Hey A - no it's not alright if J goes out with out you. That's shitty. If you can't get a babysitter then he should sit his ass at home with you and the kids. That's just me. I know that we have turned down invitations because we couldn't get a babysitter. Occasionally hubby will go out with his brother or his dad or a friend to see a movie or whatever, but we usually agree that this is what he's going to do. And the same goes for me. That's just being inconsiderate to you. Just because y'all can't get a sitter doesn't mean that YOU have to stay home with the kids, he can damn well do it also... and NOT bitch about it. Sheesh... OK, that's just my personal feelings on that. I'm feeling slighted with you and am angry for you. Thats what friends are for!

We went grocery shopping. I spent $74 for groceries for the next couple of weeks. I think I did a good job, our freezer is packed. I bought lots of meat and veggies. I'm going to start cutting carbs out of my diet again. I had cut them out almost completly a while back, but then with the move and all I just got lazy with cooking and all... and I've gained 6 lbs back. YIKES! So I'll be cutting back on the carbs - bye-bye bread and pasta, see ya later mashed taters and no more biscuits... Not a big deal, the big pay off for this is not only that I actually start losing weight but that it helps to keep my GERDs under control. And to not have horrible reflux, hell I'd give up almost anything... except sex.. I wouldn't give that up ;o) Anyway in the store I saw the Weekly World News.. damn they write such crap. I need to have a job doing that. Just writing the most bizarre crap imaginable. I'd love that. Headlines "Cat Impregnated By Aliens!!! Cat Sueing For Child Support!" I mean what kind of credentials do you have to have to get a job working for them? 'I passed high school english and can write a sentence.' I want to know... I want to apply for this job. I need this job. I'd love to say that I was a journalist at parties, then have people ask me who I write for or where I was published, I'd say with a straight face "The Weekly World News" then act like it really was a reputable news paper. hehehe... that would be fun.

My husband is on a Star Trek movie marathon... *sigh* Ahhh the suffering I must endure... Right now he's watching Star Trek IV... not one of the better ones... I did not like it at all... Actually I do enjoy pointing out all the plot holes in these movies... well I enjoy doing that in all moves to tell the truth.. I'm bad about that...

Well I'm going to go take a bath, because this movie makes me want to vomit. Ahhh a nice soak in the tub... I'll be back...

hehehe... Damn A you crack me up so much.. your nightgown. HAHAHAHA! Ya know what's funny? I think we had a similar converstation a few years ago at Nortel while we were avoiding work but trying to look busy anyway - which never really worked if I was in your cube as I did not work for the same department as you did, so it was glaringly obvious that at least one of us was screwing off and probably both of us from the frequency of which the burst of laughter were coming from our direction... Ahhh thoes were the days... a boreing, dead end job with a huge company that treated you mostly like a number, bosses who pretended that they were important and didn't treat you like a number (which they always did) just because they occasionally threw you an incentive gift of some sort and the company of others who shared our fate in the corporate rat maze we called work... ;o)

About chinese food... yesterday we were on our way home after an eternally long day - this whole week has been very very long for me... very busy.. but I think things may start to slow down soon - anyway - we stopped off at Walmart to get some necessary things (shoes and stuff) and decided to celebrate my husbands raise that just showed up on his paycheck by having Chinese for dinner. Back in our pre-parent days, we would go to this place near his work called Rice Box. It was yummy, and relativly cheap - has a Family dinner for $12 for two (actually can feed 4 people), and that's really where I wanted to go (even said so when we first decided to have chinese) but we were out of the area. So I pull into the first shopping center we come to (as there is always a Chinese place in every thriving shopping center - it's an unwritten law.. just like the how the people in the kitchen are always hispanic and the person taking your order speaks with a very thick Chinese accent). We see Rice WorX and start making jokes that it's a rival of Rice Box, when we walk into this place, it's an identical copy of Rice Box which sends us into stifled giggles - the menu is even the same. Anyway.. now that I write about it, it's incredibly stupid, but we were laughing about this for quite a while. I ordered Garlic Chicken - no onions. My goodness! That was soooo spicy! My eyes were watering, my nose was running, my face was turning red, my tongue was on fire.. I literally felt that if I breathed near an open flame my mouth would combust. But DAMN! It was good! Today of course when I weighed myself at the hospital I was a whole pound heavier! Sheesh! gotta hate that watter retention! But it was soooo good. Ok, enough about my Food-gasim.

