Helicopter Searching for UFO Parts?

Honestly, it really freaks me out when a helicopter is flying so low and circling the house. What the heck are they doing up there? Why do they have to fly so low to our home? It doesn't help calm any of my conspiracy theories that I'm already being watched. Now I feel like they're trying to use scare tactics to keep me from doing any more research on stuff, as if they're saying - If you keep reading into these secrets, we're going to have to do something about it to shut you up. I know it sounds crazy, but that's literally how I feel right now. I can literally hear the chopping of the blades because it's THAT low in the sky!

As I write this, now I can hear ANOTHER plate in the sky on the opposite side of the chopper! Of course with my paranoia, I'm thinking about that loud BOOM I heard yesterday, and wondering - what? Did a UFO crash and now they're looking for pieces or something? Jeeze...

Healthy Eating is for the Rich - Rant

A little rant today, because I read an article that made me roll my eyes because it was soooooo obvious... Healthy eating is for the rich? They just NOW figured this out, or what? It's pretty obvious, isn't it?

I don't know about the prices in other parts to the country, let alone other parts of the world, but fresh foods aren't so cheap around here. People who can afford $1.00 per orange CAN eat a pure whole fruit packed with all sorts of healthy goodness. People who have money CAN afford to buy all fresh foods, they can afford to make frequent trips to the supermarket (because let's face it, good food like that goes bad fast, and needs to be replaced weekly). Whereas poor people like me can only afford to buy processed foods that last longer, packed with all kinds of additives, preservatives, and cardboard - foods with all kinds of extra stuff that's not necessary, and usually not very healthy either. Okay, maybe not cardboard, that's a little extreme, but it sure seems that way, because all we're eating is junk. That's all we can AFFORD to eat!

What's that? A garden you say? Well if you're like me, some of us can't have a garden. We don't own homes. We rent. And with renting a home comes rules. At the moment, we live in a trailer park. That means I can't have a garden in what little yard I have. I DO have a container garden that I tend for a hobby, but it's not nearly enough to sustain my family. Families who are wealthy can usually afford to buy a home and plant a huge garden. Poor folk like me can only afford to pay the rent of a mobile home, and therefore don't have that privilege.

Anyway, that's pretty much all I've got to say about that. Maybe one of these days I'll be able to eat healthy but for now, I've got to make due with what I got, and those who CAN afford to eat healthy, I'm sure you already count yourselves lucky, so I don't believe I have to tell you to do so...

One Week to Go! (Hurry, please?)

Well I've been counting down the days, and now I have just one week to go of working a full-time job. Part of me feels guilty that I'll be home most of the time while my husband works so hard at his factory job, cutting and stacking wood, and making wine barrels... In this heat? It's nuts! I SHOULD feel guilty! But then another part of me thinks - well he got to sit on his butt for two years, so I DESERVE this! I deserve to be at home, taking care of my family, taking care of the house, finally getting things in order, and finally being able to keep up with stuff. It's been TWO YEARS! Two years since we moved out on our own, since we moved here, and we haven't ever really been able to unpack everything and get it all straightened out.

Our drawers are filled with everything from nail polish, to tools, to socks, to party supplies. The spare bathroom is packed with boxes that need to be repacked and sorted through. The clothes go straight from the dryer and into a box because we're both too busy to hang them up or fold them and put them away. It'll be a BIG stress reliever to organize things, put stuff in the right place, and sort the yardsale stuff from what we want to keep. I also plan on finally organizing Tricity's old baby clothes (the ones I just HAVE to keep) and vacuum seal them so they save on space, too. I can only imagine how much room that'll save! lol

It'll be really swell to finally focus on my crafts, too. I used to do what I could with my spare time at work, but ever since the new owners took over the place a couple of years back, they don't really leave me with free time. My time is spent folding mountains of laundry! Man, I can't wait for THAT to be over! lol Now the only laundry I'll have to fold is ours here at home, which is small stuff compared to all the hotel laundry. Maybe now I can FINALLY get my crafts built up enough to start my online store, or to even have a craft booth at one of the town fairs.


