Man uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch

So I have been super busy at work, fiscal year is almost over and we are doing the budget. yay…….so much fun I can hardly stand it. So I haven't been able to get on here in a while, except to leave a comment or two, but today is the day for a few things, so it is now time to get the peeves off my chest.

We are supposed to find out if Clint gets laid off today. We are on pins and freakin needles waiting for an answer. They can extend the date for as long as they want up to 60 days, but can only extend it once. The local paper says they can extend the date from anything like 60 days to just over the weekend. His 3 year anniversary is Sept. 11 (lucky day, right?) and if Alcoa extends the date past then, he will be eligable for sub-pay, if they do it before his 3 year mark, then he will get nothing but unemployment. Damn the waiting.

As I said above we are doing a budget at work. They said the salaries for the department I work in are out of wack. They wanted to do a $2/hr raise for the whole department. Now they are saying that they are just going to do 5%. So instead of bringing in an extra $320 a month, we will be bringing in alot less, but I guess a raise is a raise, right? Nope, wrong. While they are saying they will give us this raise, they are going to take money out of our checks to help pay for the raise in our medical insurance. So they give-ith and take-ith away. So we are not making anything extra that they are not going to get back anyway.

School starts for my oldest on Monday. Don't know if I am excited or upset yet. I am glad she will be starting school, but I am upset because now I have no control of the people that will have negaitive impacts on her. I know there are shi*ty parents that raise shi*ty kids with shi*ty attitudes, but I don't want that to rub off on her. I am trying to be positive, because I know she will meet some great new people, but she will also meet negative people, and that sucks. We met her teacher last night, and she seems real nice, and excited about her new students. I heard she is a very good teacher, so I am thankful for that. They have been remodeling the kitchen at the Elementary since last year, it still isn't done, so the Jr. High is making extra food for the Elem. and shipping it over, for most of the school year. I am glad Kaylie wanted a lunch box, and is taking her lunch. 

My aunt just had a baby. This is not so much a bad thing, but parts of it are. She is 45! She refused to have any of her now 4 kids in a hospital, she has them at home with a midwife. They could barely support the 3 kids they had, so hell, lets add one more. Then to make matters worse, she is taking off work for a YEAR! If her husband had a stable job, I am sure they could make it, but he doesn't. Then to add insult to injury, they just moved in with my grandmother, who JUST put my 96 year old great grandmother in a nursing home, so now the freedom of going to the bathroom without my great-grandmother busting in, is now eclipsed my having 4 kids bust in on her. My aunt is the baby of the family, but there comes a time to own up to your responsibilities. She says that God has put her where she is today, but I don't believe that. God would not intentionally make her move in with my grandmother! Yes, I do believe that God puts obsticles and choices in your path, but it is up to YOU to decide which path to take. The easy way is not always the right one. You don't do something because it is easy, you choose the path that better directs your life and the life of your family.

I am getting off my soap box now, but I am sure I will find something else to b*tch about later.

I don't know but this is a VERY committed grandmother! Or is it she NEEDS to BE committed?

Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops

2 hours, 51 minutes ago POINT MARION, Pa. - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said. Smith heard someone break into her home Monday afternoon and grabbed the .22-caliber revolver she had been keeping by her bed since a neighbor's home was burglarized a few weeks ago. "I said 'What are you doing in my house?' He just kept saying he didn't do it," Smith said. After the 17-year-old boy called 911, Smith kept holding the gun on him until state police arrived at her home in Springhill Township, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh. The boy will be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in juvenile court, Trooper Christian Lieberum said. He was not identified because of his age. "It was exciting," Smith said. "I just hope I broke up the (burglary) ring because they have been hitting a lot of places around here."

No really grams, can't I come in, I won't do that again, just let me come in! I'll be good!!!

Boy, 4, tries to drive to grandma's house, crashes 2 hours, 37 minutes ago

STANFORD, Ky. -

A preschooler put his little brother in a car, got it turned around and headed off to his grandmother's house. WKYT-TV reported the trip didn't go well, but no one got hurt.

Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said the 4-year-old boy began his journey when his mother and her boyfriend were asleep on Saturday. He got the seat adjusted and the car started and turned around, but he ran through a fence and into some trees.

The sheriff said the boyfriend was arrested after he got to the car and made a threatening gesture toward either the boy or the deputy who was investigating. He was charged with menacing. The boys' mother was reported to child protective services.

I thought you were supposed to be nice and sweet! Someone I could go to to be loved, someone. . . ass FORGET IT!!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25640691/&GT1=43001

it's time to hang it up…LITERALLY!!! 

I took the kids down to my grandmother's house for the 4th weekend. My grandmother is looking to get her mom in a nursing home, because she is 96 and has demensia (sp?). Well, I use that to my advantage and toy with her because she is so fun to get worked up, then she forgets what was going on and it is like nothing happened. It's great!

We were sitting at the table, and I felt a little playful, so I start teasing Nanny, "I didn't know you had a tattoo!" She really doesn't, but it was just somethinng to get her worked up. She said "I don't! Who wants those nasty little things covering up beautiful skin?!" I turn my leg, and show her one that I have on my ankle. "Nanny, YOU took me to get this one, after we went dancing!" "Good Baptist Women DO NOT dance, and certainly DO NOT get tattoos!" She fired back. "Nanny, we went dancing and you met a nice man at the bar! Don't you remember? He gave us a ride to the tattoo parlor, you said you liked his tattoos, and that you wanted one!" Shit hit the fan! "I never talk to strange men, expecially ones with tattoos, what would my husband say to this?" (He has been dead for over 20 years–she doesn't remeber that either) At this point she is leaning in twards the table fussing at me, so I am leaning in too. "Nanny, I got this one, when you go the rose on your hiney!" Wrong move, Mandy. She starts in yelling, and I mean YELLING! I lean back in my chair and I am laughing. She stops for a minute, and there is silence. I don't say anything else, cause she is worked up enough. She leans back in her chair, and looks at me. I am still laughing. My mom walks in asking what the yelling was about. I say, Nanny was telling me a joke, and it is hilarious! So poor Nanny had already forgot the taunting that I was doing and starts laughing. "I forget how funny I am sometimes." was all she said.   

So my mom and grandmother need to go to the store, so I said I would stay with Nanny. So Nanny and I are sitting in the living room watching T.V., and E.T. was on. I haven't seen this movie is years, so I decided to watch it. Nanny, who frequently takes naps where ever she is sitting, is asleep sitting on the couch. She wakes up, and starts in with: "Change this mess. I don't want to watch this!" I tell her o.k., and flip through all the channels, and head right back to E.T. She already forgot. So within about 5 min, she starts in again. "I don't want to watch this mess!" So again, I flip through all the channels, and land back on E.T. Well this happens 4 more times! The 5th time, she starts in again with the I don't want to watch this mess, so I looked at her and I told her, "Nanny, you said you wanted to watch this! You said this was your favorite movie!" To which she replys, "Oh, This is my favorite part!" I smile, and go about with my movie……..just to repeat this battle a few more times before E.T. went home.

