OMG..we're having the best time

Just a short note to let you know we're having the bestest time ever!!!!!!!
We're actually at ETK's condo, resting up before we go out to dinner. We did the World of Coke tour, which I think is a must do when in Atlanta.
ETK is tired now. I think we wore her out.:)

We get to meet the imfamous "B" tonight. I can't wait. He's so damn cute. Well...almost as cute as Lovee.....and Baby.....third in line...how's that?

Can't post any pics yet cuz I forgot to bring my cord thingie for my camera.
Sorry..I had to forget something didn't I?
The Hotel ETK booked for us is absolutely devine!!! The wallpaper reminds me of Tali's blog. It's not table salt...but Sea Rocks....I think. You'll have to wait untill I get home to see it...totaly cool!!
Ok....that's it.
We leave here tomorrow morning at O-dark-thirty. Ugh. Heading for Berkley Springs, W. Virginia. One of Lovee's sister's lives there.
I'll miss ETK and Baby.......but they've got to get back to work.

Ohhhhh...one more thing.
We named Flamingo. He will now be referred to as Fipps.....sometimes Fippy....the Fipster....
I know. Your life is more complete now that you know this.
Glad to help.

Aloha

T - 8 hours and counting....

We're packed.
Got the mani-pedi....Ooolala :)
got the camera.
Flamingo is already sleeping in the car.
cell phones are charged.
Suzi is gassed and clean.

It's bedtime for tt and Lovee.
Lots-O-pics when I return.

Ciao!
**gigglesnort**

It's time...close enough anyway.. :)

I thought before I leave on vacation...yea...Saturday's the day.....teehee....I would leave you with something to ponder. There's possibly a million people who've read this before, but it always makes me chuckle and since I'm in a chuckling mood...ie: vacation time!!!....I wanted to leave ya'll with some humor.
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If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
............................. (Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
..............................(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
............................. (O.M.G.!)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
............................ (In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
............................ (Creepy.) (I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
............................(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.
........................... (Honey, I'm home. What the...?!)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
........................... (30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
...........................(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
..........................(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet.
..........................(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
........................ (Hmmmmmm......)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
........................ (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
........................ (Okay, so that would be a good thing)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.
.........................(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
........................ ( I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains
.........................(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed.
.........................(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
.........................(What about that pig??)

4 days and counting!! :)

If only you could have seen how I first typed in my title!! Have you ever left out the 'O' in counting??? hahahahahha

Anyway......
I've got a list going for all the things I need to do before we leave on our vacation. It's not too long but I'm a list maker so I had to do it by days. Geesh.....not that I need to do it anymore. I got into the habit of doing it when I was still 'gainfully' employed. You know, so I wouldn't forget something. Now that I'm actually on vacation 'before' my vacation it's so much mor enon-stressful to get ready. Woo-hoo!!! Come on..everyone 'Happy dance' with me!!!!!!!

It's going to be a whirlwind trip though. Thats fine by me. Just get my happyass outta here for a while. :)
First lag of the trip will be to Atlanta to see ETK. She's the only one of our kids whose home we've never visited. Gasp! I know....but we didn't get to # 1 son's house untill last year, along with seeing # 2 son's and wifey house a the same time. They're in Texas so it's a wee bet closer. # 3 son lives here as does daughersunshine.
So.........after Atlanta, we'll go to Berkley Springs, W.V. to see one of Lovee's sisters. I adore all of his sisters....all 3 of them! It'll be a blast.

We're staying at a hotel that's only a couple blocks from ETK's place in Atlanta. We, unfortunately can't stay w/ her b/c she's got too many kitties for my allergies and asthma. :( Same with Lovee's sister. We're going to be in a cabin up there.!!

