Yesterday was my birthday and whatta ya know, I lived.
Posted by Muudie | Filed under A day in my life
This birthday I am reminiscent of the past and thankful to be alive.
When I was a teenager I remember not thinking I could possibly live to be 21 years old. I know that sounds pretty strange, but to give you a glimpse into my years as a teenager, I didn’t know life outside of homelessness, drug addiction, gangs and partying.
People I knew seemed to be dying all the time from stupid and avoidable things. Perhaps if they lived a different life, under a different set of circumstances they wouldn’t have been killed so young. So in this sick, sad, little, world of mine, I believed that I needed to live all I could before I got to be 21. (I honestly don’t recall why 21 was such a big deal).
The day before I turned 21 I was so scared that somehow I would be killed, that I wouldn’t go anywhere or do anything on my birthday; I was that convinced I was going to die! I stayed home and smoked weed and got even more paranoid.
Crazy huh?
Life was pretty grim back then. I was so lost and confused.
Today I look back and see how far I’ve come. My life up until now hasn’t been a cake-walk, but I have much to be thankful for. Yesterday, my husband and kids planned a super-secret dinner for me and surprised me when I got home from the gym (yes I am still going!!).
I seriously can’t believe my husband actually found a recipe online for Outback Steakhouse’s Queensland salad AND that awesome bread! I absolutely love that salad and bread and their home made version was just that much better, because it was made with love.
Today I am so thankful.
I have an amazing family and a warm bed to sleep in every night - something I never would have foreseen as a deranged teenager.
muud: about me, birthday, childhood, husband, kids, thankful, the past
Forget keeping up with the Jones’s
Posted by Muudie | Filed under Californication, Home is where the _______ is
Right about now I would be happy keeping up with the Jefferson’s.
(As in George and Weezy)
California seems to have gotten hit first with recession (at least what speculators say is recession) and being that I live in California I don’t know how it feels not to be broke all [...] Continue Reading…
muud: broke, California, happiness, money issues
A change of Premise
Posted by Muudie | Filed under Completely Random Thoughts
About a week ago or so, I started wondering why everything I write seems so cynical.
Seems I have only been writing about the annoyances in my life and not the good things. The whole idea of this blog was for me to have something to look back on 10 [...] Continue Reading…
muud: about me, blogging, Christianity
What to do about clients who don’t listen?
Posted by Muudie | Filed under Design, Working Hard or Hardly Working?
…Fire them; then look back and laugh.
Last week I had to fire one of my clients because he refused to listen even after having the same questions answered repeatedly. He was a man in his late 50’s who had a very deep and demanding tone to his voice. On [...] Continue Reading…
muud: clients, Design, web design, Work at home
Die Religion Die. (Oh and the media can die too)
Posted by Muudie | Filed under Die Religion. Die.
Brian “Head” Welch’s book “Save Me From Myself” got me to thinking…
Ever since reading a story online about Brian “Head” Welch a couple days ago I have been practically obsessed with trying to find out more information about him. Up until about 1AM this morning I had no idea [...] Continue Reading…
muud: books, Christianity, God, music, religion
Donation day = Christmas for illegals
Posted by Muudie | Filed under A day in my life, Californication
It’s ridiculous. I can’t even donate something to a charity without getting jacked.
Once every few months a charity organization places a bright pink bag on our front door with a date written on it, when the date comes, they drive around in a big truck and pick up unwanted [...] Continue Reading…
muud: California, charity, illegal aliens
Men and Porn - Like a moth to a flame?
Posted by Muudie | Filed under Marital Bliss
Or a kid in a deranged and F’d up candy store?
Just about all of my girl-friends seem to be A-OK with their husband’s obsession with porn; hell some even buy them subscriptions to online porn and magazines. I ask my friends why and I get the standard “it’s what [...] Continue Reading…
muud: anger, husband, sex addiction
Sprout needs to give Chica the boot - Or I can do it for them.
Posted by Muudie | Filed under Completely Random Thoughts
Who on the sprout network thought that making a character that repetitively squeaks like it swallowed a dog toy was a good idea?
This is what I have to deal with
Squawk Squeak Squeak Squawk Squawk Squeakkk is NOT what I want to hear repetitively in the background of my morning [...] Continue Reading…
muud: cartoons, drawings, kids, motherhood, TV
Women fart too!
Posted by Muudie | Filed under Completely Random Thoughts
Why is it such a big deal when a woman farts?
Last night while hubby was in the shower I went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and my vitamins. I started gulping down my 8 vitamins one by one while walking through the house back to [...] Continue Reading…
Flip this booty
Posted by Muudie | Filed under A day in my life
I’ve gotten quite the ghetto booty over the past year or so - oh well, it matches my attitude, I guess.
Today I decided to peel my lazy arse away from the computer and get to the gym. I went back and forth about it all day. I tried to [...] Continue Reading…
muud: gym, weight loss, working out
