Sunday, November 26, 2006

Dismayed, Defeated and Disgruntled

Dismayed: Someone slashed my husband's truck tires Last Tuesday evening. They got the two driver side tires. Wednesday night they came back and got the other two and my front driver's side tire and my daughters front passenger tire. Why do people do these things? Last year vandals went down and keyed cars...they actually wrote words in the car that described the people that lived in the houses so it was defintely someone who knows the neighborhood. I was lucky last time, they did not get my car or my husband's truck. They must have put us in their palm pilot for future vandalism because this time they did ONLY our cars. They must be highly organized vandals. I did not know vandals used a tickler system.

Defeated: I am defeated. Filth has overtaken my house. I have dog hair...enought to knit a sweater. The dust is everywhere. I can write "Kim was here" on every single piece of furniture in my house. Spider Webs have been spun in all the rooms of my house...it looks like the Munsters and the Adams Family lives here. My magazines (all unread except Runners World) are stacked so high that I fear for my life when I walk by the stack, Paperwork is in huge piles...If anybody would turn on a fan in my computer room it would be a catastrophe. I know I should clean it...but I just have no interest in it. I did get it somewhat cleaned up because people were coming over but I only cleaned the parts people would see. I think I need to be hypnotized to love housework.

Disgruntled: I am still in the same grumpy nasty mood I have been in for over a week. I STILL want to slap people. I still want to kick my dog. I still want to throw myself down and have one heck of a toddler tantrum. I think that Midol was useless. PMS should be gone gone gone so now what do I have? Post Menstral Syndrome...does that mean I will be grumpy 4 weeks of the month instead of just one? OH MY! I don't think my family can handle that. I don't think I can handle that...I am annoying my ownself to the point I want to SLAP myself. Maybe I need to tranqualized with a great big dose of elephant tranquilizer.

Updates:
Wedding Reception: Went Beautifully. I will post pictures soon. They had a nice turnout and a big thank you to those of you that helped:

Mom and Judy: Thank you so much for your hardwork at setting up! Mom the punch was delicious!

Kendra: Thank you so very much for all your help keeping the food stocked up and the incredible amount of work you did for clean up! I would have been there till midnight if not for you!

Thanksgiving: Fun fun fun. We had a great meal and the company as always was excellent. We had great fun playing survivor. I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt the next day. My daughter and daughter in law did not hesitiate to stab me in the back and boot me off the island. They did not look even sad when they voted me off. Son in law also flunked the loyalty test and attempted to boot me off! THEY WERE LAUGHING WHEN THEY WERE VOTING ME OFF! I am almost sure if we were stuck on a real island that I would be the one they would cook and eat! Anyway when it came to the end for the tribal counsel to decide who would be the lone survivor(tribal counsel being those that were previously voted off) we decided that we really did not want either one (daughter/daughter in law)to win because they were both sneaky little back stabbers so we made them answer a riddle which involved morality, which of course THEY COULD NOT ANSWER, so the tribal counsel deemed them both losers! Thanksgiving earned a 1000% fun factor (aside from the car tire incident). Also a special note Baby Adam layed on the couch while we played the game..we were loud...we were laughing....Baby Adam slept...he is going to do just fine in this family.

BLACK FRIDAY: A sad sad sad day for Kimmie. No shopping had to work. I figured I better not ask for that day off because I only worked 3 days at my new job then went on a weeks vacation (they knew about this prior to hiring me). Then worked 4 days and took a day off (they knew about this prior to starting also). Then have a dentist appointment this Wednesday. My sister, Aunt Hee Hee, called Friday morning at 6:00 a.m. and tormented me with your gleeful gloating about her FABULOUS sales she got. I told her I was hanging up she was killing me. She laughed.

