All the cool stuff is now at HTTP://WWW.TURTLEMAMA.COM/BLOG

I’ll still be reading and commenting at Xanga though, so don’t hate me.   My old entries are still here, and if you like what you read here, you can subscribe to my new blog by going there and signing up!

Have a great day!!

Q&A With Turtlemama

When you ‘leave’ Xanga will you still read everyone that you read now?

HELL YES!! OMG you people are my sanity I’d never abandon you!   I’ll keep my xanga name-turtlemama-so that I can comment and I might just post something here every once in a while so that they don’t delete my account, but I don’t think they delete accounts here do they? (I’ve come across some that haven’t been updated since 2000!)  Also, I might add a few xanga blogs, either to my SIRs or to my FAVORITES ‘blog’ folder. 

I still want to read your entries! But, I’m afraid I’ll forget your website, or you or something! How can I make sure I don’t forget?

Well, that’s easy.  got to http://www.turtlemama.com/blog and scroll down to the very bottom.  Look on the lefthand side of the screen and you’ll see a little white rectangle with a button below it that reads; “Notify Me!” Put your email address in the rectangle and mash that little button…VIOLA! You’ll get an email that looks EXACTLY like the one in the entry below! All that is contained in the email is what was posted below. And no, I won’t sell your email or spam you or any of that.  I don’t know how to sell mailing lists and if I knew who bought those things I’d do unghastly things to them….so….you get my point, right?

What about comments? I have something to tell you!

You can still comment.  Go to the VERY bottom of the day’s entry and you’ll see something that looks EXACTLY like this;

 Posted by turtlemama at 02:20 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

All you have to do is click on comments and then you can leave comments!  It does ask for your name, email, and URL…all you have to enter is a name and it can be anything, it can be your Xanga name (that’s how I know everyone anyway), your real name (I probably won’t recognize most real names…screen names work best for me, but it’s up to you.) Or, you can make up a name like Sammy Smiddleshticks or whatever.  You don’t have to leave your email or URL (website) if you don’t want to.  Just a name is fine. And, your comments of course!

So when are you going to leave, and how is this going to work exactly?

Well, I’m slowly weaning myself now.  These are my last entries.  I’ll make sure that the last 5 entries on my xanga page, are full of information.  And, of course, a BIG HUGE LINK to turtlemama.com.

I know that change can screw everyone up and most people don’t want to deal with it.  Which is understandable.  I just need to get into my own blog that I can mess around with and have more control over.  It’s like outgrowing a pair of socks…you gotta get new ones or your toes get cold. (Yeah, I’m running on 4 hours of sleep, how could you tell?)  So, that’s why I’m taking everything to turtlemama.com.  I do have to pay for the domain of turtlemama.com and I have to pay for the IP addy and all that junk.  I just don’t want to pay for 2 blogs and the free xanga one, well it just isn’t worth it to me.  I hope you all understand and I hope that you’ll at least sign up for the notify list and maybe just give it a try for a few weeks. 

Everyone here, all my readers, subscribers, commentors, EVERYONE has been great.  I have formed many bonds with many people here.  I am not leaving, do not think of me as dead or gone.  I am still here…just over thataway..no, no yonderways…YEAH! there I am!

If you have more questions then leave them as a comment here and I’ll edit this post to include those questions.  I want to help all my readers as much as possible.

Thanks for everything and I’ll still be all around Xanga, don’t worry!

Ok, I’m better now!

We have power again, that my friends is a BEAUTIFUL thing…we’ve been without power for about 3.5 hrs….TERRIBLE, I tell ya!  But we’ve been restored.  It’s like BT said “You know nothing can grow without power…it’s all sleeping right now.”  But now the TV is awake and growing (he didn’t say that but when he made the comment that’s what I thought of).

Anyway, I changed the layout at turtlemama.com  Well, the blog anyway.  Enjoy it, if you want to.  I’m sorry that some of you won’t follow me…But, such is life right?

