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Name: Autumn's Mom

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Thursday 13 1) $5 Jeans are found at Old Navy in the kids section. Sometimes you can find them at Kohl's on clearance again in the kids section. The women's clearance is good as well, just not THAT good. 2) My air conditioner is fixed and I haven't needed it once. So my energy bill should be under $100 again next month. 3) My fairly new Razr piece of shit phone died this weekend. So I went out and purchased a new Nokia phone that has an MP3 player in it. It does a lot that I'll probably never figure out. But it was PURPLE. I had to get it. 4) I'll be calling my carrier about the dead Razr. I just purchased it in March, so it should have a warranty. An exchanged one may be come a birthday present for my brat. 5) It's never too early to start shopping for Christmas presents. 6) I think Thursday is the longest day of the week. 7) I learned a new term this morning. Pooter-Cooter. It was in reference to a bird (or birds in general?) who only has one orifice for it's bodily functions. And it made me laugh. 8) Tonight my friend is making me dinner. Carnitas and home made salsa. I love her!!! 9) One half of this year is already over. 10) I started watching The Sopranos through Netflix. While I enjoy it, I wonder if I'm actually going to watch all 8 seasons. And does that make me a complete loser? 11) My SIL the other day asked me if I thought my first boyfriend, who contacted me through myspace the other day, thinks of me in the what if? sort of way. I said of course not, he's a dude. 12) Damn. It's still Thursday and not even 9 AM yet. FUUUUUUUCK (trying for that NC-17 rating!) 13) We will be attending Autumn's first concert this Saturday. More on that to come. posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:42 AM - 6 WTF!

 

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Yes. Yes. The Air Conditioner Is Finally Fixed! I had to keep asking and then at the end (Sunday Night) I only had to whine ever so slightly and finally got that sucker going again. Thankfully it's been breezy and just the right temp so I haven't actually needed it. I know everyone has heard of Crocs. Haven't you? I'm here to tell you about Traps. I've tried on Crocs but I didn't fall in love with them. And I really couldn't see myself paying $30 for plastic shoes. And I don't feel the need to keep up with the Joneses who all seem to be wearing them. Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating. I'm a bargain hunter. I was on a hunting expedition for a new pair of walking shoes (of which I found. Thanks New Balance!) I ran across, what I thought, was a knock off brand of Crocs called Traps. They look similar but they are all backless that I've seen. I slipped my naked foot into a pink pair and felt I'd found my soul mate. They are so soft and pillowey. My fat sausages can breathe thru the vent holes along the top and sides. I can shop in them, garden, work, walk. They are so versatile. When they get dirty you can hose them off or take a magic eraser to them and they come as clean as the day you buy them. I wore a pair when I pulled those weeds a while back. Hosed them off and they are as good as new. I haven't even gotten to the best part. The first pair I got at Mervyns were only $11. You can't beat that. Or so I thought. While on another hunting mission this weekend for $5 jeans (and yes, I did find several pairs of $5 jeans) ASK ME HOW! I found the above light blue pair for $15 at Famous Footwear. I signed up for their discount card and received a $10 coupon which I can bring back to the store along w/ my receipt and get these suckers for 5 BUCKS. Can you beat that??? posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:44 AM - 5 WTF!

 

Friday, June 22, 2007

Summer Vacatin I've decided to take a few days off. I'll be back online Tuesday. Gina and J, I'll see you Sunday! MUAH LynnDenise, Thanks for the trinket :D Tommy's Mommy, Please push the baby out on Saturday. PLEASE??? Happy Birthdays. Happy weddings. Happy Happy Joy Joy. Everyone else, have a super badass weekend. posted by Autumn's Mom at 10:42 AM - 6 WTF!