Anyway, I've been counting down. One week to go! It's been a long time coming. lol I CAN'T WAIT!

Full-Time Mommy

At the moment, I work a full-time job. I'm a hotel receptionist, working on the midnight shifts. When school starts next month, I will be cutting down to just two nights a week. I can't see how it's fair to get my daughter out at almost 11:00 at night to take me to work, and getting her up at 5:30 in the mornings to pick me up. And Adam's job is more important than mine right now! Am I nervous that we'll be able to make it? Of course! But am I excited to be (pretty much) a stay-at-home mommy? Of course!

The only bad side of this is that I love money! The GOOD side is that I'll be home to take care of my daughter, and get stuff done around the house. It's been two years since we moved into our home, and in those two years, I never really got to put the house how I wanted it. Now I'll have time to sort through all the boxes, separate yardsale items from storage items, give everything a good scrubbing, and maybe even finally work on some of my crafts! It would totally rock my socks to finally have a booth some time at a craft fair, like I always wanted to do! Maybe get a bundle of stuff made up, and sell them on my online store? That would be cool :-D

I'm most excited about spending more time with my daughter, though. Instead of spending my evenings sleeping for work, I'll be able to be up with her, helping her with her homework, taking her out to play, or giving her a bath for school the next day. I also want to do something really fun every night, like have a game night, or a pretend night, a makeup night, a spa night, a movie night, a date night, whatever I can think of to make sure we get as many great memories in as possible, because these years are just flying by too fast! And a couple of years from now when she starts making more and more friends, she's going to want to have them over instead of doing stuff with me, so I better make the most of my time with her while I can. ♥

First Letter From School

We got a letter in the mail the other day. It's Tricity's first letter from school! (Oh joy... lol) She will be starting kindergarten this year (sniffTEARSsniff!) so the letter was just her new teacher writing to us, introducing herself. She also made sure to include a school supply list and an information letter about the bus schedule, just to tell us that she doesn't really know ANYTHING about the bus schedule... but she included the number to call, so that I can find out the who/what/when/where/why/hows about Tricity riding the bus to and from school.

Personally, if I had MY way, she wouldn't even take the bus. Horrible memories come flooding back to me when I remember riding the bus as a kid.... Being punched in the stomach so hard I couldn't breathe, mean seniors acting like they owned the bus, kids with bad attitudes pulling out my hair, getting an accidental black eye, mean bus drivers, the deafening noise... But anyway, if I had my way, I'd just take her to school and pick her up myself. I guess that's what I get, though, for never getting my license, and we wouldn't have an extra vehicle for it, anyway... I'm just so nervous for her, because I want the best for her. Not what I had... I'm not saying my childhood was bad, but I just don't want her to have to deal with the same crap. It's my natural instinct to want the best for her, and want to protect her from this twisted, warped world we live in...

At least I get to be there on her first day of school. I'm going to bawl like a baby! I'm not ready for this! I want my best little buddy at home with ME! I want to home school her so bad, but I also want her to be able to have that social interaction, too, and I know that's the one thing I can't give her... I can teach her everything in the world, but I can't give her that. I want her to have FRIENDS! Not just the kids of OUR friends. I mean real friends. I'm willing to give the school a chance. However, if she's miserable, or if they mistreat her, you can bet your butt I'll be homeschooling her. If you can't already tell, I'm not really a fan of public schools. They already pissed me off enough at registration... Yeah, it has it's ups, but these days? There are mostly downs... My own niece got in big trouble at school for talking in the bathroom. Seriously? Talking in the bathroom? That's what counts as being punishable these days?

Anyway, we've been getting her new school clothes here and there, slowly building up our supply. We even got her a Monster High shirt! She was so excited. And a Monster High backpack! We're talking about one thrilled little girl! lol And of course the basics, like panties and socks... Now we just have to get school supplies. By the looks of this list, we are in for an expensive shopping trip...

