I am the BEST big sister EVER! LOL!

So, on Friday December 14th I will be whisking my 16 year old sister out of school EARLY for a concert in Philly!!!! YAY! We are going to see New Atlantic! And, they are playing with 2 other bands that I am not to sure of, but they sound really cool. Nice, mellow, rock music. Not too hard, not too soft...just awesome!! Her 16th birthday is THIS Thursday and I am taking her and a friend of her choice to the concert as a birthday gift. :) So, she will get the tickets this Thursday, but the concert in a couple weeks. YAY! So cool! I am psyched! I love doing awesome things like this! I am the best!

Oh, and, I just got paid from a house sitting gig and the money is fierce! Who can top $150 for 3 days of doing almost NOTHING???? Not me, man! I love it! So, I more than made up the cash spent on concert tickets cause they only cost me $45!

Black Friday is a Poor, Single, Mamas DREAM!

I have not been a huge fan of Black Friday in the past. I HATE crowds of people and I HATE shopping, so Black Friday is definitely not the day for me! But, now, you can shop ONLINE and get all the same prices as in the store AND some places even offer FREE SHIPPING!

So, I shopped for my 3 sisters, my mom, my dad, my grandpa, and, of course, my child. I spent less than $150 on everyone. And, while that may seem rather low, I got some NICE stuff! Of course, I had also been hoarding for my boy for quite some time. I had forgotten some of the stuff I had purchased for him until I rummaged thru my closets today. I go way overboard without even meaning to. *sigh*

My 2 biggest purchases for my son only cost me $53!! A bounce house and a battery powered ride on police motorcycle!! I love it! It's so exciting for me to be able to give to my child on such a tight budget. So, THANK GOD FOR BLACK FRIDAY!

Are you KIDDING ME????

So, hello, it is the day BEFORE Thanksgiving! I am supposed to leave for NY today! Is that gonna happen???? NO!

UGH! My kid starts running a fever yesterday afternoon and now he has spent 1/2 the morning on the toilet. It's gross and upsetting cause who the hell wants to spend Thanksgiving alone with a sick kid?? Not me, man! The doctor says he has an intestinal thing. NO SHIT! REALLY??

To top it ALL OFF, the dog I am watching and was supposed to leave in someone else's care tonight, is sick. It's nasty! Her eye has rolled up into her head and the white is showing and it's all inflamed and oozy and YUCK! OH LORD!

I'm not even gonna jinx myself and ask if things can get worse cause God knows they always can and they still might. I mean, at this point we are waiting to go to the vet for the dog and waiting for my son to start the vomiting phase of this virus.

Happy Freaking Thanksgiving to All!

To Vaccinate OR NOT to Vaccinate...that is the question!

As if raising our kids and keeping them safe weren't already this monumental task, parents are also expected to wade thru the medical world as if we were part of its staff. I mean, if you walk blindly into the world of medicine and allow doctors to do whatever they want, you get called stupid. AND, if you research everything and question everything, you also get called stupid for not possibly following a doctor's advice. So, where, I ask you, is the happy medium??



I am a selective vaccinator. I DO want to keep my son safe. I DO love my son. I DO worry about him getting sick. BUT, my son has a compromised immune system already thanks to severe asthma AND, in my family, we have experience with bad side effects after vaccinations. So, I choose which vaccines my son gets very, very, carefully. Well, today, as I was leaving the doctor's office after having my son vaccinated a woman looked over at me as Ethan was clawing at his leg and said "Shot?". I nodded and she said "Well, we have to do what's best for them." And, my child pipes in "But, I don't get shots ever cause I hate them!". The woman looked appalled and I explained that my child was selectively vaccinated due to his severe asthma and my beliefs on certain shots. Well, hell, you would have thought I told her I let my boy play with loaded guns! She shook her head and said "You are a danger to all children!". And, very calmly I said "No, ma'am, your children are more of a danger to MINE!".

