'     
Edit: Hey, can anyone tell me what
these invite/friends things are for?  Are our subscriptions gonna
be erased or anything?  Do I need to go out inviting like crazy so
I don't "lose" anyone?  If something happens and I lose my
subscribe list, and you know I normally at least visit a couple of
times a week, come find me!! YOu think they'd give us some kind of
explaination...maybe I lost it...

1. What time is it? 8:20 a.m.

2. Name on Birth Certificate:  gee, shall I give you my social # too?

3 Nicknames: Mindy, Mel, Mee-mee, ski, Kwikie(has to do with my last name!!)

4. Piercing: ears only (but let me tell you, if I EVER get a flat belly, that sucker's getting pierced too!!)

5. What is the most recent movie you've seen in the theater: I seriously can't remember, that's sad!  The Shaggy Dog

6. Eye color: Sometimes blueish, sometimes green/ish, sometimes gray

7. Place of Birth: Oklahoma

8. Favorite foods :  sushi, broccoli, that spinach dip Chili's has

15. Favorite restaurant(s): TGI Fridays right now (thanks for the low carb menu!!)
16. Favorite flower: toughie...they're ALL beautiful...daisies are up there, though
17. Favorite sport to watch:  ones my kids play
18. Best Friend:  mushy mushy...my hubby girl stuff goes to Heather/Valerie
19. Favorite ice cream: Mint chocolate chip or bunny tracks
20. Coke or Pepsi?  Diet Caffeine Free Mt. Dew
21. Favorite fast food restaurant? KFC, baby!

22. What color is your bedroom carpet: no personality tan.
23. How many times did you fail your driver's test: 0
24. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail: Heather
25.
Which store would you choose to max out your credit card: Home Depot (does that denote my age, or what???)
26. What do you do most often when you are bored? XANGA!

37. How many tattoos do you have?  0..I"m a wienie...looks too painful
38. Worst Food you've tasted:  snail on a stick (Japanese festival...)
39. One word to describe you?  Alive
40. Favorite recreation activity: gardening
41. Favorite places you have been: Japan
42. Place you would like to go:  Somewhere exotic with a beach and peacefulness

43. Preferred Pet: :  my kitty cats...but would love a basset hound!
44. Time you finished this e-mail: 8:34am

Thanks kpsmom...  Let's see what else I can find...

You Are Greg Brady

Outta sight! Suave and all American, you tend to be clean cut and upstanding. You're friendly with most people and a huge flirt (sometimes even with family members!).

Ummmm....WHAT????  Number one, I'm a not a man...and to my knowledge have never flirted with family....ewwwwww...I repeat...ewwwwwww

You Are a Dreaming Soul

Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all... But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you. Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses. Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others. Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life. Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul

Hmmm...I don't think I'm having a successful quiz day...I live in my
head?  Eh, possibly..oh shut up, what do you know...I know lots,
thank you, if you'd kindly keep that to yourself, I need to eat
breakfast now (that's my tummy interjecting there)...heheheheh...

Ugh...I"ve got to go to playgroup today...not looking forward to
it.  It's just become so...blech.  I've been going to swim
aerobics and afterwards taking Jason swimming...but not this week, and
not today. So playgroup it is....one of the moms told me when we didn't
go one week, that it was so peaceful and quiet without the bigger kids
there...bite me, I say...we "bigger" kids started the durn thing. 
They really need to make  a smiley on here that sticks out it's
tongue in a "so there" kind of way, don't they?  So I'm going to
go suffer through 2 hours of small talk...I HATE small talk...waste of
time.  Hope V's there, otherwise I may just receive several
calls...

HEY any body lowcarbing reading this... question for you...WHY AM I NOT
LOSING THIS WEIGHT ANY FASTER THAN THIS?????  THIS IS SUCKING
HARSHLY!!!  I COULD BE EATING A FREAKING LOAF OF HOT BREAD, OR A
BLASTED DONUT FOR WHAT I'M LOSING HERE!!!  Can you tell I may be
getting frustrated?  Haven't dropped ANY weight for 2-3
weeks...haven't gained any either, but I really don't care about
that.  Have been following the diet to the letter...stayed well
under 20 carbs, 1200-1500 calories or below, and exercise generally
around 2-3 hrs a day.  SO WHAT'S UP WITH
THIS????     And I have been doing this (the whole
routine) since Jan 5...it should be melting off like butter, I'd
think!  I've even been going back to the start day of the Atkins
to jump start me every so often....grrrr...
I gave up caffeine, only eating the yummy sugar free candy on the
weekend, and not so much, you know you can only eat so much of it...,
and one sugar free ice cream on Sat. nights....WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO
HERE???!!?!?!?!? I NEED HELP WITH THIS!!!!
 
Went for a search on funnies...this may not tickle some of you, don't take it so seriously already!!!!

SIGNS
YOU PUT YOUR KID IN THE WRONG PRE-SCHOOL

 

* Child comes home without glasses claiming
to have lost them in a game of "Lord of the Flies."

* Your son thinks making hand-puppets
requires a paper bag, some waterpaints, and no pants.

* "OK, kids! Gather 'round the
pentagram for sing-a-long time!"

* Potty training involves a lighter, a clip
and rolling papers.

* No student has ever jumped from Mary
Margaret's School for the Gender Ambiguous directly into the NBA.

* Practice of "trapping and killing
your lunch" not mentioned in brochure.

* Leather-clad teacher announces that
today's letters are S and M.

