Kelwhy's Place

Is anyone still out there?

2011-10-12T08:11:00.003-05:00

I need to get back to this again... so here are a few updates...

I have found Pinterest - and LOVE it - do you know about this yet? Great place to find ideas and share ideas...

I spend most of my time on Facebook - Yes, i'm a junkie - I can't help it... YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT I'M UP TO!

We have recently received custody of my 11 year old nephew who is a sweety. So, now we are a household with 3 children - Alex is 14, Cody is 11 and Lauren is 10 (almost 11). It's funny the difference just one more makes to a household - but he brings alot to us.

I am still in the need of more cowbell - I just can't get enough of it!

True Love

2011-03-16T12:36:00.002-05:00

But the greatest love - the love above all loves,
Even greater than that of a mother...
Is the tender, passionate, undying love,
Of one beer drunken slob for another.
~Irish Ballad

Happy St. Paddy's day y'all!

Juicy-Juicy!

2010-11-30T14:08:00.004-06:00

So, my brother and sister in law have a foreign exchange student living with them right now from Switzerland. She's a really beautiful girl, Jael, and she's totally and completely into Juicy Couture. She LOVES that store and everything about it. So anytime that they are anywhere near one of those stores, they have to stop in and look around and let her browse. Well, my 8 year old nephew Luke is just not "digging" this so much and when they were about to walk into yet another Juicy store, he yells out "AH NO, I HATE JUICY COOTER." ROFL. I guess, Couture, is not one of those words that's on top of an 8 year olds list! hahh! I told him not to worry, he'd change his mind before too long...

Seriously? Sleepover HELL.

2010-11-22T13:59:00.004-06:00

OK... So a slumber party for her 10th bday party was not my brightest moment. I'll take that one. We had a complete blast doing the scavenger hunt at the local mall, that was really fun. But 9 girls (that's including my sassy lou) coming over to spend the night after the party - NOT SO MUCH. So first, the scavenger hunt... Thank you so much Danielle - for helping me wrangle the girls at the mall - that was great of you and I couldn't have done it without you! I really, really appreciate it! ;) So, the scavenger hunt list had 40 items on it and we had a 1 hour time limit - there were all kinds of items on the list from things like a shopping bag with handles to taking a video of the entire team playing duck, duck, goose in the mall. Some of my other favorites were:

A photo of all of the team members washing their hands in the sink at the same time.
A photo of all of the team members riding a kiddie ride - all at once.
A video of the team singing "the barney song" in front of Abercombie and Fitch.
A photo of the team standing like mannequins in a store window.
A photo of the team sleeping on a mall bench.
A photo of the entire team wearing a feather boa.
A photo of the entire team wearing ugly hats.

After the scavenger hunt, we came back to the house and all of the girls made their own personal pan pizzas with whatever toppings they wanted... that's when it all started to go downhill. I think there was just too much ... "downtime"?? I dunno - 9 preteen/teen girls in one house is just too much. "She looked at me funny", "She won't give me the blue candy", "She said she won't be my friend anymore!" WOW. I mean, seriously - there were no major fights or anything - just all these little things going on. AND, I think the worst offender was probably my very own sassy lou. YEP. nice. I just poured another glass of wine - what's a mom to do? :) sigh. That'll be the last big sleepover for a long time, i'll tell you that much. In anycase, I survived to tell about it, and be a warning to other moms out there who may be thinking about doing this - SEND THEM HOME! Please, heed my advice. hahh!

Hope y'all are having a happy Monday!

It's been awhile...

2010-06-16T12:05:00.000-05:00

Ok.. It's been ages. But I can't blog from work anymore, cuz my site is blocked... So I have resorted to emailing in my posts. How bout that? Whatever works. Don't mind the typos.. I'll try to catch em but I aint promising anthing! So..hope all is well in ur corner of the world. We leave tomorrow to head to Dallas for the weekend. I'm very excited... Ll let you know how it all goes. Ok I'll ttyl. Take care!

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Vanity Cards

2010-05-18T07:55:00.001-05:00

I think we all need Vanity Cards like Chuck Lorre - Check this out. You know at the end of his shows, like The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men - you see this brief 2 second flash up on the screen? Have you seen it? Well I have - I've seen it for awhile now and have wondered and wondered - what the hell is that? Apparently these are his "views on life" his rants and his raves. Just his way to express himself. What a riot! I LOVE it! ;) Some have been censored by the CBS censors, others are benign and just completely random... I've been flippin' thru and they have me cracking up! Seriously - I think we all need our 2 second vanity cards - might have a lot less frustrations in life!

http://www.chucklorre.com/index.php

Jellyfish in a Jar

2010-04-30T09:21:00.004-05:00

So, my son is on a school trip in Atlanta. I sent him with $70.00. ($20.00 of that was his own and $50.00 was from mom and dad). He has to buy 2 lunches with that, and the rest of it is just for spending money. He's got a busy couple of days there - The Aquarium, the Coca-Cola company, Stone Mountain and Six-Flags. He has to buy lunch today at Stone mountain and lunch tomorrow at Six-Flags (we KNOW those are not cheap places to buy lunches at), and I guess - I just failed to mention that part to him. I just told him to be careful with his money and all that jazz.... so yeah - you guessed it, I talked to him last night and he has a whopping $23.00 left. I about freaked out. My first thought was that he was going to starve! hahh (over-protective mom, lol!) My little boy was going to starve away to nothing! ;) hah-hah! I said - What the heck did you spend all of your money on? He tells me he bought a super cool - JELLYFISH in a JAR - WTF? hahh - "it glows in the dark, mom!" I go off on this little rant about wasting his money, and how is he going to eat - and what the heck is he going to do with a jellyfish in a jar... and in this real quiet voice he says - "i was going to give it to you mom" - YEAH, right you were! God bless him - lil sweetheart. I felt bad last night, he's just having a good time and of course, he won't starve. I was just worried about him not having enough money for the rest of the trip and I just didn't express it enough to him before the trip. Well, if he runs out - he runs out. He'll still get breakfast and dinner - so he'll be fine, I'm sure. It certainly won't hurt him to skip a lunch! ;) Anyway, I hope he's having fun on his trip and he'll always be able to look back on his jellyfish in the jar and remember his ATL trip - Good times... good times... hmmmm...

Now what?

2010-04-01T10:14:00.002-05:00

Happy April Fools day to all you Fools out there! ;) Hope you are enjoying your special day! I know I am... well, as much as I can. I'm at work right now, but am thinking about leaving here in the next hour or so - it's an absolutely GORGEOUS day outside! I love it! Fuddy and I can go and enjoy the day! that'll be nice. Today is quarter-end at work, so our system is down and locked, so there's not much for me to do without getting into the system. (perfect excuse to get outta here, huh?) Well, I hope y'all have a great afternoon too! I think i'll wrap up a few more things and then go home and enjoy my Fuddy! Tata for now!

Smart Ass

2010-03-26T13:41:00.002-05:00

SMART ASS: Two young businessmen in Florida were sitting down for a break in their soon-to-be new store in the shopping mall. As yet, the store wasn't ready, with only a few shelves and display racks set up. One said to the other, "I'll bet that any minute now some senior is going to walk by, put his face to the window, and ask what we're selling."Sure enough, just a moment later, a curious senior gentleman walked up to the window, looked around intensely and rapped on the glass, then in a loud voice asked, "What are you sellin' here?" One of the men replied sarcastically, "We're selling ass-holes." Without skipping a beat, the old timer said, "You're doing well. Only two left."
Seniors -- don't mess with them, they've been around!

Hahh - I thought that was a pretty good one, hope you enjoyed! ;) Anyway, we are getting rid of the lil girl for the night and my son is having 3 of his friends over for a small bday party/sleepover. This should be fun - yeah, like a lobotomy... sure. Eh, it can't be as bad as one of my daughters sleepovers - that's for sure, having four or more 9 year old girls in the house... AUGH. Anyway, I think I'm pretty prepared for tonight - we shall see. Hope y'all have a great weekend - chat with you more later!

A teenager???!!!

2010-03-22T13:52:00.002-05:00

I am now officially, the mother of a teenager. WTF? Yep - my little boy turned 13 yesterday. Happy Birthday to my darling baby boy! ;) He's growing up so fast - when did that happen? geez... We were traveling back from Gulf Shores, AL yesterday - so he was stuck in a car all day long. Not much a bday, I spose. He's planning on having a few friends over for a sleepover this weekend and we'll do cake and everything then. Just a small little bday party, I guess.

So, we went to Gulf Shores for Spring Break - it was absolutely wonderful! What a great little trip. We left here Wednesday morning and came back yesterday. For the most part, it was pretty good weather the whole time as well. Friday we went to the beach and we all ended up getting burnt to a crisp. ouch. Just didn't pay attention and put lotion on - idiots! what horrible parents we are - our poor kids looked like lobsters! But they had a good time building holes and tunnels in the sand! Fun stuff. We ate some really incredible seafood while we were down there too - you just can't beat fresh seafood - I think Fuddy and I gorged ourselves. I still feel full.

Well, that's what's up in Kelwhy's world - what's up with you?

I really am saving money! ;)

2010-03-02T12:24:00.005-06:00

So, I have done the coupon shopping for a month now and I have definitely saved money... Take a look:

Not too bad - huh? Of course, I wasn't keeping tabs exactly on what I was spending before this - but I KNOW that it was much more than this. So, I feel good about my savings. PLUS, we have a full pantry at home - which is a good thing. (By the way - OOP stands for Out of Pocket - just in case you were curious... ) SO, some of the shops were better than others - I'm still "building" up my coupons, and trying to work it all out.

In other news - just been busy here at work and at home. Lots of little things going on, keeping us on our toes. Soccer season has started and so we are full into that now - let the games begin. Oh joy! ;)

OK y'all - hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday - I just wanted to share my happy news about doing so well with the coupon shopping. Take care and talk to y'all later! buh-bye now!

Local shooting at Discovery Middle school...

2010-02-09T12:31:00.002-06:00

So last Friday, a 14 year old student shot another 14 year old student at Discovery Middle School in Madison City and killed him. You can read several articles about it here. It's just tragic really. Now they are trying to determine if the 14 year old that's been accused and is in custody, should be tried as an adult or not. I'm really torn on this. I mean - I think at 14 - he certainly should know right from wrong and the consequences of his actions. But does he really? Does he fully understand them all? Also, does someone that young deserve a second chance? I try to look at it and wonder - what if it were my son that was killed - what would I want then? Would it be justice to lock away this kid for the rest of his life? That wouldn't bring my son back. My son is just about to turn 13 years old and he still does some really "stupid" things - so I just don't know - What do y'all think about it? Do you have an opinion on this? In the end, I just think it was/is a complete tragedy all around for both families involved and I pray that there is some relief for all involved.

Shopping with coupons and Geaux Saints! ;)

2010-02-07T09:00:00.003-06:00

Well, this week, I did my first-ever "coupon-shop" and MAN, did I save some moola! I'm so excited about it! I've been kinda reading up and preparing for it for about a week now, clipping coupons and printing coupons and whatnot. Yesterday, I went to the store with my list and bought $165.00 worth of groceries and paid $86.00!!! Yep - that's right, I got nearly 50% off using coupons - and I didn't even have many coupons! I'm sold. I can only get better from here now. It's exciting seeing that kind of savings on my receipts - just amazing. Who can't use that extra money!?! woohoo!

So, is everyone ready for the Superbowl game this afternoon? We will be heading over to hang out with our friend Donnie and his girlfriend Pam - should be good times as always. Lookin' forward to it. TONS of great food and lots to drink! I love it. I will be cheering for the Saints tonight, even tho i LOVE me some Peyton - but the Saints have never won a Superbowl - so I'm cheering for them tonight! Who Dat?! Geaux Saints! So y'all have a great night and i'll chat with you later taters!

Flying

2010-01-28T07:52:00.004-06:00

A poem, by Lauren.

I wonder what it would be like
to fly up high above the clouds.
people saying
that I am amazing,
and I would fly everywhere I know...
through the sky
Here I go!
Soon I will go
as fast as lightning.
and maybe some other people
will come flying with me,
and i hope some do...

Fast Weekend...

2010-01-25T09:04:00.002-06:00

The weekend went by ridiculously fast, don't you think? It seems like I just left work, and here I am - right back at my desk. sigh. Oh well. Did y'all have a good weekend? Do anything fun? I really didn't get much done - certainly didn't get everything crossed off my list that I intended to. Here's the highlights as it were...

