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Friday, January 26, 2007

Because they love me

As excited as I was to receive such good gifts for my birthday this year, the kids cards were the best part.

I opened Stanky's card first and was totally cracking up. I was feeling a little giddy anyway, for whatever reason. But her card was obviously supposed to be from an adult child with phrases like "As a child, I didn't always appreciate the sacrifices you made for me..." and "It took me years of learning and growing..." Clearly, she picked her card based on the lavender cover and pretty bow on the front.

Pokeboy picked a funny card, but it wasn't as funny as what he wrote on the inside. "MOMMY!! I picked the best one because it is the most exciting!! And because I know what it means!! Love -Jordan P.S. Your big gift was 100% my idea. They had no idea what to get."

True to form, Queenie picked a card with a religious feel to it. The front features a removable, wallet sized card with a little prayer on it. The inside of the card says, "No matter how busy or hectic your days, You take time for others in so many ways, Quietly showing in all that you do, That God blessed the world on the day He made you!"

Sweet, right? But then, in her own writing (and imperfect spelling which I won't bother to recreate) she wrote:

Dear Mom,

I love you so much and the reason I picked this b-e-a-uuuuutiful card for you is because it defines you, who you are, and what you believe in. You do take time to take care of others. That's why I am glad to say that I am glad to have a mother like you!

posted by *******DIANE******* @ 8:33 AM 1 comments

Thursday, January 25, 2007

It was happy after all

As it turned out, I had one of the best birthdays I've had in a very, very long time.

My dad took my mom and I out for a nice teppan-yaki lunch. At the last minute, he invited along my best friend without telling me. THAT was awesome. Particularly since she and I don't get very much adult time together. My mom got me a wireless adapter for my TIVO, which I had requested at Christmas time and didn't get. My best friend gave me my favorite lotion, which I was almost out of at home.

Just before I had left for lunch, my dad's ex-wife brought me a bunch of balloons and a little gift from herself and my brother and sister. That was really nice. I haven't received a balloon bouquet since I was a teenager probably.

When I pulled up to my driveway after work, there was my dad again, delivering a super-huge helium balloon and a birthday cake for me and the kids to share. The night before my birthday, he had picked up the three older kids and taken them shopping to get me a couple of gifts. That was really nice because I knew they were going to feel really bad about not having something for me. Even though their own father never took them shopping for me even when we were together.

Then, when I went to get the little girls from the babysitters house, the babysitter had baked a cake with Stanky to give me. Soooo sweet.

When I checked my mail, there was a card from my aunt (the same aunt who came over Sunday evening with a trunk full of groceries for me and the kids) with a Starbucks gift card in it.

I ended up ordering pizza for dinner because Scooby was still so sick, there was no way she was going to let me stand in the kitchen and cook any kind of dinner. While we waited for the delivery, we opened my presents. A cool pedometer (Queenie's idea since she keeps hearing me say I want to start a walking program) and a CAR STEREO!

I am so stoked. I haven't had music in the car for about 6 weeks - ever since my brother had to disconnect my battery to clean the corrosion off my connectors or something. Honda apparently has some assinine security feature on their stock radios where, once they have been disconnected from the power source, you have to input a code to get the radio back on again. To get the code, you need the serial number from the back of the radio. Having no music in my car gives me entirely to much time to think about shit. Hopefully, the radio will get installed sometime soon. Right now it's sitting on my living room couch.

So see? A good birthday despite barfing babies. To give some perspective, last year's birthday involved a husband who didn't even remember to say "Happy Birthday" and kids who had no options but to hand make some cards with crayons and copy paper. Which I thoroughly appreciated, but made them feel bad. Tomorrow, I'll post the text that Queenie wrote on her card for me this year. It's really special. I wish I had a scanner.

posted by *******DIANE******* @ 9:34 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Happy birthday to me

I rung in my 37th year early this morning cradling a vomiting toddler. Yee-haw! I know how to party like a rock star!!

It could be worse. I could have been competing for face time with the toilet bowl.

...IamluckyIamluckyIamluckyIamlucky...

posted by *******DIANE******* @ 8:45 AM 0 comments

Monday, January 22, 2007

100 Things About Me

I'm finally getting around to posting this...

