LOL, Ranie and Christopher went to Vegas and they know how I love these type of old pictrues and ads that have funny quotes attached to them. Raine had another one picked out but Christopher thought I would enjoy this one more. It really made my day. Thanks guys. You crack me up! 

Phones....I love them...

I had a phone conversation that lasted for a couple of hours earlier today. I spoke to my Cousin Cynthia. It's always fun to talk to Cindy. She cracks me up but then again, so does her daughter, Danielle. I talked to Raine today....Sherry called....and my Tisha. Tisha called because they, being Mom and Tisha, had a question about paint for me. I'll have to see tomorrow if my suggestion helped. I got a little letter from Tami with pictures of the kids in it. So cute! Right now, I am heading to bed.....good night all!

The Doctor is in.

I was sitting downstairs debating which book I should start reading when I hear Cliff ask someone where I am. It was either Sam or Pierre. I think to myself, "Oh crap, what now!" So, here comes Cliff limping along, looking happy to see me. He sticks his foot up on the desk and asks me if I have a straight needle. It seems that he had a splinter in his toe. Not just some little splinter either, it was huge. He thought he had stubbed his toe when he went out for a swim off the dock earlier. He hadn't really looked at it all day and he has been limping all evening because it hurt but once he tried to go to sleep it started throbbing. Hence the visit to Doctor Nett. I got out the needle and the tweezers. We got the sucker out but not before Cliff asked if we had anything to numb it. Sorry, I'm all out of morphine....what do I look like a fully equipped emergency room? I then had to wash off his boo-boo and put some antibiotic and a band-aid on it before I sent him off on his way. I did my second good deed for the week, perhaps I will get my wings after all. The horns are growing old.

I have to show you this. No, seriously, I do. They have these children's tea sets at IKEA...and they are like $10.00. Not bad for real china....but they come in a plain white finish. So, when Kelsie was here I got out the porcelain paint and we went to town. She told me to paint the flowers and she did the blue on the tea cups and the plates as well as the grass on the big plates. I put the clouds on and she painted the tops of the tea pot and sugar bowl yellow like the sun. See...there is a theme going here. I baked them and now they are dishwasher safe and ready for an Americal Girls Dollie tea party. You bring the cookies and Kelsie will make the tea.
 

Ok, I am done with the book.

I read the last page of Harry Potter a while ago and I called to discuss it with Cindy but she was at the bar. Darn it! Danielle said that her Mom was right when she said that I would finish it before Danielle. Ah ha! I was racing and didn't even know it. I smoked right through it. I'm sad, excited and just annoyed that I have to wait so long for the next book to be released. If you want to discuss the book....call me...or email me. I leave you with these little quotes: " The memory of a good person is a blessing." and "Greif is the price we pay for love."

Harry Potter and my Mother.

Ok, I only have 100 pages of H.P. left. I'm going to get it over with tonight because it is driving me crazy. It's getting so good, I can't stand it. I really need to get a life....one more exciting than the one I have. I'm not sure that is a good idea though...the excitement could kill me. My Mother called me from her emergency cell phone today and for some reason, who knows why, she could not hear me...but I could hear her. I was yelling into the phone. She Just kept saying, "Annette?", "Annette?", and in a very annoying fashion...to which I replied, "Mom?", "MOM!" I tried calling her back...but the same thing happened. After my 5th attempt to get a hold of her, I gave up and left a message on the phone at home. I'll have to see if she calls me back or if she has fallen and broken a hip while painting the walls in her new house. I'll keep you posted on Millie's status. I'm off to read H.P. now.

I want some strawberries!

A friend of mine showed me a picture of some strawberries topped with cream that another friend sent to her online. Yummy! I have been dying to get my hands on those berries ever since. They looked so inviting. I just want to put them to my mouth and taste their sweet juicy flavor. I'm going to have to pick some up when I am in Connecticut this weekend. Stew's always has nice berries. Did I make you hungry?

It's going to be an interesting day afterall....

I have been up for 45 minutes and already I have had strange things happen. After I scared Cliff, I discovered that I had two pennies and a quarter stuck on my right leg. I guess I must of had some change in my bed when I made it yesterday. Funny, I have no mempry of seeing them there. I did clean out my purse on my bed though....hmmmm. I almost wanted to leave them there to see how long it took them to fall off my leg. With my luck it would have been hours until they gave up and I want to take a shower in a little bit so I was forced to pop them off. They were stuck really well. I guess I should be happy that I didn't have a penny stuck on my face or something. My first question is...why does this stuff happen to me? The second question is...If I hadn't noticed them stuck to my leg, how long would it have taken for someone to notice and point it out to me?"

Hehehehe...and I did it on purpose.

