Let the wordvomit begin...

So just when I'm thinking that I have nooooooothing blog worthy... just when I'm thinking it's time for another photoshoot so I can share all of the cuteness known as Baby J with you... just when... just when the fog rolls in...
SO DO THE IDIOTS!!!!!

{OH MY GOSH!}
Those living in So Cal know that today is quite the foggy morning. The fog was REALLY bad down in the LBC. Like... no feet visability bad {yes, I'm exaggerating... but it's bad!}. Anyways, I start my morning the same way every morning... taking the adorable Baby J to my momma's house. Oh how he loves his gramma and pawpaw!!! It's the sweetest thing ever to see him light up when he sees them... *sigh* I love this kid. Okay... sorry... got a little sidetracked. Back to my annoyance... my parents live on the other side of a major street. Like super close. So I'm at the intersection and am waiting at the red light. This BONEHEAD {trust me, I was saying worse as my roadrage was rearing it's ugly head} is waiting at the opposite side of the light from me... WITH HIS HIGHBEAMS ON!!!! I was trying so hard to look away but needed to watch for the green light. I flashed my highbeams at him a bunch of times. It's not like there was a jillion cars so he couldn't think it was him. And even if there was, if someone flashes their lights I always check mine out just to make sure it isn't me!!! Yup... by the time my light turned green, I was blind. Mind you I couldn't see BEFORE he had his highbeams blarring into my windshield but now... well now I was seeing those little spots everywhere. I'm carrying special cargo folks... I do not need this shtuff right now! Okay I get to the stop sign... stayed there until my eyes adjusted because now I'm going into the housing tract and did not want to hit a parked car or something. Can you imagine the heap of crap I'd be in if I hit a car!? NOT to mention the heap of crap CJ would give me for hitting a PARKED car!!! Okay so down Harvey way I go... TWO WOMEN ARE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE!!!! I have to hit my brakes, remember my visibility is craptastic due to the fog, and wait for them to realize I'm behind them {yes, because it's SO bright outside that my lights dont light up the road ::eyeroll::} and then they move over. Are you joking me!? Um hi hello!? My car is a beast... my big ol' Yukon doesn't exactly stop on a dime ya know! WHY THE EFF WOULD PEOPLE WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE IN THE FOG WEARING BLACK!? Had it not been the buttcrack of dawn I would've totally honked at them in hopes that they peed their pants and had to walk home with peed pants. Ugh!

End of rant...
man it feels so good to be back!!!

WOW

It's been 17 days since I last posted. Have you missed me? Wait. Don't answer that. I dont want to know if you really didn't miss me!

Not much is going on around these parts... Work is sucking the ever loving life out of me. I'm up to my eyeballs with extra work created from having to "babysit" The Swine. He's doing a craptastic job at annoying the eff out of me. Like seriously, he drives me batshit. I just don't understand how one man can go through his entire life (45 years) and still not know how to think for himself. It's disgusting. But... he wants to play games, so we'll play. But we'll play my way. He's pissed. He's mad. He's annoyed. Whatever buddy, I'm all of that x10. BUT... I will come out on top. I will be the last one standing. And I will make sure that he is held accountable for everything, good or bad, and I will be relentless with my follow through.

Baby J is getting bigger and bigger. He's the love of our lives... the apple of my eye... just the sweetest little guy ever. He is getting over a pretty nasty cold. But remains the sweetest, most pleasant kid ever. I took him to the doctor the other day for a fever... he is 17lb 3oz as of last week. My kid certainly loves his foods!

Well... that's all I really have for now. I'll try to get inspired. Some way some how I'll find inspiration and then come and wordvomit it alllll over the blog!

xoxo
T

Well the weekend has come and gone and I'm left with a fatter ass, a tooth ache, and a miserable cold. Friday we took Julian to the pumpkin patch with my adorable godson, goddaughter, niece and their momma. We had so much fun. While Julian is far too small to be going on the rides, it was a ton of fun watching Andrew experience everything and really enjoying the rides.