To sum it up, I think I can honestly say - this year is going to change everything... Nothing will ever be the same after this. When she starts school, life is really going to get crazy. I want to be there for her every step of the way. Field trips, teacher meetings, sleepovers, sports, clubs and organizations, concerts and shows, school dances, everything... EVERYTHING.

RIP Phantom, July 10, 2011

I have some bad news for our family today...

His name was Phantom, and he had adrenal disease... He didn't lose all of his fur, but most of it from his neck to his stomach had fallen off, and his tail was getting bare... The bulge in his stomach was so huge, and you could tell he didn't feel well at all... He slept almost all the time, except when he got up to eat or go to the bathroom, and even then, he slumped around as if it hurt him to move up and down his cage. There was really nothing that could be done, and we expected him to pass away any day, but it was depressing that it had actually happened...

I walked past his cage and bumped it, and saw that he didn't wake up and give me "that look" that he usually gives when I've disturbed his sleep. Of course that made me stop in my tracks and tap on the cage. No movement. I shook it a little.... Still no movement. I opened it up and reached inside to give him a gentle pet, and he was cold... So cold :-( I was heartbroken. I even tried to think - maybe he's just in a dead sleep, as they call it, when a ferret has a hard time waking up, but then Adam pointed out that if he was, he wouldn't be cold. I was crushed...

Tricity has moments where she cries and says she misses him, and she'll bring up memories, saying "Remember when he was playing in the box and stealing stuff and hiding it?" And then she'll weep (because she doesn't really cry, she weeps) and then the next thing you know, she's running around, laughing, and playing... Her attention is everywhere... I think I'm taking it harder than she is.

Adam always acts so tough, but I could tell he was upset about it. He said "No more, that's it, I'm done!" And I said "What? You mean no more ferrets?" to which he said "I'm not going through this again." Of course that's just what he thinks... We're still going to get one, just not right away. This time, we'll get it from a pet store, and we'll get a young one. Phantom was already a few years old, so he was halfway, if not more than, done with his life anyway, and we had bought him from some woman who had to get rid of him. I think we'll get a female this time, too. I sure did love my little boy, but I want to see what it's like having a female next time.

I sure will miss him :-(

He always licked us, always loved us, and he was just the sweetest pet we EVER had. Better than ANY dog or cat! He was cute and cuddly, and he always made us giggle. We'll be LUCKY to ever find a pet as well tempered as him... May he finally be free of pain, and at rest...

♥ ♥ ♥ BEST FERRET EVER!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Wishful Thinking (If We Won the Lottery)

Wishful thinking! But still, who doesn't daydream about the things they would do if they won? Here's what I have planned if we ever became millionaires:

I'd be thinking ahead. First things first! Get a living will made out, and buy our burial plots! That way, if by some freak accident, we happen to kick the bucket? Then we are covered, and our families won't have to pay the costs...

Next thing on the list is to get our teeth fixed! I'm not toothless, but I AM sick and tired of toothaches... Everyone in the family could use a good long trip to the dentist to get our teeth fixed up, pulled, polished, shined, whatever... Whatever it takes. Nothing is worse than toothaches!

We would also get full checkups to make sure that we are as healthy as can be, and to fix any problems, because I want to live a long, beautiful life.

Then we would pay off any and all debts, and get our credit scores up to par. There's a few hospital bills floating around out there with my name on them... It would be nice to be able to pay them off...

Next, we would probably have our dream home planned out. I've been building it on my Sims 3 game, because it's always nice to imagine it being real, and walking through it. Of course I didn't have enough lot space and had to improvise, but I have it all planned out in my mind :-) Now, if we could just get someone to build it as fast as they do on Extreme Makeover Home Edition! lol

