update

sorry i haven't blogged in a while. i've been very very busy with school and work and the mad-ster. we went to bart's parent's house last weekend and celebrated easter a little bit early with them. the grown up easter egg hunt was friday night when we got there, and then the next day we did the kid easter egg hunt for the little girls. tal told us that ayders had been practicing, so i was kinda worried that maddi wouldn't get what was going on, but she took to it like a pig to mud. ha ha. she was a pro...just like her mom is...at everything :D lol. and i bought a new car in feb...it's pretty fun. i especially like the improved gas mileage. i went from the caddy to the honda...but the honda doesn't have the balls (excuse the language, but it's true,) that the caddy had. i could beat ANYONE in a race in that thing, and i especially liked zooming past big trucks and tricked out cars at red lights that turned green. :( i will miss those days. i find out in about 2 weeks whether or not i made the nursing program! exciting!!! kam turns eight and mad turns 2 in about 2 weeks. i can not believe how fast time has flown. the rest of the pictures are just random ones of what we've been up to. the car with the super sweet fin was at mcdonald's one day...and i couldn't resist taking a picture! and bart is the best boyfriend EVER...(sorry amber, jared is #2...) he grew this sweet stache just for me!!! i think mustaches are freaking the hottest thing ever, and i LOVE his. he is a keeper, fo sho. today after bart gets off work we are going shed-ler (sheds and antlers mixed together, i have to say it this way so my franklin-covey doesn't get confused!) hunting. bart has already been like 2 or 3 times this year!!! this will be my first time this season...wish me luck! the first time i really considered the possibility of bart and i being a thing was the second time we went shed-ler hunting together...he found his first ever matching set that weren't sitting on top of each other, and i found a set too. i found my first one first and then bart found one, and then bart found his match down by this creek and he started screaming and hollering and acting a fool, and then i saw something white about ten feet from where he was standing and it was the other side to my antler. and it was fate...and now he's stuck with me for a while...ha ha:) okay...and in the easter pictures maddi doesn't have candy on her face. those are battle scars from some rough play, and in the pictures with her purple shirt on she was at the park with me and she was obsessed with these sticks...she even brought some home! (they are still in the trunk of my car.) and the one with the f.e.s. is maddi and my mom and stepdad's exchange student chris from vietnam...he's so fun! and the next ones are when maddi fell asleep standing up...she was so so so mad at me for making her take a nap at bart's house that she fell asleep standing up and screaming. ha ha ha:-) and the one of me in the brown scrubs is me at work with my nerd glasses (now tara's sexy lady glasses) and this one girl's "purse." it's a fanny pack her husband so sweetly bought her to put her concealed weapon in...a-freaking-dorable...please note the sarcasm. thanks for catching up with us! stay classy readers, kelly "kapowski"

this last weekend...and some weird kids...and my car

today i showed my anatomy quiz who was boss. i am pretty happy about it. i like being the boss (sometimes, not all of the time.) bart thinks that the last post i wrote made him sound racist, and i said that that was not so. if you think i made him sound racist let me know please. this weekend we are going car shopping, again. for a car for bart this time, and then in 2 weekends it will be a car for me. i hate this whole car shopping thing. it makes me sick. i don't want a slug bug anymore...i just want a honda something i think. you never hear anything bad about hondas...and stuff isn't always going out in them. speaking of...i went to napa auto parts on friday between classes to see if they could do anything about my check engine light being on in the ole caddi-lac. and the nice girl there proceeded to check it, only she couldn't find the port to plug in the deal-i-o. so i go to leave and go back to class and i figured i would just get it done later...but now my car won't start. and i'm like what the H...it started just fine before i got here. so the dude shows up (he was out delivering parts when i first got there.) he knows right where the port is and he checks it for me. prints me out a paper saying why my check engine light is on, but can't figure out why my car won't start. so i am freaking out at this point. close to tears. i call bart and he comes to get me. he is very not happy about this...and i couldn't tell if he was mad at me, the car, or napa...so i was even more upset. turns out he was mad that he was runnin all over town when he finally got off early one day outta the whole month, and understandibly so. so bart calls zack...and zack and myka b. go have a look at the ole girl when they got off work that night. myka hot wires the car to get it to zack's to see what in tarnation is wrong with it. zack and myka and bart and maddi and i went to jb's friday night to eat. eating out in public with those 4 is an adventure...it's like i'm a mom with 4 kids (who have questionable manners), but it was fun. there where some kids there from the light house (alternative high school here in town, for the kids that are too "straight edge" or just too damn goofy to go to carbon,) that were before their prom. well bart goes to go poty and see's the two dudes in suits in the bathroom putting butterfly tattoos on their forearms. do you remember when you were in high school? where you ever that freaking weird? i am warning my kids now, grow up to be a weird-o and be prepared for mommy to beat the holy-living-snot right out of your snot locker. be normal. please. then saturday myka fixed my car, thank jehova. it was just some little electrical problem and now it is all fixed. and myka and zack came to bart's to have dinner with us saturday night and sunday night. i love it when they come over to eat because they tell me the food i make is good and they go back for thirds :) and bart and myka and zack fixed my dryer that is currently living at bart's house...and i was very happy about that. now bart and jethrow have a working dryer and i don't have to worry about their clothes being stiff and crinkly from being hung up wet. i am a happy camper. and i will be even happier after i own my physiology quiz on wednesday. stay classy readers, kelly "kapowski"