I'm so flippin excited! Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do have one more 'Mom' duty before we leave. Mom is having another stress test on her heart tomorrow. She's been having problems lately and the Dr. thinks it's necessary. Mom is a bit nervous about it. Anyway, the Dad plays golf on Wednesdays. So, Sisterlittle will take Mom to the Dr. @ 8 a.m. and wait for her to get though with her 3 hour! test while I take the Dad to his friends house for their 10 am. golf day. Works for me. I need to go to town anyway and get the oil changed in Suzi and do a couple other errands. Like a Mani/pedi....I haven't had one in years!
# 3 son and his girlfriend/fiance'...( whatever) gave me a gift cert. on Mothers day for one. Now's a good time to use it I think.
That's it for now. I've gotta get busy with my list.

Lookie what I got!!!

I got a package in the mail from the fabulous ETK.

She sent me my very own Flamingo which will, of course, be traveling with us on our upcoming trip. :) There was also a memo pad that says 'WOW! You make me smile...I Love You!' and a pad that says 'I don't do mornings'. Ha...


There were also some bags with a bunch of computer thing-a-mabobs, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do with them....lol...I'm so NOT a techie person with computers. :) I'm sure she'll give me some instructions and tell me what I can do with them....

I also went shopping with Sisterlittle and found these fabulous sandals at Dillards.. These are exactly what I was looking for when we went to Greece but couldn't find any. Of course! Anyway...looked at hundreds of purses and finally found this one at Tj Max. Only $20.00!! That makes up for the $$ I spent on the shoes. lol...I know everywoman out there will understand the logic for that.

And of course as soon as Flamingo saw the purse she immediately jumped into it!

She's here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sisterlittle is here!!!!!! OMG!! She's taken charge; she's awesome; She's my hero!

My pack is off.

We leave for Atl and W.Virginia a week from Saturday. I'm officially 'off duty' from this Saturday on...........

I'm speechless.

Well, just for now ;) I'll be getting some blogging done next week before we leave.

For your viewing pleasure

I thought I'd put some pics up that I've been meaning to share. Lovee and Squiddly finally showed me how :)
This is a pic of my Sunshine girl with her partner "Punky" getting all excited over their new BBQ grill. Punky put it together and we grilled hamburgers after putting up a privacy fence in their backyard.
This is a pic of Panda. We were in the 'frady' hole and she wasn't too happy.

Neither was Pebbles. She looks like a demon dog here with those red eyes. :) You can see Lovee's pj bottoms....they have Woody Woodpecker on them ..lol...he brought the Cheez-its along just in case....:)

This is our backyard after on of our storms!!! The water actually ended up covering the entire yard...no green grass was visible 30 minutes later. ( got the camera a wee bit wet getting this shot) Lovee's put in a French drain to help with the run-off.....geez!!!

this pic below is of my oldest Grandson and his girlfriend....I was informed this weekend that they are going to make me GREAT GRAMMY!!!! Can you say Holy shit??!! ha ha ha lol

They've been together for about 5 years and were planning on gtting married in October. Not sure when the Wedding will be now. Doesn't matter. We're all excited for them. He's just the sweetest boy and so is she...well, she's not a boy...but she's a sweetie. That baby is gonna get some major spoilin' that's for sure. Am I old enough to be a 'great' grandma??? Hummm, guess that doesn't matter now does it??? Bring on the babies!!!!! I have lots-o-love to share!!!!!

Now, this one below is of Babyboy's girlfriend at their place with the wolves. They're getting so big! Babyboy made them a shelter/den/climb-on-thingie. lol

I went out there in my grody pants thank goodness cuz they ripped them to shreds!! Just playing of course, but those nails are a bit sharp. :)

this is more .....cept you can see the Dad...Gabriel....real well. He's very protective of his babies. the Mom got Spade last week. Gabriel was completely lost w/o her there and quite anxious.

Guess that's it for now. I have more to share of the Squiddly's visit but I have to find those....... Why can't this picture thing be easier for me?????? ugh!!!!

The Squiddly Family

This is my sweet guy affectionately called 'Squiddly'...He's a Navy guy ya know...

And of course the glue that holds the family together during those looooong seperations when Squid is at Sea....his Lovely and the boys...

I miss them already!

