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I SWEAR I won't talk about American Idol 2007-03-21 01:14:00 Ok, even though I'm watching AI, I promise I won't talk about it. Even though I thought Haley was great for the first time. Usually she is just so so. I won't even talk about Amazing Race - because I just won't watch it now that Amber and Rob are gone... it just isn't as much fun.I won't talk about how I forgot about Joey Fatone last night - he was awesome! He was the only one that was good, so sorry Joey! I totally forgot to give you props. I won't talk about how annoyed I was that on Deal or No Deal Howie Mandel went into a mall to find a contestant that had to go on the show right away, and the girl he picked didn't even watch the show - nor did any of her family that they called up to run down to see her play the game. She worked at freakin Hot Dog on a Stick!! I thought it was like a big joke, but no, she really did wear a stupid colorful outfit with a big ass hat. I will talk about how obsessed I am with Reality shows though :) Can you tell? Why is that? Why do Read more:American
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Feelings.. 2007-03-22 13:52:00 Feelings... nothing more than feelings...whoa whoa whoa feelings...Yeah, you get my drift - if you are too young to know what I just "sang" then you are too young. Period. I heard that song on the radio this morning, but yet I didn't change it. I sang along. With Feelings. Huh - what does that mean? It means that I'm not so happy right now :( I can't even tell you why - I'm just sort of down in the dumps as my mother would say. I guess I'm getting pretty fed up with everything - bills, working, men, weight loss, American Idol (when the HELL is Sanjaya going to get kicked off??) and even my cat. Yes, my cat is pissing me off, that is how bad I am right now. I can't help it, sometimes I feel like I just want to climb in my bed (or air-mattress as it would be) and sleep the day away. But yet, I am taking Matthew and his little friend Lava to the park today. I guess a little sun would do me good right? It is going to be warm - almost 75. Maybe that is what is pissing me Read more:Feelings
SCORE!! 2007-03-23 22:00:00 Big news - BIG! I just scored a job for a total of $1000.00 - a big woooooohooooooo to me!!Of course it is 200 articles on Gin Rummy, but I think I can do it :) Anyone know how to play?? LOLI think I'll just hit the library for some in depth books about the card game - and if he likes my work he'll give me another 200 articles (another $1000.00) on another Rummy game!YAY! I feel like I hit the jackpot! I've been waiting for this kind of job for a long time :)
It worked! 2007-03-23 02:52:00 No, the park didn't work in cheering me up - but you know what did? The comments that you guys made. I seriously didn't know how funny you guys are...lol. I literally cracked up at least 3 times and for that reason I am so quoting your comments for everyone to read - because they totally cheered me up!!!Georgian Blues Said:I really hope you are feeling better soon.But about your cat. I understand we have some really great pet food in Ontario that could help you with that problem! Kidding....well kinda.... LOL on the pet food - that did offically crack me up (and made me think pretty hard about it)!Carly Said:I had one of these days this week too. And you know what? I blamed football too. That settles it, football withdrawal, it is. Ther are only about 37 days or something until the draft so try ot look forward to that. Otherwise, a good dose of the NFL Network will always do. I saw the top ten comebacks from last season last night and that definitely put a smile on my face even thoug Read more:worked
Summertime Blues 2007-03-25 03:54:00 As I finally turned off the air conditioning today - because it was just THAT hot in my house - all I could smell was barbeque. I can only imagine the juicy steaks that were being cooked up all around me. I craved it as my mouth started to water - anything that is typical of barbeque food - hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie skewers, potato salad, bbq chicken, mmmmmmmmmmmm... can't you just imagine it? Then I realized - Oh crap - I don't have a grill! Who doesn't own a grill? Well, me. Bummer - no bbq for me tonight! I have to find me a sale or something because I want one of those heavy duty monster grills with the burners on the side and the 3 level grills for cooking. Ah, that is a dream that will not be fulfilled because the cheapest I can find is like $300.00. Oh well, anyone want to invite me over for some yummy bbq?? I make a mean potato salad :) Read more:Summertime
