*Ahem* Sorry!

So, I'm a bad blogger.  I took too long a break, and got out of the habit of writing.  Life, etc.  Oh, and Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn't help at all!  >.<
  Well, a lot has happened lately.  The best thing that has happened, lately, is that I got back into contact with my best friend from high school.  I hadn't spoken to her in, I kid you not, 12-13 years.  We just lost contact with each other.  I thought of her a lot, but just never got around to trying to contact her.  Thank goodness for Facebook.  Not because she's on it (because she's not), but because her big brothers are.  Luckily, one of them was kind enough to give me her address, and I sent a letter right off.
  And then I nervously waited.  Two weeks went by, and I hear nothing.  Sad face.  And then, I get home one night to a phone message, "Hello Harriet, this is Maude.  I hope you have your electric wheelchair charged up!".  I almost died; I started crying and shrieking.  Yes, we called each other Harriet and Maude. (Maude is not her real name; I'll just use it because I'm not sure if she wants me broadcasting her name all over the webz)  We were weird that way sometimes... ok, a lot of times.  I called her back, we made plans, and she drove up for a week here, with her daughter too!
  Oh my gosh.  Her daughter is just like her, in all the great ways.  Maude and I cried, hugged, and giggled.  It was like we had never left off talking.  She spoiled us all rotten while up here, and I hope to get to return the favor soon!
  In other news, muh babeh sistah is havin a baby!  So I'm hard at work on a baby blanket for her. I have a cousin who is also expecting, within a week of sistah.  Suddenly, babies!!  :D
  In other, other news, Kev finally graduates this spring!!!!  OMG!!!! SO F***ING EXCITED!!!.  *ahem*  Yes, I'm excited.  Now we get to go through the ordeal of getting him ordained.  *sigh*
But at long last, he'll be done with school, and this makes me very happy.
  I'm still loving my house.  It's full of men, boys, cat, birds, yarn, books, food, and of course, love.  Soon it will be garden time.  I have a lot of work to do on the yard; luckily I have a large son who can rake and lug, hehehe...
  I'm  hoping to get back to a blog schedule soon.  Once a week shouldn't be hard to do, right?  RIGHT?  :D

God and Schools

  I wasn't going to post anything about the Sandy Hook tragedy.  Plenty of others out there have, and more eloquently that I ever could.  But then I saw this on Facebook, posted by one of my aunts:

  Oh.  My.  God.  Really?  This is precisely in line with the Westboro Baptist scumbags out there.  They want to picket the school, singing praises to God's judgement.  Never mind that those asshats aren't even Christians, they're devil and demon worshipers, but it's what they think. 
  As if God wasn't there, and is never around.  Who shielded those children as best they can?  Do you think God wasn't at work there?  Who died defending them?  Who took in the children as they escaped?  Yes, 27 beautiful lives were lost, but so many more could have died.  God wasn't there?  Fuck you.  You have just made those lost lives trivial. 
  I am more angry over this shit than I am over anything else.  If you wish to believe that God is so small and judgemental that He will kill anyone to get his way, or rather YOUR way, you have lost at faith.  Lost.
  Sorry for the angry post.  I don't hate honest Christians; I despise those who put their agenda's forward, and claim it's Gods. 
 

I'm back! at least for now....

  My poor little blogs have been so neglected!  I haven't had time, or much inclination lately, to write.  Christmas is upon us, ye verily.  I have about a ton of presents to make, and have finished none.  I did get the tree up, and the decorations, which is a bonus, but everything else has kind of fallen behind.
  My boy Steven moved in with us.  I won't discuss his ex (*coughdouchebagcough*), but he's better now, and moving forward.  His foot is still not healed all the way, so he can't work, and is going stir crazy.  It's kind of nice to have a babysitter though, muwahahahaha!  *ahem*
  The boys are wonderful, huge and loving.  I keep forgetting to have them write their letters to Santa... bad mommy!  I'll get them to do that tonight or tomorrow night hopefully.  Otherwise, Big One is almost ready to take his big test, and Little One is doing amazingly well with his schoolwork.  Now if I could just get those pesky "L's" and "R's" to come out of his mouth right....  :)
  Kev's internship is going well.  He's done with the Beginner's Bible classes, but still doing Theology on Tap.  I can't WAIT for him to be fucking DONE with school!! 
  Otherwise, life is good here.  I'm behind on Christmas cards, blogging, laundry, dishes, my lotro game, sleep, eating right... but it's all good otherwise!!  Really.

