I'm sitting here, watching "Inside the Actor's Studio"...
Hugh Jackman
OMG!!! LOVE HIM!!!!
I thought he did a fabulous job at the Oscar's....but he is so hot!
and funny!!! and can dance and sing...and just about everything else.
Love him.
I think Brad might have a little competition.....just sayin..
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
some guy had about 20 packages of prime rib in his buggy....about 4 cows. WTH??!
Peace, Bitches!!We got a Sam's Club Membership.
I really like it...buttttt
where the hell am I supposed to put 50 rolls of toilet paper? or 35 waffles? and HUGE boxes of cereal?!
it will help for vacation tho, since I plan on taking alot of the food with us. Each boy is bringing a friend...so we will have 6 teenage boys in the house, along with 6 adults and 2 little kids....and a dog. so we will be eating alot! and I need to apologize now, ahead of time, cuz I am obsessed with vacation....so I will be talking about it alot. It's been five very very long years since we've been to the Outer banks, and we are long over due. We're going in June and it cannot get here soon enough for me.
But I did find a homemade salsa at Sam's that is AWESOME!!!! Tastes almost as good as mine! ;)
So, do you shop at Sam's or Costco?...and what is it you get?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
another list
things I'm loving:
sunshine!
that new thing that you attach to your bra straps, and it makes your bra a t-back bra....so more strap slippage!!
spinach with garlic and hot peppers
all the new spring fabric I bought to make pajama pants for vacation!
diet coke w/lime. I know I say I love that all the time, but you don't understand....I quit my diet coke a few months ago. but I bought some yesterday and damn, that stuff is good! Why oh WHY did I ever quit you diet Coke?
the smell outside. Pine, grass....mud...sunshine. It just smells like Spring and i have got The Fever!
puppies. I want one really bad.
the fact that I can think about my mom now and not cry. 6 months.
"flipz"...the chocolate covered pretzels? YUM
the fact that our President seems to really love his wife and they seem to have a REAL relationship....touching and kissing and hugging...and not just for the cameras.
fried egg sandwiches
tortillas spread with flavored cream cheese, chopped broccoli and turkey...rolled up, for lunch.
"Lash Stiletto" mascara by Maybeline.
Johnson's baby Lotion
sunshine!
that new thing that you attach to your bra straps, and it makes your bra a t-back bra....so more strap slippage!!
spinach with garlic and hot peppers
all the new spring fabric I bought to make pajama pants for vacation!
diet coke w/lime. I know I say I love that all the time, but you don't understand....I quit my diet coke a few months ago. but I bought some yesterday and damn, that stuff is good! Why oh WHY did I ever quit you diet Coke?
the smell outside. Pine, grass....mud...sunshine. It just smells like Spring and i have got The Fever!
puppies. I want one really bad.
the fact that I can think about my mom now and not cry. 6 months.
"flipz"...the chocolate covered pretzels? YUM
the fact that our President seems to really love his wife and they seem to have a REAL relationship....touching and kissing and hugging...and not just for the cameras.
fried egg sandwiches
tortillas spread with flavored cream cheese, chopped broccoli and turkey...rolled up, for lunch.
"Lash Stiletto" mascara by Maybeline.
Johnson's baby Lotion
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
44
44 degrees out today....can Spring be far behind?
Ice
Sage in the winter
I guess she told me how she REALLY feels!
melting ice
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Past stories, past lives
Robin wanted the Betsy story....you can get that here.
Someone else wanted this story.
It's not that I don't like to talk about any of it....I don't mind. And I am an open book, so you can ask me anything. I don't offend easily.
But....all that's in the past. This is now. I don't really think about "Audrey" too much. In face, most of the time, the anniversary comes and goes and I don't even realize it! woohoo!
And Betts....well, she's a part of our family. Like she has always been here. whenever we are out somewhere, and someone asks how many kids do you have? It's always a thrill to say "FIVE!". But I Do make sure to celebrate our anniversary together. June 29 will be six years together. Somethin, huh?
I'm such a different person now...thank God! ;) I've grown and matured, (somewhat) and I think I handle things better today than I did way back then. all except death. I never want to get used to handling that!
and how weird is this....we've been to so many funerals lately....and I always end up talking about what I want for my own funeral. No body walking by the casket, looking at my dead body and commenting about "how good I look". I"M DEAD!!! I LOOK HORRIBLE!!! I don't want anyone falling all over the casket and screaming and crying...no drama, please. But....whenever I do think about it...I don't see myself as an old woman. I always see myself how I am now. I guess I never really thought I would "grow old" and die. I always thought I would die young.
weird.
Someone else wanted this story.
It's not that I don't like to talk about any of it....I don't mind. And I am an open book, so you can ask me anything. I don't offend easily.
But....all that's in the past. This is now. I don't really think about "Audrey" too much. In face, most of the time, the anniversary comes and goes and I don't even realize it! woohoo!
And Betts....well, she's a part of our family. Like she has always been here. whenever we are out somewhere, and someone asks how many kids do you have? It's always a thrill to say "FIVE!". But I Do make sure to celebrate our anniversary together. June 29 will be six years together. Somethin, huh?
I'm such a different person now...thank God! ;) I've grown and matured, (somewhat) and I think I handle things better today than I did way back then. all except death. I never want to get used to handling that!
and how weird is this....we've been to so many funerals lately....and I always end up talking about what I want for my own funeral. No body walking by the casket, looking at my dead body and commenting about "how good I look". I"M DEAD!!! I LOOK HORRIBLE!!! I don't want anyone falling all over the casket and screaming and crying...no drama, please. But....whenever I do think about it...I don't see myself as an old woman. I always see myself how I am now. I guess I never really thought I would "grow old" and die. I always thought I would die young.
weird.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Oh the DRAMA!!!!!!!
