Reflections

Today, I reflect. I had one of the longest phone conversations EVER! It was a great phone conversation with my bestest friend in the entire universe! We talked about nothing and everything. For someone who doesnt like to talk on the phone, I seem to have perfected it with K. Its weird though, when we are in the same room, we dont feel the need to keep the convo going, it just happens. Before I call her though, I feel like Im supposed to have topics lines up. Not that she expects it, I put that on myself. Today I had nothing of any importance to tell her, but I called her anyway. I have just REALLLLLY missed her lately, more than normal. I have been thinking about the 14 years that we have been friends and how much we have learned from each other, and how much we still have to learn.

On her wedding day, the happiest day of her life (and mine!) I think I did okay. Im not really sure what a Maid of Honor is 'supposed" to do on the day of the wedding. I thought, okay, nothing at all is going right today and I just want to hug her and cry with her then go and punch someone AND something! No, Susan NO! She needs you to be strong for her. Was that the right thing to do? I dont know, the day seems like a blur to me, I was just trying to make it through moment by moment, still standing. Im not perfect (I know your shocked....NOT) I did drop the ball in the planning, K knows where and I have appologised. I look at the wedding pictures all the time, remembering eachmoment that picture was snapped. I was sooooooooo proud and honored to be the person standing next to her (sort of) peeking at her through Brad's parents heads and crying the ENTIRE TIME!

She told me today that there was a couple celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary! I cant imagine knowing someone for 80 years!!! Do you think we will know each other for 80 years K? Sure she says! I dont smoke, you dont smoke, we have a good shot! You make me smile, laugh at myself (and people who fall!). Do you know that in the 14 years we have been friends, that this picture is the best we've taken together? We dont have many pics of us together, and the ones we do have, we are making screwy faces! Another thing we have in common, we like taking the picture, not being in it!

I have some work to do. Im not a good communicator. I know its a problem for a blogger eh? No really, I mean if I have an issue with a close friend or say, a Best friend (I dont at the current time this is just an example) I tend to just stuff it down. I dont act like an adult and discuss it rationally. Here is the weird part, at work, if I have a problem with you, I will ABSOLUTLY tell you so. My former boss is LUCKY she is not there right now, or OOOOOOH MAAAAAN would she get an ear full, BUT that is another blog. When it comes to people I love, I have trouble bringing up issues that bother or concern me. I guess I kind of think that if I tell them, they wont like it or me and just be done with me. I have that happen before many many times and I dont like it. I know your different K, but you know, old habbits and all.

Remember puddle whomping? 4th of July bon fire at the beach? Deuteronomy? Clam chowder? Marshmellow feast? Well actually? Inflatable cock roach repellent? My Life and an ENTIRE BOX of tissue? Date night? New years at TGIFridays? Here is to another 14 years of fun memories! LOVE YOU! 

ONE more funny pet pic!

This happens to be a picture of the greatest dog that ever lived! Jake! My niece K took this pic when she was about 9 years old. Its one of my favorite pictures of Jake. I got him for my 15th birthday. He was half springer spaniel half lab. He had a nubby tail and the best personality ever! He used to open and close the back door to let himself in and out, turn on the outside sink faucet to get himself a drink, and help himself to 24 boxes (toy surprises and all) of Cracker Jacks caramel popcorn snacks! He LOVED chasing rabbits. He only caught one. One night he went into everyones closet, took out one shoe of each pair and played with it in the hall. When I woke up the next morning, the hall way and living room were littered with chewed shoes! That day, we went out and got him is own pair of steel toed boots. He stopped chewing all of our shoes, and stuck with his own pair. That pair lasted him quite a while, he chewed them down to the steel plate! Whats your funny or favorite pet story? 

A salute to funny pets!

I had to share some funny pet pictures with you all. This first picture (sorry its so bad! Im getting used to my scanner!) I find interesting for many reasons. #1, my cat thinks his water bowl is the toilet bowl. He doesnt jump up on hte rim like most cats. He stands on the floor and stretches up and over the rim, like a dog. What makes it funny is his feet constantly slip on the tile floor so hes always readjusting his stance. The second reason (or #2 if you prefer! LOL) is that the toilet he is drinking out of is the middle of the bedroom floor, instead of in the bathroom. My Dad was repairing the tiles in the bathroom around the bathtub so the toilet had to come out. It had a little water in the bottom when we stuck it in the bedroom to get it out of the way and naturally, Rajah found it, and drank it! He is a silly willy!

