Interesting week..

Clifford turned 39 on Wednesday. What an old coot! No offense to my 40 + readers...it is just really starting to sink in that I am a grown up. I don't really want to be a grown up. Yeah being a Mum is cool and all that but if I could do that and not have to work or pay bills..oh wait that is welfare. I think these welfare people have the right idea...haha I jest (maybe).



I am married to an old man now. Time to find me a yungin' . I wish I was rich and could have a pool boy. Ok maybe not a BOY cause that is kinda creepy..let's call him hot pool dude.



Anyhoo enough of Cliff, this blog is supposed to be about me - love ya babe. Glad you made it past 31 ;)



So how many of you are Twilight fans? I am anxiously awaiting the arrival the fourth and final book, Breaking Dawn. Shannon (my sister for those that don't know) has had it for WEEKS! I think she was torturing me on purpose. We missed all the fighting etc because I am 17 years older than her and I think this was her way of getting back at me..talk about agony. Anyhoo if you have not read them I suggest you do! They are not deep books here - but an easy read and I seriously could not put one down once I got started. I had this saved as a draft and since original date I have received said book. I am not far yet as I just started this morning but ohhh.. I am loving it so far.



One book I did read in the Fall that did have a little more depth to it was The Birth House. Wow what an amazing book. I guess maybe being a surrogate mother and sort of being in the world of infertility from the outside looking in I found it quite fascinating to read that even way back then people had issues. Pick it up - it is an awesome read and you will not be disappointed.

So Liam had a karate tournament today. First one of the New Year! His last being the end of November I guess. One thing has changed since his last one.. he has gone up a belt! Which means a tad stiffer competition. There were like 15 in his group today. He did REALLY well considering he tried a different kata AND was considered an intermediate instead of a beginner. Thank god he was a few days shy of his 8th birthday or his competition would have been MORE stiff. He tied for 4th with like 11 of his competitors. LOL. (that is what they did for the people that did not place 3rd place and up..they all tied for 4th and got a little medal). For combat he kicked ass in his first fight 5-0. Remember how I mentioned cheering my kid on to punch some other kid in the face..well that is what today was like. "Liam punch him in the head!" came out of my mouth several times. He made a boy cry and then I felt guilty. But they almost all cry at this age. Well except the dude that kicked all their asses effortlessly. So then he had his second fight and the coach of the kid (and father) is NUTS. We have seen him at several tournaments now and we are sure he is on something. Coke, speed..something. He screams and pounds his chest like he is fucking Tarzan. Everyone just rolls their eyes and shares looks around the ring. Anyhoo Liam fought his kid second and within 10 seconds Liam kicked him and he was on the ground. He managed to get up and he was crying etc. but still managed to come back and land a few good ones in Liam's face and then Liam started to cry. LOL. Oh the joys. The only advantage to NOT winning that fight was that Liam avoided fighting for first or second place where he would have SERIOUSLY had his ass handed to him on a silver platter. This kid is AWESOME. He plays by the book but is just a pitbull in the ring and you cannot fault him for that. It was a good tourney. Shan kicked ass in her kata too but managed to get beat in her combat and came in second.

We ended up going to see Dane's (Shannon's BF) hockey game and then they came back here for supper and rent the UFC. It is 11:51 and guess who the only one awake is..that is right. ME. Cliff, Shirley & Billy Bob are crashed out on the couch I am finishing up my 4th Strawberry Daquiri and talking to YOU! Can you hear me now?? What about..... NOW?? Buncha boring peeps man. I get FAR less sleep than any of these twits.. and who is still awake?? LOL Oh and I shaved Liam's head tonight. Did not turn out QUITE how I imagined but I will take pics tomorrow and share on Facebook :)

Trying something new..

Wow. I am surprised I am going to try this again but I think it might help so I figured why not?



For those that have not been "here" (wherever that is) before as you might be able to tell by my Blogger name..I am a Late Night Mama. I do not sleep. Ok well I DO sleep and once I do eventually fall asleep I could probably go for loonnng time (ask Cliff about my weekend sleep ins) but I am also a work-outside-of-the-home Mum of two kids so really even though I get an odd sleep in ONCE in a while, I don't really have time to sleep. Anyhoo the whole point is that I *thought* maybe blogging might help me sleep. I know it did not work last time but I am getting older now time to mix things up a bit.



This is just a catch up post..for those that have not been paying attention to my life for the last few years. So let's see...hmmm..oh I got a new job..well last May. LOL. The people are cool, the technology is cool.. I think. Going from the Cosmetic industry to the world of high-tech mobility solutions is very different and often conversations sound like a foreign language to me and I am sure I have been caught with the deer in the headlights expression more than once but it is still pretty cool and exciting to be part of something so new. So new that I have often heard our product being described as something that people don't even know they need yet. Hah! How is that for forward thinking?? Why can't I invent something like that..something people don't even realize they need yet?



What else?? Well nothing on the surrogacy front so far. I have been in wait mode for a year - I did not think I was that patient but let's face it..I have other things going on in my life. I do still plan on doing another journey - HOPEFULLY for the same couple however if they choose not do it again - I will look for another couple. So if you know anyone that needs a baby..hey maybe that could be my thang - my something that someone does not know they need yet. That was not so hard.



The kids are good. Liam has begun competing in karate. So I have become one of those mothers that stands around rings all day screaming and cheering for my kid to punch some other mother's child in the face. It is an insane little world but Liam loves it and that is the only reason why I drag myself out of bed at 6:00 am on a Saturday morning - at least my ass is warm as opposed to what it will be once I become the hockey mum.



Cliff is healthy. He just had a battery of tests at the beginning of December and all is fine.



SURPRISE - we have more pets now. Well at least since my last post here (everyone else that HAS been paying attention..freak pas..I have no more recent additions). I don't remember when my last post was here I forgot to check. So maybe we have a LOT more pets. LOL. Boomer passed away right after I had Lolo. He was a crazy dog but still a very tragic death both for him and myself (hormones remember??). We had gotten Bella shortly before he passed and she is still with us, she sucks though. Very independent and really wants nothing much to do with us unless we have something edible in our hot little hands.



My mind is mush when it comes to dates but since then we have added Walker (Black lab), Leo (fat cat), Jasmine (stray cat that is TRULY the best cat that has ever owned me), and most recently Sierra, a Rhodesian Ridgeback mixed with a Labrador. She is beautiful. We got her last January and she his sooooo tall! This was all on Cliff again wanting another dog. Everyone thinks it is me but really it is him (at least for the dogs).



Ok so that is it for now. :) Maybe if I can figure it out again I will post pictures :)

So 8:45 pm is not so late..but in all seriousness I wrote this late one night but saved it as a draft so I could spell check. I need to use Firefox so it does that for me. Surprisingly I only had one spelling error - YEAH ME!