Youngstown News, Benefit bike ride to roll from YSU to Thiel College

Youngstown News, Benefit bike ride to roll from YSU to Thiel College

Austin and Santino

I have a new obsession...

"On the road with Austin and Santino" on Lifetime.

came on after Project Runway last night.

I LOVE SANTINO!!!

I always liked him when he was on PR, but now? EVEN MORE SO.

The premise is this: they drive all over the country, fulfilling different women's dreams of a fabulous dress for some occasion.

They drive to BFE, out in the middle of NO WHERE, and have a few days to design a dress.

They did a wedding dress last night that was FABULOUS!!! They were in Oklahoma.....way back in the woods somewhere...HILARIOUS!!!

They have to find a place to work, find fabric at some little country store...do all the sewing at Betsy's Quilt Shop or some place like that....

the laughs just never stop!

And Santino is sooo lazy! Austin Scarlett does most of the work...while Santino "naps".

So, the one show I watched last night..(i think I watched 4 in a row!) they're in Oklahoma again...and Austin "goes into town" to find some stuff for the dress they're making. He walks into this store....and the guy working there just stares. at. him. He has his son there too...probably around 12 yrs. old...and he just. stares. at. Austin.

I can imagine him lookin up at his dad and saying:

"Daddy....what is that?"

"Why...I don't rightly know son...I think it's a woman....but I'm not really sure."

And Austin just prances through the store like he shops there all the time!! LOVE him!!!

It's a great show...only 1/2 hour long...very entertaining. The chemistry they have together is fantastic....you can tell they really like each other, and it's not all just for the show. Tho it IS very scripted and they're not actors, but still.......I LOVED IT!!!

So stay around after Project Runway and watch this show next week, if you haven't already.

and about PR.....last night was the 2nd show I watched...I missed seeing that one guy get "thrown under the bus"......what was that all about? what happened? anyone watch it?

I made my way to my first winery.

Friends of mine go all the time...

drink wine and tour the winery.

Well, this time I was finally able to go.

and I loved it.

Got lots of great shots and left a business card too.

Networking!!! you'd be proud of me Dog!!! lol

So next week, I'll go North and hit a few more. and maybe drink a glass or 2 of wine while I'm there....tho I'm not much of a drinker.

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So I've been sleeping on the couch again.

The bats are back and booming.

We've only had 2 so far this summer, but one actually LANDED ON MY FACE AND NECK in the middle of the night. Then the following week, we had another one at 3:30am....Marvin tries to whack it with a tennis racket. it lands on the bed and STARTS TO CRAWL UNDER THE COVERS.....so he hits it with all his might. Only he didn't actually hit the bat...he hit my f&^%$#% ankle!!!!!!! I thought it was broken! But hey, he eventually got the bat, so I didn't care. Ankle is still black and blue and swollen...but not broken.

I've asked him a number of times to clean out the closet and see where they're coming in. I think they're coming in around the chimney and the chimney is in the closet....so....clean it out..and check all the nooks and crannies. I will help him as long as it's during the day. :) But I've had no luck with this yet. So I am on the couch. Again. (sigh)

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I have some really fantastic exciting news that I cannot wait to share...but I haven't been given permission yet. It's not exactly MY news but it is in a way......how cryptic is THAT?!! :) But it's all good news and I can't wait to tell you all about it. SOON!!!!!

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I have been super super busy with this photography thing. Who woulda thunk it, right? :) But it's really going good, and I'm loving every minute of it.

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and for all of you asking me...No, I haven't heard from Bina!!!!! I have called her...sent her messages on Facebook...left voice mails..yada yada...the girl will not call me back! She must be busy with her New Man....cuz if things were bad, she'd be calling me! So don't worry about her. I'm not. But I DO miss her terribly.

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My youngest boy will be 16 on Monday. SIXTEEN. Where has the time gone? especially since I'm only 29. :-)

BITCH FEST

no, I am not PMS'ing.

But I am bitchy today.

Why do people think that I don't have anything better to do than WAIT ON THEM HAND AND FOOT?

I can't just drop what I'm doing and come get your ass...

or take your ass somewhere...

or wipe that ass for goodness sake!

I HAVE A LIFE TOO!

and if you're gonna cook in the middle of the night?

THEN CLEAN UP YOUR FREAKIN MESS!

I hate waking up to a sink full of dirty dishes with dried up food stuck to them.

and while you're at it...

CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF IN THE DAMN BATHROOM!

Don't leave water splashed all over the sink...

and wet towels laying on the floor.

HANG THEM UP!

and if you use the last of the toilet paper, for all that is holy...

GET A NEW ROLL OUT!!!!

I hate sitting down and then realizing THERE IS NO FREAKING TOILET PAPER!

and contrary to popular belief, I am NOT a 12 yr. old boy.

Farting is only funny the first time you do it....

and if you don't like what I cooked for dinner then

GET IN THERE AND COOK SOMETHING YOURSELF!!!!

you don't like what I get at the grocery store?

THEN DO THE SHOPPING YOUR OWN DAMN SELF!!!

and if you see tumbleweeds of dog hair rolling across the stinking floor then...

GET THE BROOM AND SWEEP THEM UP!

and last but not least...

STAY OUT OF MY FREAKING WAY TODAY!


ok...

I feel much better now.

Forget the dog.....

Marvin's friend Marty went to the dr. yesterday. hoping for a new treatment.

Doc said no, his body is too weak.

they give him 1-3 months.

But I saw him sunday....I don't think it will be that long.

