Random Tuesday

~ Went for a nice walk this morning on our trail at the park. There were a ton on bunnies and quail. And one chipmunk. I wanted to gather up all the cute little baby bunnies and baby quail and bring them home with me. Too cute.

~ It's still summer time, and I haven't done this in a while...

I don't know what I am thinking...I love swimming and I've not done it near as much as I should.

~ This is my dog Malibu...


She is looking at me like "It's.Not.Fair...Roxy is on dad's lap, and I should be on yours". Not happening...a 67 pound 8 month old American Bulldog in NOT a lap dog.

~ Hmm, let's see, what is on my agenda today? Nothing! Fantastic, once again. Now I'm off to plant myself in front of the the TV, maybe take a little siesta, maybe read a little, snack a little...maybe a little bit of everything and nothing at all. I'm going to enjoy the rest of this week and next week before I head back to fall semester classes. Lovin' me some ME time!

Random Thoughts

~This morning started out with a bang. As in, me banging out the front door to the sound of a trash truck coming. Ya, cause I realized that my hubby didn't drag out the trash for pick up today...it was a deja vu moment of last week. Except last week it didn't get picked up cause I thought he had it out. Soooo, I had to end up calling for a Friday pick up for last week, in which I got a little ticked at the trash company. I called for them to pick up on Friday since I missed it that Tuesday, so the lady puts me on hold for a second, and then she comes back on the line and says "well, you have two options". I was already thinking to myself that this was going to be good...you know, the sarcastic kind of good. So she tells me that I can either wait until pick up next Tuesday, which is today. Um, stop the presses please. I'm pretty sure I called because I NEED the garbage to be emptied. The can was full. I'm thinking I wouldn't have called if I could've waited until next week. So then she says the other option is that they could pick it up Friday but they would have to charge me an extra $15 since they have to go so far out of their way. Ok, STOP the presses. I was silent for a few seconds and then I let out a little laugh. I asked her what she meant by "so far out of the way". She said since Friday's are pick up for the opposite side of town that they have to go out of their way to come and get mine. I THEN proceeded to remind her that this is a VERY small town and that it takes approximately 1 minute to get from my house to the "other" side of town. Get real.

~I'm so excited that tomorrow night my friend Charlene and I get to go to the Daughtry/Lifehouse/Cavo Concert! I'm so wishing we were allowed to take cameras. The no camera rule is jacked!

~I think Shortmama MIGHT put up some pics today of our night over there the other night. You know the one I talked about yesterday, the story of her being hopped up on Benadryl? And the silly things she did? Not sure if she'll do it or not, cause her post for the day isn't up yet. But I'll link her name to her blog so you all can check in and see if she does post the pics!

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~I was going to start this off by talking about my day yesterday. But I have to mention this mornings events first. It's a bit hairy you see. As in, a little less hair. My 13-year-old chopped.her.hair.off.last.night. She comes to me this morning and tells me that she was trying to cut the tag off of her pajama top and that she ended up getting her hair too, so then she just finished cutting the rest. Her hair used to be, um, maybe 4-5 inches past her shoulders. Now it's at her shoulders. I don't know how she got it so straight. It's seriously pretty straight minus a few long single pieces here and there. You see, she's done this once before, but that was when she was in kindergarten. She gave herself a mullet that time. Ya, it was great. She may have really accidentally cut it when cutting the tag, but I'm not so sure that I'm buying that story.

~Now about yesterday's events. My day started out normally. I dropped my granny off at the superwalmart on my way to my math class. After class I went and picked her up from her shopping and we made a pit stop at Taco Bell drive through for some lunch. It's only about a 13 minute drive from the Taco Bell to our home. Well...we didn't quite make it home. You see, sometimes I feel like I am going to pass out. Sometimes this happens when I am driving. I can tell you each time it scares the crap outta me. So anyways, I had to pull over and get off of the freeway. Usually when this happens, I pull over and sit there for a minute and the feeling passes and I can continue on. Well a couple of years ago I went to the doctor about it and I went through a test to find out that I'm hypoglycemic. That means my blood sugar drops too low, which causes shakiness, feeling faint, and not being able to think as clear.

