WTF Friday......

Howdy hell week my awesome bloggy friends. It is been one long ass week again and I am kinda glad that it is Friday.  I finally got my Sophia{my laptop} back and she seems to be working pretty gosh I missed her. I am on week 3 of the no wine challenge and you know what I feel fantastic, my work out schedule as doubled and I feel better about myself.  I got through 2 events last week without having a drop of vino and I am pretty proud of myself. The true test will be next weekend - a 40th birthday party and employee appreciation event at my husbands company.....on the same day...If I get through that one I can get through anything. It sucks when you are at an event and can't partake in some vino fun. Whhhhyyyyy must wine be so good......damn you grapes........

• WTF is wrong with Alicia Silverstone...I mean I like the girl but what the fuck is going on with you chewing your food and then placing it into your child's mouth? You are not a f*ckin bird you are a human being...sorry but that shit is just weird. And the naming your child Bear Blue......really I mean even for Hollywood standards that is kinda weird. Check out the grossness right here....Sorry I find this not pleasant  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/alicia-silverstone-baby-feeding-video-goes-viral-

• What the hell was I thinking when I decided that art class was a good thing for my daughter. She came home from one last week and decided to sharpie the damn kitchen drawers - I was going to take a picture but because I went into a complete mental shut down as I started to wipe frantically I didn't get one. I am sure their will be a next time.

This will never happen in my house

• They lie the packages were the say it's easy open are NOT...It takes me forever to open a package of friggin Swiss cheese. And don't get me started on all the plastic thingy's on GG's toys. The other day it took me 1/2 hour to get one of her toys out of the damn box. I mean I get the safety thing but damn
• The lottery is up to 540 million dollars. Someone said to me the other day that they would not know what to do with all that money. Come one over to my casa I will show you what to do with it 
• OK MTV I get it might be working out for you but really the 28th season of Real World.....When will this ever end?

• OK no offense to the senior citizen community but who the hell thought it was a good idea to renew a 85's woman's drivers license. I saw something really scary today...This lady almost hit the fruit stand were I was getting fruit. The woman could barely see over the steering wheel. Dear GG when mama gets to be 80 yo mama will no longer be driving. 

• BTW while I am at it WTF is wrong with people who drive with their little dogs in their laps. Dumb a**holes. 

• What the hell is up with people who don't hold the elevator? Even though they see you running for it. Were you born a dickhead?
• 2 weeks ago I had a young man try to pick me up...I informed little man that I was not interested0 and happily married....he looked at me and seriously said I don't mind if you don't. He left me totally speechless which is very hard to do. 
• Can I please say it again what the hell is so cute about this little boy?

• What the hell has become of the awesome movies like Rear Window and Body Double. Films that keep you on the edge and no matter how many times I have seen them  I find myself watching them over and over again when I catch them on the television. 

Happy Friday!

Things I said I would never.....

do that I now have found myself friggin doing......I never thought I would

• Wear ballet or any type of flats not in a million f*ckin years. I walked, ran and lived in 4 inch heels. After GG was born my fat feet could not get back into my diva heels. Once I got my feet back with the amount of walking and lets face it comfort I have not gotten back into the swing of things with my heels. With Gia running her ass off now I do not see high heels in my daily grind anymore. Thank god that there are so many cute options so I don't have to look not cute. I still bust out my bitch heels but not as often as I would like. 

• That I would actually co exist with a cat. Before our little Mia passed on. I told myself that I would never ever live with a eww gross cat {sorry cat people}. I threatened many cats whispering into their ears that they would make a nice purse. After I had the pleasure of hanging out with my husbands cat my feelings for the little shit started to change. She was an awesome cat and I still miss her annoying meows and kitty throw up welcome homes. 

Meow bitches 

• Never ever drive below 65...hello when did I become grandma driving bitch. Any time that I have GG in the car I am so super cautious I scare myself. I pay attention to anything going on the road. Just a few years ago I could apply lip gloss, light a cig, change the radio station and drive all at the same time.

 

• Never watch reality TV - yeah that one worked out real well for me *thumbs up*
• Never thought I would own a dog that was not a bull mastiff or a rottweiler. Hell how the f*ck did I end up with two golden retrievers? They rock BTW and the big one is vicious so I get the best of both worlds. Protective and cute.

