Snap judgement anyone?

So, I love watching Food Network. I watch it all the time...well, except when I feel like I'm going to vomit, it's quite unappealing at those times. At any rate, I was watching 'Chopped' (one of my fav shows) and I saw a super cheesy commercial for a new show called 'Bitchin Kitchen'. I'm not big on mocking people unnecessarily, but the broad who's hosting this show looks so super-duper cheesetastic! She looks like her biggest goal in life is to have a threesome with Jesse James and Kat Von D. Or perhaps she could be their love-child fast forward 20 years. She looks like she's trying really hard to be a bad ass chick, but at the end of the day she's a chef and that's really not inductive of 'hard core' thoughts on her behalf. You know how some people can be hardcore buying groceries? Well, she's NOT one of those people. She looks like a super poser with either a chip on her shoulder or something to prove. This, of course, is all based on a commercial promoting her new show...so it's not like I know what she's like (via what the t.v. will convey anyway) so this is obviously not an educated observation, but the commercials are so terribad that I had to share my thoughts. I plan on watching it for sure and either confirming or backtracking on my current thoughts. If you get to watch it before I do, you'll have to let me know what you think!

Sweet November!

I'm looking forward to decorating for fall (and secretly, I'm looking forward to decorating for winter!) but dreading the lack of warmer days. However, on the upside of cooler days...I find myself enjoying being inside more which means I'm slightly more inclined to clean. Yay for cleaning! (boo) Although November started with a little confusion, it has been good so far. Yes, it's only the second day but I'm into looking at the positives, don't judge. This week is the ONLY full week of school this month. Can you believe that? Kids these days have it just too easy. Hahaha, okay I remember having a few days off here and there as well...but when they're home with me I get significantly LESS done around the house. I've been spoiled, but what can I say? I enjoy it! Also, the kids at school provides me with some much needed one-on-one time with my hubby since his shifts rotate weekly, we don't get much time at all, forget about one-on-one time. So, this month is one of thanks and I'm going to be more verbally thankful. Thank you for visiting my blog!

Life

I feel like using the word "stress" isn't really valid for my current state. My daughter is an unrelenting, back-talking, sassmaster. Usually I'm quick to yell, but I'm not feeling that way. I feel like the stealthy face-smacker. I want to smack that nasty attitude out of her mouth, but I'm not into touching them when I'm angry. I had to smack her for backtalking me once tonight and she's stopped. This was the FIRST time in so many weeks that she's stopped. I hate to make this a habit, but I also feel like if it works it works. Sad, scary, and disappointing...but apparently true.

We had Halloween Parties today and it was fun. The kids had a good time, but came home crazy and incapable of being calmed. So, while it was fun, it immediately became insane and therefore stressful. Blegh.

I'm feeling excessively blah. I drank an energy drink to put a hitch in my giddyup, but it did me zero good. In fact, I'm still tired. I've had my first big-girl week in the past five years or so...and I'm not sure if it's making me a moody hag or if I'm feeling excessively blah for another reason, but I'm super unimpressed. Yeah, that was code for "I'm raggin and it's pissin off on me". I was in a decent mood this morning before the stress of confused dates...then I was in a decent mood getting ready for the parties. Maybe the "ugh" situations since have put me in a funk, but I'm still not impressed.

Every night I seem to be a little less interested in cleaning and doing my dailies. I've got a bit of a messy house and laundry is getting a little piled up. I need to get on the ball with that but if it's not done during the day (which, the first part I try to spend with my husband since that's all I get for the day...and I thoroughly enjoy that so I'm not going to skip my time with him to clean) and I always seem to taper off in the afternoon, and before I know it it's time to pick up the kids from school and cleaning with them running around is (as we all know)a quite feeble goal. I'm a little spoiled, having them gone a few hours every day has made cleaning ridiculously easy. If I miss my cleaning time during the day however, I'm kinda out of luck. So, that's where I am. My house is a mess...I want to lay down on the couch and relax all night...and my kids can't seem to stop asking/begging/complaining from the time they wake up until the time they fall asleep (notice I didn't say until the time they go to bed...because they even get up after they go to bed to complain and whine and need things). So, I don't need time away, (I got a day away last weekend and OMG was it fabulous!!) but I do need some kick to my bum. I need a little more get-up-and-go and a little less lazy. I'm not sure how to make that happen...but I'm going to have to buckle down since the kids are off Friday (aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!). So, I'm off to try to be productive. I hope to get a better outlook on things super soon. I also need to get on my knees and talk to the big man about my attitude because I'm pretty sure he's not happy with my current behavior. I've got a lot of things to work out and I think that's bumming me also. Well, I guess the best way to fix it is to fix it...so I'm off to do that. Cheers!

