HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot believe that we are in our final days of 2003... it has been an up and down type of year. It has flown by, that is for sure. I have 4 amazing children that I love and adore and a husband that is the best man in the world. I love him with all my heart. Tomorrow is our 6th anniversary... kind of unbelievable!! We have been together 8 years, which has been just as amazing!! We have had our ups and downs , but mostly ups :o) I would have never guessed that I would be back in Saint Louis, with 4 kids. We have been back in St.Louis for 2 years now.... which is something else that I thought would never happen. Hubby and I both love TX and will go back there someday. 2 years ago my grandpa was not doing good at all and I am amazed and VERY thankful that he is still here! I love the fact that I am back here and with my family and my friends.
This year has had a lot of good times for us and also bad ones, we had a girl that went to our church murdered, we had my cousin go away to Iraq to fight for our country... thankfully we have her back safe and sound! 1 Sister in Law has cancer and another has a tumor on her brain (both are being taken care of by treatments). My father in law divorced his wife of 15 yrs... On the flip side we have had a good year as a family. We have grown closer than we have ever been... my hubby has started his own business and it is going well, we have 4 beautiful children and a love for one another that cannot be matched. The homeschooling is going great, I am very pleased with my kids progress. The older 2 love AWANA's and will hopefully be doing indoor soccer too. I love being back here by my friends... Being by my best friend again has been awesome. We have been friends for almost 20 years!! Bev, another friend that I have had for 24 almost 25 years (we were neighbors and played together when we were babies) Plus all the new friends I have made.. those are friendships that will always be with me. Getting in touch with old friends has also been awesome. I am happy to have several of those back in my life, Andy.. you are the best!! :o)
I have managed to finish several scrapbooks, which is amazing in itself :o) The navy one for my grandpa and the European one for our cousin. Plus lots and lots of pages of my own album. Of course there are many things that we want to work on for next year. We would really like to find a church home here. We have not been able to find one that even comes close to the one we went to in TX... but we know that we will have to find something comperable. We are going to get back down to TX to visit lots of friends and also our church, since we have not seen the new building yet. We want to get out to California to see our cousin and to Chicago to go to Willow Creek church up there. Hubby and I would like to take a hobby up together... he wants it to be golf... so we will see :o)
Of course I hope for a great Baseball season, football season and hockey season... the Rams have already made it to the playoffs, of they can just hang on and WIN it would be great... (I will not mention anything on Sundays game... it was way too shameful to see my guys breakdown like that and especially to the stupid Detroit Lions) The Blues are doing good... keep it up guys :o) and of course in a couple of months we will turn to baseball :o) Lets hope for the Superbowl for the Rams, The Stanley Cup for the Blues and the World Series for the Cardinals :o) That should make my year even better :o) OK, I am off to clean my house! I hope that everyone has a wonderful New Year!!!!

We survived Christmas :o) Actually it was a wonderful time. Christmas eve I made the Capon that my grandparents gave us along with side dishes and a cake to celebrate Jesus' birthday and took some over to my parents. My hubby and brother had a movie marathon of Road Trip and the AMerican Pie movies... then on Christmas morning we were up and opening presents at 8:30 on Christmas morning. The kids had a great time and really enjoyed everything they got. I will get the pics posted at some point, but the computer is acting up and I do not want to chance it yet :o) My parents came over to celebrate with us and then we had a big breakfast, the kids played with their new toys and then we went to my aunts house to celebrate with the rest of the family. That was wonderful. It is amazing to see how big the family has grown!! I FINALLY got to see my cousin that is back from Iraq and we got to sit down and have some time to talk. She had a lot of pics from her time in Iraq and in Egypt. She also had a lot of disturbing pics... the pics you don't see on the news. She had a pic of a suicide bomber who came up to her post and changed his mind and turned around to leave, but someone else had the detonator and he blew up in front of her... Luckily she was not hurt, or anyone else for that matter (other than the guy who was blown to bits) but at the same time it was something that will stay with her forever. It is still amazing to know that she went through that experience.
Her twin brother was also at my aunts, it was nice to see him too. He brought his girlfriend that he has been with off and on for the last couple of years. She is really great, her and I get along wonderfully. She is a year older than my cousin but I think that she has made him grow up quite a bit!! He took his LSATs a month ago and is trying to get into Tulane for Law school and should find out in a couple of weeks... so keep your fingers crossed, or pray :o) He really likes New Orleans and his girlfriend is going to go with him so he is happy :o) I am sure that he will get in.
Hubby and I decided that our Christmas present together was a camcorder so that we could record our family times... so that was our present together and we each got a leather coat... so that was our Christmas... of course we have each had ours before Christmas :o) Which does not bother either of us :o) I hope that everyone else had a wonderful Christmas and that you got everything on your Christmas list!!!

The wonderful talk of the holidays and not having any holiday spirit... I have to say that I really have not had that much of a holiday spirit but try to keep things upbeat for my kids sake. I love hearing from friends that I do not talk to most of the year, I love to see the looks on my kids faces when they open their gifts, love to celebrate Jesus' birth and the life that He has given to me and my family. But it is every jacka** in the store that upsets me and takes away my holiday spirit. I still have to go to Walmart for other things, like toilet paper, cereal etc.... I am NOT after the same freakin toy that you want... so leave me alone to do my shopping!!! I already have that toy and it is already wrapped and under the tree!!! Just cuz you suck and are stressed out because you have none of your shopping done does NOT mean you get to be an a** to someone who is just trying to get other stuff!!! OK, done with that :o)
Hubby and I have done some talking and have decided that when we decide to move that we are NOT going to buy in another stinking neighborhood, I want SPACE, I do not want my neighbor to be so close that I can hear their stupid stereo at 1 in the morning, I do not want to be able to hear their stupid car with the stupid muffler that sounds like a freaking 18 wheeler coming down the street that wakes my children at 2 in the morning... I really dislike people, especially the stupid ones that have NO respect for anyone else and thier surroundings... we had some new people move into the house across the street and over one. They have been nothing but loud, horrible people since they have gotten here... Our neighborhood is a nice one, not a lot of trouble, lots of kids, lots of families... not a lot of singles and a few older couples... then these people arrive... with their stupid cars all jacked up, with the stupid muffler, LOUD music in the cars, loud music in their house not to mention they speed up and down the street... remind you, there are a LOT of kids in this neighborhood and mostly elementary age... I hate to sound like an old bitty... but I have to say that it absolutely infuriates me... I do not care til about 1 in the morning when the stupid jacka** decides to revv up his car outside my childrens window and scare the crap out of them waking them all up... Why?? do they think they are cool? Do they think they are so stinkin special that they get to make all that dang noise when people are trying to sleep?? I really dislike people like them... The rest of our neighbors are wonderful, we all talk, we watch out for one anothers homes, the kids go to each others homes... it is just a nice atmosphere... then "these other people" get here... I hope they learn soon or they are going to be very unhappy! :o)
By my best friends request she has asked me to tell the story of my older 2 kids... We have a split level home, the downstairs is completely the kids, their room, ALL their toys... they are required to keep it picked up every day, some days are worse than others, I do not expect it to be perfect but I do expect things to be picked up. Well, my older 2 decided that they did not want to clean it and I gave them a deadline on when they had to have it completed (2 hours) not a bad timeline, in my opinion. I told them if they could not get it cleaned then it meant they had too many toys (which they do) and did not need anything new for Christmas and that I was going to give all their Christmas presents away if it was not done... they did not finish the room, had not even really touched it, so they had to come upstairs and watch me pack all their presents into a black trashbag, hear me call my mom to drop the gifts off to Toys for Tots for kids that would like and respect new toys and not take them for granted and that her grandkids were not going to get any presents for Christmas this year... My mom stopped by and picked up the toys for me (of course she knew what I meant by what I was doing) ... now my children think they are not getting any toys for Christmas... of course my mom just took them back to her house and will bring them back here for Christmas morning, but I have some very worried kids who do not think that they are getting any Christmas presents... :o) They have looked all over the house for their presents, have checked under the tree to see if I have put them back, of course none of it is to be found since it is all at my parents... they love to make comments like "we are going to have an unhappy Christmas cuz we do not get any presents and the younger 2 do" and others like it... guess what... they have kept the playroom clean since then :o) Lesson learned I would say :o)
Everyone have a great Christmas!!!!!! :o)

