Wait - that wasn't funny
Mood:  amorous
It wasn't as if I PLANNED it, but I just happened to be wearing a short skirt and high heals on the very day that he called me and said "What's your schedule like? I've got nothing to do here at the moment and I'm thinking of taking the afternoon off."

I, of course, said "Oh no, I'm much too dedicated to my job to take a day off when I'm not on my deathbed..." Uh.. RIGHT!

I did all my work as quickly as possible and hurried home. I really wasn't THINKING about how I looked, but he commented while we were brushing past one another in the kitchen. Then when he followed me into the bedroom, shut and locked the door and unzipped me, all in one motion. Erm, I think you get the idea, I mean, we simply did what people are SUPPOSED to do when they take off early on a beautiful spring afternoon. I did something I've never done before though. I left my shoes on. And we found there were certain (how shall we say) ADVANTAGES to me being a little taller. He commented on that and of course thought I would use his newfound admiration to my advantage.

Me: So, maybe I should wear heals more often?
Him: Yeah, I think I'd like that. *Evil Grin*
Me: Maybe I'll start wearing them all time. Maybe nothing but heals?
Him: *Bigger Evil grin*
Me: Maybe I could do housework in nothing but heals and a apron.
Him: *serious look* I would be happy just to see you do housework.

*cough*cough*
Mood:  caffeinated
Taking a sick day this afternoon... I'm feeling poorly.. er no My daughter is sick.. yeah that's it.

Reasons my Cat is weird
Mood:  happy
1) She's named after a character in a book
2) The character isn't a cat
3) She's also named after one of the sea beds on the moon
4) She has long hair that grows between her toes that she can't STAND to be touched
5) She often sees and/or chases things not perceived by humans
6) She insists on drinking from the faucet even though every time she does water goes up her nose
7) She can pick up small items with her paws even without an opposable thumb
8) As a kitten she claimed one of my stuffed animals as HERS
9) We named her bear Pookie (Ok - so this makes US weird, not the cat, but I included it anyway)
10) She refuses to acknowledge ANY stuffed animal except Pookie.
11) Pookie has blood stains around his neck from her chewing on him when she was teething
12) She hurt herself rather seriously one evening when, while jumping off the bunk bed she landed on my swiss ball, which, to her surprise, rolled out from under her and caused her to land awkwardly and solidly on the floor.
13) She limped for a month after that
14) She now avoids all high places
15) She's Agrophobic
16) If one tries to forcefully bring her outdoors they will suffer HER WRATH
17) When she sees her reflection in the sliding glass door she will arch her back, puff up her fur and tail and bounce towered it hissing. When she sees an actual cat outside she flattens herself to the ground and tries to hide.
18) You are allowed to pet her at exactly three points in the day.
a. When you first wake up and have yet to get out of bed
b. When you are sitting on the toilet
c. When you come home after being gone for a while
19) This privilege can be revolved at any time without prior warning
20) If something startles her, she often turns quickly to run away and ends up running into a wall
21) She often attacks without warning and then licks the spot as if that will make it all right.
22) She does not Meow
23) She makes about half a dozen noises but none of them are a meow.
24) She scratches the floor around her food as if trying to burry it
25) If you are eating she MUST investigate your food - no she does not want to taste it, she simply wants to assure herself that it is acceptable for YOU to eat.
26) She has convinced us that she WILL, one day, catch that THING that moves back and forth inside the printer
27) Upon hearing the printer from ANY room in the house she will RACE into the office, climb the back of the chair in one leap and prepaire to wait for that moving thing to poke it's head out... JUST ONCE... so that she can dispatch it.
28) When climbing the chair she digs her claws in so deeply that it takes her 30-60 seconds to pull them out so that she can actually move again. (Velcro Cat)

**To be Continued**

WTF?
Mood:  irritated
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Ok - give it to me - or don't.. stop toying with my ASS!

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So it worked exactly TWICE and now isn't coming up again. They were toying with me, wern't they! Teasing me, giving the first two for free and now I've got pay for more. That's what this is about isn't it!?!?

Happy Happy Joy Joy
Mood:  party time!
Now Playing: Computer Geek
So, I was wondering how you get those cool "Mood" icons and the Topic settings on my blog, and to tell you the truth, I still don't know.. BUT when I logged in today, and clicked on, "Create an Entry", low and behold there they were!! Yippy! Now I can be cool and hip like all the cool and hip bloggers out there. Thanks Tripod!

Conversations with a Teenager
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: MOM
My oldest and I were having a conversation on MSN earlier today. I asked her if she had bought her dad a birthday and/or Father's day card yet...

C: No, No time, no money
Me: Alright, we'll go by and pick something up later tonight
C: Thanks, why is it the older you get the less money and time you have?
Me: I don't know, it sucks, but it'll only get worse... unless you win the lottery or something
C: Mybe I should just become a moocher
Me: HA! and who are you going to mooch off of? Neither your dad or I have any money
C: The Government?

