Softball heaven

I LUV SOFTBALL!!! I was lucky enough to go to the World cup of Softball this weekend. It was a great weekend spent with my pitcher and my little girl. We had fun and also went to the zoo. Tumey had never been to a zoo so I was glad to help her out. Everyone should experience a zoo once.
Now it is monday and I have to work. I dont want to I want a vacation. I dont have the money to go anywhere but that dont mean I have to work. Bah, I just dont want to do a damn thing. Not a bad thing but it kills the paycheck.
I am glad I dont have to mow today but there still plenty to do. Got to change a light out and fix a drawer. After that I really dont have anything to do. That sucks but hey something will go wrong soon.
Hope ya'll have a good day. Yeah I know this short but I dont have much to say yet. Part of that dont want to do anything but take a nap.

Another busy weekend

I know I havent been on here of late but hey I got ten millionand one things going. There only one of me ya know.
First I went to the College World Series in Okie City this past weekend. Man that was awesome. I got totally sunburned on my arms but so worth it. Stayed for 4 games and saw some of the best softball ever. I am going back in July for the World Cup of softball. I cant wait for that and figure it is a great b-day present.
School is going ok. I am taking a Visual arts class. Yeah already late on my first assignment. Great way to start a 4 week class. Going to take speech next semster so my summer is already intersting.
Parts that suck are the layoff and closings of the local plants. my stepmom got laid off. My mom, stepdad, dad and brother in-law are all going to be taking a summer vacation wheter they like it or not. Ranger is closign down production for 4weeks. Yeah they get unemployment but 4 weeks with no work sucks.
Right now I am happy I have a job and can pay my bills. Well most of them anyway. Got to figure out one thing to pay less on. After that I'll be fine. Heres hoping the rest of you are doing good too.

SSSoooo tired

I have been coaching a high school softball team. Most of you know that softball is a love of mine. Coahcing is a way for me to give back to the sport that saved me from a crappy life.

I give so much to the girls that I am butt tired all the time. I have so much energy when I am around them but once I am home, stick a fork in me, I am done. I dont even give myself time to eat when I am aroudn those girls. Which is amazing considering they eat all the time. All I do is guzzle gatorade and water while yelling at them. They are used to me yelling so dont think it is a bad thing.

I feel like I am wrong in doing this caue I am taking away time from my own kids. Funnypart is I think my kids are ok with that. They can get away with more when I am not home. Daddy tries be on top of stuff but honestly he has to learn to mulit task. On the weekends I try to make it up to each of the kids. I am planning on going to a tea party with Liz next weekend. I got to talk to my dad and get Josh fishing. Mac just loves me beign around period so that easy. Play with him for a day and snuggle at night ngiht time and he a happy boy.

Now if I can figure out a way to just be Mary I will be a happy person. Right now it feels like I am putting me on teh back shelf. I have had my own softball team practice so that helps. Even there though I feel as if I am putting the team in front of me. I guess I just need a vacation. Like that is going to happen.

I really had nowhere I was going with this blog. Guess I just had to vent. Thanks for letting me. Now go hug someone you love.

Another old school try

We are trying again. NO not babies. That is like me saying I need another ass. We are going to try and get Spence published. His book is 95,000 words that I think would be great for others to read.
He wrote this thing a few years ago and has shopped it out there. He got his first thanks but no thanks letter. Why he was happy I dont know but he was. Now we are trying again. A friend of mine, Lex Valentine, put out her first book with them this month and told her publisher about him. The very nice lady named Mary, great name by the way, was excited to get it. She wants to put out some fanasty and this is right down that ally.
I just hope that something happens. Yes it is a small company that publishes on the net but honestly that is the new thing to do. Plus as long as he gets it out there than that should be a good thing. It takes one small step to get to the big stuff.
Hopefully one day soon I will be able to hype up when his book comes out. Until than cross fingers, toes, or whatever is handy for him.

quick post

I have been busy so I will catch you up quickly. Got to run the boy to school in 15 minutes. So I get to have a fight with him within that time on brushing our teeth and putting our socks on. Yippee!!

First, girl scout cookie sales went great. Liz hit her goal cause daddy bought the the last 16 boxes sixteen boxes she needed. Now we are waiting on getting them and than delivering.
School is going fine. I have been doing fine on my quizzes. THe exams are another thing, Ithink. I just took my first but totally blanked on it. Not really looking forward to getting that back.
Just issued the first sock order. SO did daddy.
I will be starting softball anyday now. Actually I wanted to start already but new school that doesnt understand me yet. It wont take long though so this might get real intersting real quick.
We have had our mass exdous of apartments. 3 open right now that all have to be painted. Almost done withthe 2 bedroom. The others are just going to have to wait until I get there. Which means we cant rent them out utnil I done. IE Ruby the boss will hollar at Spence until they are.
In bewteen all this I am attempting to be there for my kids. I am overworked right now and need a vacation. It would be nice if I could do a week with no worries and no kids. Not going to happen but it is a nice dream. Off to change a stinky butt and yell at Josh.