So anyways, this time it wasn't going away like before. It would start to go away and then it would come back. So I don't remember everything too clearly, but I know that I called my husband, luckily he was still home. I was going to have Shortmama go and pick him up and drop him off where we were so he could finish driving us home. But the imminent feeling of passing out kept coming back, so I ended up calling for the ambulance instead. I luckily never did pass out...thank goodness, cause let me tell ya, I don't really get sick and I hate this passing out feeling, all I could think was I don't wanna die. Ya, passing out makes me think that. But, this episode seems to be a mystery. My vitals were fine. My tests at the hospital all came back normal. So the doctor there doesn't know what caused it. My sugar levels in the ambulance tested at 80, and at the hospital they were 91. So the nurse is wondering if my sugar crashed and then my body compensated for it and started bringing the levels up. I don't really know. I just know I'd like an answer, cause frankly that stuff scares the shit outta me. And I don't get scared easily....unless it's passing out or spiders. So now I have to do a follow-up appointment with my family physician. I'm hoping to figure it all out, cause I'd like these episodes to end.

Random Thoughts

~I swear I can't go anywhere for any amount of time without something going haywire. I was at a funeral yesterday, and noticed I had missed 2 calls from the school. So I call my friend Shortmama to see if she could go and pick up my son, cause the messages said that he had a migraine. The lady who called sounded a little short when she left the 2nd message asking for us to come and pick him up. I didn't even call the school at this time since I had already gotten confirmation from my friend that she could pick him up, she was originally going to pick them up after school anyways. So anypissedoff, I find out later on why they didn't call anyone else on the call list to pick him up....cause they stated there wasn't anyone besides me and my husband on the call list for him. Mmmkay, BS. I've got 3 kids there, they all have the same people on the call list, except my oldest has a few more on hers. So they actually had to ask my OLDEST daughter what to do! It took a 13 year old to tell them to look on her younger sister's list, cause they have the same list. And what do you know, they found out who to call. But I mean really, everyone knows everyone in this small town, and they know already how Shortmama and my grandma are the ones to get them. So in the midst of all this, my little boy had to sit at school with a terrible headache, they did reach my grandmother to go and get him. So Shortmama ended up going to the school for nothing. Ok, rant over!

~I'm so excited, there's just over 2 weeks until my friend Charlene and I go to the Daughtry concert!

~I'm also excited to receive my swap package from Mimi and for her to receive the one I sent off to her. Come on snail mail! Holy hellbilly, I just clicked on Mimi's blog so I could link her name....and she's already posted the stuff she's received from me! That's it...Imma go park my booty at the post office and protest for faster service!

~We're getting a pretty good tax refund this year, I think I fell in love with our tax person because of it. So we each get some play money along with money for savings and paying things off. Hmm, what to do with mine. Maybe put it towards lots of concerts, maybe some comedy shows...Cheech and Chong are coming to town....that ought to be interesting. Oh there's so many things to think about using it on!

Random Tuesday Thoughts

~I got a 91 on my last Psych test in class. I've been getting A's and B's in there. Wish I could say the same for my math class, been getting A's, B's and C's...and a whole lot of cursing...in math class. Cause damn it, it pisses me off when I can't figure something out!

~It was really funny in band camp math class the other day. The instructor was talking about graphs. She used her APS graph as an example. Then the subject went to a competition on her block to get the lowest APS bill. She said she keeps it about 83 degrees in her house. So one of the other students said "you guys must go through a lot of deodorant". We all busted up laughing, including the instructor.

~I hate laundry. I'm just sayin'.

~Look...I'm a mom. I know. News flash here. Buuuuuut....my son...oh, my son. I love him to pieces, but that boy sure can get on my last nerve. It takes him FOREVER to get what he's asked to do done. Pick up toys. Pick up toys...1/2 hour later he's finally done. Get pajamas on and go to the bathroom and brush teeth...another 1/2 hour. FOREVER. Frustratingly FOREVER. By now my nerves is bad. They are frazzled. They are short circuiting. Bzzzzzp.

