Strange neighbor

I do have one of the worst neighbors (TONY). He is confrontational and doesn't understand that his opinion is not fact, he talks to everything (Yes I did mean thing, like grass, trees, fences, flags everything).

He has been fling his USA flag up side down sense 1991. I understand that it is his right to do this as a way of his freedom of speech. But seriously how long is it going to take him to figure out that no one cares about why he is doing it, we just want it flipped over.

While in one of my fits of rage toward this issue, Mike says "You ask the tough questions, TV 5 gets the tough answers." I took that as he was telling me to contact them, so I did. (Apparently he was being funny!)

I emailed TV 5 at 2pm on Thursday the 22nd of April and at 3pm the same day I had a response. I really did not think they would even give my story a first look more less a second. To my surprise Friday the 23rd of April they tell me they will be at my house and the story will be on the 11 O'clock news. All I could think is what is this man going to do now. What have I done.
TV5 came and it went well, they talked with us, a few other neighbors and Tony's mother. Tony was not home, so it was not as bad as I thought it could be. Until one of the other neighbors went and got Tony and brought him home.
All I can say is what an idiot!!!!!!

Let me know what you think?

Ok Here goes!

Tiffany went shopping with Lauren to the Somerset Mall. When she gets home she is laughing and has a gift for me. Her and Lauren gather the Taylor and Mike and read me my gift. They were laughing and Mike was laughing it was funny. However it got even more funny as the night went on. Here is a photo of the gift she bought me.

So she explains to me that Mrs. Bojo told her to get it for me.

Later I make popcorn and cover it with melted butter so that the popcorn became soggy. Tiffany asked why I put so much butter on the popcorn and I say "because I'm fat! Remember I need Girth Control." The Girls both start laughing and say that's not what it means. I say "It most certainly is what it means!" Then I asked what do you think it means and they say "nothing, whatever!"

So now I have to look it up to make sure I have not lost my mind and sure enough Girth means "The girth of an object is a measurement around it."

I also looked up the company to see what they thought and here is one of the many comments that I found "Girth Control, definitively marketed to women in a weight loss-obsessed world"

Which brings me to my "Let me know what you think?". Does Amy think I'm fat??????

As a side note, while moaning out loud in enjoyment over my bowl of hot buttered popcorn, Lauren proclaims to Tiffany "I think your mom is having an orgasm!!!" HAHAhahAHahah!!! I about choked on the kernels of ecstasy.

Fuddruckers after Tommy's game at the Joe

After Tommy's game Amy and Tiffany were SOOOOO Hungry, so we went to fuddruckers for the after party. What great food and friends.

Tommy's game at the Joe

I went to the Joe Louis Ice Arena to see Tommy play hockey. This was one of the most intense games ever. Tommy's team is listed as Bay Co. on the score board.

Way to go Bay County Blizzard White 2001!!!
I had a great time thank you for letting us join you.

GREAT GAME TOMMY!

The CRASHES

On Thursday, January 7th, I got home from work about 2:30. I decided to take Taylor to work early, because it was snowing and the roads were a little slippery.

As I was driving we saw several bad drivers. So I took that as a teaching moment. I put the truck into 4 wheel drive and told Taylor and Tiffany to watch the cars slip and slide all over the place. As I just start to accelerate from putting the truck into 4 wheel drive. One of the kids say "HE IS GOING TO HIT US!". Sure enough the dumb ass hit us.

Now my anxiety level is high! I'm instantly sick to my stomach and I NEED Mike for help. So I call 911 and I tell the kids to call there Dad. So the call to 911 went really well and fast, but the call to Mike was not so easy.
Tiffany "Dad, we were in a car accident and Mom wants you to Come."
"Cuz she, Yes, I don't no."

Me "Just tell him forget it! I just wanted him to come!"


So several minutes later Mike rounds the corner. I step behind the truck so I can mouth to him "can you believe this." When Tiffany Yells "DADS GOING TO HITS US!" (thank God for the yelling!)

So I step out of the way, and sure enough I get hit again!! Yes by my husband.

He gets out of the car and said something like "How did that happen?"
(I don't think anyone wants to here my answer!)

I'm standing there with one man I don't know, that smashed the front of my truck, and a man I called for help, that smashed the back of my truck and the front of my car. Please tell me who am I upset with, and why does Mike think this is funny?








It took the full weekend before I was able to laugh about this double crash moment. Amy had ask Tiffany what I said when Mike hit me? I know the F word was part of what I said, but I'm not sure what I said. (I think I was in shock, cuz he is still living! haha)

However Tiffany just wants to know "How many times do you think the spouse hits a spouse that has already been hit?"

This is a late post but I could not pass it up!

The Mouse

Wednesday I came home from work, to have Mike tell me Talyor thinks he has a mouse in his room. We have a rule about not eating in any room other then the kitchen. Taylor thinks this rule does not apply to him. So lets just say there was a lot of trash up stairs and most of it was food products. So we set a trap.

Moments later Tiffany is in her room and says "mom I think there is something in here!". So I go in her room to find a critter has eaten her Christmas candy. I clean up her room and continue on with reading my book.

It took about 2 minutes before Tiffany is freaking out. "Mom It's on my desk, it's brown, It's huge!" I yell for Mike, and go to calm Tiffany down. As I sit on her bed next to her, she see it again.
(This next step will not surprise anyone who knows me!)

I ask her if she has her camera. I run to the kitchen and get a spoonful of peanut butter, a paper plate, and sat it on her desk. Then we wait.......







Well as you can see she had a mouse. It was brown, but not huge. She named it Fred. She fell in love with the little guy. So guess what happened next. Dad set a trap and killed Fred before Tiffany even got into the bathroom, and she is NOT happy with DAD!!

Holiday Housewalk

On my way to work Wednesday, the radio station was talking about the Holiday Housewalk. Tiffany and I thought it would be a fun thing to go to, however it was $20 per ticket, so I said "not so close to Christmas". She got out of the truck to go to school and the Radio Station said they would take the third caller. Sure enough I was the third caller.

So today after work and school Tiffany went on our Housewalk. We started in Saginaw where there were three houses, then to Freeland for one house, off to Bay City for one house and three condo's. They were all really nice houses. However the House in Freeland (owned by the president of SVSU) was amazing. It was huge! They had four kitchens, one outside, the main kitchen, one in the in-law wing, and one in the basement. They had a garage for the golf cart, as well as a regular garage that I think fit three cars. I could go on and on to was so huge.

They would not let us take picture of I would have tons.