Honey, Boo Boo. Yes, I am going there!

At the risk of offending people, I am coming out of the Boo Boo closet. I do watch this show, and I am going to tell you why. I am listing these in no specific order.
* This family is tighter than a gnats butt. They are ALWAYS together. They drive each other crazy but they will be going to that crazy house together.
* June, keeps her house CLEAN. It is a very modest little house, literally RIGHTON the railroad tracks. The network their show is on offered them a larger house, but the family refused it, because they live THERE. That is their house and they are happy there. I respect that.
* June also banked all but what was needed to buy a used SUV from the money that Alana was paid last year. How many child TV personalities can say that?
* Even though Alana is in pageants, and does win sometimes, their mother pushes the "true beauty is on the inside" line of thought. This was proved when the oldest daughter gave birth to a daughter with an extra thumb, an admittedly minor birth defect, but about which June stated, "Every baby is born with something special, and this is hers!". Good attitude, and her kids followed suit.
* June clips coupons to make "Sugar Bear"'s income go farther. And they clip and shop as a family.
* They know they are funny. They know what people are laughing at. They are not stupid. Kind of ignorant at times, but even then, they KNOW that they don't know, and make that funny. Who hasn't laughed at somebody who farted? Or stepped in dog poop? This is LIFE. THIS is the reality show.

All that being said, the older girls are a little rude sometimes, (what teen isn't), and I think June maybe takes Sugar Bear for granted. But every family has their crap. Compared to some "reality" TV family/ shows, I will take Honey Boo Boo and her family over any of the others. That's real.

2013 Howdy!

Wow. 2013. I will say it probably came in with a snore since I was totally asleep at midnight. I worked all day yesterday, and had to be back at work at 6 am today. Ray and I have not spent many New Years Eve's together since we began our law enforcement careers, one of us was almost always working, so it has just not been that big a deal for me. Sleeping in a house where NO ONE else was home? Now that was something worth celebrating! At least for a little bit, lol.

So, 2012. Bleh. Regular stuff. Nothing to major, one way or the other. Lost a friend. Gained some career milestones. Needed money. Paid some bills. Kids got in a wreck (all ok). Family moved back. I would say most things evened themselves out. I am thankful for all of it, because the crappy teaches you to appreciate the good.

This year I will be facing Amanda's high school graduation and leaving for college. I am excited. No, really. I am. Stop looking at me like that. She has gotten her first acceptance letter, and nobody even cried. Other than that, I expect this year to roll along like the others. HOWEVER. I know as well as anyone that God has a sense of humor. So whenever he sees fit to throw a wrench into my life, I will roll with it and smile.

Resolutions: as ever, weight/health. No comment necessary. I plan to blog more. Every two months is too much? Get over it! Tithe consistently. Poor planning on our part. Along with this, better financial control in general. A few more that I will keep to myself.

I will say this about resolutions, I have made them in the past, and kept one specifically for a year, concerning visiting someone, and it was an awesome feeling of accomplishment. And as an addition, I will visit Jason every month. Count on it.

Happy New Year. ;)