Happy Happy

Nope..didn’t come in a pill form or in an ocean breeze.. It came from within. I feel great. I’m happy. Nothing can spoil it.  I’ve never felt so optimistic in my life. If it went away tomorrow that would be OK since I have today.

Guess what I DID??

I read a few blogs..commented..and even entered a contest I’m not going to win. WHY you ask?

PW is coming to town!! I need to feel like a blogger again instead of a facebook addict. Yes, Pioneer Woman has created a cookbook which she is selling in stores…AND she’s going to be at a bookstore in town that I didn’t even know existed and sign books. I just read Jean’s post about the event which made me miss blogging.

I get in these kicks..it was actually my status update on Facebook yesterday. WHY..is it SO easy to break good habits and SO hard to break bad ones??

Blogging, IMO was a good habit. It was an internal therapy, I really enjoyed it then I went kind of Pppbbbttt… I started a reader..then I had all these obligations to read all these blogs and then I did what I do really well.. I quit. Just figured that instead of picking a few people to quit reading I just quit reading everyone’s blog. And I didn’t feel one bit guilty. Why..you ask? Well because I was tweeting…and twittering and twot.. Ooo no maybe not. Anywhoo I was in touch with the majority of the community still. Twitter, twitter.. I could even do it from my phone. Then came Facebook….to which I fell off the deep end. Grade School, High School, College, Work collegues..Farmville, Fish Wrangler, Mafia Wars, Bejeweled Blitz. Yes, I got SUCKED in..and really still am. Next step.. A BLACKBERRY! Oh yeah. I can tweet and FB from my fricking phone. I am a machine. I can also blog from it..for reals!

So.. now tweeting has gone to the wayside a little.. my FB status updates aren’t as often. I realized that there were a bunch of “friends” that didn’t care about the types of updates I was typing..only blog friends would appreciate them. Family didn’t care that I just heard thunder and almost peed my pants..but I know if you are reading this you may enjoy that comment..or not..

The one thing that I have been VERY lax in is photography. My favorite hobby next to TV and books. My flick account just isn’t getting the action it used to either.

The thing is, nothing has really replaced these things I”m not doing anymore. So what am I doing? I dunno…

So..hopefully you will see me around here a little more. And hopefully I’ll start reading blogs more..and I’ll be taking more pictures.. And please be my friend on Mafia Wars and Farmville..

Sunday Sunday

I am very conflicted on if I like Sundays or hate them. On one hand it is Monday eve…the other hand it is a day to be selfish…the other hand its a day to do things for everyone else. I hate being invited to things on a Sunday…I wish every weekend had one more day to it, then maybe I would like Sundays more. I have such a hard time living in the moment and not dreading the workweek

It’s all dusty up in here…

I haven’t blogged in a while..and decided I wanted to tonight…and guess what?

I FORGOT MY USER NAME AND PASSWORD!!

OK..if it were up to me, in a perfect world…everyone would do things like I think they should be done…they would think and believe like I believe. Now I know that is silly..and I do enjoy people that are different then me..but sometimes..just throw me a fricking bone!

Right now I’m a bit frustrated at everyone…family, work, friends…celebrities, government… You name it and I have an opinion.

I realize looking back on my life I have been very bossy at times. Most of the friends that I’ve had just put up with it. I think I am bossy and opinionated by nature..I learned it from my bossy mother.

I don’t think though that my wants/needs are unreasonable. Here are just a few things that are going through my head.

•  It doesn’t matter what / if any religion you are. Just be nice to each other..use common senses and don’t worry so much about who is sitting where in the kingdom of heaven. Geeze.
• Why the hell are you people getting all upset about things. Think about your actions. Are you making a difference? Are the feelings and bitching that you are doing actually changing anything? OR..do you think you are just making an ass out of yourself, raising your own blood pressure and wasting time?
• Take care of yourself. Wash your face..clean your clothes, go to the dentist, wear stuff under your arms.
• Quit being so fricking selfish. It isn’t all about you.
• If there is something that you don’t want to do… then don’t do it. Quit bitching.
• Mind your own business.
• Learn how to respect people…no matter if they are a stranger, coworker, family or a friend.

I think I feel better.. see…I typed it all out, vented and now I’m all better….I didn’t have to get on the phone, gossip and bitch to someone else.

August? Really?

Summer has just wizzed by. Is that how you spell wizzed? If not you should.

Most of the summer has been upside down temperature wise..we went to Aruba shortly after Memorial Day and it was rainy like spring in town. We got back and had a fricking HEAT wave. Then July comes around and the whole month I think it hit 90 once! Now it’s August and it’s getting hot again.

And where are the hurricanes? Weren’t we supposed to have deadly hurricanes this year?  I don’t recall even hitting the “A” storm.

We’re doing good. Drew turned 10. What the hell..double digits and he is acting like a teenager. I can beat him can’t I? jk

We saw Coldplay in concert this summer, that was fricking awesome.

I’m still addicted to facebook..and you can find me there!!

