Things You Can Only Say On Thanksgiving

Since I have been sooo busy and didn't get a chance to post this on Thanksgiving day, here it is now!

1. Talk about a huge breast!

2. Tying the legs together, keeps the inside moist.

3. It's Cool Whip time!

4. If I don't undo my pants, I'll burst!

5. That's one terrific spread!

6. I'm in the mood for a little dark meat.

7. Are you ready for seconds yet?

8. It's a little dry, do you still want to eat it?

9. Just wait your turn, you'll get some!

10. Don't play with your meat.

11. Just spread the legs open and stuff it in.

12. Do you think you'll be able to handle all these people at once?

13. I didn't expect everyone to come at once!

14. You still have a little bit on your chin.

15. How long will it take after you stick it in?

16. You'll know it's ready, when it pops up.

17. Wow, I didn't think I could handle all of that!

18. That's the biggest one I've ever seen!

19. You might want to eat a little slower, or you'll get indigestion.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and thanked the good Lord for all that we have because we all are truely blessed! I know I am for God giving me you!

For Those Of You Who Couldn't Guess.......

BEEP BEEP!

My Christmas Wish List....

I think you know me well enough to know that receiving presents is usually very special for me. There's usually not very many things I want or need. I do have trouble even when I'm shopping (i.e. buying a gift) for myself, and feel sorry for the burden having to buy me a present puts on those who feel the obligation. But there is a special category of gifts that stands apart from the kind that people usually bestow on one another and about which I feel quite differently.
That is the gift that has meaning only if it is never asked for, nor even hinted at or expected. It has to come entirely as a voluntary, original and even heartfelt thing or action from the giver who choose the gift solely because it is believed to be of great value to the receiver. These are the gifts that mean so much more to me. So as we approach the holiday season and anyone asks me what I would like or need I will say this. I would like the kind of gift that when received will produce a deep emotional response and will be felt by the heart. Something that says "I care about you and I knew you would love this!" If I just made it more difficult for you instead of making it easier.......
Then here is my trypical Christmas Wish list:

1. Pajamas. The same thing I wish for year after year. (It shows me you care about my health. That I need to be comfy while getting my rest.)

2. Nice pretty Scrapbooks. Again, the same thing I wish for year after year. ( It shows me that you know who I really am and that it's something that I really really NEED!)

3. Scott Stapp's new CD. (He makes me happy and when mama is happy-everyone is happy! Nuff said.)

4. Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul Book. (These books ALWAYS warm my heart!)

5. That awesome KitchenAid that has my name written all over it at the stores. You want dessert? Buy me this and you will get your dessert and eat it too! (This is the one that will create a deep emotional response. Maybe even a physical response and move me to tears!)

6. Anything homemade! Anything at all! These are the best gifts ever!

So you see? I'm not at all hard to please! Pick from either list and I will be happy!

Here Are Some Things To Ponder...

Here are a few things to think about that you probably have never thought about;

Can you cry under water?

How important does a person have to be before they are considered
assassinated instead of just murdered?

If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?

Why do you have to "put your two cents in"...
But it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?

Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried
in for eternity?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

What disease did cured ham actually have?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a
good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like
every two hours?

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

If you drink Pepsi at work in the Coke factory, will they fire you?

Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON T.V.?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars
to look at things on the ground?

How come we choose from just two people for President
and fifty for Miss America?

Why do doctors leave the room while you change?
They're going to see you naked anyway.

If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call?

Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say,
"I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out!"

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible
crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

When your photo is taken for your driver's license, why do they tell you to smile?
If you are stopped by the police and asked for your license, are you going to be smiling?

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?

Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?

If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut,
why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time,
but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours?
They're both dogs!

What do you call male ballerinas?
If Wyle E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap,
why didn't he just buy dinner?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables,
what is baby oil made from?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?

Why does the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
have the same tune?

Why did you just try singing the two songs above?

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere,
but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you,
but when you take him for a car ride; he sticks his head out the window?

My Halloween Pumpkins

I'm going to decorate my front porch with butt pumpkins like this!

Don't Know What To Be On Halloween?

Here is an idea for a costume! Now that we are grown up and older we can be a little more creative with our costume designs! Gone are the days of being little "scary" ghosts, precious scarecrows, adorable princess's or cute little witches! This is 2005 people! Anything goes nowadays!

Happy Halloween Everyone! Have Fun!

*Photo credited to Holly. She sent me this one!*

We Couldn't Stand It Anymore So We Got It!

I just couldn't take it any more! I wasted more time waiting and waiting! I'd fall asleep because it took so long! I wanted to travel more and now we can! We absolutly LOVE it and don't ever plan on being without it again!
Can you guess what it is?

I'm baaaaaaack!

It has been brought to my attention that I have not updated in awhile so here I am. I don't know what it is, but sometimes I can just come on here and write about whatever it is that I feel like writing about at the time without hardly even thinking about it. Then sometimes I have such a hard time writing about the most mundane things. I guess that's why I haven't written anything in awhile. Nothing has really come to me. So for now I can start by sharing some good news with everyone. Some of you may have already heard this and some have not. For a couple people, this is about you, so you can just skip through this part and read the ending or read some of my previous posts that you skipped over before because you didn't have time. Or...admit it....you were bored. Anyway......Holly moved out from Marcus's place and got her own appartment. She is renting a very nice 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath in a very nice neighborhood in Thiensville! It's not only a nice area but it is a very SAFE area and that's the most important thing! Now.....are you wondering why she rented a 2 bedroom and not just a 1 bedroom place? Because Ryan is her new roomate! Yes! Ryan also moved out from Grandma and Grandpas house! I am just so tickled pink here! I have waited for this for over 2 years now and it finally happened! I think the two of them are going to get along wonderfully. I am so happy that they both are not just moving ahead with their lives, but they are doing it together! And just for the record, Holly and Marcus did not break up their relationship with each other, in case that's what you are thinking. They are still dating and having a fun time at it too! This makes it a little bit easier on me with what to do for Christmas ideas. Ryan and Holly both need things for their new appartment so I am in the process now of trying to get some things together. The price of shipping things out has went up, so Scott and I both talked about it and we decided that if I am going to play "Santa" again this year that the best thing for me to do is to bring the stuff up there myself so I am going to do just that. I leave the day after Christmas and I won't be back until New years Day! I was going to leave right on Christmas, but Scott gave me those puppy dog eyes along with that little pout of his so I thought I would hang around and spend it at home and leave the day after. I am so excited to go and see their new place but I am NOT looking forward to the cold weather! THAT I can do without! Hopefully they will have some snow up there when I go. It would be fun to be able to go outside and build a snowman! I haven't done that in AGES so Ryan and Holly if you are reading this you better order snow when I come! It will be so much fun.....shopping, relaxing by the glistening Christmas tree with absolutely nowhere to go and nothing to do, watching the snow fall down in big fluffy chunks, eating some hot homemade Chili, ( I know Holly. You HATE Chili but I'm going to make some anyways!) baking cookies afterwards for dessert and spending quality time with my two wonderful children! Just writing about this puts a smile on my face! I really wish Scott and Nichole could come with me but Nichole has to work and can't get off and Scott doesn't have the vacation time right now considering he just got a new job. He's only been there 4 weeks so he won't get a vacation for awhile yet. His job is going real well and he seems to be A LOT more happier at this place then at the place he was. He comes home in a better mood and isn't as crabby as he used to be (wink) so we are both benefitting here! (wink!)
So I am bushed now. Time for me to wrap it up for tonight. I have been upstairs in the storage area half the day cleaning it all out and organizing all those 100's of boxes. Found some really cool things while I was up there too! I love opening a box and finding all those old long lost treasures and going through each and every little thing and having all them memories come flowing back. You know what I mean? It just warms my heart. It even brings a tear or two so I need to bring a box of Kleenex up there when I go clean. It's starting to look pretty good though. I been at it for a couple weeks now and we can actually walk inside the storage part and move stuff around. Before I started all you could do was open the door and look inside. That's all. No joke. It was THAT bad.
Anyway, I'm tired now and my bed is calling out my name. I must go......I must go and follow the voice.................