v-day shme-day

valentine's shmalentine's. it is a stupid holdiay. honestly, i'm not trying to bluff and act like i don't like it just so that i seem tough and so that i won't get hurt if my sweet day of love isn't perfect. i just don't get the point really. if bart can't make me feel like i'm the most important thing in the world EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS EVER LOVING LIFE, then i don't want him to act like it one day out of the year. seriously people, i'm all about quality AND quantity. i want all of your attention, and all of your sweetness, every single day. not a whole bunch of semi-okay days and then a big-to-do some random day in february. i want your whole world to revolve around me every day. and i think i deserve that. i am, as you already know, the queen-supreme-commander of my (and your) universe. bart't birthday is the day before valentine's day...so we went to dinner at winger's with zack...mucho fun. we had a very nice waiter-man who gave me free asphalt pie, i loved him, and the pie...and i like spicy chicken fingers and potatoe skins...i am doing the homer simpson face where he thinks about bacon right now. i really like winger's. then we took maddi to my mom's house and hit up the holiday inn...to see the freaking sweet-arse-hil-hairy-ass hypnotist. this gentle man was very funny...and the 4 stooges that he hypnotized where entertaining as well. i especially like the "brother" as zack and bart referred to him. my best friend amber sutton got a broom for valentine's day...it has flying capabilities. i would like a broom, but not for valentine's day...just because i want a broom day would be nice. but that is a cool gift, the broom is sweet looking-no joke. maddi is on this new kick where she feels the need to point at random people in wal-mart, or anywhere really, and tell them "no, no." she told a woman in walmart yesterday "no, no" as she picked up a copy of "this is it, the michael jackson sob story extravaganza. i agreed with that "no, no." come on people. so i buy this toothpaste, well actually i didn't but it, i got it for free from work as a sample... and it eats my gums off. one hundred percent no exagerating ten minutes after i brush my teeth with this stuff i can run a qtip between my gums and teeth and pull out skin...LOTS OF SKIN. gross right? and it hurts my teeth like candy hurts my teeth. this crap might actually have sugar in it. who the heck puts sugar in tooth paste. it's not supposed to be sweet people...it's supposed to be minty. just like "it's not gum, YOU DON'T CHEW IT!" the picture of the tooth paste is at the top of the page because i am not tech savy and i don't have talene here to help me. and lately i have had to put maddi in button done pajamas with a onesie over them before putting her to bed at night. her new favorite thing to do is take off all of her clothes, and then shimmy out of her diaper, and jump around the crib naked...and then if she's feeling extra fiesty, she likes to pull up the bottom of the crib and pee. fan-freaking-tastic fun right? wrong. she also managed to get all of her clothes and diaper off yesterday and pee on bart's white carpet while i was trying to do the dishes. and she's never going to learn not to, because i can't help but laugh everytime she does it! bart does not laugh, however, he duct tapes on the diapers. and bart took us to burger king the other day. maddi put on her own crown...and ate about three packets of ketchup. i was getting kinda frustrated because i couldn't get her to eat anything else...but bart told her that just eating ketchup was okay, because it is made outta tomatoes and tomatoes are vegetables so he didn't know what i was complaining about. i told him that you can't let a toddler survive on just ketchup. people get their kids taken away for that. and i don't wanna be the next brittney spears...i like my hair and my dignity. and my boss, the wonderful and sweet dr. hanson, sent all of us girls at work flowers for the dumb holiday. he is seriously the nicest man ever...and his wife is sweet too! that's all for now. stay classy readers, kelly "kapowski"