Friday night... what did we do that night? I can't even remember... that's how exciting that was! ;) Sat around, had a beer... watched TV.
Saturday, I ran around all afternoon. Took the kids to open up savings accounts (FINALLY), and ran to the store to spend some of the Christmas money. Tough decisions spending that Christmas money - too long at the store. Lil girl went off to a slumber birthday party that night and we stayed home and watched movies. We watched Knowing and The Invention of Lying. I liked them both.
Funny story from the bank: While we were sitting there waiting on the lady to enter all of the kids info into the system, I had lil girl on my lap and I was looking in my wallet for their social security cards. I pulled them out and handed them to the lady, and then I noticed a folded up piece of notebook paper in my wallet - not sure what that could be, I opened that up and found Lauren's "toothfairy note" - AUGH! I quickly refolded it and stuck it back in my wallet, but of course - not before she saw what it was. She looked at it, looked at me... looked back at my wallet and looked back at me. She folded her arms and had a very "deep thought" look on her face and then proclaimed "You're the toothfairy! How did you get that note!?" I tried telling her that the toothfairy just left it for me, because it was such a nice note - but she simply wasn't buying it, and I really couldn't keep a straight face - nor could the bank lady. She said "No wonder, I didn't get any money on the nights that I lost teeth and you were already asleep! AND how do you do it? WHAT TIME do you get up in the middle of the night to do that???!!!" ROFL - it was very funny, the whole scene was quite comical and amusing. Oh well - it had to come out sooner or later I s'pose... hahh!
Sunday was another interesting little something... Alex came home from the neighbors house proclaiming that him and the neighbor girl are now "boyfriend and girlfriend" - WTH? lol! I said - what does that mean? hahh! She's a total cutie and really super sweet. But it's a riot. He spent the afternoon over there and now I guess they are "going out" or "dating" in whatever terms the kids are using now. So, this is his first official girlfriend, I guess we have to lay down some ground rules now. Lauren is not real happy about this whole turn because she is also a friend of Lauren's and she knows that now when she comes over, she'll be hanging with Alex and not Lauren - that's not a good thing. Well, we shall see how this all pans out. hmmmm.

Anyway, that's my weekend in a nutshell - hope you had a good one too!

My aching tooth...

2010-01-19T14:16:00.002-06:00

So, last week - I ate a stale piece of licorice a broke a piece of my tooth off! Can you believe that crap?! I KNOW! The worst part about it all, is that I really didn't even want the licorice... I just kinda grabbed it off of a co-workers desk (he's got this big container full of it) and he even warned me that it was going to be stale! hahh! served me right! I bit into it and I'm chewing and ... I'm like... WTF? out comes a hunk of my tooth... YEP. So, a week goes by before I can get into the dentist tomorrow morning. I'm so anxious to get in there now. sigh. AND i NEVER look forward to going into the dentist. Well, tomorrow I am! ;)

So, everyone say a little prayer for me - I'm going to need it - Novocaine doesn't really work for me, so I will be taking a few Valium before I go, JUST to help me relax a little bit... I'll need it.

Note to self for 2010:

2009-12-29T13:29:00.002-06:00

Lost in space...

2009-12-28T13:39:00.002-06:00

That's how I feel today... Back to work, but without my computer. All I did was click on one little itty, bitty link to look up something for Alex's new nintendo and BOOM! *weird scenes inside the gold mine* all around me! Yeah - got some sort of weird funked up virus hitting my work computer, NICE. So, i tried to run my anti-virus and all that - but nothing was working. Just shut it down and waited til today when I could bring it in to the PRO's ;). So, they've been working on it all morning, and I'm lost without my computer. I'm going back and forth from the conference room to other co-workers computers - and that's just FUN. oh yeah - a blast. It's really quite difficult to do your job without your computer at your fingertips. sigh. I just checked in with my IT person and she said it would be another hour or so because it was SO junked up - she had to completely remove the hard drive and rebuild it. Well, you know me - when I do something - I do it RIGHT. oh yeah. no fooling around with silly little virus's for me - huh-uh. ;) oh well... sit and wait, sit and wait... yep. So anyway, did everyone have a very Merry Christmas? I hope so. We did - it was very nice. Santa was good to us. I enjoyed it. Now, it's time to get ready for the New year - WOW - another year coming to a close again. Didn't we just do this? geez... Oh well - must get running and get a few more things done! Talk at y'all later! buh-bye now...

One more week left...

2009-12-17T09:06:00.002-06:00

to shop and get ready... sigh. Can you belive that Christmas is next week? DANG! I know - next Friday! shwew! ;) I really don't have much left to do cuz we are not doing much this year - it's back to basics in our house. That's kind of a relief actually - maybe this will hang over to next year, and the next? I hope so... it's not all about the bigger and better gift anyway is it? No, it's not. Nice and simple - that's all I want!

So, it's been a busy week. My mother-in-law has been staying with us for a few days and we've been having a great week. Eating, drinking and making merry! ;) Last night, my father-in-law got in too and we had a wonderful dinner and a great night. They're leaving today to head back up to Ohio. It was a really nice visit tho' and it was just a spur of the moment thing - so very cool that we got to see them before Christmas! Today, my parents are due to arrive in to Huntsvegas to spend the weekend for a short visit - so yeah - busy week. They're coming in to see the kiddos before Christmas and bring them their Christmas presents and all that jazz. It'll be a very nice visit too - glad we get to see everyone. The kids don't even know that they are coming so it'll be a fun surprise for them - can't wait to see it! hahh! Lauren will be shocked - cuz her room is such a mess and I know my mom'll get on her for that hehhe! yeah - not like my mom ever got on to me for my room tho! whatever... ROFL!

Anyway - that's all that I know for now - hope y'all are having a great morning and I'll talk to ya later! buy bye!

It's coming...

2009-12-16T15:57:00.001-06:00

March 2010, I cannot wait... I will definitely see this multiple times - I can already tell you that much! I have that thing for the whole Alice in Wonderland story itself and then you add Johnny Depp to it - DAMN! hahh!

The Toothfairy...

2009-12-15T08:37:00.003-06:00

So, 2 nights ago (after I went to sleep), little girl had Fuddy pull her loose tooth and she tucked it under her pillow. When I woke her up in the morning - Lo and behold, that tooth was still there and the toothfairy had not done HIS job that night. lol! Well, no big deal, we explained that it must've been late and the tootfairy was busy, we'd leave the tooth again the next night. So, here we are then last night. She goes to get her tooth and it's gone, she can't find it anywhere. Now she's getting very upset - because she's certain she missed her window of oppurtunity at some money! hahh! ;) I tell her it's not a big deal, just to write the toothfairy a little note that she lost her tooth and put that under her pillow - that'll work. So, below is what she came up with, how cute is this...

This morning she woke up to find her note gone, replaced with a note back from the toothfairy thanking her for the note and some extra money! Lucky girl! ;) hahha! Anyway, I just had to share - thought it was pretty darn cute... Hope y'all are having a great week so far! talk to ya later...

Way to early...

2009-12-12T08:14:00.002-06:00

Ya know those Saturdays when you are SOOO looking forward to sleeping in? Yep - this was one of those for me. But of course, I was wide awake at 6 am. WTF? I mean, seriously - it's not often that I get to sleep in, and I went to bed pretty late last night... well, late for me - it was after midnight. So, I should slept in this morning. I was just looking forward to it - and then boom. wide awake. sigh. I hate that. So here I am, flipping through the channels, and surfing the web and there is nothing to do. Everyone else is still sleeping. :( oh well. Not sure what I'm gonna do today. My mother-in-law is in town for the weekend, so we're going to hang out and who knows what. I was thinking about maybe doing some Christmas shopping - but am not too "keen" on that... we shall see.

Anyway, hope y'all are having a great Saturday morning... talk to ya later tater...

I never could get the hang of Thursdays...

2009-12-10T13:31:00.003-06:00

So, I sent lil man back to school today. He's been on his meds for over 24 hours now and no fever for a lil longer than that. So he should be fine. He's been feeling just fine now. Keeping my fingers crossed! ;) He'll just have to get all caught up on school work now - the fun stuffs! yeppers. Soooo... what else is going on in our world? hmmm...

Work is a bit crazy lately - different, crazy. Did I tell you that my company was acquired by another company? So, yeah - it was. We are just kinda waiting for the sale to be final and the "new" company to take over which could happen anytime - there's just no telling. It's all that corporate-stuff going on. So, it'll be interesting when it does. I just wonder, will things change? I mean - of course there will be changes, there's bound to be changes and I hope they are for the best (for me, of course!) but I mean, will they happen immediately, or what - how quickly will we see any changes - will there be BIG changes? I've never been through one of these company switches before, so it's just all new to me. Guess I'll just have to wait and see now, won't I? hahh. Oh well - it's certainly out of my hands, they aren't calling me up and asking for my advice - oddly enough! ;)

OK - hope you are all having a great Thursday...

The Crud...

2009-12-08T10:06:00.002-06:00

So Fuddy took in Lil man to the doc this morning and he's got THE STREP - ick... He's been running a fever since Sunday, so we've kept him home from school, and he's had a headache - we finally got him into the doc this morning and yep... strep throat. Poor lil man. Now the tricky part is to keep the rest of us healthy - that's always hard. I don't wanna lil girl to come down with it next, especially so close to the holidays. AUGH! We'll just need to get him healthy again and back to school! ;)

In other news - is everyone ready for Christmas? I have bought 2 things. That's it. We are doing an extreme minimal Christmas this year - back to basics... we'll see how that works, it's hard for me. But hey - it's not all about these crazy big gifts anyway right? right. I have to get busy and finish up, but you know me - always the last minute shopper... hahh!

Any given Saturday...

2009-12-07T14:31:00.003-06:00

So, 'Bama is going to the National Championship for the first time since 1992 - WOOHOO! ;) gotta love it! They really played an awesome game against Florida, it was amazing. They will play against Texas for all of the Marbles now... We shall see on Thursday, January 7th - who the number 1 team in the Nation is. The Ohio State University will play against Oregon in the Rose Bowl on January 1st. That's about the only 2 games that I'm interested in. Well, not really - there will actually be a lot of good games this year. I'll be interested in seeing how my Cinci Bearcats hold up against the Florida Gators - that might be an interesting game as well. In any case... you really never do know on any given Saturday...

My progress

2009-10-16T12:20:00.003-05:00

So, I've had 3 weeks so far in my art class - I'm having a blast. I am really enjoying it so far. I have been posting my progress on facebook - so if you're on there, you can see my week to week progress there. If you're not on there, here's my latest and greatest. Well, maybe not greatest - but it is my latest! ;) In any case... Week 1, I did the line drawing, sketching him in and outlining where I was going to paint. Week 2, I painted the shirt and the shorts portion. This week I've started laying in the flesh tones to the painting. This has been the hardest part for me yet. I've never done this kind of painting - it's very time consuming, and slow going - but yet, I really am having fun with it. I am working with oil paints and it's been awhile for me since I've worked seriously with oils. I'm learning some new techniques and whatnot from the teacher and this is just absolutely WONDERFUL, so I'm actually growing as an artist as well - I'm just so excited about it all. Anyway, here we go - Here's my Week 3 progress - what do you think?

I miss you Mothers!

2009-10-14T16:40:00.002-05:00

Today is Grandmothers birthday - well, it would be if she were still with us. She passed away back in September of 2004. She was quite the lady and we really do miss her around here. Anyway, today was her birthday and she's been on my mind all day - so I just wanted to say a quick I love you Mothers! We'll have a 5:00 drink tonight in your honor! ;)

Random bits and pieces about kelwhy...

2009-10-05T14:13:00.002-05:00

I love bleu cheese, but I don't like bleu cheese dressing unless I am eating Buffalo wings - then I love it! YUM.
My favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story. I know they totally overplay it every Christmas, but it kills me - I love it. I love Ralphie, he reminds me of my little brother, Kevin! ;) Too funny.
I completely suck at video games. I really wish that I could play them, but everytime that I try to play with the kids, I'm reminded how horrible I really am at them and I should not be playing these. sigh...
I could eat Pasta every day of the week - I mean it, really, every single day of the week - just bring it on - I love me some pasta!
I wish I were more creative - that's something that I would change about me... I just don't have that "creative" streak in me... and that's not something you can just add... you really have to work at that one...

A new art class!

2009-09-29T15:53:00.002-05:00

I'm so excited! I'm going to start an art class tomorrow night - oil painting portraits. I've done oil painting before, but I've never done portraits - so this will be a real challenge for me. PLUS, it's really been a while since I've worked much with oils as well. So it's starting over again with that. I'm really looking forward to it. It'll be once a week for 3 hours at a time. The first BIG challenge is to decide who to do a portrait of. Do I do a portrait of myself? a relative? someone I know - or a random stranger? That's tough - this is my first attempt - how tied to this do I want to be as I butcher them... hmmm. I've been printing off some pictures trying to get ideas and narrow it down. I'm going to keep it a surprise for right now until I get it started. We shall see. I'll take pictures of my progress and keep you updated. I hope this will really help me get back into my art - it's been far too long. My recent trip up to Nashville has really inspired me. I went up there with 2 of the most awesome people I know (my mother in law Connie and our friend Marti). Marti is an incredible artist and was having an art opening the LeQuire Gallery. It was a great show - what beautiful art we saw! I saw lots of art that inspired me! Anyway - after that - I want to create. We shall see - I'll keep you updated and let you know what's going on with it. Wish me luck! ;)

Happy Anniversary to us!

2009-09-16T08:28:00.009-05:00

14 years ago today I married the man of my dreams... sigh! It wasn't love at first sight or anything - we grew together. But I truly feel that he's my soulmate - is that mushy? Well, whatever... How did I know that he was the one? I don't know exactly - it was the little things...