Things have been relatively quiet around here. The Rams won on Sunday and the Eagles lost so we got the Bye week... which is absolutely wonderful. Grant Wistrom had 2.5 sacks on the game on Sunday... which is AWESOME and Bulger only threw one interception and we turned around and got one on them not too long after they got the one on us so no harm done :o) Our team held it together really well this week, I was extremely impressed!!! Both offense and defense managed to hold it together and of course there is the ever important Jeff Wilkins on special teams who is one of the best kickers!!! he is 3 away from breaking a record, which I doubt he will get to do since there is only one game left in the regular season, which is against the Detroit Lions, so that should be a gimme.... (sorry Jeff!! :o) Your hockey team is great... your football team on the other hand.... well, they suck) If the Rams win that game and the Eagles lose then we get home field advantage, which is AWESOME!! We have not lost any games at home since Sep. of last yr... 14 home games won.... that is GREAT :o)
I have been thinking about a conversation that I had with my grandparents... it was political, and I know I am far off from knowing a lot about politics, I know that everyone has an opinion. I want to know why we cannot concentrate on this country.... I know what Bush did in Iraq was a wonderful thing, and I know that there are a lot of other countries out there that need help... that is all fine and good and I think that they should be grateful for the help that we have given them...BUT on another note... our medical system needs a major overhaul, our kids need to be taken off the street, we need to feed the people in our own country and take care of what is going on here, take care of our vets, our elderly, our social services departments, our schools, etc, etc, etc... my grandpa called it Isolationism. He says that if we have it to give that we are required to help, when another country is in trouble.... my question in return was when has any other country ever helped us?? There have been times that our country has needed the help... namely the great depression.. both my grandparents lived through it. Was there any country that stepped up to help us through that time?? My grandpa's answer to that was Europe had also gone through a really rough time and could not help us at the time. Ok fine... we are to be the saviors of EVERY other freakin country and get NOTHING but hatred in return.... why not tell them to help themselves since they hate us so dang much and see how they like that. See how well they can survive then. True, we are not starving like North Korea is... but that is to be blamed on their gov't for taking the food away from the people and tending to their army. SO for once why do we say no to these other people and worry about ourselves? OUr school systems SUCK, our medical needs to be revised and taken care and on and on and on.... I think that medicaid, and food stamps and other stuff need to be looked at again too... There are WAY too many people taking advantage of that system. What is sooo wrong with people going out and getting JOBS??? It is time to make these LAZY people get off their ever loving, WIDENING BUTTS and GET JOBS!! So, it is not a glamourous job... it is still a job and you should DO IT.... I have to admit that yes, I have used the medicaid before, I was 17, pregnant and had no insurance, but I can guarantee that I have paid that back in full and then some!!! It is not there to be abused, it is there for people that need the OCCASIONAL break... what is wrong with people?? Why can't these people feel some self worth and actually DO SOMETHING?? People like that need to be taken off of the welfare system and told to do it on their own and if you fall you fall, pick yourself back up and MOVE on. Ok, sorry.... got a little off subject :o) Just one of those touchy subjects that always gets to me :o)
Anyways... is being an Isolationist so bad?? My grandpa thought that it was a bad idea, and I guess I see his point... but on the other hand... it seems that every other country hates us, they hate what we do but they sure as heck know how to hold out their hands to take from us.. NO APPRECIATION... what is that all about??? Why are we such the bad guy?? Why is it we help them and they still scream hateful things? If someone can give me a valid answer to that I would greatly appreciate it... :o)
On to other things... to my friends and family in CA... my thoughts and prayers are with you after the big earthquake that has hit you guys... Andy, I know you are ok, Ryan, I have tried calling and am praying for you!!! I hope that you are ok!! I do have to say that I am sooo excited that I get to see my friend Andy when he comes home to visit over Christmas!!! It has been 10 years or more since I have seen him and I am very excited!!! I have known him for about 20+ years and he has always been a dear friend to me... too bad he is half Korean or I would have dated him in High School :o) (Korean guys are not attractive, sorry :o) ) Anyways, if I do not get a chance to blog again until after Christmas I hope that everyone has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.. do not forget the reason for the season :o)
Oh and another thing... please say prayers for a person who is pregnant and has been spotting... my prayers are with you sweetie!!!

Last night my best friend and I went to see the movie Mona Lisa Smile. It did not get all that great of reviews and I have to admit that there were some weak story lines, but overall I really liked the movie. Kirsten Dunst plays quite the bitch in the movie and does a really good job at it. Julia Roberts and Julia Stiles are both excellent in the movie. I really enjoyed it. I do not think that I would have ever been able to survive the 50's though.... pink chiffon, poofy, pink, long skirts, eewwwwwww.... :o) The previews showed some great potentials for other movies, Adam Sandler has a new one with Drew Barrymore that looks cute called 50 First Dates, Jennifer Garner has one that is called 13 going on 30 that looks really cute, Steve Martin and Cheaper by the Dozen, and the Mandy Moore one called Chasing Liberty. All of them look like they would be great chick flicks. I am sure that I could get my hubby to go to the Jennifer Garner one. :o) And of course the Adam Sandler one. What guy doesn't like Adam Sandler?? :o) It was nice to just get out and have some time to my self. Of course it was a teenager night and every single one of the kids had a cell phone, everyone was on the phone playing games, then in the middle of the movie the lady behind me had left her phone on, it rang and she ANSWERED the freakin' thing and talked for a good 5 minutes... it was annoying to say the least! I managed to bite my tongue, but I was not a happy camper.

Everything else seems to be pretty calm around here. We found out my hubbies great-aunt has Leukemia and has refused treatment. She is 87, is in the final stages of the cancer and has decided that she has led a full life and does not want to go through the pains of treatment. They are letting her go home for Christmas and do not think that she will live all that much longer. So if you are a prayer, please pray for her. Hubby seems to be doing ok with it. I do not think that it has really hit him.
Hubby has been hitting his business stuff pretty hard and it looks like he is going to make it on his own. He is really excited about the prospect of it and loves the thought of being able to work for himself. He had a few clients on the side while he was still working full time and now that he does not have that job anymore he can concentrate fully on his business and really get it going. It looks positive, he is good at what he does and he has a lot of contacts so I am praying that it is going to turn out the way that we want it to. He has a big job coming up in January that has been pending for a couple of months and they have finally decided on a time frame so that will be something else that will come up soon. Who knows maybe after a couple of years I can take some of the classes that he took and work with him. :o) He has talked about it several times, but with the kids so little it makes it hard to think of anything else but the kids and raising them.
SInce hubby has been home I have managed to get a little more time to myself and have been able to visit my grandparents more than I normally get to. It has been great to just sit and talk to them. The stories they have, the life that I never knew... the partying, WW2, my great grandparents that I barely knew... it is soo amazing. To think that my grandparents were quite the partiers, it is strange :o) Then of course our talks almost always turn to politics and after the Saddam thing I, of course, had to stir the pot and ask them if they actually thought that any democratic president would have been able to do it. They said that they thought that maybe they would have but that they would not have gone after Iraq the way Bush did. Then I brought up the name Donald Rumsfeld... I struck a cord with that one. I think that he is a great guy that is a no BS type of person. I respect that and think that we need more of that in the government. They are amazed that I am Republican considering I was raised in an all democratic family. My parents, aunt, grandparents etc. There are a few in my family that do not care about politics at all, they are too consumed in their own lives to really care about anything else. My grandpa has always been really involved in politics and have been friends with the Gephardt family for years. I have even met Gephardt, of course I was a kid and did not know the difference at the time, but it is amazing to see how people change and how my eyes were opened :o) My grandparents feel they went wrong somewhere :o) Well, I am off to finish cleaning my house while the hubby is working with my dad :o) Everyone have a great day and wonderful weekend!!

Sorry my posts have been so sporatic... hubby has been working from home and hogs the computer so I have to wait for him to finish his time on it then by the time I get around to it I do not want to do anything :o) Things have been pretty quiet. Hubby has been working on his business plan and hopes to have some friends of his look it over and help him out with him starting his own business. He is really excited about working for himself, it is just the startup cost that is getting to us. He has a lot of connections to people around here and has a lot of friends with connections so it should not be too hard to bring in business... now it is a matter of $$ and time management.
For the most part I love having my hubby around the house... other times he upsets my daily routine and drives me NUTS!!! I tend to get a little crabby while I am cleaning... I like to get it done. Not stopping to do something else, not taking a break... just like to get in there and get it done and do NOT like to be interupted.... well, hubby LOVES to take breaks to check E mail, to play on the PS2, comes over to me to get hugs and kisses, etc... I do not mind that he does these things but I HATE it when he expects me to do the same... it is really ANNOYING. I am one that likes to lock myself in the bathroom or whatever room I am in, and clean it from top to bottom with no interruptions, no breaks or anything else, just get it done and over with.. and when hubby starts begging for attention I tend to get crabby and pissy. For some reason he thinks that I need to devote my time to him... well, I do not have the time to devote to him when I am cleaning or whatever whenever he wants it... REALLY ANNOYING!!! WHY WHY WHY??? we could be sitting on the couch together watching television and I decide to go and get something done around the house.... then all of a sudden there he is wanting attention. complaining that I never pay any attention to him... WHAT????? We were just sitting together and all of a sudden I do not pay attention to you??? UGH!!! MEN!! :oS Then he gets angry with me for getting grumpy and wanting to get something done around the house!! OK I am done :o) Just men... they are sooo strange :o)

The kids are getting really excited about Christmas. All the presents are under the tree, all the stocking are full.... so now it is the waiting... :o) This is a thought for some of you.... A friend of mine told me about a tradition that she does with her kids and since then it has been something that we do with our kids....On Christmas eve we bake a cake. We celebrate Jesus' birthday and we discuss the TRUE meaning of Christmas. It is something really cool that we really enjoy. Sometimes, Christmas gets so lost that we lose the true meaning of it and it is awesome to remember that on Christmas eve and to talk to the kids about it. They are so caught up in their presents and everything else that they lose sight of the true meaning... so it is nice to remind them and celebrate it. My best friend did it with her niece and nephew last year and they loved it too... just a cool little thing to do, and you get to eat cake :o)

