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Siobhan's pageJust Me April 03 A new house, sort ofMy house is a construction zone. We had to have the concrete repoured in the living room and the kitchen/entryway. The concrete was buckling from settling. I had a mountain in the living room. We took all the furniture out to the garage and then had the floors sledgehammered up. since all the furniture was gone Robert went ahead and scraped the popcorn down from the ceiling, (I hate that stuff) and primered and painted it. He also repainted the living room and entry way. One wall is an accent wall painted in cup of cocoa and the rest are desert floor. (don't you just love the names of paint colors?) He put crown molding across the top of the fireplace and put up a mantel. He is now tiling the kitchen floor. This poor man is in so much pain and is so tired. I wish that I could help, I keep asking but since I have no experience in this he keeps telling me no.
BUT...............WOW IS IT GOING TO LOOK GREAT!! the living room is put back together except for the knicknacks and pictures and it looks amazing. Once the tile is in the kitchen is going to look incredible. I shall post pictures once it is all done. Just say a prayer for Robert for some pain relief!
HUGS February 28 Just my opinionI want to make a few comments about Nadya Suleman, the mother of the octoplets. First of all, I hate the way she is being referred to as "Octo-Mom". This is a very thinly veiled insult. It makes her sound like a comic book super villian. Spiderman's newest nemesis. Dr> Octopus' wife or some such thing.
Second, I think the way that she has been persecuted by the media and the way everyone, celebrities included, are baying for her blood is ugly and vile. Cher, on national television said that her children should be taken away from her. Why? Is she an abusive mom? Not that anyone has said. Basically, Nadya Suleman is an unfit mother because she had the children in the first place and to compound her sin - she did it all on her own, with no husband.
Now I know the argument, she was irresponsible to get pregnant like that when she has no way to support them. She tries very hard to stay off of welfare. She's been putting herself through school. A far cry from the "welfare moms" who deliberately get pregnant so they can get an increase in their welfare check. And have seven kids by six different fathers. So why is Nadya being demonized? She didn't set out to have eight kids at once. She planned on one more, not eight more. She figured on seven or eight kids total, not fourteen. Now that she has them she is doing her best. If she had a husband, then no matter how broke they were, they would be media darlings.
When the Dilley's had their sextuplets, they didn't have a pot to piss in. People and companies were falling all over themselves to donate. Companies donated formula, bottles, diapers and cribs. For crying out loud, they were even donated a house!! Jon and Kate Gosselin were given a tv show. Not mention a tummy tuck for her and hair plugs for him. But because of the "controversy" the diaper companies and the formula makers aren't stepping up. What heroes.
So apparently if you are a woman and want to have a big family, you had better have a man, or else your own mutli million dollar trust fund. Otherwise, you are considered mentally unstable and unfit.
Now, is there a chance that she has a few fries missing from her happy meal? Sure. Although, I think that mother of hers has more mental health issues than Nadya. Let me put it this way, if this were me, my mother would take me aside in private and ream me a new one. She would ask me if I had lost my mind, if I had thought about her and my dad and their retirement, etc...... Full scale Irish Catholic Mother Guilt Trip and when it was done, I would feel about 2 inches tall and would be sobbing my brains out. Then she would hug me and circle the wagons. And to any reporter that shoved a camera and a microphone in her face, she would say that she thought I was very brave, that a woman can't have to many grandchildren and she could not wait to bring them home. She would never tear me down on national television. EVER!!!
Is Nadya in over her head? YES!! Hell yes! But instead of getting support she is getting crucified. And so far, the only reason that I can see for it is that she had 14 children as a single mother.
How dare she! Since when do we tolerate single mothers in America?? February 02 Logic, what Logic?Conor is too funny sometimes. His teacher has a system for keeping order with 27 4-5 year olds. If a child is naughty then his or her name gets written on the board. Now, they're are given the chance to get their name OFF the board with good behavior. But, if their name is still on the board on Friday then they don't get to pick a prize out of the bucket to take home. (Mostly old happy Meal toys, but it's still a thrill for them.) The first 5 weeks Conor got to bring a toy home on Friday ONCE. He was forever getting into pencil swordfights with one of the other boys. Since then, however he has been much better. So I was surprised the other day when he told me that his name was on the board.
"Why is it on the board?" I asked.
"Because teacher put it there." Duh, I guess I'm an idiot!
"Why did she put it there?" Let's try a little logic.
"Because she wanted to." Okay, that makes sense.
"WHY did she want to? What did you do to make her want to put your name on the board?"
"I don't know, she just felt like it." Now I'm beating my head against a wall in my mind. Do I give logic one more chance?
"Were you naughty?"
"No."
"Then why is your name on the board?"
