Gonna party like its...

It's my Birthday! Finally it has arrived, thank goodness. Now I can open that package that I got from my Aunt Vic.....I wonder what it is? Hmmm.

I'm going shopping with Jean for new sneakers...fun. and Katie is going to be with us...so that will be great.

Gotta run, I need to get in the shower and fold some laundry really quick before all my stuff wrinkles. Then I'm out of here until mid afternoon. I do not want to spend my whole birthday in this house. I'll just be reminded of all the things I need to do or should be doing. It's my birthday, I don't hafta...lol. (that is what you call creative spelling)

My birthday wish is this: May everyone have a super day! Wasn't that nice of me to share my birthday wish....I sure thought so.

It's only words.

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

No.
Explanations.

1. Yourself: Fluffy
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse, significant other: invisible
3. Your hair: soft
4. Your mother: spunky
5. Your father: goofy
6. Your favorite item: kittens
7. Your dream last night: floating
8. Your favorite drink: malt
9. Your dream car: convertible
10. The room you are in: basement
11. Your ex: stupid
12. Your fear: forgotten
13. What you want to be in 10 years? alive
14. Who you hung out with last night? Sam
15. What you’re not? skinny
16. Muffins: blueberry
17. One of Your Wish List Items: jewelry
18. Time: fleeting
19. The last thing you did: typed
20. What you are wearing: pj's
21. Your favorite weather: sunny
22. Your favorite book: fiction
23. The last thing you ate: apple
24. Your life: blessed
25. Your mood: contemplative
26. Your best friend: Raine
27. What are you thinking about right now? Rue
28. Your car: Honda
29. What are you doing at the moment? blogging
30. Your summer: hot
31. Your relationship status: single
32. What is on your TV? nothing
33. What is the weather like? cool
34. When is the last time you laughed? today

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Tag:
Marianne
Kare
Brandy
AJ
Sue
Peg
Priscilla
Andi
Kari
Lucy
Miyon
and
anyone
else
that
reads
this.
hehehe

I'm still here.

I know that I have not been showing my face on Blogger and Twitter as much as I normally do. I don't know what's up with that. I guess I needed some inspiration or something. I had things I could blog about. Wonderful Birthday packages that I received, crazy people that let their kids hang out the window of the car as they drive down the street...speeding and swerving because they are fixing their hair in the rear view mirror, yeah I have stuff that I could have blogged about.

Anyway, I'll get to it.

First my super package... Brandy tortured me with thoughts of this package for quite some time. I tried to get her hubbie Jeff to spill the beans about what was in the box but he knew he would be beaten to a pulp if he blabbed. DANG. So I opened it up...Brandy wrapped that package in so much clear packing tape that it took me forever to get into it. I mean I really had to preform surgery to get that bad boy open. Then the fun began...It's like the packages was endless. Brandy packed so many fun things in there. I have lots of bamboo needles to mess with, a change sock full of nickles and dimes so I won't be getting a parking fine anytime lately. It had a cord maker which I had been eyeing in the store, a yarn cutter which I had also been eyeing for myself, a funny book on how to make sock creatures with your cast off socks. Everyone knows how many cast off socks we have in this house...lol, a chunky sign that I'm hanging in my bathroom, a cute little "Let's Bee Friends" thingy that I put on my shelf in my bedroom and my favorite....The bag that she made for me. She had posted the yarn on her site and I had commented that it looked like sherbet ice cream and good enough to lick. I Loooove it. It's so soft too. Brandy really spoiled me. I'm not sure I deserve the spoiling but I sure do appreciate it.