Random Tuesday Thoughts

~We've been on the court playing "tennis". And I say it like that cause we just hit the ball and if we get it then great, and it doesn't matter how many times the ball bounces. That's how we play.


~My friend has moved to California. I'm not liking it, she was my hiking partner. I've know her for, um, I think 14 or 15 years now. She lost her husband to cancer a year ago, and now she's moving back to the state she loves. She's leaving me for the sand and surf...hmm, I think I'd leave me for that too!



~And now I'm off to get some stuff for Shortmama because she woke me up this morning she needs some stuff from the store, cause she's sick, so I have to go and get her some depends cough medicine so she can maybe stop coughing. She sounds terrible.

Random Tuesday Thoughts

~I am esssited...because I have received my signed copy of THE MOMINATRIX'S GUIDE TO SEX, A NO-SURRENDER ADVICE BOOK FOR NAUGHTY MOMS. The book's author is Kristen Chase and she has a blog also. This is the book that I won from Mag's giveaway. So...thanks to both Mag and Kristen! All my kids are past the baby stage, and I'm not looking to regain my sexual prowess, it's fully alive and well thank you much. But it's exciting to see what her book is about and to have a signed copy! I haven't read it yet as I've just received it, but I flipped through the pages and came not that kind across a section where Kristen talks about women needing to find out about their parts as well as their man's, and how some women don't even know where their clitoris is. I pity the woman that has not found that sensation, that hot button is alive and well and fantabulous!

~How do I move on to the next topic...my brain is still steamed up from the last one.

~I've finally started hiking and exercising again. I'm sore. Part of me enjoys the exercise, does make me feel more lively. Yet part of me still feels this way...

That was for you Mimi...I know it cracks you up!

~Right now I'm listening to Imma Be by the Black Eyed Peas on the XM...but I've got the sounds of Jayce drowning out the music...he's currently in the tub talking to, singing to, yelling at his toys. It's very irritating entertaining.

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~S.t.r.e.s.s. Yep, that's what I'm feeling this morning. The two youngest kids are home sick this morning. It's the t.h.i.r.d. t.i.m.e that they have been sick since Christmas. It's just some cold symptoms, Jayce has a little sore throat and a little cough. Taylor has her normal yucky cough. She gets sick the easiest and tends to have it the longest. Not like anytime is a good time to be sick, but right now is not too good. Today is the first day of my psychology class, and unless Jason is going to be able to make it home, then I won't be able to attend. So there is stress factor #1. Stress factor #2 would be that we have the big surprise for Alyssa's birthday this week. You know, like the pre-paid really expensive kind of surprise. So today, I stress. I've got them both loaded up with vitamin C...and me too for just in case.

~Friday was the valentine's party for the kids at their school, so I went to hang out. Jayce specifically asked me to go to his party, but I had to make it to all the kids classes while there. Here are some pics I snapped of the day...I have some I'd like to post, but they have other kids in there, and since I'm not computer savvy, I can't post them cause I don't know how to blur out the other kids faces.

Alyssa, Taylor and Jayce on the playground

Jayce eyeing the kid next him that kept trying to hug Jayce and get in his space...

Taylor playing around

Alyssa twirling around

~Ooh, hubby just called, he is able to make it home so I can go to class. Less stress..yay! Now I shall wonder if there will be anymore good college stories to tell while taking this course!

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~ I've already shared some funny college experiences since I've started this semester. I've got another interesting moment to share. During class yesterday there was a new student, another youngish fella. He comes in and talks to the teacher for a minute to get updated on where we are in the class and then he takes a seat behind me. He starts talking to the girl sitting next to him about the class and expectations. Then.......he says that he hasn't taken classes "in like 3 or 4 years, the last time I took them was when I was in jail". Yup, that's what he said. So I spent the class period thinking some crazy fekker was sitting behind me. I thought about turning around the moment he said that and pointing two fingers towards my eyes and then at him to let him know "I'm watchin' you, keep ya distance".

