2006 October « reformattingmybrain

kids say the darndest

Hi! Remember me! It’s been SO busy here. We’ve been busy cutting up deer (oops, I mean my boyfriend has been cutting up deer), hanging new shutters on the house, mowing the lawn for the last time before the snow flies and tending to all the other usual to do list items. This weekend we also had my boyfriends daughter here with us. So with two kids running around, I’ve forgotten what it’s like to pee alone….. I’ve also forgotten what a clean kitchen looks like….. I forgot what silence sounds like……. I never really knew what it meant to sit, I swear I have ADD sometimes…… but as always we squeeze in fun times. Today while the guys played a video game, during my boyfriends break from cutting up deer (his hands were frozen), his daughter and I went to the store to buy batteries for a toy the kids had been wanting to play with. For those of you mommies out there (or anybody for that matter that’s been around little kids), you all know that at times the word “Why” should be considered a dirty word…….. Hey that’s it I’m teaching my next kid that “Why” is a naughty word!! Sweet haha Anyway……. after hearing “Why?” fifteen thousand times I resorted to “Because I said so”. So we arrive back at home after buying batteries and this was the conversation between me and my boyfriends daughter:

Me: Okay, I’ll get the bag and my purse and help you out and then you walk to the house.
Kid: No! I want you to carry me. (Insert little girl whiny voice)
Me: But I need to carry this stuff and you can walk.
Kid: But I want you to carry me. (Insert super whiny voice)
Me: Why do I NEED to carry you?
Kid: Because I said so! (In a super cute happy voice, you know the one…… haha bitch I got you!)

Me: *thinking* OMG What in the hell have I done! Damn Damn Damn Why do kids gotta pick up on that!

It was absolutely hilarious – but NOT one of those things you can bust out laughing at, not at THAT moment anyway, I waited until she was out of sight inside and then I busted out laughing.

This was too cute of a moment! They’re not fighting OR whining! Wow! Yeah!

See those cute shoes there. Those would be the shoes we had to go buy because her mother is obviously preoccupied with other things Not only did she send clothes that were too small and didn’t match(!), but her damn shoes were too small too! Seriously, it was like trying to dress the kid in polka dots and stripes! The kid is two and she even saw a shirt in her suitcase and said “That’s too small!” And when her mother was called and asked why all her stuff was too small…… 1st of all, she said as long as she’s clean then it shouldn’t matter (What!) and 2nd of all, we should just go buy her new clothes then. Reason SHE isn’t buying new clothes….. because she uses “the check” for other things (insert me cussing a whole freakin lot right here). So we did buy her some new clothes, but they are staying here at our house, so when she’s here we can dress her in clothes that are 1. not dirty hand me downs and 2. they fit her. Awful ex-wives is a subject I could go on and on and on about forever. Oh and get this – we pick her up and she’s been licking her lips so much that even her skin all around her lips is cracked and dry! Ummm…… hello! Why don’t we put something on that! So I bought some Carmex and put it on for the two days she was here and voila! By the time we took her back, her lips were good as new! I wanted to (I refrained – but it was hard) send a note home in her suitcase with the Carmex with instructions telling her to put it on throughout the day and after meals (since it gets wiped off after washing her face). Why in the hell would you let your kid run around with chapped skin so bad that it’s hurting her! Anyway…… if I continue bitching about all the stupid stuff she’s done, like not buckling her up in her carseat (cuz it’s just a short way), we’d be here all night.

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on 29 October 2006 at 8:56 pm Comments (7)

our scare tonight

Another busy night at our house. Mom cleaning house and making supper. Man skinning deer. Son mowing lawn and playing with neighbor kids. After skinning the deer, my man called me outside to get a few pics. After shooting some pics of the deer I conned my son into a few pics, which later turned into a nightmare, at least I think this is probably where he got it. I had him stand by the trees for a pic. After coming inside, I continued cooking supper and my son went into his room to put his stuff away. Seconds later I heard my son screaming as he came running out of his room minus his shirt. Not only did my heart sink from the screaming, but when he came around the corner he was holding his throat. I was ready to pack him up and take him to ER. I was on the phone to Gramma and my boyfriend was on the phone to his brother-in-law, who is a doctor. My son just kept screaming and holding his throat saying something was poking him. Soon after I saw two white bumps appear. At this point I had decided he had to have been bit by something and since he had ripped his shirt off, I was assuming it was something in his shirt, which meant it was still in his bedroom. My boyfriend headed into the bedroom and discovered our culprit. A damn wasp had stung my son twice. Thank goodness just minutes later he said the stinging had gone away, so all we had left were a couple white bumps and a lot of red rash from scratching. Wow – what a way to make my heart sink when my son comes out of his room minus his shirt, holding his throat and screaming.

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on 25 October 2006 at 7:46 pm Comments (3)

first buck, first day of season, first hunt with my man

Wow…… we’ve waited and waited for hunting season to finally be here, and……… there it went, we’re done. We headed out at 6 am for about an hour drive to our destination and by about 10 am my hunting season was over. That can make a person happy and sad all at the same time. This was my first time hunting with my boyfriend, one of his buddies went along also, it was the first day of the season and I got my first buck! A great day of firsts! I owe a huge thanks to the guys for dragging my deer out. I forgot the camera that morning so I wanted to get it out whole (if possible) to take pics when we got back. And them being the great guys they are, did just that for me. It was a drag, let me tell you. I’m SO bummed we didn’t have the camera so you could see where we were. Anyway…… here’s my first buck!

My boyfriend also got his deer yesterday. Thanks to me spotting it haha No really I did spot it He’s not usually one for sitting and waiting, he’d rather be out walking. His buddy was along and he doesn’t like to walk at all. Which turned out to be a really good thing!

And we had to have a picture together since it was 1st buck (for me), 1st day of season and 1st hunt with my man.

*Came back to update cuz I forgot a very cool part of this day! We stopped to talk to 3 other hunters we met along the way. Two of them were from New York – OMG I love(!) their accent! Anyway, they were super nice and asked if I’d take a picture with my buck so they could take it back to New York to show them what girls in Montana do! How cool! My picture will be in New York!!

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on 23 October 2006 at 8:38 am Comments (11)

welcome to my neighborhood!

Today was like any other normal day, got up and showered, got ready, came downstairs to work, drank Dr Pepper, ran out of Dr Pepper, went upstairs to get another, watched a riding lawn mower pull a pink chair chair down the street with a boy chasing it, took a picture, went back to work, drank my Dr Pepper……….. Wait! What was that? A Riding lawn mower driven by an old man, pulling a pink chair down the street and a boy chasing it! Yep that’s right folks – I saw it and I have the picture to prove it. Sorry it’s not the greatest picture. But I was in a hurry not to miss it and so I grabbed the old camera and took the picture out my window. I showed it to a coworker today and she said “You know you’re a redneck when……..” And she also said (she lives in WA) “So, that’s what happens in BFMT (Bumfuck Montana). I laughed until my cheeks hurt and my stomach hurt and I cried! So here it is! This is what goes on in the middle of the day in BFMT!