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Feeling “22”

22 Sunday May 2016

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Last night was 90’s night at our favorite bar. They did this last year as well and it was a blast. This year was fun too. I love hearing bands play songs from my teenage and young adult years! Brings back very fond memories. We met up with some friends and just let our hair down and relaxed. Our friends have a baby and they don’t get out much but we had a blast!

We acted and felt like we were “22” to quote TSwift. It was a bunch if fun I have a few bruises I don’t remember getting and I cut my foot in a broken bottle, but other than that no worse for the wear! I kind of need a Weekend to recover from this weekend, we went out Friday for just a reboot the two of us, the tonight we had a birthday celebration for another friend.

I so love these weekends. Fun times, no drama with great people…friends who are family. I needed this!

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Look Up It’s Game Day! Go Hawks!!

15 Sunday Nov 2015

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Damn it!!! I go into living and being in the moment yesterday that I didn’t blog. I had planned on doing it between or maybe during the Boy’s football end of season party. Which almost was a disaster because the Mini Helmets that we give out (instead of trophies) were slow in shipping so they were not going to be delivered until Monday! I tracked them down and drove to DuPont, which is about an hour away, to get them. We set up the ‘trophy’ table with personalized cookies that I had made for everyone with the Helmets. It looked so cute and the party was a blast. Kids had fun coaches and parents bonded some more before departing for the off season! I love football season! Can’t wait for next year!

After the party we met up with some of our besties, and my phone died so even if I hadn’t “forgotten” I wouldn’t have been able to blog anyway! But you know it was nice to not have my phone or as the Hubs calls it my leash! I have been trying over the last year or so to not be so attached to my phone (except when I am blogging on the way to a Hawks game like today).

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It is actually nice. Who cares what’s going on on Facebook or Twitter or in the News while you are spending quality time with friends! It is kind of annoying when you’re with your buddies and they have to check Facebook to see what everyone else is doing. A quick selfie post to social media is cool but why do we care what all your friends that you’re not hanging with are doing? When we are together let’s be together. Our group last night were good with this for the most part. Everyone has one in the group that gets attached to their phone and really we are all the one friend every now and then. When you notice you turn into that person leave your phone in the car or something to get you to check in with the real people you are with. (You can finish reading my blog first though!)

I love my friends. The best part about them is that we don’t see eachother as much as we used to but we still love each other and have as much fun as always even when we add a new person like yesterday! It was fun we danced and sang and bonded and plain just relaxed. Most phones stayed in pockets we didn’t even take selfies we just were together, laughed and enjoyed each others company!

Now today is Seahawks Day!!!

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It’s a night game but the Hubs and I are going over early and going to enjoy the day together! It’s our day and since I’ve been working during away games we really like to take it in and enjoy the day with each other and no other responsibilities!

Enjoy your day Friends! Look up from your phone and enjoy life in the real world! You can catch up on Facebook later!

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Live and enjoy Life

30 Friday Oct 2015

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It’s Friday I worked my day job, then bartending job and now it’s adult time! Thank goodness for Grandma who has the kids. The Hubs worked late and now we met up with some  friends. It’s been a rough go lately all around! I am having a fun time and not going to spend a long time blogging so here are some favorite photos that I found today in Facebook!

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And today I finally lost weight in my weight loss challenge so here is a fun one from that inspiration

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Have a great night! Live and Enjoy life, no matter what is going in always find the fun!!!

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He Gets Me!!! I Knew It!!!

23 Friday Oct 2015

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The Hubs gets me, and yesterday was a moment I realized it! I don’t think he knows how much it meant to me! So yesterday I got to cook for friends who came over to watch football! We had friends over for the football game. If you read daily you already know this. This morning as I cleaned the kitchen I couldn’t have been more happy. I love having people over. I don’t mind the extra work I love feeding my friends and sharing time together and chatting. I don’t even mind the mess after ward. I just love to entertain. The Hubs however, does not exactly share those feelings. But he gave me quite a gift yesterday. He invited people over. Coaches from football and their kids. He does not usually do that. Usually I take the lead first I make sure he is okay with it (which he usually is) and then I invite the guests. He invited people over all on his own and he even told me “I know how you like having people over.” He does not. He would rather watch not fuss, just watch the game if people are their cool but he just as happy just the two of us, not that he does not like having people over he just couldn’t care less one way or the other. But he knows how much I like it. And that is why he organized a little gathering.

you get meYou see folks my husband will be there for me no matter what, he usually needs me to tell him what I need. But he will do what ever it is I ask. If I tell him “I want you to ______” he will do that, but usually not if I don’t ask. He knows that for football I go all out. Last night I made wings and pigs in a blanket. Had a spread of cookies, skittles, chips and dip. For like 5 people, but I got to do it and I loved that! It made my heart happy! He knows what makes me happy and usually he sits back and lets me have the parties and do the entertaining but this time he took the lead. It just really meant a lot to me. Moments like those I like to notice him and tell him I notice him noticing me and know what I like and needed to make my night!

