Ok so we all know many people who are getting this and that but what I want is not expensive and I am not keeping up with anyone. I want books that is it. I want to be able to sit down and read without any interruptions. Does that happen? Hell NO!
I don't mind though and with Christmas right around the corner literally there will be no time ever. I do not want a bigger wedding ring, nicer car, a bigger home and all of that materialistic bullshit. I want my kids to enjoy their toys and I want to lay around reading my book. I see my husband looking at what others are getting and I wonder if he ever wishes for more.
I know I am rambling but hello Christmas sucks if your an adult and have to work at everything. Examples: Shopping (work), putting up tree, lights etc., wrapping and then to top it all off a person is spending money to make others happy. Why? I mean when did the fun get sucked out of Christmas exactly. I do everything I do for my children but come on. I want to go somewhere and lay around and have the kids run around and not be bothered. I know I know what a shitty attitude but at least I have the guts to say what the majority is thinking. Right?
So I am going to go and continue on with the hey this is great fun attitude until Tuesday when the relaxing begins :-)
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I am Laurie, I am 57, a mom, and grandmother.
I enjoy and agree with what Dena wrote on the issuse of women looking for the end of the story to be all happy and joy.
Girls were taught to be sugar and spice and remember to look nice. We are the glue of our families, our jobs, and our own personal selves. We work hard, very hard. We have been the tough one. I would rather do it myself than have to let someone screw something up and I have to fix it. It could have been done by now.
On the other hand, I love letting my granddaughters try all sorts of new things. They may make a mistake but they learn from that. With humor we learn a great deal.
I enjoy and agree with what Dena wrote on the issuse of women looking for the end of the story to be all happy and joy.
Girls were taught to be sugar and spice and remember to look nice. We are the glue of our families, our jobs, and our own personal selves. We work hard, very hard. We have been the tough one. I would rather do it myself than have to let someone screw something up and I have to fix it. It could have been done by now.
On the other hand, I love letting my granddaughters try all sorts of new things. They may make a mistake but they learn from that. With humor we learn a great deal.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
My Sunday...........
Ok so my sunday consists of sleeping in until 11am. We are supposed to go to the tree lot and decorate our house for Christmas. My husband hates it and I do not blame him because it is alot of work. I used to love Christmas but now not so much I guess because I never had to do so much work until I became an adult.
I am in my Pjs just chillin watching the Hallmark channel hoping to get some Christmas spirit. I think it makes me more or less into the Christmas spirit (I still don't know) because my family is a little detached. I want to achieve the whole Christmas spirit with cookies, hot chocolate, and the smelling of the holiday (pine, holly). However, there are many variables of why that will not happen its because I am fat and cannot eat or participate into the eating part of the holidays. Which sucks a whole lot....
I am in my Pjs just chillin watching the Hallmark channel hoping to get some Christmas spirit. I think it makes me more or less into the Christmas spirit (I still don't know) because my family is a little detached. I want to achieve the whole Christmas spirit with cookies, hot chocolate, and the smelling of the holiday (pine, holly). However, there are many variables of why that will not happen its because I am fat and cannot eat or participate into the eating part of the holidays. Which sucks a whole lot....
Friday, December 7, 2012
Realistic or Unrealistic?
Ok, So today has been a very busy day for me and my brain.
We women see movies from the time we are born to the time we die. We love romantic movies where there is a happily ever after. I think Disney started it with Cinderella and Snow White. Personally after seeing Brave the newest Disney film it pissed me off. The reason being is when the ending happened I looked at it with my girls and said where is the Prince. Why? Was it subconscious? I am guessing so since we are conditioned to find the Prince for the happily ever ending.
So as we grow older we look for our happy ending and then reality rears its ugly head. Is that fair? Hmm in a way I say yes, the reason being is because life is not fair. We are taught that from a young age and yet we are always told to hope, have faith and to think positive. Are we leading our young girls on with these dreams that might not come true?
These are questions I asked myself today because as an adult woman I often wondered if I was mislead into thinking that men were the other half of happiness. My father was a single parent who went out of his way for me constantly and yet I cannot get my own husband to do that for his children. Is that the age or is that the person. I want to believe it is the person but the more women I speak to the more I believe it is the age of how men are. How disappointing for our women?
I love my husband more than just about anything and yet I am disappointed by the lack of being a father he is. I do not believe he is actively doing these things. I am willing to overlook this because he is kind, generous, understanding, and an awesome provider. He willingly took on 3 girls that were not his biologically and adopted 2 of them. So I still have some hope or is it faith either way I am very lucky.