See What We Get To Look Forward To?

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER

1. Sag, you're It.

2. Hide and go pee.

3 . 20 questions shouted into your good ear.

4. Kick the bucket

5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.

6. Musical recliners.

7. Simon says something incoherent.

8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy.

SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE:

1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.

2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.

3. You change your underwear after a sneeze.

OLD IS WHEN:

1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

3. Getting a little action means I don't need fiber today.

4. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.

5. An all-nightie means not getting up to pee!

My 10 Scrapbook Mantras

What is a mantra? A commonly repeated word or phrase, AKA what you think, believe, do right now. I've changed the ways that I've scrapped lately so those changes are my mantras right now.

1) Something is better than nothing – I can’t document every day of my life or the kids life. First I don’t have enough time and second they would have to get a u-haul to carry the scrapbooks around.

2) Just say No to Chronologic scrapping – I still try to put them in my album in chronological order, but I do what ever I want when it feels good. I just go back and add them to the album later.

3) If I don’t enjoy it don’t do it – I love scrapping. I get little time to actually do it and get most of my stuff done on weekends . But if I didn’t truly love doing it I’d just put my photos in an album and call it good.

4) I don’t have to keep up with the Jones’. I enjoy seeing all the new stuff and techniques that come out, but I pretty much have a simple style. I give myself permission to pass on the latest and greatest.

5) For my family - I do this for my kids and for me. To record our awesome life and to reflect on their childhoods. I don’t do this for anyone else.

6) Use what I have – don’t buy anymore supplies. I have a room FULL of scrapbook stuff – enough paper for a small army. I’ve been scrapping since 1997 so I have some old stuff that I am now getting rid of. I am getting much better at not buying stuff until I know what I am going to use it for.

7) Don’t break the bank – I have a hard time justifying putting lots of expensive embellishments on my pages. I think you can make amazing pages with just paper and less expensive add-ons. I try to spend my scrapping money on things that will last, like tools.

8) Lost your mojo, steal someone else’s – its all about inspiration and if I can’t seem to get any I just stroll over to 2 Peas or open an idea book and steal someone else’s inspiration. It doesn’t have to be totally original all of the time. You can borrow from what other’s have done.

9) Remember to tell a story – Journal, Journal, Journal! The journaling is what we will smile about in 10 years as we read it. Without it we will be wondering “whose party was that?” “Why were we there?”, “Who is that?”.

10) Getting those photo's in a book is better then those precious photo's just sitting in a shoebox!

10 Weird Facts About Me

1.) I don't like being naked. I don't know why, I just have a fear of someone walking in on me and seeing my fat ass. I don't want to be responsable for their death.
2.) I hate fruit. I just like watermellon, bananas and cantelope.
3.) I like dogs more than people. Sad....but true.
4.) I wish I could be a "Martha Stewart".
5.) I'm the most unorganized organized person ever.
6.) I'm a compulsive list maker. I even make lists of lists. No joke.
7.) I worry about being forgotten when I die. I want people I love to really miss me.
8.) I always have to eat something sweet after eating something salty.
9.) I need an even number of kisses. If Scott or the kids kiss me, I need at LEAST 2! Don't kiss me once and walk away. Ohhh nooo! I'll go nuts!
10.) I don't like Scott touching my nipples. There. I said it.

I Have Homework To Do

I have three children and all of them are grown and moved out of the house now. I have put in many years of kids coming to us and saying " I need this and that done for school and I don't know how to do it, blah, blah, blah....." Well Honey we will help you, we'll work on it this weekend. When is it due? TOMORROW?!?!?!? What the @#$%*&^!
Any parent who has a child in school knows exactly what I am talking about! Now you would think that since my children are all grown that I would be free of this but noooooooooo. I have home work to do TONIGHT! I have to search the internet to look for a photo of an alligator(s) and do a short report on them. How they live, what they eat....all that shit. Now here's the real kicker.......It's not even for MY KID! Good ole' Sheryl called and woke me up while I was taking my aftrernoon nap. I was on the beach just about to get sand up the crack of my ass with Kenny Chesney when all of a sudden I get a phone stuck up to my ear with the sound of Sheryl's voice coming out of it. Talk about that girl fucking up a wet dream! She can do it now! Anyway.....she tells me that Kyle has a report due tomorrow for school and that she doesn't have a computer and that she asked so and so and they don't have one either and blah blah blah blah blah.....
So to make a longer story short....I have to do it for him. This shit sucks. I hate homework. I never even done my own when I was in school and now I have to do someone elses kids homework! So to prevent being ever asked again, I'm going to do this report. BUT, I think I'll add in a "few words" of my own. Like maybe "A alligator is a large crocodilian reptile found only in the southern United States underneath beds of their own little boys who don't do their homework on and have their mamas friends do it for them" and in the Yangtze river China, having a shorter, blunter penis than the crocodile." I know Sheryl won't read over and check it before she sends it to school with him. I think that would be funny. Teach her a lesson or two. My bad I know. But hey....if it keeps me from having to still do homework at the age of 41 ......

Scott and I were thinking of getting another dog and I found this one I liked. I took one look at her and she just stole my heart! I think Honey and Willie would LOVE her! She looks so playful doesn't she? I could just see her cuddling on the bed with me and Honey at night! I know it wouldn't be hard to get someone to watch the three dogs while we go away on vacation. How can anyone refuse! Just look at her face!Well....We're going to talk about it tonight after dinner before making any commitments. We want to make sure we will be able to provide for this precious puppy. Hey! I rather like that name for her. Precious! That's what we can name her! Oh I can't wait to tell Scott I already have a name picked out for her. He's going to LOVE it! I KNOW he will! I am so excited! :)

Lemme Clear My Throat

So it's been a while. What can I say? I been busy. I don't feel like writing anything today but I DO have to wish a few peeps a Happy Birthday! Better yet, lemme sing it to y'all. OK here we go.....(a hum......clearing my throat here........) ready? Here we go!Happy Birthday to youuu....Happy Birthday to youuu....Happy Birthday dear Shawn, Cheryl, Tom and lil munchkin.......Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuu!!!!!WoooHoooo how did ya like that? It was awesome I know. People tell me that all the time! Any hoot.....Happy Birthday you guys! And in case a couple of you who are wondering who Tom and lil' munchkin is, it is Tom Cruise and one of the munchkins from the "Wizard Of Oz" who I once met down in Myrtle Beach. Yeah, he was a cute little thang. Only came up to about my boobs. Looked so darn cute I wanted to take him home with me.Anyway......I hope y'all have a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY and relax and enjoy your day! You deserve it!

What "Fraud" Could Mean To Renee Zellweger

I came across this somewhere on the wonderful worldwide web and found it kind of amusing so I thought I would post it here.
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The world was stunned, four months ago, when Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger very suddenly, and with no apparent warning, wed country singer Kenny Chesney, after knowing him only five months. And the world was stunned again last week, when she announced that she was seeking to annul her marriage to Chesney on the grounds of "fraud."
The speculation started immediately. How had Chesney defrauded his bride? What had he represented that had turned out not to be true? If they just didn't like each other, why not get divorced -- why risk the publicity of seeking annulment and calling him out as a fraud?
Late last week, Zellweger sought to reassure fans about the circumstances of her parting with her husband, stating that the "fraud" charge was "simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny's character."
Well, phew! But if it's not a reflection of his character, what does it mean? We have some guesses.

