Motherhood should be listed as a mental illness

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posted by Cathy @ 5:23 PM 4 Comments

I survived

The girls were all really good! They watched movies until 11. They all went to bed without waking the baby up. I only had to go in once to tell them to be quiet and they were asleep by 12:30. I'm not sure what time they woke up, but Patton was up at 7:30 and they were already up and playing. We went to the Y a little after 11 and they played there for a couple of hours, we came home for Patton's nap (and a couple of them napped too) had lunch, played some took showers and we were ready to go by the time Patton got up. No fighting, no crying, it was all good! Isabella is still talking about how much she loves her cousins.

Because I glutton for punishment, I came home that same night with another dog from Cindy and Dave. Without Patrick knowing (it's something we had talked about, but we weren't expecting to bring him home so soon, oh well). Patrick just happened to call me while I was walking them. He asked me what was going on and I told him I was walking the dogs. He started to say something and then he realized that I said dogs not dog. That's when all hell broke loose, not really, he just laughed at me.

The dogs are doing really good together. I was a little worried since Brewser hates other male dogs and DJ (now known as Frank) is a male. I introduced them the way that Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisper) says that you should and we've had no problems. Well, just one. Brewser always wants the toy that Frank is playing with, and then when Frank is done Brewser starts to play with it but decides that he wants the toy that Frank has now. He's acting like a two year old.

posted by Cathy @ 12:22 PM 6 Comments

Number 11

On May 12th I posted the Top ten signs you need a new vehicle, here is number 11.

11. Because of no A/C you have a small fan to plug into your cigarette lighter. It is zip tied to the arm of the front passenger seat.

posted by Cathy @ 2:21 PM 5 Comments

Am I stupid?

Please read before you answer!

Isabella wanted to have a slumber party. Since Patrick is out of town this weekend it seemed like a good time to have it. I invited my three nieces. This weekend I will be in charge of four girls between the ages of (almost) 4 and (almost) 12. Plus Patton, he's like having to watch triplet girls!

I think I just answered my own question.

posted by Cathy @ 2:10 PM 10 Comments

A sad realization

I was thinking, where the heck am I going to put my mastiff? I guess I'm going to have to wait until we move to a bigger house. Today is a sad day!

posted by Cathy @ 4:12 PM 6 Comments

Our new friends

We have ducks. The drainage is so bad in our yard that after it rains a pair of ducks spends time in our yard. Isabella watched those ducks for almost an hour today! Patton watched them for a good 20 minutes (that's a really long time in Patton's world). Isabella named them Tella (girl) and Tigla (boy). I have no idea where she got the names but that's what she calls them when they show up in our yard. When I ask her how she came up with the names she tells me that Brewser told her. I'm getting a little worried.

posted by Cathy @ 12:38 PM 4 Comments

Dave H.

First, I would like to let everyone know that my text messages were not received by the people that needed them.
Second, I would just like to let every one know that I said some very harsh things about Dave. There are some things that Dave and I will never see eye to eye on I, but there are more things that are more important than those things. Dave is a loving father and loves me like one of his own (at least I hope he still does).
I'm not sure what I need or how to say what I need say to you. I'm sorry Dave, I never meant to hurt you, or anyone. Expressing opinions is new for me and I screwed it up big time. I want you to know that although I haven't shown it very well over the past week or have I said it enough before this I love you very much and I appreciate what you do for me and our family. Everything you did for Dad was beyond the call of duty and the hugs I got from you gave me strength to keep going. Please forgive the unforgivable. I understand that right now you could tell me to go F-myself and to never talk to you again, but I hope you find it in your heart to love me again instead.
Now as for comments, if anyone has something negative to say, call me! I'm still going to try to express my opinions and feelings and I can practice with you. We don't need this happening again in fifteen years!
PS I know that you wouldn't take the dog.

posted by Cathy @ 8:29 PM 14 Comments

My perfect job

A few years ago Patrick and I were watching TV and a commercial came on that was just stupid and I turned to him and said, "That was stupid, they should have checked with me first." From that point on it became a running joke. Whenever we saw a bad commercial one of us would say that they should have checked with me. That was when I decided that the perfect job for me would be a TV commercial and magazine ad checker.
An Example:
Right now Dicks sporting goods is running ads for Fathers Day. Their catch phrases for this are "Every Fathers Day begins with Dicks Sports" and (are you ready) "Every Fathers Day begins with Dicks". Isn't that where most fathers days begin? They should have checked with me!