So tonight friends, think about what makes your heart happy! Are you doing it? Does your spouse know what it is? Are they supporting you in it? Are they making arrangements for you to do it? If not communicate. No one knows if you don’t tell them. I told the Hubs this morning how much I appreciated him for that last night! You have got to speak up. Reward your spouse with lots of thank yous and acknowledgements when they do something for you that shows you they really “get you” We all need happy hearts! Some people take a lot more communications than just subtle or not so subtle hints. I can really see my husband breaking out and making an effort to really support me and letting me have those happy heart moments. I love him for it. I try to do the same for him. His happy heart moments are different.

Usually we do for the other what we would want them to do for us. Which is fine, but it might not mean as much for them as it does for us so step out of your comfort Zone and check out what your spouse wants. If you are having a hard time try to remember when they did something for you that they thought was really special and you kind of just were like “Eh, it’s cool but…” that may be something that you can try to turn the tables and do something similar for them and they will be like “Wow! You made my day!”

Here’s to happy hearting your lover, and better understand him or her. It means a lot to finally feel like they “get you”. Good luck! Have a great night folks!

I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!!! And I miss him I am at a dance convention with the girl he is at home to be ready for football tomorrow. We will reunite and join one another there tomorrow, it’s just one night, I can manage…

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Are You Sensitive or Surrounded by Assholes?

08 Thursday Oct 2015

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The Boy came out tonight after we sent him to bedand was telling us about something that happened at school. He was weepy his eyes welling with tears and was trying to be tough and not cry but I could tell he was holding something back. So I was like “dude, something is that it?” He was talking about a boy at school who was laughing at him about the girl he kind of liked last year (and he may still have a crush on) but really that was bringing him to tears? There was more the lunch ladies separated him and all his buddies because one guy was yelling at lunch so he couldn’t sit with his friend.

Well, come to find out there are a few issues. The boys have drama! They talk about each other behind their backs but mostly they make fun of each other, that causes drama. It causes the kids like The Boy to be sad and sometimes cry and then that opens up more doors to be made fun of. The circle goes on. The Hubs took on the normal husband role of “toughen up boy those guys are jerks!” Which is valid but speaking as a person who was the one who was made fun of and the made fun of more for how I reacted, I really can relate to The Boy! It breaks my heart to see him hurting but I know the best thing for me to do is to let him handle it.

Here’s the advice we gave The Boy. Take everything to each other. If you boys get in a fight about rules during football at recess stop running to the recess teacher and telling on each other. Handle it all right their within the group. So The Boy was told by the Hubs “tomorrow before football (they play football at recess and many times get in trouble because one of them get angry and then go tell a teacher) gather up the boys and say ‘let’s keep this between us.” We went on with “if they continue to be jerks, stop hanging out with them!” Those boys are jerks, they need to learn to stop talking trash about each other and they need to learn to handle things “in house”. When you don’t you risk losing privileges, as soon as you include a recess teacher you open up the door for them to take the football away or make up new crazy rules! So they boy has a task to talk with the boys. If I know him (I think he kind of takes after me) this is a hard task. Being honest with the friends calling them out… We’ll see if he actually does it. I wouldn’t place a bet on it.

The Boy is sensitive. He has a soft heart and I like it. I don’t want him to change that. But sensitive or surrounded by assholesI do want him to not let the Asshole friends ruin his day, or life or month or year or anything!!!

I hope The Boy felt supported by The Hubs and I but I hope he understands that he is in control of his life and who he is friends with and those people who are jerks don’t deserve his friendship! Sometimes Kids are so mean!

Best Friends Hanging on a Saturday Night!

29 Saturday Aug 2015

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Happy Saturday!!! Seahawks won the preseason game! Which really means nothing but hey, a win is a win right? …Not really in the preseason!

We are hanging out at our friends house playing pool, watching the game, eating some dinner. I helped cook some dinner and I am pretty sure that one of our friends may have had an orgasm when he tasted my Mac and Cheese tonight. Tonight I made it with bacon. I cooked the bacon in small chunks and then added cheese and milk make it a cheese sauce and blend it with the pasta. Usually I add the cheese to the pasta and then add bacon bits after cooking them. It was pretty yummy! I do get excited when people that I cook for really like the food I cook!

We are hangingfriends know your stories with the Hubs’ friends who he has been friends with for years. The homeowner of the night was in our wedding and the boys here are all best friends. We are having a great time! We brought our kids (probably should have left them with a sitter they have been bored and exposed to a lot of language and inappropriate innuendo) they got to play pool too. They are being pretty good though.

It is a night with friends here, we are having fun. A friend just said that The Boy is “not short of character” he is a bit obnoxious to me but I am his mom and our friends think he is “not short on character” which is okay with me.

“Everybody here is a little shit talker” was the most recent quote of the night. (That one is going on the board on Twitter @goinondaboard a fun follow!) They are having fun just like they have done since they were in high school. So obviously my son has learned from the pros!

Going back to the group. Happy Saturday night folks I hope you all enjoy your family and hang with great friends!

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Best Thing About Bartending: Friends

28 Friday Aug 2015

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So I said it yesterday I waved the white flag and surrendered and hired back my house cleaner! I laid about an 8 hour shift of tips to get someone else to clean my house! It is so nice coming home to a clean and organized house! I would be sitting looking at a mess of I hadn’t it was worth the $90 for that today.

