RALEIGH — This week we meet a GOLO member who is never one to mince words, and quick to type exactly what’s on her mind regardless of the fallout. Once known as PikeQueen, (and various other variations as promoted) she now goes by "Pikemom4real" and believe it or not, she DOES have a softer side. Read for yourself:
Angela: The first line on your profile page is “Some people even suck at breathing.” Care to tell us a little bit about that?
Pikemom4real4real: Some people just shouldn’t be allowed to breathe. Every word that comes out of their mouth seems not to be the truth. You can’t believe a word they say. That’s what that’s about.
Angela: Why do you think some people have such a problem with the truth?
Pikemom4real: I think it’s some type of mental illness. I don’t believe it’s hereditary.
I hate excuses!
Angela: Were you allowed to use excuses growing up?
Pikemom4real: Lord no! I was the oldest child and the only daughter. We pushed our limits and tried to use excuses but it didn’t matter whether I was one minute late or five minutes late, I was late. That’s it. Take your consequences. And I raise my kids to be the same way.
Angela: What would you say to people who might think that’s being too tough on your kids?
Pikemom4real: I’d say you probably don’t have grown kids yet.
Angela: I’ve noticed your wonderful garden in your image galleries. How long have you been gardening?
Pikemom4real: My entire life. I grew up gardening with my parents. We had too many kids to have a beautiful yard. My husband and I started a landscaping business 11 years ago.
Angela: Do the two of you do all the work?
Pikemom4real: Me and my husband every weekend, we do it all. We can’t afford to pay anyone to help us. (Laughs)
Angela: If you’re taking care of others all weekend, when do you manage your own?
Pikemom4real: All during the week.
Angela: Is gardening therapeutic for you?
Pikemom4real: It keeps me from killing my husband on some days. When I get mad, I go to the yard.
Angela: What about your kids?
Pikemom4real: My daughter don’t give a care about nothing in the yard, and my son thinks it got here without any work involved.
Angela: I guess you won’t be giving them the family business.
Pikemom4real: I doubt it. They’ll probably go to college off the money it makes and then ditch us.
Angela: What do you like about GOLO?
Pikemom4real: Getting people irritated.
Angela: I think you do a fine job.
Pike Mom: (Laughs heartily, and I join in) People are too serious and a lot of times I’m sitting back laughing.
I really do say a lot of things with sarcasm and dry humor.
Angela: But do you enjoy it?
Pikemom4real: Yes, actually I do. Actually I do.
Angela: Who are some of your favorites on GOLO?
Pikemom4real: I think Studley is awesome, and I think Chill is remarkably smart. Historians is the sweetest. He’s sweeter than cane sugar.
Angela: Do you think you’re anyone’s favorite.
Pikemom4real: No way!.
Angela: Tell me two places you have to visit before you die.
Pikemom4real: I’d like to go back to Jamaica (been there once) and the Seychelles Islands. One of my customers is from there.
Angela: What are you planting this year, in your own yard?
Pikemom4real: I just planted a butterfly bush, a pinwheel gardenia that I got from a customer who passed away, I re-potted 30 plants….
Angela: Wait a minute, 30 plants? How long did that take?
Pikemom4real: You can do a pot in a matter of five minutes
Angela: Oh. What else?
Pikemom4real: A new lavender tea rose. That’s what I’ve planted so far. I’m planting my garden this weekend. My mom is a florist and I get all of these ideas from her.
Angela: What do you do when it rains?
Pikemom4real: Sit on my porch, watch my hummingbirds, listen to the waterfall and smoke a Cigar.
Angela: A Cuban Cigar?
Pikemom4real: No, Dominican Republic.
Angela: You’ve got a tough exterior
Pikemom4real:That’s right! With five brothers you’d have leather for skin too.
Angela: But I suspect you’re all sweet on the inside.
Pikemom4real: Thank you. Try to tell my husband that on certain days…
Angela: Are you reading any books right now?.
Pikemom4real: I don’t sit still long enough to read books.
Angela: What do you do for fun?
Pikemom4real: Four-wheel, pier fish…..volleyball.
Angela: What do you catch?
Pikemom4real: I like flounder.
Angela: What don’t you like?
Pikemom4real: Mudcat. They taste like mud. They are scavengers and live off the bottom.
Angela: What will you be doing 10 years from now?
Pikemom4real: Same thing I’m doing now.
Angela: No big plans?
Pikemom4real: NO.
Angela: Is there anything you want to tell the people of GOLO
Pikemom4real: No!
Angela: What song are they going to play at your funeral?
Pikemom4real: “The Witch is Gone”
(More hysterical laughter from both of us)
Angela: You mean The Wizard of Oz version? “Ding, Dong, the witch is dead…”
Pikemom4real: Yep.
(Even more laughter…)
Angela: Thanks for chatting with me, Pikemom.
Pikemom4real: You’re welcome. Bye
