Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry - Merry's

Happy Holidays and a very Merry Christmas to all ya'll............

My Christmas wish has always been peace on earth..............one day.....................one day.......

loves and hugs to all.

Friday, December 19, 2008

It's too late....

I have to put this in print. It happens every elfing year..........Christmas is gonna be late!!!!
Yep.........late. As in we're-not-even-close-to-being-ready late. All the packages will arrive at their destination just a wee bit late this year. Lovee and I decided.....late......to make Christmas this year. Well......Lovee is the toy maker and I'm the finisher. ....the helper elf.
So, If birthdays aren't over untill the last card is opened....then Christmas must work the same way ...right?
Hope so.
Hopefully everyone will think it was worth the wait.

Next years gifts will be started in January!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously. I know I say that everyelfing year....but this time I'm really going to do it. I haven't even been able to watch my favorite Christmas movies yet!! That's just wrong!!!!!!!! UGH!!!

On a happy note..........
My sisterlittle and her daughter AND her son who lives in NewYork will be here!!! Woo-hoo!! The parentals are soooo excited that Dad loops about it everyday. There could be worse subjects to loop about though. :)
Sisterlittle is in the process of getting a divorce after 29 years.....:( We think this family time will be a much needed distraction for her. Hugs always help right?

We haven't seen her son since he went to NY about 4 years ago........so I'm really anxious to see him and do some extra huggins and squeezes. I may throw in some smooches just to watch him squirm....lol

Our weather has been severely whacked lately. And because of this the parentals insist I call them every-elfing-night when I get home so they'll know I got here safe. I know it's a little thing...it reassures them I'll be there again the next day....but really!!! I just have to bitch about it a wee bit though. I'm 50-elfing-4 and have to call my mommy and daddy. Sheesh..........I know.,...don't say it......I'm just venting. It's a wee thing but if I haven't called them by the time THEY think I should have then they call me. Because of the ice storm we had...again..... only not as bad as last year..........it took me over an hour to get home the other night. Usually it's a 25 minute drive. Lovee was struggling to get the truck in the driveway so I helped him with the ice-melt spread before I called them. Well........they called here and were almost in a panic because I hadn't called first! Explanations were given but it really didn't matter......
It is what it is!
Oh well...........
And as I sit here..........doing my blob......I'm thinking I really should be doing...this and this and this..........but am I ? No...........I'm venting to my friends....my special-not-in-real-life-friends-but-I-know-them-anyway-friends. My blobbies. :)
Thanks for listening.
I've got lots of luvs for all of you!

Ok, I'm through venting.

You may now return to your regular scheduled blobs.
:)

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Feeling the love....of a daughter...

So, last Friday, Lovee and I decide to hit the hay early....like 8:30 or so cuz we were just completely pooped. A few minutes later we hear the doorbell ring. I say I'll go peek and see who's there but I'm not opening the door cuz I'm too tired to chat with anyone. He says ok....I go and start to peek when he runs in front of me and opens the door.!!! WTF?? I'm standing there in my sweat bottoms and ratty t-shirt....no makeup..at all............and Im wondering just what got into him..I don't want to see anyone!!!!!!
Well, I hear Sunshine gal say "Hi Daddy"....and she walks in...I'm a bit puzzled -but earlier in the week she had tempted me about a secret she had and said she'd tell me on the weekend....so I'm thinking( very quickly) I guess I'm going to find out what the secret is....well.........................
Guess who else walked in with Sunshine?
ETK!!!!!
Seriously!!!! She just decided to fly in for the weekend. Flabbergasted was the look on my face I'm sure. Along with giggles and eye leakage....Holy cow!!! What??? You came to see me???
Sunshine tells me "SURPRISE"......

We had a great time. She went with me to take the parentals to Village Inn....then on to take the Mom to get her hair permed.........we were going to go shopping for a while but i wanted Lovee to be able to visit with her too so we went home...
Lovee was illing the whole weekend....( bless his heart...he pulled a muscle in his back and missed a weeks worth of work PLUS he got some upper resp. thing :() )) anywho....we chatted with him for a while then both girls went with me to get my hairs cut! You know me and my hair issues..lol
She did a good job.......usually it's too long or too short...I'm hard to please...seriously...really I am...I think it's called 'being anal'...lol

We went back into Tulsa and picked up some awesome Indian food...( dot not feather)...Yummo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then On Sunday.......ETK actually went to church with us!!! I know.........there was some type of polar shift going on at the time I think..did anyone else feel it? She took a couple pics for proof too. Mom asked if I wanted to skip Church and of course I said yes....duh!!!...I reminded her of the Musical Cantata, just to make sure it was ok to miss it....and That was my mistake. She said she really didn't want to miss it.....done.........over........
anywho..........
She was there to perk me up and show me some love so she went with me. Is that love or what???
She left after church.
It was 75 when she flew out..............3 hours later it was 21!!