I did get the notification working on the site, so if you want to be notified when I update, just add your email address.  I’ll email right after I post the entry and you’ll get a quick email saying something like “It’s updated!” and then a link.  It’s simple, painless, and free! wheeeeeeee!

Well I’m off to go enjoy my coffee….I’ve had very little sleep since 5am…and then it was with a snoring husband, a snoring 2 yr old and a 5 yr old who tried to bury his head in my back.  They’re scared of the dark..so they slept with us. Heh.

I hate Xanga and will soon be taking my business elsewhere…to my own site.  I typed up a fucking entry TWICE, not just once, but gawddamn TWICE…I needed to add a fucking link and someone, somewhere has gone and fucked up YET AGAIN and when I hit ‘back’ to get back to my entry (the ‘Add Link’ link took me to xanga.com/private…ingenious guys, really fucking great.)  My entry was gone.  SO……I’m not sure anyone would follow me when I left, but honestly after wasting a GAWD DAMN HOUR of my evening trying to type up an entry and it failing TWICE.  I’ve had it.  Xanga is REALLY cool and it’s a GREAT idea but dimwits are running it….this isn’t the first, second, third…time I’ve had stupid shit like the ‘Add Link’ or ‘Add Image’ links not work…and I’ve had it.  I know it has to be a lot of work to run a site this big, but seriously folks……get your shit together.

Yeah, I COULD type everything out in WORD but when I try to copy and paste it into xTools, the format gets fucked….so, that takes MORE of my time to figure out.  I’ve never cared for the ‘Frontpage’ format of xTools but I tried to get over it.  Now, though, I’m going to move over to Turtlemama.com this has just gotten really fucking stupid and I can’t deal.

I’m not leaving right now, but I won’t be posting here as much as I used to (read; not every day..anymore)  I hope that most of you will follow me, I enjoy your feedback and it reminds me to go read your blogs and catch up with you all!   I will get the subscribe function back on my site ASAP…but I’m about to totally re-create it, so I’ll stick around Xanga until my premium is up then I’m out of here.

Sorry, to write such a bitchy post.  My first one er two were pretty lighthearted and fun and informative for the home school group…I think I’ll go write AGAIN, only over at turtlemama.com….I KNOW that works, because I make it work (or not work, we do take it down for a few minutes on occasion, RARE occasions).

Thank You.

WARNING: Kid talk ahead…veer to the left if not interested!

Well, we went to Wally World this weekend to pick up some things for the lake this weekend (including a 4-person boat, dude, it ROCKS!! We’ll piddle around the shorline all fucking weekend! yay!).  While we were there I got BT some new pencils.  He’s 5 now and that means he’s old enough to enter into government school kindergarten.  So, this means that we’ll be starting a homeschool program that’s a bit more rigid than what we’ve done in the past. 

I also picked him up this little jar of word tiles.  It absolutely ROCKS! Thank you, Wal-Mart for recognizing Homeschoolers and for putting teaching aids out with your ‘Back-TO-School’ stuff. (Editor’s note; Have you noticed that EVERY fucking ‘Back-to-School’ ad reads; ‘Back-2-School’?  And we’re complaining how our children are becoming illiterate in record numbers….hmmm if the adults that make up these ads and slogans can’t comprehend correct grammar, then how in the hell are our children suppose to?..It’s just a little something to think about.)  Anyway, when we got home BT wanted to ‘play’ with his word tiles…..so we did.  He made sentences and I explained Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, etc..to him.  He’s been bugging me to ‘work with those’ every day since we got them!! Gotta love a kid who loves to learn.

Now, here’s where the ‘braggy’ part begins….Every child always, eventually, asks “Where do babies come from?” Not our child.  BT was talking to The DH and out of the blue he asked, “Daddy, Why do people have babies?”