~ I know some people have made new years resolutions (not me) and some have chosen a word for the year (again, not me). But there is one thing that I would like to do. I'd like to live like I'm dying. I want to do more things, experience things and places I've never been to or done. I want to go out and live it up and enjoy life and all it has to offer. I've always been more of a homebody....I'll always enjoy the comforts of home, but I wanna get out and make some memories. Of course...I'll have to document the memories cause I can't remember poo.

~ I.am.so.excited! I won a book giveaway from Mag at Sitting on the Mood Swing at the Playground! It's the second giveaway that I've ever won...and they both happen to be from her! She's awesome. And the book sounds awesome. Here is the book...

And it's not just a book...it signed by the author, Kristen Chase! This will be the first signed book I've ever had. Well...In a way anyways....my daughter Alyssa was put in a book by a teacher of hers. The teacher and her husband authored and illustrated a book, and used Alyssa for one of their characters! So cool. Anyawesome, they signed the book for her...but I'm claiming it until she's older...like when I'm almost dead and gone older. Anyoffsubject, I can't wait to get the book and see what it's all about. Thanks again for the giveaway Mag!

~ I was going to work out this morning...but a friend called and said that Denny's is having free breakfast until 2 p.m....gotta go get my free on.

Random Tuesday Thoughts

~ Yesterday's post was about getting busted while driving. Well, seems like I forgot this one time...in band camp (JK)...when we had a run in. We, as in my hubby and I and Alyssa was with us. Yup, this is one of those "I told you so" moments that I still cherish. We had just left from watching some bull riding, and a little ways down the road my hubby decides he has to go pee really bad. Mm'kay, there's a few stores coming up in a few minutes, we'll hit one of those. Nope, he needs to go now he doesn't want to wait. So after a little arguing back and forth...me telling him he could get ticketed for it, him saying no way...I finally pull off a side dirt road. He gets out and is doing his disgusting thing.....and what happens next is absofreakinlutely comical...a cop pulls over a DIFFERENT vehicle and then end up parked right behind us. Jason by this time has a deer in the headlights look on his face, I'm cracking up hysterically in the truck and Alyssa is in the back seat pretty much horrified I'm sure. So after Jason finished he got back in the truck...and he looks at me like "you've got to be effin kidding". I at this point am still laughing but trying to muffle it since I see the officer walking up to my driver side window. But for the life of me I can't get my ear to ear smile to disappear. I roll down my window, the officer peeks his head in and takes a look at Jason and says "everything come out alright". Jason's red and embarrassed, I'm still grinning, Jason said "yes". The officer asks what we were doing *duh* and Jason explained how we just left from watching the bull riding and he really had to go. The officer then asks if we'd been drinking....insert my best serious are you crazy face here...and I tell the officer no. That part wasn't too funny. Jason had one beer while there and I didn't have anything. Nada. So anysober, we were sent on our way without a ticket. I think Jason learned his lesson........and I'm loving the way he learned it!

~ Something must be wrong with me...I'm enjoying my math homework. But this might change starting Wednesday when we begin fractions.

~ Have I mentioned that I don't like the cold..bring on the heat? Ya, well, maybe I should embrace the cool a little more or invest in some sweat suits and some warming socks, bras and underoos. After getting our heating bill for around $160. That's not normal...but I've been heating up the house more than normal.

~ Yesterday at the kitchen table Alyssa burped and then said "excuse me, but I feel better now". So then Jayce said "well I don't feel better, I didn't feel bad to begin with".

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

For those of you who have stumbled upon me, it's time for some random tidbits. If you would like to participate in Random Tuesday Thoughts, then link up with The Un Mom.

~ I received my new swim suit that I ordered online. I buy mine just about every year from newportnews.com. I bought the scuba style belted swim dress. I got junk to cover after having kids, you know, the oh boy, it doesn't look so good anymore kinda junk. So anystretch, I think it's really cute and doesn't look like a granny suit at least even though it is a cover up suit. But it has one flaw...the shape control really does work...I feel like I'm wearing a girdle and it's awful dang hard to breathe!

