Christmas is Coming

On the baby boards I'm a part of there has been a long running debate for as long as I've been posting there...which would be very nearly 6 years. Is it a horrible thing to teach your child to believe in Santa Clause?

There are mothers who insisted that they were so traumatized when they found out Santa wasn't real that they would never ever do that to their child...Traumatized really? I can see being traumatized over a car wreck, house fire, death of a pet or loved one but....Santa?

Anyway I think that Santa is a wonderful part of the magic of this time of year. My girls believe. My oldest just got a phone call from Santa a few days ago as a matter of fact.

If you teach your kid that Santa doesn't exist and he comes to school and ruins it for MY kids...you better watch out.LOL

Everyone Else's Needs

So this evening my husband and I were getting you know close before he had to go to work, the girls were in the dining room eating and we were making out. Well then there was the pitter patter of little feets running around in the kitchen. As mom I had to go deal with it. So I did, I cleaned her up and she started screaming, then the other child wanted to be cleaned up , then they wanted juice cups, then they wanted night night, so I went and stripped off the beds that needed to be cleaned started a load of laundry so that I could get that bedding washed and then dealt with putting their beds together and putting them down to sleep.
Afterward I looked into my room and saw my furious husband getting dressed. When I asked why he was angry I got told that he wasn't ummmm bull, so finally I pulled it out of him that I got him all turned on and left.
Apparently every one else comes before me, my feelings don't matter, the fact that I have a raging headache doesn't matter, the fact that HELLO I was turned on and didn't get it doesn't matter, only he matters to him, only the girls matter to themselves and I don't matter to anyone.

NO!

I belong to a community called BabyCenter, or BBC for those in the know. Today while reading threads I was stunned by the number of people who can't say NO. I will admit I'm among them. What is one of the first words your child learns? "No"...do you want juice? No. Do you want to go to bed? No. Etc. It's one of the first words out of our mouths as a child and one of the last words out of some of our mouths as adults. Why is that? Are we just people pleasers who are afraid of the reaction we'll get? I think that it's likely the case with many of us.

So, what are we going to do about it? I'll tell you what, we're going to practice saying no. Hey can you do A, B and C for me? NO! I have a full plate already and you can take the trash out yourself damn it! Mommy can I have a cookie? No you can't. Turn away and ignore the sulky face.

I've decided that I need to be more firm about it. When I wasn't properly medicated and I was just so tired of everything I gave in, a lot. I know it. So I'm going to learn that simple two letter word again.

Day Two Completely Gluten Free

I have Gluten issues I've never technically been diagnosed with anything but the fact that 7 years ago (when I was single) when I went on a carb free diet, that my ulcers and stomach issues disappeared and I lost 25 pounds in the first 2 weeks (doctor said it was probably bloat related to allergies). That all makes me figure that I'm allergic to gluten. SO here I am working on eating no gluten, jeez it's hard. Especially now that I have a family who would never in a million years give up wheat. So I have to eat only some of what I make. But I've decided that I want to feel better. So lets see how this goes.

My New Coat

Yes I'm writing a post about my new coat. It was a 54 dollar coat...how much do you think I spent on it? Mind you this is a coat that a week ago I didn't buy because it was 54 dollars. It was THIRTEEN DOLLARS today when I went to Target! I almost swooned. Seriously, God is watching out for me because I really needed a coat. Like really badly. They don't have a picture of the exact coat on the site but its basically this but not wool lol. It would have been cool if it was wool but I'm really happy with what I got.

Anyway, also today I was able to finish my Humanities paper about human trafficking, I figure since I was in a good mood from the coat and all I might as well tackle a depressing subject. I think Im almost ready for Christmas. I'm so proud of myself I've gotten some really good deals on some great gifts. I got my sister a leather jacket for....wait for it........9 bucks lol, she loves jackets and such so yeah I think it will be a big hit lol. Got my little brothers flasks, they're the kinda guys who will think it's cool. Oh and my little sister told me that her guy is pretty into clothes and cooking soooooo. I got him a couple of nice polo shirts, formerly 40 dollars for only 7 dollars each at Tuesday Morning. I LOVE buying gifts like that because it's something that's obviously high quality and expensive but you didn't have to spend a buttload on it.

Black Friday

Today is "Black Friday" aka the day we're doing Thanksgiving. The husband had to work his 12 hour shift (double time bonus woo) and we decided that since it's just Thanksgiving not Christmas or something that he would work and we would do Turkey Day the next day since he has a 3 day weekend. My parents are coming up for it and I'm stressed. Our vacuum isn't working for crap so the floors look terrible. I can't find my recipe for stuffing and can't get ahold of my mom to get the recipe, I haven't put the damn turkey in the oven and it's noon. Luckily it's only 15 lbs and completely thawed but WTF am I supposed to do? Hubby is sleeping, the 2 year old is horrible lately, she screams at EVERYTHING. I have a 6 page end of term paper due for the Humanities class that I HATE like poison on Wednesday, the class doesn't end till the 8th of December but the dumb biznatch is so lazy we have to have it in on the 3rd.....I'm just pissed about that. I don't understand what she wants, she writes out a bunch of gibberish and expects us to get it. Whatever I'm writing the paper my way with the appropriate number of references and that's it. I never ever have had so much trouble writing essays and such as I do for this moron. Seriously I've never gotten less than an A- on a paper or essay since 6th grade. Bleh, one good thing though is that instead of having to go try to get a TAG on sale at Target for my darling daughter I got it on sale for the same price on Amazon. Yay. My mom wants to do a little shopping so hopefully we'll get the chance.

Pretty Good Day Today

Today was actually pretty good, the husband got his beta key for DC Universe Online. Oh he almost peed his pants it was pretty funny. I had to run out to the store because it snowed and was icy for a couple days and we needed a few things. No I have the most adorable boots, they have a cute zipper that goes round the top and they scrunch and they're black and they have high spike-ish heels. Non snow and ice appropriate. So while I'm picking my way across the parking lot the husband tells me to get some new boots with no heels. Now I'm really not a shoe person but  I think I could come to fall in love with boots. They finally make them for us ladies with oddly muscular calves. I'm overweight right now but even when I was underweight those suckers never shrank. Here they are I got both colors cuz...you know he didn't say A pair of boots and they were BOGO.

They are super comfy almost like slippers plus real leather so they smell divine. Anyway for any ladies with wide calves go to Avenue or Payless Shoes I know for a fact they have boots that will fit you.

Now on to My Little Posies. I've been working on a couple new flower designs and here they are. They're not 100% perfect but I'm in love.