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16
Mar

You’re so vain…. You probably think this blog is about you, don’t you?

I am in the market for some upgrades.

-I am finally ready to get the new boobs I have had my eyes on for a few years now.

-I want to get my butt lifted back up to where it belongs.

-I want my crotch cinched up a bit so you can't tell where Shaylee grabbed the inside of my vagina and hung on while she entered the world. 

-a tummy tuck would be fabulous.

-I am also looking at the brazilian butt augmentation in the process.  They will suck the fat out of the rolls on my belly and stick the fat in my fanny.   …two birds with one stone in my opinion.  No more fat rolls and little junk in the trunk making my entire body more pleasing to the eye.  

Sounds good right?

Here are my issues-

I am a wuss when it comes to surgery.  I hate going under the knife, I am always sure I will never wake up, I always puke my guts out when I do, and finally, the guilt of having to be taken care of…. SUCKS!  

Pain pills and Sandi DO NOT MIX!  For as long as I can remember I have had "ALLERGIC TO DEMEROL" stamped on top of all my medical charts. When I was a young one, I had major surgery to correct an inward rotation of my legs.  (pigeon toed, but the entire leg.) When I was in the hospital, they were pumping me so full of demerol that I took a MAJOR TRIP and still have VIVID memories of that week.  

There was a camel in my hospital room.  

My brothers were in the glass IV bottle.  They would knock and wave and float around in the saline on air mattresses. They were having much more fun than I.  

I was 100% positive I was Mary, from the nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb."  I didn't have a lamb in the room, I had a camel, but I was laying on a lambskin pad to prevent bedsores.   That could make sense.    

Flash forward to 2005 when I got breast implants.  The pain pills I was popping had the exact same effect as the demerol.  My ironing board came to life.  It was like something you would see in Beauty and the Beast.  My closet door had to be shut the entire day or the ironing board would walk out and talk to me.   I had a pet goldfish. (her name happened to be Dorothy. She was visiting from Elmo's World.)   I saw spiders, most of them talked.  I couldn't remember my kids' names.  I thought Shaylee was my sister. I thought I owned a beauty supply store….  I was a head case.  My older children loved every minute of it and would come in to sit with me in hopes of hearing or seeing something off the wall.  Sadly, they were rarely disappointed, and to this day, they love to talk about the time that mom got new boobs….

Side note to this post- Hunter has the exact same problem and without spilling all his private stuff on the internet, he was hallucinating like a crazy person after one Tylenol Codine.  FRIGHTENING!  

If I can toughen up and stop being such a pansy, there are indeed some pros to this cosmetic surgery.

For example-

I had this awful vein in my leg for 14 years.  Last July, I finally felt brave enough to get it fixed.  EVERYDAY I wonder why in the hell I waited so long to fix that ugly thing.  I dealt with YEARS of self consciousness at the beach.  I never wore cute skirts or shorts because who wants to look at purple bulging vein?  I hated that thing!   I wish I had been brave enough to do something about it years ago because at thirty eight, do I have any business wearing cute mini skirts?  Yeah, I didn't think so.

You have heard me say similar things about my teeth.  I love my smile now, I don't cringe at every picture I see of myself anymore.  I am happy to give a cheesy grin whenever you want me to.  I should have fixed my teeth at 25. 

The other thing I have always hated and been so self conscious about is my skin.  If I could have asked for anything, it would have been a clear complexion. I tried everything under the sun, both prescription and over the counter, my entire life and NOTHING WORKED.  I used to fantasize about a skin transplant.  I figured in the end if you are blessed with a "skinny gene" and a high metabolism, God has to curse you with something else, and for me, it was ZITS and the LOVE to pick them.   I think my skin may have looked tons better if I could have just left it the hell alone, but picking was a part of my day. I'd wash my face and plant my butt in front of a 5X magnifiying mirror and proceed to pick anything and everything I could see until I would bleed.  That was my routine.  But not anymore!!

For thirteen weeks I have been taking Accutane.  This is much like the vein in my leg…. WHY IN THE HELL DIDN'T I DO THIS 20 YEARS AGO???  WHY?  My skin is now lovely.  I haven't had a ZIT to pick for 10 weeks.  I wash my face and go to bed.  I don't have to touch up every picture that is on the camera.  I don't have to cover up with makeup.  I don't even have to wear makeup if I don't want to.  A little sunscreen is all.   I am over the moon with the results!  Why did I waste so many years of my life looking like a monster when I could have done this years ago and been happy with my skin?  

