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F.Y.I 2006-10-20 23:04:00 I created a new page, accessible through the sidebar over there where “Pages” are listed, that will list the articles that I’ve published over at Helium. As I publish new ones, I will add their links to my Published Articles page, so be sure to check it every once in a while! I did this so that I won’t have to bother y’all with links in your faces every single time I write a new article or something. Here is a quick rundown of what I’ve got so far. From now on, just wander over to the Published Article page and browse at your leisure!
How to raise kids that read
Quick cleaning tips for busy moms
Should schools encourage teens to have sex
How to rebuild trust in a marriage damaged by infidelities
Right now I’ve got a little one home sick. I hate when they are sick. They look so pathetic and they are under my feet all damned day! LOL Not to worry. Just a cold. Yesterday I thought we were dealing with strep throat and went running to the
p.s. 2006-10-19 23:41:00 I wanted to thank everybody for their advice on the shoes!
You guys really do rock! I’ve got the best damned readers in the entire blogsphere, and don’t let anybody tell you any differently!
I am going to take all the advice y’all gave and go find myself a great pair of shoes this weekend. I’ll make sure and let y’all know what I ended up with!
Thanks again! *smoooches*
AZ Fall Weather Dorks 2006-10-19 23:22:00 Yup. That would be me. I’m a big ol’ baby when that cool air starts comin’ into town and in turn, I run around looking like a huge dork.
It’s just all part of the living in the Southwest experience, I’m tellin’ ya.
The temps get below 70 degrees and all of a sudden us thin blooded folk are pulling out the sweat jackets every morning and every night. I wake up, throw on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, slappin’ that sweat jacket on over the top all the while troddin’ around in flip flops. That’s the thing about ‘falls’ here. In the day time, you’re still looking at shorts weather, yet in the mornings and evenings it’s cooler than a dead mans backside and since our blood is so thin from living in the deserts, we can’t handle temps much below 70.
If ya see a gal in an Old Navy hoodie, sporting the shorts and flip flop look at the same time, you’ll know it’s little ol’ Jade! No, IR
It Blew Me Away 2006-10-18 22:14:00 Who would be on your list?
The question swirled through my mind for several minutes, making me more and more uneasy the longer it took me to come up with someone, anyone, who I knew that would be willing to donate a kidney to me should I ever find myself in a situation where I, God forbid, needed a kidney transplant. It’s a heavy question. Although, sometimes the answers weigh even heavier. Who would do such a thing for me? Donating a kidney is quite a selfless act; one that, in my mind, is too selfless for the majority of people these days. Oh, I’m sure that upon being asked this question without being faced with any sort of real emegerncy situation, handfuls of people would say “of course!” all along knowing that the likely hood of having to follow through was nill. Yet, it still left me thinking about the “what if” and the empty list that I would have before me.
After thinking about it for the duration of the show that sparked the original qu
ATTN: ALL ATHLETES 2006-10-18 01:04:00 I need your help.
I need a good pair of walking shoes, preferably under $100.
We all know that I am the fashion shoe queen, however, when it comes to functional shoes, such as a good walking shoe, I’m like a blind man in a strip club. I’ve no idea which way to turn, what brands offer the best cushioning or support, for a reasonable price.
Any help y’all could offer would be greatly appreciated. Even a starting point. Right now, I’ve a pair of New Balance shoes that are at least 10 years old. They are no good. If they were good back in the day, it’s been so long that I can’t seem to recall.
I’d really appreciate it guys. Thanks so much!
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It's In The Genes 2006-10-17 22:25:00 Last night when dinner was finally through, my activity of choice was to sit down in the front room and read. I hadn’t picked up my book in almost a week. My body was exhausted (who knew walking a mile would wipe me out so much) and my brain could handle no more activity than to dive into my book. The boys (the big boys) were in the family room watching the Cardinals throw away the game they had been winning, leaving the living room empty and quiet. Soon, everyone was wrapped up in their own evening time quiet time.
Suddenly I noticed how the house was broken up. All of the men erm males were gathered around the television sets, and all of the girls were following in their mother’s footsteps.
