Mom of many heading into empty nest syndrome- come enjoy the ride!

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Little Town in the middle of Nowhere, Texas, United States
I'm a mom of 4 boys: Jay who's 30, Jory who is 27, Tim is 25, and B is 23. I also have a daughter, Kristi who is 33. I have a grandson, Little Bit/Elmer, that was born in July 2009. I have a new grandson who was born in September of 2017. We moved from North TX to East TX on the land of our dreams in '09 and I love the peace and quiet. It's so nice to have trees again after 11 years of flat and hot. I enjoy hanging out with my friends. I'm a huge baseball fan. Some might even call me obsessed with the game. ;) My favorite teams are the Rangers and the Red Sox. Being a Red Sox fan makes life interesting as all 4 of my boys are Yankee fans. (Basically, I only started cheering for the Red Sox to give the boys a hard time and then actually became a fan) I'm a happily single (well...divorced) mom.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Murphy's day

This is how my day went today:

~ just over 2 hours at the pain clinic. Time spent with the actual DR - less than 1 minute

~ Left there, got part way home and realized that I had forgotten next months appt card. Turn around - run back and retrieve.

~ Stop at the store and spend the last $4 in my account to pick up a few things for dinner

~ Get home- the puppy had messed in his cage

~ Puppy outside on leash while I clean the cage out

~ Puppy breaks leash and chases chickens

~ Find out that the TV is not working

~ Pull out huge entertainment center to try and figure out what had malfunctioned. Play with the 9 million wires to figure out the culprit.

~ Change the wire that I think has malfunctioned

~ Puppy rebreaks tie out and plays with a chicken to death. Almost kills a 2nd one trying to play with it. First chicken- still missing.

~ Make note to self to buy really big chain tomorrow when my check comes

~ Chase puppy into house threatening homicide. Stupid dog runs thru with horribly muddy feet.

~ Count chickens 12 times trying to make the 17th one materialize out of thin air

~ Cuss puppy a few more times when I remember that the baby will be here in 3 days and now we have to clean carpets

~ Thank God that I have no small children as I use words that I thought I forgot

~ Realize that we still have no TV and that I changed the wrong wire

~ Remind my children of a few more cuss words that they might have forgotten exist

~ Find the right one and change it

~ Realize at this point that its almost 3 PM. Dishes not done. Laundry not done. Floor not vacuumed.

~ Consider throwing something but too lazy to clean it up if I do

~ Load the dishwasher. Start the laundry. Run the vacuum. (By this point- the boys have run for cover)

And here I am. If my children want fed tonight- I hope they remember how to fire up the grill and cook. I may not move from my chair for the next 3 days. ;)

I hope that everyone else has had a much calmer day than I have.

*hugs*

10 comments:

Dee said...

You won't kill me if I snicker....
ROFLMAO

My day was much quieter than yours. Thank gawd!!

Stepped in H-E Double L said...

Wow, that sounds like one heck of a day. I have a puppy and ours causes all kinds of problems too. I still think we were on drugs the day we got her. And I'm not fond of electronics. They are such a pain!!

Lori G. said...

Oh my god, what a day! I'm so sorry. Poor chickens and poor Amy. I'm surprised the boys didn't try to fix the TV themselves (which is a good thing -- I can see all kinds of bad things happening with that).

I hope tomorrow's a good day and your chickens all come home to roost.

Amy said...

Dee~

Yeah - thanks! Laugh away. It was ONE of those days

Stepped~

Its a smart puppy. He's just a lab/australian shepherd mix and he's really playful.

Lori~

Boys - touch my electronics? They would be in big trouble if they even thought about it. I did make them move the center back in though after I was done.

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Summer said...

Oh boy, I am so glad I am not you today. lol I'm sorry!

Anonymous said...

What a day! I hope tomorrow will be better for you.

The Step In Mom. . . said...

I am sorry to hear you had such a bad day. I hope today gets better. I didn't have dinner until 11 pm last night because when I got home hubby and I had to run a bunch of wires through the attic and it took forever.

Anonymous said...

DANG~!!! You really, really need to go to the Spa~!!...*smiles*
What a little devil the puppy is! Poor chickens, and I am sure that was upsetting, too!! Hope for a better week and weekend for ya'!

Amy said...

Kou-

Yeah - go ahead an laugh. It was funny.

Sharon~

You know how it is with pets and kids... if its not one thing - its another


ESM~

Yuck! I hate wiring!

Margaret~

Planning on a great weekend! The puppy is just a puppy and doesn't know better. But he's a learning. LOL