He's totally boss. He's the cheese to my macaroni...
I remember the first time that I met him - totally cool, leaning against the cooler in the kitchen at Chi-Chi's with a few of the other guys, he was a waiter and I was a hostess at the time. He laid some "slick" line on me and I thought... "oh good lord - who does this guy think he is?"... hahh.
We can finish each others thoughts and sentences - and seriously, we have always been that way.
We started off as friends first... really good friends, and I enjoyed hanging out with him.
We went putt-putting on our first-first date (we had 2 first dates), and to Olive Garden for dinner. After that back to his apartment where we watched Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man - it was a very awkward, not very good first date. (I can't quite put it into words here) We just decided not to date again. Obviously, we changed our minds and did date again - had a second first date almost 8 months later - that one went MUCH better... lol. We stayed friends the whole time - so it wasn't like we didn't talk or anything...
One of the first times that I knew he might be the one for me - We had a patron at Chi-Chi's that passed away. He was a regular that was just part of our family - we all loved him. At the "get-together" to celebrate him and his life, I broke down and was just standing there crying - Steve just came over and held me. That was it. He just held me and my feelings for him changed there and then. He was there for me, he knew how to comfort and support me.

Anyway - there are a zillion other things about him - but I'm not posting them here for you to read! hahh. I just feel lucky that I have found my FuddyDuddy out there and we have other. I think we'll go out to the Bistro for some wonderful dinner tonight and spoil ourselves! Can't wait! ;) mmmm.... Hope you have a great day!

SO much to catch up on...

2009-09-10T13:26:00.008-05:00

It's been awhile, so lots and lots to catch up...

FOOTBALL is here! Are we all thrilled and excited!?! yes! The College Football season has started with a bang. My Buckeye's finished off with a win - not a very great win - but a win nonetheless, and I'll take it! The Alabama Crimson Tide, however finished off with a very exciting win over #7 Virginia Tech! What a game that was! This weekend is the BIG GAME for Ohio State - vs. USC at 7:00 cst - cannot wait. It's at home in the horseshoe - GO BUCKEYE's!!!
We spent this past weekend in Georgia at the Seeeemons new abode. It was quite loverly! They were most hospitable! We had an absolute blast there! We watched tons and tons of football, we ate loads of food that was heavenly and we visited with wonderful friends. What a great weekend. It was the the 4 of us Wrights, Donnie and Cameron, and the 4 simmons - it was fun for all.
However, on Monday morning when we got ready to leave - it was not good. I woke up not feeling... "right". NO - i was not hung over. It was the start of a nasty bug. I was down with it til this morning - the good news tho was that I lost 5 pounds - woohoo! ;) hahh. I won't go into any of the nasty details about the virus except to say, that I don't want that bug again - ick. That was the longest 5 hour drive home from Georgia! Hated that.
So, here we are and I have to catch up on work now... I hate that.
Did y'all have a good labor day weekend? what'd you do exciting?
Go Steelers tonight - that's for my brother Kevin in Myrtle Beach... :)
and I'm outta here - gonna go home and rest, then log back on to catch up on my work email. FUN STUFF. Hope y'all have a great Thursday night!
ta ta for now...

Here we are again...

2009-09-01T10:03:00.004-05:00

It's a Tuesday... already? And it's the first of September - can you believe it? WOW... The year is simply flying by - we are nearly through 2009 already? damn. I can't believe it. So I have a fairly 'bizzy' week this week and that's a good thing. We have football and soccer practice tonight, tomorrow night off, a soccer game on Thursday night along with football practice that night as well and then we leave for Georgia on Friday. Busy, busy! Meanwhile I must get loads of laundry done and the house cleaned so that we can get outta here at a decent time on Friday. FUN. yep. I'm lookin' forward to our trip over the weekend. We get to see our friends again, and their new house - can't wait. A weekend of beer, food and football! woohoo! GOOD times. How are things going for you? Do you have exciting plans for the Labor day weekend? I hope so. Lemme know what you're up to - I mean, outside of football of course - I know that EVERYONE is going to be watching college football this weekend - being the first game of the season and all - of course they are! hahh! ;) lol. OK y'all - I'm outta here - hope you are having a wonderful, wonderful day!

A very rich man met a beautiful lady and he decided he wanted to marry her right away. She said, ''But we don't know anything about each other.'' He said,''That's all right, we'll learn about each other as we go along.'' So she consented, and they were married, and went on a honeymoon to a very nice resort. So one morning they were lying by the pool, when he got up off of his towel, climbed up to the 10-meter board and did a two and a half tuck gainer, this followed by a three rotations in jackknife position, where he straightened out and cut the water like a knife. After a few more demonstrations, he came back and lay down on the towel. ''That was incredible!'' she said. ''I used to be an Olympic diving champion. You see, I told you we'd learn more about ourselves as we went along.'' So she got up, jumped in the pool, and started doing laps. After about thirty laps she climbed back out and lay down on her towel hardly out of breath. ''That was incredible!" he said. "Were you an Olympic endurance swimmer?'' ''No,'' she said, ''I was a hooker in Venice and I worked both sides of the canal.''

5 more days...

2009-08-31T08:36:00.002-05:00

# 6 Buckeyes vs. Navy at noon Eastern on Saturday! can't wait.
#5 Bama vs. #8 Va. Tech at 8:00 pm Eastern on Saturday - the night game, this should be a great game.
We're leaving here as soon as the kids get outta school on Friday to head to the new Seeeemons estate in Georgia - can't wait to see my friend nicsims! ;) woohoo! Spend a nice long weekend with them and take their long lost zeke back to them - i know how much she's missed him! :D hahh!
i have a terrible headache today. I spent most of the weekend in bed with a migraine and now my head feels "bruised" from that. Let's hope that clears up soon. augh.
must go get more cofffee... soon.

Some laughs...

2009-08-19T07:45:00.007-05:00

I just got this email and I'm still laughing, here's some funnies...

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?
Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no Internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
There is a great need for sarcasm font.
Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it.
I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that every one's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
The other night I hit a new low at an open bar. I had already hopped on highway blackout when, inevitably I had to find a bathroom. Eventually I decided it was probably on the other side of the bar so I tried to walk over there, but ran into a guy coming the other way. We played that, both go left, both go right game to no avail, so I finally put out my hand to guide myself past and that's is when I realized, yup, that's a mirror I just tried to walk through. And the guy on the other side is me. Even cats can recognize their own image.
How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
Was learning cursive really necessary?
Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples,I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's Gas in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"
What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,and you can wear them forever.
I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu' to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."
I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
Bad decisions make good stories
Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem...
You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?
'While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don't win, they are executed.
I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.

The People, the tradition, the excellence...

2009-08-17T09:05:00.002-05:00

Wow - what a crazy, crazy weekend. It was fun - but I'm seriously getting too old to do this shit! ;) damn. We left Huntsvegas on Thursday afternoon and drove to Florence, KY and spent the night at Big Steve's new house. It's very nice, we had a great visit and drank too much wine and stayed up way too late - as always! Then we got up bright and early on Friday morning and headed on into Canton to mom and dad's house to visit with them and prepare for Fuddy's high school reunion part one.
So, Friday night we go out to the Geisen - which I always love - and have the "informal" reunion. Everyone had a great night and they had to push us out the doors of Geisen at 2:30 am - I think Fuddy had a really good time there catching up with everyone. Saturday morning came all too early - but I was doing OK since I was the driver on Friday night - shwew! ;) I don't think Fuddy felt as good as me that morning. hahh. We got up and went to breakfast and then came back and went back to bed - my parents had the kids and took off to places unknown, thankfully! We visited awhile and then packed up and went to his parents house to hang out all day and get ready for High school reunion part 2 - The Main Event!
Had lots of yummy foods all day at my in-laws and some beers and then we got ready and went out Saturday night to the Main Event. Fuddy's younger brother was our driver that night so that we could both "partake" in the festivities. It was a good time, interesting to meet these people that he went to school with - they were all really nice. Hope to keep in touch with a few of them - we shall see. We didn't stay out as late that night, after all - we had to drive back to Bama the next day - 10 hours in the car hungover would not be a good thing! ick. So we got back to the house and crashed, slept in - had some breakfast and packed up and left.
The drive home wasn't horrible I guess - it is what it is... I guess we are sorta used to it. Anyway, we got to visit with both of our parents, see his old friends from high school and see Big Steve - so I guess that was a good trip - I'm gonna need about a week to recover from it tho! Wish we could get up there to see everyone more often... oh well.

Anyway, more updates later... hope y'all had a great weekend too! chat with you later...

My favorite words...

2009-08-11T10:03:00.002-05:00

You know what I mean there are just those words that are fun to say, or fun to write, or just fun to hear... like snarky - i love snarky... that's a good one... so today, i'm just going to list a few of my favorite words for lack of anything better to write about...

ennui; this one i just like the sound of... altho, the meaning is good too - i can use that occasionally.
titillation; i mean c'mon - who doesn't like this one...need i say more?
hippopotamus - that one is just fun to say.
lollygag - this one came from my mom...
cowbell - cuz everyone needs more of it! ;)
serendipity - i like the sound of this one and i like the meaning... how nice...

Anyway, that's all I have for now - what are some of your favorite words? lemme know.

Buy One, Get One Free!

2009-08-10T12:51:00.002-05:00

Don't you wish more things were Buy one get one? Well, probably if they were then the prices would just be all jacked up so it really wouldn't matter in the first place - would it? Oh well - what can you do? sigh. So did y'all have a good weekend? Yep, me too. It was a bizzy weekend, but good anyway. We did manage to get the kids all prepped and ready for school and then out the door and to school today! woohoo! ;) How bout them apples? Good stuff.

Lil girl was very excited about it - she was up and dressed before the alarms even went off this morning. I went in to wake her up and found her dressed - lol - too funny. I said, "i was going to cuddle with you for a bit" so she dived back in bed so we could cuddle before getting up. hahh! so funny.

So, I've got a bit more to do this week, we are heading to Ohio on Thursday afternoon as soon as the kids get outta school. Fuddy's 20th High school reunion is this weekend. Should be fun, I'm looking forward to it. We didn't go to the same school - so I won't know anyone, but still - I'm anxious to meet some of the people that he knew. PLUS - I still have to figure out what I'm going to wear and all that. Boy oh boy. hmmm. Guess it'll all work out - it always does... We'll be going to Geisenhaus Friday night, and then some Country Club even Saturday night - I can't wait for Geisen - that's always a good time - I gotta remember to bring my stein with us on the trip! ;)

Well, that's bout all that I know for now - guess I'll chat with y'all later - hope you're having a great day... ta ta for now...

What else? Can't really think of anything else

Things to do...

2009-08-05T09:18:00.002-05:00

Lil man's 7th grade school orientation today - fuddy is taking him.
Lil girls 3rd grade school orientation tomorrow - fuddy is taking her.
School supply shopping - must finish that up, school starts on Monday! AUGH.
I have to call and schedule haircuts for both kids before school starts. They look like ragamuffins. (and you know how bad those ragamuffins look) hahh.
I have to schedule a cut and color for myself before we head up to Ohio for Fuddy's 20th high school reunion - that's on the 15th. I'm running out of time!
I have to find just the right dress to wear to Fuddy's reunion so I can show up looking like the trophy wife that I am - hahh!

Anyway - lots to do - lots to do... gotta get back to work, hope y'all are having a marvelous Wednesday... chat with you later...

Happy Monday...

2009-08-03T15:22:00.002-05:00

whatever. are Monday's ever happy? lol. Well, it's not like this is a depressing Monday or anything like that - just... a Monday... so there.

I'm just hanging out at work, waiting to hear from an old Chi-Chi's co-worker of mine. We worked together "eons" ago in Canton and she happens to be in town today - so we're going to get together and have happy hour and a bite to eat. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?! Yeppers, do a bit of catching up.

Anyway, did y'all have a good weekend? We did - another fun one with the Seeeeemons in town. They came in to close on their house. So they sold their house and the former owner of the Handley Estate purchased it and has relocated. ;) a bit confusing - but whatever. So yeah, we had a great night Friday night - lots of food and drink... (of course) I'll post some pics later. I've gotta run and get outta here now. Hope y'all have a great night and I'll chat with you later tater...

20 Songs - the answers...

2009-07-29T15:49:00.004-05:00

Here's the answers from my previous post... just in case you were curious and needed to know... ;)

You and I spent so many nights feeling alone lyin' side by side... Whiskey Falls - Highway 59
Breathe in right away, nothing seems to fill this place... 3 Doors Down - Loser
I reside in 209, you're in 208, you moved in last Friday night...Nickelback - Someone that You're With
I, I'm driving black on black Just got my license back... Nickelback - Animals
Now don't you be afraid, we can always talk about...Theory Of a Deadman - Heaven (Little by Little)
Rio Grande crawling with desperation, hard drugs linin' the gunny sack...Chickenfoot - Avenida Revolution
I have a dream, a song to sing, to help me cope with anything...Abba - I have a Dream
Well, one mad shuffle, He says two women is trouble... AC/DC - Rocking All the Way
The hour has begun, your eyes have now opened...Collective Soul - Tremble for My Beloved
So we live in our old van, travel all across this land...Zac Brown Band - Free
Push your foot to the floor, don't need no more...AC/DC - War Machine
You've got a body like the devil, and you smell like sex.. Kid Rock - So Hott
If you could step into my head, tell me would you still know me... 3 Doors Down - So I need You
Two packs of cigarettes a day, the strongest whiskey Kentucky can make...Shinedown - What a shame.
Lately I've been feeling low, a remedy is what I'm seeking...Dave Matthews Band - Jimi Thing
I've got my toes in the water, ass in the sand... Zac Brown Band - Toes
Hey Eugene, do you remember me? Pink Martini - Hey Eugene
This a number one champion sound yeah Estelle we ’bout to get down... Estelle - American Boy
I asked her to stay but she wouldn't listen, she left before I had the chance to say... Maroon 5 - Won't go Home without you.
I dont know just where I'm going, but I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can... The Velvet Underground - Heroin.