His real name is "Kenneth Chesneth."

He claims to have a degree in advertising; in fact he never received his diploma due to outstanding library late fees.

He only rents his house in the Caribbean.

He only rents his guitar.

He first worked in the music industry in the late '80s as an R&B singer with the stage name "Rick Astley."

He claimed his many country-music awards were important showbiz prizes; in fact, they are worthless.

He married her thinking she was Joey Lauren Adams.

He claimed to think she was robbed of an Oscar nomination for Nurse Betty; in fact, he thought she was only okay.

His cowboy hat is counterfeit.

He's still pulling for her to get back together with Jim Carrey.

He made her a sandwich with what he said was turkey, but was actually chicken.

He's gay.

He sometimes wears glasses, but they're non-prescription just to make him look smarter.

He cheats on his workouts by counting his reps by two.

He doesn't shave his head -- he's just bald.

She didn't actually have him at "hello."

"Do You Blog?"

"Do you blog?" This question was asked of me by a co-worker a few months ago during one of our breaks. After he asked, I looked at my feet (they looked normal), turned around to try and see my rear end in the mirror (looked big but normal, I guess), tried to smell my arm pits (they too seemed okay). So then I had no choice but to answer, "I don't know -- do I BLOG?" He acted like that was the first time he had heard something funny in his life.
So after a little explanation of what a blog actually was I began to investigate. I realized that many of the women on a message board I visit (2Peas) actually have blogs. That began my little obsession. I would wait until Scott would be asleep and I would start clicking on all the links and reading about these people's lives in their blogs. At first, I wouldn't admit to anyone that I actually was intruding on these people and their personal lives. It did seem a bit nosy of me to be reading about these people I don't really know. Then I realized that if everyone was doing it and they were posting on the World Wide Web then they intented for people to read it.
So I confessed my little obsession to my dear sweet husband and his response was "Well honey, why don't you get one of them too." "I wouldn't want you to feel left out!" So this is why and how I started blogging. I wish I could read my kids or my sisters blog too, but unfortunatly they don't have one. Like my sister told me one day, "I really like reading what you write. I like to see what you really think and feel about things and what goes on in that little head of yours." Well, that's exactly how I feel. I wished I could get to know my children and sister a little better. Maybe one day I'll actually know someone personally who has one and then I can stop reading other peoples blog and feel like I'm an intruder.

Honoring Scott

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I want to take todays entry to recognize my dear husband, Scott. Yes that's him...that was taken when we were at "Adventure Landing" when Janet and her boys were down here visiting. Isn't he handsome? He means so much to me... soo much! He works hard, he comes right home and even takes time and plays with Honey and Willie and spends time asking me about how my day went. He takes good care of me, and we have been together more than the 20 years we have been married. I never thought I would meet someone that would fit me so wonderfully. Sure we have our problems, and almost lost each other once a while back, but through them all, I truly love this man. He has a wonderful heart, a wonderful personality, he makes me laugh, and is always by my side supporting me with anything I do. I love spending my time with him and can hardly wait for him to get home from work. I wait for his calls, I greet him at the door, and when he leaves, I kiss him and tell him I love him...Oh boy... who would think I would get so emotional writing this, but this man amazes me! He is so giving, loving and caring and I love him so much, and I just wanted to share that. After arriving at the airport from my visit to Wisconsin a few weeks back, he was there waiting for me with a huge smile on his face. He looked different to me for some reason. I went to him and literally threw myself into his arms and gave him the biggest hug I could muster up. I missed him sooo much! And to think that he is mine, all mine!! So for today I honour my husband Scott. Love ya hon!!! Muah!

What Can I Do?

What can I do?
Watching the devastation in NO, I sit here & I feel powerless. Where do you even start with this kind of destruction? There are so many things that need to be done. Death tolls climb and things are just getting worse--not just the people who are now homeless, but like the animals at the zoo...or the sealife from the aquarium. Every time you turn around, there's another facet we hadn't thought of yet. There is mass devastation...and each individual's personal hell. So many questions left to find answers to. I watched the news this morning & listened to the reporter grill the poor mayor of New Orleans about what will he do now for his city? Why didn't he have a plan in place a long time ago? What I see is a man who is broken, trying to be strong, trying to be a leader while he watches the city he loves & is responsible for just become more & more tragic. He has lost too. His position has not made him exempt from Mother Nature's wrath. I want to shake the reporter & ask her why she isn't asking "what can WE do?", not criticizing this man who has SO much resting on his shoulders. Who could have known? You see the predictions on paper, you make a plan for an emergency, but who can play these scenarios out in even their worst nightmares? Plans look good on paper but implementing them in the middle of so very much loss is not so simple. There are a million things you could never plan for. Mother Nature is just too unpredictable. You can't possibly plan for every potential situation. You just can't. So we all sit here thinking: what can be done? What can I really do? My thoughts this morning keep going back to one quote: "The journey of a thousand miles start with a single step". Maybe my dollar or your dollar won't make a noticeable difference, but every bit DOES help. Add us up & we CAN make a difference! We can & we will! I am reminded of the workplace inspirational poster that says: "Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but look what they can do when they stick together". My one small step? At the News & Observer, along with bins located throughout the building accepting donations of food, water, paper products and cleaning supplies, we are taking up a collection & combining it with a large company contribution & we are making a donation to the American Red Cross. Even if we can only help 20 people for one day, those will be 20 children that have a meal in their hungry tummies...and 20 parents who will be grateful that their child has been provided for--because in times like these, you don't think about tomorrow or next week or next month, you don't think about anything more than your child's next meal, your next breath. Bit by bit, one tiny step at a time... we can ALL make a difference!

She Scraps In Silence

I found this poem that was written by Thena and it reminded me SO much of myself. I just wanted to share it!

She scraps in silence in the night,
With family sleeping in their beds,
Working by a soft dim light;
The dog sitting by her wishes to be fed
And whines for her to make it right,
But settles for a nap instead.

One piece of paper, then one more or less
Inspired by those whose pages rock,
She is overwhelmed by books she will confess,
But hopes that fame at her door will knock
As she struggles to artistically her soul express,
And strives to overcome her scrapping block

And on that note and with that thought in mind,
She tears and paints and embosses yet again.
Her inspiration she does seem to find
And a victory she sees that she will win.
No longer does she feel she's in a bind
For once more creating is her friend.

Thena

Nursery Rhymes Today

Just a few nursery rhymes I thought I would share.

Mary had a little pig,
She kept it fat and plastered;
And when the price of pork went up,
She shot the little bastard.

Mary had a little lamb,
Her father shot it dead.
Now it goes to school with her,
Between two hunks of bread.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To have a little fun.
Stupid Jill forgot the pill
And now they have a son.

SIMPLE SIMON met a Pie man going to the fair,
Said Simple Simon to the Pie man, "What have you got there?"
Said the Pie man unto Simon, "Pies, you dumb #$%!

"HUMPTY DUMPTY sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the kings' horses,
And all the kings' men.
Had scrambled eggs for breakfast again!

HEY DIDDLE, DIDDLE the cat took a piddle,
All over the bedside clock.
The little dog laughed
to see such fun,
Then died of electric shock.

GEORGIE PORGY Pudding and Pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
And when the boys came out to play,
He kissed them too 'cause he was gay.