We are now sitting on the couch chilling. I had to work the midshift at the bar. It was a steady busy evening. I really would prefer the late shift because the tips are better, mostly.

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One of my favorite things about working at the bar is, that I have coworkers that are turning into really good friends! I don’t get that at my massage office. One of my bartending coworker friends came out to watch the Girl dance at the county fair the other day! It made me feel so special and so appreciative of our friendship!!! I am enjoying bartending. Sometimes I wish sometimes I could make more fancy Cocktails and more fun drinks and make more tips but even with what it is now, I really love it! The people and friendships and working together and having each other’s back is really rewarding! I love my job. It is really fun and makes me pretty good money.

I miss my family when I am at work, but if I have to work, I am happy that this is what I do, both of my jobs.

Go do what you love. Enjoy your life and enjoy your work. Do you, be you, love your life!

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Saturday Nap Day

15 Saturday Aug 2015

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Happy Saturday! It is nap time here at the Earl House. Well one of us is napping two are watching Disney Channel and one is pseudo working… take a guess who? I need to get football gear order submitted for Jerseys. I am afraid I am going to miss someone, write someone’s name wrong on the back and have no way to fix it at all since it is coming from back east! But I just have to get it done! This is a stressful job and when I decided to save the league money by doing it this way I didn’t realize the extra stress and work load that I would be affected by. But it is for the kids and it will be much better in the end! …I hope!

Like I said it is nap time here. The Hub’s is installing Windows 10 on our home PC and 10259903_794316270588938_1979588331700485692_nnapping at the same time. I snoozed a bit but woke up and can’t go back to sleep so I figured it was a good time to blog here.

So the Seahawks game was fun last night but, they have some work to do. Which really is what you learn most first preseason games! I trust the coaching staff and the team that they will get back to work and come out on top this year. After the game the Hub’s and I stopped at our favorite watering hole in town and just hung out. We had a great time until the end of the night, a drunk fight broke out and the Hub’s had to step in a break things up. Stupid people! Then the guy resisted the police when they tried to arrest him, boy he probably did not have a great night! So the Hub’s and I were spun up at 2am so we got home weren’t tired and had a good time sans clothes and made the most of our adrenaline rush… which is why we are so tired right now, but oh it was a sexy night for sure!

Tonight we are planning on going to a “Glow Party” which should be fun. It is a charity event at the bar I work at. I like it when the others come out to support events I plan and work so I am going to be a team player have a few drinks and see what a glow party is all about. Should be fun and exciting! Although we just got a text from a friend about what are we doing tonight an invite from friends may change my “loyalty to my bar’s event” although we will check it out at some point regardless! Time to get back to napping on this Saturday afternoon!

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Beach Party On Friday

01 Saturday Aug 2015

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We started today at the Beach aka Ocean and I end the day at a Beach Party tonight at the Bar! One of the other bartenders and I put together this plan for the beach party and tonight was the night. I had the side bar with the drink specials, Green Mango Mai Tai and Mojitos!  It was fun. Wish I had more peeps wanting my drinks but overall I believe we brought in more business to my workplace! More than an average Friday! So it was worth it.

I have had a busy day and worked hard today. I got off at midnight-ish and am sitting sipping on a refreshing beverage and eating some fried food. Hanging out with my peeps! It is a good Friday night!

Tomorrow is a busy football day so I am enjoying my adult non-working time!

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Take Time to Grow Old Friends

12 Sunday Jul 2015

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Sunday Fun Day! Today we are out shopping with Hubby’s friend for a new AR15. My original plan was to stay home to clean house. It needs some attention, and when you work as much as I have been lately that is when you clean house, on the weekends. Boo that! Since I covered for a coworker who is sick  I worked Friday night at the bar 4:00 until close and then Saturday 9-close (we close at 2am and I had to cut off the Hubs last night!) I decided to ride along and go with the boys for the adventure. This was our weekend to chill with no kids and I was fucking working! Again, Boo that!!!

Friday night was hopping! It was very busy, the other bartender working with me said it was as busy as she has ever seen there and since I hang out there a lot I concur. Then Saturday was a more mellow night it was slow until around 11:00 but we still manage to do alright making tips! It ended up okay but was a grind of a night.

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Today has been fun. Hanging out with the Hubs and his buddy. These two boys have been friends forever, before me anyway. I enjoy them just hanging out and chilling. It reminds me of when we were all young. They used to sit in my living room until 4 am or so playing video games. Then there were the nights they would wake me up to tell me something important like how much Jon loves me at 2:30am and again at 3:45am and such. It wasn’t quite as nice then when I had to teach a Spin class at 5am but thinking back to those times, they are some really fond memories!

These boys are still so funny. We have a twitter account called Put it on da Board @goinondaboard where we post funny quotes that they and other friends or random people say. I love hanging with then I love the laughs and smiles and even the SMH moments are pretty memorable and I cherish!

So, I say to you all, find those people in your life spend time and cherish those people and make memories because it is those moments that really matter in life!

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