Guilty Pleasures Of Fashion's Gone By

OK, I have decided to suck up my pride and start posting some of my "Oldy-But-Goody" fashions that I miss desperately. So many of us miss a certain fad or look or fit of clothing or shoes, etc. truly cannot find any place to admit it safely. Well, here you go.

I had a pair of duck boots in 5th grade. That was along time ago for me (as this February, I will be 37!!) I wore them to death and my feet were always dry and warm and I even wore them into the spring and summer til there was a hole in the bottom and I had to throw them away. The pair pictured here are a little more updated. Still, not at all in fashion really. Maybe by you but not here. Perhaps if I lived in the country up in Connecticut or something but not in the greater Chicago land area of the Midwest.

Not sure if I would wear this color combo, I am more of a neutrals kinda girl in footwear. Still I find them to be very sensible and comfy and even kinda cute.

How about you, ever have duck shoes? Have a kind of shoe that is completely out of style that you are hoping will return to fashions some day? I am not a slave to trends but will not wear something if it is REALLY gone, gone, gone. Ooh, any of you busting out your embroidered fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving sweaters/shirts yet? Or VESTS?

Pervert Busted

So, once in awhile when I get a call from Cop Dad while on duty, I HAVE to laugh. Well the other day, he told me the call he was heading to. The way he said it made me laugh. Then once he explained the call a little better, I wasn't laughing anymore.

Apparently, they got a call about a guy that was 'masturbating out of his window.' Naturally this just brought a humorous visual to my mind and I, being a cops wife have learned to laugh at things that I never used to be able to (guess I've officially been corrupted). I asked him, "How on earth do you do that?" "Was he driving and holding it out the car window?" Cop Dad briefly found the humor and then explained that the guy was, "smoking himself," as Cop Dad put it, IN his apartment behind the window screen but curtains opened . . . . . . . . WHILE WATCHING YOUNG TWEEN BOYS AND EARLY TEEN BOYS PLAY BASKETBALL!!!!!

Blagh! Then there was no longer any funny. But still it astounds me that this guy was soooooo dumb that he would want to risk not even peeping to do it through blinds or something. He would risk getting caught and getting in big trouble and was he delusional in thinking that these boys would see and want to come and get some action? Puh-leaze!!! Then Cop Dad went on to tell me later that he was in his 60's and was a Vietnam vet. EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! Old enough to be these boys' grandfather.

Anyway, I try not to just post all the doom and gloom of the day cause it just gets very disgusting and depressing and makes me feel really bad about the humans I share this earth with. I feel it necessary though to post about things that Cop Dad has to deal with. I'm sure that most of the LEOW's who read this blog have plenty of similar tragedies and shockers to share. BUT for the rest of my readers who really have very little connection to the weirdo's of typical towns, I think it would be interesting and necessary to know about what cops have to deal with regularly.

Girls Night!

Setting out tonight for yet another girls night. They are pretty tame being that I'm 33 weeks pregnant and a non-drinker besides the fact, which is fine with me, a fan of very simple pleasures. Tonight, I am heading out with my SMIL (step-mother-in-law) for a bite and to see Julie and Julia. I really love my SMIL, I can talk to her about marriage and kids and dysfunction and she gets it and is very patient and understanding. Yep, she rocks. Tonight though, just hanging out. She is married to my FIL and it is humorous to exchange very similar stories about our men. They are wired so much the same, at times we just have to roll our eyes and laugh. Anyway, I told her that I would love to get a bite to eat but have a small food budget so many a burger somewhere. Of course, she insists on treating me to whatever I want, "After all, you are pregnant, you should eat what you really want!" Like I said, she's awesome.

Not sure about the movie, but I like Merryl Streep a lot and love to learn about people who aren't around anymore like Julia Childs. Hope the storyline isn't too hokey. Little Buddy will be hanging with Papa (grandpa) in cop town so maybe daddy will be able to stop by on duty and say hello.

Lovin' The Leaves

I love this time of year and actually left Cop Dad and Little Buddy nappin' today and took the dog for a walk. OY! Not much energy to haul this belly around these days but it felt really good. I am by nature a very independent person and fell quite not so lately with all the suffocating, er I mean, 'taking it easy' that I have been trying to do. We headed to the arboretum today and I was just mesmerized by all the beautiful leaves throughout and all the gorgeous mums and gourds, etc. I managed to bend down and grab a few beauties while walking with our pooch.

Alice In Wonderland

This looks way too cool! I love Johnny Depp and Tim Burton films. I am actually happy that it won't be out for another year. By then, we will be able to go to a movie without worries of the boobs needed elsewhere :)

Keeping It R-E-A-L!

