also, steve

oh, and in case you forgot the original

at updating live journal!  so it's been 3 months since the last new girl was hired and quit...we have hired yet another one, she started last week.  i'm withholding judgement.  apparently i sound 'irritated' at all times while at work, but it's ok 'i just figured that is the way you talk'.........this irritated me.   kind of burnt out on the working thing.  hiring someone to come in at 4 so i can go home at 5 doesn't make me not rip my hair out from 9-11 while i'm there alone with 3 phones ringing, patients walking in the door needing/demanding things from me, and precerts piling up.  duplicate me, please.

homefront news, the word is love.  also, diverticulitis....not me, just two different family members have suffered from it in the recent past...mom being the current one.  glad i maintain an incredibly high fiber diet to avoid such issues (ask me for my high protein/fiber breakfast muffins recipe..it is the best). 

miniblonde #1 is still working, though i keep waiting for her to cave, seeing as they work her like a dog until the early morning hours, then take their time actually paying her.  i know she'd make less at mcdonalds, but at least she'd have a schedule.  i'm gonna wreck the car on one of my 4 am pickup trips.  well, actually, if she'd save her money, she could be driving in february.  (not letting her get her permit/license until i see the insurance money is saved).  then she could wreck her own car driving home at that time! 

miniblonde #2 went on a youth-to-youth group convention last week...from thursday to sunday in rhode island...i'm thinking she had a blast, with all that constant affirmation/hugging stuff that some people like!  madness.  she's growing up so fast and apparently doesn't suffer from teh fear of being far away from me like #1.  she never once asked me to come get her in the middle of the night.  yay!  was glad when she was back, though.  don't tell anyone, but sometimes i have emotions like a real mom, and actually miss my kids. shhhh

this summer has been odd so far....cool/rainy weather for the longest time...finally hot, for the most part....it is the end of july and i'm having my very first bbq with guests today.  madness.  i've probably only cooked on the grill 3 times this summer, tops.  my garden looks great, though, with the easy supply of water.  i've perfected the shade garden....should take a picture of my latest addition, my garden gargoyle, who is the cutest scary ever!  if i ever get out of this aluminum park, i'm going to want to dig up all my plants and take them with me!  discount plants are the best plants ever!1!

in other news....why don't i ever get txts from you english folks any more?  you can txt or email my phone when you're free so we can actually *gasp* catch up online!  it's the same # as ever ******3855@vmobl.com

in other other news, wish i was on my way to new zealand to visit some chick for her birthday!  you know who you are.

the new girl quit.  sigh.

was meant to be a day of spring cleaning, but instead ended up with me taking miniblonde #2 to the range to shoot for her first time!  fun stuff, she did pretty darn good for her first time.  i also got to shoot my new handgun i just picked up on friday...yay!  i'm completely pleased with it, such a fun gun to shoot!  afterwards, went to my 'rents house to start my very first batch of wine...technically 2 batches, since i'm making both merlot and cabernet sauvignon.  fun fun fun

so much going on, none of it sleeping.  miniblonde #2 has a new boy, they went to third friday and were adorable together.  miniblonde #1 has been doing well with the new job and school, with a little sleep deprivation on occasion to make it more interesting.  we hired yet another nurse.  this one is young and has no office experience...i'm hoping this means i can train her to do things our way and get away from these 14 hour days.  she seems very nice, stabbity level 0.  i finally got to go shoot my present from ross......LOVE it!  nothing says i <3 you  like a russian battle rifle!  went to atlantic city in a limo with my seister and her friends for some show/dancing, fun fun fun.....julia is always fun, but the level increases when you add alcohol, yay! 

k, miniblonde #2 got voted most individualistic for her yearbook....i couldn't be more proud, even if she chose to dress 'french' for the yearbook picture, beret and all.  miniblonde #1 got her first real job!  she started on monday, seems to be taking it seriously, does well, makes me proud, etc.  now if she could just wake up with an alarm clock instead of me threatening her with the broom! 

tomorrow is my day off, so i'm loaded with appointments all morning, but possibly also an appointment in the afternoon to go see a possible new dwelling for the blonde tribe.  i'm not getting too excited, even though it is a very cute house, there would be enough bedrooms for each miniblonde to have her own room, and a real yard where i could actually plant a garden(victory!).  it's also about 3 minutes from thorboy's house and even closer to the gun range, yay.  still, i don't know if it will actually happen.  /shrugs   we'll see.  can't hurt to try. 