An attempt at making myself blog

 So, in my last post, I had stumbled across an old Theme Thursday thing.  I love doing question and answer things (why I don't know!), so it was fun.  Then, I realized it was a thing that you did and linked back to the main site, and there were different themes each week.  Well, howdy do!  So, in an effort to maintain my little blog, I am going to write this all up for ya'll.  Enjoy.


 If you could impress one lesson, ideal, or moral on your children, what would it be?

  Never cut your hair by yourself.




  Ok, so that's not exactly what I would really do, although it is something I have had to say to the little one more times than I care to count.

  Respect.  That is something I hope my children learn, out of everything that we try to teach them.  Respect for their elders, respect for other people, and last (but NOT least) respect for themselves.
  Too often, I see kids who disrespect other people, loudly, and I always say in my head, didn't your momma teach you any manners?  Granted, I don't know these people, I don't know their situation, but at the same time, I wonder why someone didn't teach them something as simple as waiting your turn, or keeping their voices down.  Maybe their families are broken, and disrespect is all they ever see.  It makes me equal parts sad and angry. 
  I have to remember that I can't change everyone to have manners, and respect others space and privacy.  I can, however, teach my own lil minions to always show respect.  I get so many compliments on how polite my little men are, and it makes me glad to know that they take those lessons to heart.  It helps that they are the sweetest guys ever, thanks to their dad's easygoing nature. 
  The worst disrespect that I see, almost daily, is in how people treat themselves.  Specifically, the young ladies I see on the bus.  Most of them dress like something you see on the streets, and brag about their abortions, or baby daddies, or how they're going to score a cigarette.  Or it's young men, pushing around their girls, yelling and acting tough.  It's scary to me, that people would think so little of themselves that they have to put on these rude mannerisms that degrade and belittle them.  Some of them I want to shake.  Seriously, no one on the bus needs to know about how so and so is jealous of you and your baby, and how much drama the baby daddy is bringing, and who he's messing with now, etc. 

  I blame reality tv.

  I want my boys to know that they can say no, that no one has the right to treat them like dirt, and to comport themselves like gentlemen, like genuine humans. 

  And to at least keep scissors far away from themselves... :)

This is part of the Theme Thursdays, so clicky here to read more about it!

Ok... so I was reading Mod Mom Beyond IndieDom, whom you all NEED to read, and there was this... and since I'm always a day behind (and usually a dollar short, haha!), and I love question/answer posts, I'm gonna answer these, because why not?

1.  What's your worst drunken episode of adult life? 
Probably blacking out at a theater party, after drinking enough Southern Comfort and Philip's Spiced Rum to kill a horse... I remember dancing on a table with other girls, laughing hysterically at stupid random noises, and the beginning of the Exorcist 3.  Then, I came to, ran to bathroom and threw up, and had a good friend (that I had a major crush on >.<) carry me home.  My boyfriend proceeded to berate me in front of said crush, yelled at me the whole way up the stairs to our apartment, and refused to help me when I was sick again.  Oh well.  I got better!


2. Which TV character best resembles your personality?
I'm a mix of Velma and Daphne.  Actually, I don't really know anymore, since we don't have regular television and I only watch certain shows on Netflix.  

3.  What is your guilty pleasure? 
Musicals.  I loudly tell anyone who will listen that I hate musicals except for The Phantom of the Opera... but I will watch and sing along with things like Oklahoma.  Yeah.

4.  If you could retire anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
Ireland.  I love the history of the place, the music, the food and the beer (and whiskey).  Plus, I would be close to England, France, Germany, etc. 

5.   If you could be a contestant on a game show, which one would it be?
Family Feud?  I haven't watched game shows in forever, so I have no idea what would be awesome.  I remember I loved Family Feud, back in the day, and since my kids say the craziest crap, it could be a hoot.