birthdays, missions, and slug bugs

things have been going surprisingly well lately! yesterday was my 23rd birthday, and it was talene's birthday too. bart and maddi and i went up to their house on friday night and stayed until saturday afternoon. on saturday we went and ate at the mayan...food wasn't great, but the divers were pretty cool and i think the kiddies enjoyed it. i was also really REALLY happy that my brother daniel and sister katie came :) but i was disapointed that my brother shane and sister in law des didn't come :( good news: katie got a job!!! she starts thursday afternoon at payless. i am very proud of her and i told her that i no longer see her as a leech on society. on saturday on the way home from up north bart and maddi and i bought 3 parakeets...lol...their names are: penelope (female), rodrigo (male), and olive (female). they are just about the cutest things ever. i thought for sure i would hate them, but they are so stinkin sweet and fun to play with. maddi hates them (except for the occasional kiss she will bestow rodrigo...he's the most tame and gentle) and she screams bloody murder when they attempt to fly around the front room (their wings have been clipped so they can't really "fly"). she also begs bart to not open their cage when he goes to get them out. she tells him "no, no." penelope is lime green, rodrigo is whiteish blue, and olive is yellow. they are adorable :) daniel started his mission papers...i have to pinch myself everytime i say that to someone...i can't believe that daniel, big, goofy, mess-around, never can be serious, party all the time, CHANGED, daniel is going on a mission. he will make an awesome missionary. he loves the church, and people, so he will do just fine. he also is apply for summer jobs here and there. he is hoping to get the one at the air port here in town. i have my fingers crossed for him. i take my TEAS (nursing-health care related fields entrance exam) exam today...and i will also send in my nursing program application today. i am SO nervous. but things will be fine. whatever is supposed to happen will. so yesterday was the superbowl...i didn't watch much of it, but bart and maddi and i went to my dad's and the boys had steak and ribs and boy food and i made myself some noodles. i know bart and my dad get mad at me when i don't eat meat...and i'm not an animal lover by any means...i say kill em all...but i can't get over the fact that i'm eating muscle...especially after seeing the cadaver in anatomy class, and disecting a cat....i can't eat body parts. but the noodles i had were muy excellante...ha. and we had to hide the peanut m n m's from maddi, but she kept finding them last night and coming to show me the mouth fulls she had been able to sneak before any of us could catch her...she is a sneaky little sleuth bandit. she also LOVES to dance. she had herself a little dance party yesterday during the half time show. this is probably the longest post i've ever written, but a lot has been going on lately...we FINALLY found the internal converted for the dryer at bart's house...so i can finally dry clothes there instead of hanging everything up and over things...clothes turn out especially "crunchy" that way. i am in the process of looking for a "new-to-me" used car...and that is going not so swell due to the fact that i would really, really, really like a vw bug...and bart says absolutely not. he told me that he wouldn't ride with me in it...and my dad didn't help the situation by telling bart that people would think that bart was my gay friend and that we were going shopping every time someone passed us with him in the passanger seat. thanks a lot guys! i'll buy and drive what i want thank you very much. i secretly want a bug so i can instigate some intravehicular violence. i think i'd get a bumper sticker that said "go ahead and punch your neighbor, you're looking at a SLUG BUG!" lol...well i think that is all i have for you dedicated readers. stay classy, kelly "ka-POW-ski" (the POW is for the slug bug punch)