Bean had settled herself into the reading nook with a couple of her easy reader books that she gets from her teacher. While, she was reading out loud, it worked out well because if she came to a word she couldn’t read, she would spell it out for me, and we’d sound i Read more:Genes
Twas A Busy Day 2006-10-17 09:33:00 I like those. Busy days. Keeps my mind rollin’, and really that’s the best way for my mind to be. ‘Specially these days.
Today I began my new routine. I walked a mile this morning and felt sooo good when I finished. My mind was clear. My thighs burned like no other. My breathing was hard and I actually broke a sweat. omg i know, can you believe it?
After the walk, I got a few things done in the house and then met bio dad for brunch. We had a fabulous time, chatting and laughing. Things are so easy when I am in his presence. Stresses seem to slip away, and a sense of strength comes over me. I needed that today.
Once the brunch was over, it was time to head home, chop some veggies real fast to add to the chili I’d had simmering for dinner since the night before and run out the door again. It was time to pick the kiddos up from school and make it back in time for parent/teacher conferences. Of course, this is where I get to sit and listen to how wonderful my
The Writers Couch 2006-10-16 02:19:00 For me, being a natural born writer, I find healing through the written word. Sometimes I can throw down my ideas in the form of written communication and I feel as though I’ve experienced an emotional release once I am finished. Sometimes, I can go back at a later date and read what I had written, taking away an entirely different view of the situation or be able to see the answers to which I had been seeking in the first place. The WritersCouch
, for me, is a far better form of counseling than actually sitting on a therapists couch discussing my feelings.
Recently I was contacted by a gentleman by the name of Rob Bunnell. He told me of a website, called Helium, for writers and aspiring writers, where we can post our own knowledge in the form of articles and have the opportunity to not only get paid, based on the search-ability and ranking of the articles, but have a broader reader base than that which we find on our own blogs. He invited me to join, based on my writing here a
A Week Of This-N-That 2006-10-15 01:24:00 Last Sunday we celebrated BTP’s 14th birthday around these parts. She got some great gifts, including a cell phone from her father that she is going to get shoved up her ass if she forgets her homework in favor of remembering to grab her cell phone charger one more time. (Yes, I had to drive her homework all the way to her the other day because she was too busy remembering her cell phone accessories to remember to get her homework she needed for school. Kids these days, I’ll tell ya.) Anyhow, she had a friend stay the night and ended up having a wonderful time. She got some great gifts including:
Portable speakers for her Ipod - from grandpa
A new alarm clock that she can use with her Ipod - from TB
Shirt, Jeans, matching hoodie style sweatshirt with hardware on the front - from mom and hubsend
Thick belt with silver hardware and chandelier earrings - from Bean
About $100 dollars cash - from various out of town & in town family members
A Target gift card - fro
Picnic Fun At McCormick Ranch 2006-10-24 09:48:00
So, this past Sunday we spent the day at McCormickRanch
Railroad Park in Scottsdale. If you live in the vicinity of the metro phoenix area and have not yet ventured out to this park, you really need to do so. It’s actually located in Scottsdale at Indian Bend and Scottsdale Roads to be exact. I recall visiting this park when I was a little kid and riding the little train around the whole thing. Now, that little train has gotten bigger, the tracks have been extended and they charge you for rides. Back in my day, the rides were free.
They have big buildings that sell food and train souvenirs. They have a huge engine coupled with a few cars, from a real train (not running of course) that sit on tracks waiting to welcome you as you enter the park. The engine and cars are a museum of train history that you can walk through. The park it’s self is huge. There are a great deal of areas for picnics and get togethers of every shape and size. There is playground equipment, of cour Read more:Picnic
I've Been Given The Death Sentence 2006-10-25 12:41:00 Isn’t that fabulous? No, seriously. I have been given the death sentence. You are now talking to a real live earthly spirit, demon, ghost, walking dead, whatever you want to call it. That’s me. Nice to meet you.
You see, I received this phone call tonight from TWFKAG, out of the freakin’ blue. Yay. Let me count for you the number of cartwheels I did out the sheer joy I experienced when I saw her phone number appear magically on my caller I.D. screen.....
