Water

You never relize just how much you need running water until yours is gone for a few hours. I was cleaning and wanted something to drink, so I headed over to the magical refrigerated to get water from the door, I have had this fridge for 7 or so years but still think it is amazing to get ice and water right from a door! I got the ice, then went to the water,nothing came out, I tried again still nothing, great now this is broke! We seem to be going threw appliances like paper plates so it didnt surprise me this was now broke. So I head to the sink, no water there either. Great! Come to find out , the water had been shut off due to a mix up with the bill.The mix up being my husband forgot to pay it, again! he has done this at least 4 times . And this water company does not play , if it is due on the first you best pay it on the first, or else on the second it will be cut off, no past due notice, no call, nothing!
So , I am deciding , do I wake him up ( he works the 3rd shift) and ask him if he paid the bill, maybe it isnt late , maybe something is wrong, or do I let him sleep and when he wakes up he can see what its like to not have water for a shower or anything, maybe then he will pay it on time. I decide it is time to teach him a lesson. But now I am stuck with no water, every kid in the house now has to use the bathroom , and I aint talking about peeing, we cant flush the toilets. I also need to cook dinner, and you cant make rice or potatoes without water. I use the last bit of water we had in a jug to get dinner started, and go in there and wake him up. enough is enough. I am sweaty and thirsty , nothing here to drink, cant make tea or kool aid, He isnt being taught a lesson, I am, to start paying the water bill instead of letting him let it sit there ! I have to wait about an hour and a half for the water to be turned back on and when it is , I am doing a happy dance for running water!! I run and flush all the toilets , get me a big glass of nice cold water from he magic door and fill up two jugs in case we forget again next month.

free stuff!

We put an ad in our local newspaper to get rid of 2 broken TV's and a broke lawn mower. For some reason we go through more TV's, lawn mowers and vacuums then 10 families put together! 

The ad reads " free lawn mover, doesn't work, reason unknown call 555-5555"

So we gets calls for it starting at 7:30 am . I am up at 5:30 so this is okay. the first call they ask if it works. ummm nooooooo. it says so in  the paper you dumb ass! but I just politely  say' no sorry it doesn't'. Then they ask whats wrong with it, do these people read the whole ad or just see the word "free" and start dialing . I tell him I don't know why it doesn't work, but its free and if he wants to come get it. He says thanks and hangs up. 2 minutes later I get another call. He needs directions , which I hate giving . I am terrible with them. but he is close by thank God. So he comes by and let me tell you he is a character! He tells me his name but says everyone calls him bogyman.  To me he looked like a small Charles Manson , which for some strange reason I am fascinated by but thats another story . He tells me his life story ,half of which I can understand, the other half he sorta mumbles but its OK, I am a stay at home mom and hearing another adult voice, audible or not , is a treat. so he gets the lawn mower and I tell him I also have 2 broke tv's . he says he may come back to get them later on.

My phone doesn't stop ringing , people wanting that free lawn mower! I answered a few of the calls but was on the verge of losing my mind . I had no idea there where so many stupid people in this town! No one reads the whole ad, they all ask if it works and whats wrong with it. I check the paper to be sure it is worded the way we asked, and it is . So I just turn the ringer off. We called to have the ad cancelled, but this morning it is still in there, 3 days of this now! I just have this thing about phones ringing, it drives me crazy, no one else in this house will check to see who it is or answer it, I must know who is calling , it drives me nuts to just sit there and wait for the answering machine to pick up. I don't know what I did before caller ID. Well bogyman calls me this morning, he fixed the lawn  mower and wants the tv's , GOOD! I am sick of looking at these big monsters. He comes and gets them and brings the lawn mower to show me his handy work. Bless his heart, I guess he is as lonely as I am. I keep his number for the next time something breaks, I bet he can fix it and wont charge me an arm and a leg! 

flea markets and the rain.

I love yard sales and  flea markets,  where you can buy stuff you don't need  for a buck. Now, I am not one of these people that gets up super early to go.You know the ones, that are waiting on you when your setting up your own  yard sale asking for cookie jars and Tupperware?  I don't need anyone's used crap that bad! But I will try to get out there by 9 or 10 when ever the mood hits me to go, which is usually about every other month. Me and my youngest went today, and couldn't find a single yard sale! Well we did see one but it looked liked all clothes, BORING! so we drove around, followed a few signs that ended up being from LAST week end. ( should have gone then!) Come on people! remove your signs when your yard sale is over or at least put a date on there.


