Feeling Blue

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Tammy

Right now all I want to do is cry. I am feeling overwhelmed and mentally exhausted. Mostly with my mother and my teenagers. My mom takes a lot of patience and tongue biting daily. She’s tossing out jibes, insults and all around negative comments constantly and it’s so frustrating and exhausting. And the teenagers are doing a good job lately of verbally and emotionally beating up mom. Meaning me!

Maybe it’s because I am feeling tired and emotional that it seems worse but, not including my husband or son, I feel like no one else in this house would even flinch if I told them how hurtful they are being to me. I think if anything they’d act like I am making it up or picking on them.

I am just… blah right now..

Goodies..

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Tammy

Tax time, stocks, lost money (which was then found, lol) and just good ole fashioned saving money have all allowed us to really enjoy ourselves lately. We had a great Christmas and Rick’s bought some cool stuff for the kids, me and himself too.

I just love my camera… SO MUCH!!

And we’re adding a lovely 4-person portable hot tub to our list of goodies. Something we’ve wanted for a VERY long time! It arrived today. I wish it was up and filled already because I would love to go have a soak.

Welcome February

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Tammy

So we are officially 31 days into 2012 and so far it’s been a pretty good year… lol. And there isn’t a blizzard outside either (Like last year) so I guess that’s pretty good too.

Just Loving It!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Tammy

So far I am sooooo in love!

I GOT IT!!!!

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Tammy

My new camera came in!!!! FedEx sure made me wait ALL day too. It didn’t arrive until after 5pm. But it is here and I’ve only had a short time to unpack it all, drool and start checking it out.

First impressions…. it’s so shiny and new…lol. I absolutely LOVE the flip out screen. Such a fantastic feature that Canon should have introduced in earlier models. I love the clarity of the shots it takes already and I’ve taken very few so far. Multiple lens came with the kit I ordered and the 55-200 lens just might end up being my favorite of them all. So far I am really liking it.

Well I am off to play…

Body Language

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Tammy

For someone who claims to be an expert at reading body language, moods, facial expressions and so on… My mother sucks at it…lol. All day today she has been talking my freaking ears off…. blah blah blah..chatter chitter chatter blah blah blah. Just about non-stop. All I want is for her to leave me to zone off and read and she just won’t stop talking! lol Help! (And no I can’t just come out and say it because there is NO way to do so without insulting or offending her. And she is guaranteed to take it badly and then I’ll hear it for weeks.)

I Just Want to Zone

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Tammy

All I want to do today is surf the web quietly. Read some photography stuff I have, read my book, check my email. And instead my mother has turned into miss chatterbox. She hasn’t stopped bugging me since 7am this morning. 3 and a half hours of almost non-stop babbling about anything and everything. Some negative and some positive. And through all of it I am smiling and giving responses when I need to. Because I know if I offend her she’ll go off on a rant for the rest of the day, possibly for several days… But honestly I am just not in a talkative mood today.

I just really want to be left alone to quietly sit here and zone. Pretty please.

Quiet Weekend

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Tammy

For the most part we’ve had a very quiet weekend around here. I am forever grateful for anytime that is peaceful around here. Sadly I can’t say it’s a daily occurrence. But we got lucky. Especially with my mom having her birthday this past Friday. It was so nice to have it calm and enjoyable for all of us.

One of the things that helps is Dani being gone. She’s hardly ever home these days. And yeah I miss her… But I do not miss the conflicts between her and my mom… nor do I miss the constant bickering that Nikki and her do. So not having her here this weekend actually came in handy.

Although I still wish they could all just grow up a bit and learn to just get along… for the sake of everyone.

OMG OMG OMG!!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Tammy

Yesterday afternoon my camera was ordered!!! Yep… that means it should be here no later than January 30th. but hopefully before Friday I will have it in my hot little hands! I am beyond excited!! I can’t wait to play with it and start taking more pictures! And this camera does HD video too!! I have been reading reviews like crazy and I have a book on this particular camera too… I am hoping to learn a bit about all of the new features so when it arrives I am not completely clueless.

Yippee!! Thank you for this belated Christmas present, awesome hubby of mine… I love you!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Tammy

We had a great day around here. Today my mom turned 63. Rick and I bought my mom a new coat, something she’s been wanting. It was very quiet and devoid of snotty teenagers pushing her buttons and we all really enjoyed our dinner of Beggars pizza too. I am very glad that today was so peaceful. It was nice to see my mom smile and be in such a good mood.