On another note... a friend of mine that is a first grade teacher had a little girl in her class last year that had Leukemia... they had a bone marrow drive a few months ago to try and find a match for her, turns out her brother was a close match and they did a bone marrow transplant.... well, the other night she passed away... my friend is really upset, she was close to this little girl and her family and was devestated that she has passed away... then a girlfriend of mine that is a director at a daycare called me and told me about a girl that we were friends with in school had her kids taken away for malnutrition, the 2 kids were in foster care and the courts decided to take the kids away for good and the foster parents decided to adopt the children, well, the girl ends up pregnant AGAIN and the courts were going to take that baby away after she had it.... that was about 6 months ago... the foster parents were pregnant and decided that they could not handle having 2 babies at the same time plus 2 others and declined taking the baby that the girl was pregnant with....they were going through the processes of adoption (which has been quite a process) and yesterday they went back to court and the judge ordered the kids be given back to the girl since she now had a job and an apartment.... how screwed up is that??? The bio mother has not seen her kids in quite a while... at least 6 months, the kids are happy and healthy where they are and all of a sudden because the girl has a job and an apartment she is able to care for these kids? Not to forget the fact that she has a third that is due any day now... what is wrong with this picture? Because she has a job and an apartment.... that does NOT make her a fit mother... heck, her kids were taken away because she was not FEEDING them... how basic is that??? But, I guess because she has a job and an apartment she is all of a sudden an able parent.... and of course the fathers to these children are not around... the one that fathered the older 2 is in jail... wow, what a great roll model, and goodness only knows where the other father is.... sucks... I am sure that she is living on the welfare system sucking it dry.... UGH... ok, I am done now.... just amazing how things turn out...

Thank God!!!!! Saddam Hussein has been captured!!! I was reading my book this morning when my mom called and told me that he was captured... of course we turned on the TV to see what was being said about it... what a nasty, horrible man he is...Our troops are the best, congrats to you for catching this evil man!!! As for you stupid democrats....YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD THE BALLS TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS!!!!!! Congrats to you, also, Mr. President for being persistent and not giving up. But, I have to say that most of the thanks goes to the troops... God Bless you all and CONGRATUALTIONS!!!!

I read in the news yesterday that the US is banning countries that did not help with the Iraq situation... and I have to say GOOD JOB!!!! It is about time that we stood up to the countries that want, want, want... but do not want to help in return!! They oppose the war with Iraq but want to be part of its rebuilding?? What sense does that make other than for their own profit and it is about time we put our foot down and say NO!!


This is something that I have recieved via email several times and really think that it is worty of posting...... Thank you to all our armed forces for doing what you do for us....

Twas the Night Before Christmas

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
PLASTER AND STONE.

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF A FAR DISTANT LAND.

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
HIS FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.

WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.

I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
AND STARTED TO CRY.
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
"SANTA DON'T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."

This poem was written by a Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan.

And for others here is a link that one of my girlfriends sent to me... it is a neat page...

The Rams won... how awesome is that?? We have our playoff position and that is GREAT!!! It was a rough game, which really surprises me!!! We should have been able to beat them easily. Aeneas Williams is an INCREDIBLE player and a lot of kudos goes to him!!!! There were 2 absolutely HORRIBLE calls by the refs last night. The one man needs to go away, and needs to go away NOW!!!! One of the crappy calls he made cost us a touchdown. The other one did not hurt us all that bad but it flat out sucks that those are plays that cannot be challenged. We did hurt 3 of their guys, which was strange. Especially since the Rams are not out to hurt people.... most of the teams in the NFL outweigh our guys by 100 lbs... so to see that we did that sort of damage is strange. The Defense had issues with holding them, and if it were not for Williams and his touchdown and for the interception we could have lost that game! Bulger did a better job of not giving the ball away :o) Which is a relief :o) It was a good game all the same and I am EXTREMELY happy that we have made it to the playoffs.
My cousin is FINALLY home!!! She did sign up for the reserves for a year, which really surprised a lot of us. When I talked to my aunt she was really going back and forth on what she was going to do. She does not know if she can hack it as a "civilian" and she feels sort of like she deserted her friends in Iraq. Especially her boyfriend. He called her about a week ago and told her that there was a road side bomb and that it got the truck in front of him and that there were people shooting at him, they busted the windshield, and there were a lot of bullet holes in the side of his truck but he did manage to escape any injury... the person in front of him was not so lucky. Needless to say she is rather upset by everything, especially with him still there and going to be there til April. From the way it sounds her boyfriend is going to move to MO after he is done with his time. It is going to take some getting used to with my family since her boyfriend is black... but frankly, I am happy for her. She loves him and he loves her and took care of her in Iraq, takes good care of her... I cannot say that I could ask for more! I am happy to have my cousin home and if she decides she wants to marry this guy... more power to her, I am happy for her :o) Of course the rest of my family is not as happy about it, my grandparents and I talked about it for a time and they were surpirsed by my answer, they thought that I would be upset about it....I think that they will come around and I think that they will accept her no matter what... it will just take time :o) I have a SIL that married a black man... I LOVE him to death and her marriage has lasted longer than either one of my Father In Laws or Mother In Laws... plus I have a beautiful niece and nephew :o)
OK, I am off... everyone take care!!! :o)

This is something a friend sent me.... it is usual pass it along Email stuff... but it really does make you think :o)

Read Each One Carefully and Think About It a Second or Two



1. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
2. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
3. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
4. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
5. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
6. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
7. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
8. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
9. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
10. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
11. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
12. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
13.Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll still land among the stars.
14.Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic!
15.When you were born, everyone around you was smiling and you were crying. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling and everyone around you is crying

My baby boy had to go back to the doctor on Friday for his second flu shot... then on Saturday he comes down with CROUP AGAIN... I am thinking that the flu shot is a BAD idea!!! He was not really bad on Saturday which is a good thing and he was doing pretty good yesterday but today has been pretty bad and I am sure that I am in for another sleepless night. Hubby called the doctor for me last night because of it and he said that 1 in 20 kids get sick from the flu shot and since he is sick he is prone to get croup... gee thanks... We did the usual treatments of hot steamy bathroom and alternated it with the cold air outside and had the cool mist humidifier close by his bed and a pillow to prop him up on... That helps him temporarily but it is just horrible to hear how my poor baby has to breathe!!!! I am thinking that is the end of flu shots for my baby!! There is no medicine for it, just pure misery, unless they get so bad that they have to have a steroid treatment or the other treatment. UGH!! Ok, that is enough of the complaining. :o)
My grandpa invited me to go to the Sunset Hills Christmas party with him on Friday night and since my best friend had no plans for her birthday that night I decided to go with him. It has been a LONG time since I have been out on a date with my grandpa and I LOVED it :o) When I was a little kid we did everything together, baseball games (LOTS of those), zoo, museums and much much more. I have always been his favorite and have always been the only one of the grandkids to go do things with him, so I was really excited that he invited me to go along with him... just like old times, the only change being I was the one to drive and he was the passenger :o) It was at the Country Club in Sunset Hills, it was beautifully decorated with lots and lots of food and an open bar. We were big partiers... he had an O"douls and I had soda :o) The age group was a lot older than I was but the conversation was good. I met the mayor and several of the Alderman's for Sunset Hills and for Crestwood, met a man that builds million dollar homes, the Chief of Police and Lieutant and just lots of really nice people. Of course most of that area is Democratic so I had to bite my tongue being that I do not agree with many issues and being that my grandpa is also democratic :o) It was really great and I loved spending the time with him.
On Saturday was my aunts 50th surprise party and that was a HUGE FLOP. My other aunt is rather preturbed at my other aunts hubby for dropping the ball on the whole thing. He was supposed to get my aunts friends to come to the party and NONE of them showed up. Some saying they had NO idea about the party and others having other things to do. Since he did not tell them til a couple of days before the party. Needless to say it was a sad situation. She got a guitar for her birthday and was rather dramatic about the whole situation. Oh, well :o)
Sunday was rather uneventful, we put up the tree, finally, and decorated and rearranged some furniture to fit the stupid thing in the house. My hubby and his Christmas tree :o) Presents are wrapped and under the tree and I am pretty much done :o) The family has decided that our house would be the preffered house to have Christmas at this year, so I am going to have to do some other rearranging to fit another 25 people in here for Christmas day, we will be cozy, but I am rather excited about it :o) I love having parties and having family here so it will be a lot of fun... and that means that I do not have to travel on Christmas day :o) Whoo hoooo!!!
Tonight is the RAMS/browns game.... I am soooo excited!!! ROOT FOR THE RAMS!!!! :o)

Last night hubby and I went to the much awaited Hockey game!! Blues vs. Redwings!!!! We had AWESOME seats and the game was incredible!!! I ended up wearing beer on my butt in the first period from the girl sitting next to me, other than that it was just an awesome game. I absolutely loved it and would Love to have season tickets to them. I was really hoping that the Blues would win this game... but they did the second best thing and tied them. There was only one memorable fight but that is ok, it was close enough to see and I did add pics of it to my pics area. You can also see how awesome out seats were. The only thing that sucked about our seats was we could not see down to the other end. But it was awesome when they were right in front of us. For some reason Blues players do not like Chelios... #24 on the Redwings team... they were constantly screaming "Chelios YOU SUCK" Not quite sure why... but whatever :o) The fans also really dislike the Ref Fraser. He is a stupid ref if you ask me. He does not wear a helmet and he makes shitty calls. Or LACK of calls. Of course 2 of my all time fav players were there. They are on the Redwings team but that is ok. Brett Hull and Brendan Shannahan. CUJO did not play but that is ok :o) It was still an awesome game and I was just happy to be there!!! Hope you all have a great day!!!!!