100 Things About Me

1. I am disturbingly attracted to things that are pink.
2. I don’t like talking on the phone.
3. I talk to myself. Regularly.
4. I sing in the car. Loudly.
5. I think Grey’s Anatomy is television chocolate.
6. I’m a soccer mom and proud of it.
7. But I don’t drive a mini-van.
8. But I would if I could afford the gas.
9. I love anything if it’s chocolate.
10. Especially men, but that may be TMI.
11. I am a mystery shopper. Shhhhhh!
12. My biggest death-fear is smothering.
13. I love candles.
14. My favorite place to be is in a hot bath.
15. I’m terrified of sharks.
16. And bodies of water where I can’t see my feet.
17. I get motion sick easily.
18. I love dogs.
19. I believe in the power of a woman’s intuition.
20. I fully intend to have cosmetic surgery someday. Exactly what depends on what I can afford.
21. Black cats are my favorite.
22. I once took a Dale Carnegie course on public speaking.
23. I tried college twice, but quit before I finished a full semester both times.
24. I suck at mailing things.
25. If I could eat birthday cake every day and not gain any weight, I totally would.
26. My parents are both diabetic.
27. My favorite song of all time is a toss up between “Best of My Love” by The Emotions, "Adore" by Prince and "Spend My Whole Life" by Shirley Murdock.
28. I suffer from occasional insomnia.
29. I lived in my roller skates from the time I was 10 until I turned 12.
30. I am shamelessly addicted to reality TV.
31. I am a “winter”.
32. I suffer from short-term obsessions with video games. Currently, The Sims 2.
33. I think I have the most gorgeous kids on the planet.
34. And the most talented.
35. But I might sell them if the price was right ;)
36. I collect shot glasses from wherever I travel.
37. I have a complete set of China that my dad bought oversees when he was in the Navy.
38. I love things that sparkle.
39. I have Flintstone feet.
40. I love football and the boys who play it.
41. Go Redskins!
42. I don’t feel as short as I am.
43. Barney grew on me.
44. The Teletubbies did not.
45. Give me Spongebob any day.
46. I am helplessly addicted to sunflower seeds.
47. I blog because it forces me to exercise my brain.
48. I do not believe that there are horrific karmic repercussions for not forwarding chain emails to 10 of my friends and associates.
49. I love having my eyebrows plucked.
50. I am not afraid to wear red lipstick.
51. I lived in Virginia for 2 years.
52. I was my high school mascot (a Scotty dog). Go Highlanders!
53. I believe in ghosts.
54. I have lupus.
55. I am an optimist.
56. Coke over Pepsi, any day.
57. I’m a natural brunette, but I’ve pulled off blonde, red and nearly black.
58. I am more spiritual than I am religious.
59. I love a good thunderstorm.
60. I drink my coffee black.
61. MSG gives me migraines.
62. According to several unsolicited sources, I “look really good” for my age.
63. I always wanted to have 4 kids. Now I do.
64. I always wanted to be rich too. Still working on that.
65. I believe my soul mate is out there, and just as lonely for me as I am for him.
66. I hate gardening with the passion of 10,000 fiery suns.
67. I love all fashion, but I’m a sucker for cute shoes.
68. I have two brothers and one sister.
69. I don’t cry during weddings, funerals or Hallmark commercials.
70. I have freckles.
71. My eyes change colors depending on what I’m wearing.
72. If laughing out loud were a sport, I’d be an Olympic gold medalist.
73. If I had more free time, I’d take a class in painting or photography.
74. When I retire, I want to live by the water.
75. I want to run a marathon someday. Or at least a 5k :)
76. I’m harder on myself than I should be.
77. I can’t eat pancakes unless they have chocolate chips in them.
78. The toenail on my pinky toe looks like something truly deformed.
79. I dress up my dogs.
80. I used to be “athletic”, but I never really played an organized sport.
81. I can be crafty when I want to be.
82. I learned how to knit last year, but I still haven’t finished my first scarf.
83. I enjoy reading, but mostly inconsequential stuff.
84. When I was a teenager, I hated my hometown. Now, I can’t imagine living anywhere else.
85. I’ve lived in 10 different apts/houses since moving out of my mom’s house at the age of 20, but I’ve never moved “back home”.
86. I started working at the age of 14 so I could save for my first car.
87. My first car was an orange ’74 Super Beetle.
88. My parents eloped.
89. My grandfather was taken prisoner by the Japanese in World War II at the battle of Wake Island, even though he was a civilian, and was held for 1,444 days.
90. I graduated high school in 1988.
91. I don’t know how I lived before TIVO.
92. I was blessed with naturally straight teeth.
93. Every once in a while, I make breakfast for dinner.
94. My first love was a drug addict.
95. I often have weird bruises that I have no idea how I got.
96. I admire people who stand up for their beliefs, even if I don’t agree with them.
97. I love to dance.
98. High heels make me feel more confident than I normally would.
99. I am a very vivid dreamer.
100. I’ve never been outside of the continental United States.

posted by *******DIANE******* @ 3:00 PM 1 comments

About Me

Name: *******DIANE*******
Home: California
About Me:100 Things
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Cast

Pokeboy = 15 y/o son
Queenie = 11 y/o daughter
Stanky = 6 y/o daughter
Scooby = 2 y/o daughter
Bookem = STB Ex-Husband
Moody = 16 y/o step-daughter
Pinky = 5 lb furball
Java = Boxer-mix rescue