happy valentines day!

Owen is so cute I can't stand it!
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my weekend, sucky suck time

I really meant to post this Sunday, I really did. Life happened.
First off, I am sick. My cold is now bronchitis and as seems to happen once every 5-6 years I am reasonably sure that it is turning into bronchial pnumonia. My ribs ache from coughing, I can't sleep cause I cough all night and I think I am buying Kleenex stock since I have gone through so much kleenex blowing my nose and hacking up green goop. Andrea said she will speak at my funeral, thanks babe.

Saturday I had my twins meeting in Appleton. We had a fantastic room at Grazie's Italian Grill. I had two Mimosas and a good lunch. Saturday night/afternoon Dale and I shopped, ate @ Outback, stayed in the hotel and watched Die Hard on AMC (I had never seen it before-true story). All is well & I got Baskins Robbins to bring home (only in WI is it -25 windchill and the ice cream store is packed).

Sunday its fucking cold, like -35 to -50 wind chills, The car is mad at being outside all night, it's cold, it sucks. So we start off to drive home....
Here is what the freeway looked like:

it's crap....I'm nervous. Dale decides to get off the freeway and take 164 outta Slinger home....several badly plowed, unreasonably drifty and slippry miles later:

we are in the ditch. As you can see we hit the ONLY fucking pole (with no signage or anything on it) for at least 4 miles. Causing 2k + worth of damage to the car. The nice policeman showed up and no less than 3 more cars went into the ditch while slowing down to pass our accident safely.

Sunday PM: Dale's tonsils look like puffy spotted golfballs....
Monday AM: Dale has strep throat and the car can't be fixed till March and will take at least a week.
Tuesday: I have had it.

On a better note: look at how cute my kid is:


happy valentines day all!

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i hope you did....

hopefully you did if you live in a super tuesday state, I hope you voted....I won't say who I hope you voted for (but I hope you didn't vote Huckabee or Romney...you can have anyone else but those two guys) but get out and vote people. Voting is fun.

I'm trying to decide which Dem I really would prefer. It's a hard call.

14 inches of snow expected overnight and tomorrow.

Fun.

Owen also ate some of Dale's aftershave gel. I had my 1st call to poison control (that was fun) He is OK and no biggie.
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florida sucks

im just not willing to live with cockroaches as a daily event

had a discussion with a client today about moving to and living in florida. basically retirees that have moved to florida follow the same vein "i will never live in the cold again, florida is the bomb, yo."

ok, florida totally fucking sucks, here's why:

1. cockroaches, they live there, they never die, you can't kill them, you can spray to get rid of them, they are a fact of life. No thanks (my client said "you get used to them" no fucking thank you!)

2. Its a big state, it takes forever to drive over it (see disasterous, yeah we just got in to the state...oh crap its gonna take 8 hours to get from here to naples, crap...)

3. Its fucking hot, all the g'damn time. Heat is awful.

4. It's filled with OLD ass people. Who drive slow, cause traffic jams, and are all the average age of 80. When I hit 80 just shoot me. I never want to be those people. The traffic is like the loop on chicago, all day, every day, all the time.

5. The state is a cesspool of all that is evil. Go to Fark.com see all the headlines with the florida tag: the grandma with cocaine in her bra? florida, City evicts sex offenders living under bridge because they couldn't find housing that wasn't 2500 feet away from schools: florida, losing kids in the foster system, florida, bad educational system: florida...the list goes on and on

6. disneyland. is-total-crap. and over priced and read a carl hiaasen and get the scoop.