~ So the temporary plate isn't even off the new vehicle that we got, and we've already got to get the front windshield replaced from a little rock hitting it on the freeway. Boy you shoulda heard my mouth when it happened.

~ This new Coconut Creme coffee creamer that I'm trying right now is yummy. I'm usually a French Vanilla girl who sporadically tries other flavors, with not much luck on finding the yummy stuff.

~ Is there a normal way that you're supposed to respond when you get injured? I normally get pissed off. Like if I stub my toe or something, it usually goes along the lines of "owww damn, stoooopid piece of s#!t. It cracks my husband up to no end...that's just cause he's the same way.

Random Tuesday Thoughts

Welcome back to random Tuesday...where you're welcome to spout what's on your mind and link up with The Un Mom.

~ It is finally raining here in AZ..and the weather has left the 70 degree weather behind. I shall miss it..but I'll take the rain. Although, it is forecasted that we are supposed to get a lot of rain, enough to flood over a bridge that had previously experienced water all the way to the top many years ago. I'm all for a lots of rain, just not the flooding.

~ So excited for tomorrow...first day back to college, though it is a math class, and I'm not much of a math fan..but I'ma gonna tackle it anyways. Next month I start Psychology 101. And then after class tomorrow I'm heading to my friends house that lives just down the street from the college, and we're gonna work out together to Jillian's 30 day shred. This ought to be interesting...we're either gonna kick butt or die trying..or die laughing..one of those!

~ Back to the rain...I'm wishing it was really rainy, yet warm at the same time...I'd love to take the Polaris Ranger out and play in the mud.

~ Today is one of those days when it's hard to think on what to post..I'm too busy singing along to the songs on the XM.

~ Even the man in the moon disappears, somewhere in the stratosphere...oh, sorry, I was still singing.

~ I must be crazy to still be thinking about getting a second dog. But I really would like an American Bulldog. I think our Roxy needs a friend. But Roxy is the perfect pup and I don't know about changing the atmosphere around here. Well, she's perfect in the fact that she likes to nap alot, we get along good in that aspect. She's weird though really. When my husband gets home from work, she gets all excited, but that excitement is aimed at me, like I'm the one that just got home. Maybe she's all excited telling me that he's home..I really don't know. She's kinda clingy too. And whiny. Ok, this isn't lookin' good for her...but I loves her none the less..she's my cuddle bug.

I think she needs a friend like this...

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Random TT / 100th Post!! / First Giveaway

Not only is today the day to spill the random beans, but it's also my 100th post!! Woot woot. And also a thanks to you guys, my first giveaway! There's lots of shiznit happenin' today. So let's get started with the random stuff first.

~ Yesterday I went out shopping at a mall in the Phoenix area. It is the mall that I grew up going to. It was cool when I was a kid, but now I think it's just plain ghetto. It was really ghetto back in the day, but now that I'm all growed up..I really think it's ghetto. It is after all known to have the most car thefts at that mall. Let me tell ya what I got to experience there yesterday. I was out looking for the second item that I could possibly give away today, so I ended up in Spencers. I find an item I wanted...and a Tapout shirt for me...and I get to the register to pay. As I am paying I hear some guy behind me say Woooooowwwwwww. Ok, let's just picture how this sounded for a moment. It was a long drawn out wow, real low key..ya know, kinda like a stoner. Well, it sounded really close, like someone was in mah space. But I just ignored it and continued to pay. That is until I heard this same person say, mmhmm, those lights are really doing things to your shirt and hair. Now I knew it was close, and my first thought was this better be someone I know because they are literally RIGHT AT MY BACK TALKING INTO MY NECK. So I slowly turn around and give THE LOOK and was not too excited to see it definitely was not someone that I knew..it was some furrreeak. Dude was trippin' on the colorful small spinning strobe lights that were reflecting off of me. I do a slow neck turn to the cashier who is frantically trying to ring me out and is giving the guy THE LOOK also and looking at me like sorry, and I'm looking at her like holy hell glad I don't have to stay in here with this nutcase. So I pretty much just finished the transaction and got the hell outta there while he was still bantering on. I always want to go off on those kind of people...but I don't know how they are going to respond..after all, they aren't all there obviously.

