Damn, I'm all about YouTube this week....

It bothers me how they call her "his wife".

All I have to say is.....

OUCH!

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For Jen.....

Think you can teach Kansas and Leo? ;)

So he *is* good for something....

For the longest time, our dishwasher hasn't been getting things clean. So Richard unhooked everything, pulled it out, and took it outside where he proceeded to pull off all of the hoses and drains and SOS the eff out of it. He got the water hose and sprayed the heck out of it. He dried it off and hauled it back inside. He pushed it back in and attached everything and it's now running an empty cycle. Pray that 1.) There's no leaks and 2.) That it starts to get my damn dishes clean again!

Richard's next project: the shocks on my car. Right now, it sounds like two people having a little nookie in a lowrider! LOL!

Oh, and while we are on the subject of Richard, I'd like to report that the aquarium is up and running. It WILL NOT be a natural tank. (Thank God) We still have to get fish and all of that, but it does have rocks and water in it and the motor is running. So that's a start!

BUT, he also went and bought a 2nd hand kayak yesterday. (WTF? A boat isn't enough?) I swear he has an illness.

Damn song....

Now this one is stuck in my head! Ugh!

Hey Ya.....

Different, isn't it? ;)

Idiots....

I knew their fans were bad, but this is ridiculous.

Show some class, will ya?

Dishing about the girls....

It's been a while since I've truly updated on how the girls are doing. The truth is that they've been busy. I hope I can remember all that's been going on. ;)

Maeve is now 16 months old. She's a fiesty little girl. I think the Terrible Two's have hit quite early. Man can that girl throw a tantrum. It's insane. I've never seen anything like it. We are so screwed. But then she can be the sweetest and most gentle kid. She loves to cuddle with me and adores Kyra and Mia. Mia is her only playmate during the day now. It's kind of sad actually because she'll walk around saying, "Kyra?" She misses her sister while she's at school.

As you can tell, she's got quite a vocabulary these days. I'd have to say that her favorite word is "daddy". She is constantly looking for Richard or calling out to him. Other words that she says are: "mama", "Kyra", "Mia", "Papoo" (and she points to his picture too! Cute!), "night, night", "pickle", "cracker", "ba ba" (for milk), "no", "yeah" "hi", "bye bye", and "doggie". This morning I took her in the jogger and ran and she heard dogs barking at us. Usually, she'll say, "doggie", but today she barked back at them! LOL! Maeve is also a wonderful eater. She'll eat anything. So the fridge is a favorite of hers. She's good at leading me around and letting me know what she wants. I like that she can communicate more with us now. Even though she's a handful, she's at a fun age where she's interested in the origin of everything.

Kyra is adjusting to Kindy quite well. I take her in the mornings, but she rides the bus home. Maeve loves waiting for her in front of our house. I'm really proud of Kyra because she's been eating a lot in the cafeteria at school. She's trying new foods and not such a picky eater anymore. I credit her sister and some "peer pressure" for that. Kyra has homework on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She's learning to read sight words and she's learning to write beautifully. I can't believe how much she's improved on just writing her name in such a short time. On Tuesday afternoons after school, she takes dancing across the street. She loves that. Then this Sunday, she starts catechism classes at the church across the street from us. Today, we got a notice in the mail for that with her name on it. She thought that the letter was from God. She said, "I guess God knows my name!" LOL!

Kyra told me that she was a little mad at recess today because some of the kids that are in same class as the little boy next door called Kyra "his girlfriend". LOL! Kyra told me, "I'm not anybody's girlfriend!" You go girl! She also told me that her best friend at school copies everything that she does! Imagine that! I'm sure Kyra is used to it. Maeve does the same thing. ;)

Mia is well, just Mia. She hasn't changed one bit. She's still lazy and loves these girls. She hasn't moved from the sofa tonight. I saw her go outside to potty and then she came back in and put herself right back in the same spot! LOL!

As if the last idea wasn't crazy enough....

The neighbor next door has one of those pentagon-shaped standing fish tanks that he wants to get rid of. Guess who wants to buy it? Yep, my dear husband. He's getting Kyra all excited about it. That's fine. Maybe it'll teach her some responsibility. She'll now feed the dog and the fish.

So I was pretty much all for this idea until Richard started talking about how he wanted to go out and catch the fish that he'd put in it. (WTF?) I guess buying some fish at the pet store isn't challenging enough for him. He wants to use all natural plants and chemicals. So it's starting to sound more like a project or hobby. He's doing research on the internet to see how to go about doing all of this. I just hope that it doesn't 1.) turn into a money pit and 2.) turn into MY project. I told him that I'm not cleaning the damn thing. I saw how my mom cussed the itty bitty aquariums that my sister and I had in our rooms when we were kids. I think she actually prayed for the fish to die so she wouldn't have to deal with maintaining them anymore! LOL!

So once again, I sit here asking myself, "Why can't he be NORMAL and do NORMAL things?" He always has to make things more difficult. Ugh.

I'm all for water conservation, but......