in other news, i'm working without another nurse again, so the long hours are back.  i love the extra money, but i think i'm starting to wear a little thin with the 13+ hours every day.  also, my house is kind of gross right now.  must obsessively fit in cleaning tomorrow in between appointments and thorboy time.  i should probably even throw a load of laundry in RIGHT NOW!!!!  /does

anyways, i had some great idea for a new comic, i just don't know when i'm ever going to have time to devote to working it all out.  i *am* keeping notes on storylines and characters, so when i get to the drawing part, i'll have material, hopefully not too lame.  i just realized i have a motto.  it is "we'll see".  ask my kids, they know that motto well. 

love him

i got her a new camera for her birthday.  here's a sampling of what she's done with it so far

she has more at www.amphetical.deviantart.com

soooo, thorboy and i went away on friday, came back yesterday afternoon.  our first weekend away, just the two of us!  and because we're THE most romantic people in the world, we spent most of one day of it at a gun show!  nothing says 'i love you' quite like buying matching his and her rifles!  it was great.  we also ate at the shiniest diner ever, lost count of how many times we drove up and down route 100, and didn't get one phone call from miniblondes the entire time!!!! 

the end

so miniblonde #1 managed one whole day back at school.  sigh.  she's now being set up for home instruction because she's still too sick/fatigued.  miniblonde #2, however, is back and going strong.  yay!

in other news, i'm happy.

the biggest news in my little world  today is that miniblondes went back to school.

the end.

so both offspring are still home, sick.  miniblonde #2 came back negative for mono testing, but has shown no improvement after 10 days of antibiotics.  their doctor thinks she really has mono anyway.  miniblonde #1 has developed new, probably not mono symptoms that i'm not allowed to discuss because she finds it embarrassing.  soooo, lets just say her symptoms happen in the bathroom, shall we?!!  honestly, i am never going to have company again.  ross keeps trying to convince me that i should just come stay with him for a few days, only half-joking.  life is one dark, dark room and i can't find the door.  kill me now.

Your Word is "Fearless"

You see life as your one chance to experience everything, and you just go for it! You believe the biggest risk is being afraid and missing out on something amazing. Sometimes your fearlessness means you're daring. You enjoy risky activities. And sometimes your fearlessness means you're courageous. You're brave enough to do the right thing, even when it's scary.

funny, i was reading through old lj posts after archiving my journal. back in the day, every post had some sort of quiz or test result. reading over the journal, it made me realize how much i've changed over the last 6 years. not sure i completely like who i was back then. i understand now, though, that for the first time i was exploring/learning who i really am. i'd been in a long, mostly difficult and unhappy relationship that started shortly after i'd moved out from my parent's house. being on my own for the first time, not having to live up to anyone else's expectations, was liberating and overwhelming at the same time. it's easy to just exist when you don't have to figure it all out for yourself. anyways, i find it interesting, if not a little uncomfortable, to examine teh changes i've gone thru since then. i would point out a few, but eh, no. i'm just glad i have had friends who were there when i needed so much more attention! back then my online time was a physical need, now the support and friendship online is a warm, comfortable, happy extra of life that i appreciate so much. there are people i've come to know over the years that i will always consider to be *the* best friends. you know who you are.

kait has mono

thorboy and i went hiking out at turkey point yesterday, which was fun until we realized it was duck season and we were probably in danger of being shot as we startled teh ducks.  then, on the way home, i saw an albino deer running with a whole bunch of not-albino deer!!!!  it felt very special getting to see it.

working on my annual cryptic new year post.
highlights of 2008:
2 months of worry about the c-word/marmie
1 year to watch offspring struggle (mostly successfully) with teh d-word
13 minutes to get to the  'yay my knee is all better'
30 minutes to get to the 'yay no more chance of an accident'
1 phone call  to know that i'll never hear 'hey, wanna rent a movie?' again
1 quarter of a school year to be proud of my miniblondes and their efforts
1 new human family member added
1 addition to the feline infestation
1 new shooting addiction
1 heart stopping moment when any doubts i've had were removed


edit:  raccoons, raccoons, raccoons

this time kait was 16, pregnant, and getting married to some dork.  i didn't want it to happen, but somehow could not seem to make it not happen.  just before the ceremony, i found out she'd made contact with her father and was texting him on a regular basis.  she wouldn't let me give her away, wouldn't even let me hug or kiss her before the wedding.  i hated it in some incredibly intense way.  woke up so distraught and convinced her father was going to show up to give her away.  dreams are stupid.

at least in this dream *i* wasn't pregnant, a recently reoccurring theme of the dreams. 

somehow turned out looking like my mom.  it amuses me, while creeping miniblonde #1 out completely.