Ode to the Negative

I remember my mom used to have this book that was titled, "If life is a bowl of cherries, why I am always in the pits?" As a child I just thought it was funny. As an adult I must say I have wondered about this myself. It seems that especially on the blog or in the scrapbook it is all about the positive when really much of life is spent in the negative. So here is my ode to the negative or in other words I am going to vent:
My mom is sick, my dad is sad
My messy house just makes me mad
My kids all whine and moan and fight
I worry, can I raise them right?
The dog just sheds and sheds some more
could there be more dog hair on the floor?
The yard needs plants and rocks and trees
all in and done before the freeze.
My skinny jeans are still too tight
that @#$^* scale just can't be right.
Christmas is coming what a joy
I have to find the perfect toy
and do the cards and bake the food
and clean the house, then be in a good mood.
The state of the nation has got me down
the election, the market all make me frown.
Where are the cherries in all of these pits?
like you've never thrown one of these fits.
I know, I know my life is good
I should be grateful, I should, I should
But sometimes you need to vent
and then you can go back to being content.

Halloween

I know I am a big blog slacker. It has been several months since my last post and really a lot has happened so here is the quick list: school started for the girls, there was a big, bad hurricane, there were a few families emergencies, I got older (much older) and then it was fall. It is hard to believe that fall is here. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous. People who say the weather is bad in Texas have not been to Cypress in October. We have had a great month of playing in the cul de sac, riding bikes, doing yard projects, and watching soccer games. The girls had a great Halloween. It was a fun day at school with a PE sponsored carnival and then trick-or-treating and dinner with friends.

School

Why is it easier to borrow money than register your kids in school? Honestly do we really need all of these forms. Crazy. So to beat the system I arrived at school at promptly 8 with all of my forms already filled out. For some reason I actually thought this may save time. Wrong!! There were even more forms plus all forms needed to be copied and sorted and alphabetized and translated in to Latin. No not really, but it was a little crazy. The registrar seemed awfully suspicious when I presented birth certificates from 3 different states and immunization record from a few more. Oh well. At least I had all of my records and utility bills in triplicate. A few hours later we were finally officially registered. YEA!!! I guess it is really going to happen. All three of my girls will be in school full day next year. I never thought I would make it and now look. I guess I shoud go buy some bon-bons to fill the time. Do they still make those?

Our week

So my blog-iva friend promises me that I am over thinking blogging and need to just go for it. I worry about this slightly not having the right pic or words, but taking an experts advice here we go posting with reckless abandon. . .it has been a big week for us. Here are some highlights:

• the Hub had a bday (it rhymes with 7)
• the bug guy who is know my BFF came and sprayed my house because afterall I do live in Texas and just like humidity, big hair, and y'all bugs are part of life here.
• we finished our school supply shopping, which is a HUGE accomplishment
• we survived tropical storm Eduardo--basically it rained
• we moved a few links on the paper chain closer to school

Life's A Beach

So I must admit. I waited in line for Breaking Dawn. We could

have been first, but who would have guessed that a middle aged man in a longhorns jersey was really in line. Anyway we got the book and then headed to Whattaburger (Wader-burger to the locals) apparently it is like you are saying water and you are from the midwest. (crazy Texans) Needless to say the honey fried chicken biscuit at 1am kept me up so I got a fair amount of reading in early Saturday morning. STEAMY, STEAMY.

Saturday we headed to the beach. We went to Crystal Beach and crabbed--no we did not complain people--we caught crabs. Honestly, we tied chicken necks to twine, threw the twine in the gulf and reeled in the crab. A good time was had by all. I think the crabs even enjoyed their brief time in the red bucket. We let them go and headed to the beach. We drove right to a great spot, set up chairs, and hung out. My plan was to read, but in all honesty I could not keep my eyes off my 3 girls and 1 crazy hubby playing in the water and sand. It was a great day. So sometimes life really is a beach and that is a very good thing.

First Post

SO many of you told me you don't do email anymore and that you will only communicate through blogs. So I am now bloging. I admit it the social pressure got to me.