Brandy's Birthday, May 15th

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Munchkin Butt!

I love you sweetie!!!!

A List of Complaints

I have the worst bleeping toothache and headache ever recorded in the history of Lavender Dawn. I want to cry. OK, maybe not because that would make it worse!!!

I lost a filling and the temparin stuff just makes it worse, I think. The pain is my own fault. Now I remember why I don't brush my teeth- every time I do my mouth erupts into PAIN! I am telling you my whole mouth hurts! Plus, my neck is hurting, from sleeping funny I think. I am tired, and thirsty, and really need to shave my legs.

The awesome shower head fell off my shower, so now we need to go buy one. I am thinking I want something a little exotic. Until then, I have to bathe in the kids bathroom! Ewww, YUCK! I just cleaned up the toilet, and noticed pee all over it! It must be from Gaige, Austin's friend, because Austin had that smacked out of him a long time ago! (That last part is a joke, I don't smack my kids, I beat them with sticks, rocks, shoes, and spatulas, lol.)

And the worst complaint for this post? Chantz is giving me $250 and I have to spend it on myself!!!! I told him no, I won't do it, and he said, "Yes you will!" So I am thinking, I bought new shoes last week, there is $27, and 3 Amy Brown prints- $42.50, and digital art from Folkvangar, that's another $11... so I can subtract that from the total, na na na! Am I terrible or what? There was a time I would have jumped at the offer, but not now. I won't do it, I won't, I won't, I won't!

Oh wait, I could buy a kick ass digital camera for $250! Muhahahahaha!

Out of Gas

I mean that quite literally. The heater kept running and running but it was getting colder and colder in here. Tired as I was, I didn't get it until the stove top wouldn't light. WTF? We just filled that sucker on 12/8! We used 200 gallons of propane in a month and a half! This heater doesn't seem very efficient. C wonders if the tank has a leak. So we are sitting here at 65°F indoors, and there is frost outside (32°F)! The propane lady agreed with me that this is an unusually cold winter and is sending out a truck this afternoon!

Good thing we have an electric skillet. I promised the kids triple chocolate pancakes for breakfast!

2 cups bisquick mix
1/4 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup milk
2 eggs
chocolate chips
chocolate syrup

Mix the dry ingredients first, add eggs and milk; stir in chips. Let sit for a few minutes, and heat up the skillet or pan. I go to about 300°F on the skillet and use plenty of canola oil. Remember that your first pancake is usually trash. I use the 1/4 cup to measure out mini pancakes!
Optional:
Fill a baggy with batter and cut a small hole in the corner. Write a message backwards on the skillet, and pour batter over top! Kids love this, especially if it is their name. Slather the pancakes in chocolate syrup, grab a glass of milk, and go to school!

Of course Tessa had to be difficult and wanted pancakes with just cocoa and regular syrup. (Not "seerip", it's "sirup." I hate when people say "seerip.")

Wait! Today is my alternate birthday- 1/29 instead of 12/29.

Until next time!

Tomorrow is Bruce's Birthday

Happy Birthday baby boy! He is 2 years old. What a big boy. I love you Bruce!

