Coffee Talk With The Queen

Nice to see you here.

Grab a cup of coffee or spot of tea using my English accent while saying it in my head and join me for Coffee Talk she said with her Brooklyn accent with the QUEEN which is Moi.

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Average Joe is still at home after his knee surgery with me all day-all night-all week. I wouldn't say he's cramping my style. Alright I would.....actually I feel like screaming: "I LOVE YOU AJ, BUT YOU ARE CRAMPING MY STYLE!"

He goes to physiotherapy twice a week so I get 40 MINUTES of ALONE TIME......40 STINKIN' MINUTES of quiet house.

It took me a while to get used to single parenting loving the bad cop gig and marriage weekend romance when he was working and on the road.

AJ's been home since June with a busted knee no, I didn't bust his knee cap and I can't wait for him to get better and be out in the working world again.

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Then there is my darling annoying Hormone Boy. Still rebelling, still thinking he's smarter then us. Still fudging his blood glucose numbers in his insulin pump (sometimes having ubersmart kid is hell).

Well, last night Average Joe had enough. He exploded after plugging HB's pump stats into his laptop so he can check his blood testings and carb intake for the day . I almost who am I kidding - NOT felt bad for HB.....his ass was grass.

"Do you think I', stupid? So, do you PUNK?" (It was little more civilized then that)

The bottom line is HB's life is over as we know it for time being. No computer, no iPod, no outside, NO FUN. There was talk of taking away his BOOKS if the moral doesn't improve.

The worst thing you can do to HB is take away his books. He lives to read.

The good part of it is that I got to be the GOOD COP and I actually got a very tight hug.

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Enough of my family drama. Hey, someone should make a reality show of my life since we all know how much I love them.

So have you heard the newest buzz about Randy Quaid and his wife Evi? I think they are little bit crazy, whacko coo coo for Cocoa Puff. The crazy couple is seeking asylum in Canada.

Why do you ask? Apparently they fear for their lives and they believe that they are next on the death list of Hollywood celebrities being killed by HOLLYWOOD STAR WHACKERS.

The same organization that they believe killed Heath Ledger and David Carradine.

Yesterday the Quaid's were released from Vancouver jail after being arrested over allegations that they squatted in their former California home.

They showed their release on the morning news. Evi was skipping down the sidewalk like a little giddy school girl without a worry. I guess she just found out that her father was Canadian so she's allowed to stay. Randy will have to go through the proper channels.

Just a thought? If the Hollywood Star Whackers are after them what would prevent them from coming to Canada since the Quaid's are not very INCOGNITO?

I know.....maybe the whackers are too cheap to get passports. That must be it. I cracked the case.

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....and how about the achy breaky heart Billy Ray Cyrus getting a divorce? That should be interesting.... I can see another train wreck coming into the tabloids. Hang on it will be a bumpy ride.

This is all I have for today's COFFEE TALK (still Brooklyn accent) and AJ is back from his physio.

Random Thought Of Moi

I've been ignoring neglecting this little blog of mine. I know it....you know it...they know it.....everybody knows it.

I have been busy working on my Daily Organized Chaos site. I lost all of my followers when I changed the URL so now I am begging asking all of my followers and friends come back and re-follow.Do check it out. It's a great site and I worked very hard on it.

On the home front things are looking pretty hairy never mind my legs these days. Hormone Boy is a teenager and as all please, tell me it's true teenagers he's rebelling. I could handle little rebelling, but he's a teenager with diabetes and the rebelling is against his disease. Apparently he decided that he no longer needs to check his blood glucose levels......wait, it gets better.....he also decided he no longer require insulin.

This child is killing me slowly. I am at the end of my rope. His nurse told me that they all go through it and sooner or later he will come back to reality. I sure hope it's sooner then later.The worst part of it is that I was told just to sit back and watch him crush quietly. I am not allowed to keep checking on him constantly and reminding him because right now it's NAGGING to him and he will resent me for that.

