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Name: Autumn's Mom

Location: Northern California, United States

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

TORNADO WARNING Updated: There was no tornado. No hail. No lightening. No Thunder. Nothing. What a rip-off!!! On the bright side, no one was hurt. My house is still standing. No worries. Really, there were no worries ever. I don't think ever in history this California town has had an actual tornado touch down. I guess there's a first time for everything. But that wasn't today. :D WE HAVE A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT PEOPLE. I'M A LITTLE EXCITED. I DON'T LIVE IN KANSAS...I LIVE IN PODUNK, CALIFORNIA. WE JUST DON'T GET ANYTHING NEAR THIS EXCITING. WE GET LIKE AN OCCASIONAL SHEEP CROSSING. THAT'S ABOUT AS EXCITING AS IT GETS HERE. I'M SORRY TO BE YELLING, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO LOWER MY TYPING! I JUST WANT TO TELL MY BABIES I LOVE THEM. IN CASE I DON'T MAKE IT. I'VE ENJOYED YOU ALL. I'M GOING INTO THE BATHROOM NOW TO DUCK AND COVER. HAHAHA posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:45 AM - 4 WTF!

 

Monday, February 27, 2006

How was Your weekend? This dreary, cold and rainy Monday can't even begin to put a damper on the good mood I'm in. I had a fantastic weekend! The drive down was long, the bed was a little more firm than I like...but that is really all I have to complain about. The bed & breakfast was quaint. We had a nice room. The three of us weren't too crowded. And, we had our OWN bathroom. All the guests really seemed to be conscious of the fact that all noises could be heard throughout the place. I did hear a little bed tapping once. Thankfully only once. Everyone would be whispering at breakfast time downstairs, which I thought was funny. Saturday, we went for a long walk along a trail beside the ocean in Pacific Grove. It was early and the fog was beginning to clear. It was not too hot or cold. The sea lions were close to shore playing. We kept calling them the heads because that's all you could see (when they weren't sunning themselves on a rock). We came to a beach where two dogs were frolicking in the water. The sea lions were so intrigued by the dogs. Four or five of them were watching them play. They would drift closer to shore. Then the dogs would splash into the water and scare the heads. They would disappear and pop up further out. They did this several times. Also along our stroll, we imagined which ocean front house we would want to live in if we won the lottery and could afford to live there. Real estate is so unbelievably expensive there. No houses under a million. Trailers are going for $500,000. I said TRAILERS. Crazy. After our long walk, we hopped in the car for a drive. We looked several times for the butterfly sanctuary. Literally drove by it like 3 times. I was expecting it to be a big unmistakable site. Like with big arrows coming out of the sky pointing the sanctuary out. Yeah, it wasn't. We did find it. It wasn't all that exciting. There were quite a few butterflies but not a ton. I guess December is the time to go see them. This coming from someone who sounded like they knew what they were talking about...but you know how that goes. Apparently February/March is mating season for the butterflies. I can tell you first hand, that yes it actually IS. haha If you looked straight up, you could see butterflies flying through the trees, like you would normally see birds. It was pretty cool. Lots of beautiful big monarchs. Moving on down the coast, we went to Carmel. My husband wanted to visit the Mission founded by Junipero Serra. There was a wedding taking place that day. We could tour everything but the basilica. M was real interested in all the artifacts. Me? I was more interested in the wedding. I kept hanging back in the courtyard to get a glimpse of the bride and groom. How nosy huh? Old dead guys just don't interest me. Well, ok, some of it was interesting. I like looking at old photographs and they had rooms made to look like they would have back in the 1700's. Pretty cool. But back to the wedding. I wanted to know what kind of people get married at the mission?? Old people do. There were so many blue hairs there it was like a convention! Not what I was expecting. Carmel is a little too upscale for my tastes, if you know what I mean. Just not our kind of place. It's very crowded with people in fancy cars who don't know the rules of the road or have any courtesy for other drivers. We tried half heartily to find a place to eat and park with no luck. Which was fine. The only parking we did find was by the Coach outlet and it was only 30 min parking. So instead of lunch, I got a new wallet :D Not to worry, we did eventually eat lunch, slice of pie and a soda. Then we headed back to the quietness we've come to love in Pacific Grove. It's really just the best place. Autumn took a dip in the ocean. She turned a funny shade of blue and we had to rush her back to the hotel for a nice, hot shower. We had dinner at a pricey place called Pasta Mia. M wanted to go to the Mediterranean next store, but I wasn't feeling advenurous. I told him when it's his weekend, we'll go to Amir's Kabob House (another place we drove by). I just wasn't in the mood. Pasta Mia's was good. I had their Salmon special with polenta and sauteed vegetables. M had noodles putanesca. Both were tasty. We also had wood oven garlic bread. YUM. Sunday we headed to the aquarium in Monterey. Good thing we went early. There was a line up the streat when we left around 1 PM. We raced on over the the Outer Bay to see the sharks being fed. We ended up at the wrong tank and saw the Tuna being fed instead. While it was interesting, it was not I'm sure as good as seeing the sharks being fed. But that's ok. Autumn's favorites were the penguins and the sea otters. The sea otters are more fun to watch because they are so playful and active. They had already been fed and the trainers had left the red bins out, which I guess they use to put the food in. We watched as one playfull little guy somehow managed his way into the bin and forage for some scraps. Would have made a great picture to insert here, oh yeah Autumn broke my camera. DAMN. We headed home around 2 in the rain, tired and satisfied with our relaxing weekend. We even stopped at Target on the way home. We just couldn't seem to let the fun end. :D Now it's over. I'm back at work. But I still have fond memories of "my weekend". M kept telling Autumn to be cool and not spoil Mom's weekend. I think I'll keep him :) posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:28 AM - 5 WTF!