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So, anyhow, on with the show. She called me up basically to try and put me in the center of a situation that has apparently come up between my father and my mother. Um. Yeah, so?
I tried to explain to her, that whatever situation has arisen between my mother and my father is exactly that: between them. He is a grown man. She is a grown woman. I, have my own life. I do not get in the middle of their bullshit, nor will I ever. Take it up with him.
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Even The Toothfairy Was There! 2006-10-30 01:06:00 *
We attended Katie and Jeremy’s annual Halloween Bash last night. Being a costume party, that meant hubsend and I needed to come up with costumes. After two weeks of trying to figure it out, we finally came up with costumes that would work. I, decided on “Trailer Trash Housewife” and hubsend was “Dead Pirate”. They were easy enough, made from clothing we already had and make-up purchased for dirt cheap at the Halloween shop. I’m too old for constrictive costumes or for putting up with cold night time temperature in the name of “looking good”. I wanted to be warm and comfortable, and I was. Hubsend did his own makeup, wearing an old tuxedo shirt and pants in order to remain comfortable as well.
When I first laid eyes on my MIL and her boyfriend, I was completely taken back! Their costumes were fantastic and I just couldn’t get over how different MIL looked with dark hair! Her usually light blond tresses were covered up in an Elv
Halloween, Already? 2006-10-29 01:23:01 I’d thought I had the wrong day! I couldn’t figure out how I’d lost track of so many days, putting us at Halloween
morning already, without my knowledge. I was considering calling my shrink, and making an emergency appointment. It was clear to me, that I’d finally really lost it. It was time for me to move into my shiney new rubber room.
As I watched her walk through the kitchen, I realized my eyes were wide as saucers. Should I say something to her about the way she is dressed? What if it really is Halloween already and I’m the one who has completely lost their mind? I don’t want to thwart her sense of self expression ..yadda...yadda...yadda.....but, this is just really baaaaaaad. I’d thought she was just going a little too far with that whole “But mom, I’m searching for my individuality. You don’t want me to be a cookie cutter kid do you?” crap with this particular choice of attire. I’d decided I was going
Drunk Is NOT An Excuse, People! 2006-10-28 02:04:00 Especially when the person(s) in question are drunk damned near 24 hours a day. I would think, that in a case like that, the excuse would be “I was sober! I had no idea what I was saying...”
Seriously though folks. Being drunk might have worked as an excuse for poor, foul, or down right bad behavior when you were, oh, say, 16 years old. In the adult world, however, we are expected to now have a complete grasp on social graces, where to draw the line, what crossing that line means, accepting the responsibilities for our own behaviors, and not hitting below the belt under any circumstance. Drunkeness doesn’t fly once your pubic hair has fully grown in. No longer can you fall back on that lame excuse and actually expect that people will not only a) buy it but b) forgive you. Especially when the behaviors in question are more like the rule rather than the exception.
If you know me, which some of you do pretty well, you’ll know that giving me an excuse of “ Read more:Excuse
Bird-Cat Extraordinaire….? 2006-10-27 12:24:00
I think not. Ok, I can’t really tell. How can you tell?
You see, every now and again when I wander out to the back porch to have a cigarette, I happen upon feathers....everywhere.
Usually, I can follow the trail of lost feathers to a certain point. There, is where the trail goes dead. No more feathers, no bird carcass....nothing. You would think, that if the cat were eating the birds that he was catching, you would find a carcass somewhere. On occasion, I have managed to summons up the energy to go searching through the brush surrounding my yard in search of the skeleton of the bird that left all those feathers behind, only to find that there is no such skeleton anywhere to be found.
So, does he just catch them and play with them for a while, or does he actually kill those whom he stalks and causes to lose their feathers all over my porch? How do you know if you can’t find a carcass? Do cats eat bones and all?
I’d really like some help with this. It’
Wanna Know What's Up With Me? 2006-10-27 05:36:00 Then you’re going to have be registered and logged in to find out. I’m sorry for being such a weenie about it, but due to some personal issues in my life at this time, I’ve made the announcement that followed my earlier teaser, a private post. You will see it just below this one, once you’ve signed in.
