kiroman was up early, started his coaching calls by 6am.
i lounged in bed until 7:30! *gasp*
then hit the ground running!
there were things to be done!
while kiroman coached, i started on getting kirohouse in order.
i turned the laundry, i gathered what didn't belong there and put it where it did belong.
then kiroman was done coaching around 10...he took garbage down the drive while i swished my teeth and changed my clothes and dragged a comb through my hair before i covered it with a hat!
and out the door we charged!
we decided i'd take kiroman to the airport and he'd take a cab home saturday.
i dropped him off at the airport and then headed to the city to do all the errands that needed taken care of before i headed out of town.
first stop, tanning...no judging, gentle reader, please! there are very few vices i indulge...no alcohol, no drugs [ recreational or otherwise ], fairly clean eating...i work out...i indulge in a bit of indoor tanning...
second stop, pet store for shark food.
i waited for kirogirl to catch up with me!
then we stopped for lunch at panera.
next stop, book store...i wanted to grab a few magazines for this weekend and what to our wondering eyes should appear???
yep...kate upton on the cover of vogue! how cool is that?
next stop, mac counter, then stopped by to see my mom.
bought a few things at buckle for this weekend...i mean, who can go out of town without a new watch? or a pair of boots? or new jeans? or a couple shirts?
hmhmhm...that was between me and kirogirl!
next stop, fill up the jeep and get a car wash!
next, dog food and treats for the doolittles and a stop by the office supply store and then stopping at my favorite big box store...
last stop...kiroworld for an awesome adjustment...then i took kirogirl back to her car and headed home and she headed home.
we both needed to pack!
once home, i unloaded the jeep and grabbed the keys to the hot rod and headed back into the city.
she needed a bath, oil change and a fill up.
by the time this was done...we were coming onto 6:30!
then it was time to feed ponies, let doolittles out, turn laundry, eat supper, talk to kiroman, catch up on facebook, pick up the clutter, scoop litter boxes, pack the suitcase, turn laundry again, run dishwasher, pack electronic bag, talk to kiroman again, talk to kirogirl and v...they had me on speaker phone for a technical clarification.
whew...it's almost 1am and i am finishing this post and waiting for kirogirl to arrive with priscilla!
have a great weekend, gentle reader! see ya on the flip side!
i am grateful:
to have spent the day with kirogirl
to have a partner when running errands
to be ready to leave for the weekend
to have an awesome friend that stays at kirohouse while we are gone
especially when dr schubel posed this scenario to the audience:
if you truly want to know the difference between interested and
committed, just tell your wife you are interested in your relationship! i
bet you find out real quick what the difference is!
and then i embraced it even more!
and now, gentle reader, i am encouraging you to embrace it, also.
even though this was a chiropractic world domination event, this quote applies to all aspects of your life for sure!
take a minute to contemplate this.
what are the areas you are truly committed?
what are the areas that you are merely interested?
hmmm...
what to do? what to do?
i'd say eliminate those that only interest you - unless you are willing to be committed!
but be careful, gentle reader!
it is much too easy to become committed to too many things at one time!
sometimes we need to prioritize those areas...we can't stretch ourselves so thin that we struggle to maintain balance.
it's not always easy to see that which you are interested versus
committed. i think, sometimes, those that we feel we are committed to,
in reality, it is only interest.
however, gentle reader, i find that which you are committed versus interested is much easier to identify.
those things that you create time for.
those things that propel you forward.
those things that are consistently on your mind.
those things that make you a better person.
those things you are committed to!
i double dog dare you to let go of interested and become more committed!
i am grateful:
for the awesome dudes of platinum pools
the kirohouse laundry is getting caught up
to finally feel like i am catching my breath
for the ginormous heart kirogirl carries
for my daily docket [ post coming some day ] that keeps me fairly organized
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..
