Enough About Me, Let's Talk About Me!

I am cracking up at myself. I am looking at this blog right now thinking, "hmmm, maybe I should post one more picture of myself up here, there just AREN'T enough!" hahaha

Actually, the way I see it, I have spent my life as a people pleaser and it pretty much got me nowhere, so if I want to post a few blog pics about myself, I think that is okay.

So did I happen to blog about my dumpster diving experience about a week ago? This was totally cool. In the back of my mind, I have been thinking that I will need another desk for my son's homeschooling next year since he will be in High School. He will be getting his own computer, and thusly will need his own desk. Since finances are a little tight at present, I wasn't quite sure how I was going to be able to afford that. So I put my feelers out into the Universe, and spoke the word that we needed a desk. In answer to my prayer, my phone rings and it is my neighbor calling me...she says somebody got evicted from one of the units in our complex and all their furniture was in the dumpster. She wanted to know if I could help her carry a few chairs home. I walked out to the dumpster and the chairs were sadly gone...but as I peered INTO the dumpster I saw an entire computer desk, and a pretty cool looking lamp! (which I have also been needing for my living room). I don't know how I did it, leverage, elbow grease...whatever...but I was able to maneuver the desk out of the dumpster and got my kids to help me carry it home. Now Dante has a computer desk. On the downside, the lamp I brought home didn't work. I was about to throw it back into the dumpster, but decided to call my dad instead. I asked him if he knew how to re-wire a lamp and he thought he could help. Long story short, the lamp is now in working order!! YAY ME!

I have had one of those weeks, where I feel almost magical. It's weird, in a good way. hmmm, let's see if I can dig up another picture of myself...JUST KIDDING!

Digital Plastic Surgery

Y'know, when you put your mind to it, you can really meet some amazing people. In my internet travels, I have met an advice columnist, a novelist, a drummer and a bass player who have all become very good friends of mine. I also met this incredible lady who is an information junkie, and she sends me all kinds of cool websites and ideas to look into. I have a local friend who I met while investigating homeschooling networks and we find all kinds of trouble to get into...currently she is shooting and editing my music video for me.

In the previous post I mentioned, Mark who made my ROCKSTAR picture for me. I met Mark in September of last year while looking for musicians (on Craigslist) to jam with. He is now the drummer in our fictitious band. Anyway, in an e-mail today Mark sent another re-touched version of my pic he worked up on Photoshop...he is really a genius at this stuff! We decided to call his work "digital plastic surgery". If you have any kind of picture you would like to have enhanced, just e-mail me at Lifeonthemoon@izoom.net, and I will pass it on to Mark. This can be a fantastic service to those who are pursuing a modeling career, or need promotional photos of any kind. Just to give you an idea, here is my before and after.

ROCKSTAR!

I might have said this before, but HOLY CRAP! On Wednesday, I got all dressed up to get ready for the video shoot and I asked my son to come in and take some pictures. We had so much fun and I really loved how they came out! I sent the photo files to my friend Mark and he played around with this one on Photoshop...CHECK ME OUT! I am so proud, I am plastering it everywhere! hahahaha! Anyway, the video shoot went fine, we had fun and we are going to do more on Sunday. Ummm, this is so cool, I might just explode. Anyone know where I can get some leather pants? LMAO!

Me...In A Music Video!

OK, I am so excited I might just pee my pants...hahaha. My girlfriend has been telling me for a few weeks not that she can help me make a music video. Naturally I was a little skeptical, but always grateful that my friend was reaching out to me to help me get a leg up on my career. So, I was just over at her house the other day and she showed me the cool music videos she was making on her Mac program just from footage taken from her kids soccer games...they were totally PRO! I began to feel my heart race. We started discussing the possibilities of taking my recorded music and ideas for a video starring...ME! Tomorrow is our first shooting attempt, again...I am sooo excited!

My Mother's Day

Some Mom's get a great Mother's Day, they get taken out to lunch or dinner and surprised by gifts. Other Mom's get a crappy day filled with screaming kids and husbands who don't give a crap what day it is. My day was quite busy because I had to work my winery job. I served greek BBQ to about 50 Mom's and their families, at first it went pretty smoothly, but as the day progressed, the BBQ cook got lazy and the food was not turning out very good...the Mom's started complaining and I had to do a lot of running back and forth, sweating, apologizing and trouble shooting. This was not fun. I did get paid a $25 tip, just from the event, plus another $20 from the wine bar, so all in all, I at least made some money and got to spend the day outdoors. When I got off work, I was greeted by roses, hand-made cards, soft house-slippers and a gift certificate for a pedicure. NICE! Then I cracked open a bottle of wine a friend bought for me, and I was happy.