What I did on my summer vacation

So I just got back from a wonderful vacation to Wisconsin to visit two of my children. It was sooo good to see them again! I can't tell you enough how much I miss them kids! I had a blast while I was up there! I have been back for three days already and I tell ya......my feet and legs are STILL hurting! We kept ourselves quite busy over the past week. We went to the State Fair, a car show, 7 mile fair, shopping at Gurnie Mills (where I SCORED at Archivers!), hunting for long lost relatives in the cemeteries, visited my mom and Grampa Phil's burial place, went to the Art Museum where we named some of the art there ourselves. (This was funny as hell!) I visited my girlfriend Janet and her boys and ate dinner there and looked at her scrapbooks and took some fun pictures. I took a trip to see where Holly works and got to meet some of the people she works with. We even took Sarah and her roommate Erin out for lunch since it was Sarah's 24 th. Birthday! Went shopping at Southridge with Ryan, Holly and Sarah and discovered another scrapbooking store right across the street! WoooHoooo! We checked out the bookstore that Holly always goes to and I didn't do too bad there. I mere $21 is all I spent. I'm getting better with them books stores I tell ya! We went to Leon's for the ever-so-wonderful custard sundaes they have. Even Izzy came with us. It was so cool to see him again. He *hearts* me! Sat around upstairs and looked at old pictures and laughed till we cried, took a bike ride with Stosh and Holly experienced her first bike ride. She looks like a natural on the back of one! Stopped at the greasy George Webb's but didn't bother buying a burger. No one didn't want my money so I didn't give them any. Poop on them! Went to Best Buy and bought Ryan his belated birthday present and stopped at Cold Stone Creamery to taste their over-rated ice cream. That's exactly what it is too.....over-rated. IMHO. Went to a yardsale, went to Michaels, went to Steins, went to Goodwill and went to a couple gas stations so Ryan could shove off his beautiful mom to a few of his friends! (That's my boy!) Went to the lake front and took a long walk down the pier and got some cool shots of the city lights at night, (Thanks to Ryan!) Holly and Marcus took Ryan and me out for dinner at Olive Garden. Boy was it scrumptious! Ryan took Holly, Grandma Marcia and me out for breakfast and boy was that good! Got to scarp by Holly's girlfriend Sarah's parents new house. Wow was that nice! Got some lovely shots of their home along with the beautiful backyard with all the flowers, waterfall and fish. We also stayed and scrapped by Holly's house the last night I was there. Unfortunately I didn't bring none of my scrapbook stuff with me but that turned out to be a bonus for Holly because I just worked on her book! I was just so happy to be scrapping it didn't matter who's I was working on! We watched a couple really good movies and spent a lot of time laughing our asses off looking at t-shirts on the computer and watching the videos on ebaum. Tom and Marcia also cooked us a fantastic dinner with a shit load of food on the grill. I think I actually came back home 15 lbs. heavier! Took a couple trips to the gas station to make sure both my babies vehicles were filled up before I left. Holy crap was gas expensive! Well, at least that's what I thought until I got back home. Holy Moly! The weather was BEAUTIFUL! A couple hot days but nothing like it was here! I couldn't believe how nice the weather was! I hated to come back home to this shitty 98 degrees with high humidity! Ugh!
Well I could ramble on and on all day about all the things we done but I think you got the point. We had a blast and I am so thankful that the kids and I got to spend good quality time together! I can't wait until I can go back and we can do it all over again! Now it's back to reality and all the responsibilities that go with it. I'm not happy about that, but, I AM happy that I have many many happy memories from this summers vacation with my kids! Thank you Ryan! Thank you Holly! I love and miss you both so much! You are the BEST!!!

Our Dogs the Perverts

What is it about the bathroom that causes our 2 dogs such interest? I would have to say that at least 95% of the time I have at least one, and often both of them in there with me while I'm using the toilet. It's uncomfortable, really. I look down, and there's these EYES looking at me. Why? What fascination can they possibly gain from it? One might say, "Well, shut the door." It has no effect. Honey has learned some Houdini trick and opens the door and parades on in anyway. It's quite embarrassing to have friends over and have her invade their privacy. In the mornings, when I first get up, Honey, Willie and I generally have what I fondly refer to as "toilet time." I stagger on in there and they run on in, bumping their head against my legs, looking up at me adoringly, wagging their tails like crazy, waiting for me to pet them, which I normally will do. Then the three of us will just huddle in the bathroom while I'm on the toilet. Both of them oblivous to whatever else that I might be doing.

Besides my time on the toilet, it's also inevitable that I am visited when I am in the bathroom brushing my hair, teeth or whatever else one does while in there.

Now that I think of it, it's just Willie that's the pervert. Honey just sort of meanders in to make sure that nothing exciting is going on that she might be missing, but with Willie it's a duty and an obsession. Of course, this is the same dog that insists on licking the floor, barking in the middle of the night for no reason and that is strangely drawn to the smell of my black pants.

I Hate Socks

I hate socks. I've come to that conclusion after just doing the laundry. Socks just suck. Number one, I'm one of those kind of people who take them off at the drop of the hat and then somehow just one of them gets lost. I think there's a black hole somewhere in this house that sees them and wants to taunt me by just taking one, leaving just one and making me wonder and ponder what's become of it's pair. I have a whole little section on top of the shelf by the washer and dryer comprised of lonely socks, hoping that I'm going to find it's sole mate but somehow, they never seem to turn up.

If that wasn't bad enough, I just hate dealing with socks at laundry time. It's annoying to have this huge pile of socks that I have to dig through to match up and then fold nicely together in those little balls. I just had to get that off my chest. Thank you for listening. I feel much better now.

Just waiting for Friday

Boy did this past week go by fast! So far I got everything that I need to get done before I leave to go see my kiddies up in Wisconsin. I paid all my bills, bought new bundies, (I got this from mom, she used to always make sure I had new undies before we went on vacation anywhere!)cleaned the house, made out my packing list and took care of all those little odds and ends that needed to be done. Now I am READY! I wanted to get my hair cut and highlighted but I don't think I will. I still haven't decided what style I want so I think I'll just wait for now. It's just that it's so darn hot and I think I may be getting too old for having long hair. I need something new. After all I wore my hair the same way since I was about 14 years old! Any hoot, all I have to do now is wait until Friday comes so I can head on out to the airport and get on that plane. I really really really am in dire need of a vacation right now! They are killing us at work and the stress is just building up right now. I can't wait to get away from that place, even if it is for just 11 days. I am going to miss Honey and Willie. I always have a hard time leaving Honey for any length of time. Especially now since she hasn't been feeling well. Her nose is still plugged and everyday I have to clean out her one nostril because she gets dried up boogies in it. I'm going to try and get her into the vet on Thursday or maybe even early Friday before I leave. I'm starting to get a bit worried about her. I don't want to go on vacation and not be able to relax because I'm worrying about my little Honey Bunny back home, you know what I mean? We'll see how that goes.
I'm going to try to keep this blog updated even while I am in Wisc. That way Scott will be able to read and see what I am up to daily. I sure wish he was coming with me! They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder so maybe it will be good to spend a little time apart. I miss him already just thinking about it. Don't worry babe.....I won't be gone too long. Just when you go to bed at night, call Honey up on my side of the bed and it will feel like I am right there with you. You'll rub your feet against her and you will think it's my legs. Yeah, so I haven't shaved in a while, SO WHAT?
Well that's all for today. I want to get some scrapping done before I go to bed. I have a nice clean, organized room that's calling out to me right now. I think I am going to work on some beach pictures. I have a lot of ideas in my head right now and I want to get to work while I'm inspired. Gotta go!

No Time

So I was all ready to write about something today when I got carried away with talking to my dear sister online who has been gone away to Wisconsin for the last...oh....6 months or so. OK so that's exhagerating a little bit but it sure does seem like that long! We ended up chatting for awhile and now it is time for me to go and get ready for work. I told Holly that I would send her some reading material, so she'll just have to read what's up here for now. Hi Holly! (jumping up and down waving my hand to Holly!) Hopefully I will have time to write tomorrow along with some pictures. I just learned how to add photos to this blog so I'll have some fun with that! Y'all have a great day and try and keep cool! Leave me a message if you will. It's good to see a comment or two left behind!