* The classroom hamster is really just a
wad of cotton from an aspirin bottle.

* She can't say her ABC's, but she can
re-sole your Nikes in 20 seconds flat.

* Even the baby bottles have pierced
nipples.

* For snack time, it's always anchovies and
Clamato.

* "Do-Bee" always seems to have
the munchies.

* The teacher sends home a note reading,
"Your snot-nosed little bastard keeps getting into my tequila."

* On the first day, the children are
divided into "pimps" and "hos."

the tequila bit made me shoot water out on my screen!  Oops...

So it's SUPPOSED to be Spring, hunh?  Did I mention to ya'll on
the first day of Spring we actually had about 3 inches of snow
here?  Had to pick all of my pretty daffodils so they didn't
freeze...now they're pretty inside...but dying.  Sigh.Snow's
melting off pretty good now, but I think we're due for more
tonight...gosh darn it...love snow when it's actually supposed to be
here, but c'mon....it's SPRINGTIME already!!!

In other news, pretty much nothing, actually...life is uneventful
here...sun's shining, Sesame Streets playing in the background, and
kids are laughing upstairs...yup, it's all good.

OH...did anyone watch that show Unan1mous last night?  HOLY
COW.  If you have never watched a reality show before this
one...this would be the one to start.  My hubby hates the reality
shows, he started watching this one and asked me to tape it for him
every time...it's INTENSE.  Especially if you like sociology and
psychology...big experiment here...VERY interesting.  If you
haven't heard of it, I'll give you a brief synopsis:  Something
like 10 people of random life tracks are sent to this place (rather
nice) below ground...all they know is they are going to be on some
reality show or other, not what's going to happen...they are then
locked in, their watches, phones, everything taken from them that
denotes time passage and communication with the outside world. Then
they're told that one of them will win 1.5 million dollars...all they
have to do is decide who among them gets the money-unanimously. 
Oh-and if someone decides to leave and just quit, the money pot gets
cut immediately in half...PLUS the longer they take to make a decision,
the money goes away dollar by dollar second by second.  THEN on
top of all this stress, 3 deep dark secret files get pulled and read
aloud, not saying who they are...they are supposed to figure out who
the secret is, and then if everyone is unanimous about that decision,
the secret holder gets booted.  (but still able to hold a vote in
future picks for the million!)  IT'S AWESOME!!!!

So I couldn't go to my swim aerobics this week, so I ventured out into
the step aerobics class.  Reminded myself WHY I prefer swim to air
aerobics.  I'm possibly the most uncoordinated human being on the
face of the Earth.  Seriously.  It was just sad.  (for
me...the other people in the class probably got a good laugh out of
it!)  I was totally lost most of the time, spent calories I'm sure
just hopping around trying to figure out what the heck they were
doing...THEN at the end, they did some of that exercise ball
work.  I sat down, the ball went out from under me, shot across
the room, everyone else is doing their exercises, I'm chasing down the
ball-give up on the stupid thing...I use the mat.  Ball's are for
playing with, not sitting on.  (mind-gutter people, cut it out!) 
Yeah, so I don't think I'll be going back...may just do extra laps
around the track...I can walk pretty successfully most of the time!
(notice I said MOST!)

Well, if ya didn't get your chuckles out of that...here's a joke for ya!

Creation Duel

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the Earth. And the
Earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the
deep. And the Devil said, "It doesn't get any better than
this."
    And God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. And God
said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the
fruit tree yielding fruit," and God saw that it was good. 
And the Devil said, "There goes the neighborhood."
    And God said, "Let us make Man in our image, after our likeness,
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl
of the air and over the cattle, and over all the Earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the Earth." And so God
created Man in his own image; male and female did He create.
    And God looked upon Man and Woman and saw that they were lean and
fit.
    And the Devil said, "I know how I can get back in this game."
    And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and
spinach, green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
    And the Devil created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth
the 79-cent double cheeseburger. And the Devil said to Man: "You want fries with that?" And Man said:
"Supersize them." And Man
gained 5 pounds.
    And God created the healthful yogurt, that woman might keep her
figure that man found so fair. And the Devil brought forth chocolate. And Woman gained 5 pounds.
    And God said, "Try my crispy fresh salad."
    And the Devil brought forth Ben and Jerry's. And Woman gained 10
pounds.
    And God said, "I have sent thee heart-healthy vegetables and olive oil with which to cook them."
    And the Devil brought forth chicken-fried steak so big it needed
its own platter. And Man gained 10 pounds and his bad cholesterol went through the roof.
    And God brought forth running shoes and Man resolved to lose those extra pounds.
    And the Devil brought forth cable TV with remote control so Man
would not have to toil to change channels between ESPN and ESPN2.  And Man gained another 20 pounds.
    And God said, "You're running up the score, Devil."
    And God brought forth the potato, a vegetable naturally low in
fat and brimming with nutrition.
   
And the Devil peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy
center into chips and deep-fat fried them. And the Devil
created sour cream dip.
    And Man clutched his remote control and ate the
potato chips swaddled in cholesterol. And the Devil saw and said, "It
is
good." And Man went into cardiac arrest.
    And God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.
    And the Devil canceled Man's health insurance.
    Then God showed Woman how to peel the skin off chicken and cook
the nourishing whole grain brown rice.
    And the Devil created light beer so Man could poison his body
with alcohol while feeling righteous because he had to drink twice as much of the now-insipid brew to get the same buzz. And
Man gained another ten pounds.
    And God created the life-giving tofu.
    And Woman ventured forth into the land of Godiva Chocolate
and upon returning asked Man: "Do I look fat?"
    And the Devil said, "Always tell the truth." And Man did.
    And Woman went out from the presence of man and dwelt in the land
of the divorce lawyer, east of the marriage counselor.