The second picture is K's cat Zacchieus Wee One Nyland Herman! This is Zac in her younger, pre-pooch days! You see after Zac got "fixed" she has a little tummy pooch that never went away. Its really cute! You really want to grab it, but thats not gonna happen! She was quite the athlete! She loved catching a jungle ball! You can kinda see how puffy her tail got!

I can not imagine my life without a pet! They bring sooooo much joy to my life! To those people who abuse defenseless animals, I hope you step on rusty nails and suffer terribly! I think as well as millions of dollars in fines they should be FORCED to clean the elephant poop at the zoo! And the Rhino poop, and the giraffe poop and especially the Lion poop! Lets see you abuse an animal that can take your head off with one swipe of a paw you jerk face doody head! Anyway, I am greatfull for everyday that I have my pets! Kiss yours today. IF you cant kiss it, blow it a kiss! 

Pack Rat Exposed!

There are some people in this world who keep things because "Someday I MIGHT need it". My Father is one of those people. After going to my Great Uncle's house this weekend to help my brother prepair his room for moving in, I see where he gets it from. The cool thing about my Uncle's house is that is is the one he grew up in. That means there is stuff in there from the very early 1920's and on. While cleaning out the room my brother will be living in we found over $20,000 in savings bonds that my other Great Uncle Bill had stashed away. The funny part is my Great Uncle Bill passed away nearly 2 years ago and these were not known to be in existance when his estate was settled. Apparently G. Uncle Bill was a bit paranoid and my G.Uncle Jack keeps finding money, pictures, and other small items in strange places, like the top of a basement closet, or a sock stuffed away with over $200 in SILVER dollars in it, pictures in a cigar box behind a dresser (no they werent indecent ones, just random family pics), bank statements from 20 years ago!

That being said, onto my Dad. We found his secret box collection while looking for something for one of my nieces. I had to shimmy up to our "attic" space above the garage. In order to get there, I have to climb onto whats left of the hood of my Dad's prize, broken, 1932 Ford Model A (its the last pic), and hoist my huge butt up! No easy task I tell you! While up there, I found boxes to a computer that we threw away over 8 years ago! I should also tell you that my Dad hopes to ge the car running again in his retirement days. He used to drag race it in Beat the Heat races. He even won a few of them! The last time this car was running was 1984 (No Im not kidding!). You can see evidence of that in the cob webs on whats left of the engine up therein pic #2. I dont think there is supposed to be that huge gap there, but Im no mechanic. He also finds it necessary to keep broken radios to cars we dont own anymore, and light fixtures that dont fit or work (1st pic). Dont even ask me where we got a horse blanket. We dont live on a farm & we've never owned horses. I have been accused of being a pack rat by many people. Here is evidence that I am NOT!


 

Falling apart @ 29!

I am only in the midst of celebrating the 5th anniversary of my 29th B-day (Its a year long thing!) and I am already falling apart! This here is my collection. From left to right we have, a muscle relaxer for my back that I just strained this week, next to him we have anitbiotics for my tooth followed by pain killer also for my tooth. And bringing up the rear we have 800mg Ibuprofin for my plantar fasciitis (thats in my foot tendon in case your wondering) AND carpal tunnel! THIS is nuts! I need a vacation! Oh wait, Im going on a mini one in like 2-3 weeks! What I really need is a HOT TUB! Man those hot jets would feel FANTABULOUSIO right about now! SOrrty for the short post, it hurts my back to sit here too long! 

Goin to Tahoe!