You wanna piece of me?

• Use my own spit to clean GG's face...Yeah I am still grossed out by that one
• Going to the bathroom with an audience....Toddler and two dogs giving me the same look as the pic above. I have not been able to go to the bathroom by myself since GG turned 11 months and started walking. 
• Get married again...after the first round rodeo I was put off by the whole matrimony thing but then I found my one true love and we did...we just waited and took our sweet ass time
• Not working to become a SAHM. I was a go, go , go work girl. I wonder sometimes what the hell happened?
• Wear work out gear - and actually work out in it
• Never not flip the pages while reading a book now I download my books on a nook *shame on me*. I miss the smell of books

• Smell my child's butt in public. Come on you know you have done it to!

• Drive an SUV glorified mini van 

My lovely boat which I adore fits 7 peeps and rocks
I get stopped everywhere about people wanting to check it out and  how drives
Awesome 

• Live in mini suburbia 
• Never say "I made you and I can break you" to my daughter when she has a bat shit crazy moment during the day
• Have a baby and shit we know how that one turned out

So what is one thing you said you never would do but have found yourselves doing? 

Good true friends.....

are really hard to find. Yesterday I was FBing with an old HS school friend and while we were doing this a bunch of bad information came up regarding a random old family friend who was just not there for her during her really hard time.  It got me thinking again how truly special true and blue friends are. You know the friends who are there for your through thick and thin, friends that don't becomes sociopath liars and friends you can have conversations with without having a heat on from happy hour. You know those friends. I have learned allot in the few years about people and have learned to be allot more cautious when bringing certain people into my life. It guess it helps that I am clearly thinking and no longer fogged over from the party scene that took over our lives for 10 years. I am now clear headed, healthier, stronger than I thought and definitely in the don't give a shit part of my life. If I got something to say you are going to hear it. I know for a fact that if paths were ever crossed again with certain acquaintances things would not be pretty in the vocal form of communication. So if you have that special true blue gal or guy in your life who has just been your rock and that person who has always been there for you let them know. Because people like that are true gems in our lives and must be truly cherished. I leave you with a post that I wrote a few months back. I decided to re post because I think we sometimes need to think about who is truly in our lives for the long haul or who is just renting space. Peace ladies and gents.

Quality over quantity any day.  I used to be vice versa just a few years ago. I felt the more “friends” I had around me the better.   I felt I needed a bunch of people around me in order to feel accepted. It was so high school it was ridiculous. As you grow up and get older you realize what the meaning of true friendship is. I discovered who I thought were friends of mine {and ours} were just really “acquaintances” at best.  I discovered that women I thought were sisters were actually just fakes – I know you’re like…… this is supposed to be about great friendships between women - I am getting to the point I swear.

I saw the true colors of these friends when the shit hit the fan – when my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung  cancer I saw the light.  I saw women who told me they would always be there for me and I thought were best friends run for the hills. No phone calls to see how my mom was doing, no support calls and just no calls. Even though some of these very friends were welcomed with open arms and homes when they had no were to go for holidays and such. I will always remember the hurt I felt, here I am going through the most painful thing ever and there was no one around. In a way it destroyed the little trust I had for women. My first emotion was to go after them with fists flying  but after calming down I decided they were just not worth the trouble and jail time. Through all this dark “muck”  I was going through at the time quite a few bright lights of hope flashed through and showed me what true friendships are supposed to be. I received phone calls from friends that I had lost contact with because of all the crap of hanging out with certain members of the “group". I got caught up in the bull shit, the bars and the  drama. 

These women checked on me and my well-being and they called to see if they could do anything for me and my fam. They were there when my mom passed away. They showed up at the wake they showed up when I placed mom in her resting place. They were there when I cried myself to sleep for months straight and refused to leave the house because I felt so lost. They were there when I picked up the phone every day to call my mom and realized she was no longer here. They took me out, they helped me out and finally I started to feel better.  One of my friends helped me build the crib and get the nursery ready when my hubby was too busy at work and I too prego to work the drill. She was there to help me with all the things I could not do because my big fat belly was in the way. I had a friends stay with me on the phone while I threw up on a daily basis while she reassured me that this holy hell was all normal. These friends threw me a baby shower and sent many welcomes when baby was born. These friends made the trip across the bridge to see my  little GG when she was first born. These friends have been around when I just needed a hug a glass of wine and a shoulder to cry on.  These to me are true friends, friends that are in your life that make you feel special and loved and that you matter.  There is only a handful in my life right now because I choose it to be that way. I would rather have a handful of really good jelly beans in a jar than a jar of so so jelly beans.

