It always feels like somebody's watching me

Hosted by Ian @ The Daily Dose of Reality
Co-hosted this week by Kendra @ Baby Bits

What was your "oh no, I'm turning into my Mom/Dad" moment?
The first time I told my daughter that she better quit slamming her bedroom door before I take it off. My Dad used to say that to me all the time!


What current commercial do you find the most annoying/funny?
Most annoying - It's not so much annoying as it is creepy. The Soul commercials really bother me. I almost expect to see a big ass hamster driving those things when I'm out on the road!

Funniest - hands down the Geico/Deadliest Catch commercial. The specific one I love is where Capt. Andy takes the binoculars off his face and has 2 big black circles around his eyes. Then it cuts to the Gieco money sitting next to a can of shoe polish. I think the real reason I like that commercial is because I'm a die hard Deadliest Catch fan!


If you could only eat one color food for the rest of your life what would it be?
I love food, but if I had to pick 1 color, it would have to be red. After much thinking I've realized that a lot of my favorite foods are red - crab legs, lasagna, strawberries, watermelon...

Mmmm, now I'm hungry! Special K Red Berry, here I come!


What is your current Facebook/Myspace/Twitter status?
Facebook - "I downloaded The Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. My kids are acting like they're new games. I feel old, but at least they bring back good memories!"

Myspace - not a clue! I haven't been on there in forever!

Twitter - not sure. It's either the same as my Facebook status or something about football. I was quite excited about watching a game last night, even though I don't like either team that played!


F, Marry, Kill from this list below. Women pick from the men, men pick from the women.

• Regis Philbin, Justin Bieber, Perez Hilton

For the record, I think this is a stupid question, but not answering it is kinda of like cheating. If I had to choose, I would F Justin Beiber. I don't know much about this kid other than I am sick of hearing his name all the friggin time!

Marry - Regis Philbin. He can be a funny man and I like a sense of humor. Plus I'm sure he has more money than me. I want in on that!

Kill - Perez Hilton. Annoying. That's all I have to say about that!

Who thinks this is funny?!

I'm at a pool party with my kids, hiding in my jeans and a jacket. It was cold!

9pm my phone pings - I have a message.

The message, from a number I didn't recognize, mind you - help stuck at a concert with your mother. need a flashlight

Um, what? Naturally I sent a message back asking who it was, but then I started thinking.

Is my mom ok?

Was she in fact at a concert in the park but something happened? Something where she couldn't get to her phone and had someone else get in touch with me?


Panic starts to set in. I call her and it goes straight to voicemail. Shortly after I get a text back saying it was Mike's bff with the red truck. Ok, buddy, that doesn't narrow it down! I sent another message telling whoever it was that I think they were texting the wrong person. The reply I got from that? help evonne

Woah! You know me but won't give me your name? Now I'm really freaking out! The husband looks up the phone number just as I get a message saying who was texting me. I did know who it was. It was my mom's boyfriend. My heart is pounding out of my chest and my hands are shaking. Hole shit! Something happened to my mom and her boyfriend is trying to get a hold of me. I called him to find out what was going on.

Apparently him and my mom were indeed at a concert in the park, but they were calling me from the bar. From the sound of it, they had quite a few by that point. At the concert, they were sitting behind some kids. Those kids make them think of my own kids and how they would probably get along.

How the fuck is that related to the message you felt you needed to send me? And why the fuck do you have my cell number, mister man?!? I was worried sick, you bastard! Worried sick as in I was ready to jump in the car and start driving to where this concert was. Ready to call the cops because I thought someone was seriously hurt.

I've been to these concerts before and know damn well there are cops and EMS there, but when one receives text messages asking for help, rational thinking goes out the window.

My mom finally calls me from her phone. Damn straight I rejected that call. I listened to her message saying everything was fine. Her guy was just sending texts. She would talk to me tomorrow.

Oh hell no! That shit wasn't funny! She's out of her fucking mind if she thinks I'm returning her phone call. This is by far not the first time something has happened as a result of her relationship. She has blown me off, she has blown my kids off... I'm done. Fucking done! She's delusional if she thinks this "relationship" is actually going to lead to anything significant. And when she realizes this, she'll also realize that she hurt a lot of people along the way.

Out with the old, in with the new

It's been a long week. It actually started last weekend and it hasn't stopped yet.

Last weekend we noticed that our water heater was leaking. Not only did we have to clean up the water that was coming from it, but we also had to clean out the basement and the storage room garage. 4-45 gallon trash bags and 3 huge piles of cardboard later, we finally had room to get the old water heater out and a new one in. I'm sure there was a reason why we had all that crap in the first place, but what the fuck? Why did we wait this long to go through it all?!?

Tuesday was the big day! Our landlord was sending out his guy with our present. Of course 2 hours into his work he realized that the ignitor was busted. Figures! Water heaters and this house don't mix. I guess we forgot to pass that message along! Eventually all was fixed. Tuesday night I had the most awesome shower. Ever!


Wednesday I had to take my boy in for his yearly check-up. I don't feel like going into in at the moment, but if you want to read my thoughts on how shitty that experience was, go here. I also had to take my boy for blood work to check for allergies. I do not like needles or blood. Good thing one of us was calm about the whole thing. The 5 year old!


Thursday the landlord was supposed to send his guy out to fix something else, but he never showed. It's not an immediate emergency and quite frankly, I don't feel like calling again. It can wait a bit!


Today... well, I still have to figure it out. At some point I have to take the kids to the library. I also have a shit load of other stuff that needs done around the house. Some of these things I have a deadline for, too. I hate deadlines! Hopefully I can relax at the pool after dinner and forget about my to-do list. I hate those, too!


Wait. The pool is going to be filled with a bunch of screaming midgets. So much for relaxing.


I guess I'll have to wait until Saturday when my sister from another mister and I are going to see one of the best bands ever! The Clarks!

Maybe I can convince her to hit the bar up afterwards. Although the drive isn't exactly short. My bed might actually look better than a bar at that point!