 

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

BREAKING NEWS: THE PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED And you know it's because SHE ordered them. Whatever, we are that much closer to a cool comfy 75 degrees people. Actually, today, God has spared me and turned on his own breezy air conditioning so I doubt it will even trip 80 today. Got to love Him. The saddest thing happened at work yesterday. NO, the A/C is still working here. We have a shop kitty. I've worked here for almost 3 years and there has always been a cat. I'm a big cat person, so I find this one of the special perks of working here. When I first starting working here, there was an old decrepit cat named Eddie that lived here. He was old and ugly and hardly moved. He lived on Bill's desk. He had a bad case of the grumps and died about 6 months after I started here. Everyone was sad. We talked about looking for a kitten and how fun that would be. Yes, we do find some time to do work here every now and again. My daughter's fourth grade teacher also worked part time at the local vet office. She would invite Autumn to come help out on Saturdays with her, which was totally cool. On one of these Saturdays, Autumn bet Bo. He was a very big, furry tabby who some old drunk lady had brought to the vet to be put to sleep because she didn't want him anymore. Can you believe that?? She'd had him declawed and then decided he sucked and she didn't want him. If I wasn't a God fearing woman, I'd put a curse upon her house. Thankfully, the vet had no intention of putting him to sleep. I told work about him and that Monday we went down to the vet to pick him up. He's a great cat. Very loving. And very sleepy. His routine is he greets me when I come in. Tries to trip me a couple of times while I fill up his bowls. He snacks and then lays in the entry way and waits for Bill to come in. He gets very excited when Bill arrives because he knows he's gonna get some special bargain basement wet cat food. After he devours that, it's time for bed. He'll come lay on my desk calendar and sometimes rest his head on my phone. So that when it rings, I have to smoosh his head to one side to retrieve and replace the handset. Around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, it's time for a stretch. Yes, he really sleeps that long. He'll get up, have a snack and then it's over to the file cabinet for some ball licking. He literally props himself up against the file cabinets in order to reach his balls. Got to love a boy. He rests until it's time to go outside for the night. Here comes the sad part. About two months ago, he went blind in one eye. Kitty Glaucoma or something. It fogged over one day and that was that. Yesterday, it happened to his good eye. He is completely blind. And you know what? He hasn't let it ruin his routine one bit. He just bumps into shit a little more now. I read online that cats (all animals really) are way more adaptable to disabilities than people are. They pretty much said, don't change his routine, put him in his cat box morning and night and he'll be fine. After a little discussion, we decided that we could handle it and brought in a pen for him to sleep in at night. Out of some sadness, comes a lot of good. He won't be able to go outside anymore which means no more ticks, no more sleeping under oily trucks, no more bad kitties beating him up for his food. He'll have a nice safe warm place to sleep every single night. The only sadness I really see, is that I every morning will have to clean out his cage. So I'm ordering a box of disposable gloves and industrial size Lysol. Here is an old pic of BoBo (or Spot as Bill calls him) lying on my desk. Don't you just want to smoooosh him? posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:40 AM - 13 WTF!

 

Monday, June 18, 2007

GOD CREATED THE WORLD IN 6 DAYS AND STILL I HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING I'm still hot. Thanks for asking J. I have been depending upon the kindness of friends to lend me some of their cold air. I think there was only one day this weekend, that I actually closed my window because the wind finally had picked up. The highs this week are only for the high 80's. I think I'll survive. Another way to stay cool? Go to a movie. It's always freezing in there. We went and saw Knocked Up this weekend. Loved it. It's by the makers of the 40 Year Old Virgin and a lot of the same actors were in this one. Just really laugh out loud almost pee your pants funny. If you are not afraid of the F-Bomb, go see it. Side note...Remember Goobers? When I was growing up they always had goobers (chocolate covered peanuts) and raisinettes at the movies. Now they have all kinds of inedible crap. But the theatre we went to actually had goobers! So delicious. I think I ate the whole box before the movie even began. I'm getting ready to go on a five day vacation starting Thursday. Just a little down time as summer begins. We don't have any big plans for the summer. Autumn plans to spend it by the city pool. I guess I plan to work. whooooooo I'm hoping next year will be the big vacation year like going to Hawaii or something. We'll see what life deals us. What are your big summer plans?? posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:18 AM - 14 WTF!

 