OK, are you ready? Please give your best five minutes on:
song
go
gentle reader, this post is not about an actual song.
it's about the song my heart plays right now.
right now, when i feel like i have so much on my plate.
right now, when i feel like i spend my days putting out fires rather than what i truly should be getting done.
enough so, that i am seriously contemplating changing my title from trophy wife to fireman!
but back to song!
as a mother, you only wish the absolute best for your child/ren.
and right now, i can't wish for anything better for kirogirl! v is the absolute best.
it surely helps that he has an awesome sense of humor and knows to take me and kiroman with a grain of salt!
i love how he fits so easily within our family.
i love how kirogirl tells me how she fits so seamlessly into his family.
i love how they have so much fun together and i especially love when i get to be included in their shenanigans!
the song in my heart is belting out with much happiness!
when kirogirl calls and i can actually hear the smile on her face, i know things are awesome!
gentle readers, for those of you with littles, you may not quite grasp what i'm talking about here...but i know for sure, that those of you that have children old enough to have girl/boy friends you know exactly of what i mean!
your hopes that they find a nice person to hang out with.
someone that treats them well.
someone that they allow to treat them well!
stop
i am grateful:
for a sparkling clean home
the doolittles were so happy to see us today
for kiroman's safe travels
for the gratitude kiroman is shown while he travels to speak to the hearts of other chiropractors
gentle reader, it is with a heavy hear that i write this post.
if you've followed me long enough, you already know my feelings on bullying.
if you are relatively new here, you will quickly understand my position.
if you are a subscriber, you will need to visit the blog for the video to play.
shinedown's bully. here are the lyrics:
[Intro]
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
[Verse 1]
It’s 8 A.M.
This hell I’m in
Seems I’ve crossed the line again
For being nothing more than who I am
So break my bones
And throw your stones
We all know that life ain’t fair
But there is more of us
We’re everywhere
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t have to take this
Back against the wall
We don’t have to take this
We can end it all
[Chorus]
All you’ll ever be
Is a faded memory of a bully
Make another joke
While they hang another rope
So lonely
Push him to the dirt
‘Til the words don’t hurt
Can you hear me?
No ones gonna cry
On the very day you die
You’re a bully
Hey!
Hey!
[Verse 2]
Think it through
You can’t undo
Whenever I see black and blue
I feel the past
I share the bruise
With everyone
Who’s come and gone
My head is clear
My voice is strong
Now I’m right here to right the wrong
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t have to take this
Back against the wall
We don’t have to take this
We can end it all
[Chorus]
All you’ll ever be
Is a faded memory of a bully
Make another joke
While they hang another rope
So lonely
Push him to the dirt
‘Til the words don’t hurt
Can you hear me?
No ones gonna cry
On the very day you die
You’re a bully
[Solo]
[Bridge]
It’s 8 A.M.!
The Hell I’m in!
Your voice is strong!
Now right the wrong!
[Chorus]
All you’ll ever be
Is a faded memory of a bully.
Make another joke
While they hang another rope
So lonely.
Push him to the dirt
‘Til the words don’t hurt
Can you hear me?
No ones gonna cry
On the very day you die
You’re a bully
[Repeat Chorus]
Hey!
i love this song.
i hate this song ever had to be written.
i hate that anyone ever experiences bullying.
i have shared some bullying experiences here.
i'm sure you all remember the infamous jenna talya...total bully.
irene was my personal bully when i was in 5th grade. she was a 6th grader...way back when 6th grade was still part of elementary school and not junior high, like it is today.
she used to taunt me all the way home...all 8 blocks.
then one day after school, she did more than taunt.
she got physical.
i was walking home with my lil bro, one grade younger than me.
irene went at us, man. she pushed us down. our lunch boxes went skidding across the gravel play ground. our knees, hands and lunch boxes were scraped.
i remember trying really effing hard not to cry in front of that bitch. no way was i going to let her see that!
some how, my bro and i found our way to the school's office.
where we told the principle and vice principle what was going on.
they did nothing!
they were afraid of irene themselves!
i remember them peeking out the window to see if she was still there.