"Because teacher put it there!" Okay, I give up. Logic and reason go out the window when you're trying to get a 4 year old to admit to his wrongdoing. February 01 Kids say the darndest thingsThey grow so fast. Conor is now in PreK. We are paying a fortune for him to go to catholic school. We really like it and his teacher, we just don't like the bill that comes with it. It's not just tthe tuition. There are all theses other little "fees" that get added on. But Conor is really happy there, he's made a lot of friends and he is doing so well there.
We did have a spit take a couple of weeks ago. The kids were all learning about Martin Luther King. So one night Robert and I are sitting on the bed and Conor is between us. So I asked him if he had been learning a lot about Martin Luther King. He got very excited and said YES. Robert smiles and asked him what he had learned, and our darling child looks at us and says;
"That all white people are good and all black people are bad"
WHAT DID HE JUST SAY!!!!! I about died!! We stayed calm and told him that there were good and bad people everywhere and that color didn't matter. There were bad black people, white people, hispanic people and so on. And there were good black people, white people hispanic people etc. Then we just let it go. I went to his teachers the next day and told them what he had said.
"That's not what we taught!" exclaimed Ms. W. I told her that I didn't think so and that we had corrected Conor without making a big deal about it and that I would just appreciate it if they would reinforce it. A couple days later I asked Conor what he learned aobut Martin Luther King and he just kind of mumbled a little. So we figured just let it go for now. I don't want him thinking that he had done something wrong. He obviously got a little confused, and I think that the teachers may have gone into a little TOO much detail about race relations of the times. Too much for a classroom of 4 and 5 year olds. All the other mothers thought it was hysterical. And since one of Conor's best friends is a little black girl, I'm not too worried about him growing up to be the leader of the KKK.
I just had one thought though. Thank God I didn't ask him about this in the grocery store!!! Could you imagine the looks I would have gotten from other people?? June 04 my hubby is a junkieMy husband had become a reality TV junkie and it is driving me nuts!! I don't like reality TV. I don't like game shows or talent shows. The only reality TV that I like is Dancing with the Stars and Extreme Makeover Home Edition. That's it! Robert loves Deal or no Deal and I can only watch it for about a half hour before I'm yelling at the TV "Take the freakin' money, you jackass!" It's more money than these people could make in a year but they are always looking for that elusive million that, here's a head's up, no one has won yet!
The old Court TV channel is now TruTV and it is all cop shows. This is his crack! He watches Cops, Amazing police chases, the Lifeguards of San Diego, Forensic Cops. Some please just shoot me!! And what worse is that Conor loves to sit with Daddy and watch Cops. Yesterday he came up to me with one of my hair ties in one hand behind him and the other pointing towards me saying, Put the paper down mommy and put your hands behind your back! He's forever running around trying to handcuff people, or failing that, he "handcuffs" himself. He's broken all but one of my hair ties, and that one is hidden for it's own protection!
And of course all the shows that I like get canceled. New Amsterdam, gone. Moonlight, gone. Traveler, gone. Shark, gone. Thank God that Reaper is coming back. I mean New Amsterdam was cool, the way they would go back to different times and show all that this character has been through. If a show is intelligent, creative and maybe requires a little imagination then it gets the boot in this reality driven, fast food, instant gratification society.
Robert can sit all day and watch cop shows. It drives me nuts. Basically it's the same couple of idiots breaking the law for dumb reasons, they're just in different parts of the country. But Robert is well and truly hooked. It's done, he's an addict. Do they have a 12 step program for reality TV junkies??
In other news, sorry to have been MIA this last month. I had some computer issues, and we had some nice weather, so I need to take Conor to the park now, before it gets to hot. We've also been tackeling some projects around the house. I'll try to do some visiting this week, I know I have A LOT of catching up to do!
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Joellwrote:
Hi Siobhan! Yes, I've read Breath of Snow and Ashes (loved it), and YES, there is going to be another book. It's titled An Echo in the Bone and according to Diana's website, no scheduled release date as of yet. I hope soon, but then I guess I'll have to get busy and re-read them all so I can be all up to speed when it finally comes out! Looking forward to it! Hope you are well.
Feb. 3
Wahzatwrote:
I realize today that I miss you and our chats. Hope all is well with you and your family
G
Jan. 9
Shellywrote:
Hope you are doing well and are able to get back to bloggin soon! I miss the funny stories of what your lil man is doing as well as the big guy. Take care. TTFN
Sept. 9
cheesewrote:
Hello ;)
Sept. 6
L e e ' swrote:
O.K., my friend, Siobhan! Are you on hiatus? Or just writer's block? Actually, I don't have any room to complain. I have barely been around myself. I've been working on my memoirs for quite some time and about to wrap them up. If I had known it was going to be this hard (and gut wrenching) I may not have started.
Blessings to you
Lee
July 9
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