Smith Lake Camping

2009-07-28T10:12:00.004-05:00

How fun - we went camping this weekend at Smith Lake in Cullman, AL. What a blast! We had such a wonderful time. It was really great weather and everything was just perfect. We got everything packed up and arrived at the campground around 6:30 or so Friday evening. That left us lots of time that night to enjoy a nice campfire and some great food, which of course, we enjoyed all weekend long! We boated all day on Saturday. It was a really nice lake, clean and big - lots to explore and see on it. We let alex tube a bit and he even tried to get up on the wakeboard - no luck, but he kept trying at it - I was really impressed with him. He's getting so big. He wasn't about to give up. We were done with it before he was! ;) hahh. Anyway, it was a long day out there on the water and we all were all pretty red when we came in. We got back to the campsite, had a drink and then took the kids to the beach - can you believe they wanted more of the water? don't they ever get tired? what the heck???! lol. We stayed there for awhile and then headed back to the campground to get the fire ready for dinner and cook us up some goodies. YUM. Lots of s'mores to be had, taters in the fire, corn on the cob in the fire - brats, burgers - and the list goes on and on! Sunday we got up and started slowly packing up while we cooked up some blueberry pancakes, eggs, hashbrowns, sausages and coffee. Then we went to play some miniature golf and took the kids swimming before completely packing up and heading home for the day. Fuddy did manage an injury of course before leaving - he cut up his foot and broke a toe at the pool. ahhh - my sweet Fuddy - I knew we shoulda brought his "walking around helmet" sigh. Oh well, what are ya gonna do?

I was completely and utterly exhausted when we got back home, just dog-tired - but what a fun weekend. The kids are already asking when we can do it again! So, I guess it was a hit! I will definitely try to plan another one of them soon... I hope! ;) How was your weekend?

Update: here's a couple of pictures... we had a really good time there...

Want some really cool stuffs?

2009-07-17T10:04:00.002-05:00

Check this out! Michael is a very gifted artist, I know this because i have some of his stuffs already! ;) Yep, I am the proud owner of one of his bowls and many coins. I love it! Anyway, check out their Etsy store for some really great ceramics, you'll love them.

FuddyDuddy...

2009-07-16T12:17:00.000-05:00

is on his way home...

thank god.

It's the final countdown...

2009-07-14T16:07:00.001-05:00

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20 Songs...

2009-07-10T09:13:00.002-05:00

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Post the song info when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

You and I spent so many nights feeling alone lyin' side by side...
Breathe in right away, nothing seems to fill this place...
I reside in 209, you're in 208, you moved in last Friday night...
I, I'm driving black on black Just got my license back...
Now don't you be afraid, we can always talk about..
Rio Grande crawling with desperation, hard drugs linin' the gunny sack...
I have a dream, a song to sing, to help me cope with anything...
Well, one mad shuffle, He says two women is trouble...
The hour has begun, your eyes have now opened...
so we live in our old van, travel all across this land...
Push your foot to the floor, don't need no more...
You've got a body like the devil, and you smell like sex..
If you could step into my head, tell me would you still know me...
Two packs of cigarettes a day, the strongest whiskey Kentucky can make...
Lately I've been feeling low, a remedy is what I'm seeking...
I've got my toes in the water, ass in the sand...
Hey Eugene, do you remember me?
This a number one champion sound yeah Estelle we ’bout to get down...
I asked her to stay but she wouldn't listen, she left before I had the chance to say...
I dont know just where I'm going, but I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can...

My head's spinning...

2009-07-09T15:30:00.002-05:00

Well, the kids are back. Yep, they're back. And hubby is gone again. Well dang. So, it's just me and the kids this week. We're doing just fine tho - trying to get back into something of a schedule. It's been crazy. Come to find out that Lil Man's football practices are starting this week, so he's been doing that. It's already getting hectic. Oh well, such is life.

Not much else is going on. I just wanted to say hey real quick and let you know I'm alive and well. I have a nasty lil sinus infection going on - so I'm about to go home and chill out for the night. One more day to this week and then we can kick back for the weekend - ahhhh.... sigh. OK y'all. Have a great night and I'll chat with you later! ;) tata for now!

Is it only Tuesday? really?

2009-06-30T13:17:00.002-05:00

Anyway, ain't got a whole lot to say today. It's just one of them days. TJ was talking about his milestone of his 900th post the other day, so I was wondering - how many posts have I had? I've been blogging since October of 2003 - that's a LONG time... so, I looked it up and was kinda surprised... as of yesterday, I've had 1,711 posts. Wow, that's a WHOLE lot of nothing there. Have I really been boring you people for that long? sigh. Sorry about that... I guess. Blame it all on Tricia, she got me hooked initially. I couldn't stop after that. I've met a lot of great people through this blog and have stayed in touch with a lot of my friends and family though this blog, so I'll keep at it for awhile. Plus, it's always fun for me to look back through and see some of the things that I've done here and there - like a journal of sorts.

Just a few more days til we get the kiddos back! ;) woohoo! Let the re-training begin - hahh.
No work on Friday and an ice cream party at work tomorrow - aren't you jealous?
I'm looking for a new phone. I want something that I can get wifi on - or some kind of web on, I don't necessarily need email, or computer apps - but will want to facebook and do the "funstuff" from it. Any thoughts? I have verizon now and will most likely stick with that, simply because all of my family is verizon - but not tied to that.
Next Friday the 10th is my 9 year anniversary at work - how bout that? craziness.

OK folks - gotta get back to work. Hope you are having a really great day and I shall talk to ya' later taters! stay outta trouble! ;)

Happy Monday to y'all! ;)

2009-06-29T14:24:00.002-05:00

First and foremost a very happy 13th wedding anniversary to my little bro and his very wonderful wife! Yep, just 13 years ago today they tied the knot in Maria Stein, OH. (actually, I'm shocked that there is ANYTHING on the web about that town - if you've ever been there, you'd understand! hahh) Anywhooooo. Just 4 more days or so til I see my kids again, how bout that? Yep, they've been gone since May 27th - wow. I'm sure my parents are ready to get rid of them, they are sounding a bit tired of it all! ;) I can understand that. LOL. So, Fuddy and I drive to Cinci this weekend and meet my parents up there to get the kids and head back here on Sunday morning. So that'll be nice. I'm looking forward to seeing them now. It'll be about 40 days that we had without them. A good break for all of us! hahh. Well, except for my parents.

What else is going on? Not too much else here. The summer is sneaking away from us quickly. School will be here before you know it. I have to take the kids school shopping and get them ready pretty soon, tons to do. Sigh. Anyway, just wanted to say a quick hello - I have to get back to business here. Hope you are having a really great Monday - as far as monday's go. Take care and chat with you later! ;) buh-bye now.

Flying solo again...

2009-06-23T13:34:00.003-05:00

So hubby is on the road again, heading up to Indiana. This means that I am all alone again until Friday. ALL ALONE. You know, at first, I wasn't too keen on this idea. I mean, it's one thing him being gone while the kids are here, and it's another thing being home ALL alone. I was thinking that it wasn't going to be that great - how wrong I was. So, this time, that he's going to be gone for 3 nights - I'm really looking forward to it. Now don't get me wrong - I would so much rather him be here. BUT, there is something to be said about some "me" time too. I plan on getting all of these little odds and ends done around the house and just enjoying some peace and quiet. I mean how many times do we ever get that? Really? As a parent - you very nearly NEVER get that. Not where it's just all you by yourself. Tonight I'm thinking that I'm going to mow the front yard, walk the dog, fold some laundry and just watch some "chic-flick" movie that I rent. See, that's the other bonus - I get to watch all of those movies that I normally want to see and I know he won't EVER watch with me! ;) It's MY movie time. Anyway, not sure if I'll get to all of that tonight or not - but that's the plan in any case. We shall see. The lawn and the laundry are optional - they may or may not happen! Well, that's all that I know - I'm outta here. Hope you are having a mahvelous Tuesday. Talk to ya later gator....

FACEinHOLE

2009-06-22T12:15:00.001-05:00

Create your own FACEinHOLE

What a weekend...

2009-06-22T11:38:00.002-05:00

Just to sum up - it was boating, boating and more boating... ;) sigh, what a life we have! hahh! Hubby and i spent about 9 hours out on the boat on Saturday and then about 5 hours out there on Sunday. It was crazy hot, but it was wonderful. A gorgeous weekend for boating too - blue skies, a nice breeze, no kids, and cold beer. We napped, we floated, we read, we drank, we ate, we did married couple stuff that I can't post here, we just really, really enjoyed ourselves! And all without getting burnt to a crisp! So alls well that ends well. Now here we are, back to Monday already - AUGH. Did you have a good weekend? Did all of you dad's have a good Fathers day? What's the ideal fathers day? Is it with or without the kids? hmmm. I called my dad up and wished him a happy one, kinda funny - here he is again so many years later and he's spending fathers day with kids! hahh. poor guy. ;)

They are in DC now and camping outside of DC, in Bull Run (around there). They drop my nephew off today to his People to People thing where he's spending the week and then it's just back to my parents and my kids for the week. 10 days and counting until I see my kids again - sigh. Good and bad, hahh!

Also, my Fuddy leaves to go out of town again tomorrow - he's going on a quick job to Indiana. He'll be gone til Friday evening. :( so sad. I kinda enjoy my alone time, but still - oh well, not much I can do about it.

OK - that's all that I know- hope everyone is having a good Monday. Chat with you later...

TGIF!

2009-06-19T11:45:00.002-05:00

Thank goodness for Friday's! It's just such a relief to know that you don't have to go back in to work for 2 more days - sigh. I plan on a nice relaxing weekend. Not sure what we'll get - but that's what I'm planning for now anyway! ;) I think that tonight we shall hang out around the house and not do much of anything. I'd like to cook a little dinner and enjoy a glass of wine and just relax tonight. I'm thinking that I'd like to paint tonight - get my paints and canvases out and do a little painting. Maybe I can get Fuddy to paint something too!? He's quite creative too. We shall see. We're planning on going out boating tomorrow, it's ridiculous hot - so not sure how long we'll last out there, but we haven't been out in awhile, so I'm lookin' forward to it. Hopefully I'll get some sun out there too! ;) Anyone got some exciting plans for the weekend? What else is going on? I don't know much else.

Odds and ends...

14 days and counting until I see my kids again - not sure if that's good or bad yet... ;) hahh.
coming up on my 9 year anniversary at work. 9 years? wow - doesn't seem like I've been here that long. interesting...
Fuddy has his 20 year highschool reunion in August and we are going back to Canton for it. This should be fun - in some ways, I feel more pressure to look good for his reunion than I did to look good for mine - isn't that funny?

That's all that I know - hope you have a great weekend! Talk to ya' later! ;)

Dogsitting...

2009-06-17T10:19:00.002-05:00

So, our good friends the seeemons have decided to abandon us and move to Georgia. I know - how could they do that to me? right? sigh. It's so incredibly sad, I can hardly talk about it. I guess, such is life and all that Bull - whatever. ;) Yeah, well, he got a job in GA and they pretty much can't pass this up and blah, blah, blah. He's moving my friend nicsims away, and I'm gonna miss her! (yeah, him too...) sigh. So anyway, in the process of this all, my FuddyDuddy has ~~stupidly~~graciously agreed to watch their dog Zeke for them. It's hard to move with a dog and all that, so while they are trying to get settled in and find a house, we'll keep zeke. Hmm. Now, if you know me at all - you know that I'm not exactly a dog person. I mean - I like other peoples dogs - I just don't want them to touch me (especially lick me - ewwwww). I'm not one of those people who just love on dogs, not exactly. And zeke - he's a BIG ASS DOG. He's a chesapeake bay retriever - that's a big, thickhaired, oily, strong, knock you over with his tail dog. So, zeke moved into our back yard this past Saturday and I have to say that it has gone so much better than i ever imagined. First of all, zeke is just not a barker, he's very quiet and laid back, what a mellow dog. Secondly, we've been going for a walk every night and that's been nice. He leaves me alone for the most, he doesn't jump on me - of course, I don't go out back and hang out with him - I leave that part to Fuddy. So, I think zeke and I may just work out to be friends. Who knows - at the end of this, I may want to get a dog to replace him... never do know. The kids are beside themselves excited that we have a dog, alex can't wait to get home to play with him! How funny is that?! Any tips on how to live with a dog for a non-dog person?

20 days already...