Ice but not enough Booze

I was iced in all week with little booze and 3 kids that couldnt go outside. Honestly only 2 of the 3 can go outside but still werent allowed to. There was so much ice falling out of the trees that I just didnt trust it. All I needed was a kid walking in with blood running down their face. Did I menition I am not all that good with blood?
Mac was sick after getting his flu shot on Monday. I had a whining baby that wanted all my attention, 2 kids that wanted to play and a hubbie that wanted me to hurry up and move the branches to the ditch.
I was hurting the last few days from all the work and stress of the first part of the week. Cutting trees, no power, worried that we wouldnt have water, no cable, and the kids taking and losing my favortie necklace. Yeah I have had better weeks.
The biggest thing that really pisses me off is the reaction from my government. I am talking about my state folks. Our governor basically ingnored the pleas from our local officals to send help. Than he flys over and stops for 20 minutes and has it all figured out. Please, I wiped my ass of the all the crap so dont give me more. If he would have freaking listened the first 4 days help was called for than we would be ahead. Instead there are people that hopefully have been heard from by now.
I hope ya'll have a great day. I will be moving al these branches to the ditch so they can sit there for a few weeks. Than FEMA might just actually get their ass in gear and take care of them.

Long time no talkie

Yeah yeah yeah, I know I know I know. Bad Mary, no blogging. I have been busy and just now getting over a cold. It seems like the first month in the new year is busier than ever. Plus, with the new year that equals new worries. Acutally they are old ones just reappiled in a new year.
Money, money, money. Sounds like a ABBA song I know. I just cant make enough to pull my family up out of the red. I flirt with that line so much I should just fuck it and be done with it. Instead I figure out ways to make a dollar into two. How I get this family through some months I will never know.
I am trying out different ideas and plans that I have read about. So far the only one that works is none of them. How in the hell do people expect me to save for retirement when i have 3 kids? The last thing on my mind is retirement at this stage in life. The only thing that I know will help my kids go to college is the trust fund that my hubbie gets when his father passes away.
I know this sounds like I am raving. Well I am dammnit. I cant help but be pissy about being broke before mid month. I get paid once a month and I can only stretch that little bit of money so far. The only thing that actually helps my family to live is our GI Bill money. That is a huge reason both myself and the hubbie go to college. I get almost a thousand and he gets half of that. Now you tell me you wouldnt go to school if you were getting almost $1500 extra a month to?
I know this isnt the funniest post I have done but I needed to get this out and the hubbie well he has heard it all before in one form or another. Usually after he does something stupid we have to pay for. Still wonder what the hell he was thinking when he buys me jewelry on a payment plan? IF I wanted the dman stuff I would buy it when we actually have the bills paid. Right now it is Wal-Mart stuff baby.
Alright I am done being bitchy and poor me'ing. I know I got it good compared to others in this world. I have something that is more precious than any gold, diamonds, rubies or cash could ever buy. A house full of love. I know it sounds corny but somedays that is all that keeps me going. I think I am going to go hug my kids or hubbie now. Go do the same people!!

christmas is over

Yes the holiday of all holiday's came and went without me stressing out. Everyone eat alot and got presents. I didnt get everything I wanted but that is a process that never really ends anyway.

Now it is time for me to plan for my little boy's birthday. Josh is turning 5 and let me tell ya he is lucky to still be alive. Especially during this time. He has been wired for sound all damn week. I am about ready to throw him out the window.

I know some of you are thinking now Mary he is your little boy. Say that now but I will gladly send the little guy over to your place. If you dont A.throw him out said window, B.send him back before 4 hours or C.go nuts you are a better person than I.

How many circles does a kid have to run around before he stops?? Loud seems to be his only setting right now too. When he goes up the stairs I wonder when I got a baby elephant. Havent been able to send him outside cause it is either to wet or cold. I dont know how much more I can take of this!!!

I just have to surive till the 5th of Jan than i can take him back to school and have a few hours peace and quiet in my house again. Even on the holiest of nights I couldnt get that. Anyone have some duct tape???

