Week Roundup

Blixx took last week off to take care of Cass & I. It was awesome! Ok, so he needed a break himself. And, the lawn politely asked him to please MOW ME. But we were able to do quality stuff as a family & I got a much needed break from full time mom duty so everyone came away happy. Cass really bonded with her Daddy - I expected her to be a beast today cuz she missed him, but so far so good. She spent some alone time with her PBS while I showered & cleaned up a little, then we headed out & did some shopping. We stopped & visited Grip's mom GeriDog for a free lunch & she was super proud that Cass is walking. I hadn't realized that it had been so long since we'd seen her.

Let's see, we've been to the park a few times. We went to Hopeville Pond State Park in CT for a day trip on Thursday & Cass actually went swimming! She'd been super afraid of the water but Blixx was able to coax her in for a while. We took some super cute pictures of her naked little butt in the water. One of these days I'll update my picture site to share some more recent memories. We ate chinese buffet, which is always hysterical with her.

This weekend Grips & Red were nice enough to watch Cass for the afternoon so we could go on a date & see Alien vs Predator. What a crapfest that was! I mean really really bad. No suspense at all. The hero - never once did I give a shit whether she lives or dies. Very sad really. I mean, I wasn't expecting an Oscar or anything, but c'mon. We shoulda gone to see Hero instead. Live & learn.

We ate dinner with Grip's family on Saturday then Blixx dropped me off & headed over to Toad's to watch the Pats game. We were all going to go, but Cass has been waking in the middle of the night & running us ragged, so we didn't think an all night party at someone elses house was a good idea. I stayed home with her, drank a bottle of wine & painted my toe nails. It was actually nice to be alone (relatively) in the house for a bit.

Yesterday we went over to Callista & Dougma's house for a bbq. Man, was it hot out but we still had a good time drinkin & watching the kids run around. I went to bed early with Blixx (he had to be up at 5 to be on a shoot for 7am) then couldn't sleep a wink. I kept tossing & turning so I finally got up at around 2:30am and read downstairs for a while, then back up to sleep. Cass started to wake at 6 something, but I rolled over & apparently so did she cuz next thing I knew it was 8:05am. Much more reasonable!

I'm off to clean the house, do laundry, water the plants...all the things we blew off last week in order to spend time with each other.

Afternoon Delights

Hiya all! I haven't had a whole lot of time to blog lately, due to the beautiful weather & my desire to be out & enjoy it. I've managed to loose 8 lbs over the past three weeks by just getting off my ass as much as possible. I'm pretty proud. I even do sit ups every now & again. Nope, not even shitting you.

Granted the diet went out the window this weekend while down in CT. Tempest picked up some truly delicious brieosh (my spelling sucks, sue me) so I had a couple pieces of that. Then we went to Dino's & I had a HUGE portion of friend clams. Bacon & eggs for breakfast too. Yeah, not the most nutricius choices but yeah, ya gotta live a little right? Good thing I don't eat like that every day.

Blixx went camping over the weekend & called on Sunday to say he was staying an extra night. Now, this wasn't exactly unexpected news, but the tone of his voice on the pphone & the fact that he didnt' ask, just assumed it would be ok...I was 52 flavors of pissed. Just out of my tree mad. Borderline irrational. Yep, hard to believe. So Monday when he came home, we ate dinner then I left. In fact, I left at right about the time he was complaining about Grips showing up late on Sat & leaving early on Sun, all because he had family obligations. I really couldn't stand to hear him bitch when Grips priorioty was his family, which is where I hope Blixx's will be one day. Did I mention that I was irrationally pissed?

So I left & went shopping for a new bra or two, since Cass broke myh absolute favorite on by hanging off it. Got back just after she went to bed & Blixx & I sat & talked for hours about what's been going on with us, with me, with our family. No quick fixes but we're both gunna try harder to communicate and not shut each other out. I feel better already.

Course, that could be that he's not working this week so he's around to take the heat off me. Yeah, I'm betting thats it. Or the sex. Yeah, I betcha the sex keeps me calm, or at least distracted. Hehe I could learn to like this.

The Land of the Drunk

Blixx took a day off to spend with the family, so we went to Garden in the Woods & walked around all the pretty flowers. It was a beautiful day for it, to be sure. They had an exhibit called Big Bugs, where an artist made these HUGE bugs from wood to be displayed. There was a spider & web, dragonfly, ants...all really beautiful. The butterfly was gorgeous. Afterwards we went to one of our favorite eateries, Tennesee's BBQ, then back home to relax. I'd been out of sorts & Blixx has been stressed with working so hard so it was nice to get away together.

I took off to Vincent's & none of the usual suspects were there when I arrived, so I watched the Red Sox win (will wonders ever cease?) then headed outside to hang out. I ended up closing the place down...Vincent himself politely asked us to get the hell out. I ended up out in the parking lot smoking up for a while, then had to chill a few minutes before driving home. Yeah, Drunk Girl was in the house. I blew off some steam & had a great time telling stories & BSing...& didn't get home until almost 3am.

Blixx was outside on the front stoop, waiting for me. I had given him some lovin right before I scampered off to go drinking & led him to believe that I would be home to finish what I started. Well, I was a little tiny bit late & too drunk. He was mad & asking me all kinds of questions & making me really uncomfortable, probably cuz I was shitfaced. Yeah, turns out that when I didn't get home at a reasonable hour, he increased his drinking rate as well so he was good and 'faced too by the time I got there. It was a weird situation & we were both really awkward with each other & went to bed.

This morning I figured I was in for a lecture or something, but he floored me by apologizing for being a dick. As he put it, "You gave me a bj & I gave you shit.' So, we're good. We actually communicated so we're better than good, we're great. I shouldn't have been out so late to worry him, but I really did loose track of time there. He felt like he was being left behind & alone - Yeah, like me all those times that I want to do stuff but can't cuz of the kid. We understand where each of us were coming from. The land of the drunk.

Blogging Blixx

Went out drinkin last night, so I'm a little foggy today, as is the weather. I hear big storms are coming, so I'm thinkin that I better get the kid over to the playground for some fun before it starts raining.

Hey, Blixx is back on the blogger trail. Check him out at WARBUCKLE. I guess he didn't go to bed early like he shoulda, at all. Oh well, hope he's feeling better today. He pulled a muscle digging over the weekend. Yes folks, he broke ground for the shed. And we ordered dirt to fill in the alien landing site in our back yard. AND folks are coming over this weekend to help him build the shed & do various yard work toys.

Consumer Reports Requested

My cell phone is a piece of crap, & I'm frustrated with Cingular. I'm asking for your input on either a really good recommendation for a phone/cell carrier, or your horror stories on who to stay away from. I've got to deal with this quickly, cuz I'm missing calls all over the place. Please drop me an e-mail or AOL IM and let me know your thoughts.
Thanks people!