Our dream home would include:
Living Room
Kitchen
Dining Room
Bedrooms
Bathrooms
Guest Rooms
Office/Library
Home Theater
Indoor Playroom (ball pit, slides, tunnels, swings, etc. for my daughter and her friends)
Game Room (with arcade games, pool, bowling, etc.)
Exercise Room/Gym
Indoor Basketball Court/Skating Rink/volleyball/tennis (rink would go around the court)
Workshop for Adam
Ice Cream Parlor/Snack Center (for the home theater)
Arts and Crafts room (for beading, sculpting, painting, sewing, etc, complete with a kiln)
Gallery (to show off our works of art)
Acoustic Room (so the sounds echo for my singing)
Recording Studio (soundproof room for recording)
Science Lab/Learning Center (for Tricity)
Meditation Room
Sauna
Solarium/Pool/Grotto (tropical indoor pool with a cave and waterfall)
Outdoor Pool/Grotto
Outdoor Cabana (for tiki parties)
Outside Kitchen Deck
Mud Hole (for taking a spa mud bath outside so the house wouldn't get dirty)
Center Courtyard (flower garden and fountain)
Mausoleum (a place to pay our respects and honor passed family members)
Green House (different sections for different heat temperatures with all kinds of vegetables)
Orchard (so I can have all the fruit I want!)
Gocart Track (because my brother wants it... lol)
Front Courtyard (for the grand entrance)
Barns/Coops/Pens/Farmland (so we can always have our own supply of fresh meat and dairy)
Zen Garden
Secret Garden
Ballroom/Party Room (for our big events, holidays, and parties)
Wine Cellar
Bee garden/Bee hives

that's about all I can think of for the moment... lol

The house would also be complete with solar power, wind turbines, and everything would be as energy efficient as could be. The goal would be to live off the land in a home that we wouldn't ever have to leave unless we wanted to.

While our dream home is being built, we would probably take a vacation to Disneyworld/Universal Studios/whatever else in that area... I've never been outside of Missouri, Illinois, and I spent 3 months in Nebraska, and took a vacation once to Tunica MS/Memphis TN. Adam has been quite a few places, but neither of us have been to Florida. We would also like to go to Ireland, Scotland, and I've always wanted to visit other places like Rome, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, and France. The Paris Opera House was always a dream of mine!

Upon returning, we would move into our new house. I also promised my bestest friend that if I ever was a millionaire, I would build a photo studio for her to run, and I would co-own it, so I could help out and enjoy the business of Photography as well. I would also own a few homes to rent out, and become a landlord.

We would also get a convertible, get a truck for Adam, a motorcycle for him, I'd have to get my license, and I'd want a motorhome/winnebago for those times when we want to go somewhere with the rest of the family.

Maybe down the road, we could go scuba diving some time... Once we started getting some of our money back from rental properties, we might invest in other business such as a skating rink, bed and breakfast, and movie theater. I've also always wanted to spend the weekend at a spa. I'd get a personal trainer and fitness adviser to help us be more healthy, maybe hire a maid a couple of times to do my dishes and take out my trash. lol I'd also buy up some gold to hide away in case we really DID come into an economic depression where the dollar becomes useless... Then we would have a universal supply of income to fall back on. I'd also get the top electronics for our laptops, phones, cameras, game systems, etc.

Like I said, it's wishful thinking, but it sure would be a dream come true. Especially with tonight's Mega Millions being at $304 million dollars! LOL

The Signs of Spring

Arrgh! I hate when I lose track of things and forget to post. Too bad I don't have this little popup thing that says "Did you post a blog entry today?" But then like most things that become repetitive, I'd probably just click on the "X" and decide to do it later, but then forget...

Anyway, here are the sure signs that spring has arrived...

1. Kids start trying to play on my daughter's swingset, and I have to yell like a raving maniac for them to GET OFF!
2. Ants invade the house.
3. Adam and I fight over turning on the air conditioner because I can't sleep while I'm sweating, and he is cheap. lol (Love you, dear!)

I swear, this year I am making a "KEEP OFF" sign for those brats. I never did like kids. Just my own flesh and blood. I love my own family, but when it comes to strangers (especially neighbors) kids, then they make my skin crawl. I'm a pretty awesome mom, but I never was a good babysitter. I'm just biased like that. lol

I'm glad we had a little rain-shower today, because I planted some stuff yesterday. I started the vegetable seeds in the "jiffy" starter kit thingy, with the little dirt pellets that swell up when you add water. Then you just pop the seeds in and transplant them after they start growing... For this year's "container garden", I'm going to try and grow some corn, peas, green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, carrots, green peppers, and I believe that's it... They may not grow, or may not have enough room, but it never hurts to try, right?