~ I have not one, but two sick kids at home today. Seriously they just.got.over.colds from Christmas time. And tomorrow is class picture day at school, which I really don't want them to miss out on..especially since it's Jayce's first year for class pics..can't miss out on the kindergarten one!

~ Well we traded off our 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Sport Quad Cab for a 2010 Chevy Equinox...good bye gas guzzler. I will really miss that truck, it was suhweet...minus needing to own an oil company to keep it going and the suspension was pretty stiff too. I love the smoothness of the new vehicle. Now we barely feel the bumps in the road instead of feeling like you've been picked up and moved over a couple of inches every time you go over rough patches in the road.

~ I have finally enrolled in college courses. I haven't been to college in many years. This semester I'm taking math and psychology 101. It's beginner math people..I fear/loathe/despise/am sickened by math. I am now on the road to a degree in nursing. It's gonna be a looooooong and most likely stressful road..but I'm on it. I don't want to take a full load, I want to extend it out so I am still able to stay at home with the kids until they are older.

Ok, now for the giveaway. I have learned that a lot of you out there really enjoy cooking. I on the other hand..don't! I.don't.like.to.cook. Yes, I said it. So I am giving away two items today. The first up on the list is this...

The back of this cookbook states "The Silver Spoon is the bible of authentic Italian cooking. Italy's best-selling cookbook for the last fifty years, it features traditional dishes alongside specially written menus by celebrated chefs. Now translated for the first time into English, The Silver Spoon's 2,000 recipes make it an essential classic for everyone who loves good food.

The second part of the giveaway is for those of you that like to sip on a little sumpin' while you're tearin' it up in the kitchen...

This is a stainless steel ladies flask. Get wasted in style! The back of this packaging reads "The flask has been a favorite of bad girls since the prohibition days when naughty ladies would smuggle gin hidden inside their petticoats. Now, it's your turn to look fierce while you get f*cked up! Made of sturdy stainless steel, this stylish 6 oz. flask makes the perfect gift for you or your favorite hip chick."

So here are the rules if you would like to win these two items.

1. For an entry you have to be a follower AND leave a comment stating you would like to be entered to win.
2. For an extra entry, post on your blog about the giveaway and rule #1, and then leave a 2nd comment letting me know that you have posted.

The giveaway will be open for entries until the end of the day tomorrow, January 13, 2010. Good luck to everyone! My goal is to post the winner by Thursday.

Now seriously...since this is my first giveaway I have to find out where to get that random number generator thingy so I can post it on here with the results. So for those of you pros out there that have already been there and done that...Help!

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

~ We FINALLY went to bed at a decent hour last night instead of staying up all night playing the Wii. And then...a knock at the bedroom door...our son with a stomach ache. Goodbye early night to bed.

~ A friend of mine is going to be moving to California...I don't like it much, she's my hiking buddy. And if I can't live by the beach and sip on some cocktails then.neither.can.she.

~ I bought another filing cabinet to get crap organized...it's still not done yet.

~ Either I'm too picky or there aren't any good options for kitchen curtains. I've been re-decorating for a while now...hence there are no wall decorations in my living room. My curtains that are in the kitchen were supposed to be temporary...temporary is turning out to be a really long time.

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

I've been released from captivity just in time for sharing some random thoughts. Aren't you just lucky? You're taking a little too long to answer that one...

I accomplished things yesterday..minus I still can't see my computer desk. I did make a small dent in it..but then more papers got added to it. It's an endless battle with that desk.

But anywho..on to my random way of thinking..it's kinda like having a real short attention span where you can only think of one thing for a veeeeeerrry short amount of time.

~People...Santa came through for us...in the form of mom and dad...we got our Wii!!!! I know it's not Christmas yet...but mom and dad (on the hubs side) sent something special in a card..and off to Target we went to buy our long awaited Wii. And since Target is sooo awesome..they were giving away $30 gift cards with the purchase of the Wii, so I ended up with some new FREE shirts. That was a great day shopping!

