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MEOW MEOW and JACK

So we are now down to 2 animals. Meow Meow (my daughter fondly named our cat Tinker Bell, but I can't stand Paris Hilton so we all refer to this feline as Meow Meow) had kittens, 4 to be exact. A little back story on Meow Meow: We had a lovely dog Waldo that was very unhappy with our new home so we had to give him to a friend. Needless to say Raegen was devastated. Mike promised to get her a kitty. I am not a big fan of cats, but Mike and I both have a horrible habit of pleasing our children way too much. I reminded Mike that this cat was his responsibility. Litter box, shots, spayed....Well, I clean the litter box and obviously she wasn't spayed. Kitty got knocked up! The kitties went to SPCA and Meow Meow is now a lovely, much more calm kitty.
So how did we get another dog you ask? Raegen gave me a daily guilt trip which included crying for giving her beloved dog away. So off to find Jack our bug. He is a good dog and pretty darn ugly, umm, I mean cute!

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It is Friday and so many things on my mind. I try to keep my blogging organized in thought, but today I am going to ramble, cause isn't life just on big run on sentence?

So we are housing one of Mike's friends. He is having a hard time with his wife and needed a place to stay. I really don't mind because he is nice, neat, picks up after himself and good with the kids. Makes me wonder if he acted this way at home maybe he wouldn't need a place to stay! LOL But he is here and it kind of breaks up our day to day monotiny. Raegen is somewhat smitten by our visitor and Ben is just Ben....doesn't care one way or the other.

So I was reading another's blog that talked about the role you play in your family; Who wears the pants in the family. Well I was so adiment about I am an independent, self-providing, decission making wife and mother. I don't bow to anyone, but the Queen of England! But it really got me thinking about how our family runs. It seems Mike and I keep score on who does more and each becomes resentfull of the other if one isn't keeping up to par. In this other blog that is what she spoke of. Where many couples say they are 50/50 she said you need to each contribute 100%. Now you ask yourself how do we each contribute 100%? You contribute 100% in your role. Great idea right? Well now I guess I have to sit down with Mike and create a role plan. Are you kidding me? We can't even decide what's for dinner with out one person getting all huffy....usually me. Then don't even get me started on us agreeing the fairness or size of one role over another. "If I pay the bills and cook dinner and work 40hrs a week, you work 40hrs a week and cut the grass 2x a month and TAKE OUT THE TRASH!!!!" - - - giving me a headache!

Life ain't easy people, but it's what we got. So I keep pluggin away. I keep hoping and I keep loving my family.

Pulling Weeds

As I sit here at work stealing some free time for myself I can't help but wonder what my kiddos are up to. Granted by Mid morning Sunday I am ready for the work week to begin. I have tired from the fighting, the whining, the constant Need of a want. However, come Tuesday I really start to miss my kids. I miss the way they look when they first walk out of their rooms in the morning. They just shuffle around and sweetly cuddle with me for a few moments. During the week I am the one who has to wake them from their dreams at 5:30 am. I get one who pulls her covers over head and another who takes 20 minutes to stretch. It becomes a frantic, mean toned rush to get out the door and to the babysitters and work on time.

I know that my job is important and what it provides to my family is essential, but I sometimes wonder if my other job (the mom one) is taking a backseat and the affects it will have on my kids. I have my moments where I just want to quit my job and take care of my children. I want to take them to school. I want to make them breakfast (something besides a donut or poptart). I want them to have memories of mom growing up, not the babysitter. Will they grow up disconnected from me or resentful of me because I was not home with them? Or will they see what a strong, independent, loving mother they had, one who could love them more than anyone else could and manage a communications work center in the United States Navy all at the same time. I am hoping for the later.

The grass is always greener on the other side, or at least that's what they say. I like to think that on my side, the grass is just fine.....even if their are a few prickies and weeds to pull!

Here is my Bubby having fun at Great Wolf Lodge. I can't believe how big he is getting. That was a great weekend. We went as a family to celebrate Raegen's 6th birthday.

Watch out Tyra Banks! My Rae Rae is growing up to be such a beautiful girl!

Happy Birthday Mike!

Big Daddy is 33 today! Not much planned in the celebration as i threw him a surprise luau last weekend. It was a good time with good friends! Bree and I had a lovely bike ride, Sharon got her butt kicked in ladder ball and got a priceless video while I got a lovely hangover! All in all it was good and I think Mike was surprised.

The weekend is finally here. Not that it being the weekend makes life any easier. Sat and Sun are the days I play catch up to everything I neglected and ignored during the week (i.e. laundry, cleaning, shopping, kids). My week went by fast now that I am looking back on it, but dang if those days didn't just drag.


Here's to a great weekend!

Starting It Off!

So here it is, my blog. I will try to always make it entertaining to read, but I must admit, my life ain't that entertaining! Raegen and Ben, and many times Mike, do give me a lot to work with and while I don't usually find it humorous, others do! So check back often, but not too often to see what's going on with me!