Friends?????

I have been MIA...Miss me? 
Sure ya did. 
Please allow me to explain. Work picked up quite a bit for me, and I was given a marketing assignment with a deadline and since I hate marketing that took a lot of time but now I am back and hopefully I can stay back.
Just as I have neglected my blog apparently I have neglected my friends as well. I know that a while ago I posted about how I had very few friends and liked it that way. Well that changed. See, a new girl started on my job a couple months ago and really pursued being friends with me. She was so nice and so persistent that I decided what the hell? She is the type of person that stays out of her house ALL day into the night. She gets the kids out early and they do not return home until bedtime. Me,,,I love being at home but upon her insistence that I was "missing out on life" I decided to try her lifestyle out for a while. And just like her and with her I stayed going, going, going. Pretty much for an entire month. Every day. It was work then gym and then pool. Weekends were full of pool parties and barbecues. All fun stuff but meanwhile my home was neglected........

An accurate pic of what my home looked like while I tried living in the moment.

my kids never ate so much bbq and sandwich meat. We ran outta clean socks, the linens rarely got changed, I was way behind on my TV shows and my blogging and I was dead tired.

Finally I decided enough was enough and pulled back. No more hanging out til bedtime for me and my kids. No more pool 6 days a week, no more anything . I stopped cold turkey because seriously I was living someone else life. I am a scheduled-stay-at-homer. I enjoy life but do not have a "zest" for it. I have no desire to "make every minute count". That is just not me! I'm not an an adventurous type that lives in the moment. In my defense I work full time and have four kids. None of my friends have that load on them. But boy when I stopped hanging out it caused controversy. The friends I had been hanging out with took it personally and even after I explained that I just don't enjoy being out every night it did not seem to help. Add to that the fact that one of my dear friends from the past that had moved out of state returned and wanted to spend all her time with me in the middle of me taking my life back.
At least daily I would get 10 calls/texts from a group of 4 women wondering when I would have time to hang out? Or how come I'm not at the pool? Or when can we go walking? How about breakfast? After I declined every offer the unannounced visits to my home started . And boy let me tell ya I hate unannounced visitors to my home! Despise them! Would rather die than have someone bust by unannounced. If you call me and I don't answer either I'm busy or do not want to be bothered! Ugggghh!!!
I try so hard to be nice, but damn.
So anyhoo I have some stories for y'all about all these "friends " of mine and the complications but won't try to put them all here in this post. In addition to that I have been to the urologist and that too is a post :) And of course an update on David and kiddy stories so trust me I got the goods I just need to have time to post them. 
Just wanted people to know I was still around and ask does anyone else hate friends as much as me? Okay I don't hate them but does anyone else feel friendships are more a hassle then anything else? Or do I just have needy friends? Why do I feel like friends are another chore on my to do list? I have fun with them when I'm with them for the most part but it just never seems to be enough.  Or am I just damn mean?

The New Trend....Hands on Dads!

So over the past few days I have noticed a new trend. 
Dads!
Dads!
Dads! 
Everywhere!
It started at the mall. I was school shopping for Mason and noticed lots of kids with dads...Not many moms on site?
Then at Walmart I noticed more kids with dads, no moms! At one point I was so caught up in this rarity that I tried to snap photos. I was sitting on a bench in the back of Walmart and there was a dad with 4 small kids. One baby girl, one toddler girl and two preschool aged boys. He had his hands full. But he had the patience and caring that would make any woman envy his wife. He was pretty good looking and the baby stroller made him extra hot. He managed to entertain all four kids and in such a loving way I was so caught up. I probably looked like a crazy lady staring at him. As I watched him interact with his kids it made my heart feel all warm and fuzzy.
Then another dad with two girls passed by. One was holding his teen daughters hand! Now that just melted me. Then as I watched them with affection another dad and two boys came along. Not only were the dads out in full effect they were doing an awesome job! The next day we went to the pool and again most kids were there with their DADS! Where were all the moms? Did they all just quit? Had they had enough? The dads at the pool played with and supervised the children in their care wonderfully and even gathered in little groups to share parenting tips. Cute.
I ran into a dad I knew at the pool and he had his two daughters with him, I asked where his wife was and he said doing housework so I took the girls outta her hair. I told him I noticed this weekend there was lots of that. He informed me it was probably because the moms were fed up after having the kids all week and now its the dad's turn. I like that.
So this morning I'm at work and guess what? Two dads dropped off. Again no moms?? It's freaking Tuesday! Where are the moms?? Are they working, cleaning, or just plain ole chilling. I hope that they are chilling. I hope that this is the new way to parent kids... Hands on dads! I love it. Lord knows I am enjoying dealing with these laid back guys and their friendly demeanor's rather than the cranky snooty moms I usually deal with.(with the exception of one rude jerk off I will tell you about later) And it makes me so happy to see dads being dads. And best of all guess where my boys are for two weeks???.....Dads!
Good job dads! And if you are not up on this trend you should definitely get on it. Being a participatory dad looks good on you!

Look how good this looks

 Anyone else noticed this?

