Just me ramblin

This is the picture Brandon used for his Dylan tattoo. It turned out FABULOUS! Looks just like him. As soon Brandon puts the picture of it on the computer, I will post it. I know, I am a loser.
The Twilight Zone marathon has begun!!! Every year for many years I have been watching it on the Sci Fi channel on their New Years Eve and New Years Day marathon. I love it. Again, I realize I am a loser.
All of a sudden I have been sleeping until 8:00 for the past few days. Not going to be any fun when I have to get up at 5:00 on Wednesday. Don't think my body's going to like it.
Went to the dentist Thursday to see why I have pain on the right. Because, of course, I need some work don't on the upper right also. We will be doing that on the 18th when we tackle the other. I am getting really scared about that day, it is getting closer and closer. Shoot.
Dad is in pretty bad shape. He can hardly walk and is in a tremendous amount of pain. He can't see the surgeon until the 3rd because he has been out of the office for the holidays. His family doctor wants him to go to the hospital, but of course, he won't. He might get to where he doesn't have any choice. I hope he learns a lesson on going to the doctor, but he probably won't.
Ok, have to get in the shower and go to Penny's. Ricky's birthday is the 8th and Whitney want to get him a gift. My mom's birthday is the 4th. Whitney has a sleepover with 2 of her friends that have birthday's on the 19th and we have a wedding to go to on the 25th.So much for any extra money this month. And I thought after December, it would get better!
Later!

silly me

Ok, I hit the publish blog button before I got a chance to write about the pictures, so here goes.
I hope these are in this order!
The new microwave!
Christmas at Aunt Kathy's on Sunday Brandon is talking to Dylan about Spiderman and Daryl is watching the Bengals beat the Browns, WHO DEY!
Dylan with his mohawk Brandon made him
Dylan and Brandon in the bathroom after Brandon did the mohawk
Dylan and his remote control snake
Dylan opening a present
Whitney and Ricky at a basketball/cheerleading practice a couple of weeks ago
When Brandon gets his new tattoo I will post it and Daryl's anniversary one that I never put on here!
Merry Christmas everyone!

Pictures!

My silly dad

So a few months ago, my mom tells me that my dad has this protrusion in his side. I say, is he going to the doctor? I already know the answer of course, my dad never goes to the doctor unless it is an emergency situation. My mom is no better, but likes to act like she is when she can't talk dad into going to the doctor. To make a long story short, my dad got in pretty bad shape this week and we celebrated Christmas at my sissy's house without mom or dad. By this point, his testicles were swollen the size of oranges according to my mom and he couldn't even sit. He actually made it to the doctor this morning where he was told he had a hernia. He will be having surgery, but I'm not sure when, he has to see a surgeon first. He will probably put it off as long as he can. Of course, he's in such pain at this point I think he might actually be ready for help. WHY DOES HE ACT LIKE THAT???
We had a good time yesterday even though mom and dad were missed terribly. It was fun having Dylan. Oh and my microwave has been up since Saturday! YAY! I will post pictures of everything once Brandon puts them on the computer for me. I will ask him to do it tomorrow after I am done taking them.
That's about it for now, Daryl has been replacing brakes on the Grand Am today, calipers, rotors and pads. Dang, he's been busy, but I think he's about done.
Later

bra shopping and other fun stuff

So, I washed the Gilligan Omalley's and still encountered an itching problem. So weird. So anyway, off to Kohls I went to buy some new bras. I only managed to find one in my size that I didn't hate. When I'm on break I will go to Penney's and see what I can find. So anyway, when me and Whitney and Big Blue were driving around in Kohls parking lot, Big Blue started to slide on ice. Yikes, it didn't look like there was ice like that! Then when I was walking up to the door I almost fell on my butt when my feet started to slide on the ice just like Big Blue did! For a minute I thought maybe I should have stayed at home. Whitney thought it was hysterical. Wonder how funny she would have thought it was if it was her butt almost meeting the pavement, hmmmm?????
In other news, the toothache is still there, but I am going with the option of trying to wait until break to do anything about it. My list for break is getting awfully long. I am hoping Advil will get me through it. I am going to call him tomorrow and try to set something up. I hate my teeth.
That's it for now

toothache

Nope, it's not the one that I have to get all the work done on on January 18th. That's on the left side. This is on the right side. No doubt this is on the bottom too, I can't actually tell because the pain is so bad it hurts on the entire side. I have been having pain there for a little over a week. I even called the dentist last Monday to make sure the tooth that needed work was on the left. Yep, sure is. Then why the heck does it hurt so much on the right?? I am not happy. I woke up this morning with the right side of my face hurting to the touch even. I am wondering now if I should take off Monday and go to the dentist, or try and wait until break. I don't want to go at all, of course, so I am leaning toward break. However, I don't want to get into a situation where I have to miss during exams if it gets worse. I don't want to miss another day because of teeth period, since I have to leave early on the 8th to take Whitney to get her cap started and I am off on the 18 to get my cap started. Waa. My teeth haven't given me any trouble for a long, long time and now they are starting to go crazy.
In other news, the snow has now changed to rain. Now I want to go to Kohl's. I am going to refrain though because I don't feel like putting make up on and that is a good enough excuse for me not to go and spend more money.
Guess I'll head back to the basement to the laundry and feel sorry for myself again.