~It was my birthday the other day..and you know what I got?..I got a pair of Doc Martin boots from my hubby..and they came with a lovely blister on my heel. Love the boots, hate the blister. And I also received some money from mom and dad (on hubby's side again)..and you know what I bought with it?..a pair of Guess Jeans and..dadadadah..some buttery soft underwear..from Jockey and some other store. And my friend Shortmama..she made me a rum cake that turned out to be just a cake cause she was drunk.

~Christmas shopping is completely done except for some stocking stuffers. Hmm, while there is some random thoughts going on..I'm noticing that so far it's all falling in the line of shopping.

~I'd like to trade in my Dodge truck for a Pontiac GT G8..or if I could have what I really wanted, then we'd get a Chevy Camaro..I think it's the 2ss? What it comes down to is the hemi in my truck sucks gas like it's nobody's business. I think it has bladder control issues.

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

Happy random Tuesday everyone...even though I feel like it's still Monday since I don't think I slept very well last night. I wonder if this falls into the category of "be careful what you ask for".

~ Here in AZ, we don't get much rain..we're in a drought actually. So when we got rain yesterday, for the whole day..I was ok with that. I even went grocery shopping out in the rain. Now surely, I wouldn't have done that just for the heck of it, I did it because it needed to be done.

Anywho, it rained and it rained. And here in this little town of ours, if there just happens to be a threat of rain, it seems like the electricity always wants to go out. So we were dealing with an electrical outage of and on for most of the night, starting in the 5 p.m. hour. So we had rain, and then no electricity...not anything that couldn't be handled. But then, the wind started, and it was here with a vengeance. I was half expecting our windows to blow in. Ok, not normal here. So this morning I wake up to a phone call from my husband..who is telling me not to freak out, but our wood fence blew over..and it's resting up against the camp trailer in our neighbor's yard. Oh holy hell. Ok, so it doesn't look too damaged...but, do you think the man took the time to remove the fence OFF of the camp trailer before he left for work? Umm, hell no. He.Just.Left.It.There. Seriously.



~ I went to a Redneck Birthday Party for my friend Shortmama's mama..it was very funny..I know she will be doing a post about it at some time this week..but I'm gonna give just a snippet of my attire...

That's me with the underoos on the outside..and Shortmama's takin' a peek...

That there's some naughty redneck women!

~ Since yesterday was a rainy day...after the kids got home from school I made some popcorn and watched the movie I just bought..A Charlie Brown Christmas. And since today is supposed to be rainy too..we'll do the same and this time we'll watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Well I think that's enough randomness for me today..I think I will take a step outside to see if I can find any more damage to our property/house.

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

Happy Tuesday everyone! Let's see what kind of random we can get into today!

~ Today is my husbands birthday! And I'm here...blogging! Hehe. He's sitting at the kitchen table currently with his computer, aka the anti-blogging device. Don't know what all we're gonna do today, other than go to his favorite restaurant, The Olive Garden, for lunch.

~ Something has happened to my credit card since the day after Thanksgiving. I'm not sure how a few more hundred has made it's way on to it. I.Claim.Innocence.

~ As much as I love the holidays, they give me a sense of sadness too. Sadness for those that are less fortunate, those that may not have one single person to be with, those that are homeless, those that are suffering for any reason. For years now I have wanted to go and take my kids with me to help serve food at a homeless shelter. Yet I haven't been able to do this yet..the main reason is due to my own father being homeless, I know it would be too emotional being around the homeless. Yet a sense of anger too for those who have chosen to turn to drug addictions.

~ I swear the travel bug has bitten my ass and won't let go. I would so love to travel to different states and see everything. I think hearing and seeing pics of The Pioneer Woman's travels has intensified my desire to travel. Maybe she and her hubby could just adopt my little family here and take us to her ranch. It looks beautiful there.

~ Stay tuned for my 100th post..which is just over 20 more posts away..I've an idea or two on my giveaway!