{Andrew wanted so desperately to go on the little boats. He didn't make it more than 2 times around when he started this... and the wonderful uncle that CJ is captured it perfectly. While his mom, and 2 sisters laughed... me, the nina that I am, wanted to cry right next to him. It was hilarious.}

{Here is Julian watching Andrew on the boats. I'm pretty sure he has no idea what's going on... but it was cute that he watched Andrew go around and around {and scream and cry}. He paid no attention to any other kid except Andrew.}

{Here are the boys together. Julian is looking at Val, Andrew is looking at me. All Andrew wanted to do for the rest of the night was hold Julian. It was adorable. He loves this kid and loves to give him kisses. Julian doesn't seem to mind them at all and has slobbered all over Andrew on more than one occasion. I love these kids.}

We woke up Saturday to a coughing momma and baby J. Poor CJ had to deal with our crying and whimpering. We didn't do much for halloween other than take baby j outside and sit him next to a ceramic pumpkin. Yes, I'm admitting it now even though Rebecca is going to smack me, we did not get a pumpkin which means I did not carve a pumpkin... nor did we buy a costume for baby j either. {Rebecca.. i loves you!}

So it was a quiet weekend around these parts. I've eaten my weight in candy... which mind you we bought and had NO intentions of passing it out. We have dental appointments today... a total cawinkidink that they're right now, but I"m feeling a little ache and have a feeling I have a cavity. I'm a little pissed at that... I've gone my entire life without one cavity until right before I had the baby. And now. Damn chompers.

{So from my family to yours... we hope you had a Happy Halloween!}

Keepin It Classy

So I know today is supposed to be wordless wednesday. But I've had some things called to my attention lately that I really can't let go.

Let's get started.

What has happened to women of America these days!? Are we just continually sliding down this steep slippery moutain further and further away from class?! I mean seriously, what is wrong with women these days?!

I'm driving down the street yesterday and the car in front of me has a license plate frame that is black with hot pink lettering. It reads: "{top} My next ride is... {bottom} YOUR MAN" *gulp* Seriously? Who puts that on their car?! Who announces to the world that they're a hoe-bag and will "ride" a man... a taken man... or just in general says they'll ride a man!? I get that everyone talks about stuff... girls talk and laugh and share stories... it's what women do. But you do that with your friends! Come on now!!! At this point not only am I in shock over this, but now I'm curious... I have to see what this person looks like. So quick lane change and a little bit of the gas pedal and here I am... she is a teenager. There is no way she was older than 17 or 18. No way. I'm in total amazement that this KID has this.

No rewind back a week or so... we're at the grocery store. The grocery store folks... I'm not talking about the clubs or anything... and we see this woman, who is around my age, struttin' her stuff with her 2 children and one on the way. Nothing wrong with that right? Right. Until you hear this!!! She has cut off shorts so short I'm pretty sure I saw the TOP of her butt. And her preggo belly popping out of a teeny tiny shirt that would've fit my 1 1/2 year old Godson!

So my question is this... what has changed? Why is it suddenly acceptable for girls to dress like hoe's and put out their business? Why is it acceptable to not leave too much up for the imagination? I mean, I'm not saying that I dont wear low cut shirts or that I keep my mouth sealed about things. But my low cut shirts are not so low you could see my belly button, nor are my shorts so short yo ucan see my cheeks. And when I do talk, it's with my closest girls and we're all comparing stories and laughing and being girls... mind you we're all married or in committed relationships as well. Not just out whor-ing it up with whatever Johnny that walks our way. Is there no sense of modesty these days?

blah...

I vote there should be a list of rules. Rules that women must abide by!

Rule #1: Keep your panties on
Rule #2: Wear cute outfits that aren't so revealing. It's okay to be sexy, but it's not okay to be a tramp.
Rule #3: Have some sort of respect and dignity left to give to your future spouse.
Rule #4: Hvae enough respect and dignity for yourself.
Rule #5: Keep it Classy!!!