I need another woman in my house.
I'm watching the Oscar's with my 16 yr old son. Baddddddd idea.
Of course, I'm waiting for Brangelina all night long. They looked FABULOUS as usual.
But when Jennifer Anniston came out with Jack Black???? and stood RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM??!!! I couldn't scream loud enough!!!
"OMG!!! LOOK! They are sitting right in front of her! You KNOW she sees them!!! Was that little sly look at Angie????"
"Mom....really? I mean....really? WHY do you care about this stuff?"
EVAN! It's BRAD AND ANGIE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH JEN!!!! THEY ARE MERE FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER!!"
and then the camera cuts to Angie. I could have died happy right then.
Oh to be in that room and feel that electricity....and you know it had to be electric! I wish Angie would have leaned over and kissed Brad and grabbed his junk or something, like "He's MINE now beotch!" Oh the drama of it all.
I missed you Rae. Watching and texting just doesn't quite do it!!!!
and can I just say this....Natalie Portman was Beautiful! She has such awesome posture and is so graceful.
I'm watching the Oscar's with my 16 yr old son. Baddddddd idea.
Of course, I'm waiting for Brangelina all night long. They looked FABULOUS as usual.
But when Jennifer Anniston came out with Jack Black???? and stood RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM??!!! I couldn't scream loud enough!!!
"OMG!!! LOOK! They are sitting right in front of her! You KNOW she sees them!!! Was that little sly look at Angie????"
"Mom....really? I mean....really? WHY do you care about this stuff?"
EVAN! It's BRAD AND ANGIE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH JEN!!!! THEY ARE MERE FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER!!"
and then the camera cuts to Angie. I could have died happy right then.
Oh to be in that room and feel that electricity....and you know it had to be electric! I wish Angie would have leaned over and kissed Brad and grabbed his junk or something, like "He's MINE now beotch!" Oh the drama of it all.
I missed you Rae. Watching and texting just doesn't quite do it!!!!
and can I just say this....Natalie Portman was Beautiful! She has such awesome posture and is so graceful.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Happy Birthday Rae!!!
To My Rae: I love you girl. You are my Best Friend, and I am so lost without you!! Happy 25th Birthday, Baby girl. I wish I could be with you. We'd have our Girl's Day....shopping at Sephora, eating at our dive Mexican restaurant, drinking frozen margaritas!!!
The day you were born, ,my whole life changed for the better. Bina and I had gone to Goodwill that day, and gotten a crib for you. We were at home, and she was washing it down, getting it all ready for you. I knew I was having contractions....but I decided to stay home a little while longer! stubborn!
Gram took me to the hospital, and about 2 hours later, at 7:57pm, you were born. When they handed you to me, you were this wrinkled, red faced little thing....and you were the most beautiful baby I had ever seen. You looked at me, and I looked at you....and that was it. I was IN LOVE! We were together every single day for 10 months, till I finally left you with Gram for about an hour. killed me!!! But we were best friends from the very start.
We did everything together....you slept with me, with your head lodged in my arm pitt! We took baths together, and sang songs from "The Little Mermaid", we went for long walks together....we stayed up late watching MTV...and we danced. Oh did we dance. You loved you some Prince and Wham!. "Careless Whisper". Our song.
And we played together. Barbies. We made a Barbie house and furniture out of old junk we would find around the house. You were such a good girl...I've only spanked you maybe 3 times in your whole life....but we won't go into that! ;) You were everything I ever wanted Rae. God gave you to me. He knew we were perfect for each other.

Rae, you have such a big heart. I've never met another human being who has a better soul than you. You are so loving and giving, and compassionate...from holding orphaned babies in Kenya to buying hats and gloves for your 3rd graders...to spoiling you niece and nephew. Being a Mother Hen to your 3 younger brothers and welcoming your sister into our family, like she has always been a part of us. I want to be like you when I grow up.

Every good thing in my life is because of you. You taught me how to me a Mom. I tried my very best to be a good one. You taught me how to love and to laugh, how to forgive and how to be thankful. You taught me that life goes on, even if there is hurt in it. "Tomorrow is another day."

And now you're married. MARRIED!!!! Good Lord, how did THAT happen?! you're just a baby! just a little girl! You're not old enough to be married! Thank you for bring Mike into our lives. We love him madly(not near as much as you, but close!) I only pray that one day, you and your daughter will have the kind of relationship that you and I have. You have been nothing but a blessing to my life. You are my Best Friend.

You're so beautiful on the outside....but on the inside? wow. I am so lucky to just know you and to be able to call you my Friend and My Daughter. One day, when you hold your own baby for the first time, your heart will flood with everything that I'm feeling right now....and this will all make sense to you.
I love you Rae.
Happy Birthday!!!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
I need to be a movie critic...or maybe be a General Manager of a baseball team.
ok, I admit, I'm not the best person to pick out a video at the video store.
I've picked out some real stinkers.
But this last batch, I think was a winner:
The Midnight Meat Train
The Changeling
Body of Lies
Quarantine
Nights in Rodanthe
"midnight meat train:...exactly what you would expect from a movie with a title like this....serial killer..lots of gore and LOTS of blood. I wasn't expecting an Oscar winner here, and I got exactly what I expected! Bradley Cooper(CUTE) is in it...meh, is his career THAT bad that he has to take a movie like this??! But there is a surprising twist at the end that I was not expecting. I don't think I've ever laughed so much at a "scary" movie!
The Changeling- Angelina Jolie. Haven't watched it yet. Will tonight.
Body of Lies- Leo Decaprio. haven't watched it yet.
Quarantine- wow. it's taped like "Cloverfield" (which I HATED) so it's a little hard to watch. and its dark...very dark. hard to see anything. Kinda dumb, but what do you expect?