she was.
she taunted them.
neither adult would go talk to her.
neither adult would make her stop.
i had to beg to use the phone to call my mom.
at the time, we had one car. dad had it at work.
so my mom grabbed my other two bros and marched her way to the school to rescue us.
by this time, irene made it home.
safe and sound with her little posse.
her house was right on the way to mine.
my mom walked passed her house.
the posse was outside.
my mom asked them if they knew who irene was.
irene told my mom no!
mom finally got to school and on the way back home, i pointed out who irene was.
my mother was infuriated that it was the same girl that had told her no only a few minutes earlier.
of course there was no parent around to supervise this posse either.
big surprise, right?
i'm not sure exactly what my mom told that bitch that day but in know it wasn't nice.
i know in my 5th grade mind that day, my mom was my biggest hero. my mom told that bitch that if she [ irene ] ever touched a hair on one of her [ my mom ] kids heads ever again, she was going to personally kick her [ irene ] ass.
i'm not sure if it really went down that way but i think that's pretty close to the real story! if not, that's what my 5th grade mind heard her say.
i didn't have another problem with that bully bitch.
obviously, my mom also gave the school a what-for ass whoopin' for not protecting me and bro.
and then, gentle reader, i also know you know about kirogirl being bullied her sophomore year of high school.
to the point where kirogirl refused to go to school.
to the point where the bully's dad called kiroman an asshole.
to the point where the school counselor actually advised kirogirl to give the bully a bit of her own medicine.
to the point where i finally told kirogirl to punch the crap outta that bitch!
and guess what?
kirogirl never actually punched her or even laid a hand on her but they did end up in the same rest room one day at school.
kirogirl let her psycho bitch loose on this bully.
[ you know what i'm talkin' about...the part of you that goes untrained...we all have an inner psycho bitch ]
and the bully went crying to the admin and guess who got in trouble?
not the effing bully, that's for sure!
when called to the office, kirogirl told the admin that she was not talking to anyone without her parents and attorney present and went to class.
believe me, gentle reader, kiroman and i rectified that situation immediately.
i had a convo with my mom on mother's day.
it went something like this:
my mom told me she might have to work at the other store for a few hours tues...which is weird, i don't think she's ever had to do that before...because one of the ladies that worked there had a son that passed away and most everyone from that store would be going to the funeral.
i asked what happened.
here's what happened.
he was 16 years old.
sixteen years old.
s i x t e e n years old.
he was being bullied at school.
a public school, here in the city.
his mom had been to school twice...t w i c e ...that's two separate occiasions
to talk to the admin about her son being bullied.
apparently not enough was done because last tuesday night, he hung himself.
he couldn't take it any longer.
he hung himself so that when she got up wednesday morning and looked out her window, she saw him.
she screamed and his siblings came running...all four of them saw him.
she called the police.
they had to investigate and let him stay there for another 2 hours...two...t w o ...hours after they first arrived.
here's my stand on this situation...the school is 100% at fault. the school failed this young man. the school let him die.
those that were bullying him and the cause of his pain...they should die.
nope, i won't apologize for that. i don't give a rat's ass what their home life is like. i don't care at all.
the school knew this was going on. the school idled by. the school did nothing to stop this abhorrent behavior.
the parents of the bullies...hang 'em. they raised assholes...they should be responsible for the actions of their asshole children.
i am done.
i am finished.
i am over the top tired of the bullshit political correctness that is failing all of us.
there is such thing as right and wrong.
it's time we start acting like we know that.
it's time we start behaving like we know that.
it's time we make our children aware of that.
it's time to be responsible.
all i can say...don't ever let me catch you bullying anyone...heaven will not be able to help you.
i am grateful:
that kirogirl was strong enough and confident enough to stand up to her bitch bully
that kirogirl stands up for all that have and are bullied
that there are anti-bullying campaigns [ but not enough ]
for every single person that has stood up to their bully
for every bully that has recognized the error of their ways and has changed...bless you!
i mean...yeah, she graduated high school and moved on to college then moved into the dorms.
but now, now she's in her own apartment.
she's independent.
well, she's always been pretty independent.
but, like, she has her own apartment! for realz!
her room here at kirohouse is becoming empty.
gentle reader, she.has.her.own.apartment.now.
