Turning a new leaf

Today I am turning a new leaf.  What the hell does that mean anyway?  What I mean is, I am starting something new.  I am writing from the heart, not the head.  I will be honest.  I may be offensive.  And I don't care.  This world needs some of that.  We are so afraid of 'offending' everyone - even the batshit terrorists for chrissakes!  If you are muslim and you are a terrorist...I HOPE I offend you!  If you are not a terrorist, then it doesn't apply.  End of story.  Move on.  Nothing to see here.

It is 9:25am.  I've been up for about 2 hours.  This is my quiet time.  It keeps me sane.  My 6 year old daughter just woke up and the crazy begins.  She's addicted to Cartoon Network and I'm going to shoot the tv because I can't listen to those voices anymore.  My 11 year old son is still sleeping.  He was probably up until midnight on his iPad learning how to do more Minecraft on YouTube.  Does that make me a bad mom?  I mean come on, it's summer.  Don't we all need a little mindless entertainment?  I get to binge watch Suits.  Again, it keeps me sane.

No, I'm not the perfect mom.  I'm a human being.  I love my kids, but I love my 'me' time too.  I let them self-indulge sometimes and then sometimes I'm really hard on them.  I don't overthink it.  I just do and most days it works.  My parents didn't think about how they raised me.  They just did what they thought was right at the time.  I turned out ok.

I've found that girls and boys are definately wired differently.  I've tried to get my girl to do some outdoor work.  She just isn't having it.  But put a toilet brush in her hand and she works like a beast!  Go figure.  We've all fought against these 'stereotypes' yeah?  But what if it's just in our DNA?  The problem is that leaves out a bunch of other issues like transgender and homosexuality, which this blog isn't going to discuss.  To be honest, I just don't give a rip about it anymore.  I'm done.  You do what you want with your body...it doesn't affect me and it's none of my business!  So stop trying to get all this attention for it.  Just do what you want and MOVE ON!  Why does it have to make the news.  My boy, he likes to mow the lawn.  He likes to ride the 4-wheeler around and help pick up crap in the yard.  He does NOT like to clean bathrooms.  And you know what?  I'm not going to make him.  He's good at the outdoor stuff.  His future wife will be okay with it.  You know why?  Because he won't marry someone who isn't.  He is a smart kid. He's learning every day how not to make the mistakes his parents make.  I love it!  I can just be me - human being and all - and my kids learn what not to be.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not all that bad.  I make mistakes.  My kids will probably make the same mistakes I do, but at least they've learned that they don't want to.  I can't control the future, but I do explain to them stuff and it's really up to them when they become adults. 

Moving on.

The news.  I'm so sick of the news.  Anything can be news these days.  "Donald Trump gets caught picking his nose in public" is news.  That's not news!  That's creepy spying on people.  Mind your own business!  News is "the President is going to bomb 'some small country we've never heard of.'"  News is a need to know basis. With all the social media, regular media, and nosey, attention getting people out there, I'm sick of the news!  Need to know basis - that's what the news is for.  

So now you know a little of what's gone on in my head for the last 20 minutes.  This is the new blogger.  It's random thoughts of a stay at home mom who is much more intelligent than her family gives her credit for, but doesn't care because there's...wine.  And chocolate.  And more wine.  And really good cheese.  Which accounts for the 30 pounds I've gained since I turned 40.  I don't go to the gym.  I don't walk as much as I should.  I work in the yard, a lot.  I do old fashioned work out.  Digging holes and pulling shit in tubs around the yard.  I don't have a rock hard body, but I'd probably be aout 50 pounds heavier if I didn't do that stuff because I like food.  I like fatty, salty, crunchy potato chips and mboxed macaroni and cheese.  I LOVE Cheez Its.  And wine.  They go really good together.  I drink about 3 cups of coffee in the morning. I'm just finishing my second and that means it's time to get off my ass and do some work.  Not a bad job eh?  I can sit and read or write until 10am everyday while my husband decides if he's going to 'work from home' or go in to the office.  As long as shit gets done around the house he doesn't complain too much about my morning rituals.  Thank God!  Without it I'd be in the looney bin.  Oh and by the way, yes I've had to work for a living.  We just decided our kids are too busy with hockey and school that it doesn't pay for me to work outside the home.  And why did I fight this for 5 years?  I may have to put up with the occasional 'So, what did you do all day?" question/comment, but it's worth it.  I'm staying sane this way...most days. Ha!

Here I go.  Signing off to get the lawn mowed (not an easy task - we have 1.25 acres of grass) and keep my dogs happy by throwing the frisbie 100,000 times.  Then, later, it's fun time tubing on the lake!  Work then fun is usually how it goes.  If we try to do fun first the work gets put off.  Go figure.