Monday Minute- After The Party 2

After my LONG busy weekend of parties, birthdays,
surprises, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys
I am looking forward to a crazy, busy Monday morning
of taking kids to school!

This upcoming Monday Minute is co-hosted by the Anywhoodle NOLA Queen, Kimber!
She wrote all five questions. {Word}

1.If you could have plastic surgery, would you? If so, what would you get done? Yes I would have plastic surgery. If I had enough money I would have lipo on my stomach and thighs, a tummy tuck, breast implants, a face lift and some botox on my crows feet.
2.
What laws have you broken? Besides speeding and running the occasional red light when I mis- calculate a yellow light, not too much else.

3.What is your quirkiest habit? Straightening the pillows on my couch and smoothing the lines on the cushions. I cannot leave the house without fixing my couch! Weird, I know.

4. If you only had 3 songs to listen to for the rest of your life what would they be? Amazing Grace: Because it brings me back to my roots; There You Are: Because this is my wedding song; Hey Soul Sister: Because I'll need a pick me up song!

and finally...

5.How often do you have sex? 1-2 times a day.

Gifted?

I cannot believe that in four days my daughter will be going back to school. She will be entering the second grade. This morning we met the teacher or shall I say teachers. Miss K has been placed in a class with 36 students and two teachers. I am really excited about this environment for her. I have tried so hard all summer to get her tested for the gifted program and successfully got the ball rolling in that direction and we get this blessing. Her teacher has been teaching for many years and is very energetic. I know that Miss K will excel in this class.

I finally got the call I was waiting for from the school guidance counselor yesterday. I still needed to fill out a parent questionnaire about Miss K to see if she qualifies for the test. The counselor went through her grades and interviewed me about my daughter. She needed 3 points to be considered and she did it! That is such good news. The bad news is: if she fails they will NEVER test her again and I will not know the day they pick to test her. We have no preparation. I signed the consent for and walked out of the school office really excited.

But after being fully satisfied with her teacher and class I worry that maybe I should not have pushed the gifted test. Will it be the best choice? IF she passes. Maybe she won't. Miss K is VERY smart but the biggest hurdle will be her ability to stay on task. She does have to be reminded to stay on task when she is in free time. The gifted class is a bit more freely run in some situations . We'll see what happens.

Either way I will be VERY happy. I can't wait for this year to start and see how well she does in this class. Last year she had many misfits and children who were not on the reading, writing level she is on. The challenges will be more her pace. She will be among her peers who are on the education level she is on. I think my prayers have been answered and I didn't know it.

Pour Your Heart Out:Enough is Enough

A word from Shell:

If you need more info about Pour Your Heart Out, see THIS post.

But, really, it's anything that YOU consider pouring your heart out.

So the bitch is at it again! Excuse my language but right now that is exactly how I feel about her. I know I could be talking about anyone but the person I am referring to is my husband's step mother. She is at her tirades again. Will it ever stop? If you remember a post a few weeks back where I vented about her you will understand.
The first time I met her 17 years ago I was not pleased with the type of person she was. Over time and through the years of dating my husband I never really cared much for her and it didn't matter anyways because we were not related. She is his only his step mother, NOT his mom. Being the evil, psycho that she is, she made my husband's life hell in his teenage years. Wanting his father all to herself she made his house ( the home where my husband lived with his dad) off limits from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. He was NOT allowed to go home. Which left him sleeping in his truck or sneaking into his window when it was too cold to sleep in a vehicle. Cold hearted? You'd think his own father would have given a crap? But when you have a warm body in your bed who cares about your kids? Right? WRONG!
This went on for a few years and finally my husband moved out. A few years later troubled times my husband needed a place to stay. (mind you I am only still dating my husband and I live at home with my parents.) He went home to live with his dad again. Can we say "BIG MISTAKE" Yeah, a few months into it his dad tells him that he's going to have to move out. That he and his stepmom are having personal marriage issues and he doesn't want my hubby around to see the arguing. Okay... Thankfully his mom says he can live with her. (hubs is like 22 years old) So do you think his dad divorces her or has marital problems? NOPE! It was a lie! She had his father lie to my hubby about it because she wanted him out of the house! Really? Seriously?