Oh Wine...You Blew My Mind!

Let me just start off by saying....Holy Moly. Did I love wine before? Yeppers. Do I LOVE wine even more now? You bet your back end sister. It was stupid ridiculous good. We went to four wineries, received a glass at each and 5 wine testers at each as well. Turns out I'm a huge fan of sweet blush wines, and dessert wines of all types. I knew I wasn't a big dry wine fan, but there were a couple that I didn't hate. The setting was gorgeous, the time of year was perfect, the trip was awesome. We had such a great time. I look forward to going again.

Fair Reporting? Pssshhhht

I understand that finding all of the story isn't as easy as one could assume...but I also know that if you're only reporting hearsay, you need to have your butt kicked off the team. Seriously? You must be a newbie, because you only interviewed one moron and acted like you've gone far in your career. Congrats, you interviewed one of the many deadbeats on the job that doesn't DESERVE his job and would happily be screwed over to keep his job since no other jobs would let him screw off as much as he does at work. However, while you're talking to Dummy McStupidpants, the real hard-working guys who voted to NOT be shafted in the small amount of time they have left did so for good reason. Did you look into the reasons that they might've voted against losing out on thousands of dollars they already are in contract for? Especially when they're going to lose their jobs in a few short years anyway? If they voted yes, the company would make over 100,000,000,000 in the next 5-7 years...which is how much it's going to cost them to move. So, voting to take a pay cut to make their move free is a pretty stupid idea. They're under contract and don't have to take a pay cut as the contract was negotiated this way. Voting NO didn't take away jobs, it took away pocket padding for the CEO. Also, you don't seem to understand that they're losing their jobs no matter what they vote...you reported that this vote made the jobs go away and that's quite false. You must've been getting your information from the corporation that's trying to screw over it's employees before it LEAVES THE STATE ANYWAY! Also, the state has paid them almost 6 figures to stay here. Money our state doesn't have, but gave away freely over more hearsay. The company is still moving, but blaming the move on this vote just made your workers look dumb and the fat-cat company look better. Thanks for that truth in reporting. It was super. I'll be sure to take all of my news stories with a grain of salt from now on.

Happy Birthday Sissy!

My big sister Annie's birthday is Tuesday, but since we live so far apart we got together tonight for a birthday dinner. We all go to be there and I had a wonderful time. I find that when I attend church I feel more thankful for the blessings in my life and I count today as one of them. I got to talk with people about important things, I got to see my family and have important conversations, I got to wish my big sister another happy year, and we all got safely home. I'm sure there are many more mini-miracles I'm leaving out because I've been so contented with the others I observed. Not to be cheesy, but today is one of those days. I am thankful for many things, and one of those things is the terribly obnoxious pain-in-the-arse big sister I have who has enjoyed another year of life. Thank the Lord for her. Happy Birthday Sissy. God Bless.

Craftiness

This week I made a wreath I discovered on another blogger's site. It's ridiculously cool. I'm not usually one to do things without assistance of someone more experienced, but I went for it with this wreath and I kind of love it. After I made the wreath pretty darn well, I got a little edgy and decided to go rogue and make one of my own without any insight from anyone/anything/anywhere and I love it too. I'm not good about creating things when I'm not sure how they'll turn out. I hate to waste things if I screw up and I'm such a perfectionist that failure is generally eminent. However, this week I've beaten my odds and I've gotta say I'm pretty proud of myself. Sure, in the grand scheme of things my wreaths are mediocre at best. Obviously novice...but they're mine. I made them, all by myself like a big girl and ya know what? That's a big deal for me. I usually don't even bother, but I did take initiative and I even went as far as to succeed. Go me! So, here's to baby steps, small victories, and change in small ways that effect the bigger picture.