Now, the DH was prepared, sort of, for “Daddy, where do babies come from?” But not WHY….he said he’s prepared himself for all the How, Who, and Where questions…but not the WHY.  I found it quite interesting that BT didn’t really care HOW a child came to be, but he wanted to know WHY people had babies.  He’s asked me other Why questions such as; “Why do people have to breath air?” and “Why do people get married?”…..He even tried to ask me why we have the word ‘OTHER’….Of course, he wanted to know if ‘other’ had a best friend….so I figured he was getting bored with the word tiles and we put them up for a little while.

I’ve been told by family members that BT is a pretty smart kid and I know he is but I just take most of their comments as family ‘bragging’ and whatnot…but now, I’m beginning to wonder if maybe he is a little ahead of the game.  He has played with children older than he and he always seems to be the most mature in the group….granted a 5 yr old’s maturity level isn’t that great, but when compared with a 7 or 8 yr old’s……it’s pretty interesting to watch.  He’s very aware of his surroundings and who’s around and what all is going on.  Granted he has his male moments of stupid, but he IS male afterall!

So, that’s my kid-talk/brag for the day/week/month, whatever…I don’t do it often and I’m just sort of shocked that somehow I created such a little curious cat….I can’t wait to start teaching him everything he wants to know…..and since we’re homeschooling, we can learn new things together!  

My life is heading is such an awesome direction and I am finally seeing the results of most of my ‘life’ decisions and I can honestly say…I’ve made some pretty great decisions. I don’t know how I made so many positives, when before I had my married life, I was full of negatives…but, damnitall…I’m having a BLAST with it!!    I love the positive energy that is flowing my way, YAY!

Not too much to report.

I went to The Dad’s yesterday and when I pulled up I saw about 5 different butterflies all around his tiger lillies and stupid me forgot my camera…I’m still kicking myself for that one.

My full week back to normal is finally that…normal.  I need to get some laundry done and clean this nasty house, but really, reading blogs just seems so much more exciting….

I can’t think of anything to write about….I mean sure, I could use up some space talking about how I need to go to BJ’s and Wal-Mart and get some damn groceries.  I wish I lived in the Jetsons house…food would magically appear when we needed it…dude, that would rock.  Instead it’s like I live in the Cleaver house…I have to do EVERYTHING myself.  I thought that by 2000 we were suppose to have cool stuff like a Jetsons house and shit..WHERE IS IT!?!?!? I’m terribly disappointed in those scientists….

Well, maybe I’ll call the mom and see what she’s up to today…maybe she’ll want to go somewhere or something, in her new car..oohhhh

Have a great weekend everyone! I must go find breakfast for the minions….they’re so pushy lately.

Normal?

Did I really say below that I wanted a normal routine again?  Gawd, I have to be smoking crack…..

I got my normal day back.  As I was talking to The DH Tuesday the dog started whining to go out…no big deal, open the crate to let her out…She runs into the kitchen turns around and bolts back into her cage..ok, fine, she doesn’t really want out.  Whatever. 

The kids are driving me insane so I tell them it is time to take a nap.  BT begins his screechy whining holler the one that starts with “BUT I WWWAAANNNNAAA WAATTCCHHH TTTTVVVVV!!!” I yell at him to go to his room like I just told him 100 times.  He races upstairs but continues to yell.  The dog continues to whine so I try to let her out again.  I get the run into the kitchen, bolt back to the crate.  So I have to literally DRAG her out of her cage and get her downstairs.  Why oh why is she so stupid?  And no, I’m not the only one who thinks so…The sister asked me if Iris has always been that stupid.  I told her that she had.  It’s really a weird freak of nature thing..that dog is truly not the smartest in the world.  She could be worse but I don’t want to know how.  And, I hope I never meet the dog that is stupider than Iris. 

Yep, we’re so back to normal over here that I’m typing up stupid entries with horrible puncuation and I’m waiting with baited breath until The DH gets home so that I can escape to The Sis’ for the night…yep, we’re back to normal.