[ blinking back tears of proudness, melancholy and joy ]
i'm not sure why it hit me today.
maybe because we did more shopping for her pad.
maybe because we had to carry that heavy ass mirror all the way to the elevator, ride it up three floors and carry it down the hallway to her apartment...i dunno.
maybe how grown up she's sounding...
until i get the text that says she has just successfully cow-kissed v.
at which point, i promptly text him that i am truly sorry...that she was raised better than that and she had better manners when she was three but i digress.
i was lamenting the fact that my baby is flying the coop!
does this mean she will never be back in our basement?
hmmm...i dunno.
at least i know i will see her again.
mama bird update...the first egg hatched today! i wonder what mama bird feels when her babies fly the nest...i wonder if she sees them all grown up...i wonder if she ever wants them back under her wing.
i mean, gentle, reader...she has patio furniture and everything!
i am grateful:
to have spent the whole day with kirogirl!
to be working out with kirogirl again!
to see how happy and independent kirogirl is!
to see a really cool post on my fb wall from kiroman!
gentle reader, what a wonderful time i've been having!
so much fun that i haven't taken the time to keep you all in the loop.
i'm going to back up a few days, okey dokey?
here we go!
kirogirl was all set to move out of the dorm and into her own apartment the first part of june. but let's just say that some things went down the first part of the week that made all of kirofamily decide it was time for her to move on.
so kirogirl called the apartments to find out if she could move in thursday...this was tuesday morning, gentle reader!
this means we had to put a move on!
the biggest draw back...kiroman and i were booked thursday! it was epoc day...we had to get hay, grain and shavings for the ponies...ugh!!!
so i met kirogirl at the apartment office early thursday morning while she signed her lease...then helped her get one load into the apartment.
i headed back to kirohouse so that our errands could be taken care of and be able to host our speaker.
but listen to this, gentle reader, kirogirl's boyfriend, v...he spent his entire day off getting her entire dorm room, kitchen and bath all moved to her apartment!
i know, right?
he's quite the dude!
kiroman and i are so grateful for his help!
then on saturday, we were moving the big tv and fridge from the dorm back to the lake house. kirogirl thought we were going to be picking up the "old" couch from the lake house and taking that to her apartment but kiroman surprised her and told her he was going to buy her a brand new couch for her apartment! she was totally and insanely shocked!
so we headed to the most dreaded place in the whole wide world...nebraska furniture mart. after the fiasco with getting the couch and fridge for the lake house, we had decided that if anything had to be ordered, we were skipping it and finding something else!
so a-shopping we went!
we needed:
a box spring
headboard/footboard
night stand
tv
tv stand
coffee table
couch
two bar stools
and the coolest part...they had everything in stock! we had the trailer with us so we loaded it all up and headed back to the apartment. only to realize that we had left the dolly at the lake! ugh!
so kiroman and v carried everything up to the 3rd floor...which really isn't as bad as it sounds since her building has an elevator!
after the trailer was unloaded, we headed to raising caines for dinner...kiroman and v had never been and kirogirl and i had been craving for days!
then it was back to the apartment to start putting everything together.
the job was complete around 12:30am...not too shabby since we didn't start until about 10pm...and i use the term "we" very lightly!
we headed home and v headed home shortly after us.
kiroman and i decided to set no alarms for this morning and get up when we got up!
or when sister decided she needed to make a pit stop...which was around 6:30 but we went back to bed until about 8:30!
now, gentle reader, if you know anything about kiroman at all, you know that he is most assuredly an early riser!
he rarely sleeps past 6am! sleeping until 8:30 is virtually unheard of!