I have no words to express how much fun Lovee and I had the past few days with Squiddly and his Lovely and the urchins!! Those boys were sooooo full of energy it actually gave me a boost. Just what I needed. :) I even managed to take some pictures and even got them uploaded...finally!!! I have more but I'm not sure where they are on this computer...pfft.....when I find them I'll add some more and include some stories.

Everyone joined the parentals and I at Denny's for Breakfast on Saturday morning. My Mom actually behaved! She's got her moments and even commented on how good the boys were. High praise from her I might add. Those boys are Angels!!!...sure they're ALL boy, but so full of love!!!

My wishes for you....

I wish you-

Enough happiness to make you sweet
Enough trials to make you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you human
and
Enough hope to make you happy.

whatevers..........

Yesterday I decided to keep myself as busy as possible. I thought if I kept moving and doing stuff that 1.- the time would go faster and 2.-there'd be less opportunity for one or both of the parentals to corner me and start a chat. Isn't that awful?!
I did manage to keep busy.....got all of the 'wet' cleaning done , which is cleaning 3 bathrooms, and sweeping and mopping the floors, scouring the kitchen sink went to the store, took the papers to the recycle place, took both of them to the creepy foot doctor ( that's a whole other story) picked up all the debris from in the yard from our last storm, dusted the whole house...which is actually part of my today's 'dry' cleaning and even managed to work a few crossword puzzles and smoke about a half pack of cigarettes. Actually, I just lit them and worked the puzzles...so they mostly burned out. Of course, lunch was in there somewhere....Mom doesn't like to eat alone so I have to at least sit w/ her; we had leftover oven-baked mac and cheese. Yummm.....The Dad always eats lunch late. He started to fix his half sandwich while I was cooking the bacon. Oh yea....about every couple weeks I have to cook 2 lbs of bacon. Uh-huh...microwave 2 lbs of bacon; he has a half sandwich w/ one piece of bacon and ketchup every-elfing-day along with milk and grapes or an orange and a pinwheel cookie; and one day a week his breakfast has bacon.
The routines for what food is eaten on what day drive me nucking futs.
Mom has a bowl of cereal everyday at lunch...unless I've made baked mac and cheese. :)

So, today is 'dry' cleaning. But since I've done the dusting that only leaves vacuuming. Of course it will take me a while cuz it's a big house. 2 story, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths( 2 w/ partial carpeting ), den, formal living and dining room, utility room and of course the extra wide double garage. It's a big house....much bigger than they need now obviously...but they don't want to move...which is one of the reasons I'm doing this.....
Dad has taken to using the bathroom in the upstairs 'suite' as Mom calls it. It was originally a Mother-inlaw's quarters...it had a little kitchenette in a room between the bedroom and bathroom. That was my room a lifetime ago.

Oh yea...back to my chores for today. It's Wednesday so Dad golfs. I take him to his friends house and his friend drives them to the club. They smack a few balls and then I pick him back up and bring him home. Mom's got a nail appt. and the cable guy is supposed to come over sometime....plus vacuuming.....and that's it. Supposedly. Of course there's always the makeing of the bed each morning....Mom can't get dressed unless the bed is made....so she says... and Dad will see something in the paper he doesn't understand and I'll have to try and figure out a way to get him to understand it. That's always fun. Uh-huh....

The good news is I get to go do a wee bot of tanning this morning. That's what I do for me...when I can. I've finally discovered the standup booths..soooo much easier on my old body. No climbing in and out. It's the little things. :)
Plus we've opened our pool so I've got to take a water sample in and get some chemicals. We're supposed to have another big-ass round of storms Thursday night and into Friday. Naturally...that's when Squiddly and his Lovely and the urchins ewill be here. Shitfuckdamn! So the chemicals I put in tonight will be deluted by Saturday and I'll have to start over. So it goes.....I'm not gonna bitch about that though. ( not much) Cuz I'm a fish and swimming is one of my pleasures. I'm at home in a pool. I relax in the pool. It's my summer fun. Yea for summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like I've rambled long enough about my daily life.