6.  Have you met a celebrity?
Sort of.  He was a celebrity to me.  John Michael Greer, author, blogger, BNP, and all around awesome sort of dude to chat with.  I got to have a conversation with him at the Minnesota Paganicon in 2011, and he was interested in why we homeschool and all that jazz.  I still fangirl *squeee* when I see his signature on his book.

7. Why do you blog?
I needed an outlet, at first.  Now, it's just fun.  I can say what I want to say, to a larger audience.  It's the theatrical side of me; I just gotta say things out loud.  :)  Plus, I wanna be awesome like Jenny Lawson when I grow up.


8.  If you met your readers in person, what would surprise them the most about you?
Probably my voice; I have that upper Midwest nasal thing going on.  Or maybe my lack of dressy clothes; I live in ratty t-shirts and jeans.


9.  If you could commit a crime, and absolutely get away with it, what would you commit and why?  
Oh heavens... I apparently do not have a criminal mind, because the only thing I could think of was rob the Federal Reserve.  That would be awesome; then I could write things like "End the Fed" and "Down with Bernake" and "Quit printing money we can't back, douche canoes!"

10. Worst date I've been on.
Prom my sophomore year.  The guy I was dating was a piece of crap, even though I hadn't figured that out at that time.  I wore a hideous electric blue dress with poof shoulders.  And silver shoes.  And he was a terrible dancer, and slurped his food.  Blegh.

Bonus Question:  What's the most embarrassing thing you've done while meeting a celebrity? 
I tried really hard to not embarrass myself when I met JMG, so I only gushed a teeny tiny bit.  Man, but I was shaking like a leaf!

Who's ready for Halloween?? Not me!

Ack! 
  Ok, so I'm kind of ready for Halloween.  We're going to get costumes for the boys this Saturday; actually, we're all getting clothes, like pants and stuff, as well, but I figured we could do the costume thing then too. 

*PAGE BREAK*

cursing

  Aaaand, now to resume blogging.

  

  So anyway, Brendan thinks he might want to go as Green Arrow.  While I approve (neat character!), I believe most people will think he's Robin Hood.  Well, we'll see what we can find for the dude.  Isaac keeps saying ninja.  *sigh*  What is it with boys and ninjas?  I'm not sure I want little dude running around in black pajamas, knowwhatimsayin?

  At any rate, I need to get started on baby blankets, Christmas gifts, mittens for boys (not buying anymore damned gloves for them to lose!  they're getting mittens with freakin strings on them!!!), etc.  

  Oh, doing a craft fair on November 3rd!  John Glenn Middle School, Maple Grove, MN.  If there are any MN types that read this, drop by!  I'll be there with my bestie Shelley (the Dainty Muse), looking like hell and probably scared shitless.  I don't do new situations well, but at least I'll be with company, wOOt!  I'll be selling dishcloths, scrubbies, and odds and ends/gift stuff.  I'll also be taking custom orders.  

  Ok, brain done, time for something fun!

EEk!

  I have completely ignored my blogs lately!  Bad me, bad me!  I truly haven't had much to write about lately.  Well, that and I have a ton of crafts to get done before November 3rd, and my first craft fair.  EEP!  What have I gotten myself into??  Well, too late to back out now, Shelley and I have sent in the money, so here's hoping we can get a decent space. 
  My boy Steven's foot is getting better; should be able to walk on it by next week Friday, wOOt!
  I'm so darn tired all the time.  I hate seasonal stuff.  The lack of sunlight really bothers me more as I get older.  I'm going to, hopefully, try something that should help, a supplement called Amerin (I think it's spelled that way, don't know yet until I look at bottle, if I get some!).  It's supposed to help with the depression and seasonal sads, so, just got to get some and get it together.
  Kev is so tired too; he needs the D3 stuff we were taking together last winter.  It helped him too. 
  Got Jason moved, mostly.  I guess he has some stuff left at his place, but it isn't much.  He's already got the glass cases for his collections up and 3 are filled.  >.<
  Short post tonight.  Just can't get much together.  Ugh.  Night!