Triple D's, He/She's, And Stilettos

I have been a slack blogger, but boy did I bring back gifts for you all! Summer in my home is a time to turn in early, relax, not worry about school-related ish and just take things easy. But this summer I realized I may have to switch it up a bit. Having two teens home all day I needed to fill their days with some sort of structure. So we have been road running like mad most nights and weekends just to keep everyone awake, alert, alive. If we are not at the gym we are swimming or hanging with friends, or having picnics, or going to the water park or Kings Dominion. All great but, good lord I am TIRED. In the midst of all this I am tryna work full time, run a house, deal with relationship issues, etc. Then you throw in the good stuff like this lil episode of poison Ivy that my son gets EVERY damn summer.

He usually has a cute lil skinny face.

Funny thing.... and DO NOT TELL HIM I TOLD YOU.....being the red-blooded teenage boy that he is... he has poison ivy all around his private parts. Now to this I laughed and laughed. Sometimes being a mom is so much fun!

A lil more time at the pool and now Mason has swimmers ear. Oh good times. Fun does have its price. And by the way we have never eaten so much deli meat as we are so busy ripping and running there is no time for silly things like umm cooking a meal. And the housework,,,,good lord. If social services decides to drop by I am screwed. My boys "clean" up each day while I am working but things like laundry, toilets, sink scrubbing, floor waxing etc....well lets just say they could use a lil work. Most importantly let me share some views from the pool and get your thoughts. Ummkay? 

View #1

Notice Anything?? Anything at all?

 How about them triple D's? Woah! This picture does no justice for the real show. Seriously I saw her aureoles! (in case the spelling is not right I am referring to the brown area in which the nipple sits) You can't tell but she has on the skimpiest bathing suit. It basically has a string down the sides attaching the top to the bottoms and you can only imagine the stuff hanging onto or rather wrapping around that string. Yuck! It was just so inappropriate at a kiddie pool. Not to mention that tattoo on her titty says "Queen" I think she forgot to add the word "sized". Get it? Queen sized? Now I am no small chic but come on! She asked for this by showing up half naked to the kiddie pool. Time and place people. Time and place.

Now on to my next shot

This lil hottie was strutting around the pool side with her/his breast and ass poked so far out it was extremely sexual and unnatural. The poolside strut is what caught my attention. But then my friends pointed out that this was no woman yet, rather a man?? I did not get that at first until my friend pointed out the strong back, strong facial features and hands. What??? I still did not believe until she/he talked. The deep man voice that came from this lil hottie was a head turner! And the adams apple kinda gave it away as well. Again. Nothing against gays, transgenders, whatever. Its all good. I would not have even noticed but for the serious poolside strut. This individual used the ladies locker rooms. My friend thought that was uncomfortable. Me I did not care. Obviously if she/he is a man she is not into women so all's good in the locker room. 

Lastly I have no pic for this but had to mention that stilettos are not the perfect accessory for the pool. There was a 60ish year old woman strutting her stuff all around the pool as well with a swimsuit and 3 inch stilettos. As she wobbled around the pool I kept waiting for her to lose balance and fall in but she made it safely to the exit. But seriously what is the point??

All these distractions made it hard for me to supervise my kids. So come on people cut it out!

So help me out will ya?

What do you think about triple D and he/she??? 

Women or Mens locker room?

Appropriate?

Is that a man? 

Stilettos at the pool? 

My Boys Are Trendsetters

We recently joined our local YMCA. We have been definitely getting our monies worth but something happened last night that was just damned priceless. Our Y has an outdoor pool and we have been spending most nights there. I go with a coworker most nights. We bring our kids, have dinner at the pool, shower in the locker room when we are done and have dinner there as well. At 730 each night they have a water aerobics class. My coworker has been begging me to do it with her. My impression is that the class is for senior citizens. She asked me to just observe the class one night, in which I did, and I noticed there were about 6 ladies, all older women. I am 30ish and I felt too young for the class.
Well last night we were at the pool celebrating my bday and the class got started. There were about 8 ladies, all older. My kids were fascinated by this. They wanted to join the class. I explained to them that the class was for older people, and thought that was the end of it. I took princess potty and when I returned I did not see two of my boys, I asked my friends where they went and they pointed to the Water Aerobics class. 

Here is what I saw when I returned
To my horror I looked over and saw my two boys and now 9 older ladies doing water aerobics. I said to my friend "why did you let them go over there?" She just laughed and said "look they are doing great!"

Here they are
In order to really get how funny this was I have added this pic and video to demonstrate the normal makeup and activities of the water aerobics class.

Typical Class
Video Of YMCA Water Aerobics

I went by the poolside to tell them to get out but just as I pulled up to the pools edge the instructor started this synchronized circle and my boys ignored my presence and went on. I'm sorry but the sight of my teen boys in the middle of a bunch of older ladies hooping and hollering "come on girls" was priceless. One grey haired lady gave me the nastiest scowl. I tried to smile but she gave me a yucky look so I threw the stank eye back at her. I was prepared to pull my boys out but then I noticed something... two more teen boys came over and got in and joined the class, Then a teen girl. Then another boy! What? My kids were trendsetters. 

See all the other teens joining now

Within ten minutes of my kids joining the class it went from 9 older ladies to about 16 people mixed in age and gender. A man even joined in! And they were taking the class seriously. I took some pics so you could see how funny this is. I hope you laugh as much as I did.

"Come on ladies, lift those arms"