Nights in Rodanthe--exactly what you would expect from Nicholas Sparks. BIG TIME chick flick...too much chick even for me. But it was fun seeing the Outer Banks, where we go on vacation. The bridge to the Outer Banks...the beach, the horses....stuff like that. But I DID like that Diane Lane actually looks like a 40-something yr. old woman. Like that. And I totally get the Richard Gere thing. But other than that....meh.
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Hubs is in Columbus for the night, so it's cereal for supper tonight kids! and the boys will probably sleep in my room, and we'll eat in bed and watch movies all night.
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American Idol. Thank you LORD that that Tatiana chick did not make the top 3. THANK YOU!!!! but that Danny boy can sing...I like him. and I'm kinda liking the new judge, Kara. But they can get rid of Randy anytime. they. feel. like. it. UGH.
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I had a dream about my mom the other night. I dreamed that I was talking to her on the phone...I knew she was gone, but I was still talking to her. And I was opening my mail while I was talking to her. there was a card from her. I recognized the handwriting, but I couldn't actually "read" it, but I knew it was a birthday card. And I told her thank you for the card Mom!!! I felt good when I woke up. She didn't forget me.
I've picked out some real stinkers.
But this last batch, I think was a winner:
The Midnight Meat Train
The Changeling
Body of Lies
Quarantine
Nights in Rodanthe
"midnight meat train:...exactly what you would expect from a movie with a title like this....serial killer..lots of gore and LOTS of blood. I wasn't expecting an Oscar winner here, and I got exactly what I expected! Bradley Cooper(CUTE) is in it...meh, is his career THAT bad that he has to take a movie like this??! But there is a surprising twist at the end that I was not expecting. I don't think I've ever laughed so much at a "scary" movie!
The Changeling- Angelina Jolie. Haven't watched it yet. Will tonight.
Body of Lies- Leo Decaprio. haven't watched it yet.
Quarantine- wow. it's taped like "Cloverfield" (which I HATED) so it's a little hard to watch. and its dark...very dark. hard to see anything. Kinda dumb, but what do you expect?
Nights in Rodanthe--exactly what you would expect from Nicholas Sparks. BIG TIME chick flick...too much chick even for me. But it was fun seeing the Outer Banks, where we go on vacation. The bridge to the Outer Banks...the beach, the horses....stuff like that. But I DID like that Diane Lane actually looks like a 40-something yr. old woman. Like that. And I totally get the Richard Gere thing. But other than that....meh.
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Hubs is in Columbus for the night, so it's cereal for supper tonight kids! and the boys will probably sleep in my room, and we'll eat in bed and watch movies all night.
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American Idol. Thank you LORD that that Tatiana chick did not make the top 3. THANK YOU!!!! but that Danny boy can sing...I like him. and I'm kinda liking the new judge, Kara. But they can get rid of Randy anytime. they. feel. like. it. UGH.
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I had a dream about my mom the other night. I dreamed that I was talking to her on the phone...I knew she was gone, but I was still talking to her. And I was opening my mail while I was talking to her. there was a card from her. I recognized the handwriting, but I couldn't actually "read" it, but I knew it was a birthday card. And I told her thank you for the card Mom!!! I felt good when I woke up. She didn't forget me.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Hi! My name is Beth and I have no children
I've had it with being a mom.
Seriously....I'm done. I quit this job. the pay sucks, and you never get a day off!
My boys have allergies...we all do, as a matter of fact. But the youngest is the worst.
So every morning her wakes up....he "doesn't feel good". Well, DUH! You have allergies you big dope and you don't take any medicine for them!!!! I get all different kids of stuff....zyrtec, claritin...yada yada...they all make him "sleepy". He used to fall asleep in class every single day when he was in 2nd grade. His teacher called me to see what was up and I told her it was his medicine...so she just let him sleep after that. WTH??? But I really liked this teacher, so I can't say anything bad about her.
But, he wakes up this morning...all stuffy and clogged to the extreme...big black circles under his eyes....I KNEW he didn't feel good.
"Can I please go half a day Mom?"
(Oh sheesh,...here we go again.) the first half of the year, the boy missed 9 days of school....only because that's all you're ALLOWED to miss without losing credits. I told him, this new semester, there was going to be a New Austin. he was going to go to school every day, and get good grades....no more slacking and being a slug (like his mother)...and no. more. attitude. Oh man that boy can get an attitude. Drives his older brother crazy....
Soooooo.sucker that I am, I said yes, he could go half a day. I KNOW! I KNOW!!!
so I take him to school at lunch time..on my way back home...I get a text from the other boy who is already at school...
"Can you come get me?"
OH HELLS TO THE NO!!!!!
I will not be answering the phone...taking any text messages for the rest of the day.
I quit. I am a single woman who has no children!!!
Seriously....I'm done. I quit this job. the pay sucks, and you never get a day off!
My boys have allergies...we all do, as a matter of fact. But the youngest is the worst.
So every morning her wakes up....he "doesn't feel good". Well, DUH! You have allergies you big dope and you don't take any medicine for them!!!! I get all different kids of stuff....zyrtec, claritin...yada yada...they all make him "sleepy". He used to fall asleep in class every single day when he was in 2nd grade. His teacher called me to see what was up and I told her it was his medicine...so she just let him sleep after that. WTH??? But I really liked this teacher, so I can't say anything bad about her.
But, he wakes up this morning...all stuffy and clogged to the extreme...big black circles under his eyes....I KNEW he didn't feel good.
"Can I please go half a day Mom?"
(Oh sheesh,...here we go again.) the first half of the year, the boy missed 9 days of school....only because that's all you're ALLOWED to miss without losing credits. I told him, this new semester, there was going to be a New Austin. he was going to go to school every day, and get good grades....no more slacking and being a slug (like his mother)...and no. more. attitude. Oh man that boy can get an attitude. Drives his older brother crazy....
