Real quick

About 2 days ago I was in the kitchen w/ Samantha. Her sippy cup was on the floor, just out of her reach. She started whining that she wanted it and I made a comment under my breath, not really saying to her exactly, but I said, "What? Are your legs broken or something kiddo?" and gave her the cup. She then stood up and pointed to one of her legs and said "Broken?" HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! Oh my god, I was cracking up! They understand a lot more than we give them credit I guess! She's got supersonic hearing it seems as well.

I will never forget that for as long as I live. I just had to share that. Hope you got a laugh out of it too! :)

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Well, I have been getting lazy again with the blogging thing.

This is what's happening lately:

DH home in ONE WEEK! YAY!

DSS doing well at home, no more troubles. He probably hates being grounded and how can one get in trouble when they're in the house all the time? :)

Samantha is doing well. I think she may be almost ready to start potty training. I think...

I turned 1 year older this month. Yuck. But I treated myself well with presents.

A bunch of us are really looking forward to going on vacation after Dh gets home to the desert to go riding. We're going 11/6-11/11. We'll get to use our new trailer for the first time in the desert. I can't wait.

I am tired of 90 degree weather. Please bring on the fall chill for god's sake. I can just see it being like 80 degrees out at night when trick or treating on Fri. how ridiculous is that?

We're serving a warrant this week out of state. How exciting huh? I am sure the guy knows we're coming for him, so that might not be so good for more than 1 reason. I am going to have to drive 6 hrs. to get to the place where we're going. I can't believe we got permission to do this thing. It should be interesting. I have Sirius radio now so I'll be rocking out the whole way there. Yeah!

Guess that's about it. I know I know, nothing interesting....

When it rains--it POURS

Remember my little dilemma with my DSS yesterday? Yeah, that was a fun one to deal with. Well, I got a call from the Asst. Principal this afternoon and I guess he was or has been (they're not sure) for the past couple of weeks messing up the boys' bathroom at the school. Putting soap at the entrance so that boys would slip going in and junk like that. They got caught today. Like I said I am not sure if he and his friend were the ones doing it the past 2 weeks but at least today they were.

Ugh, when it rains it pous as they say and it's true. What's a parent to do? Still got 18 days until DH comes home. If my mom (or step mom in this case) was a cop, I sure wouldn't be messing around. Maybe that's just me though?

Baby news (not me!) & annoying lies

My cousin who is also my BFF. She is having a boy. They're excited. I am excited for them. I kinda in a way wish I could have another but my job just isn't very understanding about that kind of thing.

As for the second half of my title. I get a msg. on my cell this afternoon from my DSS. He mentions something about some guy trying to grab him when he was coming home from school to the neighbor's that watches him. I was like WHAT????????????????

I was freakin' out to be honest. He said Holly (lady who watches him) called the school, etc. Well, to make a looooong story short it was bullshit. He went to a friend's house straight after school instead of to Holly's. He made it over to Holly's late and instead of just saying--"hey I messed up & went to so and so's house instead of coming here 1st" (H would not have a problem w/ him going over there so WTF?) he makes up a story on how someone tried to grab him. He had me going for a bit and then I was like---wait a minute.....he fessed up to it but now I got to punish him for that. I hate doing that but if I let him get away w/ it then it'll not teach him a damn thing. The last thing I want is for one of my kids to think lying is ok. It SO is not in my book. Or anyone else's for that matter I'm sure.

Ugh, being a parent is tough sometimes. Being a step parent and having DH gone is even harder...

I am SO lazy

Man, I said I was going to keep this updated and I keep putting it off! Well, there's not too much to talk about. I am loving the weather, it's finally cooled off. I am hoping it stays that way.

We are getting a new huge shopping center near our house and our little community needs this SO bad. We are all excited about it. I went to the Super Target yesterday and it was PACKED. I wasn't surprised. Got my DSS's Halloween costume there. He's going to be a gladiator. It's pretty cool. My DD is going to be a princess which is right up her alley I think.

Only about 3 weeks until DH comes home. Actually I think it's 3 weeks from today! YEA! My b-day's this month too, blah. Not looking forward to that. When it happens I will truly be in my "late 30's". No question about it. Oh well. I will treat myself well for this one though. I am going to get Sirius satellite radio if it kills me. :)

Guess that's about all. Am I boring you to death yet? I'll try & find something interesting to talk about here soon. Oh yeah, working for the fed. government has its perks. I have today off and do you even know what today is? Columbus Day. Yeah, no one remembers that one. Poor Columbus. Us w/ the feds remember it though and say THANKS Columbus! :) I get a day off by myself and can do (almost) whatever I want!!!!!!

Is this week over yet?

Man, I'll be glad when it is! Sheesh, I have been so busy! I am trying to get my new renters in my other house settled + do my regular job + my mommy job. I even had the worst pinched nerve in my neck this week. So bad I had to go to Urgent Care and get help there. The Dr. gave me some muscle relaxers (they work pretty nice) and some Tylenol w/Codeine for sleep at night. I have no idea how it happened. I was sitting there on Mon. getting my pedicure-minding my own business-and my neck cramped up and it was all over from there. It's getting better though, I am glad I went to the Dr. Wasn't sure if they could do anything for that but a shot of Toradol in the butt and some drugs and Dayna's ready to go! LOL.

We're doing another 3 day operation at work which requires me to have my baby at the daycare overnight. She's happy and the DCP's daughters are happy but I am sorta sad. I only get about 3 hrs. a night w/ her when these things happen. It also costs me an arm & a leg but what can I do? Oh well. She's in good hands at least!

Well, like I said it's been a long week and I really hate being a landlord. Did I ever mention that before? It really sucks. I try to make everyone happy (i.e., letting renters move in a day early but the old ones weren't done cleaning yet yada yada yada...). I found a good handyman since DH is still gone to get a couple things fixed at the house & I was really worried about the cost but shopping around really helps. First guy I called wanted at least $100 to do what I needed. The 2nd guy wanted only $30. Guess which one I went with? So, that drama is over. Old renters out---new ones in and happy. So I am happy.

I think the codeine is starting to kick in. Good night! :)