Next week, if the weather cooperates, I'm building a whimsical thingie for the new garden bed I made for Mom in their back yard. ( I'm the gardener too) I was over at Ginni's place and saw the cutest thing. Tipsy pots! Look for them, she's got a picture to show it and tells how it's done.
Gotta jet...................gotta get ready..and go Tan then off to the parentals...
The fun never ends.

Aloha!

Grrrrrrrrrrr......

As I've said before....and been reminded before..........
some weeks are better than others.
That's it. ...that's all I've got.
Too pooped to even think lately. The parentals are......being parents...
nuf said. ;)


On a liter note...Squiddly and his Lovely and the urchins will be here Thursday!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so elfing excited.
Hopefully I'll be rested by the time they get here.

:)

Squishing the grape...it's jelly time....

For the past year, sine I've been my parents 'beck and call' girl, I've been taking them to church every Sunday. At first,it was rather uncomfortable for me to sit there and listen to everything being said. Everyone seemed closed minded and set in there ways. Of course the majority of this church are elderly people, who are set in their ways and views in every aspect of their lives.

But, the more often I went, the more comfortable I became and often I looked forward to it. That part amazed me because I've never been gung-ho on organized religion. I was raised in this very church and enjoyed it as a teen. We did fun stuff and we had a lot of teen groups and activities. But, the older I got the less I wanted to go. Part of that was because I didn't want to get up in the mornings...duh! Part of it was because I started noticing how narrow minded the congregation was.

When our kids were little, every time we moved to a new military base, I would find a church for us to go to. I thought it was important for the kids to be exposed to religion and to be able to one day make up their minds as to what they would believe. After all I thought, I was raised in the Methodist church and I turned out ok. Lovee's grandfather was a Baptist preacher and his Mom was quite knowledgeable in the field of religion....but he didn't like to go....he didn't like the message of burning in hell and being told what to think.

So, back to my original thought...........

A few months ago, I was singing and enjoying the sermon in church one day and thought ...hummmmm, I really enjoy coming here...I love Pastor Sharon....she's vibrant and always upbeat and is so full of love for everyone and truly seems to care for the entire congregation. Maybe I should join and show my support and get involved with some of the church's mission works. I LOVE helping people and doing for people. I love talking to all the people, some I've known my entire life....Yea, that's the ticket... I thought.

Then the UMC had it's conference. And in this conference they set policy and doctrine. I think deep down I knew what was coming and probably knew it was already in place but chose to ignore it. Basically this is part of what was decided.

"Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in The United Methodist Church."

Well, let me tell you....my heart sunk. I had always believed the Methodist church was rather liberal in it's thinking; more so than other denominations.
The wind was knocked out of my sails and my thoughts of joining were put to pasture.
I can't join something when one of their core beliefs goes against something I believe.
I refuse to believe someones sexual orientation should keep them from doing something what they want. Period. Do heterosexuals have a choice in being attracted to the opposite sex? Hell no!!! Do Gays and Lesbians have a choice in being attracted to the same sex? hell no! What's the problem? There isn't one as far as I can see.

I came to realize that I was in the mist of some really nice people who I liked sharing time with but have a completely different set of core values than I do. I can't 'join' them. If I did, it would be like saying I agree with what their doctrine says. And I don't. I know too many people who are Gay or Lesbians.....friends, relatives.....they're just people. It's only love....what's the big stink!

So, there. It's out of my grape now and hopefully it'll quit looping....I have to squish my grape from time to time or else I 'loop' like Dad does. ( and that drives me ape-shit-crazy)

So, I'm not enjoying my time at church as much anymore. And that's ok. It's just another part of my 'job'. I am a spritual person and I do believe in God....but I view the bible as a guide rather than an absolute. I will just try to be the best person I can and that....I will be very content with.

On a lighter note.......I wore capri's this past Sunday and got quite a bit of self satisfaction whenever I saw people looking at the tattoo on my ankle and rolling their eyes. Only one person actually said something. An older guy...90 yrs old or so said..." I've only got one question...how drunk were you when you got that tattoo?" I said " Cold stone sober....it was my birthday present to myself when I turned 50...and when I figure out where to put it I'm going to get a pink flamingo tattoo too." His reply....." Good for you". ( I give him a big ol kiss every time I see him!) ;)

I hope I didn't offend. Just had to get it out there. Had to make some jelly.

