Where do I go now?

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Jan 262012

I’m getting older. It is evident by the pain in my hip tonight. Hubby and I decided to walk yesterday. It had been a while since we took a good walk. Needless to say, I’m kind hurting tonight. It was such a beautiful day yesterday, I just could not see wasting it away in the house.

So far I’m doing pretty well in school. I have not decided my future yet though. I do know though I will not be looking into any kind of Physician Assistant Jobs because I don’t do vomit, blood, or needles, so that is pretty much out :)

I still aspire to do some kind of writing. I know I may not show it here, (it is my personal place after all), but I have always loved writing, especially poetry. What I want to do is still up in the air. But one thing I do know is, I’m getting old :)

Posted by Sassy at 8:13 pm

How do you save money?

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Jan 262012

I have became such a slacker. At the beginning of last year, I was getting the hang of couponing. I was getting free stuff from CVS and was shaving a boatload of money at the grocery store. After the storms came through, I just never picked it back up. My wallet is beginning to feel that crunch again.

With Shorty’s food allergies, the foods she can eat is so stinking expensive. I need the best buy coupons for organic foods, sadly there is not a lot of options out there. I tell ya, it’s eating me alive.

I have found a few ways to save at the grocery store. Since she can’t have bread from the grocery store, I have learned how to make biscuits and bread from scratch. I do not know right off hand how much it costs per loaf, but I do know that it’s not that expensive.

Another way we are hoping to cut cost is by planting two gardens this year. Hopefully a tornado won’t take this one two days after planting.. LOL. I’m also hoping to learn how to can veggies and fruits this year. Shorty can’t have most jellies and preserves, so I am hoping to learn that tradition.

What are some cost cutting ideas or ways you may have? I’m up for suggestions.

Posted by Sassy at 8:04 pm

Scared out of my mind!!

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Jan 242012

Hi, it’s me again. So much has been going on. I honestly do not know my a$$ from a hole in the ground. School, death, allergies, doctors, floods, tornadoes and many other strange happenings.

This past weekend, we had a chance for severe weather. After living through a major EF5 tornado last year, to say I was on edge is an understatement. I cried, panicked and almost made myself pack a bag of essentials in case we had to leave.

I gathered up all the batteries and put them on the Battery chargers. I found all the flashlights and put them in a central location in case the power went out. I made sure my family was home, safe and sound. I stalked weather forums, meteorologist facebook pages and the national weather service.

I downed two Ativan just to make it through the day. All we heard for two days was long lived tornadoes, wind, hail and massive flooding. It was a nightmare of a day for me. We did not get any majorly severe weather. It all went to the south of us. Unfortunately our neighbors to the south where not so lucky, as multiple tornadoes ripped through their communities.

We managed to escape tornadoes, we just had wind, hail and severe flooding (the road flooded out in front of our house). I wonder if I will ever be at peace with the weather again? Before last year, I loved storms. I dreamed of chasing tornadoes. Now I live in fear of them. It’s a scary thing to go through.

Posted by Sassy at 8:16 pm

So far so good

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Jan 132012

So far 2012 has been good to me. I started back to school. Much to my surprise, I am doing okay in math. I have started to teach myself how to bake a lot of homemade goods and again, much to my surprise, it’s turning out well.

My anniversary is next week. When I stop and think about all the things hubby and I have been through during the years, it’s hard to imagine a life without him in it. Sure he pisses me off from time to time, but over the years we have learned to argue and walk away. It’s a part of who we are.

It’s been a good run with him. Hopefully he will stick around for a while longer. Life would be semi boring without him in the picture.. hahaha

Posted by Sassy at 11:07 am

So much to do

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Jan 082012

Now that we are settled into the new place, I am looking forward to spring so I can get outside and do some work to the place. The girls are wanting a pool and a pool fence arizona style (mainly to keep the pervs from watching them) and a deck for them and their friends.

I’m wanting to get back into gardening this year and create some raised beds for my herbs. Ha, I just had a flashback of last years garden. We worked feverishly on that garden for hours the Monday before the tornado hit. The funny thing is, we found one of our watermelons growning behind the storm house.. far away from the garden spot. I’m hoping planting this year won’t spawn any tornadoes. LOL. I told hubby that was the reason the tornado came in the first place.. we worked our asses off. LOL

I also want to plant some shrubs and flowers around the house and porch. Nothing too fancy, but something cute. I want flowers I can put in the ground and forget. So much to do.. I can’t wait until Spring!

Posted by Sassy at 8:37 am

Hi, I'm Cranky

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Jan 082012

For the love of all that is good, someone (a woman) needs to create a great fluid technologies for that time of the month. Oh at times it sucks to be a woman, but we were made to withstand anything thrown at us.

Today is a crappy day in the hood. It’s rainy, I’m crampy and crabby and think that in order for the family to remain safe I should just stay in bed or on the couch. LOL. Sadly though this is a house that cannot function without me so I guess I should be somewhat productive today since school starts back for me tomorrow.

Posted by Sassy at 8:30 am

Valued Opinion

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Jan 072012

There are two people I trust in this world when it comes to decsion making. My husband of course and my dear friend Jyl. See here’s the thing about Jyl, she’s straight forward and tells me like it is. If I come up with an idea that is less than stellar, she will be quick to tell me so. That is why I value her input on so many things.

A fine example of this is tonight. I called her up to ask her if she knew the name of a pasta making part that I need. She gets online and starts telling me about different ones and what they do. She was telling me about extruders, millermatic stuff and other gadgets that I need in my new venture with Shorty.

I love that I can ask her opinion about whatever under the sun and she will tell me. Yeah I could ask hubby, but 9 times out of 10, I dodn’t listen to him. It’s this strange thing, I ask his opinion, then rarely use it. I think with him it’s more of me thinking outloud, hearing his side then changing the whole idea. Funny huh.

Posted by Sassy at 9:18 pm

Laundry Party

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Jan 072012

If there is one chore I hate more than anything, it would have to be laundry. With having a house full of girls, it’s never caught up, no matter how hard or how fast I try to get it done. It’s nearly impossible.

Hubby and I do not have that many clothes. After we lost it all during the storm, we had a few things gave to us that we could wear. I mostly got sweat outfits, which I do not mind. I quite enjoy just lounging around being all comfy. Hubby has a few pairs of carhartt work clothes for men that were donated to him and a few pants and shirts, but for the most part, the girls have the vast majority of clothes.

I also somehow managed to have 39 bath towels donated to us. Not sure how that happened but it did and to be honest, that kinda nice. Before I only had 6 towels and it was rough. But now we have enough for both bathrooms and then some. And as nice as it is to have that many towels, it is a royal PITA to wash them all.

Anyone wanna come over and have a laundry party with me? I will fix the coffee :)

Posted by Sassy at 6:25 pm

He's a stinker

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Jan 072012

You know you are married to a redneck when he sprays doe pee on his wide shoes for men in hopes of getting the big one. Yeah he stinks right about now.

I’m lucky though to have a husband who wants to go out into the elements and try as his might to bring in food for us to eat. Up until Shorty’s first bout with food allergies, I did not care for deer meat. Now I have this fondness over it. I prefer it over ground beef any day of the week and it’s really good for you.

Since the tornado took a lot of the woods around here, there’s not a lot of places for the deer to hide. However they are still some sneaky little jokers since no one has shot one yet. My brother in law did sort of shoot one, we just still haven’t found it. LOL

Maybe hubby will get lucky soon. I am really wanting some deer steaks with gravy. Yummy. Now my belly is growling.

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