She knows and somehow remembers that we are trying to get her in a home with an apartment feel to it. She has lived with my grandmother for 6 years now, and keeps forgetting where she is, who's house it is and the like. I go in to check on her and she is packing her bags. "What are you doing?" I asked her. "Leaving! I don't like this horrid room!" So I say o.k., and walk out. A while later, she is walking out of her room, and she wants me to help "load up her bags"–she thinks she is leaving. I ask her "Where are you going?" She tells me she is moving to her new apartment. So I shrug my shoulders, and grab her bags. While I am putting them in the back of my truck, I am going on and on about how I am going to miss her and I will come and visit everytime I get a chance. Jaxson is at my grandmother's house, and the kids are down for a nap, so I tell him that I will be back in a little bit. So I load her up in the car, and she asked about her walker, and I told her that her apartment furnishes one and it will be at the door when she gets there. So we drive a couple of blocks, and go back to my grandmothers house. "Oh, it's beautiful!" she said looking at the outside of the house we just left. I just smile and unload her. She opens the door, and I tell her "See, Nanny, there is your new walker like I told you!" She doesn't remeber leaving it there when she was walking to my truck 10 min. before. I walk her back to her bedroom, and she says "This room is SO lovely, I know I will be so happy here!" I bring her bags in, and place them on her bed, and walk out of the room. I am in the kitchen fixing lunch when my mom and grandmother walk in from the store. As we are unloading the groceries, Nanny comes back out of her room. She said "Oh, I didn't realize we lived in such close quarters! I don't want to disturb you!" and walked back to her room. My grandmother looks at me, I shrug my shoulders and walk off……She'd beat me if she knew I was toying with my great grandmother so much! How she can remember she is supposed to go to a home, I'll never know, because she always tells my grandmother, "You are not Patsy! My daughter is much younger than you!" Oh, I can't wait to go back. 

My mom says "Shoot me when I get that old if I turn out like Nanny!" I always tell her no, because how am I going to have any fun with her if she is gone?

I mean, couldn't they have ADOPTED? Wouldn't it have been easier, perhaps just t. . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKN64o-vHyU

now y'all know I DON'T use the N word, BUT in this case, that's EXACTLY what this little THUG is acting like!!! just watch it and listen to what he says and why he did what he did!!

Let's start from the beginning, shall we?

Mom paid $300 for two tickets to a Jimmy Buffett concert in Dallas on Saturday, so I said I would go with her. We party in the parking lot, and Mom got a little, or um, ALOT tipsy. So we go stand in line to buy t-shirts ..someone bumps into me. For some strange reason I reach to my back pocket, and the tickets are GONE! I just got pick-pocketed! HOLY CRAP! I am mad, I search and search, and don't see the guy. So we had to spend another $200 for 2 more tickets from a scalper.

I told mom that we were buying no more alcohol during the concert, so instead, she was taking beers that people were passing around, jello shots, and those mini bottles of liquor (like mini bar size) from people she doesn't know!! So I was baby sitting the rest of the night. Not to mention all the guys butts she tried to pinch!!!!

So anyway, we get back to her house that night, and I got her in bed. The Sunday morning, mom and I go to Wal-Mart. At 10:30 I got a phone call from my husband's dad and step mom. They had Kaylie and Reese camping at the opening of a cowboy church. They said that a part of the rodeo arena fence fell, and hit Reese by the eye, and landed on her leg. They said the preacher's wife is a nurse, and she said it was just bruised. I asked if the took her to the doctor, they said the closest doctor was over 40 miles away, so they will just bring her home later. I hauled ass to get home so I could be there when she got home. As soon as they got home, at 3:30, I dropped Kaylie and Addison off with a friend, and took Reese to the ER. They did x-rays. It is FUCKING BROKE!! Her leg is B-R-O-K-E! She has had a broke tibula (shin bone) for over 5 hours with nothing but come children's tylenol!!!!! I am still super pissed at my in-laws!

But Reese is fine, and we go to the doctor tomorrow so they can re-set the bone and take the hard cast that the ER put on, and replace it with a solid one.  She is only four and can't be on crutches, so it is a time and a half to get her to potty. For good measure, my father in law called and said that my step mother in law could take off of work to watch Reese and help take care of her. Clint told them that if she was watching her in the first place, it would have never happened. You can't just turn 5 and 4 year olds loose in a strange town with strangers, even at a chruch function….and NOT WATCH THEM! Just because you go to church DOES NOT make you a good person. Plenty of PSYCHO's go to church!!

I'll get back on tomorrow, and let yall know what the doctor said.  Needless to say, they will NOT be going ANYWHERE with them EVER AGAIN!  

