whew... had to take a break from that book 'The Regulators'... why the hell do I read books like this? this is absolutly disturbing.. especially since someone has started terriorizing the DC area... a weird sniper in a van... Not entirely like this book, other than the weird sniper in the van part. Except... I can't stop reading this.. It's totally gruesome and disgusting.. but I want to finish the book. It's not one of SK's better novels either... very long - I'm only about 143 pages in a 470 page book... I'm going to have to actually either check this out from my local library or get a copy at half price or I'll never finish this bastard book.. and this is the kind of book that will haunt you.. make you wonder how it ends... come back to your subconcious and play it's little scenes out.. then stop... make you wonder what happend to the characters... who died next? make you hope it wasn't that one character that you really liked.. the one that made sense to you, like y'all had become friends... Make you wish for the asshole of the story to get blown away next... and no one else... and you HAVE to finish the book... absolutly HAVE to get it.. no matter how much you might not want to read anymore.. the morbid curiosity get's the best of you and nags at you until you finally give in and finish the book... giving yourself nightmares and unpleasant thoughts that sneak up on you at the most inopportune moments... SK's books always do that to me.. Damn myself for picking this one up. I've never left a King book unfinished.. and several of them have given me the nightmare that scares you even when the lights are on. Lots of them have left their nasty little footprints on my memory.. waiting to pop into my conciousness and give me goose flesh at a moments notice.. for instance.. anytime I see heavy fog, I can't help but get a bit of a chill as I think of The Mist... eeek! It took me years to be able to walk into a closet without getting the heebe-jeebies. Saint Bernards still make me all teary eyed and a bit frightened as I think back to Cujo... And damn it if I didn't pick up another of these books that only a psychiatrist looking to cash in on my neurosis would recommend to me... Now I'll have an uneasy feeling about vans... hmmph... well I should go.. gotta see if I can finish a couple more chapters before I go (yes I'm a glutton for punishment... I'll make sure to watch a nice Disney movie before bed, hopeing to disuade my feeble mind from the sure to be gruesome nightmares...)

OK, so here I am... done earlier than expected so I'm at the Public Library (hey... what exactly would a private library be? A bookshelf full of books at your own home? hmmm....). This is always such an experience. Such a lack of decent reading material.. Last time I was here I was reading one of Steven King's Bachman books.. I think it was called the Regulators or something like that. I went and looked at the book store for it a week or so ago but it was $8 for a soft cover copy! FUCK! I'll just check it out from the local library or find it at half price. Yeah I know... I'm extremly CHEAP.

Well I truly proved myself to be the Queen of the Dorks today. I was trying to EAT in the car... was just starving so I went through and got a chicken sandwich and fries... I rarely ever eat in the car... and usually have like french fries or chicken nuggets... well today I was not using my head at ALL. I'm trying to drive, hold this big ole' samich in my left hand and eat... I ended up dropping the damn thing on me half way through. I started laughing so hard. Luckily I have a brown sweater with stripes of varing colors so the mustard and tomato blend right in. HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sheesh.. I wish I had something intelectual to discuss but... as usual.. I don't. Damn.. I have nothing of interest to discuss....

So.. I guess it's all that mental bloating for eating all that mental popcorn (read my first post for today.. the cryptic and stupid horoscope).

OH yeah one other dorky thing I did... this is kind of embarassing, but I'll tell you anyway.. your not right in front of me to laugh so what the hell (actually I'd have already told you if you were right in front of me HAHAHAHA)...

So I had gotten a large (i.e. bucket of) coke with my chicken sandwich and I really had to go when I got to the library. So I go in there.. *note.. this morning I had put on some pants that I haven't worn in years and years.. they have two buttons (I guess for extra security or something) and they fit great..* so I head right for the ladies room. Im trying to get the second button undone with the urgency of nature calling.. and I tore the button right off my pants! hehehehe... thank God for two buttons!

Oh well... hmm.. I guess that was funnier to me than anything... Sombody! Give me a topic to discuss!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!

OK, this made me laugh this morning - read my horoscope...
Wednesday, October 16 2002
leo horoscope

It's a sensitive Wednesday, Judy!
A passionate interchange with a partner could be the mental picture that stays in your head today. This inner film reel will keep you a bit detached from mundane chores, as well as satiating your desire for someone who currently cannot be with you all of the time. Get settled with some mental popcorn and enjoy!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Anyway - must welcome another reader - Peter - thanks for the nice e-mail this morning. Feel free to stop by my little Whine Cellar anytime. ;o)

Strange... last night I had bizarre dreams. One was odd.. it had all the facts correct... but it didn't happen like that? had all the main characters but not in the right time period or sequence... then I had an extra person in there who had nothing to do with any of this. Jake! Weird. I guess he got included because I was reading his blog last night.. and his bio on his blog (he's a cutie... but young...). Damn.. that was strange though..

Anyway.. must run.. have to dry my hair.. just needed to get warm from my ever so cold shower... since SOMEONE in this household used ALL the hot water on a marathon shower this morning. *sheesh*

Brrr... heading off to dry my hair.. then gotta go get that mental popcorn. ;o)

Ah-ha! After much searching I found the 'Satan Cookie' e-mail ... for your reading pleasure... (this was written October 29, 2001)...

So my husband goes out with our daughter yesterday while I’m working and gets stuff to make a nice dinner for us. Well he also got desert for us… cookies… not just any cookies but the best cookies… really I mean it, the ABSOLUTE BEST cookies. They are sugar cookies, but they are soft and they are iced… yum…. Not something I would normally buy, and I never did … until.. my sister gave me one. And from that one cookie I became hopelessly addicted to these sugary delicacies. From that point on, I avoided them in the store.. sometimes it became hard as they were stacked in their shiny little boxes on a table near the entrance of the store, then I would eye them as I walked past. Look at them… consider how tasty they are… then I’d look at the price $3.99! That would send me on my way! (I’m sooooo cheap) Occasionally I’d throw caution to the wind and buy a box.. knowing full well that I would end up eating the majority of the cookies within minutes of the box being opened… OK slight exaggeration.. within hours though… an opened box never lasts a whole day. These are the only confection that has this evil mind control over me. And I rarely ever buy it. Otherwise I would never have been able to loose these 37 lb. I have and would have an embarrassing moment trying to explain to my Dr. why I would be existing on devilishly good cookies and milk. Sooo… anyway (gotten a little off the subject here… all that sugar is going to my brain!) Here’s the facts - I recently lost 37 lb., hubby knows this, hubby recently lost 20 lb., we both just joined a gym, he went shopping - unsupervised! - and bought not one, but two boxes of Satan’s little Sugar Cookies (my special name
for them) {His defense ‘They were buy one get one free!’ somebody kill him}! And now… now.. guess how many cookies remain (10 to a box)? 3.. just 3 cookies! (No I didn’t eat them all - he and our daughter helped). I fear stepping on the scale at the gym tonight. *sigh* So my question is Why are they sooooooooooooo good? Why can’t it be something like a banana or an apple? I’ve never heard anyone say "Oh those oranges were so good! I just could not stop eating them! I must have eaten 10!" Or "Gosh those carrots were soooo delicious, I just couldn’t stop eating them until I got to the bottom of the bag!" Oh well my only consolation to myself is that since my throat was soo sore from the Anthrax.. I mean Strep… I couldn’t eat hardly anything for 3 days… so.. maybe it all evens out… maybe… Oh well I better go use the rest of this sugar buzz to my advantage and finish cleaning my house! Ta for now! Watch out for those cookies!

Judy :o)

I'd like to welcome Jake to my reading audience. Thank you for the comment ;o). (although Jake may never come back, but hey, your always wecome here!) And Thank you A for leaving a comment! Woohoo! someone leaves me a comment.

OK - Let me tell you about my adventures today before I get to side tracked.

This morning I suddenly remember that I have 3 envelopes in my car of photo stuff for work. DUCK! Today is TUESDAY and these were from the WEEKEND! So... I needed to get off my ass and get them in the mail. So I leap into the shower, stay in there long enough to wash the stink off (although I was not stinky, I stayed in the required time it would have taken to remove stink IF I was stinky... so ... don't start thinking I'm stinky... nuf said..) and threw on some clothes. Dash to the car, realize I NEED GAS desperatly, off to Albertsons to get money. When I get there, I see 5 (yes 5!!!) firemen going into the store. WHOOO-HOO! I do have a thing for firemen... (firemen, cowboys, police men, men in uniform... just like most women...) Soooo... I go into the store and pretend to be shopping around them so I can look at them in their tight wranglers... (shit I love living in a not so large town in the south - where the fire fighter uniform consists of Wranglers and blue golf shirts with the fire station emblem on them... ahhh... that combines two of my favorite kinds of men to watch...), Then I went and got $20 for gas. Off to the gas station where I open the little door to the fuel tank and suddenly REMEMBER that I needed a gas cap since the VERY first time I put gas in this car I left the gas cap on the trunk of my car... sheesh.. so I stop the pump at $16, I figure a gas cap could not cost more than $4. I look in the station when I pay, but they don't have any. Off to WalMart for a gas cap. I find the automotive section with little or no trouble and find they have 2 types of caps available... hmmm... damn... I have no clue... so I ask the person at the counter to help me, she looks in a book and tells me which one to get. And guess how much the cap costs? less than $4? NO! $4.27!! Damn it! of course I only have $4 in cash, so I wander though WalMart looking for anything else I just MIGHT need (want) and get a few things.. end up spending $9.53... damn... So out I go, put the cap on my car... and it's almost lunch time. I head to Taco Bell, which I have discovered is THE place for all the hot cowboy type worker guys to go for lunch. Ahhhh... $2.88 for a decent lunch and 30 minutes of lusting. Nothing brightens a day like a little lusting...

Damn.. I should not have made cookies yesterday.. they are absolutly fabulous... and I can NOT stop eating them. Damn... Damn... Damn.. they are very very close to the Satan cookies (Lofthouse)... In fact I do belive I could alter this recipe just a tad and make almost exact replicas of the Satan Cookies... *sigh* (for thoes of you not familiar with the Satan Cookie storie.. I'll have to dig that up and post it here... Anyway.. I think I've eaten 5 or 10 dozen cookies today *sigh* (ok maybe not that many.. but I feel like it...) Damn... My hips must WANT to be wider...