"At my gym they have free weights, so I took them."
-- Steve Smith

You have to stay in shape. 
My mother started walking five miles
a day when she was 60. 
She's 97 now and we have no idea where she is.

Have a great Thursday everyone!!!

EDIT #2:  Does anyone know how I
can get something like bird song on here?  Think it would go
perfectly...spring prettiness does not call for loud music...

EDIT:
GRRRRRRR.....that's all I have to say about one thing right now...can't go into detail...but, let me tell you...GRRRRR.

So anyway, today was a pretty good day. (above withstanding) Went to
lunch with a friend of mine to TGI Fridays....YUMMY!!!! I did not know
they had their own specific Atkins menu.  I HAD
CHEESECAKE!!!!  Only 8 carbs.  It had whipped cream and nuts
on it, too.  I'm doing the yummy dance as I type, just so ya know,
too!  So if I hit a wrong key here or there, my enthusiasm for
yumminess is getting the better of me...
                                                              

Not too much has happened lately, just chillin' kind of days,
really.  Friday went to lunch with a person (notice I did not say
friend), who was ultimately fishing for news about her husband. 
NOT a fun lunch.  Thank God I had Jason with me...I could always
turn to him and divert attention away from something uncomfortable...if
you have questions, umm...ask your husband.  He may not tell the
truth, but that's kind of your issue, not mine.  I did do lunch
with her, 'cause her hubby told my hubby that she was talking about
just running away without the kids and leaving everything, she was
tired of the whole family thing.  (this is the kind of woman I was
having lunch with? Mind you, she was
serious)  I can see leaving the hubby if you need to, but the
kids?  Ouch.  So I wanted to put my two cents in on that one
if she brought it up...always the fixer, ya know.  So needless to
say, I was happy to go home!!!
                                                        

                   
    
                                                   

Saturday my bil and sil came over and bbqed burgers...and she's not
pregnant....thank goodness.  The timing is just not right for them
right now.  Phew.   Though I was
all prepared to save Jason's toddler bed/crib for them! Speaking of,
that's what else I did Saturday...got Jason's big kid room set
up!  Ditched the nursery set up and set it up big kids
style....the room is half red/ half white (red on bottom), put this
black border with hot wheels flames going around the middle...now has a
black bunk bed, and printed off a whole bunch of monster truck pics
from the internet that I got laminated today to put all around the
white area in his room...and under the top bunk in that middle space
where he sees when he sleeps, I bought a solar system poster, and am
planning on getting some pics of some astronauts, comets, and some of
those glow in the dark stars...he also loves space...HOW AWESOME IS
THAT?  So exciting...
                                                       

Sunday we ditched out of Sunday School (I
kinda didn't want too...) BUT we spent some family time and went down
to the Mills...watched Shaggy Dog (funny funny funny), played us some
putt putt, played with the hermit crabs at this head shop, generally
had a great time all day.  Though putt putt was
interesting...first 3 holes Jason really tried...next 10 he'd set the
ball about 3 inches from the hole and just hit it in...last 7 we played
combat golf everyone just hitting each others balls away from the hole
but still trying to get yours in as fast as you could...good times,
good times!
                                                                

So that's about it...the "mercenaries" are supposed to come tonight so
must clean up a little bit...blech.  Have a great Monday, Ya'll!!!
                                    

And just 'cause I find this little cartoon so funny...
                                    

                                      
        

it gets a replay!!!!  Especially for those of you who had no clue what it meant yesterday...

it's an all cartoon post today, folks!!!!  Get your chuckles here!!!!

get it?  You know, "when Irish eyes are smiling"?  Heeheeeheeeheee...

Now
sweetly lies old Ireland

Emerald green beyond the foam,

Awakening sweet memories,

Calling the heart back home.

Have a Happy St Paddy's day folks!  Don't forget to wear your green!!!

 

                
Grrrr...I'm a little grumpy this morning, I think....first of all, my
dear hubby drank my last caffeine free Diet Mt. Dew last night...I
allow myself 3/day...he drank my third.  I couldn't have my
morning one either...right now all the stores in the area are out of
them, so can't even buy more.  I just want my sweet fix...without
hitting the candy...even though it's sugar free, I don't want to hit it
hugely, like I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to right now.  PLUS, I
think I may have somehow injured my achilles tendon on my left
foot.  So I'm taking it easy today, no excercizing.  Which
contributes hugely to my anxiety.  I just don't understand how I
could possibly have hurt it...all my excercizing is pretty low impact
(I have arthritis and do not like to aggravate it as much as
possible)...2 hours a day are spent in the pool, so no weight bearing
there, and the other 30-45 minutes is just walking around the
track...WALKING.  This should not be hurting.  Grrr, I say.
So today I'm going to run errands...pick up hubbies paycheck, run by
the bank, go to Walmart pick up some grass seed, run to the plant
nursery get some onion starters before they sell out again this year,
and I'm room parent for Jason's pre-K today.  Oh, and probably run
by Payless, Jason's tennis shoes are starting to fall apart. I know
it's almost sandal season, but these are starting to look
pathetic.Well, this is a fairly boring post, hunh? 