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

Welcome to the land of random! And these are my random thoughts of the day..well, of so far this morning at least...

~ We have changed plans last minute on what we are doing for this Thanksgiving. We are going from hosting it at our place..to meeting up with family at The Cracker Barrel. No cooking, no cleaning, just visiting. And really, I love The Cracker Barrel....I could go there just for their sweet tea, or just for their biscuits, or just for..well, for the damn good food! Did I mention no messes to clean up?

~ In January I will be heading off to Laughlin! Ok, it's not that exciting really. I.Don't.Like.Laughlin. I'm going to attend the Arizona Fire District Association Conference, which I've done for the past few years. The conferences are fine to attend...I like to learn things..no promises on how good I retain these things though. But it's just Laughlin itself. Not much to do there when you're not in conferences, besides gamble. And quite frankly, gambling pisses me off. Enough said on that one. Although one year my husband and I stopped in Bullhead City on the way home and took a sand rail tour to Oatman, AZ. That was really fun driving those things...minus we were freezing our asses OFF. My husband was even freezing, so you could imagine how I was. By the time we got to Oatman, I felt like the jackasses that roam the dirt roads there (literally, donkeys have free roam there)...what was the first thing we did after we ate?..we hit up the shops to buy them out of winter wear. I'd suggest the tour..but not in January. Wow...that was a long random thought!

~ I.Hate.Painting. It's so pretty by the time your done...I just hate the doing it part.-Get your minds outta the gutter, I'm talking about painting here.

~ I have an iPod Shuffle that I have had for at least a year now..and it's still sitting pretty in it's package. I still really want to use it, but haven't taken the time to actually download songs. If you get right down to it, I don't even know where to go to find songs I want to download. Computer illiterate here. Any suggestion on where to go? (And this doesn't mean telling me where to go and how to get there!)

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

Here is my random jibberish thoughts for the day...


~ Yesterday I had a 3 HOUR nap...I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it was. And since I've nowhere to go today...I just might try for it again.

~ I have realized that I am getting close to my 100th post...and I just might have to do a giveaway for it. I also have to find that random number thingy that will choose the winner.

~ Christmas is just around the corner, which means that a small portion of our family will gather at my grandma's house like we do every year. And every year it's just about the same, no changes, nothing extravagant, we're all just kind of there. I would so love to shake it up a bit. Do something a little crazy, a little out of the ordinary. You know, like maybe do some gag gifts. Like for my brother for starters. I follow him on FB so I see the funny exchanges between him and his friends. I have seen lots of joking about him not having his own full bag of chips and his friends wouldn't share..and then telling him to get over it. And then there was the pic of him with a black eye that he got in a mosh pit at some concert. So...I'm thinking along with his normal gift, I will get him a first aid kit and one of those boxes of a variety of snack size chips. And let's see..for my grandma I might get her a sexy looking nightie. And my grandpa dresses very, well, I guess I don't know the term I may be searching for...just jeans and button up western style shirts and semi-dress shoes. I'm thinking I could get him a comical shirt...kinda like a shirt I bought for my husband...it's got a pickup truck with a donkey in the back of it and it's got dust kicking up behind the truck and the shirt says "Haulin..."...you know, haulin a$$. That should shake up our blase routine.

~ You know where I would like to be spending this Thanksgiving? That would be in Greer, AZ. Beautiful. If you don't know what it's like there...search it on the internet...it's worth it. More specifically Greer Lodge Cabins. We've stayed in one of the cabins one time and it was wonderful. We've been to Greer just to go ice fishing too, and that was really fun also....at least once I got past the fear of falling through the ice. I think I spent more time playing with the worms than catching any fish.



~ We (my husband really) did some painting the other day. We painted one wall in our room and painted our sons room. The girls' rooms will be painted this coming weekend. It's actually part of their Christmas...but they are getting it early..really early!

Our room before...

And after, Grounded by BEHR...kind of funny..Grounded in my room!

Jayce's room before, a blue color

Jayce's room during...

Jayce's room after, Gray Timber Wolf by BEHR

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