Strange question.. why, oh why, do men get hair growing out of their ears as they get older? that is the most disgusting thing in the world.. Hell it's almost enough to make a straight woman become a lesbian just to avoid that horror of old age with a man... I think that's why God made men die before women.. so they don't have to suffer as long with old, hairy eared men.

L - that is freaky about your landlord. Don't be offended at his clumsy pass at you... Hell I take any pass by any man as a compliment. And good for you for turning him down.. the last thing you need is to screw the landlord, then have you both feel akward and weird and have to move so you don't have to face him ever again... hmmm... me personally, I probably would have no quams about doing something quite so foolish and would never realize it was such a stupid thing to do until I received an eviction notice from him...

Tonight I walked around the lake near me. Twice.. that's about 2 and a half miles. I'm surprised I could do that. If you would have asked me if I could walk 2.5 miles at once, I would definatly say no. Well if you had asked me if it was just over a mile around the lake I would have told you not it wasn't.. I'm really bad at judging distance.. and direction... I'm surprised I can find my way home from the store some days.. hell I'm surprised I don't get lost going up stairs in my own town house a lot.

Must run.. will look for Satan Cookie story...

Thank you L - my hair is my pride and joy... I actually have not stepped foot in a salon to get it cut in almost 4 years! It really does need a trim... but I have lost touch with my hair dresser and have not found a suitable replacement. I know I could call him and he would cut it with out giving me shit.. and he ALWAYS does a GREAT job.. I usually tell him what I think I want and he nods and says 'Um-hum.." a lot.. then looks at my hair and cuts it into something that looks fabulous. Once I told him I wanted layers, and he just 'um-hum'd me... and he did NOT cut them into my hair... I was actually quite happy he didn't... I know I would have regretted it. Anyway... I should call him.. but he's un-godly expensive. I have another friend who is a hair dresser, but this is a woman... and her hair is short..... I just can not trust a woman to cut my hair.. I must have a gay man... a Hair Fairy to be exact... woman have butchered my hair and left me unhappy... Hair Fairies... well.. they work magic. Anyway... I think I'll do my hair straight for a few weeks until it get's to be too much trouble hehehehe... then I'll be back to my normal curls.

And OMG - Fried Twinkies! HAHAHAHAHAHA! I think my cholesteral went up just reading that!

Well I must run for now.. I'll write more in a bit... must write about lunch at Taco Bell... mmmm mmmm good...

Im trying to decide if I like my hair straight or it's normal curly.... what do you think? (don't even suggest cutting it... that's insane... )

Somedays I need a smack... truly...

I just had this conversation with a nice friend of mine:
NiceFriend: Oh happy Columbus Day!
JudySmartAss: lol - makes me want to sail to an uncharted land and subjegate it's population as my slaves..

Somebody smack me!

OMG - L - I was laughing so hard at your answers. *sigh* I needed that... Also.. you should be able to click on 'All Quiet [0]' and leave a comment. I don't belive you have to be a member of anything to leave a comment. Ahhhh how I wish I had my own site like you. OH well maybe someday.. I'm not quiet computer/web savy enough to do something like that...

Anyway... I'll tell you about the one interesting thing from this weekend in just a min, but first I must tell you my adventures in dorkiness for today.

so I color my hair today (oh don't even pretend to be surprised...) and I was wiping the counter after I rinsed my hair/showered. I saw this spot on the floor, so I dropped the rag on the floor and proceded to clean said spot. Well my big ole' hips bump this stack of towels on the counter and knock my cordless phone into the sink... full of water... so I had to blow dry my phone. Sheesh...

Later... I'm making cookies... (don't know what's gotten into me... I have this urge to make cookies and decorate them.... must be insanity setting in...) I make the cookies, then I'm making the frosting... I cut the recipe in half so I'm trying to figure how to cut the frosting in half also. I put the butter in with the powdered sugar and turn on the beaters... POOF! large white cloud *coff!* *coff!*... then when I have that beaten in.. I look and there's this tiny tiny amount of frosting! Shit! so I dump in the rest of the powdered sugar. hehehe... Now I think I made too much! But I can truly say I'm a sweet person... I'm lightly covered in sugar. ;o)

I went to see a movie this weekend.... another rarity.. I usually don't like seeing movies in the theater... short attention span... Anyway, we go to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding. OMG - that is soooooo funny. go see it. Some critics said it's predictable, yadda, yadda, yadda... yeah well it is, but it's still funny and a great movie. Some parts are so sweet and touching, I cried in a few places, but it's a LOT of laughs.

Anyway.. I should go now... clean this sugar off me before the ants carry me away...

Monday Mission 2.41 my answers... I know you've been waiting. hehehehe....

1. What's the most expensive meal you've ever eaten? What was the occasion? Was it worth it?
The month after our apartment was damaged in a fire, hubby and I went to Ruth's Chris Steak House for Valentine's day. I was hopeing, hopeing, hopeing that I would be able to tell him that I was pregnant then, but I wasn't yet... Anyway.... It was extremely expensive and extremely good! Well after writing all that.. there is another time that is pretty close on this... a couple of years ago, we could not get a baby sitter for our oldest so that we could go to hubby's Christmas party so we took the little one and went to Paul's Porterhouse for dinner. We didn't realize that they did NOT have high chairs or kid anything (well duh... it's not really a kid place..)... but they were extremely nice about it, if not a little leary of us. It turned out just fine. The owner of the restaraunt was so charmed by our little one (who by the grace of God, stayed in her seat and did not make a huge mess or throw a fit at all) that he brought her quail soup (which she absolutly loved). We fed her off our plates and she ate it. hehehe... it was a very good time for us... the bill was HUGE (it always is there...) and the owner gave my little one a rose when we left (they always give the women roses when you leave)... it was so worth it...

2. What do you like to do when nobody is looking? oh gosh... I love to eat spicy pork rinds! LOVE them! but I won't eat them infront of anyone other than my husband... heck I won't even put them in my cart at the grocery store if anyone is around. HAHAHAHA!

3. What's your special purpose? Hmmm... to bring peace and happiness to everyone's life I touch. HA! I'm not sure, but I think it probably has something to do with scarcasm. hehehehe... Sheesh... what kind of question is that? I have no clue...

4. Do you like Autumn? If so, why? If not, tell me about your favorite season. I love autumn.. It's the end to the sweltering heat down here... everyone loves Autumn down here... although I do wish the leaves would change color down here.. that would make it perfect.

5. Ever recommended a movie to someone only to have them hate it? Which movie? Did you feel uncomfortable about that? Yup, I recommended A Nightmare Before Christmas, and they hated it. Nope I didn't feel uncomfortable. I don't want to put down what I did think because it was not a very nice thought towards that person. hehehehe....

6. I've had hay fever all day! Sniffles, sneezing, I tell ya, it's awful! Do you have any allergies? Anything that just gets you down for the count? I have sinus issues. When the weather changes I get horrible sinus headaches. In the spring I have some kind of allergies that accompany the sinus issues... then my life is a living hell that requires massive doses of OTC medication just to be able to think straight or stand up with out pain. Gotta love it.

7. Do you like mixed drinks? What is your favorite? As long as we're here how about you order me something too? Just "suprise me!" I like some mixed drinks... bloody mary's and Margaritas are my favorites. It's too early for me to drink.. I'll just have a Dr. Pepper, but I'll order you a screw driver... seems appropriate... *snicker* (there's that scarcasm gift again..)


BONUS: Why do we scream at each other? hmmm... sorry about that.. I tend to speak softly... I always have to repeat myself... I'd prefer if you'd just ask me kindly to repeat myself instead of screaming at me... K? thanks...

Here it is the Monday Mission - I'll come back and answer these in a bit - but you go ahead and get started... can't wait to see your answers... Gotta go finishe some stuff right now... be back in a bit.

Monday Mission 2.41

1. What's the most expensive meal you've ever eaten? What was the occasion? Was it worth it?

2. What do you like to do when nobody is looking?

3. What's your special purpose?

4. Do you like Autumn? If so, why? If not, tell me about your favorite season.

5. Ever recommended a movie to someone only to have them hate it? Which movie? Did you feel uncomfortable about that?

6. I've had hay fever all day! Sniffles, sneezing, I tell ya, it's awful! Do you have any allergies? Anything that just gets you down for the count?

7. Do you like mixed drinks? What is your favorite? As long as we're here how about you order me something too? Just "suprise me!"


BONUS: Why do we scream at each other?

Viking Kittens Go... look... you must... watch it all the way through.. it's to funny... and weird... having a little orange kitty it makes me laugh... "Valhala I am coming..."

Ahhh... since most of my VAST audience are children of the 80's (2 our of 3!!) I think this will make you laugh... might terrify you! LOL Are You A Child of The 80's?

Lover Come Back... sheesh.. that was so funny. It's even funnier now... in this day and age... and since EVERYONE knows that Rock Hudson was gay. We were laughing so hard. Doris Day was so funny. If you haven't seen it, go rent it, it's a good laugh.

OK, I've notice something... no one ever leaves comments... Am I not worth commenting? Are my thoughts not thought provoking? Hmmm? eh, just kidding.. Since I know there are only 3 people who read this, and two of you have blogs of your own where you leave lenghty, thought provoking responses to my maniacal rantings... for that I thank you both. ;o) Speaking of posts in response to my rantings... where the heck are you two? I had to run out to visit someone today and neither of you posted a thing... Do you not realize I rely on your thought provoking banter to give me intelectual stimulation? hmmm... your going to force me to head down to my local library (which last year they expanded to a huge complex) to actually seek out knowledge and inspiration from the vast aray of books and publications... actually... I was considering doing just that next week since I now have my own transportation...

Well anyway... I obviously have nothing to talk about.. just rambling to take up space. HAHAHAHA!