Jason hasn't sent his tooth up for the tooth fairy yet...he saved it to
take to school today for show and tell...he's the first one to lose a
tooth, so it's of huge interest to the class....which means the tooth
fairy FINALLY gets to come tonight!
                                                                

Neat thing that happened last night...my sis asked me to come to some
basketball game up at the high school...said her youngest was
cheerleading...(this would be my niece with all the problems...cerbral
palsy, arthritis, brain cysts, and on and on and she's 6) so I went,
and it was actually pretty cool...it was a wheelchair basketball game,
one team that really needed the chairs and were VERY good...when I left
at half time the score was 32-9, the opposing team was the faculty of
the HS...very neat/fun to watch...those real wheelchair guys
ZOOMED...they were AWESOME.  So, halftime comes around, and out
with all these big HS cheerleaders, comes little A, doing the cheers
with them...a bunch more halftime stuff goes on, had some student
rappers come out and do their thing...while they are, one of the
wheelchair guys (a little one-probably around 8 yrs) gets out of his
chair and starts break-dancing!  SO COOL!  The boy was
GOOD!!!  So then, the announcer gets up and asks the crowd if they
remember seeing this little girl out with the big
cheerleaders...meanwhile one cheerleader leads A out to the middle of
the floor...announcer goes on to say that A is part of the miracle
children's network and adopted by Re-Max and the cheerleaders because
cheerleading was a wish of hers and that she accomplished one of her
dreams tonight...very goosebumpy, teary kinda stuff...so then the crowd
all stands up and gives her a big standing ovation, cheering and
everything...very touching...sis was bawling...it was great!

I want to find a nice Irish song to put on the top of here...can't find
one anywhere...pretty aggravating...so I decided to put on Will Smith
instead...not one bit Irish, I don't think...but I do love this song!!!

Two Irishmen, Patrick & Michael, were adrift in a lifeboat following a dramatic escape
from a burning freighter. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, Patrick stumbled
across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp
vigorously To the amazement of Patrick, a genie came forth. This particular genie, however,
stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three. Without giving much thought
to the matter, Patrick blurted out, "Make the entire ocean into Guinness Beer!" The
genie clapped his hands with a deafening crash, and immediately the entire sea turned into
the finest brew ever sampled by mortals. Simultaneously, the genie vanished. Only the
gentle lapping of Guinness on the hull broke the stillness as the two men considered their
circumstances. Michael looked disgustedly at Patrick whose wish had been granted. After a
long, tension-filled moment, he spoke: "Nice going Patrick! Now we're going to have to pee
in the boat!

(And yeah, I'm half Irish, thank you!  Plus half Polish...go ahead...I know..it's too easy.)

Have a good one folks!!!                                   

Well, good grief...all my Illinois and Mo. xanga buddies, please check
in and let me know you're OK...tornado central this weekend, it
seems...lots of damage a little south and east of us last night, 3
deaths, town wiped out, and so far tonight 1 death north and west of
us, and several missing...please pray for these people in these
towns...these doggone tornados go striking at night, when you're not
going to hear the alarms very well, unless you're right underneath
them....we pass out of tornado watch around 3 a.m. Monday
morning...I'll just stay awake 'til then. I'm usually quite the
psychotic mess in the spring...glued to the weather channel, no sleep
on storm nights, fun stuff.

In other news, my son lost his
first tooth tonight. We were out shopping for a "big kid" bed for him
today, I look at his tooth while we're in the store, it's starting to
turn gray down at the bottom. I'm thinking todays the day that suckers
coming out. So I wiggle it down a little bit, and wind up kind of
displacing it so that it's twisted and I can't get it back, meanwhile
he's screaming blue bloody murder...finally, about 10 minutes later
(felt like an hour) get it back in place...must have really hurt,
'cause the crying ceased immediately! Poor baby. So we get home, Daddy
gets a tissue and just yanks. Yes, he was NOT happy about this
happening, but Dad is magic, ya know. So upstairs while he's getting
ready for his bath, I start getting all maudlin...YOU know - my last
baby's first tooth gone...on the way to growing up...
I say: "My baby's leaving me..."
Jason: "no, I'm not mommy, I'm just getting bigger!"
How's that story go? I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, forever my baby you'll be? Something like that...Sigh...

Speaking
of getting bigger, I think he's finally decided that a McDonalds
birthday party will be OK...he wanted to have a swim party at our YMCA,
but they won't let kids have swim parties 'til they're 6. He cried big,
fat, sad tears when I told him he couldn't have it there...but is OK
with the fact he gets to have it there next year! However, the boy
wants to invite 20 kids...and I had him pick out his closest
buddies...gonna see if we can't peel that back a little, too! He's
inviting only 3 girls from his class...the ones that never tell him
what to do, he says. Just like a little man, eh?

I think my
computers acting funny...had to switch to the can't see my blog button,
and I can't insert smilies, hoping I can at least put a color
background on here so you can read it! Wanted to change out my song
earlier, but that's acting weird too...hubby geeked out with brother in
law on Sat. night, maybe he messed with some of the settings...but
yeah, bro in law and new sis in law came over on Sat with the intent to
sleep over...we grilled out, then she and I went on a great Sex and the
City search at our local Blockbusters...rented EVERY episode, had
planned on having a major marathon, but about 15 minutes in, she
excuses herself and yaks in the bathroom for about the next hour and a
half...poor girl. Thinking possibly pregnancy? We shall see...So they
left, thankfully avoiding most of those storms on the way out!

Wonder if I can insert a joke here? Let's try...