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So here I am quietly I am taking it out on others watching my child to feel like crap because he has something to prove. Does it sounds as stupid to you as it does to me? Oh,well.....

Today, is my first parent-teacher interview in high school. I don't even want to know what they are going to tell me. If he's rebelling with his diabetes what are the odds he's rebelling with school work? Pretty stinking high!

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Halloween is coming.....not a fan at all, but others around me are.My best friend's hubs was born on Halloween and my hubs best friend was married on Halloween.....did you get that?

Did you know that in some cities in the U.S. it's illegal for children 12 and older to TRICK or TREAT? I wrote and article about it. Just in case you wanna know more.

On a happy note......hubs had a successful knee surgery and is recovering well. He is spending his time bothering me between physio and finishing the LAST ROOM in our new home. Yes, you heard it here first. The Average Abode is nearly completed it took only 3 years and there will be one all bets are off kick-ass Housewarming Party.

I know what you're going to ask and YES, you are all invited!

Oh, I forgot to give you the date and the address? Silly me, imagine that.....the party will be on

Anyway, I need to go do some baking today. I came up with a new recipe for Apple Cookies so I want to try it. It sounds delicious on a paper, but we'll see how fast they'll disappear from the plate.

I will be back tomorrow and I promise I will be in better spirits or full of them whichever works.

P.S. I am running a promotion for Environmentally Friendly Re-Usable Baby Food Containers so all of you Green moms out there check it out and save 20% till end of October using a promo code from my site.

Reality Shows Are Not For Me

Let me just start by saying: "I am not a Reality TV fan".

I will watch some random episodes of different reality shows when there is ABSOLUTELY nothing else on TV and I am too lazy to do anything productive.

I know people who live for REALITY TV and completely lose touch with their reality. I just don't get that.

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The biggest problem I have with most reality TV is that lots of arrogant, untalented and no class people became STARS by appearing on NONREALITY shows.

There is no skills, no hard work, no education, no intelligence just willingness to show the world how screwed up you really are and how dysfunctional your family really is..... for the the right price.

Another problem is with how much reality we really see. Is reality really reality?

Most of the people appearing on these shows admit afterward when it all comes tumbling down that what we saw wasn't really REALITY. I say: "If it's reality lets see it".

If reality shows Jon&Kate,Little People,Bachelor, The Apprentice, Real Wives of.... teach us anything is that:

• reality shows destroy people's lives
• reality shows break-up marriages and friendships
• reality shows bring out the worst in people in a name of ratings

That's just the tip of the iceberg......

Watching reality show is almost like watching a train wreck. You know it's coming and there is nothing anyone could do to stop it.

So many people get hurt everyday because some money and stardom hungry dumb ass they are related to decides to get famous. I am just hoping I am not related to one of them.

(Writer's note: Embarrassing my family on my blog doesn't count, does it? I didn't think so.)

So as you can tell I am not a fan.

Lately I have been feeling under the weather and there was nothing on TV so I caught few episodes of few reality shows.

While waiting for my favorite show Castle yummy Nathan Fillion show I caught the end of Dancing With The Stars.

Now, did I miss anything? No offence, but since when is Bristol Palin a STAR? Did the producers run out of actual stars?

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I know her as an unwed teenage mother and a daughter of a politician who ran for office and lost badly. Then I heard about her through her family and her baby's teenage daddy airing lots of dirty laundry through any means possible.

Don't get me wrong. I don't have any problems with Bristol. I don't know or care to know Bristol. She is probably nice enough girl and hopefully good mother, but she isn't a STAR.

Lets leave poor Bristol for a second. How about the Sister Wives?

Kody Brown is a polygamist who had three wives, but that wasn't enough.

He married his first wife 20 years ago, second wife 17 years ago and third wife 16 years ago. He is a biological father to 13 children.

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Now, most men when they hit mid-life crisis get a sports car, change their job or try to act younger.

Men in polygamist relationship get a younger model new wife to add to their collection.