I got up fairly early today, even though I was up quite late reading. I poured a bowl of cereal and was sitting downstairs eating it. Cliff came downstairs and was looking in the fridge for his diet Snapple drink and when he couldn't find any there he started looking on the shelves. This is the point, once realizing that he had not seem me that I said loudly, "Good morning Cliff." His reply after a slight jump..."You scared the hell out of me."..to which I said, "Oh, did I, I thought you saw me." LOL, yeah right, I was just getting him back for all the times he sneaks up on me when I am doing laundry and can't hear him walk up behind me. It's the little moments in life that give us the biggest thrills.

Sam's home from camp....

I've missed the little guy. OK, he's not so little anymore. I just enjoy hanging around with him. Her cracks me up, he's so funny sometimes. It was way to quiet with him gone. I missed him playing all the jazz songs on the piano. I waited to see Willy Wonka with him but I found out that he is going with someone else, its OK because he needs some bonding time with her. We ended up going to Wedding Crashers tonight with his friend Derek. I wasn't going to go but then they told me that they needed me to get in...it was R rated. Sam's Mom said it was OK, so we went. It was OK, the boys liked it...but ofcourse what teenage boy doesn't like to see girls flopping on a bed, naked, with breasts flopping. I had no idea that was going to be in there...it reminds me of the porn scenes in Love Actually. He's older now..so I don't feel as bad about letting him see that stuff.

I went back to the dentist today an I have to go back again on Thursday at 2. At that point I hope to be done with the dentist until my 6 month cleaning in November. Cross your fingers for me. I think Mom and Dad closed on their new house yesterday. A little paining and then they can move in. Just a reminder that Christmas will be at Mom and Dad's. I am planning on being home. Note: You are required to attend. I'm hoping Cindy and Danielle are up for a game fest. I plan on kicking some ass in Rumicub. Actually, we could play "Spoons" but that gets too violent when the Kasters play. I'm off to read some more Harry Potter. I'm half way through it. I have to finish soon so I can discuss it with Chris and Katie before they head back to college. Night all!

Strangers in the night.

I was online late last night. I just couldn't sleep....perhaps because I had a slight headache which turned into a whopper. Anyway, this crazy guy IM'd me and I can't always resist the urge to screw around with their minds for a bit. If they get nasty right away, I block them but if they are even slightly nice, I humor them for a little bit. He was so pathetic. Really he was. He was trying to work it. He wanted to know my wildest sexual experience....you know perverted stuff like that. I made up some nasty stuff and he was loving it. I really think he is a closet kink. I mean, I'm never going to met this freak, so why not sit back and enjoy his sick little mind. Is that so wrong?

Hugs...awwww, thanks!

Who keeps giving me hugs? I have to thank you! It's so nice to know you care. For those of you that have no idea what I am talking aobut...note the right hand side of my site, near the bottom of all that crap, below the site meter. You have put a smile on my face. I have to go now...lots to do and no ambition to do it.

Yeah, and that goes double for my site. 

YeeeHaaaa! We still have that little horse. I used to love riding it. This was taken on my second birthday, so it was May 7th,1972. Look at my strawberry blonde hair. I'm still that white...ho hum, I was never meant to tan. 

I kind of remember this photo being taken. I was eating popcorn out of that silver mixing bowl and I had a tooth ache. Tisha was cranky. She might of had an ear infection. Once again....what is with those pants. I look like a pint sized lumber jack. 

Uncle Greg, in the blonde wig, My Mom, looking quite young in the stripped shirt and me in brunette wig. It looks like I had a beer belly...what the?!The crap they use to dress me in....reallly! I'll never forgive them for the bell bottoms. I don' t care if they were in style....ewww. 

Look at me, will you just look at me. Was I ever really that little? 

Ok, its a fact that I am drawn to heart shapes and butterflies. I don't know why, I just am. When I saw this origami butterfly display at the Long Island Children's Museum, I had to have a picture. 

One sick Katie...

Yes, my little Katie Leach is sick. Her parents were still in France and she caught something....something awful. I spend the whole day with her. It was like the old days when I pumped the fluids into her and kept her eating. She is going back to the Doc on Tues to make sure she doesn't have mono. Poor kid. Atleast her Mom and Dad are home now. I picked them up from the airport. JFK was a friggin' zoo.

Stuck with tickets again.

Mark my words, I will never purchase tickets for other people ever again. I get stuck with tickets that are never paid for all the time. Rent tickets at $90.00 a pop, 3 hockey tickets at $50. a pop, and now Slava's snow show at $60.00 a pop. Its enough to make me sick. Ok, so I bought the Slava tickets for Kelsie's visit, and she went home early because she was homesick...I can't blame an 8 year old. So, Katie was going to go with me. She got really sick. Then I spent all day calling everyone I knew. I couldn't give those tickets away. Everyone was either gone or busy. Darn it.