I'm working on my spring swap and I'm about ready to tear my hair out. I'm telling you, this shouldn't be so hard. I made one already but I wasn't happy with it and decided that I would make a second one since I had worked the kinks out. RIGHT....I'm telling you, the easy part is taking forever today. I'm not sure why but I have been frogging it like crazy. I really need to put it down for a couple of days and try again then. I think I am just getting worked up and its causing me more stress. I have other things I can work on. Like the metal lawn chair photo frame.
My Grandpa Virgil had a metal chair like this and if you were sitting in it, he'd shoo you out of it. I swear it had his name on it. Grandma and Grandpa used to sit outside in the evenings and that was his designated sitting spot. His chair was silver with a red seat and back so I'm going to paint it with enamel paint and place his picture in it. The chair was very inexpensive so I don't mind putting a little time into it. I'll post a pic when I am done with it.

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I got another one...

Lucky me, I received another birthday card in the mail today. My second one of the year. This one is from the lovely people at Model's sporting goods store....lol. I still have seven days left, so there is a little time left.

Oh, on a side note. this house is crawling with spiders today. What is that about! I have killed seven. I'm not liking this at all. I may be calling the Bug Doctor....they have to go.

I'm royally pissed off.

I woke up this morning in a glorious mood. That ended the second I walked into the kitchen. I stood there, hands on my hips, steam coming out my ears. The place was a frigging mess. I have a thing about a clean kitchen. I can't stand dirty counter tops and splatter all over the sink. That is exactly what I found, along with dishes sitting everywhere, some clean, but mostly dirty. They must have washed a few dishes but instead of drying the ones that didn't fit into the strainer they piled them so high that the pile shifted and things were everywhere...floor included. There was some kind of powder all over the stove, so they can't tell me they actually wiped it down. Their were clumps of stuff smeared all over the counters and drips running down the doors of the cabinets. On top of all that crap they had the sink full of dirty dishes and the trash was running over.

Grrrr, I DO NOT like to wake up to a mess like this. I'm more likely to stay up and clean it up at night than to ruin my day with it in the morning. Who is responsible? Well let me put it this way. If Nancy were home, it would have been much neater. She left early to go back to Boston for the trial she is working on. Sundays have become Sam's cooking day with his old Nanny. I think its great that they have their special time together and even better that Sam is cooking. I just expect them to clean up after themselves. When Nancy is home, whatever they don't tidy up she cleans up after them. She must do a lot more than I ever expected.

I'm in the kitchen scrubbing away and Sam is in the den, watching the news before he goes to school. He says, "We made the best supper last night." To which I responded, "That's really great, but don't you think it would have been nice to clean up after yourselves a little better and not leave it for me?" He said, "We Cleaned the kitchen for an hour." I said, "OMG, this is the result of an hours cleaning? REALLY?! Hmmmmm, next time you better clean for two hours, or until you actually have it clean. It's not very nice leaving this mess for me to deal with." I made him come into the kitchen to see what I was talking about. Plus I made him throw out the food that they didn't store in the fridge...because I sure wasn't going to eat it after it sat out over night and I knew Sam wouldn't. He doesn't do leftovers anyway. As I pointed out the mess, he acted surprised to see it. It's really a good thing that I'm not a violent person because I could have gone postal this morning.

The kitchen is now spic and span. The dishes are all put away, the dishwasher is running, the trash has been taken out. Sam has been set straight and I am drafting an email to his old nanny who happens to be one of my ex-friends, for a multitude of reasons that I won't even go into right now...but this shit is going to end right now. I will not have her leaving a mess for me to clean up on Monday mornings, its bullshit and this is the kind of stuff she likes to pull. That is what I get for being nicer to her lately. I should have just remained silent and cold...at least then I had her so intimidated that she wouldn't think to leave that kitchen such a mess. This is what I get for being nice.

The MANY Faces of Dani

Last night I was involved in my normal Friday or Saturday night activity. That would be, IMing my cousin Cindy's daughter Danielle and giving her a hard time about anything and everything I can. It's fun. She plays along. Well, last night she hooked up the web cam. OMG...I was cracking up at some of her facial expressions. I grabbed my camera and took pics of the screen and her reactions to some of the stuff I wrote. The top right hand picture was her response to my use of vulgarity. Everyonce in a while I get her to make fish faces...and pretend to be a dinosaur...picture on top left with the claw like hands. Sometimes I would confuse her or get her wound up. Once she was deep into conversation with their dog Bella and I hit the buzz button, made her jump. It was great. Then there was the time I told her that she had a spider on her...she was sure looking around and brushing and flicking her shirt. She's got a spider issue. Anyway, quite a few times she had me rolling in fits of laughter. Danielle is such a sweet girl and very witty to boot.