Well, we decided to leave on Wednesday instead of on Thanksgiving to allow a little more time with the family. We left around 2 in the afternoon, we knew it would be a long hard trip but did not anticipate our beginning... we almost turned around and came home and said to heck with it! We did not manage to get out of town for another hour. The kids were hungry so we had an early dinner, which was fine, the laptop we took for the kids to watch movies on was screwed up so we did not have a tv on the way down, which actually was not as bad as we had thought it was going to be. My youngest daughter stuck a sticker in her ear so we had to stop and dig that out (NOT FUN) which I thought we may have to turn around and go to the hospital for that little stunt, but luckily I had a scrapbooking tool that I got it out with... We finally manage to get out of town and stop in Tulsa on our way. My Father in Law lives there and we wanted to stop in and say hi. We arrived there around 11 so we did not stay long. Just long enough to let the kids out to go to the bathroom and visit for a few minutes. My FIL is a wonderful person and I really love him... he is on the eccentric side, but is still wonderful. He told us a few months ago he bought an old Caddilac from an Estate sale and had to show it off... then to top it all off he comes out with this hideous PURPLE felt hat, that he wears when he is DRIVING HIS CADDY.... He is such a goof!!! My SIL was also over there to visit for a while, which was a nice surprise, we did not think that we were going to see her.
We finally get to Texas and hit FOG from the Texas state line all the way to Dallas, which really sucked!! It probably cost us at least an hour, luckily the kids slept the whole way there and we did not have any other issues. We finally arrive at my MIL's at 4:30 in the morning. We visited for a few minutes and finally managed to get a few hours of sleep before our kids were up for the morning. Thanksgiving day was a pretty lazy day for us. We did not do too much, hubby was really tired, as was I and the kids were getting adjusted to their new surroundings, which the baby never did adjust, he was pretty much attached to hubby, I or one of his siblings the whole time. He pretty much had nothing to do with my MIL, SIL or granny, which is very sad, granny wanted to hold him so bad but he would not have any of it. Granny is 91 almost 92 years old and was very confused by everything going on around her. She did not know who we were while we were there. She did not know my hubby at all which really hurt him and of course had no idea who I was or who the kids were. She is a lovely person and I love her a lot. She was so fiesty just a few years ago and to see how much she has deteriorated in such a short amount of time is very sad.
We had hotdogs on Thanksgiving :o) The kids got to open their Christmas presents from my MIL and got to open our presents. Then on Friday my SIL was coming in from Tulsa. She decided to stay and have Thanksgiving with her sons father and son on Thanksgiving and come down on Friday so that we could all have Thanksgiving together. She finally arrived around 6 that evening. We took my BIL out shopping on Friday mid-morning for his Christmas present since we did not know what to get him, he picked out a PS2 game and a controller for his PS2. The stores were not too crowded so that was nice. My hubbies uncle and his girlfriend and his daughter all came over to visit, which was great. I love my hubbies uncle and cousin they are wonderful people. So we finally had Thanksgiving dinner on Friday evening and
it was a great meal. My MIL made the Turkey and the rest of it she ordered in from Boston Market. (I will not leave any negative comments about that issue...) We filled ourselves with lots of food. :o)
Then on Saturday we went out to my MIL's husbands sons house for another THanksgiving dinner. We got to meet 3 of his 5 kids. They all seemed ok. They really did not talk to us, we felt out of place, but that is ok it was an experience and we lived through it. They have a GORGEOUS house out in the country with 75 acres. The kids had a blast playing and loved all the land to run around on. The food was wonderful and we enjoyed being out in the country playing with our kiddos. We left a few hours later and just hung out at my MIL's for the rest of the night and left early Sunday morning. I will post pics of our trip. We had a lot of pics so I will just post some of them. That was about the extent of our trip. We did stop in TUlsa on our way back too and saw my FIL again and he will hopefully be up in a few weeks to visit. He loves to go to the boats and gamble so I am sure that he will enjoy that part of his visit too :o)
I just have to say I am EXTREMELY happy to be home, my kiddos are a lot happier. I LOVE having my bed and having my own home... it is soooo much better than traveling :o)

One last thing... CONGRATS TO KRIS!!!!! She is expecting her third baby... congrats to you sweetie!!!

OK, I'm finally feeling decent enough to at least say hi to everyone. So HI!! I'll just tell you a bit bout myself. I'm an insurance agent from Michigan who enjoys sports (especially Red Wing hockey and University of Michigan. I'm probalby what you would call a conservative republican, very active in my church (Richland Bible) and a big family man, i have two kids, Heather 22 and Ryan 18, and a lovely wife Pam. Some would say i'm a little wacky (in a good way of course) but I try to enoy life and my friends. Speaking of which I met Brenda a couple years ago on the Crosswalk chat rooms and have enjoyed getting to know her and her family. I try to give her my fatherly advice from time to time, but we all know how stubborn she is (especially how she is deceived about Blues hockey). Anyway, I'm still her friend anyway and if your a friend of hers your a friend of mine. I hope you all have a great Thankgiving holiday don't eat too much food ok. I look forward to getting to know you all, take care. Bon Jour

Last night was awesome. We met my parents at Red Lobster and had a wonderful dinner. I had a crabby 16 month old, but it was because he was really hungry and wanted to eat so that was taken care of as soon as he had some food to munch on. We bought dad a Docker Stain Defender shirt since his other present has not arrived yet, which are the most awesome shirts ever!! My hubby has a couple of them and I LOVE them, especially since my hubby likes to slop food onto his shirt on a regular basis. I also bought one for my Step FIL along with a tie so that means another Christmas present down. AND we bought my brothers present. He picked what he wanted and we got it for him. Spoiled Brat :o) He had his watch stolen at school and has wanted another one so I figured easy to do, let him pick it and then I do not have to worry about it! That completes 2 more presents WHOO HOO!!! I forgot my camera last night so I will not be posting any pics.
I did manage to make a few more cards yesterday (only 30 to go) so sometime soon I will take pics and post them... just do not know when yet, I have to go house sit my mom and dad's while they have their outdoor sewer pipe fixed. So, I am off. Everyone have a great day!!