Friday, June 15, 2007

Exhausted And Thanking God It's Friday It's been a long week. Has it been for you? I think it's the heat. Slows down time. I haven't had a restful nights sleep in a few days. My house cooled down to 80 last night. Yea. You read that right. As if I wasn't suffering enough, there is natural gas drilling in the field behind my house. Noisy fuckers. Instead of my normally beautiful view of Devil's Mountain, I have a brightly lit up crane standing in the middle of a mini amphitheatre. An effect that is supposed to contain the noise. Obviously a concept that needs revising. It's only 9 am and I've dozed of twice while on hold with Sprint/Nextel troubleshooting a phone problem. Thankfully, I am in air conditioning right now, waiting for it to rejuvenate my soul. Leaving early today to take the soon to be 7th grader to the orthodontist. I'm praying to the metal gods that they take the final torture device out of her mouth so we don't have to pay them a visit again until she's 25 and on her own freakin dental insurance. Tomorrow we have closing ceremonies for softball. A bittersweet day. It will be announced that the TANK has made the all-stars team for her age group. THAT is exciting. Exciting too that for once I actually kept my mouth shut and didn't spill the beans to her already. Our first all-star game isn't til July and it's in BFE. Which is funny, because I though WE lived in BFE but apparently this town we are going to is even more BFE than here. And our coach is coaching all-stars. Softball lives on! I'll be watching from the sidelines this time around. With a nice cold one. posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:06 AM - 5 WTF!

 

Thursday, June 14, 2007

I Wish I Lived in a Condo Is that so terrible? I want to be a renter. So that when my air conditioner desides to stop working when it's going to be 98 degrees, I can call someone else who's responsibility it is to fix it PRONTO. I'm not sure why we ever bought our own home. You've seen how we don't like to do yard work. I'm not even going to mention the upgraded carpet that now looks like someone literally rubbed their dirty ass all over it. I say this because the cats do it all the time. Someone must have showed them how. Today, I'm going to wish myself into a nice air conditioned two story condo. (Two story for Autumn.) Why are kids so effing facsinated with stairs??? With a spotlessly cleaned kitchen with no dirty dishes in the sink. Cuz that someone won't be living there. I'll be able to look outside my sliding glass door down to a big cool lookin pool that I won't be responsible for cleaning. It's just there for me to enjoy. Oh and a nice work out room filled with elipticals and treadmills, none of which I'll have to buy myself. Or fix when they fall apart. We're talkin brand new all lit up stuff that works. Not like my treadmill that with the broken dashboard that you can't tell how far you've walked anymore so you have to keep your watch with you and just guess...*sigh* I hate broken stuff. posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:59 AM - 5 WTF!

 

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Almost a 7th Grader posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:04 AM - 5 WTF!

 

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Ugly BEAUTIFUL!! posted by Autumn's Mom at 12:54 PM - 7 WTF!

 

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Rush Limbaugh Is Coming To Visit!! How is it that I'm HOW OLD? And I'm still surprised by the signals that my period is coming. hmm I'm very tired and can't keep my eyes open past 9 pm. That's odd. Get yer bitch on. Huh, I wonder where that came from. I've become a fat, bloated idiot. Ahhhh now you see where the title came from. See? Your not so dumb after all. Seriously, it doesn't ever dawn on me til that tell tale sign in the ladies room. I'm tellin you now, I'm slower than Heinz ketchup bottle and don't have a clue unless it's attached to a brick aimed at my head. So as I thought to myself, Dot, you are a fat, bloated idiot, which is soooo not like me (yea right) I thought it's high time we put a name on this bitch and call it a day. That's when Rush Limbaugh just popped into my head. (I have a big head) Maybe just my mother's mother's generation put a name on their "monthly time" but I thought I start a new trend here and now. With you. he-he-he So next time you want to come visit and I say I can't! Rush Limbaugh is coming to visit!!! You'll turn and run screaming. If I had you tied up in my basement and forced you to name your "time", what would you name it? please note. dot will return to her normal programming by approximately next wednesday. thank you for your patience. posted by Autumn's Mom at 2:31 PM - 8 WTF!

 

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

We Are The Champions-NOT Autumn had her softball championship game last night and we lost. It was a fantastic and exciting game. The girls were in pretty good spirits throughout. I'm proud of my daughter most, not only because she's the best southpaw catcher on the planet but because she doesn't take these games personally and sit and boo hoo or get down on herself when we lose. She still laughs and remembers the great plays she made. Her coach re-nicknamed her last night, the TANK. She's pretty hard to get by on home plate. One girl ran outside the baseline and wasn't called out which we all grumbled about. The umpire said, "well, where was she supposed to go??" Cuz the TANK was a covering! It was a great night and I'm so glad it's over. I never realized how exhausting it was gonna be to "mother" 12 little girls for and hour and a half. At one point last night, I had three little ones on my lap and I was telling them how proud I was of them and how much I was going to miss them...before I shoved them off my lap to get more sunflower seeds. In the end, we weren't the best team out there but I think we were the ones with the biggest hearts. That's how I'll remember them. Tank #2 Big Red Savannah Bannanna Stilts B & G Tiffers Syd The Two Alex's You girls effin ROCK!!! posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:00 AM - 4 WTF!