Even if it is just to give this family SOME closure!

Don't send in the clowns

I didn't get to go to my mom's thanksgiving since we had Jaxson, which is ok, but we had to go to Clint's granny's which ALWAYS gives me something to complain about. Clint's aunt has an Autistic child..she doesn't watch him AT ALL. He was running out to the street, and if I wasn't out at my truck getting one of Addison's toys, lord knows what could have happened to him. She never even knew he was outside. I led him back into the house, and said "Teresa, Ethan was out in the road. Lucky thing I was outside to catch him." She looks at me like I just slapped her. "He doesn't go out side with out telling me." "Well then you must have known he was outside, next time I'll just let the car hit him……" She Thankfully didn't talk to me the rest of the night. I brought Ethan inside 2 more times…….

The same Aunt has a daughter who is a mean little cuss named Emma. She doesn't watch her either. She pushed down Clint's cousin's little girl, Camryn who is 2, outside on the concrete portch. I picked her up, told Darla (Camryn's mom) what happened. She told Teresa if her daughter does that again to ANY kids on this property, she will bust her ass. Teresa said"my daughter is well behaved, and doesn't do things like that. If you touch my child, I will bust your ass. We don't spank our kids" About 10 min later, Emma was crying, Darla was smiling, and Teresa never even noticed, because she doesn't soothe the kids when they cry either………She adopted BOTH of the kids, she should never have been allowed to. Clint spanked her 3 times, and that was for pushing OUR kids only!

My step mother in law, yet again. We were making our plates, so she held Addison for me. She was standing right next to me, grabbed macaroni and cheese and proceded to stick a piece of it into Addison's mouth. WTF?? I am RIGHT THERE!! I said, "DON'T GIVE HER THAT! wE DON'T FEED HER STUFF LIKE THAT!" It is Dairy! Babies are not supposed to have that until they are at least 9-12 months old! How the eff do I know if she is allergic or not yet, and her dumb ass shoves it in her mouth, it wasn't like I was no where to be found to ASK me if she could give it to her!!!

The funeral I went to. It sucked that my Brother in law Terrence lost his mother right before a holiday, hell it sucks that she dies at all… I am however glad that I was opened to a new experience. I have never been to a predominantly black church. I was very moved, and it seemed that the preacher had a different way to preach. I was surprised ALOT durring the celebration of life. Every other funeral I have been to I cried and so did every one else, this one everyone sang, danced, and was smiling! The only time anyone cried was at the end durring the viewing and when they wheel the casket down throught the church to put her in the hurse. I want to go that way, no crying and everyone smiling.

My uncle Freddie's new fiance, Norma. The first time I meet her, and she is telling my kids what to do, and telling me how to raise them. Hell you could have waited until the 2nd time I meet you for that. First impressions are a BITCH!

Norma invites my grandmother to the ballet. She says it is on the 8th of December. I just got done saying to everyone that Kaylie's 5th birthday party is on the 8th. So I reminded nana about Kaylie's party, and Norma says, "well her real birthday is on the 6th so she will just be missing the party" UH, HELLO!! That is the only thing the child cares about is her Hanah Montana Party!!! She is 5 for Goodness Sakes! Boy did this lady get off on the wrong foot with me…..even Kaylie told me not to invite Norma to her party, but that Uncle Freddie can come. Funny what kids see, huh.

 I am comming ot the conclusion that everyone else is stupid except for me, and maybe a few of you of course……….

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ id/21842567/?GT1=10547

Should a man be forced to pay child support to a woman who lied about paternity of a child? I think its terrible that a woman could lie about the lineage of a child and not suffer any legal consequences for her actions. This "little" lie effects the lives of so many people; the real father may never get to know his child, grandparents are robbed of grandchildren, and the non-biological father is left with a responsibility that is not his. I think that a woman who defrauds a man should be held legally accountable either criminally or through civil litigation. Children are not items to be possesed nor are they a means of monetary support, they are human beings who deserve better than a lying mother. I would cease to trust my mother if I were find she lied about my father's identity, after all if she were to lie about something this important, what else would she lie about?!?

