Wednesday, April 2, 2014

An Awesome Bloody Mary Recipe


College

At Taylor's party, the kids were gabbing while eating pizza and us parents sat around listening to them and jumped in whenever they asked us something.  Somehow the conversation turned to college because Taylor's friends seem to already be planning their future while in the 6th grade.

Einstein said he wanted to go to Texas A&M to study engineering and robot something or another.  Veruca said she wanted to go to Stanton or some other well known college to be an interior designer.  Taylor jumped in and said he wanted to go to LSU but didn't know yet what he wanted to major in.

My beautiful daughter is sitting at the other end of the table and she pipes in, "I am just going to go to Lone Star College."  We all busted out laughing.  That's my girl!

Bugs Be Gone

Good Morning!  We are finally lice free - yippee!!!

Even though Bryan had to drive a good 45 minutes there and back, the whole procedure didn't take too long at all.  Claire said the place was decorated with palm trees and monkeys which I thought was funny because we were comparing them to monkeys with all of that head scratching going on.  She said they got to watch tv while the guy did their head.  It ended up costing 130.00 total plus gas but as far as we are concerned, it was worth it.

Everyone's bedding was changed again and Lyesol was on the surface of everything.  Lets hope this chapter is behind us and we never have to read it again.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Happy Day Bryan!!!

Got some Exciting News!!!!!  Bryan works at Home Depot, has for 9 years now and has had a few positions within the company.  He started in lumber, then moved to receiving.  He became a supervisor in receiving and then moved to millworks as a supevisor for that department.  He recently took their test to become an assistant store manager and just found out that he passed!  Now we just sit back and wait to see which store picks him up.

Congrats Baby!!!!   143!!!!!!!!

The Chronicles of Bryan and Drew

I am going to start back at the beginning.   I want to always remember this as detailed as possible and yes, people used to tell me to write things down all of the time when I was younger about the kids because I would forget and I just brushed them off only to read my blog from years ago and find things I had forgotten.  So yea, they were right.

A lot of people get confused when I tell them that Bryan is Claire's Dad and Drew was Taylor's father.  Drew is my ex husband and Bryan is my husband now.  I look at people's faces when I tell them and can see the wheels spinning as they try to wrap their mind around it.

I was 20 when I met Bryan.  As you may or may not remember, I have posted here before about how we met.  He was my waiter and I thought he was super cute and had a sexy butt.  He commented on my pretty blue eyes and I claimed they were mine.  We flirted and I ended up inviting him to come and hang out with me and my bff at The Falls.  The Falls was an apartment complex her and I used to live in when we were kids.  We were such good friends that anytime my Mom or her Mom moved, the other did as well so they could keep us girls together.  The apartment complex had a pool and hot tub at the very front and we spent many many days and nights there when we were growing up.  As an adult, her and I would drive back over there and pretend to live there.  Boys would hit on us and if we were interested, we might give them our numbers.

He met us over there after he got off of work.  I thought he had a pretty smile when he grinned at me while walking into the hot tub.  We talked, he and I and my bff.  He could tell we were close and did everything together.  We had a few other dates and my bff and I would go up to the restaurant he worked at a lot and ask to sit in his section.

Soon it came time to invite him to spend the night with me.  I lived with my bff and her Mom at the time.  My bed had The Little Mermaid bedset which I loved.  I remember telling him he was going to have to pass the Little Mermaid test if he wanted to stay dating me.  He and I made love that night and then snuggled together under my Disney blankets.

I loved Bryan and I loved being with Bryan but he had other ideas.  For him, his friends and partying came first.  He drank and did drugs when he was with them and I didn't do any of that.  My idea of fun was going to see a movie or renting one while we cuddled on the couch.  He worked nights and after getting off, he would go to his friends' houses.  I really only saw him during the day and even then, not every day.

When he did have time for me, it was always perfect.  He would take me to eat at places I had never been to.  I was a super picky eater back then and he liked for me to try new things or how he would put it, broaden my horizons.  I remember trying fried calamari at The Macaroni Grille and thinking they tasted like rubber bands.

One time he took me to the zoo.  Another time he took me to see Christmas lights even though he was sick with a cold.  He liked me and enjoyed being with me but it was just more important for him to be with his buddies and get messed up and I was ready to have a serious relationship with him.  Move in together, get engaged, get married, etc. and he wasn't ready for that.  I think I scared him a little because I was pretty intense and it didn't help that my Mother was trying to ruin things.  She didn't like him for some reason and complained that I acted differently when I was around him.  How she could say that with only having met him one time at dinner but whatever.

A few weeks later she had the audacity to call him while he was at work and tell him that I was unstable and he needed to break up with me because I had an abortion a year ago and still was trying to recoup.  Bunch of shit and I am surprised he bothered to stay around after that!  In case you are new to my blog, I did have an abortion and that fella really did a number on me but I had moved to GA to get away from all of that.  And what kind of parent does that anyway??  A crazy one, that's what. 

Anyway, Bryan and I continued to see each other whenever he made himself available and I became lonely.  Next, Drew enters into my life.





My Partner in the Car - Loretta

 

WTH??

Frustrated.  We have spent about 60 bucks in lice shampoos and such only to have both kids still have them.  Claire has had lice at least 10 times in her younger days and we never had this issue.  We are following the directions, using Lyesol, washing everything in hot water but last night we found babies on both of their heads.  It seems the product isn't killing the eggs.

We found a place that does it professionally so we are just going to shell out the dough and be done with this shit.  They also offer a guarantee so yee-haw.  Bryan is off today so he is handling the task.  I didn't even know these kind of places existed.  I wish I was going so I could tell you guys all about it.  Have any of you guys ever been to one?  My fingers are crossed because I am over it.com.

*Scratching my head because I do every time I think about it.*  :(