When I read these books I am often disappointed with my life. I wonder if that is the case for most women. We want these characters with a passion that borders on obsessive. I always wonder what these men have that many women want is it looks, personality, money or the whole package. I have heard Justin Beiber's song about love and how he could care less if he was homeless as long as he had his love. Is that true? Would these characters still appeal to us if they were poor and were going nowhere in their life. If I wrote about a begger with average looks and a domineering personality would women still swoon like they are fifteen with no cares in the world. I highly doubt it yet there is still lingering possibility.
So now I leave you all with questions and possibilities that maybe we are lead to believe in possibilities that may not happen. I am hopeful we have our happy endings like the movies and books tell us. In this day and age we need something to be positive about especially with a recession, joblessness, money problems, health issues, and rising costs of everything including children.
We women see movies from the time we are born to the time we die. We love romantic movies where there is a happily ever after. I think Disney started it with Cinderella and Snow White. Personally after seeing Brave the newest Disney film it pissed me off. The reason being is when the ending happened I looked at it with my girls and said where is the Prince. Why? Was it subconscious? I am guessing so since we are conditioned to find the Prince for the happily ever ending.
So as we grow older we look for our happy ending and then reality rears its ugly head. Is that fair? Hmm in a way I say yes, the reason being is because life is not fair. We are taught that from a young age and yet we are always told to hope, have faith and to think positive. Are we leading our young girls on with these dreams that might not come true?
These are questions I asked myself today because as an adult woman I often wondered if I was mislead into thinking that men were the other half of happiness. My father was a single parent who went out of his way for me constantly and yet I cannot get my own husband to do that for his children. Is that the age or is that the person. I want to believe it is the person but the more women I speak to the more I believe it is the age of how men are. How disappointing for our women?
I love my husband more than just about anything and yet I am disappointed by the lack of being a father he is. I do not believe he is actively doing these things. I am willing to overlook this because he is kind, generous, understanding, and an awesome provider. He willingly took on 3 girls that were not his biologically and adopted 2 of them. So I still have some hope or is it faith either way I am very lucky.
When I read these books I am often disappointed with my life. I wonder if that is the case for most women. We want these characters with a passion that borders on obsessive. I always wonder what these men have that many women want is it looks, personality, money or the whole package. I have heard Justin Beiber's song about love and how he could care less if he was homeless as long as he had his love. Is that true? Would these characters still appeal to us if they were poor and were going nowhere in their life. If I wrote about a begger with average looks and a domineering personality would women still swoon like they are fifteen with no cares in the world. I highly doubt it yet there is still lingering possibility.
So now I leave you all with questions and possibilities that maybe we are lead to believe in possibilities that may not happen. I am hopeful we have our happy endings like the movies and books tell us. In this day and age we need something to be positive about especially with a recession, joblessness, money problems, health issues, and rising costs of everything including children.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Ramblings of a late night woman....
Ok so here it is late at night watching romantic Christmas movies and wonder if I had a second chance what would I do. I miss the 90's and all of the crazy shit I used to do. I always wonder how many turns I took when I made a decision to end up where I am currently.
Do we always second guess ourselves? I guess we do... My friends are either divorced or separated and some are attached but is any of them happy. Do we know what makes us happy? I do not even know myself good enough to answer. Are relationships designed to be our only happiness? When we are unhappy do we blame the outside influences or the inside ones? I need so many things that I may need to concentrate on those and kind of work in my relationships whether it is my husband, kids, friends or family...
Hmmmm I am so tired and I want so many things like traveling. In January I am hoping to go to California to visit Lisa and it will be so awesome.
So what do you do when your life is stagnant? When you are not moving ahead or not moving at all? I want to change direction I need to have something to motivate me personally and not just going through the motions. I love my children and I want them to have the best life ever and I will make that happen however I want the best for me. Is that possible? I have friends that cannot make that happen yet and I wonder if that is what happening to me as well.
Do we always second guess ourselves? I guess we do... My friends are either divorced or separated and some are attached but is any of them happy. Do we know what makes us happy? I do not even know myself good enough to answer. Are relationships designed to be our only happiness? When we are unhappy do we blame the outside influences or the inside ones? I need so many things that I may need to concentrate on those and kind of work in my relationships whether it is my husband, kids, friends or family...
Hmmmm I am so tired and I want so many things like traveling. In January I am hoping to go to California to visit Lisa and it will be so awesome.