I love all of mine to pieces and you know who you are!  I have learned allot during my 41 42 years and the one thing I did learn is that truly good friends are hard to find…Show them some love and let them know how special they are. 

It wass rough.....

but I got through it! We are now on week 2 of the no wine challenge and I got through two events this weekend without having any wine. I know crazy right....unfuckenbelievable I never thought I could do it but I did it man.....I know that some peeps out there are saying what is the big friggin deal just don't have any wine it is possible. Possible ....yes do am I really into it not so much. Now remember I am not doing this challenge because I cannot handle wine that is not a problem...note I am Italian and wine is just part of our everyday culture I don't drink wine to get drunk I drink a little bit of wine to relax. I am doing this because when I even get a little bit of the sweet grape nectar in my system I want to smoke and that is the one bad habit I do not want to start up again. So I need to re program my body to not crave cigs when I have a glass of wine. Sorry folks I am a foodie and when I go out for pairings at high end restaurants I want the wine that is to be paired with the course not to go to waste.

Saturday we got through it OK even though I wanted a glass bad because my little one is not napping at all so I was little on edge ok allot on edge.  Have you noticed when other people around you are drinking and you are not how super ass annoying some people could be? It is like your watching a really bad movie and you want to go to them and just smack them accorss their face. It sucks period! Sunday was my nieces 1st birthday and since this particular number party is more about the adults than the litttle one there was sangria and of course tons of wine. Did not touch either yeah good times my ass.  The one place you need a glass of wine is around a bunch of screaming kids pumped full of sugar products.  GG has a blast and was in the snot filled bouncy hell house for most of the day. Making it waaaayyy easy for me to hide out in the house with my pops and drink some good old fashioned water...bleh.....

Got to say though I feel fantastic this am in the past if I did indulge on a Sunday even if it was only a couple of glasses I would feel like shit the next day. I am getting ready to head over to the gym to work off the two tacos from the taco stand my bro hired and the piece of really good bday cake I had!

Now I need to get through the 101 events I have scheduled in the next few months but I am a fighter I can do this. Kick ass!

Laptop hospital......

Well it has been a week now that my dear Sophia{yes as in Loren} laptop has been at the Geek Squad hospital.  I am beginning to truly miss her. I am weird and I like to name my electrical devices. My Iphone is Ava as in Gardner

and the Ipad is Rachel as is Welch. Hello can you blame me? I am a huge fan of the old school screen sirens of Hollywood....you know when movies were good and there was actual thought/plot behind them. This is before the remake mania. Hello Psycho with Vince Vaghn{has much as I love you} what was the point?  There is only one Psycho and  that is Anthony Perkins..Period!

I brought Sophia in on Monday because she was acting very weird and sensitive just like me when I am pmsing. I thought it could be the touch pad because every time I tried to double clicked it just did nothing. I went to check on her yesterday and they still have her hooked up to all these power cords and have been running a bunch of virus shit/backup/diagnostic stuff that I don't understand...All I know is I want my friggin Sophia back in tip top shape. I am currently working on my husbands extra laptop which is OK. Sophia is set up and decorated and made for me.....It kinda sucks when you have been working/blogging on the same device for over a year and feel lost without it...So sad that I have become so addicted. My husband was going to take his laptop to work the other day and I freaked out. He is like

"Whoa there honey I am sure you can do something else when the baby is napping {yeah right} and you have a few minutes of your time?"

"Honey do you realize that when I have no one to talk to except GG all day and about after 5 hours of gibberish I need actual adult convo and they way I get it is through my blog?"

"Oh he goes I never thought about it like that..I guess you are right better you talk via blogging then talking my ear off when I get back from work". Ha Ha to you too you to MoFo...said in a loving way.

I never realized how helpful it has been to have blogging in my life for the last year. It has helped me through allot of weird times and I have truly enjoyed reading and getting to know so many people. I will be without my Sophia for another 48 hours and hopefully by then they will have found what the hell is wrong with her. Wahhhhhh