Im excited! In a mere 20 days I will be going to Tahoe for a weekend of fun! Originally, I was going with 3 other people. Then, of them backed out! So now, its just myself and one other girl. ITs cool though, its the same girl that Im going to Disney World with. She decided that she wanted to stay at a super nice hotel and booked Embassy Suites! I told her that there was NO WAY I can afford that! She says "well hey thats how much I was planning on spending anyway, so just pay me what you originally were, and I'll cover the difference. NO ARGUING, subject closed" I was like, uhm okay. So the first picture you see, is the hotel we will be staying at. Apparently, we get a cooked to order breakfast included in our room price every morning we are there! Ive never stayed in a suite before, this outta be fun! Picture number 2 is Lake Tahoe, CA itself. Pertty isnt it! It will be a nice weekend getaway. There is not a lot to do in Tahoe, so Im looking foreword to doing a TON of nothing! Take in some scenery, snap a few pics (K, I will TRY to do you proud!) maybe look for some interesting locals to make fun of, I mean meet. And probably being the TOTAL and complete Disney nerd I am, plan some details of my Up & comming Disney trip!
 

The D word!

Yes folks, today I went to the dentist. While my teeth are in slightly better condition than my friends here <--- I had to have an emergency temporary crown put in. Keep in mind that I have not beet to the dentist in oh, 10 yrs at least. I didnt have any insurance for at least 10 yrs. I never went unless I was in pain, which is exactly what prompted this trip. I knew I was gonna have to have some type of drill or extraction done. Now my jaw is sore, my face is numb, and my bank account is empty! Even with insurance (HA!) I still had to pay $468! I HATE THE DENTIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Had to share this one!

CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS

A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up & down the aisles.The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him.He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife.She directs him down the correct aisle.A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of string on the counter.She says, confused, "Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for your wife?"He answers, "You see, it's like this, yesterday, I sent my wife to the store to get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back with a tin of tobacco and some rolling papers; cause it's sooo-ooo--oo-ooo much cheaper. So, I figure if I have to roll my own .......... so does she."(I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton!)

Broken Heart

Sometimes I wonder why and how I get myself so deep. I thought I was doing good by putting my trust in my own niece. Boy, was I wrong. I have defended her, covered for her, been there for her, only to get stepped on, talked nasty about and too, snubbed, lied to, and stolen from. I have given her everything and more and shes not even my daughter. The thanks I get? I get my credit cards stolen and used. I get what little money I have stolen so she can buy a baby gift her white trash friend who was stupid and got knocked up. I get her a job at my Best friends wedding as a server which she was WAAAAAAAAY over paid for (Love you for it Sh), she takes my car and disappears for 3 hours and rumor tells me that she lifted 2-3 bottles of wine. That is unconfirmed because I didnt get a chance to talk to the bar tender, and I dont know for sure. At this point, it wouldnt surprise me. She has stolen from my mother, her grandmother, as well. Do I plan to tell my sister, no. My sister did the same things, where do you think my niece learned it from. Everytime she does something wrong like this, she gets caught, we confront her, she appoligises and life goes on. I cant trust her! That breaks my heart. I dont want her here if Im not here. My mothers hearing is not that great and she could easily lift things without her knowledge. It pisses me off that she knows better, and has constantly chosen not to do better. I know that when I confront her she will do 1 of 2 things. COMPLETELY deny it and shut down like her mother, or put on the oh Im so sorry it will never happen again face. She is in for a surprise though, I will be in on this talk with my mother. She knows that I dont buy her crap and I dont fall for her puppy eyes like my mom. My days as a door mat are long over. I will NOT let her get away with this. I WILL force her to pay me back every penny she stole from me. I didnt deserve this, I didnt ask for this, and I dont want it. I wish I could just leave here, go into a bubble and disappear where this kind of pain cannot reach me. Its not fair.

142 days, 7 hours, 50 minutes

Yes, that is the exact countdown until I leave on the best vacation I have had in my life thus far! Thats right folks, Im goin to DISNEYWORLD!! I booked my trip yesterday at AAA. I will be staying at Disneys Beach Club Resort! Here are a couple pic I "found" online. One is of the inside of a standard room, another is of the outside of the hotel. The last is of course, the best mouse in the entire world! Im going to see him at his winter home! I cannot WAIT!!!!!!! 

HUGE HUGE HUGE THANK you!