Absolutely Fabulous

Has anyone ever seen this British Comedy show "Absolutely Fabulous? It is so friggin funny! You have two very eccentric women who are best friends who smoke cigarettes, do cocaine, smoke an occasional doobie and drink Champagne all day long. Neither one of them know how to do anything for themselves. Edina, is one of them who has a very normal daughter (the ONLY normal person in the bunch!)named Saffy. Edina doesn't like Saffy at all and neither does her best friend Patsy. Actually Patsy despises her. Saffy totally disgusts Patsy and Patsy isn't afraid to let anyone know it either. This is just a brief description of the characters in the show. If you have never seen it before you should watch it. It takes a little bit to get used to. You really have to watch an episode or two before you get to understand who and what the characters are all about. My brother Craig turned me on to this show a few years back. I went by his house one day and he called me in the living room and told me that I have to watch this show. I watched it and thought that it was kind of stupid all the while he was just laughing his ass off. Well this went on for a few days and the next thing you knew I was hooked! A couple times of watching it, Scott and the kids were hooked too! Well, to make a long story short, we cancelled our cable and no longer was able watch it. I had thought about the show a few times in the past and even got lucky and caught a couple episodes when I went by Lorries house one night. Well, I went to Best Buy this past weekend and seen that they had a 2 disc DVD of "Absolutely Fabulous", the Complete Series 5 and so I splurged and bought it. Again, it took a little bit to get used to but love it! It's like meeting up with old friends again that I haven't seen in ages! I missed this show so much and so now I am on the hunt to get the other 4 completes series. They also have new ones coming out on September 13th. I can't wait! I would like to one day own all of them. Just like all the "friends" series. These are two shows that have been my favorites for so long. So if anyone comes across these anywhere for a good price, think of me and pick them up. It'll make me a happy camper.

Retail Therapy

As you can see I am back up and running. (Bet nobody even noticed I was gone at all. Sniff sniff)
Any hoot... I was feeling a little down and out last week and so I took myself on a "little" shopping spree. After all, I needed to pick up some things for my trip in a couple of weeks and pick up a birthday present for Nichole. So while Scott was at work I took a trip to the mall. Now everyone knows how I hate the mall, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I was walking around Dillards and picked up the pair of Rainbow sandals that Nicki had been wanting. While there, I found a pair of cute black shoes that I had seen a couple months ago and regretted not buying and so I bought those too. Well, the purse department was right next to the shoes department and so I mosied on over there and found they had a good sale going on. Well, I can't pass up a good sale! So I found me a leather pocketbook I liked. Bought that too. What good is new shoes and a new pocketbook without something new to wear it with right? So upstairs I go to the womans clothing department. I head right to the clearance and low and behold I find a pair of Capri's and 3 tops that were priced just right for me and so I bought those too. I thought I'd better get ouit of this store because I am spending waaaay to much money in here and so I head on down to another department store. What is that I see? A sale? I better go and check it out. It's safe to look because I never find nothing I like in this store anyway. Wrong. Found a couple more tops that were just to good a price to pass up. And plus they went well with the Capri's, shoes and purse I just bought so what the hell, I bought those too. I thought I'd better head on home because I didn't want to get stuck in the rush hour traffic so I start heading back and naturally I had to stop at Lane Bryant while passing it on my way out. There I buy 3 more tops, well one was for work so I NEEDED that one, so that doesn't count. OK here I go. If I don't leave now I'm going to get stuck in traffic. Wait.....theres INK bookstore. Let me just see if they have the new issue of scrapbook magazines in yet. Yes they do! Yippee! Which to choose from......I hate making decisions! Can't think... Can't think.....screw it......take them all. NOW I am finally headed for the car to get home and what happens? There's traffic up the ass. That's ok though because my feet are tired from all the walking I done. Once home I show hubby all my purchases! He just smiles and see's how happy I am and doesn't say a word. Bless his heart. He's the best! Well, I'm still not done spending money and so I ask Scott, "Honey do you want to take a ride to Best Buy with me? I want to look at computers." Sure. He'll come with me. So off we go. Well, needless to say we didn't just "look". We ended up buying a whole new computer, some software, batteries and battery charger, more memory for my camera and a couple other things we needed. Buy the time we got home I was completely exhausted! My feet hurt so bad, I was tired, thirsty, hungry and had a headache from hell! But you know what? I FELT GOOD! That is just what I needed!

I suddenly LOVE tomatoes!

Who needs a husband when we have TOMATOES! Yes, this is a real tomatoe on a tomatoe plant. One of the "peas" on the message board posted this and it got me thinking.....I need to plant some tomatoes. I never really got into gardening before but I think it's time for me to start. I suddenly have this urge to go out in the backyard and dig it all up and plant nothing but tomatoe plants. Can you imagine it? Going out on my back deck and seeing all these beautiful tomatoes out there. Growing and getting larger by the day! I'm getting sooo excited just thinking about it! I can imagine Scott coming home and wondering why nothing is done around the house. Honey? Why does the house look look like it hasn't been cleaned in a month? Because I been tending to the tomatoes. Honey? Why have we eaten dinner in such a long time? Because I been tending to the tomatoes. Honey? Why don't we have sex anymore? Because I been tending to the tomatoes. Honey? Why are there tomatoes on your nightstand? Uhh...........

I hope you all miss me.

Just a note to let everyone that reads this stupid blog of mine know, that I will no longer be writing. My computer kicked the bucket. I cannot log in to this site unless I am at work and I just don't have the time while I'm at work to write. Soooooooo.....until further notice, I am outta here. I will let everyone know when I start back up again. All you have to do is let me know that you want to know. Sign my guestbook and I will let you know as soon as I am up and running again.
I'm really gonna miss writing in here. Hopefully it won't be too long before I will be back.

If anyone is wondering....which I doubt they are.....

If anyone is wondering why I haven't written anything lately, which I doubt anyone even cares.....is that my puter is fucked up. Yup. It sure is. I can't access any web sites for some unknown reason. I don't know what the hell I did, or if I did anything at all, but the sumbitch won't let me do anything I want to do. I keep getting a "page unavailable....web site may be temporarily down....blah blah blah." Bullshit. You mean to tell me that every single web site I go to is temporarily down? I mean come on! If you don't like me coming to you're site any more, or if I just stink and need to take a shower or sumfin, at least say it to my face! Damn! I mean really....I KNOW it isn't my puter. I take care of that baby. I deferag it every couple days, delete all my temp files and cookies, stay away from opening unknown e-mails from peeps I don't know and all that other stuff that you are supposed to do to your computer. Yeah right. I tried to deferag it a while ago. It was going for almost 3 days and the damn thing wasn't even at 1%! No shit! Needless to say I just said blow it and let it go. So if anyone out there is reading this and knows anything at all about puters and would like to give me some advice....feel free to do so. Really. I won't mind one bit. I need my puter. I miss my puter. I love my puter. It's pretty much my "lifeline" you could say. It's what keeps me connected to the people I love!
If you're wondering how I am writing this right now, I'll tell you. I'm at work. And now I have to go. The press is calling me.

My already planned retirement!

I have decided that when I retire this is what I am going to do. There will be no nursing home in my future....
When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Carnival Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations at Carnival and I can get a long term discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day for :

1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.

2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can waddle to the restaurant, or I can have room service (which means breakfast in bed every day of the week).

3. Carnival ships have as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.

4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.

5. They will even treat me like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to help me and make me happy.

6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days.

