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I'm shocked! 2007-05-17 04:01:00 I really am truly shocked
how people were able to vote for Blake over Melinda...Melinda got voted off of American Idol!I'm still stunned - can you tell? Shocking I tell ya!
The End of An Era 2007-05-17 01:48:00 Tonight is kind of like an end of an era. By that I mean, it is Bob Barker's last Million Dollar spectacular and therefore the ending of a great game show. Granted, I'm not a huge Bob Barker fan personally, but I just can't remember my life without The Price Is Right. From as long as I can remember I would be so excited as a kid to get the day off from school and be able to watch it promptly at 11am est on CBS... There was just nothing better! The Samoan women who would pick him up and hug him, the old ladies who would always give the kisses on the cheeks, the women that would jump around and eventually fall on the floor with excitement... those were the days. Yes, they are going to keep running the show - but can it even come close to being the same? They tried it remember? At night with Pat Sajak - that was the worst! There is just something about Bob Barker that makes him like a game show icon. Let's just put aside the fact that he has been sued so many times for sexual harassme
Favorite Restaurants 2007-05-16 03:26:00 Yay! Finally, someone tagged me for this favorite restaurant meme... I felt so out of the loop! Everyone has done it but me :) Am I one of those people who would jump off a bridge if my friends all did it?? Oh hell yeah! I'm just like that, lol.So, Stephanie tagged me, and she had one of my favorites on her list that I'm going to steal :) Here are my favorite 5 restaurants:1. Cassarino's on Federal Hill in Providence, RI. We have only gone twice but both times the meals were something I still remember years later. The best meal I have honestly had in my life came from there. It was braised sirloin tips with mozzarella cheese and a garlic cheese sauce. It was AMAZING! I also had the Eggplant there which I normally don't enjoy AT ALL but I'm telling you it was melt in my mouth delicious!2. Chili's - This is where I start getting boring. I'm not much of a "fancy" eater. In fact I much prefer a family style restaurant because that is just what I like for the most part. Chili's fits Read more:Favorite
I'm sorry :( 2007-05-15 05:06:00 I swear I'm trying... I really am!Trying what you ask? Trying to get to your blogs of course! I have 129 posts to read in my blogs, but tomorrow is the day... or maybe tonight I haven't figured that out yet. I kind of threw my back out today and I'm in a wicked lot of pain. I say kind of because I felt it almost go (you know when it twists so hard that you feel the burning, stinging pain, but suddenly it stops?) and I was able to stop it totally but it is burning like a son of a bitch. Hmmm... where did that term come from do you think?The same with son of a gun... (rambling now)Do you know what I did an article on today? Man's panty hose - who knew? I made that sucker into a great article, in my humble opinion :)Ok, I have to go lay down again. I'll leave you with this thought though - When you lose fat, where does it go? Read more:sorry
I don't enjoy the crack... 2007-05-18 19:51:00 Today was the day I was getting my new storm/screen door. I was so excited that I literally forgot. I've been planning all week to stay home and anxiously await what I consider to be the best part of spring and summer. Being able to open your front door and simply leave a screen door so that you can hear all the birds, crickets, and wildlife run around. In my case, I hear other neighbors, cars, beeping horns, and the train, and the fact that the summers are so unbearable that I keep my air conditioning running 24 hours a day for 3 months, but still... just the thought of a storm door with built in screen made me very happy!Anyhow, back to the original story, I have been waiting all week and then of course come this morning, I totally forgot. I was on the phone when I heard the doorbell rang. Immediately I got annoyed - Who the hell was at my door? I look out and see the trucks and was like "Oh SHIT!" I can't even explain the look of raggedness about me this morning. I hadn't showere Read more:enjoy
I Hate Men 2007-05-23 00:53:00 I have come to that conclusion before, but tonight I really really mean it. The stupid stupid stupid man (you know who I'm talking about) has way too much to say but the words never really make any freaking sense.We got into a stupid argument tonight about how I can't support myself on my own. WHATEVER! Granted, it may be true, but damn it I'm working my ass off! It led to "the" conversation, the one that has probably been said in many of your households before.The one that Stay at home moms don't have life nearly as hard as the "working man". Yep, that conversation. Basically he told me that if I live a week doing what he did I would drop dead from exhaustion whereas he could do my job in his sleep. My job consisting of raising my son and working doing my articles. Then of course, don't you know, the house would always be clean, my son wouldn't be eating microwaved dinners, and the laundry would always be done.WTF does that mean? I work hard! Who teaches my son his numbers, his