 

Friday, February 24, 2006

Butterfly Town, Here We Come! Updated I have offended my reading audience by using the word molest too many times. I'm also not a good proofreader. Oh well. I have now changed one of the molests to another appropriate word. I'm not gonna out the offended party. I will just say that I sleep with her brother. hahahaha We are leaving today for a weekend in Pacific Grove. I've booked two nights at this Bed & Breakfast. I've never stayed at a B&B before. My husband says the downside of a B&B is no room service. That's a man for ya, always thinking with his stomach. This place was built back in 1907. I hope the plumbing has been updated since then. That's me, always thinking with my anus. Anyway, I was gonna go into all these details about this place when I came across some way more interesting info on Pacific Grove. It seems that it's some sort of Butterfly Town. They are very serious about their butterflies too. The Pacific Grove Police Department continues to enforce strict regulations that prohibit the "molestation of butterflies." The fine? $1,000. How is it exactly you would go about "molesting" a butterfly? If we can go about visiting the butterflies without molesting them, there is a Monarch butterfly sanctuary and this crazy butterfly house. Apparently, there is this insanely happy couple that lives there. The wife was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa. Eventually, she will be completely blind. Her doctor said that bright colors would be the easiest for her to see in the mean time. So together, they have created this incredibly happy bright house. He also has had some health problems (cancer). They really seem to have the best outlook on life. I hope a little of that happiness will rub off on us. We'll bring some back for ya :) I am so looking forward to relaxing, listening to the ocean and maybe seeing a butterfly or two. I promise not to molest fuck with any butterflies. posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:06 AM - 4 WTF!

 

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Joey's Sad He wants to go to Monterey with us. Sorry buddy, you are going to have to stay home with the bitches. (our other 2 female cats) Feline party ova here! posted by Autumn's Mom at 7:00 PM - 4 WTF!

How YOU doin? posted by Autumn's Mom at 2:05 PM - 4 WTF!

