Dear Someone

Dear Bully,

Listen, last year you bullied lots of girls. You even beat one up at a bus stop. And I've heard you've had a pretty hard life and some really bad things have happened to you. While I wouldn't wish these things upon you, I damn well will not stand for you bullying my daughter and her friends. Last year I gave Alyssa directions to ignore you and if you wouldn't stop to just let you know that whatever your problem was that she didn't want to be on the receiving end of it and to knock your crap off. You were even brave enough to throw her some dirty looks while I was there. Well after picking up Alyssa and her group of friends from open gym the other night and them telling me that you and your friends were being really mean and calling them bitches and threatening to smash a soda can in their faces...this Mom has had enough. You will hear from me at open gym tonight. I've heard that you keep bullying because everyone is afraid to stand up to you. It better come to an end.

Thorny Rose


Dear 4th Grade Homework,

Oh My Word, between a lot of homework and Taylor having some difficulties grasping what she is learning...we are quite literally doing homework from the time she gets home until it's time for bed. Besides her snack, dinner and bath time, the rest of her evening is filled up with doing her homework and trying to comprehend it. Less homework please, she shouldn't have to spend her whole evening stressed/working to finish and comprehend it all.

Concerned Rose


Dear Exercise,

Why are you such a needy being? I shouldn't have to visit you soooo often...really, I shouldn't.

Wilting Rose


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Random Tuesday

~ Went for a nice walk this morning on our trail at the park. There were a ton on bunnies and quail. And one chipmunk. I wanted to gather up all the cute little baby bunnies and baby quail and bring them home with me. Too cute.

~ It's still summer time, and I haven't done this in a while...

I don't know what I am thinking...I love swimming and I've not done it near as much as I should.

~ This is my dog Malibu...


She is looking at me like "It's.Not.Fair...Roxy is on dad's lap, and I should be on yours". Not happening...a 67 pound 8 month old American Bulldog in NOT a lap dog.

~ Hmm, let's see, what is on my agenda today? Nothing! Fantastic, once again. Now I'm off to plant myself in front of the the TV, maybe take a little siesta, maybe read a little, snack a little...maybe a little bit of everything and nothing at all. I'm going to enjoy the rest of this week and next week before I head back to fall semester classes. Lovin' me some ME time!

Manic Monday Foo'

Just another manic Monday...wish it were....today. I know a lot of people don't like their hectic schedules that start on Mondays. Seeing how I'm still currently a stay-at-home mom, I am lovin' Mondays at this point in time. ALL the kids are in school...and I...I'm blarin' the music and getting my one woman party started! I'm living it up. Sent the kids off to the bus with hugs, kisses and well wishes for a good day.

TODAY'S AGENDA:

• Dance and sing and get jiggy wit' it....Done!
• Go and buy fall semester text books.
  
• (Rather be spending the money on Nickelback tickets)
• Get jiggy wit' it in the car to the blarin' music.
• (Aren't you all so lucky that I DON'T know how to post video!)

And that is my agenda...pretty empty...pretty awesome to me!

Here is a short weekend re-cap to cap this off...

Saturday night we went to Shortmama's house for some dinner and game playing. We like to talk shit to each other. And Amanda and I have very loving names for our hubby's. Keep in mind it's loving...cause we lurv them :) Anywho, when game playing gets competitive here is how we address our husbands...

Me to Jason..."What are you doing bitch, quit skipping me!"
Shortmama to Levi...ok really, I can't remember her whole sentence to him, because I was cracking up laughing when she hollered at him and called him a "shit stain". Bwahahahaha....still cracks me up!

HAPPY MANIC MONDAY!

Dear Someone

Dear Blogging,

Nice to be back to this routine...computer, coffee, typing and music (currently playing is Boom by POD). Sharing my life and reading up on others...nice start to the day.

Desert Rose


Dear Charlene,

I'm ready for another concert again...Nickelback is coming to town. Lurv me a concert.

Wild Rose


Dear Jayce,

Thank you for the laughter you give out. You really cracked us up while out shopping for clothes. When we picked out Alyssa's school pants and then realized that one of that tags on there showed how it maximizes the butt and gives it a lift, it was just hilarious when you told her that it really does lift up her butt when she tried them on and she came out to let me make sure they were ok. And of course when you decided to tell her that all of the other pants lift her butt up too, ya, funny.