Camping we are going! 2007-05-22 13:14:00 Thanks to Brian who made a suggestion of camping, it lead me KOA campsite in Myrtle Beach!! But, it gets better! We're not pitching a tent, I just rented a little Kozy Kabin!! For only $131 we get two nights in our own little cabin, with a picnic table and grill out in front, and our own little porch with swing on it. It is within 2 blocks to the beach and in walking distance to restaurants and the amusement park. My son has been DYING to go camping, and to the beach, and now we get to do both. I'm so excited - can you tell??YAY Brian! You totally made my day :) Read more:Camping
My new mission 2007-05-22 09:12:00 I've decided that I want to take my son to the beach for a couple of days. This is seemingly impossible in either North Carolina or South Carolina!!We have what... like hundreds of miles of beaches and I can't find an affordable place to say. It's not like I'm going on the weekend - oh no, I'm going from a Monday to a Wednesday or Tuesday to a Thursday. Who knew that it was more than a mortgage payment to stay anywhere during this time period? How was I supposed to know you can't do nightly rates, you have to do weekly rates? How was I supposed to know that in order to get a hotel you pretty much have to sell a child, or stay in a hotel where the reviews say "beware". *sigh* My son loves the beach but it seems impossible to go. Gone are the days that we can drive 30 minutes down the road (door to door with parking) and we can just get out and go... I have to remember I don't live in good ole' RI anymore. NOPE - this is the land of the beach goers and the trillion dollar
I didn't win... 2007-05-21 11:05:00 Do you know that every week - twice a week I buy a powerball ticket? Every week for probably about 3 years - except for when we first moved to North Carolina because there was no lottery here then - and I have yet to win anything more than $3.00.I guess I am not destined to be a millionaire *sigh*If I were a millionaire the first thing I do after I buy a house is hire a cook. Just for me and my son. I don't entertain much, although I probably would if I had a larger house. But I would love nothing better than to have someone make all of our meals. I hate to cook! I mean really really hate it. I remember as a kid I made Cordon Blue for my mom and she wouldn't eat it - Granted, the chicken was raw, but I didn't know that till much later - but that was essentially the end of my cooking career. I have burnt eggs trying to hard boil them, I have even managed to burn spaghetti (don't ask me how).I have tried recipes for 5 item things and it still doesn't come out right. I can't
Whoa! 2007-05-20 21:05:00 Did Edie just kill herself on Desperate Housewives?? Did I just imagine what I just saw? Does anyone watch this show?? Whoa - I'm freaking out right now - what a great secret they kept for that one to go unnoticed!!
Free at last?? 2007-05-26 13:47:00 I'm not officially alone, and have been for like 2 hours. My son is safely with my mom, and on his way to a pig pickin'. Yes, you heard right, we here in good ole' North Carolina have pig pickin's...lol. He is going to freak when he sees that pig cooking in a big pit! Hell, we just saw Charlotte's web a few days ago on DVD, lol... I hope he doesn't make the connection!Anyhow, so now I'm alone and bored out of my mind. I could go shopping - eh, boring. I could start my party night now - nope, will pass out by 7pm. I could eat lunch - haven't done that yet. But no, I'm dowloading songs from the Internet like I've never heard music before. I already had like 200 maybe downloaded but today I felt like a rock mood, so I went on the search for "angry music", you know like the kind that makes you all happy even though it's mad music. Hard to explain, but I got about another 100 songs downloaded. How much do I love Evanescence! I don't why, but I downloaded all the musi
Force Flex Bags 2007-05-25 14:57:00 This is not a sponsored postThis is not a recommendationThis is not a reviewThis is simply to say that I finally spent the extra money to buy them... I used a coupon of course and was very excited when I went to use my first one this morning. I cleaned my pit of a bedroom, putting more and more garbage in the bag. I was only half way through with plent of more junk to go.It rippedThe commercials lie - You cannot keep filling it up until you have cleaned out the whole bank you are robbing...Now I'm out $5.99 (on sale with a coupon)Just thought you should know :) Read more:Force
The H word 2007-05-25 11:09:00 It may not be a swear word, but the H Word is something that people rarely use nowadays - HONESTY.It is something that I have lived by, it is something that I highly appreciate in other people, but yet it is something that is hardly ever used with me.Women especially are apt not to be honest when it comes to being either "politically correct" or to spare someone's feeings. It drives me up a wall to be honest with you. There is nothing wrong with not being honest with someone. You will not be struck by lightening, you will not be taken out back and shot, you will not have to go to church to confess your sins!Why is it in today's society people would rather talk about someone behind their back then say it to their face?Now I agree, that I am an unusual person to the point that when someone asks me a question, they KNOW they will always get an honest answer. I also will not talk about someone behind their back without being fully willing to say it to their face. I just don't understand