WORKOUT: I have been a total slacker since I got back from Florida. This week not so great....Monday 3 miles on treadmill and then power hour; Tuesday 5.75 miles (2 treadmill the balance outside) and lifting; Wednesday was swimming; Thursday: NOTHING; Friday 2 miles on Treadmill and Sunday 4.78 miles outdoors. I stink. To much going on in my life. I need to refocus. I need to get back to running on Thursday with my group. I am scared to go with them. I have been slacking. I won't be able to keep up. It will hurt. I won't be able to breath. I will die on 4th Street hill. I am sure I will whine, cry and walk during the 5 miles. BLAH! I should not even be called a Turtle. What is slower then a turtle...whatever that is that would be me.

Off to pack my lunch. Monday is almost here again.

Upcoming Events:
Shopping, shopping and more shopping. Anyone care to join me?

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Today--Kim the Irrational

1. Did not run this morning now I feel guilty and fat. I think my thighs and waist have expanded by 5 inches. My pants are tight in the waist and cutting into my skin making me feel extremely disgusting.
2. Cranky, tired, moody and bloated .
3. I feel asleep in church...oh and Sunday School wanted to leave in the middle of church and go sleep in the car.
3. Went to Meijers, got irritated because there were other shoppers there. I had an overwhelming urge to run my shopping cart over the heels of the others shoppers because they were going so SLOW! Wanted to SCREAM at them to get "OUT OF MY WAY".
4. Glared at the woman who refused to move her cart from the middle of the aisles while she decided which type of marshmallows she wanted. It was all I could do not to slap her upside the head with a bag of mini marshmallows.
5. Wanted to scream at the meat clerk because he only had one type of frozen turkey breast and they were $1.89 a pound. Had a strong desire to throw myself across the frozen turkey breasts and sob.
5. Wanted to kick my dog because he would not shut up with that loud sharp annoying bark...***Attention Animal Lovers****Did not actually kick him just wanted to. I try to withhold his dog biscuit. Husband made me be nice and give him one.
6. Refused to return any phone messages that were on my phone due to severe irritability.
7. Had thoughts of calling off all pending holidays because of severe irritability. Considered having Kentucky Fried Chicken as the main entree for Thanksgiving. Also thought MCL might be a good idea for Thanksgiving cause then I would not even have to clean my house.
8. Wanted to eat an entire 2 lbs box of Fish Crackers. Could not because husband HID the fishes from me...per my request yesterday...but I was still mad that he hid them.
9. Have a horrendous headache that will not go away....since 3:00 a.m.....took aspirin....did not work...ate my weight in Nilla Wafers...headache still there....now feel like I want to upchuck.
10. Want to slap somebody... anybody...does not matter who....nobody here to slap except my hubby and he does not deserve to be slapped...he deserves a medal for putting up with me.

I think I need some midol or a tranquilizer.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Time in a Bottle

Time has gone by so swiftly and so much has happened. Let's see where did I leave off...hmmm I guess it was my Halloween fun with Abby...off to Florida I went to see my middle son Jamie get married. The bride looked beautiful as you can see from the pictures and my son is so very handsome. My sister Susie a/k/a Aunt Snoozy a/k/a Baby Susan and I drove down (rather Susie drove and I was her lookout) and met up with my sister Denise a/k/a Aunt Hee Hee. Susie and Denise went on a couple ship excursions. I did not go because I am not a stay out all night person (and they are)and I am not particulary fond of ships. However, I did get to use Grandma Mae's awesome gym facilities at her Condo. They had an olympic size pool, a resistance walking pool, a hot tub and a really nice cardio room. The weight room left a lot to be desired (heaviest weight they had was a 40 pound dumbbell) and no free weights other then dumbbells...mostly nautalis I don't think most of the older people really lift heavy weights. It is a community of people 55 and older. The plus side to hanging out at a retirement condo was that when I was running on the treadmill they thought I was an olympic goddess. Granted I did 6 miles and walked 2 but you would have thought I did a full marathon the way they were staring...matter of fact on my walk back to Mae's condo some man said "Hey weren't you the girl running on the treadmill?" I found two things wonderful about that: 1) He called me girl! 2) He called what I do RUNNING! Since I have alot to say I need to quit rambling so I am going to put this in some semblence of order:
Wedding: The wedding was lovely but I had panic attacks thinking NO one was going to be on time. First off just the transportation arrangements were rough as we had lots of people that we we had to transport and lots of different places to be. We had a mixup of time on when we were leaving the condo to get the bride's hair done. Once there we decided we were going to have her makeup done but the salon did not have time so we ran off to Macys. Time was running out on us. My sister wanted to shop at the mall which about gave me a nervous breakdown as it was then about two hour before the ceremony. I told her NO NO NO to shopping and then I kept my eyes on her the entire time least she try to make a break for it. I also vetoed a stop for lunch because of time. My sister said I was starving the bride and her bridesmaid. I said if I can go without food then they can! (Promptness is even more important to me then food!) The bride ended up finding a muffin and packs of M&Ms in her purse and was eating those. At the time I was just glad she had them because then we did not have to stop for food. But now that I am thinking about it...why did she have a muffin and M&Ms in her purse? Maybe she had a steak and baked pototo stuffed into her gigantic bag/purse. End result everyone made it on time and my sister has deemed me the Time Nazi. I cried I was so happy for Jamie and Tasha! Bride and Groom went off on a honeymoon cruise and I talked to Jamie today he was heading back to Indiana and he said they had a great time! The reception will be this Saturday so I am gearing up for that.