Belly Laughin' Mama


Dear Kids,

Get used to me "embarrassing" you by going to school and taking pictures...you'll appreciate the memories when you are older.

Memory Makin' Mama


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Back With A Bang

I have been gone, gone, gone...but now I'm back! Woohoo! My kids are all back in school so now I have time to be immersed in here again. And I'm back just in time to join this new little meme...





This is hosted by MissC @ Life As I See It...and co-hosted by The Lunatic Cafe, Babies Boobies & A Blog, and Naughty Mommy Reviews & Junk. Here is a description of the meme:

This meme is THE NAUGHTY LIST! I want each of you to write 3 things that you have done that made you feel naughty! It can be from years ago or minutes ago!

DESERT ROSE'S NAUGHTY LIST...

1. I spent a lot of my youth running around nude. At the lake, through the streets, out in the AZ desert. I may have meant to be a nudist...having kids has changed that ;)

2. I used to work as an emergency dispatcher. One time my co-worker and I took a ride in the back of our officer friend's police vehicle for a small joy ride around the downtown buildings in phx. We were hollering out of the windows that the officer was taking us to jail just cause we were making out in the park. Gave the homeless people that were out and about a good laugh.

3. If my hubby is talking about something that I may not particularly care about I flash him so he will possibly lose track of what he is talking about and move on.

Anywho, I'm glad to be back and can't wait to see what I've been missing out on.

Back From MIA...Possibly

I've been missing in action for over a month now, but I'm back, at least for the moment. I've been out enjoying my life outside of the computer/blogosphere. I'll share a few of the things that we've been out enjoying.

My little boy graduated kindergarten. Proud of the wonderful job he did in his first year of school, but not so sure I want him to be out of kindergarten. He ended with mainly Excellent's and some Satisfactory's. This is Jayce on graduation day with his awesome teacher...


So next year he'll hit the big time for 1st grade, Taylor will be in 4th, and Alyssa will be in her very last year of Jr. High, 8th grade. Ugh.

My husbands two oldest kids came out for a week's visit. While they were here we took them to Knott's Berry Farm and the beach in California. We had a wonderful time...minus freezing our asses off at the beach in the morning. My hubby is the only one who enjoyed it regardless of the frigid temp and water. But once the temps rose in the afternoon then we all enjoyed it. Seriously...when Ryan got out of the water in the morning HE WAS PURPLE. Mmm hmm...purple.

Ryan, Siara and I....our LOVELY 2 hour wait for Knott's Berry to open since Miss Siara woke us up at the crack of OMG because she wanted to get going...that and she's an early to rise girl to begin with...which kind of clashes with a "don't you dare wake me" me.

We ran into some hot fellas...

Ryan was just overjoyed that snoopy stopped by for a visit...

And here's my crazy family in the freezing waters of Newport Beach...

Siara, Ryan and I

Wondering if this sea urchin will poison me or something...

My hubby and I catching a wave...

Ooooh that was fun!

We went out on a ranger/quad ride....

Up front is Grandma Sheryl and Jayce, in the back is Alyssa, Siara and Taylor.

And here is my hubby and Ryan...

My hubby and I...

"I vwant to bite you"

And we've done some swimming...but I'll save that for another time. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Whew...I Think I Need A Nap

I've been gone recently. Not the I've left the house kind of gone. The "my head has done a face plant into my books" kind of gone. This is the last week of class for this semester, and I've been studying away. Today was my last day of math class...I could dance a nekked jig, it makes me that happy. And tomorrow is my last day of psychology class. Looking forward to my break before the fall semester.

I had a fantabulous Mother's Day. Hoping all the rest of you Momma's did too. My kids all gave me cards. And we hung out. My hubby made a wonderful dinner. And then we went to home depot for my pick in a Mother's Day present....new house paint. Got a few things to fix some cracks in our stucco, and then chose a darker color for our house than what we currently have.

The night before Mother's Day, my husband and I got to go and hang out with Shortmama and her hubby for the night. Kid Free. Ya, that was fantabulous too. We first started out at a steakhouse for dinner. Mmm mmm good. Then we ended up at one bar. But that one was a little dead and noisy. Noisy since there was a band playing in a very small enclosed area. Decided it was worth screaming to hear each other talking. So off to another bar we went. We had so much fun, and took some great pictures that we'll remember forevah, and laugh at forevah!

Shorty and I

Shorty striking a pose...

My hubby and I...

I love this pic of my hubby, it's very clear. It's so clear you can completely see how two-toned he is!!!