I said it in my other post, but decided that it needed to be more prominent than it was.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday was our scrapbooking night. I managed to get 2 pages done and a few cards, I have about 40 more cards to make to have my cards ready... I better get busy :o) The pages that I did turned out awesome and took me forever to do. I will take pics and post them on the pics part of my page, and the cards also took me some time and turned out pretty cute too. Hopefully I will have some time in the next few days to get more done, so that I can get them sent out in the first part of December. If only I had more time....
We have most of our Christmas shopping DONE!!!! WHOO HOOO!!!!! We went to Old Navy to get some clothes for us all, and then we went to Toys R Us and managed to finish off our older 2 except for their games to go with the GameBoys. We bought our oldest son a scooter, helmet/knee pads/ elbow pads, a couple of games, the Hulk movie, the Gameboy Advance and accesories, and blanket... our oldest daughter got the Gameboy Adavance and accesories, Barbie with a baby, Cabbage Patch Kid, Disney blanket and a couple of games... our youngest daughter got a Cabbage Patch Kid, magnadoodle, care bear, Leap Frog Cash Register, Care Bear Castle and the Disney blanket. We still have a few things to figure out on what to get her and the our youngest son has been the hardest, we got him a Fisher Price shape bus that is really cool :o), Leapfrog see and learn driver, disney blanket and Thing1 and Thing 2 from the Cat in the Hat. I have NO idea what else to get him.... I even have it all wrapped and ready for the tree (which is not even up yet) We finished my MIL and SIL (scrapboooking stuff for them, they were easy to take care of!), now we have my mom, brother,Step-FIL, nephew and BIL... My brother is going to pick a watch, so that is easy, my step-FIL is going to get a shirt and tie, my BIL is going to get DVD's and I have no idea what kind of thing we are going to get my nephew, but it should not be too hard, I am thinking Super Heroes or GI Joe for him. My mom is going to be the hardest but I am thinking maybe a maincure, pedicure or a massage for her. Then of course there is what I am going to get my hubby, I have NO idea what to get him yet... He is soo hard to shop for!!! I have a little while yet to get his stuff done...
On Sunday I decided to go to church with my mom. It is a Korean church and is rather interesting. They have a translator for those of us that do not speak Korean and the student pastor gave a short sermon, which was pretty good, and then afterwards they had a huge feast of Korean food and Thanksgiving dinner. It was really good. Then we went to the Korean grocery store to buy my grandma her stuff to make Winter Kimchee which is going to be awesome!! :o) My poor husband will never come around me again!! Hubby hates the smell of the stuff and hates the smell on me, so he tends to stay away :o( But the stuff is soo good that I cannot stay away from it :o)
Jeff, is under the weather and will be posting at some point, but has got the crud that is going around and is pretty sick, so he will eventually show himself... you just have to get the old, feeble folk time to heal :o) (just kidding Jeff!!)
Today is my dads birthday so we will celebrate by taking him out to Red Lobster and giving him his birthday/Christmas present. ( an awesome red Farm-all tractor from the Franklin Mint) Then tomorrow is a trip to the hospital for my girlfriends son who is going through his second ear surgery, poor baby has gone through soo much already and has been such a champ about it all!! He was born without his right ear and they are constructing one for him out of his cartilidge and skin. It is what they call a cauliflower ear right now. They did the initial work the first time, this one is going to actually give him an ear, they are going to do a couple more skin graphs and stretch out the cartlidge and put the skin on it and he will then have an ear... Last time he was in the hospital for several days because of how sick the meds made him, so we are expecting a few days this time too. They are hoping he will be home for THanksgiving, but I highly doubt it. He has to be able to hold down food for a certain amount of time before they release him, which makes sense... So, I will be up there tomorrow and probably Wednesday to visit with him.
The Rams managed to pull off another win in overtime, which again is credited to JEFF WILKINS.... You are the SHNITZ WILKINS!!!! He managed to tie the game for us in the last 4 seconds of the game then managed a great field goal in Overtime for the win!!! 49 yards... Impressive WILKINS!!! :o) Of course the refs had some really crappy calls!! There was one against Tinoisamoa for some BS call of excessive cheering, or whatever it is called, which they did a replay and there was nothing there, so that cost us, then there was one for one of our guys putting his arm up to block the sun, I have no idea what the call was called, but oh, well we still managed to win, Bluger did throw 4 interceptions, one of them turning into a 70 yrd touchdown for the Cardinals. There is the fact that we lead the league in turnovers... 32 most in the League, wow... that is something to be proud of :oP BUT, we are in FIRST place in our Division, so that makes me really really happy :o) Next weeks game is here against the Vikings, then the Browns, seahawks, bengals and then finally the Lions. I think that if the guys get focused and not too confident about their game then we should be able to beat the rest of these teams. Minnesota will probably be our biggest competition, Browns should be an easy win, Seahawks will be challenging, Bengals will be pretty challenging and then the Lions should be a gimme for the Rams... Hopefully it all goes our way and we can make it to the playoffs and the Superbowl!!! :o) The Blues are also doing good, we are still in first place, which is awesome :o) We are 12-5 and 1 point ahead of the wings... hopefully we can hold on to our lead and keep doing good!! :o) Oh and of course hubby is extremely happy that the OK SOONERS are still undefeated, and number 1. They beat Texas Tech 56-25.
On to other things... I really did not want to talk about the Michael Jackson thing, but I am going to say SHAME ON THE PARENTS!!!! WHY WOULD YOU LET YOUR CHILD HANG AROUND SOMEONE LIKE HIM???? He had charges against him 10 yrs ago for child molestation!!! SHAME ON YOU for letting your child near that monster!!! I do not care that he is rich, famous and has that Neverland playland... it is the same concept of offering a child candy to get them where you want them, he just did it on a much grander scale.... I think that Michael Jackson needs to be castrated and kept away from all children!! But I also think that the parents should get into trouble, your child is NOT worth the risk!! Just because he is famous and has money does not mean that it is ok to put your child at risk!!! KNOWING that he had those child molestation charges against him 10 yrs ago and managed to settle out of court does not mean that he is an ok person!!! SHAME ON THE PARENTS!!! Shame on Michael Jackson too, you sick, NASTY, horrible person. Shame on him for preying on innocent chidren. He needs to be put away for good! Ok, done with that... just had to get that out of my system...
the VA jury decides that Muhammad needs to be put to death with the DC sniper shootings... glad to hear. Capital punishment is a good thing. OK, I think that I am done for now... I am sure that I will have more to update later on... How was everyone elses weekend??

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY!!!!! Sets stage: I did some laundry, put it in the dryer, dried it, did not get it out, left it in there, just towels NO big deal.... In comes hubby... decides to run his suit through the dryer with a dryel thingy since he had to wear his suit twice this week, no big deal... goes downstairs, takes the towels from the dryer and puts them ON TOP OF THE WASHER, throws in his suit.... goes and gets his suit when it is done... does NOT BRING TOWELS UPSTAIRS... WHY WHY WHY???? Is it so hard to just bring them upstairs since you have to go down there anyway????? He knows I would have folded them, not a big deal and truly it would not kill him to do it, they were towels, the EASIEST of all the laundry..... AARRGGGHHHHH MEN!!!!!! SOMETIMES YOU ARE THE BIGGEST JACKASSES!!!!!!!!! Ok, done now... of course my hubby got the reaming, but it is always fun to rant about it :o)

Update: hubby decided on the gameboy advances..... so now my older 2 will be getting those with a bunch of the accessories and carrying case, now I have to find some games... :o) Gotta LOVE Ebay!!!! So I guess that solves the problem of their big present :o) Now if we can just figure out what to do with the little ones... Oh and I found out that the one thing that I was going to get my littlest has bad reviews, so I crossed that off my list... thank you to the one that shared the info with me!!! I greatly appreciate it!!!

I have to say that I am pretty much sick of Christmas already!! Hubby and I are going to do the kids Christmas gifts this weekend and will just have my brother and mother to shop for and we will be DONE!! We decided to go down to Dallas for Thanksgiving to visit with my IL's and will give our Christmas presents to them while we are there. So that means we will have to get their presents this weekend also. I have ordered 1 thing for each of the kids from Disney. Personalized throw blankets. From there I have hit a wall. My hubby does not want to get the kids toys for Christmas, mind you they are 8,6,3, and 16 months. WHAT do you get a kid other than toys for Christmas?? Underwear and socks??? THat is a kids worst nightmare, and I see clothes as a neccesity, not something that they should get for Christmas!! My oldest did say that he wanted a clock, so I passed that along to my MIL, my oldest daughter wants the Barbie Swan Lake DVD, that I also passed along to my MIL, but what about the 2 little ones?? What else do you get them other than toys??? I understand that my hubby does not want to get toys because they already have a TON of toys, but what else do you do?? If anyone has ANY ideas let me know!!! We have toyed with the idea of Gameboy advances for the older 2 and bikes for the older 2, which would be great, not a big deal, maybe even a little trike for our youngest daughter (fill my garage that is already full with a van and jet ski, instead of the house, gee what a good idea =o) ) Well, luckily it will all be done with this weekend, I hate shopping the day after Thanksgiving, and waiting til the last minute, so it should take a a load of me when it is all said and done. WHOOO HOOO :o) Of course there is still the hubby to shop for, but I still have not figured out what I am going to get him. He is rather hard to shop for since he buys what he wants when he wants. And again I hate to buy clothes since that is a neccesity and not something most people want. But I will come up with something. Maybe some golf clubs and some goober pants :o)

I would like to say welcome to my friend Jeff. He is now a writer on here too. I figured since I am on here bashing the Wings in public I am not giving him a fair shot at the Blues and that is not right... so WELCOME JEFF!!! He is a great friend that I met a few years back and have continuously talked to for several yrs now. Talk away buddy :o)

Since we have decided to go to Dallas for Thanksgiving it should be interesting, it is about a 12-13 hour drive and with 4 kids it will probably take a little longer!! Plus my sister in law and my nephew from Tulsa will be there, and so will my MIL's husbands daughter and hubby from CA.... so we should be packed in like sardines!! We will stay here for Thanksgiving with my family, then get loaded up in the car and head for Dallas, we will probably stop in Tulsa to see some of my hubbies dads side of the family, then get to Dallas sometime in the middle of the night, then have Thanksgiving with them on Friday, then on Saturday have Thanksgiving with one of my MIL's hubbies kids and then come home on Sunday... so we should be nice and FAT by the time we leave Dallas :o) What are YOUR plans for Thanksgiving??