I watched how Kody was "courting" his new fiance (single mother with 3 kids) while one of his wives told the other ones: "I am happy for him. He deserves to get a trophy wife."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! Do you consider yourself and the other two to be chopped liver?

I watched Kody with the help of the entire family move "the trophy wife to be" and her kids one block away from their home after getting engaged since she lived 4 hours away. All I could think about was how her 10 year old son with Asperger's syndrome will cope with such a major changes in his life.

I watched the other three wives getting jealous and upset as the fiance was getting equal "night time" with him.

Apparently, she didn't deserve to have him every fourth night until they are married and she lives under the same roof with them.

I watched them getting married and have 200 people reception which caused more jealousy since the other wives had simple home ceremonies.

One wife walked out from their "little couch session" when she found out that he actually picked out the wedding gown. According to her he didn't give a damn what the rest of them were wearing on their wedding day.

Honestly, I couldn't watch anymore. They pretend to be one happy family and this is what they all want, but seriously I didn't buy it.

The first three wives seem like best friends who just happen to be sharing a man kinda creepy and I actually like them. They were funny, spunky, sarcastic.

The trophy wife I didn't care for. She will have a heck of a time to fit in that little circle and she sure uses her new car smell to get more then the others.

Kody is an idiot with constantly saying and doing the wrong thing. He truly is. My teenage son is more mature then this "grown" manchild with 4 wives and 16 children. He reminds me of Tom Cruise when he was jumping up and down on Oprah's couch.

I have a feeling this will be one giant train wreck that I don't want to watch......ONE BIG MISERABLE HAPPY FAMILY.

If Today Was Your Last Day....

"If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past?
Donate every dime you had, if today was your last day?
What if, What if, if today was your last day?"
Nickleback
Something to think about ....what if?

So go out there and live with passion. Live like today is YOUR last day.

I know I will try!

Be yourself and don't care what others think. JUST LIVE!

I am Not Smarter Then an 8th Grader

                                
                                      What was I thinking?

I am not sure, but lets blame it on the luck of  ability, knowledge,skills caffeine that morning. 

Few months ago I decided to change my Guide For Busy Moms website into more family friendly site to be used by majority of people not just moms.

Finally, yesterday morning I made a final decision on the new name and I purchased my new domain name.

I booked an appointment told him to be there or else  with my skilled teenage web technician Hormone Boy for this weekend. He was hired paid with food and shelter to do the switch for me.

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Did I wait, you ask? I am pretty sure you know the answer to that......NO!

After not having my usual morning cup of coffee due to issues I don't care to discuss right now nasty post coming I went to my office and then it happened.

I got overconfident, arrogant and thinking that I can do it.

It's nothing to it. Just click here, click there, change this and it should work.....in my dream world....not my reality.

In my defence I kind of explained  my stupidity computer skills and my steps I was planning to take to the live support guy from my website host. He agreed....it should work........

So what went wrong?

EVERYTHING!!!

I lost it all! I lost my old site. I lost my new site. I couldn't enter my dashboard on Wordpress to switch it all back.

I should have waited.I should have listen to my child. I should have started NEW site and export it later.

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After 5 hours ripping my hair out and swearing of anguish I decided to reach out for more live support. This time it was a girl. She understood me. She didn't judge. She was speaking my don't have a clue what I am doing language. 

I was looking into complete restore....till

One hour later she had an idea and went to check something. Then she typed these words : MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Go check it out now!

I typed: SHUT THE FRONT DOOR. I LOVE YOU. YOU ROCK!!!!

The nightmare ended and I have a new site with a new name: Daily Organized Chaos

It still needs tweeking and fixing, but it's running. Wherever you are Cynthia from HostGator not the other dude......YOU ROCK!!!

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!!! (unless you have Cynthia to bail you out)

Follow Friday 40 and over....

Having issued with growing older? If you do just visit Java @ Never Growing Old and get new prospective on aging.

Not only her blog is funny and encouraging she also hosts Friday Follow blog hop for bloggers over the age of 40.

If you are over 40 and looking for same age bloggers to connect with you came to the right place.