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Beware - Long Post Ahead - Bad Mommy Part 12,589 2007-03-25 20:35:00 ALSO BEWARE - *MOMMY POST AHEAD*It started out so innocently Thursday night when we went to Olive Garden for a dinner treat. I made some good money at work this week and I needed a little celebration for myself. We ate our salad and breadsticks and I ate the Ravioli, but not Matthew. Cut to Friday about 10am. "Mommy
, I have Diarrhea" - okay, a little diarrhea, not too bad. About 4 hours later after going through several pairs of underwear I Finally relented and put him back in pull-ups mostly to save myself from running out of underwear. Around 8pm he went to bed, with no major bellyaches. I went out with the girls (that will post number 2 below - lots to talk about there), and came home to find that he had projectiled puked 3 times all over the bedroom. More diarrhea, and all that fun stuff. He woke up no less than 4 times and continued on Saturday morning. I am without health insurance so I "thought" I would just avoid the doctor and handle this little bug on my own, because if I wen Read more:Beware
Vacation anyone? 2007-03-28 01:01:00 I believe I need a vacation! Right now - not tomorrow, not next week, but right this minute! If I have to deal with one more second of a sick child who doesn't want to eat even though the doctor said it was okay, and a child who won't even put his own shoes on because for the past few days I did it for him, and a child who has so much attitude that he would put Noami Campbell to shame - I really think I might scream. Granted he had another setback last night but he is okay today. 5 DAYS PEOPLE! 5 LONG DAYS!So, my question to you is...If you had a choice would you rather go on a vacation by yourself or with your family? Now that doesn't mean just you and your husband, because that would probably be what everyone chose, but in my blogging world you only have 2 choices...With the family? Or alone?I vote for alone - anyone with me? C'mon now, raise those hands!I can just imagine it - a private beach with absolutely no one on it (yes, damn it, I will find one), sitting back and drinking Read more:Vacation
Feeling better! 2007-03-26 17:42:00 Thankfully Matthew is doing much better
today. We actually got through almost an entire night. I say almost because he napped so much during the day yesterday and last night that he woke up at 5:15am raring to go. He wanted juice (YAY!) and thought he might want crackers. Of course when I put them in front of him he said he changed his mind, but we're on the right track. I think maybe by tomorrow he'll be eating up a storm (at least I hope so!)Isn't it funny how mothers automatically want to feed their children? It is like some inane sense of keeping them healthy or somethings, lol. Matthew hasn't eaten a thing since Friday and I'm freaking out more by that then anything else! I keep thinking I have to get some food in him right now or else, lol. Now, medically I know that he won't die of starvation if he doesn't eat his raisin brain but I keep throwing out foods that he might want. ANYTHING! I would give the kid ice cream in the morning if he put it in his mouth right now, lol. Read more:Feeling
WHAT?????? 2007-03-29 03:31:00 Alrighty then America - Chris Sligh is gone, and Sanjaya with his stupid ass hair, and his freaking girly singing voice is still there. HE WASN'T EVEN IN THE BOTTOM 3!!!!Discuss...
Presents and Birthdays 2007-03-28 15:47:00 In honor of my mothers 58th birthday yesterday I would like to write a little bit about presents - Presents
suck! Buying them sucks more specifically, getting them is great! C'mon, let's be real. There is no truth to "Giving is better than receiving". Giving involves running all of town to find the "perfect" present that always seems so elusive. Then, if you're like me, and has a mother who leads a fairly simple life it is even harder! She likes gardening but I really think my sister and I have run the gammit on gardening presents. We have bought her plants, flowers, gardening tools, little trinkets for the garden, stepping stones, statues, and even a flag with gardening stuff on it. Then she likes birds - so yep, you have guess it, we have bought her every bird house under the sun, bird books, binoculars, nesting boxes, and the list goes on. She went through a huge dog phase so we bought her german shepherd collectiables, GS mugs, GS pillows, GS blankets, GS EVERYTHING! N Read more:Birthdays
I'll be back!! 2007-03-30 05:56:00 I'm completely swamped with work and I need a little break. I am finding myself with nothing of interest to say - but don't worry I'll be back in a week or so!! Don't miss me too much :)And... make sure you come back - okay? While I'm gone, don't forget to visit my renter!