L - big laughs on the dentist story! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think I would continue to go to a dentist if I thought he/she had a crush on me... if nothing else, I'd be sure to they were giving me enough attention... and I might even weasle out a free cleaning or flouride treatment! *snicker*

Now, I would never go to the dental college.. not because I think they would do a bad job or anything, it's a much stupider reason. I like to KNOW who I'm going to see.. As in I need to have a good relationship with my dentist... doctor for that matter. I don't like that uncertainty of not knowing who's going to be stareing into my mouth (or what-not where the doctor is concerned...). And at a dental college I can't establish a good dental relationship with anyone. Like now, I always get my teeth cleaned by Patti. I like her, she know's about me, and she ask questions (she makes notes so she can ask the right questions 6 months later). I've gotten my teeth cleaned by one other hygenist there, and I didn't like her a bit, so if I had to go to her every time, I'd ask for someone new or leave. And my Dr., he's great! And funny. When they were doing the extractions for making room for my braces, he and his assistant were doing lines from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (only the MOST quoted movie). Gotta love that. After the extractions.. I had NO pain what-so-ever... so I love this man and his office full of hygenic, glove wearing, plastic covered, cleaning angels (except for that bitchy blond). OH YEAH! And I always get a goodie bag when I leave! (ok, ok, I know your laughing at me.. go right ahead...) This time I got a small bottle of mouth wash (Listerine.. love that stuff), a tooth brush (PINK!!!), some floss and a finger puppet for my kids. And YES I was excited to get these things! Yes I do get excited about tooth brushes, mouth wash and floss. The BEST present my husband has gotten me to date was an electric tooth brush! - Saddly I burned out the motor when I got my braces (kept forgetting about the wax on my brackets).... but I'm always hopeing that I'll have another one waiting for me at the next gift giving occasion. Hell he could even just buy me 12 tooth brushes in different colors and I'd be thrilled. Yeah I know.. I've got an obsession.. that's ok.. it's a good one.. I haven't had to have a filling since I was in high school and the hygenist always tells me that my teeth look great, I'm doing a fabulous job cleaning them. So...... I need to have a good dental relationship.. it's mandatory...

Hmmm.. I should go... I just realized that I sound a bit like a whack ball. hehehe... think I'll go brush my teeth. HAHAHAHA!

A & L .. hehehe.. you two crack me up! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has thoes sentiments on thoes disney characters... *pauses for a moment to consider how lovely duck a la orange would be*... giant mice should frighten if not annoy just about everyone...

So I went and worked out again tonight.. it's been just over a week since I did... I felt like a slug... but now I'm a worked out slug *please keep the salt away from me*.

I had my teeth cleaned today. I have to confess... I love going to the dentist. Always have. I love having my teeth cleaned. Although the hygenist got on to be about how I need to call my orthodontist... *sigh* I dread doing that... but I did.. have to wait for a call back... now I'll be a big chicken and probably avoid the call. I was all ready to talk about the fact that I haven't been there in over a year and how I'm totally broke, etc. etc...

Last night we went and rented a bunch of old movies. We watched The Maltese Falcon and Auntie Mame last night. I love those movies! Humphrey Bogart was so damn sexy, and that movie is just great. Auntie Mame is a riot no matter how many times I watch it. Tonight it's The King and I and tomorrow will be Lover Come Back - Rock Hudson and Doris Day - damn... I love thoes cheesy Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies. So entertaining...

Well.. I need to get going for now...

1. Heroines: Ariel (Little Mermaid) or Belle (Beauty & the Beast)?
OK... tough one... I love both stories... I love Ariel.... that's my favorite story from childhood... and she's a cute redhead... but I love Belle also... my second favorite from child hood... Although... people are dissing Ariel as being a bimbo and not likeing that she gave it all up for a man she never met... well :oP to you! I love a good love story/fairy tale.

2. More heroines: Mulan or Pocahontas?
Mulan rocks. (especially if we are talking the Disney movie... IRL Mulan was just a folk tale... but a good one... Pocahontas was an incredible woman who helped shape this nation)

3. Princesses: Snow White or Cinderella?
Cinderella... I liked the talking mice.

4. Toy Story: Buzz or Woody?
hmmm.... depends on if it's TSI or TSII.... TSI - Woody... TSI Buzz

5. Animals: Simba (Lion King) or Bambi?
Simba! I love lions.. and Lion King is such a great movie... Although I do like Bambi... especially if he's served rare with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy!

6. Naughty boys: Peter Pan or Pinocchio?
Hmmm... I guess Peter Pan... although he was a bit of a jerk. Pinocchio would have been cool.. because he was a puppet.. you could have made some money off him! (hey... didn't someone try that?...)

7. Sidekicks: Sebastian the Crab (Little Mermaid) or Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)?
Although I love crickets (lucky bugs) I find Jiminy rather irritating and a definate reason to call Terminex... Sebastian has that cool accent.

8. Villians: Wicked Queen (Snow White) or Cruella DeVil (101 Dalmations)?
Oh Cruella DeVil hands down! She had style! (gosh I loved that coat!)

9. Classics: Goofy or Pluto?
Goofy is an idiot... Pluto... I always wanted a dog like Pluto

10. And of course: Mickey or Donald?
Hmmm.... neither... I think someone should set a large trap for Mickey and Donald should be plucked and stuffed for Thanksgiving dinner. hehehehe... yeah I know.. I'm bad... probably has something to do with a certain toddler watching a certain (now missing) Mickey Mouse Christmas tape over and over....

Ok, your turn! Can't wait for your answers.

This is my Dewey Color system personality profile:

You're a Forecaster
You break everything down to its simplest form. Then you critique past events in order to see the future. Others are amazed at your predictions.


The passionate you demands a stimulating environment and the time to enjoy it. With a probing curiosity, you uncover what you want and how to get it. Ideas come together to create fun possibilities.

The centered you perceives exactly which situations and relationships are inspirational. When all is quiet within, you decide what new things you are going to explore.

The emotional you remains open to the world. When you feel good, your naive approach to life can charm even the most jaded. You are concerned, considerate, and hard-working. Pleasing others motivates you.

hehehe... funny... go here Dewey Color Analysis and amuse yourself for 3 mins by taking this - post your results (to amuse me...)

Yes A part of having a blog is so you CAN whine when you want to... I feel a very good whine coming on... I'll be back when I'm sure it's of a rich full bouquet... something nice to go with dinner ;o)

Time for...*drum roll please*.. the Monday Mission 2.40


1. I just got back from a family reunion. It was ok, but I find those gatherings a little boring. Does your family ever have any reunions or annual get-togethers? Do you enjoy them? Um... reunion.... hmmm... last one was like.... 17 or 18 years ago.. we get together the obligatory once or twice a year for holidays. Sometimes I enjoy them... depends on if anyone is fighting or if anyone is trying to make the who 'experience' into something it isn't. It's best if they just let things happen.

2. A gal I work with told me that when her husband's drivers licsence comes up for renewal, she swipes it. She says he won't ever pose for pictures and that's the only way she can get a photo of him. Is that not creepy? Are you a picture person? Do you like taking photos, and having yours taken? I'm like a canned ham. I love pictures and I love having my picture taken.... well since I lost 40 lbs. I do now.

3. Time for show and tell: post a recent photo of yourself! since you insist! This was me yesterday!

4. I have a cousin I always knew as Jay. As he got into college, he began to go by Greg. Turns out is name was Greg, Junior. Jay was short for Junior! Can't blame him for changing it. Did you ever have a nick-name growing up? How did it come about? Did you ever give anyone a nickname that stuck? Yup, mom called me Pudy... she rhymed it with Judy... Judy Pudy... It's been shortened to Pooh now. I like that MUCH better. Hmmm.. yup.. I'm bad about giving people nick names. Started calling a friend Petey a long time ago.. and that stuck. LOL

5. Since I don't have cable, a friend promised to send me a few episodes of "Trading Spaces," the show where folks redecorate someone else's home (and I'm still waaaaiiiting on that tape). But that got me to thinking about how I'd change my own house if I were able. And the room I'd do first would be the bathroom. If you could design the bathroom of your dreams, what would it be like? Spare no expense! hmmm.. huge garden tub, but a BIG shower also... a lot like what I had at my house.. just bigger tub and a bigger shower...

6. I've been trying to catch up on the early seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in re-runs, though I've been told to buy the DVDs. But I think I'd rather borrow them if I could. But there are a few television shows I'd like to own on DVD (like "The Flash" and "Max Headroom"). What shows (if any) do you own in a video collection? What TV shows would you like to see collected on DVD or video? Hubby has some of the Star Trek stuff. We'd both love 'Far Scape' (which is being cancled! whaaaa!!!!)

7. I recently watched "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang" again, first time since I was little. It held up pretty well, unlike some movies that are better in your memory than they are when you see them again (like "E.T." good movie, but for me, better as a memory). Do you have any favorite movies from your childhood? Do you think you would still enjoy them if you watched them today? Wizard of Oz - I watch it about once a year. I do love that so much. But I realize there are many movies that are better left as fond memories, so I don't seek out to many 'great movies from childhood'. LOL

BONUS: Don't you know you're sleeping in a spotlight? Sleeping in it? Hell I live in the spotlight! yeah baby, I'm a star!

Today's comment question: What relaxes you? *nervously looks around* why do you ask? Do you think I need to relax? Is that what you are saying? I'm high strung? who the hell do you think you are? I'm not high strung... Just back off man... *nervously looks around again... chugs last of coffee...*

Damn this is funny... I swiped this off someone elses blog.. who had swiped it off someone elses blog... who had... eh, never mind.. just read this...
Shoe Size VS... eh.. er...

Whew... that study was probably done by men... because men are completly obsessive about measurements. I don't think a woman has ever asked for a guy's measurements when getting a discription of him, but I know of plenty of men who have asked for a woman's. And DAMN... men are so proud of their little friend, I think they belive that everyone wants to know how BIG and HUGE it is.... even if big-ness is only in the eye... er... hand... of the.. um... beholder... *snicker*... should I even be talking about this? HAHAHAHAHA!

