A little quiz about me...

Anyway...I took this from someone's blog...i don't remember who...and I thought it would be fun to do...if you have time and want to...try it out...lol...


THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Mom
2. CoCo
3. Babe

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My eyes
2. My hair
3. My height (go figure...it was a stretch, but all I could come up with...lol)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON"T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My Nose
2. My belly
3. My butt

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Irish
2. Danish
3. French

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Anything happening to my kids
2. Car accidents
3. Losing my husband

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Coffee
2. Coffee
3.Cigarettes...I know bad habit, i will die..yada yada

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Shorts
2. Tshirt
3. Sneakers

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE MUSICALS:
1. Sound Of Music
2. Grease
3. Wizard of Oz...does that count??

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS:
1. Duality by Slipknot (really good when in a bad mood)
2. Untitled by Simple plan...what can i say?
3. Welcome to my Life...simple plan again..

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Romance
2. Humor
3. Understanding

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Likes to cuddle
2. Honesty
3. Humor

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Reading
2. Blogging
3. Playing cards

THREE THINGS YOU WANT REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. A nap
2. a cup of coffed
3. A vacation

THREE CAREERS YOU ARE CONSIDERING:
1. teaching
2. thats really it...lol
3.

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. England
2. Ireland
3. Alaska
THREE KID NAMES YOU LIKE:
1. Stephanie
2. Douglas
3. Elizabeth
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. See my kids get married
2. Be a grandmother
3. Go to england

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK:
1. Like jewelry
2. Love my hair brushed
3. Like to do my makeup when I go out to dinner w/ hubby(and only then...lol)

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A DUDE:
1. Swear like a sailor(or trucker or whatever)
2. Drive bad
3. Don't care what i look like when i go out...except..well...see above
THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1. Vin Diesel...I know...I know
2. Rob Mariano...from survivor...you know...uhh...not a celeb..but he's hot
3. Steve Burton(Jason on General Hospital)...and sonny...and jax...and...lol

Who knew?

I mean really...who knew that the whole world is out there to read about...I am not usually one to sit at my puter all day, with loads of interesting things out there to see...I am learning that surfing the internet is very very time consuming..I have spent hours in English castles...cafe's in France...the countryside of Ireland..it really is amazing when you think about it...
I know that I really should get a life. I really should...but then I sit down. I check my email..and then I'm off...literally...lol
I constantly read these blogs...It's so amazing to read other peoples thoughts and what each person does everyday...I have read about heartbreak, which really sucks me in...The story is ongoing,...but on hold because of Hurricane Wilma...I feel so bad for him...I hear that his town was just destroyed...I know at last count 14 deaths are attributed to the storm...millions still w/out power...it's awful...and the story isn't a new one, with the storms of late
I have read about new life in america...a teacher who isn't a teacher...who by the way, is extremely entertaining...a woman looking for a man, and how its not so easy to do...and one person who is a mom and a painter, and an extremely nice and thoughtful person, who is turning into an actual friend...It all just is amazing
to me...
But anyway...I just thought I would share that with you all...I have got to get away from this computer for alittle while...My butt is killing me...
Have a great day!!!!

A little bit about my family.....