A pair of winter gloves dangle from a statue Thursday at the Mountain Home Veteran's Plaza. For the fourth year in a row, a secret Santa has placed gloves and mittens around the plaza and at other locations in downtown Mountain Home. The bag also contains a candy cane and note reading "Merry Christmas."


Will you do something this season without being asked??

This is a good one

I couldnt help myself with this one. I mean come on this is funny as hell especially towards the end with who they were released to.


Iowa fans cited for restroom sex during Gophs game

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- While the Hawkeyes were stomping the Gophers on the Metrodome field last weekend, police said two Iowa fans were having a romp of a different kind in a restroom. Both events, police say, had their share of cheering fans.

A 38-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man turned to a handicapped stall for their tryst Saturday evening.

On the field, the Hawkeyes were on their way to 55-0 trouncing of the Gophers. In the restroom, a crowd of intoxicated fans gathered to cheer the off-the-field event.

Eventually, a security guard tipped off University of Minnesota police. Officers had to interrupt the couple to cite them for indecent conduct, a misdemeanor.

Police Chief Greg Hestness said the woman initially gave a false name to officers. She was released to her husband and the man was released to his girlfriend.

Both people in the stall were intoxicated.



You think? Never would 2 strangers that are intoxicated have sex. Never heard of. Just goes to show you when your team is winning you want to share your joy. I myself just text my friends but hey to each their own.

Happy Turkey Day

It is that time of the year where not only do we stuff ourselves full but also give thanks for what we have in our life. I have so much to be thankful for that it would take alot of typing to get it all out. Since I dont have that much time and dont want to make that many errors I will sum it up.

First of course is my family. I am blessed to have 4 amazing kids. DJ the oldest doesnt live with us but I am still proud of him everyday even if he isnt here to know it. Liz and Josh while they drive me crazy every chance they get, are good kids that I am blessed to have. Mac being the newbie in the family, is a kid I was not expecting. He is here though and a great addition.

My hubbie is a good man that takes care of his family with all he has. He loves me to distraction. We may fight but I wouldnt trade him for anything in the world. OK i have to put this in there, if he was richer he would be the perfect man. Just saying. Cant let his head get to big ;)

My sister, brother, mom, dad, sister and brother in-laws and both step parnets are great to. They want the best for my family and me. Sometimes they harp on this fact a little hard but I know they mean well.

My friends, wow what can I say about them. I pimped Winter's ass the other post so honestly I cant say much more there. Jen is a great gal to know and makes me laugh all the time. We both have college teams that drive us nuts and to drinking. Laurie, what can I say about my goat. She makes me laugh and cry all in one. Mollie is my friend that makes me feel young. Ally and Avalon are both my long distance connects that help me to remember there is more to my little part of the world. Great gals all of them. I cant imagine my life without any of my girls.

I hope and pray that each and every one of you have a great thanksgiving. Eat to much and dont forget to call, e-mail or hug someone that you are thankful for.

Ok enough mussy stuff

Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil

AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) -- A school bus driver will be charged with endangering a 10-year-old boy for intentionally braking suddenly so the boy would fall down, police said. The driver was upset because the boy would not remain in his seat, Harmony Township police Sgt. Jim Essek said. The driver told the boy to stop moving around before allegedly threatening him by saying, "If you do it again, I'll knock you down," Essek said.

When the fourth-grader moved around again, the bus driver hit the brakes.

The incident happened Tuesday in the Ambridge Area School District, about 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Police Chief Jack Lively said police will not release the driver's identity until charges are filed, likely by Monday.

Police have seized a surveillance video from the bus. The boy was knocked to the floor out of camera view, but is seen getting up holding his face. Other students are knocked around and one is flipped over a seat.

The driver and the boy have had run-ins before, parents said.

The boy's mother claimed he was "singled out" for discipline when students got rowdy in the past and asked school officials to have someone monitor the bus. Lively said the monitor was on the bus Tuesday, but didn't get out of his seat to intervene.

School officials said they are reviewing the incident.


All right this is bullshit. I am also a bus driver and have used the "brake check" myself to get a kid to sit down. I never knocked anyone down but I have got their attention.

Kids do not want to listen until it is to damn late. We as bus drivers have to go through hours upon hours of training every year. We go through those hours and than what happens we get the blame when something goes wrong. We lose our licenses and our money.

Oh no lets not blame the kid that has been written up numerous times. Lets not blame the kid that wont listen when all we want you to do is sit down for the ride home so that if the bus gets hit you wont get hurt even more.
Do you stand up in your car? Do you run around in the car? Do you yell and hollar so much that the driver goes home with a headache everyday? Ok the last one does happen but you get the point.