7. TV broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No Problem! They will fix everything and apologize for my inconvenience.

8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and I won't even have to ask for them.

9. If I fall in the nursing home and break a hip I am on Medicare. If I fall and break a hip on the Carnival ship they will upgrade me to a suite for the rest of my life.

Now this is the best part! Do I want to see South America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia? Just name a place where I want to go! Carnival will have a ship ready for me! So don't look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship!

P.S. And don't forget, when I die, they'll just dump me over the side at no charge!

8 Stupid Things I Done As a Kid

Here is a list of some of the stupid things I have done as a kid. I wanted to post 12 of them, but seeing as I was such a good kid and hardly ever got in trouble, I had to shorten my list to 8. So, here we go......the stupid things I have done:

1. Dropped out of highschool in the 10th. Grade.
2. Stole the teachers language book with all the answers in it just because I liked the way it looked. I wanted to take it home with me to play school with but the teacher found me with it before I could.
3. Ran away from home with Mike Maz and he changed his mind and ditched me at someone's house.
4. My friends and I used to sit on her front porch in summer time and drink hot Maddog 20/20 to get drunk. (It turns my stomach now just thinking about it!)
5. Snuck out of the house at night so I could drive in the cemetery.
6. Took Lorries station wagon for a ride around the block when I didn't have my license and I got pulled over by a cop and got a speeding ticket.
7. Sold my white bedroom set that mom bought me because I simply needed some money.
8. Boozed school and stayed either in the basement or the attic at the entire day.

I interupt this morning by bringing you this special announcement.....

I am going to Wisconsin in August am I am excited!

I got my test results back

So I went in for my ultrasound.They looked at my liver, kidneys, lungs, appendix, gall bladder and ovaries. They also did a vaginal ultrasound and checked my uterus. (First time I ever had one of those done. I didn't like it one bit!) The doctor called me the next day and said that he found a couple things going on. He found a small fibroid on my uterus, which is a cyst that has the possibility of turning into a tumor (?) and a very large cyst on my right ovary. He told me that if the pain gets any worse in the next couple weeks to make sure I come back in otherwise keep taking Aleve for the pain, which I been doing. He is scheduling me for another ultrasound in 6 weeks to check on these things and see if they have grown any. He said it was VERY important that I come back in for the second ultrasound. I guess he's waiting to see if the large cyst goes away on it's own. He said that if it "pops," there could be another one right behind it and that may be why this one is so big. I forgot to ask him exactly "how big" was big, but I forgot. If the thing won't go away on it's own, then maybe he'll have to help it along. So that's that. Now I just wait (uncomfortably I may add)! and see if the thing goes away on it's own before they do anything. It's not very good news but it sure could be worse. For THAT I am thankful! Oh yeah......he also said that my liver is a bit fatty. (JUST my liver?!?!) he-he. Nothing to worry about though. Seems to me that he would have gone in there and removed it or something if it's hurting me that bad, but then again I'm not a Doctor and I don't know what's going on. Do I need to be worried or not? What is the difference between a regular cyst and a fibroid cyst, or are they the same? I wish I would have asked these questions when I talked to him on the phone but I wasn't thinking too clearly. So now I have MORE things to worry about! Prayers for me are welcome. :)

A list of things I am liking and disliking today.....

5 things I'm liking right now:
1. It's Sunday, my day off!
2. That I got Kenny Chesney concert tickets!
3. That our air conditioning is working now
4. My tummy is full, which means I am a happy girl
5. Finally having some free time to pea

5 things I am not liking right now:
1. The results from my ultrasound
2. Not being able to make a decision to go up to Wisconsin in August for vacation.
3. My belly itching like crazy and I don't know why!
4. That I am missing both my children 1,000 miles away
5. The hot and humid weather

My Head Is So Full!

Oh boy my head is so full right now! (Lorrie are you reading this and laughing at me?) I just can't seem to think straight when I have so much going on in my purdy little head. I have decisions that need to be made. I am not good at making decisions. I have a hard time with simply choosing Chocolate or Vanilla, black or white, left or right, thongs or bloomers, sex tonight or tomorrow.....you get the idea. I need to see if I can buy one of those little spinning wheels to keep on my desk that all I have to do is ask a question and spin the wheel and have my decision made for me. You know.....like that big spinning wheel that you see on "The Price is Right". Now that I think about it, I think I bought one of those for someone for Christmas one time. Was it for Lorrie? Or maybe it was something similar. I think it was with darts though. Anyways, here is my dilema. I love Kenny Chesney. I love his songs that he sings. I couldn't wait until he came to NC so that I could get tickets and go see him. Well, he is coming. On August 12th. Now....to make a long story short, sis got me a ticket but it will when I was planning on going up to Wisconsin to see my kiddies. I want to go see my baby Kenny and then I want to see my other "real" babies. Now....... I know which one I REALLY want to do, but there is another problem. This one I'll have to explain a bit first before I continue. Stay with me now....don't get lost......remember that pain I have been having in my lower right hand side? Well I finally took my butt to the doc and had him check it out. He's pretty sure that it isn't my appendix or my gall bladder. What he is thinking is that it could be a cyst or something on my overies. I am schedualed to go have an ultrasound done on Thursday morning of my whole abdominal area. They took a urine and blood sample from me and I won't hear how that turned out for a couple days. He also wants to schedual me for a paps. Oh I won't even get into that one! (starting to feel a bit nausious here!) He asked how long it has been since I had one and I had to think a minute to figure out how old Holly was. He didn't like that one bit. Anyways, I wanted to make my flight reservations now for August, but now with this coming up, I don't feel safe doing that just yet. What if I need to have something done, like removing my female parts or something? I don't have that much sick time at all that I can take. That means I'll have to use my personal days and once that's gone I'll be digging into my vacation time. I don't want to spend my vacation time laying my ass in bed feeling like I just got run over by a friggin truck but I may just have to do that. Are you still following me? So what the hell do I do? Do I just go ahead and tell sis to sell my ticket? (God I don't want her to be mad at me!) Do I go ahead and make reservations for a flight to see my babies? Do I cancel my doctor and reschedual for a different time? Do my kids even WANT me to come see them? Should I go see Kenney and just stay close to home in case something goes wrong with me? Hell if I know!!! Does anyone have any answers for me? I sure could use some help here if anyone is listening! I hate having so much clutter in my head that I can't think straight. Oh well, maybe I won't even have to worry about making a decision. Maybe God will make it for me.

Such a Beautiful Sight!

I came home from work and entered my 86 degree house. Fans blowing like crazy but not doing any damn good. Looked outside to see if I can see if Scott had the lawn mower out because the shed door was open both him and his truck was gone. I walked outside onto the back deck and what to my wondering eyes should appear? Not a sleigh and eight tiny riendeer. It was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen! It was a brand new heat/air unit!!!!!!!! Woooohooooo! Can we all say "Thank You Lord!" You should have seen the smile on my face when I laid my eyes on the beauty! It was as if I had just found a bag full of one hundred dollar bills sitting there just for us! It was such an amazing feeling I can't even begin to describe it! Scott went and helped him unload it from the truck and by doing so he said that he will deduct some money off the final price. How cool is that? They unloaded it and and then the man had to leave to take care of some business. What?? Oh no! PLEASE don't go! Come back! Don't just leave it here for us to LOOK at! We want to USE it! Well, the dude had something else more important to do I reckon but told Scott that we WILL have air by tonight. Tonight never came. Well, actually it DID come but not with the privelage of cool air! Good thing it wasn't all that hot out. We had a "cold spell" come through......91 degrees. Go figure. Tonight we will have air. We BETTER or something bad is going to happen. I can garantee that!

Message about the previous ranting...

