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Cry much?

I am so efrickinmotional!  Sheesh, I am starting to annoy myself.  I am sure if I call Katie in tears one more time she will most likely divorce my ass.  Wait, she can't.  lol

Background:
My parents didn't know how to be parents together and so I got the short end of all sticks.  I was not raised near my Grandparents or their sunday breakfasts, friday chinese food dinners, holiday gatherings, or any other family setting as such.  My grandparents are the only glue that holds the Gannon's together.  They kept the peace.  I didn't get to grow up with this normalcy. 

My grandmother is apparently going through her things and divvying them up amongst the grandchildren etc.  I got my first little package this week and have been crying about it since.  I am not ready for her to go yet.  And there needs to be more detail that I am not ready to invest.  I will save that for a later blog.

Memories I adore about my Grandma Gannon:

• Up until she moved into the nursing home she still used the same brown china that she had used my whole life!  And the same glasses that were a yellowish kind of glass.  I love that.  Such continuity.  When I went back to Seattle for Grandpa's funeral I sat at the table and cried eating on her brown plates.  Mostly  because that is one of the constants in my life and there were not many others.  And we are talking about plates people!!  They are vintage 70's McCoy Brown drip dinnerware.  lol

• My Grandma ate Golden Grahams for breakfast every single day.  In their old house (that they lived in for 50 years) the cereal boxes were always in the lower cupboard.  And Grandma would fix me a bowl of GG to eat with her, in those beautiful brown bowls.  And she was never fat, so GG can't be bad right?
• I have a few fond memories of playing in the basement at the old house.  There was these wonderful bigger barbie and ken cowboy/cowgirl dolls with horses and a horse trailer.  Oh how I loved them.  They had brown bodies with turquoise rubber vests.  Rubber chaps could be removed and cowboy hats.  I would fight anyone to play with them.  And always wished I had something like them at home.
• Grandma always said, "oooooooh ya" when she agreed with something.  It is precious and I wish you guys could hear her say it.  Her voice is so ingrained in my memory even though a ton of our communication was through cards/letters.
• My Grandma never missed one of my birthdays, not even when Grandpa had died in September.  Growing up I would get a dollar for each year of my age.  We may have moved all over the country and nothing was ever the same......but I could always count on a birthday card from Grandma.  I am certain I haven't ever gotten a card from my dad on time.  Just sayin.

More for a later post.

Southern cook....not so much?

Paula Dean is full of shit. 

She is all rosy cheeked, chicklet teethed, full of butter and mayo and her recipe books are not accurate in any way shape or form.  I call bullshit.

So I tried to make her chess pie recipe not once, but twice.  Both times were a FAIL!
No matter how long you cook the pie it is still like a bowl full of jelly and never solidifies. 

So I called Aunt Peg (Rashad's aunt by marriage that can cook the shit out of some food).  She gave me her recipe and tricks of the trade to know when it is ready.....I am lucky there were any measurements because I am pretty sure she spouted it from memory.  lol  Pinch here and a pinch there if you know what I mean.  Anyway, it is not a damn bit like old fat Paula's recipe.  So when Rashad gets home with the vinegar I will attempt my 3rd try at this shit.  I will be the perfect Southern wife!!  lols (Yall, meaning my 2 readers) know I don't mean that literally.

Let's hear those sleigh bells ringaling....

I sure do love some Christmas.  It is the happiest of all happy holidays.  Especially happy because I have my own family that i can create new traditions and continue traditions of old with.  DJ is at the perfect age to enjoy everything about Santa and the magic of it all!  And he loves Jesus and the bible also.  lol  At least that is what he told me.

So I baked a bunch of stuff yesterday and today.  I used my brand new Kitchen aid mixer that i got from Lowe's for 90% off, which is amazing in itself.  I made 6 dozen peanut butter cookies, a chess pie and cracker candy .  The cracker candy is like crack for reals!!  Ooh weeee it is so easy to make and so easy to eat.  it goes down real real good.

Being able to make a good chess pie is what will be the deciding factor in me being a "good southern wife".  lol  Right.

Anyhoo....
We took the boys to The Polar Express in Chattanooga this week.  DJ lurved it and Zavier lurved the gingerbread cookies (both of them).

On a roll

Just because I am on a roll...