I’m also still addicted to TV. This summer I’ve been watching True Blood, Hung, Leverage, Hawthorn, The Closer, Saving Grace, Big Brother (go Jeff!) and Anthony Bourdaine, No Reservations…

My friend at work had a baby..and I am so antsy to meet him and kiss his feet.

I am starting to get into the habit of reading blogs again. I read Fluid Pudding today.. but usually I have been reading off my reader.

I’m doing weight watchers again..counting points. Did you know tomatoes are free? I love them w/ balsamic vinegar…yum.

I’m back to my deep water class at the Y. I need to loose 2 sizes please.

Random: Why do I always wear the e and n off my keyboard?

How is your summer?

MUST BLOG MORE

must blog more

MUST BLOG MORE

ReAlLy MuSt BlOg MoRe

Ugg….I think of how it was so much fun and I enjoyed it so much and I’ve totally lost it.

It’s like coming back and posting is out of guilt.

So..dad fell, broke his nose..healing up better.

J and I went to Aruba

Pictures are on flickr…see bottom right…my daily tweets are also on the side bar.

How are you?

Testing the new post method.

Ok if this works it will be ultimately cool. Blog by email? I can use my new crackberry!!

Happy Monday..you get bullet’s again!

• Is there a way to make money on WordPress? I get a bagillion hits a day on those stupid sexy girl photos I have…see links to the right.
• I saw Wolverine. If you are a comic book geek..I say no. If you are an X-Men movie freek…hell to the yes. Awesome movie..and you see a little Hugh Jackman booty!
• I rode my bike around the house a little on Saturday. Damn I live in a hilly neighborhood.
• Went to Six Flags on Sunday. I LOVE roller coasters. It was a cool day and there was hardly anyone there. Sweat pants and long sleeve shirt. Love it!
• Going to see The Killers tonight. To be honest I’m not very excited about it, but J is…
• Anyone watching The Unit? Man it was good last night. I wondered if that guy was undercover the whole time..that was majorly intense.
• I’m pleased with the Final 3 teams…if the black girls were in it they would be bickering w/ Luke and his mom..I was done w/ that. The snobby white girls though HAVE to come in 3rd…uggg…they are so ignorant to people.
• I’m going to start Weight Watchers again. ….with my exercising. I think this time I may actually hit my goal. Wish me luck.
• If you are a fan of James Patterson I wanted to tell you that The 8th Confession came out..part of the Women’s Murder Club. It was GOOOD.

Brand New Post Involving Bullet Points!

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  This was our group that walked

  I have been in SUCH a blogging funk I feel like I’ve been gone for a million years.

• Lately I feel a million years old. My hair needs to be dyed, I have so many grey’s I look 60..not that there is anything wrong with being 60..it’s just that I’m still in my early 40’s.
• I just now forgot how old I was.
• I got out the calculator. I’m still 42
• I have been an excercising fool.
• I still can’t fit back into my skinnier pants that I was wearing last spring.
• We have a full membership to the Y and I take 2 classes a week. Deep Water Exercise. I really like it.
• I walk on the treadmill and ride the staionary bike.
• I bought a real live mountain bike. It’s a Schwinn. It’s Pink.
• I walked in my first “walk” at Forest Park. It was for March of Dimes in memory of Maddie. I met Lisa and Heather who have blogs and there really cute kids. There was also a woman named Adene who brought her preemie w/ her..he’s 13 and his friend. The last mile was tough, it was 3.25 miles or something like that.
• I started taking pictures again. Check the link on the side to Flickr.
• I’ve had some people offer to buy prints from me. They have only shown interest. Could you even imagine?
• I’ve been very irritable lately. I think I’m going through premenapause. (sorry to any boy reading). I haven’t had a period in at least 4 months. It could be because I’ve been exercising more. No I’m not pregnant and no I haven’t gone to the doctor.
• They cut our pay at work..that sucks. I’m one of the few people that is taking less pay but has to do more work. Hourly employees take an unpaid day off every pay period. I’d rather have one of those.
• I’m still addicted to Facebook and Twitter. I have a tweetdeck now.
• I’m going to Aruba in 6 weeks and I haven’t told my mother yet.
• My mother is driving me even MORE crazy than normal.
• I am starting to read blogs again…baby steps…baby steps…
• I really think I need to win the lottery.
• There was an earthquake in Mexico City today as well as that Swine Flu thing going around. I”m glad I don’t have plans to go to Mexico.
• Drew is playing baseball now. He likes it.
• It feels good to get back to random bullet points!

Keep Believing

So…we celebrate life, death and everything in between.

I was supposed to remember to change my blog post to Keep Believing on Sunday, I didn’t I was going to do it for Angie, it would have been her anniversary. Her husband passed away.

The March of Dimes walk is next Saturday. I started St Louis Team Maddie. We raised $250 so far. Would you like to sponsor more?

I think I’m ready for lighthearted posting soon. Maybe something random with bullet points

I have new pictures up if you would like to go look. Over on the flickr link…