Another "good deal"

Well, the bargain hunter in me has totally taken over my life and I cannot purchase anything that is not on sale or marked down or on craigslist. I check that site daily. I have been wanting a dog for some time now. My husband promised me that when I moved out here I could get a dachshund. I was perusing the pet ads on craigslist and low and behold there was an ad for a handsome dachshund. The picture was great, so I shot off an e-mail and didn't think that I would hear anything. Wrong, the lady wrote me back and asked me to call her that night. It was past 10pm, so I felt that was a little too late and would call in the morning. I did and we set up a time to view this handsome beast. My husband and I and my sister in law drove out to this remote area. The lady had at the very least nine dogs, a ferret, chickens and smoked in the house. This handsome dog had been kept outside with some other larger dogs that had attacked him on a previous day. The said dog barked and growled at us for a good ten minutes. He had a swollen head and I decided that I was going to get him out of that situation. I gave the lady some money and loaded the dog into the car. He was very nervous and I was scared that he would not get along with my kids. To make a very long story short he tried to bite the vet, has a horrible abscess on his head and now $209 later he is a part of our family. Once the vet drained the abscess he was a lot kinder to her. He takes pills every twelve hours and he has a follow up scheduled for Tuesday. The kids love him and he is loving them. So my "good deal" on craigslist is now a member of our family and has made our kids very happy, and I'm sure our vet will be able to vacation in Mexico this summer when all is said and done, our treat, of course.

My View

This is the view that I wake up to every morning. I see this from my bathroom window, my window above my sink and from the dining room. I love it!! At night now I can see fireflies. I have never seen them before and so I get excited every time I see one light up. I like to listen to all of the noises that come from the trees at night, too. The picture does not do the trees justice. Every time we go looking for houses we find the perfect house, but it doesn't have the trees around it or it has trees and it is a hideous house. Some day I will find the perfect one.

LAZY

I am the laziest person I know. I have no drive. Why is this? I wonder if I get it from my mom? I purchased this state of the art (meaning-expensive) elliptical machine when I moved out here. I told my husband that I must exercise in a safe environment and the roads are so narrow in our town. I told him that I would work out every night when he leaves for work. I work out all right.. my remote finger and ebay fingers have been getting the workout of their lives, but not so much my big belly. I was so proud of myself for completing a whole weight loss program that the machine had programed into the computer, now I just have to do that program every day not just once a week. I try to tell myself baby steps, but I think that I am just trying to justify being lazy. I always feel better about myself when I have finished my workout, but everyday it is a battle with my inner self to get on that machine. It is taking up all of my living room, but when I am on it the remote will not change channels. I think maybe my problem is the tv. What did I do before tv? Some people are lucky and they don't get sucked in, I on the other hand can get sucked in by an infomercial, a weight loss infomercial, mind you. It always looks so easy and fun on tv. Then I realize that in order to have all the success with the weight loss program I will actually have to eat less and move more. I can move more, but the eating less is a hard one. I love to cook and I love to eat. I do not get that from my mom, I do know that. Sooo all this boils down to the fact that I have come to terms with..I am lazy!!

Strawberry Jam

I love strawberry jam!! It must be homemade strawberry jam. I finally got off my rear end and took the kids berry picking. By the time we bought after school snacks and the berries and the ice cream we had spent over thirty dollars. Why,oh why, don't I just buy jam? It sure would cost a whole heck of a lot less. I just got finished making the fabulous jam and I must wait twenty four long hours before I can partake in my luscious jam. Today I went and picked up my new dinner table. I bought it off Craigslist. I saw this on someones blog and I thought that I would check it out. Now I am addicted to this site. I cannot get on the computer without checking it. I like to see other peoples junk that they are selling. It makes me laugh all the time when they advertise an antique table and chairs and it is really a piece of junk. I love to laugh at this site. Anyways.. I picked up this black wrought iron and glass topped table with four chairs for one hundred dollars. I saw this table and it is perfect for my little space and it goes with my color scheme for the kitchen area. I must go now and check the new postings. Ok, maybe I need a job!!

Finally a new posting..

I started this blog in March and I thought that I would write every day to try and work through my frustrations, but every day I make an excuse not to write. I made it through mothers day without injuring any arguing children. I sometimes wonder if they can speak without whining or arguing with each other. I had a major melt down at the baseball field the other day and it made me feel like I am turning into my mother, my worst fear in life. It all started with a small little thunderstorm...in the middle of my youngest child's baseball game. This was my first experience with a thunderstorm since moving to NC. I was not aware of their power over a group of people. Let's just say that we were quickly ushered off the field and under a large wooden "covered patio". I quickly screamed for my oldest child to get under the cover NOW, this somehow made him move slower and that made me a little nervous. When he finally made it to cover I specifically said stay by my side, as this was a new scary experience for me. Next thing I know he is gone...panic sets in...what if he has gone back out in the storm and gets hurt...his dad will kill me..no, he is sitting on the ground right where I told him he couldn't be. So, as I made my way to where he was my panic wears off and I loose it. I'm sure that the whole town was enjoying the show that I put on. To make matters worse,it started pouring down rain and I had to go out in the rain to get all of the baseball gear and my chair. I know this sounds like no problem, but did I mention that I was wearing a white tank top minus a bra?! I know that the whole place had their eyes on me after I had just chewed my sweet child a new butt, so out in the downpour I went. I had never wanted to crawl in a hole and die so much as that afternoon. I can't wait for next Saturday..what kind of a show can I put on for the crowd?! Ah, when will I learn to keep my mouth shut?