Besides... I knew it was a myth... have for a LONG time. ;o) Shhhh... let's just keep this between ourselves... I don't think the men folk can handle the truth just yet.

Whew.... busy day. I love my car. My Car. MY Car. MY CAR! I LOVE MY CAR!!! HAHAHAHA!

OK, before I start on today, let me cover yesterday and the day before.... OK, so Tuesday I ask DH if I can can have his left over steak for lunch, and he says sure. So that's what I had for lunch. About 9:30 pm I start having a really acidy stomach despite taking something for it. By 10 pm I'm feeling a bit sick. I realize that hubby did infact have food poisoning Sunday night/Monday morning. *sigh* now I have it... About 1 am I start hurling... all night long I do that. The next morning... I have to get up... Wednesday we had an appointment we could NOT miss. So... I pack a bunch of plastic bags... have hubby put the dry toast I asked him to make me (but the smell was turning my stomach so I didn't eat) in a zip lock, grab a BIG glass of water, the bottle of pepto and we were off. I wait for him outside his work for about an hour... eat a few bites of toast, a few gulps of pepto... total misery... So out he comes, we head off... the sickness hits... uggh... no details but hubby had to make a detour to the Target to pick me up some clothes. Ya know.. changing in the car is no fun... especially when your stomach is turning. So we go off to the appointment (hope to hell they were impressed that I made it even though I felt like crap!), hubby drives me home, gives me medicine to calm my stomach and make me sleep. Wednesday was also the day the apartments were planning inspections for our building... and I have two refugee cats... So... we had put the cats in the carrier before we left and they went with us on our adventure, hubby put them in my closet when he brought me home. Later that night I was feeling well enough to eat a small bowl of KMac. (comfort food...) I still had to take more medicine before bed... anytime I have anything that makes me throw up, it takes a while for my stomach to calm.. it's because I have GERDS (reflux disease)... I don't know why it makes it worse.. but I was told that. So off to bed... Hubby tells me that he'll get me up at 6:30 am.

Thursday - this is my day to pick up MY CAR! So I'm feeling better, groggy, but better. Luckily I had set my alarm for 6:30 am, because guess who's husband didn't wake me? Yeah mine. So I get up, take a shower, get out, turn on the computer... look for breakfast... all of the sudden it hits me that I have to be on the bus at 8 am, and leaving at 7am to go all the way downtown in rush hour traffic was a dream and an impossibility. So I run to the bathroom and pound on the door, tell hubby that it's almost 7 and we have to get going! He says ok. He's dressed in record time, we stash the cats in my closet - still not sure if they inspected the apartment or not... and we rush out the door. 7:10 am. Damn... We get to the bus station at 8:10 am. Damn it. I get another ticket - the next bus leaves at 1:15 pm! DAMN! that's not until AFTER I would get there! (I would have gotten there at 11:45 am) I'm furious with hubby. I tell him to leave.... (not nicely either) and I wait at the bus station (which is not as bad as it sounds - I sat knitting a baby blanket most of the time - went for a walk and had lunch... forgot where my favorite place was, so didn't have the 'Perfect' lunch though...). funny thing was, I read a horoscope that morning that had said that I would deal with crazy people - and I ended up at the BUS STATION that day HAHAHAHA! No crazies until we lined up for the bus, one obnoxious guy who kept making comments about EVERYTHING and every so often he'd put his headphones on and sing along to his radio... sheesh.. I made sure he got on the bus ahead of me so I would not sit anywhere near him. The trip was completly uneventful, I knitted the whole way. I got there, and my grandmother was waiting, hubby had NOT gotten ahold of her before she left the house, so she had been waiting for the FIRST bus for me, and she was paniced that I had gotten off at the wrong place, and had called everyone looking for me... *sigh* when my husband finally did get ahold of her, she reemed his ass. lol... so I didn't have to when I got home. She and I went back to her place, got the car and a few things.. had dinner really quick and I was off - it was 7 pm by then. She filled up the car for me and I drove all the way back. The car is a dream. The gas mileage is AWESOME! I drove over 200 miles (without stopping) and used just over half a tank of gas! I finally put a little gas in the car today... it was up to 275 miles... and I was a little paranoid about that... maybe the gas gage is wrong... seems fine so far though. I do need to get the freon replaced in the air conditioner.. and the horn needs to be fixed, but it runs great. I got home at 11:30 pm.

My grandmother was worried about me driving at night - I was fine though - it's a straight shot from here to there... she wanted me to stay the night but I had to work today. And it's a good thing I didn't give in - I had totally forgotten I had to cover an extra hospital this morning! Good thing Tammy called to remind me last night. Tomorrow I have to make sure EVERYONE at my busy hospital is done - even people going home on Sunday... Why... we have a baptism to go to on Sunday ... and my manager is not sure anyone will be there to cover the hospital. *sigh* I'll do what I can. Oh and that move to the other hospital on the weekends isn't going to happen just yet... apparently the person she was going to get to take one of my hospitals didn't work out.. Oh well... Must make dinner now...

Damn... what a day.... fuck... what a couple of days... *sigh* I'm glad they are over now... I'll have to write about them later... on the up side - I have my CAR!!!! and it has FABULOUS gas mileage! YAY! (and a CD player with a kick ass sound system! Gotta love grandmother's who are starting to have hearing difficulties!)

I'll write sometime tomorrow about the past couple of days - they entail - food poisoning, buying new clothes, plastic bags, the bus station, crazy people, knitting, cats and getting my new car! Bet you can't wait to hear it all! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

:o)

Ah... something interesting to talk about....

Last night we rented a couple of movies - that's the routine - a couple of movies a week. Gosford Park and The First Wives Club. We watched Gosford Park. That was a very strange movie... but it was very very good. It had a huge cast and was sometimes hard to keep up with who was doing what to whom! It was set in the early 30's, a bunch of rich snobby people having a weekend shooting trip, they all converge on one residence with their maids and valets. The movie switches from what goes on under the stairs (with the service people) and what goes on above the stairs (the rich snobs). The movie is about 2 hours and 15 mins long, and it's a murder mystery, but no one get's murdered untill about an hour and 16 mins into the movie! Well no one physically get's murdered... a few reputations and social positions are given their RIP's. The cast is just fabulous and so well developed. All of the rich people are for the most part unredeemable human beings, stabbing one another in the back, slandering each other, sleeping with people they are not married to... being generally obnoxious people but charmingly rich lol. The service people are not that far removed, but they do have a bit more virtue than those they serve. No one is surprised at who get's murdered and no one is sorry this deplorable human is dead - well one person is sad - that is the man's valet. He is truly saddened to see this man he has served for so many years dead. Then the movie get's interesting... very interesting. I could actually tell you the rest of the movie - give away who killed this man, and still not tell you everything about this movie or even enough to make this very unsual movie any less enjoyable. The cast reads like a who's-who in British acting circles. There are several people with very impressive acting resumes - most notably is the older woman who plays the Aunt and an insufferable snob - but an interesting character - anyway - this actress has 50 years of acting and has won so many awards and recognition - I kept recognizing her from some other movie, but I could not put my finger on it - after a little research on the internet we (hubby and I) realized it was from HOOK - she played Granny Wendy. She was great in this movie, actually EVERYONE was just fabulous in this movie! I was hesitant at first, even threatened hubby for getting it- told him it better be good since it was a $3.50 rental! HAHAHAHAHA! Anyway - Gosford Park - Highly recommended! Rent it!

Well I'm pretty damn'd excited. My uncle is giving me a car. It's an old car, but it's a car and since I do not have a car (hubby and I share one car) I am appreciative of any car that runs. I look forward to not having to drop my husband off before I head off to work, and even more not having to wait in the parking lot for him to get off work after I do as I can not justify the extra gas it takes to drive all the way home and come back down to get him at the end of his work day... or usually, I there's no physical way to make it home and back to his work in a timely manner. So Thursday I hope a Greyhound for a 3 hour 45 min trip to pick up my car. My grandmother will meet me at the bus stop and we'll have lunch, chat a while - then I'm headed back home - one car richer. :o) I know it's silly, but I'm extremely excited. And I don't even mind the bus trip, I have this baby blanket I need to get finished - the baby I'm making it for is getting baptised this weekend and I really want to give it to them as a baptism present.

So, I've been cleaning house most of the day... not that my house was dirty, just getting a little cluttered. And it's laundry day. I did 3 loads of laundry, got everything folded and hung up, changed the sheets on my bed, cleaned my bathroom, vacuumed the livingroom and the bedroom and swept the floor in the kitchen. Part of the reason for making sure it's nice and clean is that our apartments is going to be inspecting people's apartments tomorrow. Checking for any kind of maintenance problem. So... we are going to be hiding the cats tomorrow since they are little fugitives. *sheesh* the trouble I go through for them.... even after they puke on the floor this morning. Cats.... So anyway... back to cleaning... I was vacuuming and my vacuum cleaner started giving off this smell... kind of like burning rubber or something... I just shut it off - I was done vacuuming at that point (small livingrooms can be a blessing). But I sure as hell hope it doesn't break on me! This would be the 2nd vacuum to break on me. Not that this one was very expensive - $50 at WalMart... seems that bagless is the way of the future, so all the bagged kind are going down in price. yeah I'd love a bagless, but they are expensive.... well just out of my price range. *sigh* what a boreing life I lead...here I am talking about vacuum cleaners... next thing you know I'll be discussing the best way to dust...

A - Thanks for the compliments on the corndogs! I think I should have won also! hehehehe... I should have forced you to join hubby and I at the corn dog festival. ...and I'll send you an e-mail with the vilification information (I just made that up!). That's why I love you! You always have my back. HAHAHAHA!