A HUGE thank you to Emma Sometimes! If it werent for her, I would not have gotten my picture onto my blog! So you have her to blame, er thank for now seeing my picture EVERYTIME you visit me! I dont know how to link, so Im copying her blog address into here, so visit her! http://gingerbeethebusybee.blogspot.com/

A gripe for us BEAUTIFUL fat chicks!

I NEED to give props to fat chicks EVERYWHERE! We are amazing strong beautiful women. We are, in fact, a majority holder in the population of America. ou hear reports & read stories of how being fat is okay now. Its being skinny that is the taboo now right? You see it on tabloids "Nicole Richie at 85 pounds! Stars wasting away! So thin you can see her ribs!" Here is the flip side. I have to drive 15 miles to the nearest mall. In that mall is about 100 stores give or take. Out of 100 stores only 2, yes 2, have fat chick clothes. A neighboring city to me has a population that is prodominately African American. The African American woman is known to not always be built like a sting bean. They have meat on their bones. In this city of oh about 200,000 there is ONE fat chick clothing store. So, if our nation is "getting bigger" and its "okay to be fat", why is everyone on TV, in movies, and EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, still so thin you can see through them? And of the 3 fat chick clothing stores in a 20 miles radius, only one of them actually carries cute trendy clothes. At one of the stores, everything in it is either a solid color or stripes, THATS IT. AND, they charge you like $60 for a cotton tank top! At the skinny chick clothes stores, they can get a tank top for $5. This is NOT OKAY with me. In fact, it pisses me off! The illusive THEY, are trying to tell us one thing, but are really saying another. Its like telling someone that their kid is cute while your gaging from the mere sight of them. Yeah they are gonna know your not super sincere. We fat chicks are fun! We are smart, confident, we can wrestle and you wont break us. We will NOT order a tiny salad and pretend we arent hungry on a date just to impress a guy. We are honest , fun & strong, but we crack too. We are aware of the snears and snide comments from small minded people. We get embarrased silently when the chair looks a little wobbly, and we opt to stand in discomfort rather than chance the humiliation of busting it. You thin people have NO CLUE what its like to have to not be too picky about your clothes because you happy to find a few shirts that fit you in an okay way. It pisses me off when tiny little people wont buy a tshirt because it doesnt cling to their body enough. Im happy when a shirt buttons across my chest properly. We have the upper hand in some areas. Yes I am talking about boobs! We fat chicks have them ALL, and we didnt have pay thousands of dollars and go under a knife and risk our lives to get them! I LOVE it when someone comes in to my store and askes me if we sell 34 A's. Yes in the KIDS departemnt!!! I laugh when I see a bra size that says NEARLY A. Im sorry if your that tiny, here is a band aid! Make way for those of us who God blessed with boobs for men to gawk at. Yes, I relish in that secretly. They may not like the rest of my body but by gosh they LOVE the boobs that giggle!

Welcome little Logan James!

Okay, I may be a tad bit late on this one, but better late than never! This is Logan James! He is the son of one my girls! One of my employees that is. He was born on July 1 and weighed in at a hearty 8 Lbs and some odd oz's. He is SOOOOOOO adorable, he snorts when he is hungry its the cutest thing! I just had to share his cute lil mug with you all. I hope everyone had a good weekend, I worked :( 

AAAARRRRRRGGGGHHH!!!

I am so miffed at my computer! So I got a new anti-virus program, Norton. Here is the problem; I cannot connect to the internet unless I totally disable the new security program that is supposed to protect me while I am online. THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO FRUSTRATING!!!!!! I spent 4 hours on it today when I got home from working 8 hours at work. And of course, nobody else in the house makes an effort to fix the problem, they just bitch to me about it. GRRRRRRRRRR! I need my own personal coputer geek to be available at my beck and call to fix my stupid computer when it goes all cookey! (Hush up K) I am soooooooooo ready to just delete the program and surf w/o protection!

Mini Confession

Okay, I have to confess, the picture on my last post was not of the car actually going 328 MPH. You see, by the time my camera snapped the pic, all I had was smoke and the strip. The pic was actually of the very same car, later that day, backing up! That was the only way I could snap the shot! Before the cars race, they do a burn out to warm up their tires and other such stuff that is too technicall or boring for me to go into at this moment. Anyway, I just had to get that off my chest. PHEW! I feel better now!