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Surreal Life I'm feeling lately, like life is becoming more like TV than the other way around. The drama, the folly, the utter stupidity. I find myself imagining what I would like to see happen ala my favorite show. This is my America. Point #1 - The strange "tent city" that has perched itself on the doorstep of the newest IKEA to open in West Sacramento March 1. These are the REAL desperate housewives. Who the F camps in the parking lot of a crappy home store, relying on the kindness of strangers to feed them and taking turns defecating in a stank ass port-a-potty??? Not me sister. All of this for 3 lousy gift cards. I bet there are still families living in tent cities in New Orleans. I say we let those Katrina victims move into the houses vacated by the idiots who'd rather live in a parking lot. Point #2 - Calling off the execution of Michael Morales not once, but twice. The politicians/judges/Ass Munchers want to bicker about whether it's humane for these death row convicts to actually feel their death by lethal injection or should it be sugar coated and painless. What a waste of time and fucking money. I'm sure on Boston Legal, Alan Shore would be defending this scum's right to die humanely. Thankfully, by the end of the show Denny would shoot the fucker square between the eyes, blow the smoke away from the barrel and look right into the camera..."Denny Crane." Point #3 - Allowing any foreign company (friend or foe) controlling any of our sea ports. The Administration, henceforth known as Stupid Ass Monkeys, wants to hire the Dubai Ports World, a company owned by United Arab Emirates, to run 6 of our US ports. Are you fucking kidding me??? Isn't this where Michael Jackson is currently residing? Heck, he needs a gig, lets put him in charge. Makes about as much sense. As a perk, we can let him grope as many imported young boys as he can during business hours. They can get Martin Basheer to get it all on video and turn it into a "reality TV show". To be shown late at night of course, you know because of all the little boy groping. Martin, call VH-1. Now look here people, this was just written for fun. It is intended to be read by my four faithful readers. Anyone else who happens upon this and doesn't like what they see can kiss my first amendment ASS. Click next blog. If you laughed, leave a comment. Peace posted by Autumn's Mom at 10:40 AM - 6 WTF!

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Shark Tales Hello my babies. There are four more days until my little trip. Yay! I went online to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and found out this weekend they are having Shark Days. It's a part of Oceans 2006: A Year of Exploring. They are going to have a scuba diver in the tank on Sunday, feeding their sevengill sharks. Maybe it will turn into a little "When Sharks Attack" or something. Now that would be really exciting. You know, I don't want to see the diver killed, but a couple of rips in his scuba suit would be totally cool. I hope I can take some pictures of the attack, I mean feeding. Autumn dropped my camera on the tile yesterday trying to take a picture of her cakes and it won't turn on any more. I'm really excited about getting a new camera, but I don't think my husband is. He's already paying for this weekend of fun, he's not too excited about spending another couple of hundred bucks on a new camera too. I could have just bought my own, if he hadn't shredded my credit card. I may have to get a crappy disposable. sigh Wanna take a look inside my bag? Lynn found these on Dooney.com. It's a lunch sack. Or is it a purse? Well today, it's both. It's very handy to throw your keys, wallet and your breakfast all in the same bag. Thanks, Lynn! posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:32 AM - 1 WTF!

 

Monday, February 20, 2006

Let Them Eat Cake! Would you like Autumn to bake you a cake? Yeah, me neither. Actually, this is a part of her science project. She baked 4 cakes and left out an ingredient each time. This was the best/worst one, baked without eggs. posted by Autumn's Mom at 6:48 PM - 5 WTF!

Deal Osama Bin Laden says He Won't Be Taken Alive Deal. posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:51 AM - 4 WTF!

 

Sunday, February 19, 2006

Scene from a Kitchen My husband is cooking fish and chips right now. Sounds that can be heard from kitchen, "Woo Hoo! That's fucking Hot." As he dumps potatoes into fryer. Later.. He: "Try the fish" Wags tail and pants Me: "Can I just have it with dinner?" He: "You don't love me or my fish" Pouts Me: "I love you dear. You and the motherfucking fish." posted by Autumn's Mom at 7:54 PM - 1 WTF!