Ripped off

I am really upset today. I got a letter in the mail yesterday from one of my credit card companies saying they upped my credit limit. I decided to check it out online today and was horrified to see that someone ( not me ) has been charging things online on this particular card everyday ( sometimes more than once a day ) since November 28th. I am dumbfounded. This card has been literally locked up where NO ONE could have gotten it for a year. I have a whole stack of them that I locked away from myself. Luckily the charges are only around $400 at this point. I called today and they put a freeze on the account, but I am supposed to call a bank tomorrow about all the fraudulent charges. I sure hope someone hasn't gotten ahold of my social security number. Stupid, mean, dishonest people. I can't wait until I talk to someone tomorrow and they tell me where the purchases the person made are going. I mean, they have to have a shipping address right? They sure aren't coming here. I am not a happy camper.
On a lighter note, Ricky asked Whitney to marry him on Friday. They are funny. He has her ring in layaway, but wanted a ring to propose to her, so he got her a ring to do that with. It is 18kt. gold over silver and it has a red heart on it. She loves it and thinks it's the prettiest thing she ever saw. It is, of course, too big for her finger and she has it on a chain around her neck. It is actually pretty. She has been showing it to everyone. She is at "Woodstock's" house right now. I'm sure she has shown it to her parents and they probably think I am an awful parent for not sheltering her from all the big bad guys and babying her, but I say she is having the time of her life. And anyway, who am I to tell her that she can't have relationships and feelings like the rest of the world? I can't do that because she does have feelings and she is taken care of. She is actually having a pretty "normal" life and that's what I've always wished for for her. So there. Anyway, I told Ricky that he should just let that be her engagement ring and save his money because she loves it and is telling everyone that it's her engagement ring anyway. We'll see if he takes my advice. Life sure is sweet when people aren't stealing your money. I know it will be ok, at least it's $400 and not $4,000 and Brandon isn't having problems right now and is being a completely awesome person which I am forever grateful every day for. So this is just a small bump in the road compared to other things in life. Everyone is healthy including my 17 year old dog! I actually have alot to be grateful for!
Guess that's is, back to the grind tomorrow!

Visit from Dylan

Dylan has been here this weekend, which has been great. When he got here, he saw Pierre in his red sweater and asked us why we dressed Pierre up. Cracked me up. He is reading words and spelling some too. It sure is good to see him. He will be back up at Christmas which won't be long. Better finish buying his presents.
I bought Whitney new pants this weekend to fit her expanding butt. I passed by all the sweaters and it sure was hard. I told myself I will go back after Christmas and catch all the after Christmas sales. She went to Ricky's yesterday and they went to the Christmas parade in Lebanon. Looked like fun, they had horse drawn carriages. I went to the grocery and did laundry. Other than that, not much else going on. I am watching TV Land today, they are showing a 24 hour marathon of Christmas episodes. Brady Bunch is on now. I am taping a Hallmark movie tonight with Sissy Spacek, it looks good.
Maybe some snow this week? I don't think I'm ready for it yet. Not unless we get a snow day or course! Probably not though, so I'm sure I'm not ready.
That's it - later

Happy birthday Mrs. Hanke!

Hope you have a great day and get good presents! Love you!

Congrats!

Congratulations Rick and Diane, I guess you are Mr. and Mrs. now. I am happy for you both, Rick, you are a super nice guy who is great to Diane and treats her wonderfully. Diane, you are my peep, and I know you will make Rick very happy. We missed you yesterday, looking forward to next year when you can make it

Big fun day, but my belly hurts

So today we had fun shopping in the crazy crowds. I wouldn't miss it for anything. Obviously, since my belly hurt the entire time and I visited every bathroom in every store we went in. I called the doctor when I got home. They gave me an appt. for Friday, hmmm?? She did say I could call in Monday and see if they had anything, you know how they leave blocks open for people to call in that morning? Then the doctor called me and told me to take 2 Immodium four times a day and not to eat any meat, fat, grease, or dairy. Excuuuse me?? I'm thinking that doesn't leave me much to eat. Soup, eggs maybe, or are they considered dairy? Peanut butter? All's I know is if this keeps up for very long I will not fit into any of my new clothes that I bought today because they will be too big. Normally I would think that was a good thing, but I tried them all on and I love them all. Of course, I'm thinking I could lose 10 pounds and they would still fit ok. I will take his advice though becuase after I ate at Bob Evans today which consisted of , meat, grease, fat and dairy my stomach hurt worse than ever and still does. I am going to have some vegetable soup and cornbread for dinner. At least it's homemade, although it does have meat in it. I will try not to eat to much of that. Ok, I feel like I am whining so I will go, thanks to everyone for going out in the wee hours and having fun with me today!!

weekends too short

I know that this is only a two day work week and I can't wait. Ever since Saturday morning I have had diarreah. I know, nobody wants to hear about it, but that is how my weekend has been. Every time I eat. I just took some Immodium, hopefully that will put an end to it, it is really annoying. I managed to make it through the bowling alley today without an incident, I just made sure no food passed my lips before or during that trip. Hey, this could be a way to lose weight. NOT!! Nothing going on, I need to make out my shopping list for this Friday, I am so excited! I always end up buying lots of things that are not on my list, but I do need to try and get things that are actually on it too. We have to go get our tree next weekend too. Gosh, it will all be here and be over before I know it.

Stupid , Dumb Dentist appointment

Whitney and I went to the dentist today for our check ups and cleanings. Now, this normally goes like this, we both get our teeth cleaned, no problems with me, he finds some work that needs to be done on Whitney, we make the appointment and leave. Today was a little bit different. Of course, Whitney needs a filling and another ( the third ) cap, ( I figure she's only got 2 more to go after this one for a total of 5 root canaled teeth) but as I was about to get my teeth cleaned, the hygenist decides it's been some time since I've had X - rays, and we'd better do them. I should have stopped her there and went home them. Actually I should have never even went. Anyway, on with the story. So, like a good patient, I say sure and we get the X rays. Still no problem, at least not until Dr. Rotella comes in and looks at the x rays. He decides I have a big cavity and I am also going to need a cap. HMMM???? What the heck are you talking about? I said, You are making a big mistake Dr. Rotella, I'm sure that's not a cavity. He assured me it was. I then told him that he must be looking at Whitney's X rays and not mine, I don't have these problems. He then assures me they are indeed , my x rays. I say we'll that just can't be, because you said it was on the bottom left and I don't numb on the bottom so it seems to me we ( or to be more precise, ME) have a pretty big problem. So, he promises me he will numb me , I have been promised this before and still don't numb. I told him he had better have his gas real handy. I am terribly scared. I put off the appointment until January 18th. Maybe the tooth will start hurting me by then and getting it fixed won't seem so bad. I kind of doubt it though. My appointment is at 8:00 in the morning, I will not go to work that day. I will plan on being scared and possibly crying instead. Whitney will get her cap started on the 8th of January. She also has an appointment for other work on the 21st of November when I am already off work. I am really sad that I even went to the dentist. I am really scared. My day off kind of sucked. I think today will be my last check up at the dentist. Ever. I hate my tooth.

