Two more days off...YEA!!! I'm oh so happy to be off for another two days. I went ahead and took down most of the Christmas stuff yesterday. Everything except the Christmas tree. I just couldn't bear to take it down yet. It's so pretty, I miss it when it's gone. We had a pretty quiet weekend. Yesterday I ventured out for donuts and coffee. (In my PJ's) HA. My Starbucks girl called me out on it. Ooops. Too funny. Other than that, it was a jamma day as Mason calls them. We love jamma days. Chris worked all day. So, it was just me for the kids to drive nuts.

Today was church and the Stubb's Holiday Party in McKinney. I took some yummy cupcakes. They were a hit. So cute. If I knew how to attach a picture I would, but I just tried that and it was a mess. Oh well. Macy is home. I have seen her since last Friday, but this is her first day back at home since last Friday. I'm sure she will hole herself in her room until I force her to come out and be social. (She's such a pre-teen).

Hey-I think I just figured out the picture thing. Cool. We'll see. ANYWAY....I have really been thinking about my comments on Friday. I'm still pretty grumpy. But, I started today writing down what I want to say to the sibling that has made me so mad. So, I guess that's a start. Right? Sometimes I don't like being a grown up. It just stinks! It comes down to this...I love my Mommy! She is the best Mommy in the world. Sometimes I roll my eyes at her and she drives me nuts, but she would do anything for any of us and I strive to be like that. I also can pretty much say anything to her and not be judged. That's nice.

I just remembered I have to take Defensive Driving by the 9th of January. Guess what I'll be doing with those two extra days that I have off. That's crummy. Oh well, I'll just stay up late a couple nights and get it done.

I am going to drive down to see Mom on the 1st for her birthday. Jake and I bought her a Chi. Chris afraid she won't use it. I'll make her. I'll be the boss of her. HA!!

Happy New Year!! Here's to Buffy running a marathon and Chris and I making our dream vacation a reality.....cheers....!

Thank God it's Friday.

Not much to say today. My brain hurts. This is all I will say.

Family drama is ridiculous. I'm 31 years old and the last thing I need is family drama. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. The main thing that is important in this situation is that we are grown adults and to have someone else do your "dirty work" is ridiculous. Tell the TRUTH. Tell the TRUTH. Tell the TRUTH. I am so proud that I can make this statement...

I love my husband. But, I do not need my husband to survive. I can pay my own bills. (In fact, I do). I bought my house with my money and it is in my name. I take care of my kids, I cook, I clean (or actually my housekeeper cleans), I go to work, I go to church, and I don't need Chris to validate those things for me. When Darin and I divorced, I didn't know how to take care of myself. I had relied on him so much. I'm so proud of those really crummy years when I was waiting tables at the Fish Fry and babysitting and taking care of my Bubba. It taught me to be self-reliant. I love Chris. I'm glad he's my husband. I'm glad that we share our lives together with our kids, but I don't NEED Chris to make me happy. I think that's the key here....make yourself happy first. Learn to take care of yourself and you'll be okay. Don't rely on Mom or Dad to clean up your messes. Don't rely on other people to take care of YOU or your kids. Okay, I'm done. I'm soooooooooo done with the drama today. I'm tired. Mentally, physically, emotionally and when I'm calmer, I will say the things that I really want to say. But, right at this moment, I am censoring myself. And that's pretty sad.

Another day, another angry parent.

Seriously people. Would you ever cuss in front of your child at their preschool director. Some people just shock me on a daily basis. Look, I know that I can be short and to the point, but to call me the B word in front of your kids? SERIOUSLY! The thing is, the older I get, the less I care. I seriously just walked away. I said, "(Enter parents name here) I am not going to talk about this in front of (Enter child's name here)." I was so proud of me. The sad thing is, the kid is so sweet. But, I'm sure they'll move her to another preschool as soon as they can find one since I'm soooo awful. But, if I'm that bad, why did they leave her there today? Whatever.

Other than that, it was just another day filled with snotty kisses and phone calls to parents about sick kids. It's been a pretty light week as far as enrollment goes because of the holidays. I guess we'll pick back up strong in January. I was so excited that one of our kids that we thought we had lost came back in today and is going to re-enroll as of next week. Yea. She was such a cute little girl, I was sad when she left.