So we head to the flea market instead. We get there and it starts to rain. Thats cool, rain wont kill us. But having everyone run for cover under the same stall might! Why do people run from he rain? They are all like " omg! its liquid falling from the sky! it might be acid RUN!!!!" I have been to a water park, a water park now, and it starts to rain and people run for cover, HELLO! your at a water park, your already wet! I can understand if your going somewhere special and you don't want to mess up your clothes but in that case , watch the weather and be prepared. Carry an umbrella , anyway...
So people are all screaming and running for cover ,in the mean time the people that are selling stuff out in the rain are covering their wares with tarp or either just letting it get wet , they don't care, if they did care about their stuff they wouldn't be selling it right? I figure since its raining we might get a good deal and we did! My son has been wanting a keyboard and this lady had a nice one , with a stand. I ask her how much , she says she 30 but will take 10 . I ask if it works , she of course says yes. I love taking a chance that something will work or not, I am pretty good at fixing things so I figure if it doesn't work I can tinker with it, and if all else fails, I am just out 10 bucks. My 9 year old is happy as can be and all the way home hes saying " I hope it works I hope it works!" I do too, we where planning on buying him one for his birthday next month so this will save some money. We get home, put the batteries in and flip the switch, a red light comes on, good sign. I mash a key... no sound. ah man!! this sucks! wait! maybe the volume needs to be turned up , duh! I do this and bingo! we have music! YEAH!!!
Now if I could just get the old ninetendo to work I will have something to do on this rainy day.

Goats, shopping ,and showing up late

I try not to hate , but there are just somethings that really get my goat! ( I wonder how that phrase came to be?? Will have to look that up later) anyway.. Today I was told that someone will be here at my house between 8 and 9 am. so I wait.....and wait....
My 18 year old son has been bugging me to go shopping, we did not go yesterday because I had  a headache, so I felt bad and wanted to take him today, besides, when will I ever get the chance to go shopping with my son ? Heck, I didn't  think he knew I existed so I was looking forward to a little mom/son time! 
So I had told him after they leave we could go. well 8 o'clock comes and goes, no biggie, he said between 8 and 9.
9:00 still not here, maybe just running late.
10:00 no one, no phone call , nothing . by now I am sick of wearing my bra , sick of trying to look busy so they don't show up and think "oh look, another fat ass stay at home mom playing farm ville"
11:00  still not here. the price is right is on now, but I am cleaning out the fridge( staying "busy ya know), figuring they will show up now that my kitchen is a mess with leftovers all over the counters.
12:00 , I have now missed the price is right, I am sweating, my bra is killing me , I' m hungry and my crops on farm ville are going to die!


Finally at 12:30 they show up, and they  go to work. No' I am sorry we are late' ' kiss my ass', or anything.
 They didn't even come to the door for another hour! . Then they  don't leave until 7 pm and then tell me they are not finished and will have to come back Monday!
Maybe what I need to do is tell them I will pay them on Monday but post date the check for Wednesday.






Oh about the goat, there where several explanations on how this may have got started, one was:  As early as the 1700s, goats were used as companion animals to help settle race horses, keeping the notoriously skittish animals relaxed. Taking a horse's pet goat away would have agitated and upset the animal, potentially influencing the outcome of a race.


Now doesn't that just take the cake?  Oh no, time to Google that one!........

Got to start somewhere

My first blog, go me!

My name is Kimberle, I am a stay at home mom of three boys, but that will soon change. not the boys, but the  being a stay at home mom part. I will start a part time job sometime next week, will be the first job I have had in about 18 years! 


I am not sure why I am writing a blog. its not to be famous or anything, OK thats bull shit, I would love it if someone read this and thought " Oh man! This would make a great movie! Lets give her millions!" But I would be happy if someone just followed me.


I am a pretty laid back person, sometimes I share too much info, but don't we all these days? It seems that being online makes people share stuff more openly.  They won't tell their best friend about their secret obsession with pork rinds and grape jelly, but lord will they run to Facebook and post that they have diarrhea and anal warts!  
 Even before the internet I was always one to share my life with people , not because I had a need to get it off my chest but more to find out if my life was as crazy as I thought it was,( and yes, it is.)


So today I am waiting on this guy to come and finish fixing our ceiling and car port. I know I should go clean the bathroom in case he needs to use it, but that is one job I really hate, almost as much as I hate doing laundry. Maybe I will go throw some bleach in the toilet and by the time he gets here at least it will smell like I cleaned.