No Trick or Treaters here

So, no kids came to my house tonight. They never do. I don't know if it's because we are a corner house and they don't know which door to go to, or if they just go to the subdivision across the street. We quit buying candy this year because we have bought it for the past 4 Halloweens and never had any customers besides Dylan. Don't even have him this year, so didn't buy any candy. It's kind of nice not to be bothered with it and it's also kind of sad not to see all the kids in their costumes. So anyway, I am now ready for Thanksgiving, that will be fun. I am also looking forward to being off on Tuesday even though I have to take Pierre to the groomers and Whitney and I have dentist appointments. At least I won't have to get up at 5:00. Gotta go, it's almost 8:25 and I need to go brush my teeth and put on my jammies and crawl into bed. I hope you are happy Mrs. Hanke, I updated.

Dylan moving

I found out that Dylan is moving to Tennessee last Monday. I didn't want to write about it or talk about it, I just wanted to cry about it. Now I am kind of dealing with it. Nina has a great opportunity there ( her mom lives there and is going to pay for her to go to college - a really big deal to Nina ), so I am trying to suck it up and realize that it will be ok. She and Brandon have worked things out where she will bring Dylan up here one weekend a month ( only a 4 hour drive ) and when Brandon gets his license back in the spring he will also drive down there one weekend a month. It's going to suck only seeing him only once a month when I have been used to about 12 days a month, but thank God it's not Oregon. I realize that some people only see their grandkids twice a year, so I guess I am still fortunate. We will just have to have sooo much fun when he is here. So, since this is his last weekend here ( he's moving next Saturday ) I am completely forgetting about the house and boy is it dirty! Instead we will be having fun, although I will have to do the laundry, no getting around that. So far we have went to Hidden Valley Fruit Farm and got pumpkins and did the hayride. He and Brandon will probably just hang out outside riding the bikes and the skateboard a lot today. He will be back on the 2nd also because Nina and Brandon have tickets to a concert and Daryl and I are the babysitters, yay! So, I guess it won't be so bad, harder on Brandon than us. I still hate it, but I am trying to be a grown up. Is it working???? In other news, Whitney has a Halloween dance at PSU Friday night. I am thinking about hanging around for that one, at least for a while, they are so much fun. Thursday when I picked her up for her dentist appt. she came out carrying a big stuffed bear with hearts on it. I asked her where she got it and she said Ricky. Remember the one I said was her fellow, she just didn't know it yet???? I asked her why he gave it to her and she said because Saturday is sweetest day. Well, kudos to Ricky for remembering that, I sure didn't know it. So, I'm thinking the dance will be fun. She and Dave are just friends but he doesn't like Ricky and got a little perturbed about the whole bear thing. He asked her what that was about and she told him Ricky got it for her because sweetest day was in a couple of days and Dave said I don't care and went and sat at a different table. She said he was acting normal later though and ate lunch with her, so apparently he got over it. So anyway, that's all the excitement going on around here, sometimes it's just too much to handle, and sometimes it's just too much fun.

birthday skateboard

So, I made it through bowling and the birthday party with the help of regular doses of Advil. Dylan had asked Brandon for a skateboard for his birthday and was thrilled to get it. Here are some pictures of Brandon showing him the ropes. I think he is a wee bit small for it right now, but he was loving it none the less. I have a feeling they will be doing a lot of this.

sick

Ok, I have felt like total crap since yesterday. My throat hurts so bad, and so does my head and under my eyes. Didn't get much sleep last night. Too bad, so sad, I had to get up and take advil because today is Dylan's birthday party and I have to take Whitney bowling too. I guess I will keep the advil close by today. I am thinking it's just a cold, but I feel so bad. I think they get worse the older I get, like everything else. Oh well, I have to get over it. Mrs. Hanke, I tried to comment to your blog this morning, but the screen kept jumping and wouldn't let me ( weird ) . Anyway, keep an eye on yourself, Brandon had his appendix out when he was 8 ( Daryl had his out at 14) and I remember that his whole belly hurt in addition to the pain on the right side. Anyway, take care of yourself and I hope you feel better, let us know how it is going. I will update later with party pictures, hopefully.

Happy Birthday Pierre!

Happy birthday Pierre, we all love you very much. You have been a loving and loyal little friend for 17 years. There have been many days that you have been my favorite member of my family. I have never once thought of throwing you in the trash or locking you in you room like I have your brother and sister. I hope we get to have a few more years together. I hope you know how much you are loved. Now, let's go eat some ice cream!!

Happy BIrthday Dylan!!!

Ok, I really didn't mean to have 2 of the same pictures on here, but I got impatient and thought it didn't work, so of course I did it again. And of course, I don't know how to take one of them off. Anyway, Happy 4th birthday to Dylan. I love you very much and am so glad that you're a part of our family. Have a wonderful day! We will have his party here on Sunday and I will take some celebration pictures. I asked him what that was on his face above his lip in this picture and his answer was " blue tuff".

Happy birthday Whitney!

Happy 21st birthday Whitney! I forgot to take my camera to the bowling alley today and just snapped this picture as she was dragging her hamper to the basement landing. Her eyes are red in this one, but oh well. We've had a pretty good day, she got a "hey pretty lady" , a big hug and called sweetheart from Ricky at the bowling alley. I know she really likes Dave, but I think they are headed more for just friends these days and I think Ricky is her fella. She just doesn't know it yet. He likes her a lot and has for a long time. He is very sweet to her. We'll see what happens. So, anyway, I will update on the world of Whitney as is necessary to keep everyone informed. See everyone tomorrow!

Ok, Ok...

