Uh, yep. 🙂

Uh, yep.  🙂

Snaga is calling "Herro" all around the house. I ❤ my kitten. 🙂

Snaga is calling "Herro" all around the house. I ❤ my kitten. 🙂

I am so stupid.

I am so stupid.  I've been looking for my cell for like, 15 minutes.  I called it over and over and over.  I kept thinking, "It sounds so close, no matter where I look!"  It was in my pocket.  It is PAST time for bed.  😂😂😂

I'm going to help S.A.V.E. in the morning...

Um... yeah. Y'all are about to see just HOW dorkalicious I really am. I'm going to help S.A.V.E. in the morning with getting the animals on the transport to the spay / neuter clinic so I thought that nails with their logo would be appropriate. 😃

THIS, my dears, is the thing I've been so excited about. I can put just about anything on my nails that I want to. Even photos of my dogs, (which I have made and am just WAITING to be able to use). 🙂 These things are SO easy to put on once you've got them made. Anyone want me to make you a set?

Millie, Margaret, Janie, Leigh - I have some extra if you ladies want them. And Leigh, I even have some black cats! I thought of you when I made them! 😉

The internet is boring...

The internet is boring, I'm hungry, and SUPER STOKED about what I'm gonna do to my nails later.  So, off I go.  Later, gators.

THE BEAST IS SLAIN!

THE BEAST IS SLAIN!  I'm done with my grass.  😃😃😃  Too bad it will all be grown back by next weekend.  🙁

I'm gonna rest for a minute, take a shower, and then do NOTHING ELSE today.  😃

Having a snack...

Having a snack and then it's off to cut the grass with me! 😐

Chore Day

I am EXHAUSTED.  Heading to bed.  Before 10:30 on a Saturday night.  And I don't care.

I have been SUPER productive today.

I have been SUPER productive today.  Cleaned the house, mowed MOST of the lawn before I got rained on, and now I'm making dinner - plus finishing up a thing for my nails that I'm pretty excited about.  I'm ready to eat and crash out.  Just waiting to hear that Shaun has made it home safe and then I'm good.  🙂

I cut the grass outside of my fence.

I cut the grass outside of my fence.  My neighbor was kind enough to help me get the mower going.  While I cut I pick up the litter that lands in my yard.  Well, today, the universe had a surprise for me - a brand new blue Sharpie was in the edge of my yard!  I guess not being lazy pays off.  😂

I feel so gross and want to do nothing more than shower, but I'm gonna wait.  Maybe I'll get up the energy to do INSIDE the fence.  I doubt it, but it's worth trying.  Then I can stop worrying about it.  🙂

I've cleaned the house...

I've cleaned the house until there's not a lot left for me to do.  That is happy news.  Guess it's time to bust out the lawnmower - not so happy news.  🙁  Hope I can get it cranked.  😳

I love it when...

I love it when Niq asks me for an orange all sweetly, then snatches it from me when I bring it to him.  It cracks me up!  "May I please have an orange?"  ...  "Give me my orange, bitch!"  😂😂😂

I've been feeling so shitty...

I've been feeling so shitty that for the last two nights that I've dreamed about shit.  Literal shit.  The night before last I dreamed that I crapped in my floor and blamed it on the dogs.  Last night I dreamed that I left Shadow at the mall and went home because I was feeling sick and was going to pick him up when he called.  He never called and I woke up the next morning to a phone call from a boy's finishing school.  The mall cops sent him there because he crapped in his pants.  How bizarre.  And a little funny.  But mostly jacked up, totally.  I've never had a dream like that before.

I just talked to the school administration...

So I just talked to the school administration and their solution for that kid getting off the bus at my house without my permission:  Have my child lock him out.  Because they are so concerned with the well-being of ALL our children.  I am so appalled.

Thanks, y'all, but there is not a lot anyone can do right now.

Thanks, y'all, but there is not a lot anyone can do right now. I just get SO angry when people don't want to hear me out.

Tuesday, Shadow came home panicking because the vice principal was going to get on the bus and find the smelly kid. Some boy that sits next to him said it was him. Now, my child CAN produce a funk - I am not going to argue that. But he showers in the morning, brushes his teeth, and puts on deodorant every day before school. He also wears clean clothes every day. If his deodorant kicks the bucket before the end of the day that's no good. He is just at the age where things are changing and I think it's normal for kids to be pretty smelly. Even the girls.