She brought us sunny times and wrapped us up in warmth and love.....
We noticed the chill as she left..........

I love her awful!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

TT's family tree or................T M I

Just a wee bit of info to help you follow along with our ever growing family. :)

Lovee- 3 sisters/ 1 brother.....lovee is the baby ;)
tt- 1 sister ( usually referred to as Sisterlittle)/ 1 brother killed in VietNam in 1967

Lovee- married before he found me= 2 sons.......commonly known as #1 son and #2 son (aka Pups)
tt- only married to Lovee ......yay for me!!

Lovee and tt had Sunshine gal and Babyboy ( also referred to as #3 son).

So, that gives us 4............right?
Squiddly came to us when he was in 5th grade..........lets just say he needed us and we loved him so we kept him. We tend to keep people ya know.

So, now we're up to 5 kids. Still with me?

When Pups ( #2 son ) was in college he dated ETK forever!!! They eventually broke up but...you guessed it......we kept her. She was embedded in our hearts from the very first "Hey" in that lovely southern drawl. We had no choice in the matter.....our hearts were crushed at the thought of never seeing her again...she protested a bit, but we eventually won. Fortunately, she and Pups stayed friends and are now actually BFF's!

So, now we're at 6. Officially................

The grandyoungins........that's a story too.
#1 son married a gal who had 3. they had 2..............which gives us a total of 5!
#3 son married his HS sweetheart and had 1. They split though....:(
Squiddly and his Lovely had 2 boys.............

So we're officially at 8 grand youngins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Great Grandyoungin came from #1 son's-ex-stepson..........We kept them cuz..........well that's what we do. :) It's not the kids fault when parents breakup...right? Is there anyone out there who has so much love in their lives that they don't need anyone else??? I don't think so ;)

So there you have it..................
TT and Lovee's family tree....so to speak. FW asked for some clarification on our tree....

Still confused??? Don't worry....I get mixed up sometimes too.

Monday, December 8, 2008

brag time...:)

I just gotta do a wee bit of unashamed boasting.... so if you please.....go by my Sunshine gal's place and have a look at the pics of her and her beautiful partner...affectionately known as Punky. I'm just so proud to have her as my daughter....and Punky is just as sweet and loving as she is. We love them both awful!!!!xoxoxo ( Sunshine is the blond )

AND....just in case some of you have been living in a cave or have just started reading my juicey-juice....go by our OTHER daughters place....right here and you can see a pic of her and her furkids and her adorable hubby. ETK's the name and making people smile is her game!!!xoxoxo

Of course , then there's this sweet girl....Our daughter inlaw to # 2 son, affectionately called Pups. :) those brown eyes could melt the meanest soul....honest!!! There isn't a more gentle soul on the planet! xoxoxo

Another ...... 'daughter-from-another-mother'.. ;)...AND a much younger ME..... is of course the uber fabulous Cheekymonkey up in Chicago. Her smile lights up a room and could melt icebergs.
xoxoxo

Of course you've undoubtedly seen the pic on my side bar of my Squiddly and his Lovely. Our 'son-from-another-mother'....who is currently serving in the US Navy...stationed in Cuba!!!! Lovely and their adorable and energetic boys are in California.....:(......
I miss them ALL terribly!!! xoxoxo

Unfortunately, # 1 son and his wife and urchins......no blog and no pics on my computer....dammit!! they are in the Lone Star state...too far from us. :) We love them and miss them awful!!!!!!!!!!xoxoxo

AND....of course then there's #3 son ....usually called Babyboy...and his gal...no blog either...BUT...I have put pics on here before with the wolves they raise. Huge love to them!!!! Our Oldest-"official"-grandgal is from Babyboy.......she's in North Carolina so unfortunately we don't get to see her much....phone yes......in person...not so much. :(
xoxoxo

Family is so important to Lovee and I. We love deeply. We wish we had more time to devote to all of them, but there never seems to be enough time for everything we want to accomplish.
I know, they all feel our love......we just wish we could 'show' it more.
Oh well............... it is what it is....right?
Something is better than nothing.