So, here I am, updating my blog...I really wish I had wonderful insites and such, since people actually read this thing, but what can I say?...I am who I am...lol
My son stayed home from school today...gotta love the weather change..I know "they" say that weather doesn't cause a cold, a virus does, but whatever..whenever it starts to get cold, the kids get sick...everywhere...One of my triplet nephews was in the hospital over the weekend, cuz when he gets sick, he gets really sick...The triplets were born two and a half months premature, weighing less than two pounds each...and they really struggled in the beginning...but the one, Jacob...well he was really bad...he died twice, but came back struggling harder and harder every day, until he won the fight...only problem was 2 grade 4 brain bleeds..which means he has severe cerebral palsy...He truly is a gift from God, and when I am having a bad day, I try to remember everything he has had to go thru, and I try to be a stronger person...his brothers, Jeremy(my godson, whom I call Bear) is the biggest and Joshua, are both totally fine...they have a little asthma..but other than that, they are pretty rough and tumble 6 year olds....all three are in 1 grade at the same school, but Jacob is in special ed...he loves loves loves going to school...He doesn't walk on his own but he has a special stander, and he zooms alllll over the place in that thing...he loves to hear motorcycles rev...and anything that makes a loud noise...He can say a few words..bye bye and school are his favorites...and he is the biggest flirt in the world...He plays up his handicap alot when there's a pretty girl around...he really knows how to work it...He is definately a trip..All three of the boys call me Aunt CoCo..cuz they can't say my real name..which is Kirsten by the way...in case you get tired of calling me Just Me...lol...
So those are my boys...my little nephews...My bear says I am his favorite aunt...gotta love that...That's why in my original post, I said they were the light of my life...when they first came home from the hospital...jeremy first, then joshie, then Jacob...I was there every morning at 7 am...left at 6 at night...for three years...my little one Elizabeth came with me daily, too...she loved helping to feed them...all the monitors they were on, and two on oxygen...It never fazed her...she just treated them like there were no problems at all....she was only three at the time...Her name is Elizabeth, and they call her Libby...the only one of my kids' names that didn't get changed by them is my son, Douglas...they call him Dougie..my daughter Stephanie they changed to Tess...My oldest is very protective of Jacob...each of my kids had their "own" baby...Steph's was Jacob, Doug's was Joshie and Libby is Jeremy...they are all close...very close...They spend weekends together at their grandma's house...along with other cousins...my other nephews...Chris, Corey and Casey...I know, the C boys are not triplets, their parents are just off...lol...so we have the J boys and the C boys, then my kids...lol....too funny when you think about it...My mother in law is a saint when you stop and think about it....she has 2 6 year olds...(jacob can't sleep out over nite...he still has too much equipment.. and allergies) 2 16 year olds..my daughter and nephew are both 16...corey who is 15 and my son 13 and Casey is 12...I don't know...my three drive me crazy..lol...altho, I do babysit the J boys, and bring my kids, so thats six altogher...but its different...
Anyways...my son said I am writing way to much...lol...I guess I just wanted to talk about my family a little bit...brag, should I say..as wild a bunch as they are...they are all very good kids...each special in their own way...And I thank God everyday for all of them....
Update on Wilma...the south of Florida is reporting 3 million customers without power...which is why blogger Sean hasn't been writing...that's my thought, anyway...

Well...I hope everyone has a great day....I plan to enjoy the weather change...even If it makes everyone sick....I LOVE THE COOLER WEATHER!!!! Makes me a happy girl...lol

Wilma has passed

Well...I did make it through the storm just fine...didn't lose any power...I went out to get my coffee this morning and wooohoooo...cold front came thru, too...With all the stress of the storm, I forgot a cold front was coming thru too...9:00 a.m. and it was 57 degrees....I FRICKIN LOVE IT!!!!!
Anyways...I have my 16 year old daughter adding her web page onto my blog...she really does a great job..if you all have the time check it out...hopefully you will have a faster connection than I do...for me, it takes forever to load...
I have not heard from my blog buddy Sean, yet...he is in the direct path of the storm...I know that he is safe, but I will definately feel better when I know that the storm has passed him by and has updated..
Well that is really all the wonderful insights I have to add to this day...Gaelin..if you read this I will have pics up by monday afternoon....everyone...have a great day....
On a side note...let me just say that allll morning long, it has been non stop hurricane wilma coverage...which I understand, don't get me wrong..but as a stay at home mom (profiling here) I WANT MY SOAPS!!!!! so one oclock rolls by and thank the lord above...they are ON!!! what a relief...

Another day in paradise...