Let's not charge this driver. Let's get the kids and try to teach them more. Hey schools take some time and help us drivers out. Most schools dont but when a bus gets in a accident they want to fire the driver cause kids got hurt. Well did you think about the kids when you let them on the bus. Is an hour a semster to much to ask for? Let the kids get some training to.

OK I am off my soapbox now. Have a good weekend.

Feel good Winter

Sometimes when you are feeling your worse someone special makes you feel better. Today my buddy Winter helped me feel better even though my ass is dragging so much some of it is in her home state. California is a long way to drag but I am tired.

Winter is a friend I met a few years ago when we were both writing over at Katie Mac's website. Katie had set up a place for people to go in and basically write out a story. I thougth why not for kicks and giggles. Next thing I know I started to be part of a group.

Shiny B is one of those people that I just seemed to connect with. We started meeting away from the site and talking on Yahoo. We got along and others started to join. Opal, Gayla and Kitt all were writing to and we were having some fun. I felt than we could do more but since most times I suck at my english I was so not the one to take it to the next level. Than this chick from Cally came into the mix.

Now the other woman I have talked about are all talented. Great writers and people that I would and have offered to help on numerous occasions. This chick Winter though you could tell she had been writing for awhile. I played along and wrote with her but felt like a tard cause of her skills. Not like I didnt with the others to but with her especially.

I got to know her better and figured her out a little more. Yeah she works at a cemetary, is so alot damn smarter than me when it comes to computers, is a Crue nut, and has a kid that she could gladly kill somedays. Yeah like any parnet doesnt feel like that at least one a week. Winter is also a good friend.

She has made each of us at the Bar Story write better. One day I called her my muse. It is the truth. She has inspired me to write beyond what I thought I could. Winter is that someone that does make you better. Not only as a writer but also as a person. All my Divas do.

The one thing I can do for my girl is to pimp her ass out. If you are looking for something intersting to read and want to try something with a little more flavor click over there on my Bar Story link. Yeah my stuff is there to but I mainly make ya laugh. Winter and Shiny can make ya cry, snort and laugh all at the same time. Come spring 2009 everyone better be watching out for my girl Lex Valentine I.E. Winter. She will give you something to read alright.

Veteran's day

It is the one day out of the year that I actually feel proud to be apart of. Yes I am a veteran of the Bosina campiagn. I volunteered to go over there and serve. I was there 6 months and didnt feel like I did a damn thing until the end.

We drove the biggest damn trucks out there so it was not exactly easy to get around. Basically we were always on alert to go do something but the order just never came down. We hoped we would get to go get the wreckage of a shot down plane but NNNOOOOO let the damn engineers go have all the fun.

When things really felt like I was doing something important was during a mission in the last 2 months. We had to take some tanks up to the border area. They were coming up on election time and felt like things might get out of hand. We moved them up to the area and passed some buildings that had been destroyed during the war.

I had never seen anything so sad. It is like the worst testement to human nature I have ever seen in my life. You would pass these buildings and see a couple small holes in the front but once you got to the backside the holes were huge. How can one person honestly try to destroy another just cause they believe in something different? It is a question that I just cant wrap my brain around it.

Or maybe I just dont want to wrap it around the whole thing. I want to believe that the human race does actually do good but with everything that is going on in the world it is hard to tell my kids that. I want them to think that the majority of folks out there dont want to kill another but reality kicks in and I know they will learn the truth. Is it better for them to know that they can help protect others or is it better to tell them not to and let others die to protect them?

I am proud of my time in the service. I went to a country that has been at war for over 50 years. I went to another country that had been tore apart by war. I had accepted the fact that I might one day die for my country and was a peace with it. I was even in a bunker when we our guys were bombing the hell out of Yugoslvina. SO yeah I faced a fear that I might die as well as much as one person could.

I lived my life that way for 5 years. I would not regret a single moment of that time. Yes I am proud to be a veteran. If you know of one tell them thanks. The wervice aint all party and roses. It is hard work with plenty of blood thrown in.

Sick weekend

Yeah I was sick all weekend long. Well expect for saturday morning. After that I came home and that was it. I was in bed with trips to the bathroom in bewteen. I have actually slept so much that I have a headache.

Minus that this saturday morning was a good weekend. The girl scouts went to the Gaston Center here in the area and learned not only about water and why it is so important but also got to see a great site. A wonderful lady who is 82 and still travels around educated all of us about some birds of prey.

She had a beatiful Horned Owl named ET. The female bird was beatiful and made the girls very aware of how great they are to have. I didnt know that they loved to kill skunks. We even got to see her fly across the room. Just a great bird to see.