So, here I am updating my post, cause I sure don't want to sit in on any more of those meetings. I hope everyone is enjoying their Friday at work, I am having a pretty busy day. Took Brandon to get the wisdom teeth out this morning. All went well, except he was supposed to eat something like pudding and take a pain pill before the numbness wore off. However, I could not get him to wake up. He was really knocked out, much more that Whitney was when she had hers taken out. Maybe it's because he has been clean for 6 months and the addict in him just really reacted to the drugs? So, you probably guessed it, when he finally woke up he was in pretty much pain. I made him eat, gave him a pill and an ice pack. Hopefully he will go back to sleep. I am hoping the pain pills work well for him. He told the doctor that he was a recovering alcoholic in treatment and wanted non narcotic pain meds. I must say, that was one of my proudest moments of him. So, other than that, I have been doing laundry and got Whitney's birthday presents wrapped. I also got the bathroom downstairs cleaned and have my cleaning supplies for the one upstairs sitting on the steps waiting for me. It's nice to get things done, but it has beend pretty tiring. I actually got to sleep till 6:00 this morning though, that was nice. I guess that's it for now, talk to you all later!

nothing to do

Nothing going on here today. I keep thinking about going shopping, then I think about how much debt I am already in and how I have to birthday shop for Whitney and Dylan soon and how if I don't stop this madness I will never get my Subaru Outback and I go watch TV and do the wash. I am trying to enjoy the boredom since it will be over tomorrow. Work is definitely not boring this year, which is good because the day goes really fast. It seems like I am forever running around after school too. Tiring. Dylan was here until yesterday, he and Nina went to Tennessee for the week to visit her mom. I will miss seeing him this week. Whitney has been a cranky mess all weekend. She is getting ready to start and her boyfriend went to Kansas this weekend to pick up a golden retriever puppy from his aunt and uncle that breed them. He picked a really good time to be gone, she is getting on my nerves. Good thing she stays in her room by herself most of the time all weekend, I don't think we could stand her otherwise. She actually spent the night with Bridget on Friday. Seemed to have fun doing that. Daryl actually has taken all weekend off which is nice. Ok, I guess I have bored everyone enough, I've got nothing this weekend much to say, see everyone in the a.m.

Terribly tired

Ok, so I just got up a few minutes ago. I never slept till 7:00 not once all summer, I was always up by 6:00. I think I am whipped. When I took my pedometer off last night it read 14, 966. I went to the grocery last night, must have been good for a couple of thousand steps or more. I wasn't too awfully surprised when I woke up with a leg cramp in the middle of the night, youch, I hate those things, they hurt so bad! My legs are protesting all these steps, but they better get used to it. I have to keep taking ibuprofen, something is messed up with the top of my left leg. It's been hurting for about a month now and if I don't take the ibuprofen it really hurts to walk. It sucks gettting a bit older and dealing with this crap. Maybe if I lose some weight it would help that too, hopefully I will. It's time to get over not smoking, it's been 2 years in December. I have a ton of work to do here today, back to the do it all on the weekend mode. I can't believe how much laundry I have, I will be running up and down the basement steps all day, better have the advil handy and better eat a banana or two! Better get started

Happy Birthday Mrs. Orfield!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Mrs. Orfield, happy birthday to you. You will have to imagine my singing, I'm so sorry your can't hear it. I will sing it to you on Tuesday so you don't feel like you missed out. I can't believe we don't even get to see you guys tomorrow. I hope Sandy doesn't plan on doing this every year, sheesh. If I call you tomorrow, can you tell me what my schedule is??? You know I am joking, I just think I am very funny. Ok, have to go return a shirt to Target, it's a shame I didn't win one of those gift cards, darn it. Have a great day!

Can't believe it's over

Well, I guess this is the last day to really get things done. I have to drop Pierre off at the groomers at 10:00, I have Whitney's yearly meeting at 1:00, I'll pick Brandon up from work at 3:30 and we'll pick up Dylan. I am going to try and get my laundry done in between it all, course I don't have much cause I been doing it every other day. I probably wouldn't even do it today, but Dave gave Whitney a sweatshirt that his friends gave him when he was in the hospital and she had lost it for about a week. Whitney never loses anything and was afraid that she was going to have to fess up to him before he asked her why she wasn't wearing it. She finally found it at work yesterday and asked me to wash it, so I might as well wash everything again. Then there is Big Brother tonight. I heard there is supposed to be a twist tonight, like 2 people getting voted out or something, I don't know if it's true or not, but we'll see. It's bound to be exciting whatever it is. I think Whitney is going to watch High School Musical 2 with her little friend tomorrow night. We'll see. They have only seen each other about 2 times this summer, probably because Whitney is way into her men, but last week, her friend invited her to sleep over, then called her before she was supposed to come to tell her she probably shouldn't come because she wasn't feeling good,her nose hurt. Can anyone guess who the friend is? I can see why she prefers Dave's company, I mean he might talk about sex a lot, but his nose doesn't bother him. They play games at his house a lot, like washers ( it's like corn hole but is played with washers) and frisbee. Whitney always ends up nailing him in the head with something. I think he should get the heck out of her way when she is throwing something, she is dangerous. Ok, I guess I will see you all tomorrow, dang it.

sorry girls

I got my reply from Sandy Bateman and we will be doing hoyer lift training on Friday. I guess we are not going to get to help you guys at all this year. By the time we do the breakfast, awards ceremony and lunch it will probably be time to do the training. Maybe not though, maybe there will be some time in there somewhere. I think these 2 days suck this year.

Mmmm

Today at Bath and Body Works I got some Moonlight Path and some Sensual Amber. They sure do smell good. I am thinking about getting fake fingernails. I wasn't going to do it anymore, but I really do like them, maybe I would have better luck this time. I am going to see if my friend Diane wants to do it with me. If not, I probably won't do it cause I am on the fence anyway. Anyone out there want to go get some with me??

when?