Sears Point!

Friday, I got to go see Drag Races at Sears Point Raceway! Okay, technically, its called Infineon Raceway, but even 511 Traffic Info called it Sears Point when I said Infineon, so there! Anyway, it was SOOOO AWESOME! This car went a mere 328 MPH! It was funny to see cars hitting 5th gear in under 50 feet! We were in the 44th row! The VERY TIPPY TOP! You'd think that would be a bad seat. In fact, they were the best seats because you can see the entire strip and still feel the rumble in your seat when the Funny Cars and these guys Burn Out! My favorite part is the Beat the Heat. They have kids in high school, race Cops in their own cars. Anybody can sign up for it. I like this for two reasons. (#1)Its fun to see average kids, run red lights, and not get busted for it! (#2) My Daddy used to do Beat the Heat races in a 1953 (or 54) Blue Hudson Hornet. (Yes, just like the one in the movie Cars!) They ALWAYS give the cops a HUGE head start, and the kids still beat them! One was a k-9 unit, with the dog! Apparently at a heat before we arrived, the K-9 stuck his head out the window, and barked all the way down the 1/4 mile strip during the race! The down side of being in the 44th row, the climb! There are no elli-laters at Sears Point! ITs a huff-huff-huff-huff climb ALL THE WAY up! Needless to say, you definately determine how badly you have to pee, or how thirsty you REALLY are. Smart people bring a cooler of supplies. We were a part of the smart group. Next time I go, Id like to go for the finals! We were there for the frist night, so it was mostly qualifying runs, but still a blast! If you have NEVER gone to drag races, GO! 

HOTTER than anything I can remember!

Okay I feel like I am going to literally MELT in my shoes! It is so flippin hot here! This is where Id rather be! But Im stuck in a house with no a/c in 100f heat! This is why I hate summer. I am sooooo uncomfortable in the heat, I cant sleep. I try but I wake up in a pool of sweat! Gee now why is it that Im still single? LOL!

I got irritated at work today. I am now a key carrin, alarm code totin big wig. No, I dont get more $$$ (unfortunately). You see I am one of those rare people who actually uses my brain for thinking and problem solving. I know, I know, Im progressive. Everything I know about my job, I learned on my own. I am constantly the person who they throw into the fire to learn something nobody else knows how to do. Then, I get to train everyone else. yeah me (NOT!) I dont really like having to do that ALL THE TIME. I dont like flying blind. So, when they decided to bring me into the ranks of key carrier, alarm code toter, they decided that since I was "SOOO Smart" (yes, that is a direct quote from the BIG BIG boss) I can figure it all out on my own. WRONG! I was not about to let them do this to me yet again! So, I left a stern voice mail to my fellow toters and carriers that I was not about to be thrown into something blind yet again. I told them that someone needs to actually show me what to do correctly the first time, then I got it. Surprisengly enough, I recieved not only appologies all around, I got 2, yes 2, volunteers to train me on the necessary steps I need. Naturally, I chose the one who I dont want to strangle everytime she speaks. Wish me luck! 

I CANT FIGURE IT OUT!

Okay, I consider myself to be somewhat intelligent (with a side of bad speller tossed in for flavor). I have tried EVERY WHICH way to get a picture on my profile, and everytime I try to save the changes, the link is too many characters!!! Why dont they make uploading your picture into your profile as easy as posting one? or how about a little upload your profile pic here button! NOOOOOO, Blogspot would like you to edit the HTML but dont copy the HTML link cause the pic will be too big. HELLO, user friendlier please!!! We are novices! We need tabs and colorfull buttons, Click here's and so on! Please dum it down a tad. I have followed their directions to the letter, and STILL my pic wont load. I even edited my picture and reduced the file size, but NO. GRRRRR! Okay, Im good now.