Late anniversary...;)

April 2, 2007.
That's when I started this Blog. It was supposed to be an outlet for me to vent when I started taking care of my parents. I knew at the time it was going to be unlike anything I'd ever done before. I assumed ( yea, I know what happens when you assume ;)) it would be hard at times and that getting feedback from ETK, Cheekeymonkey, Alli and Sunshine would help me keep some perspective and not loose my mind. And guess what? It's worked.

What I didn't count on was finding other Blogs that would become so important to me. I've grown attached to so many bloggers that I read that I sometimes wonder if my grape has gone a wee bit off center. lol Well, it's always been a little 'left of center' but I just didn't know what was out there waiting for me. It's crazy I tell ya.

It's actually become more of a release for me to read the blogs on my sidebar than to blog myself. That's crazy too.
Or is it?

I've always been a people person and when I first started talking about quitting my job to take care of the parentals, I was afraid I'd loose most my interaction with people. But as you know...that hasn't happened. In fact, I'd say my world has been expanded far more than I ever thought possible.

I love the Internet.
I love my 'blomies'......
I love squishing my grape....

Thank you all!!
( now, go type me something to read! ;))

etc.....

Quote from the mom:

'tt, I think you're smarter than you think you are."

We were watching Millionaire and I answered a few questions she didn't know.
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I tried going 55 mph this week. Ya know, it wasn't all that bad. It only added a few more minutes to my drive, which in the morning I could give a shit care less, but the roar of the cars going around me was deafening!!!!! Seriously! There were a few times I almost ducked! I mean my little Suzi-Suvee was getting shoved around by those monster gas guzzlers other vehicles I was sharing the road with, creating gale-force winds............ going 75 and 80!
So, I think I may up it to 60mph just to stay alive.
I'm just sayin' ;)

I just thought I'd do my part to be 'green' and give it a go.
I know I won't see a lot of difference at the pump but I'm fine with that. I just really hated the 'ducking' part.

End of the week whines randoms

Dad- I wanna know who used the last paper towel?
me- Ummmm Mom?
Mom- Not me. Probably tt. Why?
Dad- Because I reached for one and there wasn't any.
Mom- Did you look in the pantry for a new roll?
me- I forgot to put another roll in there.
Dad- I looked and there wasn't one.
me- Dad I forgot to put an extra one in the pantry.
Mom- TT forgot to put one in the pantry.
Dad- Well I looked in there but I couldn't find any.
Mom- what did you do? Did you get a napkin?
Dad- I got a napkin. But I wanted a paper towel. I use a paper towel to put my lunch on.
me- Did the napkin work?
Dad- yea, but I wanted a paper towel.
( tt.runs upstairs for the towels)
me- Ok....I put a new roll on and there's an extra one in the pantry.
Dad- A new what?
me- a new roll of paper towels with an extra one in the pantry.
Dad- I couldn't find any paper towels in there.
me- I just put some in there.
Dad- well, I wanted one for my lunch but i couldn't find any.

.........heavy sigh......
(singing) here we go loop-t-loop...here we go loop-t-li...here we go.......................etc...........
And on we go. :)
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Mom went w/ me to the grocery store this week. Big mistake!! She whined more than a newborn. Anyway, I saw some fresh cherries. I love fresh cherries. They were $4.99 a pound!!! Holy shit cow I said. I went ahead and got some though. I told the Mom I was surely worth the money.......she just mumbled and asked where the banana's were.
When we got home and I we finished putting everything away, she asked if I'd offered Dad any cherries. No, b/c they have pitts and he doesn't like stuff w/ pitts. He used to she said. So.......................
Me- Dad would you like some fresh cherries?
Dad- whaa? Huh.....oh ok...
me- they have pitts in them so be careful
Dad- Oh well then I don't want any.
Mom- Well, I spent $10.00 on them....don't you want any?
me- umm...I bought them Mom....and he doesn't like the pitts.
Mom- oh I thought I bought them
me- No Mom....do you want some?
Mom- well, if he doesn't want any then I do. But only a few b/c they're expensive.
Dad- What's expensive?
Mom- the cherries
Dad- No I don't want any.
Me- I'm going out on the porch for a few...