7. Ricky Williams.

8. ONe of the most debtor friendly states "your mom called, she wants to enable you even more to be a drain on society."

9. trailer parks outnumber the cockroaches

10. hurricanes. you cant even get insured there.

man i hate florida.
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Chair

Chair.

well now I need an new novel title

so I get a email outta the blue today...which nerfs my memoirs' title all to hell

I heard you want to write a memoir about me? Mary Baumer or as I know
you May Poytinger. Well if you didn't guess it is Wayne Treep. What is
really funny is my wife knows you pretty well too, Rachel Treep
(Whitstone)? How have you been? I have been real busy but doing well...I
am currently a police officer for the City Of West Allis PD, for some
time now....I saw your blog (too funny :) ) about Bryan Roddy as
well. He married my cousin about a year ago and haven't talked to him
since, I believe he lives with her in Pleasant Prairie. Who are you
currently in touch with, if any, from elementary school?

I am making this short to hear back from you so I know I have the right
email address.

Talk to you later,

Wayne

"Never give up, Never stop trying!"

so hi to Wayne Treep, guy I went to elementary school with and havent seen in at least 15 years, if not more...Hi HI HI!

I think Im gonna have to call my memoir "what the hell ever happened to Kurt Williamson" now.
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wow

heath ledger?

wow, heard that heath ledger died today, possible overdose...that's a shocker... i think the 1st movie i saw him in was "a knights tale" totally campy and bad but i loved it all the same..... he wasnt half bad in brokeback mountain either... he leaves behind is 2 year old kid... pretty sad if ya ask me. thanks for all the messages about owen, yep he's fine. we are trying for dinner this thursday vs last thursday, perhaps I shall get some much needed wine and steak and lovin this week.....or not, im sure someone will puke thursday, thats just the way it is...anyone who says parenting is fun is on drugs. only 8 more months till the 1st day of school mary

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i have been living in filth which was heretofore unimaginable. today i went to kohls and bought a vaccum. Now we have 2 vac's in the house already the in house one (aka in the walls) which sucks for shit and the only way it will ever get better is if i spend a few grand to replace it (no thanks) and a rinky dinky yellow one which was like 40 bucks at target which works OK but is nothing special and has no attachments (so i can never really vac the stairs).

today i got a nice bissel hepa filter with a host of dodads and attachments for around 80 bucks (reg 130, on sale 99 + 15% off coupon). it cleans so well and sucks so strong that if you remember a few years ago when the girls decided to redecorate their room with dirt from their plant and i THOUGHT i cleaned the carpet of all the dirt; this vac actually stained the carpet anew by picking up the dirt my vacs could not from the carpet. each room filled up the extra large capacity dirt cup at least 2x...i moved all the beds, furnature, did the baseboards and now I am sitting here in misery from dust allergies with a GARBAGE BAG full of crap from my carpets. i was living with a full kitchen garbage bag of dirt on my floors.

my shitty bedroom carpet now actually appears to be nice carpet, because i have been able to clean my fucking carpet.

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sadness

im very sad. so i have been talking with Kara, who besides my cousin Paul (and actually prob. more than my cousin paul as i think he is only 21 or 22) has known me the longest out of all my friends on myspace (we went to kindergarden together and school up through 9th grade....) (oh except for jess but we dont talk) im glad she is on myspace and we have been playing the

"where are the people we went to elementary school with" game.

there are a few people who over the years I wonder where they are..
1. wayne treep, i was going to write a memior once and the title would be "where the hell is wayne treep?" wayne is a police officer in wisconsin..
2. bryan roddy, whereabouts-unknown.
3. tezra johnson...who was a girl who was picked on horribly when i was in school, had a very um interesting family life and basically was goth and emo before those things existed. I learned from kara that she died:

OGEMA

Tezra Foster

April 29, 1977 - Sept. 20, 2003

Tezra Je Ann Foster, 26, of Ogema, died as the result of an automobile accident in the town of Prentice on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003. She was born in Waukesha on April 29, 1977. She attended grade school in Waukesha and was a 1995 graduate of Tomahawk High School.

She was married to Troy Foster in the First Lutheran Church in Ogema on Aug. 1, 1998. She was employed by Norco Windows of Hawkins and tended bar at the Coach Tavern in Ogema. In her free time she enjoyed her family and friends and laughing with them, playing softball and bowling.