I am very tired today, and although I want to go use my gift certificate, I am actually too tired to leave the house. Last week was very trying for me. I apparently made a few people angry, which always baffles me because I make every effort to be a good friend and co-worker. Plus I have just felt sort of stuck in my ventures...I don't know how to move forward without advice and/or assistance, and I don't know where to turn for that kind of help. So I plug along at what feels like a snail's pace. The band is still in search of a guitar player and we cannot focus on the songs we want to play without someone to play them with. My patio really shaped up, but I have run out of money to put the finishing touches on it. I guess it was meant to be a week of rest. Now I am wondering what is up this week.

Somebody Took Grumpy Pills This Morning

Who rained on my parade today? Geez! I got up today feeling pretty great, I have been working on a new website and I wrote a lesson for one of my students, and then suddenly...BANG...bad mood sets in. Mostly its because the friend who has been helping me work on a few business ideas was not available to me today, because IM was down. She typed me a few notes and then she disappeared for the rest of the day. Then my son's tutoring got canceled and then my other job got canceled too...I'm sitting here staring at my computer wondering WTF! So, I made dinner and I have been sitting here for a couple of hours dabbling with layouts and just being a goofball, trying to cheer myself up. For gosh sakes I hope Jason Castro goes home tonight on American Idol...man that kid SUCKS! Could I BE more mental right now? I'm not even hormonal, I just don't know what to do with myself. I tried writing a blog here a few hours ago but it really wasn't working...now I am just finding humor in just about anything. Very rarely do I randomly babble, but here I am...enjoy!

Holy Crap

OK, so something happened this weekend that is a total first for me. I have the feeling it won't be the last either. I don't see it as a problem, per se, in fact it's kind of cute and my heart swells thinking that my boys are discovering girls...but here's what happened.

My oldest son is 13, he swears he has no interest in girls...I mean gag me Mom! And my younger son is 10, he is very inquisitive about relationships and he really likes girls in a "you're fun to play with" way. He takes a lot of heat from his older brother. Anyway, my mother's next door neighbor has a teenage daughter...she's 14, tall and slender, very immature and talks 90 mph. She usually plays with the younger kids on the block, I have never seen her with anyone her own age. My kids have been spending weekends at my Mom's house and Julian really enjoys playing with Jasmine (the girl next door). She is always telling Julian about her boyfriend, and Dante typically hides from her swearing he can't stand her...but this weekend was a little different.

This weekend I went to pick up the kids and Mom said they had both been outside playing all weekend. This was good news, I am always happy when Dante has some social activity. My Mom was holding her mouth and kind of snickering and whispered "I have to talk to you later!" So, I knew something was up. On the way home, I stopped to get gas. I gave Dante some cash and asked him to go inside and pay the cashier so I could pump the gas...while he was inside, Julian says, "I have to talk to you later! I have to tell you something that I don't want my brother to know!" I said, "Just tell me, he'll be inside for a few minutes," so Julian blurts out..."I have a girlfriend!!" He was beaming.

I had a feeling right away he was talking about Jasmine, and when I asked him he confirmed it. I asked him what happened to Jasmine's other boyfriend, and he said, "oh, they broke up, I guess." He was glowing, so happy...I tried to ignore the fact that she is 14 and my baby is only 10.

Later the next day, I talked to my Mom, and come to find out...Jasmine asked Dante to be her boyfriend and he turned her down. I came to the sinking conclusion that Jasmine asked Julian after that and he probably had no idea. Aiy Yai! What's a mother to do?

This will probably continue to happen all through their lives because they do everything together, they are best friends and although they look a lot alike they are polar opposites. Girls are going to be attracted to both of them for different reasons. It's really hard not to get involved, but I think I better just stay out of it, and be there when the chips fall. There comes a point where I have to let them live their lives...it is so hard not to get involved, and this is just the first time something like this has happened. Here we go...God help me! :)