I came back in w/ a tummy ache from eating too many cherries!
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I'm gonna go pickle my liver now outside for a while.
More later.

Where the Hell have I been?

Even I don't know the answer to that! I've just been stinkin' busy lately. I've managed to read everyone but not necessarily commenting b/c that takes more time than I've got.....sometimes anyway. I don't know......WTF.

The parentals are doing what they do best. Being parents. The Dad has an eye problem again. Poor guy can't even read the paper; hasn't been able to since he woke up Sunday morning. His 'good' eye was all matted shut. I took him to the Dr. yesterday and we've got 2 different antibiotic drops to put into it. Probably and infection of sorts the Dr. said but his 'pressure' is too high in that eye which isn't good for someone who's had Glaucoma surgery. His Dad was blind by middle age, so Dad is pretty skiddish about his eye site. I would be too! Anyway, we' re fixing him up as best we can.

Lovee has been busy doing yard stuff. Here at our house and the parentals and Sunshine's and Babyboys house. Phew....planting trees, leveling yards for a pool, mowing,digging....you name it he's been doing it. He took yesterday off so he could start putting in a French drain in our Back yard. Whenever we get a big storm, we get a moat around our house. He hates that. And of course, living in Oklahoma, we get ginormous storms! When we're through with them we send them on to Jay. [ Nothing personal Big Guy.....:) ]
We had some awful tornado's his fairly close to us, but we escaped. We did have to go down into our 'frady hole' a couple times. Too close for me!

Our sweet Squiddly and his lovely and urchins will be here for a wee visit in a couple weeks! Yay!! He's finishing up the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.. They're going to visit us for a couple days on their way back to the west coast. I'm excited to see them all!

I know there's been more stuff going on but my grape just can't seem to remember it.

If you haven't already been here, you may want to stop in and help Dianne celebrate her 100th post! She's awesome to say the least. I have to start my day with her.

Oh and btw............the Indy 500...........shitfuckdam!! Did anyone see how totally pissed Danica was whenever she got bumped and was taken out of the race????? I hated it! I was rooting for her and Tony and Helio..........Helio was the only one of those who actually got to finish. I'm like Cheekymonkey....I'm going to quit rooting for people cuz I think I may be jinxing them. ;(
It was great not having to go to church that day though. Is that bad to say? Hummmm....that's a whole different post...lol

Gotta go do my paint-n-spackle thing now and get to the parentals. Yay me........

:(

how come I can't read Tali anymore???
I'm sniffing here......did I offend???
{{pouting}}

Almost vacation time!!!!

Sisterlittle and I are finalizing our plans for my/our vacation!!! She may be here a week before Lovee and I are actually driving out of town!!!! She reminded me that was the plan...but I had forgotten!!! ACK!!! I forgot????WTF!!!!!!!!
I think that's proof that this has taken a huge toll on my grape! Shitfuckdamn!!!!!!!1
Anyway....I'm getting excited at the thought of leaving. We're going to visit with ETK and baby and hopefully my niece and her family in Georgia. Then up to W. Virginia to visit one of Lovee's sisters...I adore her!!!! It'll be a whirlwind trip and eat us alive with the gas $$$$ but we're doing it anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo-hoo...

There is one thing that I need a wee bit of help with from my blomie friends.
Take the laptop or not???
What ya think???

Race weekend is here!!!!! so Mom is being nice?? K.

" since you're so good to come down here on your one day off so often, I think it'll be ok if we skip church this sunday so you can watch your race on TV."
Yep, the Mom really said that today. I was telling her that we may be here late to pick them up and take them to dinner b/c of the Indy 500. She suggested we just watch it here at their house. I'm so proud of myself right now. I said that wouldn't work for me b/c we tried that last year and i missed most of it due to 'people' talking and having to leave at a specific time for dinner. she said she didn't remember that. Hummmm. she asked if I'd like to skip Church and i said....YES> uh-huh...I did that!
did i just grow some 'baubles?"
anywho, I'm just happy that I can stay home and watch it w/o interruptions!!!!!!!
Seriously...i don't even answer the phone during this race!
Sunday.......watch it!!!!