So I sent the assistant principal a message and asked her what was going on because Shadow came home really upset. She never called me back. The next day she did get on the bus. She did not sniff the kids, but she did pass out hygiene sheets to all the kids at school. I do not disagree with that because we got them at Munford, too. No biggie. But Shadow came home crying because he was convinced it was his fault. I sniffed him yesterday when I got home and he smelled slightly sweaty - if I got really close. I don't think that that smell would warrant hygiene sheets. I just wish I could convince him that it wasn't his fault. He's really self-conscious right now. And I know me and Shaun probably don't help because if he ever smells we tell him. But it's so he can do something about it - not to be mean.

Between the little asshole stressing my child on the bus and the assistant principal ignoring me I'm pissed. Not to mention that the principal is blowing me off STILL about sending a kid to my house without my permission. I hate being ignored. If you think I'm shit and not worth your time - just say so. You don't have to make me feel like I'm nothing.

ASIDE FROM ALL THAT, I promised Shadow that I'd take him to DC since he didn't get to go on his hugely over-priced Beta Club trip again. I was really killing myself trying to save the money. Like, crazy saving. There was an event that we were all hoping to go to in the next week or so. Me and Shadow are not going because Shaun recognized my stress and told me that I should just chill, save for longer, and take him later. We are going to miss the event that's important to us, but I can still take him to see the city later. But Shaun's still going so I'm annoyed. I would have rather just borrowed the other $200 from myself and gone with him as planned. But he's bought plane tickets so there's nothing I can do to change any of that, either. Everything is out of my hands, and I feel angry, and left out, and powerless. I feel like I fail my kid on so many levels. And that is why I feel shitty.

When I finally learn to accept...

When I finally learn to accept that what I think doesn't matter - especially to those who are in charge of my child during the day at school - then I'll be ok.  When I finally stop struggling to do things that single broke-ass moms shouldn't do... like you know - keep promises to my kid to take him places - then I'll find happiness.  I'm just trying to be too good for my own good.  I need to just sit back, realize that I'm shit, and just be it.  Then all will be right with the world.  Fuck everything right now.  I even hate my nails.

Today...

Today started off a little late, but other than that it was ok.  It ended with me being really angry for the second time this week.  Fuck everything - I'm going to go paint my nails.  ANGRILY.

This is the first time I've used one of my water decals.

This is the first time I've used one of my water decals. They are not the same as nail tattoos. Actually, for me they were MUCH easier because you can move it around after you put it on, unlike with a tattoo. With a tattoo if you're off, you're just off - no adjusting those. Btw, I think my nails look black in the photo, but they are just a REALLY dark green. REALLY REALLY dark. But the feather is also a very dark green, so I thought it kind of worked together. Just one bright nail this time. 🙂

My thoughts for the night...

Today at our monthly Free-Thought meet-up the presentation was on women's rights and birth control.  That bill that some people want to have passed that would force women seeking abortions to have that awful vaginal wand thing done sounds really terrible.  The lady who did the presentation also volunteers as an escort at Planned Parenthood and she had some really sad things to say.  Like that the protesters can physically assault them, and that the cops just call it harassment, and nothing gets done to stop it - even with video evidence.  Like that she's escorted young (think 12 year old) rape victims to get abortions and had people do nasty things to try to keep them from going in.

To anyone who is supporting that bill:  Put yourself in someone else's shoes.  Think of the horror of being raped, the reality that you really have no way to care for a child you didn't want, a big scary person or group of people harassing (and quite possibly assaulting) you, and then the state wants to start imposing rape with a plastic wand and shaming right on top of all of that.  I know that that is not the circumstance for everyone, but it does happen.  I am infuriated and sad to know that ANYONE - any single person or any government body thinks they have any business making such personal and hard choices harder for anyone.  We really need to stop this.

Damn.

Damn.  I thought Shadow was on spring break starting tomorrow so I just let him stay up until 11.  Spring break is not right now so I was totally wrong.  Man, I'm the best mom EVER.  😂😂😂  But, he's not complaining (right now, anyway).  😛

For the first time in my life...

For the first time in my life I went to a restaurant today (or rather, yesterday - St. Patrick's day) and ordered an alcoholic beverage.  I got a mudslide - for anyone who was curious.  Can't see myself doing that again anytime in the near future.  My guts burned for a couple of hours and I was angry for a while.  Got a headache and just wanted to sleep.  I think I'll stick to only tasting some of Shaun's drinks.  I just don't get why folks love alcohol so much.  It tasted ok, but in hindsight I would have been just as happy with a nice slice of Tiramisu - and probably quite a bit less unhappy afterwards.  Well, now I know.