Shorty and her hubby Levi...Looks like Levi is passed out, but upon closer inspection you will see that he is cracking up!

And this my friends is what happens when I start feeling a little tipsy...

And this my friends is my happy/embarrassed hubby!

We had a wonderful time that night...can't wait to do it again!!!

Night At The Daughtry Concert

Last night my friend Charlene and I had a great time at the Daughtry concert. I enjoyed the whole show, even though I didn't know a couple of the songs. I think we were just happy to be owwwwt!

So Cavo was the opening act, and then Lifehouse was next, and then the main event was Daughtry. At one point in time Daughtry and Lifehouse were on stage together. We just had a great time there. We danced, we sang along, were crazy women.

When we first got there we went to the souvenir stand first. Had to get that stuff before it got too packed. I bought a Daughtry T-Shirt and their tour book. Charlene got herself a keychain. Next up was a food stop for some pretzels, and then the Margarita stand. I asked for a keg, but they didn't supply! Hmph! Charlene bought herself some almond and pecans roasted in something that smelled yummy. Let me tell ya, she protected those nuts! First she tucked her nuts safely in her pocket and kept making sure she didn't lose them. She was nice enough to see if I wanted some of her nuts though. And in the end, she forgot her nuts under the chair when we left. Awww nuts!

Ok, climbing outta the gutter now! We didn't get too many pictures since all the lights in there kind of make things blurry. But we got a couple of good shots. We even took pictures of our stop at Jack in the Box on the way home! I just couldn't pass up a comical moment!

So here are some of the pics....

This is when we first got seated...you see Charlene?...she's eating the, um, nuts...

And here we are still waiting, so we had the girls sitting next to us snap a pic of us...

Not too good quality of a pic here, but this is when Daughtry and Lifehouse were both on stage...

See the guy in the white shirt and then the guy standing to the left of him?, that is the drummer and one of the guitar players for Cavo...they were standing not far from us watching Lifehouse up on stage...

This one is a little, ok maybe a lot, blurry, but I was dancing and having a good time!

This was outside after the show. It was windy as heck, so I was fighting back so I wouldn't get blown over!

See...this is how windy it was outside! Charlene's hair was EVERYWHERE like she was rockin' out or something!

So here we were in the drive through at Jack in the Box. I couldn't resist this opportunity. I was digging out my money and happened to look over there and see the pic of Jack in the car looking over and smiling. So I told Charlene to grab the camera and take a pic for proof that Jack was checkin' us out!!!

And here was Charlene sipping on her chocolate shake...yummy!

Oh ya, I almost forgot. After the concert was over, we left the seating area and were walking down the hallway towards our exit. Well Charlene wanted to go back into the seating area closer to the stage to get a better view of the set up. So we walked back in to the curtains and were watching the crew take everything down. I was just standing there for a little bit, so I went to turn to tell her something. And she wasn't there. Instead, there was a whole group of security right behind me, and I literally mean that one of them was right behind me with his face close to my back. Ya, a little startled! I'm pretty sure I said something along the lines of "ahhhhhhhhh"! Anyways, he told me I have a wicked tattoo on my back. Creep...scared the crap outta me. Personal space issues! I found Charlene on the other side of the curtain...whew!

We really had lots of fun...can't wait for the next one!

Concert Day!!!

Woooo to the freakin' Hoooooooo!!! The day has finally arrived! I get to go and see the Daughtry/Lifehouse/Cavo Concert in 5 hours! Actually, 5 1/2, but who's counting right!

Here's a speck of comedy when it comes to concert days. Most of the time it's like rush, rush, rush to make sure everything is done so you can get out of the door in time. So here is a peek into today's scenario. Get up, get kids ready for school and ship their bootay's outta the door, finish getting dressed, head out to breakfast with my hubby whom I luvy, sit at the restaurant with him and talk crap about the junkies driving a truck about 40 mph on the freeway, leave the restaurant and part ways with the hubby, head off to math class, cram new information in, leave and head to a store to see if I can find a cute outfit, decide not to go to the bank cause I'll just hit up an ATM to get some money to take to the concert, stop at the gas station on the way home to get some gas and go through the drive through car wash, have to wait cause some painters are blocking the path into the car wash so decide to go to Mcdonald's for some lunch, head back to the carwash, watch some worker get sprayed by the car wash cause he's at the end on a ladder painting something all while I'm sitting in my car eating my hamburger and fries, leave and head home, stop at the little store in town first to withdraw money from the ATM, ATM IS OUT OF MONEY, stop and check mail, head home. Quick trip on here to do my post, have to look over my board packet some more for a meeting tomorrow at the fire station, would like to fit in some exercise, and then a shower. Kids will be home and wreaking havoc at about 3:30, will have to make them some dinner and do their homework, get their baths going, chores. And then I will have to make it out the door at 5:45 to go and pick up my friend Charlene so we can head out like the excited crazy women that we are. WHEW....wonder if I can fit a nap in there somewhere...nope, too busy thinking of where I need to stop and withdraw some mula.