She also brought in a vulture. Yeah I thought they were ugly to but this one is a unique one. It is supposed to be the bird of Mexico but I guess they even agrue about that. It did a really cool thing to. When it yelled it threw it's head backwards. Like bent it backwards. Freaky as hell but what a cool trick.

The girl and us leaders learned alot. It also made me think how great it would have been if we would have one of those owl's out here and kill that skunk last week. m Instead the animal control guy decided why shot it let's run it over with my truck. Yeah smooth move ex-lax. It still stinks and that was thursday.

It's over & the weiner is......

No more maps please!! If I see one more red/blue map I am going to gag. It over and the people have spoken. The wanted change and boy are we going to get it.

I am in the miniorty part of the population. I voted for the old white guy and the hot white chick. I really thought he could make the right kind of change we needed. Oh well we'll just have to wait and see if I am wrong or right.

I did get one good joke about Obama beign elected. Did ya hear that Dick Cheney asked Obama to go hunting? See ya'll we are goign to be ok!

I like that one cause of the way it makes fun of both parties not just one. Plus after the other jokes I got this one is the most tasteful. Cant wait to see how many more bad ones come across the text wires.

Not the Red Blue Map!!!

Here we go again. Time for that damn map. Which color is our state going to be? Which candiate is going to win and lead the country either to ruin or on the road back? Crap is going to be a long ass tuesday.

My hubbie is addicted to the political maps. He seems to get a semi woody when he sees the red and blue. He will stay up until 5 in the morning to see which guy wins. I just hope he wont do that cause I swear if he bitches about being tired I will smack him in the head.

I will watch for a little while but than give up and go to bed. I take my right to vote seriously. I have seen what happens when the country decides to fight rather than vote. I just pray that this country never sees that.

So all I am asking of each and everyone of my readers is one simple thing. It will proably take a little while but if you look at what could happen if you dont it is down right scary. Go vote. Go into the little booth and push the button, dark that circle, or do whatever it is your state does. One vote does matter. Remember the 2000 election was decided by 578 votes. That is not alot people.

Even if you dont think your views matter they do. If you vote enough for the things you believe in than they will come true. If not hey go run and spread the word. That is the coolest thing about our country. We can do something to make a difference.
GO VOTE!!!!! GO VOTE!!!!!! GO VOTE!!!!!!! GO VOTE!!!!!!!! NO REALLY GO VOTE!!!!!

Halloween inspritation

It is that time of the year again. Time to dress up like something totally out there. Or you can dress up like you favortie person ever or even as well nothing. In my house this is a great time of year.

I have tried to make it fun for the kids. Every year I ask them to help me put decorations up and to figure out what everyone is going to dress up as. I think it gets them doing just that thinking. Use your imagination kids, later on in life that might be the one thing that makes you unique.

As you can see from my profile picture this uniqueness is even used on our pumpkins. I figure that is a great family photo for this time of year. It is a perfect representation of us all. Me looking at the kids like they better act good. Josh being evil, Liz beign Liz, Mac with his binky, and Spence being Spence. Cant at all tell which parnet the kids take after huh??

SO my challenge to each of you is to use your imagination. Get your kids involved and dont let them kill it. Just cause you grow up doesnt mean you have to get rid of that part of you. Just think if those guys that make the movies and books you love had given theirs up?? Sad thought huh.

A god's view

You have got to believe in some higher power when you see a view like this.

Tempting fate

I am not the smartest person out there but I know not to tempt fate. I have a feeling this couples fate is going to be really unattractive.


Thou Shalt Not Steal may have been a better topic


FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Authorities are looking for two people who allegedly stole a preacher's wallet and went on a shopping spree while he was giving a sermon about showing mercy to others.

The Rev. Rob Hamby was the guest preacher at Fort Worth Presbyterian Church on Sunday when his briefcase was stolen from the church office. Security cameras caught images of a man and woman.

"What troubles me is that they would go to the church, not for help but to steal. I am shocked and frustrated that these people did it. But more than anything, I feel kind of sorry for them," Hamby said in Monday's online edition of The Dallas Morning News.

The newspaper reported that about $2,000 in purchases were made on his credit and debit cards before he finished preaching, including the purchase of a $676 diamond ring. In addition to his wallet, Hamby's computer valued at $2,600 was taken.

Hamby, who works as a campus minister at Texas Christian University, said he could have understood if the thieves used his credit cards to buy essentials but not luxuries that they did not need.




I wonder what might just happen to this couple when fate or god decides to kick their ass? I just hope I am nowhere within a 50 mile radius of these dumbfucks.