and then we headed out shortly after that to pick up a load of mulch to take to the lake.
we unloaded another 35 bags of mulch...i say another because we have already put down 35 bags...
kiroman sprayed weeds while i cleaned out the planters on the lakeside deck.
then we headed back home to meet kirogirl.
they are widening our highway so the entrance to our neighborhood is being re-arranged and the rock at the entrance is up for grabs...so we used the tractor to get three loads of river rock to fill in around the pond!
kirogirl arrived at the end of the rock gathering excursion.
then i got to open my gifts! what a sweetie...new lulu lemon yoga pants, new freeform nikes, a really cool cross ring and a mac bag for my essentials in my bag! but truly, the best part was the personal note she wrote to me in the card :)
then we got to do the most exciting thing!!!
it is mother's day after all...so that means this happened:
yep...we started feeding the sharks today! kirogirl had the honor of feeding the first meal of the season!
but the absolute best thing that happened today?
i think the best and most awesome mother's day gift ever is when you know your children are happy.
yep, kirogirl is happy!
i am grateful:
kirogirl has a great guy in v!!
v is so selfless in giving up his day off and his evening off to help kirogirl out!
for the beautiful weather we are enjoying
for knowing who i really am and not letting the haters get me down
knowing that kirogirl is a very safe and secure apartment
gentle reader, i know i'm a little late in posting about may day.
but i really wanted to get this story down so i figured better late than never, right?
kirogirl has been spending a lot of time with v.
they had their first date april 15 and have spent pretty much every day together since then.
kiroman and i met him briefly one saturday afternoon...while we were picking up kirobyk.
then kiroman was out of town a lot and there wasn't much opportunity for us to spend any time with them until this past sunday. between everyone's work schedules, kirogirl's school schedule and kiroman being out of town and all.
but last wednesday, i received a fb message from v. asking what kirogirl's favorite candy was because he wanted to make her a may basket and take it to her at work!
my first thought was "awwww...how sweet is that?"
i mean, it's been years since we've done the may basket thing!
[ although there was a little convo on facebook with some friends...on how we are so going to do may baskets next year! ]
my second thought was "heck, what are her favorite candies?"
so i did what all sneaky moms would do.
i texted her and told her i was putting together a scrapbook page about her favorite candy and what did she want me to be sure to list...
she was at work and texted me back after a few minutes with a short list [ hahahaha, she fell for it!! ] ...that i then sent on to v.
and he went out and got her favorite candy and took her a may basket to work.
i mean, seriously! how sweet is that? i think it's pretty sweet!
but, gentle reader, you know that i am nothing but honest and transparent here at the chronicles.
you know we had the blizzard of may 2013 this past wednesday night.
you know that kiroman was out of town, soaking up the warming rays of tucson, az.
you know that i risked life and limb to save mama bird and her four babies.
you already know all that.
what you don't know is that kiroman traded in his jeep and the "old" truck on a brand, spankin' new dodge ram 2500 diesel powered monster.
we picked it up this past monday night.
and for some strange reason, the low windshield washer light was on.
but we were ready to go home and have some dinner, so we decided i would take the truck back in while kiroman was in tucson.
i had to tell you that story in order to tell you the rest of the story.
and here is the rest of the story.
thursday, i drove the truck to the dealership to drop off the title, pay for the accessories and then to stop by our insurance agent.
[ some of this may sound vaguely familiar but this is a different side of the story, so hang tight, gentle reader, it will all come together, i promise ].
while at the dealership, salesman decided to just keep the truck and have someone run me home and have someone being the truck to me at home when it was done.
perfect!
then the truck will be all fixed when kiroman gets home sunday afternoon!
hoorah, for me, right?
right...
so, the courtesy driver drops me off in our drive way and leaves.
i go to the number pad for the garage door opener.
punch the code in.
nothing happens.
i mean absolutely nothing happens.
no flashing lights.
no rumbling of the door opening.
nothing.
gentle reader, we live on top of a hill.