Then I went outside to plant two strawberry plants, a sunflower in a bucket all it's own for Tricity to take care of, and I planted the flower seeds. This year, I'm focused on my flowers being of an edible variety. There's a few flowers that you can't eat because they were in the mix I bought, but I got some extra packs of things like pansies, bachelor's buttons, things like that... That's another experiment I'm trying this year.

We had a busy weekend. We also did a lot of cleaning in the house (spring cleaning, I guess you could call it), had to go to the laundromat to do a few loads of laundry, we washed out the ferret cage and gave Phantom a bath, and much, much, more. Oh, that's right... Because of my lack of blog entries, I don't believe I've told you about our family pets! About a month ago, we got two pygmy hamsters, a white one and and Tric named Angel, and a gray one Adam named Darkskull, we got 25 fish (down to 23 now, plus an algae eater), and a cute little furball of a ferret named Phantom. He's so flippin' cute! All he does is lick us. lol

I also made almond butter. I tried to follow a recipe I learned off of Biggest Loser, but it just didn't taste right to me. It was just almonds, olive oil, and a pinch of salt. It just lacked flavor... so I added a spoon of peanut butter to give it some taste, and then I added some agave to sweeten it. Anyway, it tastes great now, and I'm currently eating it with celery! lol

I hope to post more... I know I say that a lot, and I am THE worst person to do blogs and stuff, because I go on stints where I post a lot, but then I go so long without an update... Maybe with the nicer weather, there will be more to write about, and I'll feel the itch to get it all typed out before I get overwhelmed... Hope you've been well! xoxox

Illuminati Helicopter Attack Dream???

This is the first time I ever dreamed that I got shot... The dream was pretty scary, but I didn't end up crying or waking up from it, either... This dream happened a few nights ago, about March 19, 2011.

My husband and daughter and I were living in the trailer that we currently live on (at the date of this posting) on Sycamore road, and they were out of the home to go see his dad. I was by myself, and I remember hearing a loud noise, and I knew it was some kind of plane or chopper. Around here, you hear a lot of those on a daily basis. Anyway, the sound was getting closer and closer, which was unusual, because they don't usually touch down anywhere around here that I know of.

I was in the bedroom, so I went to go look out of the back window, and right as I looked out, a helicopter swept past the back of the trailer, in between our home and our daughter's swingset, and it started shooting. I knew who it was. It was the Illuminati. They had found me, because I had been looking up and learning things that I wasn't supposed to know about them. They knew what I had been researching on my computer, and now they were going to either scare me into stopping, or take me out...

I dropped to the floor, but I noticed I had been shot in my leg, arm, and chest. When the helicopter passed, I looked at the wounds, and they weren't bleeding. I could see the flesh inside the holes that the bullets made, but there was no blood. I grabbed my phone and was trying to call for help when they swooped down and made another pass. I hugged the floor, trying to lay as low as possible. This time, after they passed, I thought maybe they were gone for good, but then another sound alerted me. I looked out the window again, and this time, there was a tank. I jumped up and ran to go lock the door. I guess instead of blowing the place up, I assumed they would just try to come into the house. 

Anyway, it wasn't long after this that I woke up to go to the bathroom... SO glad it was just a dream!  lol  It sounds like some action-packed movie. Good thing life isn't really like the movies  :-p

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse!

Well our family has started making the change to going green already, as per my New Year's resolution. I've been setting aside cardboard, paper, tin cans, plastic bottles, milk jugs, and we've been doing our cans for years, already. Pretty soon, I'll even have oil ready to bottle up and take off. Yes, our recycling center said they will take vegetable oil, as long as it doesn't have bits of stuff in it. I've called the local recycling center to find out exactly what they take :-D

As for the milk jugs, I'm currently saving those, and the giant tubs of cottage cheese we get, AND the huge coffee containers, all for planting vegetables in my container garden that me and Tricity will plant this year. With some of the tin cans I've been saving, I'm going to use them for things like art supplies, kitchen utensils, and even an herb garden!