{sick masks}

well the sickness is in.the.air. it's blown straight into casa de moi. the hubband started coming down with it sunday night. by monday morning it was a full blown nasty, snot nosed cold. he came home early from work that day.

these were the ground rules that i laid out on sunday when he announced he felt like he was getting sick:

1. do not breathe near the baby

2. do not cough near the baby

3. do not sneeze near the baby

4. cover your mouth when you cough/sneeze {which duhh, he's not a pig!}

5. wash your hands A LOT... i also threw in "i dont care if they crack and bleed... keep washing them!
6. do not even look at the baby

so... monday when he came home from work he was banished to our bedroom. and when he had to go into the hallway for something he had to hold his breath and run. now i know i might sound a little crazy obsessive. but well, frankly, i am. and i dont want my little baby j to get sick! well... my ever so wonderful attentive husband that i have, didn't listen to me. i come home to find him sprawled out on one part of our sectional couch. {glare} little turd. but he did assure me that he at least slept in our room instead of sleeping on the couch. but rules 1-6 still applied. and he did abide by them!

well tuesday comes and i have a board meeting for work. which means i dont get home until 8 or 9 usually. so he was on baby duty. i brought home a mask for him to wear. he almost scoffed {and coughed} when i showed him what he had to wear. so just as my meeting is about to start i get a picture message... and this is what he sends me...

well needless to say, he did not wear the sick mask. he said it was gross breathing in used air. oh, and dont panic... he did not make the baby wear this the whole time. he did his best to not breathe on the baby... he washed and sanitized his hands like crazy... but he did enjoy some daddy time with baby j. and baby j sure loves daddy time. so... in a few days if i start bitching about the hubby getting baby j sick, just remind me that they had fun together.

{and if i tell you to shut it... please dont take it personal! ha!}

{Julian}

Since we wont be in town next weekend {we'll be in VEGAS for Karla & Joe's wedding!} we decided to do Julians 5 month photo shoot now. Even though he wont be 5 months for another week...

Can you believe he's already 5 months!? {almost}

It seems like just yesterday I had him. It seems like just yesterday he was my 5lb 7oz little tiny bundle of love. And now... he's my 16lb bundle of love, laughs, and coo-ing. This little man has an amazing personality!

Without further adeu...

{this entire post is going to be very random and not well orchistratred... my thoughts are all over the place on this}

Wow... has it really been 9 days since all of this has started?! Well I guess more than 9 days since I posted a few days after. Either way it's been long... and exhausting.

Where to start...

Okay let's start with Swine. It's him. He's the one who did it. I mean I can't say with 10000% certainty that it is him. But white light lady said that she knows it's him. And well, if the shoe fits... His culture is very much involved in these types of things... his wifes is as well. And well, apparently money talks and you can hire people to do such "Santeria" type things. White light lady said that he's trying very hard to bury deep into our center his negativity. And she isn't letting it in. I have been saying my daily prayers as usual, and adding in some extra ones for good measure. I usually have my rosary in my purse with me... it's now in my pocket. And I gave one to Bossy too... This whole situation has really shaken us both to the core and as much as I rely on my faith to get me through anything and everything... I'm leaning more than ever now.

So since white light lady is really stiffeling his negative thoughts/wishes, Swine has gone about things in a different way. He is now being very difficult... he has disputed his annual review with me. Claiming I'm lying and that I have it out for him. He has also filed several complaints with HR. At the present time I do not know what these complaints are... I dont even have any sort of idea what they could be about. I spoke with my RVP (Regional Vice President) who said it'll be okay but he still has to investigate to do things legally and properly. So next week my RVP will be here with all 6 pages of Swine's complaint. He'll be interviewing staff and investigating. I hear that one of the alligations is pretty big against Bossy. {We're thinking harassment, even though she is one of the most appropriate people I have EVER met}. And we're guessing that the other complaints against me are for un-fair treatment. He's told Mousey that I pick on him, I treat him unfairly and that I treat him like a child.

So that's where I am... that's what's going on in my neck of the woods. It's just been rough. You think you're doing your job, a great job at that and that you do what is best for the facility and for the staff... and then you get punched in the gut. It's a lot to swallow.

Sorry for the crappy update... I'm exhausted.

On a happy note... tonight we're going to listen to THIS band tonight. They're great, they're ahmazing... they're friends of the one and only Magpie. Looks like I'll meet Jeff before I actually meet Jen! ha!!! Check them out on YouTube... they're great!