How to get your floor mopped for free:

How to get your floor mopped for free:  Dump all of your fish food out in the floor, let the cats and Faith scatter it, and then bring Lowrider in to lick it up.  Now I know.  😂😂😂

This is the first time...

This is the first time I've bothered to take the time to do ALL of my fingers in a water marble. The look is pretty neat, but it's easier to do it to someone else due to all of the clean-up and the messiness of the process. I know the point of the water marble is to get some really cool, flowy effects, but I really like my thumb, pointer, and ring finger. They just look kind of stripe-y - not very impressive, but, oh well. 😛

This hand definitely turned out a little more interesting. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the thumb. Couldn't re-create it to save my life. LOL If you can't tell:  The whole thing was pretty experimental, which is the reason that none of my nails look very similar. If you drop the polish in the same way and draw the same shapes in the polish, then you can make them all look pretty much the same. There are videos on YouTube that show you how to get certain shapes / looks, however, I didn't look them up right before I started, so I just went with whatever I was doing. Just playing around, I guess. 🙂

Well...

Well... I went to bed early.  And now I'm up.  Guess it's time to get this Friday started!  😃

Aaand...

Aaand... Shadow chooses Taco Bell for his early birthday dinner.  I guess it beats Waffle House.  😂  Boys are so goofy.

Please help!

Please help!  I will be putting out her photo when I get to work today!

My work was broken into last night - I just found out. Of course our beast is missing. She's not very friendly, no collar or anything. This is her. If you are in the Oxford area, PLEASE, PLEASE keep an eye out for her. I know that she is capable of caring for herself, but it's a high-traffic area right off the street. I can't go to work one day and find her dead in the road. Please share. Our work # is 256-831-**** and my home is 256-365-****. Call anytime if you see her.

Shaun is sick...

Shaun is sick, Shadow doesn't feel great, and I'm exhausted without a good cause.  I'm going to go take a nap because I feel like my body is trying to tell me something...

Anyone out there want or need...

Anyone out there want or need a 12 foot long cardboard pole?  FREE TO GOOD HOME!  It's thick cardboard and sturdy and about 4-5 inches in diameter.  I'm going to cut it up and recycle it if no one can think of anything cool to do with it.  Just seems like there should be something...  I will have another in a few weeks if anyone wants them to like, duel with or whatever.  😃

Finally, FINALLY...

Finally, FINALLY finished going through all of Shadow's stuff.  What he's keeping is put away neatly in his room and what he's not keeping is in the garage - awaiting a yard sale or to be donated.  PHEW!  Working with him was so nice today.  He's really a great kid.  Couldn't get that lucky twice.  ❤

I had a pretty good day. 🙂

I had a pretty good day.  🙂  Can't say the same for my boyz, though.  🙁  Shadow pulled his first all-nighter with a friend last night.  When I woke up at 8:30 this morning they were both still going 90 miles an hour.  They totally crashed, though, and now Shadow is feeling what it's like to sleep and lose most of a day and he is GRUMPY AS HELL.  😂😂😂  My Shaun-love has a fever and snot issues so that's a huge bummer.  I guess I'm gonna make some dinner and then finish up the living room tonight.  Then I can work on the dog baths tomorrow.  😃

We had dinner and a movie at Shaun's.

We had dinner and a movie at Shaun's.  No cleaning, organizing, or cooking going on over here!  😁  Haven't even done my nails.  I'm totally lazy today.  Gotta call it a night.  My self is telling me that I'm really tired.  ❤

Shaun's cat...

Shaun's cat ate his glasses so we went to the glasses store today.  Nothing can be done to fix the deep scratches in his lenses, but I finally got the screw in mine replaced so now they're not always sliding down my head.  I totally won today.  😂

Man, what a night.

Man, what a night.  Came home and finally started to tackle some of the mess from Shadow's room.   We spent most of the evening doing that and I guess we've gone through about half of it.  😳  He remembers where every single thing came from and he wants to keep it all.  Not gonna work.  😂  We had dinner late and Shadow got in bed late... and I just washed Booka so he wouldn't get Shadow's clean blankets dirty.  I'm EXHAUSTED.  And I'm calling it a night.  ❤

Got some claws on today!

Got some claws on today! LOL They are not very spring... feeling like I want to change them already, but I might just have to wait. At least they look neat!

Whoa. I just woke up - headache free...