So a few years later hubby and I get married. I keep my distance from her because I have never liked this vile woman. Then I get pregnant and we're having a baby. She turns clingy. Yuck! Like she wants to be a part of our lives. No thanks. But my husband loves his daddy sooo much he has to be nice to step mom. No thanks.
Fast forward to the night of August 5th when my water breaks. Hubby calls his dad en route to the hospital and says we're on our way there. Guess who shows up at the hospital? My father in law and his wife!! What??!!!!! And they're going to be in my labor room? I was furious! I had to put up with her wine drunken, smoke breath mouth! She drove me insane all evening! I threw them out when it was time to push. No way was I having her or him for that matter in there with my goods hanging out! No thanks!!!!
So after my daughter was born she was more clingy. Trying to be my friend, blah blah blah. I kept my distance. We spent birthdays and holidays visiting them like any other grandparent and I would quietly keep to myself. I couldn't take her up and down mood swings and weirdness. I put up with her whining calls to see if we were coming for dinner at the holidays and enjoyed telling her no it was some one elses turn. I never invited them over to my house for dinners because I really don't like her.
Then she started expecting us to spend Mother's Day with her. She would actually think that we would not spend it with our mothers and go spend it with her at their condo. One year she even made a big stink about it and when my husband told her no she called me. She stalked me down and called me during the day when his dad wasn't around. I got snappy with her when she didn't get the realization that we were not going to be there for her. She got rude and I gave it back to her. I had had enough!
For 6 months I refused to go to his dad's house. If he wanted them to see the kids my husband would take them to go see them. I would not step foot in their house. I would not give that woman the time of day. By Christmas time I caved in and put a smile on my face that year and dealt with her. She has pulled more of her shenanigan's on many more birthdays and holidays since that fateful Mother's Day 2 years ago.
But this time I am DONE with her. I told my husband this. So this weekend was Miss K's birthday party at Fun Spot. Last weekend we had his dad and stepmom over for dinner. I told them the plan for her birthday and nothing was said. Last Thursday she texts me and asks if there is another day they can come over and do gifts. They don't need to be in the heat. please call me I ignored the text and told my husband about it. He said Whatever. I let it go that night. Friday morning I decided to text his father and tell him about the text and ask him if they are indeed not attending my daughter's party. He never replied back but in the afternoon she starts stalking me. Here we go again! I ignore the phone because I was in no mood to deal with her, let alone on the day of my daughter's birthday (friday the 6th) while we are out enjoying her day. Nope! No way was I letting her suck me and deal with her issues then. Then she starts texting me. Really?
I text her back and it turns into a snippy text game. And she's begging me to call her and all these I love you's. ok, psycho woman..please leave me alone!!! Well it ended with a rude text from me telling her that I wasn't going to call her because I was out giving my daughter a fun day on her birthday and didn't feel like talking about whether or not she wanted to stand in the heat at the party. She finished it off with have fun and a little respect next time. Oh she didn't! Respect? Really?
I am an adult and when she shows me, my husband and the fact that we are a married couple with a family respect then we'll see. Of course my husband got dragged into this ordeal and had to speak with his dad about it. By Saturday day it was decided that his step mom was not going to the party and his dad was. Whatever. By Sunday afternoon at the party when his dad was a no show my husband texted him. His dad said that my husband's brother had the gifts they bought for Miss K and that he would talk with him later about why. Another mind game. I am so thrilled. His dad did day that I sent her a very disrespectful text and he was not happy. I know for sure that she is telling his dad half truths. I told my husband if she had just left well enough alone and not started whining and stalking me this would have never come to this. She backed me into a corner and I came out lashing.
So this Saturday my husband is going to have the "talk" with his dad. I don't care what becomes of it. My husband says he is not backing down and will defend my actions. He says and agrees that his step mom is wrong and that his father has no idea. He says he is laying it all out on the table. She is making me out to be the bad guy and maybe I should have handled it differently but after so many years of her crap, I've had enough. I've grown up and realized that I don't have to put up with her nonsense. Enough said.