Oh ya, I still have to paint my nails too, and......ugh! Gotta go!

Random Thoughts

~This morning started out with a bang. As in, me banging out the front door to the sound of a trash truck coming. Ya, cause I realized that my hubby didn't drag out the trash for pick up today...it was a deja vu moment of last week. Except last week it didn't get picked up cause I thought he had it out. Soooo, I had to end up calling for a Friday pick up for last week, in which I got a little ticked at the trash company. I called for them to pick up on Friday since I missed it that Tuesday, so the lady puts me on hold for a second, and then she comes back on the line and says "well, you have two options". I was already thinking to myself that this was going to be good...you know, the sarcastic kind of good. So she tells me that I can either wait until pick up next Tuesday, which is today. Um, stop the presses please. I'm pretty sure I called because I NEED the garbage to be emptied. The can was full. I'm thinking I wouldn't have called if I could've waited until next week. So then she says the other option is that they could pick it up Friday but they would have to charge me an extra $15 since they have to go so far out of their way. Ok, STOP the presses. I was silent for a few seconds and then I let out a little laugh. I asked her what she meant by "so far out of the way". She said since Friday's are pick up for the opposite side of town that they have to go out of their way to come and get mine. I THEN proceeded to remind her that this is a VERY small town and that it takes approximately 1 minute to get from my house to the "other" side of town. Get real.

~I'm so excited that tomorrow night my friend Charlene and I get to go to the Daughtry/Lifehouse/Cavo Concert! I'm so wishing we were allowed to take cameras. The no camera rule is jacked!

~I think Shortmama MIGHT put up some pics today of our night over there the other night. You know the one I talked about yesterday, the story of her being hopped up on Benadryl? And the silly things she did? Not sure if she'll do it or not, cause her post for the day isn't up yet. But I'll link her name to her blog so you all can check in and see if she does post the pics!

Summer's A'Comin'

I have to say that I am pretty excited that I only have 4 more days of math class and either 4 or 5 days of psychology class left. Then out for the summer. I have been enjoying attending classes again, even if it's only a little with the math class :) I'm taking the summer off so I can have a break and so I don't have to have others watch the kids for me. Fall semester I will be back at it taking another math class and an english class. I also have to say that I will miss my cussing classmate in math this semester. She kept things, um, lively to say the least!

I guess on Memorial Day weekend we as a family are going on a camping trip with some of our neighbors and a whole slew of other people. I don't know who all is going. So I'm partly excited and partly ancy. Maybe I can get Shortmama and her family conned in to going with us! Hint, hint shorty....cause I know you are reading this! So that's a good thing to do for the start of our summer events. My hubby's two older kids will be out here for a week during the summer, so we'll do lots of water stuff and possibly camping while they are out here. And then we also hope to take a week's vacation sometime while the kids are out of school also. The beach...ya, the beach sounds good! Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Oh ya...almost forgot...this past weekend we went to Shortmama's house for dinner. We kind of invited ourselves and then called them to "ask" if we could come over. Ya, that's how we do things around here. So anyways, we tried a new drink while we were there. And then we were playing cards and Amanda's allergies started bothering her. So she took 2 Benadryl. Mmm hmm. Give me two of those things and I'm knocked out....give Shorty two of those things and sit back for the show people! I wish I had the pics to show you, but unfortunately, they are all on her blackberry. Girl was laughing up a storm, making silly faces and cracking us the hell up!

My Little Cussing Granny

You know, I've always heard that as people age, some tend to not care anymore about certain things. We'll take my granny for instance. My little granny has been a church-goer for the majority of her life. They now don't attend, but it's only due to the corruptions that they have seen in the church's. So now granny and grandpa keep up with their beliefs at home. Now that said, granny has never really been one to cuss. Mmm mmm. Not her. As far as I can remember, granny never used to cuss as I was growing up, and my grandparents are the ones that raised me. I have only one memory of her uttering a cuss word, and that is when she told me to go and change my shorts cause my ass was hanging out. Ah, good memories!