 

Friday, February 17, 2006

Borderline Feels like I'm gonna lose my mind.... Ok not really. Borderline is just playing on XM Awesome 80's. I feel pretty darn good :) I don't have much to report today. I feel like the stars have aligned themselves just for me and I really don't have anything to complain about (except the cat vomit). I have everything I need/want. My family is healthy and happy. We working, we consuming. Life is pretty darn good. BORING. I like boring. Did you know that? Well, there you go. To Do List (for this weekend) 1. Get hair done (decided to be a Cherry and get the GLAM!) 2. Go to Target (I know I've already been twice this week, BUT IT'S TARGET!) 3. Clean cat vomit carpet (I can already tell I'm gonna be putting this off) 4. Laundry 5. Go to Julie's and hang with the chicks 6. Go for a walk in between the showers expected this weekend 7. Yell at the kid. Both of us have PMS, it's bound to be bad :( 8. Watch some of the Olympics 9. Nap (Need to move this up on the list) I think that about covers it. posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:30 AM - 2 WTF!

 

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Grey's Anatomy Watch it People. It's just soooo good. I can't believe that Patrick Dempsey, eternal geek of the 80's has turned into the handsome Dr. McDreamy of the 2,000s. (Doesn't that just sound terrible? the 2,000s. strange) AND I just read that he's also into race car driving. How sexy is that? Anyway.. I like getting obsessed with a new TV show. Because, you see, I have no life. Between Husband, Tween girl, job and the cat vomit, I'm pretty much exhausted at the end of the day. I like to just veg out in front of the TV. Sometimes I like to veg with something I'm only half interested in and read at the same time. I couldn't do that during Grey though, I just get engrossed. I suggest you tune in Sunday nights at 10 after Desperate Housewives (which is getting better finally) and catch my new best friends, Dr. McDreamy, Meredith, Izzy, George, Christina, Alex & the Nazi! posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:38 AM - 5 WTF!

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

The Day After My sister in law asked me yesterday if I got any presents. I have to admit I was a little irked. She knows we don't usually exchange presents for some trivial holiday like Valentine's Day. So why ask? To rub it in that I didn't get anything?? haha Or maybe she's the eternal optimist and hopes that one of these days her brother is gonna come through and hook a sista up! Girls, yesterday was ONE OF THOSE DAYS! I had a pretty good day. I received a yummy chocolate w/ almonds bar from a co-worker and a single pink rose. Normally, that would be it. When my husband got home, I already had my PJ's on and decided that I didn't really want to drive out of town for dinner. We could just order in. He walks in, like usual, and says "you know I didn't get you anything for Valentine's Day?" Me, "Yeah, it's cool." Him, "I was thinking that we could go away for the weekend. We could take some money out of savings." Me getting up from the floor, "Really???" Me running to the computer to book a hotel. Me with a really silly looking grin on my face. Me, hoping that wasn't just a dream. posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:34 AM - 4 WTF!

 

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

MY MOM GOT A JOB!!!!! I just got a call at work that my mom got a new job! I'm so excited. And so is she. Thanks to all my supportive friends. Prayers work people. CHEERS!! posted by Autumn's Mom at 10:24 AM - 3 WTF!

Would You Be Mine? To Those I Admire, Valentine's Day Is a wonderful way To make "I love you" Easy to say. Much love to all my bitches! posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:15 AM - 2 WTF!

 

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Tagged! There's this funny thing in blogland. Internet tag. I'll admit, I like it. Makes me feel important. hahaha L has created an original MEME and I'm happy to play... 1) What was the last thing you prayed for? The last thing I prayed for was for my mommy to find another job. She was laid off last year and hasn't been able to find anything. She's a single income household with no income. It's been an emotional time. I do know our prayers are heard. This thing I pray for most is for my daughters safety when she's not with me. This would have been my answer at any other given time. 2) What was the nicest thing you ever did for someone else? Giving my mom the emotional and financial support she needs. She's given everything to me my whole life. Being on the receiving end was great, being on the giving end is so much better :) 3) What do you think about to cheer yourself up when you`re down about something? I think about eating and Shoping, and then I eat and go shopping. Those of you who actually know me...Can see I must get down a whole lot! hahaha Whoo! I'm feeling a little vulnerable now. Thanks L! Anybody who is not too busy sipping a latte, chasing her son, taking pics while driving, working too much or having a baby come play along! posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:41 PM - 4 WTF!