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I'm going to a baby shower tonight after I get through here. It's at the bank where I used to work. I'm excited to go so I can visit with everyone and eat some delish food from the local bakery etc. The one bummer is that i was supposed to go with a girlfriend who just called to back out. No big deal. Under normal circumstances anyway. BUT.......this normal....no...actually it is....!! For real. She does this every elfing time.!! The only time we made plans that she didn't back out was for my 50th Birthday surprise party. She had asked if I wanted to see a movie that afternoon and I cautiously said ok; thinking the whole time she would back out. But she didn't . I didn't even suspect anything because of it either. I should have but..I'm not normally suspicious.
Anyway............her reason to back out is always the same. She doesn't feel well, she's tired, she has to go somewhere else at the last minute. Hummm. K. Even though I argued (sorta) with Lovee that she was really going to go THIS time...and told everyone at the bank that she really was coming 'this time'....I believed her.
So, all that being said...she'll be on my 'short' list now. My friend still, but not one I'll call and ask anything of or ask her to go somewhere with me. I'm done with that. D.O.N.E.
Now the odd part. She's done this for....Oh...10 years or so! Am I slow or what??? And it's not just me she does it to. Anyone outside her family gets the same treatment.
I just find that fucked up odd.

Viola'....another 'aha' moment!

A good friend told me last night that maybe I was censoring myself on my blog. I had mentioned that I don't want to be a whine bag all the time so I just don't blog sometimes. She reminded me that one of the reasons I started this blog, in fact the main reason, was to vent and not have to hold everything in while I took care of the parentals. She's right. So, if I seem to whine a bit...either ignore it or not. Your choice. But that 's what will go on from time to time. Like it or not, I gotta bitch and moan and groan and have my own little pity parties. I've got to get it out and go forward.
[So, thank.you.very.much...my younger self :)]

I've started my walking again. Stop,start,stop,start...that's just what I do. I get sidetracked or 'life' just gets in my way and I forget to take care of me. I get reminded of this a lot actually, but for some reason that information just doesn't make it into one of my 'grapel' rooms. :)
I made a special room up there today. It's a 'take care of tt room. When I went to check and see how many rooms were available, I found that stupid 'glass half empty' room! Geesh! I don't remember putting it there. I think I may have a saboteur lurking somewhere and I need to find her and kick her sorry ass to the curb! Pronto!!

While I was rummaging around the old grape, I found some things I'd forgotten about. Like my having fun room. It's pretty full but not of a lot of recent things. Oh, the urchins visits are there and Lovee is ALWAYS there!...Christmas is there, blogging is there, weddings in Hawaii and Greece and the vacation/anniversary to the Grand Canyon...and Vegas ;), swimming...but not just special tt stuff. Hummmm I said. Guess I'd better do something about that. That'll be my ponder for today.
Just what is 'special fun' for tt. I'll get it. Eventually. I know it's been mentioned that we hardly ever figure ourselves out because we keep changing, but I think some things remain the same basically. That's what I've got to tap into.

The Mom hasn't been feeling well lately. That's been heavy on my mind. She's had chest pains and jaw pain. She's had to use her nitro spray too. So, she's been really tired lately and when she gets tired she gets crabby and short tempered. Hummm....I said to myself yesterday. You do that too tt. Duh....note to self...try to work on that a wee bit. :) I know it's hard to be cheerie and smiley when you're tired but, try not to let it ooze out and fuck up someone elses day ok??/k!

Ok, my allotted morning blog time is up. I've got to get busy doing my paint and spackle stuff so I can get to the parentals. Dad's playing golf today so I have to get there early. Tee time is 10 am!

ps....I think I'll drink a lot of water today.....I may need to 'pee' some **snicker-snorts**