Day 14 – A hero that has let you down.
I don’t tend to have heros.
Day 14 – A hero that has let you down.
I don’t tend to have heros.
Day 13 – A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days.
I can associate a piece of music with just about every moment of my life. Happy or sad, there has been music that has enveloped me in it’s rhythm and lyrics and become a part of who I am. On the day I was born the number one song was Sunshine On My Shoulders by John Denver. My mother sang it to me from the moment I was born until I was a preteen and grew out of being sung to. The last summer I spent with my biological father I can remember listening to Crosby, Stills, and Nash and John Lennon on LPs late into the night. I had sex to just about every Bon Jovi song sung in the early 90s and did a lot of drinking while listening to Pearl Jam and Gin Blossoms while in college. When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter I listened to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel until the tape was warped and knew the lyrics to every song they sung at the concert in New York. My point is, there is no particular band or artist that has gotten me through the hard times, or even good times but many.
Mr. K fixed the laptop. Of course I lost just about everything on here that I had saved. My pictures were the most important and he was able to capture them all. Other images, documents, and my bookmarks – they are all gone. Strangely I didn’t panic, unlike years ago when something similar happened and I had not backed up my files and lost so many pictures and so much of my writing that I sobbed for hours.
The last few days seem to blow right by. Thanksgiving was a success. The house was full of family and friends and good food. I may have drank a good bit of vodka and cranberry juice to survive both my mother in law and father in the house.
I did very little shopping. Most of my holiday gift buying was done before Black Friday. I did go out on Friday to scoop a few great deals with coupons of course. I bought this really trendy necklace and matching bracelet for my oldest daughter for about 20% of the original price. I picked up a few stocking stuffers for the kids and traveled all over hell’s half acre to find this older Wii game that my son insisted that he had to have from Santa Claus. Luckily it was only $9 but it may have cost me $10 in gas to find it. My last stop of the day was at the fabric store to buy flannel to make all the kids pajamas for the winter holidays. I am a sucker for flannel at $1.29 a yard.
Saturday I spent my day with my good friend Jennifer chatting and sewing. It seems that I can’t remember how to sew a pair of pants to save my life no matter how many times I have made them previously. Even she was mildly confused so I did not feel so bad. So now I have a stack of completed pajama pants for the kids and for various stuffed animals to match!
And now it is Sunday. I have been catching up on emails, my Google Reader, and taking care of some business online. I hope to be back full swing this week with the kids schooling and blogging and of course decorating for the Christmas holidays. I want to end this post with some of the things I am thankful for this past year:
1. My family. I cannot do anything without my partner and husband, Mr. K. I love my kids and even though it is exhausting being a mother of 5 I wouldn’t have it any other way.
2. Friends, new and old. Especially my Twisted Sisters.
3. For people who show me exactly who they are, and knowing what to expect from them good or bad in return.
4. Laughs. I have had lots of laughs in the past year.
5. Faith. I’m glad I have it. It’s a gift not everyone has.
6. I am so glad I haven’t had a period in a year and it wasn’t because I was pregnant or breastfeeding.
7. Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
8. G-spot Orgasms – more plentiful without the uterus.
9. Homeschooling my kids, even on my worst days.
10. Fresh produce – especially squash and zucchini.
and of course all of YOU who come here and read my craziness, this beautiful wreck of my life and keep coming back for more.
I’ve been a bit MIA.
For one I am having computer issues. The laptop that I use has a corruption when it boots up. Umm, yeah, that sucks. The laptop that I stole from my gay boyfriend, is full of viruses. He has trojans in files he shouldn’t have and the only way to rid the sucker of all the STDs it has it to strip it down to like it was when it was bought. I have desk top that has a bad fan. The other computers that the kids use are SLOW so I try to avoid them because they frustrate me so.
So here I am. I am still swirling around all the hits and emails and comments and messages I have received over my homeschooling posts. Wow, just wow. I love the feedback and all of it positive.
I’ve been actually relaxing the last few days. Out of the blue on Sunday a family friend offered to take our son Dylan for the first part of the week. I was relieved. Things have been so hard here lately, especially with the med changes. I was in desperate need of a break from his highs and lows. She came and got him Monday morning and not long after they left I took a long nap. I also read a book. A real actual fictional book for pleasure. I can’t remember the last time I did that. While I miss him, and worry, I am so relieved to have a break from te chaos his mood swings bring. The house is calm. The other kids are not sure what to do with the silence, and the lack of fighting and bickering. It is bitter sweet.
I’m doing a lot of sleeping. I don’t know if it is hormone related or not but right now all I want to do is just rest. I’m exhausted. I had not realized how spent I was until I finally allowed myself to just feel it. The next few days will be busy enough but I am glad that on Thursday I can actually sleep in since Thanksgiving Dinner isn’t until actually late afternoon. Plenty of time to get the turkey on the table. No Black Friday for me I don’t think. I am subject to change my mind but 90% of my shopping for the year is complete.
If I am unable to get back here before Thursday. Be safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
I love Thanksgiving and for nearly a decade I have hosted it at my house. I enjoy having people over for a huge meal, dessert and to hang out after-wards to pour over the Black Friday ads. We also normally watch our first Christmas movie of the season that night with popcorn and hot chocolate with the kids since we are stuffed and feeling the effects of tryptophan. Last year I didn’t get to cook and prepare like I normally would because I just had major surgery two weeks prior but this year I have prepared a big meal and it looks like we will have twenty guests for Thanksgiving Dinner.
This year we are having our dinner in the late afternoon because I really wanted my sister to eat with us as a family. I rarely get to see her even though she literally lives less than ten minutes from my house. She is a nurse and has what it seems an unpredictable schedule and on Thanksgiving Day she gets off at 3. To tie is all over though until the eating of the turkey, we will have appetizers and drinks starting around 1. Here is a list of some of the goodies we will be eating:
For our main meal we are also having quite a spread:
For dessert we are going to be having Pumpkin Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory and a variety of homemade pies.
Welcome to my blog! I'm Kim, a thirty-something wife and homeschooling mother of five. I'm a foul mouthed, Jesus loving liberal whose hobbies involve cooking and sex with the infamous Mr. K. I live in the Bible Belt on the Gulf Coast of Alabama and I can assure you life here is anything but boring.