2009-06-16T10:27:00.002-05:00

That's how long my kids have been gone from Huntsvegas... 20 days. WOW. It really doesn't seem that long! ;) hahh. We've been bizzy, so it's gone by fast. It's been pretty good tho. Another 2 1/2 to 3 weeks before we see them again. Now granted, I did get to see them one weekend in June, so I haven't gone 20 days without seeing them completely - but still. I talked to them last night, they are having fun up there. They have been going back and forth between my parents and Steve's parents and sounds like they have been having a really good time. They leave this Saturday to head to Washington DC with my parents for a week. I'm jealous. We'll get them back the weekend of the 4th. So we've got to really buckle down and enjoy our time til them! ;) hahh. OK, just wanted to catch up a bit. Gotta get back to work. I promise to try to get back in touch. Sorry that I fell off of here, I'll be back...

Happy bday mom!

2009-05-21T09:49:00.002-05:00

Today is my Mom's bday and for a change of pace, she's down here in bama to spend her bday with me! woohoo! We'll have cake and ice cream and get to hang out and chill - sounds like fun! My brother and his wife will get into town late tomorrow night with their family, so hopefully the weather will behave this weekend and we'll have some nice sunny weather for boating - we shall see. Then, next Wednesday - my parents will take off with my kids and it will just be my Fuddy and me all alone - whatever will we do? hahh! ;) guess we'll find something to do...

What else is up? Not much in my world. It's just been crazy, I've been busy at work, so I haven't had much time to get ready for my visitors and all that - i still have tons of shopping and whatnot to do and Fuddy seems to have an aversion to doing that. AUGH. Anyway, got to get back to work - hope you are all having a wonderful day! chat with you later! ;)

TGIF!

2009-05-15T12:50:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday to y'all! Hope you are having a great day! It is Friday, so that's a start - isn't it? Yep. Fuddy and I have a date tonight. Not sure what we are doing, but we decided last night that we needed a date night tonight - it's been awhile - so that should be nice. Even if it's at home. ;) We shall see. Hopefully we can run out to Bistro for a quick drink and then just relax at home the rest of the night, who knows. Doesn't have to be anything fancy, just has to be me and him! That's all.

What else? Not much - I just plan on getting some cleaning done this weekend so that the house is clean and ready when the family gets here next week. That'll be one thing done. I also have to go grocery shopping to get ready for that as well. Fun stuff. Other than that, there are no other plans this weekend - excellent! No games, no nothing! woohoo!

Lil man is grounded right now for getting a D in Science, he has few chances left to bring the grade back up to a C and hopefully up to a B - but we shall see how that works out. All of this over a stupid homework assignment that he didn't turn in. AUGH. I can't believe it. The thing about it is, he DID the homework assignment! YEP. He did it, but then lost it and then just forgot about it and never turned it in. She even gave them extra time to turn it in. So, with that one missed project - his grade dropped from a low B to a D. wow. So, he's grounded until he re-does the project for me and turns it in to his teacher. I know she can't give him any points for it - but still, he has to turn it in. Then hopefully with the remainder of the grades he has left he can bring his grade back up a bit. We shall see. Science is one of his better courses too - he scores very well on the tests, if he would do the homework he would have an A in the class - WTF? gives me a headache just thinking about it. oh well. Hopefully the project will be done with tonight, he just about finished it last night - so he's close.

Lots to do, lots to do...

2009-05-13T09:11:00.002-05:00

So much to do, so little time... or so it feels anyway...

My father-in-law is coming into town on Friday so that he and my Fuddy can head back to Mississippi next week for work. SO, that means that I need to have my house clean by Friday. Sigh. That's a lot to do. Seriously. I think the house has gotten worse since Fuddy has been unemployed and is home all day long. Oh well, we'll get on to it.
Happy Birthday to one of my mostest favoritest nephews! Today is my nephew Kyle's bday - he turns 12 today. Seems like just yesterday that he was born, that little itty bitty peanut! ;) he was such a tiny little baby, so sweet! We have a picture of my son (who is 7 weeks older) and Kyle sitting next to each other on the couch - my son is just about 3 months old, so Kyle is about 1 1/2 months old and my son looks like a monster next to him, trying to eat him! It's too funny - Kyle was just this tiny little bird and Lil Man was this fat lil buddah. Anyway, hope you have a really awesome bday Kyle! Let me know what you want for your bday! I love you!
My parents are coming into town next Tuesday sometime. They'll be camping up at Monte Sano and hanging out for Memorial Day. Lets hope this rain goes away while they are here. The plan is to do lots of boating and just hanging out. Can't wait. They'll be here through the following Wednesday and when they leave - they're taking my kids with them! :D woo hoo!! :D :D :D
So, my kids will be gone for most of the month of June again - if not the entire month of June. WOW. Are we getting spoiled or what with this? My parents will leave Huntsvegas with the kids on the 27th. They are taking them to Myrtle Beach to visit my brother Kevin and then they are heading up to Ohio. When they get up to Ohio, they will go back and forth between my parents and my in-laws visiting both of them. The kids are really looking forward to this, and so are Fuddy and I too! ;) hahh. The kids should be back here at the end of June - we haven't ironed out the details yet - we shall see.

OK folks that's all that I know. I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday - I'll chat with you later! ;) buh-bye now.

BBQ'ing...

2009-05-11T12:13:00.003-05:00

So, a comment from the Hermantor on my last post got me to thinking how different BBQ is in the different parts of the country. I mean, it's not even close when you say BBQ you can get 2 completely different things sometimes... kinda funny. I'm from Ohio (born and raised - lived there for 27 years) before moving to Huntsvegas. When we say BBQ up in Ohio - it's something that you do - not something that you eat. I mean, of course you eat BBQ, but BBQ is more the act of grilling out then the food itself. Down here in 'Bama - it's the food. When i say BBQ - that general means I about to have some pulled pork, but can mean that I'm having some kind of meat that's been cooked on a smoker. Up in Ohio if I were to order a BBQ sandwich, I'd get a piece of pork on a bun with a ketchup based BBQ sauce, that may or may not have been grilled. If you were to order a BBQ sandwich down here you will get a pulled pork sandwich that was slow cooked in a smoker and then tossed lightly in a BBQ sauce/wash (vinegar ketchup base) and served on a bun with some vinegar slaw. It's all different. My FuddyDuddy has really gotten into the smoking and BBQ'ing lately and is getting really good at it. He has really nailed his rib recipe lately too, they are fall-apart, melt in your mouth good! mmmm, sticky finger ribs. The best thing that he cooks (as far as I'm concerned) is chicken, I love his smoked chicken and we serve that with white bbq sauce. I think the white bbq sauce is a 'bama thing, I haven't seen it anywhere else - if you haven't tried it - YOU MUST. It is heaven! It's wonderful on smoked or grilled chicken, I'll swear by it. MMMmmm. Anyway, what's BBQ to you? Here's a few pics of our new smoker and our latest efforts... whatcha think?

Hey there - remember me??

2009-05-08T11:09:00.002-05:00

Yeah, it's been a little while... I'm still here and there, but I've been busy. Not anything interesting, just stuff.

Lil man had his Spring Choir show last night, it was really good. He looked so freakin' cute all dressed up in his tuxedo shirt and tie. What a doll. He's quite the looker if i do say so myself! ;)
School is nearly out, the last day is on May 22nd - except, since they missed 2 days of school for the whole swine flu pandemic they now have extended out the school year by 2 more days. So now they have to go to school on May 26th and May 27th. What a crock. I've found out that all of the grades and everything will still be turned in on the same dates and all they will be doing on those new additional days will be watching movies - I think my kids will not be going to school on those days. How silly is that? Oh well, guess it's some kind of state regulated thing and they have to do it. whatever...
My family will be coming into town for Memorial Day weekend, I'm really looking forward to that - lots of boating and eating! Good stuff! Can't wait! ;)
I've found out that I have a herniated disc in my back and this has completely ruled out my running in the Cotton Row run this year - what a bummer. I go see the doctor on Monday to see what we are going to do about it, I think we are talking about getting that epidural shot in the disc and seeing if that works. My back isn't really hurting so much as my legs are, hopefully we can find something that helps... we shall see.

Anyway, i don't know nothing else. :) hope y'all are having a great day. Love ya'!

I got nothing...

2009-04-23T18:47:00.002-05:00

Lil man went to work with me today for "take your child to work day". He was thrilled, I'm sure. [said in my most sarcastic voice] ;) Nah, I think he really did have an OK time. We got him signed in and got a badge ... he got to do my computer work... all fun for him. It was an easy day today.
It's ridiculously hot out (well, not ridiculously, but still hot) and my car has no A/C. Yep, no A/C. What the hell am I gonna do about that? You cannot have a car without A/C in 'Bama - it just doesn't work so well in the summer. nope - not so much. I guess I will have to take her in to get fixed, but ... I really don't wanna spend the $ or the time. augh. oh well...
Fuddy took lil girl on her field trip to the botanical garden today. He said it was very difficult to not be an @sshole. I'm sure it was for him. I just don't know if it was the kids, or the other adults that were ticking him off... hmmmmm....
Tomorrow is Friday - THANK GOD. I'm so looking forward to that. This weekend we are doing another BBQ cook off - YUM. And by "we", I mean Meeester Seeeemons and Fuddy - mostly meeester seeeemons. We just show up for moral support and to run errands, etc. Someone has to show up to drink some beer - right? right! ;)

OK - that's all that i know right now - I'm outta here. Hope you are having a wonderful Thursday eve - I'm gonna go do a quick run and get ready to watch The Office! Talk to y'all later!

Happy Wednesday!

2009-04-22T08:48:00.002-05:00

Is it Wednesday already? Man, I guess it is already... it was an early morning around my house. I woke up to my FuddyDuddy making a racket around the house at 3:30 am. He had decided to go fishing since he was awake anyway. sigh. So, he was getting everything ready to go. Finally, at about 4:15 he got the boat all hooked up and left the house. Good - I could go back to sleep. I was in a nice sleep when at 5:30 am, he pulls back into the driveway and comes back into the house and wakes me up. Boat trouble - he was never able to fish and spent an hour or so out there trying to fix it in the dark. damn. So, I get up and start getting ready for work. While I'm in the shower, I can hear him working on the boat engine in the driveway - doesn't he realize our neighbors are sleeping???! geez. He comes inside as I'm getting out of the shower and asks if I can hear that - YEAH - oh, well... maybe I should wait then. Yeah, maybe you should. hah. So about 7ish, he heads out again, back to the water. I think he finally got the boat running and is out there fishing now. Well, is out there holding a fishing pole at least... I wouldn't necessarily call what he does fishing. :) haha.

In anycase... that's what my little housebitch is up to this morning. Isn't that a nice little hobby for him? sure, whatever - hope it keeps him outta trouble! Then he can get back home and finish all of his housebitch duties.

Odds and ends...

Happy Earth Day to everyone - do something to save Mother Earth today!
Tomorrow is Take your child to work day - are you going to do that? I'm considering taking mr. man in - but lil girl is still too little I think. Not sure, I'll decide tonight, I guess...
Crazy Bitch - I mean, we've all been there, but really???

OK - that's all i've got - hope you have a great day! ;)

I've been tagged!

2009-04-17T14:16:00.002-05:00

Ari tagged me... so I'm playing along... cuz that's what I do, play along...

Here are the rules:
Take a picture of yourself right now!
No primping or preparing - Just take the damn picture!
Load it onto your blog and pass the punishment along to other people!

So, here you go - if you'd like to play along... Tag you're it! ;)
TJ
Bliss
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Finally Friday!

2009-04-17T09:43:00.002-05:00

Wow... sometimes it feels like friday will never get here! ;) ya' know what I mean? Finally Friday! shwew. Anyway, so do y'all have any big plans for the weekend? Not sure what we'll do. Lil Girl has a softball game tomorrow morning and then a bday party shortly after that. We're hoping to go out to the Simmons after that and grill out and drink some beer - that sounds good, doesn't it? It's been awhile for that. Chugger Nation has another cook off event next weekend out in Athens, so he needs to practice on some ribs this weekend - oh boy... guess, we'll have to be test out more ribs... damn, doesn't that suck! (said in my most sarcastic voice)

Well folks, I don't know nothing else. Hope you are having a wonderful Friday! Stay out of the Big Trouble! Chat with you later...

Cards from my cool nephews...

2009-04-16T16:15:00.002-05:00

This is a picture that my nephew Luke (age 7) made and sent for my bday - doesn't he make the best butterflies? I thought so...

This is a picture that my nephew Kyle (age 11 - almost 12) made for my bday, it was signed "your young (but mature) nephew, Kyle" and it was also copyrighted 2009 - so don't even think about stealing the picture! ;)

Yeah - I know - art just runs in the family. What can I say? ;) I just thought these were pretty cool and wanted to share... Hope you are having a great day!

Happy Bday Ninja!

2009-04-15T08:41:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday to Lil Trisha! :) Today is Trish the Dish's bday! Woohoo! I wish that I were up in Ohio to celebrate with you, but I'm not... :( so enjoy your dinner out at Macaroni Grill with the family and your date night this weekend with Hubby at Ken Stewart's - Yum! I'm jealous!

In other news, there are other not so important stuff today, things like... make sure your taxes are turned in and stuff like that... but who really cares? yeah, that's what i thought too.