Whoa.  I just woke up - headache free - so I'm getting ready and heading to work.  I am totally shocked that I don't have a sleep hangover, (as I got my 8 hours in last night), but maybe my head was trying to tell me something.  Maybe 3 weeks in a row with no weekend to speak of was getting to me.  Who knows?  I'm just glad I don't feel like crap!  🙂  Off I go!

The right side of my head is trying to kill me.

🙁 The right side of my head is trying to kill me. OW.

Phew! Another floor down, but the house is still a wreck.

Phew!  Another floor down, but the house is still a wreck.  All in the name of progress, I suppose.  Shaun and I have been moving things and building things and MOVING THINGS all day.  I just sent him home to relax and I'm taking a quick break before jumping back in.  There is nothing left to do that I can't do by myself.  I really need to get rid of Shadow's old twin sized bed frame and my tall kitchen table.  Please keep your ears open for anyone looking for either!

BOOSH! I just pulled up the dining room carpet all by myself. 😃

BOOSH!  I just pulled up the dining room carpet all by myself.  😃  Had no idea that there was tile under there.  Ugly tile - but tile nonetheless.  It will make a great under-floor for my new floor.  I'm gonna go and clean it now!  😃😃😃

FYI:

FYI... if you "Like" a page that someone is an admin of (hmmm... let me think of an example... Oh, how about me and my work page!) then I'm gonna see it.  If I haven't seen you in ages I'm probably gonna write you and say hello.  Please don't flatter yourself and think that means I was stalking you or that I'm determined to wedge myself back into your life.  I'm a friendly person.  I talk to people.  I talk to strangers all the time.  It doesn't "mean" anything and it's really not a big deal (to me, anyway).

However, one question does come to mind:  Who's looking up who if you're liking my work page?  Mostly rich women that shop at fancy boutiques like my work page, (aside from our customers - which are stores).  Not very many people in this area even know we exist (aside from a few friends of mine, my boss, and my coworkers) so I find it highly unlikely that anyone I know would just "come across it."  Just sayin'!  😂

In any case - it will all be over with today.  I just wanted to get that off my chest!  While I AM a pretty good internet stalker I haven't felt the need to do that since I broke up with Nick a few years ago.  He really brought out the worst in me, but I'm good now.  And quite HAPPY with my free-thinking, intelligent, sexy man, thankyouverymuch.  🙂

It's been a good night.

It's been a good night.  Storms didn't hit here like I was worried they would.  Ate a bunch of pizza and talked for a long time with my Janet.  Tried something new with my nails that I can definitely do better - I love it when I find something I think I can get good at.  🙂  My hands smell really good thanks to some sanitizer that Nancy gave me.  😃  All in all - no complaints.  My bed is calling my name and I am down for the count!  I hope the new Hunger Games polishes are in at Sally's tomorrow - they have a few in that collection that I am just drooling over!  Later, Gators.  🙂

I just had a pizza delivered and...

I just had a pizza delivered and nobody in my house knows it but me. 😉

My first attempt at gradient color.

My first attempt at gradient color. The ring finger DEFINITELY turned out the best. The others don't have such a great fade, but perhaps with practice! 🙂

Today we went to lunch...

Today we went to lunch at the new Chinese restaurant in Oxford, Jasmine.  It was not good and it took forever.  I'll be sticking with my China Luck in Oxford and my House of Chen in Saks, thank you very much.  Damn it, I'm hungry!

Calhoun County schools...

Calhoun County schools are dismissing at 12:30.  Saks Middle at 12:15!  Is it going to get bad that early?

I finished watching "Family Ties" the other night.

I finished watching "Family Ties" the other night.  I put on an episode of "The Wonder Years" after my boss mentioned that her daughter was watching it.  Shadow was pretty into it, too.  He's gonna watch it with me!  Woohoo!  😃  Mother / son time!  😃

No stamping on these - just tape and polish here. 😃

No stamping on these - just tape and polish here. 😃 I wanted something bright and contrast-y, so this is what I got! I don't know how well it shows on the photo, but the bright color is like, a neon coral. LOL At a glance, though, these remind me of Tony the Tiger. 😃 You can do so much with tape - you don't even have to have any kits or anything: just imagination, tape, and scissors. I'm happy with how these turned out - just a little "oops" on the pointer finger where I smudged the black a bit. Oh well, onward! 😛

OMD...

OMD - my kid is gonna be twelve in two weeks.  That is almost 13!  😳  I have to figure out this birthday stuff now.  Better get to work!  😳