Just When You Open Up A Little....He

All I had to do what read the text message that she couldn't stop crying and didn't know what to do or who to call, my heart broke for her. What can I do all these miles away? What I do is listen, offer advice, and just try to encourage her to trust her decisions she's made. Divorce isn't easy...but continued verbal abuse, secrets, and disappearing is not what loving husband does to his wife and children. Skillfully a manipulator can work himself right back into a soft part in an already vulnerable heart. It's our jobs as women, friends, and family to remind ourselves and one another of all the previous crap that the manipulator has caused and put everyone through.

I'm sorry my sweet sister that he tried to get some serious sympathy from you. He got what he needed, a rental car, and he left after trying to make you feel bad about telling your family he demolished his car that is in your name. You're a strong, beautiful, amazing woman/Mom/and sister. REMEMBER that always. I love you.
xoxoxo

Ironing The Sheets!

I read on a great decorating blog by Jill Vargas , about ironing your sheets. Ironing your sheets you say? Who has time, you ask? Well, I did it tonight! It took all of 10 minutes. The Rowenta was hot and the sheets were warm and smelling like my perfect cocktail. You don't know what my cocktail is? It's the Tide with liquid Downey in the ball insdie the washer and the Bounce sheet in the dryer! Yum. Ok, so I took the sheets and ironed them. They folded up perfectly soft and tightly, like they do at my mom's house. I'm sure my mom doesn't iron her sheets. :)

We'll see what happens. The whole goal is have the bed feel like a spa hotel bed. I'm sure it will feel soooo good when I climb in tonight.

In A Rush Without My BRA!

The bus arrives, to drop the kids off home, at 2:30Pm every single day. Yesterday it was 2:20 and I realized I had to grab the Sweet Keeper. The Sweet Keeper is the keeper of the coupons and I needed it for the market stop that was going to happen right after picking up the kiddos. Sooooo, I was in a little bit of a rush. Ok, it was a HUGE RUSH. What do I do? I grab the Sweet Keeper, big bag of a purse, keys, phone....and get to the car. What did I forget? Hmmm...2:27 and something is missing! That's it....NO BRA! Car in park, it's on, and garage door is open , so I run into to grab a bra. Of course there's always a spare on top of the dryer for this exact reason! Grab it and pick up the kids.

I was going to put it on incognito in the bus pick up line. No one would have noticed. However, at this point it's 2:30 when I pull up and the bus is pulling up to the curb. Shit!

That's right it's going to have to happen at the market parking lot! I make the kids get out and stand right next to the car. In a split second..that bra is on under the shirt and I'm in business. Was there a problem? Did it go smoothly? Everything was fine except for the boob shot the old lady in the handicap spot caught. Well, hell if you're going to stare at someone in their car long enough you will see something unsightly eventually!

Bra on, sweet keeper in hands, kids wondering why they had to wait outside the car, and me no worse for the wear! Just another thing in my Wonderful World that I rocked so great, only the old lady staring at me knew I was doing a quick change in the parking lot! LOL.

No Idea....

I have no idea why I get so wrapped up and riled up with what's going on in the world of politics. The violence and stoking of the flames after the bill was voted into law, is unacceptable.

All I can say is this. If you don't like what is happening go register new voters. Get your voters out on election day and vote your candidate into office.

Now, I'm off to make a grocery list and think about all the good going on in our world. :)

Stoking The Fire of Violence and Hate

Where have you gone John McCain? Where is the man I once so greatly admired? I just listened to a man who looked like McCain and Sounded like McCain explain away Sarah Palin's Lock and Load and Cross hair map for "Taking Democrats Out" as nothing more than what he's scene in politics all his life. Really?

He continued to tell Ann Curry that he condemned violence occurring because of Health Care Reform, but then continued it was happenening because people were mad and it's all because of the back room deals and "sausage making" the democrats have done behind closed doors. Really?

Wow. So, throwing bricks at congressional member's offices in the capitol and in their home towns isn't so bad? Threats of violence and the N word thrown at the Rep. John Lewis who marched that bloody Sunday in Selma Alabama isn't so bad, compared to the sausage making of the democrats. Wow. Sarah Palin going on her Face Book and telling her followers to RELOAD with a map of the cross haired states of the reps to "take out" isn't as bad as politics as usual. Really?

Wow. So, now McCain says he won't work on anything bipartisan for the rest of his term. I wonder how this will help his opponent J.D. Hayworth down there in Arizona? I imagine the Senator will change his mind about that really soon.

