Busy Momma

Partied like a rockstar.  Umm, yes, embarrassed myself.  But thankfully I believe most of the sober people left before I got really bad.  lol  Everyone that stayed the whole night was just as drunk as I was.  So they won’t remember!  Some friends stopped by at the end of the night so we didn’t have to pay for cab rides home.  SWEET!  They taxi’d all our drunk butts home.  What are friends for huh?  Boy do we owe them now.  I’m sure they’ll be calling us next weekend to pick them up.  lol  They better call us when they need a ride!  That was so nice of them.

So I was dancing on the stage with the battling piano’s.  Umm, no there was no dancing at this place.  I just decided there should be.  lol  If I hear music when I’m drunk, I must dance.  Happens no matter where I am.  Home, friends house, the bar, it’s all the same.  Saves me from many hangovers.  If I’m dancing I can’t be drinking.  Then I need water because I’m sweating.  Oh and I’m burning off the calories.

Lordy I did a lot of shots.  Let’s start this story off right.  Hubby took me out to lunch and I had my first drink on Friday at 11:45am.  lololol  By the time we got to the piano bar at 7ish I’d had 3 beers and 3 1/2 sparks (energy alcohol drinks).  I was super happy, but not drunk.  Order my first drink and power through that.  Our friend orders me a double, but I decide to move over to the other table of our group to mingle there and am met with two shots of patron and a cherry bomb.  MMM, like the cherry bomb.  I like anything that has a rockstar with it.  lol  Power them down and those are the last shots I remember doing.  lol  I wasn’t blacked out drunk, I was totally coherent, I just don’t remember taking any more shots.  Course I did and my friends lost count of them.  UMM, hello, friends take care of my stupid butt.  Anyone?  counting my shots?  looking out for me?  Oh, I must mean the one’s that are buying me all the shots?  Yes, those would be the one’s.

Oh no, they are loving the entertainment, why would they cut me off.  Hell no we didn’t want to get you off stage, we loved it.  Again, super friends huh?  lol  I told them payback is a serious bitch and she’s got nothing on what I’ll do to them now.

My friend said I’m in charge of her next bday party.  Her husband is already figuring out all the crappy friends they want me to meet because I am so much more fun and can drink them under the table.  NO GUYS, REALLY!  There was seriously someone looking out for me.  Cause usually I’d be sick for two days after a party like that.  I can’t take a chance of getting a hangover.  I’m not sure how I missed getting one this time.  I’m a terrible drinker, I get sick at the drop of a hat.  Hmm, maybe the pattern here is it was almost all shots? 

Alright, you could probably talk me into it next weekend, but I think we should party at someone’s house so I only have my good friends to embarrass myself in front of.  lol  Plus it’s cheaper.  Holy cow we spent some serious money there.  They had to have loved us.  Oh and a guy that hubby works with showed up.  Course all of B shift was invited, but we didn’t get ahold of everyone before hand.  So he bought all the boys shots to celebrate getting off probation.  They had no idea what it was shots of.  Hubby is working with him right now, so ugh, wonder what other stories are coming out.  lol

I was by far, not the drunkest there so I guess that’s good?  Oh and I’m all bruised to hell.  I was wearing sandals with no traction.  I fell a zillion times and I NEVER fall when I’m drinking.  That’s the part I’m most embarrassed about.  Jeesh, I fell in the parking lot and tore myself up.  I remember that fall cause it hurt.  Next time I need to think ahead on the shoes.  DUH!

Well his bday party is on right now.  8 nerf guns and 4 10 year olds.  lol  Guitar hero II and halo III are loaded in different rooms.  Hubby and I are hiding in our room watching Rob and Big on Mtv.  lmao

Actually it’s turned out really good.  They have complete run of the house and they all get along really well.  Hubby and I both played guitar hero on the easiest level, I wanted the dummy level because I’m so good at video games (roflmao) but they said this was the lowest level possible.  I did 50% so I think I rock no matter how much they boo’d me!  I beat hubby so that’s all that matters.

Tomorrow we are going to have two more boys show up and then brownie ice cream cake.  Crap, better go finish the damn thing so they can eat it.  Then it’s off to play lasor tag.  I’m hoping we will make it back before kick off, but we’ll see.  We’re eating the cake and opening presents before we leave so we don’t have to do it up there.  lol  Figured then we can play the last game and head home quick.  Already need to stop by my parents and drop off my nephew on the way home.  It’s gonna be close.  I better not miss any of the good commercials!

Well hubby has to work and that doesn’t mess up our plans any.  We don’t do anything on this holiday because it’s just too scary to be out on the roads.  Some day soon I hope we can go out to Seattle for the night and live it up.  But for now, it’s all good.

So they aren’t sure at the station if they are going to have a big dinner or not.  Since they know it will be busy, they need to have someone there to cook.  I’ve totally volunteered and I hope another wife can come down too.  It would be much more fun  to hang out with others.  Or at least I say that now.  I haven’t met every wife on B shift yet.  lol  But I’m going to throw myself out there to the wolves and see what happens.  If nothing else it will give me a good blog post right?

Then a friend (gasp) yes I said a friend,  may come over to spend it with the kids and I.  She doesn’t know if she has to work yet or not.  But I’m going to hound her to come over.  Martini’s and junk food!  UGH, I can feel the pounds hitting my gut already and the pounding hangover.  lol  But we will all be safe at home atleast.  As a matter of fact I’m going to send her an email to hound her about it right now.  I do need some local friends. 