My husband is so funny. I guess he and the neighbor were sharing stories about how to keep the yard green last night. So the neighbor guy told Richard that for a while, he was telling his wife not to drain the bath water that the kids had bathed in. He put it in buckets and dumped it in the yard! OMG! LOL! Richard was ticked that he didn't come up with that idea first! You see, Richard is known as the "gypsy king" around here and if there's a easy way out, then he'll find it. He wheels and deals like nobody that I've ever known. He knows a good buy when he sees one. He loves garage sales. I guess this is why I've grown to love my consignment shop so much. I get all giddy when I get something for cheap. At least I know now who I got it from. ;)

Another weird thing about me.....

I'm very much a morning person. A lot of people aren't. But I am. I have trouble getting up at first, but once I'm up, I'm ready to go. It's been quite an adjustment getting up a little after 6 now that Kyra's in Kindy, but I'm actually beginning to like it. I get Kyra dressed in her room and do her hair. We chat. It's kind of like our own little time. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, I take her to school by myself since Richard is off. I look forward to walking alone with her and saying goodbye.

I also like to work out in the mornings. I want to get it over and done with. I don't like waiting till the end of the day to work out. I never have. I'd much rather take/teach a morning class. I also run a few times a week in the morning. Since I take Maeve in the jogger, I prefer to do it earlier since it's much cooler.

Everything is just fresh and new in the morning. The air is cool. It's quieter. You just take notice of so many things.

I always knew that I would be a morning person when we would get a head start for vacations at like 3 in the morning. My mom and sister would be crashed in the backseat and I would be in the front seat navigating with my dad.

In fact, it's now 9:00 and I'm ready to go to bed. So I'm definitely not a night owl. ;)

It's that time of year again.....

I start to see black and orange. I start to see costumes and oodles of scary things. Kyra comes up with ideas.....some questions even. Yes, Halloween is just around the corner and I don't like it one bit.

I cringed when we went to Walmart on Saturday. They have all of their stuff out and Kyra wants to walk through the aisles and pick out a costume. I told her that we still have plenty of time yet. I just wanted to get the heck out of there!

In case you missed why I don't like Halloween, let me refresh your memory.

Ugh. I hate this time of year. The worst part about it is that I'll be seeing it all for the next TWO MONTHS! :(

My newest guilty pleasure......

I absolutely adore this show. I can't get enough of it. Richard is laughing at me. :(

Yeah and loads of thanks to Krishna and Richard for mentioning it while we were there! LOL!

It's raining!

I guess that God actually heard Kyra's prayer tonight because it's raining! I walked outside and it smells like rain too. Ahhhhh......I guess I need to blog about rain more often! LOL!

Now if it would just stick around for a while!

So how long has it been?

Maeve goes to sleep at night to a certain CD....one that contains sounds of ocean waves, guitar, and thunder. Thunder. Gosh, I can't remember the last time I heard a clap of thunder. I walked into her room tonight and stood there thinking that I really miss the stray thunderstorm. Heck, I miss everything that comes with it.....the thunder, the beautiful or scary lightning, the gusty wind, the pounding rain. Nothing is better than being inside during a rainy day and knowing that you don't have to go anywhere and get out in it.

I hated thunderstorms when I was a kid. When my sister and I were home alone and one hit, we'd flee to the neighbor's house. No kidding. I was so scared. Things have changed now. I always say a quick prayer to be protected during one and then go to comfort Kyra. She's not scared of them....just more anxious about what's going on. She'll insist that we light a candle or grab a flashlight in case the lights go out. LOL! Mia is oblivious to them. Thank God. A lot of dogs freak out including my sister's dog, Calli. She hates them.

I really hope we get some rain soon. More than anything, I think I need it for piece of mind. I'd like to know that God can still make it rain! ;)

Had a bad day.....

This day sucked. It could have been worse, but it was bad enough. I just hope something good comes out of the events that went on today. There's a chance that it might. Just pray that it does.

I'm soooo ready for bed and ready for a new tomorrow! :)

I'm alive....

I'm here. I made it through the weekend. Richard and I had a lovely dinner on Friday night ALONE. Then on Saturday, I took a RPM class and launched Step at one of the gyms. On Saturday night, we went to a party for all of the instructors that launched. That was fun too. On Sunday, I team taught with another instructor and Richard met my sister in Bastrop to get the kiddos. They did fine. They had a great weekend. They got to see a new cousin of theirs. Yesterday (Monday), I took it easy and Richard went fishing. Today, I subbed another Step class. So, I've been busy. I'm ready for a break. I'll get it this weekend. Richard has to work and we aren't doing much. I'll probably take some classes at the gyms in order to keep up with all of my choreography. I need to teach more than once a week! ;)

The surprises continue.....

I have a keyboard and a mouse arriving today to go with my new monitor.

He's also informed me that because he knew the kiddos would be gone tonight, that he took vacation from work to spend time with me.

I'm wondering if he's sick or something. ;)

When all else fails, complain.....

Guess what my hubby did? He bought me a brand spankin new 19" (shut up, I know it's small) LCD flat screen monitor! I'm looking at it as I type. Boy it's nice. I got tired of HUGE piece of crap one that I had. It started "blinking" at me at random moments within the past month or so. I got tired of it and complained to Richard. But I never said that I wanted a monitor like this one!

By the way, Mr. Hot UPS Man delivered it today. Mia was barking uncontrollably and he left it at the side door. That sweetie. I wish I could have caught a glimpse of him, but he was gone by the time I looked out the window. :(