The RULES are very simple!

1. Grab the button
2. Add your link to the list
3. Visit as many other blogs as you can
4. Follow the ones you like (and comment on their blog to say that you are following)

That's all. Just join in, have fun and connect with fellow bloggers.

WW - They Never Stopped Believing

Most of us have been following the story of 33 Chilean miners trapped under half a mile of rock inside a mine for last 69 days.

Nobody knew if any of these men will survive or if they ever will see their families again.

Last night the miracle they've been waiting for finally happened. The miner were being rescued one by one with the help of a special elevator capsule inside a drilled tunnel.

My family and I watched as the first miner made it to the surface. The tears of joy, the emotions and the energy of the miner and his family.

Today for Wordless Wednesday I decided to share with you the first rescue.





His little boy is standing there so cool and collected till the second he sees the capsule coming out with his father in it. Truly unbelievable moment.

As I write this 14th miner is being rescued and every and each rescue is as emotional as the first one.

I just watched 13th miner to come out. His little boy couldn't wait and had to run and kiss his dad while still in the capsule. Once the miner got out he wouldn't let go of his 6 months pregnant wife and his little boy.

These brave men NEVER lost faith. The prayed and believed in GOD every second down there. They never gave up hope and they never stopped BELIEVING!

Today I am joining Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes For Mom, A Lot Of Loves, Parenting By Dummies , Supermom and Go Graham Go

Mother Of The Year She's Not

Last week Average Joe and I decided to attend Salmon Feast at Little Peanut's school.

As many of you know LP attends Native School despite of not being Native due to smaller classes, better education and lots of other perks that only private schools offer.

One of the perks is yearly Salmon Feast when everyone is invited to a delicious Salmon lunch and little performance by all the children.

We arrived at the school gym. We found great seats right in front of the stage and were ready to enjoy the performance.


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Half way through the performance one kindergarden boy decided to leave his class and sit with his mom. Nothing wrong with that.....

....except his mom was sitting right beside us and I discovered that she was one of those PASSIVE parents we all so love and admire.

In the middle of the performance the little boy asked his mother to get him something or go somewhere with him (not sure of that).

His request was met with absolute ignorance.


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After repeating his request the waterworks started accompanied by loud squealing.

Still nothing....mother didn't even move a muscle.

People and teachers started looking her direction as the squealing turned to screaming. Yes, while the other children were singing their hearts out.

Just so you know, this is happening right beside me. I am ready to grab the child and carry him outside while slapping some senses into this ignorant mother.

Since she was ignoring his screams and pretended to watch the performance (the only one in the whole gym at this point) the little child took it one step further.

He started biting her arm. I mean Dracula biting. This was met with: "Stop that!" and continuing to watch the concert.

At this point I turned to AJ and very loudly informed him : " This is getting ridiculous. This woman is letting her bratty and disrespectful child to ruin the performance for everybody. The kid is biting her while screaming and she keeps sitting on her ass pretending not to hear it."

The mother in question kept sitting . Didn't even move a muscle. At this point the kid added kicking her while biting and screaming: "This is going to take forever! I want to go and get my bag! Get me out of here! This is never going to end!"


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Yes, the mother of the year sat there till the end. At this point other people tried to talk directly to her child asking him to quiet down since she was enjoying the singing (at least one person was).

After the concert she stood up like nothing happened. Walked over to the buffet table and loaded up on salmon while everybody was whispering about her.

Honestly, you must admire (not) this woman. She must have heart of stone and cold blood running through her veins. She knows what she's doing.....she's just trying to eliminate the STRESS out of her life by ignored everything and everyone around her.

I bet it takes a special person to have those skills. Are you jealous?

All the way home I kept thinking what will become of this 5 year old boy? I see makings of a school yard bully and it makes me sad and mad at the same time.




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PLEASE, help me to decide a new name for my Family Oriented Website that is under construction. CLICK HERE to see the top 5 choices and vote.....PLEASE!!!