So I woke this morning after a good night's sleep thinking about my previous post. I feel so ashamed of myself. How dare I sit and curse and complain about such a simple thing as being hot! Yes I admit I was a little (ok a lot) uncomfortable, but really now.....is that something to complain about? I got to seriously thinking about it and came to the conclusion that it is not. There are so many people out there in the world who do not even know about such a thing as "air conditioning". They never had the luxury of having such a modern commodity. Nor a fan for that matter. Elderly people who are living alone and receiving a pension which is barely enough to cover their food and medical supplies let alone the money it costs to run one. Or the family of six who's husband got laid off from a well paying job that have to think about putting food on his family's dinner table so they can eat. Or maybe even the homeless people (not the ones that are homeless by choice) who have to live and sleep in the heat constantly and who aren't even able to shower the dirt and the stink off of themselves. So am I feeling a little bit grateful right now for being in the miserable situation that we are in? Yes I am. I am feeling very much grateful.
I am grateful that even though it is hot, I have a roof over my head to at least give me some shade. Grateful that we have such a modern thing as air conditioning, and even though it is not working right now, we are able to have it fixed. I am thankful that both Scott and I are secure in our jobs, and that we even HAVE jobs to be able to have it fixed. I am thankful that we are both fairly healthy and strong enough that we are able to work. Even though I hate my job, I AM glad to have it. I'm grateful to have a home. To call it ours and not be renting from someone. Yes, it needs some work, but it is ours and I love living here. This is home! We are free to go down to the pond in the summer evenings and fish until our hearts content.
I am grateful for the friends I have, to be able to just call them up and meet them for dinner or a movie or just hang out by their place and play a game or two. I am grateful that I have such a wonderful friend that I have know for over 23 years and still loves me for who I am. Even though she is a thousand miles away, I don't feel that. She is right here in my heart 24/7 and all I have to do is pick up the phone and she will NEVER be too busy for me! For that I am ever so grateful. Also I am grateful for my family. I can't say enough about them. My wonderful wonderful husband who I adore and who adores me. We have been together over 21 years and he still puts up with my shit. Now that says a lot! A man who makes me laugh, who holds my hand while watching TV or driving in the car, who will love any animal if I bring them home and ask if I can keep it, who brings me a cold soda to the car (with a straw!) when I come home from a hard days work. And my three children. Oh how I love them kids! They are the ones that can make me laugh when all I want to do is cry. They are amazing to me. I see couples struggling to have just one child and here I am blessed three times over! If there is just one thing I did right in this world it's raising these three children to be so kind,loving, and as giving as they are. I am grateful that they are all healthy and that I have the privilege of being called mom by them.
I am also grateful for my wonderful in-laws who accept me even with all my flaws. For my parents who loved me and for mom for literally sacrificing so many things for us kids. I never realized all that was given up until I was an adult and with children of my own. I'm grateful that she stuck by me even though I caused her such misery in my early years. She was the BEST! I'm thankful that I have a sister that I can call and talk to when I need to and who shares the same hobby as me. She is the best scrapbooking buddy I can ever ask for and we have so much damn fun together! Also for my brother Curtis who I miss so damn much it hurts. God only knows how much I love him. He would know too if I was given the chance to show him but he is not close to me and I am unable to just pick up the phone and call him, nor him me. I pray when I go to bed at night that the Lord will put it in his heart that he knows I love him. You see, Curtis literally gets his own special prayer. He is singled out because he is so special to me.
I am grateful for these two little fur balls that are sitting by my stinky feet. Honey and Willie. I really feel that God gave these two canines to me to bring me daily happiness. I could be in the WORST mood and all I have to do is walk in the front door and see them and a smile instantly comes to my face! How can I NOT smile when I have four big brown eyes looking at me, two tails just slapping each other in the face and two stinky slimy tongue washing my face when I bend down to say hello to them! How can I resist when someone missed you THAT MUCH while only being gone 20 minutes!
I can go on and on about how much I have to be grateful for. These are just a few off the top of my head for right now. So do I feel any better? Yes I sure do. As for the heat? Let it get hot baby! I can take it! And you know what? You won't hear another complaint about the heat come out of me again because I am TRULY BLESSED!

It's !@#$%^%^&* HOT!!!!!!

99 f***ing degrees outside today and I have no f***ing relief! I am not only hot but I am a bitch and I feel like hurting someone! If that f***ing air conditioning man don't come by tomorrow to fix this mother f***ing air conditioner I am going to do something that I know I will f***ing regret! This is so f***ing rediculous! Sorry but it's too f***ing hot to write anything today!

My Exciting Sunday

Other then the miserable heat that we been battling here over the last few days it turned out to be a pretty good day. It was hot as a mother brother and to cool off a bit I decided to go and take a trip to Big Lot's. One of the "peas" from the message board had a post about Big Lot's and posted a picture of all the scrapbooking goodies that she found there. I tell ya I really need to stop reading them posts because all they do is cost me money! Well anyway, I took a trip down to Selma and wowsie did I score! They had quite a bit of the "Architecture" scrapbooking line for a measly dollar! I took what I could get and also scored on quite a few other things also. I got some leather photo corners, a leather mini photo frame, some antique looking vellum accents, apack of printed 12x12 paper, self adhesive sticky letters, metal word embelishments, some really cute stickers, some monogram letters (T,S,R,N and H) and some other goodies. I was so excited! I felt I really needed to treat myself since I haven't been out doing anything for the last couple weeks. I didn't spend a whole lot at all believe it or not. Oh hell....doesn't matter even if I did. I deserve it dammit! lol
I finally got to spend some time with just the girls today. I met up with Kitty and Billy and we went out to dinner in Fuguay at Golden Corral. Other people it takes them maybe about 45 minutes to eat and be on their way. Well, not for us. I don't know exactly how long we took with eating and talking and all, but I do know that the table next to us had 3 people eat dinner and leave while we were still on eating our "Oh so Awesome Potroast"! Yeah I know. We talk a lot. I also got to finally see where Kitty and Billy live. They moved a few months back and I never got a chance to see their new place. It's nice and big! I forgot how many bedrooms they have but I remember how many bathrooms they have. You know how I know? Because after eating at Golden Coral we each had to "go" and so we each picked one. No need to wait for the other to finish stinking it up. Lord I hate to see the expression on someones face had they walked in the house after we were all done! Whew! Cheryl also got a new kitty. She is 3 months old today and her name is "Midnight Puddin". Don't ask. She is the cutest lil' thing! Loves to play and has green/orange eyes. I am so glad she finally got a pet! Doreen got it for her for Mother's Day while she was out of state somewhere so she couldn't take her back if Cheryl didn't want her. She planned it that way. She's slick.
It was great to see my friends again. Next week we are planning on maybe getting together and seeing a movie or something. Whatever we end up doing I know we'll have fun because I'll be spending it with friends that I love! Until next time..........

Welcome to HELL!

