My Relationship to my Blackberry

I don't know about others but mine is attached to my hip these day.  Can I leave the house without my phone?  Heck NO!  I will turn around and go get it even if I'm late-which is just about all the time.  Do I use it to make phone calls....no HATE talking on the phone.  Texting and emailing is what I use my BB for! 

My birthday is coming up and I've already hinted enough to hubby what phone I want.  I would love a Blackberry Torch.  My BB now has a crack down the middle thanks to lil man!  But it still works so I'm good until my hubby buys me a new phone (like how I threw that in).

My hubby said the other night if he ever catches me emailing/texting at 1am in the morning he will throw my phone away!  WTH....do I say anything about the endless hours of Xbox playing he does and I'm going to throw his xbox away.  No, but I've thought about it MANY times! 

I got to thinking WOW I would be totally lost w/o my Blackberry and that's scary to think like that but hey I'm honest.  On my phone I go to facebook, twitter, google, take/send pics, games for the kids when we are stuck somewhere, and of course music!  I'm sure I'm missing out on other cool things but for now this is all I can handle.

Should I be this attached to a phone...probably not but it has saved me many times over and I'm standing by my Blackberry!  If anyone tries to take (hear this hubby) my BB then we will have issues.

Sometimes don't you feel like......

SCREAMING NOOOOO! 

Don't get me wrong I will help out just about anyone but sometimes I need to say NO.  I'm not sure why it is but I can only say NO to my hubby and kids.  Just a darn shame, tell ya~!

Tonight on top of trying to get ready for Back to School Night, figure out what I'm going to say when I have to get up in front of the school (not nervous about that at all-lol), and dealing with my 2 bored kids who want to be at home riding their new bikes instead of being at the school past 6pm- I was approached to help a single mom out in need.  I was told it was a very rare occasion that this parent would need me but just in case...OMG don't believe the hype!  After talking to the parent in need- she needs a whole heck of a lot then the occasional pick up from school.  This mom needs to drop off child at 6:30am 2-3 a week, days that school is closed she needs a sitter, also every other weekend.  Really.... then after requesting what she needs then she let me know she can't pay me anything.  First of all- money was never mentioned but for all that she needs to offer something.  Weekends- that's a big no no and I did say I can't do that because I work-which I do on Sunday.  I possibly can handle the drop off but damn that's early for a kid that's not yours.  Mine don't even get up until 7am.  I will help this parent out because my heart says its the right thing to do but a part of me wants to slap myself upside my head!

Day 3- My Favorite Post Title

Wednesday, September 15: Re-upload a post with a title that you are particularly proud of and explain why.

This assignment was fun and very interesting.  Looking through some of my titles I giggled but then i also thought WTF was I "on" that day LOL!

I think my my favorite post title is: I'm a Trapped Fashion Diva

I was having a "Back In The Day" moment for real!  Yes, I used to get my nails done every week and hair styled every 2 weeks.  Buying clothes every week, shoes oh my, purses for every outfit- yes I lived the life for a bit.  But guess what, I would rather have all the hugs and kisses from my two lil ones than a new pair of nice shiny $100 shoes any day!  I even told someone today how I used to be very girly girl who wore high heels, makeup, nails airbrushed, and all the cool clothes a girl would love and you should have seen her face.  It took me back for a second, like do I really look that bad now.  I joked with her and she said "no you look like a mom should be" I of course laughed out loud and said thank you!  But in my head I was WTF does a mom look like then I came home and looked in the mirror and I had to agree.  I had a school sweatshirt on, jean capris, cute flip flops,  hair in a pony tail, and no make up.  However I know some really HOT moms and I so wish I dressed like that but I feel comfortable and feel good so that is all that counts right!!!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane SITS B2Blogging event!

Post:  http://pinkmamasplace.blogspot.com/2009/02/im-trapped-fashion-diva.html

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SITS Back to Blogging Challenge – My first ever blog post

ASSIGMENT: Monday, September 13: Re-upload the first post you ever wrote on your blog. If interested, re-write that post, showing us a before and after look at the piece.

HERE IS MY VERY FIRST POST:

Hello Everyone


Author: PinkMama
Posted at: Thursday, July 10, 2008
Filed Under: pinkmama

Hi~My name is Pam but I go by PinkMama on the web. I'm getting real close to the big 40 and there are some things I want to do with the direction of my life. So why not write a blog about it!

