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Tuesday

 

I rented a few movies Friday evening, and this (In Her Shoes) was Brent's punishment for subjecting me to Nascar on Sunday afternoon.( Although, I must say, we had fun - had friends over and grilled ribs).  He kept saying "are you gonna make me watch the girlie movie?"  Guess what?  He LOVED it!  I actually fell asleep about 30 minutes before the end, and he said the next day "That was actually a pretty good movie."  I alway new my hubby, who is the ULTIMATE boy - hunting, fishing, sports, playing in dirt - had a girlie side to him.  He is too sweet not to!!! LOL  Anyway, I finished the movie last night, and it was a very cute movie.  I LOVE Cameron Diaz - she is such a goofball girl that I could see myself hanging out with, and Shirley MacLaine was  great as grandmother.

Well, we are off to the lake again this weekend, and I am already daydreaming about it.  Brent is fishing on Saturday, and I will probably hit the outlet mall - been dying to check out  the Pottery barn there.  Oh, well, enough rambling.  More later...

 

P.S.  I have lost eight pounds, and Lelly, that "inspirational" photo is just too depressing to post - I will NEVER look like that LOL

 

Tagging Everyone....

Lelly, Sangria Times , was tagged by Hadon, The Hadonfield Myers Experience .  Since I have been at an obvious loss for journal entries, I figured I better play along as well, so here goes:

1.  A memorable dream that you'd like to have every night: HMMM, wouldn't you like to know?

 
2.  A pet from your past (no longer living) to keep you company: Otto, the schnauzer my dad got my mom when they got married and was the family pet until I was twelve years old and he ran off to die.

3.  A bedtime snack you'd like available to you at 3 am every night: Doritos - although that wouldn't do my diet good 

4.  Somebody you had a crush on in highschool (you may make them disappear at will): Tommy Lee from Motley Crue (he was hotter than any crush I could have had at school) 

5.  A stuffed animal that you slept with as a kid. I don't particularly remember sleeping with a stuffed animal, but I could not leave the house without my "My Friend Mandy" doll (which, subsequently, my little sister Mandee was named after) 

There ya go!!!

 

Not Much of Anything....

Wow, I didn't realize it has been a week since I posted an entry.  I guess I am having some sort of writers block again - don't really have anything creative in mind to write about but don't really feel like writing about my day-to-day life (since it is so NOT exciting LOL).  I think I am kind of in a winter funk - it is like 33 degrees, rainy, and pretty much BLAH here.  Days like today don't inspire me to do much of anything, except go home and get in something warm and comfortable and get on the couch - which is exactly what I intend to do this evening.  Brent was going to put a pot roast and some vegetables in the crock pot this morning and I look forward to walking into a house filled with the delicous smell of dinner.  Hope everyone is well - hopefully I will post something a little more upbeat soon!! 

                                        HAPPY

              VALENTINES

                DAY!!!!

It's Monday and I'm not happy about it

Well, back to the real world.  I spent the weekend cooking, shopping, reading, sitting on the porch admiring the lake, and listening to my husband excitedly recount his fishing tales to me.  It was in the upper 20s and extrememly windy, and Brent, being the hard core fisherman that he is, was out on the lake.  I swear I don't know how that boy doesn't catch pneumonia - I guess his poor ole body is just used to that kind of abuse LOL.  He has really been on me to come out with him and catch a fish (I have no clue why - he wants a picture of me with a fish-men!) but I told him he will have to be patient and wait until it is warm enough that I am not in danger of losing fingers or toes to frostbite. 

Well, as for the diet, I have lost seven pounds, but have blown it a couple of times, mainly on the weekends.  Like last night, we went out to dinner and I HAD to have a loaded baked potato.  I don't know why sometimes I have such willpower and sometimes I just lose all self- control. So, this morning, I psyche myself up to be good all week.  I go in the kitchen and heat up my little weight watchers frozen dinner of hamburger steak and asparagus, and a coworker comes in with a HUGE thing of homemade fettucine alfredo - I am talking heavy cream, butter, parmesan cheese, garlic. Oh my.  That one was tough - I took my little frozen dinner and walked away - I am SO proud of myself!

Oh well, back to work for now. 

Ready for the Weekend

The weekend is finally here!  Well, luckily, I managed to escape the cold for the most part.  I woke up the next morning feeling pretty good, and still do. Today is a short day for me, as I am leaving at lunch.  We have an appointment with the accountant to have our taxes done, then we are heading up to the lake.  It is supposed to be 38 degrees and pouring rain tonight, so it will be a perfect night to curl up in front of a fire with nothing but Brent, a good movie, and the sound of the rain hitting the lake.  It is only an hours drive from my office, but it is like being in a whole new world.  As soon as I cross the bridge going over the lake, I always feel myself starting to completely relax - when I go there, it is like I forget about all my worries from home, even if it is just for the weekend.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

A-choo

Do colds get passed around J-land?  I am beginning to believe that they do.  It all started with Lisa Jo (damn you, Lisa LOL), and then a couple of other journals I follow had colds.  Now, guess what?  It has hit me.  Actually, my mom came down with a bad cold Saturday.  My immune system must not be up to par right not, because I saw my mom Sunday and here it is Wednesday and I am feeling her pain!  I woke up this morning with a sore throat, sneezed no less than 200 times today, and feel pretty much terrible tonight.  I did come home pretty hungry and started dinner.  Brent came in after working all day and made the chef proud!!!  We just finished dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, and I think I will call it a night.  I have to work tomorrow, sick or not, so the rest of my night will be taking 2 alka seltzer plus cold nighttime, watching the grammys, and going to sleepytown (as my silly husband likes to say). 