I think that is where I am right now. Wondering why I didn't do this stuff sooner and since I still have things that I am not happy about, I want to fix them. The things that I have fixed in the past have turned out better than I expected. So I want to fix everything.  My initial list is long and extravagant and expensive and if it didn't require multiple BIG SCARY SCARS, and wasn't soooo invasive, and came for free, I might consider doing everything.  

The butt stuff, I think I can accomplish with a little exercise.   That same exercise might diminish the fat rolls hanging over my waist band.  Wish me luck.  You all know how good I am at working out.

BUT my privates, all of them, do need help.  And no amount of squeezing, tightening, running, or relaxing can do a damn thing about any of them.

Tomorrow I am visiting this office for a crotch consult. The very second I have disposable income, I am going to have my girly bits returned back to a pre-vaginal-delivery state.  The moment I heel from that little procedure, I am going to move up to my chest because I HAVE to get rid of these bags of water under my skin.  I am thanking the good Lord above for the invention of silicone. I can't wait to have squishy boobs instead of crinkly ones.

I will keep you all posted as I try and age gracefully.  

PS- I just had Brandon read through this post and asked, "will people flip their lids at this?"  

To which he replied, "Oh yeah."

According to Brandon, my critics are going to flip for one of the following reasons. 1) I am setting a bad example for my children. 2) They will be jealous. 3) any person that doesn't agree with cosmetic surgery will have a problem with this entire post. and finally 4) I attract my share of crazy readers that always look at the most negative side of anything I write and jump my shit whenever they can.  

I am geared up and ready.

I'm sure one of you may even decide that I am doing this entirely for the hallucinogenics…  I'll be honest, after the last few weeks, I won't argue too harshly with you.  I am ready for a trip….  and how nice will it be to wake up with a brand new vagina?   YAY ME!  

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14
Mar

Sailor’s favorite song

Posted by Sandi in Sailor

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13
Mar

Finally, someone who loves the laundry as much as I do

Posted by Sandi in Sailor

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12
Mar

FIVE months old

Posted by Sandi in Sailor

Sailor Grace-

You've been one of us for five months.  It seems like so much longer than that.  We wouldn't be complete without you.

At 5 months-

You eat eight ounces every four hours. 

You sleep ALL NIGHT LONG!

You take two good naps per day.

You love the car and walks in the stroller.

You don't roll yet.

You don't sit yet.

You SMILE with your entire body.

You love peek-a boo and patty cake. 

You love snuggling with blankets and cloth diapers.  

Your fat rolls are to die for.

You look just like Ellie at this age. 

You love the kids and get so excited when they walk in the room.

You are a mommy's girl and I LOVE it.

You like your daddy a little too!

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12
Mar

Friday Flashback 1983

Posted by Sandi in Random, mental illness

Wasn't I a bad ass? *sarcasm*

This was one year after I had fallen off the back with NO helmet and suffered a fractured skull and concussion.  I may be able to blame all my issues, problems, and short comings on this three-wheeler.  

Thanks Dad.

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11
Mar

I am not CHEAP and I get it from my father

Posted by Sandi in Random, family, flashbacks

There is a deeply ingrained thing in me.  It's DEEP and it's not going away.  I am not frugal. I am not thrifty. And I am sure as hell not cheap.  

This realization occurred today in Mcdonald's drive-thru.  We had to go to Mcdonalds today to get an ice cream cone for Parker, because for 53 minutes, he had on a shirt and shorts.  This feat deserved an ice cream.  

Anyway-

Brandon orders a sausage McMuffin without the sausage.  So I go, isn't a sausage McMuffin without the sausage just an egg McMuffin? We look at the menu and figure out that an egg McMuffin has ham, so he could in fact order an egg McMuffin without the ham, but it costs ten cents more than the sausage one.  He has been ordering his breakfast this way for years because it's cheaper.  

I called him a cheap bastard. I said it with love.

This isn't the first time I have called him that.  He is a deal shopper. He will buy things he doesn't need because they are ON SALE. His Ex is the coupon queen of Utah.  She has her own segment on the news and everything.  If that right there doesn't make us polar opposites I don't know what does.  Not the being on the news part, the coupon part. I think she may have rubbed off on him… but that sentence is so disturbing it makes me want to vomit.  

ANYWAY….  back to my story….

Brandon is a cheap bastard. 

I am mortified if I have coupons.  I feel like I have a note from the newspaper saying, "This woman can't afford full price so she'll need you to take a little money off the total."  When Brandon calls to order Pizza he goes, "any deals today?" and I want to die!  When we buy something expensive like all the furniture in our house and we hear the total, he always makes a comment like, "you better deliver it for that price."  Or  "Are you throwing in a TV with that?" And I want to die.  