L - thanks for the link on the American Taliban and how him being a homo lead him to join the Taliban. Now it all makes sense... The Taliban find the sight of a naked woman repulsive.... they are GAY! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Well the weekend is over. Whew! What a weekend. I worked - and had an upset stomach - ick... We had mexican food Friday night and I had too many jalepenos and to much hot sauce... uggh... so I had horrible reflux. ANYWAY - Saturday night hubby and I went to the Corndog Festival. So we worked on finishing our entries when I got home for work. Here's a picture of my favorite entry by me:



Hubby and I did this one (he's such the Star Trek Geek!):



Titled: A sceen from Corn Trek - He's Dead Jim!

We didn't win for our entries - Whaaaaa! But we did have fun, and that's all that matters. ;o)

Well I've decided two things over the weekend, both are the result of a debate I had with someone I had regarded as a friend... but now... I wonder if I was assumeing too much from that relationship. I'll tell the situation first without getting to much into the actual debate... because that's actually not an issue..I really don't care if people disagree with me, as long as you do it in an intellegent, informed and respectful way. I wasn't completly convinced this person was argueing her standing on an informed level.. actually that I am sure of, she was argueing it purely on an emotionally charged level... which often clouds one's judgement. But... since I like that person, I was going to just drop it since she could not separate her emotions from the issue. And... this person has a problem with people who disagree with her... she's admitted it.. so I thought it best to drop it. OK - I'm going to break in here and state one of the things I decided this weekend - 1) Not to discuss politically charged issues or any kind of controversial issue with anyone unless I am absolutly sure they are informed, intellegent and can be respectful. Saturday after work, I was checking people's blog's and went to a person's blog - this is a friend of the other person I had a debate with. This particular person I do not have a high opinion of... She's brash, pushy, judgemental, egotistical, arrogant and thinks she knows about everything despite her lack of information... and she NEVER let's that keep her from making her opinion known. So she often comes off as a complete idiot. Ahhh yes, she is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot. The only reason I was reading her blog was because no one else had written anything recently! Anyway - I will break in here to state the other thing I decided - 2) To never read anyone's blog unless a) we are good friends or b) I have no freaking clue who you are, so anything you say will have absolutly nothing to do with me. The VI (v stands for village... I'm sure you can figure what the I stands for), had blogged about the subject matter that the other person and I had debated about, EXACTLY what we had discussed... and she basically called me an idiot... nothing that really makes a shit to me considering the source... but... the fact that my friend had such a problem with my stand on this issue and felt the necessity to dis me on this instead of talking to me, that really hurt me. I know I would never do this... no matter how much I felt this person was wrong or being stupid. Friends don't dis each other like that. But... as I said before, I obviously had assumed to much out of this relationship.

OH, I do have to comment on some of the rediculous rhetoric that VI was throwing around... She made some comment on how a crack addict mother can have a baby then go home and neglect it then the baby ends up dead as justification for more government involvement in our lives. Well.. I don't know what it's like in the country she comes from, but that's NOT how it works here. I do work at a hospital, in the maternity area... I only work part time but I have seen what happens with drug babies. They DON'T go home with their parents. When a mother or baby test possitive for drugs in the hospital, that baby is immediatly taken from the mother. The baby does not leave the nursery until protective services shows up to place that child in foster care. The parents are not allowed to be with that child unless they are supervised... and some are not even allowed to see the baby at all. An investigation takes place, the mother has to go through parenting classes, a rehab program and anything else protective services deems necessary... then and only then do they consider letting the child go to the parents. This I have seen first hand. In the past year I have seen 4 drug baby situations in the hospitals I work at. One at my smallest hospital, two at the nicest hospital and the other at the largest hospital I work. The nurses gave me all this information as there are different rules at each hospital - once I was told that I was not to talk to the mother at all because the situation, another I was told I could go talk to the parents to get the information but that the baby had to stay in the nursery... the other two, the mother's had already left the hospital. So anyway... VI's arguement is stupid at best, completly uninformed though... but if that situation she mentioned happens in her country, then it's no wonder she's living here in the US.

Anyway... I'll go on about this more in a more private forum... but not here... I don't want to muck up this page with such negativity... Got to remember the two things - 1) Not to discuss politically charged issues or any kind of controversial issue with anyone unless I am absolutly sure they are informed, intellegent and can be respectful. and 2) To never read anyone's blog unless a) we are good friends or b) I have no freaking clue who you are, so anything you say will have absolutly nothing to do with me.

On to other things... My poor husband... he's not feeling well. He was sick most of yesterday, some intestinal thing. Then in the wee hours of the morning he started throwing up. Poor guy. He's home today, so I'm taking care of him. got him on the BRAT diet - Banannas, Rice, Apple sauce and Toast - at least that's what I think it is... if I'm wrong, please let me know.... I'd hate to make him feel worse. He's so funny though, he has been trying to convince me (and himself) that it's food poisoning... even though we have both eaten the same thing this weekend and I didn't get pukey or anthing. He's also got a fever... He's sleeping on the sofa right now.. looks like a little boy... a little 6'3" 248 lb boy with a full beard... OK, not like a little boy.. but he looks peaceful...

Better run.

So again, I'm up way to late. LOL. I was just purusing (sp?) and found this list of The top 10 banned books and why they were "challenged": I have read a couple of the books. 5. "Summer of My German Soldier" by Bette Greene for racism, offensive language, and being sexually explicit. and, 8. "Go Ask Alice" by Anonymous for being sexually explicit, for offensive language, and drug use. Now "Summer of My German Soldier" was a pretty good book, I read it in HS... I remember the racism.... but I it was appropriate for the book... but I do not remember it being sexually explicit... Now "Go Ask Alice" that was freaky, sexually explicit and full of drug use.. a 60's/70's anti-drug book. So strange that in this day and age books would still be banned. With so much sex on television... and with the crap that Hollywood comes out with... eh, *shrug* who knows...

A little something funny for Friday... enjoy.

whew...I've been totally unmotivated today...

OH... let me tell you about the pizza experience last night. So I did the internet order to Pizza Hut, for the Deep dish Chicago pizza. After 45 mins of waiting I told DH to call and find out where our pizza was. So he called the number they said would be delivering our pizza. They said the do NOT deliver to our area!! WTF?!?! No one called me to tell me I would not be getting a pizza? No one could e-mail me? Assholes. So Dh calls our order into the other Pizza Hut that is near by and said he would pick it up. I call the customer satisfaction number and tell them the problem, they say they are sorry, will resolve it and will send me a $10 gift certificate for my troubles. Cool. 5 mins after Dh called in the pizza we get a knock on the door, our pizza was here. What????? We pay and eat.. are totally confused though. No call from the other Pizza hut about the pick up order either... crazy... But eating the pizza reminded me of something... I hate PH's sauce... the good thing about this pizza is that the sauce is on top of the pizza - normal that would be to messy and all, but last night, that was good, since I hate the sauce, I could just push it off my pizza. I guess when I get the $10 gift certificate I'll order the same thing and tell them to NOT put the sauce on it.

Last night I may not have eaten very healthfully, but I did go work out. I switched machines. I did this one for the inner thigh... not a very modest machine I might add... I'd never sit with my legs that far appart! HAHAHAHAHA! Anyway.. I did that and the one for the outer thigh and one for the hamstring and glutes... (another machine that is less than modest)... well today I'm sore! LOL. Oh well I hope that means these jiggly inner thighs are on the way out! Now here's my question... why don't MEN have to worry about jiggly inner thighs? That's just not fair.

L - that's exciting about the prospect of a job change! YAY! I hope it works out and is what you want! So what if your a ladder climber? Isn't that what most people are trying to do in their careers?

Ahhh..... here I am, home... waiting for dinner to be done.. er.. I mean arrive.... DH talked me into getting pizza for dinner. I know I should avoid this, but damn I'm hungry and tired... Oh well, tonight I'll go work out... despite the pizza. ;o) I ordered on-line. Gotta love technology...I think I put the e-addy in wrong though - DH wanted it to go to the swb account... *sigh* so I don't know when my pizza is going to get here!!!! DAMN!!!

I can't think straight.. need to stop writing... hungry... fog brain...

Shit.. I just looked down at my last post and see a butt load of typos.. please excuse.. I'll proof read tonight... these computers here act weird when one tries to do anything technical.. HAHAHAHAHA.......

So heare I find myself with a little extra time before I get my DH from work. I'm here at the library. I had looked up a book - I belive it's a classic - Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, but ... this lame ass library does not have a copy. Soooo... I picked up another book to read - one that was right next to where the Bach book should have been... The Regulators, by Richard Bachman AKA Steven King. So far it's not bad, very to the point... a dog and a boy just got shot... Not extremely gruesome or detailed as of yet, but.. a compelling book none the less.. I have this feeling that I may find myself looking to pick up a copy of this book since there's no way in hell I'll be able to finish this in the next hour or so. *sigh* and I had totally written off reading Steven King novels (after he sold out, his work has been hack-ish at best) and the reading of horror also... not because I didn't like it but because I could not find a writer I liked enough to read. I had tried Clive Barker... but wasn't nearly impressed enough to read another book. Had read several friends books... and learned an important lesson.. never read a book written by someone you want to stay friend with or keep a fair amount of respect for. I had one friend who wrote several novels, and I read a series that he wrote and loved them... except for the last book... and I told him so.. he laughed at me HAHAHA.. good sport, but later I realized that was sooo rude of me. Another person, Sydney was his name, such a nice guy.. read his vampire novel but the utmost disdain... He truly is a hack writer, another writer - Roxanne... I read her crap... I mean writting and had waves of nausea... After reading their so called writing.. I could bear to be with them.. I totally lost respect for any of their work and cringed at the thought of them asking ME what I thought of their work.... So... best to never ever read the work of a friend (unless of course it's already gotten raving reviews and hit the best seller list.... then even if you don't like it... you can quote some reviews in a creative lie).