 

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Winners & Losers Autumn is the winner. I am the loser. I finally gave in and gave her this. My sometimes better half bought it for himself online. I really should have known better than to let him alone buying shit online. He's never happy with whatever he gets. He usually sends whatever it is back. Or tries to pawn it off on me. This time I had to agree with him, this particular phone just sucked. So, we did what any good parent would do. We gave it to our kid. She, of course, is over the moon. It's not even activated yet but it's already charging in her room. I know what you're thinking. Well, the four of you who know how old she is anyway. She's too young. I know, I know. I didn't have a cell phone when I was a kid. But when I was a kid, the world wasn't this GD scary. My daughter walks from school about a mile or so to the local youth center. Sometimes she hoofs it with friends, some times she's alone. I don't want her to feel afraid, or alone. If she just needs to talk as she walks, she can call me. If she wants to stay at the library, she can call me. Yeah that's great. If there is some fucking pervert following her in a chester van, I want to know that she can call me and I will be right there with my uzi. Here is the part in the story where you all sit back and bash me for being a bad parent. Go ahead, I can take it. Frankly, I don't care what anyone else thinks. (It comes with age Cher) I feel like I purchased a little piece of mind. And, my child thinks I'm like the BEST EVER. I like being thought of as the best ever. neener neener neener....I'm the BEST EEVVEER. thunk That was the sound of me tripping over my incredible mom ego and falling on my face. posted by Autumn's Mom at 11:09 PM - 4 WTF!

 

Friday, February 10, 2006

Are You a Little Bit Curious? posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:03 AM - 5 WTF!

Get Your FRIDAY On! I don't have much to report this morning. The Olympics begin tonight. Exciting. I love to watch all sports peformed on ice/snow. (except hockey. not a fan) We will be gathering tonight around the boob tube to watch Italy's opening ceremonies. I'm hoping for lots of risque nudity! hahahaha We American's are so repressed. Bring on that nipple! But I digress. I'm looking forward to an evening with family, Line and the Gang, (sounds like a 70's funk band) some Jack in the Box (Sourdough chicken club mm mm good) and the Olympics. Go TEAM. I love watching them parade in. I chear the tiny countries who have like one or two people send. Good for them! They are here! Welcome them :) This weekend will be the first without my beloved credit card. This week has not been hard at ALL. I shopped, well browsed online yesterday and didn't reach for my empty wallet once! But the weekend is tough. I'll let you know how it goes. Like you care. hahaha Flashback Trivia Quiz: What was the #1 song for the year 1985? A. The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & the News B. Like a Virgin - Madonna C. Wake me up Before you Go-Go - Wham! D. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner First correct answer wins a Latte! posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:10 AM - 5 WTF!

 

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

The KNUCKLE This is for you Lynn... The Knuckle, as he is affectionately known, is on Oprah today. I have set it to TiVo. You just need to come over sometime and watch it! posted by Autumn's Mom at 4:02 PM - 9 WTF!

