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My Entire House Smelled Like Poop

20 Monday Apr 2015

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breakdown, poop, sanity, stress, surgery

Do I know you? A common joke (that only I think is funny) I make to people I haven’t talked to in a while. It’s been well over a week since I last posted, and the main reason for that has been this (see picture); the hubby had some major shoulder surgery.

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In general I can get overwhelmed with life. Work, child, school, doctor appointments, housework, bills, meals, and finding time to exercise, can all be a lot to take. Now throw in a husband that is without a functioning arm for the next 5 months and you have the recipe for an emotional breakdown…or 3. No seriously, I have had at least 3 cry-fests since he went under the knife. For the last 10 days we had my mom staying with us to help with the toddler. It definitely helped take some of the stress off of me, but didn’t keep me from still feeling completely worn out (because it’s not like I’m not also growing a human at the moment too).

I started to think to myself about how women that have husbands that refuse to do anything must feel on a regular basis. I’ve always been spoiled with a husband that does more than his fair share of the housework and child care. Luckily, surgery went well and he feels great, and is still trying to do what he can so that not everything is on me. Tonight he even read the bedtime story and tucked him in, hence I am writing this post.

After all the mayhem lately, the universe tried my patience for hopefully the last time for a while. Last night the toddler woke up twice with some major blowout action. Then when I got up in the morning I discovered the hubby was hit with the same bug. I do not exaggerate when I say the entire house smelled like poop. Luckily it was a nice morning and I could open every window in the house and go to town with every Yankee candle I could find.

My sanity has been tested and no one was murdered (not even our shithead neighbor that was blaring the bass in his car for HOURS during nap time, and when we politely asked him to turn down just the bass got all pissy. You can’t even hear the music when the bass is that loud, so what the heck is the point? ). I would say even with the emotional breakdowns, the last 10 days have been a success.

Writing a Blog About Yourself Is Really Hard When You’re Keeping a Big Secret

30 Monday Mar 2015

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baby, first trimester, gestate, pregnant, secret, sonogram

I started this blog last year not really knowing what I was going to write about. Being that I have plenty of opinions, and lots going on around me, I figured I wouldn’t be too hard up to find something to share with you.

There are times that trying to come up with an idea worthy of sharing gets to me. I wonder to myself “does anyone really give a shit?”, but I write it anyway. Low and behold those posts are the ones that get the most views and most comments (and I love when you comment!).  I guess I’m doing something at least a little right.

Recently it became even harder to come up with things to write about. There has been this one major thing on my mind, but I wasn’t ready to share yet… Continue reading →

Friends Don’t Ask Friends to Help Move

23 Monday Mar 2015

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friends, movers, moving

Remember when you went away to college, and there was a collection of your peers there waiting to help you and your parents move you into the dorms? They all wore matching shirts and were really enthusiastic in helping you schlep all your shit out of a car, into a big grey bin and into your room.

These people do not exist in your adult life. Your adult friends work, have families, and if you’re in your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s+, most definitely have some sort of physical ailment. No one is interested in spending a previously free Saturday afternoon hauling your crap in and out of a truck/house.  Continue reading →

Well, I Caved…

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Amazon, holistic, medicine, Prevacid, shoes, shopping

It was Monday February 23rd that I declared on the inter webs (which you know makes things official) that I had given up shopping to be able to have money to spend on alternative therapies for my health. Well, I caved.  Continue reading →

WTF Wednesday: Everyone is Pissing Me the Fuck Off

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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dumbasses, everyone sucks, pissed off, whatthefuck

What the hell is wrong with people? I am so effing annoyed, I could kick a puppy…but I won’t.