Oh... I'm so bad.. I'm eaves dropping on someone's cell phone conversation... he's talking to someone about a conversation he had with a Chiropractor (witch-doctor) that carbohydrates may cause artheritis! YEAH RIGHT!! If only it WERE that easy. What complete bull shit. I've heard of chiro's claiming to be able to cure asthma and scoliosis (sp?).... now someone is claiming to have the answer to the cause of artheritis. I mean it's POSSIBLE that it may be agrevated by an excess of carbs, as artheritis/diabetis/thyroid disease are all sister diseases... but... sounds like a load of Quack-practor voodoo talk. Sheesh... It amazes me how many people swear by what a chiropractor says. Not that I haven't seen a chiro - I did after my wreck, and it helped some, but I honestly think I would have recovered whether I went or not. It was just kind of nice to get the cool massaging bed on my back... not on my neck though.. give me a headache since one of the disks is bulging.

Damn.. better get off here.. the library will be closing in 30 mins.. I thought this was one of the days they were open until 7pm.. not the 5 pm day.. Oh well.... such is life.

So here it is... just past midnight... I should be sleeping... but I'm not.. Hubby is sleeping.. but I'm not.. Can't sleep... and I have a busy day tomorrow. Of course.

Let's see... what can talk about...

I've started knitting... I've never really done that before, so I'm surprised that I'm really enjoying it. I'm making a blanket for my friends new baby - I'll take a picture of it tomorrow. It's navy blue and light blue. wish I knew how to read a pattern...

I went and worked out tonight, ahhh that felt good. I changed machines. There's these three guys who are always at the gym - any day I go, I see them there, they are always hanging out together, lifting weights. They aren't bad looking but, FUCK - They are STUPID! They always have the STUPIDEST conversations. Tonight it was about trucks, one night they were talking about school and compairing what grade each of them had been held back in ... and yes all three had been held back at least one year. Sheesh.. men like that are a waste. Once I had the hots for this guy that worked in the same building I did, and I finally asked him out to lunch, so we go out, he was so hot, well he was dumb as a fucking rock. I lost interest in a matter of seconds. I call this trio The Gubbers Three, hubby knows who I'm talking about and thinks thats a riot. There are other men there worth looking at though - there's one with a fire tatoo that goes around his arm... I call him Ring of Fire.. and he's totally hot. Ahhh... I do love working out.... I have so much incentive to go to the gym ;o)

Oh yeah, and I need to appologize to J - sorry about our little debate today. I shouldn't have even brought it up. We both have our own point of view and it's not worth debating over.
J never reads my blog, so I'll have to tell her this on Thursday when I talk to her again. hehehe...

Hehehehe... Thanks L for this one.. I had to steal this off her blog - What's My Wu Name?

I am ... get ready for this one... :

Touchy-Feely Unpublished Poet

Use it wisely, soldier.

Or if I just use Judy - Not Judith it is - (your going to love this one...):

Bellowing Rap Machine
hehehe
My husband: Childish Gambino That's my man...

Well the oven doesn't seem to giving off as much in the way of fumes today, so it looks like we will be having dinner in tonight. ;o)

Ahhh something to amuse the masses... Find out What's My Pirate Name?

Here's the low down on me. Arrrr!!!:
Your pirate name is:


Dirty Mary Kidd



You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

hehehe...
Avast ye' maties! I'm off to the store! Better have thoes decks swabbed by the time I get back or somebody's walking the plank! Arrr!!!... Hehehe.. always wanted to say that... well... not really... :o)

OK, now that it's the end of the day, I think I might be able to muster up something to write about. LOL.

A - Hope everything is OK, sounds like you have a lot of stress going on right now. Call me... I can't really help with anything but I'm sure I can make you laugh. (ask me about the gym and $5) A little laughter couldn't hurt. ;o)

L and J - so glad y'all wrote in your blogs!! *happy dance* *happy dance* L - the bat spray dream was pretty funny.

Well today in a fit of boredom I cleaned my oven. I can honestly say I've only cleaned ovens maybe 4 times in my entire life. I had some fume free Easy Off left over from the melted dog bowl in the oven incident nearly 2 years ago. Not that the oven was all that clean, but I was in the kitchen wiping the base boards and cabinets (I told you I was bored..) and I notice a smear on the oven window, I tried to wipe it on the outside but it didn't come off, so I figured it was on the inside and decided to go ahead and clean the oven.. probably didn't need the whole Easy Off treatment, but what the hell - I may never do it again in this place. This evening when I heated up the oven to make dinner - I had icky fumes coming from the oven - even though I wiped it out pretty well. It wasn't really bad, but it kept making me sneeze. Hubby suggested we use the restraunt gift certificate we got recently and go to Big Bowl. No need to ask twice, I changed clothes and we were off. It was ok, I had some garlic chicken with noodles - I didnt' like it. They were soooo nice about it. The waiter offered to bring me something else, then the manager did also. I ordered dessert - chocolate brownie! - and they gave it to me for free because I didn't like the food. LOL! Talk about good customer service! So after the gift certificate the whole thing cost us $9. :o)

Well I'm not going to paint over the Frog Prince side of the stool. Thanks to everyone who said nice things about it. I am going to add some more to it though.. maybe some roses or water lilies.. something.. just looks plain... And no I did not intend the princess to be me... (I don't think it looks like me.. but a few of y'all think it looks like me) I think that would be incredibly vain of me to intentionally make the princess look like me... If anything I wanted it to sort of look like my oldest... but not with blond hair since Rapunzel has blond hair. Anyway - J was so nice and said that I should paint furniture for a living. hehehe... yeah I wish I could make money at that! I'd love it. I am really enjoying painting this stool. Anybody want to order a one of a kind, hand painted stool? hehehe... Better head off to bed. Night

All rightie then.. it's Monday... and my brain is moving slow... Sooo.. here is -

Monday Mission 2.38
1. When I was young, my Mom would always drink a cold Dr. Pepper in the morning. Me, I can go either way. I like a Cold Frappucchino in the Summer months and switch to warm Mocha Espresso in the Fall. Do you like to drink warm beverages in the morning or do you prefer yours cold?

Depends on the weather.. if it's cold - I like a warm one, if it's hot, give me something cold... and since it's usually hot here, I guess it's usually cold for me. lol.

2. Have you ever been so upset with someone that you wanted to get revenge? What did you do? Or if you didn't, what would you like to have done?

Hmm.. I've never done that. But I considered it. I wanted to get back at the woman who screwed me out of my job (that I got laid off from almost 3 years ago)... she was sleeping with the VP.... So I kind of wanted to get back at both of them... I had everything to do it too. I found a love note from a lover of his in some old files I was getting rid of about 6 months before I got laid off. I had kept it - It was very incriminating - had his name on it, and was signed. I have no clue why he put that in is WORK files. Anyway.. I thought about sending it to his wife. I didn't do it. They both ended up being laid off though, so karma took care of them.

3. Sometimes I can look back at my past and see so many things that I was too naive to take advantage of. A time where I could have moved ahead in my career if only I'd chosen to move, the High School girlfriend who said she would do anything if I just asked, and so on. Looking back, are there any opportunities you missed out on that you can see now but didn't realize then?

oh hell yes. who hasn't?

4. Today I tried on my black slacks, and they are just a skosh too tight (yeah it's a real word, look it up). Of course, I wore them anyway. Are there any clothes you refuse to throw away even though they don't (and never will) fit? Why do you keep them?

*snicker* you mean like that old prom dress hanging in my closet? Or the shoes that are too tight but tooo damn cute to get rid of? Maybe those silk pants that fit for a few months... about 5 years ago! HAHAHAHA! I have no idea why I keep them. Hope springs eternal! I like to think someday.... maybe.... hehehehe... I'm an eternal optimist whne it comes to my closet.

5. Although my speech classes eliminated most if it, I still have a little Okie accent left. I say "Git" instead of "Get" and "Collar" instead of "Color." Do you have an accent? Are there any phrases or words you say that tip folks that "you aren't from around these parts?"

Hmmm.... Not really... I do say y'all. But I've been accused of being from Minnesota before! WTF???

6. Speaking of phrases, it really drives me nuts when folks say "very unique" (Unique has no degrees, it is either unique or it isn't) or "irregardless" (not a real word). Are there any words folks misspell or incorrect uses of words that simply drive you insane?

I'm with you on the 'irregardless' that irritates the shit out of me. there are other things... but I can't think of them right now... Brain fog!


7. I am guilty of using pet names a bit too often, like "honey," "babe," and "sweetie." However, currently, no one uses any pet names on me (and I think I'd like one). Are there any pet names that you like to be called? Any you don't? Do you (or did you) have any pet names for your partner?

I get called Pooh by a lot of people or Pudy, my mom used to call me that... I call my DH hon a lot, but since we watched Monsters Inc I've been calling him Sully - that character reminds me of my hubby. Big, sweet, a sucker for little kids and furry! HAHAHAHAHA!

BONUS: Why you so fly?

*sigh* like I can help how fly I am. hehehe...

Today's comment question: Do you prefer a stick shift or automatic? ummm.. has to be an automatic... can't drive a stick...

The Frog Prince.


This is where I'm at right now on the other side of the stool - I went to WalMart today and got more paint. I'm not sure I really really like it.. I may paint over it.... I'm not sure... I do know that it's not finished at all - I need to add some more stuff. I do like the frog though. He's cute. :o)

Tell me what you think - be kind... I get pissy when criticized... Suggestions are cool though.

Ahhh we watched Monster's Inc again tonight. That is such a cute movie! I laughed, I cried. hehehe... I love it. I may watch it again tomorrow before I work out. It's due back Saturday. Hubby can return it while I am working.

Speaking of work, I haven't heard back from my manager as to whether I switch hospitals this weekend. *sigh* she is awful about calling back unless it's just URGENT. *eyes rolling up in head* I guess it wasn't that urgent that I switch hospitals.

On to other work... working out! I went and worked out tonight - I'm so proud of myself. I'm doing really well if I do say so myself. And I've been sticking with my eating plan, and I've already lost 3 lbs! YAY! Woohoo! I need to go to Walmart this weekend and get some vitamins, I have a list of the ones I need to get. It's really only a few, but I can't remember the names of them unless I write them down.