And, honestly, it's true! Children that are vaccinated pose more of a threat to my boy than he does to them because many doctors use live and active cultures. A live virus can cause a reaction in the child who gets the shot and then they can pass the virus to others. Hence why they advise parents of small children not to take their little ones around cancer patients and such after they have had a shot!

I am not against peoples' choices to vaccinate or not, but before you judge me...KNOW what you are talking about! KNOW that my choice has volumes of research behind it, just like yours. But, sadly, many parents that DO vaccinate, don't even research WHY they choose to do it. They just do. So, who is less responsible? Me or them? Hmmmm...

What a nice day!

I don't say that quite often enough about my life. I mean, it's not that I take my life for granted. I sometimes think I have it rough, but most of the time I feel I am very blessed! In any case, today was a wonderful day! I had NO jobs scheduled and I slept in until 9 a.m. while my son played QUIETLY with his toys. Once I got up we had eggs and bacon for breakfast and I checked the local movie listings. I had 2 free movie tickets and decided we would go see Bee Movie. It was adorable! I mean, sure, there is a "lesson" throughout the movie about the vanishing bees and how they pollenate 1/3 of our food supply and such...which kids totally don't get...but it was cute! Ethan enjoyed it immensely and then we went out to eat! We had a coupon for a free meal for him because he enrolled in the birthday club. We also bought Ratatouille on DVD for $15.99 as compared to the $23.99 it will be tomorrow. Now, my little angel is sound asleep and life is good. We have to clean tomorrow, but it's just a few hours and we'll be fine.

So, yeah...it was a nice day!

Unlimited Funds????

Yeah, WHAT is THAT? I am not privvy to UNLIMITED FUNDS! My funds are quite limited! And, people who owe me money do NOT seem to grasp that concept! I mean, HELLO, I clean houses for a living, do you think I am made of money??? If I were, would I be scrubbing YOUR toilet and caring for YOUR kids??? NO! I would be sitting on a tropical island somewhere, nursing a drink, and watching my kid frolic in the sand! But, instead, I am doing YOUR domestic chores and not getting paid! WTF??

See, this all stems from some rich, privledged, snobby, bitch who owes me $372!! She said she would have a check waiting for me yesterday...I went to the house and looked for it; Surprise, it wasn't there! But, I still had to stay and do my job cause I couldn't leave underage kids alone all night long! So, I did my job and still, no money, and no call! I can hardly stand it! My bank account is dwindling, my bills are late, and my blood pressure is going to hit the ceiling if I don't get the money she owes me!

Other people pay me at the ends of my job, but not her, cause I guess she's special! PUH-LEEZE! All I have to say, in conclusion, is that, people who HAVE money and OWE other people money...need to pay up! It's no fun being working middle class and not getting paid for the work you do. No fun at all!

His Birthday....

My son is officially 4. It happened at 1:33 a.m. yesterday. He turned 4 and there was nothing I could do to stop it. *sigh* I mean, sure, I am proud of him and happy he is maturing and healthy, but a part of me just feels like this is a countdown to his independence. Like there is a HUGE clock out there somewhere that says 13 years and 364 days from today my son will be 18 and able to make his own decisions and not NEED me! :( I pray he will still want me in his life, but need is another matter. This parent thing is so conflicting. I want to raise a child who succeeds and is secure in himself. I want him to be independent and smart and do great things, but I also want him to need me in his life. I want to know that we will ALWAYS have a relationship. When I think it over, 13 years and 364 days is not so far away. I feel as tho it was JUST yesterday that I held that tiny bundle in my arms and peered at my son'd face for the first time. And, on Halloween night, when I watched him sleeping in his bed, he still looked so little. Sometimes he does...look little, kwim?? And, then other times he does, says, or looks so big! I almost forget that he is still a little guy.

So, for now, he NEEDS me...and I like that. I love that he wants me to hug him and pick him up and lay down and read with him before bed. I want to bottle all those things so when he doesn't want me like that anymore, I can uncork the bottle and remember it all-the smell, the way he looked, the feel of it, just as it once was. But, I guess, for now, I will cherish every moment and pray that time does not slip away so quickly!