So it's just another day here in sunny florida...not that its sunny...got hurricane wilma heading to the south of the state...Where I live, it won't be a direct hit...but we are under a tropical storm warning...kids are bugging, hoping that the schools will be closed....I just don't know...I don't care if they are closed or not...means another day to get to sleep in, and that much more gas in the ole' tank...
Hubby worked today...he hasn't worked the last few sunday's...he deserved the days off...
I don't have any wonderful words of wisdom or insights into human nature...course that wasn't the point of me keeping a blog...but I read some of these things and people realllllly have some deep thoughts...me? I can't even think of what to have for dinner that's cheap...lol....I am watching the food channel (as usual) and they make all this stuff that I wouldnt even attempt...even rachel rays 30 minute meals....good lord, if I tried to cook something in "under thirty minutes or less" I would probably kill my entire family w/ food poisoning because of under cooked food.... I mean really..how does a big fat chicken breast cook in under 15 minutes?? I say cook it til its dead again,....just in case...I remember once when I was younger I made spaghetti and meatballs for me and my sister...I didn't eat the meatballs....I don't know why...she did...spent the next two days pukin and poopin...to this day, she won't eat a meatball....I don't see where that was my fault...
My son wants to go to culinary school....He, the one who will only eat turkey, salisbury steak and chicken breast....he won't try anything new...how can you be a cook w/out tasting, and trying new things??? I thought about going myself..but...what can I say? I can't cook seafood to save my soul...I won't even eat seafood....how can i cook it??? I love to grill....that's alot of fun...but I don't think the world is ready for charcoal steak, w/ a hint of smoke..
I watched my oldest daughter make macaroni and cheese once....she didn't read the directions, at all....I think she added a whole stick of butter, maybe a teaspoon of milk...well....THAT was interesting when it was all done...and she ate the whole thing....go figure...no wonder she spends hours on the toilet...ewwwwwww
My youngest made something once...I remember when she was about three...I had put her down for a nap..good mommy that I am, feel asleep on the couch..watching foodtv of course...when I woke up...I hear her in the kitchen..humming....I get up...oh my GOD!!!! she has the dog food bowl...in it she has added about a dozen eggs...a five pound sack of flour, a gallon of milk...the contents of the pickle jar...and a can of dog food....my rotti....he's lovin it.!!!! I don't know how he ate it...I really dont know how he lived thru it...and little libby???? she just sat there with her plastic spoon, stirrin as he ate..givin him a kibble as he slurped thru that slop...oh god...she was hummin...with flour all in her hair, and her face....It was the funniest thing I have ever seen....
Yeah...the dog did end up throwin up....and if you know a rottweiler..the gas...well what can I say??? He spent the remainder of the day outside....ughhhh...that was something....
Anyways...enough of my rambling for one day....Everyday Italian is comin on...giada sure knows how to cook italian...tho I HATE when she says "spagiti"...if you don't watch that show, trust me...its very annoying...
Have a great one!!! Pray for this storm to pass without incident...and I will be back with more thoughts of mine another day....

What a whiner I am...

Reading my last entry, I really have to say that I sound quite pathetic...In the big scheme of things, my fight with my husband was ridiculous. We love each other, I know deep in my heart that that will never change. My emotions sometimes get the better of me, and yesterday is the perfect example.

When he got home from work, I gave him a big hug, looked into his eyes and told him that I was really sorry, and that without a doubt, I loved him more than life itself...of course, he said sorry too, and life went back to normal....
I have been reading a blog by someone named Sean...he writes so well...his story about him and the woman he loves is heartbreaking..I have to say that I don't think I thought that a man could talk about his emotions so well...and then be able to write it down, too...I am amazed....but I think about him alot...and I think its so sad...but then I think..if my husband could talk about his feelings, we wouldn't have so many problems....cuz he doesn't talk...he says that he loves me, that that should be all that matters....but we don't ever talk...about things...we don't agree about anything when it comes to disciplining our kids...and he doesn't fix things around the house anymore...when he is done working, he is done...thats it...he lays on the couch in his boxers...and sleeps....
God..I'm doing it again...all that SHOULD matter to me is that he loves me, we are both healthy....we have three beautiful healthy children....why is it that I need more?? I can't just be happy...a big storm is heading to my state...all could be lost...and I can't just be grateful for what I have....I just wish I knew why I am so damn miserable...Is it just PMS???? If it is I really need to look into getting medicated...cuz It is stupid....most days..I am just happy...I don't need more...then other days it just gets to me...
I really need to get over myself...people have it sooo much worse than me..just have to remember that guy in New Orleans who lost his wife, cuz he just couldn't hold on anymore and be happy....
If I say it enough...it will happen.....
Do I even make sense?????