Edit for Friday too: First
totally unfair judgment of the American Idol season happened last
night...that's just CRAP that Gedeon got sent home...listen to that
voice! He could outsing squirrel boy if he had laryngitis!  I
think Simon had it right when he said it wasn't the song, though...he
had a great smile, but I never saw it in his eyes...but let me tell
you, if squirrel boy lasts through next week, I'm gonna be angry...And
Survivor!  SUCKS that astronaut got sent home...was really hoping
the other team would lose that challenge so they could send smoker man
home...

You know, normally I love the spring birdies, but I'm gonna have to get
rid of this one...it's drivin' me nuts.  I decided to open up the
back door today, turn off the heater and let a little fresh air
in...it's raining, but still kinda nice...so this annoying bird is
sitting right outside the door I think and just repeating the SAME
SOUND over and over and over and over, not even taking a second
break...been doing it for 5 minutes now...may let my kitty out...show
that stupid bird.  Bird song, I love...even the cute little cheeps
of just the birdies talking to each other...but that's gotta go. 

Caught up on my TV a little last night:  Let's dish...
                                                             

Amazing Race:  LOVE the hippies...think they could actually make
it, just 'cause they know how to be mellow and not so uptight with each
other...also like the young girls, those beach boys are absolutely
pervs!!  Can't stand Lake...he's annoying and he talks to
much...not exactly talking, but hollering.  Also loved the
Southern ladies that got ousted last night...they were awesome. 
But knew they weren't gonna make it..
                                                               

American Idol:  tough to call who's gonna be leaving us
tonight...girls I LOVED Mandisa, that Katherine chick is just too cute,
as is Paris and calimari girl (naughty little minx...Simon is a closet
perv, too, I think!)  Unfortunately I
think it's probably Kinnik (whom I like alot),  and maybe the girl
who sang Heart...though I thought she was good too...hard to start
cutting here, I think....Boys:  Wow...probably cutting my
daughters favorite...the one that is supposed to appeal to 11 year old
girls?  Well, he does, and she will miss him.   
Other guy to get cut:  Hopefully that squirrel lookin'
guy...Chicken Little...he just doesn't make the grade here, I'm
afraid...I know he's the underdog, but it's his time.  LOVE Taylor
Hicks, Bucky, and bald guy...gonna be hard there....Interesting...I was
searching for pics of American Idol for this..thought I'd put on a pic
of Taylor Hicks...he's pretty big, ya'll, already...found some website
where his friend a ways back was posting that he was going to play at
the Playboy Mansion with Hef....Interesting...knew he was good....and
it looks like he plays the guitar too...
                                                               

Survivor's on tonight...that quitting smoker guy will hopefully get the
boot tonight...can't stand the way he keeps swearing on his son's
life...not cool. 

Have to pick up one of Jason's friends for preschool today...so
actually have to make there on time...so, I'll find a good joke
later....

reminder to me: Irish Dixie

Your Luck Quotient: 78%

You have a high luck quotient. More often than not, you've felt very lucky in your life. You may be randomly lucky, but it's probably more than that. Optimistic and open minded, you take advantage of all the luck that comes your way.

Got that from blogthings...on my sub list if you wanna take it too...one of these days I promise I'll learn how to link....

Also told queeninnocent I would post this too...

                  MISSING SINCE 1-24-06

Miss Jennifer Kesse

This is what is going around for the kesse family please help them and pass it on!!!! 

This is a great idea to help find those who are lost...what better way to spread the picture than the internet? 

So I was looking at my sitemeter last night...apparently some VERY
weird people have been takin' a peek at my life...'sok...I'm pretty
weird too, sometimes...however, never have I ever searched "shagging
50year old women" and come to think of it, have never written about
that either....got about 10 weird searches, won't even go into them too
much...don't want the invitation out again!!

Forgot to mention, not only are my crocuses blooming like crazy, but 3,
yes 3, daffodils are blooming too!!!  I'm so excited!!!
                                                       

Lemme see if I can find something to tickle ya:
            

(chuckle)

The general was confined to the military hospital for treatment of a minor
malady.

For almost a week he made a complete nuisance of himself, irritating both
staff and the other patients, demanding attention and     especting his every
order to be followed immediately. He was in a six-man ward rather than a
private room, his meals were too cold or not served to suit his taste, the
light needed to be adjusted to his demands, the nighttime activities
interfered with his rest... and on, and on.

One afternoon an orderly entered the room. "Time to take your temperature,
General."

After growling at the orderly, the general opened his mouth to accept the
thermometer.

"Sorry, General, but for this test we need your temperature from the other
end."

A whole new barrage of verbal abuse followed, but the orderly was insistent
that a rectal temperature was what the test called for. The general at last
rolled over, bared his rear, and allowed the orderly to proceed. The orderly
then told the general, "Stay exactly like that and don't move. I'll be back
in five minutes to check up on you." and withdrew.

An hour later, the head nurse entered the room, saw the general with his
bare rear in the air and gasped, "What's going on here?"

"Haven't you ever seen someone having their temperature taken?" the general
barked.

"Yes I have, General, but with a daffodil?"     
                   
                   
                   
           
(oh-the visual is great, isn't it???)     