Baby seats recalled due to head injuries

A little background first…she's 24 years old and has 2 sons and 1 daughter. She had all 3 within 3 years starting when she was 18 (that's not why I'm pissed, I had 4 by the time I was 22). The 2 boys live out of state with their father and my grandmother has permanent custody of the girl (that should tell you what kind of mother my cousin has been).

Anyway, today my grandma called me wanting to know if I still talk to Jess (cousin) on myspace. I told her no, that I had deleted my account a few weeks ago and I hadn't talked to her in a few months. Grandma goes on to tell me that Jess called her today screaming and cussing at her because the state is going after her for child support for her daughter (they are unable to locate the father of this child). My issue is this….

1. She should have NEVER had kids. She's been on drugs since she was 15.

2. My grandma saved this child from having to go in to foster care by volunteering to care for her (Grandma is 74 years old and also caring for my Granddad, who is unable to care for himself). Jess has NO business talking to her the way she did.

3. Jess gave birth to this adorable little girl and needs to be helping with some of the financial burden taking care of a toddler is putting on my Grandma's limited income, regardless of whether the state can locate the father.

It pisses me off to no end that she cares so little for her children.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/wl_nm/australia_mast ers_dc;_ylt=AsNs1ONmvXl0_49B_Xm.Dcf9xg8F

Yeah, we did it. Six flags, Alamo, Mirror mazes, Zoo, Sea World, and on and on and on.

Two words can describe our “vacation”

NEVER AGAIN

No we had fun, alot of fun. My kids were great and had a good time. But have you seriously ever walked through somewhere and just wanted to scream at these people for procreation???? Ok, I have waited in line for 45 min, and you think you can cut with your kid just cause your wife is up there? Yea, ok, you silly sh**, get your retarded ass to the back of the line and wait like me and my kids. Guess you should have waited to smoke.

The zoo……other wise known as “hello, my name is dumbass-land”

I truly think alot of parents bring their kids here when they feel the urge to actually feed them to the bears or lions. Or when they want complete strangers to do it for them……The boa looked hungary, I really just wanted to help him out, promise. If you saw a family about to take a picture of their kids on a lion statue, make sure you send YOUR kids up to get in the  picture, too. There is nothing more people like than to have to explain why so many weird kids are in the photo in the album.. STAY OUT OF MY FREGGIN PICTURES.

And let’s not forget the parents that let their kids climb on the fence KNOWING that there is a 15 foot drop…to concrete….and grizzly bears. Let’s see what they want to eat, apples and cantaloupe or juicy red meat…….hhmmm, trick question?? Yeah, I remember being told bears were vegatarians, so don’t worry, they just want to give little Timmy a piggy back ride.

I decided to go light on yall, cause I have about a 25+ per each place we went. EXCEPT for IHOP…ha ha ha. Maybe tomorrow can be six flags…………..

When people find out I’m a linguist and start complaining to me about how badly kids speak these days. As if their grandparents didn’t think THEY spoke badly, and as if their great grandparents didn’t think THEY spoke badly. Languages change over time people! If they didn’t we’d all still be speaking like Shakespeare, or a Jane Austin novel! Words that are commonplace now were slang before, etc. Do you think British people speak bad English? No. They speak BRITISH ENGLISH. So get off your high horse and stop complaining about language differences making people stupid! I’m going to start telling people I’m a mortician so they’d shut up.

I live with my grandparents, so they are always getting calls from telemarketers. What I hate the most is when I tell them that they’re not at home, they continue to ask “what time will they be home” or “who are you” “how old are you” so they can sell me whatever. I really hate it when I try to take a nap and when I get up to answer the call I think its someone important but only to get someone that barely speaks English trying to converse with me as if they know me.