I went to Wal Mart twice today. That was a beating. Once for the school, once for me. The Me trip cost me a ridiculous amount of money on nothing. OH, but they did have cupcake ornaments and I did feel the need to rescue them. I mean, they were 95 cents. Who could resist that?

Macy is in Oklahoma with her Dad visiting her Nano and Papo. She said they may get 3 to 6 inches of snow tonight. That should be fun for her tomorrow. I miss her when she's gone.

Tonight the BIG GAME is on. So, I'm sure we'll lose Chris to the TV any minute now. He was seriously just watching a game that was re-running from 2 years ago and was STILL arguing with the officials that by the way...CAN'T HEAR HIS OPINION! And even if they could, I'm quite sure they wouldn't care.

Oh and one more of a Buffy musing for the day and I'll move on. I have a yucky toenail that has been driving me nuts for four years. So, today I decided to break down and call a podiatrist....On the same page for the physicians listing there is an ad in the Verizon phone book that says...TOW JAM--look under towing, blah, blah, blah for all your car removal needs. Seriously. Does anyone else think that is hilarious. Funny. Very, very funny. Only my Mom and I would get a laugh out of that.

Okay, I'm done for the day. Talk at ya tomorrow. I know that no one is reading this, but it helps to write it all down. Maddy needs me NOW. She doesn't feel good and is walking around saying Mommy, mommy, mommy, over and over and over again. She wants Bowtie pasta NOW. Everything is NOW.

We're home!

We just made it home. We're trying to unload the cars and clean up the house at the same time. Mason has double pink eye. Thankfully, his pediatrician's office just called us in some drops. The weather outside is frightful. I'm glad I'm not working today and dread going back tomorrow. I have soooo much to do. But, it's only two days and then I'll be off for another four. This is such a lazy time of year for me. I guess I'll get back into the swing of things after the first of the year...

We had a nice Christmas. For the most part it was quiet. Last night the whole family loaded up into the SUV and headed over to the Gaylord Texan to look at the Christmas lights and more importantly, the trains. Mason had a blast. Actually, we all did. It was packed with tourists, though. Ick. Me and crowds do not get along. AT ALL. I cleaned out my Mom's pantry and organized it for her. She said that was the best part of her Christmas. How funny. I flat ironed her hair for her yesterday, too. It looked very nice. My brother and I are going to buy her a Chi for her Birthday (on the 31st). I told Jake he would owe me $50 and she heard me and freaked out. So, Jake lied and told her I said $15.00. She more cheap than I am.

Anyway...Chris is off for the next three days. That should be a little too much togetherness. But, that's life. We need to get busy deciding what we're going to start to work on in the house and then how we're going to pay for our big vacation this year. New Years Resolution...haven't thought of that one yet. Random.

Okay, until next time...Maddy wants her nails painted now...Gotta run.

Christmas...and I have insomnia...Lovely.

I have a friend who has a "blog" of sorts for her son who was born sick. I'm addicted to it. I love how she keeps us all up to date on her life, her kids lives, etc. So, I guess that's what I'm doing. I'm also trying to find somewhere to keep better track of day to day activities....if that makes sense.

So, I'm at Mom's for Christmas. It's 4 in the morning and I can't sleep. Lovely. Mason is asleep with me. Chris is on the couch and Macy and Maddy are on the pull out bed. Poor Chris. The thing is, he can sleep anywhere, so I let him. We have this thing in our house that we call Musical Beds. I didn't coin the term, another friend with little kids did, but it nailed it on the head. Why oh why can't they just stay in their beds? Why do I have to sleep with a foot in my back, a finger in my eye or constant crying? I have only been this tired three times before in my life and that was when they were all infants. They are 10, 3 and 2 now. Don't you think I deserve a break?

Chris has to work today which sucks. He has to go in at 10. So, we'll get up in a couple hours, open gifts and off to work he'll go. It will be quiet around here except for the fact that Mason and Maddy can't be quiet. Macy is going back to her Dad's this morning, too. So, it will be a small bunch. But, it has been for the most part...stress free. Which is good. Stress free is good. A step up from where we normally are this year. Maybe me and Mom can take the kids for a walk to the lake.

Can you believe Starbucks is closed today? How dare they. Just kidding. I will go into withdraw!!

Well, I feel as though I have really said nothing important....but that's normally how my life goes anyway....

Until next time....