Senator Boehner, you let me know when Armageddon happens. You said this was the beginning, with the passage of the bill. Is that Armageddon to begin with the violence from the right fringe? All the stoking of the flames might get you just what you've wished for, but then what? If all else fails I'm sure you'll turn to Glenn Beck and let him try and sway the Tea Baggers toward McCarthyism 2010 with all his communist talk.

Beck's Witch Hunt: The New McCarthyism
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What about the Tea Baggers?

How many Tea Baggers don't have health insurance of anykind? How many have Medicare, Medicaid, form of publicly funded care? How many have had times of not being able to get their children insured or seen by doctors due to lack of insurance? How many of those people couldn't get insurance for their children because of a pre-existing condition or a lifetime cap already in place? How many Tea Baggers have walked with signs picketing President Obama as a radical muslim, with a mustache like Hitler, or anything more radical like Obama caricatured like a monkey eating a banana? How many Tea Baggers knew tea bagging was a sexual act involving a man putting his testicles in woman's or another man's mouth? Simple questions to ponder.

Let's have debates! Our differences allow for new ideas to emerge when debated with respect and an open mind. Vote. Vote. Vote. Do the right thing and voice your opinions, but does it have to be demeaning to a human being? Should disparaging race or gender be part of pulling America apart into factions of haters? What does this say about our humanity if we lose sight of our fellow human?

Finally, if you're one of the people who starts posting how we're becoming Communists, then I must draw the line there. I'm sorry, but Obama is not the second coming of Stalin. No one called Bush, Napolean, over his war in Iraq that was over something that didn't exist, like WMD. You know what, strike that. This has nothing to do with Bush or the crazy amounts of millions and millions of dollars the Republicans used to try and impeach Clinton over a blow job in a closet. When their top leadership were also having affiars. Ok, I give in it was the lying about the BJ
that got Clinton in trouble.

I'm now done with the rant of the day.

My Coupon Organizer…

This website is amazing. It's so user friendly and it's very easy on the eyes! Love it!!!!
My Coupon Organizer…

Changing It Up

I am going to work on making this blog into three columns. I'll just put it on my list of things to do. I'm so impired by so many new bloggers, their use of colors, and approach to style. It's very inspiring. I love the creativity!

I'm all over it!

Supersticky Discovery!

How cute is this?! Superstickies

Tuesday's Product Ponder...Bounce Dryer Bar

I love my cleaning supplies. Near and dear to my aroma therapy soul is anything that has to do with great smelling laundry products. Not only do my products need to smell awesome, but they must clean!

Since we have to do laundry, unless you're one of those that just let's it pile up and then uses the cheapest detergent to get the job done, then it might as well smell terrific! There are no allergies in my family and from what I've noticed when trying some of the eco green cleaners, is that they don't work, as well. I'm not against the Eco detergents, but nothing has worked like my Tide or Costco's Kirkland Liquid brands.

This Product Ponder is not about detergent. It's all about the fabric softener. I use both liquid and a sheet. My liquid of choice is Downey. That April Fresh scent is so light and yummy that I can feel the aroma therapy working as I move the clothes from the washer to the dryer. Ok, maybe not so much therapy, but damn it smells good. Oh, and yes I use the Downey Ball. I love that ball! For my fabric softener sheets I do not waiver from my favorite sheets. I use Bounce. Freshly dried clothes with Bounce are the ablsolute softest and best smelling produced loads of laundry in my house.



A few months back I ventured into uncharted territory and bought the new Bounce Dryer Bar. One sticks it (literally) into the dryer with a adhesive holder to its dryer tub. It looks like a long oval bar of soap. I didn't use the sheets with this bar, because it was supposed to work in place of the dryer sheets. Well, it didn't work as well as the sheets. The clothes didn't come out smelling as fresh. The towels were not soft and fluffy like with the sheets. The deal breaker for me was huge, though. This Bounce Bar was supposed to last for 4 months. It was broken into pieces by day 9 of my experiment.

Fast forward to 3 days ago. I had a coupon for $1.50 odd and it was on sale at my market. So, I succumbed to the Frugalista in me and bought, it with the coupon. This bar was only the 2 month lasting version of the Bounce Dryer Bar. Three days into the re-do of the previous experiment and it failed, again, miserably. It cracked again and came loose from the holder. I ran it again and then realized it was so worn in after 3 days and cracking apart that there was no way this was going to work again in it's holder or with the clothes. The smell wasn't there, again. It seemed as though I dried a few loads of clothes without any dryer fabric softener, even though the Dryer Bar was being used.