 

Monday, June 04, 2007

8 Random Facts Miss Ginger over at Stuck-on-Survive hit me with a MEME! And since I do like talking about myself, I'm playing along. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.People who are tagged write a blog post about their own 8 random things and post these rules.At the end of your blog you need to tag 8 people and post their names.Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog 1. I have man hands that I inherited from my grandmother. I keep my nails cut short because they grow out like squares and I have chubby little sausage fingers. 2. I think I could get addicted to watching college girls softball on ESPN. Those girls are amazing! 3. When I clean, I'll scrub floors and counters and stuff, but I'll stuff papers and junk into any drawer or pantry out of the way. As long as I don't have to look at it, it's clean. 4. Gina probably won't like me after this, but I like doing laundry. I like the smell of laundry detergent (Gain Mango Tango). I like folding hot clothes out of the dryer. I just don't like putting them away. 5. I don't like ironing. I liked buying an iron and an ironing board with a cute cover. But I don't actually use these items. 6. I will not eat cauliflour. I don't care if you can mash it up and smother it in butter and make it taste like smashed potatoes. I'm not eating it. 7. I'm on the computer all day long at work. Checking gossip sites, blogs, shopping, chatting..but I can go all weekend without turning mine on at home. 8. I'm 36 and I don't drink coffee yet. Am I weird?? Everyone I know is tagged, I think. If not, your IT! posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:20 AM - 8 WTF!

 

Friday, June 01, 2007

V V-I V-I-C-T-O-R-Y I was going to do a post yesterday on a story I read yesterday about a panda, Xiang Xiang that was bred in captivity and then released into the wild only to be killed by wild pandas less than a year later. I'm continually amazed at our arrogance that we continually must feel superior to the laws of nature. What some may call nature or survival of the fittest I whole heartedly disagree. He had the scent of man all over him. He was viewed as different and targeted and ultimately killed because of it. They don't view this as a failure though, they will be trying again, this time with a female. If can't teach our own children that it isn't ok to pick on those who are different or perceived as weak what are we hoping to gain? It just left me sad. Moving on to something more light hearted, if that's possible, Autumn is at the tail end of softball season. Last night we played our arch nemesis the Giants. Now, I'm going to start by saying that I know these are young girls that are playing. Yes, it's a friendly and fun game. Everyone is a winner. Yea, I know all that. But. I loathe and despise this team. I can't believe I'm admitting this to you. I'm a grown woman. I am a mother. I'm obviously a little more competitive than I like. I moan and grown every time I see these girls on the field. I mentally picture them missing every play. Maybe hit with a pitch every now and again. Double plays. Which is probably why my negativity affects our team and we lose most games to them. We've actually lost the last four games in a row. We started out of the gate winning every game. It was fantastic being on top. Then we came back down to reality and were put right in our place. Only because of using a pitching machine for the first half, did we somehow end up on top as first half champions. Why do they even have first half champions? I have no idea. Still, there we are. The second half, using our girls pitching, we just haven't had the right stuff. We are currently in third place with our nemesis tied for first with another team. Until last night. Against our rival team. And get this. We only had 8 girls last night. We normally play 10. All 8 showed up in such a good mood. They can practically taste summer and they were bouncing up and down. Doing the wave in the dug out. Cheering, WE'VE GOT SPIRIT YES WE DO. WE'VE GOT SPIRIT HOW ABOUT YOU?! With just the right mixture of attitude and airhead candies we pulled ahead 9 to nothing. The monster inside me was dancing and cheering like a 12 year old girl. Then the big hitter came up. Bases loaded. Yes. Yes she did. But that's ok. She's also their pitcher and she just sucked last night. She beaned 3 of our players who eventually all scored, so I forgave her. I figured it was my bad karma smacking our girls in the head anyway, so I decided to just chill. We ended up winning 11 to 6, knocking them out of first place. We are now known as the little spoilers that COULD. One more game tonight and then the championships. At this point, it doesn't matter who wins or loses just that IT'S FINALLY ALMOST OVER! posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:53 AM - 5 WTF!