Day Seven Six {Your best friend}

Your Best Friend
(Another toughie for me .. )

I can not really say I have a "best friend" ..
I had a couple close friends before I was married and moved away ..
I used to tend to be friends more with males than females
and well that really didn't work in our relationship prior to marriage
(now he could careless who I am or am not friends with)
but we grew apart ..

After having my son I became really close friends with J, she lived across the street from my mom and also happen to have a baby girl exactly 1 week before I had my son. We had lots in common and spent lots of time together. We would take the kids to lots of places, talked all the time. But the kids grew up, we moved, they moved,she went on to have 2 more children. We stay in contact but not the same ..

I have a few friends through the Internet ..
A couple I have actually met ..
A couple I wish to someday really meet ..
None the less they all have a special place in my heart.

But after I really thought about this .. the one person who kept popping up in my head, the one I couldn't shake as fitting the definition ..

My Son ..
We really are close.
We have always done so much together.
We are always together.
(Yeah it has slowed some, but not much since becoming a teenager)
We still watch certain shows together every week, no fail.
We laugh at the dumbest jokes.
We share secrets together.
He really is a great kid.
I couldn't imagine being close friends with anyone else.

~*~

(Actually this wasn't as tough after I really thought about it .. )


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Day Five {Your definition of Love}

Your Definition of Love
...
(Why did I ever think I could do this? I seem to be stumped everyday on these)

(.. it's funny .. I laid in the hospital after giving birth to my son and thought about this, how do you describe love? How do you teach love? What is the definition of love? What if I fail on teaching this to my son?)

This is not an easy one for me, I don't believe that love can always be defined ...

I believe love is
... When my son just out of the blue walks up and gives me a hug.
(He is 15 .. that is far and few between)

... When I get a text from the husband, "i love you just thinking of you."
(For no other reason than just that)

... When I get a simple, "Thanks for the ride, mom."
(After it's been the 100th one that week.)

... or the "Thanks for all you do for me." or "Hun, thanks for all you do for us."
(because I ran all week long chauffering him and our son from place to place)

~*~

Love? For me is unconditional, indescribable. I couldn't really explain the levels of love I have for people in my life, or why I love the people in my life, I just know I do. From Family, Friends from on-line chats, boards, Facebook & Twitter, to friends far away to close by. They seem to all have a special place in my heart, mind, soul. They meet no criteria. They all have their own exceptional packaging. They make my arms want to hug them, my eyes to watch them. Each one makes me smile and laugh from my heart. I’m consumed by them, and when I feel that way ..
I know I am the luckiest.




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Day Four {What You Ate Today}

What You Ate Today

Well this could be a boring day ..

For breakfast I am having
Cinnamon French Toast Oatmeal.
Fresh Baked bread, Honey butter.
(scratch that someone ate it all last night while I was sleeping)
Plus Orange Juice.

For Lunch I had:
2 McDonald's Sausage Burrito
Large Coke
Bag of Cheddar Fries

Snack:
Halloween Cap'n Crunch & Milk

Dinner:
Was consumed at Las Fuentes ..
I had 4 fried Tacos, Rice, chips, Salsa,
and 3 Margaritas.


I do believe this was the easiest day so far.. Day 4 Done!


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Day Three {Your Parents}

{i spent all day trying to figure out what to write. This is a difficult topic for me to discuss, I really don't know what to say, so bear with me.}

Your Parents
My parents were married for 27 years, they separated and divorced when I was 22 & my sister was 14. Most of what I remember of them together was separate rooms, non-communication, fighting, and lastly abuse later on.

My Mom
My mom was born in 1945, and raised in a small rural area in Missouri. Being the youngest of eight children, but by the time she came along there was only 2 left at home. All the others were married and long gone.

After graduating High School she moved to the city to find a job long way from farming. Her and my father were high school sweat hearts. Though her parents did not approve of him one bit.

When she had enough of that relationship she moved on. FINALLY!!

My mother was never the stay-at-home type of mom. Retired now do to an injury. Because she can not leave well enough alone (nice way of saying can not stop meddling) she is raising my oldest niece. If she had it her way and the courts would see it her way she would have custody of all her grandchildren, yes mine included. As I said .. meddling .. but I love her.