Soooooo.sucker that I am, I said yes, he could go half a day. I KNOW! I KNOW!!!
so I take him to school at lunch time..on my way back home...I get a text from the other boy who is already at school...
"Can you come get me?"
OH HELLS TO THE NO!!!!!
I will not be answering the phone...taking any text messages for the rest of the day.
I quit. I am a single woman who has no children!!!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
just don't throw salt on me cuz I would shrivel up an die.
People...
I AM PATHETIC!!!!
I got on the Nordic Track this morning...WOOHOO!!!
I lasted 2 minutes.
Two. whole. minutes.
My legs feel like rubber and I can barely walk.
Wow, am I a slug! I am really REALLY out of shape.
But I figure...I at least got ON the stupid thing, right?
and tomorrow, I will do an extra minute.....every day, an extra minute.
By vacation, I should be up to about 15 minutes, right? ;)
wow.....slug. just call me slug from here on out, ok?
I AM PATHETIC!!!!
I got on the Nordic Track this morning...WOOHOO!!!
I lasted 2 minutes.
Two. whole. minutes.
My legs feel like rubber and I can barely walk.
Wow, am I a slug! I am really REALLY out of shape.
But I figure...I at least got ON the stupid thing, right?
and tomorrow, I will do an extra minute.....every day, an extra minute.
By vacation, I should be up to about 15 minutes, right? ;)
wow.....slug. just call me slug from here on out, ok?
Monday, February 16, 2009
Monday at the movies
some of my favorite movie moments and lines...
In the Godfather 2, when Fredo is taking little Anthony fishing, and Connie calls Anthony back in the house and says Michael wants him...so Fredo goes fishing without him....and then he gets shot. Michael has his own brother killed.
and when Kay tells Michael that she no longer loves him, and that "it wasn't a misscarriage Michael, it was an abortion. I wouldn't bring another one of your son's into this world Michael!" and then he slaps her.
and when Kay has to sneak to see her kids cuz Michael takes them from her, and he catches her at the house. She's standing in the doorway, leaving, and he just walks up to her and closes the door in her face. Cold blooded!
(can you tell I watched that movie this weekend? ) ;)
In Pretty Woman, when Julia is sitting at the table naked, with her feet up and only a tie on...Richard Gere walks in, "Hi Dear, I bought you a tie"
and when she gets her "makeover" and is sitting at the bar and he doesn't even recognize her!
In Godfather 1 when Sonny gets murdered, and Vito takes his body to the funeral home and says, "Look how they massacred my boy"
and in godfather 2, when Vito, as a young man, goes back to Italy and kills the man who shot his mother. YAY! " Antonio Andolini"
Will smith doing pull ups in "I AM Legend". nuff said.
anything in "Mr and Mrs Smith"!!!!
in the movie, "Under the Tuscan Sun" when, at the very end, the spigot starts gushing water in her house. Her life is full now and over-flowing.
anything in "Crash"
in "Big Mama's House" when her neighbor thinks she's getting it on with the white guy next door..."Who? Me and the white boy? Oh, I don't get down like that."
anything in "Remember the Titans"
In "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" when they sing the Toot Sweet song, and "you're my little choochie face...while the king is trying to kill his wife! What a twisted movie!
in "The Sixth Sense" when Cole gets up to pee in the middle of the night...that's the first time you actually see a dead person that he sees. and all the red things in the movie that you don't really notice until after the movie is over.
"Schindler's List" when the little boy is hiding in the latrine....and it's already full of other people. Sad
anything in "Amastad "GIVE US FREE! GIVE US FREE!!"
in Pinocchio.."I'm a real boy!"
in "Homeward Bound" when all the animals come home....oh god. gets me every time.
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I'm sure I have millions more, but what are some of yours?
In the Godfather 2, when Fredo is taking little Anthony fishing, and Connie calls Anthony back in the house and says Michael wants him...so Fredo goes fishing without him....and then he gets shot. Michael has his own brother killed.
and when Kay tells Michael that she no longer loves him, and that "it wasn't a misscarriage Michael, it was an abortion. I wouldn't bring another one of your son's into this world Michael!" and then he slaps her.
and when Kay has to sneak to see her kids cuz Michael takes them from her, and he catches her at the house. She's standing in the doorway, leaving, and he just walks up to her and closes the door in her face. Cold blooded!
(can you tell I watched that movie this weekend? ) ;)
In Pretty Woman, when Julia is sitting at the table naked, with her feet up and only a tie on...Richard Gere walks in, "Hi Dear, I bought you a tie"
and when she gets her "makeover" and is sitting at the bar and he doesn't even recognize her!
In Godfather 1 when Sonny gets murdered, and Vito takes his body to the funeral home and says, "Look how they massacred my boy"
and in godfather 2, when Vito, as a young man, goes back to Italy and kills the man who shot his mother. YAY! " Antonio Andolini"
Will smith doing pull ups in "I AM Legend". nuff said.
anything in "Mr and Mrs Smith"!!!!
in the movie, "Under the Tuscan Sun" when, at the very end, the spigot starts gushing water in her house. Her life is full now and over-flowing.
anything in "Crash"
in "Big Mama's House" when her neighbor thinks she's getting it on with the white guy next door..."Who? Me and the white boy? Oh, I don't get down like that."
anything in "Remember the Titans"
In "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" when they sing the Toot Sweet song, and "you're my little choochie face...while the king is trying to kill his wife! What a twisted movie!
in "The Sixth Sense" when Cole gets up to pee in the middle of the night...that's the first time you actually see a dead person that he sees. and all the red things in the movie that you don't really notice until after the movie is over.