I was watching a comedian the other night and he was talking about this too. Remember this commercial for Jimmy Dean sausage? It starts out showing this wonderful country breakfast and the voice over says, "The milk comes from real cows, the eggs come from real chickens, the sausage comes from Jimmy Dean". I will never eat sausage again!

Isn't there a person at the ad agency's that do this? If not there should be.

Some of the best are the signs outside of stores. I was going through the wonderful town of Blueball many years ago and the sign outside the Blueball car wash said, "Try our famous blueball hand wash and dry". Do people not think?

I know I'm not the only one that sees these things, maybe I'm just the only one it bothers.

posted by Cathy @ 9:57 AM 1 Comments

Comment response and today's entry

First, my response.
Chrystal-Your blog didn't cause this, it just happened on your blog. You have no reason to be sorry!
Tami-You didn't add fuel, it was already burning strong! Thank you for taking a step back like I asked when you could have told me to stuff it!
Mindy-Thank you! It's nice knowing I have someone in my corner.
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Truthfully I'm shocked that I got this far in my life with him still in it. I just didn't expect that the rest of his family to hate me too. My sister and their kids are a large part of my life and I'm guessing that since I haven't heard anything from them that they have chosen to take the exit from my life as well. I am pretty surprised by this, I've listened to the kids fears, told them that they are smart when all they heard at home was how stupid and worthless they were, I've supported them when they were going through some rough things with their dad, I've even offered my home as a place to stay and escape for a bit. One even lived with me for a short time. I know that it's their Father, but I also know that they agree with a least a few things I said.

Here is my other fear. There are members of my family that are closer to them then I am. I'm really worried that they are only getting one side of a story that has two sides.

And on a petty note. I'm scared that they will ask for Brewser back. I love that dog so a lot, but Isabella and Patton love him more. That dog is Isabellas best friend, they are always together!

So there are my fears and worries. Sorry to spill my guts so much. Sadly this is the only thing really going on in my life.

Oh yeah.
Swim lessons are going really well too!

posted by Cathy @ 11:37 AM 4 Comments

Hell is paved with good intentions. -John Ray

Turns out John Ray is right, and I'm in hell.

I need advice about what to do.
My brother in law was a "guest speaker" on my sisters blog. Long story short I made comments that he didn't like so now I am no longer welcome in their house. I find this out by text message. I sent him one back saying that I was sorry if I hurt that is not what I was intending to do, but at the same time I couldn't change how I felt or my opinions any more than he could. So yesterday morning I sent a message to each of his kids (I didn't want to cause them trouble by calling when he was there), I told them that I loved them and that I didn't mean to hurt their family and I wanted them to know that all of them are still welcome in my life and home. I have yet to hear back. Now I understand that one is under 18, one is over 18 but still living with them, but all I need to know is if the family as a whole hates me or is it just a select few. Should I call them? Should I send a TM just asking them if it's a yes or no? What?

I'm always neutral in my family. I try not to take sides and the one time I do this is what happens. NEVER AGAIN!! When it comes to family I'm just not as aggressive as I am in other aspects of my life. I was always the peace maker. Guess I screwed that up!

posted by Cathy @ 2:59 PM 6 Comments

Boat pictures

The kids watching us leave the dock.The view from the top.


Taking a spin in the little boat.
And the best for last. It got a cold and I only had flip flops so I had to wear socks with my aqua shoes. Please note: The hat is only worn on the boat. I wouldn't be caught dead in that anywhere else.

posted by Cathy @ 3:14 PM 2 Comments