My blackberry is TRASHED.  I want to go to the verizon store and buy a new one.  Brandon insists its cheaper to buy online.  I could go on and on and on with money stories. They are long and there are many and they happen daily.  We love each other in spite them. 

We have come a long way working through our money differences, but the McMuffin saga brought it front and center.  

I wondered for a moment where I had developed this strong opinion about getting a deal….

I remember being eleven or twelve in the mini-van with my three younger brothers and both parents.  We were sitting in the drive-thru at Arby's.  My mom was telling my dad what to order.  At the end of the instructions to my dad, she said, and you have to say, "I'm burned out on burgers" so we get a free roast-beef. To which my dad replied HELL NO.  I will pay for the roast beef before I ever say something so stupid. All of us kids, being the fools that we are, jumped on my mom's bandwagon.  If for no other reason than to hear dad say, " I AM BURNED OUT ON BURGERS."  

"Come on dad," we chanted…  and the more we insisted, the more irritated he became.  

Mom continued to harp on him and we continued to beg and when we finally pulled up to the speaker, against his better judgement, Dad said, "I am burned out on burgers." The voice in the speaker said, " I am sorry sir, we are no longer doing that promotion." 

My dad has a vein in his forehead, I have watched it my whole life to see how much trouble I am in, because when he is mad, you can see it pulse.  Not a pretty sight.  Well, Dad's vein was bulging in that drive-thru. It looked like he had a vienna sausage on his forehead. 

Dad was mortified.

Embarrassed, pissed off, and fuming mad he drove us home.  It was a very silent ride home with our curly fries. 

My mom was a deal shopper and coupon clipper.  She is SMART with her money.  My dad is a money maker and a money spender. In my opinion just as smart.  He works to earn it, so he can spend it.  

While my mom will have money in the bank when she dies, I think my dad will have more memories.  I am clearly my father's daughter.  

I shared the "burned out on burgers" story with Brandon yesterday on the way home from McDonalds.  He laughed so hard he damn near ran off the road.  In fact, he laughed all day long about it.  Last night he couldn't contain himself any longer. He phoned my dad and asked him if he would mind stopping on the way home from work at Arby's.  He said something along the lines of, because we have so many kids to feed, I need you to get the best deal you can.  They have a promotion right now, all you have to say is I AM BURNED OUT ON BURGERS. 

And with his stern dad voice, my dad said, "VERY FUNNY BRANDON!" I know his vein was growing just thinking about it! 

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10
Mar

Dear Parker-

Posted by Sandi in Parker

YOU may be the death of me.

Love, Mommy

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Dear Parker-

Why won't you wear clothes anymore? I love to buy you clothes. You now refuse to wear them. EVERY SINGLE DAY you wear your ugly shoes from Old Navy and a size four huggies diaper.   PERIOD.  I have given up the fight.  When you look back at the family pictures and wonder why you never had clothes on, I will happily share what a freakin' nightmare it was to dress you.  

Today we had some errands to run and it required you to get out of the car and go into public places.  This required you to be dressed.  It took both dad and I fifteen minutes of coaxing to get your clothes on.  If I didn't know you, I would read this and say, "Beat his ass and put his clothes on.  He is two, you are thirty eight.  Come on!!"  But no, not you.  YOU FREAK THE F OUT!!  You were inconsolable.  You acted like we were cutting off your extremities one by one.  Can you say HYSTERICAL?  Honestly, you are testing the limits of my sworn sobriety.  

Love, your extremely frustrated mommy 

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Dear Parker-

You are OCD.  If things are not perfect in your little world, you turn completely upside down and ruin the lives of those around you.  If your velcro straps are not straight on your shoes, you bawl like teenage girl.  

If there is a crumb, or a hair, or a spec of anything floating in your tub, you scream like an old lady and shout, "POOP POOP POOP" until we locate said foreign object and remove it from the water.  

If the faucet isn't straight, if the volume isn't perfect, if the lights are too low or too bright, or if somebody other than the person you had in mind attempts to talk to you, pick you up, or help you in way shape or form, you flip your ever livin' lid.  

Parker, you are hard as hell.  It's a good thing you are cute. 

Love, your very exhausted mother

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Dear Parker-

A little conversation for you to enjoy.  This took place today between you and dad.

Dad- Do you want to read this book?

Parker- "no no no book."

Dad-  "This one?"

Parker- "no no no one"

Dad- "Show me which book you want."