Here is my amazing son acting an ass:

Craigslister

I can sell anything on the old Craigslist.  I made a lot of money in November clearing out baby stuff and my stroller collection.  Over $600 back in my pocket (where it got spent I can't even remember).  Loves.  Rashad got me an Ipod Touch 3rd gen 8gb for my birthday.  I need the 32GB 4th gen touch.  Katie tried to tell him but alas he is a man.

Anyway, i scored one at Target for $212 before tax and after coupons and gift cards!!  Get it bitches!  So i put the old touch (meaning not that old) on Craigslist last night and had it sold this morning!  The guy is meeting me Monday.  Woot.  I will make back $175!  Thank you Craigslist.

And moving on...

Honestly, November sucked ass.  It was an awful month for me in business, money, and fitness.

Negatives:

• The company I consult for is run by a dip shit.  She can't help it, I will blame it on her Bipolar/ADD/xanax abusing ass.  And if per chance you need the ICD-9 codes to bill that diagnosis I will post them for you.  She is a wachadoodle and I abhor her.  She claims the company is going in the direction of salaried employees and will have no use for consultants.  The quarterly project I have maintained for almost 4 years now has grown to the point that I can't complete it by myself.  Well I took a pay cut to cover the salary of an over-paid bitch to help me audit 273 charts when I audited 1700!!!!  She has 3 weeks to complete her charts and I had 13 days.  Do you see something fucked up here???  I lost $3000 this quarter and I am freaking out on the inside.
• Being short so much money on my next paycheck has led me to obsess about money and my excel sheets non-stop.  We will make our bills.  We are not broke by any means.  Broke people don't go to Target for shits and giggles to see how much money they can save.  lol 
• I got sick -- kind of allergy sick like and the antibiotic I was put on made me SICK!!  We are talking Rashad had to leave work early to help with the kids.....and I had to call Katie to come to the house to help me feed and bathe the boys.  Zavier had shit everywhere and I didn't have the energy or stomach power to clean up the mess of it all.  What an amazing friend!  Everyone needs someone they can call to clean their kids ass at the drop of a hat.  True friend right there!
• I have been absent from the gym.  Like bad absent.  When my quarterly audit come life gets put on hold.  I don't shower or get dressed and work non-stop around my children to complete the project.  I barely get to the grocery - we were out of milk and magically I was the only one who noticed/bothered to run to the store.  Did I mention I hate my job?  No, I like my job I hate the company I work for.  Anyway, I digress.  I need to get my fat ass back in the gym.  Although I have lost 4 lbs, but am getting soft at the same time.  sad face

Positives:

• Thanksgiving was good.  Mom did the dishes and we fried our first turkey.  I don't actually like turkey, but everyone else said it was juicy.  I did love the jalapeno corn casserole, mom's mac n cheeser, and mom's yeast rolls.  Dericious!
• My audit is over.  Thank Jesus!
• DJ had his school play "Stone Soup".  All of it was great except for the fact that my son didn't act right.  One of the only kids who didn't act right.  But if you ignore him acting like a 3 year old who didn't get sleep the night before it was momentous! 
• I am down to 176lbs!  1 more lb and I will be at my pre-preg weight within 1 year of Zavier's birth.  this is BIG people!  It took me 2 years to lose DJ's weight.  Granted I did gain 45lbs with both of them....still there is no excuse for fat.  Except....lols  I have lots of excuses.
• Rashad interviewed for a new job and by all commentary on his police force and the other it went really well.  Still waiting to hear about the scheduling of the PT test and a hire date.  I am so proud of him.  It would be better for us, mon-fri, school hours and vacations, coaching....and a pay raise.  Not a ton, but enough to make a difference.  So keep your fingers crossed (+my loyal 2 readers!  lol)

Done.

ooooooh I suck!

So I am waaaaaay worse of a blogger than I ever thought.  I suck.  I used to talk shit to katie all the time about not posting on her blog for my reading enjoyment.  I have no room to talk about anything.

Since my last blog Oct 23rd...long ass time ago... so many great and annoying things have happened.

Like Halloween:  Exhibit A









I know every mom on the planet thinks her kids are the cutest.  I disagree.  Let's call an unfortunate kid an unfotunate kid.  They can't help it their parents jacked them up for life!  Anyway...I know my boys are the cutest kids on the planet.  I love them almost all the time!

Ooh and on to a new post!  Happy Halloween 33 days late!