depression day

Today im just going to type...it will be alot of rambling but I am so depressed today...everyday life is hard enough..but when you have a fight w/ the one you love, its just so much harder...
I don't even know what happened...and really, i don't think it much matters..the fact is, it did...how can you love someone so much, and then the next thing you know you have all these hateful feelings?? Kids, bills, storms coming, dogs barking, phone ringing...its all so damn stressful...and then you say something stupid, and then your in the car, driving...not knowing what the hell just happened?? and then you start thinking...i don't really have anyone to go to...to talk to...friends?? not really..my best friend is my sister-in-law, and sometimes i just don't want to go to her when im fighting w/ her brother...and other than that, i just have aquaintences...god......i just feel so alone right now...I really just feel helpless and scared...
every other day, im the one that people go to when they need someone to talk to...so, i guess i have this blog to vent at...but it can't tell me that everything's going to be okay...that he really does love me, he's just as stressed out as i am....but what if this time, its not going to be okay? we have fought before...everyone that is married or in a relationship fights...but it just seems like everyone i know is divorced, or getting divorced...it could happen, right? and i know im just being stupid or over emotional, i don't know...i just can't help feeling down...he's never gone to work w/out saying goodbye...
I am not feeling the love right now...im just not...im feeling sad, scared, pissed off and a whole host of other things....and i can't seem to stop crying...it would be so easy to pick up the phone, call and say im sorry...but i don't think i did anything to be sorry about, and if i did that..it would just be a temporary fix....why all the fighting lately? is it really just the bills and lack of money that's stressing us out? or is it that he really is unhappy? I know i am unhappy most of the time...but not w/ him...just life in general...i don't know how to fix this...i don't know how to get out of this rut...I really feel like nothing is going to get better, ever....
This has to be a passing thing...i cant feel like this forever...im too easy going to stay like this...i guess i just need to feel sorry for myself for a little while..pick myself back up...and move on...
feeling this way is not going to make things any better, that's for damn sure...I gotta figure this out and move on...
tomorrow is another day...it can only get better, right?

It's quiet time...

So...it's almost 8 pm here in sunny Florida...not that its sunny now, cuz it's nite time..geez.....My son and youngest daughter went to grandma's for the weekend...my oldest daughter is at the movies with her friends...hubby is at the Harley dealership for a VIP party...didn't know he was a VIP there...go figure...and I am sitting here in the peace and quiet...typing away..and surfin..waitin for The Nanny to come on....The naughty chair, really...gotta love JoJo, tho...lol
So, I did do a little fall cleaning..not as much as I should have...oh well....but I weeded my little garden that I had out front...I can't grow flowers to save my soul..so I said..f it....I made a rock garden...Hubby brings me big beautiful rocks off of job sites...(is that illegal???)I figure, they look pretty, and I can't kill them...lol
It's the end of 9 weeks for my kids at school...My son, I know he did good..he always does, bless him...my older daughter....we will see...my youngest..well, I don't know what the hell happened...She's always done so well...this time two F's...2 D's and a C...She is always in such a hurry to get her work done, that she just puts answers in....not the right ones either...She is so worried that she's gonna miss something going on outside, that she just doesn't care...Well, she does now...she was mortified....Hopefully, that's all it's gonna take...I don't know...I will pay better attention....I know...kinda my fault,too...I really need to be on top of her when it comes to this stuff...Bad mommy....
I gave blood yesterday...It makes me feel good for some reason...Well...I know that my nephews were born three months early, and they needed transfusions...so....when I give blood, I hope it helps some baby or person somewhere....you know, for someone that has a family that loves them...Kinda sappy, I guess, but...what can I say...I don't make any money or anything,....so I guess thats the only thing I can do to give back....
I think I'm rambling....lol...sorry...again, I don't know who I'm saying sorry to...no one reads this but me....but I don't know...go figure.
Someday...I am gonna go to England...I love that accent....The family on The Nanny is british...That, and Harry Potter is there...well..I know he's not real, but still...lol....I know...I'm a freak....
Well...enough rambling for one day....

My nightmares...

