HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Well some things are going well indeed and other things just suck.  Still not been able to find work and my accounts are empty.  I'm stressing so badly and now sure how I'm covering this coming month's bills.  The state sent me a nice little letter about having no car insurance.  WTH?  I'm behind like a month in payments but don't think the company has terminated me yet.  Matter of fact, they just sent me a ne notice and new cards.  Problem is when they call the company to verify, not sure what they will be told so I need to find a way to cover last month and this month's bills too.

I've been thinking about this whole phone sex thing.  I wouldn't mind doing it and supposedly you can bring in some good money.  I've been told I have a sexy bedroom type of voice.  Of course nothing can be simple for me.  The two top reputable companies both require what they call "a landline" phone.  I know this means one that plugs into the phone jack and not the digital one I have from Vonage.  The hurdle I've run into is that I have not been able to find out who does that type of phone service here in this town.  Everything I look up is digital.  Time Warner, ATT, Verizon, Grande...they all offer digital phone service.  I even called the apartment office here and asked and they don't know either.  I am waiting for an email back from the phone sex companies but who knows how long that will be?

I just celebrated my 23rd birthday (for the 32nd time).  Sucks getting older.  My mom said, "Oh my you are catching up to me!"  Thanks Mom.  I got to see my Daddies for maybe 10 minutes each.  One is out of town for work and the other is still sick but playing catch up at work too for all the time he missed.  My sister sent a text, well one of them did.  the other I think is still in China but she typically wouldn't say anything even if she wasn't.  I got to talk to my daughter on Skype which was nice.  My boys are so sweet, they both made me cards, all on their own.  All together it was a pretty ordinary day.  Except for dinner!  I made this....



It was wonderful, I even cheated a bit and had a little rice.  The rice wasn't as good as I thought it would be so I didn't eat it all or have seconds.  They boys enjoyed theirs though.  My youngest has dropped 18 lbs and the oldest about 15 lbs.  So now I'm teaching them moderation.

I am tired but want to post something so I'm cutting this short due to lack of thinking.

Smoochie says for me to go to bed!

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•.. (,(”)(”)¤°.¸¸.•´¯`»   Baby C

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

First I want to say...

HAPPY BELATED GIRLS DAY!

Wow I really lost track of the time here.  Didn't realize it has been so long since I've posted.  Life has just been busy I guess.  All my social media was ignored for at least 4 days.  I got a lot done though.  Refrigerator and freezer are stuffed to the gills  We only need to go out for milk, ice and to refill our bottled water.

Bottled water.  Ok here is a small rant.  When I was living in Arizona there were water and ice stores all over the place.  You could refill your large water containers with pure water run through a reverse osmosis system (important for taking the fluoride out) and usually buy some ice cream or other frozen treat.  they were relatively inexpensive, like a buck for 5 gallons of water.  The tap water in AZ wasn't too bad.  I would run it through a Brita and it was fine to drink but Daddy says no fluoride.  Here where we are, even when I run the water through the filter pitcher, it has all kinds of crud in it.  I made the kids stop drinking it.  That said there are two...2...TWO  places to refill your water containers here!  They are both within a mile of each other on the other side of town.  Lately one or both have been out of order when I go to refill, meaning I have to buy already bottled water at nearly a buck a gallon!  Sighs, makes no sense.  If i had money I'd think about opening one of those water stores here.  Ok end of rant.

I might pay a bit extra for these in my glass too!

I found out that my performing alter ego's website has been taken down.  She was lucky enough to be able to piggyback off someone else's site but I guess they decided not to renew.  So I have been checking into various web hosting sites and finally decided on one.  I am now the owner of two of my own domains but need to get to work to build the sites.  I am not nor have ever been trained in website design or programming.  I am self taught and so will be doing this by trail and error.  One site is for my performing and writing.  I sing and write under different names although my fans know both of them.  The other site is for me personally.  I will move my virtual assistant site there and I am looking at opening an Etsy shop and will make an extension on my own site for some things.  I guess I need to read Etsy's policies first.  That has kept me busy the last few days.

Today we finally got all our new cell phones also.  Yay no more horrendous bills!  So of course we had to program contacts and download all the apps.  It is the boys' first smart phone and they are going nuts but they had to learn to use them today.  If you are not a huge user, check out Zact.com.  I am impressed by their structure.  It is inexpensive and you only pay for what you use pretty much.  I am saving at least $100/mo off my bill and we now have 3 smart phones.  Yay us!

Good thing I've been busy because my Daddies have not been around much the last few days.  They had a good friend pass last week.  He was young, only 27 years old and they think it was a blood clot that migrated from his leg to his heart.  So they have been busy with the arrangements and taking care of the family then the wake this weekend.  To make things worse they are both sick with some stomach crud.  So I've seen and heard very little from them.  I miss them.  Yeah I'm high maintenance in that regard.  I require frequent contact and reassurance.