There are certain people whom I do not want to know, therefore, I had to do it this way.
If you have a fobia of registering (I swear I won’t sell your information to the porn sites), I completely understand. Feel free to email me privately and I will share my good news with you that way.
Thanks for understanding guys!
Oh, and I almost forgot....due to the situation vaguely highlighted above, I am also moderating new member registrations. I will approve new members as soon as the alert comes in, and assuming I am in front of the computer (which I usually am). So, if it takes a minute or two, be patient with me, k? thnks!
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Just A Teaser 2006-10-26 22:11:01 Ok, today is a big day for lil’ ol’ Jade. Big. Huge. It could potentially be the biggest day for me this year! In a good way, it’s a good thing.
I’m not telling ya what’s going on just yet either. I’m afraid I’ll jinx myself and then where would I be? So, say a little prayer, shoot me some good blogger vibes and I promise, I will tell you later.
Thanks. That is all for now.
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Off The Top Of My Head 2006-10-26 08:02:00 Does anybody else find Rachel Ray to be the most annoying person on daytime television, like, ever??
Seriously.
I’d rather watch Jerry Springer.
And....
She walks like she’s got a corn cob up her butt.
I’m just sayin’.......
Beauty In The Eye Of The Storm 2006-10-25 22:56:00 Bird of Paradise that bloomed in my yard yesterday“Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.”
- Romans 12:21
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You Choose! 2006-10-30 15:01:01 Here are the contestants for this year’s 5th Annual Carving Contest! Look at each one carefully, and then make your selection below. The Jack-O-Lanter who receives the most votes wins this year’s title of ‘The Best of 2006’! Voting will be suspended at 12 midnight MST on October 30th, 2006. I don’t really have any prizes to entice voters with, but if you’re really hungry for something in your bag for your efforts, feel free to contact me, and I’d be happy to give you a treat of BE credits! Just make sure to leave me your BE username when you tell me you voted. I’ll send them along after the winner is announced.
We had so much fun creating our Jack-O-Lanterns tonight! The kids are always put in charge of digging out the goop and taking turns with carving duties. Hubsend and I supervise and guide the hyper childen who are holding sharp objects. I have a full set of pictures, but I will wait to show them to you until after the contest is
Contest Results & More 2006-10-31 21:29:00 Alright everybody, the votes have been cast, the time has expired, and we’re left with a winner for the 5th Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
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*drumroll please*
Jack-O-Lantern ‘B’ is this year’s winner! Whoohooo! Which, makes the girls the champions for two years running! See, we didn’t want to tell y’all which Jack-O-Lanteren belonged to whom because hubsend was afraid that knowing would sway your votes in favor of the girls. He swears that’s why we won last year. So, we decided to withold that information all together this year and may the best Jack-O-Lantern win! While the boys did a fantastic job on their traditional pumpkin (hubsend even measured the distance between the features to make sure it was all evenly spaced out) I can’t help oogling over how damned cute the little ghost cut out is on our pumpkin! I’m telling you, though, those pattern things are a pain in the neck! Thank goodness I had the girls there to take tur
I heart Jade 2006-11-01 22:56:00 Since Rachel hacked 3T’s blog, and Jade’s getting ready for her “big day”, I thought it only fitting that I should hack Jade’s blog with an early Christmas present. Because I effing love her so damn much it’s regoddamndiculous!
Happy holidays, Jade, and good luck on your big day today!!!!!!!!11111exclamationpoint
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New Diggs, New Days & A Whole Lotta Love Goin' Around! 2006-11-02 09:46:00 OMG! Look at Sunburns! It’s coolin’ down around here and apparently this is where all the coolest weather has landed! I ♥ Danalyn soo much! When I came home today and saw this fantastic template and the artistic version of little ol’ me up there in the header image I damned near cried! Talk about the icing on my day! (I am a little jealous that Miss Ann got a sneak preview, but I’ll get over it cuz I lurve her too and b’cuz Dana hacks into my blog and not hers)
I just can’t get over how gorgeous this template is, how amazing Danalyn is, and how much I love her. Talk about a great lady! I’m still not over the initial shock! I can’t stop looking at it either! It’s soooo perdy! If there were a “Bestest Designer In The World” award, I would give it to her in a heart beat! Mmmmm....maybe we can make one up!! Ok, maybe another today. Today, I am brain fried and in love. In love with the template, brain fried from my d Read more:Diggs
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If it wasn't one thing, it was another….. 2006-11-03 08:28:00 This morning started out a little rough. I dropped my hot rollers damned near every time I went to put one in my hair. I hit my “funny bone” (whoever named it that really needs to be beaten cuz it ain’t funny) on the medicine cabinet three times while doing my hair. The boots I wanted to wear ended up with a broken zipper, forcing me to change my entire outfit, AFTER I’d done my make up to match. I waited all morning for the proverbial ‘other shoe’ to drop.