I'm alive...just haven't found that happy medium yet of exercising,
house cleaning, and raising children yet...don't know how on Earth moms
who work out of the house can possibly juggle it all...kudos to
ya'll...I certainly couldn't do it all!  I have been exercising
about 3 hrs a day , though....I go to swim aerobics in the morning and
do 2 classes of that, then swim laps for 20 minutes, then home...then
after I drop off Jason, I go back, walk a couple miles on the track and
do strength training with the weights.  Yes, obsessive, I
know...I'm discovering that about myself in my 'old' age. I do hope I
don't suffer burn out, but I can't help this.  I am trying to be
better diet wise...haven't cheated yet, but rather than saying "ack I
have 75 pounds to lose" I'm going 10 by 10.  For example, right
now, I only have 8 pounds to lose.  ('til the next 10). 
Seems to be working OK...with that big amount it almost seems
insurmountable, but itty bitty baby steps will hopefully work. 
Been down this road many, many times, still trying to find a
winner.  BUT at least with this diet, have not returned to any old
nasty habits.  I"m proud of myself here.  Once a
bulemic/anorexic, always one, kind of an every day battle, but not
quite so hard with this one.  The question you ask?  Can you
be an obese bulemic/anorexic?  You betcha.  When you're being
bad and cheating on your diet, it's so easy to just think "no problem,
I can get rid of this" and just keep eating....BAD BAD BAD...you KNOW
how easy it is...very easy to slip back into if you're not
careful.  Mom's out there-watch your daughters...NEVER let them
even put a tiptoe into this area.  I plan on taking Jess to a
nutritionist/dietician...she's starting to have negative body issues
herself...has a little bit of dimples on her tummy and just a little
bit of chub there too...and she's very self conscious of it...I DO NOT
WANT HER TO WALK IN MY PATH!!!  Therefore, we're gonna nip that in
the bud, and get her to see someone now who can put her in the right
direction.  Wow, didn't mean to quite go rambling so long on
this...sorry.

Jason's gonna lose his first tooth soon...it blows back and forth when
he talks now...was kinda hoping he'd lost it before preschool spring
pictures today...how cute are they when they lose that first one? 
LOVE IT!  Got the tooth fairy money yesterday too...2 gold
Sacagawea's and 1 Susan B Anthony.  The 2 golds only happen if
there's no cavities and it's a purty tooth...the Susan B 'cause she
looks all grumpy...I told Jessie that that's really the tooth fairies
picture and she looks grumpy 'cause she thinks you need to brush your
teeth better.   Worked well.

OK...son is wanting computer again...haven't watched AI yet, TiVo'ed it
along with Amazing Race...watched the new Harry Potter with the family
last night instead...did manage to watch Wife Swap after...what an
unusual one this time...a wiccan goddess traded with a domestic house
slave, basically.  It was really kinda neat/weird...in the
beginning I was just kinda flabbergasted/fascingated  with the
different kind of lifestyle of the wiccan lady, but as the show went
on, you started seeing past all the hype and seeing the family for what
it was...very cool. 

The Tooth Fairy While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"

like to see some humor in my situation...this is pretty funny!! 
(hey, if you can't find humor in the bad stuff, you're gonna be screwed
up..)

  To:  Personnel
            Medical Records

       Re: Family Medical History
       My supervisor told me you would like an explanation of the
       hereditary diseases plaguing my family.  I hope you find this of
       interest.

       My family suffers from a variety of inherited eating disorders.
       The two most common afflictions are:

       1.  FATAREXIA NERVOSA:  The fear of not being fat enough.
       You weigh 400 lbs., look in the mirror and cry, "My God! I'm
       wasting away!, I'm just not fat enough  Quick!  The twinkies!!" --
       Almost all of my relatives are fatarexics.

       I am not fatarexic, I suffer from a rarer eating disorder:

       2.  The AMNESIAC BULEMIC SYNDROME:  I binge and then forget to
       purge afterwards.

       For example, after eating half a cow, a 10lb. bag of potatoes,
       three cases of devil dogs, two gallons of Yoo-hoo and a bowl of
       jello (there's always room for jello) -- a typical
       breakfast,  I sit  down, dazed, staring at my fingers, looking
       towards the bathroom.

       I say to myself, "I know there's something I should be doing now,
       what is it?"  After several minutes in a state of confusion, I
       give up and call Domino's (they may be reactionary chauvanist
       pigs, but they take VISA).

       I hope this information proves to be of use.  By the way,
       the Weight Watchers class you recommended is right down the block
       from a great pizzeria...

EDIT:  Just have to say
something about my sweet little boy...we were coming back from the Y,
listening to Pink's "Family Portrait"...song's over, Jason said "I like
that song-What was it about?"  Told him it was about divorce..He
says "what's divorce mean?"  I tell him it means a mommy and daddy
aren't married anymore and they don't live together, they live in
separate houses...he says "that's sad" and starts crying.  Poor
baby...I love the song I was going to play today...Christina Aguilera's
"Beautiful", but let me play you this Pink song...if you haven't ever
heard it, it's pretty harsh.  Always makes me cry...think this
song pretty accurately portrays the feelings of a kid going through
divorce....try to listen to the whole thing if you can...video is quite
excellent, too.

Had to post a little later this morning...couldn't even go to the Y,
doggone it.  Arthritis sucks sometimes.  Yes, I'm 33...just
old joints, I guess...fingers and elbows just didn't want to work for
me...I don't want this to get worse when I'm much older, I REALLY
don't...thankfully it really only strikes hard a few times a
season...but anyway, took some Motrin, and can move joints again...so I
guess it's all good!  (and will go to the Y after lunch!!! But
only for walking the track today, I think...I don't wanna invite the
pain back!)

