tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123069557091366092024-03-05T14:21:35.029-08:00Listen Up, MoFos!because I say what I mean and mean what I sayFlorenciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403521812382443754noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-87971527726246677122009-09-23T22:56:00.000-07:002009-09-23T22:56:32.868-07:00TruthI need this space to be mine again. I need to speak truths that are mine and not be afraid of hurting my loved ones' feelings. I need to be able to say fuck and not be worried it may come back to haunt me ten years from now. I was going to start an anonymous blog but it just isn't my style. I have always put myself last, always protected others, always being the adult in every tough situation. Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-23523598446969582372009-08-04T17:18:00.000-07:002009-08-04T17:25:02.166-07:00Letter to my web logDear LUM,I am so sorry I abandoned you. I can imagine how upset you would be if you were capable of feeling anything. Good thing you are only my words. I make you. I build you. And then I disappear for a few weeks. It isn't that I don't love you, it is that I never make time for myself, most of the time I don't wear any makeup and my hair isn't very well groomed, I wear the same pair of jeans Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-3877048656420518662009-06-22T16:47:00.000-07:002009-06-22T16:48:37.741-07:00Twitter Friends MosaicGet your twitter mosaic here.Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-19515889633741975452009-06-22T15:04:00.000-07:002009-06-22T15:49:28.197-07:00It's raining shit or The ShitstormSo I am fucked. My car is being picked up today but the repo people. My wages are being garnished. I haven't filed for bankruptcy yet. I wanna die. If it wasn't for my daughter I would drink myself to death or something like that (I don't drink.) I'll be 38 in July. Can I start over? Can I build my credit back up? Will I be able to go to law school when we are this broke and I am this broken? NowListen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-48421496239643839132009-05-29T14:31:00.000-07:002009-05-29T15:53:33.983-07:00Vacation, depression, life.I was on vacation for the first two weeks of May. I took my daughter to Southern California to visit my aunts and cousins and give Dad some time to rest from being a SAHD and working nights. He is beyond exhausted, he's falling apart to be honest. I don't know how he does it.My aunts are in their mid 60's and the oldest is actually 75, but they still argue like they are 13! It made for a very Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-1500349797249168502009-04-23T17:10:00.000-07:002009-04-23T18:32:25.001-07:00Speech explosion!Lucia has been talking a lot these last couple of weeks. I had been worrying that her speech was delayed and that it was probably because I talk to her in Spanish and Big T talks to her in English. The pediatrician was not worried and told me that two languages at home had no impact on how quickly or not she started talking. I also worried that we had been allowing her to watch too many movies Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-91751461257597337552009-04-14T11:30:00.001-07:002009-04-14T11:31:54.585-07:00Goodbye Maddie! You'll be forever in our hearts!Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-81986843339544266882009-04-09T12:00:00.000-07:002009-04-09T14:36:01.522-07:00Rest in Peace Maddie SpohrI still can't make sense of her passing. I probably never will. I am not one of those people that can accept the realities of life and keep moving forward. I do keep moving forward, but tragedies like the loss of a beautiful, sweet, innocent angel like Maddie are always tugging at my coattails. I can't help it, it is how I am, I feel everything deeply and strongly and there is no reason, no Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-54443584364631876522009-04-07T19:57:00.000-07:002009-04-09T11:58:49.549-07:00**Epiphany!**I have struggled with this blog for a long time now. I always thought it was my fault, that I was being lazy, that I wasn't trying hard enough, or that my depression was making impossible for me to write. But I finally realized what the real reason is: because I am a mom I started out thinking all I could I write about was parenting. I imposed that limitation on myself from the get-go. I paintedListen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-14324398529862454382009-02-02T16:46:00.000-08:002009-02-02T19:24:22.802-08:00Is it February already?This always happens to me! I write long posts in my head, then I forget them and all my clever ideas and brilliant commentary on life in the 21st century is lost forever... so sad. Maybe if I didn't try to be perfect I'd write more posts and feel happy with them. I have been trying to do this with everything else in life, just trying to find solutions without all the requisite stressing, or Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-16760272410654400962008-12-29T11:46:00.000-08:002008-12-29T12:49:37.464-08:00The holidays in picturesI didn't want to end this fabulous year (note the sarcasm) without sharing some of our best holiday moments. Sadly, I am not anywhere near my camera so all I have for you is cell phone pictures. I don't appear in the pictures. I am fat and avoid cameras (I'm sure there's a whole post or series of them there) but I promise to wax my lip and eyebrows and trim my bangs and take a couple of shots forListen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-15769122013888814802008-12-10T12:55:00.000-08:002008-12-10T12:53:51.028-08:00Making a difference, every single dayThis post was inspired by Corina, over at Down to Earth Mama who had the HP Magic Giveaway going, which is absolutely fantastic! Corina was generous enough to give her readers a way to enter and then even have a bonus entry. She says: "Write on a message board or your blog a post about how you have or plan to make the world a bit better. Have you volunteered? Are you planning to? The goal is to Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-78436233267717060222008-12-03T17:52:00.000-08:002008-12-04T14:19:07.280-08:00GO READ: Composite: thoughts on poetics & tech: In Celebration of BitchitudeAlthough I am linking to this Composite: thoughts on poetics & tech: In Celebration of Bitchitude as part of my quest to win the HP Magic Giveaway, I have to say I wouldn't do it if I didn't love Liz Henry's writing and spirit. She's a feisty bitch, that one! OK, I don't know her in person, but I don't think you have to to realize how awesome she is. My comment is number 12.And here's what I Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-35538811298332425502008-11-26T13:59:00.001-08:002008-11-26T14:06:10.857-08:00I did not do itI could say something witty like: Yes I did! Or, That is all! But I just want to say that I did try and I just have to reorganize my life in a major way before I can attempt daily posts again. I hope to take some time off work in December to do this and to prepare for the LSAT. Let's hope that goes over a little bit better than NaBloPoMo did for me. **HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!**Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-86104300190223108812008-11-11T16:17:00.001-08:002008-11-11T16:18:42.943-08:00Warning: cussing ahead!Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-75270218273391714932008-11-04T12:26:00.000-08:002008-11-06T11:28:02.291-08:00Posting every day: Ur Doin Eet Wrong!This is what I wrote Monday night: So I missed yesterday. The babe and I got up at 6:30 AM courtesy of daylight savings time so it was an extra long day for me. I had e v e r y intention of posting at night but was simply too pooped to peep. I started this post last night at work but couldn't finish it on time [added this on Tuesday.]Obviously my desire to post every day has clashed with my dailyListen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-87122444320391001552008-11-01T19:19:00.000-07:002008-11-06T11:27:10.664-08:00Posting every dayI signed up for NaBloPoMo in the hopes of kicking my own butt into writing shape. It won't be easy but at least I have fixed the WiFi connection at home so I have less excuses not to post.********************************************Today I started the 30 Day Shred and it absolutely kicked my fat ass. I was sweating so much I thought maybe I was melting. And it hurts, oh how it hurts! I am ashamedListen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-92043172518634128602008-10-30T13:28:00.000-07:002008-11-06T11:26:23.561-08:00Living inside my headI have been gone for so long that a few people have asked me if I "abandoned" my blog. Yes. And no. I did stop writing for a little while because I did not want to be one of those people who is always complaining about their miserably little lives. Don't get me wrong, I know that many writers (yes, blogging is writing!) do very well processing their feelings about their situations in public (Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-63947391609252948692008-08-04T15:21:00.000-07:002008-08-07T10:20:43.177-07:00H&M Canada discriminates against nursing momsMy mom, my sister, and baby Ramona.Last Saturday, August 2nd, my sister and her husband went shopping for clothes for him and obviously took their 2 month old daughter with them. When my sister attempted to breastfeed the baby, this is what happened, as told by her on email:"Despite all the medical evidence that encourages breastfeeding, it seems that women continue to be socially punished and Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-86939819207002005962008-07-30T13:42:00.000-07:002008-07-30T14:33:03.415-07:00Today I am 37I am not exactly where I would like to be at 37, and if you had asked me yesterday or the day before I would have said that things are always going to be awful for me. But today I feel different, I know that things will get better and that I will go to law school and Lu and I will have a good life. I just know it, not in my gut, but in my heart because I will do everything I can to accomplish Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-85163364327768487512008-07-25T10:08:00.000-07:002008-07-28T10:30:13.649-07:00THANK YOU ICLW!!!I really should have been better prepared to welcome those of you coming to visit from ICLW. Also, I should have been leaving comments. I am so sorry! It just has been a very hard week at the House of Mofo and I truly couldn't find the peace of mind to do either. I have from today until Monday to make up for my lame assedness. But all of you who came and commented and told me to hang in there andListen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-43958935850243470472008-07-21T12:45:00.000-07:002008-07-21T13:05:01.628-07:00The Woe Is Me PostI haven't posted in nearly one month. I have tried but could not come up with anything I felt okay to post. My mind has been occupied with thoughts of survival. And nobody really wants to hear how bad things are for somebody else, they probably think "I have my own problems to deal with" and I can't really blame them. But then there's reality. And it is this: our money situation is unsustainable.Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-30218580037769822322008-06-24T23:15:00.000-07:002008-06-24T23:21:52.080-07:00Messy food redux Last Friday I wrote a post about letting my daughter eat her yogurt by herself, no matter how messy she got. At the time I promised to post this video of her, so here it is for your viewing pleasure. She is so happy!Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-25980047711048936772008-06-23T14:16:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:29:03.563-07:00Seventeen (17!) pregnant teensAs I was on my way to pick up Lu from daycare on Friday I was listening to KQED, our local NPR affiliate. The story was about seventeen teenage girls, still in high school, who all became pregnant more or less at the same time. I thought it was outrageous and very sad. I thought "I should write something about it". My mom was 16 years old when she got pregnant, 17 when I was born. My dad was 23. Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306955709136609.post-6640029470639437902008-06-20T11:40:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:31:51.048-07:00Messy Food = Yum!Little Lu is a very messy eater. She has not mastered the correct use of a spoon or fork and definitely prefers to use her hands. When we're having spaghetti, scrambled eggs, chicken, peas, edamame, etc it's not such a problem, but then she gets furious because we won't let her eat her yogurt by herself. And she has a temper! She shakes her head no, she pushes our hands away, and she makes angry Listen Up, MoFos!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08972931779081969472noreply@blogger.com0