I'm back! 2007-04-06 16:56:00 Alright already - I get the point :) I went fishing WAY too long it seems! So, for those of you who are dying without me, you'll be happy to know that I'm back :) And for those of you who aren't - well then hey, screw ya!So, here is what has been going on in my life -WorkWorkWorkPlaying with MatthewWorkWorkWorkWorkWatching American IdolYou get the idea - just a hell of a lot of work. My fingers are ready to fall off from all the typing, but the bank account is looking great!So, now that I've brought up the subject, let's discuss American Idol shall we? I was shocked to see Gina go!!! I thought she was getting better and better every week, I actually learned to like her. I'm dismayed that stupid Sanjaya is not even in the bottom 3... I guess that website and Howard Stern are really actually pulling that crap off!Here are some other things that happened to me this past week - none that are of any great excitement but I figured I'd tell you anyhow:* My MSWord has decided that I am
Ughhhhhh!! 2007-04-08 01:01:00 No matter how adept your almost 4 year old is at using the computer, never actually leave the room!!I came back upstairs after enjoying almost an hour of quiet time in the living room watching some much needed Lifetime Movie Network no brainer type movies to find my darling son pushing the button in and out of my tower. I see the screen pop up with many different boxes saying "ERROR" "We cannot debug your system, please retry" "ERROR"This can't be good right? I finally got my computer restarted after 3 tries but yet this gray box still pops up. It also takes me 3 or 4 times to open up IE because according to them, the page can't be read.Yep, the computer is definitely off limits now!
Toot! Toot! 2007-04-08 23:17:00 Normally I would never be the one to do this - BUT...I got a freakin awesome compliment about some batches of articles I sent in, and I just HAD to share! Maybe because I am just so darn proud of myself, or maybe it is the fact that rarely in the freelance writing industry does anyone actually say anything other than "Thank you, how many more can you write now?" So, here it is folks, my pat on the back for the day :)In a sea of disappointment, you bring joy.... So many GAF'ers are scam artists and con people. Now and again a golden nugget comes along and you are one of them. Your rewrites are EXCELLENT. They read well are informative, factual, have no spelling mistakes and are grammatically correct, as far as I could see. Well done. I always respect a professional and a person who takes their work seriously. I will make sure that this goes in your feedback. YAY ME!!!I promise I won't brag anymore now :)
Finally!! 2007-04-10 23:23:00 Well it is about damn time as far as I am concerned! Now, the media can finally drop this story, and I can stop hearing about Anna Nicole Smith every time I turn on the radio. Larry Birkhead is the father of Dannielynn! I'm actually excited for some reason because quite frankly I was getting entirely too sucked into this story. But now, I can rest easy :) Whew, that was a load off my mind (and yes, I am being sarcastic) Read more:Finally
I'm addicted to..... 2007-04-10 15:55:00 I swear I was going to write some in depth post about the state of world, politics, or something equally as engaging, but nah... I decided I was much too happy today. So, I feel I must post about my addictions instead. Not my addiction to gambling, because that would be boring, nope, I'm outing my addictions to other things.Like Fruit Loops. I need a support group for that too. I LOVE Fruit Loops. It is the only cereal that I eat, unless I am having a particularly motivating week with my diet and then I'll change over to Cheerios. Maybe I just have a thing for round cereal? What do you think that means?I also have an addiction to hair straighteners. I haven't gone a day without straightening my hair in probably 5+ years. I just can't do it, and I try, at least once a week I jump out of the shower and swear I'm going to go "au naturale". HAH! I did it last week, and I looked like the top of a q-tip! So, I went right home and grabbed my straightener and kissed it, I was so happy to