OK, so lil girl's softball game was pretty much a bust last night. First of all, they got started 20 minutes late due to the fact that no umpire showed up for the game. SERIOUSLY. In this ridiculous cold, no one can get out there and call a few calls until an umpire shows up so that we can get the show on the road??? Are you freaking kidding me??? I really can't tell you how cold I was either. I was dressed warm, but there was just a chill in the air and it was damp. AUGH. The girls were getting beat pretty soundly by the other team once they did start playing, so that didn't help the night either. The coaches seemed irked by that fact, but it really didn't seem to bother the girls, who were still giggling and playing around, which just seemed to somehow bother our coaches even more - go figure. hahh. Oh well, what can you do? So we got home, got all cleaned up and warmed up and went to bed. Fun night. ;)

OK - back to work. Happy hump day to everyone and if you see trisha today - wish her a very happy birthday! ;)

What's up in my world...

2009-04-14T15:30:00.002-05:00

My bday party was a success - FuddyDuddy made it wonderful! :) I totally heart that man! We had a blast. There were 12 of us and we had an incredibly wonderful dinner at the Bistro, They really know how to do it up right!
The Easter Bunny came bright and early on Sunday morning for the ~~brats~~ darling kids and I think they enjoyed what they got.
We laid around all day on Sunday, allowing me recovery time (I really needed about an entire week, but had to make due with 1 day).
Lil girl has a softball game tonight and it's supposed to be cold, we'll have to bundle up. This weather has been really crazy lately. Stormy, tornado watches, sunny one day and crazy wind and thunder storm the next day - my head doesn't know what to do! ;) ouch.
I'm very, very happy to find out that my nicsims isn't going anywhere anytime soon. yeah! ;)

Anyway, that's a quick what's up - I gotta run to finish up some stuff and get outta here. Hope you are having a wonderful day! bye!

Happy Friday to y'all!

2009-04-10T10:36:00.002-05:00

I have a good feeling about today! ;) Well, first of all it's friday - I mean, that's almost enough right there - isn't it? sure it is. The day has started off well enough, I just hope it stays that way. I am going to go have lunch with nicsims and her darling lil man in about an hour and am looking forward to that. Not much else planned today and that sounds good! ;) I came into work this morning to find my desk all decked out in "over the hill" bday celebration - nice. My co-workers are good, they did it up good. We are having cake this afternoon @ 1:30 to celebrate my bday this weekend. Aren't they sweet!? Anyway - what else is up??? Does anyone have big Easter plans? We won't be doing much of anything but trying to recover from my bday night out on Saturday night - that's the plan right now in any case. I hope it's not terrible, but you never know. Well, anyway - I must get going to finish up a few reports and then head out meet my lovely lunch date. I hope y'all are having a really great good Friday! Have a great weekend and I'll talk to ya' next week! ta ta for now...

Happy Hump day...

2009-04-08T08:04:00.002-05:00

So, here we are again, another Wednesday morning. My precious FuddyDuddy will be back in town sometime late tonight. I talked to him last night, and it sounds like the first round of things went well, so far so good. I guess they have some meetings today and then he'll be driving back to Huntsvegas this afternoon. I hope things work out and that this opportunity pans out and he'll have gainful employment again. Keep your fingers crossed for us! ;) It's nice and all to have a Housebitch for a week or two, but I'm really quite sure that I would tire of him being that and want him back in the work force as quickly as possible! absolutely! ROFL. SO, anywho. What else is going on? The kids and I did a whole lot of nothing last night, just hung out and watched TV... fun stuff. We are now in Countdown mode for my 40th birthday... T-minus 4 days and counting. We are going to do dinner Saturday night and I guess that's that, I'm looking forward to it - should be fun.

OK y'all - nothing more to say at this particular moment and I have some work to do. I hope you are having a simply MAHVELOUS Wednesday morning! love you!

I have the best friends!

2009-04-07T09:30:00.003-05:00

I came home last night to all kinds of cool stuffs... woohoo! What a joy! I mean, Monday's just suck. So, to come home to all kind of cool pretties just rock. Yep - completely. So, first, I open the mailbox and there's a birthday card in there from my mom and dad - a great little birthday book with a check - $40 for 40 ;) gotta love that. THEN, as if that's not enough, I get inside and not only had she sent that, but she sent a little package with odds and ends for the kids and also included a cute little snail knob for my kitchen (I'll have to send a pic of that tonight). THEN, as if that's not enough, TJ had also sent a great little package too. He sent some more of the really great change... and then this completely awesome bowl that his son made, I love it! What a great artist your son is - this bowl is SOOOO beautiful, it is just gorgeous really. I'm jealous, and wish I could do stuff like this!

BUT, it's not half as cool as what TJ himself MADE for me and had his son glaze and fire for me... check this out - my very own Kelwhy coin! ;) how cool is that!!!

Anyway, I just had to send out thanks to all for all my cool stuffs. I love all of it. You ROCK. This is a really great Birthday Week so far! ;) LOL! I should turn 40 more often! ;) TJ, I totally owe you - all of this is wonderful stuff. Thank you, thank you! OK y'all... I gotta get to work. Hope you have a great day now... I've got to think of something cool to send to TJ.... hmmm... something that he can't get out there in Carson City, something from Huntsvegas... I'll have to think on that. OK, have a great day and I'll chat with you later. Love ya! ;)

Blah, Blah, Blah...

2009-03-31T09:22:00.002-05:00

It's a rainy and cold Tuesday morning and I really don't have much to say. So there. There you have it. Is it possible to really wake up on the wrong side of the bed? I don't think so - I mean, I only have one side to get up from, it's not like i have options there... whatever. So here we are on the rainy and cold Tuesday morning that also happens to be quarter-end here at work. It's different now that I'm in the OEM world, there is no longer the "hustle and bustle" of end of quarter. It is what it is, and that's all it is. OEM is pretty nice and even, just smoooooth. In some ways that's a good thing, in other ways, I miss that end of the quarter CRUSH.

I have to run out at lunch today and find a jeweler to repair my wedding ring - 2 of the little diamonds are missing out of the wrap and I don't want any more to fall out. It needs a proper cleaning and all around adjustment while I'm at it. The prongs on the solitaire need re-aligned as well, or I just might lose that one as well one day - that would not be good.

OK - that's it - that's all I got, just a bunch of babble about nothing. I'm outta here to go do some more work. Hope you are having a better day than me. I'll chat with you more later...

My fortune cookie from lunch...

2009-03-30T14:04:00.004-05:00

You will soon be involved in many gatherings and parties... (in bed).

Fuddy's fortune:
You will soon be receiving sound spoken advice. Listen!... (in bed).

One artist...

2009-03-26T08:47:00.002-05:00

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to a gazillion people and include me. Try not to repeat a song title. It's harder than you think...

Name the Artist: The Doors (you know I love me some Jim Morrison!)

Are you male or female: LA Woman

How do you feel about yourself: Love me Two Times

Describe where you currently live: Alabama Song

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Hyacinth House

Your best friend is: Wild Child

Your favorite color is: Shaman's Blues

What's the weather like: Riders on the Storm

If your life was a tv show, what would it be called? People are Strange.

What is life to you: Take it as it Comes.

What is the best advice you have to give: Break On Through (To the Other Side).

If you could change your name, what would it be: Maggie M'Gill

Your favorite food is: Soul Kitchen

What's your favorite time of the year: Waiting for the Sun

What are you wearing? Touch Me.

The advanced smile pokes a day.

2009-03-25T09:32:00.003-05:00

Are you getting enough of these randomly generated sentences?? ROFL - they're kinda out there, aren't they? hahh.

It's raining, it pouring, the old man is snoring... (will you be singing that the rest of the day now? sorry...) It's just a gray, rainy day here in Huntsvegas. :( blah. I'm supposed to have my running group tonight, but I'm having sciatic nerve issues and I don't think i can run on it. I'll skip tonight and hope that i can get all healed up for next week. Right now my butt/leg are killing me and not much is helping. AUGH. Lil girl is s'posed to have softball practice tonight, but I'm not sure if they'll practice if the fields are all wet... have to wait and see I guess.

Also, I finally have an appt with the neuro doc this friday. Hopefully, he can take a look at me and help figure out what's with all of these headaches that I am constantly having and the increase of my vertigo as well. HATE that crap.

Well, alrighty- I really have to get going and get some reports run. Hope you have a great afternoon and I'll chat with you later...

An affair revises a paranoid rhyme.

2009-03-23T12:43:00.002-05:00

Happy Monday to y'all! Howz things going? Just peachy keen here, nothing much to report...

Saturday was my lil man's bday - he turned 12 years old. I can't believe it. Seems like it was just yesterday... [drifting off into TV-like dream sequence now...] No, no - i'm not gonna bore y'all with my delivery of him or anything like that... but really, I just can't believe that it's been 12 years. WOW.

So, I had a nice weekend. On Saturday, Fuddy and his dad took both of the kids out on the boat to go fishing, I lucked out and didn't have to do! woohoo! So i ran out to Bridge Street and just window-shopped and walked around enjoying the absolutely gorgeous sunny day that we had. Then I went home to get some laundry done and just relax. We had pizza and ice cream cake that night for lil man's bday (per his request) and just hung out. Sunday, we did a bit more of the same. I weeded the front gardens a bit, and thought about planting - but decided to wait a little longer to plant, we might still get another freeze - so we'll see. Then we just kicked back and enjoyed another gorgeous day. The kids found some "spare" wood and decided to build a bookcase - that was something. But, at least it kept them busy for awhile. hahh.

I plan on getting out tonight and going running - I really hope so - I haven't been running in a week now, due to all of the crap going on around the house. So, we'll see how that goes.

OK, I'm outta here. Hope you have a great afternoon and talk to ya later...

Kelwhy-ology

2009-03-20T17:15:00.003-05:00

Because I have nothing else to post, you're getting one of these stupid get-to-know-me better question and answer thingamajigs. Aren't you excited?! hahh!

You're it!!! Let other's know a little more about yourself by re-posting and tagging your friends. Re post note as your name "ology"
1) What is your salad dressing of choice? vinaigrette of some kind.
2) What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Bistro la Ville - YUM.
3) What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it? PASTA....
4) What are your pizza toppings of choice? sausage and mushrooms
5) What do you like to put on your toast? i really don't care for toast, but i guess if i have it then butter and blackberry jam.
6) How many televisions are in your house? Way too many. We have 7 TV's, only 4 of us living here. how sad is that?
7) What color cell phone do you have? silver.
8) Are you right-handed or left-handed? right
9) Have you ever had anything removed from your body? my gallbladder... i think that's it.
10) What is the last heavy item you lifted? my purse. seriously, it's ridiculous.
11) Have you ever been knocked unconscious? only when i was going into surgery.
12) If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? nah, doesn't really matter.
13) If you could change your name, what would you change it to? hmmm??? not sure really - i'm used to kelly now - doesn't seem like another name would fit.
14) Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? well sure. well, depends on the hot sauce...
15) How many pairs of flip flops do you own? 3? maybe 4?
16) What's your goal for the year? to run my first 10k on memorial day.
17) Last person you talked to? lil girl
18) Last person you hugged? my lil man, he's in bed not feeling good.
19) Favorite Season? fall.
20) Favorite Holiday? Christmas - I love Christmas!
21) Favorite day of the week? Saturday morning.
22) Favorite Month? September.
23) First place you went this morning? Angel Island coffee shop on the way to work.
24) What's the last movie you saw? i think it was called The Seeker, on HBO - watched it with the kids today.
25) Do you smile often? i try to.
26) Do you always answer your phone? nope, sorry - just don't.
27) It's four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? wrong number.
28) If you could change your eye color what would it be? green.
29) What flavor drink do you get at Sonic? Cherry lime-aid - YUM.
30) Have you ever had a pet fish? yep, firecracker was my first pet goldfish. He died and we buried him in a Velveeta cheese box in my mom's rose garden. hahh!
31) Favorite Christmas song? white Christmas
32) What's on your wish list for your birthday? a new dress and dinner out with hubby and friends.
33) Can you do push ups? ROFL - that's funny.
34) Can you do a chin up? That's funnier...
35) Does the future make you more nervous or excited? excited!
36) Do you have any saved texts? oh yes - a few from hubby.
37) Ever been in a car wreck? yep, nasty whiplash from one.
38) Do you have an accent? it's mixed - my friends down here in bama say i sound northern, and my friends up north say i sound southern... so... whatever?!
39) What is the last song to make you cry? Remember when - Alan Jackson
40) Plans tonight? rest, have a beer or two...
41) Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? i guess i've felt bad before, but i don't know about rock bottom - thankfully, i've never been that bad off.
42) Name 3 things you bought yesterday. lunch at rosie's, a stamp, and i think that's it?
43) Have you ever been given roses? yes
44) Current hate right now? allergies
45) Met someone who changed your life? my FuddyDuddy
46) How did you bring in the New Year? at my in-laws, hugging my kids and waking my hubby up with a kiss.
47) What song represents you? Garth Brooks, The Dance.
48) Name three people who might complete this? whoever...
49) What were you doing 12 AM last night? sleeping, but hopefully not snoring.
50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? do i really have to get up?