So, I'm assuming you guys got your e mail from Sandy Bateman about the aides at the high school doing the hoyer lift training at 1:30. Problem is, she doesn't say if it's Friday or Monday. Would anyone out there happen to know? I e mailed her and asked her, but no reply yet

beginning the count down

I guess I have to start doing all the last minute stuff around here before Friday. On Thursday I will have to go the Whitney's meeting at PSU and take Pierre in for a haircut, so there won't be a lot of time that day to do anything. That gives me 3 days. Waa. Today I am going to go to Bath and Body works and get some stuff. My friend Tanya gave me a gift card for there for my birthday, so I should smell pretty good Friday. I just got done dusting and vacuuming, so I have to go take my shower. I am also going to Leisure Time today to have some sweatshirts done. My blood work came back and my sugar is normal. That was a relief, I was hoping I had not eaten myself into diabetes. Don't know what causes those stupid yeast infections, but glad it's not that. Maybe I am allergic to Daryl and his stuff, ha ha. I haven't had one for a while, so maybe the problem is over, I sure hope so. My armpits are itching me like crazy again though, that is super annoying. I bet I am super annoying right about now too. Which brings me to Amber on Big Brother. I'm sure it goes without saying, but I can't stand that loser!!!!! Every time I watch and see her, I think she gets uglier and stupider. I'll close on that note

Dang it!

I just got the letter from our special ed boss lady and we have an inservice on August 20th from 8:00 till 4:00. Umm... I think she must be mistaken, I goet off work at 3:00, not 4:00. To add insult to injury, we also have to pack a lunch. Say what?? We can't even go to lunch and get a break? I can't believe we have to do this the day before we welcome all the kids back. Sucks. In that same batch of mail, I also got another ( this makes the third one) postcard from Warren county court to call on the 22nd and see if I will be needed on the 23rd for jury duty pickings. Gee, that's not much notice to give my employers if I am , now is it? I might have to stop going out and getting my mail.

can't stand her

You guys are probably tired of hearing me complain about Whamber, but I truly cannot stand her. I think she is the biggest loser I have seen in quite some time. She better not be the one to win the money, that would suck. Whitney and I are going to get our hair cut in a few. Last time I had it cut was April, before that August. I'm starting to think I only get haircuts in months that begin with A. So sad we are down to our last week. Dang That's it for now

WHO DEY???.... WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!

Ok, I can Who Dey with the best of them, but say it isn't so! Rumor has it that the Bengals pre game will be on at 7:30 tonight on CBS and that Big Brother will air after the game. What the?? I will not be awake at 11:00 or 12:00 when the Bengals are done and won't know what time to set my vcr for. I guess I will have to set it for 10-1 or something. I can't believe they're doing this to me on eviction night with all this drama with Eric and everything. Kind of messes up my Thursday and makes me a little sad

Whamber

Wow, three in one day, that's definitely a record for me. Anyhoo, have you heard about Amber's anti-semitic stuff? It's apparently even on the news that she has been making remarks about "Jews" under her breath. You probably know that Eric is Jewish. She also said something about being able to tell a Jew from their last name or their noses. She's a crybaby and a loser. Do you think she forgot the cameras are always on them or is she stupid too? Somebody get her out! Please!!

mammogram

Went and got my mammogram this morning. It hurt worse than others I've had, seemed like. She said since they're so big and dense, there is more resistance and it can hurt worse. Dumb boobs. Another reason to lose weight. Still waiting to hear about my blood work I had done last week. Nothing much else going one around here. It's too hot to do anything. We're planning on going to a festival in West Chester this Saturday, hope it's not too hot. We'll be taking Dave with us. I was telling Daryl not to be surprised if he says inappropriate things. It's things I sure he did and said in his old life, but wouldn't have said in front of me probably , but does now. Know what I mean? Anyway there's lots of sexual talk and stuff. Daryl gets it though and is very cool about stuff like that. He also like Dave very much, he is a likable fellow. Guess that's all for now, 2 in one day, I'm on a roll!

Dick

Is there anyone else out there that thinks that Dick from Big Brother is going off the deep end? I used to enjoy him so much and lately he is making my feel not so enjoyed. It will be interesting to see if everyone goes with Daniele and Dick or against them tomorrow night. I know, I know, I need to get a life

Happy birthday to Brandon a day late, my bad!

Happy 23rd birthday Brandon, I love you!

Here are a few more fair pictures too, oh and I didn't mean to put Dylan in the pool on here but I don't know how to take it off. Baby steps you know.

Thanks to Brandon!

Brandon, thanks for putting my pictures on my computer! Now why didn't I think of him in the first place??? I think most of these pictures are pretty self explanatory, there are some of our flowers and the anniversary rock. Pictures at the fair, and Whitney and Dave.

Someone vote Amber off...NOW!

I am so sick of Amber and her crying on Big Brother. She is ridiculous. I mean, I'm sure she probably cries while she tries to decide what to eat for breakfast. I am wanting her gone more than any other at this point. I used to think it was funny, but she's not funny anymore, she is ANNOYING!!!

doctor again

Welcome back to the ladies that spent the weekend on the houseboat. It sounds like you guys had a good time. I finially called my doctor and made the appt. to get my sugar checked on Thursday. I have been trying to stick my head in the sand and ignore this, but I am not being successful giving up sugar that way. Maybe if I get this done, it will scare me into it. Sometimes I wish I would have never quit smoking. It sucks. I think I am finally getting over the fact that I don't smoke anymore and now I have to give up my sugar? That's just not right. I wish I was 20 again. Well, maybe not 20, I was pregnant then. I probably still wasn't as fat as I am now though. I am feeling sorry for myself today, can anyone tell? Well, I don't do it very often, so I guess it's ok. I can't believe we are going to be back at work in such a little amount of time. I don't have everything done that I wanted to do yet! I almost do, but not quite. I don't understand how it goes so quickly. Speaking of going back to work, the aides were supposed to meet with Sandy on the 17th. Then we got that staff update that says we all meet at the high school for breakfast and service awards ( don't want to go up and get that dumb pin). So, I e mailed Sandy and asked her which was the plan? She said things have changed, we have to go the the high school on the 17th and probably meet with her on th 20th. Does she not understand the 20th is the day we help our teachers with stuff?? I guess it doesn't matter. So, we may not be hanging out with you guys on the 20th, don't know. Can't think of anything else to say, meeting my mom and sissy for lunch tomorrow, it sure is hot out!! Later dudes

Wednesday lunch

For anyone who's reading this, I might be late to our lunch on Wednesday. I know it's hard to believe, but Brandon has an unexpected appt. at 10:30 that I need to help him out with. ( I am planning on having extra jewels in my crown when I get to Heaven ). Anyway, I'm not sure how long it will take and don't know if I can get there by 11:30 going to Milford and all. If someone would give me their cell #, I can call and give an update on Wednesday, it doesn't matter who. Will Angie be making it? Ok, that's all, it's easier to communicate this way because my e mails don't always go through.