She is survived by her husband, Troy; one daughter, Tia Mary, and one son, Trey Alan, both living at home; her mother, Mary (Clem Jr.) Haring of Irma; her great-grandfather, Lawrence Paul Anzivino Sr. of Waukesha; and seven brothers and sisters, Dennis W. Ristau of Tomahawk, Joseph R. Ristau of Irma, Jerame L. Ristau of Irma, Keari Ann Webie of Tomahawk, Clem Haring III of Tomahawk and Gerry Haring and Forrest Haring, both of Merrill. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Jerry and Ruth Johnson, and by one brother, Daniel Jay Ristau.

and then this

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

Erika Ann Mortensen

June 22, 1977 - May 26, 2007

Erika Ann Mortensen, 29, took her final journey home with the angels Saturday, May 26, 2007. She courageously battled a brain tumor for the last year and a half.

Erika was born June 22, 1977, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and was raised in Wisconsin. She was a 1995 graduate of Waukesha West High School. Since 2001, she lived in Colorado.

Erika is survived by her son, Julian; parents, Cynthia Snell of Divide, Colo., and Sveinung Mortensen of Norway; stepfather, Kirk Plush of Divide; stepbrother, Jonathan Plush of Ohio; and many aunts, uncles and cousins, both in the United States and Norway.

The family would like to thank Odyssey Health Care, Joyce and Greg Plush, Nichole Rolain of Wisconsin, Jessy Ellefson of Colorado Springs, Colo., and their many friends for their support and love.

In lieu of flowers, please contribute to Julian's college fund.

this really bums me out.
thats two people that I know of from my elementary school (erica mortensen being the other who also died very young and left behind a young son) who are already dead and not of the "their fault" (drugs drinking etc..) variety. tezra died of a car crash and erica died of a brain tumor. Tezra was 26, erica 29.

sorry for the downer post, between this and owens 104.4 fever last night (and subsequent 98.6 temp this am) I am in a pretty wretched state.

thanks for the mad lib ryan and ashley. it helped.
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103 in the cold and blowing stuff up

today i get a panic call from daycare at 3pm saying that daycare was evacuated as the boiler blew up and the kids were now all back in the center but the doors are all open and the kids are sitting in coats and blankets and can i come get owen...sure i can...i call my dad arrange the "you come get my car + my kid, ill take your car to work" i go get owen, who is in a ball on the floor with his blanket and he is scared, crying, and very very hot...too hot for a cold building with winter coat and blanket....i tell my dad owen is scared (which he was) and maybe sick and rush back to work for an hour....

call my dad and owen is very lethargic and hot, asks me to come over with tylenol and soy milk and diapers, i rush home, throw on clothes for dinner (I was supposed to go to Mr Bs) grab stuff and get to my dads...

find owen on the couch, burning up and just crying very quietly and saying over and over "im sick, im sick, im sick."

i dose him with tylenol and my mom gets home, tells me to cancel dinner plans and take owen home, which i do..

his temp (or as he calls it "my butt 'wemperwure'") was 103.3...he is now lethargic on the floor, hot, drinking apple juice, eating 3 oyster crackers and watching darby and poohs xmas movie

i had uninspiried pizza for dinner (not steak and wine) and I am already exhausted knowing this will be a long night

parenting is hell.
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very big

i have dale's old monitar and it is so huge my desk now feels small...i also have dale's old keyboard and mouse, the kids now have dale's old computer, dale has a new computer (the cost of which i have turned a blind eye towards) and i think i have nothing new in mine...

i got a manicure tonight, my nailpolish is called "aphrodite's little pink nighty." its pink. and my nails are hot.

sorry work is irritating for ryan. my work is slowwwwwwww. sloooowwwwww. im done with my work by 9am and spend the next 7 hours internet surfing, looking at my ipod and drinking tea

on a good note, we have a packed weekend...should be fun

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MILD WITH A CHANCE OF ICICLES

