Did I Say Too Much, Today?

As much as Rockford's crime and other BS piss me off There are some places i have loved going to or services i have used that are my favs. Please note: some are chains and can be found in other cities. Linos-food/service- pizza and Pom martini ;) Dr baptist- pediatrician Uncle nicks- beef Carpet mill outlet- Place to buy best flooring Hilander by the mall- cake Seno formalwear-tuxedoes Oasis - beer selection Woodmans- beer selection/groceries Carlysle brewery- vanilla beer and cheese-filled pretzels Target- everything/couponing Suite bronzing spa- tanning Balloons and flowers by Haley- flowers Portrait innovations(the guy w/glasses)- cheapest, best, posed pics Bria- candid photos with love Edwards- donuts/cider Suzy the alterations lady-perfect alterations Hollywood limo- most tolerant of 29 year olds with kids trying to be 21 again Ash and tonja- the only two people that have ever touched my hair and I didn't cry in sadness at the final result. Belvidere DM...

After a lengthy phone call to find out why I am not a registered voter anymore, I finally found out when and where I can go to register in McHenry County. Phew, good thing, because I may actually vote this year... maybe. I have always said I am either a very conservative democrat or a liberal republican (my teen/college years I claimed to be a democrat, dont think bad of me.) Now, as I am older, perhaps wiser... I still claim that I am a conservative democrat or liberal republican. I would almost say libertarian... and I can feel the discussion now... I am a little scared to see what can happen when government controls everything. I think we are headed that way. I like to think that hard work paid off so that we can still pay for our very expensive benefits so we may choose the best doctors, which I have a hell of a time getting appointments already... hopefully you see my point. I do not agree with abortion, just to have an abortion. Therefore, I will not do it. Those who choose...

YUM! I had a nice holiday weekend. I got to spend Sunday with my sweet little family at the Apple Orchard in 90 degree weather... I loved every minute of it, including wiping the sweat from by boys' brows. Despite the sweltering heat, we did polish off a bag of donuts and of course a half gallon of Cider. I am surprised we did not get ill from all the sugar! I found the clearance section and scored some CUTE fall decor, I think that may be an addiction... After the Orchard, we headed into town to look at all the home improvement stores, and just as I thought... everything we needed was too expensive while everything we wanted was sold out. Good, because I went home and did some online shopping...another addiction... Visited Kohls.com, found a patio set we wanted- used a gift card, 25% off, earned $40 Kohls cash and our patio set will be here in a couple of days... why cant all shopping be this easy?! I am pretty excited for our set to arrive, we have not had patio furniture ...

In efforts to keep my house from looking like a storyline from a TLC show about Hoarding, I started going through my piles of clothes. Dozens of dress pants, jeans, hoodies, blouses, and shit that has tags on it still, strewn about my walk-in (yes, walk in closet that has more clothes that I actually wear, waiting in piles to go in and be put away- looks like the line for the soup kitchen on a cold, winter day.) Now, I may not be a fine example of organized, but I do know where everything is, well, sort of. My goal by the end of fall is to have no clutter, no clothes that I "may" wear again, not piles of papers that I just don't know what to do with and to have everything labeled so I can find it. I first started this project in my car a few weeks ago. There were things in my tiny Corolla from our wedding three years ago and from 2006 when I traveled to Tennessee for work, 4 jobs ago. It didn't have a place in our house, so it made a home in my trunk. Upon finding ...

I may only have one child, parenting is still new to me, it will be probably forever new to me, but I know one thing for certain, I will always be a parent to my child. Before josh and I married, we spoke of how we would raise our kids, some may have thought this was silly, but I know that we will never fight about this issue. I will never tell someone how to raise their kids, I may be new to parenting, but I am not stupid. I will however have my own opinions and thoughts on what is necessary to raise children with the tools they need to live their own lives. We have vowed to save money for Jordan, even though it may not be much, he will have a little something for college. He will also get a car when he is 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 because he will be working and saving his money to get a car that josh and I will approve of. By that time, maybe we could even match what he saves so he can get a better car, but that's down the road. Whether Jordan is stellar at school or so-so, we will...

As I sit here watching dinosaur train with Jordan, I can't help but think of a million things I should be doing instead, like dishes, laundry, couponing, getting ready for the day, or of course blogging. I'm using my phone this time, so I don't have to bust the laptop out and get distracted by Facebook or Internet shopping. Really, I should be doing that on my laptop while couponing, blogging and watching dinosaur train, but why spread myself so thin? I long for the days I can get stuff done around the house but the reality is that I have to get a million things to get done in Rockford today, that I don't actually want to do either. Such a dilemma! I can feel my eyes wanting to close since Jordan is enthralled with this dumb, damn show... Maybe I could take a small nap before I go back to thinking about everything I have to do today...

WHY I have to go to the bathroom AFTER I shower WHY Charmin causes dingleberries WHY When Swimming, I have to pee eleven times before I want to be done swimming WHY The minute I start washing dishes, I have to pee WHY when driving down a parking lot the correct way; the person driving the wrong way gets mad WHY baby carseats don't fit right in most cars WHY no one delivers desserts only WHY the new facebook update sucks

Today I did something I never, ever thought I would actually do. I stood up to someone for a hurting friend that couldn't find the right words express her heart. It was NONE of my business, had nothing to do with me, and I did what I did the most 'high-school' way possible. I may or may not have been a B. EH, who am I kidding, it could have been way worse... my convictions get the best of me, but I was calm. After it is said and done, I feel relief for my friend and hope she secretly isn't mad at me for kamikazing my way into her private life, she definitely didn't have a choice. Her sweetness made it seem like a burden was unexpectedly lifted- as for her heart; I will have to be the glue for a while. I do not care what the situation is(isnt he in jail?): if something is not right, it is so hard to sit back and watch it. I have been in plenty of crappy situations and hoped that someone would just fix it since I was at a loss. Right or wrong, it's done an...