Ok I've procrastinated enough.  I was supposed to start looking at building my site but it's almost 2 am.  I guess I'll take a quick look then head to bed.

Smoochie says to get my butt in there because it is FREEZING!

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•.. (,(”)(”)¤°.¸¸.•´¯`»   Baby C

POST VALENTINE'S DAY

Happy Happy "Heart" Day!!!  I hope you all had a great one!

Valentine's Day kind of snuck up on me this year.  (Omg, isn't "snuck" a real word?  My spell check says no way.)  I was thinking that it was tomorrow.  I don't have anything for the kids and I am trying to figure out what to do.  We are still doing the low carb thing and they are doing so well that I do not want to veer from it yet.  Budget doesn't allow of much more than a sweet treat though.

Holidays have always been a big deal in my house.  Growing up we celebrated everything.  Birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, 4th of July, New Years, Valentine's Day, Easter, Girl's Day, International Children's Day (not Boy's Day ... I had no brothers).  Heck my father even brought presents when he went out of town for work.  He and my mom also celebrated the anniversary of their first date every year.  There were always presents and good food.

I try to keep that alive today with my kids.  Times have been tough and the budget really lean but I try at least to cook something special.  My ex-hubby, his family didn't celebrate anything.  He got a check for his birthday but that was it.  I think in 18 years of marriage I only received 4 presents from him for any occasion.  An electric keyboard and a pot set that I had told him I did NOT want the week before, were the two he came up with.  A ring and a laptop computer, both my sister's idea and she went and got them.  Don't get me wrong, I loved the pressies, well except for the pot, but I would have been happier if he had gotten some small trinket on a more frequent basis.  A Hello Kitty pencil, a cupcake or even just my favorite chocolate bar.

Ok whining done for now.  Maybe some sugar free candy for the kids.  Like I said they have been doing really well on the reduced carb thing.  They have each dropped between 8-10 lbs.  They have carbs at school during the week and I allow whole grain carbs at home for breakfast or lunch on the weekend.  No starch carbs for dinner.  (I got sidetracked from writing.  Didn't get them anything but we will go out tomorrow and we'll see.)

So interesting turn of events...Master R is now my Daddy too so I guess he changes to Daddy R.  I need t think of a different moniker for him or them or something.  We are getting along very very well and he is who I spend most of my time with lately.  He has become very enamored of this babygirl.  I am not sure why but he says he adores me.  He has exerted his dominance and claimed lead position.  I love my Daddy H but in reality, he has so much on his plate that is more important than me and I am not sure it will ever change.  This is a good compromise.  I love them both and Daddy R takes very good care of me.  He is better at nurturing and guiding.  He is infinitely patient, he listens and doesn't get defensive.  He can make me toe the line when it is important.  I truly am a lucky babygirl.  I have two men who love me to death and they know about each other and it's all okay.

I've missed Valentine's Day already and it's late, so I'm off to bed.

Smoochie blows you some kisses.

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•.. (,(”)(”)¤°.¸¸.•´¯`»   Baby C

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!!!

Just a quick post before I got to bed.  Things are looking up.  Although I didn't get to see my Daddy today, I did get to talk to him on the phone yesterday.  That made me a happy little girl!  I talked to him a little tonight on Yahoo but he was busy.

The boys and I had a great New Years eve and they got to eat some of their favorite things.  I will tell you about them tomorrow.  For tonight I just wanted to check in.

From my Family to Yours!

Smoochie says time for us to go to bed!  Good night all!

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•.. (,(”)(”)¤°.¸¸.•´¯`»   Baby C

CHRISTMAS RECAP AND A TEST

We survived another Christmas.  I guess it wasn't too bad.  The kids seemed to enjoy it even if it was a a lean Christmas.  They had good food, which is an important part of any event for them.

Even through my sadness we baked butter shortbread cookies, made egg muffins (2 kinds) for Christmas breakfast and then a spiral ham for Christmas Dinner.

Egg Muffins - 2 Kinds!

Right about the time the clock switched from the 25th to the 26th I heard from Daddy H.  After a lot of back and forth and some strong emotions, we finally got back on the same page and made up.  He has been more attentive today so I appreciate that and hope it keeps up.  Makes me so much happier.

Out of boredom and the need to do something creative today, I started a Facebook page to go with this blog.  This post is actually a test to see if it will automatically post to my FB account.

Here is a great picture from a page that I follow in FB.  Go visit them at Confession of a Curvy Girl

I love this!  A good one to post on the wall for New Years!

Smoochie says good night and keep your fingers crossed that this gets to FB!

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•.. (,(”)(”)¤°.¸¸.•´¯`»   Baby C