So I had some great ideas for my summer camp...we're adding 2 extra
weeks this summer...if ya'll are new since last summer, I run a
preschool camp in our park-Camp Choo Choo, I call it.  Started it
2 years ago, and it seems to be a pretty big hit...I absolutely LOVE
it, anyway!  So the 2 new weeks are themed "Earth Explorers" where
we'll do everything from learning about recycling to exploring the
world around us...and the other new week is "Who are the People in Your
Neighborhood?", where we invite for each day, a police officer,
fireman, dentist, doctor, and the last one maybe a construction worker
with a big truck or something cool like that...And like the cop and the
fireman hopefully I can get them to bring their vehicles so the kids
can explore them...How much fun does that sound like???? I can't wait
for this summer!!! The other weeks in case you're curious are themed
:  Circus week, Holiday Mix-up (which is everyone's favorite...we
have Christmas, Easter, 4th of July, Happy Birthday, and
Halloween...with visits from Santa and the Easter Bunny and trick or
treating too!!!), Zoo Days, Art Smart, hmmm...can't think of the other
two.  Might replace Circus Week...not sure yet...usually we get a
clown to come for the last day of that one...well, the one we can
afford really sucks...tells the kids to sit down and shut up or they
don't get a balloon animal, etc.  SO, yours truly may be learning
some clown magic tricks and how to make balloon animals!!!  
THAT;LL be interesting fo sho!
                                               

My friend is having an interesting dilemma.  She has this best
friend I think she's had for quite awhile...actually, her and her hubby
are best friends as a couple...anyway, her friend has recently lost
TONS of weight...has decided to leave her hubby and be gay. Hubby
thinks she's coming back, and is giving her the chance to figure out
what she wants...woman or man.  Here's my problem with
this....have no problem with the gayness...as I've said before what you
want to do with yourself, feel free, if it makes you happy, go for
it...not for me, however...ewww...don't think I could ever swing that
way!  ANYWAY...what I've noticed with some people is that they
don't think a gay relationship qualifies as a REAL relationship...as in
the case of her hubby...HELLO IT"S STILL CHEATING!!!!  WAKE
UP!  Doesn't matter if its with a man or a woman, feelings are
being had and acted upon, and THAT, my friends, is cheating, regardless
of gender.  I feel sorry for the guy...he's not going to be moving
on with his life, 'cause what if his "wife" decides that being a
lesbian ISN'T her thing?  I just don't know.  I know there
are some nice forgiving people out there who would take back their
cheating spouse, and good for you...NOT ME...but good for you...but the
point is, he doesn't even recognize the fact that she thinks she's
fallen in love with someone else...'cause it's same sex.  WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THIS?   I realize this question won't be for some of you...but if you do have thoughts, please share them...

Oh well...need to feed the boy...he doesn't have school on Fridays...ya'll have a fantastic weekend!!!

A 6-year-old and a 4-year-old are upstairs in their bedroom. "You know
what?" says the 6-year-old. "I think it's about time we start cussing."
The 4-year-old nods his head in approval. The 6-year-old continues.
"When we go downstairs for breakfast I'm going to say hell and you say
ass."

"OK!" The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm.

Their mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 6-year-old what he
wants for breakfast. "Aw hell, Mom, I guess I'll have some Cheerios."

WHACK! He flies out of his chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor,
gets up, and runs upstairs crying his eyes out, with his mother in hot
pursuit, slapping his rear every step. The mom locks him in his room
and shouts "You can just stay there till I let you out!"

She then comes back downstairs, looks at the 4-year-old, and asks
with a stern voice, "And what do YOU want for breakfast young man?

"I don't know," he blubbers, "But you can bet your ass it won't be Cheerios!"

Hmm...this next one I actually find to be a good idea....

A
woman came home just in time to find her husband in bed
with another woman.

Yup.  And, no, I've never been
unknowingly cheated on...once by a fiancee, but I actually knew about
it...long story, low self esteem....I just feel that strongly....

ACK!  Queen of Kweens assignment this time is to gush about
ourselves.  I'm not that big a gusher about ME...now ya wanna talk
about my kids, open the floodgates!!!  Me, that's a little
harder!  We're supposed to list 5 qualities in our CHARACTER that
we like about ourselves...then list 5 qualities we find attractive in
others...Wow. So...here goes nothin' (possibly quite literally!) 
But before I do, who else is agonizing with me on who Dr. Travis is
going to pick on the Bachelor???  He'd better pick Sarah...she's
real.  I think Moana is just pushing the right "guy" buttons...and
not THOSE buttons, geesh!!!  
Playing like she's all tough, but oh look, let's shed some tears (ALL
THE TIME), and let him think how fragile she is, please don't break her
heart again, she let down the walls, blah blah blah.  Whatever,
lady...hope your makeup is waterproof.  ANYWAY...I may break in at
any time when they let us know who he picks too...BEWARE!