Follow Me Back Tuesday hosted by Survey Junkie,Little Yaya's, Review Retreat and Boobies,BabiesAndABlog

Queen Needs Your Help!

Last few weeks I spent trying to figure out a new name for my family oriented website known as Guide For Busy Moms.

I decided to change it as I want this website be used by any family member looking for recipes, travel tips, product reviews and other helpful articles concerning an average family not just MOMS.

I started with 20 names and with help of my family I narrowed it down to top 5 choices.

I need your help to decided the ULTIMATE new name for my website.

#1 TodaysFamilyLife.com

#2 JustAverageFamily.com

#3 DailyOrganizedChaos.com

#4 FamilyBitsAndBites.com

#5 LovingThisChaos.com


Please, please,please.....help me decide.

October Is The Month To Wear Pink

October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
This is the time to wear your pink ribbons in memory, support and honor of the loved ones you lost, the ones that are fighting or the ones that survived this horrible disease.

I am a big supporter of Breast Cancer. My mother-in-law a wonderful woman named Jeannie Ciccone Bailey died of this awful disease over 20 years ago.

I never met my mother-in-law, but I feel very close to her. She was a wonderful mother, wife, friend, sister and a daughter. I know she was loved and is missed everyday. Every time anybody mentions her name people eyes light up and they are so excited to talk about her and the memories of her.

I wish I had a chance to meet this remarkable woman who touched so many lives in such a short time. Few people told me that I remind them of her and you wouldn't believe what an honor that is.

Jeannie never had the chance to see her baby boy to get married. Never had the chance to spoil her grandbabies. Never had the chance to travel the world with her husband after retirement. Her candle burned out before she was able to reach the best time of her life.

Even thou my boys never met grandma Jeannie she lives inside of them. They look at her pictures, ask questions. They miss her without ever meeting her.

Hormone Boy Having an Emotional Moment by grandma's Candle


My husband still can't talk about his mom without teary eyes. He misses her so much. She would be so proud of the great man he became. She would be so proud of what a great husband and a father he is.

In honor of grandma Jeannie who died of Breast Cancer and in honor of my friend Barb who died of Melanoma my family and friends participate every year in Relay For Life a 12-hour vigil to end cancer.

My family and friends doing our little part trying to end cancer


So this month I will wear pink in support of anybody who was touched by Breast Cancer. Won't you join me?



Wear pink, join walk, run, buy something with Pink Ribbon on it or just donate. Any little bit helps.

More Inspiration

We Finally Made It To LEGOLAND - WW

For years I've been promising my children visit to Legoland.

Every time we are in California they hear the same old song: "For sure, next time".

Well, I finally made good on my promise and next was two weeks ago. I think I should have done it earlier for Hormone Boy since there is not much for 13 year old in Legoland, but they still had fun.


We Made It


Hormone Boy already crossed over to the dark side


Giant Bionicle - Every Boys Dream


I know, I know.....I waited too long


According to LP this ride looked better in theory


Today I am joining Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes For Mom, A Lot Of Loves, Parenting By Dummies , Supermom and Go Graham Go



It's been a long time, but I am also joining my fellow Canadians in Follow Me, I am Canadian Wednesday.

Clampetts Go To Maui & The Southwest Diet

Yesterday I promised you to share little bit of our two weeks vacation with you.

Our vacation was fun, but of course wherever I go trouble follows (maybe it's just me).

This year my best friend and her family (hubs + 3 girls ages 2-14-16) joined us on our family vacation. Since this was their first time and we are trying to live within our means the trip took much more planning and tighter budget.

Our airline of choice was the Southwest Airlines (I see some of you rolling your eyes). Yes, they don't have the best customer service feedback, but the check-in luggage is STILL FREE.



First, let me tell you that the 2 free luggage allowance per person sure took on a new meaning with our group.

As I mentioned my friend's family doesn't travel a lot therefore they do not own big luggage.

We live 4 hours from the airport so we took advantage of reverse Park n' Fly at the Airport Ramada.

I wasn't paying much attention to the luggage situation as we were getting into the shuttle.