Wow, I can’t believe where people will hide presents. We are lucky in the fact that we have my parents close by and we can store whatever we want at our best friends house if needed. But what in the world makes you think it’s a smart idea to store presents in your car?

There was just a news story about a guy that got $50,000 worth of stuff stolen from his car. FROM INSIDE HIS CAR!!! Now I’m not sure if it was presents or what as I really quit listening to the rest of the story since I think he deserves to just be out the stuff for being so stupid. But it did get us talking. What’s the cap on your stuff stolen from your car anyway? And what in the world did he have in there anyway? See why I couldn’t pay attention to the rest of the story much, I couldn’t get over the fact that someone could have that much stuff of value in their car. lol

But then there is the other problem after you do make the claim with your car insurance. How long are you going to get continued coverage and if you want to switch companies, who in the world wants your dumbass? But if you live or work in an area that has a lot of break ins, make sure you check out what your car insurance will cover.

Did I mention the idiot had $50,000 worth of stuff in the car? That’s more than I will even spend on a car. lol Not more than the car I want is worth, but more than I can justify spending on a car. lmao

Just play smart and don’t keep anything of value in your car. You are just asking for more holiday hassle when you have to deal with replacing it and repairs if they mess things up while getting into it. Is it worth it? No way.

Well it just went back to last years post after the holidays and it’s got to be just me.  I am so bummed out and not even wanting Christmas this year.  I’m trying hard because I know it rubs off on the kids.  But I’m just so broke.  Last year at this time we were both going into the transition of new jobs and I was just leaving the gym that I worked way too many hours for little pay.  But the good thing about that gym was I had a steady income.  In a way I miss that, but there is no way I can be at work worrying about my kids being home.  I can’t put those kind of hours in.

So I’m bummed because I have no money for going out and buying presents.  At least none of my own money like I’d hoped.  Now that we have separated the money I fell guilty when I spend it from the joint account that is primarily his account.  But for almost 16 years, this has been ok.  Why now all of a sudden do I have guilt when I spend money from it?  Something I need to deal with obviously.

I’m hoping to get some chex mex made up and make a list of things that need to be done.  Christmas is exactly a week away and I don’t feel even close to ready for it.  Although our tree looks gorgeous!

Well it’s finally getting done.  We got the tree decorated early today.  I bought some rock candy lights and they are kind of crazy.  lol  But they are bright and I’m all about lights.

Then I told the kids to clean up all their stuff while we went to the gym so the decorations could go up.  They actually did!  Amazing!  So I took out the boxes of decorations and they did it all.  I haven’t touched a single one.  Why did I wait so long to do that?  Every year it’s been me having to put everything out and I wasn’t looking forward to it this year.  But low and behold I have years ahead of not having to do it at all anymore.  WOOHOO, I’ll take advantage of that thank you.

I still want to get lights put up outside, but I have to get some motivation to do that.  My neighbors put up a strand of lights on there front porch, so maybe that will kick me to it.  We’ll see tomorrow. 

You can tell it’s still freeze your butt cold out there, but the sun is shining so bright it hurts my eyes here in the house.  The frost is mostly melted already and it’s only 9:30.  But I’m sure that is deceiving.  It’s probably still in the 30’s out there.  lol

There isn’t a cloud in the sky and I know why.  It’s been pre-destined that I put my Christmas lights up today.  roflmbo  Someone is giving me the extra push to get my butt out there and light up the nights for all my neighbors.  tee-hee-hee

So I say, let there be light!  Hubby better not have thrown away very many of the outdoor lights.  I’ll just go buy more darn it!

Is there anyone that shops online that hasn’t bought from Amazon? I know this is the one site that I return to over and over. Even though I have to pay sales tax because, darn it, so many of the great online companies are here in my state. lol Oh well, free shipping is free shipping.

Anyway, Amazon is jumping in with both feet this Black Friday. The best deals have not been released yet. But there are already a ton of great savings in all departments going on.

While you’re shopping make sure and enter to win a $10,000 shopping spree.

I’m going to be off to shop for more books. I’ve gone through all of mine and will need some down time this holiday season.

Thanksgiving should be fun this year.  Especially since our commute will only be an hour.  Typically we end up taking the trip to my MIL’s and that was 4-5 hours.  But she has moved closer and now it’s only an hour.  woohoo

I called her today and of course was told that she had everything.  But my SIL is bringing the pies.  So now I feel like a little kid not bringing anything.  I’ll bring some crappy appetizers, but ugh.  Not happy about it and I didn’t realize that until now.  No one to blame, but myself.  I know she always says we don’t need to bring anything, so we should have made plans to bring what we wanted.

I’ll console myself with the fact that while my SIL does work full-time plus, their kids are grown and they didn’t have custody of them anyway.  I don’t know for sure, having never experienced it myself, but I’m sure that gives you more time to play with recipes.  lol  K, I feel better now.  Atleast until tomorrow.  But by then we should all be together and having fun.  It won’t matter then.

I am making some different dips for the veggie tray.  I don’t want just the same old ranch.

My Dad has to work on thanksgiving so we had dinner this afternoon.  It worked well cause we ate at half-time.  Dinner was good, but not great.  My Mom tries, but she’s only an ok cook.  Which is good in this instance because if I had two really good turkey dinners this week I’d gain way too much weight.

The turkey was yummy and the stuffing was better than normal.  That’s all I need to be happy.  Slather it up with gravy and we’re good to go.  Yikes, gotta hit the gym hard this week!