*funny note - my husband just noticed that Spike needed water in his tank, I told him to pour more in... well he just over filled the tank. hehehehe... that man.. he can fix my computer when he's half asleep but he over fills my fish tank. hehehehe... gotta love him.*

Ok, I stole this off A's blog... Yeah I know... I'm always stealing things off other people's blogs... I guess I need some inspiration as of late..

1. What's your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own?
Hmmm... that's a good one.. I have sooo much clothes and many of them are my favorites at different times... I'd have to say my blue silk dress. I love silk... although I almost bought some animal print capris yesterday for $20 - they were on sale and oh so cool... I am now wishing I had bought them... *sigh* then they would be my favorite...

2. What piece of clothing do you most want to acquire?
Animal print capris! HAHAHA... no no... sued (can't spell that!) black skirt I saw yesterday.. no brown... no khaki green... no black... or the black pants... no no the incredible white silk wrap top (also on sale)... no the black and white shirt... hmmm.. no maybe the black lace wrap top... hmmm.. better go on to the next... this could take a while...

3. What piece of clothing can you not bring yourself to get rid of? Why?
My white linnen dress - it's 2 sizes to big, but I do love it.. so comfee!

4. What piece of clothing do you look your best in?
My blue silk dress

5. What has been your biggest fashion accident?
Oh gosh... I try to block out thoes incidents! Probably most things back in the 80's... I plead ignorance to fashion.. I was just a teenager! Hmmm would have to be the layered, kind of homeless look I took on after high school. Leggings or long john's, shorts over them (loud and obnoxious ones at that) Long sleeved T or long john shirt, big T over that... I was just a mass of layers of patterns and logos... It's frightening to think back to that...

Well I better get going, must do that grocery shopping now before hubby get's to wrapped up in this Star Trek Movie (that he's seen SEVERAL times...)..

Live long and prosper...;o)

mmm... spicy hot chinese food... it warms the soul as well as the pallet.. hehehe...

More about that tomorrow.. I'm dead tired now.. long long day...

OK, I'm going to comment on the tree thing that A was talking about. I completly understand the logic behind cutting down trees to stop the raging forest fires. And I AM a big ol' tree hugger (if I hadn't gotten involved with my husband I was going to join Green Peace). Let me explain the reasoning behind this. The wild fires are burning out of control for months and destroying thousands of acres of precious forest, the firefighters are not having any luck stopping the fires, several people have died in the fires (firefighters) several millions of dollars in property damage has been done already, hundreds and hundreds of people are homeless because of this.. and the fires are still burning... unhindered... what they are trying to do is cut off the fire's fuel source.. that fuel being the trees - they are trying to create a buffer.. an area with nothing to help the fire grow stronger... If they sacrifice some trees they have a better chance of saving the rest of the forest. If they don't.. they really don't have a whole lot of chance of stopping this blaze. Soo... it may not sound like a good idea, but it is. 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...' Spock, 'Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan' (yeah I know I'm showing my geekyness again...)

hehehehe... A - you crack me up. I won't get into political discussions.. I've made a promise to myself to not do that with ANYONE other than my husband. I have very strong views and am very pig headed at times so, I won't go there. :o) Besides we are friends, no point in it. About the party for L, well you could have it at a park - even up here at the park next to the lake that I'm so damn close to. There's a playground there and picknic tables and all. You don't have to provide anything but the cake and some drinks for the kids, anyone else can bring their own booze. They have grills there if you want to make hot dogs. The woman I used to sit for had her daughter's 2nd b-day party there and it was a lot of fun. Secondly, I can help you with the cake... I like to do that stuff...

So today when we get home, the neighborhood kids are all converging on the fence that keeps people out of the creek behind our town house... Apparently someone started a fire down in the creek bed. They even called out a police officer, he parked his car right out behind my town house on the sidewalk! YIKES! but it did give me a good view of the nice looking police officer. ;o)

Must run, I think I'll make a cake tonight.

Hmmm... what a busy day it has been... and it's not quite over yet~!

I'm not going to write much... I really dont' have much time.. Just taking a short break right now. And I probably shouldn't spend too much time going on about how I think this or that. I'm wondering if I'm just being a tad bit too sensitive today... I didn't think so until a few mins ago. I was reading two different people's blogs and felt rather offended by things they wrote. I thought about making comments about it, but then I thought... what the hell for? it's their blog, they are entitled to their own opinions. And who am I to make a fuss about what they write? I still like these people, just don't agree with what they said.. and it really really doesn't matter in the big scheme of life... I'm trying to be a Big Picture person, and not get all in a twist over small things.