So, I am always on the quest for other cops wives I can relate to. I find that often times I am struggling being one. I'm not sure if it's just cause I'm who I am or maybe the typical woman that ends up being a cops wife is a "special" kind of woman, or what? BUT, it is not fun or fabulous or great for me (and often Little Buddy) really at all. I try to make the best of it and support Cop Dad because this was his dream but I do often find myself thinking, "I did NOT sign up for this!" Perhaps again, this is something I have to work harder on? I just remember who I married and miss the person who I feel that died when they entered the academy. Instead of a kind and down-to-earth guy who is happy to have days off and feels closer to me and family than anyone else, it seems that I now have the complete opposite. I tire daily of all the cynicism, the extremely critical nature, the detachment, the mind being elsewhere, the "tough" front, and ALL the negativity about life. I am sure to disappoint many of my readers with this post who are always very positive in many/most of their posts. I just am very honest and open and CANNOT hide what I really feel. This is me. I let my husband know when I feel hurt, jipped, disrespected, etc. I absolutely do not feel that he is more worthy or important because he works or for what he does. I work too, and I have made oodles of sacrifices for him, our family, or life and myself. It is beyond me when couples attempt to function any other way. Our marriage counselor says that can be very destructive to any relationship. Call it a character flaw, pregnancy hormones, or lack of meds (cause I do not believe in them).

OK, just as you think this is way to honest or bitchy or whatever, I will tell you that when I do sit and talk with other cops wives, it is near identical in what I have written here. I used to think it was just me, but not anymore. I have a friend that is also a cops wife who seems so happy and in love with her cop hubby. I did not at all feel like telling her what I feel but one day in desperation I called her to ask what their secret is and she laughed. She said it was an illusion and that it is a constant struggle and that he is very obsessed with the PD and drops her like a hot rock when any cop stuff comes up. She has nearly left him a few times for the very same stuff! She has even contemplated starting a family due to all the stress that is present in the house without them.

Not that I want to focus on the negative but I wonder if many LEO wives are often trying to keep it upbeat due to the opposite in their lives? Perhaps life as a LEOW is different if you live way out in the country and not near all the crime of the city? Dunno. I just know that it has been the hardest thing I have ever done and it has taken a huge toll on our family and our marriage.

This was written so that you can either feel relieved that you have something that is so much more fabulous and wonderful, or so that you can breathe a sigh of relief cause you can relate. That's all. Just "Keeping It R-E-A-L!"

Yucky Doctor

Just had a really yucky appointment today with the very last Dr. from this practice that I had yet to meet/see. He was rude, condescending, abrasive, and kept asking me why I was there and why the specialist was requesting the things he requested. It was yucky, yucky, yucky!!! Then to top it off when I felt just as icky and odd and offended as could be for being talked to like that I HAD to ask him to do a cervical check. He had the audacity to say he saw no reason to do that even though the specialist requested it and, "He would do it for me if I really wanted him to???" Too weird. Never opened the door and said, "Hello, nice to meet you, I am Dr. Dickhead," no nothing. Just kept drilling and questioning me like a complete snot with total disrespect and the most condescending tone I have EVER heard. Right when he checked my cervix (manually) he then said in a very exasperated tone, "It's just FINE like I knew it would be (deep breath of annoyance)."

I left there without even making another appointment which I needed to do, the awesome specialist that was with me through the first pregnancy requested I start going every week and getting a non-stress test every time I go as well as a cervical check. I got in the car and then called the specialist to make sure that they send the consult RIGHT AWAY, because the doctor I just saw seemed annoyed as to why the specialist wanted the things he wanted them to do. The woman at the specialist office asked me if I just had a visit and I said yes and then told her it was with Dr. Dickhead and she said, "Ohhhhhhh, yeah, nobody likes that guy." WOW!!! That is completely understandable and pathetic at the same time. Then I got off the phone with her and the surgery scheduler called me because I immediately called and left her a voicemail that under no circumstances did I want that Dr. delivering my child. I then told her the whole story in tears. This will be going to her manager. Then when the hubby who is in DT special training this week called to ask how the appointment went cause he always goes with me to all of them but could not today, he was red hot and on the horn to give the office a piece of his mind. OY! Then I had to pick up Little Buddy at my SMIL's house and broke down to her as well. It was just a bad, bad, day.

Now I am fearing going back to see anybody else at that office AND afraid I will get shotty care after that incident. What if they all hear about it and I am blacklisted? Ugh! What if I go into spontaneous labor when Dr. Dickhead is on call? I am tempted to request the hospital janitor in that case. This sucks! Oddly, when I called the receptionist to make an appointment for the next week everybody was full just about all days at the three different locations I am willing to go to, all accept, you guessed it, Dr. Dickhead had LOTS of openings. I told the receptionist, "No thanks, is ANYBODY else available?" She squeezed me in with the PA. Whatever, I have not had many happy times at this practice and miss my old practice horribly. Was a patient of Dr. Pleasantlady for almost 19 years before we had to switch to crappy and cheap HMO. Hopefully one day I can go back to Dr. Pleasantlady again one day. Unfortunately, with being done with babies after this one is out, I think, you really only visit the "Lady Doctor," once a year. Stinksville :(

Sheesh, now this office manager is supposed to be taking care of the whole situation and calling my husband back. What if they dropped me after all this? Oh God, what would I do then? Like I need more stress in my life AND with this pregnancy. OY! No wait, DOUBLE OY!!!

Anyone ever have any similar type of situations to compare it to? Any WOW (Words Of Wisdom)? I'm all ears. Oh, and baby :)