PMS & Chocolate

We refer to "that time of the month" as cherry monkey in my house. Sometimes it's known as jelly donut. Either way it sucks.

I turn into a raving, bitch ass, lunatic that has hormonal break outs on my face and a tendency to cry a lot. For heaven's sake I have more pimples now then I ever did as a teenager. That alone is enough to depress anyone but on top of all that I have awful, terrible, painful cramps the first day or two.

S says I need happy pills.

And I've considered it. Along with Seasonale or one of those other birth control options that reduce your period to about 4 times a year. I have no intentions of getting pregnant (it's pretty impossible with the blanks shooting my way) so why do I need to deal with a period?

Wait. There is one plus.



It was the perfect excuse to make a cake...and eat two pieces. What is it about chocolate that makes it better?

It's "Egg"citing!

I got a PED EGG!! Whoop!



Informercials are my thang, and most of the time I can refrain from being drawn in and ordering a useless piece of crap.

I finally caved for the ped egg since they had it at CVS which means no shipping, I used ECB's (ie, free money) and I'm PMSing so it made me happy.

I already used it and it seems to work just like the commercial says and trust me - I needed it. I haven't gotten a pedicure since the beginning of June and my feet were getting a little crusty. Ewwww. Gross, but true.

Have you tried anything from an informercial? Did you love it or hate it?

Menu Plan 8/11-8/17

Monday: "S" sandwiches*, PW's onion strings recipe, leftover cake

Tuesday: Baked spaghetti, french bread

Wednesday: Breakfast for dinner: Eggs, home fries, turkey bacon (or sausage, undecided), toast

Thursday: Macaroni & Cheese with Ham, green beans, croissants

Friday: Grilled chicken breasts, rice, beans

Saturday: TBD

Sunday: Roasted pork loin (anyone have a good recipe?) w/ potatoes & carrots

*"S" sandwiches were made to duplicate my hubbies favorite sandwich from a local restaurant. I take thin chicken breasts and grill them, then top the chicken with provolone cheese and pepperoni. This goes on a toasted bagel and is served with a side of ranch.

I did really well last week, only having cereal for dinner one night. I really missed having a menu plan, especially once S & SS were home. We had Pizza Hut Friday night and then had AMAZING steaks on the grill Saturday. Last night I made a ton of baked spaghetti so we are having the leftovers one night this week.

I've been trying to use things that we have on hand to reduce waste and so far it's been working, but I'd like a little more variety. If you are like me and need inspiration visit Organizing Junkie for more menu plans!

Silence is not golden

At least not this week. I hate how quiet the house is without S and SS there. Not that I live in a bad place or anything but it makes me anxious to be alone at night. I'm fine until it's dark outside and then I hear every bump, creak and rattle there could be.

Because of this I don't sleep well. At all. Sunday night it was after 1 when I finally fell asleep and then I woke up several times throughout the night. Monday night it was after 12:30 and last night it was after 12. I woke up no less than 4 times last night; I even thought about posting a blog at 5 this morning since I was already up. By the time he gets home on Friday I will be exhausted.

I've been like these for years. I'd like to blame it on something but I can't. At our old house in the city there was a shooting (that was later determined to be a love triangle issue)nearby one night when I was alone, but honestly I was this way before then.

Even when it's just SS and I it still makes me feel better about it all. Trust me when I say that kid could sleep through a nuclear bomb and yet it's comforting to have someone there. One time the smoke alarm was going off because it needed new batteries and he put his pillow over his head and kept on sleeping.

Realistically I know that we have a very low crime rate in my county. For heaven's sake they list the arrests in the local paper and most of them are alcohol related. But on the other hand I know that doesn't mean it could never happen. I guess that's why I'm so skittish.

~sigh~ I'm such a wuss.

Just visiting...

I'm taking a small break from reading to catch up on blogging. I can't recommend these books enough...it's like an addiction and I MUST know what's going to happen next.

When I originally heard about the Twilight series from Lula I googled and found out they were about Vampires, which instantly hooked me. But this series is about so much more..."young adult" my ass.

And I'm not the only adult in love with them. While I was at Kroger this weekend, doing my fundraising duty I picked up the rest of the series. I set them on our table so that I could pay for them once we were done. More people were interested in the books than the Kroger Plus cards. Seriously.

I'm reading the second in the series, New Moon.



It's a welcome distraction this week since S and SS are at band camp, my boss aka Dad is in Sturgis and my bff moved to WV...needless to say I'm all alone. Good thing I have Bella, Edward, Charlie and all the Forks people to keep me company this week. I think I hear them calling my name...

Still here!

I'm not dead, just reading...in short I spent $40 to get the entire Twilight series and now I'm hooked. Hopefully, I will be able to tear myself away in order to get some actual work done and start blogging again.

I'm so excited...

...and I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose control and I think I like it. (Okay how many of you were singing along??? Admit it, you know this song.)

Yesterday did not turn out to be one of my better days, so when I got home and saw my new shiny Twilight book on the table it just made everything else fade away.

I just learned about this book the other day but I've always loved to read since I was a itty bitty baby. (Impossible as that seems...that I was itty bitty, not that I read. ~no snickering~) So I'm not sure if it's just the anticipation of reading this much hyped book or just the fact that I have a new one but either way it definitely pulled me out of my funk.

However I found some restraint and decided not to start reading at 10:30 last night because I knew in my heart that I would stay up the better part of the night getting caught up in this story.

So after I volunteer my time at tomorrow's band fundraiser (I'm not even going there today!) I will snuggle into the couch with my new friend and dive into a new world of love and vampires.

If you don't hear from me, you'll know why.

(But I will probably find it impossible to stay away and I'll be compelled to share my love of all things vampire so don't stray too far away.)

In the meantime you can keep singing...