Life just sucks sometimes.

I know today is Tuesday...

But Trooper is doing better. really.

He's been walking the past 2 days...

Really.

and smiling more...

and wagging his tail a little bit.




I think someone else is gonna have to do this, cuz I don't think I can.

I mean, he's rolling around on the floor right now....washing his face after his breakfast.

that's good.

Maybe he's NOT ready.

Cuz I know I'm not.

I'm home with a "new" car!!

Evan had a HUGE smile on his face when I pulled in the drive...and then he sat in the car for about an hour....sitting,..listening to the radio...learning where everything is. He's happy which makes me VERY happy! Good to see a smile on his face.

I was only gone 2 days but it feels like forever. the dog hair was ROLLING across the kitchen floor like tumbleweed. gross.

But I loved seeing Rae and Mike. They're moving to Fayettville today, to be closer to his new job. Rae got a job teaching 3rd grade there and will get into her classroom on Monday. It's an international school, so she'll be teaching Africa...everything they do is centered around Africa...music class, art class.....and they get skyped in to a classroom in Africa too. So cool. Wish we had something like that here in PoDunkVille.

And it was a long drive home, let me tell ya. I don't know how "traveling salesmen" do it! driving all the time. UGH. But the car did great and it goes fast....I had to try it out, of course. Once I hit Ohio, it was 85 the whole way home! and I only saw 2 cops the whole way...that is, until I got into Ohio...then I saw Troopers everywhere. Damn troopers. :)

But I came home to a very very sad situation. My dog Trooper is ready. He's almost 14....can hardly walk...and he's ready. he looks at me like, "you gotta let me go now...I'm in pain and Im ready". But how do I get ready to be without him? I don't want to see him suffer, Lord knows that....but I love that dog so much. He's my best friend and I love him beyond measure. It's hard to think of coming home and not seeing his goofy face to greet me. But I think he's finally ready and I have to get ready too. So I think come Tuesday, he will be going to the vet. I have a friend who could come to the house and do it for me...but then I'd have to bury him, and hubs won't let me do that...."some animal will dig him up" bullcrap he's spouting. he hardly wags his tail anymore......Trooper not my husband. :)

Thanks for the advice I get from all of you....I put something out there and I always get such good feedback. Thank you!!! I heart all of you!

Not so wonderful Monday morning

Busy Busy weekend is over.

But I enjoyed it.

I shot a class reunion over the weekend.

It was a weekend-long party for the class of '55!!

I met alot of wonderful people...people so nice to me while I shoved a camera in their face.

Old men flirting with me..to see if they "still got it". (they do!)

"older" women giving me lots of advice on love and life:

"I can't drink alcohol and have sex both....that's why I don't drink."

Stuff like that.

passed out lots of business cards, made lots of contacts.

I've realized that "networking" isn't really my "thing".

I know I need to do it to build up my business, so I can be self-supporting one day (soon I hope), but man that's hard for me to do. I feel like I'm "bragging" or something and it's so difficult to push myself. Maybe I need a publicist, huh? :)

But I'm working on that and I'll get the hang of it soon.

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So my dirtbike boy rode his bicycle to Lake Erie one day. probably close to 90 miles round trip. WTH? WHO DOES THAT?!!!! :)

I told him when he got home ( took him about 10 hours to do this)...

"Don't even THINK about asking to go anywhere tomorrow.....don't even think about it."

Well, he tells his dad what he did and his dad is like, "Cool! you rode that far!!! WOW!"

Um....HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN TROUBLE HERE!!!!!

So he asks me to go to his friend's house that night, and I look at him like, this is a joke, right? you're kidding, right?

He looks at me all innocent like and points to his face, with a big smile and says to me,

"Mom...see this? it gets me everything I want"

the little shit! he can be so funny at times and then other times, he is soooo moody. Hard being a teenager. I do remember that.


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Well, it looks like my college bound son is NOT college bound.

We were late getting his deposit money in and now he's on a waiting list for a dorm. #148 on the list. UGH.

he can't stay with his brother who is in Akron cuz the other girls he lives with said no.

We're looking into other avenues but it's not looking good so far.

So he said he'd rather wait a whole year, instead of just a semester, and start next year with all the other freshman, instead of coming onto campus in the middle of the year.

While I see his point, I don't agree with it.

Why sit out a whole year when you only have to sit out a semester?

and this has caused a HUGE fight between his dad and I.

BIG. HUGE.

See, he was originally going to Thiel to play football...his dad's alma mater.

But decided he didn't want to play football anymore. he's burned out and wants to just concentrate on academics.

And since he wasn't paying football, he switched to Akron...Thiel is very very small and there is NOTHING there to do. NOTHING. At least Akron's campus has a vast amount of stuff to do if you're not involved in sports. I mean, our football stadium at our high school is bigger than Thiel's.

So his dad was a little upset about this...and I feel he is screwing him over on purpose.

There is a long history of bad relationship between the two of them....so this is par for the course.

So it has caused great tension in our household once again.

There are many things I do not agree with, and while I am trying to make it on my own, it is taking a while. I'm slowly but surely plugging away at it, tho, and I hope to be self-sufficient one day soon. Cuz there is no talking to his dad....he simply refuses to talk. Not much I can do about that.


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Sooooooooooooooo.............I gotta get busy on the reunion photos so I can get them out to the people who ordered them.

later totes mcgoats!!!!! (I watched I LOVE YOU MAN last night! HILARIOUS movie and one of my favorites. JOBIN!)