Its pretty warm out today, everything is melting. dale is busy entering line ups on our ff site. i am busy letting my hair dry...the kids are watching bunnytown. today is run around the city and do crap day...library day...mum's house day...groc. store you know that fun fun married with kids life i have. tonite is my work xmas party which i organized @ ellen's....im nervous about it going OK...its an open bar though so, hooray!

last nite we went to the wave game....i cant say i really dislike indoor soccer. but i can say i prob. wont buy tickets again (we won 2 for free) the kids seemed bored, the seats were not comfy and i missed 1/2 the goals but we got some mini soccer balls so all is good
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taking stock

for non agressivly guilting me into reflecting on this year..

I dont know if i can do a month by month recap of 2007 like andrea, or be as verbose as my main man ryan, but here goes

In January Dale won the trip to the Colts vs. Bears superbowl in Miami Fl

Mya made the front page of the local paper (the freeman) and by front page I mean THE WHOLE page (over the folds)


February 2007 brought my five year wedding anniversary with Dale (02/02/02), we had always planned on doing Vegas (since we have never been), but we went to the superbowl instead...

I guess its the theme of the year for me "plans change."

That being said, I think the last 5 (almost 6 years) years of being Mrs. Dale Baumer have been more happy than they have been sad, and I am very thankful for Dale and for the kids his sperm has wroght. I am also sad that we don't get to see this guy as much as we want to. But once Owen potty trains himself, we are going to texas to have him meet his "fairy" godfather.

Feb also brought Dale and I to DC to watch Bryce get married for the 2nd time (also in Feb (again)) to a MUCH better lady, Carla.

bryce is my oldest friend. we rarely talk, we rarely see each other, but when we do meet up we are like peas and carrots again and its like no time has passed. Plus dale and I had our first visit to DC. DC is pretty cool, cold, but cool


Spring was kind of a blur, I'm sorry that I can't think of much that happened (to me anyways) I know I had some long phone calls with people down in Atlanta and at least one memorable dinner with this lady:
in which i totally forgot to pay and then was really embarassed afterwards. But I think I made it up to her by buying at the Chancery (home of the best Bloody Me's ever. mmmmm bloody me's.....) Somehow I am the queen of being friends with my friends Ex's....Vanessa (ex of Matt and now our son's godmother, Renee LONG ago Ex of Mark, she was in our wedding, and Andrea Ex of Ryan who is my best friend and I like her pretty much too)....

Summer brought a visit from this guy

no wait, thats not ryan, those are turkeys, my bad!

here he is, Ryan or as I like to call him in my brain when I think of him: my brother by another mother as I am his sister by another mister, my long lost twin, yin to my yang, best friend, soul mate (in a totally non sexualized way) and all around good guy (when he is not an asshole) and the best toy my kids could have (or jokingly , the mostly mexican version of "The Toy") Mr. Bear:

Please come visit soon, my couch and or floor is always open for you.

Summer also brought gifts from Mike in Japan


it took us up to Door County for a yearly family reunion and the girls turned 4 (holy crap, 4...)



we went to endless (and winning even!) Brewers games
and fairs (sometimes with ryan, sometimes not)


and then something interesting happened.
I got bangs!

no i'm kidding (well i did get bangs, but its not really interesting)


I lost my job. It was shocking, but not unexpected since I really hated working there from day one (actually from 45 minutes on day one), but I did have some good things happen there, I met my best friend, I have met other good friends (sally sue, carrie, nate, 'MoTom) and my experiences there (and the experience) helped me land my new job @ smith barney. This may be the best job I have had in years (since GE). I missed corporate (big) america.