I read the news this morning and saw something on CNN.com that says Classic toys hot again this Christmas... I have issues with the toys being called Classic!!! I played with some of these toys when I was a kid... guess that makes me classic...wwaaahhhhhh!! Oh, well guess I should start accepting that I am getting old! :o) I have to say that I am excited about some of the come backs though. My girls love to play with the My little pony toys and also with the Care bear toys... and I do not think that Hot Wheels or Legos ever went out of style, nor do I think that they ever will! My hubby STILL loves to play with the legos and hot wheels. Of course he claims it to be boy time with our son, but I think that he does it because he enjoys it too!! And of course I LOVE the leapfrog toys... I have to say they are INCREDIBLE!!! My kiddos have the leappad and they love it. It is a lot of fun for them. My youngest has the activity table and has a blast with it and there are many other things that I would love to get the kids that they make... especially the globe (that may go on the Christmas list for the kids this year) .
Then there is the issue of the Gay marriage thing that is going on in Massachusetts. I am sorry but I do not think that they should be able to get married, be together fine, but why should they get to marry? It is not right, not right at all. I do not mind gays, I have friends and family that are gay, but why should they be allowed to get married and have it seen as legal when it is wrong?? If 2 people are together and they love each other and are gay why do they need to see it recognized? What they are doing is not right so just leave it at that... Granted I am not the one that is going to be judging them in the end, but why make a big deal of it? They should not be given marriage licenses in my opinion. I will not go on and on about it, it is not my lifestyle and I have to say that I have a religious view about it... and I know that I am not going to be the judge in the end... it just irks me.....
I do have something else to say... it is going to be a broad statement and not directed at anyone, just one of those things that I have to say .... PEOPLE need to GROW UP!!!! GET OUT OF THE STUPID HIGH SCHOOL BS!!!!!! YOU CANNOT CONTROL another human being so QUIT trying!!!!! If you have a problem take care of it yourself. It sucks that people are always trying to make themselves feel better by putting someone else down. People like that are life suckers, they suck the life out of other people and try and belittle them, granted some people ignore it and just move on, but for others it can be an issue and it sucks that people try and do that to others, especially people that they call their friends... Friends should be treated with respect, love, and trust... PERIOD! If you take this personally then maybe you should evaluate your friendships if not then I just wasted your time :o) So sorry :o) But I had to get it said and it is something that I have wanted to say but have not. I will say again that this is NOT directed at anyone. I just wanted it said. I love all of my friends dearly and have had some of them for over 20 yrs, I consider myself a good friend to others. I am not the most personable person, nor am I the nicest person, but I am who I am and that is how it goes. I am a picky person when it comes to my friends, trust is a major part of friendship and so is RESPECT if you do not have those you do not have a genuine friendship, in my opinion. You should not have to walk on eggshells around someone because you are afraid of hurting their wittle feewings or upseting them, if you are not able to be yourself around someone you are NOT being true to yourself or to your so-called friend. With that said I will step off my soap box.
Oh and dear sweet friend Jeff... my Blues are still in first place AND first in the WHOLE league.... where are your wings?? What are THEY doing??? :o) Gotta LOVE the bitter sweet rivalry that we have. :o) We will not even get into football since that would be unfair... the Lions have sucked for so long that it is not right to go into that one :o) At least we have hockey to fight over :o)
I know this is old news but I am going to say it anyways, I have to say I am very proud of George W Bush for banning partial birth abortion!! Very brave step for a man to step up and do what is right and do what he believes in!!! I am so very proud of him as a president to do what he believes and not not do it because others are against it. The fact that judges banned it minutes after it was signed is horrible!!! I do not agree with abortion, nor do I agree with this way of aborting a BABY.... it sickens me to no end... a baby is a baby, whether it be in the womb or outside the womb... I have 4 beautiful children and would not trade that for the world. I know that there are different reasonings for having abortions and I know that women have made those decisions for themselves and I do not think less of them for it, I DO think less of women who continue to have abortion after abortion as a way of birth control, that is HORRIBLE and should not be allowed at all!! CLOSE your damn legs or use your damn brain and use birth control!!! I was not planning on going on about such a controversial subject.... oh, well :o)
And lastly, I want to add that my prayers are with all the troops in Iraq, God bless you for all that you do and I am praying for you all. I hate the fact that we have lost so many lives, all you guys/gals are awesome and deserve all the respect and well wishes that there are. Thank you to my sweet cousin who will be coming home in a couple of weeks, I cannot wait to see you and cannot wait to take you out to dinner!!!

The weekend was busy as usual. Saturday was a catch up day and a night at mom and dad's for dinner. I requested a FULL Korean meal and I got it :o) My mom did an AWESOME job, as usual. My grandma had made a fresh batch of kimchee for me and my mom made my favorite dish, jaja myun and mondu and dobu (the spelling of it all is questionable)... one word... YUMMY!!! :o) That is exactly what the doctor ordered!! I needed a good home cooked meal from my mom. 3 of my 4 kids also enjoyed the Korean feast, my oldest was the only one who decided that he wanted steak, like my hubby and dad rather than the awesome stuff my mom made. We stayed for a little while after dinner, vegged and watched The In-Laws. Which is a pretty dang funny movie in my opinion. Then we came home, brought my brother with us, and hubby and brother played Socom II and True Crimes: Streets of LA and I managed to get 8 scrapbooking pages done... wow, what party animals we are :o) Then today of course was football day. Rams played the Bears and it was a shitty game yet again. Rams did manage to win, but it was not thanks to our offense. I was actually very surprised that we won. It was a close game, but we played bad both offensively and deffensively. Of course I still love my guys, they just need some work.... hmmm... maybe I should start joining Martz on the practice field!!! Just kidding, I do not pretend to know what the plays are.... just know that I love my Rams and want them to WIN and win by KICKING ASS!!! :o) My Blues are also still winning. We are leading the league with the most wins. Which I think is GRAND!!! We play the Ducks tonight, hopefully we will win that one too and make our lead even better.
I got my tickets for the Blues game on December 4th in the mail the other day.... I am sooo excited!! :o) I love seeing the Redwings play my team. I love my Blues but I have to say that the wings are one heck of a team!!!! They have a lot of my fav players on their team, Shannahan, Hull, and of course CUJO (whom the silly Wings sent to the minors then realized their MISTAKE and brought him back!) Jeff, for your benifit I took a pic of my tickets. :o) I will be thinking of you while I am enjoying the game, and watch as my team KICKS the wings BUTT!!!!
Then I went to a Stampin' Up workshop that a girlfriend was having and did a few cool projects and did a few more of my Christmas cards. I took some pics of the projects if you would like to see them. I have to say that I love to stamp as much as I love to scrapbook. I have some very expensive hobbies that I absolutely adore. :o) Hopefully I will be able to get my Christmas cards done this year and send them out, instead of the store bought ones. I have a few done and think that I have found the one that I am going to repeat make. Ok, I am done rambling for now... I hope that everyone had a great weekend!!!!

Last night we went to my hubbies installation into the Council of Kadosh, a branch of the Scottish Rite that is a big honor, since so few actually get into it. My dad was going out as Commander and my hubby was going in as Sentinel....I have to say that I am proud of my dad and of my hubby.... I will add pics of it to my pics page. My dad was just recently installed into KCCH (Knight Commander of the Court of Honor) which only a few guys get into, I did not take my camera with me that night so when I get pics from my mom I will add them to my pics also. I have to say that my hubby is INCREDIBLY sexy in a Tux :o) The hat is a little on the bellboy side, but that just goes with the territory :o) Luckily it was a nice SHORT installation and it was at the BEAUTIFUL Scottish Rite temple downtown. Of course since I am looking for a pic of it I cannot find one! I am proud of my hubby and hope that he enjoys it as much as my dad did. Congrats to you, sweetie!!!!

I am sitting here watching Dr.Phil (yeah, I just admitted that I watch the show) and I have to say that I am torn with his family that he is helping. A 15 yr old girl gave birth to a baby boy and has decided to keep the baby. Kudos to her. The father left her and started the BS story of he did not know if he was the father.... I have to say that I HATE that statement. I have experienced that stupid comment and I think that it is a COP OUT. Guys, same goes for you as it does for the girl, YOU PLAY YOU PAY!!! Some of you know my background some do not... so I will do a quick summary. I was in High School, 16 yrs old when I got pregnant, was with the guy for over 2 yrs. had my oldest when I was 17. He left me when I was 7 or 8 months pregnant (I do not remember for sure) His mother tried talking me into an abortion and late in the pregnancy to give my baby up for adoption. I obviously did neither one since I have a beautiful, healthy 8 yr old son. Granted my parents were not happy campers and early on in my pregnancy tried convincing me of the same thing his mother tried. I held strong and told them I do not agree with abortion and I would not want to deal with giving a child up for adoption. Both are decisions that someone has to live with for the rest of their lives and I was not willing to do either one. I was willing to take on my responsiblity and take care of it myself. Anyways, my sons sperm donor started denying it was his kid, which pissed me off to no end, how he could say such a thing was unbelievable since he had been the only one I had been with and we were together for 2 yrs... it was stupid and a way for him to make himelf feel better. To this day he has not ever been a part of my sons life. He has seen my son 2 times in 8 yrs. Once when my son was a yr old and then again about 2 yrs ago. My son has NO idea that he has a biological father and I am not sure when I will let him know. My husband has been around my son since he was just a couple of months old and so there has been no reason to tell my son any different.
There has never been any contact with my son and his bio grandparents for the purpose that they are INSANE... his bio grandfather is racist against me, therefore does not accept my son, and his grandmother is very unstable and even went as far as to threaten me when I was in labor, claiming that she was coming up to the hospital to take my baby away from me since I did not do what she wanted me to do... needless to say we had a restraining order against her and of course I do not trust her. My son has seen his bio great grandparents, they are wonderful people and only want the best for my son. They have seen him quite a few times and I am ok with that, my son just thinks that we are visiting friends. My sons bio dad has never paid a dime for a thing. I have no intentions of ever going after him nor do I want anything from him. When the time comes my son will know who his bio dad is and it will be his decision on what to do from there. I will not talk ill of his bio dad but leave it up to my son to figure out what he wants to do....
Ok, that is the gist of the story.... so I am watching Dr.Phil and he is talking about the bio dad and says that it is vitally important for the bio dad to be a part of this child's life.... I have to say that I disagree, UNLESS the dad is completely ready to be a dad I think that it is horrible to try and force something upon an innocent child. I think that it would be horrible for this guy to come into the babies life and then decide that he did not like it and decide to bail. Sucks..ok, I am done for now, I am sure that I will have more to say on the subject but as far as I am concerned he is a sperm donor and nothing more, when he leaves and says that the kid is not his, I believe that he just forfit his options as a dad... easy way out for a guy...