Nobody knows why a monkey nervously screamed at a screaming police car.

2009-03-19T14:30:00.003-05:00

OK, a quick, short little catch-up. My brother-in-law was in a pretty bad wreck, but he is going to be fine. He has been released from the hospital and is on the mend. There is some other stuff going on, that we are trying to work out as well - we shall see. Otherwise, I guess all is well - as well as it can be, or something like that! ;)

So, in lieu of the NYC trip - we did a little overnight trip to Chattanooga with my in-laws. Fuddy couldn't go, so it was just my in-laws, my kids, my niece and nephew and myself. We had a really nice time. We went to the children's museum and let the kids run wild and then on to the aquarium there. It was a great trip, but man was I worn out when we got home! WOW!

I decided to come back into work today rather than take off the rest of the week so that I wouldn't eat through all of my PTO. So, here I am. Anyway, just a quick hello and let you know that I'm fine. I'll chat with you later. Hope all is well in your world!

A flood gossips.

2009-03-16T15:32:00.002-05:00

Just a real quick update...

Due to some family issues and "crap" going on around here, the NYC trip has been cancelled. I'm totally bummed - but, it's for the best. We'll just have to try and go another day... boohoo.

Anyway, I'm not going to get into any of this here, cuz you know - it's family stuff. Just keep your fingers crossed that everything works out for us. I guess it usually does work out in the end... usually.

OK - gonna run now. Have a great day y'all.

The presumed dealer cracks the guest.

2009-03-11T09:17:00.002-05:00

Yes, that was another randomly generated sentence title - how could you tell? weird. Anyway, here we are on another Wednesday. Yep - 1/2 way through the week - deep sigh of relief. SIGH. I have my Next Steps running group tonight - 3 miles again. I'm not sure if I'm feeling up to it - augh. But, I'll do it. It's much easier when I get out there with the group - with everyone running around you, you just can do it - it's not hard. Tonight we're switching up to the 5 minute run/1 minute walk - I'm really not sure that I'm there yet. I struggled a little bit with the 4 minute/1 minute last week. Guess we shall see then. Hmmm.

OK, what else. Lots going on, and nothing going on at the same time...

Diet is going very well this week. I have lost my Binge-eating weight from last week - shwew. That's a big relief. I feel good and haven't struggled with the diet at all this week either. It's been easy since Saturday. That's always a good thing. Even when I made the family grilled cheese sandwiches last night (one of my fav's) it was easy to cook that for them and eat my sauteed spinach. The spinach KICKED ASS by the way, damn did it turn out good! So, when I'm doing things like that, it's not so bad.
I have to get my clothes and the kids clothes ready for NYC. It's still cold up there, so we'll have to pack warm and my kids are kinda lacking in that area. Lil man doesn't even have a winter coat - I mean, we just don't need it so much around here. So I have to go buy him a winter coat - for one week vacation! AUGH. Hmm... maybe I can hit the thrift store today - now that's an idea, I'll try that at lunch. Both of the kids need jeans too - I bet I can find some there cheap. See - ideas are flowing now, this could work.
My daddy's bday is next week so I picked up some bday cards to mail and sent off a really cool gift last night - I think he'll like it. He's ALWAYS so hard to buy for - I mean, if he wants it, he goes and buys it. So anyway, I did a personalized golf towel with pics of the kids all dressed funny and holding golf clubs. Don't you just love Snapfish? He's a big golfer now that he's retired and has the time - so that'll work.

OK then, that's what's happening in my world. I need to run and get my reports finished up and get busy! Hope y'all have a great day!

The smoke fiddles below the tunnel.

2009-03-10T15:13:00.004-05:00

Thanks to TJ - I found this website... How bizarre is that? So now, when I'm stumbling to come up with a title for my post - I can simply steal a randomly generated sentence from that wonderful little gem of a website. Nice, huh? ;) I thought so... ROFL. Yeah, that's the kind of life I lead...

OK anyway - way back a bit here, TJ posted this... I of course, jumped right on this cuz I thought the idea was cool and I really loved how the coins look. Here's what I received:

The key chain was quite the bonus from the happiest place on earth! ;) I added it to my keys immediately. Anyway, when I got them it was hard to give them away - but I have given 3 of them away now - just randomly, like when i have lunch i leave one with the tip if I liked the server, etc... these are just SO cool. Everyone that I have left with one has loved it - kind of a "pass it on" type thing. I like that idea.

In any case, I've been meaning to post about it forever, but hadn't - so here we go. Now, I want more of these! I want to place them in a shadow box to hang on my wall - I love them! ;) Don't you think they are cool?

My weekend update...

2009-03-09T09:04:00.002-05:00

I started my diet again Saturday after pretty much binge eating all week last week. I'm a stress eater - so there you have it. Anyway, after watching what I eat this weekend and working out this weekend - I lost 5 lbs. Good stuff.
I ran 4 miles yesterday, it was an absolutely gorgeous day to be outside running. Well, I did my run 4 minutes/walk 1 minute interval for 3 miles and then I walked 1 mile after that - so I didn't technically "run" 4 miles, but still - you get what i mean. I'm getting there. I felt good afterwards and most importantly - I'm not sore today! ;)
Had a major headache last night and nothing could make it go away. There is a front moving in, so it could possibly be that - or maybe I have a tumor? Whatever - it hurt like hell and I couldn't sleep at all last night. I might get cranky today. I'm not good when I have no sleep - it's not pretty.
6 more days until we head to NYC! Woohoo! I'm pretty excited about it. Like I said before, it'll just be me and the kids going. I hate that Fuddy can't go - I really hate it. I just enjoy spending time with him, and we really could use this little vacation. Oh well - it's for the best right now, things will work out.
Fuddy finished his resume up and is working on a good cover letter to start sending it out. The job hunt is on - wish us luck. We need for him to find a job ASAP.

That's all that I know today. I've got to go get another cup of coffee to get me going this morning. I'll chat with you more later. Hope y'all had a great weekend - did you do anything exciting?

My fictitious album cover...

2009-03-06T13:54:00.002-06:00

Stolen from my Quacky friend...

Do a Wikipedia random search : that is the band name.
Do a Quotations page random quotes search : the last five to four words is the album name.
Do a Flickr last seven days search : the first image is the album cover art.

I added it all together in MS Paint and here's my album cover:

Well, today is another day...

2009-03-06T08:21:00.002-06:00

I'm feeling somewhat better this morning - so let's keep our fingers crossed that I stay that way! ;) Last night was pretty rough. I felt so-so, was making dinner and just got worse and worse... before i know it, I'm snapping at everyone and just completely losing it. I was feeling awful, my head was spinning so bad - I just couldn't take it. I didn't even eat dinner in the end, just sat down with them at the table and watched them eat - went to my room, puked and went to bed. nice, huh? I took my meds which completely knocked me out and i think i was asleep by 7:30 or so. I woke up around midnight to go to the bathroom and I'm not sure if I got up too fast, or what - but as I'm walking to the bathroom, I realize i'm going to be sick and sure enough, I just made it in time. I felt much better after that, and slept OK the rest of the night. I woke up feeling much better, so we shall see. I need to call the doc today and see if they've gotten me that appt with the neurologist yet - I'd really like to get in there right away and at the very least, get some tests run to rule out stuff. This could be just a virus - who knows? weird stuff going on. Most likely, I'm getting stressed out over everything and just going nuts. LOL - well, more nuts than usual - hahh!

BUT - the good news is that today is Friday! hallelujah!!! I am so looking forward to the weekend and just relaxing. I need to get a few things done around the house and just chill. That's the plan right now anyway. I hope to go running tonight and see how that goes. OK y'all - that's all that I know for now. Hope you are having a wonderful Friday morning! Talk at ya' later.... me.

AN IRISH BLONDE IN A CASINO...

2009-03-05T16:13:00.001-06:00

An attractive blonde from Cork , Ireland arrived at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a single roll of the dice. She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude'. With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled, 'Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!'
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed...'YES! YES! I WON, I WON!' She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, 'What did she roll?' The other answered, 'I don't know - I thought you were watching.'

MORAL OF THE STORY -
Not all Irish are drunks,
not all blonde's are dumb,
but all men...are men.

I'm just in a cranky mood...

2009-03-05T09:39:00.003-06:00

I don't know why really - just am. I'm annoyed with hubby, cuz he was acting like an ass, but it's nothing big - he just got on my nerves. Work is fine, but I just can't take it this morning. I think I'm just stressed out over this whole job thing (Fuddy's) and letting everything get to me now. I hate that. :(

Good news stuffs...

had my first 10k running group last night and we ran 3.1 miles. I did it! I did a 4 min/1 min run/walk interval the whole way. Altho, I did run the last 10 minutes straight. I felt OK at the end of it too - not so bad. Ate some pavement at the beginning of the run, more embarrassing than it hurt - LOL. It was dark out and we were running across some sidewalk that was just all torn up - just lost it. NICE. Oh well, I'm fine.
went to the doc this morning and had some blood drawn, they're running the full range of tests on me to see if there is something there that can explain my vertigo. It seems to have gotten A LOT worse lately and is really getting to me. I'm also looking for some new migraine meds, cuz those have also gotten worse and nothing seems to be helping.
I had a couple of "bad diet" days, I was stress eating. I'm back on it today tho and will do better. I need to lose another 5 lbs before we go to NYC. (Fuddy is not going with us and I'm completely bummed out about that.)

OK, that's all that I know. I'm going to go get another cup of coffee and see if I can get in a better mood. Good luck to me - not sure what it will take - but i'm pretty damn moody today.

The difference a day makes...

2009-03-03T10:16:00.004-06:00

Funny, isn't it? Just one day - and yet SO much can change it that one day. Well, we are moving into cost savings mode now. We have to be careful with our money, just in case it takes longer than we hope for Fuddy to find himself a new job. So, cutting costs... AUGH. We were looking at it last night, trying to figure out just what we can get away with cutting, and where we can cut some corners - etc... FUN.

Cable is gone, that's probably fine anyway, we watch too much TV as it is. The kids absolutely do. We can get away with just having the major channels, so that'll work.
Lawn care is gone. Who really cares just how green our grass is anyway? We can do most of that on our own and our yard isn't that big in the first place.
I'm going to be a coupon clipping queen now - if I can figure out how to do that. Sometimes I think you end up spending more money using coupons, cuz you have to buy the larger size - or the name brand, when the store brand is half the price - duh! lol.
I've slightly reduced my 401K deductions from my paycheck (just a tiny bit).
Fuddy will not be going to NYC with us. He can't afford to take that week off now. And that completely SUX. The kids and I will still go, and it will be fun - but damn, I really, really would like for him to be there. :(

I don't know, we need to come up with more cost savings ideas - any one have them??? Are you doing anything differently right now due to the "recession"? Let me know - we're gonna need it! ;)

...and so it begins...

2009-03-02T15:10:00.002-06:00

Well, just got that dreaded call... they are closing down Fuddy's branch at the end of March, so now he is one of the many that is out there on the job search. AUGH. I guess the silver lining, is that he at least has through the end of March - that's a good thing. So, now he's got to get that resume together and make it all purdy and shiny - blah, blah, blah... LOL. If anyone hears of anything - let us know!

Thanks so much.

Hey there, remember me??? ;)

2009-03-02T09:06:00.002-06:00

Yeah, I've been out of it for a bit. Sorry, about that... So, I'm going to try to do better and post more often. TRY.

How are things going for you? Good I hope.

OK, so some catch-up stuffs.... I think this calls for a bulleted list, just because i like those so much! ;) hahah.

OK, last wed. was our first meeting for my "next steps" running group - this is a 10k training group. We met and got our packets and did the sign up and all of that jazz. This wed. we meet and run 3 miles! shwew. I got out yesterday and ran 2.8 miles and felt pretty good after it too. According to our running schedule that they passed out, I'm s'posed to do 3 miles tonight too - I gotta find somewhere to run. Hmmm. So, I'm not as stressed out about wed's run as i initially thought i was going to be. Yesterdays run wasn't so bad. I think i might actually be able to do this. We shall see.
I've been desperately trying to diet - you know, i'm always doing that. LOL. Anyway, since superbowl, I have lost 6 lbs total (I was down like 9/10 lbs, but didn't do so good this weekend). I have also lost 11" overall, so to me, that's almost more impressive than actually losing the lbs. Altho, I really want to lose those lbs. It's frustrating! I do feel better tho, and I think i look better too - my clothes are definitely fitting better. So that's all good stuff.... sure whatever. ;)
We are getting ready for a trip to NYC for spring break. I'm SO excited about that! We'll be flying up there for a week. WOOHOO! I can't wait to go. There's just soo many things that I want to see and do while we are there, how do you narrow it down?? We're definitely going to go see a Broadway play - I've always wanted to do that, and I think the kids will enjoy it too. Any thoughts or ideas on something/some place that we should see while we are there? Lemme know! It'll still be pretty cold while we're there - so, I guess that limits it a little bit - but not much really.
Fuddy's 20th High school reunion is this summer - 8/15. So we will be planning another trip up to Ohio this summer - I'm looking forward to that, it'll be interesting to meet these people that he went to school with. So that's one more thing that I have to get into shape for! ;) I have to show up as his trophy wife - hahh! LOL.