At one point I realized that her Mom would be reading our conversation and she wouldn't know what had been on the camera. (Cindy reads Danielle's message archive, just to be on the safe side...which I think is smart. Anyway, if I wanted to be sneaky and get Dani to pull a prank on Danielle, I just call the house...lol) So, I started making comments, like this..."Dani, don't moon me, OMG, I don't want to see your white butt. Besides its broken, there is a crack down the middle." or Danielle! Where did you get that booze! You shouldn't be drinking!" Yep, if Cindy just scanned the convo and came across those lines...things would get pretty interesting for a minute or two, until Cindy actually read the whole thing. Then she would be able to tell I was teasing. Plus Dani was protesting pretty fiercely. Ah, good times.

...and STAY OUT...

I had a little guest. Well, he's actually very big as far as bumbles go. I was sitting in my easy chair, which is in the computer room right now because we moved stuff for construction to start. I was watching TV and fell asleep. I heard something funny and woke up. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move quickly across the floor and into my room. I knew it was dark but couldn't tell you how big. I'm thinking there was a baby mouse in the house and instantly start freaking. I walked to my doorway, looking on the floor and hear a buzzz...buzzz...buzzz. I glance up and see this bad boy bopping around me ceiling. I grabbed a vase and a magazine and caught him when he bounced into the curtains. He stayed in the jar over night and I released him this morning.
Sam wanted me to leave him in the jar to suffer a horrible death. Sam is afraid of bees and wasps. I couldn't do that to the Bumble Bee. Nope, I released him into the blooming shrubs out front and he quickly started drinking nector from a blossom. I did my good deed of the day.

The Prizes are arriving....

I mailed them out and Marianne and Andi already received theirs. LOL, I must say, I really laughed at Marianne's last comment on my prior post.

What was I thinking!

A dear friend pointed out something to me this afternoon on the phone. What might that be? Well, it is very close to my birthday and I have not been advertising my big day. WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?! I don't know. Actually the funny thing is I actually almost blogged this morning about my first birthday card arriving yesterday. Yep...it did, but I'm not sure it counts. Its a card from the wonderful people at my local Hallmark store. Does it count? I do spend a lot of time in there, not to mention money. They do know me by name....at least a couple of the ladies do. I don't know. Oh hell, yeah, I'm counting it. Technically I received a lovely, thoughtful, birthday present from Sue a while back, so she got the ball rolling. I can't help it, I'm a birthday junky. It really has something to do with the cake and vanilla ice cream.
You know, when I was little, I loved it when Mom made me the bunny cake, leaving off the coconut of course. I tried to find a picture that did Mom's cake justice....but couldn't find one that was nice enough. That is why I put the bunny cupcakes on here...in honor of the bunny. As I got older, I became a huge fan of the Confetti Angel Food Cake, yummy. I still love it. It's high in sugar but its so good and fat free. I don't want frosting on it either...I'm a plain Jane when it comes to my CAFC.
Anyway, to get this out of the way, so I don't seem like I'm shirking my responsibility as a birthday lovin' fool....My Birthday is MAY 7th. Ahhhhhhh, that felt good.

Spring has sprung...

Well, its official for me. I don't consider it Spring until I see my first Robin of the year. I saw one yesterday but never blogged about it. The Plum trees are in bloom as well as the tulips. the weather has been very nice, in the 70's with cool breezes and over the next few days, high in the low to mid 60's. I love light jacket weather, so I'm happy.