And it did.
Apparently I’d tried on my new black pumps while my feet were swollen, either that, or my feet have shrunk a size in the past two weeks. Whichever, it doesn’t really matter because now the stupid things don’t stay on my feet! When I walk, they slide off the back of my heel, causing my foot to come down on the outside of the shoe. I look like a goober! One minute I’m walking normal, the next I’m falling all over the place cuz my foot fell out of my shoe
Borat?? 2006-11-04 09:59:00
Who is this idiot and why does everyone think he’s so funny? I find him oddly disturbing and not very funny at all, but that’s just me. What do I know?
Anyone planning on seeing this movie?
Please tell me why, I really want to understand.....
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Sedona Revisited 2006-11-07 06:50:01
5 years ago this month, Hubsend took me to Sedona for the very first time. We’d been dating merely a few weeks when he whisked me away to this magical place of beauty and peaceful splendor. We spent a wonderful weekend together, taking in the sights and getting to know each other a little bit more.
This past weekend, Hubsend took me back to Sedona. 5 years later, a lot had changed, things had grown (including my own waste line), and the steak house we’d planned on revisiting had been torn down, only to be replaced by a new Spa and Resort. The feelings, however, haven’t changed. They’ve only grown stronger.
My MIL kept the little Bean fry for us so that we could enjoy a weekend without children. Upon dropping little Bean off at her house, she presented us with a gift bag to take along with us. Inside the gift bag was a bottle of Champange, two champagne flutes, and a small tin of butter cookies. She is so thoughtful! She told us with a wry grin to enjoy our Read more:Revisited
The Phone Is Now Off, Lady 2006-11-07 20:23:00 Is there anything that can be done about a person psychopath who freakin’ calls your house every five minutes for a solid hour, repeatedly leaving hateful messages? I am not kidding.
The only thing I can think of is to change the number totally and completely.
What a pain in the ass that is, though.......
Sometimes I wish we lived on a different planet all together.
Is Mars ‘move in’ ready yet?
I've Got Some Hostile Hooves Baby 2006-11-09 07:06:01
Oh, do my feet hate me right now! Have you any idea how bad it sucks to suddenly confine your feet within a shoe for 7 hours a day, when for 2 years the longest my feet were stuffed in a shoe was an hour or so? That was rare, too, as we didn’t go out to dinner all that often. So, most of the time my feet never even saw a shoe. Flip flops were my mainstay, and at best those would be on
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Gosh, I Could Use Some Chocolate Right Now 2006-11-11 00:02:00 Today is my first paid holiday off. Yup. I’m speshul, I know! The funniest part is, while this is a nationally recognized holiday, my poor hubsend (a banker too) had to work! I’ve been giving him shit about it for two days. I know, I’m a good wife, aren’t I? *evil grin*
I had planned to clean house today, and I am sure at some point I’ll get to it, but I had some other important things to do first. Let’s see.....
Visit all of my favorite blogs - check
Prepare my ill fitting shoes to be shipped off to a beautiful young lady who will be able to wear them - check
Pop a handful of Midol, grab a cuppa joe and a heating pad - check .... friggin’ mr. monthly had to come a callin’ early....lucky me.
I guess since I’ve accomplished all of the lounging around on my arse that I’d had planned for this morning, it’s time for me to get busy on my house. I doubt I will though, just yet. You see, TB had two friends stay the ni Read more:Right
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