"Schindler's List" when the little boy is hiding in the latrine....and it's already full of other people. Sad
anything in "Amastad "GIVE US FREE! GIVE US FREE!!"
in Pinocchio.."I'm a real boy!"
in "Homeward Bound" when all the animals come home....oh god. gets me every time.
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I'm sure I have millions more, but what are some of yours?
Sunday, February 15, 2009
a man is handsome with a bald head...me? not so much.
the stress of the past 6 months has been killing me.
My hair is falling out.
and I mean FALLING OUT.
my hair grows amazingly fast, but it has been falling out amazingly fast too. I wash it and I have hand fulls of hair. handfuls.
so I colored my hair this morning...gotta cover the gray. I bought two boxes of hair color cuz tha's what it usually takes....and I lightened it up one shade so I had to do my whole head.
It didn't even take one bottle.
Now, I could probably shave my head and not think twice about it, but it's sorta freakin me out a little.
I had my hair pulled back in a ponytail the other day and my husband was sitting beside me....staring at my head.
"Ya, I know.....MY HAIR IS FALLING OUT!" you don't have to stare!
But I can see new hair coming in. in fact, it's sticking up all over the place, looking like breakage.
it sucks to be a woman sometimes.
My hair is falling out.
and I mean FALLING OUT.
my hair grows amazingly fast, but it has been falling out amazingly fast too. I wash it and I have hand fulls of hair. handfuls.
so I colored my hair this morning...gotta cover the gray. I bought two boxes of hair color cuz tha's what it usually takes....and I lightened it up one shade so I had to do my whole head.
It didn't even take one bottle.
Now, I could probably shave my head and not think twice about it, but it's sorta freakin me out a little.
I had my hair pulled back in a ponytail the other day and my husband was sitting beside me....staring at my head.
"Ya, I know.....MY HAIR IS FALLING OUT!" you don't have to stare!
But I can see new hair coming in. in fact, it's sticking up all over the place, looking like breakage.
it sucks to be a woman sometimes.
so stupid
Thank God yesterday is over!
I HATE Valentine's Day with a PASSION!
hate it hate it HATE IT.
I think it's stupid.
I tell my husband every day that I love him, so why do I have to make a big deal out of it for one day?
I DID get him a card, and he got me candy, (he'll eat it) and a stuffed bear. What am I supposed to do with that bear?!
But it's all good.
I was on the stupid computer from about 7pm until 1:30 am, researching vacation houses. and I got one, thank you Baby Jesus!!! It's in Nags Head and I. cannot. wait! It's been five very very long years since we've gone on vacation. Joey wasn't even walking the last time we went and he'll be 5 in September. And now we have Bree too! I just know she will charge right into the ocean and show all those sharks who's boss! That girl....oh she is something else. And the thing I'm most excited about? THE PICTURES!!!! I'm so lame, I know. But taking pictures really excites me.
so, now I have to get my fat butt on that nordic track and get busy. No, I haven't been on it yet. I've been a little under the weather...downing the cranberry juice, so all you womens know what I'm talking about. But I will get on it this week.
And I didn't watch the sunk contest last night cuz I was busy with vacation stuff, but my kid said a guy who is 5'7" won. That's cool.
I HATE Valentine's Day with a PASSION!
hate it hate it HATE IT.
I think it's stupid.
I tell my husband every day that I love him, so why do I have to make a big deal out of it for one day?
I DID get him a card, and he got me candy, (he'll eat it) and a stuffed bear. What am I supposed to do with that bear?!
But it's all good.
I was on the stupid computer from about 7pm until 1:30 am, researching vacation houses. and I got one, thank you Baby Jesus!!! It's in Nags Head and I. cannot. wait! It's been five very very long years since we've gone on vacation. Joey wasn't even walking the last time we went and he'll be 5 in September. And now we have Bree too! I just know she will charge right into the ocean and show all those sharks who's boss! That girl....oh she is something else. And the thing I'm most excited about? THE PICTURES!!!! I'm so lame, I know. But taking pictures really excites me.
so, now I have to get my fat butt on that nordic track and get busy. No, I haven't been on it yet. I've been a little under the weather...downing the cranberry juice, so all you womens know what I'm talking about. But I will get on it this week.
And I didn't watch the sunk contest last night cuz I was busy with vacation stuff, but my kid said a guy who is 5'7" won. That's cool.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Man vs. woman
I went into H & R Block today to get out refund check, and there were two women in there talking...
so of course, I busted right into their conversation! ;)
The younger woman was saying that there is no way that a man and a woman can be just friends.
the older woman said, yes they can.
What do you think?
I think this:
I think a woman can be just friends with a man. I have some men who are just friends...nothing else. I think it's good to have a man friend who you can practice flirting with, knowing that it will go no where...to get a guy's opinion of things..to find out what they really think.
BUTTTTTT....I think men have a harder time with this. I think there is always that ...little "something" in the back of their minds..."What if" ya know? Maybe that sexual tension is always there for men...I don't know.
I do know this, for myself anyway...
a little sexual tension isn't always a bad thing. I think you can be friends with the opposite sex and not have it go anywhere at all....but just knowing that it could go somewhere...lets you know that you're still attractive to the opposite sex. Even if it's been YEARS since you've been in the dating world.
What do you think?
so of course, I busted right into their conversation! ;)
The younger woman was saying that there is no way that a man and a woman can be just friends.
the older woman said, yes they can.
What do you think?
I think this:
I think a woman can be just friends with a man. I have some men who are just friends...nothing else. I think it's good to have a man friend who you can practice flirting with, knowing that it will go no where...to get a guy's opinion of things..to find out what they really think.