OK y'all - that's just a quick "what's up" with me. I will be better about posting more regularly and keeping y'all in the crazy loop of my life! Now, I need to go out there and read what y'all are up to! Have a great day and talk to ya later!

Kelly needs:

2009-02-16T08:43:00.002-06:00

Here’s how it works: Google “[your first name] needs” and share the first 10 results. That's it, it is that simple. But be honest! Play along if you are interested, but let me know... !!

Kelly Needs little Man to Get Him Off.
Kelly needs help.
Kelly needs to be in my life, always.
Kelly needs her brother backstage.
Kelly needs to keep the drama going on...
Kelly needs a quivering antennae...
Kelly needs a new job
Kelly needs to pay up...
Kelly needs a new attitude...
Kelly needs patience right now.

So funny - some of these really fit... ROFL - hope y'all are having a great monday! Bye now!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T20:11:00.003-06:00

We just cooked ourselves up a really wonderful Valentine's dinner. It was yummy. A little bit of surf and turf as it were... We cooked up some lamb chops and rainbow trout, it was SOOO good. Fuddy grilled up some lamb chops that i had seasoned and marinated, while I did the rainbow trout with a brown butter almond sauce and garlic butter broccoli. I have to say that we nailed the entire dinner! YUMMMMMY. Tomorrow we have more surf and turf on the menu, we picked up some lobster tails and a NY Strip - we'll see how that all turns out for us. Anyway, I'm breaking my diet for tonight and eating well and sipping on some wine - I'll have to work it off later I guess.

Hope y'all had a really great Valentine's day and got to share it with your special one! Love you!

tidbits...

2009-02-12T14:27:00.002-06:00

I have a headache that won't quit, I'm just trying to last a little longer at work and go home and to bed again. Don't know what it is... but it's pretty freaking miserable. :(
I have lost 6 lbs (woohoo) so far on Phase I of the South Beach diet - I started it on 2/2, not too bad, huh? Only 10 more lbs to go.... augh. Weigh in for my diet competition is 3/4 - that's an awful lot to lose by then, not sure I will make it but still - i'll take what i can get!
I want to get to my goal weight by my bday - I'm about to turn 40 - AUGHHHH! I can't believe that, when did that happen?
I'm trying to think of something "fun" and different to do for my bday coming up - it is a BIG one - we should do something special, wouldn't you think? Any ideas? hmmm...
My mother-in-law is having back surgery on Monday - we need to come up with a little care package for her of fun stuff to do, I imagine she'll be down and out for a little while... I'll have to go shopping.

OK - that's all that I know right now, I hope you are having a wonderful Friday-eve! TTYL!

Oh my aching head...

2009-02-11T14:14:00.002-06:00

We are in the middle of some bad weather today and my head is killing me. It's absolutely ridiculous. Nothing has helped it at all - I hate this kind of pain, it just throws me off completely. If I can finish just this last spreadsheet, I'm gonna head home, take a migraine pill and go to bed in a dark room.

I know, you don't wanna hear me bitch about my little problems - oh well, suffer through it! ;) haha. Well, what's going on in your world then? OK there... it's your turn - lemme know what's up with you today...

I'm back to working on my Q2 forecast - purely a shot in the dark, i should just hang some numbers up and throw darts - i'd have better luck with my forecast that way than actually sitting here for a week straight over thinking every little aspect of it. hate this - really, really do.

Ok y'all - hope you are feeling better than I today - i'll chat with you later. ta ta.

Well hell...

2009-02-09T12:29:00.003-06:00

... there was just absolutely, positively - NO talking him out of it. FuddyDuddy woke up Saturday morning with a bug in his @ss - he just HAD to have BIGGER BETTER TV. Good lord, we already have a TV in every room and 1 out on the back porch??? We don't NEED another TV. We really, really don't. AND there's just so much around the house that we actually do need, this was ridiculous. BUT there, was just no talking him out of it. He was dead set on getting this TV. At least I made him go shop around and get the best deal available at the time. sigh. What can you do? So now we are the "proud" new owners of a 52" Samsung LCD flat panel TV.... yeah, exciting. really. hmmm. just what we needed. I better not hear any complaining about money from that man for awhile now. Seriously. So, yeah - that was my weekend. Rearranging furniture, putting together a new TV stand (more we had to buy), and cleaning... FUN. Talk about a stressful weekend. Well, I guess at least we are doing our patriotic duty and stimulating the economy right? right. He's patriotic as hell. ;) hahh!

OK - that's all i've got to say - gotta run and i'll chat with you later!

Your names....

2009-02-04T09:20:00.002-06:00

I think we can have some fun with this one. Copy into your notes and answer if you feel like playing along... just let me know so that I can check 'em out too!

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Kelwhy
2. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(mother and fathers middle names) Lousie Arthur
3. NASCAR NAME:(first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) Carl George
4. STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)Wrike
5. DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal)Black Cat
6. SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born) Lynn Canton
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) The Red Cabernet
8. FLY NAME:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) Keht
9. STREET NAME:(fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) Pistachio Sugar
10. ROCK STAR NAME:(current pets name, current street name) Chaos Parliament
11. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on) Smokey BelAir
12. YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of real name plus izzle) Kelizzle
13. YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets) Black Chaos
14. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav. candy) Gucci Sweetarts

Detention...

2009-02-03T09:14:00.003-06:00

Yep, so little man got detention yesterday. 15 minutes after school on Wed. NICE. It was during his "eagle time" class, which is basically a study hall type class - he and another boy were tossing his pencil case back and forth, the other boy missed and it went in the trash can. So... for throwing his pencil case in the trash can and disrupting the "class" he gets detention. I think it's really pretty asinine and petty - but, still - he will get disciplined from this. I need him to understand that detention is not acceptable EVER. So far he's lost TV, video games and computer for the rest of the week - but I'm not sure what else yet? Maybe I'll have him do some "extra" cleaning around the house? scrub the kitchen floor?? any ideas? Oh well... we'll come up with something.

In other news, we had someone come out to quote on our possible addition to the house last night. Since interest rates are so low, we are looking at adding on and enclosing the back porch to make it all part of the house. It will be our family room/game room/sports bar type place. While we're getting quotes on that, we are also having them quote us new windows, new roof, and siding on the house as well. Our house really needs a makeover and some serious work on it. We have a list a mile long of things we want to do to it to make it more live-able for us, we're quickly growing out of it! oh well...

OK, back to work, I'll chat with you later! have a great day!

A Mom survey....

2009-02-02T13:44:00.002-06:00

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself! Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Are they ever? LOL - well, I mean, I planned on getting pregnant eventually - just didn't think it would be then.
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? yep - almost 1 year.
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? speechless - in a good way. It just changed a lot of my plans.
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? I spose it's an option, not at that time tho - i was happy to be having a baby.
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 27
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Got suspicious when I wasn't feeling super well, and took a home test.
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Fuddy was there with me, so I guess him.
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? absolutely - I was excited to find out.
9. DUE DATE? Original due date was March 5th.
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Not much, felt pretty good.
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? oranges - I really could not get enough oranges to eat.
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? can't think of anything really.
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? boy
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Nope, was exactly how I wanted it.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 32 lbs.
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes, I was living in 'bama then and flew home to Ohio for the shower - it was really fun.
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? I had Bells Palsey when I was 8 months pregnant - it lasted about 4 months total and was utterly and completely miserable. I was devastated.
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? in the hospital. ;)
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? I was induced, so it was just a nice relaxing day. I guess I was in labor for maybe 4 hours? 5? Not real sure, it wasn't bad.
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Fuddy, the night before they induced me.
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Fuddy was there and mom was there - but I kicked her out during the delivery! ;) She was the first one back in the room tho.
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural.
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Uh - duh - of course.
25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 lbs 4 oz.
26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? March 21, 1997 8:43 pm.
27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? lil man - we call him Alex
28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 11, almost 12 now!

Yeah, I'm a slacker - completely...

2009-02-02T10:40:00.002-06:00

OK, ok - but what can you do? I've been busy slacking off and not posting regularly like a good girl. I will attempt to fix that and get caught up with all of my friends. Truth be told, I'm just spending more and more time on facebook and have slacked here. That's unfair to you, and I apologize. sincerely.

So anywho - did y'all have a great Superbowl party? We really did, we went over to meester and meesus seemons house and had a good time. Lots of friends and TONS of food - but what's a Superbowl party without 10x your weight in food? right. I was cheering for the Steelers, strictly because my brother Kev is a die-hard Steelers fan and I really didn't care much about the outcome otherwise. So congrats to them, it was a good game down to the end. LOVED that both Harrison (from Kent State, my alma mater) and Holmes (from THE Ohio State University) scored big points for the Steelers - that's good stuff. Made it all that much sweeter.

Anyway, I've started on South Beach diet today, trying to get this weight loss kick started. I've had pretty good luck in the past, and hope that I will again - keep your fingers crossed for me! I ran again over the weekend, just 1 mile - but felt good at the end of it. I'm trying to keep it up. I have to build up to 2.5 miles by Mar 4, I think that is definitely do-able... we shall see.

Well, what's going on in your world?

as far as hubby's go...

2009-01-31T09:20:00.002-06:00

...Fuddy is totally boss, he's the cheese to my macaroni. ;)

Anyway, good Saturday morning to you! It's bright and sunny outside today, looks absolutely gorgeous. I may even get out there and do something - we'll see. We went out to Bistro last night for dinner and it was excellent as always! I love that place, it's just my fav and I wish I could go there all the time. YUM.

Anyway, gotta go shopping today to get ready for Superbowl tomorrow - not sure what all I'm making yet, but there will be tons of food and tons to drink as there always is...

OK, i'm outta here, time to go get somethings done now. Have a great day!

Woohoo for me!

2009-01-30T15:14:00.002-06:00

So, I left work last night and ran by Curves to do my workout since I hadn't been there in awhile, being stuck at home with a sick lil girl for the last 3 days. I had a good workout and felt great as I was leaving there, so on the way home I decided to try and go for a short run as well. My 10k training group is going to start soon and I'm not prepared at all! So, I decided to start out with just a 1/2 mile last night... I ran along and when I got to the turning point, I was still feeling pretty good - so decided to go on for the mile instead. Not only did I finish the mile, running the whole way - but I also finished it in my fastest time EVER! WOW! woohoo for me. That was very exciting for me, especially since I haven't ran since before Thanksgiving. I'm hoping to do the same thing tonight, hit curves and then go for a run and do another mile. We'll see how that goes.

Anyway, just wanted to brag on me a bit there - hope y'all are doing great, I've got to get some more work done before I leave. TGIF! Have a great weekend! ;)

What I love...

2009-01-22T14:50:00.005-06:00

I love a cold beer on a hot day. The smell of my kids when they just get out of the shower. I love sitting in a porch swing, feeling a cool breeze blow by. I love to snuggle with my kids as I wake them up every morning, my alone time with each one of them. I love to feel FuddyDuddy laying next to me as we sleep. I love the smell of Lilacs in the spring and gardenias in the summer. I love the peace of being alone weeding my garden, when I have time to do it. I love the feeling of painting, to be creating something that is completely mine. I love spongebob squarepants. I love Paris and want to take hubby there one day. I love family movie day, when we're all crowded and snuggled up together and watching movies all day long - just the four of us. I love boating, and being out on the water, it's so relaxing. I love cowbell and I need more of it. I love Burt's Bee's cuticle care creme and clear nail polish. I love funky shoes. I love the word "funky". I love clean sheets. I love when Fuddy reaches over to hold my hand. I love when he looks at me from across the room with that smile. I love how my daughter is a complete actress/ham/drama queen and how my son is so completely laid back. I love their smiles. I love fall and the crisp coolness of the air that means sweater weather is here. I love blogging. I love pasta and can't get enough of it.

There's probably more, but I think that's a good start for now... What do you love?

PS... I love girls night out with Kasi, I love the Ohio State Buckeyes and I love that Trish and I are always on the same page and often have the same ailments. I love trading pajama pants with Kasi - I miss that.

...and i guess that i just don't know...

2009-01-22T09:31:00.002-06:00

It's Thursday and the week is going by - shwew. Thankfully. Anyway, i'm trying to fight off another headache - I think it's this weather and I really can't get rid of it - it's just constant lately... oh well, what can you do - i've grown accustomed to headaches, so it's just like they're a part of me now. Not sure how it would feel NOT to have one. hahah.

Last night was a somewhat decent night at home, the kids had most of their homework done and chores done by the time I got home and that's a wonderful thing. No yelling and screaming to get off their butts and get it done. I'm really REALLY trying to stop all of my yelling. I just have such a horrible temper and I lose it so quick. I hate that. My kids don't need to see that kind of shit. So far, so good - we're all working on it.

What else is going on? Hmmm... well, my 40th bday is fast approaching. Damn. I really can't believe that - just another 2 1/2 months. AUGH. I'm just not sure how i feel about it right now. I think 40 could be fun - I'm feeling good, and working out - maybe I'll get into MILF shape and be a totally hot 40 year old wife and mom. It could happen... sure.

OK then, off to get ready for my 10:00 meeting. Hope y'all have a happy Thursday. Talk to you later...