So what do you do when your life is stagnant? When you are not moving ahead or not moving at all? I want to change direction I need to have something to motivate me personally and not just going through the motions. I love my children and I want them to have the best life ever and I will make that happen however I want the best for me. Is that possible? I have friends that cannot make that happen yet and I wonder if that is what happening to me as well.
I want to share
Ok Here Goes...... Something!
I am a 34 year old mother and wife that defines me because it is what I have accomplished so far. I want to be more than that. I love to read and to talk with people about that and life in general so I figured I would do this. I believe my friends and family are behind me because they want me to be motivated to do something.
I am sharing this blog with my friend Lisa when she finds out of course... Hee hee hee ;-0
I am also recruiting my mother in law Laurie but since she is spending the winter with us it is no hardship to tell her what my plans are ha ha ha.... Partner in crime!!
So here I sit in my house trying to come up with my first in house blogosphere and I talk about my friends and family not bad riiiiigghht (grins) guess not. I am lucky to even have that right now since I have been shutting myself off to everyone sorry about that but hey I am trying starting right now...
So I am going to have to introduce Laurie and Lisa when they start their rants I mean it is only fair then they can tell you what they want everyone to know. Me on the other hand I love to talk about books and what is happening in my own bubble.
So lets start there....I just read Opal from Jennifer Armentrout and it was awesome and let me tell you, when I can vividly tell everyone what the characters were doing and how the book was laid out, then you know it was good. Some books I get done and cannot remember anything about the book, the next day like what was so good or even memorable about it. Then those pretty much suck for me and do not count for a 2 star raving. This book was beyond that and I cannot wait for the next one in the Lux series to come out but waaaiiiit a momento I am way ahead of myself here.
Opal based on Goodreads description:
"No one is like Daemon Black.
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it."
Now that I have that out of the way and everyone knows what it is about it rocked out of this world. I absofreaking love Daemon even his arrogance. I know we are supposed to be afraid of the unknown but what is the fun in that. I gave it a five star rating on goodreads and I am satisfied with that. Check out the series if you haven't already. Leave replies to my reviews on Goodreads so I can know we hooked up on my new blog here.
Enough of that I have many books I read just ask my hubby he is over it and I mean
O V E R it. I don't mind in the least because I have Lisa my Book Partner to share hee hee hee (grins).
I am going to read another book, chat with my friend Lisa, and get this stuff on the road wooo hoo!!
I am a 34 year old mother and wife that defines me because it is what I have accomplished so far. I want to be more than that. I love to read and to talk with people about that and life in general so I figured I would do this. I believe my friends and family are behind me because they want me to be motivated to do something.
I am sharing this blog with my friend Lisa when she finds out of course... Hee hee hee ;-0
I am also recruiting my mother in law Laurie but since she is spending the winter with us it is no hardship to tell her what my plans are ha ha ha.... Partner in crime!!
So here I sit in my house trying to come up with my first in house blogosphere and I talk about my friends and family not bad riiiiigghht (grins) guess not. I am lucky to even have that right now since I have been shutting myself off to everyone sorry about that but hey I am trying starting right now...
So I am going to have to introduce Laurie and Lisa when they start their rants I mean it is only fair then they can tell you what they want everyone to know. Me on the other hand I love to talk about books and what is happening in my own bubble.
So lets start there....I just read Opal from Jennifer Armentrout and it was awesome and let me tell you, when I can vividly tell everyone what the characters were doing and how the book was laid out, then you know it was good. Some books I get done and cannot remember anything about the book, the next day like what was so good or even memorable about it. Then those pretty much suck for me and do not count for a 2 star raving. This book was beyond that and I cannot wait for the next one in the Lux series to come out but waaaiiiit a momento I am way ahead of myself here.
Opal based on Goodreads description:
"No one is like Daemon Black.
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it."
Now that I have that out of the way and everyone knows what it is about it rocked out of this world. I absofreaking love Daemon even his arrogance. I know we are supposed to be afraid of the unknown but what is the fun in that. I gave it a five star rating on goodreads and I am satisfied with that. Check out the series if you haven't already. Leave replies to my reviews on Goodreads so I can know we hooked up on my new blog here.
Enough of that I have many books I read just ask my hubby he is over it and I mean
O V E R it. I don't mind in the least because I have Lisa my Book Partner to share hee hee hee (grins).
I am going to read another book, chat with my friend Lisa, and get this stuff on the road wooo hoo!!
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