Just when I thought things could get no worse... my son wakes up, decides he wants to eat a hotdog and is fine... then we are sitting there snuggling and what does he decide to do??? He decides to GIVE the HOT DOG BACK.... yeah, he threw up all over me... oh joy... :o( My hubby has a weak stomach and cannot handle it, so not only do I get to CLEAN UP the nasty mess but I have a hubby who is also gagging... LUCKY LUCKY me... (someone take me out back and beat the shit out of me!!!!) Well, son and I have now had another shower and are vegging.... ahhhh... the joys of parenthood... :o)

We have not been able to kick this crud!!! On Monday night my baby boy was pretty bad and we did not get a lot of sleep... a couple of hours at most. Then last night he started his "croupy" cough again and this time I decided I had had enough and called his doctor's exchange and from what the doctor could hear of my baby over the phone he told me to try the humidifier and if that did not work, which he did not think that it would, to take him into the hospital for a treatment. So.. we did the humidifier and then he took a warm shower with me to try and help it out, and finally I decided that I had had it and we took him to the ER to get a treatment. I have to say that Croup is a shitty thing for a kid to have!!! My older 2 never got croup, but my younger 2 do. My parents come over to watch the older 3 and hubby and I took baby boy to the hospital, we arrived around 8:45, we waited for close to 2 hours and finally I was to the point I was pretty ticked off, my son was crying, did not want to be held, did not want to walk around and was crying, well if you have ever experienced croup you know that being upset worsens the condition. So I walk out to the front desk and ask the doctor that was standing there how much longer it was going to take, my son is having issues breathing and I am NOT happy. I know what is wrong with him and want to get him the treatment and be done with it!!! Luckily the doctor standing there heard my son crying and said that he would get him in now and would take care of it... so 2 minutes later he comes and gets us and tells me that he has already talked to the pediatrician and he will be in to see us before he gets to anyone else and take care of him. It was amazing!! The respitory technician comes in and listens to my son's lungs, then as he was finishing the nurse walks in to do his thing and as he was still checking him out the doctor walks in.... how awesome is that??? They already had the nebulizer waiting and was waiting to check him out before deciding which treatment to give him... luckily it was just the steroid treatment and not the epenephrine treatment (which I had no idea about, never seen it done) they got it done and we were out of there by 11:30.... I hate hospitals, I hate going to ER's, I wish that there was a way to give treatments at home, and be done with it.... luckily he took the steroid with just a little fight and was asleep before we even left the hospital and managed to sleep through the night. Of course I did not get as much sleep, being the over-worried mother that I am, he slept with us, I should say ON me, and was breathing MUCH better. He had to sleep sitting in an upright position so it sucked for me, I was watching over him most of the night, making sure that he WAS breathing and now am exhausted!!! Now, if we can just make it through tonight he should be fine, he should get over it with little issues... ahhh... the joys of parenthood :o)
I do have to say that I will love it when I manage to get my bed back :o) I like my sleep and I like my bed without any children in it :o) Ok, I think that I am done complaining :o) I did add a few pics of him sleeping... there is nothing like a sweet baby sleeping :o) Hopefully I will be able to talk about something else soon!!! But for now I have to plan something for dinner!!

I have added a new blog to my list. I was reading Chief Wiggles and he mentioned a guy that is in Korea, I tend to not talk about my heritage. My mom is Korean and I still have a grandfather that is there in Korea. I have been there once, when I was 16. I would LOVE to go back, and will one day. I find his point of view interesting and think that it is really neat. I also found another blog that is in Korea and will also add him to the list. He has quite a few pics... There is no other reason I am adding them other than the fact that they talk about Korea. I hope that you all will take a look at their sites. :o)

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! To ALL of our Service men and women!!!!! Happy Veteran's Day to all... God Bless you all.....

Sorry that I have not been around. The kiddos are all sick, hubby and I are also down with the crud. Hubby is better and is taking care of the rest of us, which means I get limited time on the computer since he is home :o) Which is ok, since he makes $$ with his computer time, and I manage to just bitch about things :o) Things have been fairly quiet since we have all been sick. I went over to Tracy's to help Kris out with the party favors for her SIL's wedding yesterday. They turned out awesome!! Kris has a great imagination and if weddings were not such a pain the ass, actually if the people in the wedding were not such a pain she would be a great wedding planner!! We managed to make somewhere around 150 party favors and they are beautiful!! It took us a few hours and we had to change our plans on how they were to look but overall it was fun :o)
Hubby went to the football game last night. Rams won, but it was an AWEFUL game. The final score was Rams 33 and Ravens 22.... only 14 of those points came from the offense. The other points came mainly from our Special teams.... how sad is that???? ESPN was the one that aired it last night and they SUCKED!! I hated it. FOX is MUCH better at airing our games. The first quarter was full of technical difficulties from ESPN and they had Ray Lewis from the Ravens team "wired" so we got to listen to someone that none of us care about moan and groan and hype up his team... wow... how fun.... or NOT! Plus, the commentators from ESPN SUCKED!! Thanks, but go away. Our Rams defense is AWESOME!!!! Gotta LOVE our guys!! Grant Wistrom, Adam Archuleta you guys are awesome!! :o) Oh and we cannot forget Jeff Wilkins who managed to get the ball between the poles FOUR times and some of them from great distances!!! And Welcome back to Adam Archuleta and Marshall Faulk!! OK,enough of that :o)

On Oct 30th I posted an E mail from a friend of mine who Emailed me by mistake... well after I Emailed him and asked him what in the heck he was talking about I got a response today....
O my gosh! I sent you this e-mail!!! I am so sorry! Don't be mad!
My friends e-mail is *****************. O man I'm laughing so hard
right now. Sorry I bet you were like what the F***K is he doing! I love you kido!!

That was his response... I find it interesting how some people talk to someone one way, that you had NO idea about and they talk TOTALLY different to someone else!! I did respond to his Email with.. Now I know the secret of the "guy talk" and know that he is not the sweet innocent guy I originally thought that he was :o) But that is ok... he is a sweetie, and I will keep him for a friend :o) (of course hubby was not so happy with the "love you" part... men, if only they understood friendships the way us women do :o) )

Ok, on to a totally different subject, The other day I heard on the news that a Blackhawk helicopter was shot down... my heart dropped to my feet! Just to clarify, I agree with Bush sending troops over to Iraq, I know that our service men and women are doing the jobs that they signed up to do. I know that a lot of people do not agree with us being over there, but I DO agree and believe that what we are doing we are doing for the good of the Iraqi people and all people. Saddam is a HORRIBLE man and I hope that sometime soon we catch him and kill the SOB. OK, back to what I was originally saying.... I have a friend that is a blackhawk pilot. He has been doing it for a long time and my heart broke when I heard that a blackhawk went down... he is there in Iraq and is a wonderful friend of mine. I tried for a couple of days to get in touch with him and tried to find out who was killed that day... then a couple of days ago I heard from him, he is fine, he is on missions is ok with it. He wants to be there and wants to do what he is doing. He was there for the GUlf War and was in Bosnia when that crap happened.... but I have to say... I hate it. I hate that anyone that I care about is there. Here is his webpage if anyone is interested. He is an awesome friend and I would not trade that for anything... just brings home the truth that our friends, neighbors, loved ones, family are there risking their lives as we go on about our normal life bitching and moaning and groaning about the inconsequential little shit life throws us...
Ok, I am done for now, time to get back to the sick kiddos.... hopefully I will be back tomorrow!!! :o)

Hillary Clinton gets elected President .......and is spending her first night in the White House. The ghost of George Washington appears, and Hillary says, "How can I best serve my country?"
Washington says, "Never tell a lie."
"Ouch!" Says Hillary, "I don't know about that."
The next night, the ghost of Thomas Jefferson appears... Hillary says,
"How can I best serve my country?"
Jefferson says, "Listen to the people."
"Ohhh! I really don't want to do that."
On the third night, the ghost of Abe Lincoln appears.... Hillary says,
"How can I best serve my country?"
Lincoln says, "Go to the theater."

I found this and thought that it would be a neat thing to do.... so here goes :o)

Some Questions for Tuesday

1. If you could pick your neighbors (living, dead, real or fictional), who would live to your right, to your left, across from you and below you?I rarely ever talk to my neighbors... But if I had to pick someone...
I think that I would have my parents across the street from me (It would be nice to have them babysit at the drop of a hat :o) ) Plus, I could see them coming from across the street!
On my left... I would love to have my best friend. We talk all the time anyway, so it would be nice to have her closer.
On my right...I would love to have my grandparents. I am very close to them and it would be nice to be able to drop in on them.
and below me... It would be cool to have someone famous that was not a jerk.... so if you hear of someone let me know :o) Maybe even someone political... (Republican of course, maybe Jodie, since he works for Bush...he is an awesome guy and I would love to talk to him about things... )

Yeah, I know boring... but since I rarely ever talk to my neighbors anyways, it would be nice to be surrounded by my family and friends :o)
2. Can you cook? If so what is your speciality?
I like to bake more than anything... I make a great pot of chili (thanks to my dad) I make awesome cookies, cakes, and other sweets. I do not make too many outlandish dishes because my hubby is a picky eater... so I try and keep it simple. I would love to do it though.

3. What is your least favorite sound? The sound of WHINING, bitching and children crying and hurt.

4. Who was your favorite primary teacher, and have you seen him or her recently? Mrs. Coffey, and I have not seen her in a couple of years... last I heard she retired, she had cancer and needed to.

