What was I thinking?!?!?

See, I have a myspace account as well, and I was bored to death yesterday, so I started searching for people I knew, long ago. =) Well, genius that I am, I decided to look for Ian's dad's side of the family. We aren't together, and in fact haven't seen each other since I was 5 months pregnant with Ian. Ian has never seen his biological father. But that's not why I was looking for his family. Ian has never lacked a father figure. Steve has been there since before Ian was even a year old, and has filled inks need better than I could have imagined possible. Steve is inks true daddy, period. But I did have to tell Ian, that, long ago, when he was in my tummy, he was going to have a different daddy named *****. But that daddy wasn't ready to be a daddy, so he left and we went daddy shopping, and found Steve. (I was explaining this to a barely 5 year old. I thought the explanation was pretty good) Ian accepted that, easier than I thought he would. But every once in a great while, he asks where ***** is. I really haven't been able to answer that. But I found *****'s sister on myspace, and sent her a message. Again, what was I thinking?? I probably should have left well enough alone.

Thoughts for today

1. Birds of a feather flock together and crap on your car.

2. There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to
look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it
is that wrinkles don't hurt.

3. When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's
dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.

4. If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

5. Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.

6. A penny saved is a government oversight.

7. The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at
the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the
tempting moment.

8. The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by
then your body and your fat are really good friends.

9. The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy
a replacement.

10. He who hesitates is probably right.

11. If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.

12. If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in
mind to blame.

*I know it's been awhile. Life has taken over for now, but hopefully I'll be getting back into the swing of things!*

A poem...

He didn't like the casserole
And he didn't like my cake.

He said my biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.

I didn't perk the coffee right
He didn't like the stew.

I didn't mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.

I pondered for an answer
I was looking for a clue.

Then I turned around and smacked the shit out of him...
Like his MOMMA used to do.

Anyone!!!

Someone come buy my house!! Ok, so I know that the market has slowed a lot, and I know that houses don't get shown as much when it's 112 degrees outside, and I know to be patient when your house is on the market. I'm a realtor, this is all common sense to me. Is that the case when it's my own house on the market?? HELL NO!!! No showings yet!! So what if this is only the 3rd day on the market, and it's only 9 am. Someone come see my house, fall in love with it, and buy it!! (Full price offer would be even better!)

My doggies...

Hamlet is the black one (he came named that way) and he is about 100-105 pounds. Bogey (for the golf term, not a booger!) is the yellow one (duh!) and in this pic he was only 9 months old and 78 pounds. He's about 95 pounds now, but hopefully he is done growing! (Hamlet is very tall, almost 30" on all fours.)

Sorry, gentlemen...

...But this rant is some what generalizing. I have to ask, what is it that makes so many men think that they are technically capable; Mr. Fix-It or whatever you want to call it?! This stems from a 'duh! that my sisters ex did last week. Now, he lives just around the corner from us, and a lot of the days that he has my nephew, he'll bring him over to play. Well, I guess he was bored last time. See, I disconnected the cable. I was tired of the 2 boys being GLUED to the set, watching crap, or complaining that there was nothing to do if the tv was off. So, mean mommy emerged, and called the cable co, and bye bye Nickelodeon. But, I guess he didn't get the idea the the cable was VOLUNTARILY disconnected, because he proceeded to try to hook-up the cable again (illegally) which he couldn't do, because the video feed was shut off. Duh #1. But, he did manage to rip off the coaxial cable connector on our relatively new (< 1 year old) 53" tv. How the hell are we supposed to re-connect the cable when I'm done teaching the lesson if there is no connector!?!? Duh #2. But, the worst was, he didn't even tell us. He left a little bit later (and hasn't called since!) no comment on the connector. How did we know it was him? He is the only one that has been behind that tv since the thing came to live with us. Who else could have done it? Ok, rant over. I don't think I bruised too many egos!