At the airport we unloaded our few bags and proceeded to the check-in.

I was ready to go and then I noticed my friend's family......still trying to carry all of their million little bags. The second I saw them Jeff Foxworthy and Clampetts Go To Maui popped into my head.

As I was trying to make fun (and help of course) of my stressed out best friend Karma bit me in the arse.

Our passports were left inside our parked car at the Ramada. Yes, I was not impressed and of course it wasn't my fault (it never is).

Luckily, we still had enough time and my wonderful Average Joe and his busted knee (AJ) took care of it for me.

Minutes later we were ready to enter the SECURITY. Don't get me wrong I appreciate and understand why it is so strict (flying on September 11th didn't help the matter).

Every adult was flying through security quickly, but Hormone Boy wearing his insulin pump was pulled in for a special screening. Once that was done his carry on luggage containing all of his supplies and snacks had to go through another special screening.

It took forever as they were checking every granola bar, sugar pills, juice boxes, medical supplies. I don't think there was anything in that stuffed bag they didn't touch and examined.

I was so thankful that Hormone Boy is one of those kids who are cool under pressure and doesn't really care.

While Hormone Boy was getting his screening done my friend's 16 year old daughter was going through her very first airport security check (her first flight). Of course, being 16 she has this sarcastic thing and smart-arse thing going on right now.

As she was going through security she was trying to crack sarcastic jokes about the screening procedures and the security agents.

I was praying so hard for the agents not the hear it and let her go. I think my BF had the same plan as we both had visions of being detained at the airport security and missing our flight.

We couldn't get her out of there fast enough.

Finally, our family circus reached the boarding gate. It was time to board the plane.

Southwest Airlines boarding is different. There is no assigned seats. It is first come first serve kind of thing and your chances of getting a good seat and together (9 of us) depends on your boarding group.

Since I flew Southwest with AJ few years ago and I promised myself never again (due to their boarding procedures reminded me of hoarding cattle) I knew the drill therefore we took the option of buying Early Check-In for $10 per person. If you ask me $90 was a small price for sitting together with our children.

Finally, plane took off and we are ALL on it (hoping the same for the mountains of our luggage).

It's time for in-flight refreshment service - peanuts, pretzels and a soft drink.

At this point tiny bag of pretzels and even tinier bag of peanuts sounds good.




First flight attendant comes from the front and is handing out the little bags. Second flight attendant comes from the back and is handing out the little bags as well.

I am sitting with AJ who is 6'4" and 300lbs and Little Peanut. In front of me is my BF with her hubs and baby girl. Behind us are sitting our 3 teenagers.

Guess what? EVERYBODY got their damn peanuts, but AJ, LP and myself. Both flight attendants totally missed us!!!




Hello!!! How can you miss AJ? You both pumped into him every time you walked by.

You wanna know the best part? Our teenagers received doubles.

Sorry, that's not the best part.

We had connecting flight and guess what? The three of us sat in different seats and in front of my BF this time and we were the only 3 people on the entire flight who got SKIPPED AGAIN when serving tiny peanuts. AJ named it The Southwest Diet.

I am sure the flight attendants didn't do it on purpose. They were to preoccupied by practicing their little song medley they performed just before landing. The moral of the song: "We know you can't afford to fly with better airlines so don't complain and thanks for choosing us. We're sure we'll see you again".

From Misery To Happiness Is No Longer

I just wanted all of you to know that my From Misery To Happiness blog is a history as of this morning and The Queen Of Average took over the kingdom.

I have a new address, new design and of course a new button.

It still will be me. I still will write about stuff that matters to me and about stuff that bugs crap out of me.

The players in my game of life will remain the same except Mr.Misery became Average Joe (due to his constant pleading).

I will resume my regular posting and blog hopping tomorrow. I can't wait to share with you my two week vacation adventure.

Let's just say: "Disneyland ain't the happiest place on earth" and more.

See you all in the morning. Bright and early. I'll put on a pot of coffee and you brings the croissants.