Grade: D-
I will never give up my Bounce sheets and go to the Bounce Dryer Bar. In my opinion, the bar is just a waste of money. The only reason it didn't receive the worst grade F, was because I use the bar on a shelf in the laundry room for a little extra Aroma Therapy on the days when I don't want to run another load, for the life of me.

Sincerly,
Christie

Organizing Me...

I have become engrossed in saving money. It's a little sickening and empowering, at the same time. It's sickening to admit it and show my Sweet Keeper,aka geeky Trapper Keeper, with all my coupons and deals that around town. On the other hand, it's empowering to know I can save a TON of money just by some careful clicks of the mouse. Said clicks take me some great websites. There are some terrific women out there sharing some great knowledge with the rest of us. I'm taking to my blog to say...you can save money. Some of the websites say it's easy to find the deals and organize with their printable couponing and parts of it are easy. For me I need to look at my circulars, cut my coupons, print some online, and then list by store. The tough part is making sure you get what you need and making the most of coupons online/newspapers/circulars. For me it does mean going to at least two stores if I want to grocery shop and do the Walgreens or CVS rewards! Walgreens and CVS are amazing. To many of the hardcore couponers it's called The Drugstore Game. Of course there's the Coupon Mom many of you have heard of in the news and online. My new FAVORITE is the Deal Seeking Mom! What great about her is that she always has new deals constantly outside of just the normal circulars. Go to her site and learn about CVS and Walgreens. It's worth it. I have a few more frugalistas on my blogger list.

Discipline, saving, making plans, and then the execution of said plans are all good things. All of this has inspired me to focus on what I want to do with my goals. I don't want to run a coupon site. It wouldn't be fulfilling to my passions. The people running them are so fabulous at it that I couldn't do it any better or add anything more to their deal finding. The focus and organization is bringing me out of mommy land and back to the Wonderful World of Christie! I see the On Ramp right up the road. All this organizing and saving has me working towards a goal. What goal am I looking for? I am not sure. I'm learning about what makes me happy. Not quite sure what the happiness is EXACTLY, either, but I'm pretty close. :)

OMG, I’m Obsolete! - DivineCaroline

OMG, I might not be too obsolete, after all! I've been blogging since 2004 wonderfulworldofchristie.blogspot.com, joined Facebook before my girls, joined LinkedIn, and chose to do Chrisy Snow from Three's Company rather than the feather from Farrah. I will admit to making my girls not use ghetto slang and Z's for S's in their text messaging! The biggie was quitting my job after my second child being born. Not only was child care $1200 a month,b ut how could I leave a tiny baby? With my first child, four years prior, I was fresh out of college and went to work when she was 11 months old. My conclusion is that technically I'm obsolete and I'll be 40 in 10 weeks, but I'm working up that On Ramp in a cool SUV.

OMG, I’m Obsolete! - DivineCaroline

Spanx..for men

I don't even know if I need to type more than the picture says. LOL. The guys are now getting their own Spanx for their tummy and man boobs. :) Sooo cute! It was huge news on Weekend Today. I just wish Lester would have sported one so we could get the full effect. :)

Crazy Christie

Talk about a dumbass? That would be me! LOL I wrote an entire post about being a crazy woman the last few weeks, while being made to wait 2 weeks for test results. I admit to crazy, crying, overly hormonal in a very very bad way, and ok bitchy.

My post made no promises about going back to my perked up self, but I promise less bitchy. Oh and I'll also try to figure out the all over the place crazy ass posts! LOL.

Never a dull moment my friends...never a dull moment!

My uber favorite female...Crystal Blowersox! She will win the whole damn thing, I think. :) She's still really sick form her being hospitalized a few weeks ago with her diabetes. It must have been really bad, because she's sits down at the end. Sweet amazing and talented woman.

Big Mike ..American Idol

Give Big Mike a listen. He absolutely blew me away and had me in tears. There's just something about him singing that put him on the one to beat list. Favorite Guy. I'll post my uber favorite lady in a bit! He's just so worthy of this right now.

Katherine Heigl lands plum role in One For The Money | Celebrity News Now

Want to get a bunch of bookwhores worked up into a tizzy? Tell them that Katherine Heigl is going to play our beloved Stephanie Plum from the Janet Evonavich. She plays a New Jersey bounty hunter working for her cousin Vinnie. Her best friend is Lula, the self proclaimed for Ho who fits her size 16 sexy African American body into lots of size spandex and she loves to eat.

So we're all discussing how Katherine is going to pull off Stephanie, but we all want to know who can play our sexy Ranger and yummy Morelli! We have some awesome discussions on facebook. My choices for Morelli..Gerard Butler. I love Vin Diesl for Ranger!