Oh, and the sunburn is now a nice medium-light tan, thankyouverymuch…Corn Husker’s Lotion will keep most peeling at bay and if it doesn’t peel, it turns into a TAN! We’re heading back to the lake a week from this Fri….so I’ll have even more of a tan..YAY!   It’s been YEARS since I’ve had a decent tan…I deserve melenoma one.

Sunburn and a Strong Desire

Yep, I have a sunburn, but at least it means that I was outside being active for once instead of inside a house or hospital or funeral home…etc…etc….  For those new readers and to refresh the memories of fathful long-time readers this has been my life since Nov of last year;
Sorry about the punctuation…terribly sorry..

Nov- Get a call that FIL has a fatal brain tumor….he’s given 9-12 months without treatment…12-?? months with treatment.  FIL goes into surgery to remove the tumor.

Dec- Go to FL to see FIL…

Jan- FIL gets MRI results back and is told that the tumor has regenerated…sMIL finds an alternative treatment for FIL..FIL starts treatment and is told he’s got at least 3 more good years.

Feb- The DH’s grandfather is found dead 3 days after my birthday…He had a heartattack while The DH’s grandmother was out that morning.

Mar- FIL seems to be about the same..the death of The DH’s grandfather and his own health concerns have sent him into depression

Apr- FIL’s birthday…we were scheduled to go down, but I had my own health concerns so we postponed the visit

May- FIL is around the same, a little worse than when last saw him in Dec, but nothing too bad.

Jun- FIL isn’t doing too well…his second gamma knife treatment didn’t go so well; he had a brain bleed and is now doing chemo, but the doctors aren’t too hopeful….We hurry down there. After we come back I am informed that my own father was in the hospital for observation for a bad cold…this is not good, the first sign of the beginning of the end is when you have to be hospitalized for a cold…Stress level is now upped by 2 pts with this development alone.

Jul- FIL finally passes after a hard fight..Back down to FL for the funeral.

Now, during all this time The DH is having meetings at work about the soon-to-be terminations of some of his staff..so The DH is a little stressed about his own job and all the time he’s taken off in the past few months. His stress level has been raised 5 pts by all that bullshit.

My strong desire is to be back into a normal routine…I just want some sort of normal routine to get back to.  I’d also like to finally move out of this gawd foresaken house and get on my farm and leave the city life to the yuppies…but right now, normal is all I’m lookin’ for.  Packing this house is NOT normal and I don’t want to consider that right now…so I’ll look for houses later…where’s my iced tea and cigarette?

This post is just to organize all my thoughts about the past, what 7,8 months?  My mom was asking me today why I was still so stressed…I don’t think she realizes all the shit we’ve gone through, recently.

We were told that it was finally time that our family had some good news and that positive things happen to us…I don’t remember who said it but by golly were they ever right!! I’m really ready for the good, positive things..BRING ‘EM ON!!!!!!!

What a Weekend!

The lake was a blast!  THe kids had a great time….and The DH and I FINALLY relaxed a little.  He was Bass fishin’ I was drinkin’…a fun time was had by all.  The sister even showed up!  Amazing isn’t it?  I do have pictures and I went through them last night…but I haven’t figured out which ones to post so I’ll get that read and post them today or tonight.  I have to go to The Mom’s today…of course if she’d actually answer her phone that would make my chore a LOT easier….

Well hopefully my entries will get back to normal this week.  I sure hope so.  Thank you to everyone who has put up with me these past few weeks…they’ve been rough and tiring as hell.  So, thank you to everyone who commented when I was being petty and stupid and for sending good thoughts when life was sucking, at the moment.  I have some great readers, and I know this and never acknowledge it enough..I apologize.

Sorry for such a crappy entry, I just woke up and I need coffee…mmmmm……….cooooffffeeeeeeeeeee

Have a great Monday!