, I know each generation goes through this right of passage called the teen years, I have just never lived it as an adult!!!
Then there is the flip side of this birthday coin, I am still young enough at heart to want my belly button pierced, wear trendy clothes, and play my music loud... But all before 9 pm thank you very much. So hanging with the crowd in the cafe at the hotel is out, they all have let their hair turn silver, wear stretchy pants and shoes that are way to supportive... Not my group... Not yet... But I feel it coming.
One last word of caution, when you turn 45, do not let yourself wander down to the teen party side of the beach, they have stripper poles in trucks, more beer than ocean, and the girls gone wild crew... No wait... Was that MY CHILD(no it wasn't but made my heart stop for a second!)...head back down to the adult side as fast as you can, before you hear the dreaded words MA'AM, or even worse MOM, because then no matter what age you are you suddenly realize.. This is NOT where you belong.
Then there is the flip side of this birthday coin, I am still young enough at heart to want my belly button pierced, wear trendy clothes, and play my music loud... But all before 9 pm thank you very much. So hanging with the crowd in the cafe at the hotel is out, they all have let their hair turn silver, wear stretchy pants and shoes that are way to supportive... Not my group... Not yet... But I feel it coming.
One last word of caution, when you turn 45, do not let yourself wander down to the teen party side of the beach, they have stripper poles in trucks, more beer than ocean, and the girls gone wild crew... No wait... Was that MY CHILD(no it wasn't but made my heart stop for a second!)...head back down to the adult side as fast as you can, before you hear the dreaded words MA'AM, or even worse MOM, because then no matter what age you are you suddenly realize.. This is NOT where you belong.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Tummy time!
Although I may find haters in this, it was my choice, my decision and I do not regret it... Yet.
Maddie will turn 15 this month, my oldest turned 25, and I turned 45 on the 12, I have never had a birthday make me as grouchy as this one, I can't pinpoint it, but damn where did all these wrinkles come from? That being said.. Maddie has been asking for over a year to pierce her belly button, I told her on her 16th spring break she could, but yesterday found us taking a break from the beach and sun at the local tourist shops, and then to the local tattoo shop ( the only place on the island that does piercings) Maddie wanted to get her ear pierced in places she doesn't even have ear... and as I'm standing there listening to the gentleman explain to her how very much it's going to hurt, and the dangers, well I bolted on my decision and told her we should just pierce our belly buttons together! ( mine is a re-do, had it done before but what the heck..)I figured this would be the lesser of the two evils, and not seen near as much as a swollen, infected , red ear..
so we filled out forms, and did this together, memories she will have forever, a good memory, not one of sneaking off with friends or using an old needle and doing it herself in her room like my oldest daughter did, but of laughter, nerves, and love. It's not permanent, she can take it out if she chooses, it's not written in stone, but the memory is, and that makes it all worth it... Also the pain of the process now has her swearing off any future piercings... Shoot,swish,SCORE!
Toodles for today 😉
Maddie will turn 15 this month, my oldest turned 25, and I turned 45 on the 12, I have never had a birthday make me as grouchy as this one, I can't pinpoint it, but damn where did all these wrinkles come from? That being said.. Maddie has been asking for over a year to pierce her belly button, I told her on her 16th spring break she could, but yesterday found us taking a break from the beach and sun at the local tourist shops, and then to the local tattoo shop ( the only place on the island that does piercings) Maddie wanted to get her ear pierced in places she doesn't even have ear... and as I'm standing there listening to the gentleman explain to her how very much it's going to hurt, and the dangers, well I bolted on my decision and told her we should just pierce our belly buttons together! ( mine is a re-do, had it done before but what the heck..)I figured this would be the lesser of the two evils, and not seen near as much as a swollen, infected , red ear..
so we filled out forms, and did this together, memories she will have forever, a good memory, not one of sneaking off with friends or using an old needle and doing it herself in her room like my oldest daughter did, but of laughter, nerves, and love. It's not permanent, she can take it out if she chooses, it's not written in stone, but the memory is, and that makes it all worth it... Also the pain of the process now has her swearing off any future piercings... Shoot,swish,SCORE!
Toodles for today 😉
Spring break 2012
I am insane, I should be locked away. I am on vacation by MYSELF with four squirrelly teenagers!
The past two years I have managed to let the teens talk me into the three hour drive south to our favorite place, Port Aransas TX. We try to go at least a couple times during the summer, but spring break is when they love going the most( of course!) Now, Port A as busy as it gets, only hosts to a handful of spring break partiers, those who's parents either couldn't or wouldn't let them venture farther south to Padre, so the beach is full of families ( other parents look as stresses as me!) and high school/pre-college age kids... Yes there is a few college kids doing the normal beer pong on the beach scene, but it's generally very mild.
Today is day three for us here, day one was spent driving, checking in to hotel, then mad dash to the beach where the water was freezing, wind was blowing, and beach was empty, ( it starts clearing out around five when all the beachcombers head to town to shower and eat).Day 2 found the boys fishing off the pier, the girls walking the beach trying to look older than they are, ( I stand close to them and pretend the whistles are for me!) and although still windy, it was a warmer wind, and the sun warmed my skin ... Resulting in a nap which in turn ended in a sunburn ouch! Today Day 3 promises more of the same and the rest of this story will be in pictures, they tell our story the best!
Toodles for today!
The past two years I have managed to let the teens talk me into the three hour drive south to our favorite place, Port Aransas TX. We try to go at least a couple times during the summer, but spring break is when they love going the most( of course!) Now, Port A as busy as it gets, only hosts to a handful of spring break partiers, those who's parents either couldn't or wouldn't let them venture farther south to Padre, so the beach is full of families ( other parents look as stresses as me!) and high school/pre-college age kids... Yes there is a few college kids doing the normal beer pong on the beach scene, but it's generally very mild.
Today is day three for us here, day one was spent driving, checking in to hotel, then mad dash to the beach where the water was freezing, wind was blowing, and beach was empty, ( it starts clearing out around five when all the beachcombers head to town to shower and eat).Day 2 found the boys fishing off the pier, the girls walking the beach trying to look older than they are, ( I stand close to them and pretend the whistles are for me!) and although still windy, it was a warmer wind, and the sun warmed my skin ... Resulting in a nap which in turn ended in a sunburn ouch! Today Day 3 promises more of the same and the rest of this story will be in pictures, they tell our story the best!
Toodles for today!
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