Clutter Be Gone! 2007-04-09 17:25:00 Inside my bedroom I live like a college student. As I look around, I see 4 empty water bottles on my desk, amid a myriad of papers that I probably haven't looked at in over a month. I have a bag of marshmallows (don't ask, they are my sons "treat" when he does something really good, I have a broken lamp to my right, to the left I have a red lawn chair - you know the kind you use for lawn concerts - COVERED with clothes. Wait, there's more...On my treadmill (that I was supposed to start using again weeks ago) I have no less than 8 or 9 full outfits hanging over the top, behind that I have a box full of crap I haven't looked at in at least 6 months since I moved here, more clothes on the floor (WAY more clothes), most of them I probably don't wear, then there are books, books, and more books laying haphazardly (how do you really spell that word??), and finally, I have a stereo on a side table stacked up with the speakers laying on the floor. I WISH I had the guts to take a picture a
A little flashback and an ode to Billy Joel 2007-04-12 15:30:00 With all the influx of "talent" (and I use that word loosely) coming into the singing world, I don't think we can forget about one of the all-time greats. With people like Sanjaya taking over the world (who by the way STILL did not get voted off), I think Billy
Joel is worth talking about.Who's with me on this?? Can I get a Holla????No? Yeah, I know, people think I'm old. I'm not really, I swear it! Billy Joel
just has this great quality about him as a singer, it is relaxing, and it holds so many memories for me. Granted I was in the prime of my early teenage years during his rather "blah" phase - think Uptown Girl, I Go To Extremes, The River of Dreams, and so many more that I could talk forever about. But, it was his 1985 Greatest Hits Album Vol 1&2 that really had me hooked.How great are these songs?? My absolute favorite is New York State of Mind. OMG I could listen to that like a million times. It reminds me of driving back and forth from PA to MA when I was in my early 20 Read more:little
My Biological Clock 2007-04-11 15:46:00 I think I have reached that point in my life, that I NEVER thought I would reach. My biological clock is ticking.LOUDLY!I'm 33 and I have what I thought would be my only child. In fact I believe I have mentioned it no less than 1000 times that I am only having one child. I've told everyone within spitting distance that I will under no circumstances have another child. So, why is it that I have been going through the past week or so looking at other babies like I could eat them for dinner? I've picked out names even!Alexa for a girlMadden for a boy (although that is a little undecided because I keep thinking of John Madden of football, whom I really detest)Is this my biological clock? Is this what women talk about? I pick up every baby within reach, even if I don't really know them. Yes, other mother's are running in fear from me. I've basically kidnapped my friends baby for like an hour in the park because I couldn't bear to be without him, lol.Someone talk me out of this QUICK! Read more:Biological
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Things You Will Never Hear Me Say 2007-04-14 04:25:00 I was thinking about my biological clock again and how I said I would never say that I wanted to have another kid. Then popped into my mind like 100 other things I would never say, so here they are... not all 100 though, that would just bore you to tears :)Gee, I feel like running at least 10 miles todayI need to turn the tv offI should stop checking my emailShopping? Hell no I don't want to go shopping!No, we don't need ice creamI love Sanjaya!Soap operas suckI should go to sleep early tonightI need to get a dogWhere's that junk mail at?C'mon, I need to hear more about Anna Nicole Smith!I should move to IowaMmmmmmmm... what is that smell? Shepherd pie? YUM!I just can't read another blog today!Please don't vote for my blog for best design!! (If you don't feel like listening to this one, that is okay with me - go here to vote: http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/2791)This is just a little something to tell you more about me! I'm feel rather selfish today :)
The Thinking Blogger Award 2007-04-13 17:52:00 I was incredibly honored and pleased when I was given The Thinking BloggerAward