a different kind of child support

so lately i've been VERY stressed out. like seriously i think i am loosing hair and sleep, and getting mid afternoon headaches from all of the stress. i am loving school. school has been nothing but awesome. i am understanding what i never thought i would and getting much better grades that ever thought i could. i love being a mom. i like that maddi needs me to be there and needs my goodnight song and kisses and hugs and nose rubs. i love playing and squishing and molding playdough with her. i don't love, however, the stress i feel over money. diapers, wipes, kid's fever reducer, day care, gas getting to and from day care, dr. visits, FOOD, it all adds up. and trust me, i cut corners. if there is a way to save i do! i buy the cheapest diapers and wipes, i buy in bulk to save a buck, i completely cut out meat ( i buy canned tuna fish and chicken thighs...the are the cheapest cuts of meat...and maddi needs protein) and treats and extras in my groceries, i buy the crappy (no pun intended) toliet paper and i don't use paper towels anymore, i don't have cable, i don't drive ANYWHERE but to school-maddi's day care-work-and home, and i don't eat out anymore...or watch movies...or do much of anything. the saddest part about this whole situation is that maddi has another parent. i shouldn't be doing all of this on my own (with my measely two day a week pay check), but i am. i have no choice. and, heaven forbid, if i need to study for an hour for one of my classes i either pay for an hour of day care, or i beg and plead and try to barter with someone (the very un-reliable someones) in my family to watch maddi. i feel like they don't want to help...like they aren't proud of me for trying as hard as i am...single mom, working, going to school, and trying to find an hour here and there to study without having a little tiny voice scream "mommy" four thousand times and saving my small child from sure death with every passing second. i guess sleeping everyday until 2 or 3 in the afternoon takes priority over helping a family member (with the exception of daniel...he at least has a job and contributes to society.) i guess what i am asking for is a little help. i need it. i can't rely on maddi's dad for ANYTHING. he was supposed to have her last friday for 4 hours while i was in class, but of course, something came up and he couldn't. just like something always comes up when financial support and his children come into play. i wouldn't be so upset about the financial support (which is effing pathetic if you ask me...come freaking on...it's your child too douche canoe) if he offered to help with ANYTHING else. with watching her while i am in class or at work or while i need to study...or asking to see her ever. he doesn't ask to see her. how sad is that? actually, none of her family (even mine i'll admit) really asks to see her...if i bring her by once a month, or once year, they wouldn't notice the difference. the people i can rely on live hours away or they are at work all day...but when i need them they are always there, so i am thankful for them...and they know who they are. i am thankful for those people, they make my life a lot easier when they can. i know i shouldn't complain...but it's all adding up lately, and getting VERY old.

five finger death punch

yesterday as we were getting ready to leave bart's parent's house maddi took her pants and diaper off and tried to poty (just pee thank goodness) in the DOLL HOUSE TOILET!!!! it's like three inches tall and two inches wide. probably one of the funniest things i've ever seen in my life. she used to just try to sit on the doll house chairs and couches, and i thought that was funny...but this was MUCH funnier. and on the way home yesterday from bart's parent's house i heard a song by this semi-okay band with the COOLEST name ever. they were the FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH....which got me thinking...if i ever had a band i would call it the ALL INCUMBENT DIETY OF AWESOMENESS. and maddi threw up twice on the drive home last night, and again once we got home...needless to say, it was a pretty sleepless night. stay classy readers, kelly "kapowski"

spring semester

spring semester has started. i am taking anatomy and physiology. those are going well. we met our cadaver in class the other day, and i enjoy him as well. he was a 72 year old cook from new york...very healthy with almost no fat on this body. dr. c. has almost all the way disected him. i am excited, and a little bit aprehensive, to get to study with a real cadaver. maddi will start day care again this wednesday. she will go to miss michele's wednesdays and thursdays. my sister will watch her on monday and tuesday mornings. and maddi's dad will watch her on friday mornings. school is going very well. i really like my proffessor (he is freaking hil-harry-arse) and i like his style of teaching...so it's all good in the hood. i have all of my references for nursing taken care of...thank you to dr. k, dr. h, dr. h jr., and dr. m. i appreciate you guys and all that you've given to me and helped me with! bart has been playing city league basket ball on monday nights at the high school. maddi and i go to watch him play...maddi enjoys seeing her friends amaih and tager. maddi also enjoys seeing her dad at city league basket ball when he plays. this weekend we came up to see bart's family...and bring some furniture. we went to the high school basketball games last night and all maddi wanted was to take candy from a little boy that sat behind us. she also really likes to sing itsy bitsy spider lately. she loves the hand motions that go with the song. tonight we are going to the slcc and snow girls basket ball game...go sami! stay classy readers, kelly "kapowski"