Pet Peaves, Peves, Peeves (pic ur spellin)

My cat has decided that he likes to sleep in my dirty laundry basket. This particular evening, all my laundry was done but he still wanted to sleep in it. So, I tossed in some blankets for him. Weird isnt he. Anyway..........I am going to list some of my general irritants. #1, signing up for a blogger account, just to leave a lame ass one liner comment on someones blog that you dont know, #2 people who park in front of your house and leave their car there ALL DAY and half the night forcing you to park waaaaaay far away so when you have to go to work at 330 AM, your walking far to your car. #3 chicken drivers who hessitate or yield at a non-yielding traffic merge forcing you to gun it and tailgate so you and the car behind you dont get creamed by the 18 wheeler, #4 people who dont use their brain for thinking skills and force me to show them how to do a job that they as an executive manager should know how to do in the first place especially if I personally have trianed them on said task multiple times! Thats all for today. Thank you. PS~ I still have not figured out how to fix the computer. I still dont feel like fiddlin with it today. 

By the way.....

I sort of got my internet fixed. Apparently the only thing I have wrong now is my Norton is set at too high so it blocks EVERYTHING now. Including my own ISP! Funny huh! I cant get online unless I disable it. I just have to figure out now, how to reduce the settings. Im too tired now to fiddle with it.

Confession

I discovered something this evening. I am addicted to pictures. I have GOBS AND GOBS of them. Apparently, I am also addicted to picture albums. I pulled all of mine down this evening after dinner just to flip through them. I had 3 albums with the same theme. DUH! My new project will be to condense my albums and make a few that make sense. Maybe then I can actually fill them up. You'd also think that out of all those pictures I have, that some of them would be good huh. WRONG again! I have got to be the worst picture taker with the biggest desire to take good pictures but they only come out goofy, person there is.

Dont you hate work days that have you running around like crazy, but not accomplishing a darn thing. That was my day today. My staff I had today was not exactly the thinking staff. I had to teach them the most basic stuff today. It was okay though, made me feel like the smartest person in the building. GO POOH! GO POOH! YOUR THE SMART ONE! YOUR THE SMART ONE! For a change! I was always at the back of the pack in school. In fact, one of my teachers actually called me stupid in front of the entire class, when I was in 4th grade, then again in 5th grade, then again in 6th grade. Good grief! Its a freggin miracle that I went to and graduated from college! Mean, nasty bitches! There names are..........drum roll please...........Mrs. Lindsay (4th & 5th grade) and Mrs. Mullet in 6th. To bad she didnt actually have one! I have no shame in posting their name on the WWW for people to search. Maybe they will see it by some miracle and realize how badly they damaged one of their own students they claim to want to help so bad. Loosers! I hope they suffer from chronic yeast infections.

No pic today.............blog access by accident!

There I was minding my own business and playing with a vacation planning CD-Rom on my puter, when suddenly I was online! You see, I have not been able to get online for 2 days. SBC says that my lines have issues. DUH, I figured that out when I couldnt access the internet. I actually am computer literate. It frustrates me to NO END that everyone is outsourcing to flippin India! We have people here in the USA, starving and impoverished due to lack of jobs with a liveable wage. So naturally what do all these companies do? Go over to some crap hole country and give them the work! What ever happened to chartiy begins at HOME! Tangent sorry!

Anyways, SBC has told me for 2 days that they are "working on it". They also told me that oh the line department is off today being sunday. My reply to her was "so they arent working on it then" I stumped her. Apparently my reply was not on her list. I got angry and hung up. Why is it so difficult for them to put out a notice on their stupid never ending phone tree saying "if you live in the Northern Buttwipe regon of Yahoo State, we are aware of connections problems and are working hard to restore your service." Not too difficult eh? Apparently so. At work this morning, I had to be on hold with our help desk for 30 minutes only to find out that the problem I was reporting was global, they already knew, and they will call us when they get it fixed. Well, I left work at 2pm, no call, AND our problem was resolved thanks to yours truely using her cranium for something other than holding my ears apart.

PS. If I offended you.............too bad its my blog, if ya dont like it, dont read it. Freedom of speech and all that jazz. GO AMERICA!

The happiest day of her life, and mine too!