Dale also got a new job (we started our new ones on the same day) and he loves it and they love him. I think my job loves me...I have nice bosses, a window, a big big desk and benefits to kill for (*please dont kill me)


this fall also my cousin matt married Kate. The girls were flower girls

they spent most of the night before throwing up or pooping all over the hotel room. I don't think ive ever spent a more miserable 24 hours. but kate is beautiful and wonderful and I am happy she is in our family!

the girls are too (even if they love paul more)
(you cant tell it here, but I'm exausted, stressed, about to collapse from exaustion and overwhelmed)


the girls did well, didnt puke on kate and had fun after the ceremony


fall passed into winter and winter in wisconsin means this crap

38 inches and counting of this crap.

i turned 31. dale turned 33.
dale's grandmother ginny passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly. she was 85, lived at her own home alone till the moment she died and was a wonderful and giving person. we are now down to one grandparent left...thankfully it seems grandma dorothy is doing OK....

then we moved to the end of the line..
december means christmas and christmas means family

it also means (and ryan I think your gift is lost in the mail...freaking post office)
my son.

owen turns 3 tomrorow. this time 3 years ago I was mentally committing myself to getting this baby out of me in time for my tax deduction.....Owen was born at 12:17am on 12-31-04. I am nothing, if not, committed to getting what I want when I want it.

I'm thankful for all the friends I have, all the old friends I now have reconnected with, and the family.

I have no goals or resolutions for 2008, I hope the coming year passes safely and quietly. The girls start school, I hope owen potty trains, I want to visit ATL and DAL.

I hope your new years eve is wonderful and fun. I'll be at chuck e cheese celebrating and eating pizza.

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me and andrea at the mall

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its been a week of highs and lows
highs christmas
lows christmas
highs, talking to dan and dylan on the phone (i love you guys)
lows, thinking about people i USED to be friends with
highs, kiera and her grandparents and uncle came to dinner tonight, pizza and tackling grampy bob
lows, taking my car to the shop for 400.00 worth of work which turned into 2500.00 and i cant have my car till monday night so we are homebound this weekend.
highs: new books
lows, owen has a black eye from mya or grampy bob, i dunno which
lows: robins cat (s?) pooped and peed in her bed while on vacation and so she had to replace her mattress
which isnt a low for me, but at least someone else had a crappy thing happen to them so i know at least its not me.

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thanks kate!

this is one of the pics from kate's wedding in oct...
the girls look awesome
thanks kate love!

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happy christmas

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please, can’t we NOT have Darwin-ism? since darwinism doesnt exist (as our lovely misguided uber christian bible literalists would have us believe) could you please help me understand the Spears family (drunk dad Jaime, useless waste of space mom Lynn, beyond dispicable daughter Britney and now knocked up by her 19 year old boyfriend, 16 year old JaimieLynn Spears) would not have ever been in existance because those parents (the aforementioned Jaimie and Lynn). please dear creationist friends, this is what thou hath wroght. STUPID PEOPLE CAN (and do) BREED. which i guess is OK since they are breeding a plethora of stupid children (see britney the train wreck and JaimieLynn the 16 year old douche that doesnt have the sense god gave a rock to have her rapist (by law) boyfriend wrap his prick and get herself the depoprovera shot) and its OK since she is rich and decided not to have an abortion (which seriously, if that was my family history i would think seriously about bringing a child into that hot mess...wait, i'd fucking have used birth control in the first place)

ah darwin, you bastard, proving that stupid people can evolve and breed because there is no predators above us to eat the fucking retarded white trash like the entire spears family. where are the t-rex's when you need them.

i'm irritated, i'm crampy, i'd like to kick a wall

on the plus side i think dale got me jewelery for christmas. i like shiny sparkies.
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i hate christmas

at the rate we are going ill be done with christmas sometime in february. my parents dont want to do christmas if we open gifts with the kids on that same day, my sister in law is a nurse who works 12 hr shifts and its hard to do christmas where she wouldnt be working that night (and I dont want her to NOT sleep just to open gifts!) i have 3 christmas parties to attend, 4 relative parties to attend and i just am so done with it already.
bah

and my husband doesnt know what to get me because i want "everything' so unless a miracle happens, i wont get anything for myself that i dont buy myself .

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Winter