I couldn't wait for the warm weather to come and now it's finally here. Well, I want it to go away now. It's been 2 days and I had enough already! Yesterday I decided that it was time to turn on the AC because it got up to 79 degrees in the house. So here I go and close all the windows up tight and finally broke down and cut the dang thing on. I thought since I'm waiting for it to cool off I'll take a trip to Joanns. Well, a couple hours later I get back home hoping I'd enter a nice cool comfortable house. WRONG. What the hell? I look at the thermostat and it says 81 degrees. Did I turn the damn heat on by mistake? Lemme check. Nope. It shows a little "snowflake" and that means cold. Well, maybe since it's a little bigger house it needs more time. I check back 30 minutes later. It is now 83 *&^%$#@! degrees. Scott and I checked everything. We checked the wires to the unit outside, cleaned and replaced the filter with a new one, tore open the thermostat to make sure it was ok. Ckeck it again....it's now 84 degrees. I think I figured it out. Our air conditioner is not working. I now saved us about $65 for a guy to come out and tell us that. So we prayed for the sun to go down and for a nice cool summer breeze to relieve us from our misery so we can get some sleep. Did we? No. We didn't. After getting a little sleep I woke up feeling like I was back to being 2 years old and waking up to a wet bed. Eeeeew! I walked in the kitchen and believe it or not it was quite cool in there. I knew it wasn't going to last long though. I tried to call sis because we did have plans on her coming here and us scrapbooking all day. I wanted to give her a warning of what she was getting herself into and if she wanted to cancel I would completely understand. Nope. She was going to be a brave soul and deal with it. After all, we had WORK to do! We braved it pretty good by shutting all the windows and blinds and by turning all the ceiling fans on. We got a couple pages done but not anything like we had planned. I, of course, had to "take a break" which consisted of me laying on the couch for just a minute to cool off some. Next thing you know dear ol' sis was waking me up with bags and a cold drink in her hand saying bye to me. Was she leaving so soon? Buy why? Why was her face so shiny and her shirt all wet? I just don't understand? We still had work to do didn't we? I didn't even get to the front door to see her off and she was gone. Disappeared. What is that in my driveway? Skidmarks? Hmmmm.....

12 Lists Just For Fun.......

I got this idea from reading a couple other peoples blogs and thought it would be kind of fun. Yeah I know...it doesn't take much to entertain me.

12 Movies:
1. Bad Boys
2. Family Man
3. How to Loose a Guy In Ten Days
4. A Beautiful Mind
5. The Notebook
6. Gone In 60 Seconds
7. Finding Nemo
8. Office Space
9. Blow
10. Pirattes of the Caribbean

11 Good Bands/Artists
1. Pink Floyd
2. Creed
3. Black Sabbath
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Rush
6. Kenny Chesney
7. Vince Gill
8. The Judds (when they were together)
9. Altered Bridge
10. Ray Charles
11. Elvis

10 Things About Me
1. Brown/Blond colored hair
2. Brown eyes
3. I have been married to a great guy for 21 years now
4. I love everything whimsical
5. I have 2 shelties
6. I hate my job but not yet ready to move on
7. I don't do mornings very well
8. I have a lot of quirky habits
9. I look younger then what I am
10. I always wanted to be a vetinarian

9 Things I Do Daily
1. Have at LEAST 3 cups of coffee in the morning!
2. Brush My Teeth
3. Shower
4. Check my e-mail
5. Spend time with my 2 shelties
6. Go to work
7. Play on twopeasinabucket
8. Try and get some scrapping done
9. Pray

8 Favorite Foods/Drinks
1. Roast Beef
2. Hot Wings
3. Food From Taco Bell
4. McDonalds Double Cheeseburgers
5. Lorries Eclair Cake
6. Coke
7. Sweet Tea
8. White Russians

7 Things I Wear Daily
1. Flip Flops
2. Perfume
3. Capris
4. Earrings
5. My Work Uniform
6. Earplugs
7. Sunglasses

6 Things I Hate
1. Stupid Drivers
2. Negativity
3. When people say "GD"
4. Dirty dishes in the sink
5. Roaches (EEECK!)
6. Drunks

5 Good Friends (in no particular order)
1. Janet
2. Cheryl
3. Sheryl
4. Billie
5. Chris

4 Shows I Watch
1. Grays Anatomy
2. Desperate Housewives
3. MAD TV
4. SNL

3 People I Wish I Could See Right Now
1. Ryan
2. Holly
3. Janet

2 Things I Want
1. Financial Security
2. A Grandbaby

1 Place I Lived
1. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin

So I went by my nephew Shawns house for a Memorial Day cookout. I gotta tell ya that that man can cook! We all pitched in and brought something to eat but I have to tell ya about those brat's and burgers he made. Them burgers were so damn good! I took one bite and knew that this wasn't going to be just a "one burger" thing! So "what did he put in it" you ask? Powder Ranch Dressing mix. Yup. Before making the patties he mixed in the dressing. Now for me I would put in Onion soup mix but not no more. Oh no-sir-ree! It's ranch dressing from now on! Oh and them brats....they were to DIE for! He made 2 separate batches. One batch he pierced the brats and then let them soak overnight in Heineken Beer and the other batch he pierced them, put in a kettle with a bottle of Heine and boiled the pure hell out of them! After boiling them, off to the grill they went. I can't even describe in words what they smelled like once they started cooking on the grill! Now I know the neighbors probably already ate and everything but their mouths had to have been watering smelling them bad boys on the grill! I already had 2 burgers....yes, you read that right....2 burgers (eeek!) and was so stuffed but dear sis insisted that I take a bite of one of the brats. I didn't want to, but as insistant as sis is (say that 3 times real quick!) I did and wouldn't you know it there goes my already fat ass back into the kitchen to get a whole one! I couldn't help it. Really I couldn't. They were that DAMN GOOD! I will never make my brats the same way again! It's beer brat's all the way baby!
Now I also have to mention something else that was special about being there. While my dear daughter was washing the dishes after everyone pigged out, I was watching her and all of a sudden it hit me. After years of planning, cooking and cleaning up, I was so moved to be able to be on the "other side" and have her do the planning, cooking, serving and cleaning. After this wave of emotion hit me tears started forming in my eyes and I had to remove myself from the room before she noticed it or else I would have had to endure the typical teasing I am always delt when I get emotional. It was just so nice to be able to have not just someone else do the entertaining for a change, but to have my daughter do it for me! It meant a lot to me and when it came time for me to go home, I had to make that sure that both Shawn and Nichole knew that. Now I won't mention about the ride home and what accured in the car while by myself. I will keep that a mystery. Yeah.....like no one could guess huh? It was nice. Real nice.

This Memorial Day

Well, it's Memorial Day and soon I will be on my way to my nephews new house to kick-off of the start of the bbq season! I already made a delicious Pistachio Cream Cheese tort to take with me. It's the one that my mother used to make all the time. Yummy! She'd be so proud of me! Everyone is going to be there except for my dear husband who will working out of town. Don't worry Scott....I'll eat some for you. You can count on THAT! God I miss that man when he leaves me to go out of town. No one to kick in the middle of the night or to steal covers from. Oh well. I got Honey and Willie to sleep with me and you can bet that there will be a lot of kicking going on for they take up more room then you could imagine 2 dogs taking up! Now on to more serious business.....
Seeing as it is Memorial Day let's not forget to honor America Â’s fallen and recognize our veterans and those who continue to serve our country. The National Moment of Remembrance, established by Congress, asks Americans wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day, May 30, 2005 to pause in an act of national unity (duration: one minute).The time 3 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday. The Moment does not replace traditional Memorial Day events; rather it is an act of national unity in which all Americans, alone or with family and friends, honor those who died for our freedom. It will help to reclaim Memorial Day as the sacred and noble holiday it was meant to be. In this shared remembrance, we connect as Americans. I think that often the best way to honor them is to continue in our daily lives free and happy... Just take a moment to remember those whose sacrifice made all of that possible.
So at 3:00pm I know what I will be doing. Will you be doing the same?
Have a wonderful holiday everyone! Eat a lot of burgers, drink a lot of that cold refreshing sweet tea and don't forget to wear your red white and blues to show yourpatriotismm!

I'm with the "in" crowd now!

OK so now I am with the "in" crowd. I finally started a blog, but the thing is, what do I write? It's 2:30 in the morning and I am tired as hell. I have to get up by 9:00 to go back to work after 10 glorious days off! You know what? I think I'll start this tomorrow instead. I'm much too tired to think right now. Signing off.......