Sort of Random Crap 2007-05-23 22:56:00 Isn't random crap the best kind??Anyhoo - Lots of fun stuff to talk about tonight!* First and foremost - GO JORDIN!! I'm wicked happy she won American Idol, she is the coolest 17 year old I know, with the exception of my niece who just told me she wants to study Tibetan Buddhism... I told you she was cool!* So, GET THIS - I um... this is hard to say... I ... um....Shhhh... I got a MySpace. OMG - What the hell did I do?? You can blame Miss Prissy for that one, lol. She told me about hers, and then I saw it and it was all pretty and shit, so I figured I would make my own. It is still relatively boring, so it is a work in progress. Anyhow - Monica is my one lonely friend there so c'mon, add me and make me a happy woman! Make sure I know you or want to know you at least, lol. http://www.myspace.com/meandmymatt* I love all my blogger friends who left such uplifting comments on my previous post - you are all way to cool for words :)* I've been drinking so this is hard for me to Read more:Random
DMV = Hell 2007-05-29 10:11:00 I know it's my fault - I don't want to hear it! I'm admitting it now before I go on. I just want to bitch about it anyhow!!However... The DMV sucks big ole' monkey balls if you ask my opinion. I got pulled over for like the 100th time in North Carolina the other night. Drivers and license handed over, mint firmly in mouth, because although I wasn't nearly near the legal limit, I had 2 beers at dinner and I just didn't want to go through the questions.She comes back to my car saying my registration was expired, and she could take my plates for no insurance. WHAT? So, I grab my registration from her, and yep - expired in April. WTF? No letter, no nothing from them. So, I show my insurance card, because I really do have insurance!! Fast forward to this morning - I called the DMV because I would never drive my car while unregistered (snicker snicker) but really I was too lazy and my state has a generally easy customer service line to get through to. So, not only do I have to pay the
The Pursuit of Happiness 2007-05-28 00:08:00 Tonight I finally got around to watching the movie, The Pursuit of Happiness with Will Smith. If you haven't had that chance, I suggest you run right to your computer and order it from Netflix, or if you still live in the 80's, run to your local Blockbuster. It was an absolutely amazing film that left me with an overwhelming feeling of sadness for some reason. I know that it the pursuit of happiness, but what made me so sad is that rarely people find that overwhelming happiness that they are searching for. In fact, I don't know that most people are that lucky. I know I am not. You reach for everything yet get nothing in life. If only I was as driven, or as smart as he was. He overcame huge obstacles to get what he wanted to make his life better, and I guess I'm just not that person. I don't have much drive, nor do I have ambition. I used to as a child, but lately I find myself striving for average. The average life, being an average mom, just struggling to get by, and for what? Wh
Beware - Drunken post ahead... 2007-05-26 23:59:00 See, I knew I would be here! It is now officially 1:00am and I'm home, and I had a wee bit too much to drink - as per my childless days. I think it is pretty much required. What a fucked up night. I won't go into details, but needless to say, it was not fun.BUT - I should inform you of what happened last night. In fact, I think it is my duty to tell you all about my life, no matter how much of it you don't want to hear.Fuck, it is hard to type. Type, type, type, backspace backspace backspace. Ugh... more backspace just typing the word backspace.Anyhoo - So, Now, I think I should mention that since I have joined MySpace - which is totally my new addiction - I have started hunting down old friends. Isn't that the point of the whole thing?Well, I have been searching for this one guy for like forever, but I never found him. So, I tried every year or so, and although he was on classmates.com, I actually never looked there!Now, I'm telling you this with the full assumption that he Read more:Beware
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Out With The Girls 2007-06-02 01:10:00 Ok, I'm not going to do some drunken post, although I can tell with the speed and backspacing I am doing with this post I am rather intoxicated :) It's all good though - I had a great time!!Here is a picture of my friends...Left is Yvonne Middle is DeidreRight is Amy Read more:Girls
It's a meme kind of day... 2007-06-01 10:01:00 LIAR LIARI was tagged from Queen of Her Own Universe for this one - and it is just fun in my opinion! I have to tell you nine things that you don’t know about me but only eight of them are true. Can you pick out the big fat lie?1. When my sister and I were in our "shoplifting" stage when we were teens, I stole a purse full of yarn for cross stitching, but when the security guard caught her stealing make-up he believed me that I carried all that yarn around, and I never got into any trouble.2. I have spent some time in jail in my late teens - most notably for what would be considered "attempted murder" but it was dropped to assault.3. When I was in my teens I dated as many as 5 guys at the same time, and one night I was sitting on my porch with one guy, when the 2nd guy drove up to my house to come visit, and behind him the third guy I was dating walked around the corner because he lived nearby. Suddenly I was standing there with 3 guys who all thought they were dating me exclusi