What I will be writing about:

* decorating my rental (not a homeowner but still need color/fashion)

* finding my STYLE~ in my house and in my clothing

* organizing my life'

* healthy habits I really need



I'm sure I'll be throwing more out at you (and myself) but this is a good start.
 
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Wow its been 2 years since I started this blog!  I have kept to most of what my first blog says but I think I added a lot more about my family...not so much about me.  I've had some changes in my life since that post but its all good and looking forward to posting more about my life/family.
 
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Rewrite:
 
Waving at everyone out there in blogosphere that is visiting and reading this post.  I'm Pam and still going by PinkMama so whatever you want to call me its all good! I'll be 42 (ouch) this year but hey I've accepted that every  year I get older so why fight it.  My kids love to tell others my age but I cringe when I have to!  I hope you continue to follow my journey- still unsure where I'm going but I do have more direction. 

What I will be writing about:

* Making my rental into a HOME- we have moved to a bigger and better placed.  Feel very blessed to be where we are now.  This HOME fits our family and we have been enjoying this house since Nov 2009.  I've been doing my thing in this house but still want to DECORATE- and still finding out what my style is BTW!

* So far my style is flip flops, jeans, and a cute t-shirt.  How mommy can I be???

* Organizing my life- a plan in progress for sure!  I make To Do lists but do I stay with it- not really.  I'm still working on this part of my life.  Looking for a workable journal/agenda/planner-so if you know of one please let me know:)

* Healthy Habits-  I've lost 25lbs in a year so I think this has happened.  I really watch what we eat but I'm not totally engrossed in it.  Just last night I had a chocolate doughnut.  I try harder with the kids though.  Still working on this but I think I will be for years.

PinkMama will be sharing about kids, hubby, work, my new business (social media), oh yeah being part of my kids school PTA (which we call PTC and I'm Vice Chair).  I do have about 100 different projects that I need to start, work on, and or finish and I'll be writing about those as well.

~Pink Mama (I need to find a cool signature btw)

If you want to be part of this SITS BACK TO BLOGGING EVENT: visit Back2Blogging

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Crazy Week!

It's almost done right!  I thought this week was going to be easy breezy- and whoever put that in my head LIED!  Might have been me though :( 

I tend to overextend myself a bit and then of course get all stressed out about it.  I need a sign that says CHILL!  This was the kids first week at school and I thought I was going to have soooooo much time to do this and do that.  Wrong! Wrong!  Lets just say I was busy from 6am to 8pm. Couple mornings got up w/hubby at 4am.  Just like every other mom out there :)  BUSY!

I still haven't touched laundry which I should be doing instead of sitting on here telling you I need to do laundry, but hey that's how I roll.

Today's To Do List:

1. Laundry
2. clean living room carpet
3. kitchen-daily clean
4. bedroom-daily clean
5. bathroom-wipe down
6. sew 2 banners in morning
7. sew 2 banners when hubby comes home with more material
8. answer emails
9. do the 30Day blog challenge-day 3
10. answer soccer banner emails
11. work in PTC database-school stuff
12. work on my online job- about 1hr of customer service 30 minutes of apps

most of this needs to be done by 1pm when I get the 9 month old baby, watch him to 3pm then go pick up my kids, drop off baby to teacher then walk home- listening to WHY DO WE HAVE TO WALK HOME all the way home. By the time we are home (a 10 minute walk) of course wished I drove but I'm trying to be healthier by getting some exercise in.  I know kids rough life just rough!

So I guess I need to go do some house work for an 1hr then computer for an hour and so on and so on!

What more can a mom ask for~

I work as a waitress on Sundays, one of the busiest days of the cafe and I'm no spring chicken but hey it brings in the moola.  I've been with this cafe for 11 years and will probably be there for couple more.  My body can't take much more abuse but oh well I don't see winning the lottery in the future.

Sundays the family knows the routine, I'm down for the count after being on my feet for 10 hrs. In my room I stay.   My hubby makes dinners on Sundays so tonight we had BBQ- yummy but the kitchen is looking like it needs some attention but I'm keeping my mouth shut because I've learned to pick my battles.  My daughter gave me a foot rub and my son gave me attitude!  What a wonderful night to a very bad week! 

These nights make me feel very blessed!

I Suck!

I totally flopped on the SITS challenge.  I started it when my kids were gone and did what 5 days then the rug rats came home and been on the CAN WE CAN WE ride ever since.  I haven't even had time to take a bath and shave my legs the past couple weeks.  No worries I shower but by the time I get the conditioner on I have 1 of the kids knocking or coming in the bathroom asking WHAT ARE YOU DOING MOM, CAN I.......so no time to shave.  Thank goodness I'm redhead and my hair is very fair and the freckles hide the hair.  I know TMI for some but for moms you know what I'm talking about! 