50 Things About Me

Borrowed this from Nelishia....... Tag everyone else to do the same.

1. How tall are you barefoot?
5' 9"

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
No

3. Do you own a gun? No

4. Rehab? No

5. Would you ever "do" someone in their parents bed? 
    I'm just going to skip this question :)

6. What do you think of hot dogs? Not something I give much thought to 

7. What's your favorite Christmas song? Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
 Starbucks frappucino Mocha lite over crushed ice

9. Do you do push-ups? Not unless I have a gun being held to my head 
 
10. Have you ever done ecstasy?  Yes -younger days

11. Are you a virgin?  No

12. Do you like painkillers? Sure

13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?  Say, "Honey, come upstairs," to my husband- hehe

14. Do you own a knife? It belongs to a kitchen set.  

15. Do you have A.D.D.? I am sure I do

16.Date Of Birth ? 11-29-1973

17. Top 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
1.) I am hot
2.) I want to leave work.
3.) I am going to make a big salad for dinner.

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought.
1.) A bottle of water
2.) A cup of French onion soup
3.) Mascara
 
19. Name five drinks you regularly drink:
1.) Water
2.)  Starbucks frappucino Mocha lite
3.) Diet Dr. Pepper
4.)  Chardonnay
5.) Iced tea

20. What time did you wake up today? 7am

21. Current hair?  blonde

22. Current worry? finances

23. Current hate? Angelina Jolie - homewreckers in general

24. Favorite place to be? Our lakehouse where I am going on Friday

25. Least favorite place to be? sitting in traffic

26.Where would you like to go? Fiji
 
27. What do you wear when you go to sleep? 
       sleep shirt, gown, or tank top and terry pj pants 

28. Where doyou think you'll be in 10 yrs? I hope with my husband in our dream home

29. Do you burn or tan? Burn then tan

30. Last thing you ate? french onion soup

31. Would you be a pirate? I can't imagine that I would

32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink? Glass of chardonnay last night

33. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't sing in the shower, I sing in the car

34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Spiders

35. What's in your pockets right now? Nothing

36. Last thing that made you laugh? Coworker mocking a customer

37. Best bed sheets you had as a child? Don't remember

38. Worst injury you've ever had? A broken heart

40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 4

41. Who is your loudest friend? Missy

42. Who is your most silent friend? Don't have any who are even near silent

43. Does someone have a crush on you? I don't think so
 
44. Do you wish on stars?  I have

45. What is your favorite book? Several

46. What is your favorite candy? Pink starburst

47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding? The two songs we played at our wedding were "God Bless the Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts and "All We Ever Find" by Tim Magraw

48. What song do you want played at your funeral? "Seven Spanish Angels" by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson. Oh, and "Amazing Grace"

49. What were you doing 12AM last night? Sleeping

50. Do you love the pain a tattoo brings? Hmmm - I was 18 years old when I got my tattoo, and I don't remember it much 

Learning As I Go

I just read a comment written by Nelishia, WISHING AND HOPING that really hit home with me. She said "It takes much more strength and self-control to suppress and control an emotion than to express every single thing you think and feel."

Wow. How I am learning how true that is.  I have always been a very verbal person, not afraid to cut someone down to size.  I have always been very quick to anger, get an attitude, yell, cuss, pitch a general fit.  Now this is not something I am PROUD of and  I have always attributed it to " just being in my genes."  Well, being married, I have finally (yes, at 32 years of age) begun to realize, this is NOT the way to deal with people.  I am learning that it gets me absolutely nowhere to fly off the handle with my husband, and  I am slowly learning that there is a better way to deal with people in general - to act instead of react.  Marriage is teaching me that, sometimes, people have the right to be angry and NOT talk about it until it is on their terms.  It is teaching me that you get further acting calmly and rationally than ranting and raving.  It is teaching me, like Nelishia put it so well, that it is much harder to control an emotion than express every negative feeling you have. It is teaching me that marriage is a long journey; to travel together, to grow together,  to get angry at each other , to get annoyed at each other, to be madly in love with each other, but most of all, to learn what love really means.  I don't know about everyone, but it is something I am learning about a little every day, through the good times and the hard times.   

Lessons

I found this in a lady named Mary Louise's journal, titled "Watching My Sister Disappear."  It is her story of watching her sisters battle with Alzheimer's.   I don't have a link to her journal right now, but will try to find it and add it later. 

Things are going better for me, Brent and I are just trying to work through some issues.  Love is grand, but it's not always easy!!  Have a good weekend everyone!

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will.  

 You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time.    

You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.  

You'll fight with your best friend.  

You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.  

You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.  

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.  

Hard Times

Brent and I are going through a pretty rough period - haven't felt much like writing.  Hopefully we will get through this and I will be back soon.  Say a prayer for us, Lelly.