Yeah - I'm watching it... What's it to ya?? 2007-05-31 20:36:00 I don't want to hear it. I don't want anyone to utter a giggle, a smirk, or even a guffaw.Guffaw - definition: a burst of deep loud hearty laughter It is a noun and a verbScottish originGuffaw: (long pause) G - U - F - F - A - WIf you haven't guessed it by now, I am watching the spelling bee on television. Yeah - what of it?? HUH? HUH??There is simply nothing else on TV right now! That, and I really just want to spell just one of these words right - JUST ONE!So far I'm 0 for 12 (I tuned in late)Whateva!! (See, I even spell like my accent)
The Law of Averages 2007-05-31 07:36:00 I was going to do a Thursday 13 - but quite frankly I was too lazy to go around and find a great header and then label, and then add numbers. Ugh - too much time spent!So, I decided to do a law of averages post. What is it you ask? Well, I don't know. But it was just the way my brain worked this morning.So here goes:The Law of Averages Say:*That I will never get married again because I still think men suck. *That my cat will get fatter with every waking moment because she can't seem to walk without plopping down every few inches and breathing heavily.*That my computer will crash without me ever having backed up anything.*That I will continue to be sarcastic for the rest of my life, leaving people wondering - what the hell is she saying?*That it will be 90 degrees and above for the rest of the freaking summer and into October - I do live in North Carolina you know!*That I will stop watching The View because now that Rosie is gone it is just plain boring.*That I will go to Disney World
The Age of the Digital Camera 2007-05-30 07:23:00 As I was taking some pictures last night it occured to me, I now longer have any actual pictures. Sure, I have discs. I have pictures on my computer to show you. But what happens when my son becomes a husband and father of his own, and he goes to show the new wife pictures of his childhood. They will have stopped at age 2. What is he going to do - whip out an outdated disc, and say "Honey, look, this is the time I went to the park!" while holding up a disc with nothing on it, or worse, no way to play it.This is the problem I now face. I have at least 15 photo albums of when I was younger, but my son has 2. TWO. Because I have over 500 pictures of him stored away on this little box. Once in a while I print out a great picture of him to have framed, but still... I need to start printing these things out for him. It is such a bad habit I have gotten into, with not printing them. What happens if I lose the discs, or my computer crashes? Yeah, I'm screwed!But anyhoo - back the reason I was Read more:Digital
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STOP RIGHT THERE! 2007-06-04 21:59:00 Do not go any further. Look around - take a really hard look... I'll wait ......OK, remember my blog just the way it is because I'm getting a new look tomorrow (or as soon as she has it done)! Complete with a girl with a great rack (so unlike myself), and a drink on a beach. It is way too cool!That is how I picture my life, hanging out on a beach drinking many fruity frosty drinks. Although truth be told, I would prefer beer, but whatever. The girl on the beach just wouldn't look nearly as cool if she didn't hold a girly drink. It reminds me of living in Florida - oh how I enjoyed those 2 1/2 years! It was pure fun... lots of late nights and/or late mornings depending on where I was. It meant a lot of jobs lost because I just couldn't get my ass out of bed, and it meant a lot of laying around the beach. You know, things you can only do in your early 20's :) Except I was like 24 to 26 so I was sort of at the tail end of my life of partying. Either way, I have some fond m
Time for the update 2007-06-03 22:07:00 Ok, many of you tried to guess which one of the previous statements was a lie. The answer is... (drum roll please)#6! I did fall off of a banana boat in Hawaii, but was picked up promptly, so no damage done :)Now many of you chose #2 - the attempted murder changed to assault... very true. Don't judge me, okay? It was a bad time in my life, I was 20 years old, and very very very (I don't think there are enough very's here) stupid. It's over, not such a fun time in my life :)You also chose #4 - the shark incident. That was entirely way too much true. It was wicked scary. I can't even tell you how much I freaked out when I saw the shark below me. It was then that I realized how far out I was and didn't quite know what to do. We were trying to swim to a reef that normally people only boat too, but we had our fins and snorkels and thought we would be okay. Not so much :) When I saw the shark - not more than 20 feet below me by the way - I stoopped swimming obviously and was
Yay me! 2007-06-07 17:15:00 Usually as a writer (or a wanna be writer) I get paid for articles that certain people request. I've done it all, all sorts of subjects, but I've never really written for myself. So, I decided to, and sent a short (and I mean really short) story to this website that was looking for submissions. They published it! Of course it is on the website, so I don't know if publishing is really the word I should use, but anyhoo....I submitted it a LONG time ago and never heard anything about it again. I found it completely by accident as they never told me they used it, but hey - I officially have my name in lights now! Ok, not lights, but in a byline on the web, for something that I wrote... I'm a happy girl today. If you are so inclined, you can read it here!