by my wonderful friend Jose at Joe Cools Blog!! It really made me feel good because I respect Jose immensely. This is one gentleman that you just can't help not loving. He is such a family man, and loves his "chica", his kids, and his grand kids. It was just such a wonderful surprise and now I want to pass my Thinking Blogger Award to 5 people who I think deserve it!The participation rules are simple:1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think!2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme or blog that you enjoy. 3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote. Without further ado - I would like to nominate my 5 picks for blogs and people that make me think!!1. Blonde Chick Bloggin I have to go with my favorite girl on this one. There is no one that makes you think about stuf
Obviously I'm doing something wrong! 2007-04-17 15:30:00 So for those of you who didn't read my blog for the short few hours that I had a post up, I posted about needing some help with my articles. Now, I posted that I needed 25 articles - short, only about 500 words - and the pay was $75.00. Well, boy did I learn something
. I'm way underpaid. But it isn't just by one person, I get paid between $3.00 and $8.00 for every article around 500 words that I write. I got comments saying people are getting paid $75.00 to $600.00 for article of that length. Who the hell are you people writing for?? I write for website articles, not magazine articles... is that the difference? Should I be branching out here? Where do I get work like this?Wow, I guess I'm just not writing for the right people or something, but I just can't figure out for the life of me how I would get a gig that pays that much money!! Anyone have any suggestions? Read more:doing
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This Freaked Me Out 2007-04-16 20:42:00 Alright, now this may sound a little dramatic, but I swear every word of this post is the awful truth. I was attacked by a lizard. Yep, you heard it, a lizard.I was driving my car mindlessly down the road in search of the perfect yard sale on Saturday morning. Have I mentioned that I LOVE yard sales?? Well if I haven't, they are like heaven to me :) Anyhoo...I'm turning a corner with a neon green yard sale sign in sight when it happened!!A lizard FLEW into my window and landed on my face. At first I thought it was a large rock because it freakin hurt, but then as I automatically reached up to my face to see what hit me, I felt something moving!! It flew off my face and down my neck, across my shirt, and started to go down into my clothes. OMG - I freaked out! How I didn't hit someone driving down the road or on the side of the street is still a mystery to me. I swerved to the left, while trying to grab the lizard. It looked like an alligator to me, but in fact it was only about 4 in
America Finally Listened!!! 2007-04-19 03:58:00 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!Anyone who reads my blog on at least semi-weekly will know what I'm talking about!! This last song is one that I am very willing to listen to because I know it will be the last damn one I ever have to hear from this idiot again. It sure is a happy day :-) Read more:America
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You Go Simon! 2007-04-18 06:20:00 Finally, someone said it... and lo and behold it was Simon
Cowell. We all knew it was coming, but tonight you could visually see how pissed off Simon was with Sanjaya. The level of hatred in which Simon looked at Sanjaya cannot be summed up with mere words. Can't we all agree that he needs to go NOW? My goodness, he sucked more than a baby with a pacifier. GOD AWFUL!! Randy was sort of harsh on him, but he said it with a bit of a softness to him... Paula was typical Paula saying it "wasn't the right song choice" but you could always count on Simon telling him where to go. He told it like it was - Sanjaya doesn't belong with these people!! When is America going to learn?? When we he finally be gone? I thought everyone was wonderful, and you know what is going to happen? Someone who is good is going to be kicked off to make room for the horrible Karokee singer that for some reason can't seem to get kicked off. PLEASE let it be tomorrow!!