So, of the pics Ive had the pleasure of seeing thus far, these 4 are my favorites! Well, I have some others that actually are a little better, but I promised a certain someone, Id keep them a secret! But I like to tease so thats all Im giving you! The upper left is K & her father. That one is my absolute favorite picture! I LOVE IT! the upper right, is K, M, & myself dancin the night away in the rain, with a little help from the grape gods! Some SCREAMIN good wine, or maybe it was champagne. I dont really know, but I do know that I liked it so much I had 6 glasses! Im quite the boogier aint I? NOT, I am the POSTER GIRL of white chick cant dance but do anyway!

The lower left is K & her Mom. Notice the amazing effort to hold back tears so as ot to ruin her makeup or make her eyelashes fall off! And last but definately not least, the first kiss as husband & wife! All together now..............................aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 

One more thing, okay maybe two

I also wanted you to see Rajah's reactionto what I was doing. Im walking around the wood trying to get a good picture of it so you can fully appriciate the size of the stack and the neatness of said stacking job. I look up and there is my boy, just staring at me with this, "What the hell are you doing Mom?" look on his face. I also wanted you to see that our lawn is indeed GREEN in July! SHHHHH! Dont tell it that it rained until late May. I also accidentally eliminated the word PEOPLE from the previous post. Feel free to inject it where it needs to go. 

Retirement has set in!

Here you see evidence that my father, is indeed, retired! The upper left is the first harvest from the garden to its right. As you can see by the size of the tomato plants, its quite humorous to only get one itty bitty cherry tomato! There is also some sweet basil in the middle there, its rather large itself to my surprise. The two lower pictures are my Dads, forced project. We have trying to get him to replace that fense for YEARS! Well, it got tired of standing up after 35 years, and decided to fall. Most normal would toss out the rotted wood. But as you see, my father pain stakenly stacked it on a wheel barrel. He says "It has a nice batena to it". I was not aware that rotten wood had batena (however you spell that word). So now, the only thing that seperates us fromour neighbors, is a little bit of concrete. Luckily, they are nice and actually helping with the cost of the fense like a good neighbor should. 

Saw it, loved it, want it!

Okay, yesterday I went to see Pirates 2. I LOVED IT! Yes, some of the battle scenes were a bit lengthy, but it was still very good. They left an opening for a Pirates 3, which thankfully will have the origianl cast in it again. I think that is what seperates a sequal from a bad sequal......casting. People hate it when you take a perfectly good movie that has potential for a sqeual, and squash it with new casting. Im not a huge fam of sequals. There is only a handfull that I like. The Star Wars that came out when I was little ( Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi), Indiana Jones trillogy, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Lethal Weapon. Now, I can add to my list, Pirates of the Caribbean! I will definately be there opening weekend in May 2007 for the 3rd installment! 

LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!!! :o)

So there I was, minding my own business and running some errands in town. THen, I spot it, in the window of one of those mail stores, WE SELL DISNEY KEYS! I was in that store in a flash! They had about 10 different Disney keys. I was so excited! Finally I have a house key that nobody will mistake for theirs! It was ony $5 too! Isnt it CUTE! The second picture is M showing off her Sweet 16 diamond ring that her Granny got her. She cried when she opened it, it was cute. I took her out to lunch today because I was working on her birthday. I wanted to give her her gift when I could watch her open it. I got her some silky pjs that she loves! I also took her around town topick up job applications and helped her fill out a couple. THAT, was weird!

On the 4th of July K, M, and my sister came over. K is 18 and a HS grad, as you all know. She is definately reveling in her new found independence. She got a tatoo! Yes, my little K, got a tatoo on the top of her foot of a star. Its probably about 3 or 4 inches from left point to right point. Its cute, but it was a little bit of a shock. Not a total and complete shock. She has been weilding her indy since March. So far the only permenant damage she has done is this tatoo. Im also jealous, cause I wanted to get one first but I guess Im waaaay to chicken to let someone color on my skin with a needle! 

Happy Birthday Sweet 16!