Welcome to the world of big bugs 2007-06-07 10:50:00 Alright, I don't even know where to go with this. Suffice it to say, I am SO not happy. Last night I went downstairs to get my last water of the evening and turned on the light to see this monsterous, humongous, freaking huge BUG come out of my stove. I stared at him, he stared at me... no one moved. As I stepped back to go find some really heavy object to slam down on his enormous head he crawled back in. I was so pissed, I ripped off the burner (it's an electric stove, more like I twisted it up) and the fucker came back up to greet me. I tried to kill him with a paper bag (yeah, don't laugh, that's what I grabbed) and found out quickly that these things don't die. He laughed at me while I hit him over and over again, until he got tired of getting beat up and crawled back into my stove. This, my friends, was THE PALMETTO BUG! It was at least 2 inches long and really, for lack of a better word, skeavy. Me, being who I am, ran upstairs to research the Palmetto Bug which I Read more:Welcome
This is a LOL moment 2007-06-05 21:55:00 I saw this on Charlotte's blog and I just had to steal it. It is hysterical - and the fact that I laughed at EVERY SINGLE ONE must mean that I'm really addicted!10 Warning Signs That You May Be Addicted To Blogging10. You call tech support to find out how to “activate” your Glade Plugin.9. Your friends tell you that you need to stop blogging so much and get out and socialize more. So you take your laptop to Starbucks and logon to Digg, StumbleUpon, MyBlogLog, Reddit for the evening.8. You ask the new car salesman if the car is Widget ready.7. You look for Category buttons on the right side of the ATM Kiosk.6. You drive all over town looking for a Dry Cleaner that will wash and WordPress your garments.5. Your Boss, who you dislike, tells you that you did an outstanding job on the last assignment and and that he’s going to put you in for a raise. You reply by saying “Can I Blockquote you on that?”4. On your resume where it ask for references, you include your Blogroll.3. You
Um, Duh! 2007-06-05 21:40:00 There are just some things in life you don't lose - and that of course is my New England slang!! However, I guess there are some things you don't gain in life, and that is knowledge of Southern Slang... no matter what Southern state you move to :)Your Slanguage ProfileNew England Slang: 100%Aussie Slang: 50%Canadian Slang: 50%Prison Slang: 50%British Slang: 25%Southern Slang: 25%What Slanguage Do You Speak?
What I now know 2007-06-10 18:49:00 Here is what I learned from my weekend:* Checking my email every 5 seconds to see if my new template has arrived yet is not going to make it come any faster :(* Grocery shopping sucks, but grocery shopping without my almost 4 year old son is as good as having a whole day at the spa by yourself* I am only meant to play on 9 foot pool tables - I kicked some ass!* I never remember to check my bloglines on the weekend, so when I just checked right now I had 102 blog entries to read which I postponed until tomorrow :)* I say that I am going to write but yet I never seem to want to "because it's Saturday"* I never seem to do my laundry on the weekends* I barely turn on the television at all except late at night but during the week, it is on almost all day* When I do turn on the tv late at night I find myself watching shows like "Deadliest Catch" - that show is awesome! * I play too much pogo.com on weekends because I don't feel like writing* Last but not least, I find myself mis
My son's first impression of my blog 2007-06-14 14:42:00 I was showing my son the new blog template - because even at almost 4 years old, he was interested! Here is the short conversation that ensued:Matthew (looking with a smile at the template): "Wow, mommy, you look beautiful"Matthew (looking then at me): "Wait, no you don't"Even he cannot be deceived, lol... I tried to convince him that girl was me, but nope, wasn't happening today! Maybe after a few more months on Weight Watchers! (HA! I wish!)
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