OK, on to "Things that made me laugh today" (and no it wasn't that squirrel either), does anyone remember that movie Krull? It came out in like 82 or something... I remember seeing that movie when I was a wee child. I loved that movie. And apparently other people did also! Look at this link! KRULL for KRULL! That did make me laugh a LOT. I mean it was a good movie... but it's a been almost 20 years.. and it wasn't THAT good... hmmm... funny... Also... this was on of Liam Nelson's first movies! HAHAHAHAHA! He had a small part in the movie (go look at the pictures on the site, there are two of him!).

Well I better go to bed... My googley-bear is already in bed... hehehe... yeah I love that movie...

Damn.. you will not even belive what happened to me yesterday... So I'm driving in yesterday, and I'm talking ot my husband as I drive... then... I hit a squirrel! WUMP... damn.. I can not belive I whacked a squirrel. DH just kind of sat there looking at me. And what did I do? I started laughing! Sheesh. I just kill a cute little animal and I laugh. Not an evil, menical laugh... "Bwhahahahahaha... I got you! You little bastard! HAHAHAHA!" No, not like that. But I did laugh. Let me explain part of what was funny (I know your thinking.. there's nothing funny about this at all.... but let me continue...) Last week we had been driving in the same area and I remembered something from a long long time ago about when my dh hit a bird while we were on vacation - and when that happened (he could not avoid it at all), it sort of happened like a cartoon - the bird hit the grill of the car and a plume of feathers sprayed up... then I would not let him stop the car for a while, I was afraid I'd see a bird plastered to the grill and I didn't want that. So I thought about that all of the sudden and started laughing. After a few minutes hubby said "You didn't even slow down.", but I did! I just didn't see the little fucker until he was right infront of the car! Apparently hubby SAW the little vermin charging across the 4 lanes of traffic and he THOUGHT I saw it also, but didn't say anything. Well I was looking at the traffic ahead of me and not watching the median for squirrels with bad judgement. OK, OK, I realize that I've probably just racked up some bad karma for that... a little for hitting the squirrel and a lot for the laughter... I have a lot of karma to burn off... anyway.. later... Hubby was being irritating, he put his head on my shoulder when we were sitting on the sofa and said he'd go to sleep there.. I told him he better not or I'd cause him physical harm, he made some smart comment, and I said "You better watch it, I whacked that squirrel today and he didn't do a damn thing to me." hehehe.... he laughed. Anyway, I do feel bad that I did that, but not to terribly bad (I've rationalized this out already..) I mean, I can't feel to bad for a critter who has the brain the size of a grape and can't figure out NOT to run into traffic, I'm imagining he just got added to the Darwin Awards in the squirrel world. OK, if you would like to tell me how awful of a person I am now, please feel free.. I do belive the comments are working.

Last night we watched 4 weddings and a funeral. I have mixed feelings on that movie. I enjoyed the comedy of it, and I even enjoyed Hugh Grant's character (which is a surprise since I generally don't like the characters he plays) and I loved seeing so many Brit comedy regulars with parts in the movie, but I thought Andie McDowell did a horrible job - her acting was so stiff. I was disapointed that Rowan Atkins didn't get a bigger part also. And I really did not like Andie McDowell's character at all.. she really screwed up this guy and she KNEW she was doing it. But the other characters and events in the movie made it completly enjoyable... Andie McDowell's character could eaisly be ignored for most of the movie, since the other characters were so charming and funny. And.. what she pregnant when she did this movie? I wonder because she looked bigger than normal in the wedding dress, then she wore this horrible shapeless gray trench coat thing to mess up Hugh Grant's wedding. eh, who knows...

Anyway.. I have to go, have to get my house cleaning done.

OMG - We rented Monsters Inc. tonight. That is the cutest movie! I loved it! Boo reminds me of my oldest so much. It was such a sweet movie. *sigh* I wouldn't let hubby buy it when we were in Hastings, told him he could get it for the girls for Christmas... but... now I want it NOW! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Such a dork I am! We also rented 4 weddings and a Funeral. Hope that is funny. We tried to find the old version of The Time Machine, but they didn't have it. I guess we will have to look at Blockbuster.

Another OMG - my husband's 20th High School reunion is coming up! AHHHH!!! He's such an old man. hehehehe... He made sure to get on the list of people who would help to plan this thing, because for the 10 year it sucked. hahahaha... Now he's glad I prodded him into starting to work out (and by the way, last night he said thanks to me for that, that he really hadn't wanted to but now he was glad he had because he was feeling better, etc... that AND this past weekend he went swiming with his brother and he said that when his brother took off his shirt he had rolls of FAT. *snicker* So hubby doesn't want to look like his brother. men are so vain). So anyway.. I can not belive that his 20th is coming up! That means that my 20th is coming up also! IN 6 years! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Anyway... that black cat has not returned.. it's for the best.

Ahhh... A - I have strong feelings about Yeats as well... a strong urge to vomit. I had to do one of my senior papers on Yeats... uggh.... hehehe... But I'm not surprised that you do like poetry. You seem like the type to like it... dreamy, idealistic, passionate... a granola girl... that's why I love you! ;o) Try not to be upset by L.. I know it's hard to hear things you don't want to hear, especially about thoes you love and feel bound to by loyalty... It's ok for L to feel like that, it doesn't mean she loves anyone of you any less.

Hmmm everyone else has their blog elsewhere... as in on their own site... and I'm still here on blogger... which is not that great. I need to move it.. but I don't know how.. I'm such a gob. *sigh*

So this is bizarre... there was a black cat outside my door today. Just mewing and mewing. I opened the door to shoo him away and he walked right into my apt! Damn! My cats were NOT happy. So I put him out. But he hung around for a LONG time. He was climbing my screen and everything... damn cat. Although.. he was very cute... I don't know if I'll be able to resist feeding him if he keeps coming around... *bad me*

So someone made me laugh today... they were talking about getting butt augementation.

Well I changed the template yet again... I was getting to damn frustrated trying to make that last one work... although it was extremely cool. Ahh well... it's just a place for my ramblings.

Anyway... odd that I mention Lord Byron yesterday.... Someone pointed out that I (my family that is) have a tie to him. Biography of C Lamb He had a torid affair with the wife of one of my ancestors.Hehehehe.. this makes me laugh quite a lot.

I finally remembered what it was that I was wanting to write about the other day... right before bed I remembered and grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled it down. HAHAHAHA.. I'm such a dork some days.

My hubby got some movies for us on Sunday - he rented The Time Machine and Blade II. The Time Machine - the old movie - is one of my favorite movies, so I was looking forward to this. But I was sorely disapointed... I thought it sucked really. Although I did recognize the man who played Alexander's friend as someone from a Brit Comedy that I watch - DH didn't believe me at first but he looked really hard and started laughing. Anyway... I did not like the changes in the story. I thought the old movie was so great, the new changes really detracted from the movie. And there were plot holes... I hate big gapeing plot holes... And why is it when ever people travel to the future, it's usually a future of perfect, sexy, scantily clad people? by the end of the movie I was quite sick of seeing the perfect girl in the sheer, metalic mesh mid-drif shirt who's hair always conveniently covered her nipples... Sheesh.... But Blade II... I loved it... Wesley Snipes makes a very sexy vampire. Much sexier than Tom Cruise... (WS could kick his ass any day...) yeah it was bloddy, and gory and violent.. but it was a Vampire movie... and it was based on a comic book (not one that I have actually read though). I had heard that it sucked, but hey, it's a vampire movie.... isn't that what they do...suck?... HAHAHAHA! Ok, that was stupid.... anyway.. I really thought it was on par with Blade I, which was not a FABULOUS movie, never going to win any awards but very entertaining, and DAMN WS looks soooo hot in leather!

So... I guess that probably says a lot about me. snicker....

The other thing I was going to elaborate on yesterday... hehehe.. was nutrition... Back in the 80's the experts were saying how bad meat was for us, how bad fat was for us, how low fat plans were the answer...

*damn... interuption* I'll get back to this later...

OK, it's ll pm now, so I guess I can get back to this thought HAHAHAHAHA! As I was saying, all through the 80's they pushed a low fat diet as the best thing, saying how red meat was sooooooo bad for us.... But, the American public contiued to get fatter and fatter... and the incidence of obesety related diseases continued to rise... as the models and actresses continued to get thinner and thinner... what a bizarre correlation... Then sometime in the 90's some Dr.s started saying that maybe a diet high in protien and lower in carbs would be better... but they were not really taken seriously... Then... do a lot of reading on health and nutrition... recently the medical community has started to take a longer look at this notion that the American public eats too many carbs which is contributing to the extra poundage. I totally believe that some people are extra sensitive to carbs. My own experience... Before I got pregnant with my oldest I went to Weight Watchers, I did the program and lost 23 lbs. Then my mom died and I put it back on... I rejoined while I was trying to get pregnant with her and got pregnant after being there for about 3 months... and I had only lost about 10 lbs. It was such a struggle. Then I stopped, they won't let you stay in the program while you are pregnant. I didn't gain much when I was pregnant. Shortly after I had her I was back to my pre-pregnancy poundage. When she was about a year and a half I started going back to WW, and I was keeping to the program very well. I was loosing about .5 lb a week ... most weeks... some weeks, it was nothing.. which was sooo frustrating. Then I kept reading about the low carb, high protein plans, and I picked up a book. I did it for a week, and when I went in for weighing, I had lost 6 lbs! That was more than I had lost the entire time I had been going this time! I was sooo excited. I stuck to it and the next week I had lost 5 more. Well... then I got pregnant again. LOL - this time I was shocked. We tried for 6 months before we got pg the first time - I've never had regular periods and had never ovulated regularly so it was just shooting in the dark - really... truly.. This time - boom... I was pregnant. funny thing was, a few months prior I had read an article about a women who had a weigh problem and had been diagnosed with POCS - which is made worse by being over weight, her Dr. put her on a low carb diet and she got pregnant (she had tried for almost 10 years prior to this). Anyway... My whole point is that, isn't it odd how the advice/learning on nutrition has kind of come full circle?

Just my thoughts...

Well since y'all did the Monday Mission, I figured I'd do them too (that and I keep forgetting what I want to write about.. no it isn't senility setting in, I just keep getting side tracked..)