I ended up spending the night at Christopher and Raine's (they were in Vegas) with the Kitties that were very glad to see me. I have to admit, I love those cats. I'd steal them if I thought Raine wouldn't hunt me down and knock the living daylights out of me. Those are her babies. I'll just have to remain their Auntie Nett, who showers them with Christmas gifts, cause that is what Aunties do best. I had the best nap ever, Tooches was on my pillow by my ear snoring really loud and Twitters was curled up in the crook of my arm like a little baby. We had quality bonding time together. We napped, I combed them, I made them chase the ribbon wand all over the place. I fed them, gave them fresh water, cleaned out the litter box, all the stuff Kitties like best.

Ah, the great Gray bear is resting. Keep down the noise, please, we must not upset the Tooch. This is his domain, he only allows you to live here so you can bring him treats to keep the tum tum full and the litter box scooped, you can be replaced. Now stop blocking his sun. 

"Roar! You see Auntie Nett, that is how I scare those birds away, its a total head game. They have know idea that I am really a mild mannered house cat. It's our secret, I know you won't tell." 

Hmmmm, someones smells my Indian food, sorry Tooch baby, you are on a diet. I don't think Raine wants me to give you Beef Kurma. 

Excuse me Mr Twitters, but I can't read Harry Potter with you sitting on my tummy like this. Ok, fine if you must sit there, please stop stearing into space like you see something moving. It is totally freaking me out. 

Tooches, does that feel good? Ok, now could you go sleep on someone elses pillow? 

Ummmm, Twitters, are you enjoying yourself, or what. You know that isn't your new bed, don't you. I'm not sure that drawer was left open for you to make a lounge out of it. I think it was left ajar because you like to knock stuff off the dresser and alteast the drawer would catch your mess. Goofball. 

Skeeter and my Katie,,,,those two are trouble when you put them together. The gang up on me. I don't think I deserve it,,,,well, maybe a little bit. 

Yep, that is Zach...my Godson, my cousin....he was trying to block my shot....I won. You have to be quicker than that to beat me to the click. 

Screw punctuation

Yeah, you heard me. Screw it. I'm really sick of reading my site and finding a ton of goofs. I wish I could be one of those people that are completely compulsive and actually obsessive over my grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Frankly, I just type a bunch of crap into the keyboard and what you see is what you get. Good enough for me. This site is my journal of sorts...It's my say whatever I want to say and live to regret it, site. I just blog, for bloggings sake. It's not my creative outlet, but simply a catalyst. I'm just so used to goofs that they don't surprise me anymore. It's pathetic. Sure I could hit the spell check button but that takes time people and I'd rather spend my time doing something stupid. I'm doomed anyway. I Typed in the invitation for Cliff's parents 60th Anniversary p[arty. Three other adults checked the copy over for typos. It was OK'd and I mailed out all the invitations, only to discover that we all missed that we left out the date. We had "Sunday, August, 2005". Sure it narrowed it down to a month....but the "21st" would have been helpful. I had to send out postcards with corrections on it today. ANNOYING. I'm supposed to be on vacation. A nice old guy told me that I should read the copy upside down next time I need to proof read something. I guess it forces your brain to slow down and really take note of missing things. I'll try it but with a brain like mine....I don't expect much.

Its that time....

I'm going to start reading the new Harry Potter book. I'm afraid I will stay up all night. I will try to put it down....I will, I really will.

Ho hum

I'm not in the best mood right now. I an getting stuck with $60.00 theatre tickets...once again. Ofcourse with my luck everyone is either out of town or working. Katie was going to go with me but she has been feeling rather ill and went to the doctor. Part of me wants to call and ask a certain person if he'd like to join me...but that wouldn't go over well with the others...so I will go by myself. I am never footing the bill for tickets ever again...I always get stuck. Why is that?

I love kitties. I always have. dogs are OK, yeah, they are nice, but give me a cat anyday. This picture reminds me that I was never really thin. I was always a thick kid. I think I can see a little glimpse of a tan. I had a swimsuit that had center straps and you can see the "V" of the string tan line under my chin. 

Remember how I said that I used to put my sister in my doll buggie and push her around the house? Well, here is a picture to back up that story. I'm telling you, I couldn't make this stuff up. 

So sad....but I'll have free time to blog...

I put Skeeter on the airplane this morning. She seemed to handle it really well. I will miss having her around...who will beat on me all day?....who will kick me in their sleep?...who will giggle every time I am about ready to fall asleep and just before they wack me with a pillow? ....AH, the important questions in life. Kelsie actually told Katie to beat on me and give me a hard time for her. So sweet, Katie agreed. I must say, I will miss the little pest. She is such a character. I think there should be a rule that two Kasters should never be allowed to hang out without supervision. We tend to get in trouble.