BUTTTTTT....I think men have a harder time with this. I think there is always that ...little "something" in the back of their minds..."What if" ya know? Maybe that sexual tension is always there for men...I don't know.
I do know this, for myself anyway...
a little sexual tension isn't always a bad thing. I think you can be friends with the opposite sex and not have it go anywhere at all....but just knowing that it could go somewhere...lets you know that you're still attractive to the opposite sex. Even if it's been YEARS since you've been in the dating world.
What do you think?
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
60 and sunny
With the sun comes lots of melting....and water everywhere...and mud.
Can you believe it's 60 degrees here today???
We are supposed to get 2 inches of snow tomorrow..
so today we are grilling some steaks, throwing some kind of veggie on the grill too...
ahhhhh, Mother Nature is teasing me, I know this, but I am falling for it!!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Weekend Update
UPDATE: I just have to put this out there..in the universe.
John Mayer
OMG...if he is always that charming..as he was on Ellen, then ya, I can see why the women love him. Yes, he has a huge honkin head...it's freakishly large, but he is FUNNY! and I love a funny man. Plus he plays guitar..(so he's good with his hands), AND he can sing (sorta, as long as I don't have to watch him sing)
I can see why Manniston is with him. Is she still with him? or did they break up again?
Back to the Wonderful Nordic Track...
The guy came yesterday and put the thing together.
The thing that's supposed to fit fold up and fit in the corner?
ya, I don't think so.
this thing is HUGE.
But I'm not gonna complain.
I'm gonna use that sucker!!
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Ok, so Chris Brown beat Rihanna up. what is it with men? They always have to put their hands on a women in anger. why is that? Don't get mad at me men, but I think all men have the propensity for domestic violence. Is that mean of me? I think you always have to watch yourself...always be on your guard, cuz you just never know when a man will blow up and lash out in anger. Now, I know alot of women do that to, but just the fact that men are bigger than women, women are at more of a disadvantage in the situation.
And why oh WHY would he hit her???! Did he think that no one would find out??!! Did he think that his publicist could handle the "situation"? and what is he....19? 20? that's as old as my kid! DANG! He has a whole lifetime ahead of him....wow.
And can I just say that I love Justin Timberlake? I love him. that boy can sing. and dance. and he came from N'Sync!!! Amazing! I watched part of the Grammy's but then they got kinda boring so I went to sleep. and I like Taylor Swift, but why is she hanging out with that skank Miley Cyrus? "Best Friends"...ya, right.
and the Jonas Brothers? Trying way. too. hard. to look like "rockers". Way too hard.
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Crazy Lady with the 14 kids. Just tell me this, Crazy Lady? Who paid for your plastic surgery? Cuz you SO had your nose done and you SO had your lips done! so how did you pay for THAT if you have no job? And holding your babies for 45 minutes a day does not make you Mother of the Year. I just don't even know what to think about her! I think maybe she thought the world would embrace her and she'd get all this free stuff, but it didn't quite turn out that way. At first, everyone was excited, but then we find out she has 6 other kids at home?? and how in the hell did she pay for all those IVF procedures? I don't think they are cheap...maybe she had a 2 for 1 coupon or something?
But I do kinda like the name of her babies.
Ok, I just saw her on Today again. she worked in a psychiatric hospital??? Oh good Lord. And she saved over $100,000 for the IVF?? Damn, she needs to write a finacial planning book or something, cuz that is amazing. and if she worked all these double shifts, who was taking care of her other kids???! and what the hell is her "alternative source of income"? cuz I got to get me one of those. ahhhh, the story gets trickier and trickier, doesn't it?
John Mayer
OMG...if he is always that charming..as he was on Ellen, then ya, I can see why the women love him. Yes, he has a huge honkin head...it's freakishly large, but he is FUNNY! and I love a funny man. Plus he plays guitar..(so he's good with his hands), AND he can sing (sorta, as long as I don't have to watch him sing)
I can see why Manniston is with him. Is she still with him? or did they break up again?
Back to the Wonderful Nordic Track...
The guy came yesterday and put the thing together.
The thing that's supposed to fit fold up and fit in the corner?
ya, I don't think so.
this thing is HUGE.
But I'm not gonna complain.
I'm gonna use that sucker!!
****************
Ok, so Chris Brown beat Rihanna up. what is it with men? They always have to put their hands on a women in anger. why is that? Don't get mad at me men, but I think all men have the propensity for domestic violence. Is that mean of me? I think you always have to watch yourself...always be on your guard, cuz you just never know when a man will blow up and lash out in anger. Now, I know alot of women do that to, but just the fact that men are bigger than women, women are at more of a disadvantage in the situation.
And why oh WHY would he hit her???! Did he think that no one would find out??!! Did he think that his publicist could handle the "situation"? and what is he....19? 20? that's as old as my kid! DANG! He has a whole lifetime ahead of him....wow.
And can I just say that I love Justin Timberlake? I love him. that boy can sing. and dance. and he came from N'Sync!!! Amazing! I watched part of the Grammy's but then they got kinda boring so I went to sleep. and I like Taylor Swift, but why is she hanging out with that skank Miley Cyrus? "Best Friends"...ya, right.
and the Jonas Brothers? Trying way. too. hard. to look like "rockers". Way too hard.
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Crazy Lady with the 14 kids. Just tell me this, Crazy Lady? Who paid for your plastic surgery? Cuz you SO had your nose done and you SO had your lips done! so how did you pay for THAT if you have no job? And holding your babies for 45 minutes a day does not make you Mother of the Year. I just don't even know what to think about her! I think maybe she thought the world would embrace her and she'd get all this free stuff, but it didn't quite turn out that way. At first, everyone was excited, but then we find out she has 6 other kids at home?? and how in the hell did she pay for all those IVF procedures? I don't think they are cheap...maybe she had a 2 for 1 coupon or something?