I did buy the ebook so I'll do the 30 day challenge myself and do it on my time...it might be 90 days but hey it will get done and I will make this blog fun and exciting!  Pressure people. 

Life...busy lately!

Geez somedays I wake up and I just want to crawl right back in a SLEEP all day.  I guess I gave that dream up when I had kids.  I have a lot going on in my life but its all good.  I think I will write about each thing separately so I can catch up and get all these "feelings" out. 

My life is good and I wouldn't change a thing...okay take that back I would change my financial status in a heartbeat but hey live with what you have.  But hey an extra couple thousand a month wouldn't hurt right...LOL!

Anyhoo lets see this is what I'm going to talk about:

Me
Hubby
Hubby Biz
Hubby/Me
School
Kids
Family
Home
Jobs
My other blog-MTB
Future stuff

Okay so that gives me several days worth of work and I'm going to do it!!!  Promise Pam.  I need an outlet and this blog is so useful. 

Spatula's Where Do You Go?

I was cooking tonight and I was wondering where do all the spatulas go? I've had many over the years and now I'm down to 1. I know this is silly but where did they go? Seems like all the other utensils are still hanging around and holding strong. LOL....hey when you have a lot of time on your hands you think of the most bizarre things. Stayed tune for more just random posts.

Why can't I think about laying out on the beaching sipping a cool drink but no, I have to dwell on where the heck went my spatulas.

I found my PERFECT Purse~

I of course LOVE this bag but I don't think I could ever bring myself to buy a $69 purse. In my head...there is so many other things you can get for $69, Pam! But if I ever come across lots and lots of money ( I know big wishes) I am buying this!

Hey if you like too look or maybe buy then this store has more to offer: sunglasses, caps, hoodies, handbags, and UGGs.

http://www.idressbetter.com/

I know "label label label" but I still like them.

New Week-Right???

Well it's Monday and I really need a fresh start.

Last week SUCKED-the robbery and dealing w/aftermath with the kids. Lil Mama still needs one of us to take her to the bathroom and upstairs. She is afraid of little noises too. Lil Man just keeps a bat by his bed.

Week before that SUCKED-Sick in bed for almost 4 days. However, this cough sure wants to hang around.

Can I please have a GREAT WEEK?? Yes, I can. I have smile on my face and not stressing on all the little things helps a lot. I'm doing marketing for a cafe customer, Ron's Airbrush site, and my Bargain Shopping site every day so I feel I'm getting stuff accomplished.

On this Saturday Ron is setting up at an Little League event in Redwood City and we got this gig by my networking so very happy about that. Money Money Money but exposure is what we really need.

I'm working on my Motivation Mojo...on my 13th day (out of 21). I've been battling with myself on not letting the robbery and sickness get in my way of learning and completing this workshop.

This week I want to get some things organized.

I walked in on a Burglary

at my house! Very scary stuff. Every minute something different pops in my head and I keep going over everything that happened. Stressing big time. Tomorrow will be a better day.

I didn't cry in front to the kids but I sure did break down when they went to bed. Which was not an easy task. I'm talking about putting them to bed. They didn't feel comfortable being alone so they fell asleep downstairs with us.

I'm going to write more about this tomorrow because how I feel right now is giving me a HUGE headache and I just want to rest. I'm sure I won't sleep very well but who would.

Flu Flu Flu go away

Wow that was horrible. For 2 days I was bed ridden and looked scary! My hubby stepped up (woohoo) and took my place this week in the kids life. He's usually in the background playing video games, on the computer, or painting. So with me out of commission someone had to run this house and he did it. Yes, of course I had to hear how tired he was working and then coming home dealing w/kids, dinner, homework, and clean-up. Hey dude I do this everyday I know how tiring it is but it needs to be done!

Tomorrow, I do have a lot of catch up on housework and laundry but its not as bad as I was thinking. On Friday I was suppose to go to a field trip w/Ronnell's school and I'm still debating on going but my hubby promises to go. We have to drive our own kids so one parent has to go at least.

When I get up and do things the sweats still get me and I get all dizzy. Tomorrow I better be able to clean w/o passing out!

Thanks to all my friends for all their good thoughts!!!