Let’s start with the asshole that hit my husband and smashed up our car, lied to the insurance company that it was a 4-way stop intersection and has such a shitty insurance company that the claims adjuster never called my husband back. After a week he has gotten it taken care of, and hopefully our car will be repaired while we get a rental, but motherfucker that hit my husband, I would bitchslap you if I knew who you were for adding this fucking bullshit to our day. Continue reading →

Sometimes I Want to Move to Another Country

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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ADD, Americans, birth, breastfeeding, common core, Europe, feminism, FMLA, GMO, health, homeschool, maternity, parenting, patenity, pharmacuticals, school, sex, standardized tests, US

During these last few weeks of the winter I start to get antsy. The cold and being indoors too much starts to get to me and I begin to daydream more than normal. And when I say daydream, I mean online shop. As you know I’m on a shopping pause for now, but that doesn’t stop me from online window shopping. To keep myself in check I like to go big; houses, vacations, and cars. Since they would take a big commitment, I know I can’t do much damage to my budget when online browsing for any of these big ticket items.

The latest itch I have is to move abroad, somewhere in Europe. The husband and I have talked about it before, with each conversation filled with wheres and hows. I’m not quite sure how to go about it, or what we’d do for income, or how hard it would be to be so far from family. What propels me to constantly research and think about all those questions are the lifestyle differences between Europe and the US. Continue reading →

I Had to Quit Shopping for My Health

23 Monday Feb 2015

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Abdominal Therapy, Castor Oil, Chiropractor, CNM, Digestive Health, Gallbladder, Gallstones, health, Herbalist, Homeopathic, Nutritionist, Old People, physician, shoes, shopping, spanx, surgery, Whole Foods

I’ve quit shopping. No, not grocery shopping (though I really wish I could) or household goods. I have had to put my general shopaholic/drunk shopping tendencies on hold.  Since the beginning of the year I haven’t purchased any of the unnecessary (but fun) purchases I normally would. No jeans, shoes, boots, blouses, dresses, or even Spanx (gasp! I love all things Spanx).  I’ve blocked all my daily coupon emails from Ann Taylor and Banana Republic. I fight the urge to browse Gilt.com and Fab.com in search of random items that bring me joy when I can expect them at my front door in a few days.

The reason I had to stop spending money on frivolous goods is not to save money (that would be a good reason to continue my disciplined habits). Instead money has been reallocated to a variety of health practitioners and supplements… and some of these folks aren’t covered by insurance and they aren’t cheap.  Continue reading →

Did I Ever Tell You About That Time…? A Throwback Thursday Story

20 Friday Feb 2015

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Black Eyed Peas, buffalo ny, Concerts, Fergie, Forgot, Good Times, Hard Knock Life, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Memories, Syracuse University, Throwback Thursday

In the honor of the trend known as “throwback Thursday”, I thought I’d do better than just a picture, but actually share a story…

A couple of summers ago Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z were coming to town, and being that I love me some JT and Jay-Z independently, I knew I had to be there for their combo show. I landed some sweet seats thanks to a pre-sale, and I was pumped to have a night out at a concert that was sure to be amazeballs. Continue reading →

Three Times In One Month? You Have Got To Be Kidding Me.

07 Saturday Feb 2015

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Clorox, cold, fever, flu, medication, sick, stomach bug, urgent care, virus

Three times in one month? It’s just too much. I can’t handle it. I’m used to once a year, maybe twice, but never three times in a month. My body is tired and what I would really like is to sleep, but can I? Nope. Instead I’m kept awake by a nose that won’t stop running, wheezy lungs and a toddler across the hall with a cough so bad it sounds like he can’t catch his breathe. Continue reading →

A New One for the Bucket List

03 Tuesday Feb 2015

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baltimore, bucket list, Buffalo Bills, Eagles, Europe, friends, gameday, NFL, philadelphia, Ravens, Redskins, super bowl, Washington

A lot of people have a bucket list, a list of things they’d like to do before the “kick the bucket”. Mine has only really consisted of going to Europe and going on the field on gameday at a Buffalo Bills home game. The latter was accomplished last year and it was AWESOME.

As I was watching the Super Bowl yesterday with the hubby and a bunch of friends, I came up with my new bucket list item to add. It’s going to be something that we have to work at through the years, and will cost some money, but I think will be worth it.

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On the field with the hubby

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