5. White shoes: "Any time of the year", "before Labor Day", "only in a sanatorium", or "what do you mean white shoes?"
I have tennis shoes that are white and wear them whenever I feel like it, other than that I do not wear white shoes in winter. As I have said before, I am not a big shoe person so I really do not care :o)

6. How many hours do you sleep, and how many do you really need? I sleep about 6 hours a night... and I think that I need 12 ;o)

7. Have you ever met Kevin Bacon?No, and no thank you

8. What book is currently on your bedside table?Well, my book travels with me... Right now I am reading Gravity by Tess Gerritsen.... (my last book) time to go back to Barnes and Noble!!!!

9. What kind of dancer are you? Yeah... NOT a good one :o)


10. What's the coolest toy you had as a kid? My Raggedy Ann doll.


11. If your life were a television show, would you be a reality show, sitcom, drama, game show, documentary, mini-series, after-school special or soap opera? My best friend has dubbed me the Drama Queen... so I am thinking drama...

12. A restaurant has a special named after you. How does the menu describe it and how much does it cost?
It would be a great variety of things... I LOVE seafood, so it would be a great seafood combo (lobster, shrimp, crab, scallops etc.) with some pasta for a small side... and it would be expensive.


13. What do you have in your pockets? hmmm.... I do not have any pockets... so I am thinking nothing :o) (that is what you get when you bum around in hubbies boxers!)

Another cute one from Liz....

Subject: The Silent Treatment

A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment.
The next week the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago.
Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (AND LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, Please wake me at 5:00 AM."
The next morning the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and that he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed.
The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up."
Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests!!

I took my baby girl to the Doctor yesterday. She was running a 103.9 on Sunday night and we managed to bring it down to 102 and so I took her in to see the doctor and found out that she has the first stages of Bronchitis... Oh joy... so, needless to say, I have a sick baby girl who is barely moving. We made up a palet of blankets and her toys in the living room. She has been laying on the living room floor yesterday and today, just laying there... sleeping some, and just laying there... which is NOT her in the least, so she must be feeling REALLY bad if she cannot even get up to terrorize her siblings!! She is on medicine and on Motrin and Tylenol so hopefully she will be back to her old self in a day or two... My poor little baby!!!! Hubby took a couple of pics of her last night while she was sleeping... I added them to the pics. I hope that everyone has a great day!!!!

From Liz over at Grotesque Beauty.....Very cute :o)


Never Argue........

A couple goes on vacation to a fishing resort in northern Minnesota.
The husband likes to fish at the crack of dawn. The wife likes to read.

One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and
decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife
decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance,
anchors,
and
continues to read her book.

Along comes a game warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman
and
says, "Good morning Ma'am. What are you doing?"

"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking "isn't that obvious?")

"You're in a restricted fishing area," he informs her.

"I'm sorry officer, but I'm not fishing, I'm reading."

"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at
any
moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up."

"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault," says the
woman.

"But I haven't even touched you," says the game warden.

"That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could
start at any moment."

"Have a nice day maam", and he left............

MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also
think.

I added a few pics to my pic area.... A childhood friend of mine sent me pics of him from halloween. I put his up, he is the one in all black. I am assuming that he is the guy from the Matrix ( I never have made it through the movies) He is an awesome person and I thought that the pics were great so I added them to my album... and then there is a pic of each of the kids from Halloween night... it was hard to get them to stand still long enough to get pics of them... so there is only one of each :o) But that is ok... I got 'em!!!

So sorry it has been a while since I have posted... weekends are always hard on me when it comes to posting. Friday night the kids had a blast trick or treating. We had a lot of kids come to the house and the kids got tons of candy!! Between the four of them I think that we are going to have candy around for the next two years!! It was a beautiful night to go out. My parents and brother came over for pizza and to see the kids and they handed out candy so that we could all go. Which is normally a hubby thing and I normally stay behind and hand out the candy... so it was nice to be able to go out with all the kiddos. On Saturday I had to reschedule my massage etc. they put me down for 2:30 and that was not enough time to get everything done so I scheduled it for Sunday. We went up to my parents store and helped them with the banners that they are working on, hubby worked on the computers to get them all secured. There is an awesome scrapbook store up by my parents store so I went there with my mom and bought more paper and stickers (as if I needed it) :o) We did a bit more at the store and then went to Bass Pro Shop so my hubby could drool over stuff and buy a few more things that he wanted. My brother came home with us and the guys went fishing and I scrapbooked for a couple of hours and actually got 10 pages done... which is amazing for me... I normally only get about 6 done in a night... so I was pretty happy :o) Then on Sunday I went to my massage, pedicure and manicure... it was WONDERFUL!!! I LOVED the massage!! It was awesome and the lady did just the right amount of pressure... I did not fall asleep, I think that since it was my first time I wanted to be awake for it all. The manicure was ok, nothing spectacular.... ahh.. but the pedicure... now that was awesome! You sit down in this awesome chair that is super comfy, you put your feet in this spa that is just the right temp, and relax... she did a massage on my feet and then primped my feet. It was really nice. The same lady that did my massage did the pedicure. So I was comfortable talking with her and really enjoyed the whole thing. I told her that I would be sending my hubby to her in a couple of weeks. I think that he would really like the massage. Then I went home all relaxed and greased up from the whole thing! Which was great!!! watched the football game (which SUCKED!!!) That was my weekend.. whoo hooo :o)

My hubby... God love him... is the sweetest man alive!! I asked him to stop by the grocery store on his way home from work last night to buy a few things we needed for dinner (like the whole meal) He calls me on his way home and says that he has a surprise for me and I will be gone for a couple of hours on Saturday... this gets me rather concerned (he LOVES to play games with me) I said ok.... what is it I am going to be doing??? He said you will see when I get home... ok.... he gets home and hands me this package... he bought me a Swedish body massage, pedicure, manicure and a mini facial from the spa that is next to our grocery store. He is the absolute greatest man alive!! :o) I have one issue... I do not like to be touched by people I do not know, I pretty much do not like being touched period..(other than by my hubby, kids, family and a select number of friends) The one other thing that the lady tried talking him into was a hair conditioning... which I would have absolutely refused... they put herbs and other stuff in your hair to condition it... I am soo glad that my hubby knows me and knows that I would not have gone for that at all... I am very anal about my hair, I have a girlfriend that cuts my hair. I do not let anyone touch my hair, no one "plays" with it, anything. I take care of my hair just fine thank you :o) I did put highlights in my hair, but they are so subtle that no one can tell (I can barely tell). Do not get me wrong, I appreciate what he did for me more than anything. I just do not know about the whole being touched thing lol... Oh, well... I am going to go and hope for the best :o) I have had manicures before, never a pedicure. Most people that know me know that I am a no frills type of girl. I do not care about jewelry, I wear my wedding ring and that is about it (I have jewelry, but rarely ever wear it). I rarely ever wear makeup (like 2-3 times a year) I care a little about clothes (they are not raggy) but I am not obsessed with them or shoes.... hubby has offered a million times to buy me jewelery, would love to buy me jewelry but I prefer other things and tell him not to bother. So... to me this whole spa thing feels on the frilly side :o) Oh, well... I am excited... have I mentioned that my hubby is the best hubby???? :oD

TOO FUNNY!!!! :o)

An airplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board, but only 4 parachutes.

The 1st passenger said,
"I am Kobe Bryant, the best player in the NBA; the Lakers need me, I can't afford to die."
So he took the 1st pack and left the plane.

The 2nd passenger, Hillary Clinton said, "I am the wife of the former U.S. President, a NY State Senator and a potential future president. I am also the smartest woman in American history, so America's people don't want me to die", and she took the 2nd pack and jumped out of the plane.

The 3rd passenger, George W. Bush, said, "I'm the president of the United States of America. I have great responsibility being the leader of a superpower nation."
So he grabbed the pack next to him and jumped.

The 4th passenger, the Pope, said to the 5th passenger, a 10 year old schoolgirl,
"I am old and frail and don't have many years left, and as a Catholic, I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute."

The girl said,
"That's okay. There's a parachute left for you. America's smartest woman took my schoolbag."

Yeah yeah... I just got this E mail from a guy friend of mine from High school... we have stayed in touch via E mail and have always had a great friendship.... this is the E mail he sent me...

So what up bitch! What you up to? I'm good still with my girl Sharla.
Man going on 4 yr! Things are good.

GUESS WHO I RAN INTO a few weeks ago! Shit I can't remeber her name??
Mandy? Josh's ex! Yea man she has a kid now and is a bartender at a
shit hole bar that we love to go too. Dude it was wierd but she was cool
and didn't charge me for hardly any of my drinks! I left so smashed!! She
wanted me to tell you hi but I forgot until now.

Later man!

You should come down bastard!


Needless to say my jaw dropped to the ground... I Emailed him back and asked him WHAT he was talking about...he has NEVER ever talked to me this way and I was more than a little shocked when I got it... oh, and I have NO idea who Mandy and Josh are lol... poor guy must have mixed me up with someone else... now he is in MAJOR trouble for calling me a BITCH and a BASTARD :o) (just kidding) have to love my friends... I will update when he Emails me back LOL...