My Zumba Classes

Went to my 2nd class last night and still lovin it! I couldn't get down as low as the teacher wanted me to but I still did a damn good job. It was easier this time but the steps are hard to follow when its in fast mode. Or it could just me....I pretty sure its just me. I've always had a hard time figuring out dance steps when being taught. I still have to question right and left when I'm doing the steps, ugh! I am dedicated to do this for 12 weeks! I will post every week to let my family/friends know I'm still going strong!

I also do Wii Fit and My Fitness coach 2-4x a week. Getting ready for summer and some cute clothes....no mommy clothes! Watch out world!

Getting Healthy

I'm doing the Wii at least 3-4 times a week. Haven't lost much but I do have more energy and I can live with that! I have at least 200 things to do a day so more energy is what I need!

I'm also doing Zumba once a week for an hour. I'm still sore from Monday's class. I loved the class and looking forward to Mondays.

Drinking water more. I'm not a big water drinker so this is hard but I'm doing it. I have at least 3-4 glasses a day. I think I'm going to get me one of those big water jugs that have a top and just drink that every day. Downfall is I have to go Pee a lot!

Getting enough sleep is not a problem these days. Before kids I always had a hard time sleeping but now that I'm busy all day when it hits 10pm I ready to pass out. I get up at 6:30am so that is plenty of sleep. I wish I could stay up longer because I do have a lot I want to do and never enough time.

I have a lot more energy than I did lets say a month ago! I'm going home in April and I would love to be at least 20 lbs lighter. I'm thinking of my health and staying around for years to see my young ones grow up.

Eating right is my biggest problem. I rarely eat breakfast and yes I know that is wrong. Lunch I usually have a salad or sandwich. Dinner I cook pretty healthy but its the late night snacking that kills me. Ugh! I will work on that. I tried eating fruit but its so hard to give up my chocolate. I'm trying but it is hard, lol!

Zumba

Oh my Goodness I did a Zumba class last night and I LOVED IT! For my chubby butt to say I LOVED an exercise class that is BIG! I enjoyed it because it was dance plus exercise and that is what I like to do. I highly recommend these classes or get the video tapes. I had fun shaking my booty!

Before Kids.....

I would have bought these shoes in a heartbeat!!!

I feel I would trip, fall and hurt myself if I wore these suckers now. The only time I dress up is when I go Lil Man's school. That's sad. I really don't have any other destinations that require me to dress up so that's WHY my shoe collection is slippers and tennis shoes. Oh my, I have lost my love for shoes...help me!

I'm a Trapped Fashion Diva

Yep, that's right TRAPPED. Before kids I got my nails done every week, shoes bought monthly, makeup in its own bag and neat, hair done monthly, clothes bought monthly and if I saw a handbag I liked I got it. I was not a label wh**e but if it was on sale then I got it.

Then kids came and my priorities of course changed. No more nails, hair done maybe every 6 months, makeup-what's that..oh wait I have lip gloss, shoes are bought maybe once a year-nothing cute just comfy, clothes- only on sale at Target, and handbags I do buy one "cool" handbag a year.

I really only shop at Target these days (I haven't been there since Jan 13th though) and its all about toys, art/craft stuff, and cool stuff for the kids.

Lost myself but my kids are well worth it. However, I will be taking back some of my identity and doing things that make me feel good about myself. If I feel good than everyone in the house will feel good.

I still want to shop like I'm 20 but I fight the urge and win.

Not sure why I had to share this but when I have dreams of getting my nails and hair done I know I missing something in my life....lol!

Is it time to shave....

when the hair on your legs start to curl? eww gross!

I have given up on shaving legs I guess. Not good. When I take a shower (can't take baths)I either have Lil Mama in the shower with me or both kids are in the bathroom talking to me even when I tell them to get out. I will lock the door but then I have to hear "mommy I have to go pee" until I open the door. I would have to get up at 6am to take a shower in piece.

I need to work on this because if I'm not feeling good about myself then I'm not being my best. I know a lil petty thing but when your legs are smooth don't you feel good. I forgot that feeling. Next thing is my nails.

I tell ya I've lost myself in motherhood and I'm getting her back someday and I won't have hairy legs!

Karma is B**tch!

Yesterday, I was not very nice to my co-workers because I was very hormonal. Yep blame it on woman issues! I didn't want to be mean but somethings I saw I was WTF and had to confront them.

Well this morning I woke up with my face swollen due to an abscess on my upper tooth. Ugh! I haven't had a abscess for years and all of sudden I have one. And PMSing real bad, someone is out to get me this week I swear.

I guess I will be nice next weekend and if I'm not I might wake up with a boil on my butt!