PINT: Cheers to the 13th

Seriously....There is nothing wrong with getting old.

Recipes

My Recipes, My Borrowed Recipes, Generation Recipes, Ones to Share


Ham and Cheese Roll up

Cooking

I modified this recipe from Kraft Food and Family Magazine

Ingredients:
1 Pillsbury Refrigerated French Loaf
9 Slices Ham lunch meat ( I used Land o Frost)
6 Slices Borden Yellow American Cheese
1 egg
Flour ( small amount when rolling)
Directions:
Prepare a cookie sheet with tin foil and lightly spray with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 according to bread directions.
Roll out dough on wax paper that you have lightly sifted some flour on to prevent sticking. Place the ham covering most of the dough. Then starting from the top, lay out the 6 cheese slices. Roll from the top and roll up the dough. Flip it over and pinch the crease and roll over the ends pinching them. Beat the egg for basting. Lay dough roll crease side down on your cookie sheet. Bast the top and cute several slits in top to allow for steaming. Cook to package directions which was almost the 30 minutes in my oven.
Cut and enjoy! I dipped mine in mayonnaise. You could also dip it in ranch dressing.
Serve with romaine leaves, moistened with caesar dressing and croutons.
This is a light summer dinner.

Finished Roll up


Mini Meat Loaves You Can't Live Without

Ingredients:
1 lb lean ground beef
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 tsp pepper
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 egg, large

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix all ingredients. Pat mixture in rectangle, 9x3 inch, ungreased baking dish. Cut into 1 1/2 squares, separate squares slighty.
Bake uncovered for about 25 minutes until juice runs clear.

Serves 4.

GTKY: 08/08

Wow! It's been a busy week of school shopping,
bowling, movie theaters,
home made dinners, birthday dinners,
go cart racing at Fun Spot, video games for tokens,
house cleaning, laundry and some sleep in between.
Glad to see the week is over and I'm resting in my recliner and
finishing up the week with some GTKY.

The Q's.

1. Do you think mustaches are sexy? sexy, nah. Required? depends on the guy. My husband looks great in his when he's got it neatly trimmed.2. What's the last concert you've been to? umm, seriously. I am too embarrassed to admit the last concert I went to.

3. What was your favorite 80's sitcom? The Cosby Show. I loved watching the Huckstables (as I am sure that is spelled wrong) .
4. Were you named after anyone? no

5. When you buy new clothes, do you wash before wearing? nope. I bought a pair of capris from Kohl's today and needed to wear them to the party so I kept them on from the dressing room and tore off the tag at the register when paying for them.

6. If you didn't blog, what would you do with your spare time? read books, learn to crochet and sew more

7. What is your favorite department store? Kohl's

8. If you were to get Laser Hair Removal..where would you get it? my face. I have this peachfuzz all over it that I really don't like.

The ending to a great weekend
napping in the car on the way home
from Fun Spot.

Sweet Child of Mine

My little girl turned 7 yesterday.
It's hard to believe that seven years ago I was
in a hospital delivery room welcoming this
new life into the world.
My precious baby girl has blossomed into
a beautiful little girl who has the heart of gold.
She has such an artistic talent in drawing art and performing arts.
She is opening up on the dance stage as well as excelling in
reading, writing and drawing.
A soft spot in her heart for all animals, furry, feathered and scaly.
My girl loves nature and could spend hours
digging in the dirt for grasshoppers, toads and lizards.
This year she will enter the second grade in school.
Where did the time go?
I gave her a special day on her birthday.
Spent with friends we went to her favorite place
Build A Bear
where she surprised me with picking a fox to build.
A sparkly, frills and pearls kinda girl
her fox was dressed in sequin top and skirt, bow head band
and left the store toted in a pink handbag.
For a perfect ending to the day we dined at
Olive Garden ( her choice)
with friends.
The day wouldn't have been complete with cake and candles
and singing Happy Birthday
which our waitress surprised us with at the
end of our meal.
It was a fabulous day celebrating
the birth of this wonderful child of mine.
Looking forward to many more days with my little princess.
Happy Birthday Sweetheart