I never made it over to the yarn store today. I'm planning on stopping in tomorrow after 11...I don't want to wander in during the class times. I must say, I'm very excited about this. My stomach is still not happy. I might take some tums to see if that helps but I'm starting to feel like I did years ago when I had an ulcer. I'm not very happy about that, either.

I'm having issues with my secret project but I have it under control. I just need to go to the library because I need to find a certain type of stitch to add to it. The key is finding directions that will work on my project and that I can understand how to make. Not so easy...but I have faith that I can figure it out. I'm a problem solver.

...and away they go...

I'm mailing the blogaversary prizes today. So five people should be watching their mailboxes, they will be receiving their prizes. I decided not to post a picture of the packages that way they won't know right away if they won the Grand Prize because it is in a different type of package than the runner up prizes.

Special note to the Grand Prize winner: I need you to take a picture of the special thing that I made for you and send it to me. I forgot to take a picture of it before I sealed the package. I seriously almost opened the package but I decided against it.

That's all. I need to get a move on... I'm dragging today.

Construction whoas...

Don't ask!

Sorting socks

This is how I spent my evening last night. I found a bunch of matches though, so it was worth it. When I wash clothes and then fold them, I toss the loan socks into a basket up on the shelf of the laundry room. I noticed yesterday that the basket was extremely full, so I dumped the whole thing in the washer, then transferred it to the dryer and started spreading them on the floor in an attempt to find all their mates. I'm happy to say that I found a crap load of my favorite goofy socks but a few are still missing. Two of my very favorite socks were not found. It's sad, but I have faith that they will turn up again. Maybe they are stuck inside a pair of shorts that were packed away for the winter. I'm crossing my fingers. Anyway, that lovely mess is still on the floor. I was tired from the memory/match game. You'd drop a sock down and then you found the match but you had to remember where you put its double. It's much harder when you are surrounded in the sea of socks. Sam's going to be excited. His sock pile just doubled.

My thoughts on...Twitter.

I love Twitter.com. I love my little sidebar link and update. I love checking back in to see what my pals on my buddy list have to say for themselves. I love writing in 140 spaces or less, what is popping out of my head, at any given moment.

The thing that drives me nuts about Twitter. The people that are just buddy hogs. They don't really update, they just add people as their friend so they have a huge friends list. I don't just add them...I go to their page and check them out. If they have not left a comment for several days, I nudge them. If they start leaving comments again, I add them to my friends list. Well, except for the guy that used the "N" word in his user name. I don't like the word and didn't want it listed on my friends page. I know in a way that is censorship, but I don't want to encourage the use of that particular word.
Then there is the guy that denied my nudge. He has a few thousand friends on his list and he has one post. ONE, so I nudged him and I got a notice that he wasn't accepting nudges. So I denied him a place on my friends list until he starts posting again. Hey, its my Twitter, and a gal has to be picky who she allows into her friends column. lol, that sounded a little dirty.


OH...and if anyone wants to know who got me hooked on this Twitter Crack...it was Raine. She's always giving good recommendations

Anyway, I'm off to run errands. FUN FUN.

Son of a....

Well, I got my first parking ticket today. I hate RVC....that town has the worst parking. I ran over to the shoe repair place to have several things fixed. I parked on the street just 4 stores down from where I was going. I fed the meter with a bright dime. I had a quarter but I wanted to stop at the Hallmark store and that place takes forever...so I was saving the quarter for my half hour stop as apposed to my t0 minute stop. Anyway, the old guy that runs the store was looking for a new lobster claw clasp for my purse strap. It took a little bit, plus he fixed it right then and there, which took a whole minute tops. Anyway, he had to write up the shoes and the bag. I prepaid and he had to give me the change. I mean, really it didn't seem like I was there that long. I was watching the time though and I knew I should get back.

