For Sale!

So...uh..anyone know someone lookin' for a house? I've got one, and I need to unload it ASAP. Seriously, the house officially goes on the market May 1st. Right now Craig and I are frantically organizing, cleaning, purging and repairing. You know that 6 inch piece of baseboard you keep saying you'll fix? We're doing that? You know how you always said you were going to clean out that picture bin and organize your photos? We're doing that. You know all of that crap you've been holding on to for that past several years, that you have no place for? We're getting rid of ALL of it!

The garage sale is next weekend and I think half the contents of my house are going? As soon as the sale is over, we have a cleaning crew coming in to shampoo carpets, wash windows, clean walls and ceilings and cabinets. You know washing windows, walls and ceilings is a bitch when you're 5 feet 2 inches! I'm thrilled all of this stuff is getting done, but it's a pain in the butt! I still have kids with school activities, baseball and cub scouts going on. Those little buggers expect you to be at everything and watch their every move you know! I'm not complaining, really. I know the time is coming where they'll be too embarrassed to be seen in public with me. I'll watch every fly ball caught and badge dolled out for as long as I can. I'm just worn out people!

Right now I just long to be outside, enjoying the sun, on my chaise lounge with a good book and some iced tea. From now until the end of summer we'll be moving at mach 10, so if I don't keep up with the blog or all I do is bitch when I do blog, you can understand. Any who, if you know anyone relocating to Great Falls, Montana who needs a kid-friendly house, just let me know.

Being Healthy Sucks!

This is what I want This is what I'm having


My beloved and I decide that we want to do a whole body cleansing to spring clean our bodies, so to speak. We wanted to jump start our healthy eating and preparing for our re commitment to exercise, we thought it would be great! I HATE IT!!!

I haven't had sugar all week and it's awful!!! I know I must sound a bit nutty, but I just came off of my son's birthday week where we indulged in two different cakes and brownies! Also, my wonderful, loving and generous sister sent a box of Easter candy that we all immediately gobbled down. So, I'm seriously in sugar detox and I've had a headache all week. Not to mention that when you're consuming nothing but fruit, vegetables with some chicken breast and fish thrown in, you're bloated like a son-of-a-bitch!

To sum up, I'm hungry, headachy, and flatulent!! This cleansing thing is awesome! The thing that's floored me this week is that some people actually live this way ALL the time. How, I will never know. I don't have a horrible diet, but I do enjoy food. Right now I'm just missing some basics like, oh eggs. Yea, I can't eat eggs on this cleansing thing, or any dairy for that matter. Sucky damn healthy living!!

So get this, I'm having my dad for Easter Sunday and we're having Prime Fucking Rib! I've been off red meat all Lent and now this cleansing thing, so I've suffered enough, damn it! I'll probably blow all of my healthy progress this week with one meal, but at this point I don't care. Have a wonderful Easter/Passover my friends!

Where I've been and other random crap

Well, I'm back. I was out of town with my dad for a few days. His brother is terminally ill and he was admitted to the hospital for evaluation. He was staying with my dad, but after this hospital visit, he'll be admitted to an assisted living facility. He has a tremendous amount of apprehension about going to this place. He asked my dad what the difference was between this place and an "old folks home".

He's being brave in the face of all that scares him. I never knew him very well. We always lived out of state. My dad's family seemed a little weird to us kids. We were raised knowing my mom's big, loud Italian clan. They're all fairly close-knit and constantly in each other's business.

My dad's family is an enigma. His dad died when my dad was quite young around 4. My grandmother remarried and then the step-father died when dad was 12 or so and then she died when he was 18. My dad was the youngest and I think after his mom died all the kids kind of scattered to the wind. Most all of the kids in that family suffer with alcohol addiction, so when we saw them their behavior was erratic; not exactly ideal for building relationships.

Anyway, we were never close to dad's family. My uncle "Red" was married and had 3 kids. The drinking and carousing caused that marriage to end and his kids all moved away from Montana. Now they've come back to help their dad, but you don't get the impression that they're close with him. They're doing what they're supposed to and it makes me kind of sad. If anything I'm reminded of the great influence I have on my own children. Those bonds can be so fragile.

Craig did so awesome with the kids while I was away. He's an incredible dad and is so supportive of me! I'm one lucky duck. It was nice to let the boys miss me. They were all glad to see me when I returned which can make a girl feel pretty special! I was glad I was able to be with my dad to lend some support and I was glad my guys did so well in my absence.

I have a couple of things (TOTALLY off the subject) to ask advice over:

1) how do you feel about those herbal cleansings to flush out the system? Anyone out there ever try one of those?

2) I'm seriously considering piercing stuff and I want to know of your experiences. My source tells me that getting your nose pierced is more painful than the clitoris. Any input from you bloggers? I personally find that hard to believe, but she swears the nose is worse.

3) Does it seem lame for a thirty something to get her nose pierced? Is that some mid-life "I'm trying to hold on to my youth" thing?

Hiatus

I'm going to be a bit preoccupied for a few days. I'll be back and blogging soon! Have a great week and think happy thoughts!