So anyways, today my granny and I spent the day out eating and shopping. Well on the way home we were talking about poo. Literally. I know, you're welcome for the information. But anypoo, my granny also shares things that she never would utter a word of before. And I'm only mentioning it here, cause well, she happens to share this same info with people she runs into at the grocery store. I know, they are welcome for the information too. So it happens to be that she's a little stopped up and she's not "going" like she should. So, I decided to be a smartass and tell her "sorry to tell you granny, but I think you are full of poop". In which she responded "well I always heard it told as being full of shit". Ya, I just cracked up.

I on the other hand have a tendency to cuss too often....but shhhhh! Don't tell granny!

Dear Someone

Dear Me,

Go make some coffee and then come back and do this post. I need a wake up kick in the butt.

Tired Woman


Dear Anyone,

I've got two dogs for sale...they make for good alarm clocks at about 5 a.m. each morning.

Woman who isn't in need of an early wake up call


Dear Boat,

So glad you are finally fixed and re-upholstered. Can't wait for the weather to get a bit warmer so we can get out on the lake again and enjoy boating and being pulled on the tube. And throwing Jason off the tube. And listening to little Jayce tell us to pull him faster on the tube. And watching the girls do crazy jumps off of you. Oh ya, I like it all except for having to slather with the kids SPF 70 sunscreen, cause it's the only thing that works in preventing me from turning in to a lobster.

Water lovin' Me


Dear Weather,

Um, ya, I was kind of liking the tank top, flip flop weather. And now you're being evil with cooler temps and rain. I don't mind the rain, but really, do you have to be so cold hearted?

Chilly Rose


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Random Thoughts

~I was going to start this off by talking about my day yesterday. But I have to mention this mornings events first. It's a bit hairy you see. As in, a little less hair. My 13-year-old chopped.her.hair.off.last.night. She comes to me this morning and tells me that she was trying to cut the tag off of her pajama top and that she ended up getting her hair too, so then she just finished cutting the rest. Her hair used to be, um, maybe 4-5 inches past her shoulders. Now it's at her shoulders. I don't know how she got it so straight. It's seriously pretty straight minus a few long single pieces here and there. You see, she's done this once before, but that was when she was in kindergarten. She gave herself a mullet that time. Ya, it was great. She may have really accidentally cut it when cutting the tag, but I'm not so sure that I'm buying that story.

~Now about yesterday's events. My day started out normally. I dropped my granny off at the superwalmart on my way to my math class. After class I went and picked her up from her shopping and we made a pit stop at Taco Bell drive through for some lunch. It's only about a 13 minute drive from the Taco Bell to our home. Well...we didn't quite make it home. You see, sometimes I feel like I am going to pass out. Sometimes this happens when I am driving. I can tell you each time it scares the crap outta me. So anyways, I had to pull over and get off of the freeway. Usually when this happens, I pull over and sit there for a minute and the feeling passes and I can continue on. Well a couple of years ago I went to the doctor about it and I went through a test to find out that I'm hypoglycemic. That means my blood sugar drops too low, which causes shakiness, feeling faint, and not being able to think as clear.

So anyways, this time it wasn't going away like before. It would start to go away and then it would come back. So I don't remember everything too clearly, but I know that I called my husband, luckily he was still home. I was going to have Shortmama go and pick him up and drop him off where we were so he could finish driving us home. But the imminent feeling of passing out kept coming back, so I ended up calling for the ambulance instead. I luckily never did pass out...thank goodness, cause let me tell ya, I don't really get sick and I hate this passing out feeling, all I could think was I don't wanna die. Ya, passing out makes me think that. But, this episode seems to be a mystery. My vitals were fine. My tests at the hospital all came back normal. So the doctor there doesn't know what caused it. My sugar levels in the ambulance tested at 80, and at the hospital they were 91. So the nurse is wondering if my sugar crashed and then my body compensated for it and started bringing the levels up. I don't really know. I just know I'd like an answer, cause frankly that stuff scares the shit outta me. And I don't get scared easily....unless it's passing out or spiders. So now I have to do a follow-up appointment with my family physician. I'm hoping to figure it all out, cause I'd like these episodes to end.