Dave

These are a couple of pictures of Whitney's boyfriend Dave before his accident. ( I didn't get these from my camera, cause I can't do that, they were on a websight for a benefit they had for him) Anyhoo, he looks more like the picture on the right with the hat on, he is thinner though. His dad took them put put golfing last night, they had fun.

Not much going on, me and Brandon went to Target this morning, that's always a good time. I do love Target. I guess I should clean my house real good, I cleaned the bathrooms yesterday, but I need to dust.

Later

The fair and other news

Well we went to the fair yesterday and a good time was had by all. Whitney's new boyfriend Dave ( he is the one that was attacked in Clifton ) and his mom met us there. He is so cute. Of course he is 6'2". I swear she is never going to find a short fella. That's ok, I just can't get over how cute and sweet he is. His story is so sad though, he had a band and was in the wrong place and a gang attacked him. He had 4 broken ribs, both lungs were punctured and a brain injury. He was in a coma for 79 days. Breaks my heart. It really hits me too because Brandon is the same age as him and this kind of thing could happen to anybody. I took a picture of him and Whitney, I will post it as soon as I learn how. I got stupid news at the gynocologist this past week. She wants me to stop eating sugar. WHAT???? I told her I didn't think she realized what a sugar addict I was, I mean crap, it's my only vice. She told me I could eat it twice a week. It is her thinking that the reason I am getting recurring yeast infections is an overload of sugar. I tend to agree with her since I never got them before ( unless I was taking an antibiotic) I stopped smoking, started eating lots of sugar and gained weight. Which brings us to the fact that she want me to lose weight. Dang. She said it's not that it's that bad, but it will keep getting worse. She said in 2001 I weighed 120. Dang. Then she didn't like something on my left breast. She said she wasn't worried though, but I have to go get my mammogram and then she wants to see me again after I have 2 more periods. In September I guess. Wish I would never had went to see the gynocologist. I used to like her. Daryl finally got his new tattoo. His last appt. was cancelled because Roy was in the hospital with kidney stones - ouch. So he got it Thursday night and it looks very cool, I like it a lot. I will post a picture of it too when I figure it out. I guess I will be done for now, gotta go to the basement and finish laundry. Are we all still meeting for lunch Wednesday?

Big Brother

Just wanted to share my thoughts and say I loved it when Dick told Jen he hated her and I loved it when he told Kail what he thought of her too cause I don't like them either. I also think it's pretty sweet that he is head of household and I hope he puts both of the bitties up for nominations this week.

One month from today

I just noticed the date and realized that one month from today I will be sitting in Sandy Bateman's inservice. Waa. Ok, so while I was garage saleing on Saturday I came across a really big dog bed from Kirklands and I thought it would be good for Pierre. So, I brought it home, took the cover off and washed it, sewed it where it had a rip and sprayed febreeze on the inside. Well, it was too big for Pierre, he would fall off just trying to get on the darn thing, you know with the back legs that don't work so good anymore. So, I took it out to the breezeway and gave it to the cats. Baby thinks she is in Heaven. I think she only gets off of it to eat and use the litter box. She rolls around on it and sinks down in it like she is so happy and grateful. I am trying to convince her that there is room on there for her and Mama too, but it's not working. Mama has always been one to sacrifice for Baby anyway, and I guess this is no exception. Oh well, there are plenty of soft things for them to lay on, including couches upstairs. In the meantime, Baby looks like the princess and the pea. Whitney has a new boyfriend. Joey broke up with her about 2 or 3 weeks ago to go back out with his old girlfriend. Whitney was broken hearted for about 10 minutes. That's about how long it took for guys to start calling her. Let's see, George was leaving messages on my answering machine that he loved her, Chris was asking her out ( he must have forgot he already has a girlfriend), Roy was calling all the time ( they actually have stayed friends and talk often though), Ricky was calling non-stop, which brings us to Dave. Ah, Dave. He is fairly new and Whitney was talking about him a lot. Then I heard about him from Miss Baffi (aka Mrs. Cowan now) because one of her best friends works at PSU and Emily was at the dance they recently had. Anyway, Dave was a completely normal guy who had a band, and was a happy go lucky stoner kind of guy. Then he got jumped in Clifton and hurt badly enough to leave him disabled. That is the kind of story that makes me so sad. I mean, I never feel sorry for them when they are born that way because they know no different life, but when this kind of thing happens, it's sad. Anyway, he is 22 and they are pretty smitten with each other. He sounds like a sweetheart on the phone and I hear he is very cute ( not just from Whitney because she thinks everyone is cute, but from Baffi too). He always tells Whitney she is cute and hot. Ha, ha. We'll see what happens there, I think they are planning a date. I will meet him on Friday because I am picking Whitney up early so we can go to the fair, The fair!!! I am excited. Daryl, myself, Brandon and Dylan and Whitney are all going. Dylan has been to the ocean, across the county to Oregon, on planes several times, the zoo, the aquarium, coney island, kings island, and every new kids movie that comes out, but never the fair. I'll make sure I take my camera and when Mrs. Orfield helps me, I will post some pictures. How much does it suck that Jen was head of household on Big Brother? If I have to watch Katie flip that hair of hers on ATWT one more time ( and I'm sure I will, because she does it constantly) I am going to scream! I know I sound like a Katie basher these days, but I just don't like her with Jack, that's stupid. I think I would like her if she were with Brad. That and she quit flipping her hair. Ok , I think I've went on long enough, you guys have fun at lunch today, I will miss you all

No Mexican lunch out for me

Hey, first of all, I am really excited that I was able to put a title on this blog. Second though, it looks like I won't get to join you guys for lunch on Tuesday. I am completely bummed, I was really looking forward to it. It seems I had my days wrong, I thought my gynocologist appt. was on Thursday, but it's really on Tuesday and it's at 11:45. I have a different appointment on Thursday. Maybe if you guys can, we can get together the week before we go back to school. Diane has been wanting to go to Toot's, so maybe we can do that. I haven't been there in a while, sounds good. You guys can let me know. Have fun at your lunch though, while I am being violated. Ha, ha

Don't know if this will show up. Just wanted to let everyone know that I updated my blog and it's not showing up. It still won't let me put a title in either. You have to go to my blog and click on the search blog button and then it takes you to the one from today. Dumb blog. Let's see if this one shows up. I can do lunch next Tuesday or Wednesday, does that work for anyone else?