Sherri Sheppard would be the absolute perfect for LUla. If you say Mo'Nique, I'll say she's just lost her mind now that she has won the Oscar. Ok, those are my picks! I wonder which men they'll choose?

Katherine Heigl lands plum role in One For The Money | Celebrity News Now

Zen in full....

My Oscar Night was wonderful. I was alone for the big show, but got to take in the E Red Carpet special with my little Missies...and soooo happy with the winners. I simply Love Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges.

Ok, I take that back. Avatar should have won best picture. It was a magnificent spectacle of movie making, imagination, and heart. Maybe the vote was against James Cameron. I don't know. I'm a mom in Florida, but that just didn't jive with me. I am so happy with Kathryn Bigelow. Did you know she is one of Cameron's ex wives. He's on his 5th marriage. LOL. They still collaborate and talk almost every day. Maybe he's just not the kind you can live with, but nice to have on the side.

Ok so I'm taking the Zen approach to life today. The kids are kids and will do their best on their state testing. It will be what it will be for them. I don't get the stress put on the kids and the parents. I don't know the answer for all of the education problems of the system, but something has to be done. We should not depend on teaching our kids to one test the entire school year. Bring on the Zen.

I did really well until the doctor called to tell me to go pick up a new prescription. LOL..So I'm making myself feel better with Nachos and Diet Coke! Y.E.S I A.M.! Oh and it's goooood.

Sleep well friends...
xoxoxo

This Too Shall Pass...Brazilliant!

This came to me just when I was getting pretty low. What this friends. It's awesome and the words are perfect! Happy Day Friends. I love you. xoxoxo

"THIS TOO SHALL PASS...WHEN THE MORNING COMES!"

Yes, Another iPod Exchange Needed!

I love my iPod Touch. I love any iPod. It's one of my I can't live without items. I'd give up my cell phone before this, because I can even Skype and text with my touch. However, I hate the "Home Button" at the bottom of the pod. I'd call it the menu button, but it's actual name is called the "Home Button."
One night it worked and the next morning it didn't. That's how I find iPods work lately. This will be my 3rd return in two months. The first one returned was my daughter's 5th generation nano. Crap. I don't know if there's just too much on it, with the video, camera, am/fm, or just another flawed iPod. The next one was when my disc drive on my reg 32 G ipod just stopped working. Finally, I'm left with the very expensive touch. I was told by Apple that the home button was such an issue, but I challanged the customer service rep to browse all the discussion websites. I even told him to check his own website and read about all the people with their flawed iPods home buttons. It's just a warning. The button sticks and then it won't work. Then, it's time to return the iPod to the Mac store. Crappy, huh. I know it's not the end of the world, but when you spend soooo much money on an iPod Touch..you'd expect it to work. Oh, did I mention you better have the right equiptment for charging. I was finally so fed up that I went and bought an iHome that is compatible with 3rd Gen iPod Touch and 5th Gen Nano, because you can no longer charge to the wall. Ok..I'm done.
The Poor Customer Service Rep from Apple just had to listen to me complain for almost 30 minutes.
Off to the Genius Bar. xoxoxo

Seriously ?!

This is one woman who needs to read "He's Just Not That Into You." Seriously.
News - Bachelor's Tenley Still Stumped by Jake's No "Connection" Remark - Movies, TV & Music - UsMagazine.com

News - Bachelor's Tenley Still Stumped by Jake's No "Connection" Remark - Movies, TV & Music - UsMagazine.com

Music

I need some new song choices. Tomorrow.

I.Will.Win.

• Wow what an emotional few days. I had the uterine biopsy on Monday. I was a crazy wreck leading up to the procedure. For the TMI factor I will not explain. I already have, but I will add this small detail. Imagine you're not numb and a tube goes all the way to the endometrial uterine wall. At the end of the tube there's a brush at the end. Think sharp bristle end of a baby bottle cleaner. There you go. Results will be on the 17th. I know it's forever away. Can you believe that? I'm sure everything will be fine. So, I'm relaxed much more now.
• Next, I realized I was feeling extra bitchy. I wasn't acting bitchy, but really feeling it and holding it inside. So I stopped the megesterol just to see if it was the cause of "Bitch of Christie." I realized it might be a little of both. LOL. The hormones are crazy! Just knowing it is what it is and that there is a bright sunny light at the end of this tunnel makes me smile a real smile.
• Finally, tomorrow is a new day. Do one thing to make tomorrow make you smile. I know that just being outside for 1 hour with my kids relaxing was just what I needed.