something
By The Girl | January 6, 2010
Music always speaks to me, for me, through me… this song, this is so perfect in everyway for me, right now.
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Wordless Wednesday
By The Girl | December 30, 2009
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Christmas Eve
By The Girl | December 24, 2009
Today is Christmas Eve. It’s a many splendor thing!
Actually, it’s bittersweet.
Preparing for a family fun filled evening with my family at my Grandma’s house, I can’t help but be reminded of the great man whose presence is so dearly missed every single day of the year, but especially today. Today, you see, is my grandparents anniversary.
My Grandpa passed away shortly after Hurricane Katrina, 4 years ago. Today would have been their 60th Wedding Anniversary. I sure do miss him. My Grandma misses him.
I’m looking forward to spending time with her this evening, what I’m not looking forward to is the moment that always happens since his passing, the moment when she looks around at her family with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes… when we all see, and know, that it’s him she is wishing was here to complete the picture.
My favorite picture of my grandpa & me. I love you and miss you, Paw!
Today is also my sweet Ashley’s 16th birthday… I’ve always loved her like she was my own. Happy Birthday Ashley, I love you!
Ashley on her 1st Birthday.
Merry Christmas, everyone. Make it a joyful one.
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friday fragments 12-18-09
By The Girl | December 18, 2009
Grateful to Half Past Kissin Time for Friday Fragments… gives me something to look forward to on Fridays and.. I’ve even caught myself holding onto moments thinking “this is perfect for Friday fragments!” … oh, lazy me.
- A favorite show my son and I enjoy together is Man vs. Wild – we simply cannot pull ourselves away from it if it’s on. And N has taken to looking it up On Demand and re-watching episodes we have already seen. He’s been a huge Bear Grylls fan from the first time he saw the show. So, you would think I would have seen this one coming, but I didn’t… N says, “Mom, in case you hadn’t considered it, Bear Grylls would be a really cool step-dad!” Oh, if it were only that easy honey-bunch! He was so serious. It was hard not to laugh… I guess he thinks if he has some input in the step-dad department he might be better off. He might be right.
- N also mentioned that he never ever wants a step-dad unless it’s someone who is nice. Like, really nice. To me, and to him. Oh, and if they have kid, and they are nice, then he wants them. Just like <:insert my best friends name here:> -” he would be a great step-dad!” I am starting to feel like my son is trying to marry me off!
- After the 1st of the year, I will officially have health insurance again. I am very excited!! It’s been nearly 2 years without any, and I’m supposed to be on medication for my heart so I have been worried this entire time about that, which I’m sure didn’t help the condition. It seems silly to be excited as I am about health insurance, but it really makes life so much easier. Oh wait, or is that the little peach pills they give me? ha. Kidding. Ok, not really. Moving on…
- I wish the troll on Twitter would just stop. It’s becoming harder and harder to not lash out at her, and I really don’t want to get involved like that. I wish she would just shut.her.F ‘ing.mouth.
- I have decided once again to break out the camera. I have been feeling the urge to take pictures, it’s overwhelming to me and I cannot fight it… I enjoy photography as much as sex! Maybe that’s too much information, but for the record… I haven’t seen any action in either department in quite some time. I say that like it’s a good thing. Anyway, so today I get to do a photo-shoot of my sister’s future niece’s. I’m so very excited. I hope I can sneak a few good ones of N in too, while I’m at it. He has become so anti-camera in his grouchy old age of 7 that I don’t even know what to do …. I suspect, I overdid it a little the first 4 years of his life and now he is just done with being photographed for the rest of his life. I hope I’m wrong. Maybe I should, er… I mean, maybe Santa should get him a digital camera for Christmas. Maybe, just maybe…
- Speaking of Christmas, I’m extremely disappointed that it’s going to be so tight for us this year. While switching jobs, I thought I was in the clear because I wouldn’t miss a payday… what I failed to realize was that the new company I am working for is on a different pay period, even though it’s the same payday. So, long story short, I am getting paid for 1 week instead of 2 weeks like I’d planned on. On top of that, the ex is 2 months behind on child support, which he says he will have one month for me on the 20th and the other on the 23rd. Not a lot of time to get Christmas shopping done once I get that – and that’s a big IF – if it’s on time, if it’s the full amount – but, I will do what I can I suppose. I had to call the power company and the phone company today to ask to defer my bills for a week so our shit doesn’t get cut off. I hate when things get to this point, and a part of me – a huge part of me – wants to scream at my ex for it and blame him. Granted, it’s not his fault, it must be F ‘ing nice to be able to pay all of your bills and think “oh, I’ll just pay that child support later on, whenever I get around to it, no big deal” asshat. It’s making me quite the Scrooge, because if nothing else I always want my son to have good Christmases, good memories… and I was hoping this one would be okay. And maybe it will. Hopefully. Because it’s our first one, just me and him. And I have a strong and urgent need for it to be a special one for him.
- My sister is pregnant! For the first time in my life, *I* get to be the aunt. I’m so, so incredibly excited I can hardly stand it! She’s due, we guesstimated, around the end of July. I’m hoping for twins (it’s possible) like there’s no tomorrow!! It’s really a wonderful, wonderful thing… she thought she couldn’t have children because of PCOS and here she is knocked up. Thank you Jesus!
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