Yes, My Life Is Fun!!

I have a really good friend. Well I have several, but today we will talk specifically about one of them who I will refer to as Dee. Dee called me today to chat, during our chat she informed me that she thought she was going to leave her husband (who is also a friend of mine). They have 2 children, both boys, I am thinking he will not be agreeable to her sashaying out of there with his kids but I kept that to myself.....

So I asked her why, although you never really know what is going on in someone's house, I do hear alot from both of them and I do not think they have it all that bad. So get this, if you are not already sitting down, please do so now. I would hate for you to suffer a concussion when you hit your head as you fall to the floor laughing.....

She said....."I don't really want to have to cook dinner and do laundry anymore, and your life is so much more fun than mine!"

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

So when I had stopped laughing enough to catch my breath and form words I said,"exactly who is going to get dinner and do the laundry if you don't whether you leave him or not?" She had no answer for that.....so I continued.

Let me tell you how fun my life is....I spend each and every weekday from about 2pm til dark and all weekends shuttling children from one end of town to the other for activities, not so bad...except it is in a truck that I am never sure how much gas I have as the gas gauge is broken, can' t tell how fast you are going after dark cause the dashboard light is out, it overheats now and then if you sit too long with it running and the radio changes stations and turns itself on and off randomly....but other than that it is fabulous!

Not cooking dinner means one kid eats cereal and the other heats up a can of ravioli...yes, this happens since I lost 3 hours of work running kids around I have to work in the evening....(not cause I am out having fun!)

No laundry means my son wears dirty uniforms to school and my daughter shrieks like a banshee when her clothes are not done...not worth it....(are we having fun yet?)

Fun here includes trying to figure out how to pay for kids braces and dental work with no dental insurance and an ex husband who only pays what he is supposed to when he feels like it. Which is never......

Fun here includes trying to help with homework that I have not a clue how to do....lucky for them their uncle is a math wizard and helps.

Fun here means when the money for my commission only job does not come when it is supposed to that same uncle buys groceries(and yes wine is a necessity Kathy) and gives me money for my kids lunch. Fun is your parents paying your rent when you can't.

Fun here means there is never a minute that you do not worry about how the next bill will get paid. Do you take good enough care of your children? Is it bad that you are happy that you never have to speak to their father again because he won't talk to you? (that is kind of fun)

Fun here means a trip to the grocery store requires sixteen phone calls from my daughter complaining that my son "looked at her, spoke to her" or committed some other grievous act the moment I pulled out of the garage.

So....in conclusion....I told her, "perhaps you better rethink the fun part." Not that I am complaining. I prefer my not so fun life as compared to the really not fun life I had while I was married. But I sure don't want her to delude herself that it will all be a cake walk...or that she won't have to cook.......

Community Yard Sale

There will be a community yard sale this Saturday at Edgewater Public Library from 8am-2pm. Come on out and check out the items for sale. If you would like to participate call the Library, inside tables are $15.00 and outside are $1o.00. The Edgewater Permaculture Society will be there selling locally grown and adaptable plants as well. Check it out!

I Hate September

September is such a tease, a couple days of cool weather, then 140% humidity, then 91 degree weather, then rain, then sun....bring on fall...PLEASE. I do not mind the heat, love May, June, July, even like August. I hate September.....it is the very worst month. Would love some rain.....we are teased by Orlando weather....it rains there every day...we get...zip, zero, nothing.....then in the middle of the night....the power goes off, vicious storm....WTH.....but it only rains a gazilionth of an inch....

But wait...I am not complaining. We live at the ocean. Get over it. NO hurricanes so far.....only a few more days and my most UNFAVORITE month of the year is OVER!

Bring on October! Fall in Florida!

Go Global 24

12 for 12K is supporting Doctors without Borders for 24 hours on Twitter.

Heinie Reisinger (@hennartonline) will tweet for a marathon 24 hours straight, the goal is to raise $12,000 for Doctors Without Borders. The fun begins at 12am Pacific on September 29th. If you twitter please follow @12for12k and @hennartonline. Check out the 12for12K website for information on the great charities that have been supported in 2009. More exciting things to come in 2010!!

Plant Swap

The Edgewater Permaculture Society is holding their first plant swap on Saturday, October 10th from 9am-12pm at Whistlestop Park in Edgewater.

This is a public event, admission is free. Bring anything garden related that you might like to swap. You can find more information on the links above. It should be a fun event, check out the other links on their website as well, they have a ton of information and guidance on a variety of gardening, permaculture, and "edible landscaping and sustainable human environments."

One of their other groups is Edgewater Reusit, this is a Yahoo group, a virtual free store, you can trade with others, offer things you don't want and so on.

There is also a link to local products, produce and other foods. You can put in your zip code and get all sorts of different markets, vendors etc. Here is the link to our local area.