The Battle For Control The husband and I had a heart to heart talk last night over some frying chicken. We discussed all kinds of yucky grown up things like him taking a lesser paying job for the job security, retirement, taxes and my credit card. What could have been a knock down drag out fight over the finances turned into a rational conversation where many compromises were reached. I'm patting myself on my back again right now. See, we don't communicate that well. This conversation was one for the record books. I'm not going to go into all the gory details here, my internet friends. I will leave that to your imagination. But, I will tell you one of the compromises I DID make. I let my husband shred my beloved platinum credit card. The card and I had been together for awhile. You see, we had this love/hate relationship. I loved going shopping with it. I took it with me everywhere...Target, Starbucks, Coach. We had lots of good times. And with the good, comes the bad. The bill just kept climbing and climbing. I wasn't just treading water, this card would turn into a whale and drag me down to the bottom of the ocean. So, last night while we were having this heart to heart about bills, I kept trying to come clean. Turns out I didn't have to find a way. He just flat out asked me, "How much?" My head bobbed above water and said, "A lot". What a relief! I'd been carrying this secret for some time now. And now it was out. I told him how much. He agreed to not kill me. He will take on more responsibility for paying some of the bills, I will continue to pay some bills and we will discuss these things a lot more in the future. I felt so free and relieved and really just out of my mind that I didn't even wait for him to ask. I went into my wallet and gave him my Precious and watched him shred it. To make me feel better, he gave me his Honda credit card that he'd been saving for a sunny day when he'd purchase a new motorcycle. I got to shred that. I told him though, that it was just a card. He still had the credit and when we pay off mine, he was more than welcome to get a new bike. I'm just cool like that. Today is a new day. I feel hopefull that my debt will be paid. That I won't have to carry this huge burden by myself anymore. There are other burdens waiting to jump on my back. But I can handle them. Sorry LD...No more Coach for me. I can still go browse with you though. I'm glad I finally found THE ONE! posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:18 AM - 6 WTF!

 

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

The Year was 1970! In 1970 (the year you were born) Richard Nixon is president of the US A federal jury finds the "Chicago 7" innocent of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention The lunar spacecraft Apollo 13 splashes down in the Pacific after near catastrophe The first Earth Day is marked by millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations At Kent State University, National Guardsmen fire into a crowd killing four student antiwar demonstrators A powerful earthquake claims 50,000 lives in Peru 18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections Tidal wave driven by cyclone from Bay of Bengal hits East Pakistan, killing hundreds of thousands An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Damon are born Baltimore Orioles win the World Series Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl IV Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup Tearjerker Love Story is the top grossing film I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is published "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song What Happened the Year You Were Born? More cool things for your blog at Blogthings posted by Autumn's Mom at 1:23 PM - 1 WTF!

 

Monday, February 06, 2006

Separation Anxiety I had a pretty good weekend. I went to the movies with my good friend J. We saw Walk the Line. I highly recommend it. We stayed up til 11 talking about everything. It was just so nice to get out of the house and not have to worry about a husband getting bored or falling asleep on someone's couch as he usually does. I didn't have to worry about a child getting out of hand or whining about when we are going home. I hadn't even realized it had gotten so late. When I did, it hit me that no one had called my cell phone to check in on me. My daughter ALWAYS calls to tell me good night and ask me when I'm coming home. She's gonna make a good mom someday. It made me kind of sad. While I had enjoyed my time away, I still wanted to feel needed. WANTED. loved. I came to two conclusions. One, she doesn't need, want OR love me anymore. She's packed her crap and left me a venomous note stating I suck, I've ruined her life and she's moving to Grandma's. OR, she was out with her own super best friend having a sleepover. I was relieved when I got home that there was no note. Her room was intact. She was indeed having a sleepover elsewhere and would be returning in the morning. Relief washes over me. Do I sound melodramatic? Ok, yeah, I do. I'm here to tell you, especially you newbies out there, separation anxiety exists all right. And I've got it. Each year that brings us closer to that magical age of 18, brings me more sadness that one day not long from now, my little girl will be a woman and heading out into the world without me. *sigh* On the bright side, I'll have that much more time with my TiVo. My real reason for living. I'm not even going to THINK what would happen to me if that left me. I mean, that's just NOT gonna happen. I'm not going to talk about it anymore. It's not funny. How can you laugh when I'm practicing my lamaze breathing over here??? You are cruel internet. Just cruel. posted by Autumn's Mom at 10:19 PM - 4 WTF!

