No Crying Over Spilled Milk

"Can you please not eat your soup on the couch?" I ask my 11 year old nicely as he eats tomato soup on my nice brown couch.

Why?" He responds with a tinge of attitude in his voice.

"Because I said so...."

OMG. I've turned into my mother.

Funny how those words just flew out of my mouth with ease. Of course, my 11 year didn't like that answer and continued to eat his soup on the couch. Until I requested him not eating there one more time, then he flew off the couch and laid on the ground with his soup and yelled, "Fine then. I'll just eat here." Apparently something was wrong with the table. After explaining to him calmly that the floor was not a suitable location to eat either, he finally brought his soup up to the table and finished it in peace.

This morning, he got himself dressed and ready for school. Axe cologne on. Check. Hair molded. Check. He then made his cereal and sat on the couch to eat it. (I would have said something if I knew he was eating on the couch...)While I was in my bathroom getting ready, an incident happened. I looked out of the bathroom and I saw my 11 year old in different clothes than he originally had on and he was using several paper towels to wipe the couch.

My motherly instinct was to laugh and point while dancing around yelling "I told you so. I told you so..." but instead, I said the few choice words....

"See my point NOW about eating on the couch?"

His eyes and his voice answered "Yes."

Parenting 101.

Ask And You Shall Receive

The best news came via text an hour ago. There is a moving van in front of my house and my neighbor's movin' out. OH SWEET MOTHER of all things holy. This is fantastic news.

Her 11:45pm shower last night now, just doesn't seem so bad.

Good riddens.

Won't You Not Be My Neighbor.

I hate my next door neighbor. Hate, I know is a strong word for someone I think I have said 3 words to total since moving in (in June). But here is a list of things that irritate me regarding my neighbor....

1. She takes showers at midnight. Now everyone is entitled to a take a shower or bathe themselves when they so choose, but when you share a wall with me...I would LOVE if you chose to use the running water between the hours of 7am and 10pm.

2. If showering at that time was bad enough, if you are going to shower when the rest of the world sleeps....DO NOT open your shower door with force. Is there something wrong with attempting to make as little noise as possible? She ya, she sounds like an elephant getting into the shower. Slamming of the doors, and I swear she jumps into the shower. For GOD'S sake....a little bit of consideration for the neighbor you share a wall with???!!! And AT MIDNIGHT??! Please.

3. I won't even mention how loud she watches a movie that has a lot of base to it.

4. And the mother of all annoyances. I swear she DOESN'T know how to drive because her car on, count them, on two occassions has hit my car. I know this because she is the only WHITE car in the area and it's PAINT is now on my car. Granted, she won't leave a note...therefore she is innocent until proven guilty, but that is only in the courts. I know the bitch did it and it angers me beyond belief. Silver lining here? Ummm, not regarding a hit a run.

(Number 4 could potentially be a post of it's own....but I care not to expand yet because I am still fuming from the second hit and run....because I currently am driving a rental car (Chevy Imapala, don't hate! It's hot.) and needing to pay a $500 to get it fixed.)

So needless to say....I am not a fan of my neighbor. Looking forward to the day I do not have to share a wall.

Getting Caught Up

So here are just a few things to get you all caught up...

1. Happy New Year

2. So far, 2010 is rolling right along quite nicely. I'm happy (except for the extra pounds that I hope to eliminate by March. Hey, at least I have set a deadline....), healthy, and enjoying life to the fullest.

3. I've seen 2 of my favorite musical artists in the past 2 weeks. Lady Gaga and Aaron Lewis. Not together, but separately. Both deserve their own post. That will come at a later date.

4. My car has been sideswiped twice and the 2nd time left my car's passenger side door in-operable. Yes, the police were involved, a separate post to come.

5. Why the hell do I misspell separate EVERY time I type it?

6. Raising an 11 year old who is going through adolescence is not an easy task. A glass of wine helps, but a dose of sanity and calmness saved me tonight. Later post, to come.

....well, it looks like I have alot of work and blogging that needs to happen. Here goes nothing.