I stepped out the door and I see that little rat slipping the ticket under my windshield wiper. I looked at my watch and that meter had not even been expired for a full minute yet. Now what drives me nuts is that I don't know how many times I have parked next to cars in RVC that have had expired meters and when I come back from my lengthy errands they are still there without a ticket. I'm a matter of seconds late and what happens...I get a ticket for $25.00, but that is if I pay it within 10 days...otherwise it goes up. Grrrrr. This is why I usually over pay for my parking, but I just didn't have the change to do it this time. I better go write a check right now. After that, I'm going to go put a film container full of quarters and dimes in the drawer under the passenger seat. That way nobody will take off with my change and I will always have back up meter money. I've done this before but they sneak off with my stash if I keep it in the glove box.

I'm waiting....but not so patiently.

I know that above those grey clouds, there is a pretty blue sky waiting for me to admire it. Yes, I do know that. I'm just getting so tired of waiting for it to show its self. I'm in the need of a blue sky fix and I'm to the point were I'm considering flying to the cheapest destination for the weekend to get it. Sure, with my luck it would be cloudy there too but after we take off and reach cruising altitude I'll be above the all those grey rain clouds. At that point, you will see me doing a happy dance while seat belted into my window seat. Just thinking about it brings a great big honking smile to my face. Ahhhhhh! OK, I feel better. Hopefully that will help me get through a few more days of this crappy weather. I keep reminding myself that it will pass, that spring showers bring pretty flowers, etc. I just want to be able to go to the beach and enjoy the view or spend the afternoon at the Planting Fields and read a book while enjoying the SUN. I don't care if I have to be covered in 3 inches of sunblock...its worth the oil slick I leave in my wake. I need Spring...and if Mother Nature was kind, she'd be sending some rays my way.

OK, I'm off to do a little laundry and wait for Sam to call. Tennis will be cancelled and I'll have to go pick him up. I just know it...its probably going to rain. BLAH!

I found a new toy..

There is a site that allows you to generate your own Card Catalog index cards. Cool, huh. I decided it will work just as well as an online "to do" list or to place special announcements or messages on. You know you want to give it a try. It will actually work really well for the Blogger Book Club. Which reminds me. I should have put...read something and post about it, as one of my things to do. Next time.

Happy Birthday Chris!

OOPS...Tomorrow is Christopher's birthday...Raine's hubby. Yes, its his birthday, so all together now...

Happy Bithday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday, Dear Christopherrrrrr,
Happy Birthday to you!

I have a little giftie for you. You can have it this weekend when we meet.

Ok, I totally got confused and thought today was his birthday...but I know what I did wrong. Today is my friend Ylenia's birthday instead. I flipped them. Dang it. I need to try to find her phone number so I can call her in Switzerland. Crap, I thought I had another day to do that.

Our Spring Nor' Easter

Well, this is what 30 minutes to high tide looked like today. Notice the ramp on to the floating dock is sticking up in the air. The wheels were not touching. That rarely happens. I know what you are thinking...the bay looks a little furry or something. It almost looks like dry prairie grass. Well, sorry but its crap from the marshland. Bits of dead plant material that was either blown free at low tide or was pounded loose as the tide rose. It was extremely windy on Sunday. Lots of power lines down, trees down, and lots of flooded streets. Our street was fine. the amount of garbage that washes up is always repulsive. I can't stand it. I usually pick out all the not degradable material that I can reach. You have to be careful this time of the year because that water is freeeezing. Anyway, here is a view toward Bay Colony and Freeport. I saw a pic online of some Freeport streets that were completely flooded. Sucks for them. Our only huge issue was the spruce tree. Cliffs FAVORITE tree. OMG, he was freaking out the night before when he noticed it had decided it was tired of standing up straight in all that wind. The neighbors fence isn't doing so well because of it..but oh well. Anyway, I spent a good hour being laughed out on the phone today. Cliff wanted me to find someone to come look at the tree and to try to save it. Yeah right...everyone said unless the thing was stickin through your home and it was raining in, we'd have to wait until at least Wednesday. I'm fine with it. It's not like its going to fall on people walking by. It's tucked away in the back yard. Like I told Cliff...it will be, what it will be.