The last 2 Mondays, I haven't had to go to the parentals............they're doing quite well lately...(hope I didn't just jinx it)
So, we've spent it up north of us a bit with Lovee's #1 sister and her hubby. (FYI- Lovee is the baby of 5!!)
She is my hero! I couldn't love her anymore if she were my actual biological sister....come to think of it...my other 2 SIL's....same thing!!.....And there is a brother to Lovee....I love him too but can I just say...I got the BEST brother!! ;)
anywhoodle.............#1 SIL....is taking care of her ailing hubby...I've mentioned it before...several times. The challenges she faces head on each and every day....baffle me. I seriously doubt if I would hold up as well if I were in her shoes. I'm not wanting to go into detail about her challenges...lets just say, her Hubby's had many,many strokes and his personality has shifted....a.l.o.t! Dementia is not kind!! Not to mention the physical aspects of caring for a multiple stroke man of 70+ years.
I know we aren't given more than we can handle....I believe this. But...........holycow man.....SFD!! Remember the movie Groundhogs Day?? that's her life.....the same thing day in and day out.
So, Last Monday and then again today, we spent time with her....trying to lighten the mood and give her another adult to talk with. Last week we took her a Turkey Cranberry wreath.... it's food ....not to hang on the door :) and Christmas socks......Today we took her the cookbook for it and a baking stone to cook it on PLUS some homemade Hamburger soup and rolls!!!!and more socks.... She smiled biggly!!

So, next week...........Monkey bread on a snowman platter ( she collects snowmen) and more Christmas socks.

the visits are the important part..........But I like making things to spread the love....
Works for us. .....:)

Happy rest of your week.....................
Hugs to all............
( could you feel it??)

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Ok,,,ok...................

Ground hogs day here..............
s.o.s.d.d....................................same-old-shit-different-day :)

I'm feeling like I'm not holding up my end of the bargain. So, I'll post a few observations and thoughts....just in case anyone is interested.

1. It's elfing cold here this morning! 14 degrees!!!!!! geez-o-pete.

2. Lovee has most of his Christmas presents now. I know...it's way too early and it's not because I couldn't wait or anything.......it's because I decided to get him practical stuff and he NEEDS it now! I gave him some Carhart bibbers and a Carhart jacket. He works outside 10 hours a day and as I said earlier...it's elfing cold!! And Carharts are excellent for outside stuffs...all insulated and shit. So........I caved. Gotta keep him snugly warm ya know.
PLUS..............I washed his billfold when he asked me to wash his new bibbers...........so that meant I had to get his NEW billfold out and give that to him. Geesh............not much left to wrap. but it's ok....maybe I'll just put a bow on my head and sit under the tree....
I did that at 23..................the 'package' wasn't as wrinkled then as it is now.....but that's ok...hopefully he won't have his glasses on and won't notice. ;)

3. Last Friday, I decorated the parentals house for Christmas. I wanted to get that done so I could work on ours the next day, Saturday. Well............guess what? When I got home Friday from the Parentals.....Lovee was there, fixing dinner ( as usual) and when I asked if I could help he said no......just go sit down and relax. I protested a bit...a very wee bit...then walked into the living room and what did I see?? Decorations!!! Tree was up....mantel was decorated....festiveness everywhere!!!!!!!!! Lovee ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was absolutely giddy.
That next Sunday, Lovee and Sunshine gal and Babyboy put the lights up on the parentals house. It was colder than a well diggers ass but they did it.... while we were at church!
What a fabulous family I have!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. I had a huge meltdown a week or so ago. The injustices of ageing and the mind. So not fair...but many things in life aren't fair. Dad has Dementia you know......some days are ok and others not so much. One of his toys was broken.....a little train that runs on a wee track and does funny stuff. It wouldn't work. I couldn't get him to understand why it wouldn't work and more importantly why no TOY STORE could fix it. UGH!!! Long story short.........Lovee fixed it. It took me days before I could talk to Lovee about it....I started telling sunshine about it and all I could do was cry....shitfuckdamn.....so when Lovee got me to tell him what was wrong....I had a huge meltdown about the whole ageing process.
Wanna know how Lovee fixed it? Batteries!!!! yep....that NEVER occurred to me. Ever!
Once again......my Lovee rescued me. Sunshine too.......she prepped Lovee for the coming meltdown I think.

5.I'm still not too sure about blogging. Maybe it's just the time of year....or perhaps I'm tired of writing about what I live everyday. I don't know. I love to read everyone.....but writing about my days or my incoherent thoughts ( I channel Brad at times....we're twins separated at birth I'm sure!!) that I can't seem to express correctly...........too much work. I'm working on it.

6. My Sunshine gal has lost about 50 pounds so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!! I always thought she looked perfect just the way she was........but she decided to change some things. Mainly because of her PCOS. She was afraid she'd get to the point of having Diabetes...like my Dad....and she doesn't get along with needles. :) So, with a very restricted carb diet.....she did it! Can you imagine having only 20 to 30 carbs a day?? Ugh.........me neither. She feels fabulous though and LOOKS fabulous and has sold most of her shoes an clothes on Ebay.....made quite a bit of $$$.
She's a hero for sure. Taking charge of her health like that......awesome!

Ok.that's it for now.
I hope everyone has a shiney and happy week...what's left of it. And there's lots of shiney stuff out there these days....just look around.......it'll make you smile.
So, that's it for now.