So, like I said, I am so new to this blogging thing. Since my first post, I have started to actually read some of these things. Some are so frickin hysterical, I can spend a whole day reading. But then I see why no one has even read mine. Not that I'm writing this for anyone else but me, still, it would be nice...lol
Today I have plans to start fall cleaning outside. NOT that it will help this crap pile I call a home. But, appearences seem to matter. I will at least make the attempt, by God. I live in a double wide mobile home. It was manufactured in 1983. It is pretty much shot to hell. I have lived here for exactly 10 years this month. It has really been thru the mill...you figure when we moved in here, my kids were 6 and 3 and the little one was still in my tummy. As they grew up, they thoroughly trashed the place. Walls, floors, cabinets....did anyone warn me that kids are very destructable???? Hell no.....Do my kids listen to me when I yell at them NOT to carve their names in the wall?? again, HELL no.....
I thought with four hurricanes coming thru here last hurricane season, my prayers would be answered....take out the place thru an act of GOD...right? Of course not...I don't know what I was thinking, seeing as how in the beginning of August of 2004 we had a fire in the living room. It didn't burn down. It was an accident; no power, oil lamp burning, dog fight in the middle of the living room. Mobiles are supposed to burn to the ground in 7 minutes. I was outside for half an hour before I noticed smoke...duh....I called 911. Firetrucks come. I had about a foot by foot square of burned carpet, and one side of my computer desk burned. Thats it. I'm thankful, don't get me wrong. Really. I have alot of memories in this house. Pictures, things...you know. But its just the irony of it all.
So on to the rest of hurricane season. First one, Charlie. We evacuated to my brother-in-laws house. Storm turns. Back home we go...kids, dogs, stuff. The whole thing. Again, thankful we are all alive, but yet....house still standing.
Next comes Frances. Went to my mother in laws house. Hubby stays home with the dogs...last time was a right pain in the ass. So he stays. Within two hours, at moms, we lose the power. Hour after that, out goes the cable. I grab the cell and dial up hubby. Nope, its all good. Powers on, cables on. Throughout the night, he calls with updates. We are sweating our asses off, he's nice and comfy. Great. Two storms down, one more to go.
Jeanne. Needless to say. Me, kids, dogs, hubby...we all stay home. Never lose power or cable. Call mom on cell with updates, as she has nothing. Go frickin figure.
Now, I really don't mean to trivialize the storms. After Katrina...what can I say...we were so lucky...I really can't imagine....but I DO know that I have had nightmares that Katrina came here instead of there....same catastrophe....only thing is...my trailer stayed dry..w/ power and cable no less....GO FIGURE.

Day One

I'm sure no one really cares about a typical 37 year old mother of three. There is nothing great about my life, nothing special ever happens, and all in all, a pretty boring blog, I'm sure.
I have been married for 14 years. My husband and I met when I was 15. We have been together of and on since we got married finally. As a matter of fact, he was my junior prom date in high school. I think I always loved him, just didn't want to be with one guy. Didn't realize that one day, he would be the one guy anyway.
Like I said, I have three kids. A 16 year old daughter. She is a junior. No sophmore. Well, I guess she's both. Bad grades. Good kid. Nuff said
I have a 13 year old son. He is an eighth grader. Bad temper. Good grades. Overly sensitive. Again, nuff said.
My last child is a almost 10 year old daughter. She is indescribable. She is loving, cranky, stubborn, smart, lazy, and incorigible. She will argue with me to the death. She is never wrong. Hmm...nuff said, again.
I don't do anything. "They" call me a stay at home mom. I don't know why. It was okay, when my kids were actually home. They are of course, at school during the day, and when they don't have school, they are at their grandmothers house. When they are home, my son is locked in his room w/ his Xbox and my 16 year old just walks up and down the street. My little one, who knows...bugging her brother, following her sister, or at the neighbors house. Depends on her mood.
My husband is a well driller. He works mostly seven days a week. When he's not working, he's hunting, riding his HD road king, or on the couch in his boxers.
I have worked off and on during the last 16 years. I even went back to school once. Something in my life always happens to interfere with things I'm trying to do. Usually family crisis. One after the other.
Let me just say that I also have triplet nephews who are my pride and joy. They are six now. The first three years of their lives, I was there daily. I don't see them much now that they are in kindergarten, but when I do see them, they still love me.
Unlike my kids, who would rather be anywhere than with me. LOL. I know thats typical. I do understand that, and really it doesn't bother me much. It IS nice to know that there are some kids that really look forward to seeing me.
And I guess the only other thing is that I truly still am in love with my husband. After all this time, when his number comes up on the caller ID, I STILL get butterflies. I dont think he believes me, but...its true...anyways
More later. Not that anyone really cares.