THINGS I GUESS I FIND ATTRACTIVE ABOUT MY CHARACTER: (Good Grief)
1.  I'm honest.  That's a biggie...If I can't really be
honest with someone, then they aren't really really there, ya
know?  Hard to explain...
HOLD UP:  HE PICKED SARAH!!!!!!!!!  I did wind up feeling
sorry for Moana...I guess I just don't understand someone who can't
open their hearts or whatever...it's easy to love...too easy
sometimes.  But, YEAGH for Sarah!!!! 
So anyway...honesty.  Trying to explain that statement.  Say
I'm talking to someone and they really tick me off...if I care, I let
them know, we discuss and work through this...if I don't, I just don't
bother speaking with them at all.  There are situations, of
course, where you have to play nice, but they are reserved...not
hateful, not rough, just not all me, ya know?  This xanga, this is
me.  Pure all out me...
2.   Hmm...guess I could go with what I said up there about
not understanding people who aren't open...I have given my heart away
to many many people, regret none (except maybe asshole Chris...just
'cause he was a bad guy), but that is to include friends, children,
family, etc...I'm easy that way.  Open book, pretty much, right
here. 
3.  My patience with children who aren't mine...(note the "not
mine"...) I think I'm a pretty good preschool teacher...for the reason
I can sit back, and not only teach the kids, but let the kids teach
me...and you can only have that with patience...
4.  I'm open minded...give me any situation, I will TRY to wrap my
mind around it, be accepting for who you are and what you choose to
be/do with yourself...with, of course, certain acceptions...you can't
be a sicko. I.e., checkin' out kids, etc...that is NOT acceptable...nor
a cheater...also never acceptable...have the respect for the person
you're with to let them know your heart is wandering...it may be tough,
but if the situation needs worked through, then if the love WAS there
at one time, there is that foundation to build on/ repair.  And if
not, c'est la vie, end the sucker...but make sure the ring is off
before things happen.  Sorry, didn't mean to get on the soapbox...
5.  Loyalty.  That up there brought that to mind...Never ever
would I cheat on my husband, down a true friend, not be there for
someone close to me who needs me.  This is hard on my hubby
sometimes, he thinks I'm taken for granted sometimes...and sometimes he
could be right...but I don't really care.  That's what friends are
for, right?

OK....don't know if I just up and rambled up there...think I did...but
c'mon, that was kind of tough!!!  So on to the things I think are
important/attractive in others:  Should make this easy and say
what I find attractive in my hubby!  Probably most of 'em 'll hit
it anyway!
1.  Honesty.  Go figure.  Don't lie to me...and if you
do, feel bad and apologize, please.  I'll take the apology and
forgive you...I'm good at that.  But if I find out you lied to me,
and you try to let it slide, un-unh.
2.  Open-mindedness....hard to have a conversation with someone
who is just shutting down all over the place, because they can't accept
what I'm talking about. 
3.  Goodness...generally good people...happy, loving life, with
the knowledge that life IS good, and that they make a difference with
everything they do.
4.  Helpfulness/big heartedness...this may go with number
3...someone who DOES go out to make a HUGE difference with
purpose...volunteering, giving, making the world better...
5.  A cute ass, great smile (with dimples), and expressive eyes...(that's for you A! I love you!)  Can't be all serious all the time...ya'll should know that about me by now!!!

SO...that's it...WHEW!  Nice one, Kween! 

After all that seriousness, I think we need some funny goin' on here!!!

A Mother's Tale

Three sons left home, started careers and prospered.
Getting back together, they discussed the gifts that
they were able to give their elderly mother for her
seventieth birthday. The first said, "I built a big
house for Mom."

The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a
driver."

The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat.
You know how Mom enjoys the Bible and you know she can't
see very well. I sent her a brown parrot that can recite
the entire Bible. It took 20 monks in a  monastery 12
years to teach him. I had to pledge to contribute
$100,000 a year for 10 years, but it was worth it. Mom
just has to name the chapter and verse and the parrot
will recite it."

Soon thereafter, Mom sent out letters of thanks:

She wrote to the first son, "Milton, the house you
built is not practical. I live in only one room, but I
have to heat, cool, and clean the whole house."

She wrote to the second son, "Marvin, I am too old to
travel. I stay home all the time, so I never use the
Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"

She wrote the third son, "Dearest Melvin, you were
the only son to have the good sense to know what your
mother likes. The chicken was delicious."

That was good, how bout another?

12 Reasons to
Laugh

Marriage
changes
passion. 
Suddenly you're in bed with a relative.

I
saw
a
woman
wearing
a
sweat
shirt
with
"Guess"
on
it. 
So I
said
"Implants?"
She
hit
me.

How
come
we
choose
from
just
two
people
to
run
for
president
and
50
for
Miss
America?

A
good
friend
will
come
and
bail
you
out
of
jail... but,
a
true
friend
will
be
sitting
next
to
you
saying,
"Darn...that
was
fun!"

Why
is
it
that
our
children
can't
read
a
Bible
in
school,
but
they
can
in
prison?

I signed up for an
exercise class and was told to wear loose-fitting clothing. If I HAD any
loose-fitting clothing, I wouldn't have signed up in the first place!

When
I
was
young
we
used
to
go
"skinny
dipping..."
Now
I
just
"chunky
dunk."

Don't
argue
with
an
idiot;
people
watching
may
not
be
able
to
tell
the
difference.

Wouldn't
it
be
nice
if
whenever
we
messed
up
our
life
we
could
simply
press
'Ctrl
Alt
Delete'
and
start
all
over?

Why
do
you
have
to
swear
on
the
Bible
in
court
when
the
Ten
Commandments
cannot
be
displayed
in a
federal
building?

Bumper
sticker
of
the
year: 
"If
you
can
read
this,
thank
a
teacher
-and,
since
it's
in
English,
thank
a
soldier!!"

Wouldn't
you
know
it... 
Brain
cells
come
and
brain
cells
go,
but
FAT cells
live
forever.

HAHAAHA...CHUNKY-DUNK!!!!!  LOVE IT!