Food: Gee I can't believe I am devoting an entire paragraph to food! The reception dinner is Florida was hosted by Grandma Mae and she picked the most beautiful restaraunt overlooking the beach in Fort Lauderdale. It was an italian buffet The food was some of the best I have ever tasted and the desserts were not only delicious but beautiful. Yes Mom you are right presentation is a good thing but bulk still has it! However, this place had bulk and presentation! The evening before the ceremony Mae made us a home cooked meal of Pot Roast, potates and carrots and salad with a absolutely yummy decadent chocolate cake. Sunday we went to a fantastic chinese buffet. I also gained a love for grits....just what I need...another carbohydrate to obsess over. Oh and on the way down to Florida we stopped at a Cracker Barrel in Tenessee and I had the MOST DELICIOUS apple dumpling I have ever had in my life! Which leads us into the next paragraph:

Exercise: Thursday night on the way to Florida we stopped in Tifton Georgia for the night. I felt so guilt ridden from the fact that I had not run Thursday morning because we left at 3:00 a.m. that I ran on the treadmill for 3 miles when we stopped for the night. Amazing because 1) I don't workout at night and 2) I had eaten a huge Apple Dumpling for lunch. It was the hardest 3 miles I have ever done but by golly I did it. After that I jumped in the pool for a few laps. Friday morning we got up early went for swim and then hit the road. Saturday morning I got up and ran 6 miles on the treadmil and walked one mile to the fitness center and one mile back. Sunday morning I did an hour of swimming. Monday morning I walked the one mile to the center did 3 miles of running on the treadmill and walked one mile back. Monday morning we were back on the road so by Tuesday morning I was just tired tired tired from traveling and all the food I ate so no workout Tuesday. Tuesday night we pulled into town at 12:30 a.m. I was just to exhausted to get up so I stayed home from the Y. Thursday I was still tired but I went and tried to start the 5 mile route and had to cut it short. I maybe did 3 miles with lots of walking. I was just too tired. Friday morning I was still just so tired so I baled and stayed home in the A.M. The upside to that is now my computer room is clean! Saturday morning nothing but I have 5 miles slated for tomorrow morning.

Saturday: Went to pick up Tyson. We went to a movie and out for pizza for lunch. We had a nice Grandma and Grandson day! He is such a great boy and he thanked me very nicely for our nice day. He is a pleasure to spend time with.

Oh and throw in that mix I started a new job. Worked three days and went on vacation! They are probably thinking what kind of employee is she but they hired me knowing I was doing that so it must be okay.

Here is a run down of my 2006 year. Husband started new job, Two new Grandchildren, two weddings ( one my son the other my neice), One Garage Fire, a sick hubby (now recuperated quite nicely) and one new job for me! What a roller coaster year!

Here Comes the Bride....in Florida