But I do kinda like the name of her babies.
Ok, I just saw her on Today again. she worked in a psychiatric hospital??? Oh good Lord. And she saved over $100,000 for the IVF?? Damn, she needs to write a finacial planning book or something, cuz that is amazing. and if she worked all these double shifts, who was taking care of her other kids???! and what the hell is her "alternative source of income"? cuz I got to get me one of those. ahhhh, the story gets trickier and trickier, doesn't it?
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Tagged
I got tagged by Golightly...so here we go. I haven't done a tag in a while.
Make a list of things you can see without getting up:
my computer, some plants, our water dispenser, my dogs, a dog-hair covered blanket on the floor, and water all over the floor. it's 53 here today and everything is melting outside!
What were you like when you were five?
very quiet and shy....YES! I was!
What are you wearing now?
blue plaid pajama pants that belong to my husband, and a grey "Tommy girl" sweatshirt, given to me by the teacher I used to work with.
What story/book/novel have you read over and over again in your life?
Seperate Beds by Laveryl Spencer, Intensity by Dean Koontz
What’s the last thing you read/are currently reading?
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Do you nap a lot?
No, not really. But I DO go back to bed in the morning after the boys go to school!
Who was the last person you hugged?
My oldest son when he went back to school on Thursday
What’s your current fandom/obsession/addiction?
right now it's my stupid sinus rinse thingie...love it!
What was the last thing you ate today?
a salami sandwhich for breakfast
What websites do you always visit when you go online? AOL. MSN, and all my blogs I read
What was the last thing you bought?
Milk, bread and sugar cookies at the grocery store
What are you listening to right now?
Baby girl in hale her food
What movie are (or were!) you most excited to show your kids?
Oh God!!! So many! all the Disney classics, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
to be able to fly! Oh man, I dream about flying all the time!
What is your favorite weather, and why?
Hot, mid 80's, sunshine...lots and lots of sun
What time do you usually get up? 6:30am
What is your most challenging goal right now?
To make myself independant...financially and otherwise
Say something to the person who tagged you: Golightly, I cannot WAIT for your wedding to cowboy! I am SOSOSOSOSOSO excited for you and can't wait for all the datails!
If you could have a house–totally paid for, fully furnished–anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be?
on the beach...anywhere...maybe Jamaica?..Aruba?...somewhere exotic
Favorite vacation spot?
Nags Head, NC
What is your favorite children’s book?
Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Dolls House
Name one thing you just can’t resist no matter how bad it is for you:
French fries
If you could meet anyone famous - oh come on!!! BRAD AND ANGELINA!!!! DUH!
I tag- Zombie Mom, Jennie, Jimbo, Bob, Mistress, Tranny and Dan, although I don't think they'll actually do it!!! ;)
You copy the questions, answer them, remove a question you don't like and replace it with one you create.
My created question is: if you could go back in time, to any point in your life, where would you go? To california, grade 2. some of the best times I've ever had.
Make a list of things you can see without getting up:
my computer, some plants, our water dispenser, my dogs, a dog-hair covered blanket on the floor, and water all over the floor. it's 53 here today and everything is melting outside!
What were you like when you were five?
very quiet and shy....YES! I was!
What are you wearing now?
blue plaid pajama pants that belong to my husband, and a grey "Tommy girl" sweatshirt, given to me by the teacher I used to work with.
What story/book/novel have you read over and over again in your life?
Seperate Beds by Laveryl Spencer, Intensity by Dean Koontz
What’s the last thing you read/are currently reading?
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Do you nap a lot?
No, not really. But I DO go back to bed in the morning after the boys go to school!
Who was the last person you hugged?
My oldest son when he went back to school on Thursday
What’s your current fandom/obsession/addiction?
right now it's my stupid sinus rinse thingie...love it!
What was the last thing you ate today?
a salami sandwhich for breakfast
What websites do you always visit when you go online? AOL. MSN, and all my blogs I read
What was the last thing you bought?
Milk, bread and sugar cookies at the grocery store
What are you listening to right now?
Baby girl in hale her food
What movie are (or were!) you most excited to show your kids?
Oh God!!! So many! all the Disney classics, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
to be able to fly! Oh man, I dream about flying all the time!
What is your favorite weather, and why?
Hot, mid 80's, sunshine...lots and lots of sun
What time do you usually get up? 6:30am
What is your most challenging goal right now?
To make myself independant...financially and otherwise
Say something to the person who tagged you: Golightly, I cannot WAIT for your wedding to cowboy! I am SOSOSOSOSOSO excited for you and can't wait for all the datails!
If you could have a house–totally paid for, fully furnished–anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be?
on the beach...anywhere...maybe Jamaica?..Aruba?...somewhere exotic
Favorite vacation spot?
Nags Head, NC
What is your favorite children’s book?
Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Dolls House
Name one thing you just can’t resist no matter how bad it is for you:
French fries
If you could meet anyone famous - oh come on!!! BRAD AND ANGELINA!!!! DUH!
I tag- Zombie Mom, Jennie, Jimbo, Bob, Mistress, Tranny and Dan, although I don't think they'll actually do it!!! ;)
You copy the questions, answer them, remove a question you don't like and replace it with one you create.
My created question is: if you could go back in time, to any point in your life, where would you go? To california, grade 2. some of the best times I've ever had.
Friday, February 06, 2009
The Ocean Experience
I found the saving grace for my sinus pressure.
I bought a "sinus rinse" kit.
it has a plastic bottle and these little packets of salt-stuff that you mix with water....then squirt the stuff up your nose. It drains out the other nostril...along with snot and blood and other good stuff.
you blow your nose gently afterwards....and your head is clear!
this might be a little TMI, but I got vanilla pudding out of my nose. I will never eat vanilla pudding again, I'm sure, but ....I haven't had any sinus pressure for about 3 days now.
and for me, that is something. I always have pressure. I've been to an ENT before and she told me to do this...to irrigate my sinuses...but I never did.