On to other things... Our kitties arrived home last night. My cat was sooooo happy to be back with me, she slept on the pillow next to me last night. I missed her waking me in the middle of the night just to pur at me.. although that will get old in a matter of days... I'm sure Spike is livid though. Oops... I just realized I forgot to feed that damn fish this morning... *sigh*

L - nice to have you back on line.. sorry you've been so busy at work... but you have to look at the bright side of that... you do have a job and staying so busy ususally means job security... I have a dear friend who has been out of work since May... my heart aches for him. And the server... well that just sucks.. Hope you get a chance to make your vacation plans soon though ;o)

A - Did you get my e-mail about the clothes?

Must run...

A & L - I just read this.. It's profound.. I had to jump up and put this on here before I got many pages past and forgot what it said. Read this.. Remember this.. I know I need to...

You do not have to be your mother unless she is who you want to be. You do not have to be your mother's mother, or your mother's mother's mother, or even your grandmother's mother on your father's side. You many inherit their chins or their hips or their eyes, but you are not destined to become the women who came before you. You are not destined to live their lives. So if you inherit something, inherit their strenght, their resilience. Because the only person you are testined to become is the person you decide to be.

Pam Finger

Anyway.. I just had to share that...

Ah... yet another moment to slip away and babble on about something bizarre or oddly fasinating to me. Today.... it's SANDALS! My sandals to be exact. My favorite sandals to be Very exact... well that's not quite so accurate now. I looked down at my sandals... formerly my favorite sandals... and I thought "I'm tired of these things..." I can not believe that. I do love them... but.... I need something else... they just aren't doing it for me any more.... I bought these while I was pregnant last year... last May to be exact... Now... I think our relationship has faded... I'm not so excited about them any more... I'm.... well... breaking up with my sandals... This truly is a sad day. No matter how much I love them, I know they just don't hold that excitement for me anymore. I don't look down at my feet, resting comfortably in the little black straps and think "Hey, thoes look nice." And I'm at a stage in the season where it's just not possible to go out and find another pair of sandals... the season is OVER.... and sadly here in this particular spot of the country, the season of FALL does not arbitarily start in September.. we MAY call it fall and even try to convince ourselves that it is FALL but the fact still remains that the temperatures are still blazing hot and it will be MONTHS before people here even consider putting on anything that even remotly resembles a wollen sweater or parka... hell I don't even think they sell parkas here.. who would buy them? Anyway... I feel bad for my black sandals... I feel like they've been there for me and I just want to shove them away, for something younger and cutier... I'll have to hide them in my closet... I don't think I can wear new shoes in front of them.. that just might be cruel. I feel disapointed in myself for this somehow.. the last pair of sandals I had, that relationship lasted for a few seasons... I didn't get tired of them so much as they got tired of me. It took me a couple of years to find something to replace them with.. and now.. two seasons later.. I'm ready to relegate them to the closet. I know.. you all think I'm insane, and making way to much out of a pair of sandals.. but I have a deep love... no, no... wrong word.. obsession with shoes... And when I find a pair that I LOVE LOVE LOVE.. I will keep them forever if possible. Don't even get me started on the RED SHOES... *sniff* *sniff* God rest their leathery soles... (they were shot down in their prime.. well before boredome set in by me). I have a delightful pair of leopard print pumps that I could not care less if they go out of style or not, I'll wear them as often as I can (as long as I have a coordinating outfit that accentuates thoes lovely shoes) ... and my fuzzy cow print clogs... I pray for cooler days so I can wear thoes until people are sick of seeing them on my hooves... Or the new addition from last year of my beautiful riding boots... OK, I'm insane, I have a special relationship with all of my shoes.. I perfer ecentric ;o) But somehow talking about all the other fabulous shoes (and by no means have I even come close to ALL of the shoes in my closet) I feel better. I realize that I have several other wonderful pairs of shoes to wear.. and buy for that matter! and that maybe next summer, these cute black sandals will once more delight me. Maybe... if not.. there's always a trip to the shoe store to fix that!

hehe... ya know, this is kind of funny... although I do love shoes, a lot! I honestly don't wear shoes that often.. most days you'll find me barefoot at home. ;o) Yeah I am crazy.