I am Bored. I really don't have anything to say, just that I'm bored. I seriously think I'm going to get a job next summer. I have a feeling things will get busier next week though, I am going to be helping Brandon out with stuff. In case anyone cares, my neck feels tons better and the swelling is down since I stopped going to Curves. There is still some swelling, but not nearly as much. Course, I'm probably fatter, but whatever. It doesn't help that I'm scared to walk by myself since I got a notice in the mail last week about a sexual predator that moved in on Mulberry St.( once of my usual streets). He had abduction and kidnapping on his list of sexual crimes too. Now I have to walk with Daryl and he already walks about 8 miles a day, he will disappear if he gets anymore excersice. Anyone got a big dog I can borrow?? In other news, we went to Biggs to the grocery last week and we will be returning to Kroger. It doesn't matter how mad I get at Kroger, they will still always be my favortie grocery store. Daryl is in agreement with me. Daryl will be getting his new tattoo tomorrow, can't wait to see it! I will take a picture of it to show you guys, but I won't be able to figure out how to get it on my computer, so you probably won't get to see it. So, someone decide on lunch and let me know. I can go Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I can't wait! Still can't put a title on my blog for some reason.

I thought it was probably time for me to update, it's been almost a week and maybe my friends will come home from their vacations and need something new to read. We had our garage sale yesterday. It was super hot and a lot of work. We got a lot of people, it is just too much work. I think we will be taking next year off from it, we have done it for 5 years in a row and I just need a rest from it. We just have an enormous amount of stuff, it's ridiculous, I mean it's just me and mom and Diane and you would think it's about 200 people's stuff from the looks of it. Now we just have to get the leftovers to Salvation Army, maybe tomorrow. Daryl went to pick up our rock, can't wait to see it. His brother went with him to help him with the lifting. Mama went to the vet today and she gets to keep her eye! That was very happy news. She has a scar and her sight isn't 100% in that eye, but it's pretty good. The blood clot was completely gone and her pressures were normal again. I have to take papers to Doug Hardy on Monday about Whitney so he can send them to our new dental insurance to prove that she has a handicap, so they will put her on it. They don't even have her on it now. She gets medicaid because of the social security, but there aren't hardly any dentists on it, and that's not good. ATWT is a hoot with Cleo being all crazy, loving it! Big Brother looks like it will be interesting. Nothing like watching 2 gay guys fight all summer. I guess that's it for now, everyone else get home and upsdate your blogs, I am B-O-R-E-D!!

P.S. I tried to put a title in this blog, but it wouldn't let me for some reason

Not much going on

Nothing to do today, just some laundry. I just rolled over Pierre's ear with the chair at the computer desk, pulled some of his hair out and he cried a little. I am a really bad mom, I feel awful. He acts like he is not going to hold it against me though. Since yesterday Daryl has been hard at work making the doors for the breezeway so the cats can have their private solarium. His brother is coming to help him, hopefully it will get done today, it's a pretty big job. I am thinking about having my garage sale this week, it's a big job and I'm not looking forward to it, but I have to get rid of this crap. My sister in Kentucky wants me to have it later so she can come, but this works out better for me and mom, and she still might get to come. We'll see. I know this will be a shock to everyone, but I am going to try shopping at Bigg's this week instead of Kroger. Kroger has been bugging me lately and I've had to return two different things recently that were expired. Now, I don't know about anyone else, but I don't have time to look at the expiration date on every single thing I buy. I already do it on a lot of things. Then, I earned 3 $20 rewards for getting prescriptions filled there. I used 2 of them and when I went to use the 3rd one, it had disappeared from my plus card. They shuffled me back and forth from the front desk to the pharmacy and there was never a resolution. I was not very happy, so I will take my $200 to Biggs this week and see if that makes me happy, Gotta go put some ribs in the crock pot!

Mean cat from you know where is gone

Ok, so when we took Mama to the vet last night ( more on this in a few), she gave us a trap to trap mean cat in. Daryl baited it up when we got home and he was in it in a matter of minutes. You won't believe this, but after all the grief, and $ spent, we felt sorry for the stupid thing. He looked pitiful sitting there in that cage. It's not his fault no one ever took care of him. I still hate him pretty much though. Anyway, there is this guy that comes into Daryl's shop for hoses and he lives out there in West Chester on a lot of land and told Daryl he could drop him off out there. So that's what he did this morning, now whether he stays or not, I don't know. I hope we didn't make a mistake not taking him to the pound. There's are no other cats around this guys property, so hopefully he won't have anyone to torment. The vet said he could have been trying to mate with Mama. Excuse me stupid head, she is fixed. Vet said it doesn't matter with male cats, they don't know they're fixed nor do they care. So now about Mama. She has a torn third eyelid, a blood clot and lacerations on her eye. She gave her anti inflammatory to take by mouth, pain medicine eye drops and antibiotic eye creme. She will see her in a week and hopefull she will be ok and not have to have her eye removed. The pain medicine eye drops make her foam at the mouth, I mean real, real, bad, like for 10 minutes. It is wicked. Good thing the vet told us this would happen or we would have thought she was dying. She is such a good girl though, she just lets us put all this stuff in her eye and mouth and doesn't make a peep. Speaking of which, it is time for the wicked scary drops, I have to go up and put those in, yikes. Then I will run to the basement again.