I have so many memories with my Mom and I feel like sometimes she gets the short end of the stick. We were thick as thieves when I was growing up, well minus the "teenage years" lol. We still can cause loads of trouble. ;-)

Dad
My dad was the youngest of six children. He was born in 1945. His father was a farmer and he never seen his self in that career choice. He moved to the city where he followed his brothers and they all worked at the same company for many years. My dad loved cars and spent a bit of time racing stock cars for fun. He drafted during the Vietnam War. I am told he was never the same when he returned. I was born of course until way after that, so I wouldn't know.

Unfortunately I do not remember much about my dad other than the bad years. He was a horrible active alcoholic. He would get off work and not stop drinking until bedtime. I would guess this habit started when I was in late elementary/early middle school. I will give him this, he never missed a day of work because of his habit. Then the violence started ..

The Divorced Years

My mom?

Still lives in house I grew up in. She remarried after about 10 years. Probably not anymore happier than she was before.

My dad?

I would have no clue. He blamed me for the divorce and by his choice I have not seen or heard from him what will be 19 years this coming May. I guess this would be his loss. He has never met his son-in-law. He has missed out on the joy of his only grandson. But really? Would I even let him in our lives? Hard to say. I think it would been a hard sell for the husband. For him he stills sees the remains of dads last rage in the scar on my face.

...


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Day Two {Your first love}

Your first love


Steve
Met when I transferred schools my Junior year
the most beautiful eyes
hunter (apparently in more ways than one .. lol)
spent most of Senior year together
Prom Date

apparently a smooth talking snake in disguise,
he slept with his Public Safety teacher
went back to his ex-Fiancé after graduation

Had a meltdown ...
took him to court, sued his ass
recovered all my money


I still have one picture of us from Prom
He was to be a fireman
He was in the Coast Guards
Really never knew what happen to him after we left the court house that day ..
every now and then i wonder if he is happy ..



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Day One {Introduce}

Introduce


... I live in Missouri
... I drive a yellow SUV.
... I love taking photos
... I do not drink coffee
... I drink way to much Coke
... I do NOT like Pepsi
... I have been married 17 years
... I am right handed
... I can NOT stand cigarette smoke
... I have 1 child
... I'm a SAHM to my son
... I have a husband who is younger than me
... My son is a sophomore in high school
... I have 3 nieces
... I have 1 sister (Worldest Largest PITA)
... I still have my mother
... I have step dad (Who is a Big PITA)
... I lived on an Air Force Base for 2 years
... My favorite Drink .. Margarita's
... I have had 5 dogs since I was 3
... Names: Dutches, Sampson, Lady, Katie, and Dakota.
... 3 of them being Shih-Tzu's & 2 Labs
... My first blog was held @ HomeschoolBlogger
...


Some of my favorite things (in no particular order)...

Wal-Mart.
Grey's Anatomy.
Stephanie Plum Novels.
Hannah Swensen Mysteries.
Margarita's.
Castle - "I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?"
DVR .. Tivo
Dollar Store.
Strawberries.
Holiday Lights.
Snow.
Apps on iPods.





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30 days of Baseball Mom

.. because apparently i am a follower and not a leader (lol)
i am following Kelly at Green Olives & Pickle Juice ....

going to attempt to do 30 days of Baseball Mom ....

follow along with me ... join in the fun ... copy and paste the following in your side bar ... link back to each post as you make them ... let me know if you decide to follow along ... by leaving me a comment ... feel free to interrupt your daily posts with your daily ramblings ... or do none of the above & run to the hills ..

Starting tomorrow .. Day 1 of Baseball Mom!


Day 1 {Introduce}
Day 2 {Your first love}
Day 3 {Your parents}
Day 4 {What you ate today}
Day 5 {Your definition of Love Day}
Day 6 {Your day}
Day 7 {Your best friend}
Day 8 {A moment}
Day 9 {Your beliefs}
Day 10 {What you wore today}
Day 11 {Your siblings}
Day 12 {What’s in your bag}
Day 13 {This week}
Day 14 {What you wore today}
Day 15 {Your dreams}
Day 16 {Your first kiss}
Day 17 {Your favorite memory}
Day 18 {Your favorite birthday}
Day 19 {Something you regret}
Day 20 {This month}
Day 21 {Another moment}
Day 22 {Something that upsets you}
Day 23 {Something that makes you feel better}
Day 24 {Something that makes you cry}
Day 25 {A first}
Day 26 {Your fears}
Day 27 {Your favorite place}
Day 28 {Something that you miss}
Day 29 {Your aspirations}
Day 30 {One last moment}




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