 

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Are You Ready for Some...Softball? Today we have tryouts for softball. Conveniently the same day as the superbowl. Alas, we do not watch football in this house, so that really makes no difference. Although the thought of maybe seeing some nipple at halftime does have a little appeal. Back to Autumn, I was very against letting her play softball two years ago when we first signed her up. My neighbor convinced me to let him take her with his girls to try out. While I like her being involved in sports for many reasons, the EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PARENTS is a really big turn off for me. I can sit here and tell you internet folks that I am not THAT kind of parent. My husband would then tell you, I was a big fat liar. It's hard not to get swept away with everyone else. I am never out and out rude to any child though. I will tell you, that is not the case with all parents and I use the word parent loosely for them. I mean, these are the girls she plays with, goes to school with. They come over to our house. Just because they happen to be on another team, doesn't make them the ENEMY. So this year, I'm going to be better. I'm going to set an example for those schmucks! I'm going to cheer for them all. It doesn't matter if the good hit is from the other team. A good hit is a good hit and it deserves a clap. I am not going to delight in the opposing pitcher being removed from the game for injury. At the end of the day, they are still just little girls and we all need to remember that. Not sitting with the bad parents also helps. So, look for me on the top row with my hubs, stuffing chili cheese nachos in my face. Food also stifles the need for catcalls! Let's Play BALL! posted by Autumn's Mom at 11:56 AM - 4 WTF!

 

Friday, February 03, 2006

OH YES, IT'S FRIDAY Happy Friday to my peeps. Here is a little of this, little of that, little FLASHBACK! What's on XM Awesome 80's: Who's Holding Donna - DeBarge Pop Life - Prince (Who will be the musical guest this week on SNL) Don't You Know What the Night Can Do - Steve Winwood Chains of Love - Erasure I Want Your Sex - George Michael What's in my mouth: Well Dr. Pepper, of course! My, don't you have a dirty mind! What I'm doing right now: Trying to catch up at work from being out sick. Really, I've been behind since like November! Filing, filing, filing! blech! What am I doing tonight: Ideally, I'd like to go to dinner. Maybe Lucy's cafe (Italian), go to a movie (Walk the Line or The Matador) and then home for awesome sex. But since this is me we're talking about, it will be dinner at home (hamburger helper), watching a netflix (last disc of Nip/Tuck Season 2) and falling asleep on the couch! hahaha Enjoy posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:30 AM - 3 WTF!

 

Thursday, February 02, 2006

I'm Still Here tink tink tink Is this thing on? I can't hear worth a darn. Maybe tonight my ears will pop so I can hear the world again. I got a full nights sleep last night for the first time since Saturday. It was wonderful. I'm hoping for more of the same tonight. I've tried several times to write a post today. I'm having one of those days where I feel like pulling the plug on this thing because I suck at writing. I think I just try too hard. Trying too hard does not make for good writing. I'm not even going to go for good writing either. I'm just gonna type. Whatever comes out, comes out. Here goes... Autumn wore a skirt to school today. I know it's hard to believe, but she actually owns ONE skirt. A black wrinkly one with sequins on the hem. I think she had on a black top and a light blue fleece zipper up. And ugly old tennis shoes. We are making small progress. Any progress is good. By progress, I mean that my little is turning back into a little girl again. She used to look so cute in a sleeveless summer dress. With her little curls blowing in the wind. She was so cute til about 3rd or 4th grade. Then she broke my heart and wanted to start dressing like a boy. I refused to buy her boys shirts and stuff for awhile. But really, why fight it? It's all so meaningless, or it should be to me. If she likes a shirt, does it really matter if it's made for a boy or a girl? What am I really worried about? I decided that I was worried about nothing. I just love who she is and not what she wears. What really bothered me is that I think she's such a beautiful girl, if she'd let herself be. And when she's ready, she still will be. Like today :D And she'll be beautiful tomorrow no matter what she wears. posted by Autumn's Mom at 3:50 PM - 2 WTF!

 

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Still Sick I'm still sick. I sound like a sexy TOAD. hahaha ribbit! I'm back to work, but focusing my eyes makes my head hurt worse, so I haven't been online. I couldn't even focus to read a book yesterday. I just sat and stared vacantly at the TV. I watched a bunch of movies that sucked. I hope to be back up and running by the weekend. (wink wink J) I hope you are all well. Miss you guys :D posted by Autumn's Mom at 3:12 PM - 4 WTF!