Man - that kid scares me sometimes! heh

She's so bright, and so beautiful, and doesn't even seem to realize it. As a matter of fact, during all this talk about money we started talking about jobs. You see, I have a real problem with her working while she's in highschool. I wish I had the money to just GIVE her so she could enjoy being a kid! So she told me...

C: I know I need a job. And I kind of want one, after all, I could use the money. But it's scarey because I don't know if I would be good at it, or if anyone would even want to hire me!

This really shocked me because I had always thought that she had a lot more self confidence then that. She's so mature most of the time that I forget that she has a lot of the same fears and self doubt that _I_ had at 16. I just hope that she avoids some of the same mistakes. At this point, though I really can't do much about it. She's going to make her choices and I just have to hope that the example I've set and the morals I've instilled in her hold true. If she does slip up, one thing I CAN say is that I'll still lover her just as fiercly as I do now.

I've been a BAD RABBIT
I'm sorry I left you and didn't post for 10 days! Work has been insane and that cut into my blogging time, and truthfully, I just didn't feel like talking much. Every time I thought I had a thought worth the typing time, the feeling would go away. Partially because work kept interrupting my train of thought. But, I'm back now and I'll do my darn best not to leave you in the lurch like that again.

I have to wonder if part of my lack of blogging has been that I really haven't had all that much to bitch about. Kinda scary really. Let me fill you in. My period finally STOPPED, the mood swings etc that come from the first month back are gone, and my face cleared up (though I'm still on the fence about the bald spots). Das Ist G?t! N's allergies have been MUCH MUCH better. He can breathe, and stay awake for more then an hour at a time, and he's sleeping at night (No more heartburn). This has lead him to behave much more like himself, he's cuddly and snuggly and basically back to being the Man I know and love! (Read paying attention to me!) Das Ist G?t! My girls are visiting and asked to stay for the week. School is out and I'll get to see them a LOT. Das Ist G?t! So life is rolling right along. Except for work being a bear right now I'm feeling really great. We've been out Geocaching a lot, and N and I are both really getting into the sport. We're having a lot of fun and seeing a lot of really cool places that we didn't know existed.

So, what else? Hmm. C is being installed as Honored Queen in her Job's Daughters Bethel. That's involved a lot of planning and a lot of MONEY. But it's fun and she's excited. It's a little like planning a wedding. You pick your colors, have to pick out invitations, and programs and ask people to be involved. She even asked me to be her soloist, so I'll be singing for the whole affair.

So, that about brings us up to date. I'm going to try to add a few more thoughts, personal antidotes, and other crap besides my day to day... blah as time goes on. In the mean time, if you read this, and you have any questions I can answer.... Fire away I'll do it!

Modern Mom
My girls came to visit over the weekend (My son had baseball and had to stay at his Dad's) and I was pleased and eagerly agreed when they asked if they could stay the rest of the week (school is out). Since it was short notice I didn't bother getting the time off. C is 16 and pleanty old/resposable enough to watch her sister for a few hours. What's funny though, is that they both have hotmail accounts and I set up two machines for them each with messenger loaded up so that they could message me if they had any issues. They've both enjoyed it. Keeping in touch throughout the day etc, but when I looked back after THIS conversation I had to laugh at just how much things change, and yet... stay the same.

S says:
can i have a popcicle? Ppppppppppppllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeee.please

parttimemom says:
yes - if C says it's ok
S says:
thank u
S says:
yum

Same conversation hundreds of thousands of mothers are having with thier 10 year old daughters today.. and the same conversation that has been happening between mother's and daughters for 100's of years. Only I can have this conversation with my daughter in real time over the internet...

Story from the Past
I thought this little story might help to explain the mental anguish I lived with for errmm about 15 years, and continue to have to deal with sporadically even today. You see, my ex husband has the ability to take anything, and I do mean ANYTHING you say and turn it against you. And he's good at it. So good at it that after a while you start to wonder if it's YOU that's wrong and not him.

One of his best ploys was to take something you said and repeat it back to you, but with a totally different meaning. In fact, I do believe that if it's at all possible to take something you've said more then one way he will unerringly pick the worse possible meaning.

Case in point:

A few years back when he was still trying to `woo' me back we got into (yet another) argument.

Richard: What does he (N) have that I don't!?* You said yourself that he isn't romantic. I was always romantic! You always said that was important to you.

Me: *Cough**Sputter* I NEVER said he wasn't romantic!

*Understand that I didn't LEAVE Richard for N. As a matter of fact I didn't meet N until a year after we had separated, but Richard insisted that this was some sort of competition between the two of them.

So I sat there busting my brain trying to figure out where he EVER got the idea that I said that N wasn't romantic (I mean how could you call a guy who lights candles in every room in the house including up the staircase and then leaves a single red rose on the bed NOT romantic?) when I remembered a PRIOR conversation when we got into (yet ANOTHER) an argument.

Richard: I can't wait until the romance is gone and you're left with the everyday boring humdrum. Then you'll see, I was the best thing you could ever have. You'll be back!

Me: Our relationship's not like that. It's not about hearts and flowers and rosy sunsets!

Clearly - right there - can you see it? I said that N wasn't romantic. Right?

God it makes me insane just thinking about it!