Ahhh.. yet again I am stealing things of H's blog. ;o)

1. Sesame Street or Captain Kangaroo? The Captain rules! I used to get up early on Saturday morning to watch him when I was in 6th grade even! (stop laughing at me!)

2. Muppet Show or Fraggle Rock? Muppet Show - I loved Miss Piggy... I think I still identify with her.. Ahhh a swine after my own heart...

3. He-Man or Jem? He-Man only because I have no freaking clue who Jem is. By the Power Of Greyskull! I am He-Man!! My sister and I used to have these He-Man dolls action figures we played with... (hey, we were poor... someone gave them to us!)

4. The Smurfs or Muppet Babies? Smurfs! I loved the Smurfs... Except Smurfette.. she seemed like a little trouble maker... Her name should have been Bichette.

5. Archie or Josie & the Pussycats? Can I just say neither on this one? I know who both are but never really watched the cartoons.. I'm more of a Scooby Do person...

6. H.R. Pufnstuf or The Banana Splits? Again.. I have to say neither... or actually... Who the hell? I have no clue who either of these are.. well I sort of know who HR Pufnstuf is, my husband was a big fan of both of these.. things.. and there was a biography on the creaters of HR on E once... he forced me to watch it! Anyway.. I have no clue...

7. The Partridge Family or The Brady Bunch? Have to go with the Brady's on this one... I never really watched the Partridge Family... not really the Brady's much either.. I'm only 31! They were already in reruns by the time I was really into after school viewing

8. Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter? hmmmm... I'd say WBK, only because I haven't seen all the episodes in rerun adnausiem...

9. Punky Brewster or Small Wonder? Again... I have to say neither.. I never watched either... hmmm.. I really didn't watch that much television growing up...

10. The Facts of Life or Silver Spoons? Oh gosh that's an easy one! Facts of Life! I loved that show. Yes I even watched it in the last years when it really really sucked...

OK, now you answer these. Put them in my comments if you don't have a blog... ;o)

What Type of Villain are You?

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Damn! Now THAT cracked me up! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (Evil laugh...)

During the 1982 Falklands war British pilots reported that penguins toppled over backward while gazing at the planes. British navy pilots were then banned from flying low over penguin colonies. It led to a UK government study of the penguin-toppling effect. For seventeen days two helicopters were flown from varying directions and heights over the penguins. The result? Penguins do not topple over while gazing at aeroplanes.

That cracked me up! *sigh* thoes brits...

Hey L! where is your page? I can not access it! Have you packed it up and headed for Hawaii with out even a good bye? ;o)

Well it rained some more today. It's all over now. Leaving it just incredibly humid and hot. 97 here now... My plants are extremely happy to have all that rain though.

I can not belive that August is almost over. Seems like this summer has just flown by. But it's still HOT here HAHAHAHA!

Well we are having dinner guests tonight.. Sunshine and Dusty! My cats will be back! Our friends need to get rid of the cats, I'm thankfull they were kind enough to watch them for the past couple of months. I miss my kitties.

Nothing to talk about today...

It's raining! It's pouring! The old man is snoring!... hehehe.. it really is raining.. that's good. I needed to water my flowers (which are still blooming I might add.. I think I might have the hang of this plant growing thing..) As I drove home from work I went from hot hot hot and sunny, to very windy, cool, dark clouds and lightening.. now it's coming down hard. I like it when it rains, as long as I don't have to drive in it.. But... I don't like bad storms. I'm a big baby then. This storm is pretty strong... lots of lightening... that scares me.. I know. I'm a baby. *Wow* the storms are moving fast... and right over me.. it's gone from 95 to 79 in about 20 mins.

Today I met two of the most delightful new moms. One was an owner operator of heavy machinery... she was very cool! 40 having her first son. The other was from Argentina. Gosh she had the most dazling personality. I liked her, I felt like we had been friends for years. And when I was done taking the picture, I felt sad because I knew I'd probably never see her again. She gave me a hug when I left. She was truly amazing. I feel like in the span of an hour we had a whole life time of friendship. I do have a pretty cool job. I love taking pictures of babies. It's so much fun to meet different people. And most of my pictures this weekend turned out really well. My sales were not all that great today but the pictues were good.

Well I better go.. the storm is getting stronger, so I need to go hide under the covers. *snort*