Is It Me?? 2007-04-20 15:02:00 Is it just me, or is everyone getting way too political?? Yes, I know we're in the midst of a war, and believe me when I say I have very strong feelings about it. Yes, I know we're coming up on a major election that can essentially change the war as well as MANY other political issues that I also have strong feelings about. BUT - do we need to be inundated with it on almost every television show, magazine article, and news program? I really don't think so. People read The NY Times or USA Today to find out about these things. People also have the choice of turning the channel to CNBC or Fox News. But when I watch The View I don't want talk of politics, war, George Bush, or anything of the sort. I want entertainment. I don't want to see Rosie and Elizabeth fighting every single freaking day about this stuff. Again, I know it's important, but when I watch a cheese puff show such as The View, I want to find out about the gossip, new movies, and everything else that lets me get away f
An email I got this morning 2007-04-19 16:47:00 Now, my friend Deidre has what can only be considered the most perfect children in the world. HONESTLY! They never seem to act up, they are as polite as can be, and they are extremely mature for their age. Eilis (Pronounced Aylish) is almost 4, and Sinead is 2 1/2. So imagine my surprise when I received this email this morning:Scene at breakfast table this morning: Me: "Sinead, stop kicking the table:".Sinead: KicksMe: "Sinead, stop kicking the table, or you're in time-out".Sinead: KicksMe: Turns chair around, grabs Sinead and tells her forcefully to go to time out.Sinead: Off she goesMe: Okay, Sinead you can come back now. You were in time out for kicking the table. That's not acceptable. Don't do it again.Sinead: Kicks!!Me: AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where the f is that alcohol???????? Of course this was after the scene in the bedroom with Eilis: Me: Eilis, I need you to put your socks and shoes on.Eilis: No. I want to wear my sandals.Me: Eilis, I n
I might as well live in a kennel! 2007-04-22 04:55:00 I have 1 cat - ONE! But for some reason the neighborhood cats have adopted me as their master. There is one in particular that has been hanging around since the day I moved in. His name is Buddha but because we didn't know that at first, my son called him mittens. Mittens regularly sleeps on my stairs and does his little "feed me" meow every once in a while. I won't fall prey to his adorablenss though - nope - I pet him and walk in the house. Well today my son opened the door to get something off the stairs and in walks Mittens like he owned the place. Following him was Frosty, the other neighbor cat that we called "pretty kitty" because well... he is pretty. So, Frosty sees us and darts upstairs. Let me just say that my cat Piper was none too thrilled. In fact, saying she freaked out was an understatement! All of a sudden before I could get upstairs I heard what can only be described as a screech from hell. I see Piper standing on the bed, back arched, and ready to fight
Employment Application 2007-04-21 17:05:00 Every once in a while I see a job that I may like to have. Granted, I am not the kind of person who enjoys working outside of the home, but perhaps if I happened to see my dream job I may consider it. So, I took a look at my resume, and it is SO boring! So, I found a little way to do that with a few witty and fun things to say to show them a better side of myself on my next employment application :-)NAME: DUH - Don't you see it on the resume?DESIRED POSITION: If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first placeDESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options. If that's not possible, make an offer and we can haggle.EDUCATION: Sure - I didn't waste $60,000 of my parents money for nothingLAST POSITION HELD: CEO of my own little worldSALARY: Less than I'm worthMOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen staplers and post-it notesREASON FOR LEAVING: It suckedHOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any - I have no life, my friends won't come by anymore Read more:Application
Interview Time!! 2007-04-24 00:08:00 Monica from Miss Prissy interviwed me!1.What do you like/dislike most, about being a twin?I like the fact that I always have someone who knows what I'm thinking without me having to say it. I also like the fact that she can pretend to be me on the phone and no one would be the wiser. I dislike the fact that we never had our own individual things when we were kids. It was always "the twins" do this or "the twins" do that. We dressed alike when we were kids, and if she did something wrong then my mother assumed I would do it, and so forth. 2.What is the best advice you have been given, did you follow it? Hmmm... tough one. I do know the best advice I was given by my friend Amy as well as some other women who are trying to get me to do the right thing, but I rarely follow any advice given. Not because I don't think it's great advice, but I just sort of have my own mind, and I tend to do exactly what I want, whether it is the right thing or not. 3.What would your readers be surp
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