When I get done using my glass jars of pasta sauce, I'm actually going to be reusing them for growing sprouts, which I learned are super healthy, even better than vegetables. Adam doesn't exactly like vegetables or sprouts, but maybe I can get my daughter to eat them with me. That's one of the main focuses of going green and being more healthy. Not only is it good for the environment and all that jazz, but I also want to install good morals and good healthy habits in her, as well. I've always LOVED vegetables and fruits, so the fact that they are healthier for you is like icing on the cake, only healthy! lol

Anyway, with that being said, there's a lot to do, so I'll wrap up this entry. Be well. Be safe!

Edible Flowers and Sprouts?

Okay, so I've been looking into something new. Actually, I was looking for... I don't really remember... but it led me to find this woman named Clara on youtube (she's in her 90's) and she has videos about cooking during the times of the "Great Depression", from way back in the day. She tells you the recipes of some of the things her and her mother fixed during that time period, and they are things I never would have thought about, but now I must try! lol

One of the most peculiar things I came across was her dandelion salad... DANDELIONS?! For 28 years of my life, as long as I can remember, I grew up with dandelions in our yards. Wherever we moved to, they were there. I always thought they were just annoying weeds but I never, EVER knew they could be eaten. I never even gave it a single thought. I knew they were used for tea and wine, but to be EATEN? I was floored.

Of course now I've got to try it... lol It would be neat to use them in a salad some time. Some people take the yellow heads and buds, and then batter them and fry them. I want to try that, too. I've been told they taste like fried mushrooms, but I haven't gotten up the guts to try them yet. Best of all? I never knew how HEALTHY they are! She made a point about it on one of her videos by saying something about how she thinks that's why they've lived so long - because they ate things like that. To think... all these years, all the free dandelions for the taking, and I never knew about it!

Then I started looking up what else could be eaten. That's when I learned about sprouts, and how to grow them. I never knew how healthy sprouts were, either! Apparently a little bit of sprouts are tons more healthy than eating a bunch of the grown vegetable. Someone on a video I watched said that what you buy in the store? The grow broccoli and stuff? All that's doing is slowly dying and losing nutrients from the day it was cut off the stalk. But the sprouts? They are bursting full of life, and are packed full of nutrients and vitamins. You can grow many different kinds, too. Clover, alfalfa, broccoli, beans, peas, etc. I'd love to get my hands on some clover seeds to try and sprout. All you need are seeds, a jar with a mesh lid, and a lot of water to rinse with.

THEN I was going even further and learned about flowers that you can eat. Mainly the petals, not so much the leaves... One flower you can eat the leaves of is called Nasturtium. From what I learned, they have a bit of a sweet, peppery flavor, and you know what? About half a year ago, I bought this wildflower mix from Target in a shaker can (a mixture of flower seeds for a dollar in a can). I decided to look and see if any of these flowers were listed on there, and luckily, a few of them are! I can't wait... I really hope I can grow them this year, because I want to try adding flowers to my diet. Flowers, sprouts, and wheat grass. I guess you could say it's my new year's resolution to be more healthy and "go green" this year. Literally! lol

Can you imagine? If we ever get to have a place of our own, I'll have my fresh flowers, herbs, my big garden full of healthy veggies without chemicals, a compost heap, we'll have farm animals where I can get fresh milk, and we'll have fresh eggs and meat... No additives, no preservatives, it would all be organic and fresh... That would be so awesome. It would be my dream come true. If anyone ever wanted the best for our family and wanted us to be happy and have good things in our life, this is what they could help us do. Help us get our own home, our own land, and a mini farm of our own. That's the life we are trying to have. That is why we try to be good people.

Here's a picture of the Nasturtium I talked about. I can't wait to see what it tastes like! (if I can get it to grow lol)