…and you show him, and you're happy, and as dad is carrying you back to the chair to read he says, "Parker you are so opinionated."

and you said, "no no no pin-ay-ted!"

Yeah right!!

You are obsessed with books, trash trucks, fire trucks, busses, and the moon.  You love taking pictures and making cookie dough with dad. You love your little sisters… sometimes too much and too aggressively.  You love the car and coming with me everywhere.  but I think it's only because you get to see trash trucks.  You love diet coke and sunchips.  You love to cook.  You love to CLEAN!  Your love affair with the vacuum is disturbing.  If there is a crumb on the floor, you have a wipe, the broom, or the vacuum, ready to go in an instant.  You are a neat freak.  I think it may be OCD.  Time will tell.  

You love music.  Classical/Jazz is your favorite.  You love to dance and have amazing rhythm.  The music at the beginning of Monsters inc. is your favorite.  We play it over and over.  You are talking more everyday.  You can name all the members of your family and the housekeepers.  Speaking of the housekeepers, you LOVE them.  You help them clean throughout the day.  I think you may drive a trash truck or work as a janitor.  At age two, those would be your dream jobs!

I love you Parker man.  You are the hardest two year old I have ever had, but I think you may be the most charming two year old on the face of the earth.  That charm… it allows you to live one more day… everyday.  

Love, mommy 

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10
Mar

Hadley and Bronson

Posted by Sandi in Bronson, Hadley, My kids

I think they look SO much alike.  I love HAPPY kids!

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09
Mar

missing

Posted by Sandi in Friends, blogging

We had some friends over today.  *SHOCKING*

They came from Utah.  *Not so shocking*

It seems that only Utahns want to hang out with us.  *Kinda sad*

Anyway… If you live in Utah and want to be my friend, I would love it!  Please come down.  

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This is my friend Jodi and her husband and friends.  I love her!  ( I hope it's okay that I publish this picture?)

She claims we met once in Utah a long time ago.  Sadly, I do not remember.  She has been reading my blog from moment one and we've become amazing friends because of it.  Drama is NOT the only thing that blogs make…. they make friends too!  

Ty entertained the heck out of everyone.  Pickle walked around screeching like a Pterodactyl. The babies charmed and cooed.  The other kids wandered in and out and I just plain enjoyed the adult conversation so much I may have grabbed their legs and sobbed when they were trying to leave.  

I miss Utah.  Okay, damnit, I don't miss Utah.  I just miss having friends.  

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08
Mar

divorced parents, a terrifying accident, or poop in the tub?

Posted by Sandi in Hunter, My kids

Last night we took a few kids and my dad out for some sushi, or in my case, a salad, and a movie.  We saw Alice In Wonderland.  Not the best movie I have seen, but it was an enjoyable evening none the less.  

On the ride down the street Hunter was recalling one of his worst memories of living here in California.  It was the typical "remember when" chit chat and Hunter chose to "remember when" the sewer backed up and filled our bathtub.  He recalled the floating poop and toilet paper in the sewer water and Brandon wading through it with a bucket and roto-rooter at our house till after midnight…. It was a memory that I would never choose to recall.  I clearly pushed that one deep in my mind, but Hunter seemed to remember every stinking detail of the entire evening.  Kids are extremely weird that way, add poop to any occasion and the memory will be firmly stuck in their minds for the rest of eternity.

After the movie, we were loading the car and Bronson shut his seat belt in the door and couldn't re-open the door to fix it.  I had his door child-locked because I had taken Pickle with me earlier that day to pick up Hadley from school.  My dad was curious about this child-lock thing and found it fascinating that I could enable or disable the child-lock feature at will.  I reminded him of the time that  I ran over Ty with the car (that is a post for another time, or not,  since I like to forget it ever happened.) and explained why I always engaged the child-lock whenever Pickle was a passenger.  

Hunter piped up from the back seat.  "That (running over Ty) was one of the most disturbing things that has ever happened."

I said, "Oh Hunter man, I am so sorry,  That must have been awful for you to witness as such a little guy.  I feel terrible that you were there.  You had a hell of a childhood.  Between that and your parents getting divorced, its a wonder you turned out okay."

Hunter's respond to that, "Honestly, the poop in the tub was worse than anything."

…. We laughed till our guts hurt.  If that right there doesn't show the resilience of kids….

I stew and stress and worry constantly about the things my kids will have to deal with and the scary world we live in and whether or not they are going to turn out okay living in this day and age….  And the worst effing thing that has ever happened to Hunter is to watch poop shoot out the tub drain?  I think my kids may be worse off than I ever imagined!  

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