Poor Mama

Poor Mama, that stupid, dumb a$$, mean, bully of a bobtail cat has hurt her again. This time he has really messed up her left eye. You can't see it in this picture because this was taken before the inident. I came home the other day to see him fighting Mama and even Baby this time too. They both ran away and while Baby came home within a couple of hours, Mama didn't come home until about 9:30 that night. Daryl was really upset. Anyway, we could see that her eye was hurt, but didn't realize how bad it was until last night, she has been hiding. I am definitely going to take her to the vet today. She doesn't seem to be in any pain, but her third eyelid is exposed ( I just found out yeasterday that cats have a third eyelid). That is usually only exposed if there has been trauma. We're not sure she can see out of it anymore either. I am about to give Daryl my permission to kill that cat. Actually, the guy across the street shot him ( we heard this from the cop next door, he has been hurting that guys cats too) and thought he killed him, but he didn't. He is surely using all of his 9 lives. Daryl and I have decided to fix the breezeway where the cats can be in it , but not get out and no one can get in and hurt them. We are even going to plant some grass in the back of it for them. That way they cam have the upstairs over the garage and that. We can't keep having them hurt. More $$$$, can't wait to see how much this vet bill is either. Oh well, it's always something.
In other news, took Whitney to the doctor yesterday ( I almost put vet). Before she can start her pills she has to take some mega hormones to make her start her period that she hasn't had in over a year. This will probably cause her to have, as the doctor put it, "the period from Hell" can't wait. She said it will probably be heavy and last a long time. Boo.

As soon as it stops pouring out there, I am going to Target to look for bathroom things. That's all for now.

doctor appt.

Whitney is home today, I am taking her to the gynocologist to get the pills. I hope she doesn't get huge boobs like she did last time she took them, but she probably will. All that estrogen. Not much else planned for today. I already took my walk this morning. It is pretty boring walking by yourself, but too bad for me. At least it wasn't too hot yet, I was out before 8:00. Tomorrow I am going to go to Target and look for new bathroom stuff to match the new blue. Maybe Thursday I will go through all my pictures. I am running out of things to do. I have already cleaned closets and the attic and all the junk drawers. I'm sure stuff will start coming up again, I am just in a "not much to do" phase. I will wind up this thrilling blog and get ready to leave now, Whitney is waiting outside, she will probably start to melt soon.

Never mind

I guess it just took it a half hour to post

what the????

I posted an anniversary blog thismornign and it's not showing up. Diane had this problem recently too. Anyway, when you are on my blog page hit the search blog button and it should show up, at least it does on mine. It's titled Happy Anniversary Morris'. Stupid blog.

Happy Anniversary Morris'!

Happy Anniversary to us. Thanks Daryl, for 25 good years. Who would have ever thought we would have made it so long? Well, I guess I would have, since I have never imagined life without you. Thanks for pulling my car out of the garage every morning and putting it back in every night. Thanks for always fixing my car when something is wrong with it.Thanks for making my yard so pretty by being obsessed about all the flowers and landscaping. Thanks for always getting up with me at night when we had a sick kid. Thanks for not sleeping either when we were worried about a kid. Thanks for never complaining when we had to spend too much money on a kid. Thanks for not minding the fact that I weigh 60 pounds more than I did on this day 25 years ago. ( dang, was I really that small???)Thanks for having a such a soft heart that you just had to feed that kitten that was following you around and being her best friend. I won't even mention the thanks for how much you love Pierre, he is like one of your kids almost, just like me. Thanks for doing all of this stuff without ever being asked. This list could go on and on, but I will stop here, you get the idea. You have been awesome to me. I love you, here's to 25 more!

Bored

Don't have anything to do and since I have not updated this since last Sunday, I thought I'd better get busy. Not much going on. Daryl and I went to the Flea Market earlier today. We bought a gigantic rock that will have an American flag and The Morris' est. 6-25-82 engraved on it for our yard. It will be ready in 2 weeks. Daryl got really excited about it, and I like to get him things he is excited about because he works so hard and doesn't get too much for himself. It is really cool though and since tomorrow is our anniversary, I thought what the heck? We should have a rock to commemorate 25 years together! We actually came up with other gifts for each other too. My gift to Daryl is a new tattoo. He has decided on an Irish Claddagh with our names and our anniversary date. He is having it put on his left arm under the Eagle. Pretty soon that left arm is going to be covered in tattoos! I must say, I do like them though! He went in and saw Roy and they worked out the details Thursday, but Roy can't squeeze him in until July 11. The tattoo business is booming baby! We went to school with Roy and Daryl trusts him completely so he doesn't want to go anywhere else, don't blame him. He is getting me a Troll necklace. We are going to Wellings Jewelers tomorrow to get the chain and a couple of charms. I actually found some charms on ebay that are not as expensive too. We are spending too much money, but you only get one 25th anniversary, right? At least that's what Diane keeps telling me. Summer is a killer though, there are way too many birthdays and occcasions. One of these summers I really am going to get a job. No I'm not, who am I kidding? I did a study last week, I wish I could do a bunch more of those, but they have a 45 day rule. Dummies. We painted the bathroom yesterday. I know, I thought I was done painting too. We painted that bathroom last year, but I was never satisfied with it. It was supposed to be a beige color and ended up with a peach tone that I hated. We painted it a real pretty blue, looks good with the white trim and silver accessories. Wish we would have painted the upstairs that color, but it will be staying green for at leat 5 years! I like the green anyway. I guess I have rambled on enough, this should do me for at least a few days, right?

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all, I couldn't find a picture of my dad on my camera, ( I think he is camera shy like me), but here are some other dads I know. Hope everyone is having a great Sunday, it sure is going to be hot, except I bet it's not hot in Alaska!

Not much to report. I got to the doctor about my neck, had some x rays, it's a muscular problem. I am supposed to take muscle relaxers and tell him if it's not better in 2 weeks so I can start physical therapy. I will not be doing that. I quit my membership with Curves. Seems like it just aggravated it, whenever I worked out it just hurt worse. Plus, it sure wasn't making me lose any weight. I have been walking, hopefully that will help.

Guess I better get busy, we are having a cookout today for all the family, it will be a busy day, and I still have to put my make up on, don't want to scare anybody you know.