Who You’ll Meet Here

I am the Momma Lady, who sometimes refers to herself in the Royal “We” and as the Queen of Everything. But around here, it’ll just be me or I.  I was born in June, 1969 and love to celebrate my birthday.  It is the only day we get to celebrate the fact that we exist, so live it to the fullest– at least for the day.  I love to garden, which amuses my mother, because I hated it when I had to work in hers.  I love to read, but don’t seem to have enough time to do it for pleasure.  When I get a chance I’ll crochet, knit, sew, scrap book.  I dream of having a fab digital camera to take all sorts of artsy photos with…maybe someday.  I enjoy all sorts of other things too, and they’ll probably show up here.

In April, 1989 I married:

My Darling Husband (or DH),  or 14LSW.  I’ve thought of giving him some sort of cute alter-ego, but it just doesn’t seem to fit him.  We met on a blind date for my High School Senior Banquet (my school didn’t do a dance prom, we had a formal dinner instead).  He  is an eternal Detroit Tigers fan, and hasn’t missed a Home Opener since 1990, except once.  People describe his as very patient, but he’s actually not; he is very tolerant of other peoples’ (read: my/mine) ..shall we say.. quirks.

Sonny Boy made his arrival in 1992. He’s the reason Darling Husband missed that one Home Opener at Tiger Stadium. His arrival is something of a miracle, actually.  We’d had a miscarriage four months before he was conceived and we planned to wait till after Baby’s due date to get pregnant again.  Surprise! He’s just gotten his driver’s license, and has a *real* girlfriend, not someone he just goes on dates with to go make out. They have relationship, and have to work at it.  He needs to get a job– all his stuff is going to make me go broke.  He loves baseball and had plans to become a Marine.  I would describe his as a: perfectionistic, self-defeatist, alpha-male-in-training.  As the alpha female in our house, we’ve butted heads a few times, once literally– and he broke my nose– but it was an accident.

Next up is Sweet Pea.  She came along and caught me off-guard.  We weren’t planning on having another baby quite yet when we learned she was on the way; that was 1994.  I’ve known since conception that she was a *she*, and well, let’s just say I had some struggles with being pregnant again. She has the most beautiful dimples that just suck into her face whenever her mouth moves. She is very pretty, a natural blonde and staying locked up till she’s 30.  She is also a very gifted and talented pianist who suffers from stage fright. Her hopes are to become “the person who takes care of the animals at the zoo, but not the veterinarian”.

Bringing up the rear is Sugar Bug, who it turns out is Type 1 diabetic.  She was Sugar Bug since toddler-hood, but it’s very fitting don’t you think? Like the others, she came along as a surprise, but I didn’t freak out this time.  She filled a hole in our family we didn’t know we had until she came.  She has boundless energy, is full of joy and has a smile on her face nearly all the time.  She’s the one I can count on for bear hugs whenever I need it. It’s also not unusual to hear her singing (very quietly) to herself.

We have some critters here too.  Lady Bear is our used-box-of-crayons dog: pretty colorful, but not very sharp.  She is our 80 lb. lap dog; a mixed breed of German Shepherd, Rottweiler and Retriever, as best we can tell.   She can actually smile when she’s happy.  We had Duchess but she got hit by a car in Sept 2007, and had to be put down because of her injuries.  She was a black Cocker Spaniel / Beagle mix– 20 lbs of pure energy.

My parents would just be Mum and Dad.

My mother-in-law, Millie, passed away in Dec 2006.

My father-in-law, Dillie, moved to a Senior’s Assisted living apartment and donated the entire contents of their home to charity, except for what they took to their apartment.

I have two sisters. One older by two years, she is re-married after divorcing a lout and has 4 kids.  The other is younger by two years, married her high school sweet heart and didn’t have kids until after their 13th Anniversary, then had 3 in 3.5 years.

That’s the fam in a nutshell, albeit a big nutshell.

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Updated June 18, 2008:

Added to the family on May 31, 2008:  Satchel a little dark grey male kitten, with charcoal tiger stripes.  He was all of 1# 14 oz when we got him at 8 weeks old, so he was born around April 5.

I’ve also added another pseudonym for my husband: 14LSW which translates from 14 Letter “S” Word. I won’t explain what the the 14 Letter “S” Word is, except to say it goes way back to our days of dating and became an abbreviated term of affection based on a comic strip we both love.  If you happen to be an extreme fanantic of this particular strip, which I won’t name, you may be able to figure it out.