Well, I am a firm believer now. I bought a kit for all of my boys too, cuz the allergies in this family are outrageous. I can't get my husband to do it yet...chicken. But I will keep working on him.
If you have never tried this...I urge you to stick a bottle up your nose and squirt the hell out of it!!! you'll feel better.
I bought a "sinus rinse" kit.
it has a plastic bottle and these little packets of salt-stuff that you mix with water....then squirt the stuff up your nose. It drains out the other nostril...along with snot and blood and other good stuff.
you blow your nose gently afterwards....and your head is clear!
this might be a little TMI, but I got vanilla pudding out of my nose. I will never eat vanilla pudding again, I'm sure, but ....I haven't had any sinus pressure for about 3 days now.
and for me, that is something. I always have pressure. I've been to an ENT before and she told me to do this...to irrigate my sinuses...but I never did.
Well, I am a firm believer now. I bought a kit for all of my boys too, cuz the allergies in this family are outrageous. I can't get my husband to do it yet...chicken. But I will keep working on him.
If you have never tried this...I urge you to stick a bottle up your nose and squirt the hell out of it!!! you'll feel better.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Yamatos
My oldest boy came home yesterday. He didn't have any classes today so he spent the night last night!
and took me out to lunch today! woohoo!
We went to his very favorite place, Yamato's. It's a Japanese Steak House, and they cook right at your table.
I had my trusty little camera in my purse, but I didn't take any pictures, cuz I didn't want to embarrass him too much....he was paying for lunch after all! ;)
And I finally tried sushi. I had a California Roll and some spicy Tuna. Yes, dog, I actually ate sushi...and I kinda liked it!!! I'll eat anything that has avocado in it, so you know that California roll was all mine. The tuna wasn't bad either. Then I had shrimp and chicken. Bud had fillet Mignon and let me tell you....that meat melted in your mouth. I took one bite, chewed once, and it just dissolved into delicious nothingness in my mouth. I wanted to die, it was so damn good!!! My shrimp and chicken were really good too, and there was so much food, I couldn't eat it all. I feel bad for not having pictures...Mad Mary always has pictures of her food when she and Q go out somewhere!
so, if you ever come into Niles, Oh. go to Yamatos. Good stuff.
and took me out to lunch today! woohoo!
We went to his very favorite place, Yamato's. It's a Japanese Steak House, and they cook right at your table.
I had my trusty little camera in my purse, but I didn't take any pictures, cuz I didn't want to embarrass him too much....he was paying for lunch after all! ;)
And I finally tried sushi. I had a California Roll and some spicy Tuna. Yes, dog, I actually ate sushi...and I kinda liked it!!! I'll eat anything that has avocado in it, so you know that California roll was all mine. The tuna wasn't bad either. Then I had shrimp and chicken. Bud had fillet Mignon and let me tell you....that meat melted in your mouth. I took one bite, chewed once, and it just dissolved into delicious nothingness in my mouth. I wanted to die, it was so damn good!!! My shrimp and chicken were really good too, and there was so much food, I couldn't eat it all. I feel bad for not having pictures...Mad Mary always has pictures of her food when she and Q go out somewhere!
so, if you ever come into Niles, Oh. go to Yamatos. Good stuff.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
ya know....a person can only take so much.
We have had another death in our family. My cousin, who is more like a sister to me....her husband died last night. She went to wake him up for work and he was gone. Just like that. None of these deaths have been expected.
I am tired of death. I'm tired of funerals. I'm tired of grief. I'm tired of being tired.
We have had another death in our family. My cousin, who is more like a sister to me....her husband died last night. She went to wake him up for work and he was gone. Just like that. None of these deaths have been expected.
I am tired of death. I'm tired of funerals. I'm tired of grief. I'm tired of being tired.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Oh to be a fly on the wall when HE gets home!!!
ok, remember ! this?
Well, it was delivered today.
A huge, 250 pound box.
Delivered by one, little old man, who brought it out on a dolly...
and told me there was no way he could get it up my porch steps and into the house, that he was to deliver it to a garage.
"It IS 250 pounds Ma'am...it needs to be in a garage."
Well, this is Ohio, and we have snow. And today we have melting snow and lots of melting ice.
and he can't get it back to the garage.
the gate opens about 2 feet....aint gonna happen, old man...aint. gonna. happen.
so it is sitting in my drive way on a cement slab.

I will let my husband deal with it when he gets home from Columbus tomorrow.
It aint MINE
Well, it was delivered today.
A huge, 250 pound box.
Delivered by one, little old man, who brought it out on a dolly...
and told me there was no way he could get it up my porch steps and into the house, that he was to deliver it to a garage.
"It IS 250 pounds Ma'am...it needs to be in a garage."
Well, this is Ohio, and we have snow. And today we have melting snow and lots of melting ice.
and he can't get it back to the garage.
so it is sitting in my drive way on a cement slab.
I will let my husband deal with it when he gets home from Columbus tomorrow.
It aint MINE
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Super Bowl
Can I just say that I LOVELOVELOVE our President???!
Gawd, I love that man. He is the coolest ever. Love his interview with Matt Laurer.
Here's some food we are partaking of today.
Go Kurt Warner!!
Trooper sticking his tongue out!
um...ya..I have no explanation for this one.
some of My Guys
pizza
wings
potato skins w/bacon
vegies...and some tortilla wrap/pinwheels in the background.
Gawd, I love that man. He is the coolest ever. Love his interview with Matt Laurer.
Here's some food we are partaking of today.
Go Kurt Warner!!
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