Gotta get busy

Have I said how much I love my boys lately?

I love my boys.

I was playing "Guitar hero" with Evan the other day, and we really had alot of fun! It was "guitar hero World Tour" so its sort of like "Rock Band" in that you can sing and play the drums along with the guitar. And you get to pick your character, so of course, I have some badd-ass chick with killer abs and lots of tattoos. And I'm always the singer. ALWAYS. mostly cuz I suck at the drums and the guitar! ;)

Then Austin was outside riding his dirtbike. yes, the broken dirtbike, with the bent rim and wheel, but he had it out there in the yard, riding it. We haven't gotten it fixed yet, cuz of the insurance company trying to screw us over on it. But he's out there, trying to zoom around on it and I'm taking pictures of him.

then the other night, we had to pick up Stephen from the airport. he had been in Tampa for about a week. Well, he missed his flight and had to spend the whole day at the airport, on standby. He finally got in around 12:30AM, and it was so good to see him. This was the first time he'd ever been on a plane. And he said he was stuck in the Atlanta airport, with some obnoxious old people...he has no patience for obnoxious people, young OR old! Gee, I wonder where he gets THAT from?

But since I'm the only girl in the house, they all tease me something terrible, and I secretly love every single minute of it. I love to tease people...if I don't tease you...then I probably don't even like you! and if you can tease me back?!!! LOVE IT!!!!! There's this guy that I work at the store with....he's about 26-27...real cute but an asshole. so the very first night I worked with him I said,

"You're really an asshole, ya know that?"

"FINALLY someone tells me I'm an asshole! You don't even KNOW me yet and can see that I'm an asshole! I LIKE you!"

So we've been best friends ever since! In fact, I know a few assholes...some better than others. While some assholes are lovable...others are just plain douchbags and should have their "Human Being" card taken away from them.

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So the whole family is getting together for Christmas Eve night. I'm cooking dinner...ham, mac & cheese, cuz as a Black Person you HAVE to have mac & cheese at every holiday dinner, hasbrown casserole, fresh green beans with garlic, and some different appetizers. I want to do Dog's stuffed black olives, some crepes with Gorgonzola and honey, and this stuffed mushroom dip with crackers. and I've already made truffles and I want to make some homemade turtles and then probably a peach cobbler for Betsy's boyfriend Joe, since he loves it so much. But I think I need some other kind of vegetable in there somewhere....what to have?

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I have to finish the shopping today. I KNOW I KNOW....I'm still not done. Just a few things I have to get, and then the groceries for dinner. Then I work on /Christmas Day night till 11pm. Now tell me.....will there be ANYBODY out there renting movies? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO......people will be getting movies as gifts...they won't be coming in to rent anything! But we have to be there till 11pm. so I plan on watching "Elf" a million times, and singing and dancing through the aisles of the store. They all think I'm nuts cuz I sing all day long, or dance or whatever. hey, you gotta make it fun, right? ;)

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Marvin and I have been getting along so well lately. Its almost scary! ;) But its been good. So what made the difference this time, I don't know. I've told him I wanted a divorce lots of other times in our relationship...lots. But this time when I said it, he actually believed me. Why? I'm not sure. he said it's because I've been taking all these trips and he thought I might actually do it for real this time, since I've become "so independent".....whatever. But we are in counseling and it seems to be working. We've only gone twice, but they were very very hard sessions. VERY HARD. I come away emotionally exhausted and spent. But its opened doors that I thought were closes for good, so that's a good thing, right? We DO have alot of years invested in this relationship and family, and it deserve respect, so I have to give it that. Will we stay together? I don't know. I think so at this point, but if we don't, we'll both be ok. We've both been giving it everything we've got and can honestly say that we are trying. You have to at least try with all you've got in you, and if that doesn't work, then you can walk away knowing you gave it your all. and hopefully be civil to each other. At this point, things are looking good on that note. We are civil to each other and can actually say that we are becoming friends again after so many years of being distant from one another.

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Yes, I'm addicted to that devil, Facebook. you know what it is?...it's just so easy. You write a little snippet, you read a little snippet, and then you're done. You can check in on your friends, see what they're up to, and then be on your way. No long reading sessions, like this one is obviously going to be!!!! But my resolution for the New Year is to cut back on Facebook and devote more time to my blog. I miss all of my friends on here. I've made some really wonderful friends through this blog, so I talk to every day...others just once in a while and some not tat all, but they are always in my heart. and I miss you guys. You've all given my some fabulous advice over the years and some of you have been honest and very very blunt with me on things....I LOVE THAT!!! and I NEED that. Everyone needs that one(or10) people in their life that will shoot straight form the hip and tell it like it is. And you know who you are!!! ;)

So now I am off to get out of my pajama pants and put actual clothes on....and get to running the neighborhood and doing what I gotta do.

TTYL!!!!