From a total mess to just fine....

Kelsie is doing much better. She went through a bad night on Monday after her Mom and Brother flew home. I think she was just overtired and it was hard having her Mommy so far away for the first time. After she got off the phone with Deanna it only took her 5 minutes to settle down and the nest morning she was a mess becuase she slept wrong and her neck was in pain. We went to the L.I.Children's Museum yesterday, did a little shopping and hung out with Katie again. We really had a great time. Last night we didnt have any tears but she was stressing out when Deanna didn't call as soon as she got off work at the hospital. She then called home, Dea's cell, her Dad's cell....they just rang and rang. I told her they were probably mowing or something but that they would call as soon as they got in the house. Sw we watched the movie "Sleep Over" while we hit re-dial a million times. Finally she talked to her Mom and all was well. We crashed last night and I feel much better now. Kelsie is still asleep so I am going to get a few things done now.

I'm tired.

I took Deanna and Zach to the airport this morning. Kelsie cried for a little bit but she had stopped by the time we were on the Cross Island. We were chatting up a storm. We waited around the house until we heard from Dea and Zach that they had landed and were on their way home. We painted a child size tea set and Kelsie made a pretty bracelet for her Mom to pass the time. We went out for lunch, headed to the Children's museum, which was closed and then we went to IKEA to pick up supplies for a project. After that we went to Sagamore hill in a downpour. After that we stopped at a craft store to pick up the rest of our supplies and then we went to the Leaches to water their plants while they were out of town. We ended up taking Katie to the chinese place and brought the food back to the Leach house to eat with Katie. Then Kelsie and Katie played X-box while I watched. Kelsie was so good at it. I was impressed. After that we went to Blockbuster and Kels picked out a couple of movies. She was tired at 7:30 and was yawning up a storm so I was prepared for her breakdown. It finally came after she called home after her bath. She had been laughing up a storm earlier in the day but I think once she got reached her exhaustion limit, it became tough for her to fight it off. She only cried for 5 minutes after she was off the phone. I gave her a breathing treatment and then we snuggled in bed to watchone of her movies. Deanna is thinking about bringing her home early but I think she might be able to handle staying. We'll see what tomorrow brings. She crashed and is out cold right now. I think I am going to do the same. More on this later.

The adventures of Skeeter and Zach...

If you want to see what we have been up to this week check out the new site of the famous Skeeter and Zach. ZK33

We went to the beach yesterday, and I was the only one that fried....Deanna, Kelsie and Zach didn't even turn pink. How the hell is that fair? It's not.  

The Milk Dud...

It seems as though Kelsie dropped three Milk Duds down my shirt yesterday afternoon andI didn't feel it. So, between driving to the airport and going to the mall, they melted and stuck to my waistband of my shorts. Oh, it gets better, the chocolate bleed through my light blue shirt so it looked like doo-doo. Yeah, yeah, lovely. I thought I leaned on gum or something at first. It was so gross and sticky....but alas, later when I pulled a clump off the inside of my shirt, I knew it was a Milk Dud. Kelsie didn't admit to it right away, but while we were waiting for a movie she spilled the beans to her Mom, which I overheard. I threatened revenge, Deanna was laughing so hard she had tears coming from her eyes.....lol.

Skeeter aka Kelsie, at the beach on a nice summer day. 

I wonder what his name is.....hmmmmm. 

Kelsie made me a bear, stuffed it with wishes, and named it after herself. How friggin cute is that. The Birth Certificate says that I stuffed it...but I didn't that was all Skeeters doing. I'll post of the "Kelsie" Bear after I get a photo of her. 

Everyone is sleeping right now. I have been up since 6:40 AM, because the trash needed to out. I got the job done and now I am wide awake. It's not a beach day. Its over cast and cloudy....but this has nothing to do with the M&M package, does it? Well, I just wanted you know that I tried these pups and I can tell you that they have too much chocolate on them. Why mess with a good thing? 

The Kaster cousins have arrived! It was 1 AM and they were going strong....look out New York! 

latest update...

Deanna and the kids were stuck at the airport for a while. They had some issues getting out of Kansas City, no doubt because of the heavy rain we had here this afternoon. I have to pick them up at 11:13 PM instead of 10:05 PM. Its better than the 1 AM that was being tossed around. I have to go take a shower...and head out to LGA via the S.S Pkwy, Cross Island, and the Grand Central Pkwy.....then home again. Pray for no rain tomorrow so we can go to the beach.

Here they come!

Deanna, Zachary, and Kelsie are getting ready to board their plane. I'm picking them up at LGA tonight....can't wait.

Ylenia and Daniele at the Olympics in Greece.