So today (July 6, 2006) is M's birthday! I cannot believe that she is 16! Sixteen and has had a boyfriend for over a year! I am in shock. My little Ra~Ra~Rissa~Rissa~Pooh~pooh~pooh is a little lady old enough to drive and manipulate her mother like there is nO TOMORROW! Go M! Unfortunately, I did not get to spend any part of today with her. SHe went to Water World all day with her sister and some of her friends and I had to work over night. Tomorrow, I will go take her birthday present to her and take her out to lunch. The top picture is of M on the 4th of July this year, and the second pic is from Easter I think. As you can see, shes pretty flexable! Always has been. Happy Birthday M! 

Happy 4th of July & Happy Birthday Mom!

Okay, I tried the Collage This button on Picasa to see what it would do. Looks neat. These are some of the few shots I was able to get with my super mega cheesy digital camera. This is the Fireworks Display put on by my itty bitty home town, A/C. The upper left & lower right ones looks like a face dont they? Today is my Moms bday also. I got her a cake from Sweetie Pies Bakery. It was YUMMMMY! Chocolate cake filled with whole fresh rasberries! She had a good day! Happy Birthday Mom! Love you! 

My vampire side rears its ugly head once more!

Its nice to know that you are so needed and skilled at you job itsnt it? My boss tells that if I ever leave and this is a direct quote, "WE are SO SCREWED!" They tell me all the time that the store has never looked so good. Apparently evern our district manager has complimented my work at the store. Here is the down side. I know how to do A LOT in our store, so when things so crazy and wrong, who do you t hink is the FIRST person they call? Yes thats right, me. Yesterday, after already working from 5am ~ 2pm that day, I was at home relaxing. After working the past 2 weeks all graveyard shifts (5pm~2am!) I was off for 2 days and then suddenly thrusted back into god awefull early mornings, hense the 5am ~ 2pm shift. My body, did not like this sudden and abrupt change in sleeping patterns, and did not let me go to sleep until about 1am the night before. So I go in, I do my job and make a hasty retreat at EXACTLY 2pm. On the way home, exhaustion sets in. I make it home fine, but then find myself wide awake. I enjoy a nice diner with the fam, and then just start to relax when it happens. The phone rings! Im not worried though its never for me. "SUSAN PHONE!" is the next sound I hear. I know it can only be one place. work. SHIT! "The person who was scheduled to do audit that night called out sick and we need you to come in and do it. I will give you an extra day off next week paid!"; "Fine, I'll be there at about 930pm" Im soooo not happy but the audit needs done or catastrophic things happen. I go in at 930 that night not happy but thinking it will be a mere 2 hours and I can go home. WRONG AGAIN! THe so called Executive mamagers who supposedly know how to run the store fucked up and caused me and one of my collegues to find where they screwed up and fix it until 330AM!!!! I was indeed PISSED! It came down to the fact that they started a task, and did not complete it! I left a very FIRM voice mail to all of them. I was the one who got stuck working a split 15 hour day and the one who was awake for an entire 24 hour period! Not a happy camper! THe good news it, I have gobs and gobs of favors to pull in and I know EXACTLY when I will call them in! 

You are all missed dearly!

Today, I was talking with my Mother about some pets I had growing up. I dont have them on my computer yet, but these are 3 of our cats who went missing or passed away this year. The first one is Bucky. M's kitty. He was a great hunter and LOVED to play with the feathers on a stick! If you waved it in front of his face, then lifted it off the ground, he would look for it as if it was suddenly lost. He had cancer, love you Bucky!

The second pic is Carl, Bucky's twin brother. Also M's kitty. They were INSEPERABLE, until a severe storm frightened Carl and he ran off, never to be seen again :(. He was very pitiful looking when he was wet. We assume that he masterfully removed his coller (again!) and someone took him in out of the rain. He used to love to come in for his nightly attention bath! If you stopped petting him, he gently reminded you of your duty to him with a head butt!

The third picture is Figero, aka: Figgie! She was a little bitty thing, but ruled the house! She was K's kitty and loved the same things she does; luke warm Tea, velvet blankets and good snuggle! Of course, at dinner time Figgie was always quietly sitting next to the table and would gently tap you with her paw to ask for a piece of whatever it is we were eating. She died suddenly from what we found out was cancer.

I just wanted to share 3 of my family members with you all. I love you all dearly, and miss you TONS!