I changed my mind

Katie once asked me what animal I thought she would be if she were not human. I thought for a split second and then answered with great certainty, "A Hippo!" To which Katie yelled, "Whhhhhhaaattttt! I'm not fat!" So I explained that it wasn't because she was fat...she was a skinny mini. I thought she would be a hippo because they look all sweet and innocent...like they wouldn't hurt a fly, but really they are mean and will maul you if you get in their face. Well, that is Katie...she is actually very feisty.

Well, not that many years have gone by and she has released that inner demon...she hasn't kicked me in the face for YEARS...long story. Anyway, I now think that Katie would be a raccoon. She's a little compulsive...and she kind of makes giggly noises like raccoons do. (when she isn't doing her piggy snort laugh) She also eats a lot like them. Her hands and skinny fingers turn her food and stuff little niblets in her mouth at incredible speeds. Yep, Katie is a little long legged coon but luckily she saves her legs.

Annoying things that I do....Number 4

I just can't stop ....I have to push the envelope. I always have to say things that gross people out. I'll be telling a story and when I get a great reaction of disgust, I just can't let it go. I have to say that one extra thing. Certain people have gag reflexes too. They know who they are. I've probably made them tell me to stop ,several dozen times, as I am nearing the end of a story. Shoot, sometimes I'm not even near the end. It must take a lot more to gross me out or something. Half the time, I'm just commenting on something we are witnessing and BOOM, I have to say something gross. Why do I do that? It's really great when the gross thing works into a phrase that I can use again and again. Like when I tell people to be careful or they may have a "Wal-Mart moment"...hehehe, I bet Raine just had to stop reading this for a minute. I won't go into that story, don't worry. Though if you want to know...you'll have to Instant Message me about it. However, its better when you hear it told, reading about it doesn't have the same effect.
You would think that I would be more sensitive about it. I mean, I can't even watch one of those Jackass Movies without gagging at least twice. I also can't stand anything to do with eyeballs. Ewwww....I don't even want to talk about that. Ewww, Ewww, Ewww!
I think it comes down to my ability to provide very vivid mental images. You also have to be creative in your wording. Its the joining of two things in to one discusting image. ie: a yeast infection...bread rising by your crotch. See, its pretty gross. Just think about that the next time you make a sandwich. Well, now that I have left you with that...I'm off to crochet.

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The Name Game...via Court

Everything must start with the first letter of your name. It's harder than it sounds, for some letters!

Your Name: Annette
Famous Artist/Musician/Band: Areosmith
3 letter word: ASK...also my initials
Street name: Arrow Head Lane
Color: aquamarineVehicle: Audi
TV Show: All In The Family
State/City: Alaska
Boy Name: Allen
Girl Name: Addison
Alcoholic Drink: Amaretto Sour
Occupation: architect
Flower: Aster
Celebrity: Alan Alda
Famous Leader: Atwater, Harvey Leroy "Lee"
Toy: Airplane
Animal: Arctic Terns
Food: Apricot
Something found in a kitchen: Apron
Reason for Being Late: Abducted by Aliens
Something You Throw Away: Aerosol cans
Cartoon Character: Archie
Type of desert: Apple Pie

Now let's try my nickname:

Your Name: Netter
Famous Artist/Musician/Band: Nin Inch Nails
3 letter word: Not
Street name: Neverland Road
Color: Navy
Vehicle: Nash Rambler
TV Show: Northern Exposure
State/City: Nevada
Boy Name: Nathan
Girl Name: Norma
Alcoholic Drink: Naughty Nel
Occupation: Nanny
Flower: Narcissus
Celebrity: Nell Carter
Famous Leader: Nelson Mandela
Toy: Nerf
Animal: Naked Mole Rats
Food: Nuts
Something found in a kitchen: Nutmeg
Reason for Being Late: Near death experience
Something You Throw Away: Neosporin tube
Cartoon Character: Nana from Peter Pan
Type of desert: Nilla Wafers

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