"About Me", 1-25

1. I am 31 years old.
2. My natural hair color is medium ash blond.
3. I have thick and wavy hair that I am always wearing up in a pony tail or twist.
4. I am 5' 2".
5. I am near sighted and I have been wearing glasses since elementary school. I hate contact lenses.
6. My sun sign is Capricorn, Aquarius rising, moon in Scorpio. That makes me irreverent, unconventional and controlling, :p
7. I grew up in upstate New York, in a small town called Duanesburg. We didn't even have cable TV, so I watched a lot of Thundercats, Little House on the Prairie, and recorded movies.
8. I can recite The Neverending Story and A Christmas Story word for word. How pathetic is that?
9. My world view was created around TV shows. Yep, for a long time my world view was warped and skewed.
10. I wasn't allowed to watch MacGyver because my ex step dad was a gun obsessed retard. Now I watch the reruns.
11. I love Richard Dean Anderson!
12. I love Stargate and other Science fiction TV shows like Dr Who and Battlestar Gallactica. I still love TV!
13. I love to read and always have. I like science fiction, fantasy, time travel romance, classics, mysteries, Grisham novels, and vampire novels.
14. My step family used to tease me a lot. They were just like that. I wasn't singled out or any thing. They were just cruel like that to everyone no matter what.
15. I thought I was an ugly child and that no one would ever want to marry me because I was so disgusting. My step family teased me relentlessly because they didn't understand that I hated myself, not boys. My protests only made it worse.
16. I still thought I was ugly in high school when I had lots of boyfriends.
17. When I was 15 our family was uprooted and planted in Sidney MT. I suffered from culture shock! I thought knew I was better than every one else. Guess how that turned out?
18. I was a cheerleader for one year in high school.
19. I moved out my senior year. I didn't get along to well with my mom, but that's not why I left. It was over a stupid guy that I later dumped for some hot guy I met in 94. I almost didn't graduate!
20. I am married and have been since 1996. We met on July 2, 1994 (the "hot guy"), just after I graduated high school. He still had two years to go! We have four children, Austin 95, Tessa 97, Bruce 05, and Brandy 06.
21. What's that they say about rebound relationships? They're full of shit. We've been together for 12 1/2 years now!
22. Bruce is named after my father who passed away about 4 years ago. Brandy is named after a street, and the oldest two after TV characters.
23. Sometimes I really miss my father and I get very sad. Thinking about Steve Irwin makes me even sadder and I start to cry.
24. My dad visited me the other day (December 29th) on my birthday. He came to me in a dream and asked me if I wanted to move to California; that's where I was born. This isn't the first time he has visited me either. I enjoy his visits. It's nice to know he is looking out for me.
25. It is thundering and raining outside right now, and it is distracting me. Chantz really likes thunderstorms. And I do mean that in a naughty way! :p

Ma's got me beat!

I don't know if any of you read follow up comments, so I am reposting Ma's comment today so you can all see that her birthday is sooo much worse than mine!

Posted in my comments on Oh Great by Gail:
Charles Manson and his Helter Skelter murders of actress Sharon Tate, with baby inside of her and other people that were killed on my 17th Birthday, 8/9. I think I'd rather have Saddam killed on my b-day.
Mom

August 9th also happens to be my wedding anniversary! She could have told us, you know!!! My mom also completed her meme she was tagged for! So please go visit her site, Cloud 9, right now- after leaving me a nice comment on this post because I am very high maintenance, pretty please, and leave Gail a nice fat comment, THANKS!

New Blogger

So it's not called blogger beta anymore. It has been upgraded to new blogger, and it finally let me join. Know what the really cool part is? It merged Lavender's Grimoire, my beta site, with Dreamscape! I had created the other blog with my google account, and when I entered in the same account for my "old" blogger, they merged! I had been worried that it would create problems, but it didn't. It just took a little longer than normal.

So here I am- finally enjoying the new blogger like the rest of the cool kids!!!!


Let's see, what else is going on? I got Austin a 360 which he is in love with. Tessa inherited the old xbox and a TV, and she picked out Thrillville, just to make Austin jealous. That game won't play on the 360! She doesn't have satellite in there- yet. It is impossible to find an xbox remote that will turn it into a DVD player anymore! WTF? Stores are only selling components for the 360! I bought it at Best Buy, and they had the sweetest deal. I got 2 free games, call of duty 2 and Need for Speed Most Wanted and a $20 gift card! I bought an extra wireless controller and an external cooler, a play as you go battery charger for the controllers, and a 2 year protection/replacemet plan that covers everything but taking a hammer to it or drowning the darn thing.

I have a ton of stuff to do, including wrapping up the bill paying, laundry and house cleaning. I need to return a game, buy some hair stuff, and make something to eat. Hopefully not in that order. C went to Montana with his folks to pick up the other pickup (sorry) since his mom totalled his work truck. He better be back for Bruce's birthday! Mine is on the 29th- I am pretty sure he won't make it back by then. No biggie- I am just getting older! 31, btw- if your interested in that sort of thing!