no wind breaks.
and it was windy.
and it was cold.
and it was may 2nd.
and i had my winter coat on...luckily.
because i had no way to get into the house!
why?
because the number pad was not working!
and my house key was in my jeep which was in the garage which i could not get in to.
so i looked in the shop for a 9 volt battery.
no such luck.
so i called kirogirl.
it was 30 minutes before her final final.
i asked her to please come home right away so i could get in the house.
she said she would.
i sent kiroman a text that i had successfully locked myself out of the effing house until 4.
and then i stood around in the barn.
then kirogirl called back and said she would call her friend and have him pick up her house keys from her on campus and he would bring them out to me and let me in the house.
awesome.
great second impression.
i mean, i had met v one other time.
for about 30 seconds while he was at work and we were picking up kirobyk.
ya, i felt pretty foolish right about now.
but what could i do?
i could do this:
i could write the date in the snow and take a picture, that's what i could [ and did ] do.
and then v showed up.
and the first words out of my mouth when he got out of his car:
"well, this is embarrassing..."
with keys.
and i was safely tucked away inside kirohouse!
i insisted on paying v some gas and time money since it was his day off and he spent part of it rescuing me...it was the least i could do, truly!
so i was successfully locked out of kirohouse for a full 45 minutes.
not too bad!
as soon as v left, i fixed the garage number code pad...replacing the battery did not do it!
i had to reset the code, which is no big deal!
then i got my house key out of my car and put it on the mailbox ring.
in my purse.
so it won't be locked in the jeep in the garage ever again.
and then i replaced the battery in the number pad and put an extra battery in the shop for just in case.
even though this situation was not dead battery related, it made me think what would i do if the battery does die.
situation handled.
lesson learned.
and i was truly embarrassed to have kirogirl's friend help me out but i was also truly grateful he took the time out of his day off!
i am grateful:
for kirogir's friend that helped me out of jam
the may snow has melted
for the loyal loving of the doolittles
to see the trees budding
for the motivation to be working on my project life album
some times you receive a compliment that keeps you beaming for the whole rest of your day.
i had one of those days this week.
i received one of those compliments this week.
heck, gentle reader, this compliment will surely keep me beaming until kiroman arrives home sunday afternoon!
i am compelled to share with you!
i had to stop by our dealership this afternoon to drop off a title and pay for some accessories that were added to kiroman's new and kick ass dodge ram 2500 diesel, long horn edition and to have a sensor light checked out. and to pick up a cd that i forgot to get out of one of the old jeeps.
so i was talking to our salesman and finance guy...i say our because we have had the same salesman for about 7 years...and before that, we had the same salesman for about 8 or 9 years...and the reason for the changed is that the first salesman changed careers and is now a policeman ;)
we also use the same finance guy every time. why? because he knows what we want, what extras we will buy and doesn't push the issue. oh, and he's a kiroworld patient, too!
so while the sensor light was being checked out, i was chatting with the two dudes.
we began reminiscing about all the vehicles we have purchased over the years...the favorite being the 2014 srt8 jeep grand cherokee and the best vehicle we have ever traded in being the awesome little red boxster.
then salesman and i talked about buying kirogirl's first vehicle and how old she was...and finance guy asked how old she was so i told him she was 20 already :/
now, gentle reader, please understand that kirogirl is rarely with us when we do the financing part...
finance guy's mouth dropped to his desk.
you aren't old enough to have a daughter that's 20! he said.
i blushed.
i batted my eyes.
and gushed back, why thank you so much! you made my month! but it's true...she is 20!
finance guy shook his head in disbelief.
hahahahaha...i might have embellished the batting of eyes and his disbelief but the convo is real and true.
and it really and truly made my day. my week. and, depending on how this month goes, it could make my whole month!
can you guess which is trophy wife and which is kirogirl?
i am grateful:
kiroman is having a fabulous time
the pond guys came right back out this afternoon
for a work out that fit exactly what kirogirl and i needed today