1. Do you have a favorite piece of poetry or prose written by someone else? Care to share it?
Why yes I do, I'm glad you asked...'She Walks In Beauty' by Lord Byron.. It's not something I can quote or anything but I remember reading it in Senior English then in College... and I dearly loved it... or maybe it was the story behind the poem I loved so much... who knows... that's the one I think of when I think of poetry.. not that I'm really into poetry... actually I don't really like it that much... hmmm... go figure...

2. In High School, did you enjoy creative writing? Do you currently do any other writing in addition to your Blog? Did I enjoy it? hell I lived for it! I knew if it was creative writing I was going to get an A (at least in content, my spelling sucked... worse than it does now). I have several journals I write in now in addition to this blog. I have them in different places and write in them at different times. I'm disorganized in that area, what can I say. I've been mulling over a storybook for the girls.... but I'm not sure what to do... write it first then illustrate it... or do the illustrations then the text... or... do them at the same time... write some... draw some... see what happens... *sigh* I'm suffering from my disorganization..

3. Have you ever noticed that the Blog entries you least expect to get the most comments do, and those you expect to generate a lot of feedback don't? Which Blog entry of yours surprised you by getting a lot of comments? Which one did you think would generate a lot but didn't? Bwhahahahahahahaha! No one reads this thing! Well just 4 people hahahah.. they never comment here, just on their own blog....

4. Sometimes you get a chance to make a lifestyle change that has a huge impact on the course your life takes. That is, a moment where something became very clear to you, and that realization changed your life, such as: the need to leave a relationship, to stop an addiction, to bond with someone, to start a new career, and so on. Have you ever had an "awakening" moment in your life? yes....... at the very least one... I can't imagine NOT having one in your adult life... that's what makes life interesting... challenging... worth living.

5. Then there are other times where you can have a huge impact on someone else's life. You suggest they see a doctor, stop them from taking that last drink, or maybe just say some kind words at the moment. Have you made a lasting positive impact on the life of someone else? Hmmm.... I don't know... I'd like to think I have, but that sounds vain and conceited to say that I definitly have... I just try to live my life the best I can, as God would want from me. I know many people have had that affect on me, maybe someday I will have it on someone else.

6. Are there any charities or organizations which you support? How did you come to be involved with them? Hmmm.... I used to support Green Peace and World Wild Life Federation, but that was a long time ago... I was such a tree hugger then. I don't now, not that I don't want to, I just haven't... I guess I have a bit of guilt at being a former tree hugger and using disposable diapers on my babies. *oh the shame!* The Cancer Federation, because both my mother and my mother in law died from cancer. Also the ASPCA... whole animal lover thing there... not much else... I tend to be somewhat jaded at times as to where the funds are being dispersed...

7. Care to collaborate with me? Help me out and write the rest of this poem:

I drifted though a dream last night,
visions full of colors bright.
My thoughts began to drift to you,
and in an instant we were two.

I touched your hand,
We began to blend,
Filled with a feeling
that should have no end.

hmmm... crap... I'm so bad at this poetry thing... I suck... All that seems to be coming to me are dirty limericks... sorry.. you'll have to finish this one on your own.

....

BONUS: Hey cutie, what's up with this attitude?
Me attitude? It's called PMS, Putting up with Mens Shit... bye-bye... see you later...

A - you kill me... "Fuck" is all you have to say? You must elaborate.

L - where are you? :o)

Topics up for discussion today:
Laundry
White sneakers
Aliens (alien abductions and crop circle..)


Laundry... seems like thats all I ever do. You never get finished with it. Everyday it piles up more. I guess the only solution would be disposable clothes and large rolls of paper towels in the bathrooms... but then you'd be bitching about having to take out the garbage. I have this image of everyone wearing clothes that look like paper towels and napkins. hehehehe... OK, I know it's stupid.. but funny.

White sneakers.... I bought a new pair of sneakers a few weeks ago. White canvas... nice.. comfee. I bought these instead of the white leather ones.. I didn't like the style of the leather ones that well.. they were much like the ones I already had. Anyway... I also thought these would be eaiser to keep clean.. Just throw them into the washing machine. hmmm... bad thought... they don't seem to want to come clean. Damn... they are still pretty new and they look dirty. grrr..... I should have just bought black sneakers.. but I really like White sneakers... *sigh*

Aliens... my Dh and I were talking about alien abductions, etc the other day... well... not exactly like that... we were talking about something big and important... very intellectual stuff about the cosmos and all. Then for some reason we started talking about kids and teenagers. Hubby said "What if all thoes alien abductions are just that... teenaged boys playing pranks? 'Hey let's go trailer tipping!' type thing." Then we got to thinking about what the alien teen aged girls would do. Crop circles! HAHAHAHAHA! That was good for a few laughs over fajitas!

Well I need to go.. the laundry calls.

hmmm.. well crap.. I seem to have dumped my code for my comments when I was screwing with this stupid template... I thought I had put it back on.. but apparently NOT! Damn it...

Well I tried to fix this damn thing... I don't know what I'm doing... it's been so long since I messed with this template thing... I think it's obvious I don't have a freaking clue what I'm doing... damn it... maybe it will adjust itself. hahahahahaha... I can hope... Oh well.. I should go to bed... I'm tired...

Damn... I keep screwing this thing up. I changed the template a while ago... then I tried to make some changes... make the text part wider... It didn't work, so I left it be. All of the sudden, days later, the text part is to damn wide now. *sigh* I tried to fix it last night but succeeded in doing nothing at all. I'll be changing this thing later... I don't know to what... I looked for new templates last night and didn't find anything I liked... so... who knows what I'll end up screwing this thing up with.. I mean doing with this.

whew.. it has been a busy week. Just when I thought work was calming down, it got all busy again. But in a good way. My Friday at Hell Hospital (that's my special name for this hospital, it's generally hell to work at - very disorganized) went surprisingly well. I got there at 8:30 am like my manager wanted me to, and went to HR to get my badge (apparently I could work on the weekends without a picture badge but not on the weekdays). HR had no paper work for me, so no badge. *sheesh* So I go back to the lobby and wait for my manager to meet me at 9 am (which I do not know why she needed to come to the hospital with me, I've worked it before... but I guess it was a good thing yesterday). She shows up and I tell her the situation, she calls who ever is in charge of these things, then we head over to HR again, by the time we get there - about 10 minutes to walk from one building to the other - they have the paper work and I get my badge (it was a good hair day, so good pic hehehe). Charlotte get's a new badge and the HR guy and her are talking talking talking (Charlotte talks way to much... she's very nice and very business like, but she does like to talk... all our staff meetings run long...), the guy is in awe because we are baby photographers (eyes rolling up in head) and how do we get the pictures, yadda, yadda, yadda... Charlotte him how it's mostly luck, sometimes you get lucky and get a cataloge quality picture, but that's rare, yadda, yadda, yadda... She finally shuts up and we head back to the other building. OK, it was pretty humid Friday, but not really all that hot - maybe 88. Charlotte did not like having to walk from one building to the other, she was trying to figure how to use the link between the buildings... and I told her that, yes they do connect but it would take longer to figure that out. She asks the security person who is on a golf cart about it, and he tells her the same thing, then offers us a ride. *sheesh* Of course she takes it! It would have taken us less time to walk it than to get this old guy to take us to the other building. This was starting to really irritate me, she walks slow as it is. Well of course she get's into a conversation with the security guy. So we get to the building and I have to stand there waiting for her to shut the hell up so we can go to the nursery. As we go up, she informs me that I am in violation of the dress code by having my hair down. (personally I think this is just a plot by short haired women who are jealous of my lovely waist length tresses.. hehehehe... let me live in my little fantasy here...), then asks me if I have a smock (we are supposed to wear these rather ugly blue smocks), I lie and say no (I was actually thinking .... I can't remember where I stuffed that thing...), but that's partially because my last manager ordered the wrong size for me even though I told her that I needed a larger size. Well whatever, if she wants me to have another one, she can order me one... not that I'll wear it... but she can order me one. So up on the floor, before we even get to the nursery one of the nurses tells us that there is a couple who are getting ready to go home and they want the picture done, they are in the nursery NOW. So in we go, I start gathering my forms and stuff... Get this couple take care of. Charlotte is sort of hanging around.. I don't think she believed me when I said that I had worked the hospital before and knew how to do it. Anyway, I get the baby in the cart and start taking pictures while she is still kind of standing around. Friday must have been my LUCKY day because this baby took absolutly perfect pictures, the parents were thrilled. Charlotte was impressed - she even took the proof sheet to show someone... hehehe... Then she offers me a different hospital to work on Saturday and Sunday - instead of the one I currently have as my third hospital, I'd get one that is much busier and closer to my home. OK, sounds good to me. She'll call me sometime this week to let me know if the switch will happen. So I had 25 babies on my list Friday! Took 11 pictures, 7 orders ($428!). It was a great day and it went very smoothly. Only one customer had crappy pictures. A set of twins that were leaving NICU. The one baby would not wake up and got really fussy. The nurse there was being a DICK. He had called for me to come get the pictures, but he was rushing this couple to get the hell out. Kept asking them if they were going to start taking things down. So the dad was getting uptight, and the baby was getting pretty fussy. I was irritated by all this. Twins are almost always a guarantee sale. We give twin parents a free package of pictures for one baby - so if they order the $33 package for one then we give them a $33 package for the other. They almost always want a picture of the babies together also, so that's good for another sale. Well these pictures were utter crap, so no sale. Damn. Anyway - Hell Hospital turned out to be very pleasant - 7.5 hours of work though!

Anyway... enough work talk.. I do love my job, but enough of that.

I've been painting the other side of that stool. I'm very irritated, I need to get more paint. I have a big bag full of paints, but I can not find it. I think my dh may have inadvertently put it somewhere and have forgotten it. I'm putting the Frog Prince and the Princess on the other side. It's very cute. I have most of the Frog Prince done, and part of the princess' face but I need more paint for her hair. I'd take a picture but it looks kind of funny right now.

Well I should go now...